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VOL. XXII. NO. 67.
WARSHIPS ASKED TO
PROTECT INTERESTS
OF 0.5 J MEXICO
Washington Says Such Re
quests Are Not Unusual.
Opposing Factions Take
Up Strategic Positions
• _
, WASHINGTON, April 23.—Amer
ican government representatives in
Mexico have asked for ♦’■<<» dispatch
of warships to that country to pro
tect American citizens and their
property.
, The requests came from Mazatlan
and Topolobampo on the Pacific
coast and IJrontera, on the gulf
coast. Officials of the senate, war
and navy departments are investigat
ing the requests, explaining that in
times of disturbance in the southern
republic it is not unusual to receive
requests for warships' when there is
no need 'for them.
OPPOSING MEX TROOPS
JOCKEY FOR POSITION
AGUA PRIETA, Sonora. April 23.
Grouping of troops of the Carranza
:>nd Sonora state governments at
concentration and strategic points for
Hie campaign brought on by the as
sumption by Sonora of a revolution
ary status continued today. The van
guard of federal troops expected to
ft‘. tack Sonora from Chihuahua were
reported encamped at Ojitos. while 7,-
jriO additional troops left Buena
Vieta, near Maxlco City, for the
r.o th Sunday night, papers received
i. pm the capital said. More than 1,-
> Mayo Indians were en route to
join as many more Mayos and
Y’aquis already in this district.
’ Presence of the Yaquis and Mayos
In eastern Sonora was said to indi
cate the state government expected
itk hardest battle in this section.
The Indians are described as the best
fighters in Mexico.
The proclamation General P. Elias
Calles, commander-in-chief of the
Sonora army, announced he would
issue today, was awaited with some
interest. He said upon his arrival
here last night that the Sonora move
ment had resulted in establishment
of a new party in Mexico, ‘'the new
party of progress,” and that his
statement would be issued in behalf
of it and Sonora.
Military intelligence officers of
Sonora at Nogales made public* to
day an alleged attempt of Carranza
officials to lure employes of the
Sonora customs service to the fed
’ «al side. It was charged many were
offered pay to leave the Sonora gov
ernment and some did leave.
Passports iss'ued to American citi
zens and vised by Carranza consuls
are not being accepted by Sonora
immigration officials. Americans now
‘ire compelled to have new passports
"•»ued and vised by the Sonora com
mercial agents who act as consuls
at border cities in the United States.
Andreas Garcia, postmaster general
of Mexico, at Laredo yesterday char
acterized the Sonora revolt against
the Carranza government as of
"slight importance,” and said it is
lamentable that the American press
is giving such prominence to the So
nora situation.”
agltlar commands
MEXICAN FEDERAL TROOPS
EL PASO, Tex., April 23. —General
Cundido Aguilar, son-in-law of Presi
dent Carranza, has been assigned to
the command of Mexican federal
troops in Chihuahua, Coahuila. Du
rango anl Zacatecas, according to
Excelsior, of Mexico City. A force of
$ 000 men will be placed at his d’.s
pbsal. Troops now in Chihuahua will
be sent to Sonora.
Gadsden, Ala., Shows
Population of 14,737;
Gain Is 39.6 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, April 23. —The cen
sus bureau announced the following
1920 population results:
Springfield, Ohio, 60,840; West
field, Mass., 18,603; Clinton, Mass.,
12,964; Homestead, Pa., 20,452; Gad
den, Alabama, 14,737; Lansford, Pa.,
9,625; Kane, Pa., 7,283; Fergus Falla
Minn., 7,581; Watertown, Wis.,
• 9,299; Webster City, lowa, 5,657;
Waxahachie, Texas, 7,958; Ruston,
La., 3,389.
Increases since 1910:
Springfield, 13,919 or 29.7 per cent;
Htomestead, 1,739 or 9.3; Langsford
1,305 or 15.7; Kane, 667 or 9.9; West
field. 2559 or 15.9; Fergus Falls, 694
or 10.1; Watertown 470 or 5.3; Web
ster City, 449 or 8.6; Waxahachie,
1,753 or 28.3; Ruston 12 or 0.4; Gads
den 4,180 or 39.6.
Admiral C. D. Brittain,
Atlantic Fleet Chief of
Staff, Kills Himself
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Rear
Admiral C. D. Brittain, chief of staff
to the commander of the Atlantic
fleet, shot and killed himself on the
afternoon of April 22. Secretary Dan
iels was advised today by Admiral
• Wilson, commander-in-chief of the
fleet, at Guantanamo bay.
Admiral Brjttain died instantly. No
details of the tragedy were received
by Mr. Daniels.
Admiral Wilson ad vised Mr. Dan
iels that the body was being shipped
to this country on the U. S. S. Solace,
Which left Guantanamo yesterday.
Admiral Brittain’s home was at
Richmond, Ky.
HEALS STOMACH TROU
BLE AND TAPE WORM
AT HOME
A sample home treatment which
gives quick and. lasting relief in all
forms of stomach trouble, including
tape worms or other worms, is being
supplied to sufferers by Walter A.
Reiser, Box B-364, Milwaukee, Wis.
He is so confident of results that
he guarantees absolute satisfaction
• in every case or there is no charge
for the treatment. if you suffer
from stomach trouble or any kind
of worms, send him your name and
address today, as this notice may
not appear again.—(Advt.)
BLACKBURN SAYS
MAJORITY WILL
RULE CONVENTION
That the Georgia presidential con
vention to be held in Atlant* on May
18 will be controlled by a majority
of its members, and not by the mi
nority of Palmer delegates, was re
iterated Friday by Benjamin M.
Blackburn, spokesman in Atlanta for
Thomas E. Watson.
"We are not at all worried by t|ie
rule of the state executive committee
providing that the delegation to San
Francisco shall be selected from the
supporters of the candidate receiving
the highest county unit vote," said
Mr. Blackburn.
“It makes no difference whether
the principle of majority control is
given a general or specific application
by those expressing opinions in the
newspapers. Its application iu this
particular case will be very specific.
‘‘We have the utmost confidence in
the intelligence and integrity of the
chairman of the state executive com
mittee, Hon. James J. Flynt, who will
call the -conventibh’ to order. We
know he is 'not going to lend hitnself
to any outrageously uniiemoeroiti6
proposition as giving contrbl of a
’convention to a minority of its mem
bers.. He will ball thie convention to
order. Then the convention, by. a
majority vote, will elect a, temporary
chairman. The temporary chairman
will appoint a committee on ciederi- i
tials, who will seat the delegates.
Rules of pro’cedure then will be
adopted by a majority vote. From
first to last the convention will be
controlled by a majority of its mem
bers, not by a minority:” . \ x
The Complete Biturni
Complete returns hive beep re
ceived from all Georgia counties with
one exception—the county of Quit
man.- These returns show that:
A. Mitchell Palmer carried 53 coun
ties with a unite vote of 144 and a
popular vote of 48,041.
Hoke Smith ! carried 46 counties
with a unit vote of 110 aAd a popu
lar vote of 45,344. • .
Thomas-’ E. Watson carried 55
counties with a unit vote of 130 and’
a popular vote of 52,129.
The tombpopulai vdfewas 145,761,
and the margin of difference between
the popular vote of Mr. Watson, whp
ran first in popular vote, and that of
Senator Smith who ran third in pop
ular vote, was one 7,217.
Thus the election was one qf the
closest ever - held in Georgia. All
three candidates ran aproximately
together. Each one approximately
divided the state into three equal
parts in counties carried and in
popular vote. The Palmer lead .in
county unit votee is due to his car
rying five of .th 6 six" counties having
six convention votes. That is to say,
he carried Floyd, Fulton, Bibb, Rich
mond and Chatham. The other six
vote county, Muscogee, was carried
by Senator Smith. * t .
“Article X" the Battleground
In the great controversy over the
League of Nations, Article X has
been the battleground, the bone of
contention, the rock on which the
angry waves of conflicting opinion
have dashed themselves.
So in the Georgia presidential con
vention it appears that ‘‘Article X"
of the rules adopted by the state
executive committee is £o be the
battleground. This rule provides:
“The delegates to the national con
vention shall be chosen from, the
friends and supporters of that candi
date for president receiving the
highest county unit vote.”
This is the rule which the
claim was put forward by the Palmer
forces that they should control the
convention end name all the dele
gates to San Francisco. It is the rule
called "illegal” by Benjamin M.
Blackburn, who takes the position
that the state executive committee,
being merely the servant of a con
vention, can ■ make no rule which
binds the sovereign. In addition to
his remarks above quoted,. Mr. Black
burn called attention Friday to a
certain paragraph appearing in an
editorial Thursday morning in the
Macon Telegraph, to-wit:
“In so far as Tuesday’s balloting
is concerned, that has not brought
definite and .conclusive answer on
the issue the people exercised theif
judgment upon; and, unfortunately,
leaves to a convention its final de
termination.”
Commenting on this editorial com
ment, Mr. Blackburn said:
“The Telegraph’s editorial was evi
dently written and set up in type
before it received from its Atlanta
correspondent the inspired news
story In which the Palmer forces
claimed the right to control the con
vention under rule 10. Their claim
was put forward simultaneously in
the news columns of the Telegraph
and the Atlanta Constitution. But
the Constitution remarked in its
news story Wednesday, the morning
after the election was held, that the
final conclusion would go to the con
vention.”
Bule Is Much Discussed
State-wide discussion has been
started by the claim of the Palmer
leaders to. the right of controlling
the convention. Judge James J.
Flynt, chairman of the state execu
tive committee, reiterated Friday his
comment made to The Journal on
Thursday—that it “would be asurd
to contend that a minority of conven
tion delegates shall control the ac
tion of a convention.”
Judge Flynt stated that a meeting
of the subcommittee on rules of the
state executive committee will be
held in Atlanta next Wednesday for
the purpose of consolidating the of
ficial returns and declaring the re
sult
The result as declared by the sub
committee, he said, would be no dif
ferent from the result as shown by
the face of the returns. That is to
say. Palmer carried 52 counties with
a county unit vote of 142; Smith
carried 46 counties with a county
unit vote of 110; Watson carried 56
counties with a county unit vote of
132. CJ?hese figures being subject
to the slight change to be made by
Quitman county's vote, not yet re
ported.) L
HOW COUNTIES
VOTED
Grand Totals
|l’alnier| Watson | Smith
(Iq'unti'eH carried.| 54 | 55 | 4&
Unit vote| 146 | 130 110
Popular vote| 48109 | 52152 | 45393
The only county not yet reporting its re-
tfcrns and not Included la tbia table is Quit
man. '
For Palmer
NOTE: In the following table the con
vention vote of each county is indicated by
the figure immediately following that
county.
, Plu
ral- Wat- ral-
County. mer. Smi.L son. ity.
Baldwin (2-P) .. 242 145 181 61
Berrien (2-P) ... 144 ’46 18 98
Filth (6-P) 818 383 122 435
Bulloch (4-P) ... 474 325 452 L
Curke (4-P) .... 868 224 197 144
Calhoun (2-P) .., 154 121 51 33
Camden (2-P) ... 139 1 6 7 123
Catoosa (2-P) ... 67 27 2 10
Charlton (2-P) .. 289 127 80 162
Chatham (6-P) .. 2067 1767 56 300
Clarke (4-P) .... 648 245 100 403
Clinch (2-P) .... 92 76 9 IS
Cook (2-P) 197 80 39 - 117
Crawford* (2-P) . 303 253 210 50
Crisp (2-P) 264 261 50 3
Dade (2-P) 66 57 • 4 9
■Dawson (2-P) ... 52 47 26 5
Dougherty (2-P) 380 267 .13 113
Echols (2-P) .... 68 14 19 49
Effingham (2-P). 200 100 . 105 95
Elbert (4-P) .’. .. 676 563 675 1
Floyd (6-P) .... 568 348 121 220
Fulton (6-P)4001 3852 3947 54
‘Glynn (2-P) .... 363 112 35 251
Heard (2-P) .... 521 273 391 130
Houston (4-P) .. 724 354 206 370
Jasper (2-P) .... 422 289 394 28
Jones (2-P) 164 138 77 26
Liberty (2-P) .. 195 172 139 23
Lowndes (4-P) .. 1085 470 JBS 565
Lumpkin (2-P) *. 119 46 72 47
Macon (2-P) .... 243 149 158 85
Oglet’rpe (2-P) . 693 373 621 72
Pickens (2-P) ... 181 X 52 2 129
4’olk (2-P) .611 307 439 172
Putnam (2-P) .. 382 t 219 160 163
Quitman, (2-P).. 62 23 49 13
Itabuu (2-P) .... 190. 132 16 58
Randolph (2-P.) . 432 268 244 164
Richmond (6-P) . ,1006 445 883 123
Schley (2-P) .... 85 47 53 32
Talbot (2-P) .... 181 150 62 31
Terrell (2-P) .... 281 243 104 38
Thomas (4-P) ... 483 228 257 223
Tift (2-P) 3t6 119 119 197
Towns (2-P) .... 96 14 1 82
Twiggs (2-P) ... 149 123 26 26
Union (2-P) 136 25 7 111
Walker (2-P) ... 221 65 25 156
Wajton (t-P) ... 926 704 835 91
Wayne (2-P) ... 178 115 13 63
Whitfield (2-P).. 296 219 f 76 77
Wilkes (4-P) .... 599 263 559 4C
Wilkinson (2) —No election. Goes to Palmer.
' Total ". .23567 15481 12897 6147
For Watson
NOTE: In the following table the con
vention vote of each county is• indicated by
the figure immediately following .that
county. .'
Plu-
’. ’ Pal- Wat- til-
Connty. mer. Smith, son. ity.
Banks (2-W) ... 149 99 224 75
Barrow (2-W) .. 374 406 1268 ' 862
Butts (2-W) ... 314 340 463 123
Campbell (2-W) . 133 113 202 69
Carroll (4-W) .... 1074 857 2021 947
Cherokee (2-W) . 222 181 244 22
Clay '(2-W) 72 61 120 48
Clayton (2-W) .. 235 280 546 266
Cobb r (4-W) 835 1048 1074 26
Colquitt (2-W) .. 228 216 726 498
Columbia (2-W’).. 113 170 331 161
DeKalb (4-W) .. 910 960 1481 521
Douglas (2-W) .. 89 70 431 342
Emdnuel (4-W).. 389 162 521/ 132
Fayette (2-W) .. 278 415 717 302
Franklin (2-W) .. 475 806 1276 470
Glascock (2-W) .. 55 42 504 449
Greene (2-W) .... 450 393 863 413
Gwinnett (4-W) .. 989 952 1886 897
Habersham (2-W) 209 167 253 440
Hancock (2-W).. 109 173 198 25
Haralson (2-W).. 194 98 407 213
Hart (2-W) .... 378 661 919 258
Henry (2-W) .... 180 302 466 164
Jackson (4-W) .. 828 814 1296 468
Jeff Davis (2-W) 96 71 181 88
Jefferson (2-W).. 410 301 940 530
Johnson (2-W) .. 131 317 865 54S
Laurens (4-W) .. 214 397 658 261
Lincoln (2-W) .. 73 59 464 391
Madison (2-W) .. 557 466 1140 583
Marion (2-W) ... 63 66 135 69
McDuffie - (2-W) 180 133 718 538
Meriwether (4-W).599 637 813 176
Milton (2-W) .... 341 340 517 176
Monroe (2-W) ... 313 300 381 68
Montgom’y (2-W) 120 129 184 55
Newton (2-W) .. 550 603 721 118
Oconee (2-W) ... 274 157 719 445
Paulding (2-W) . 191 96 372 181
Pike (2-W) 463 361 691 128
Rockdale (2-W’) .. 113 164 278 114
Screven (2-W) .. 115 240 451 211
Spalding (2-W) .. 262 266 429 163
Taliaferro (2-W) 79 256 277 21
Tattnall (2-W) .. 139 109 386 247
Taylor (2-W) ... 90 123 189 66
Telfair (2-W) ... 525 613 629 16
Toombs (2-W) .. 188 109 246 58
Treutlen (2-W) . • 25 133 141 8
Troup (4-W) 423 575 668 93
Upson (2-W) .... 143 177 426 249
Warren (2-W) .. 59 49 441 382
Washington (4-W) 343 151 793 450
White (2-W) .... 179 166 207 28
Total 16540 17349 33500 14491
For Smith
NOTE: In the following table the con
vention vote of each county is indicated by
the figure immediately following that
county.
Plu-
Pal- Wat- raL
County. mer. Smith, son. ity.
Appling (2-S) .. 112 126 101 14
Atkinson (2-S) .. 185 219 121 34
Bacon (2-S) ... 26 156 83 73
Baker (2-S) 46 96 45 50
Bartow (4-S) ... 228 422 192 194
Ben Hill (2-S) .. 139 328 272 56
Bleckley (2-S) .. 61 179 61 11.5
Brooks (4-S) ... 253 332 93 7»
Bryan (2-Sl 78 165 78 87
Candler (2-S) ... 68 176 58 108
Chatth’ee (2-S) .50 66 52 11
Chattooga (2-S) . 329 380 77 51
Coffee (2-S) .... 184 359 136 175
Coweta (4-S) .... 362 381 168 19
Dectaur (4-S) .... 371 374 101 3
Dodge (2-S) 173 260 146 87
Dooly (2-S) .... 180 215 99 35
Early (2-S) 162 212 186 26
Evans (2-S) .... 119 193 53 74
Fannin (2-S) .... 100 129 2 29
Forsyth (2-S) ... 124 239 - 172 67
Gilmer (2-S) .... 34 136 2 102
Gordon (2-S) .... 166 190 127 s 24
Grady (2-S) 420 501 150 81
Hall .(4-S) .. .. 470 804 578 226
Harris (2-S).. .. 107 260 7.4 153
Irwin (2-S) 220 329 199 109
Jenkins (2-S) ... 101 153 106 47
Lee (2-S) 74 105 44 31
Melntosh (2-S) .. 67 127 1 60
Miller (2-S) .... 26 155 65 90
Mitchell (2-S) .. 366 380 238 14
Morgan (2-S) .... 220 275 110 55
Murray (2-S) ... 89 95 9 6
Muscogee (6-S) .. 166 589 28 423
Pierce (2-S.) .... 137 296 35 159
Pulaqki (2-S) ... 119 170 103 51
Stephens (2-S) .. 145 150 127 5
Stewart (2-S) .... 136 249 40 113
Sumter (4-S) .... 371 610 96 239
Turner (2-S) .... 76 231 172 59
Wire (4-S) 3,55 5“1 242 166
Webster (2-S) ... 112 229 118 81
Wheeler (2-S) .■?. 77 101 23 24
Wilcox (2-S) .... 4<K> 631 ’ 531 100
Worth .(2-S) 200 243 240 3
I Total 8002 12537 5781 3811
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920.
REED IS REFUSED
DELEGATE’S PLACE
BY CONVENTION
•
JOPLIN, Mo., April 23. —U. S.
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri,
League of Nations opponent, was re
jected as district delegate to the Dem
ocratic national convention by a
vote of the democratic state conven
tion meeting here today. The con
vention had been in session all night.
Governor Frederick D. Gardner,
Judge W. W. Graves of Jefferson
City; Dr. Burris A. Jenkins, pastor
and newspaper man of Kansas City,
and Judge John S. .Farrington,
Springfield, were named delegates
at-large with a half vote each, four
women to be named later.
The election of delegates came at
the close of what party leaders said
was one of the stormiest sessions in
Missouri Democratic politics.
Pandemonium greeted the simul
taneous reports of majority and min
ority members of the resolution
committee touching on the League of
Nations conenant, the former, which
was‘adopted, being an indorsement
“without reservations' which tend to
weaken or nullify” the pact, while
the latter opposed the league and
objected to instructing the Missouri
delegation to the national conven
tion to vote for a plank in the nati
onal platform indorsing the league
as recommended by the majority
report.
Other resolutions adopted were:
Indorsement of the Democratic ad
ministration’s conduct of the war;
denunciation of the republican post
war activities; indorsing “adequate
beneficial legislation” for former
service men, “was outlined by the
American legion” indorsement of a
“living wage and more” for labor and
praising the farmers of the country
for their efforts to maintain maxi
mum food production; extension of
a welcome to the women of the na
tion into the Democratic party and
an invitation to them to compare the
reiption accorded them by the two
parties and instructing the Missouri
delegation to vote and work for the
nomination of David R. Francis, for
vice-president.
KANSAS DELEGATES
TO GO UNINSTRUpTED
WICHITA,. Kan., April 23.—Kan
sas’ twenty delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention at Sin
Francisco will go uninstructed for
president.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Shouse, who heads the delega
tion, is known, however, to favor
William G. McAdoo.
Os the twenty delegates to San
Francisco, three are women.
GERMANY ASKS
PREMIERS FOR AN
INCREASED ARMY
. SAN REMO, April 23.—The coun
cil of premiers yesterday afternoon
continued discussion of the terri
torial clauses of the treaty of peace
with Turkey, defining her European
boundaries, and later resumed dis
cussion of Armenia, hearing Bogus-
Nubar on the Armenian ques
tion, the 7 official statement tonight
said.
Early in the session, It was learn
ed, the council examined again the
military clauses of the Turkish
treaty, especially those concerning
th».straits, and approved them. Dis
position of the Caucasus also was
discussed.
The German note, asking for an
army of 200,000 instead of 100,000
allowed by the treaty of Versailles,
pointed out that Germany, not be
ing a member of the League of Na
tions, did not have advantage of
the league provision to protect mem
bers from external aggression and
that Germany must have an army
adequate for her internal needs.
It 'reviewed at length the unset
tled condition in Germany, declar
ing the established government must
remain complete master of affairs,
with ability to compel rebels to dis
arm, if it was to stand.
With an army of 100,000, the Ger
mans argued, the government could
not possibly stand should the boh
shevlst elements start a neiv revolu
tion.
Reforestation Urged
To Prevent Shortage
Os Paper in Future
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Follow
ing the (annual meeting of the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers’ associa
tion In New York, at which Frank
P. Glass warned publishers with re
gard to the news print situation,
Colonel William B. Greeley, chief of
the United States forest service, to
day urged reforestation by public
agencies and private individuals to
guard against future paper famines.
“Public agencies doubtless must
assume the greater part of the im
mediate task of growing timber on
our idle, cut-over land,” he said.
"But publicly-owned forests cannot
do all of it in the United States. Our
national policy should aim definitely
and unequivocally at the practice of
forestry by private owners as rap
idly as that can be brought about
by better methods of taxing timber
land, by the co-operation and educa
tional help of state and federal
agencies, and by the recognition on
an equitable basis of the obligations
carried by forest ownership."
Shoe Prices Wil Be
Subject to Measure
WASHINGTON, April 23. —Curb-
ing of shoe profiteers is to be sought
through a bill to be introduced tn
the senate tomorrow by Senator Mc-
Nary, Ore., he said today. Senator
McNary’s bill will provide that the
manufacturers of shoes shall stamp
on the soles the price for which
the shoes are sold to the retailers.
“When a man buys shoes from a
retail dealer he can see for himself
whether he is being robbed, and if
he chooses to let himself be robbed,
that’s his affair,” said Senator Mc-
Nary. “I believe, however, that such
a bill will cause a reduction in re
tail shoe prices. It .would be im
possible, ,to get congressional ap
proval for government price regula
tion."
GERMAN VIOLATION
OF TREATY DENIED
OF LLOYD GEORGE
Request for Larger Army
Reasonable, Premier De
clares, His View Opposing
That of Millerand
■ ’ /
SAN RENO. April 23.—The British
government does not consider tha.
Germany has yiolated the treaty of
Versailles or shown bad faith in its
execution, Prime Minister Lloyd
George said in an interview here to
day.
He indicated Great Britain does
not consider unreasonable the Ger
man request to increase her army
from the 100,000 allbwed by the
treaty to double that number.
Lloyd George s statement came
less than 24 hours after Premier Mil
lerand of France, had declared that
Germany had repeatedly violated the
treaty and indicated French opposi
tion to the German request for a
larger army.'
“Germany is a sick country,”
Lloyd George said, “who may be
compared to a paralyzed man whose
members no longer will obey the
commands of his brain. Conse
quently we cannot expect of her
what we would of a healthy coun
try.”
In a statement to the American
correspondents, Lloyd George said
he regretted the United States would
rot participate directly in the final
drafting of tne Turkish treaty.
American co-operation would have
aided the allies greatly, he said.
The British leader characterized
as “absurd,” a report that American
oil concessions in Tutkey would be
confiscated.
He thought the German Ruhr sit
uation would be settled satisfactor
ily, Lloyd George added.
BAPTISTS OF ”
SOUTH TO MEET
IN WASHINGTON
The 1920 meeting of the Southern
Baptist convention, described as the
“Victory” conventioin in view of the
successful $75,000,000 campaign
waged by the 3,000,000 Baptists in
the south, will assemble for perhaps
the most significant gathering in its
history in Washington, D. C., on
Wednesday, May 12, with 10,000 or
more delegates attending the six-day
sessions.
The convention will meet at the
Billy Sunday Tabernacle in Wash
ington, while the meeting of the
Baptist Women’s Missionary union
will conduct its sessions simultane
ously at a nearby building, according
to announcement of the executive
committee following a meeting in
Atlanta Wednesday.
Arrangements perfected by the
committee for the two great meetings
include special trains via the Sea
board and Southern railroads from
Atlanta and South Carolina and spe
cial cars to accommodate the women
delegates. With half of the world’s
8,000,000 Baptists living in the
southern states east of the Missis
sippi river, Atlanta is considered the
Baptist center of the universe, and
consequently will be the focal point
at Avhich the great army of dele
gates will assemble foi - the journey
to Washington. 4 Y
Preparation of a program for ex
pending the $90,000,000 subscribed
by southern Baptists in the cam
paign determined upon at the At
lanta convention last year is the
feature that makes the Washington
meeting all-important in Baptist an
nals. A reflection of the tremendous
ly expanded sphere of activity that
the convention will fill is found In
the fact that the Baptist Home Mis
sion board, with headquarters in At
lanta. has already doubled its oper
atibns and expenditures.
Armour, Swift and
Wilson Concerns Are
Indicted in New York
NEW YORK, April 23.—Indict
ments charging profiteering in
meats were returned today by a
federal grand jury in Brooklyn
against the Chicago Packing houses
of Armour and company, Swift and
Company, and Wilson and Company,
and their representatives here.
BEATS GASOLINE AT
15CENTS1GALL0N
New Invention Makes Fords
Run 34 Miles on Gallon of
Gasoline Other Cars
Show > Proportionate Sav
ings
A new carburetor which cuts down
the gasoline consumption of any mo
tor, including the Ford, and reduces
gasoline bills from one-third to one
half, is the proud achievement of the
Air Friction Carburetor Co., 213 Mad
ison street, Dayton Ohio. This re
markable invention not only increases
the power of all motors from 30 to
50 per cent, but enables every one to
run slow on high gear. With it you
can use the very cheapest grade of
gasoline or half gasoline and half
kerosene and still get more power
and more mileage than you now get
from the highest test gasoline. Mani-
Ford owners say they now get as
high as 45 to 50 miles a gallon of
gasoline. So sure are the manufac
turers of the immense saving their
new carburetor will make that they
offer to send it on 30 days’ trial to
every car owner. As it can be put
on or taken off in a few minutes by
anyone, all readers who want to try
it should send their name, address
and make of car to the manufacturer
at once. They also want local agents,
to whom they offer .exceptionally
large profits' Write them today.
(Advt.)
Explorers Who Will Seek South Pole |
H;: ff- •’ :W) > ’’ W
Dr. J. L. Cope (left), who will lead the British Imperial Ant
arctic expedition next June and y his second in command, Ernest
Joyce. With them is shown Captain G. H. Wilkins of the Royal
Flying Corps, who will fly an airplane with the party and may
make an air dash for the South Pole.
FARMERS FACING
BAD SITUATION,
DUE TO RAIN
COLUMBUS. Ga„ April 23—Never
in the history of this section of
Georgia and Alabama have the farm
ers been in quite such a predica
ment, and the situation is nothing
short of alarming, the leaders de
clare.
Unprecedented rains of the past
twe months have prevented the prep
aration of the ground for planting,
or the working of the cotton and
corn which is up and going to ruin
in the grass, and the planters pic
ture the situation as one of the most
serious ever confronted by them.
In none of the river sections, on
both the Georgia and Alabama sides
of the Chattahoochee, has it been
possible to prepare the lands and
much of the most valuable sections
in the district are unplanted as yet
And the rains continue as the sea
son passes, most of the farmers be
ing some six weeks behind with lit
tle prospects of ever catching up.
Only about one-twentieth of the
cotton crop of this section has been
planted, according to the larger
planters, who declare that there are
little prospects of raising any cotton
this late in the season, owing to the.
presence of the boll weevil, which is
in evidence on both sides of the rivet
A number of the farmers have de
termined to abandon the idea of
planting cotton this season, due to
unfavorable conditions, directing al
attention to grain and other footv
crops. Sqme are planning to turn
their fields into pastures and try
live stock.
It is estimated that about
fourth of the corn crop of the dis
trict has been planted and much ot
it is up. It is suffering from grass,
however, and it is entirely too wet
to work it, report the farmers. They
say that corn can be planted later
on, however, and they expect to raise
a big grain crop, as the rainy condi
tions ar© more favorable for grain,
especially corn.
The boll weevil played havoc in
this section last year, particularly
in Alabama counties across the river,
and they'were on this side of the
Chattahoochee in large numbers. The
wet season has been favorable for
the pest, which fact is recognized by
the and they are naturally
much discouraged. It Is not be
lieved by the larger planters that
more than forty per cent of a nor
mal cotton crop 55’111 be grown in
this district this year.
Most of the farmers have made
arrangements for fertilizers and
gone to other expense with a
of making a good cotton crop, and a
number will take chances on the
weevil, but many of the more con
servative are planning to give up
the idea of producing a qrop this
year.
CAILLAUX“iS _
SENTENCED TO
THREE YEARS
PARIS, April 23. —Sentence of three
years’ imprisoment was imposed to
day upon former Premier Joseph
Caillaux, convicted by the high court
yesterday of commerce s nad corre
spondence with the enemy. The time
during which he was arrested will
be deducted, hosvever, leaving him
but one month to serve.
The sentence, it was learned this
afternoon, besides three years’ im
prisonment and payment of the costs
of the trial, includes banishment for
five years and loss of civic rights
for ten years.
Since under the French law soli
tary confinement counts for one soy
one fourth more than regular im
prisonment, Caillaux, -having served
28 months alone, will be entitled t&
35 months credit.
For this reason his attorneys be
lieved he would be released within
a month.
Leon Bourgeois, president of the
senate, -announced that Caillaux had
been fund guilty of correspondence
with the enemy immediately after
the high court of justice reconvened
today.
This, correspondence, Bourgeois ad
ded, was both in France and foreign
countries.
The president asked Caillaux if he
had anything to say. Caillaux re
plied that he did not.
Attorneys for the former premier,
however, made a final effort to ob
tain his freedom. They pointed out
that the covicted man never had been
charged with correspondence witn
the enemy and hence had no oppor
tunity 'to defend himself on that ac
cusation. His trial they added, was
only on the charge, of treason.
Bourgeois, nowever, paid no at
tention to this final objection and
the senate event into secret session
to decide on sentence.
LIBERTY BONDS
TO GO BACK TO
PAR, IS BELIEF
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Liberty
bonds gave a "wonderfully good ac
count of themselves,” Assistant Sec
retary Leffingwell, of the treasury
department, said today in discussing
the recent period of great deprecia
tion of miscellaneous securties.
This period came to a climax Wed
nesday when the New York stock
exchange suffered the most hectic
day in months through a rush of sell
ing orders which broke quotations of
practically all securities.
“But I am told that a feature of
Thursday’s Liberty bond market,”
said Leffingwell, “was the unusually
large buying of small lots by in
vestors. Liberty bonds are standing
on their own feet without artificial
support.”
Mr. Leffingwell cited yesterday’s
market closing prices of Liberty
bonds. Os the nine government is
sues of the great war period, seven
showed increases at last night’s clos
ing over- the closing prices of the
previous day, when all securities
broke.
As reported to Mr. Leffingwell, the
government. bond closing prices yes
terday and the corresponding ad
vances over Wednesday’s close were:
Fnst 3 l-2s $93.10, advance .10; sec
ond 4s $85.20, advance .20; second
4 l-4s SSo, advance $1; third 4 l-4s
s9l, advance .28; fourth 4 l-4s SB6,
advance .90; Victory notes 4 3-4 s
$96.70, advance .50; Victory 3 3-4 s
$96.70, advance .50.
Mr. Leffingwell and other treasury
officials agree in the conviction that
Liberty bonds and Vietory notes are
certain to reach par. They refuse to
predict, however, when par will be
reached. . .
Some big New York bankers, how
ever, are making plans based on gov
ernment securities being at par with
in a year.
Libery bonds and Victory notes
still are the best possible investment,
especially for the perspn of moderate
means, treasury officials declare.
Persons who buy now are certain to
make a profit by holding the bonds
for some months until they approach
par, it is argued.
Mr. Leffingwell gave the following
explanation of why Liberty bonds
and Victory notes now are below
par: ■ ' . .
"The present depreciation of Lib
erty bonds on the market is due
chiefly to the fact that of the 20,-
000,000 Americans who patrioticallj’-
subscribed during the war, large'
numbers have not been willing or
able to exercise such control over
their personal expenditures as would
enable them to retain their bonds
after the cessation of hostilitjcs._
Liberty bonds, like other bonds, are
subject to market influences, includ
ing the law of supply and demand,
and their market quotations have
declined in conseauence of the fail
ure of the great investing public to
save in proportion to the enormous
expenditures of capital during and
since the war.
“Many patriotic people bought
Liberty bonds and Victory notes
under the impulse of patriotism who
have been unwilling, since the war
ended, to ' continue to lend their
money to the government, and have
forced their holdings on the market
more rapidly than others could save
funds to invest, with consequent
depreciation in market prices.
“The remedy for this condition Is
for people to work and save, to keep
their holdings of Liberty bonds as
investments, and to purchase addi
tional government securities with
their savings.
“People generally have been
spending freely and saving relatively
little, so that there has not been
sufficient capital saved to overcome
the pressure upon the market from
those wno bought bonds as patriots
but not as investors.
“The holders of Liberty bonds who
save and hold their bonds as in
vestments, will, in the opinjon of the
treasury, have no occasion to regret
it, nor will they suffer by reason
of the present depreciation in market
prices/’
Five G. 0. P. Names
On Montana Ballot
HELENA, Mont., April 23. —Mon-
tana Republicans voted today in a
presidential preference primary wi’h
the names of Senator Warren G.
Harding, of Ohio. Herbert Hoover,
Senator Hiram Johnson, of Cali
fornia, Governor Lowden, of Illinois,
and Major General Leonard Wood, on
the ballot. The Democrats had no
presidential Candidate, although Gov
ernor Sam Stewart, of Montana, was
an unopposed candidate for prefer
ence for the vice presidential nomi
nation.
THE TRUTH ABOUT GALITSTONES
A new booklet written by Dr. E. E.
Paddock, Box 201-N, Kansas City.
Mo., tells of an improved method of
treating the Catarrhal inflamma
tion of the Gall Bladder and Bile
Ducts associated with Gall Stones
from which remarkable results are
being reported. Write for booklet
trial plan.—(Advt.)
5 CENTS A COPS.
$1.50 A YEAR.
COX LOOMING URGE
AS PARTY LEffl.
ASSERTSJJIWRENCE
Movement for Ohio Govern
or Has Gained Proportions
'Of Ground Swell, He De
clares
BY DAVID DAWBENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, April 23.-—Enter
Governor Janies Cox, of Ohio, as a
factor of rapidly increasing strength
in the contest for the Democratic,
presidential nomination. Gradually,
like a ground swell, the movement
for Cox has grown until the leaders
here recognize it as a full-fledged
boom which Is more than apt to be
in the finish.
It’s "McAdoo or Cox” or possibly
"McAdoo and Cox,” said one of the
administration Democrats today. Ano
coincidentally the news comes trick
ling in from New Jersey and Ohio
that there is some sort of under
standing being developed between
Governor Edwards, exponent of the
“wets,” and Governor Cox, whose
inclinations are "damp” but who is
not viewed as an extremist on the
prohibition question. One story has
it that Governor Edwards presently
will withdraw in favor of Governor
Cox, thereby transferring to him
all the momentum which has been
gathered by New Jersey governor’s
open advocacy of wetness in Demo
cratic platform. But Governor Ed
wards himself told the writer today
over the long distance telephone that
be didn’t Intend to withdraw at all.
On the other hand, friends of Gov
ernor Cox are not altogether suri
that this would be a wise method of
procedure. They want to see CoX
hold much of the prohibition vote
afid they fear that the Ohio governor
would be embarrassed if he were to
be regarded as holding the same
views as Mr. Edwards. There is no
objection, for Instance, in Governoi
Edwards’ eliminating himself from
the race and Governor Cox naturally
would fall heir to the Edwards sen
timent. But it is an interesting com
mentary on the situation that th<-
move has not yet been rlade and that
apparently the Cox supporters ar
not certain the tactics are politically
good.
Cox In Good Eavor
So far aA the white house Is con
cerned, Governor Cox stands in good
favor.
He may develop sufficient strength
to be the presidential nominee and
then again if he doesn’t, the chances
are not at -all slim that he will be
the vice presidential nominee. For it
begins to look as if CoX| would be
in the final reckoning.
But it would not be surprising jf
Governor Cox had to declare him
self definitely on the prohibition
question'in order to gain control ot
delegates who come from states
where Governor. Edwards has polled
a substantial vote in the primaries
The New Jersey governor advises
the writer thit his main purpose in
the presidential race is to see to Il\
that the Democratic convention writs
a wet plank -n its platform. He
will stay in until that is accom
plished. And the inference is that
being a modest man, seeking nothing
for himself alone and only for the
cause from which he is working, the
New Jersey governor might get be
hind Cox if the latter showed evi
dences of militancy oh the side of
the wets.
However the sentiment for Cox
which is beginning to be noticeable
here proceeds .iot alone from the. fact
that he would appear to be satisfac
tory on the Hberlizatio program
which so many of the Democrats
think will be the outcome of the pro
hibition controversy. It proceeds
/rom the fact that Cox has carried
Ohio three times and still is popular
there. And it is very important foi
the democrats to select their candi
dates with an eye to the big states
like Ohio A presidential election
can be won by the Democrats with
'the west and south and the addition
of Ohio.
Georgia Results Not Fleasing
Moreover, Governor Cox doesn’t
bear the responsibility for act Wil
sonian. Both Palmer and McAdoo
are part and parcel of the Wilson
regime. In counting up the resent
ment vote which any administration
in power for eight years Is bound to
accumlate, the selection of a candi
date who would stand on a record
outside of Washington is a considera
tion not to be lightly disregarded.
For if the truth be known the Demo
cratic pilgrims from all parts of the
country who visit the various head
quarters here cell plaintive tales of
discontent tn the fold. The results
in Georgia are none too pleasing to
the white house now that the com
plete returns are available.
Nor can it be said that the assur
ed presence of William Jennings
Bryan as a delegate at San Fran
cisco is altogether cause for jubila
tion in executive quarters.
It is too early for the Democratic
leaders themselves to make predic
tions. They all admit the situation
is full of uncertainties. Some of
the influential men here are for-Pal
mer. some for McAdoo and some for
Cox and there appears on the hori
zon the beginning of a Champ Clark
boom. This may develop seriously
for the other candidates. Mr. Clark
is well liked by the organization men
in th» 7-ax-ty—and they will control
the convent'/#.’!. He brings to his
case a feeling of sympathy over
what happened In 1912 when he had
a majority of the delegates—enough
to win in a Republican convention —
but not enough under the twp-thlrds
rule of the Democrats. Moreover. Sir.
Hearst, who is so powerful a factor
in the success of Hiram Johnson,
tvould throw his support to Mr. Clark.
As for Wilson antagonism, Mr. Clark
wouldn’t inherit any of Giese, and
his record at the capital has been
good. He has incidentally “played
ball” and stood for the program out
lined by Mr. Wilson for congress and
never has allowed his defeat at Bal
timore to be the basis for a vindic
tive revolt against the Wilson lead
ership.
The Democratic race has not en
tered upon its final stages. But the
entrance of Cox and Palmer mean*
that the choice is not going to he
merely one between Palmer and Mc-
Adoo. Others will be very much in
the field. 6