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Are made by the “pull together’” of many
itizens. Resolve t 0 pull for the Chamber of
Commerce and boost Dawson.
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By E. L. RAINEY
HADMICK SWEPT THE
SII7E N SECOND RACE
FORMER SENATOR THE VICTOR
BY OVERWHELMING MAJOR
_ITY IN RUN-OVER PRIMARY. ‘
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TWo THIRD OF COUNTIES
Many Walker Countie.’dja‘ “ad toJ
" Hardwick Column. State“Zp -
tion Will Be Held on October «.
will Reorganize Party M.chinery.;
In the second primary for governor
Thomas W. Hardwick carried 102
counties, with a total _of 242 county
unit votes, and Clifford Walker
carried 52 counties with a totall
of 140 county unit votes. TOWRS(
county with two unit votes held mno
primary, and, therefore, is not count
ed in either candidate’s column. |
In the regular primary on Septem
ber Sth Walker carried 69 counties
and sccured 174 electoral votes, and
Hardwick carried 78 counties and so}
cured 190 electoral votes, four less
than enough to eleét him. ‘
Complete returns on the podpu}ar
vote show a total for Mr. Har wxck‘
of 90,961, and a total popular vote
for Mr. Walker_of 71,589, making a}
total of 162,650 votes polled in the
run-over primary., Hardwick’s maJor-|
ity is 19,372. -
a total of 160,249 votes polled in the;
run-over primary exclusive of the
five missing counties, wiich are At
kinson, Columbia, Dawson, Dodge
and Johnson.
This is a heavier vote than was
polled in the preferential primary
last April, and bids fair to be heav
ier than the vote polled in the demo
cratic state primary two flears' ago,
when Thomas W. Hardwick, William
j. Harris and William Schley How*
ard were running for the senate and
numerous other candidates were con
testing for congress and state house
offices. The vote in the run-over pri
mary is larger than was expected.
Hardwick Gets 25 Walker Countigs.
Twenty-seven counties which went
for Walker in the previous primary
save majorities to Hardwick Wed
nesday. These counties were: Ba
con, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleck
ley, Butts, Candler, Chattahoochee,
(lay, Clinch, Cook, Crawford, Deea
tur, Early, Fannin, Gilmer, Grady,
Jones, Macon, Morgan, Pierce, Ran
dolph, Stewart, Stephens and Web
ster.
Five counties which went for
Hardwick switched to Walker. These
were: Hancock, Monroe, Murray,
Pike, and Ware. Of the counties car
ried by Holder five went to Walker
in the second primary and three to
Hardwick. Those switching to Walker
were (larke, Dade, Lumpkin, Pick
ens and Wilkes, while Dawson, Jack
son and Rabun changed to Hard-
Of the six-vote counties, in which
are located the larger cities of the
state, Bibb, Chatham, Floyd and Mus
cogee went for Walker, while Fulton
was carried by Hardwick by about
120 votes, and Richmond fell in the
Hardwick eolumn,
I'ourteen of the four-vote counties
went for Hardwick, these comprising
Bulloch, Carroll, Cobb, Decatur, El
bert, Emanuel, Gwinnett, Hall, Jack
son, Laurens, Meriwether, Trouf),
Washington and DeKalb, while
twelve—Burke, Clarke, Coweta,
Houston, Lowndes, Sumter, Thomas,
Walton and Wilkes—were carried by
Walker. Of the two-vote counties
Hardwick carried 84 and Walker 38.
liccatur county, in which Hard
wick charged that illegal votes were
cast in the first primary and a re
count was refused, reversed itself
and went for the former senator, the
vote being 1,025 for Hardswick and
650 for Walker, :
Watson StrengZthened Hardwick.
~ln the September primary and in
the run-off Hardwick was supported
by Thomas E. Watson, who defeat
e Senator Hoke Smith and Governor
Dorsey for the democratic nomina
nation to the senate.
Watson’s fight in behalf of Hard
wick showed results in the switching
of many counties from the Walker
coiumn.
Both Watson and Hardwick are
openly opposed to the league of na
tions, and in each of the three state
primaries that have- been held in
;v‘”l':m this year Wilson’s policies
have been disapproved by the voters.
The State Convention.
. The state democratic convention
for the purpose of declaring the
democratic nominees for the various
ofices will be held in Macon on Oc
tober 25. All other nominations, ex
cept for governor were settled in the
Irst Pl'lmary.
By reason of carrying more coun?
ties than Mr. Walker the delegates.
of Mr. Hardwick will control the
tonvention and will elect the new
democratic state executive commit
tec. The repeated statement has been
made by Mr. Hardwick that he would
. “‘A'.:zx_n}l]ze the committee from start
to finish.
OVER A MILLION GIVEN TO
CHARITY BY JACOB SCHIFF
Many Who Have Been Helped by the
Philanthropist Mourn His Death.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Charitable
bequests of approximately $1,135,-
JUO were made by Jacob H. Schiff,
banker and philanthro?ist, who died
2:t week. His will, filed today in
surrogate court, leaves the remainder
of the estate to be shared equally by
his <on and daughter. :
. ‘he widow was “amply provided
Lor” outside the will.
THE PRESIDENT WILL
NOT ASK LOWER TAXES
..\ proposal for lowering taxes in
‘e United States is not hkely to-be
mude when congress convenes in De
“ember, according to cabinet heads.
NEARLY TWO BILLION
LOSS TO FARMERS
Reductions during July and
August in the prices of various
farm products cost the farmers of
the country approximately 1,750,-
000,000, it is estimated by George
P. Hampton, managing director
of the Farmers’- National Coun
cil. The estimate® was based on
the prices producers received for
wheat, corn, potatoes, apples, cot
ton and beef cattle.
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TORCH USED TO GET
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NIGHT RIDERS BURN 'MERCAN
TILE ESTABLISHMENT AND
POST NOTICE ON GINS.
Demanding the closing of ginner
ies until cotton prices are stabilized,
news of which has come from other
cotton belt states, notices have been
found fastened on the scales of a gin
at Bowman, Ga., in Hart county.
Similar notices have also been posted
at other gins in the county. They
read:
“We, the citizens of everywhere,
kindly ask that this ginnery be clos
ed until November, 1920, unless fur
ther notified. Please take notice.”
Notices have also been posted in
Milton and Jasper counties. |
Failing to heed the warning of
“night riders” who posted business
houses of Garden City and Hance
ville, Ala., with notices-to close until
cotton had reached forty cents per
pound, the general mercantile estab
lishment of Taylor & Bennett, at
Hanceville, was destroyed by fire.
Stores of New Hanceville, whose
proprietors were warned to close, did
so, but those of Garden City were
placed under guard, as well as the
gin housese near the two towns.
Operators of gins in Cullman were
ordered to cease operations and they
have obeyed.
The Hanceville business house had
been under guard until the night be
fore the fire, when the proprietors
withdrew the guards. The loss will
‘run into the thousands of dollars.
At Anderson, S. C., the sheriff has
been appealed to for protection as a
'result of additional warnings to cease
operations while cotton remains at its
present price. Notices have been re
ceived by more than half the ginner
ies in the county.
In Texas a number of gins have
been burned. In each instance the
owners had received letters warning
that the gins would be destroyed un
less they were closed down until cot
ton reached 40 cents a pound.
TRACHOMA RESPONSIBLE FOR
MOST OF SIGHTLESS PERSONS
IN NEAR EAST DISTRICT.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Blindness
is no less prevalent in the Levant
than it was in biblical days. Tracho
ma is responsible for most of the
sightless men, women and children
who wander through the streets of
Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, Smyr
na and* Constantinople. Throughout
Armenian, Anatolia and Syria tracho
ma has been the malady which has
given the American committee for
relief in the near east more trouble
than all others combined. It is espe
cially bad among children. It rages
in the orphanges, where little Arme
nians, Greeks, Jews and Turks have
‘been gathered by philanthropic: or
ganizations which are endeavoring to
‘nurse war-torn Turkey back to nor
mal health. :
~ In an effort to check the ravages
of trachoma and save well children
from infection, the American com
‘mittee for relief in the near east is
‘establishing an eye hospital in Con
‘stantinople, where all the trachoma
tous children from the various or
‘phanagus in thecity will be isolated
'and givén the best possible treat
'ment for the disease. The Turkish
government has placed a large hos
pital with many cottages at the dis
posal of the Americans, rent free.
The new hospital will accommo
date about 1,000 patients,
All the treatments so far devised
for trachoma are extremely painful.
Dr. Blanche Norton, who is just re
covering from the malady after five
months of treatment, says the pain
of the daily treatments is so excru
ciating that she can readily under
stand how frail patients die from
the nervous shock. It is the hope of
the American committee that 'th.e
Rockefeller institution or some Simi
lar institution will devise treatments
for the malady which are less pain
ful, and more certain of affecting a
permanent cure. -
MILLIONAIRE, WIFE AND SONS
ARRESTED FOR HUGE THEFTS
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The wife and
four children of Angelo Salomone,
Brooklyn “trucking king,” a million
aire, have been arrested.
Through them the police believe
they have the key to mysterious pier
theits totaling $1.000,000 in six
months.
The scene and circumstances of the
arrests recall pages from Dickens.
Three detectives working on the pier
robberies were passing the Salontone
%arage and stables in Brooklyn, N.
~ when they heard hammering.
Peeking through a knothole they
saw Mrs. Salomone taking bolts of
cloth out of a case and handing them
to_her four boys, ranging in age from
9 toclb: ;. < Gk
The work went on silently. The
THE DAWSON NEWS
WAR 15 RAGING ON
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NINETEEN BATTLE HELDS
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EIGHTEEN COUNTRIES OF EU
ROPE AND ASIA ARE NOW
IN TURMOIL OF STRIFE.
Second Anniversary of Armistice
Day Finds World in Chaotic Con
dition, With Hundreds of Thous
ands of Men Under Arms.
The second anniversary of the
signing of the armistice in the world
war, on Nov. 11, will find nine active
wars in progress between the na
tionals of more than 18 different
countries. ‘ln addition, therear e 19
other international fronts strongly
held, without present fighting, but
under conditions that inspire mili
tary observers with the fear of an
outburst of war at almost any time.
Civil war exists or impends in seven
different countries.
The -bolsheviki are fighting the
Poles on a front extending from the
Ukraine to Lithunia, the Poles hav
ing a total of more than 6255000
men engaged. The Russians have a
force estimated at from 500,000 to
1,000,000. Greeks and Turks are in
‘deadly combat on the so-called na
tionalist front, east of Smyrna, with
320,000 men involved. On the Brit
ish-Turkish front the British have as
high as 26,000 men, exclusive of
those in Constantinople.
Fighting in South China.
In southern China war is in prog
ress between the provinces of Yu |
'Nan and Kwang-Tung, where, it is
estimated that about 200,000 fight
ing men are struggling for mastery.
Gen., Wrangel has about 40,000 loyal
Russians fighting the bolsheviki in his
front north of Crimea, the enemy
numbering 35,000 men.
The Lithunians and Poles are de
fying each other with prospects
of much larger engagements. There
are 23,000 Lithunians now in actual
fighting, against about 20,000 Poles.
The French have their hands full in
Asia Minor with the Turks and
Arabs. The French army of the Le
vant numbers about 24,000 men, the
minimum strength of their opponents
being 20,000, with heavy reserves to
draw upon. .
The British "in Mesopotamia are
engaged in a war more expensive
than the South African war. Fight
ing is said to be general throughout
the country, with more than 34,000
tribesmen in arms. The British, it is
said, are sending in their troops from
Turkey and mew have about 10,000
white soldiers and 60,000 Indian co
lonials on the fightinfi line.
The Italians are fighting the Turks
in Asia Minor, with an army of 8,000
men holding the line. There are 19
' fronts strongly held by armed forces,
lwhere no fighting is going on at the
Ipresent. Civil war exists in some
stage in Ireland, Morocco, Italy,
|Germany, Egypt and Tripoli.
MR. REEVES LEFT MORGAN
TWO WEEKS AGO FOLLOWING
SENSATIONAL CONDUCT.
-MORGAN, Ga.—Great surprise
and regret was caused when it be
came known Sheriff J. A. Reeves had
indulged in conduct so unbecoming
that he . had apparently abdicated
his office.
It is said that he became intoxi
cated some nights ago and went to
the home of a white citizen at Wil
liamburg and created a deal of dis
turbance, using obscene language in
the presence of ladies, and threaten
ed the life of the man of the house.
The cause of the trouble is not
known, but it seems to be the general
opinion of those present that. the
sheriff had lost his reasoning facul
ties on account of excessive drink
ing. After the escapade at Williams
burg Mr. Reeves went to his home
in Morgan, where he remained until
next day, when he left for unknown
parts, and has not been heard from.
A criminal warrant was sworn out
for him, but he has not been appre
hended.
Sheriff Reeves was considered one
of the most efficient and fearless ar
resting officers in the state and en
joyed the confidence and esteem of
practically every citizen of Calhoun
county, and his recent conduct was
a shock to his many friends and a
great surprise to all
In the event the office is declared
vacant an appointment will be mdae
to succeed Sheriff Reeves, and he
will be elected by_the voters at the
general election in November.
youngsters seemed well trained, and
responded to their mother’s every
cue. Not a word was spoken.
When she had com{:‘leted her job
she gaye a sign and the boys, laden
with mysterious looking packages,
tiptoed over a bridge to the rear of
the garage to their apartment, fol
lowed by the woman.
As they started to enter the police
reached out of the shadow and ar
rested the mother and her four boys.
They promptly confessed, according
to the police.
Entering the apartment the detec
tives found on all sides neatly piled
up stolen goods, valued at $30,000.
* Salomone, lying ill from pneumo
nia in his home, was placed under
arrest. ;
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1920
5 KILLED AS AERO
BUS TAKES PLUNGE
LLONDON. Four passengers,
three of them women, and the pi
lot, were killed neay Heyes, Mid
‘dlesex, on Saturday in the crash
ing of a ten passenger aero bus.
A little girl passenger escaped
death, but both her legs were
broken.
The craft, property of the Cen
tral Aireraft company, fell 1,000
feet, when engine trouble devel
oped.” The distance and the great
weight of the machine gave it a
terrific impact. The body of the
car was practically buried in the
earth.
Horrified spectators, hastening
to the machine, found it neces
sary to dig the five victims out.
PRISONS OVERFLOWING WITH
VIOLATORS OF REGULATIONS.
: NATION IS AROUSED.
BERLlN,—Amazing statements re
garding profiteering and breaches of
the food laws are given in a series
of articles published in the Berliner
Tageblatt.
In Prussia alone there -have been
9,082 cases of profiteering before
the courts in six months, but the au
thorities admit these are not the most
important cases, for it is hardly ever
possible to arrest the profiteer work
ing on a big scale.
In another article Dr. Finkelberg,
head of the Prussian prison system,
declares that Prussia’s prisons are
full -to overflowing. Neighboring
houses have to be taken and fitted
up for the purposes of a prison.
One jail for 500 prisoners had no
fewer than 8,000 guests during the
year. s
~ Dr. Finkelberg states with regard
to the alarmingly frequent cases of
assault, robbery and such crimes
committed in the streets and public
places that not one evil-doer is
brought to justice.
“FROWNS ON EMPLOYMENT OF
BORROWED FUNDS FOR PUR
POSE MAINTAINING PRICES.” '
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Revival of
the war finance corporation to finance
‘exporters was declared to be unnec
rpf.cary by Secretary Houston tonight
in answering letters from correspond
‘ents, who had urged that course.
‘Houston said in his letter that the
suggestion that the treasury deposit
funds in agricultural sections for
loans to the farmers was ‘‘highly
unfeasible.” The treasury, he said,
was not in the banking business and
had been compelled to borrow itself
at high rates to meet current require
ments between tax payments,
Orderly marketing of crops always
has been fostered by the treasury as
well as the federal reserve board,
Mr. Houston said, but added that the
department frowns on the employ
ment of borrowed funds to maintain
“war or higher than war prices.”
Discussing curtailed loans, Mr.
Houston said he believed the condi
tions complained of were in no way
under control of the banks.
“No one wishes to have the prices
lowered in the things he produces,”
the letter said. “But the consumer
apparently has made up his mind not
to continue to pay high prices. Much
trouble, which is attributed to the
banks of the country and credit con
ditions, unquestionably arises from
fundamental conditions over which
the banks have no contral.”
Detailed reports from the banks
show the crop movements are being
financed amply, the secretary said,
adding that there was no reason why
the falling prices on those products
should be attributed to lack of credit.
WARNING ON BILL
HALTS FRIVOLITY
Last of Well-Spent Million—Wine,
Women and Song,” It Says. Has
Aroused Curiosity.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—“ The last
of a well-spent million—wine, wo
men and song.”
Thus runs a little sermon written
in indelible ink on an old $lO bill
which has been circulating around
the “capital.
It has aroused considerable curi
osity and such is the force of the
message that no_.one yet has spent
the bill for any frivolous or pleasur
able thing.
Perhaps the man who wrote the
message did so after a night of caba
rets, for the handwriting is shaky
as if written with an unsteady hand.
Again it may be in a fit of remorse
he wrote his warning to those who
would follow in his footsteps.
But the tone of the line would sug
gest that he was not sorry. It whs
“the last of a well-spent million.” If
he had another he would spend it the
same way. ‘
In any case those who see the
crookedly written words pause to
think before using it in any wrong
way. !
SUES THE MILLER ESTATE
FOR $1,700,145 IN TAXES
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Suit for
$1,700,145 inheritance taxes, inter
est and penalties alleged to be un
paid, was filed in the United States
district court on Friday by the gov
ernment against the estate of the
late Henry Miller, millionaire cattle
man.
T GHE P Sz 0
rA WAS!:\IINGTON DOCTOR NOW
~ SUES TO RECOVER BIG SUM
1 FROM ALLEGED MEDIUM. _
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Supposed Message From Red Crou:
Worker Used to Obtain Estate,
Advising Thlt. He Should Give Up
All of His Property. T
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Charging
that, through spiritualistic messages,
alleged to have come from flz late
Clara Barton, founder of the Amer
ican Red Cross, he had been induc
ed to turn over $62,000 to Mrs. Ma
blele Rawson Hivons, Dr. J. B. Hub
bell has instituted legal action for
the return of his property. Dr. Hub
bell was secretary to Miss Barton for
thirty years, and Mrs. Hirons is his
life-long friend.
In his statement, filed in the Mont
gomery court at Rockville, Md., on
Saturday, Dr. Hubbell asserts thatl
when Miss Barton died in 1912, “he’
owned real estate valued at $50,000,
costly household furniture and a
claim for $5,000 against the town of
Glen Echo, as well as other proper-l
Tty
; Planned Memorial. I
It was ‘his cherished hope, he said,
to establish a memorial for Miss Bar-l
ton. s
"~ Mrs. Hirons, the plaintiff alleges,i
visited him in May, 1914, and ex
pressed great interest in his project.‘
On this occasion, Dr. Hubbell said,]
the defendant had simulated a(
trance, during which she pretended'
to be in communication with the
spirit of Miss Barton. : |
According to the complaint, Mrs.
Hirons alleged that Miss Barton di
rected her to tell Dr. Hubbell that
she (the defendant) had come to
‘help carry out his plan, and that he
'should turn over all his property to
her,
Much Affected.
Dr. Hubbell, the petition states,
was much affected, and, believing
that it was possible for departed
spirits to communicate with their
earthly friends through certain per
sons known as mediums, _conveycd
the - real estate to Mrs. Hirons, to
gether with $4,500 he had received
under Miss Barton’s will, $2,000 he
borrowed from relatives and $4,000
in Glen Echo bonds, all of which
were to be used in furtherance of
the memorial.
Sixty days ago, Dr. Ht{bbell al
leges, he had heard Mrs. Hirons say
to a neighbor that she had given up
all thought of a memorial to Clara
’Barton, and that she was not worthy
of it
' So shocked and upset was Dr.
Hubbell, according to the bill, that
he was unable for a time to collect
the data necessary for the suit, which
he now brings. :
Dr. Hubbell obtained a temporary
order restraining Mrs. Hirons from
'disposing of any of the PTOD(‘!‘t.\’]‘
'mentioned in the bill. ‘
INCREASING TIDE OF UNSKILL
ED IMMIGRANTS TO THE U. S,
AROUSES IRE OF LABOR.
Immigrants, now flocking to the
United States at nearly the pre-war
rate of 1,0000,000 a year, will be
the cause of-a long and bitter battle
in congress this winter. Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and other federa
tion officiais who seek more drastic
immigration laws, will take an active
part in the fight, it is understood,
Employers may fight amendments
which curtail the flow of unskilled
labor to the United States. At the
present rate. of immigration native
born labor soon will be undermined
ineits living standard, organized labor
officials said. More than 3,000 incom
ing immigrants are now housed each
night at Ellis i land, and this num
ber will be mugh larger when more
ships are available to bring to these
shores the thousands who are trying
to escape the high taxes and low
wages of European countries.
Women predominate among the
new arrivals now, according to gov
ernment records. This indicates, offi
cials say, there will soon bhe a sur
plus of female domestic workers,
which perhaps may solve the pressing
problems ‘of “household help.”
5 BILLION ANNUALLY SPENT
BY AMERICANS FOR PLEASURE
NATIONAL ORGY OF SPENDING
MONEY, BEGUN AFTER THE
ARMISTICE, STILL CONTIN
UES. REPORT SHOWS.
The national orgy of spending,
which swept over the United States
with the signing of the armistice, stiil
is pouring n}oney into the pockets of
purveyors of amusement at :
of approximately 5400,0fim
month, according to an estimate
made on war tax receipts of the
treasury department. Although ex
penditures have been curtailed for
motor cars, diamonds, imported cos
metics and the like, the public has
increased its purchases of candy, soft
drinks and ether nox-aicoholic hev
720,000 FROG’S LEGS
FOR NEW YORK
JACKSON, Minn.—Tom Pal
mer, frog king of this section, is
about ready to make one of his
big shipments to the New York
markets. Palmer has 30,000 dozen
of the jumpers ready to ship and
they will go forward as soon as a
fish car is procured for them. The
frogs are alive and were secured
b¥ Palmer from boys at the rate
of 1 cent apiece.
BIG ISSUES TO soms‘
!NEW PRESIDENT WILL FACE
MANY TANGLING QUESTIONS.
MEXICO A HERITAGE. -
Important foreign issues, in addi
tion to the question of the league of
nations, will be inherited by the next
national administration, _jn the opin
ion of Washington authorities versed
in international affairs. It is likely
that the state department will have
some problems in diplomacy well on
the way toward a solution by next
March, but definite settlements, it is
considered certain, will await action
by the next president,
There is reason to believe that the
negotiations with Japan over the
California controversy are nearing a
satisfactory conclusion, but that the
anti-Japanese legislation in Califor
nia has carried the exchanges be
tween Washington and Tokyo to the
suggestion- of a mew treaty, which
would embrace subjects not includ
ed in existing treaties with Japan,
and covering immigration.
The Mexican Heritage.
Most observers are of the opinion
that the Mexican question will be
left to the incoming administration
as a heritage, as it was handed to
President Wihlson by President Taft.
There is thought to be more reason
for extending recognition to Gen.
Obregon, when he .is inducted into
the presidency next December, than
existed in the case of Huerta, who
avas not recognized, or in the in
‘stance of De la Huerta, who suc
ceeded Carranza, but it is doubted
if President Wilson will commit his
‘ewn successoy so far in the Mexican
‘problem as recognition of Obregon
‘would do.
The question of loans to China,
‘involving the success or failure of
the consortium for financing China,
‘and embracing also requirements
\that would compel the dishandment
of the Chinese military forces ex
cept such as might be necessary for
police purposes, also ‘is thought cer
tainly to be destined for determina
tion by the next administration.
g Continue Russian Policy.
. The Wilson administration’s Rus
‘sian policy, it is thought, will be
continued by the incoming adminis
tration, being one of passive hostil
ity to the bolshevik government,
passive assistance to the anti-bolshe
vik Russians, and at the same time
asserting the principle of non-inter
vention by other powers in Russia
and the further principle of the non
partitioning of Russian territory. * |
OSTENSIBLY ENGAGED IN Y. M.
C. A. WORK, HE DIRECTED
STEALING OF GOODS.
Louis Landa, described as an ex
officer of the American expedition
ary forces in France, but more re
cently attached to the Young Men’s
Christian Association personnel left
in France in charge of war supplies,
ic under arrest in Paris on the charge
of being the organizer and brains of
a vast organization of freight car
thieves. which for more than a year
has been operating between Paris,
Havre and other centers.
A half dozen Frenchmen alleged
to have been associated with Landa
also have been arrested on the charge
of being accomplices-in a series of
merchandise thefts of value running
up to millions of francs.
Landa’s arrest followed the dis
covery by officials of the railways de
tectives that two carloads of sugar,
each conaining 20 tons, had been
spirited away by Marcel Letourner,
who with -several other Frenchmen
acting under his orders, is said to
have unloaded merchandise from
freight cars cleverly re-addressed at
the moment of starting. Landa is
said by the police to have handled
subsequent operations, such as find
ing purchasers for the stolen goods.
erages, tobacco and theatre and
“movie” tickets.
Seekers of recreation still are in
dulging in these things at th. rate of
nearly $5,000,000,000 a year, or
nearly enough to pay all the expenses
of the government for 12 - months.
Taxes received by the government in
May on the sale of tobacco, candy,
w&m ggg‘thettxe tickets total
ed $36618,000. ~ .t ;
= -Fobacco, cigars, cigarettes and
snuff seem to be the favorite indul
gences of the American peo;l{le, ac
cording to the tax returns. Theatre
admissions brought in the next big
gest income to the government, $6,-
623,189, At this rate, the annual ex
penditure for theatre seats would be
approxiamtely $794,772,000. e
Stands in the forefront of agriculture.
Settle here and help in the production of
fine crops and share in the prosperity. i
’PROMINENT LEADERS OF SOCI
| ETY JUMPED $l5 BAIL WHEN
| CHARGED WITH DRINKING.
Policewoman Takes Pair From Fash
jonable Willard Hotel in Luxuri
ous “Patrol Wagon.” Officer Who
Made Arrests Perturbed Liiter.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Official
society circles here were stirred to .
the depths-on Friday by the arrest
at the Willard hotel of a man known
to society, on the charge of drinking
liquor in a public place.
A woman companion of the man
was arrested at the same time, but
both gave assumed names, gave cash
bonds and jumped their bonds when
the cases were called in the police®
court.
Were Arrested by Woman.
The arrests were made by Mrs.
Mina C. Van Winkle, head of the
woman’s bureau of the police depart
ment, who happened to be dining at
the Willard. xl)Vh's. Van Winkle saw
the pair dirnking from a silver flask
and walked over and placed them un
der arrest, but permitted them to
finish their drink,
The policewoman complained af
terward that only the “tiniest bit”
remained in the flask,
Mrs. Van Winkle was much dis
mayed-at what she had done after
she made the arrests. She saw at
once by the way her charges were
greeted by other patrons of the hotel
that they were socially prominent
and she was even more flustered
when the man offered her a chance
to ride in his car to the station. Mrs.
Van Winkle, of course, accepted, and
the trio rode to the lockup in prob
ably the finest patrol wagon ever
known. v
Politically and Socially Prominent.
Both the man and his companion
put up $l5 cash bond for aggearauce .
in police court, although Mrs. Van
Winkle knew that they would not
appear. They did not. When the cas
es were called in pelice court there
was not a peep from “John John
son.”
The police say that John Johmson
was recognized as Reynolds Hitt. The
Washington address affixed to the
name of Reynolds Hitt is the same
as that of Robert Stockwell Hitt,
former minister to Panama and Gau
temala and with a record service in
the diplomatic corps in Rome, Paris
and Berlin from 1901 to 1910. Rob
ert Stockwell Reynolds Hitt is the °
son of the late R. R. Hitt, congress
‘man from Illinois and for many years
chairman of the house committee on
foreign affairs.
Hitt’'s companion also gave a
Washington address, but is said to be
a former New York war worker. She
is said to have three sisters living in
Washington.
Hitt's wife is a leader of Washing
ton society, and was known at one
time as one of the most beautiful
women in the United States. :
THE RETAIL COSTS OF
FOOD KEPT UP B'Y DEALERS
Farmers Incensed After Reducing
Wholesale Prices of Their Crops.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Although
food prices are falling fast as far as
the producer is concerned, and in
many cases there is no market™at all,
the consuming public is reaping no
benefit whatever from the situation.
There is complaint that farmers are
receiving only seventy-five cents a
bushel for potatoes despite the fact
retailers are asking quite as much as
when the crop sold at $1.30 and
$1.40 and simultaneously reports in
dicate that the price of applgfi had
dropped as much as $2.50 per barrel
in the wholesale market without any
hint whatever of a decline in retail
prices.
The effect upon the farmers is said
to be quite disastrous, as they have
reached the conclusion that it is bet
ter to hoard their crops and limit
production than throw their goods
away to distributors who “refuse to
cut the retail prices.
IMMIGRATION TO UNITED %
STATES AT_HIGH TIDE
The Greatest Influx of Foreigners in
| History Expected in 1921.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Figures is
sued at Ellis Island today show that
during September 70,052 aliens ar
rived and 35,689 departed. As about
88 per cent of immigration comes
through the gateway of New York
the figures are a close guide to the
flow of peoples.
At the present rate the authorities
expect that the year 1921 will see the
f;‘eatest influx of foreigners the
nited States ever has known. Of
the aliens now coming in about 50
per cent are said to be from Italy.
All those figures have a most im
portant bearing upon industry, for
the shortage of unskilled labor, due
to suspended immigration, has been
one fundamental item among the
manifold factyrs involved in the high
cost of living. ; 3
STEAL FORTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS WORTH OF FURS
Rcbhbers in Washington Escape in an
Auto After Gun Fight. _
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Thirty
thougand dollars’ worth of furs were
stolen from a fur shop here yester
day, the robbers escaping in an au
tomobile after a running gun fight
with a private detective who answer
gd a burglhar aé;rm. Police o%
ere say they ow nothing 1
“fur ring” unearthed in New%
which shiis stolen furs to Philadel
phia, Washingtorn and other cities,
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