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Mtordta GH-weehli) Saurnal VOL. XXII. NO. 72. Knox Scores President in Peace Proposal Debate AIRPLANES USED BY CIRW TO BOMB FORGESJF REBELS Generals Loyal to Govern ment Tricked by Foes and Forced at Pistol Point to Join Revolution WASHINGTON, May s.—Secretary Daniels today ordered a division of destroyers, now at New York with the Atlantic fleet, to sail immediately for Key West, where they will be held for possible duty in Mexican waters. ' The destroyers are the Isherwood. Case, Lardner, Putnam, Beale and Reid. The flotilla is commanded by Captain Byron Long, on the tender, Black Hawk, which will accompany the flotilla. Captain Long was in conference Secretary Daniels here last night and left immediately afterwards for New York to get his' ships ready to sail today. The secretary said today that Cap tain Long had been given full in structions as to the policy to be pur sued in the event it becomes neces sary to send the destroyers to Mexi can ports. The vessels should reach Key West by tomorrow night or Friday and the run from there to Tampico or Vera Crus would be a matter of only a few hours. The state department announced Monday that it had asked the navy department to send destroyers to those two Mexican ports. The re quest was based on reports receiv ed from the American consuls, who desired to have ships on hand to take off American citizens if that became hecessary. Thus far no reports of any seri ous disturbances in the Mexican ports have reached the government, but revolutionists are active not far from those places. At the state department today itl was said that reports thus far re ceived had not indicated that the lives of any American citizens had been endangered anywhere in Mexico as a. result of the revolution. Apparently unable to get underway any offensive military expedition against the revolutionists. President Carrana has begun using airplanes to harass rebel-held towns in the neigh borhood of the Mexican capital, ac cording to advices to revolutionary agents here. Cuernavaca, capital of Morelos, and Cuautala, in the satne state, are two of the points that have been smartly bombed, the reports stated. The information through of ficial channels yesterday that Pablo Gonzales, formerly an ardent sup- Atrrter of Carranza, had entered the evrolution at the head of a detach ment of revolting federal troops, also was contained in the rebel advices. Further indication that Torreon again is to become, the objective the contending forces was contained in the report that General Dieguez’s force that had been trying for more than three weeks to make its way through the state of Jalisco north ward into Nayarit, to check the So norans on their march to the south, had been turned about and is on its way to Irapuato, from where it may move northward toward the state of Chihuahua. CARRANZA OFFICERS ARE FORCED TO JOIN REBELS JUAREZ, May s.—Juarez today continued its process of adjustment to the new revolutionary regime, which assumed control upon the city’s defection from the Carranza government to the movement in augurated by the Sonora state gov ernment. The civil government func tioned as usual today, but it was ex • pected numerous changes eventually would be made. With the expected arrival here of approximately 800 Yaqui troops from Casas Grandes, another chapter will have been written in the story of the defection of their commander, General Francisco Urbajejo, from the ranks of the Carranza forces. How General Urbalejo and Colonel Eduardo Porcayo, also of the Casas Grandes garrison, were captured Monday night and induced- to join the revolution has just been re vealed. A party of officers was ordered to Casas Grandes by General Jose G-. Escobar, commander of thfe Juarez district, to meet the two command . ers and ascertain their sympathies. General Escobar’s envoys met the Casas Grandes officers at Barreal station, forty-one miles southwest of J uarez. Unaware that the Juarez garrison had revolted, Urbalejo and Porcayo were on the way to the border for a brief visit. They were accompanied by a small body guard. Escobar’s officers greeted the two commanders cordially and invited them ow the train for “a friendly chat." xne f>alr accepted and when separated from their men were menaced with pistols and placed un der arrest. The captives were brought back to Juarez and finally were convinced that the part of wisdom was to join the revolution without further strug gle. First details of the fall of the Chihuahua city garrison" were re ceived from Chihuahua City today. On April 26, Generals Eugenio Mar tinez, Joaquin Amaro and Colonel Manuel Gama, with all other chiefs there, repudiated the Carranza gov ernment and assumed control of the city after twelve hours’ fighting with the Sixty-second battalion, com manded by General Figueroa. Figueroa then surrendered the barracks. There were no civilian casualties. Colonel Oteo Gama was killed out- (Oontfaiued on Page 6, Column 6) “BLUEBEARD” Twenty-Six Wives Is His Record 1 1 W. i iPOi ■ n * wJM. -• y ! VW*? A I ' JT S rat i jBF Upper—Charles Newton Harvey; center. Miss Elizabeth Fryer; lower, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Williamson. LOS ANGELES? —Pacific coast of ficials tracing the record of “Blue beard” Charles Newton Harvey, re port that he has married 26 women during his career. The body of Miss Pryor was exhumed from a shallow grave at Spokane. She had • willed her savings to Harvey. Harvey married Mrs. Williamson under the name of “Lewis.” Wife Refuses to Return; Husband Dies of Shock, Then She Comes Back NEW YORK, May s.—Death led Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, mysteriously missing since April 10, back to her home here today. Her aged husband. Joseph Smith, and their grown children were unable to explain her disappearance. He suf fered a nervous breakdown. While at the Iroquois Yacht club Friday one of his daughter received a letter from Mrs. Smith, merely announcing she would never return home. When the contents of the letter were tele phoned to Mr. Smith he dropped dead from thS shock. Mrs. Smith appeared at her home today, unnounced. She said she had read in the newspapers of her hus band’s death and had returned for the funeral. She refused to explain why she had left home or where she had been. ' Profiteering in Meat Charged to Armour’s New England Branch BOSTON, May s.—Profiteering in meat was charged today against Ar mour & Co. and Its New England manager, John E. Wilson. The lat ter was arrested on a warrant issued by United States Commissioner Hayes on evidence transmitted by the United States district attorney’s office that lamb bought for less than ten cents a pound plus freight charges of about four cents a pound, had been sold here for 25 1-2 cents. Pupils Hold Parade Indorsing Teachers’ Strike for More Pay NEWPORT Ky., May s—When the entire teaching force "of the public grade and high schools of Newport went on “indefinite vacation” this morning, because their demand for a salary increase of S3OO was re fused by the board of education, the 2,963 pupils rushed from the buildings, paraded the streets and shouted “more pay for teachers.” Average Pay of Rural School Teachers Small WASHINGTON, May s.—Commis sioner P. P. Claxton, of the bureau of education, today made public a re port showing that 40 per cent of the rural school teachers of the United States receive less than S6OO a year, nearly 30 per cent less than SSOO, and 15 per cent less than S4OO. Mr. Claxton said estimates show that New YorK City this year will spend $250,000,000 on automobiles and but $36,000,000 for teachers. 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. Reisner, Box C-64, 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.) (JOHNSON LEADS IN CALIFORNIA: WOOD AHEADJNHIDIffI Governor Cox Has Big Ma jority of Delegates in Ken tucky—Hoover’s Manager Concedes Defeat SAN FRANCISCO, May s.—Returns tabulated early today from yester day’s presidential preferential election showed Senator Hiram Johnson, of San Francisco, leading his rival, Her bert C. Hoover, of Palo Alto, Cal., by a wide margin. Incomplete returns from fifty-four of the state’s fifty-eight counties and representing 3,959 of a total of 5,729 precincts, showed the following vote on the group of twenty-six delegates pledged to support Senator Johnson at the national convention and a rival group of twenty-six pledged to’ Mr. Hoover: Johnson group 283,487. Hoover group 155,765. At ten o’clock last night Ralph P. Merritt, campaign manager of the Hoover Republican Club of California, conceded thp election of the Johnson delegates, but declared the issues rep resented by Mr. Hoover would con tinue to "command the attention of the country and eventually at the Re publican convention Hoover will be nominated for the presidency.” In addition to delegates to the Re publican convention, an uninstructed Democratic delegation and a prohibi tion party delegation, pledged to Henry Clay Needham, of Los Angeles, for the party presidential nomination, were chosen. In all but three counties Senator Johnson had a lead. In Los Angeles county the Hoover ticket led the Johnson ticket by a vote of 39,709 to 30.528. , In San Francisco city and county with only two of the 381 precincts missing, Johnson’s vote was 68,777, and Groover’s 25,016. MOST OF KENTUCKY’S DELEGATES FOR COX LOUISVILLE, Ky., May s.—Only Kentucky’s delegates from the state at-large were instructed last night by the Democratic state convention to vote for Governor James Cox, of Ohio, “os long as his name remains before the national convention,” no mention being made of the twenty two district delegates. Governor Cox, however, will have twenty of the state’s twenty-six votes, sixteen of the delegates having been ordered by their districts to do so. The other six are uninstructed. When the instructions were read just before adjournment of the con vention at 1:30 : o’clock this morn ing, many delegates misunderstood them because of noise, and this led to the erroneous belief that the en tire delegation had been instructed for Governor Cox. Johnson N. Camden, Versailles, former United States senator, was elected national committeeman after a fight on the floor that plunged the convention into an uproar just before adjournment. He defeated Marion L. Taylor, Louisville, by a vote of 1,634 to 968. For the first time in history, Ken tucky women attended a Democratic state convention. Three of them and five men, all with a half vote each, were elected delegates-at-large to the national convention. The report of the resolutions com mittee was unanimously adopted. It denounced what it termed obstruc tive tactics used by Republicans In congress toward constructive legis lation; indorsed without reserve the administration of President Wilson and called attention to his “war achievements.” As regards the peace treaty the report indorsed the administration’s stand and approved placing the issue before the coun try. WOOD LEADS, JOHNSON SECOND IN INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 5. One thousand nine hundred and nine ty-seven precincts out of 3.387 in Indiana for Republican presidential preference in yesterday’s • primary gave Wood, 51,062; Johnson. 47,009; Lowden, 23,210; Harding, 12,699. WILSON FACTION TO CONTROL TEXAS STATE CONVENTION DALLAS, Tex., May s.—Belated re ports from Democratic county con ventions held Tuesday gave further assurances that the party’s faction favorable to the administration of President Wilson would control the Texas Democratic state convention May 25. The administration forces will now control 1,300 of 1,400 votes, it was indieated by the reports. Georgia and Alabama Towns Show Increase In Population Figures WASHINGTON, May s.—The cen sus bureau today announced the fol lowing population figures:' Marion, Ind., 23,747, increase 4,388, or 22.7 per cent: Ironwood. Midi., 15,739, increase 2,918, or 22.8 per cent; Brenham Tex., 5,066, increase 348, 'or 7.4 per cent; East Orange, N. J., £0,587, increase 16,216, or 47.2 per cent; Troy, Ala., 5,696, increase 735 ,or 14.8 per cent; Punxsutawyney Pa.. 10,311, Increase 1,253, or 13.8 per cent; Gainesville, Ga., 6,272, increase 347; or 5.9 per cent; Toccoa Ga., 3,- 557. increase 447, or 14.3 per cent. Populations of Jacksonville, Fla., and Baton Rouge, La., will be an nounced at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow. Free to Goitre Sufferers. Any reader of this paper suffering from GOITRE (big neck) can get free information telling how to cure it at home without operation, danger of discomfort, by writing Dr. Rock, the eminent GOITRE Specialist, Box 737. Dept. 6, Milwaukee, Wfs. Dr. Rock makes absolutely no charge for his services and you are cured sound and well, so if you, a friend or relative, suffer from GOITRE, you should write him at once.— (Advt.) ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920. THIRD PARTY ■ IMTIBLE, lffiT PDLITICALJ.EISDERS Both Republicans and Dem ocrats Convinced It Will Comej Says Lawrence, Discussing Primaries BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, May 5. —Both Re publicans and Democrats whose in fluence in their respective par'ies is controlling and whose political judg ment is usually accurate now are convinced that a third party is in evitable. Primary results . in California where Senator Hiram Johnson has defeated Herbert Hoover have ac centuated the lines of political strength as the time for the two big conventions approaches. Republican senators friendly to Senator John son concede that he cannot be nomi nated at Chicago. They say he is not really radical but behind him are groups of voters whose support of the Republican ticket is not so much based upon a conversion to Republican doctrine as it is upon personal fondness for Hiram John son. To permit Johnson to be nomi nated would insure the domination of these elements, something which the conservative leaders of the Re publican party do not welcome. But to fail to nominate Johnson means a possible defection and a third party. The California senator himself may be persuaded to remain loyal to the party, but his follow ing will not stay. It’s Johnson or nothing with them. And prepara tions already are under way for a third party composed of some of the elements which broke away in 1912 and . formed the Progressive party, some of the radicals who like nei ther the Republican nor Democratic parties, the voters controlled by the chain of Hearst newspapers, and the numerous gi'oups who are irrec oncilably opposed to the ratifica tion of the peace treaty even with reservations. Where Support Would Come From Many of the supporters of the third party would be drawn from the Democratic ranks. It looks for in stance as if the Democratic conven tion will not nominate a radical of the Bryan type. Messrs. McAdoo, Cox and Palmer, who are in the lead for the Democratic nomination, are more or less conservative. They all favor the treaty and League of Nations. Disappointment ovei' the failure of the Republican or Democratic conventions respectively to recognize the Johnson or Bryan strength would compel their sup porters to turn elsewhere. They would be welcomed with open arms tn a third party. The Republican leaders themselves would prefer to go to the country this year with a man admittedly conservative than a candidate with a taint of radicalism that cause the bulk of. the nation’s vot ers to turn to a Democratic con servative. Republican leaders are convinced that business efficiency and conservatism in domestic and foreign policy are demanded this time and that the day of experiment alism in government and quasi-soci alistic theorizing is gone. While some of them foresee a third party, they do not fear it. They are hon estly convinced that there are more Republican voters in the country than Democrats today and that the formation of a third party would draw almost as many Democrats as Republicans and when those ele ments had been subtracted from both parties, the resultant strength of the Republican party in each of the important states still would be sufficient to carry the electoral votes for the Republican ticket. But in the Democratic camp, the forecast of a third party is accom -panied by a sense of jubiliation and (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS WILL BE BIG NEWS MONTHS The national conventions of both the Democratic and Republican parties will soon be staged — And then will come the campaign with all of Its excitement md enthusiasm— And that will be only a part of the interesting which readers of THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL will find in their paper every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from now to October Ist. FIVE MONTHS FOR 50c I We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Wcckly Journal to you from now until October Ist for only 50ci SEND YOUR 50c TODAY In order not to miss another copy, send in your 50c today and your subscription will be started at once. Fill in the following blank, with your name and address, and send it together with 50c today. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until October 1, 1920. Name ............................... R. F. D P. 0................................. State “WINGED FEET” THRILL BROADWAY! TV’? II ' ! * * - w •/'li W rkf ' KAPtL ft: NEW YORK. —Paris has a brand-new fad—that of women wearing feathers in their oxfords, with the idea of decorating ihe “kicks” and protecting the ankles. And American girls wearing the winged shoes are already thrilling Broadway. Carolina Planters Stand Firm for Sixty-Cent Cotton COLUMBIA, S. C., May 5. —Mrs. G. H. Mathis, a prominent woman cot ton planter of Gadsden, Ala.; B. C. Maddox, of Georgia; R. H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers Record, an : J. S. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, were among the speakers today at the semi-annual convention of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association. The organization song, "Organize! Oh, Organize!” marked the formal opening of the convention. A firm stand was taken for sixty-cent cot ton and decision was reached to make a state-wide campaign for farmers warehouses in all of the counties. Several hundred farmers and prominent business men attended the convention. Says Dry Law Costs $88,000,000 a Year WASHINGTON, May s.—Enforce ment of prohibition will cost the United States $88,000,000 a year, In contrast to a pre-dry period revenue of $444,000,000 from liquor sales, Representative Gallivan, Massa chusetts, declared in a speech to the house today. Mr. Gallivan asserted there are more illicit stills today than ever be fore. He said most of the Anti-Saloon league fund of $28,000,000 wa’s for hiring spies to hunt down violators of prohibition laws. Holder Not to Resign From House to Make Gubernatorial Race John N. Holder, speaker of the house of representatives and candi date for governor, is quoted in a statement from Jefferson, the county site of Jackson county, where he lives, that he will not resign the speakership to make the race. His Ostatement follows: “I shall not resign the speaker ship. It might be of great political advantage to me to resign so that I could devote my entire time to my campaign for governor, but the peo ple of Jackson county, whom I have served eighteen years in the general assembly, are not favorable to it, and many members of the house and other citizens of the state believe my resignation would precipitate a contest, create disturbed conditions and impair the work of the next session of the legislature. “The achievements of the last session of the general assembly were almost without parallel, and the splendid work so well begun last year should by all means be consummated this year. The speaker pro tem., John vV. Bale, has resigned and, if I should do so, then our suc cessors this summer would be with out experience as presiding offi cers. . x “I have the aspiration to be gov ernor of Georgia, and I purpose to use every possible legitimate effort to win that high honor, except to neglect the duties of the office I now hold. The welfare and interests of the state have first consideration with me and, believing I can be of service to the state in the next ses sion of the assembly, I will be found at my post of duty and will remain there as representative of Jackson county and as speaker of the house of representatives during the entire session of 1920.” Says Rail Workers Os South Will Take “Vacation” Shortly WASHINGTON. May s.—Railroad workers in southern cities are ex pected to go on a “vacation too?-/ or tomorrow, James Eubanks, of St. Louis, declared here today at the conference of the non-recognized rail road yardmen’s association. Mr. Eu banks asserted this action close the gateways to the cotton belt and isolate the oil fields of the south west. The formation of a national or ganization in opposition to the broth erhoods will not be perfected, Eu banks said, until the present dispute has been settled and the men have gone back to work. A general con vention will be then called, he de clared. The yardmen declare they will stick with the board until they are heard and if necessary will fol low it to Chicago when hearings be gin there May 17. Walkouts are expected in a day or two, Eubanks said, in Little Rock, Texarkana, New Orleans and Shreve port. The Cotton 801 l will be com pletely tied up, he declared, and fur ther walkouts in other sections of the country will follow until the de mands of the men are met. Railway Strike in Paris Virtually Over PARIS, May 5. —Announcement that the strike of railway workers throughout France virtually was over was made in official quarters here last night. Since Saturday, traffic has been seriously embarrassed, but volunteers have given material aid. and yesterday a large number of strikers returned to their posts. Miners in the Anzin basin have voted to go on strike May 7, but the situation in northern France seems to be improving. In the principal French ports the strike of naval and dock workers is almost complete. Scents a copy. $1.50. A DECIARES WILSON SEEKS ID PMG AUTOCRATIC POWER ■ iw ■■n -.in Senator Outlines Basis rtn His Belief That War Is ‘ Over and the World Is at Peace WASHINGTON, iftay s.—Opening debate on his resolution to declare the state of war with Germany and Austria at an end, Senator Knox, Republican, Pennsylvania, declared in the senate today that President Wilson was arbitrarily maintaining that the nation technically was at war in order to coerce the senate rat ifying the treaty of Versailles. “There was no excuse Whatsoever for greatly prolonging the war be yond the signature of the armistice,” Senator Knox said, “and the only ex planation for so doing was the de liberate aim to retain all those auto cratic compulsory which the executive had been endowed for the prosecution of the war, in order that they might be used for other purposes. “The welfare and safety of the na tion imperatively demands that we know we have peace. The whole world seethes with revolution. Out own nation is in ferment and toil. Force and strife are rampant and threaten the destruction not only of our property, but of our free institu tions and even of our lives. And yet we stand and have stood for months, as a rudderless ship, foundering in the trough of a tremendous sea. “We must not dare longer to delay a return to the order of government of peace; we must not hazard a fur ther postponement in turning our undivided deliberations to our home problems. They are great enough to tax the utmost wisdom which we possess. As a preliminary step, the executive must be returned to his peace-time powers and prerogatives. Need, propriety, wisdom, cannot qupestlon this.” Fallen In Esteem Declaring that he entertained only sympathy for the president in his illness and "sympathy for the coun try which must suffer under him be cause of it.” Senator .Knox said it was an unwelcome task "to judge one who has fallen in public esteem.” He added, however, that when dan gei’ threatened the nation, it must be met forefronted and that “who ven tures to intervene against the safe and wise course must step aside or be crushed.” “The course of the president ever since he cruised to Europe to par ticipated in the peace conference,"x continued the .former secretary of state, “leaves no chance for doubt that he will continue hereafter, as heretofore, to thwart, so far as be is able, every attempt on the part of the senate, the congress or the peo ple to take any action, immediately or remote, affecting in however slight a degree, through change vt inodifycation, the provisions of the treaty of Versailles as it came to us fresh from his sig’nature.* Launching into a 30,000 word dis cussion of his resolution, the sena tor said congress had the power to “unmake” any of its acts and conse quently had the power-to repeal the resolution declaring a state of war with the Imperial German govern ment and with the Austro-Hungarian empire. Pointing out that the war declara tion by congress' was directed against the imperial German govern ment, Senator Knox said that gov ernment had ceased to exist and with It the enemy named by congress. He argued further that the war, so far as the United States was concerned, was ended by the “silent cessation” of hostilities. Nation Xs at Peace Supporting his contention that In ternationally the nation actually and legally is at peace, the senator dis cussed the terms and effect of the armistice, declaring that by this doc ument Germany had conceded its capitulation. He contended also that ratification of the treaty of Ver sailles by Germany and the allies made peace for the United States. Reiterating opposition to the treaty of Versailles, Senator Knox said it was almost universally dis credited and that the senate reser vations did not Americanize the League ®f Nations, but merely made it safer for America to join. Senator Knox said that although America probably would secure prac tically all it desires from Germany without ratifying the treaty of Ver sailles, a supplemental treaty with Germany should be concluded. Summing up his arguments that the war was at an end. Senator Knox said: “First, the war is at an end by vir tue of the armistice of November 11, » 1918, and of amendments and renew als thereof, such armistice being in fact a capitulation ending hostili ties by virtual surrender of the en emy. “Second, the war is at an end by the ‘silent cessation of hostilities, which concluded the war in fact. “Third, the war is at an end be cause the government against wlilch we specifically declared war has ceased to exist. "Fourth, the war is at an end be cause we, together with associates . . . negotiated with the people • whom we had been fighting . . a treaty of peace which provided . . . that the war should terminate and diplomatic relations be resumed when the treaty came into force. Senator Knox summed up the legal aspects of the question as follows: His Legal Contention “First, war is actual hostilities. “Second, that the power to declare war was exclusively with congress, which created the status of war by a law, like any other law, could be amended, modified or repealed. “Fourth, that the purpose of the war powers of the constitution was to give the national government the (Continued on Page 6, Column 8)