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VOL. XXII. NO. 70.
SAYS "SOLID SOUTH”
GJIII BE BROKEN FOR
0.0. PJY HOOVER
Field Agent Submits Inter
esting Data to Headquar
ters of Forces Trying to
Secure Hoover Nomination
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau)
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, April 30.—1 t be
came known here tqday that a field
•agent representing Herbert Hoover's
campaign headquarters has made a
survey of all the southern slates,
and has reported that as the Repub
lican nominee Hoover can break the
••solid south.” This report was not
made for general Circulation, but was
prepared for guidance of the Hoo*-er
headquarters and for submission to
Republican leaders in efforts to per
suade them to nominate Hoover.
A copy of this remarkable docu
ment, which was sent to certain Re
publicans here by the New York
headquarters of Hoover, has been
seen by The Journal correspondent.
The report goes so far as to claim
North Carolina for Hoover on the
Republican ticket, and asserts that
If Hoover is nominated four congres
sional districts in Georgia will go
Republican.
Aside from its use in inner circles
as a Hoover campaign document, the
special report, if it truly reflects
conditions, shows an unusual situa
tion in the southern states and is in
teresting reading, whatever the south
may think of Hoover. Among other
things, the report says, that Hoover
has an understanding of the pecu
liar race problem of the southern I
states.
The survey of the south was made j
by H. Ward Smith, who was sent
out from New York to go through
the southern states. Mr. Smith’s
report to his headquarters is alleged
to be based on first-hand informa
tion and talks with prominent Dem
ocrats who are ready to break away
from the old party lines in all sec
tions of the south. That part of
the report relating to Georgia -was
evidently written -while the Palmer-
Smith-Watson primary contest was
on. but it is announced Hoover clubs
will spring up there, now that the
primary is over.
F. F. V.’s for Hoover
No names of Democrats about, to
flop are carried except as to Vir
ginia, where .it is said:
"On coming into Virginia, we find
one of the oldest families of the
state, of perhaps one of the most
prominent, one that has alw’ays voted
the Democratic ticket, supporting
Hoover. Berkeley Williams, of the
old firm of John L. Williams & Son,
Richmond, is state chairman, while
Alvin Smith is chairman of the city
of Richmond. There is little doubt
in the minds of those who have had
practical experience in Virginia poli
tics that the Virginians will favor
Hoover after they have carried out
their instructions for Dowden re
ceived at the state convention.”
The H. Ward Smith report says in
part:
"Memphis, Chattanooga, Nashville,
Knoxville and Columbus are all hot
beds of Hooverites. Clubs are being
organized throughout the state; the
leading Republicans are assisting in
the Hoover movement and large
numbers of Democrats have joined
hands with them. Prior to Mr.
Hoover’s letter from California, the
Democrats in Tennessee, North Car- I
olina, Georgia, Alabama and South
Carolina had prepared to instruct •
their delegates to the San 'Francisco
convention for Hoover. In Tennes
see the Democratic majority is some
35,000 out of a total of 270,000. In
North Carolina, the Democrats have
a majority of some 20,000 out of a
total varying from 260,000 to 270,000.
This state sends twelve electors to
the electoral college.
“We find the same overwhelming
sentiment in North Carolina for
Hoover that we find in all southern
states: many of the delegates from
this state to the Chicago convention
frankly admit, that they are for
Hoover. The student body, as well
as the faculty of the University of
North Carolina—one of the greatest
influences in the state—are all for
Hoover, and the vast majority will
vote for him on the Republican
ticket. A Hoover Republican club is
being perfected, and as soon as the
state primaries are out of the way,
the leading Democrats, influential
not only in North Carolina, but men
of national importance, will declare
for Hoover on the Republican ticket.
This practically assures the state
for Hoover in Npvember.
■‘ln Georgia, there is a hot fight
which has come about since Hoover
definitely announced he would con
sider only the Republican nomination.
In view of the state Democratic
campaigns, the Hoover clubs cannot
be announced until after the pri
maries. The leading Republicans and
Democrats are joining hands in Geor
gia for the support of Herbert
Hoover.
‘‘The Democrats frankly state they
will vote for Hoover on the Repub
lican ticket should he secure the
Chicago nomination. If nominated,
Hoover will poll the biggest vote
ever polled by a Republican in Geor
gia and will carry at least four con
gressional districts for the Republi
caif party.
“In Florida, the sentiment is quite
as pronounced as in other southern
states, and for the first time the Re
aublican party, if it nominates Hoo
ver. will enter Florida with a large
wedge. In Alabama, fifty of the
state’s most prominent business men
are organizing for Mr. Hoover, and
in addition he will have the backing
if the leading organization men of
the state. It is generally conceded
ie will have half of Alabama’s four
teen delegates to the Chicago con
tention on the first ballot. If nomf-
QAted, he will poll a tremendous vote
If the state, especially in Montgom
•ry, Birmingham and Mobile.”
Similar statements are made re
garding a great deal of Hoover sen
timent in both parties in Douisiana,
■Mississippi and South Carolina. Hoo
ver is declared to be the only indi
vidual who can overturn the time
worn traditions of the southern Dem
□ -rats. The southerner will vote
only for Hoover, the man, and the
Hoover policy.
“The southerner recognizes that
the negro is an American citizen—
here I quote practically in its es
sence the summarized opinion of
leading men of the south—and as
such is entitled to the rights guaran
teed to him by the constitution. In
blr local and social relationships, it
T': the southerner’s conviction that
'•if negro is a citizen of the state in-
as those customs and laws do
»»ot violate or Infringe upon his na
tional rights under the constitution;
Herbert Hoover fully appreciates
those facts, and that is one of the
reasons why the south is for him.”
PALMER DEFENDS
ACTION TAKEN ON
PRICE OF SUGAR
WASHINGTON. April 30. —Accept-
ance of “fair” prices by the depart
ment of justice was defended today
by Attorney General Palmer before
the house judiciary committee, which
is investigating his agreement with
Louisiana sugar growers that 17 and
18 cents would not be considered an
unfair maximum price for their prod
uct.
Mr. Palmer declared that the ac
ceptance of the “fair” proes was “not
fixing a price, but the exercising of
the lawful discretion in announcing
what the governmfent would regard as
a violation of the law’ .”
“For anyone to say such action was
a violation of the law,” said the at
torney general, “shows a lamentable
ignorance of the law. If lam guilty
in Louisiana, then I am guilty else
where throughout the country, with
respect to all necessaries and there
is plenty of roo mfro mthe records
of the department of justice to find
me guilty.”
The attorney general said prose
cutions had been brought again -st
"hundreds and hundreds of profiteers”
by t> * department since last fall and
that -11 were on the theory that the
price charged for a commodity be
yond a certain figure was unfair.
“Fair” prices were determined by
the “fair price committees,” he con
tinued, organized last fall* throughout
the country. These committees he
described as “the weapons of the pub
lic” for fighting rising living costs.
Congress in amending the Lever
food control act so as to punish prof
iteering was aw’are of the depart
ment's plan of announcing fair prices
through local committees, Mr. Palmer
said. The plan, he added, made the
committee a jury and prices fixed by
it served as a warning of what a
court jury would hold on the same |
evidence was a fair price.
The Louisiana sugar prices, Mr. |
Palmer explained, were changed after
the department, following inquiry and ,
discussion with growers, had an- ;
nounced 17 and 18 cents as “fair ’ '
and would not lead to prosecutions ’
for profiteering. • ' ' I
Only by the announcement of fair !
priees, the attorney argued, could i
speedy protection be given the public
from profiteering. To determine fair ,
prices by "test cases” in court, as ;
suggested by Representative Tink- ;
ham, Republican, Massachusetts, who
introduced the resolution leading to j
the investigation, would have been !
"absurd and ridiculous,” he declared, '
adding that while “test, cases” were :
pending in court profiteers could
charge whatever prices they pleased. ,
and “the people would have suffered
untold millions in expense added to
their living costs.”
The attorney general declared that
by the department’s action as to ;
Louisiana sugar, “millions were sav- '
ed the public on what would have ■
been charged so rthis sugar.”
“Without this action, Louisiana
sugar would have sold upwards of
22 cents a pound,” he told the com
mittee, explaining that Louisiana
growers had shown him requests fo
purchases “without regard to price,” j
and contracts made on a basis of 21
and 22 cents a pound.
"I would have hated myself,” con
tinued Mr. Palmer, “if I had deter
mined 17 cents was a fair price and
kept it locked in my breast.”
Georgia’s Quota in
Presbyterian Drive
ls Oversubscribed
COVINGTPN, Ga„ April 30.—Geor
gia Presbyterians have oversub
scribed their quota of $306,000 in the
Presbyterian Progressive Program
by $4,000. The campaign closed Fri
day, and Rev. J. B. Ficklen, of Cov
ington, manager of the drive in this
state, reported that $310,000 had been
subscribed in the six presbyteries,
four of which went beyond their
quotas, overbalancing the slight defi
cits in the other two.
The campaign in this state was
part of the Southern Presbyterian
Progressive Program which has as
its object the raising of $4,000,000.
As a result of the success of the
canvass, the church will be better
equipped than, ever before to carry'
on its work, especially along evangel
istic and home and foreign mission
lines, including educational work.
Mr. Ficklen, a popular pastor here,
is very proud of the manner in which
Georgians responded to the call, and
will turp in a most optimistic report
to the general headquarters.
Peace Resolution
Substitute Reported
By Senate Committee
WASHINGTON, April 30. —Ths
state of war with both Germany
and Austria would be terminated
under a resolution reported today
by the senate foreign relations com
mittee as a substitute for the house
resolution to end the war with Ger
many alone.
The vote on the resolution was
9 to 6, with all of the Republicans
supporting it and all of the Demo
crats lining up solidly in opposition.
Senators McCumber, Republican,
North Dakota, and Shields, Demo
| crat, Tennessee, were abs ent and
j did not vote.
I Heflin and Franklin
Show Increases
In Census Report
WASHINGTON, April 30. —Heflin.
I Ala., has a population of 1,026, an
I increase of 187, or 22.3 per cent, the
icensus bureau announced today.
Other figures were:
Franklin, N. C., 773; increase. 394,
or 104 per cent. Pontiac. Mich.. 34,-
273; increase, 19,741, or 135.8 per
cent. Crawfordsville. Ind.. 10,139:
increase, 768, or 8.2 per cent. East
Cast Chicago, Ind., 35,967; increase,
16,869, or 88.3 per cent.
SOLDIER BONUS
BILL REPORTED
TO THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, April 30. —The
ways and means committee today, by
a strictly party vote, favorably re
ported to the house the soldier bonus?
bill.
If approved by the Republican cau
cus tonight, the measure will be call
ed up in the house next Monday for
action.
Democrats strongly opposed the
provisions of the bill providing for, a
tax on sales, but were outvoted by
the Republicans.
Bonuses and other forms °f aid
for service men can not be paid un
til the first part of next year, the
Republicans decided, and none of
the taxes necessary to raise the
money for paying the soldiers shall
be effective before January 1, 1921.
The increased taxes proposed would
bring the total government revenues
next year to nearly $6,000,000,000 or
virtually as much as was raised
during any year of the war.
The Republican plan, it is expect
ed, will be approved by the commit
tee today, despite Democratic ob
jections, and be submitted to the Re
publican caucus tonight. It is vir
tually certain to be the plan the
' house acts on Monday.
Based ou Flan of Legion
The bill as finally approved by
the Republicans is based on the
four-fold plan of the American
Legion, serevice nien being given
the option of a cash bonus, farm or
home aid. vocational training or
paid up insurance. No benefits will
be allowed for the first sixty days
service, as this was thought to have
been covered by the original bonus.
Service men choosing the cash
bonus or the farm settlement bene
fits will be allowed $1.25 for each
day’s service, while those prefer
ring home building aid, vocational
training or paid up insurance will
receive a credit of $1.75 per day.
The cash bonus is to be paid in four .
equal installments probably begin- ‘
ning April 1, 1921.
A change in the original plan ex- ’
tends the benefits to officers below '
the grade of captain in the army and ;
lieutenant (senior grade) in the nstvy I
and to regular army men for their ■
services during the period of the
war. The committee eliminated those
who received additional compensation
from private interests during the
war, yeomanettes and service men
assigned to industrial plants where
they received extra pay.
Taxing Program
The taxing program decided upon I
may be summarized,.as follows:
1. A tax of 1 per cent on retail
sales, including hotel and restaurant I
-ser-vica, tor all business, with montir--
ly sales in excess of SI,OOO. Heavy
penalties are provided to punish any
person charging more o naccoupt of
the tax than its actual amount. This
is depended on to yield $400,000,000
annually.
2. A levy of one-half of one per
cent on real estate transfers to yield
$100,000,000 yearly.
3. A tax on stock and grain ex
change transactions of one-fifth of
one per cent on the total sales esti
mated to yield $100,000,000 a yearn
A. Present surtaxes increased as i
follows: One per cent on income's
from $5,000 to $10,000; 2 per cent on
incomes from SIO,OOO to $25,000; 3
per cent on incomes above $25,000.
These additions would yield about
$131,000,000 yearly.
5. Additional taxes averaging 33
per cent on all tobaccos. The in- j
creased tax on cigarettes is approxi
mately 66 per cent. This yield would
be $51,000,000 annually.
Senate Committee
To Probe Charge of
Paper Profiteering
WASHINGTON, April 30.—Thor
ough investigation of charges that
print paper brokers are profiteering
was decided upon, by the senate man
ufactures sub-committee today. Sen
ator Reed, chairman, declared that
nearly a score of brokers and dealers,
mostly from New York, will be
called. B
Uncertain Wool Market
May Stop Night Work
PASSAIC, N. J., April 30.—Uncer
tainty in the wool market and the
cancellation of large orders have
necessitated the suspension of night
work in the woolen mills here, manu
facturers said today. The local
mills have laid off two thousand
workers already and others are pre
paring to suspend night work soon.
The Amalgamated Association of
Textile Workers has adopted a new
schedule calling for a fifty per cent
increase in wages and a forty-four
hour week, but the demands have not
yet been presented to the mill own
ers. <
John I. Kelley
Out for Congress
LAWRENCEVILLE. Ga.. April HI).
John I. Kelley, a young attorney of
Gwinnett county, and formerly a sol
dier with the 325th infantry in
France, has-announced his candidacy
for congress from the Ninth congres
sional district of Georgia, in opposi
tion to Congressman Bell. Mr. Kel
ley is an irreconcilable in regard to
the League of Nations, and has crit
icized the administration severely
for its strictures upon free speech
and free press.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paui Grant?'residing-at 916
Pou: th street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
| cently gave out the following state
ment’ “I had suffered with Fils
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all hope
of relief, when at last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound an I
well. Over 10 years have passed
and tiny attacks have not returned. I
wish every one who suffers from th’s
I terrible disease would write 11. P. N
I Lepso. 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee
I Wis., and ask. for a bo* lie of I lie
■ same kind of medicine which I’-" gave
j me. He has u'encrons'y promt t-e-1
| send it prepaid, free to any cr.e who
writes him.”—(Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1920.
BOTTLER CONTRACT
PERPETUAL.LETTER
OF HIBSMUEO
Communication From Coun
sel for Coca-Cola Interests
to Florida Concern Is
Read at Hearing
A letter written by Harold Hirsch,
member of the law firm of Candler,
Thomson & Hirsch, general counsel
for the Coca-Cola company in which
it was stated that the contract be
tween the syrup manufacturer and
the bottlers was perpetual, featured
the hearing Friday morning in the
Coca-Cola litigation before Commis
sioner H. L. Parry.
In October, 1916, Mr. Hirsch
wrote T. C. Parker, of the Florida
Coca-Cola Bottling company, con
cerning arf amended and reformed
contract which he had prepared, and
in this communication, which was
read; before the commissioner, the
lawyersaid. that the contracts were
perpetual franchises.
It appeared that.the Florida Coca-
Cola Bottling company entertained
misgivings concerning the acceptance
of the amended and reformed con
tact, and Mr. Hirsch, as counsel for
the Coca-Cola company and for the
parent bottlers,. wrote the letter in
.question. In this communication he
stated that the chief consideration
were as follows:
Chief Considerations
First, that the bottlers must have
their perpetual franchise protected.
Second, that the Coca-Cola com
pany must have, its property rights
and valuable trade-mark protected.
Continuing, the letter recited that
Mr. Hirsch uad had the honor of
representing both the Coca-Cola com
pany and the parent bottlers in
amending the original contracts, and
that the reformed contracts protect
ed, above all and beyond all ques
tion, the rights o fthe bottlers.
It was developed by Attorney John
A. Sibley, who conducted the exami
nation of Mr Hirsch, that following
the letter to the Florida Coca-Cola
Bottling company, the reformed and
amended contract was signed “Par
ker.” This contract carried a writ
ten approval and. confirmation of C.
H Candler, the then president of the
Coca-Cola company. Subsequently
the Florida Coca-Cola Bottling com
pany entered into a contract with
the’ Quincy Eottling company, and
in this contract Hjipeared the word
‘perpetual.”
Mr, Hirsch and Mr. Sibley engag
ed in a colloquy concerning the let
ter to Mr. Parker and the contracts.
■Mr. Hff’SC’li stated that lie had given
the legal opinion that the contracts
were pei’petual Contracts, and that he
so informed the Coca-Cola company,
though his law partners. Judge Can
dler and W. D. Thomson, disagreed
with him.
Contract Stressed
Attorney Sibley and other counsel
for the plaintiffs dwelt and laid great
stress upon the fact that Mr.
Hirsch’s assurance of the perpetuity
of the contracts was given to the
!• lot Ida. Coca-Cola Bo.ttHng Company
because the Florida concern was
disinclined to accept the amended
contract until this assurance was
forthcoming.
The reformed contracts-, concerning
which the letter was written, and
around which Mr. Hirsch’s
tion centered, were the result of an
agreement on the part of the Coca-
Cola company and the parent bottlers’
that the original contracts should be
reformed in order to comply with
certain provisions of the Clayton
anti-trust law. The negotiations
which resulted in the reformation of
the original contracts extended over
a long period, and Mr. Hirsch stated
verbally and in letters which were
produced, that as counsel for both
the Coca-Cola company and the .bot
tlers he had sought not to disturb
the relations between them. He gave
it as his opinion that; the rights, of
the bottlers had, really been strength
ened under the terms of the new con
tract.
Prior to the production of the Flor
ida letter, Mr. Hirsch was examined
at length concerning the relations
between the parent bottlers and the
Coca-Cola company. He stated that
his firm, as counsel, for the Coca-Cola
company, had engaged in much liti
gation, relating to trade mark in
fringements. Probably four or five
hundred suits, he said, had been in
stituted in different parts of the
country at different times. He said
the expenses of protecting the trade
mark had run into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Mr. Hirsch testified as to the re
taining fee annually received by the
firm of Candler, Thomson & Hirsch,
and requested representatives of the
press to omit the figures, since it
was only a personal matter.
Mr. Hirsch stated further that the
bottlers had rendered aid to the
i Coca-Cola ' company in resisting ad
verse legislation in the different
states.
The first time, said Mr. Hirsch,
that the bottlers shared in the legal
expenses of the Coca-Cola company
was in 1911, and .they contributed
$50,000 towards defraying the ex
penses of certain litigation in the
i protection of the trade-mark, the
; cost of which was about $250,000.
In 1915, an agreement was entered
into between the Coca-Cola company
and the parent bottlers, whereby th«
bottlers agreed to pay $25,000 per
year towards methods and means for
protecting the Coca-Cola trade-mark
He said, however, that hi one year
the legal expenses of the Coca-Cola
company amounted to $120,000.
The hearing will be resumed Mon
lay afternoon -;1 2:30 o’clock.
Bryan Will Speak
In Alabama Campaign
mobile, ai«.. April no.—-wtiEnm
J. Bryan vr:l! visit Alabama at a .
eiily .late : :v|. make several ad
die.'; j;i the interest of the e-mdl
'! -t< a ’or delegates to the nation::!
< onvention lit S; n ’ lon neisco w.io
.arc opposed to p’litiig n v.’et pl:'n’:
I in fee pl- , o’m of the nominee 10.-
What Life Has Done to Evelyn Nesbit
/
How the hectic life of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Clifford has lined
and aged her face is shown by these two photographs. One was
taken when sh-ewas-the girl-wife of Harry K. Thaw; the other is
one of her recent photographs. Jack Clifford, her husband and for
mer dancing partner, is suing her for divorce in New York, naming
an actor as co-respondent. Evelyn says she will file a counter pe
tition, demanding that the divorce be granted to her and charging
misconduct.
Rule 10 Is An Effort
To Gag Convention,
Says Col. H. H. Perry
Colonel H. H. Perry, prominent
Gainesville lawyer and Democrat,
who is one of the delegates from
Hall county to the Georgia presi
dential convention to be held in - At
lanta on May 18, has written a
communication to The Journal in
which he scores the rule whereby
the Palmer forces propose to con
trol the convention with a minority
vote.
Rule, 10. as it was numbered in
the specifications drawn up by the
Democratic state executive on Feb
ruary 6, when it called the presi
dential primary, provides that the
delegates to the national conven
tion ip San Francisco shall be se
lected from the supporters of the
candidate receiving the highest
county unit vote. Under this rule
the supporters of Attorney-General
Palmer, who received the highest
county unit vote, but not a ma
jority, propose to control the con
vention, name the delegates and ex
clude the Hoke Smith and Thomas
E. "Watson delegates from a voice
tn what is done.
Colonel Perry will be in the con
vention as a delegate from Hall
county, which was carried by Sen
ator Smith. His views on Rule 10
are presented in the following com
munication:
“Rule 10 Absurd”
“Editor The Journal:
“I notice the position of Messrs.
Barrett and Dean, of the subcom
mittee on Rule 10.
“Rule 10 carries its absurdity on
its face. Its language is the lan
guage of a master, hot of a servant
or . agent.'
"If the committee were school
masters and the members of the
convention were their pupils, it
might be legitimate for them to
tell us how to play the game—
but such is not their relation.
"Theirs is a most ridiculous in
stance of the tail proposing to
wag the dog.
“Their position is unsound. The
committee called together a conven
tion of the Democratic party. But
in doing so they had no,, right to
forestall the action -of that party
when assembled in convention. Their
action did not make the convention
the creature of the committee in
any sense.
“.The. president of a corporation
might as well say that because
under the by-laws he could call a
meeting of the directors, he could
therefore provide, beforehand the
mode of their action when assem
bled.
“Nor did, the candidates or the
voters bind themselves to abide by
any rules made beforehand beyond
the legitimate powers of the com
mittee. The privilege of expressing
their sentiments in a presiflential
primary was mot a benefaction by
the committee to the Democrats of
Georgia, but was their right which
the committee did not dare deny
them. By accepting their right they
did not estop themselves from re
fusing to submit to any usurped
authority of the committee.
Convention’s Free Action
"J-f the primary was merely a
special one' confined to presidential
limits, then ;it would have been
merely-'a pat affair—a political side
show and not the action of the
Democratic party as such. -
“But when the committee called
for a primary and convention of
the party, it necessarily surren
dered all its powers over the sub
ject to the free action of such con
vention. The committee's function
was over. It called into being a
power beyond and ahoxe an.' rule it
may ; have made attemDtine' .io eaa
trol the action of this body.
“ 'They may raise the whirlwind,
but cannot direct the storm.’
"The position, of these gentlemen
is without precedent. Think of it:
A few designing men in any case
might cunningly contrive to get
into such a: committee, (such places
arc not generally sought after ex
cept by those with ulterior de
signs). and by adopting certain
rules so control the action of the
partv represented b.v th- <’■ ’-g.-tre
as to commit the party to reac
tionary interests and so shape its
policies as to eternally wreck it.
“It would be a pretty pass to
come to, that a few men should
bind and gag the convention by
such a rule. A self-respecting man
would be ashamed to be a. Demo
crat if it meant to be subservient
to the dictation of a -small cabal.
Anythin:’.’ like boss rule or ring rule
Will never be tolerated by Demo
crats."
(Signed) “H. H I’PJRRY.
“CaiacsviEc, Gu.. April 30.”
DECISIVE BATTLE
BELIEVED NEAR IN
MEXICAN UPRISING
AGUA PRIETJ< Sonora. April 30.
Clash of Carranza and Sonora troops
at Pulpito Pass in the nibu '/nins
southeast of here late yesterday fore
cast a larger and more decisive en
counter in the near’future, rebel lead
ers here said today. On either side
of Pulpito Pass both factions have
been concentrating men for more than
three .wee'js.
The El Paso reporj that Ignacio
Enriquez, candidate for governor ow
Chihuahua, was marching.with “home
guards” to reinforce revolutionists
near Chihuahua City was’ accepted
here as true. A few days ago a re
port was current that Enriquez had
revolted with the defense sociales,
but military officers said the report
was “oremnture.'*-.They admitted i
negotiations for the revolt of En
riquez were under way. ■
BONILLAS EXPECTED TO
RETURN TO WASHINGTON
MEXICO CITY, April 29.—(Delay
ed-)—A report was current here to
day that Ignacic Bonillas may return
to Washington as Mexican ambassa
dor to the United States.
Alberto Pani. Mexican minister in
Paris, was mentioned as a possible
coalition candidate for the presi
dency.
U. S. TROOPS AT EL PASO
READY FOR TROUBLE
EL PASO, Tex., April 30.—Rein
forcements for the Chihuahua City
loyal troops and also for' the revolt
ing Carranza garrison which went
over to the revolutionary movement
presented possibilities for a serious
clash, observers of developments in
the new Mexican uprising said today.
Although Juarez military officials
asserted danger of an uprising there
in sympathy with the Sonora revolt
was past, outposts were stationed
last night to prevent a possible sur
prise attack on the border port and
American army officers at Fort Bliss
held troops in readiness for instant
use in case a skirmish endangered
lives on the American side.
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Gift Is Announced to
Interchurch Movement
NEW YORK, April 30.—An anony
mous gift of $3,000,000 to the united
financial campaign of the Interchurch
World Movement was announced at
campaign headquarters here today
with the statement that $90,000,000 of
the $100,000,000 sought had been
pledged. The campaign does not close
until next week, and more than 100,-
000 churches in various states are
yet to be heard from.
Incomplete returns, prepared for
reading at a luncheon today at
which William G. McAdoo was the
principal speaker. showed Penn
sylvania in’ the. lead with a total of
$‘5,471,026 contributed to the fund.
New’ York was second with $5,072,571,
Illinois third with $2,154,952, Massa
chusetts fourth wit h 52,021,926 and
Ohio fifth with $1,858,052. Othei
states which ahve passed the million
mark are California, Michigan and
New Jersey.
Troup Farmers Told
How to Fight Weevil
LAGRANGE; Ga. ( April 30.—The
chairman of the state special agri
cultural committee, C. J. Haden, of
Atlanta, addressed the farmers and
bankers of Troup county at the
courthouse Friday morning at 11
o’clock on the subject of fighting the
boll •Weevil. He explained in detail
the -method of the use of calcium ar
senate as a spray for cotton against
the holl weevil and ’ made a strong
plea fbr the farmers to adopt these
methods early inthe season in order
that they might combat the weevil
successfully. An expert in the use
of the chemicals for the spray ac
companied Mr. Haden and demon
strateil the use of the spraying
equipfnent.
An unusual and very interesting
circulation campaign was announced
Thursday afternoon by the
Daily Reporter.’ The Reporter is of
fering practically $3,500 in prizes to
the ladies of Troup county and the
surrounding sections.
Tenis to Shelter 1,000
- Evicted in New York
NEW YORK. April 30.—A village
of tents will rise on the grounds of
the Salvation Army training college
here to shelter New Yorkers who will
be rendered homeless tomorrow or di
rectly thereafter by May 1 eviction
proceeding:;. Salvation Army officials
amioanced today.
Plans r.re being made to care for
□ne thoucaii'l peisons.. Steps also
have been liken to obtain use of the
military buildings at Damp Men-iG:.
N. J., which have beeif sold by the
government.
Scents a copy.
$1.50 A YEAK.
TAXATION GB HP.
BI DOWN, (MS
■ UWIERCf
Only Action of Senate or
Veto of President Can
Prevent Soldier Bonus.
He Declares
BY DAVID iAWSUITOE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON,
ation js going up—not down. Tho
Republican party in congress virtual
ly lias decided that more is to be
gained by giving the soldiers of the
late war a bonus than by refusing
to make further cuts in existing
taxes or distributing- th • Vw-len
through the years of the next gen
eration. .•
The ways and means committee of
the house is in a tangle. A minority
of Republicans are opposed to new
burdens of taxation but even with
the help of the Democrats their
strength is not sufficient to prevent
the passage of the bill in the house.
Only two barriers then remain—the
senate- and the president. If the
house bill were presented to the
White House today* it would be ve
toed. If it were put up to the sen
ate in the form in which it has been
drafted it would be radically chang
ed, but on the other hand, there still
would remain additional taxes where
with to raise money for the soldiers
because senate Republicans must
i stand by house Republicans In do
ing something before the next elec
tion. that will not alienate the sol
dier vote. Perhaps the Democrats
would do likewise if they were in
control, for the soldier vote has be
i come like the labor vote and the pro-
I hibition vote, something too formid
able for the average congressman to
withstand, especially when a dema
gogue starts a campaign in opposi
tion to him in his district on that
ground alone.
The ways and meass committee
both Republicans and Democrats, had
the .new tax bill before them at their
Friday session. It had been agreed
upon by a majority of the Republi
cans the night before and the plan
was to jam it through the commit
tee in time to report it to the house
during the day and thus have it
ready for the Republican caucus Fri
day night. •
Want to Do Something
The significant thing is that nei-«
ther the proponents nor opponents of
the soldier bonus differ in their sen
timental feeling that something
should be done for the soldiers of tha
late war, something tangible. But
getting down to the bottom of the
whole business, one finds even the
enthusiasts for a soldier, bonus cog
nizant of the straijj which the plan
would put on the already overweight
ed credit system of the country.
Those who favor the bill say the na
tion can stand the extra tax and they
point out that either a sales tax on
retail sales above SI,OOO a month, or
I a retroactive tax on war profits would
hit only the “big fellows.”
But experience with the vicious
.circles in the high cost of living lias
shown in the past year that the larg
er concerns merely tack the tax on
their costs of production and the ul
timate consumer pays the bill. So
many members of the house who
have studied taxation are planning
to go before their constituencies on a
I record of opposition to any class leg-
I islation whatsoever whether it be so.
labor or soldiers or any other section
of the community. Yet this number
is a minority.
The real truth is that if th.e ma
jority of the house believed the bill
just presented to the ways and
means committee had a chance of be
, ing enacted' into law. they wouldn t
‘ rush it through so hastily. But the
general feeling is that the senate
will emasculate the measure and
iron it out and that if it still is ob
jectionable, the president probably
would veto it. thus making it even
more advantageous politically to ar
gue that the Republicans wanted to
■ help the soldiers and the Democrats
; didn’t.
Seme Features of Bill
It is to be noted that of all the
five plans suggested whereby ai;l
is to be given to the soldiers,
none of thp cash payment fea
tudcs is to go into effect un
til next January. Thus If the senti
ment of the country in the next elec
tion is adverse, the measure can be
repealed without endangering the
chances of these Republicans who
must depend on the soldier vote at
the the next election.
Same of the features of the bill do
not involve an outlay of much m-oii
ey and are in the main favored by
I •eme.crats as well as Republicans.
Vocational training is one. erne and
farm a’d and the grant of land out
west —.ill this is possible of accom
plishment with only a few million
dollars, yet it gives the returned sol
dier opportunity to make money.
On the other hand the cash bonus
based upon the number of days the
veteran was-in service would mean
at least a billion dollars more in
taxes and if the new and compli
cated suggestion for an insurance
certificate should go through as
written in the present bill, it is es
timated that the cost would be
nearly $6,000,000,000. This estimate
may be found later to have been ex
aggerated but several house mem
bers insist tb it the new plan would
Knock the value out of the war risk
insurance system itself.
The house of representatives really
is playing politics. Tax errors ot
the democrats helped to drive them
out of power in 1918 but the repub
licans are so serenely confident that
the top of the ticket will pull them
through next fall that they arc sim
ply determined to pass a bonus bill
and pass the buck to the senate and
the president. In the meantime,
business, big and little, may he fur
rowing its brows trying to calculate
what the tax burdens of next year
will be, but only the conservatism
of-the senate and the president will •
relieve that worry.
Aviators Are Injured
LiMA, Peru, April SO.—Pilot Simon
and W Wheeler, mechanic, American
•ommercial aviators, were seriously
injured when their airplane crashed
nt the aviation field here today
■hortlv after its arrival from New
Orleans. The accident occurred after
tin exhibition of looping the loop.