The Atlanta Constitution
October 30, 1920

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Route ‘of the Procession wto See That the Regula- Action of Georgia Rail- way and Power Company Follows Clash Between Company and Atlanta NEW MEXICO ARISES, , _ ASSERTS PESQUEIRA Been „ 1 . 3 > tions Are Obeyed. BITTER RESENTMENT * » t For a Time After the Body ‘Reached Cork It | yeeemed That It Would Be Left for British Gov- * 1 taf 1 1 || | EXPRESSED BY IRISH * ernment to Dispose Of. All Ireland in Mourning. Quneenstown, October 29.— (By the Associated Press.) — The body a of Terence MacSwiney, the late lord mayor of Cork, was landed here today from the steamer Rathmore. a It was received by the Urban coun- del and thousands of the city’s in- | habitants. A draft of armed troops Was present. Before the arrival of the Rath- more, a military officer visited Bishop Cloyne and notified him that ik the body were taken to the cathe- Art no processions through the Streets in military formation would de permitted and no republican flag or emblems would be allowed on the coffin. 1 the tug sailed with the body f Lord Mayor MacSwiney, Bishop Ine gave the signal and the 00 persons gathered at the quay | eck, bowed their heads and re- | cited prayers, dea Reaches Cork. | — * — October 29.— (By the Asso- clated Press.)—The body of Terence MasSwiney, late lord mayor of this _ city, arrived here on board . miralty tug at 4 o'cloek this noon. The tug, whose flag was flown at half-mast, docked at the customs house quay. Enormous \ crowds lined the opposite quays and the nearby bridges. Lord Mayor Callaghan The government authorities in Cork immediately notified Deputy and the Ddishop-of Cork that no military dis- play would be permitted at the fu- neral and that neither drilling, uni- : | iw of a mile in length. ‘ 0 are 8 5 forms or rep blican army dadges would de allowed. 4. The only Irish republican flag in the procession, it was stated, must placed on the coffin, and the U ssion must not exceed a quar- Treops ‘will line the route to see that these yed. _ Remains y Claimed. The funeral party, which refused to board the packet Rathmore at Holyhead,. arrived in Cork shortly before 7 o'clock this evening. The Dur anit were accompanied by Ar- u r Griffith, founder’ of the Sinn ein, and Count Plunkett, a well- down Sinn Felner and member of Parliament for North Roscommon. | A delegation from the city council — 1 5 | met the mourners at the station. \fterward the ecouncilmen went Ants consultation with MacSwiney’s relatives and Mr. a Jeu to the government N 5 . Griffith: and ‘Count Plunkett at the city hall. The Delief was expressed that the rel- aves were inclined to leave the seal of the body of the late lord 9 do h it as it might see fit. Daring. the conference the coffin 5 2% i ts return to Queenstown. For several hours doubt prevailed to whether the body would be imed or left with the military. Atter a prolonged conference in the y ball. however, it was decided "ale it, and @clock this evening a company of Trish volunteers and relatives of he ‘dead lord mayor went to the ok and took possession of the Potting \ Immediately afterward the satin las removed to the city hall, where ‘Me in state until the funeral “ee on Sunday. There was an rn e when the body me into the city hall and shortly after 9 : hall, Carnegie Officials. „ SEALS BROKEN FRIDAY / Within a Few Hours, way and Power Com- pany Had Cut the Heat Off Again. After locking with padlock and chain the steam-heat valves on which the seals were broken Fri- day morning by Mayor Key to ‘ob- tain heat in city buildings which he had refused fo sign con- tracts, the Georgia Railway and Power company at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon filed an injunction in the mayor be enjoined from again breaking the closed connections and using steam without payment or entering into a contract. Judge George L. Bell granted a temporary restraining order and set a hearing for next Saturday, November 6. The injunction was filed by the law firms of Rosser, Staton; Phillips & Hopkins Colquitt & Conyers. “Thus the welcome sound of steam hissing from the radiators at city brary, the - station and the fire stations, was hushed again within a few ‘short | hours after & few effective blows from ah instrument in the mayor's . Continued on Page 4, Column wus , CITY OF ATLANTA. SINKS CAPE FEAR: 19 MEN MISSINC Missing Men Are Mem- bers of Crew of the Cape Fear—Steamers Collide in Narragansett Bay. Newport, R. I., | October 29.—The concrete steamer Cape Fear, a Unit- ed States shipping board vessel, was sunk in the deepest part of Narragansett bay tonight in a col- lision with the Savannah Line steamship City of Atlanta. At a late hour nineteen of the crew of thirty-four of the sunken vessel were unaccounted for. The Cape Fear sank in three minutes about half way between Castle Hill, on the Newport shore, and Rose Island, going down bow first in 125 fathoms, Atlanta Badly Damaged. The Cape Fear was outward bound from Providence for Norfolk in ballast, and carried only her crew, as did the City of Atlanta, which was bound from Savannah for Providence with a cargo of pig iron. Just how the accident hap- pened was not definitely deter- mined tonight, especially as the weather was clear, with only a Slight cloudiness and a light. sea running. ‘ The City of Atlanta’s bow was badly damaged, the result of hit- ting the Cape Fear amidships, but although there was a 7-foot hole above the main deck, the bulkheads held and she anchored in the bay. Of the fifteen men saved from the Cape Fear, five slid down lines ers were picked up from the water ‘October '39.—iBy the As- tated. a bare. cata- ‘que in the procathedral here this | rning, ‘the venerable Archbishop — oolebrated a low requiem 3 repose of the soul of lord mayor. of Cork, Ter- ind whose body, un- sorted save for a guard of Eng- _palles was at the same time 11 . goross St. George's rd the packet Rath- Sort ‘ 41 and other mourners, ay refuse to accompany the body 1 os been removed from the ed for them. Captain Garfield, of the City of Atlanta, in describing the accident, said he picked up the lights of the whistle, which was answered. He was bearing steadily to port, he said, with plenty of clearance room, when suddenly the Cape Fear swung across his bow, blowing two | whistles as a signal after she had turned to cross to the other side. He ordered full speed astern, but could not avoid the collision. - The City of Atlanta struck squarely with her bow, ogee eae sheen a) * + 3 ee pee ea * ON STEAM HEAT VALVE However, Georgia Rail- for Fulton superior court asking that and to the City of Atlanta and the oth- by ropes or boats that were lower. Cape Fear and signaled with one the blow} cutting a deep hole in the Cape Fear and shattering the concrete. Lines Friends Present Letters Declaring He Has Been Kidnaped, But This Is Denied by His Family. A new angle in the fight against the creation of Lamar county de- veloped last night with the report- ing to the Atlanta police depart- ment by opponents of the county of the receipt of two letters from B. W. Middlebrooks, of Barnesville, Ga., in which he charged that he had been kidnaped. by its friends in order to prevent his further par- ticipation in the controversy. Night Chief of Police Jett at once ordered all“ policemen and detectives to be on tlie looMout for the missing man The report of the dlleged kidnap- ing was denied, however, by his brother, B. D. Middlebrooks, who told The Constitution over the long- distance phone from Barnesville that Middlebrooks had gone willing- ly with members of his family, that they knew where he was, although they are not ready to tell the place at present, and that the whole affair was a “frame-up” by opponents of Lamar. Another brother, J. H. Mid- diebrooks, lives in Atlanta, but could not be reached for a state- ment last night. Reeeive TWO totter: 8. 8. Barrett, representative in the legislature from the county, and H. A. Rider, a prominent eiti- zen of Zebulon, showed 3 Fri- Jaan micht. adress, te , whith they say they — in the mail of Friday morning at their nen ae which are in Middlebroor® }. handwriting. saying that he has been kidnaped by the “Barnesville crowd,” and that they will hold him until it is too late. for him to do further work toward defeating the passage of the constitutional amendment creating the new county in the general election next Tuesday. According to Messrs. Barrett and Rider. Mr. Middlebrooks was in At- lanta having posters printed, which assailed the methods used in the passage of the amendment by the legislature, and was last seen in Atlanta Wednesday. The letters purporting to be from the kidnaped man, which are published here~ with, were dated Thursday, Octo- ber 28, and charged that the kid- haping took place Wednesday.“ No place was named as his place of imprisonment, and he intimated. that he was forced to resort to a subterfuge in order to get these communications to Messrs. Barrett and Rider. No postmarks were on the letters produced. Both of them were mark- ed ~‘Special Delivery,” but bore only one 2-cent stamp each, which had evidently been artificially can- celed by the use of a lead pencil. The gentleimen said that the letters came into their possession through the regular channels of the mail, ll make affidavit — ne at they will of Mr. Middle- prooks’ handwriting. Last News of Middlebrooks. The last news of Mr. Middlebrooks hinges on a conversation he had Wednesday with a local multigraph- ing and addregsing firm, wherein he made arrangements to have 30, 000 posters assailing the creation of the HAS DISAPPEARED Borrowing Has Suspended. WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO COTTON FARMERS Reserve Bank Officials, Are of Opinion That the Change Will Be Wel- The Federal Reserve Bank of At- lanta Friday officially announced that it has suspended its basic line and progressive rate for-borrowing and has submitted therefor a flat rate of 7 per cént. The change is effective Monday. That the revision of rates of in- terest charged by the local reserve bank will benefit cotton farmers of the south, through extension in farm credits, was the opinion of some bankers and financiers here who expressed their opinion regard- ing the matter. The basic lines of the individual banks marked the dividing point between sums they could borrow at 6 per cent and the sums upon which progressive rates were charged. The basic lines were de- termined for each bank upon 1 basis of its average reserve . jserve stock. . * Gresch r R N reserve | mors bank were of the opinion that the removal of this basic line and the substitution of a flat 7 per cent rate would be welcomed by the member banks, notwithstanding the fact that it would raise the raté on small loans, because it would greatly loosen lines of credit and would lower the rate on heavy loans. ; On 7 Per Cent Basis. It was stated that a large ma- jor of the reserve districts are- on a 7 per cent basis, including the New York district, and that the Sixth Reserve district has been more fortunate than other districts in point of interest rates. There are 450 member banks of the Sixth district. The revision holds good for the local reserve bank only, it was stat- ed, and was originated and recom- mended by officials of the Atlan- to Reserve bank and by them sent to the head bank of the reserve system in Washington and there approved. Officials of the local reserve bank announced Friday afternoon that through circulars to be issued by mail, they will immediately ac- quaint all member banks of the change, which goes into effect No- vember 1. Wellborn’s Annotncement. Atlanta Federal Reserve bank, -in officially announcing the revision of rates Friday, issued the following statement: “It is true the Federal Resbrve Bank of Atlanta has made a change in its rates. The basic line and pro- gressive rates have been suspended and a flat rate of 7 per cent has been Continued on Page 9. Column 7. (Centinued on Page 12. Column 3.) Georgia Democrats Pass $11,000 Mark in Campaign Annotncing Georgia has passe? the $11,000 mark in contributions ri the national democratie campaign fund and that in his opinion an additional thousand dollars will be given by loyal Georgians during the remaining two days of the drive, State Finance Chairman Charles J. Hayden issued a ringing appeal Friday night for last-minute con- tributions to pay the cost of the remarkable race Governor Cox and Franklin Roosevelt have made to Mace the party again in the white house, “We have made an excellent Showing for our state during the present campaign,” he said, “and 1 i speak for myself and county chair- men throughout Georgia when I say the generous response tq.our ap- peals is greatly appreciated. Now ‘that we are entering the last two days ot the drive it is our desire to pass the $12,000 mark. | Mere Money In Needed. ‘Confident. that Cox will be the victor on November 2. the national leaders of the democratic party naive, been f oed to borrow - ‘funds — promote the campaign. The ey: already contributed has been — oer | ¢ * , W may turn the scale of New York | Prohibition amendment in itself is 1 so it is readily , seen the amount raised during the last two dars will de of much importance to the national committee,” he con- tinued. The woman vote on next Tues- day will be heavier in New York than in any of the newer suffrage states. The percentage of women whose votes will follow their hus- bands is less than is generally be- leved. The proportion who have no husbands is large enough to be a factor. New Tork city is the great American port vitally concerned in fo trade and travel and in in- ternational peace. “The woman vote of New York willcertainly be very largely on the side of the league of nations, as a guarantee of this in- ternational] peace. This item alone state. “Prohibition was a shock to New York city. It is still resentful. The not drastic. It provides against the manufacture and sale of intoxicants as a beverage, and also provides The tight lid 15 the statute and not comed by Member Banks. | and its inet in 1 re · Fan Miss Marianna T. Goldsmith, pop- ular young Atlanta girl, has been awarded the Carnegie bronze nfedal for bravery, according to telegraph- ic announcement from Pittsburg, where the Carnegie Hero commis- sion held its annual fall meeting Fri- day. Two other Georgians were thus honored, in the awards an- nounced, a silver medal being awarded to Grover C. Hunter, of LaGrange, and a bronze medal to Walker O. Lindsey, of Madison, Miss Goldsmith, the daughter of Mrs. ean) =a stave Sah of and East Lake mer — the MISS MARIANNA GOLDSMITH. Faly. 8 1916, when she was responsible for saving the lives of Miss Carrie Rich- ards and Miss. Louise Brown, who were then aged 14 and 15 years, re- spectively. Miss Goldsmith was only 12 years old at the time. The three girls were bathing in the lake at East Lake Country club. when Miss Brown and Miss Richards floated into water beyond their depth, became frightened, grasped each other and went umger the sur- face. Miss Goldsmith, ing their plight swam. immediately aut to them in an ‘effort. to get them to a; —— — Column 8. U PROPS FROM MARKET Charles S. Barrett Says Resolution Mearis Gen- eral Holding. Movement for Wheat and Cotton. Washington, October 29.— (Spe- cial.)—Advised by Charles S. Bar- rett, president of the Farmers’ union, to hold cotton and wheat, the delegates to the egricul- tral conference left for home to- night after the adoption of reso- lutions Which) practically call for the holding of agricultural crops off the market until prices meet the cost of production. The resolutions call for orderly marketing over a Governor M. B. Wellbern, of the period of twelve months and Mr. Barrett interpreted this as meaning holding for better prices. It would be ruinous, he said, to sell at prices now prevailing on cotton, wheat and other commodities. The resolutions adopted by the conference refer to the present ag- ricultural crisis as the result of a deflation policy mkhich has borne heavily upon the farmer, the lack of market and a governmental poli- cy which refused additional finan- cia! assistance. It declares orderly marketing is now impossible and this has been brought to the at- tention of the high officials of the federal government. ‘Barrett to Delegates. 7 In his concluding speech Mr. Bats rett said: “The Farmers’ union officials are being flooded with messages from the cotton and grain belts to call for a holding movement. . The un- rest in this country over the price situation is deeper and more wide- spread than ever before. The time has now come for action. Since the government has failed us we now ask that government officials stop talking price decline and give us a chance to help ourselves. Our thoriaing a general holding move- ment on wheat and cotton and pos- sibly other products, certainly on wheat and cotton, for that only will get us anywhere. I have positive information that the world’s wheat situation ie such that a very slight farmers will lift the price of wehat. I know that the world cannot 80 much longer without southern cot-} crop. The spindles must have our cotton in a short time. few months they will be coming | National) : ness for war and for peace and a union officials interpret he resolu- ) tions you have just pas⸗-ed as au- ~ {HEART OF AMIERICA MORE TO HARDING THAN WORLD HEAR Senator Tells Ohio Voters Too Much Attention Has Been Paid to the World's Heart and Too Little to America’s Heart. Cincinnati, October 29—-A day of campaigning through his own state tonight with an address in Cincin- nati’s music hall, again drawing at- tention to domestic issues and charg- ing that the democratic party had sought to cover up mistakes at home by emphasizing “speculative propositions with reference to our foreign relations.” Demicratic slogans and: promises of four and eight years ago were brought back before the voters by the republican .nominee in his enumeration of shortcomings laid at the decor of the Wilson adminis- tration. In 1912, he said the demo- crats won with a promise to re- duce the cost of living, and in 1916 they. used the slogan “he kept us out of war,” although the admin- istration knew “definitely So- lutely that our entry into the war was inevitable.” Alleged Democratic Failures. Extravagance, waste, unprepared- bungling industrial policy were among the “failures” which the candidate declared had character- ized eight years of democratic rule. All of these he promised’ to remedy under an administration. dedicated first of all to “putting our own house in order.” The candidate’s speech at Music hall followed a series of local dem- onstrations which thousands wel- comed and acclaimed him. Arriv- ing here late in the afternoon from Akron, he was cheered through the streets to nye hotel, rode to the hall at the head of a parade in which clubs participated. On his way from Akron he made short speeches ‘at Ashlana, Green Camp, Richwood, North Lewisburg, | * Urbana and Hamilton, reiterating his position on the league and many marching holding movement among American ton. The 1920 crop is not a large Within a arguing for constitutional govern- t. At Dayton, the ‘home town. of “Governor Cox, no- speech had ‘been arranged, but during, a short p there the nominee and Mrs: was concluded by Senator Harding and later he fl COX URGES DEFEAT OF*ANTI-LEAGUE MEN Governor Says He Would Not Only Vote Against, But Make Speeches Against, Any Democrat- ic Candidate Who Op- poses the League. October 29.—Sena- tor Harding's public record was flayed here tonight by Governor Cox in an address’ replying in vig- orous terms to the senator's speech here last night in which the re- publican pominee declared he was “unpledged, unowned and un- bossed.“ “If it wer, not a tragedy, this statement would be a joke,” de- clared Governor Cox to a large au- dience at a factory auditorium. “Surely, Senator Harding can ex pect no one to take him’ seriously when, in face of his- publie rec- ord,everyone knows that through- out the years of his publie life, he has been one in bondage to the big business interests and the corpo- rate interests of the country. His entire record has been one of turn- ing his back on every proposal for progress.” . Here and in other addte at Youngstown and Kent, Ohio, Gov- érnor Cox attacked Senator Har- ding as a “reactionary, evasive upon the league of nations and other is- sues,” and the governor réiterated that he himself was the champion of progress. Senator Harding's speech here last night was the special theme of the governor's fire tonight in prob- ably the most bitter personal ar- Akron, Ohio, Continued on Page 9, Column &. Ohio Professor Fights Harding And Loses Place Professor Chancellor, of Wooster College, Forced to Resign Because of Letters Inimical to the Senator. Wooster, Ohio, October 29.—The resignation of Professor William Estabrook Chancellor, as a member of the faculty of the College of Wooster, Was ‘requested by the board of trustees here tonight on account of “exigencies due to the publication of letters as to Sena- tor Harding, attributed to Profes- sor Chancellor.” The action of the board, in the ‘form of a resolution, followed a hearing during which Professor Chancellor answered questions touching the authorship of the let- ters which were alleged to have been ‘inimical to the senator’s can- didacy. } The’resolution calling for Profes- sor Chancellor’s resignation, fol- lows: “It having come to the knowl- edge of the board that circular let- ters are being scattered broadcast throughout the country with ref- erence to Senator Harding, repub- lican nominee for the presidency, which letters are attributed to Pro- fessor William E. Chancellor, a part of which he admits to have been written by him; and. | “Whereas, such circular letters issued on the eve of the. election are for the manifest purpose of appealing to prejudice, and to in- yee: the electorate of the coun- try, at be coming election; there- fore, be “Resolved, That we, the board of trustees of the College of Wooster. repudiate and denounce such po- 55 methods as utterly ;unwor- of our college and country: and be it further “Resolved by the baord, That ‘the Coere of Wooster indignantly dis- all connection with, knowl- age of, or authority for the mak- — 1 . — of any such circu- John Timo- Harding alighted’ from ‘their train Professor Ch d shook hands ita several men and women. ieee Breom Given Harding. to us for cotton. It is now a ques- 1 Lee als + a „ I — 2 5 F nm) pies eh wg 2 veg 1 4 : 2 ; seni Oak OO ee Rober 3 2. ile aap ee ed 3 2 “gospel of understanding that 35 SEN 1 » ga — * . n „ Stee ats * : 8388 with a com- | Rale futes “Certain Slanders” That Have Angered Mexicans — Mexico In- tends to Meet All Obli- gations—Pesqueira Let- ter Basis for Recogni- tion, Says Colby. - Washington, October 29.— (By the Associated Press.) — Early recogni- tion of the new government in Mexico was forecast today by Sec- retary Colby. Whether it will pre- cede inauguration of President-elect Obregon next December was not stated. In revealing that have been in progress with Robere to V. Pesqueira, confidential agent of the Mexieg City government, however, Mr. Colby sald these gave promise of a speedy and happy outcome.” Admission After Denial. The announcement came as a sur- prise. Earlier in the day a report circulated in New York that recog- phatic denial at the ‘state departs ment. A few hours later, however, Secretary Colby made public a lets ter from Mr. Pesqueira as the basit for his announcement, saying it af- forded a foundation “upon . which the prelimisaries te recognition can confidently proceed“ “I think I am warranted in saye ing,” Mr. Colby’s formal announces ment said, “that the Mexican quete tion will soon cease to be a quete tion at all, inasmuch as it fs about to be answered, not only as it cone cerns the United States, but, ine deed, the whole world as well.” Mr. Pesqueira’s letter told of his earlier informal negotiations with ‘Under Secretary Davis at the state department and said it was an Mexico” which, “submitting herself to the recognized principles of ine ternational law,” now sought rece ognition by the United States. Mr. Colby described the latter as “a very significant and a very, grati- fying and reassuring statement of the attitude and purposes of the new government of Mexico.“ kiInancial agent in New Tork, re- cently returned from a brief visit to Mexico when he was appointed confidential agent to succeed Fer- nando Iglesias Calderon, Mr. Colby's announcement said Mr. Pesqueira “eame to Washington bearing the fullest powers to speak and act on behalf of his govern- ment.” George Creel Saw Willson. George Creel, förmer chairman of the committee on public informa- tion, accompanied Mr. Pesqueira to the Mexican’ capital. interview with President Wilson. Continued on Page 4, Column 1. The' Weather FAIR, Washington.—Forecast: Georgia, fair Saturday and Sun- day; slowly rising ¢ temperature. Local Weather Report. Highest temperature Lowest temperature Mean temperature Normal temperature Rainfall in past 24 hre 0⁰ Deficiency since lst of mo., in., 1.65 Excess since Jan. 1. inches...16,14 7a. m. Noon, 7 p.m. Dry rature . 338 49 48 Wet bul #eeneeaeve0e 36 Rel. humidity .... 79 Reports Frem Various Stations. STATIONS | Temperature, and State of | WEATHER. 7 p.m. | Hin. 48 53 ATLANTA, clr , B’ham, clear ..«. Boston, pt. cly . Buffalo, ey Charleston, clr . Denver, cly .... Des .Moines, clr. Galveston, p. cly Hatte ras, clr Havre, snow J’k’ vil te . * * * 1 j > — sult ee ee = Chf «cect. Kan. City, clr... — clr <<. ile. — * eve * ——— Senkt * mie * * : * yo if N. Platte, clr .. Oklahoma,. cir : ‘Phoenix, clr .. 33 ‘ely A Rey 8 . * * a N A 1 n T 8 a * * * * 7 . 8 18 High Commissioner Re- 5 “discussions” nition was imminent met with em Mr. Pesqueira, formerly Mexican recalled, . Before his / departure Mr. Creel had a personal 41 7 n ns