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ASSOCIATION TAKES
OFFER FOR LOWER
GRIDES OF COTTON
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Wannamaker Says 300,000
Bales Involved Are Being
Assembled and Will Be
Sold to Europe
That the American Cotton associa
tion has accepted the recently an
rounced offer by foreign spinners to
buy through the association 300,000
bales of lower grades of cotton at
prices ranging from 35 to 41 cents a
pound, and is getting the cotton to
gether and soon will distribute op
tions to the farmers of the several
cotton states, was announced in At
lanta Thursday by J. S. Wanna
maker, president of the association,
wso passed through the city on his
way to New Orleans and conferred
with J. J. Brown, commissioner of
agriculture, and L. B. Jackson, di
rector of the. market bureau of the
department of agriculture.
"Soon after I announced the offer
by spinners of a certain foreign coun
try to buy this cotton,” said Mr.
Wannamaker, "a report was put in
circulation that the offer came from
the Bolsheviki in Russia. The pur
pose of the report was to break up
the deal. It has failed because the
report was false. I am not at lib
erty to name the country from which
the offer comes, but I can say that
it is a friendly country.
"If we had in the cotton belt a
uniform system of warehouses and
warehouse receipts, as contemplated
by the federal bonded warehouse act,
but not yet obtained because of the
failure of warehouse owners to bond
themselves by complying with the re
quirements of the act, we could have
closed the deal for this 300,000 bales
of cotton in less than a week after
the offer was .announced. Several
times 300,000 bales of cotton have
been tendered to me, but it is not
immediately available because some
is stacked in farmers’ yards, some is
stored in barns, some is stored in
local warehouses of all kinds.
“In spite of the delay, however, we
are going to get the cotton and sell
it and the price we will get is going
to have a most wholesome effect
upon the cotton market. JVe are
now preparing the options. They will
be sent to the commissioners of agri
culture of the several cotton states
for distribution among their farmers.
The local bankers will certify that
they are options which will hold.
Explains Options
As fast as the options are signed
by the farmers and certified by their
local bankers they will be sent back
F he commissioners of agriculture,
and we will deliver them to our for
eign buyers. The options will run
for a sufficient period to get the
cotton graded, and the grading will
be done under supervision of fed
eral government agents in strict ac
cordance with the grades established
by the federal government.
So far as the financial responsi
bility of our foreign buyers is con
cerned, it will be scrutinized care
fully and there will be no hesitation
about dealing with them. The federal
authorities in Washington will assist
us in that matter also.
“I am at liberty to say that when
we close this deal there will be
others we can handle at good prices.
The fact that foreign spinners have
come to the American Cotton asso
ciation to deal through it directly
with the growers is the most signifi
cant thing that ever happened in the
cotton industry. It shows that the
association is recognized abroad as
well as at home as the official or
ganization of growers and allied
business interests. There is going
to be more and more direct dealing
between growers and spinners, and
the growers are gping to get better
prices as a consequence.”
Commissioner Brown and Director
Jackson of the market bureau went
thoroughly into detail with Mr. Wan
namaker regarding the big deal,
which is hte largest ever made di
rectly between growers and spin
ners, and Commissioner Brown
stated that the options would be dis
tributed to farmers in Georgia
through the market bureau. Thou
sands of bales of Georgia cotton al
ready have been tendered to Com
missioner Brown.
Mr. Wnnamaker is on his way to
New Orleans to attend a meeting of
the Louisiana division of the asso
ciation. He will be accompanied by
Harvie Jordan, national campaign di
rector of the association, and Thomas
J. Shackleford, of Athens. They will
go from New Orleans to Dallas to
attend a Texas meeting.
Millionaire Socialist
Indicted as Radical
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—The special
grand jury which has ' an investi
gating "red” activities in Cook coun
ty, today returned indictments
against William Brcss Lloyd, mil
lionaire socialist, and 37 other al
leged members of the communist
party. The return was made before
Robert E. Crowe, cb ■ stice of the
criminal court.
Says Jenkinc Case
Has Been Settled
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 22.—The
newspaper Excelsior quotes Hilario
Medina, sub-secretary of foreign af
fairs, as sawing that the case of
William O. Jenkins, American con
sular agent at Puebla, has been set
tled satisfactorily. No details of
the alleged settlement are available
here.
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HOPE STILL SEEN
FOR AGREEMENT
ON PEACE TREATY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Repub
lican senators attending the bi-parti
san conferences today appealed to
mild reservationists to refrain from
throwing the treaty fight once more
into the open senate.
Senators Lodge and New made the
appeal. They told Senator_ McNary
and other mild reservationis'ts that
much progress actually has been
made towards a compromise and
that nothing should be done which
would render further efforts of the
conferees useless.
Senator McNary was not greatly
impressed with the report of prog
ress, and informed Senators Lodge
and New that unless they show bet
ter results very soon he and his
group will go ahead and reopen the
debate in the senate.
Senator New said the Lodge group
is trying to “rearrange” the Lodge
reservations so that an agreement
will be possible.
Democratic senators of the bi
partisan conference at a meeting to
day drafted new proposals on Arti
cle X and the Lenroot voting power
reservation to be presented to the
Republicans this afternoon. Senator
Owen said he is hopeful the new
proposals may point the way to com
promise.
Republican senators attending the
conferences said today the public is
getting a wrong impression of the
discussions.
“A lot of false information is be
ing disseminated,” said Senator New.
of Indiana.
He was reminded that the con
ferees themselves are responsible if
erroneous impressions go out, since
they have pledged themslves to se
crecy concerning their deliberations.
“I want to say,” replied Senator
New, “that there never was a more
whole-hearted good faith effort to
achieve a compromise than the Re
publican conferees are making. We
have conceded and yielded time aft
er time. Os course, there are some
points on which we cannot give in.”
Senator Lenroot, another member
of the conference, was asked for a
statement indicating the status of ne
gotiations, which would give the pub
lic a true idea concerning the pos
sibility of compromise.
“I don’t know what is going to
happen,” he said. “I wish I did.
Everything depends on the attitude
of the Democrats.”
W. J. Bryan Attacks
Governor Edwards
And Homer Cummings
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 22. —Declar-
ing he had evidence to prove that an
organized effort was being made by
“liquor interests” to nominate a
“wet” candidate for president on a
“wet” platform, William J. Bryan
was on record today in opposition
to Governor Edward I. Edwards, of
New Jersey, and in favor of a new
democratic national chairman, “if
Homer S. Cummings’ address at a
banquet Tuesday night in Governor
Edwards’ honor correctly expressed
his attitude.”
Mr. Bryan assailed Governor Ed
wards bitterly in speeches here and
at Norfolk yesterday and last night
and concluding his remarks, re
ferred to Chairman Cummings’ at
tendance at what he termed the New
Jersey governor’s “coming out” ban
quet.
“If the chairman,” he said, "hasn’t
enough to know better than to
join in a boom for a candidate like
that, he hasn’t sense enough to be
on the committee."
Mexicans Held for
Murder of Americans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. —Mexican
federal authorities have arrested two
suspects and their accomplices in
connection with the killing of P, S.
Rooney and Earl Boles, American cit
izens, the state department was ad
yieed today from Mexico City.
Influenza in Chicago
Reaches Its Peak but
Spreads in Illinois
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—The influ
enza epidemic in Chicago today was
believed by health department of
ficials to have passed its peak but
it continued to spread down state.
There was a decrease in the number
of new cases reported, only 2,008 be
ing recorded, but the death list here
for the last twenty-four hours reach
ed sixty-one.
Relief was premised from the seri
ous shortage of nurses by announce
ments that the local American Red
Cross chapter had called its 2,300
trained nurses into service and that
100 trained nurses from the visiting
nurses’ association were co-operat
ing with the municipal health au
thorities.
Spread of the contagion from Chi
cago and other northern Illinois
points to towns in southern Illinois
was reported by Dr. C. St. Clair
Drake, director of the state depart
ment of public health.
WOULD SUSPEND DRY
ACT TO HELP SICK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Because
of the prevalence of influenza, Rep
resentative Sabath, Illinois, today
introduced a resolution in the house
that the provisions of the Volstead
prohibition enforcement act, allow
ing only one pint of liquor every ten
days for sick persons, be suspended
for 90 days.
Whisky is the'only effective reme
■dy against the disease, he claimed.
6,000 CASES REPORTED
IN HAVANA, CUBA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Six
i thousand cases of influenza have
, been reported in Havana, Cuba, the
public health service was advised to
day by its represntative in that city
The service announced that all pos
sible precautions to prevent an in •
flux of the disease into the United
States were being taken both at
Havana and at American ports.
Furthe rspread of the malady in
this country ws reported to the
service today, 93 new cases being
listed in Kansas and 2,430 in sixteen
counties of northern Illinois.
Constitutional Revision
For South Carolina
Defeated in House
COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 22.—The
house of representatives destroy
ed all hope of a new constitu
tion for South Carolina in the hear
future when, by a vote of 75 to 34.
ir rejected a resolution to put the
question in a referendum of the
people next November.
The main contention against any
attempt at change at this time was
the unrest of the people and the
danger of getting obnoxious radical
doctrines written into the organic
law of the state by any departure
at present from .established moor
ings. The resolution came over
from the senate last year. The
house likewise refused to pass the
senate bill providing for the aboli
tion of free scholarships in state
colleges.
A concurrent resolution was in
troduced in the house rejecting the
Susan B. Anthony amendment for
equal suffrage. It went over for
consideration and will appear on the
louse calendar Dmoaw. Thfe sen
ate rejected the house bill amend
ing the Sunday 1 e laws, so that
there would be a fine or imprison
ment instead of confiscation of stock
for selling goods on Sunday.
CUREETheR fits
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth Street, Milwaukee. Wis., re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “I had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doc
tors and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all hope
of relief, when at last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound
and well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned.
I wish every one who suffers from
this terrible disease would write R.
P. N. Lepso, 13 Island Avenue, Mil
vzaukee. Wis., and ask for a bottle of
the same kind of medicine whjeh
he gave me He has generously
promised to send it prepaid, free to
any one who writes him.”—(Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1920.
DUTCH REFUSE TO
GIVE UP KAISER,
PAPER DECLARES
LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Standard,
reports that Holland's reply with re
gard to the surrender of the former
German emperor says it is impossible
to grant extradition at the call of a
third country, if his own country does
not demand extradition.
HOLLAND URGED BY
PRESS TO STAND FIRM
LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Duteh re
ply to the allied demand for extra
dition of the former kaiser is under
preparation, according to a dispatcn
from Amsterdam.
The newspaper Tyd demands that
Holland protect her right of legal
authority even at the risk of caus
ing unfriendly feelings on the part
of the allies.
“The ententes demands may be
justly ejected on the grounds recog
nized by al] cultured states,” the
newspaper said, “that no act is pun
ishable which at the time it was
committed was not a crime.
"Feelings of sympathy or antipa
thy toward the former kaiser have
nothing to do with the matter. Fur
thermore, it is not a question of
whether or not we wish to co-operate
with the allies, it is a question of
whether we wish to bring about jus
tice that will satisfy one party?
alone.”
SWISS PAPERS FAVOR
EXTRADITION OF KAISER
GENEVA, Jan. 22.—Swiss news
papers, following the lead of the Ge
neva Tribune, favor the extradition
of former Emperor William from
Holland. The consensus of editorial
opinion is that owing to the excep
tional crimes of an international
character charged against him, Hol
land would not be guilty of abusing
the traditions of neutral countries, as
in this case Count Hohenzollern is
not a political refugee.
SAYS KAISER SUFFERED
STROKE OF PARALYSIS
PARIS, Jan. 22.—Travelers arriv
ing here from Amerongen reported
the former kaiser suffered a stroke
of paralysis while walking in the
garden at his home on the estate of
Count Bentninck, Amerongen, Hol
land, Sunday. They said rumors of
bis death had been circulated in Hol
land.
Eight Lives Are Lost
In Attempt to Transfer
Powhatan Passengers
HALIFAX, Jan. 22.—Eight lives
were lost when a boat from the
transport Northern Pacific overturn
ed yesterday in an attempt to trans
fer passengers from the disabled
transport Powhatan, according to of
ficers of the steamship Bardic, which
arrived here this morning.
The Bardic’s officers said this
statement was based on a wireless
message received while on the way
to Halifax after having failed in an
attempt to take the disabled trans
port in tow. Officials of the navy
department here said they had no
record of this message.
A wireless message from Captain
Randall of the Powhatan, timed 10-
A. M. today said he had started for
Halifax in tow of the Canadian gov
ernment steamer Lady aurier at 8
a. m. He stated there was no change
in the condition of the ship and a
transfer of the passengers would
not be attempted “unless every
thing is absolutely favorable."
POWHATAN IS O. K.
AND BEING TOWED IN
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. —A wireless
message from Captain A. D. Randall,
o fthe disabled transport Powhatan,
received by Colonel J. S. Mitchell,
zone and transport officer, of the
port of embarkation here, shortly aft
ernoon today said everything was “o.
k.”
The jnessage added the Powhatan
was making three knots an hour for
Halifax, towed by the Lady Laurier.
The Northern Pacific, which was
standing by, relayed the message for
the Powhatan. An attempt to trans
fer the passengers will be made this
afternoon, if the sea moderates, ac
cording to the message.
NEW SEDITION DILL
ASKED BY PALMER IN
NOTE TO UMPBELL
Would Provide Punishment
for Attempt to Overthrow
Government and for Vio--
lence Against Its Employes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Disap
proving both the Sterling and Gra
ham sedition bills, Attorney General
Palmer in a letter today to Chair
man Campbell, of the house rules
committee, proposed a new measure,
which would provide fines not ex
ceeding SIO,OOO and imprisonment of
not more than 'twenty years for per
sons convicted of attempting to over
throw the government or of acts of
violence against the government or
its employes or agents while in the
discharge of their official duties.
The Graham bill provides the
neath penalty in cases of loss of
life due to active violence against
the government and these provisions
have been attacked as too severe.
The Sterling bill has been assailed
on the ground that it would set up
a press censorship in peace time and
for other reasons.
Gompers Assails Bills
Mr. Palmer did not appear before
the committee in person, as had been
expected. His letter was rfead after
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, had
vigorously assailed the Sterling and
Graham measures, which, he de
clared, would oppress all classes of
labor and stifle any move to change
the constitution.
Even moral force, sue has organ
ization by orderly mass meetings, he
said, would be punishable.
"1 oppose all activities of the so -
called ‘red,’ ” he said, “and there is
no one who is so opposed to these
people.
“Stand-pattei s, reactionaries, and
foo s in congress may hate me, but
none hate me or villify me as these
people whose activities have been
branded as ‘reds.’ ”
*‘Wlat do you mean by fools in
congress?” Chairman Campbell
asked.
“I am afraid I would be guilty, of
lese majeste if I mentioned any
names,” Mr. Gompers replied.
SEES POLITICS IN RED
ACTIVITY OF GOVERNMENT
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 22.
President Ernest Hopkins, of, Dart
mouth college, addressing alumni
here last night, declared that “the
present activity against alien radi
cals in this country is purely po
litical by-play to enhance the poli
tical aspirations of the attorney
general.”
Dr. Hopkins arraigned the govern
ment campaign against bolsheviscs
and other radicals and supplemented
it with criticism of the policy of the
United States toward Russia.
Bill Provides Penalty
For Enforcing Dry Law
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ Jan. 22.—A bill
providing a penalty of a year’s im
prisonment or a fine of SI,OOO for
any policeman, sheriff of other state
official who attempts to make any
arrest or do anything to help the
enforcement of the Volstead amend
ment was introduced in the house of
delegates this morning by delegate
Collins, of Talbot county.
Action was reported on the bill.
Missouri Democrats
Nominate Congressman
CAMERON, Mo., Jan. 22.—Captain
Jacob L. Milligan, of Richmand, Mo.,
was nominated for congress by the
democrats of the Third Missouri
congressional district on the 302nd
ballot this morning. The nomination
came after a deadlock which had
lasted since yesterday. Voting con
tinued all night.
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C. Bergdoll, recently arrested as a draft dodger, had to be disarmed
before a search of the Bergdoll home was made. Picture shows
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HOUSE PRACTICES
ECONOMY IN ITS
APPROPRIATIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—A wave
of economy that is breaking all rec
ords has struck the house of repre
sentatives.
Virtually all estimates for appro
priations are being reduced from 25
to 60 per cent on the insistence of
Republican leaders that the nation’s
big war debt of $25,000,000,000 de
mands it.
Three outstanding results of this
policy were apparent today:
1. —No new projects for the im
provement of rivers and harbors will
be authorized until after July 1, 1921,
at the earliest, and only $7,000,000 is
allotted for the completion of such
work previously authorized. This
means a saving of about $75,000,000.
2. —No new public buildings or im
provements In public grounds will be
authorized, during the same period,
the house public hearings and
grounds committee has decided, de
spite the fact that several hundred
bills for new construction have been
introduced. A saving of $70,000,000
will be accomplished, it is estimated.
3—lncreases for all government
employes will be kept to a minimum
in line with the policy that increased
wages mean higher prices. As a
result of the demand of house lead
ers for more economy, . the naval
committee has eliminated from the
navy pay-bill all increased salary
proposals for officers.
Republican Leader Mondell now
believes the house will surpass the
previously announced goal of reduc
ing estimates of the government de
partment $1,000,000,000. This will
reduce government expenditures to
less than $4,000,000,000 for the next
fiscal year.
CONGRESS BILL
WOULD ALLOW
SALE OF BEER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Amend
ments to the Volstead prohibition en
forcement law to allow the sale of
beer with 3 per cent of alcohol and
wine with 9 per cent, were proposed
today by Representative Sabath, Il
linois.
The present law fixe sthe max
imum alcoholic content at one-half
of one per cent.
Another amendment Sabath pro
poses increases the amount of liquor
physicians may prescribe from a pint
every ten days to a quart every fif
teen days.
Under recent decisions of the su
preme court, congress has the pow
er to decide the quantity of alcohol
that makes a beverage intoxicating
under the prohibition law. Therefore,
wets argue the enforcement act can
be amended to legalize almost any
quantity o’ alcohol.
Children Killed When
Train Hits Truck
COMER, Ga., Jan. 22.—Seaboard
vestibule train No. 5 struck a Ford
truck at the oil mill crossing here
Wednesday afternoon, almost in
stantly killing Grover Chandler, aged
8, and another child. The driver,
Goss Smith, and Hamp Cox, another
occupant of the car, were not serious
ly hurt.
Senator Harris’ Coal
Resolution Is Killed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Senator
Harris’ resolution calling on the
treasury department to disclose to
the senate the profits of coal oper
ators was knocked out today on a
point of order by Senator Thpmas,
Colorado.
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SENATE DEEDSES TO
CENSURE SIMS BT
VOTE OF 33 TO 3C
Rear Admiral Knight, Chair
man of Board, to Be Next
Witness Called, to the
Stand
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—The sen
ate todav rejected 33 to 30 an effort
by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon
tana, to call up his resolution pro
posing to censure Rear Admiral Wil
liam S. Sims, for disclosure of in
formation of a "confidential
ter” in connection with his apysifcs'
ance before the subcommittee inves
tigating naval decoration awards
There was no debate and the vote was
on strict party lines.
Just before, the senate had refus
ed, 31 to 31, with. Senator Borah, Re- ,
publican, Idaho, voting with the
Democrats, to take up the request of
the investigating committee for au
thority to employ counsel, offered by
Chairman Hale, Republican, Maine.
Both resolutions now go to the
calendar an da majority vote is re
quired to bring either before the Sen
ate again.
Further hearings of the subcom
mittee were postponed until Friday,
pending action on the resolution;
When the hearings are resumed,
Hear Admiral Austin M. Knight, head
of the boarfl which passed on medal
recommendations before they were
submitted to Secretary Daniels, will
be heard.
The controversy twice reached the
floor of the senate yesterday, each
time bringing forth bitter debate,
■while the investigating committee
continued its inquiry with Major Gen
eral George Barnett, commandant of
the marine corps, war-time command
er of the first battleship force of
the Atlantic fleet, as witness.
The controversy first reached the
senate when Senator Walsh, Demo
crat, Montana, introduced a resolu
tion criticising Rear Admiral Wil
liam S. Sims for recent testimony
before the investigating subcommit
tee in which "instructions of the
most confidential nature,” the sen
ator said, were laid before the world.
After sharp debate, on objection of
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Re
publican leader, the resolution went
over. I
Later the dispute bobbed up when
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, act
ing Democratic leader, aided by Sen
ator Pittman, of Nevada, Democratic
member of the investigating com
mittee, conducted a successful fill- ’
busier against the resolution of Sen
ator Hale, of Maine, chairman of
the committee, to allow the commit
tee to employ counsel. Arter the
two Democratic senators had,-apek n
for some time. Chairman Hale In
terrupted the debate to say that R.T
it was evident that a filibuster was
in progress, he would withdraw his
motion for immediate vote.
State Tax Books
Show Increase of |
Nearly Two Million
Taxes from foreign corporations
for the year 1920, and taxes from
all sources for 1919, show most sub
stantial increases on the books of
W. B. Harrison, chief clerk In the
office of Comptroller - General
Wright.
In 1919 the total taxes from prop
erty Classed as ad valorem will bo
$4,8'43,691.48, as compared With $3,-
950,635.67 in 1918. The poll taxes
for 1919 will be $315,566, as com
pared with $303,640 in 1918. Tile
railroad taxes for 1919 will be $577,-
020, as compared with $559,225 hi
1918.
The grand total of all taxes and
other revenue for 1919 will be $9.-
316,825, as compared with $7,686,440
in 1918, or an Increase of $1,630,379.
The collection of 1919 taxes began
in December and will continue
through the month of March.