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By TEANESSEE VOTERS
0G OF GOV. ALF TAYLOR
HAS OFTEN WON DEMO
CRATIC FRIENDS FOR HIM.
i 15 ON THE TICKET AGAIN
bolitical Story Filled With Human
Interest. Unique Campaign Between
Taylor Brothers Recalled. Present
Governor Is Very Popular.
MEMPHIS, Tenn—" ‘Old_Limber’
on the ticket again this year.”
To any one beyond the borders of
ennessee this may be Greek, but it
) safe betting proposition that there
jof a native voter, man or woman,
ho could not translate the senterice
| hat cven the most obtuse foreigner
ld understand, apd in doing it
wid tell a political story that is fill
with human interest.
“old lLimber” is the most noted
aure in Tennessee; better known
an any author, preacher, scientist,
entor or teacher. “Old Limber” is
old hound dog, the property of
[f’ Taylor, and “Alf” Taylor is the
b ernor of the state. The people of
Lnessee, and particularly that por
) constituting the republican party,
. almost “foolish” about their gov
or. He is loved and respected ap
rently as no other chief executive in
. country is loved and respected by
k home people.
Campaigned State Together.
) 1888 the democrats of Tennessee
inated “Bob” Taylor for governor
d the republicans nominated his
biher “Alf” for the same office. Both
them were experts with the fiddle,
“Bob” developed into the most
gstent user of the musical instru
ot while “Alf,”” in his campaigning
s, was inclined to dwell more
bvily on his oratorical talents. They
paigned the state together.
ob would start things with two or
ce violin solos, stirring up enthusi
b with his rendition of Turkey in
| Straw,” “The Arkansas Traveler,”
l oney Musk,” and others of the old
' e backwoods favorites. He would
n talk awhile and introduce his re
blican brother, On more than, one
y asion it is recorded that “Alf's” re
| tion as a republican was not kind
| wmetimes the demgerats would
| biiost their displeasure by resorting
issing. It was then that Bob came
his brother’s relief. “Look here,
5, this won’t do. I am a democrat,
blood is thicker than water. Alf’s
epublican and I guess there are a
more like him in the state. If he
ts to make a fool of himself that’s
husiness, but I am here to demand
he be treated courteously and that
- listen with respect to whatever
may have to say. We are sons of
same mother and I am going to
to it that he is accorded a man’s
tment."
BDh" won that election and later
bme representative in copgress and
later United States senator. He
| while holding the latter office.
" now 74 years old, is still cafry
' on. He also went to congress from
First district, the strong republi
district in the eastern part of the
e that was always carried by Bob,
] democrat, whenever he was run
i for office.
I Always Carries Fiddle.
I s the vears went by “Alf” Taylor
‘ inued more or less before the pub-
Today when he appears in any
of the state in his public capacity
overnor the chances are more than
1 b that the public will demand a
¥ n solo, so he always carries his
i ¢ as a most necessary part of his
Broicnt. During campaign speech
i covering a period of more than
B 'cis, Governor Taylor has nev-
A .’n:w'l. tc make reference to “Old
] ]"""l bis old hound dog. The re
l t that “Old Limber” is a state in
ion. Tennessee, up until the pres
i ‘ar, did not enjoy the secret bal
i It story is told of how rural dem
i > o Tenncssee, having no desire
‘' voting for a republican can
-1 ® grew into the habit of exclaim
; h they shoved their ballots
t P the inspectors—"“Here goes
l ficr one for ‘Old -Limber.”” The
"| xv, Ay have died long ago for
| b o but it goes without
! f} he will continue to exist
1 f Poitce mind as long as the mas
] [‘ i among the living.
| " laylor is now two years
B ‘' ¢ was when the democrats
i ' fesperate fight on him because,
i e was too old to be gov
i ki state. How they will hght
! JUS campaign is not yet known,
| i, makes little difference
1 : an. Apparently, he is im
| dgainst the effects of ordinary
sition. It is told of him
" he decided to swing Ten
the republican camp two
i was advised to obtain a
b tger. He approached a
' possibilities in Johnson
B = thout success. Finally, he
) rend living in the country
e 'S manager His only in-
E ' is new manager were
: ds: “Tom, you‘ are to
'mpaign. You attend to
and 1 will go out and
o the people.” .
RToT & O e -
‘@ °" MILLION PERSONS
WLL UNCLE SAM’S MAIL
= I a million persons are
. ndling mail in the Unit
i oy their work is collecting,
: can - dnd delivering mail to the
O Actual figures show
] depas . ¢mployes of the post
iy irtment, and 80,485 persons
“onnected with the work.
THE DAWSON NEWS
Seven Rooms in Each .
Of New Sleeping Cars
Is Latest Innovation
CHICAGO. Sleepirig cars con
structed with seven rooms to each car,
each room accommodating five peo
plegawill be placed in the Chicago-Cal
ifo ervice of the Santa Fe railway
for tr winter travel. There
will be I 8 Wmew stylc cars. Each
room will contdr’ ™ser and an up
per berth and a day“@f " ®m.and bed,
with full lavatory equip fhe new
’all-room sleepers will be a 'part of
$3,500,000 worth of all steel equipment
that will be placed in service on nine
ltrains.required for the regular daily
operation of this company between
Chicago and the Pacific coast. l
ACCUSED MAN ALLEGED TO
HAVE CASHED CHECKS PAID 1
HIM FOR BOOZE SUPPLIES.
CHICAGO, ” Ill.—Further ramifica
tions of the big booze ring were ex
posed to day when checks were pro
duced by those who paid them for
'protection in illegal liquor traffic. The
checks “were made out to a Chic’agol
congressman and were cashed by him.
He received, it is said, $l,OOO for ev
ery 10 barrels of illegal booze the ring
disposed of. In the light of this dis
closure, the prohibition agents will
probably ask a congressional inquiry
with possible impeachment of the con
gressman, whose name is withheld for
the present.
Another angle of the business came
to light today when the activity of an
alleged wholesale ‘fruit dealer was in
vestigated. He had contracts to fur
!nish 9,000 hogsheads of the fruit in
' excess of the amount the packers had
agreed to buy. Then he organized a
fruit company. The company purchas
ed large quantities of whisky for the
alleged phirpose of preserving the cher
ries. When the investigation began
one of the partners fled to Italy. It is
shown that 10,000 gallons of whisky
i was disposed of for drinking purposes.
| When members of- this “frait-com
pany” faced prosecution they demand
ed $14,000 from their wealthy backer
for further “fixing and protection.” In-
Istcad of paying it he went before the
- prohibition agents and exposed the
entire mess. He says that when it was
necessary to secure the release of
whisky some one would motify the
congressman, who would telephone a
federal official to make the release of
10 barrels, collect his $l,OOO check and
the incident was closed. The canceled
checks are now in the hands of gov
ernment authorities along with a com
plete confession of the manner in which
the deals were put over.
SEXTETTE FACE DEATH BE
CAUSE OF KILLING OF ONE
MAN. HAD TWO TRIALS.
Closely guarded in a prison in New
Orleans, La., six young men are check
ing off the days still left for them to
live. After two trials on a charge of
murder they have been sentenced to
death. Unless there should be a fur
ther development in the case, which
now appears improbable, they all will
be hanged at noon, Nov. 2lst.
Six men to be executed for the mur
der of one is in itself rather an un
usual thing in the annals of crime. But
other features of this affair are quite
extraordinary, raising questions which
perhaps never will be answered.
The victim of the murder, the pro
prietor of a restaurant at Amite, La.,
was killed by a bullet. Evidently only
one man could have fired the shot
which did the actual killing. But the
law holds, in such cases. that all the
persons involved are equally guilty.
And in this case all the six men have
steadfastly maintained their innocence.
A life term of imprisonment might
have been imposed on some of the six,
instead of the death sentence, if ameli
orating circumstances had become
known, But the guilty man, for rea
sons known only to himself, has re
fused to speak except in protestation
of his innocence. More astonishing
still, the five men who did not fire the
shot, however guilty they may have
been in spirit, have guarded the secret
just as closelly.
Red Hot Island Which
Was Cast Up in 1906
Now Has Many Trees
Cooling of Lava by Wind, Rain and
Snow Made New Soil, and Birds
Deposited Seeds.
UNALASKA, Alaska—One of the
red hot haby islands raised from the
bottom of Bering sea in 1906 is now
said to be covered with sparse vege
tation and some seedling tree growth.
The crew of a codfishing vessel
landing here for fresh ‘water told of
steaming close to the Bogoslof group
of recently made volcanic islands and
discovering the change.
When this submarine eruption oc
curred a vast quantity of rock was
thrown up and later this appeared to
be covered with slimy lava suds. The
loosctly piled broken rock formed
headlands of many acres around t*
edges of the steaming island. T
cooling of the loose lava by wind,
rains and snow made new soil. 1t is
believed birds flying from the main
land and roosting on these headlands
CHARRED BODIES OF COUNT
LESS VICTIMS TELL STORY
UNPARALLELED HORROR.
SMYRNA IS VAST SEPULCHRE
Streets Full of Bodies, and No Effort
Made to Remove Dead and Dying.
Several Hundred Orphaned Boys
Have Been Saved.
SMYRNA.—Smyrna, which the
Turks have called the eye of Asia, is a
vast sepulchre of ashes.
Only the shattered walls of 25,000
homes and the charred bodies of count
less victims remain to tell the story of
death and destruction unexampled in
modern history.
The ruins are still smouldering like
a volcano which has spent its fury.
No effort has been made by the
Turks to remove the dead and dying.
. The streets are full of the bodies of
‘those who sought to escape, for the
‘most part women and children.
* Every building in the Armenian
quarter has been burned, with the dead
lying about. The bay, which covers
an area of fifty acres, still carries on
its surface the poor remnants of those
' who were massacred or sought to es
cape the ruthlessness of the fire. One
water front holds thousands of sur
vivors who fear death at the hands of
soldiery; there are no boats to take
them off.
Sailors Save Orphans.
American sailors of the destroyer
Litchfield snatched 450 orphaned hoys
from the pier and carried them safely
to Constantinople. The jack tars slept
!on the iron decks or under torpedo
| tubes while the youngsters occupied
' their bunks. In all the acts of gal
llantry by the Americans at Smyrna
ltherc was none more inspiring than
this.
While the orphans were being load
ed on the Litchfield, H. C. Jacquith,
director of Near East relief, who came
here recently from Constantinople, di
lverted the attention of Turkish guards,
giving them cigarettes and talking to
ithem in their native tongue. These
{ guards are under strictest orders not
‘to permit the escape of any of the
i Greek or Armenian refugees, on sev
]eral occasions have shot to death fugi
tives endeavoring to reach outlying
vessels by swimming.
Out of 300,000 Christians crowding
the city prior to the descent of the
Turks, only 60,000 have ‘been evacu
ated. The Kemalist officials have in
formed the American relief workers
that the return of the Christians to the
interior meant certain death.
Fire and Famine Add to Horror.
Fire had accomplished for the Turks
what the sword failed to do. Asia Mi
nor, the cradle of Christianity, will
soon be depopulated of Christians,
many of those in Smyrna who were
not snatched from death by American
and other rescuers are disappearing in
to the hills, some voluntarily, many by
force. Others are dying of exhaustion,
fright or exposure on the shattered
stone waterfront of the benighted city.
Mustapha Kemal's order permitting
American and allied ships to enter #the
harbor to evacuate the victims has
reléeved the anguish of hoth refugees
and relief workers.
Less than 50,000 Christians remain
huddled on the quay or in concen
tration camps out of the origihal 250,-
000 and the worst fears are entertain
ed for those who were taken forcibly
into the interior.
The lack of food and clothing and
the unspeakable sanitary * conditions
are adding to the horrors, and the
people are obliged to eat the flesh of
animals killed in the fire days ago.
The American bluejackets have ran
sacked the ships in the harbor for con
densed milk for the famished babies
and have given up their overcoats to
women.
Nights Bitterly Cold.
The nights are bitterly cold and the
shivering fugitives take refuge in the
cellars of mouldering ruins; others
have burrowed into the earth like an
imals of the wild. Mothers in bitter
anguish and despair are thrusting their
babes into the sea.
The combination of war, massacre,
fire, drowning and famine diseases has
visited scourge and havec upon inno
cent and defenseless Christian women
and children. One must go back to
pagan times to find a counterpart to
the reign of fury, fire and famine
which laid this great shrine of Chris
tianity in ashes.
No allied vessel has offered to sal
vage this last wreckage of human life
in the greatest disaster in Asia’s his
tory.
Girls Taken Off.
Nearly a dozen warships remain in
the harbor but none show a disposi
tion to aid the wretched population
except the American destroyers.
Sporadic shooting and thefts con
tinue. - Smoke is still emerging from
the ruins. The Turkish authorities ex
plain that this is due to the burning
of human bodies.
GEORGIA IN STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION
Within one year state banks in
‘Georgia have gone through a period
\of .i-uidation which has been success
ful from every point of view and the
state as a whole is in splendid finan
cial condition, considering the many
obstacles that have been raved by
bankers and busines&‘men. according
’:ge TR E::lm'ett, perintendent l:;
e state bfll*m nen whno
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DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 26, 1922
Human Line Draws
Electricity From a
Victim of Lightning
WENATCHEE, Wash.—A human
circuit, formed by members of the
family holding hands at the direction
of a physician, drew electricity grad
ually from the body of Henry %esel
after he and his father, John Besel,
were struck by &’thing on their
ranch, at Waterville, 20 miles north of
here, vesterday. Tfiree horses were
killed by the stroke, and the Besels
were severely burned.
When the thunderstorm arose the
father and son stepped to the heads
of the horses to quiet them, each
holding three of the animals. Two
horses on one side and one on the
other, were killed. When the doctor
got a shock on taking hold of the
pulse of Henrg Besel, 16, he ordered
formation of the human circuit.
DR. LAMAR IS MADE PERMA
NENT CHAIRMAN. NOMI
NEE MAKES SPEECH.
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A convention composed of delegates
from all the counties ot the Third con- |
gressional district met in Americus on i
Wednesday to ratify the result of the
recent primary, which nominated Con
gressman Charles R. Crisp to succeedl
himself. |
The “convention was called to order |
by T. M. Furlow, of Americus, who |
presided in the absence of T. H.
Gregory, of Vienna, who was ill, and
Dr. L. Lamar, of Dawson, was made |
permanent chairman and John Greer,
of Oglethorpe, permanent secretary. |
The speech placing Mr. Crisp ini
nomination was made by Hon. John
B. Guerry, of Montezuma. i
In an address before the convention i
Mr. Crisp declared that the republican |
party is in the midst of the most co—z
lossal political failure ever faced by
any party in the history of American!
politics, and saide there has never been '
a time when Wall street had a firmer
grip on the affairs at Washington than!
now. !
The tariff has put a tax .of ‘froml
three to five bilion dollars; annually |
on the necessities of life, and it was|
iput through because the rich who|
hought the government demanded i,
according to the congressman. The Li
berian loan, he characterized as a “de
mand that the Unitgd States pay 'm-‘
ternational bankers the amount due
for bonds which had been repudiated
by a negro government long before
the world war occurred.” He attacked |
the anti-lynching bill as a direct blow
at the south, being enacted to give
the negroes of the north as a sop to
their injured feelings.
Sp@king of tax exempt securities
Congressman Crisp said: “I am unal
terably opposed to the issuing of any
more tax exempt securities, for they
provide the rich man a haven for his
money at a rate of interest that in the
long run returns him more for his
[moncy than would an investment that
‘netted him 23 per cent. There are at
present about 18 billions of securities
‘tax exempt in this country, and I am
‘opposed to any more being issued
either by the federal or state govern
ments,” said Mr. Crisp.
The delegates and other friends were
given a barbecue by Mr. Crisp. A
number of citizens of Dawson andl
other sections of the county represent
ed Terrell at the convention.
Dr. J. G. Dean was elected to rep
resent Terrell county on the district
executive committee. A resolution was
adopted that five women be appointedl
by the chairman as members of the‘
committee from the district at large.
Dr. Lamar is not vet ready to an
nounce their names. 1‘
NEW ORLEANS STREETS BE-‘
ING DECORATED AND MANY
AMUSEMENTS PLANNED.
New Orleans, La., is fast becoming
a city of gay colors and odd-named
streets in preparation for the national
convention of the American Legion.J
to be held there Oct. 10-20. Enter—]
tainment is being planned for 150,000
legionnaires and guests. Erle Cocke,
of Dawson, is one of ten delegates‘
who will represent Georgia.
The convention sessions will be held
in a large hall built astride the Mis-|
sissippi river levee. The hall will seat
14,000 persons. The interior will be !
decorated with flags of all nations, le
gion emblems and banners and palm |
trees. |
Each street will have a new name.
during the convention. Famous cities
and battles of the world war will be
recalled by names of the city thor
oughfares. Twenty-eight thousand
electric lights have been provided to
light the streets.
A French carnival night, & big in
ternational naval show, and many
street dances and mardi gras will feat
ure the convention week. Airplanes
will give exhibitions during the day. |
port his assertions. Mr. Bennett shows
that loans and discounts of these banks
have been reduced by $35,0006,000 from
the figures last year.
Is Not Broke.
“They have been saving that Geor
gia was broke but the figures I have
obtained show just the opposite,” Mr.
pled and the liquidation period has
HE APPROVES “AVOWED PUR
POSE,” BUT SAYS CONGRESS
PROVIDED NO FUNDS.
9
WOULD HURT NATION’S CREDIT
Unwarranted Distribution, Adding to
Public Debt, Would Establish Dan
gerous Precedent, He Says. Veto
Sustained by Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-—President
Harding vetoed the soldier bonus bill.
nus bill.
He sent the measure back to con
gress with a message declaring he
could not sign it because it provided
no means for paying the more than
$4,000,000,000 involved. Neither the
treasury nor the taxpayers can assume
the bonus burden at this time, Mr.
Harding said. : g
President Harding said that while
he was in accord “with the avowed
purpose of the bill to give expression
of a nation’s gratitude to those who
served in its defense in the world war
to its provisions I do not subscribe.”
President Harding set forth a num
ber of reasons for returning the bill
to the house without his approval.
These included:
Reasons for Veto.
Failure of congress to provide a
means of financing.
That inevitably the bonus would
mean increased taxation.
That the legislation would wipe out
everything thus far accomplished to
reduce government expenditures wher
ever possible.
That a peace bestowal on the ex
service men was ‘“‘a perversion of pub
lic funds” and suggested ‘“‘that future
deiense is to be mspired by compen
sation rather than consciousness of
duty to flag and country.”
That to add one-sixth of the total
sum of the public debt for distribu
tion among less than 3,000,000 of 110,-
000,000 people would undermine con
fidence on which the nation’s credit
was builded, and “establish the prece
dent of distributing public funds when
ever the ‘proposal and the numbers af
fected make it seem politically appeal
ing to do s@.”
Would Mean Borrowing.
That the $10,000,000,000 of matuvr
ing public debt in the next six years
would be difficult to meet without add
ing the complication of added borrow
ings on account of a bonus.
That the adjusted certificate plan of
payment with its bank and govern
ment loans was little less than a cer
tified inability of the government to
pay and a ‘“practice of sacrificial bar
ter” by the veterans.
That the bonus would not diminish
the later obligation in' the way of pen
sions to the world war veterans.
Asserting that this obligation would
“cost more billions than I venture to
suggest,” the president declared that
“a national financial policy today is
necessary to make the nation ready
for the expenditure which is certain
to be required in the coming years.”
Care of Disabled.
Mr. Harding also called attention
to the sums now being expended for
the care of the diseased, disabled or
dependent and asserted that the total
cost of this work, with insurance lia
bility added, probably would exceed
$25,000,000,000.
Following is an extract from the
president’s message showing what the
government is now doing for soldiers
of the world war:
“It is not to be denied that the na
tion has certain very binding obliga
tions to those of its defenders who
made real sacrifices in the world war,
and who left the armies injured, dis
abled or diseased, so that they could
not resume their places in the normal
activities of life. These obligations arc
being generously met. In meeting this
obligation there is no complaint about
the heavy cost. In the current fiscal
yvear we are expending $150,(00,000
on hospitalization and care of sick and
woiunded, on compensation and voca
tional training for the disabled, and
for insurance. The figures do not in
clude the more than $35,000,000 in
process of expenditure on hospital
construction. The estimates for the
vear are approximately $470,000,-
000, and the figures may need to
be made larger. Through the peak of
hospitalization may have passed, there
is a arowth in domicilization, and the
discharge in full of our obligations to
the discased, disabled or dependent
who have a right to the government’s
care, with insurance liability added,
will probably reach a total sum in ex
cess of 52:.0(}0.000.000.
Vocational Training.
“More than 99,000 veterans are now
enrolied in some of the 445 different
courses in vocational training. Fifty
four thousand of them are in schools
or colleges, more than 38,000 are in
industrial establishments, and a few
more than 6,000 are b;ir;g trained in
pleted their courses an& have employ
schoels operated by the veterans bu
reau.
“Approximately 19,000 have com-
been passed with splendid success.”
The banks have not only reduced
loans and discounts by $35,000,000 but
have reduced bills payable and redis
counts by $26,000,000, placing approx
imately $10,000,000 in the reserve fund.
Another great accomplishment of the
year is the reduction of overdraits in
these banks from $319,224 in 1921 to
ggs,sw in 1922, a reduction of $133,-
He Scoffs at U. S.
For Failure to Kill
Tiny “Little Bug”
WASHINGTON, D. C—A demand
that the government take immediate
steps to stamp out the boll weevil in
the south was made in the senate on
Thursday afterncon by Senator Wil
liams (democrat), of Mississippi. Wil
liams opFosed the plan involving ces
sation of all cotton planting for one
year, and declared some scientific
means to eradicate the pest should be
found.
“If the government's scientists can
not find a way, fire them and get
scientists who can,” said Williams.
“It’s idle to tell me that in the twen
tieth century our government can't
kill a little bug.”
'ENGLISHMEN PLAN PRODUC
TION ON HUGE SCALE WITH
WHITE LABOR.
CHlCAGO.—lnvestigation as to
the possibility of growing cotton on
a large scale in Australia with white
labor is the plan of a delegation of
distinguished English citizens who
passed through Chicago en route to
San Francisco. The delegation, headed
by B. Compton Wood, of Smith, Rath
bone & Co., includes H. C. Arm-'
strong, managing directdr of the
Australian CotZ)n Growers Associa
ltion; Harold Péarker, managing direc
tor of William Calvert & Sons; Rich
‘ard Harding and W. F. Ashcroft. 1
Mr. Wood explained the object of‘
the trip. “The whole thing is really an
‘attempt to encourage emigration to‘
Australia,” he said. “It may seem that
with white labor costs of production
will be far too high for competition
with other cotton producing countries,‘
but until the boll weevil is finally ex
terminated from America the price of.
cotton always will be maintained at
the present high figure, and we have
hopes of producing profitably at that
Iprice in Australia.” |
SIX CARLOADS OF THE HOT
PODS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
FROM BUTTS COUNTY.
Six carloads of peppers were shipp
ed from Butts county last week to the
Continental Packing Co., at Macon,
according tc the Jackson Progress-
Argus.
Seven carloads had previousiy been
shipped. Should the yield turn out as
well as predicted there will be irom
fifteen to twenty carloads yet to ship
from the county to the Macon con
cern.
The six cars shipped last week
vielded the growers about $2,550, the
price being $3O per ton f. o. b. Jack
son. Peppers contracted for by the
Macon company will yield the grow
ers here some $12,000 or more and
this money, widely distributed among
farmers of the county, has been of
great help. About 250 to 300 acres
were grown on contract for the Con
tinental Packing Company.
Some 500 to 600 acres were planted
to pepper by farmers of Butts county
on contract with the Pomona Prod
ucts Company, of Griffin. The Griffin
concern contracted for peppers on a
basis of $4O per ton delivered.
Farmers of Butts county who have
grown peppers this year appear to be
well pleased at the returns received.
Ti.re is every probability that the
acrcage will be largely increased an
other season,
For the first time peppers were
shipped from Houston county last
week. On the farm of Louis L. Brown
near Grovania there was gathered and
shipped one day a carload of peppers
and this will be followed by other
large shipments. !
ment in all cases where they desire it,
and 53.000 have deferred for the pres
ent time their acceptance of training.
The number eligible under the law
may reach close to 400,000, and facili
ties will continue to be afforded, un
mindful of the necessary cost, until
every obligation is fulfilled.
“Two hundred and seventy-six
thousand patients have been hospital
ized, more than a quarter of a million
discharged, and 25,678 patients are in
our hospitals today.
“Four hundred and sixteen thousand
awards of compensation have been
made on account of death or disabili
ty, and $480,000,000 have been paid
to disabled men or their dependent rel
atives. One hundred and seventy-five
thousand disabled ex-service men are
now receiving compensation along
with medical or hospital care where
needed. and a quarter of a million
checks go out monthly in distributing
the eight-million-dollar payment on
indisputable obligations.
‘- Treasury Generously Opened.
“1 recite the figures to remind the
congress how generously and hew
properly it has opened the treasury
doors i discharge the obligations of
the nation to those to whom it indis
putabl; owes compensation and care.
Though undying gratitude is the need
oi every one who served, it is not to
be said that a material bestowal is an
obligztion to those who emerged from
the great conflict not only unharm
ed but physically, mentally and spirit
nally richer for the great experience.
Ii an obligation were to be admilted
it would be to charge thc adjusted
compensation bill with inadequacy and
stirgiress wholly unbecoming our re
pubiic. Such a bestewal, to %e worth
while, must be generous and without
apology g Lo SR
R R ER—m——
A NEWSPAPER
DEVOTED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOL. 40.—N0. 4
GRATE IN NEAR EAST
WIRES BURN WITH DIPLO
MATIC CODE MESSAGES BE
TWEEN CHANCELLORIES.
TEN NATIONS NOW FACE WAR
Disagreement Between England and
France Adds to Peril, and Increases
Possibility of Upsetting Europe’s
Shaky Peace. Problem Many Sided.
PARIS.—While the allied powers
are endeavoring to arrange a peace
conference to clean the slate between
Turkey and Greece and prevent mere
fighting in the Near East, rumbles of
hostilities continue.
The French Mediterranean fleet was
instructed Saturday night to hold it
self in readiness for immediate sailing
orders, owing to the serious turn of
events in Asia Miner,
~ Wires between a dozen European
chancellories burn with diplomatic
code messages.
~ Lights wink in a scoere of legations
and embassies in Paris as staffs, hasti
1y recalled from the summer’s pleas
‘ures, work over secret telegrams. Sup
pressed excitement, unequaled since.
‘the summer of 1914, is in the air.
A war avalanche in the Balkans and
;the near east threatened to involve at
least ten nations, and the situation is
‘authoritatively described to the Unit
ed Press by a high’ government offi
cial as just as grave as the month be
‘fore the world war. The possibilities
of upsetting Europe’s shaky peace are
}just as serious, this official declared,
‘the consequences will be just as far
'reaching.
| Nightmares Confront Europe.
Two nightmares confront Europe,
he declared, viz: Of Russia and Tur
key joining hands at Constantinople,
and fear of a holy Mohammedan war
to oust Europeans from Asia. :
A move to rush through a peace
conference that might prevent a gen
eral conflagration is under way. Kemal
was described as “drunk with victory”
and determined to defy the allies’ ul
timatum and go on to Constantinople.
‘His forces now outnumber the allies
two to one,
‘ The allies’ problem is many sided, it
is authoritatively stated. The follow
ing factors are being considered in the
'rush of secret diplomatic messages ex
changed between capitals:
l 1. Agreement must be reached
among the allies themselves as to near
east policies and boundaries.
2. A possible Ruso-Turkish combi
nation must be prevented.
3. Turkish aspirations as regards
Thrace and Constantinople must bhe
}definitely curbed.
' 4. There must be prevention of re
percussion of Turk victories among
‘Mohammedan peoples, such as in Asia
Minor, where the recation is a menace
to allied Asiatic possessions.
F 5. The Balkans must be prevented
from precipitating a war among them
celves.
| Disagreements Add Peril.
England’s own disagreements with
France and Italy added to national
hatreds and jealousies throughout the
Balkans constitute the most difficult
and complicated problems since the
world war. Only the most delicate
handling will enable the allies te
'smooth out the situation without a
general war, it is stated.
Wild rumors ran through Paris on
|Saturday night that certain nations
‘were mobilizing. They were promptly
denied by interested legations.
! The ten nations that may be swept
iintn a maelstrom of war were said to
‘be: France, Great Britain, Turkey,
Greece, Roumania, Bulgaria, Serbia,
soviet Russia, Jugo-Slavia and Italy.
. Unofficial word was received that
"thf latter country would decline te
’tak(' part in possible hostilities.
1 Peace Confab to Stop Turks.
Paris.—Definite dssurance that there
will be no war in the Near East, and
‘the calling of a peace conference for
‘the settlement of the Turkish prob
!lem settlement of the Turkish prob
lied meeting this afternoon. The eight
interested powers will gather around
the peace table within three weeks and
'make a new treaty with Turkey to
‘take the place of the treaty of Sevres.
‘The eight nations called together are
'Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan,
Turkey, Greece, Roumania and Jugo-
Slavia. e
- Rupture Seen in Allied Ranks.
Constantinople—The French and
[talian detachments and flags were
withdrawn today firom the neutral
zones of Ismid and the Dardanelles
on orders from their respective gov
ernments. The lines are now held ex
clusively by British troops, supported
by the combined Atlantic and Medi
terranean fleets. :
Value of Farm Crops
This Year Is High
Will Be Worth Approximately $l,-
250,000,000 More Than Last. Year.
" This vear's important farm crops
will be worth approximately $1,250,-
000,000 more than their value last year,
production foreceasts announced by
the department of agriculture indicate.
This vear important crops will aggre
gate approximately $6,600,000,0(7, cal
culating their value Kon Sept. Ist at
farm prices. ;
' Three crops—corn, cattofi a 5 hay
—will cxceed a billion deliars « “ch m
value, their aggregate comicsi,, more
than one-half of the value of il the
important crons. August grow e con
ditions were especiaily detrimsniyl 10
ll predicted bumper corn crop ito
the cOtiOn COOPs. it tist < Png v e