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AND HELP
pAWSON PROSPER
&y E, L. RAINEY
DARING NORSEMAN TO JUMP
OFF NEXT MONTH IN HUGE
PLANE FOR ARCTIC TRIP.
LA Y
old’s Most Spectacular Quest for
Top of Globe. Adventure Over Ice
Waste Will Be Fraught With Peril,
gignals to Be Maintained.
Gting forth on what is perhaps
pe most venturesome and spectacular
qest yet known in Arctic explora
ion, Capt. Ronald Amundsen, hardy
orse adventurer, who has spent most
i pis more than half century of life
e frozen wastes of either the
orth or south pole, is at Wainwright,
ska, ready for his great adventure
te conquest of the Polar regions
v ?”
“yiter many unsuccessful attempts
s solve the great mysteries of the
oze nnorth Amundsen plans to fly
ross the pole, literally, and bring
ack to the civilized world a stirring
escription of that great expanse as
ecn irom the air. He plans to .fly
om Wainwright, Alaska, to Spitz
ercen, north of Norway, a distance
i nearly 2,000 miles:
One of the planes which he will use
. Wainwright, and the other 1s
board his ship Maud, some 600 miles
om Point Barrow and presumably
¢ north of Wrangel Island, wait
ho, perhaps icelocked, for her intrep
wier to descend from the skies.
he has been there, with her crew,
1c Amundsen abandoned her last
kar and returned to Seattle.
Has Modern Inventions.
Amundsen will leave .\Vainwright.
obably about June 15, in the Eliza
th, an all-steel Larsen monoplane.
e has added a capacious tank for
tra gasoline, and his instruments
¢ air navigation are the fast word
invention.
ese flights, and at the most oppor
ne moment to_dash across the pole
il be begun. The trip is filled with
nger, for the Arctic wastes may be
mass of broken, heaving ice, with
cat intervals of open spaces. Any
reed landing would be fraught with
ril, unless the explorers were lucky
ough to find an unbroken field of
. They will not have the added
ndicap of darkness, for the start
Il not be made until the Arctic
' has set 'in, and this lasts for
pnths.
It is estimated that the cargo the
plane will have to' carry on her
¢/ flight, including food, fuel, in
iments and aviators, will total
out three tons, two-thirds of this
ing gasoline necessary for a flight
20 hours. The speed of the Eliza
th, in favorable weather, is about
i miles an hour.
A Good Navigator.
ihe chiel lens expressed for
mundsen’s undertaking is that the
i !?".lj\’h! be deviated from her
urse by the magnetic pole. As a
rine navigator Amundsen rates
gh, and he has equipped himself
th compasses and the latest aerial
pentions which should enable him
steer a straight course.
But with all the guardian mechan
us of the airplane there is still a
ole world of uncertainty. To re
ce it still further, the Norwegian
vernment will send a naval detach
0t to Spitzbergen to keep a sharp
took for Amundsen and maintain
ariety of signals which he cannot
A “Cold Gamble.”
?“»* concensus is that Amundsen is
ng a “cold gamble,” but it is no
e than he has been doing for
e [he first man to reach the
ith Pole, he is equally determined
i the first man to fly over the
rth Pole.
A”_HE!HL«:H has been taking chances
years. He has endured almost ev
¥ kind of hardship known to Arctic
porers. His ships have been crush-
M the great ice jams of the north,
tas ‘mushed” hundreds of miles
" only Eskimos for companions,
fas lived on blubber, and he is
i:f.:u;lk' inured to the pénetratingl
ctic cold,
If__’}}" comes back he will be able to
F ‘xh:}t which no white man
"oer before seen. He will be able
F,‘“ Just what is in that great ex
pe m the Arctic Circle—whether
° 2 continent, a maze of islands,
Pen water.
EVER AGAIN,” SAYS DOCTOR
EEKS TO DIVORCE 6TH WIFE
g Once Threatened.to Keep Him
From Matrimonial Circles.
As his attorneys filed suit for a di
"¢ from his sixth wife' Gabor
Mgstone, doctor and prize fight réf
% or San Francisco, Cal, “chuck-
U the sponge” in his champion
> bout with Cupid, '
Ii t glutton for punishment, but
oo e, this time I'm counted
\\ ¢ doctor said.
Sien T divorced Mildred, my fifth
' Judge J. Flood threatened to
“M¢ from the matrimonial ring by
unction, but I told him I-was
‘T[ the biggest mistake I ever
... w 0 years later I married
¢ When T married her I said
mer e last,” and let me tell you
“tan at this time, unless—.”
e R
fE INSURANCE POPULAR;
1922 SETS NEW RECORD
¢ insurance worth $10,500,000,000
ar, A o 0 the United States last
e, ; Dillion doMars was paid to
e olders, The amount of new
eare. -, and the total paid out were
rdin, 14N in any ot%er year, ac
"€ to insurance statistics.
THE DAWSON NEWS
County Commissioners
Kill Road Bond Issue
AMERICUS, Ga.—Before the
annual convention of the county
commiggganers of Georgia adjourn- |
ed F voted down by a
large m olution en
dorsing an 1 000,000
syate boads for hig -
tion, and also a motion fa
issue of $30,000,000, The propot
tion provoked a spirited debate. A
proposal to endorse an additional
gasoline tax was also defeated.
’
; BRYAN’S BONE DRY
12500 AT MEETING SUPPORT
PLEA TO ASSEMBLY BIND
‘ ING DENOMINATION.
; INDIANAPOLIS. Presbyterians
in “popular meeting” today. unani
imously indorsed a resolution present
ed by William Jennings Bryan call
ing on the_ general assembly of the
church in session here to pass a reso
lution® asking everv Presbvterian min
‘ister and church member and the
presidents and teachers and pupils in
all of the denominations, schools, col
leges and seminaries to sign a pledge
of total abstinence,
As outlined by the commoner, he
proposes that every minister first sign
the pledge, then every church officer
and finally every church member. In
the denominational colleges he would
start with the presidents, then the
faculty and finally put the pledge be
fore every student,
- 2,500 at Mass Meeting.
The Bryan resolution, which he will
present tomorrow to the assembly, of
which he is a member, came as the
climax of a mass meeting under the
auspices of the Presbyterian commit
tees on Sabbath observance and pro
hibition and public morals.
Prohibition violation, Sunday golf
and baseball, Saturday night theater
going and the size of Sunday news
papers were attacked by Mr. Bryan
and other speakers representing the
Lord’s Day Alliance. The hall, which
seats about 2,500, was crowded.
DISAPPEARED FROM GIRL’S
LIFE WHEN SHE WAS BABY.
MEETING IS ARRANGED.
b et
AUBURN, N. Y..-Mary Rizzo, 15-
‘vear-old school girl, knew she had a
father and mother. For wasn’t she
just like her playmates? And didn’t
they all have parents?
But she never knew hers.
They had disappeared from her life
when she was still a baby, 5 months
old. Friends of the family adopted
her. They took her from Oswego,
where she had been born, to Roches
ter. They raised her carefully, keep
ing the secret of her parentage.a mys
tery.
_ But now the girl has learned the
truth.
Her father and mother were in pris
on for murder!
It was a shock, ¢he other day, when
she first visited Auburn, to find her
parents behind the bars of the state
penitentiary. :
“But they are alive,” said the girl
happily, “and I am-"so glad.
“At last I know where my father
and mother really are. .
“Of course, it's a terrible thing to
be in prison, but it might be worse.
“It’s going to be my chief ambition
in life now fo gain their release.”
Warden Arranged Meeting.
Ajter he had learned that his daugh
ter had discovered the truth, hidden
from her for years, Vincenzo Rizzo,
the father, appealed to Warden E. 5
Tennings, and the warden arranged
the meeting between the girl and her
parents.
A prison waiting room is not a
cheerful place. But it radiated happi
ness when Mary entered it. At last
her dream was coming true. She was
going to see her real parents for the
first time in her memory.
The rattle of the warden’s keys, the
creak of the heavy iron gate, the
swing of the gray cell door were
music to her ears. Her parents were
coming.
Grayed and worn by the five years
behind the bars, they engered the
room, But they were beautiful to the
girl.
It was a reunion for the parents,
not only with their child, but with
themselves, too. They had seen each
other only once since they entered
the prison in 1918.
ANOTHER OF NEW YORK'S FAMOUS
RESTAURANTS HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS
Murray’s, One of City’s Most Popu
lar and Magnificent Places, Is Forc
ed Out by Prohibition.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—With ablare
of saxophone and a silent tribute frem
a few scattered persons to mark its
going, Murray’s Roman Gardens
passed last night into the limbo of all
such transient splendors. The once
famous restaurant closed its doors
with hardly a sign to show they were
never again to open. Shortly after 1
o’clock the orchestra packed uip its
instruments and the handful of pa
trons filed into Forty-second street
for the last time.
There was a brighter side to it
however. No sooner had the last guest
left than the entire staff of waiters,
telephone girls, cooks and the solitary
‘blrger scurried upstairs for a final
‘panquet, tendered by the &oprietors,
Joseph A. Susskind and Charles W.
!
BRIDAL COUPLE FIGHT
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- FATAL ‘DUEL IN ROAD
WOMAN, WHO IS LIKELY TO
DIE FROM TWO WOUNDS,
SHOT MAN FOUR TIMES.
FOLLOWED A LONG QUARREL
Wife Fired on Husband After He
Had Left Her for Dead. Both Con
_fined in Same Jail, While Officers
Try to Unravel Mystery.
FULTON, Mo.—What appears to
have been a murderous duel between
Mr. and Mrs. William Kreiling, tour
ists, on a lonely country road at the
Callaway-Montgomery county . line,
15 miles east of here, resulted in the
serious and probable fatal wounding
of both participants.
* It has given the authorities of
Montgomery county one of the most
mystifying cases to deal with in sev
eral years. The woman lies in the
county jail at Montgomery City in
such a serious condition that physi
cians have not been able te operate
on her. Two bullets from a revolver
are lodged in her head.
The man is in the same jail with
four bullet wounds in various parts
of his body, inflicted by his wife, but,
according to advices from Montgom
ery, he has a chance to live. -
Woman Relates Her Part. |
The woman has admitted her part
in the affair to the authorities, saying
that she shot her husband after he
had fired two bullets into her head.
She asserts that her husbdnd whipped
out a revolver after a quarrel of sev
eral days and after threatening sev
eral times to kill her. Two revolvers
were in the automobile in which they
were traveling overland, but one of
them, the woman declared, was not
of much value. Mrs. Kreiling told the
authorities that, although apparently
mortally wounded from the two
wounds in her head, she managed to
crawl to where one of the revolvers
was lying and then shot her husband
four times.
While this phase of the shooting is
still vague.the authorities believe that
all six shots were fired from the same‘
revolver, which was found in the au
tomobile with all cartridges discharg
ed. A second revolver was found in
the weeds by the road near where the
strange duel had taken place. The
husband has steadfastly’ denied that
he shot the woman, but has offered
no explanation ‘as to how both of
them happened to have been shot so
often. ; 5 g
A traveling man from St. Louis
found them bleeding and apparently
helpiess near their car. The woman
was soon crawling along the highway
and the traveling man gave her some
assistance and reported the affair to a
constable at Mineola Springs, just a
short distance from the scene of the
tragedy. The sheriff at Montgomery
City was notified and he took them to
that city and had a physician sum
moned to give them medical treat
ment.
; Only Married a Month.
The woman, who is 42 years old,
and has been married before, says
she met Kreiling in New Mexico,
where she was working, as he passed
through that city on his way from
California. She had been a widow for
several years. After their marriage in
Kansas they decided to go to Michi
gan for a visit with sisters of the wo
man. They had constructed a house
on a Ford truck chassis and were
living outdoors as #hey were traveling
along.
The man was shot twice in the head,
once in the right arm and once in the
middle of the back. The last bullet did
not strike any vital organs.
Both will be held at Montgomery
City to wait the outcome of their in
juries, and so far no charges have
been préferred against either.
THE CIGARETTE IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN POPULAR FAVOR
The story of tobacco has worn with
time.
There is little new to be told about
the weed. But even at that there may
be a few outstanding features of the
industry which are not any too well
known. At least one or two of them
will be set down here with the hope
of hitting the responsive ear of some
one.
For instance, we may be of the im
pression that the present generation
has more or less of a copyright on
the cigarette. This is far from the
truth. The cigavette has been popu
larized considerably since the war, but
Groll. There were more than 100
present, among whom none was more
important than Mrs. Peggy Reddy.
For nearly twenty years Mrs. Reddy
has been the housekeeper of the es
tablishment, looking after the linen
and the silver, seeing that the floors
were kept clean and the great mir
rors spotless. Fred Rapport, the man
ager, made a little speech in which he
told how much he regretted the fact
that another landmark had gone from
the Broadway district.
The usual reason was assigned for
the closing by every one who spoke.
It. was prohibition. More revenue
could be made by converting its floor
space into shoyis. There had been a
sentiment attached to the place that
has become known throughout the
country. The magnificence of its roco
co setting and its revolving floor were
‘familiar from Maine to California, but
sentiment must give way to the press
of business. % s
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1923
Early Peach Crop to
Be Less, Is Report Now
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The
crop of early peaches will be con
siderably below that of last year,
accordinfg to reports to the depart
ment of agriculture from peach
growing sections of the south, but
will be larger than anticipated
when frosts occurred last month.
Reports from Georgia estimated
the crop at 57 per cent of normal,
with Elbertas almost up to nor
mal. A large number of new trees
are bearing this year and the com
mercial crop is expected to total
about 7,000 bushels.
Shipments of Elbertas should
begin about July 4th. In Cklaho
ma 59 per cent of the commercial
crop is said to have been killed by
freezing and the condition of the
41 per cent remaining is 85 per
cent of the normal.
COMMISSIONER PERRY
GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION CAN'T AGREE
ON AMOUNT WORK DONE.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Ai disagreement
as to the amount of wbrk that is be
ing done by the Georgia Public Ser
vice Commission exists among the
commissioners themselves, it was in
dicated when Commissioner James A.
Perry refused to sign a letter trans
mitting the annual report of the com
mission to Governoer Hardwick. The
letter of transmittal is signed by all
members of the commission except!
Commissioner Perry, who, in a foot
note, says: :
“Disagreeing, as I do, to certain
recitations in the foregoing with ref
erence to the comparative amount of
work now being done by the com-'
mission; and a majority of the com
mission refusing to strike said reci—‘
tation, I am, therefore, unable to sign
the within letter of transmittal. Oth
erwise the letter has my approval
(Signed) James A. Perry, vice chair
man.” et
That portion of the report to which
it is indicated Vice Chairman Perry
excepts, -and because of which he re
fused to sign the report, is the fol
lowing: : . l
“With the rapid incfease of popu
lation and the great growth of busi-'
‘ness, and the expansion and develop
‘ment of the state’s natural resources,
the work of the commission is increas
ing year by year. Numbers of com
plaints, inquiries, applications, etc.,
from every section of the state are re
ceived daily and the’pcople are be
coming more familiar with the duties
and work of the commission and are
seeking its aid and assistance more
than ever before.”
BOLSTER UP NATIONAL DRY
ACT BY PROVIDING VERY
SEVERE PENALTIES.
Seven western states passed new
“dry” laws during recent sessions of
their legislatures, the most notewor
thy statute being that enacted by
Colorado, which imposes a penalty of
14 years in the 'penitentiary on the
driver of an automobile who, when
under the influence of liquor or drugs,
kills a person.
In New Mexico officers may search
an automobile without warrant if they
have reason to believe the law is be
ing violated. :
In Wyoming the governor is given
the right to remove from office the
district attorneys, sheriffs and all oth
er officials entrusted with enforce
ment of the law if there is reason to
believe the law is not being enforced.
Oregon, Montana, Washinton and
Nevada also passed laws . bolstering
the national prohibition act.
figures and facts unearthed by the
United States department of agricul
ture show that when Columbus first
visited America the use of tobacco for
chewing and pipe smoking: and in the
forms of snuff, cigars and cigarettes
was prevalent. Not in the perfected
forms of today naturally, but nevgr
theless as such. ;
First Settlers Learned.
The uses of tobacco were taught us‘
by the first settlers. The only varia
tion we have placed on tobacco as.
compared with the first settlers is that
we are using more of it. Mlore people
are taking to the use of it each year—
in fact, at an astounding rate. Prior
to the civil war the per capita con
sumption seems to have been less than
four pounds. For the period 1881-1885
per capita consumption was 5.3
pounds; for 1891-1895 it receded to
five pounds, but for 1901-1905 it had
increased to about six pounds. It hit
the upgrade during the five-year pe-j
riod ending with 1913, when con-‘
sumption went to seven pounds for
each person. But the big jump came
at the end of 1921, when per capita
consumption was 8.5 pounds. In oth
er words, the average American was
using over twice as much tobacco at
the close of the world war as he was
following the civil war. {
Women Increase Consumption.
Government _statisticians say that
these figures probably mean that a
steadily increasing pmmrfiofiod the
population is using ‘?"“fi?* credit
is given the fair admirer %}h@
lficfiewuedftju: g:en.‘ ‘But- there is
o el L LT e R T S
_ Now to get back to a‘few figures
SO e PaDecto IR, RETICEIATRY:
as 1t reiaics 1o Amcical agliicuiiuic,
"BUENOS AIRES, DESPITE NU
;
- MEROUS SALOONS, SELDOM
HAS NATIVE DRUNKARDS.
People From the States Embarrassed
When Approached With Querry of
“Why?” They Almost Alone Ex
hibit Wabbly Tendency in Stride.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina.—
South America’s great wonder city|
Buenos Aires, the capital of progres
sive Argentina and one of the larg
est Latin cities of the world, employs
methods of alcoholic beverage control
in strong contrast to those of prohi
bition in the United States.
In this city of 2,000,000 to 3,000,000
inhabitants. embracing many nation
alities, saloons are numerous, beer
and wines are used universally and
many picturesque boulevard cafes do
a thriving business, but the alcoholic
refreshments show none of the horrid
effects on good temper and orderli
ness of the citizens attributed by pro
hibitionists to such conditions of life,
Has Reputation for Sobriety.
Buenos Aires makes a very favor
able impression upon any visitor. No
large city can claim a higher reputa
tion for sobriety than this® Spanish-
Ammerican metropolis. In spite of the
fact that all the well-known" brands’
of foreign whiskies and other liquors
are obtainable at very moderate cost,
it is a rare spectacle to see a person
under the influence of intoxicating
drink. The only exceptions encoun
tered who exhibit a “wobbly” ten
dency in their stride are the “Ingle
sos” and “Americanos,” generally re
cent arrivals. The local people take
their daily quota of alcoholic refresh
ment without such results.
South Americans, a practical peo
ple, find musement in discussing, the
whys and wherefores of prohibition in
“America del Norte” They express
amazement that any government
should father such a law as the eigh
teenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States. They are curious
to know how such a law comes to be
on the statute books of a nation
whose citizens in Argentina take in
taxicating liquor with even more fre
quency than the South Americans.
“Dry and drunk” is a favorite ex
pression in referring to the United
States. S B
Dry America Puzzles Them.
As a rule, when questioned on the
subject, men from the United States
of America smile and dodge the issue
and rarely attempt to explain how
Americans are prohibited by law from
having. refreshment that from time
immemorial has been enjoyed all over
the world.
In the police records of the city of
Buenos Aires the offense of drunk
enness hold a very insignificant part,
and even in the notorious Boca dis
trict, near the- docks, which has a
shady reputation for deeds that are
dark, and in the resorts of the Ar
gentine underworld a person under
the influence of strong drink ‘is a rare
sight. ®
Under prohibition more evil effects
from liquor are seen in the cities of
New York and San Francisco than
anything encountered in South Amer
ica, and it is declared there is more
drunkenness to be observed in New
York in a day than can be seen in
any South American city in a* month.
Condition Is General.
Though referring particularly to
Buenos Aires, other South American
scities are noticeably temperate, and
in Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Sao
Paulo, Brazil, in a tropical latitude,
where liquid refreshments are more
necessary, there is an absolute absence
of over-indulgence, despite the fact
that all the best lines of imported and,
domestic brands of liquor can be had
cheaply everywhere.
Would you believe that the tobacco
acreage in this country is only five
tenths of 1 per cent of the land under
cultivation? Nevertheless, the produc
tion is large and the aggregate value
of the crop is exceeded only by corn,
‘hay and forage, cotton, wheat, oats
and potatoes. . From 1917-1921 the
average area in tobacco was 1,702,000
acres, the production averaged 1,-
362,000,000 pounds and the average
value was $364,620,000.
The United States leads the world,
not only.in total production of tobac
co, but also in the number and diver
sity of distinctive types produced.
THIS JILTED ENGLISH LIEUTENANT
7 CALLSIT A “DAMN ROTTEN SHOW”
Wiseman-Clarke Says Engagement
Between Him and Miss Hoyt Is
Definitely Off. Broken-Hearted.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The engage
ment between Lieut. Frederick Wise
man-Clarke and Miss Nancy Hoyt,
Washington society lgirl, is definitely
and completely broken, Lieutenant
Wiseman-Clarke told newspaper meni
today as he sailedsfor Europe aboard
the Royal Mail liner Orduna.
“I’m afraid it’s all off,” he declared.
“I don’t ithink we will ever be mar
ried. ]
“Broken-Hearted,” He Says.
“Needless to say, I am broken
hearted, for it has been a terrific blow
to me.”
Lieutenant Wiseman-Clarke would
not reveal the cause of the sudden
break which startled Washington so
cial circles. He said he was to be
married May 16 and the engsz
was broken at 6 p. m. the day
Finds a Diamond Ring
Worth $6O in a Fish
NEW YORK, N. Y.—George
Bertrand, of Union Hill, N. J., cut
open a six-pound fish and found a
diamond ring infbedded 'in the
fish’s digestive tract. A jeweler
said the stone weighed a caret and
a half. It was a man’s ring. En
graved on the inside of the heawg’
gold band was the inscription “E.
D. 1887 The jeweler said the
ring was worth between $5OO and
$6OO.
SHORTAGE OF COTTON
CAUSES MILLS TO STOP
PROMINENT bN‘EW YORK FIRM
SAYS MILLS ARE HAVING
TO CURTAIL OPERATIONS.
The followin;Tr;n J. W. Jay &
Co., the well-known cotton commis
sion merchants of New York, will be
of .interest to réaders of The Dawson
News. Jay & Co. say:
Answering inquiries from our
'southern friends, regarding mill cur
‘tailment, eight Fall River mills stopp
ed work for two days this week.
~ The remaining supply of cotton is
'so small that the mifis of the world
‘using American cotton will have to
curtail their operations to an average
of about four days per week for the
next four months. Last year about
this time Fall River mills were clos
ed on account of strikes and lockouts.
Every effort was bein% made to re
duce expenses. Unemployment exist
ed. Foreign affairs were as unsettled
as now and yet consumption gf Amer
ican cotton, according to Hester, was
12,804,000 for the year.
This season for nine months, end
ing April 30th, consumption was on
a basis of 13,500,000 bales. September
15th is about the earliest that new
cotton can reach the mills. Assume
that consumption is cut to a yearly
basis of 12,000,000 bales for the next
four months and mills will require
4,500,000 plus stocks en route to mills,
1,500,000/ a total of 6,000,000 bales. To
meet this need, on May lst, Ameri
can and foreign mills had about 2,-
450,000 plus the visible 1,815,000, &l(t)xs}
uncounted towns and on farms -
080, a total of 5,065,006. Thus by cur-‘
tailing from a 13,300,000 bale to a
12,000,000 bale basis mills wilt still
need- more cotton than exists, |
" Nowhere do we hear the assertion
that consumption will be on a yearly
basis below 10,000,000 bales, and yet
that is what must happen during the
?ext four months to make the supply
ast.
. The world urgently needs a minim
um crop of 13,800,000 bales next sea
son. The new crop averages about
two weeks late and is startin’% poorly.
The best reports are from Texas.
We strongly advise our southern
friends to refrain from pressing their
cotton for sale. Every bale will be
badly needed before new cotton will
be ready for market. Our advices are
that the co-operative associations
have withdrawn their cotton from.
sale.
BELGIUM, FRANCE AND ROU
MANIA “STAND OFF” UNCLE
SAM. EXCUSES MADE.
Discussion of the Franco-Belgian
suggestion, in connection with the
reparations dispute, for cancellation of
their debts to the United States, dis
closes that Belgium has refused even
to consider a settlement,
Belgium holds that the agreement
made with former President Wilson,
at Paris, releases her from payment.
France likewise has not been budged
from her attitude of last year.
M. Parmentier, of Paris, came to
Washington at that time and infprm
ed the world war funding commission
that the French government would
not enter into a funding arrangement
on any terms at that time and would
not set a date when she would talk
settlement,
Rumania is a third one of the debt
or governments, it is now learned,
that has announced to the American
commission its intention to ignore in
definitely its war debt.
The excuse offered in this case is
inability to pay even the interest. In
sistence on ~funding negotiations,
therefore, came to naught.
The agreement with former Presi
dent Wilson on which Belgium now
is relving was a four-cornered affair
formulated outside the Versailles
treaty, with France and Great Britain
also participating.
Questioned regarding reports that
parents of the couple had disagreed,
he refused to answer, but he denied
that “my folks were ignorant of the
matrimonial affairs of Miss Hoyt’s
sister.”
“We all knew about it,” he said. “It
had nothing to do with the break. All
I can say is that Miss Hoyt is indis
posed and suffering from a nervous
breakdown.” iy
Silent as to His Ring.
When he was asked if his ring had
been returned, he laughed and said:
“It’s been a damned rotten show all
around.”
FATTY HAS JOB IN CAFE.
~ Roscoe ¢ «(Fatty) Arbuckle, for
mer “movie” comedian, is scheduled
to_appear in a musical review' at a
cafe in Chicago. It will be his first
appearance in musical comedy.
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PUBLIC SERVICE
VOL. 40.—NQ. 39
{MEMBERS EXPECT A NUMBER
‘ OF WARM BATTLES DURING
~ SESSION OF LEGISLATURE.
SESSION WILL CONVENE SOON
Hardwick Will Urge Drastic Cuts in
Number of Railroad Commission
ers and Employes of Agricuitural
Departments. Fights Will Rage.
ATLANTA, Ga—With the 1923
session of the Georgia ,legislature on
ly four weeks off the main issues that
will confront the members are begin~
ning to take definite form, A renewed
effort to abolish the tax-equalization
law, attempts to raise more revenue
without increasing taxes, proposed
changes in the highway laws and a
fight on the personnel of that depart
ment, a more determined battle for
biennial sessions and an effort to
straighten out the tangle in the school
appropriation laws promise to be the
outstanding matters up for immediate
attention, "
The recent suggestion of Comp
troller William A. Wright that a lim
it be placed upon county tax rates
has attracted attention all over Geor
gia and brought support from many
quarters. Governor Hardwick has giv
en his unqualified indorsement to the
plan, and is ‘expected to urge its
adoption in his final message. !
The theory of General Wright is
that as long as counties are permit
ted to make the sky their limit they
will keep on increasing their local tax
rates, while the state of Georgia, with
its five mill limit, gets the same
amount each year, although the re
quirements of the state are also con
stantly increasing.
County Rates Grow.
In his annual report Comptroller
General Wright showed that the
average county tax rate in Georgia
has grown from 5.65 mills in 1900
to 14 mills in 1922. Candler and Tre
utlen counties led the procession last
year with county tax rates of 25
mills, while there are a number of
counties with rates of about 20 mills.
The Fulton county rate is ten mills,
compared to 3.70 in 1900, while the
DeKalb rate is 12.50 mills, compared
to five mills in 1900. White county is
the only county in the state that re
duced its tax rate between 1900 and
1922, the rate being cut from 11 mills
to 9.50 mills. .
Along revenue lines Governor
Hardwick will reiterate his recom
mendation that a graduated income
tax be adopted, and that the tax
equalization law be let alone until
an income tax can become effective,
which would not be before January
1, 1925.
Would Abolish Offices.
Governor Hardwick will also re
new his recommendation that a nem
ber of offices be abolished. He says
that he will tell the legislature that a
railroad commigsion composed of five
members is absolutely useless and
that the work now being done by
five public service commissioners
could jtist as well be handled by one
commissioner, or certainly not more
than three. The surplus membership
should be done away with as a matter
of facility, as wéll as economy, he
declared. '
4] shall also tell the legislature
that there are a number of unneces
sary employes in the department of
agriculture and several other depart
ments,” the governor said. “In some
instances 1 believe that two-thirds of
the employes are unnecessary and
could be done away with without les
sening the results obtained.”
Change Inauguration,
Governor Hardwick and Governor
elect Walker are agreed upon a change
in the time of inaugurating state of
ficials, and both will recommend that
new state administrations take office
in January following their election.in
November, instead of waiting until
the legislature convenes in June. They
disagree on the length of the legisla
tive session necessary 'in January to
inaugurate the new administration.
Governor-elect Walker has declared
in favor of a ten-day session to in
augurate the governor and other state
officials and appoint legislative com
mittees, while Governor Hardwick
favors convening the legislature in
January for its entire session.
Advocates of biennial sessions are
prepared to renew their fi%ht for the
passage of this measure. They insist
that meetings every two years, in aec
cordance with the custom in most
other states, would be just as effec
tive as the present system of annual
sessions, and result in a great saving
to the taxpayers. There will again be
strong opposition to this measure,
which passed the house last year but _
was lost in the senate.
Highway Department.
Chairman John N. Holder, of the
state highway commission, has ad
vanced a plan to put a tax of three
cents per gallon on gasoline to raise
more money for carrying ont the
highway program in Georgia. -A bill
providing for this will be offered in -
the next legislature, and is certain to
provoke a spirited fight. Automobile
owners and oil companies are already
organizing for battle on this revenue
plan.
The highway department, as welf
as enemies of that department, will
advocate changes in the present high
way law. The department insists that
it should receive the revenue derived
from the present tax on _gasoline,
which goes into the general fund. The
department also wants more rigid
laws governing the purchase of auto
mobile license tags, from which it
gets the revenue, It will also seek ‘am
amendment to the present.law requir—
ingd tractors and ll.:tzi.krg toh:e-wv
and provisions limitinig the lpad om
public bridges. fi"“i”
Opponents of the present commis~