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ASSOCIATED
PRESS NEWS
OF THE WORLD
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 135
’Big Cash Prizes In Community Weevil Drive
BRINGS TRUTH OUT OF
RUSSIA; FINDS RULE OF
BOLSHEVISTS DECAYING
American Writer Spends
3 Weeks Without Permit
Among Unhappy Starv
ing People of Soviet
By J. Herbert Duckworth
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1920, by The Newspaper
Enterprise Association.
Special Cable
REV AL, Esthonia, June 5.—1
have just returned after more than
three weeks in Bolshevik Russia.
I have seen the real Russia—
not the Russia shown by the Sovi
et officials in personally conduct
ed tours for correspondents.
No other newspaperman with
out a permit has crossed the Bol
shevik frontier, reached Moscow
and returned.
Russia in 1920 is a land of hor
ror indescribable.
The people are slowly starving
to death. Gaunt, apathetic figures
stalk the streets.
The army is in rags. Its equip
ment is worn out.
The early ardor of the Red
revolution is gone and Bolshevism
if not crumbling, is slowly decay
ing.
1 spent a week in the capital,
Moscow, another week in the
Pskov region and three days in a
Moscow prison dungeon to which I was sentenced by the Extraordi
nary Commission for Suppression of Counter Revolution, because I
crossed the guarded Bolshevik front without a permit and made
my way into the interior in disregard of the flat orders of the Moscow
government that no more “bourgeoise” journalists would be admit
ted.
The rest of the time I was traveling about—visiting, in all, five
provinces: Petrograd, Pskov, Tver, Novgorod and Moscow.
My only instructions were to “Tell the truth about Russia in
1920.” I came with a perfectly open mind. 1 traveled about Russia
“on my own,” conducting my own investigation and talking to the
Russian people without the interference of any government guide or
I interpreter. I asked the Soviet government for no assistance, no favors
BOLSHEVISM FAILING BECAUSE—
Bolshevism is failing, not because of the counter revolutionary
I activities of the bourgeoise, but BECAUSE the workers and peasants
are starving. BECAUSE cholera, typhus and all other plagues of fam
ine and want are increasing.
I interview many alleged communists. Some of them admitted
I the game was up. One man, who said at least he was a communist, re
marked:
“The Bolshevists are good destroyers but poor builders.”
Os 600,000 registered communists, 100,000 are believed to be
sincere and the rest simply registered in order to draw the workers’
food rations.
It is impossible to live and remain healthy, even as a govern
] ment worker, on 3000 rubles a month with bread at 500 rubles a
pound. The daily ration of a half pound of bread and a pint of thin
cabbage or fish soup is totally insufficient. I have eaten in Soviet
I kitchens and I know.
Moscow is a city of horror. True a few theaters are open, but no
restaurants are open. Correspondents who have sent back dispatches
telling of Moscow restaurants were deceived. They were taken to
certain communist clubs which were represented by Bolshevist offi
cials to be public restaurants.
RAILROADS ARE A WRECK
Few trolleys are running. Only the government has automobiles.
! The big stores are all closed.
There is one train daily between Moscow and Petrograd. Rail
roads are utterly demoralized and permits to travel are almost im
possible to obtain.
It is illegal to deal in food and people everywhere are begging
I bread.
Moscow residents are trading furniture, pictures, pianos, cloth
■ ing—anything they have—to peasants for food.
At the station in Moscow I saw crowds of children, men and
| women, eagerly picking up bread scraps thrown from a Red Cross
I train.
At Tver, Vishni and Volotchok, wayside stations, the peasants
I were trading milk and eggs for bread only. Money was positively re-
I fused.
“What do we want with money?” they asked with a shrug.
Lj Near Tosno I asked a farmer with a family of six how they man-
I aged to live.
“We live on a half pound of black bread daily,” he said except
| on some days—when there is no bread.”
Only 2 per cent of the cotton mills are working at all. Half the
| other mills are operating at half capacity—four days a week—four
| hours a day.
Many Russians stopped me in the street of Pskov trying to dis
| pose of jewelry so as to get something to eat.
“LIKE CZAR,” RUSSIAN SAYS
I asked a Moscow Russian: “What keeps the Bolshevist revolu
■ tion going?”
“Like czar,” he replied brokenly.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Terror," he said
On slightest suspicion men are flung into prison.
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THE TIMEsBRECORDER
WRITES OF RUSSIA
AS IT IS TODAY
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IM PUBLISHED IN HEART' OF
CONVENTION TO
MISS PENROSE
AMONG BOSSES
He Gives Up Trip but
There Will Be Plenty
Os Others
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.—A
j statement was issued here today say-
I ing that Senator Penrose finally had
decided to give up his trip to Chi
cago.
BY GILSON GARDNER,
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
CHICAGO, June s.—lt’s really a
dear old-fashioned convention—the
kind the professional politician
dreams he’ll go to when he dies.
If not golden streets there are
golden promises, and a great flock of
candidates with golden purses bulg
ing from their pockets, and a cloud
vista of political jobs—jobs for every
body, and everybody’s friends and 1
nothing to do but draw the pay.
Like all ‘‘good conventions,” no
body knows what will happen. It has
all the fascination of the grab-bag,
the faro-wheel and horse race. There]
are chances to pull “a little some-1
thing” out. You can place a bet at
good odds. You can get a real “in
side tip” maybe. And you can see a
real run for your money.
Professionals in Control.
Like all real-old-fashioned conven
tions, it is entirely in the hands of
professionals. . The public has not
had any chance to mess things up.
That notion that there would soon be
“popular primaries” at which the vot
ers of the party would decide what
candidate they wanted—that fool no
tion has “gone fluey.”
“Take it from me, boy,” says the
stout party without shifting his chair.
“There’s nothin’ in that primary stuff
—it’s just an added expense—leave
it to us —the expense is less and the
money is better placed.’’
The idea of selecting presidential
candidates by primaries got its knock
out blow in Chicago in 1912 when the
famous “steam-roller” convention
rode down the primary candidate, T.
R. and substituted the G. O. P. ma
chine candidate, William Howard
Taft. That was a grand and glorious
victory for machine politics and to
day’s convention is the fruit of that
blossom.
It is really a thoroughly old-fash
] ioned convention. There isn’t an up
hfter, a reformer, a high-brow, a pro
gressive, an insurgent or a forward
! looker on the ground. When the late
lamented Progressive party was or
ganized all that element was purged
out of the G. 0. P. and only the stal
warts, the “old guard,” the “regu- ]
ilars,’’ remained. The vacancies of]
the departed were filled with the les-I
ser Tobe Herts and Jim Heminways, i
And when, in 1916, the Progress
ives who wanted to come back, came ]
back, they were welcomed to seats in '
the back row of the gallery.
100 Per Cent Republican.
So the organization is a hundred (
per cent Republican.
The same names will figure in the'
back-room conferences where the
deals will be made. There was to I
have begun with, Bois, Penrose, of]
Pennsylvania, the master-mind of ma
chine politics. Penrose was expect- ]
ed to be the dominant figure of this
convention. But the last word is that
he is not coming. I
Others who were mechanics of the
“steam roller” convention in 1912
who will again be in evidence, are]
W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts
] —that shrewed little ex-senator mil
' lionaire paper manufacturer, who ]
.comes as a promoter of the Wood
] candidacy; his political colleague,]
I Henry Cabot Lodge, senator and au-(
Sthor of treaty “reservations;” James
A. Heminway of Indiana, a survival
iof the Fairbanks machine; Herbert ]
! Parsons of New York; Wm. H. Crock-]
er of California, millionaire voice of]
I the San Francisco Chamber of Com-;
merce; John T. King of Connecticut,]
aide-de-camp to Penrose; Coleman
Idu Pont of Delaware, who has made]
la few honest dollars in powder—the!
kind that exnlodes: A. Tobe Hert of:
Louisville, Ky., a hard-working and]
powerful member of the old guard;.
S. A. Perkins of Tacoma, editor-;
politician, a graduate of Mark Han- ]
na’s political kindergarten; Rud
j Hynicka of Cincinnati, who know?
] Ohio politics; Franklin Murphy of]
i New Jersey, who has always repre-;
Isented G. O. P. New Jersey; Reed
' Smoot of the Republican wing of the
! Utah Mormon church —all tried and
true and competent to deliver.
They’ll Name Candidate.
When these political satraps have]
j got together and matched ideas as to
and decided what, in their
| opinion, the voters will “stand for”;
in the wav of a nominee, the choice]
will be determined.
Whether the lavish spending of
money which has marked the pre
convention campaign will cease with
the arrival of delegates and “bosses”]
remains to be seen. Mr. Lowden
has denounced the direct purchase!
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1920.
WHEN CALIFORNIA HI HIT CHI.
N. E. A. Staff Photographer Dorman was right on the job when Hi Johnson reached Chicago. Below is
a close up of California s fighting favorite son and a view of him as he stood up in his auto and ac
knowledged the cheers of the throngs that crowded the streets on the way from the La Salle Street
station to his headquarters in the Auditorium Hotel.
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GALA FOURTH OF JULY AT
SOUTHER FIELD PLANNED
CONGRESS QUITS
AETERBIG RUSH
Great Accumulation of
Business Disposed of
For Adjournment
June s—Con
gress adjourned sine die late today.
Both houses had busy sessions. Many
of the more important bills were
cleared away in the night session
which lasted early today, but the
calendars were still crowded.
The senate last night confirmed
the nomination of about 500 post
masters and about 600 more remained
to be acted on. Insistent demands
from Senator Harris, of Georgia,
brought from senate leaders a prom
ise to act on the resolution asking
the treasury department to make
public the earnings of large corpora
tions as shown by the income tax
statements.
After it had been amended to meet
the President’s objections the bill to
establish a national budget system
July 1, was re-passed by the house
and sent to the senate.
1,200 on Steamer
Afire 150 Miles Out
NEW YORK, June s.—The Nor
wegian steamer Bergensfjord, New
York to Bergen; with 1,200 passen
gers, was reported afire 150 miler
east of Fire Iriand thi§ morning, but
the fire was under control and the
vessel was proceeding on its way
The report said a pipe in the boiler
room exploded, causing confusion
among the passengers for a time but
none was injured.
fattier
Forecast for Georgia—Partly
cloudy and possibly showers on the
coast.
Public and Post to Unite
in Gigantic Cele
bration
The Fourth of July will be cele
brated in glorious fashion by the peo
ple of this community and the offi
cers and men at Souther Field joint
ly this year. The celebration will
take place Monday, July 5, at the
field. A program is being prepared
which will offer a day filled with
amusements. There will be a base
ball game, fancy flying, novelty ath
letics, basket dinner, dancing and nu
merous other features. Preparations
will be made to care for an enormous
crowd of people.
The chief object of the occasion it
is stated, is to afford amusement for
the people of Americus, Sumter coun
ty and surrounding counties. A great
er occasion than the opening of the
field two years ago is expected.
One of the purposes of the affair
is to promote the playground move
ment in Americus, it being a benefit
celebration, and the children of the
city are to have an active part in the
events arranged. For them there will
be prizes awarded for the best needle
work for girls 12 or under; the best
cooking for girls 15 or under; the
best ready-to-wear dress (including
designing, making and economy of
material) for girls 21 or under; for
the best basket work (including boys
and girls) 12 and under; for the best
work of manual training for boys 12
or under; etc.
There will also be fancy dancing by
girls and boys, and athletic contests.
A 100-yard dash; 50-yard dash; po
tato race; 3-legged race; sack race,
for boys 14 or under; 100-yard dash;
50-yard dash, sack race, potato race,
3-legged race which will be free-for
all contest for men and boys are
among the events arranged.
A big feature of the athletic part
of the program will be a baseball
game between Souther Field apd some
South Georgia team, probably the
team from Albany. This should be
especially interesting in that the
Field team has lost only one game
this season.
An added attraction will be the live
stockL exhibit, which will include the
] exhibition of cattle, hogs, horses and
mules.
The part of the program to be car-
WILSON SCORES
CONGRESS FOR
FUTILESESSION
No Reason to Hope For
Relief He
Declares
WASHINGTON, June s.—Presi
dent Wilson in a telegram today to
officials of the railroad brotherhoods
criticised congress for failing to take
action with regard to the high cost
of living, the conclusion of peace
and important domestic legislation.
The telegram was in reply to a mes
sage asking the President to pre
vent the adjournment of congress to
day. The President said in the light
of the record of the present congress
there was “no reason whatever to
hope its continuance in session would
result in constructive measures for
the relief of economic conditions to
which you call attention.”
President Wilson devoted practi
cally the entire time today signing
bills passed in the closing days of the
present session. The congress meas
ures approved by him included the
usual appropriation bills, the indus
trial vocation rehabilitation measure,
the bill permitting government own
ed radio stations to handle private
press messages and the army reor
ganization bill.
ried out by the officers and men of
Souther Field will be as follows:
An aerial exhibition, featuring all
stunts, parachute leaps, etc., not ex
ceeding an hour’s duration; a good
exhibit of all kinds of planes, motors,
both foreign and American.
There will be a cold drink stand
and quick lunch stand, conducted by
the ladies of Souther Field, assisted
by the ladies of Americus. Lunch and
supper may be had at the field, but
it is encouraged that lunches be
brought in picnic style and the day
be made a gala one. Suitable places
will be arranged for the spreading of
lunches.
The closing feature of the day wili
be a big dance to be had in the offi
cers’ club at the post. This dance will
be open to all and good music and an
enjoyable time are promised. Vaude
ville sketches will be featured during
the intermissions of this dance.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOYS AND GIRLS
URGED TO ENLIST
IN CRITICAL TIME
Details Announced for
Contest to Save Cotton
Fields
Alarmed by the menace of the boll
weevil, which has appeared in great
numbers in the cotton fields of this
section, and convinced that their
damage can be greatly diminished
by reducing their numbers as much
as possible at this time, a co-onera
tive movement of business interests
O workln K through George
?rd?y nSt unH° Unty farm agent > Sal
uraay put under way a p an for the
enhstment of every boy Vnd girl of
vR d L °t mm “ ,llty ln a Kreat bo| l Wee
vil destroying contest. For the best
records made cash prizes aggregating
S be’r be S a !L All P a «icifating
will be rewarded in addition at the
rate of one cent by the owner of the
caught HeX eaC ?k for . ev «»y weevil
FrnRT th . e pnze list:
in cash -
Tmnn ppk,^ E - ?45 in ca «h.
IHIRD PRIZE— $40 in cash
FOURTH PRT7F t-jc - cash ‘,
PIPTU UDW.' . ’ 36 ln cash.
Six™
|®H TH P&u 2oiFs
tLnth pS.-’ 1 "
TENTH PRIZE-$5 in cash.
All Muit Register.
that t l ° n y i COnditions attached are
regster ?he tlc, ? ,atlnK for the
register, the whites at the Chamber
E and the c°l° r ed with E
k. Stallworth, colored farm asrent for
mnst d h trict - > Re g«tration If nlmes
must be made before Wednesday
morning at 8 o’clock. Wednesday
Tht'” "“'"‘“'iXd’J'tte p'S
hausted sooner. Trucks nnj « S ex
and back to a lh P o °^ the p ? rtiea f r°m
ana oacK to the city each dav Th*
weevil pickers will work inoartml
under supervision in
It is planned to take them to the
fields each morning at 8 o’clock re
rest” Ih the C l ty f ° r lunch and a brief
rest, then return to the fields for a
few hours in the afternoon *
Lhe weevils are to be collected bv
\ bright and
. tn ought in to the city and checked
woHh° Ugh .4 gents Marshall and Stall
] wotth or their assistants, who will
j Keep records for use in awarding the
! 'he Z nlek nd ln arran K in g the pay for
the pickers. It is nlanned to have a
weevil burning celebration each
the n city d ° W " tOW “ the center of
Suggestions yesterday favored the
closing of all business houses in
Americus on Wednesday, the open
ing day of the contest, and of all
employes and business men going to
the cotton fields themselves and as
sisting in picking the weevils. No
voknld Ct ‘ On this dir ection de
, veloped during the day, however.
Money For All.
’ lhe contest, with the liberal cash
. prizes and the atractive pay in addi
tion for all work done, is expected to
i appeal to a large number of young
(People—boys and girls alike. Since
. the closing of school several hundred
of these have spare time which thev
j can devote to this useful purpose for
a tew days, earning money for them
i selves and assisting their home county
!in a time of emergency. Intelligent
i youngsters, who can follow directions,
! * r ? m , g years old up to maturity, are
i as ked to join in the contest
What may be done in the way of
| picking weevils may be judged from
the report of Emory Griffin, who a
| few days ago offered his farm hands
1 cent each for all weevils captured
on his 100-acre field while plowing.
Up to yesterday he reported 2,300
weevils caught.
W. E. Taylor, manager of Church
well s store, was one of the prime
movers behind the weevil picking
plan.
“We feel thac it is most important
that the weevils be destroyed now,
, before they multiply so greatly and
(before their damage is done,” said
he. “It is extremely important that
we make a good crop of cotton this
fall, for if we do not we as a county
are going to be in a bad fix. On
the other hand, at the price the crop
is going to bring, it will be highly
worth while to make every pound
of cotton possible. We are willing
to spend money to help this move
ment along.”
Other merchants, readily assisting
in furnishing the ’'rize money and ex
pense fund of putting on the con
test, expressed themselves similarly.
Farmers’ Aid Asked.
Details of the movement were be
ing worked out yesterday by Mr. Mar
shall. He is arranging for truckr
and drivers to transport the weevil
pickers to and from the fields and
lining up the farmers who desire to
have their fields picked and are will
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