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Mania SrMßtdcln Sum wal VOL. XXII. NO. 73. Mexican Rebels and Federate Clash at Otumba AMERICANS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND FINDQUHRTEBS Fever Raging in Some Coun tries and Food Hard to Get. j France and England in Best Shape BY DAVID DA WHENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, May 7.—Disquiet ing reports have reached the United States government concerning con ditions in Europe that should dis courage American citizens from go ing to the continent. These reports have not been made public because the government here has already been pressed from every side to lift the restrictions on passports and there is no reason why the American govern ment should court-the displeasure of those European countries which are eager to have American tourists come abroad to spend their money. The writer has obtained a survey of conditions in Europe as revealed in official reports and while France and England are much better off than other countries, nevertheless trans portation facilities everywhere are crowded to the limit and American tourists are finding ft- uncomfortable to move around. Fortunately France and England are not in as bad shape as eastern and southern Poland and parts of Germany. Typhoid fever and spotted fever have come over the borders of soviet Russia into Poland and while the Poles are striving hard to care for these patients, there are difficul ties galore in handling the situation. Food in Germany is hardly of the best and anyone who needs care and nourishment ought not to risk his or in the central empires. Discrimination Charged The department of state is not is suing passports to any of the central European countries, but at the same time there is no restriction upon Americans going into Germany when once they are in France or England or Belgium. Perhaps the most embarrassing phase df the whole situation is the way the Europeans are increasing their prices and discriminating against Americans. This is most noticeable in Ger many, where the supposition that all Americans *are wealthy is the basis for higher prices for meals Or rooms or goods wanted by the American traveler than the Englishman or Frenchman. It is not an uncommon occurrence to find an American pac ing 50 ,toarks for something which the Englishman is asked 40 marks and the Frenchman 40 and possibly everybody else only 30. Much of the same sort of discrim ination prevails in England and Frapce, though in both countries the' governments are doing their utmost to keep it under control. Law of Supply and Demand They realize that American tour ists will not long'submit to such discrimination and Europe is too .’.nxioiis to have Americans come abroad to spend their money to carry the game too far. On the other hand, accommodations are difficult to get and the law of supply and demand is to some extent responsi ble for the high rates being charged. Then, too, there is a common im pression that every American who comes abroad gets a lot of money when he changes his into marks or francs or English pounds For many months Europe has suf fered from the effects of the unfa vorable rate of foreign exchange in endeavoring to buy commodities in the United States, and the American tourist is now paying some of that deficit. Aside, however, from physical con ditions of travel with hotels crowd ed, trains taxed to the very doors and aisles, and good food scarce in many parts of Europe, there are cer tain dangers of a blow-up tfiat may any day cause American tourists in convenience. Nobody can foretell the future but the number oT strikes and industrial disturbances is in creasing. In one case Americans who went from Paris to a seaport town to get their ship for America found a dock strike and inasmuch as the sailing of the vessel was postponed they pleaded with the steamship officials to let them board the ship. y War-Time Inconveniences There were absolutely no accom modations in the hotels of she little town. Many Americans are said to have walked the streets all night in a vain effort to find lodging. The usual red tape prevented relief from Paris. Somebody -with discretion enough to permit the Americans to live on'board the ship while it wait ed for the strike to end would have saved the prospective passengers— who had already paid for their pas sage—no end of trouble. Industrial conditions in England are the most baffling of all. Sfcme reports indicate that England is ap parently sitting on a powder keg and that almost any day it would not be surprising to find £hat radi cal labor had gotten out off hand and decided to run the country. On the other hand, England’s success thus far in handling the railway strike is the basis of widespread optimism and confidence on the part of an other set of observers. European countries probably do not like to have the American pub lie told that travel over there is dif ficult and at times distressing, but the truth is conditions are far from normal and that Americans who go abroad can hardly expect to see much change frem' war-time inconvenience. Hoover Honored By Scientists p ’ "irSSSsgBl Here are both sides of the medal presented to Herbert Hoover by the National Academy of Sciences “for eminence in the application of sci ence to the public welfare.” The academy specified that the medal was conferred in recognition of Hoover’s achievements in food con servation and distribution. DRASTIC MOVES URGED AGAINST SINN FEINERS LONDON, May 7. —More drastic measures to suppress disloyalty in Ireland were urged by speakers m the house of lords last night. During debate on the Irish ques tion Lord Asquth suggested that the government invite tile “leading in tellectual” Sinn Feiners to a confer ence over conditions on ,the island. If the Sinn Fein refuses, he said, i Great Britain will know that a state. I of war exists, enabling her to sup- I press Sinn Feinism with the whole power of the government. Horatio Bottomley, editor of the weekly, John Bull, and known for his anti-American writings, ques tioned the government in the house of commons regarding the activities of President De Valera, of the “Sinn Fein republic,” in the United States, i demanding that Great Britain ren der an official protest. Andrew Bonar Law, government spokesman, said he was satisfied the real feeling of the United States was not represented by demonstrations accorded De Valera. Fourteen more of the hunger strik ing Sinn Fein prisoners in Worm wood Scrubbs prison have been re leased, leaving 16 still in jail. Many of those still confined have gone without food seventeen days, it was reported. > A Dublin dispatch said the coro ner’s jury investigating the shooting affray of April 17. in which three civilians were killed, has returned a verdict of wilflul murder against three members of the constabulary and seven soldiers. Warrants for their arrest were issued. 641,900 Veterans of World War Dependent On the U. S. for Living NEW YORK, May 7.—There are 641,900 veterans of the world war dependent »on the bounty of the United States for further existence, at annual ’cost of $325,000,000, ac cording to Dr. W. C. Rucker, chief medical adviser of the bureau of war risk insurance, who reports this number discharged from the army and navy with disabilities. These figures, said to represent the first authentic tabulation, were made pub lic here today by the committee for aid to disabled veterans and refer endum on the bonus. Dr. Rucker’s report shows there are at least 76,588 cases of neuro psychiatric disease among the dis abled discharged men, divided as fol lows: Endrocrino-pathics, 4,823; epilepsy, 6.985; psycho-neurosis, 13,944, in ebriates, 1,858; insane, 12,544; feeble minded, 22,538; constitutional psycho interiors, 6,609. In addition there are 46,310 cases of tuberculosis; 75,- 000 surgical cases; 62,869 eye ear nose and throat, and 22,847 miscel laneous. “To the above figures,” said Dr. Rucker, “should be added enough men to make 641,900, which is be to , be A, 11 ® maximum number discharged with disability.” French Retreat From Cilicia NEW YORK, May 7.—The French ?ntir P K etreated + from Cicilia and may entirely evacuate .northern Syria, ac cording to a dispatch received here today by the near east relief from Dr. James L. Barton, its representa tive in Constantinople. Hadjin, which has been besieged by Turkish forces for more than a month, now is defended oy Ar menian troops, the dispatch add<4l The Armenians are defending Aintab against assaults which began May 1, and all the French have retreated cit Y excepting a small force left to guard college buildings. Many residents are leaving the city. Germany, Under Treaty, Disbands Air Service BERLIN, May 7.—Germany’s mili tary air service has been disbanded under the terms of the Versailles treaty, according to a semi-oftic..; announcement made here today. The entente commission here in tends, according to the Tagebische Rundschau, to destroy all airdromes and flying establishments which were built at a cost of G 0,000,000 marks. The newspaper says the commission will leave standing one hangar and one airplane factory, which will he used for international air service. 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, Wis. 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.) LABOR PUTS DUNE FOR HIGH PRICES ON PROFITSMWffiES Relation Exists “Between High Prices, Profiteering and Addition to Quota of Millionaires,’’ Lauck Says WASHINGTON, May 7. —A/study of profiteering in American industry, made under the auspices of the rail way brotherhoods, was presented to the railroad labor board today in support of the railway workers’ de mands for higher pay and to refute the charge that increased labor costs are responsible for the high cost of living. Prepared by W. J. Lauck, former secretary of the war labor board, the study seeks to shory that profit eering in industry is the fundamen tal cause for high prices in practi cally all commodities. It gives many statistics to support that contention. Calling attention to the many War-made millionaires, the study contends that a three-fold relation ship exists “between high prices, profiteering and the addition to the quota of millionaires,” and that the increase in the wealth of the wealthy is an “unanswerable” refutation to all attempts to charge labor with profiteering, and to all attempts to hold labor responsible- for the high cost of living. “For, if invested wealth gets a larger return,” said tire study, “a larger proportion of the national in come than formerly, the man who gives personal service of labor is bound to get a smaller proportion. The menace of the future lies in the probability that the vast profits which are still held in reserve wifi be capitalized in order, that, under the pretext of a fair return on cap ital, those who own them may con tinue to take the larger proportion of national income, even at the ex pense of very great suffering on the part of workers, when the over-stim ulation of war has passed away.” • Sugar, Meat, Shoe Figures Os the extraordinary increase in the price of sugar now amounting to 300 per cent, the study says the in crease, to labor cost paid by the con sumer was less than 15 per cent. The result of advaced prices, ac cording to the quoted reports of twelve companies producing over half of the sugar consumed in the United States, was pictured in the net profits of these concerns which, it was said, rose from an average of $11,000,000 during the years 1912- 1914 to $34,000,000 for the years 1916-1918, In the meat packing industry, where profits were said to have in creased between 300 and 400 per cent, the labor item was shown so small that a wage iucrease of one hundred per cent would add less I than 5 per cent to the total cost of the meat. The increase in price be ttveen 1914 and 1918 was shown as eight times the total labor cost and the 1918 price represented 25 times the total. labor item. Profits absorb approximately one half the retail price of certain kinds of cloth, the report declared, while the labor item amounts to from one fourteenth to one twentieth of the price. Similar relations were pic tured in the manufacure of men’s garments. Other Figures Shoes, according to the study, “furnished a splendid opportunity for the profiteer.” The profit items in 1914, it was charged, absorbed nearly one-half the price paid by the consumer, or nearly three times the total labor cost, while in 1917 the prpfit items amounted to approxi mately three-fifths of the total price and over five times the total labor cost. Increases in the retail price of bituminous coal were snown at four times the increase "in labor costs, while the proportion of the proceeds of the industry received by the coal operators was shown as increased from 75 to 400 per eent. Profiteering did not stop wit! the armistice, the report declared, pre senting figures to show that corpor ation profits in 1919 were 110 per cent over the pre-war average, which means, the study added, that 1919 profits were more than double the average for the years 1912- 1914. An average of $1,200 per family of five during the years 1916-1918 was declared to be probably a high ly conservative estimate of the act ual cost of corporate profiteering to the consumer. Mr. Lauck called, the board’s at tention to public statements of 205 representative corporations which showed average net earnings pf 8.7 per cent on capital stock in 1912- 14 and per cent in 1916-18. These corporations include 57-* con cerns dealing in the basic raw ma terial steel, copper, and manufactur ed metal products; 29 dealing in food products including meat pack > ing; 19 in clothing; 64 in fuel, light and housing; and 36 dealing in mer catile goods and agricultural sup plies. Corporation Figures “The outstanding fact,” said Mr. Lauck, “is that during J,he years 1916-18 these corporations earned $1,250,000,000 a year, or nearly 24 per cent of their capital stock. This appears to be nearly three times the average for the pre-war year ot 1912-14 apd the figures for produc tion show conclusively that these in creased profits were not due to in creased production. They were due in large measure to the fact that these corporations took a large pro portion of every dollar spent by a purchaser.” If all corporations did as well as the 205 cited, corporate profits were $4,800,000,000 greater during >the three war years than in the pre war period, Mr. Lauck said. “A total of $4,800,000,000 a year,” he said, “means $240 per family of five throughout the nation. Consider that each family paid as a toll not ■ so-called legitimate profits, but to excess war profits over pre-war profits, $240 a year, and one gains an idv . of the total burden which profiteering meant to the country. “During the three years, 1916-18, (Continued on Fage 6, Column 6) ATLANAT, GA., SATURDAY, MY 8, 1920. BORAH WILL SEEK PROBE OF PARTY IN SQHMSTITES Senator to Ask Investigation xof Pre-Convention Activi ties for Republican Presi dential Candidates WASHINGTON, May 7. —Announc- ing a determination to “clean up the Republican party,” Senator Borah has set out to compel the serious attention of leaders to his charges of undue and improper pre convention campaign expenditures and activities. If Senatoi - Borah’s plans work out the way he hopes, the Republican nomination for president may hinge upon the question of expenditures of money and promises, it seemed evident today. Mr. Borah will first concentrate his energy on getting his resolution fcr a senatorial investigation adopt ed. The senate elections committee is expected to take it up this week. Senator Borah hopes that Senator Kenyon, lowa, will be named chair man of a subcommittee to investi gate. The next move probably will be to gather information concern ing a large number of contests in southern states. Mysterious Money These contests which 'are being made in practically every southern state, are being paid for from mys terious sources, according to Sena tor Borah’s alleged information. In vestigation will show, he asserts, that the contests in many cases have been “engineered” by northern poli ticians fo.r purposes of their own. The situation in the south is “in tolerable, Senator Borah said today. He declared he had received pleas from Republicans in that section to help them rid the party there of the influence of “carpet bag politicians from the north.” This, Senator Borah says, he intends to try /to do with a view to making the Re publican party in the sobth an ef fective minority organization, stand ing on its own feet and not swayed by the money or influence of north erners. Mr. Borah Intends, he said, to have this phase .of the investigation conducted in Chicago while the Re publican national committee is hear ing the contests there, in order to bring directly to the attention of the party leaders the charges concern ing the. contests. May Frobe Georgia Contest Among the southern contests which are expected to engage the at tention of investigating committee are those in Florida, where there is a possibility of a three-cornered con test; Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, where there is a con test in every district; Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia. In all more than 100 contests are now n sight |n the south, which must be passed on by the national commit tee when it meets in Chicago late this month or early in June. The aggregate number of delegates in volved is large enough to be an im portant, perhaps a decisive factor’ in the nomination. , In addition to looking into the con tests, Mr. Borah said he wants the alleged use of money thoroughly gone into. Out of th© inquiry he hopes for a corrupt practices law that will apply to pre-convention ac tivities as well as to the regular elections, he said. National Bank Call Issued as of May 4 WASHINGTON, May 6. The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of busi ness on May 4. THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS WILL EE 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 ind enthusiasm — And that will' be only a part of the interesting news 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 We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekty Journal to you from now until October Ist for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY . In order not to miss another 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 nqw until October 1, 1920. Name R. F. D P. 0................................. State [PRIZE BULL PUP IS SAVED FROM KNIFE J ■ \ JI SAN FRANCISCO. —Rival Goldstone, champion English bull pup, didn’t mako-any objection when physicians decided an operation was necessary to save his left eye. But his master did and took the dog to a veterinarian who discovered the eye had become infected through having been struck by some object. Proper treatment saved the eye and $1,2&0 has now been offered for the canine. Moultrie, Ga., Gains 102.7 Per Cent With Population of 6,789 WASHINGTON, May 7. —The cen sus bureau today announced the fol lowing population figures; Moultrie, Ga., 6,789, increase 3,440, or 102.7 per cent. Louisville, Ga., 1,040, increase one, or .1 per cent. Avera, Ga., 248, increase 30, or 13.2 pep cent. Stapleton, Ga., 410, icrease 40, or 10 8 per cent. Wrens, Ga., 1,074, increase 458, or 74.4 per cent. Bartow, Ga., 582, increase 198, or 51.6 per cent.! Spokane, Wash., 104,204, decrease 198, or .2 per cent. Spokane is the only big city so far announced which suffered a pop ulation decrease in the decade just ended. The de'erease was 198 persons or .2 per cent. Other big cities show ed increases ranging up to 25 per cent. MOULTRIE IS PLEASED WITH CENSUS FIGURES MOULTRIE, Ga., May 7.—Moul trie was gratified by the figures is sued by the census bureau this morn ing, showing that it had made a gain of more than 100 per cent in popu lation in the past decade despite the fact that the people in two new suburbs could not be counted.' Had those suburbs been incorporated, the figures would easily have gone to 8.000, according to an estimate made by Judge W. A. Covington, district census supervisor, who lives here. Not only has Moultrie shown re markable growth since 1910, but all Colquitt county has, and it is confi dently believed that the count will show’ at least 30,000 people in tbe county against 19,789 ten years ago. Edwards Formally in ' Presidential Race on Anti - Dry Platform WASHINGTON, May 7.—With the legalizing of- 7 beer and light wines as his main plank, Governor Fidward I. Edwards, of New Jersey, today is definitely in the race for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. The announcement of his candi dacy came last night from friends of Governor Edwards in New York, with the assurance that he will ac tively participate in the campaign for the nomination. An organization to back Governor Edwards’ candidacy has been in the process of formation during the last few weks. Since his stand for beer and light wines in New Jersey and his fight on constitutional prohibition in gen eral through the filing of a suit in the supreme court in behalf of the state, he has received many appeals from members of both parties all over the -eountry to make the race, his friends said. Two-Platoon System For Firemen Causes Lively Row in Macon MAC<XN, Ga., May 7.—There is a lively roV here over the two plot toon system for firemen. It has re sulted in the announcement of Rep resentative Robert Barnes that he will, at the next session of the legis lature, introduce a bill abolishing the civil service commission which is in direct charge of the police and fire departments. City council has adopt ed a resolution informing the com mission that unless the number of men required by the Southeastern Underwriters’ association to be on duty are provided council will em ploy additional men and reduce the salaries of the • firemen sufficiently _ to pay the Additional men. The Un derwriters’ association has virtually declared that the number of men on duty under the platoon system is not sufficient, and" that insurance rates will be increased unless at least thirty-one are on - duty during- the day and forty-eight at night. With vacations beginning, this is impossible under the platoon system, Fire Chief Jones told the commis sioners. Replying to the resolution of coun cil, AV. B. Chapman, chairman of the civil service commission, said a spe cial meeting would be held Satur day and the requirements of the Un derwriters’ association would be com plied with. He did/not go into de tails regarding his ■ Alan. Automobles and equipment valued at more than $250,000 are on display at the Macon automotive show whi<?h opened Thursday afternoon to con« tinue through Saturday night. Pleasure cars, trucks and tractors are on display in the H. J. Lamar building. In the Grant-Waters build ing, next door, are accessories of every description. The buildings have been converted .into a huge Japanese garden. To night will be society night and a bevy of pretty Macon girls, spon sors of different exhibitors, will wear Japanese costumes. \ Tax on Bachelors Is Suggested as Means Os Paying War Bonus WASHINGTON, May A tax on bachelors by states in need of cash was suggested by Actuary McCoy of the treasury department. Mr. Mc- Coy is an expert at devising new ways of raising money for the fed eral government. France now is ready to tax bache lors, he pointed out. From $40,000,000 to $100,000,000 a year could be raised in the United States by a bachelor’s tax, according to Mr. McCoy. Approximately 10,000,000 men be tween 44 and 20 now are holding fast to a state of single blessedness in the United States, census bureau reports indicate. The number is growing constantly. An annual tax of $5 could be paid by most single men without much sacrifice, it is believed. “The federal government might have difficulty in laying a bachelor’s tax,” said Mr. McCoy, “although whatever could be raised, in this way now would be welcome. The federal government is searching for new and more fair methods of taxation.” It is pointed out that a bachelor’s tax capable of raising $40,000,000 would go far in assisting the federal government to raise money to pay the proposed bonus to ex-service men. Says Southern Roads Make Only I Per Cent WASHINGTON, May 7.—Southern railroads are operating on a basis of a net annual income of less than 1 per cent on their property invest ment, according to President C. H. Markham, of the Illinois Central railroad, who late yesterday filed proposals for freight rate increases with the interstate commerce com mission. x To enable southern roads to earn a. net income of 6 per cent as pro vided in the new transportation act, they must be allowed to increase freight rates 30.9 per cent, Mr. Mark ham said. 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.) Scents a copy. $1.50 A YEAR. FLIGHT OF CARRANZA FROM MEXICO CITY STILL UNCONFIRMED Revolutionary Troops Re ported Massing for Attack on Capital—Movement Is . Spreading • WASHINGTON, May 7.—General Nurguia has been sent into the state of Buehl! to attack the forces of General Pablo Gonzales and an en gagement already has occurred be tween the vanguard of the Carranza troops and the rebels at Otumba, between Mexico City and the city of Puebla. Authoritative advices reaching Washington today said Gonzales had declared that he was not in league with the Obregonistas and would re sist them by force of arms. This was regarded as complicating the situation in Mexico. Gonzales has declared martial law in Puebla city, according to these advices, and has exacted a loan of 200,000 pesos from the population. Passenger traffic between Mexico City and Guadalajara has been sus pended A passenger train on this line was attacked by rebels at Pen jamo on May 5 and robbed of a considerable sum of government funds intended to be used in paying the soldiers at Gudalajara, where;at last advices General Dieguez had B,OOP men in his command. Carranza’s Flight Unconfirmed Increased rebel activity is report ed in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, where President Carranza’s son-in law, General Candido Aguilar, Is in command of the federal troops. The state department today had no confirmation of a private message re ceived here after last midnight from Mexico City, via Laredo, that Car ranza «had left Mexican capital for Vera Cruz. The", private advices said the president left Mexico City last night accompanied by. a gutod of trobps under General Aguilar. Analysis of reports yesterday on the Mexican situation had caused the revolutionary agents'-here- «to predict that President Carranza would abandon the capital soon, either in flight from the country or to some point from where he would attempt to carry on government bus iness and direct military operations against the rebels. Their view of the situation found some support in official quarters, where the greater part of the reports received had In dicated a steady growth of the re bellion. Sxpect Announcement I Rebel agents declared Carranza’s manifesto in which he insisted he would not surrender the presidency was not inconsistent with their be lief that he would abandon the capi tal, pointing out that he might cling to the title of presidency from any office in Vera Cruz or from any con venient refuge. A message to rebel headquarters here saying the president of the municipality of Mexico City was or ganizing a civilian guard for the protection of the city “in the event of its evacuation,” was regarded by the revolutionary agents as signif icant arid had prepared them for the announcement that Carranza had quit the capital. Official advices from the American embassy at Mexico City said E. 'F. Greenshaw, the American, and his son, who were killed last Saturday near Mexico City, were robbed at the same time of a part of the com pany payroll, amounting to 4,500 pesos. Greenlaw was sixty-three years old • and his son thirty-two. Mrs. Greenlaw and a minor child are in Mexico City. CUSTOMS EMPLOYES TO ATTACK NUEVO LOREDO LAREDO, Texas, May 7.—Sixty employes of the Mexican customs and immigration service in Nuevo Laredo, opposite this city, today declared themselves to be “Obregonistas,” and notified military authorities they would attack the federal garrison un less the town surrendered by 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Mexican consul in Laredo de clared the rebels are not of sufficient *force to make a successful attack against the Nuevo Laredo garrison. It was reported, but not confirmed, that Carlos Ozuma, with a force of former federal cavalry, also was approaching Nuevo Laredo to demand its sur render. Telephone messages from Nuevo Laredo shortly after noon saidlittle alarm was being displayed by the in habitants. Armed guards had been stationed on the roof of the municipal building, it was said. American authorities closed the in ternational bridge at noon. LAMPASAS TAKEN'EY RREBELS, REPORT SAYS SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 7. —A report, considered reliable reached here dt noon that Mexican revolu tionary forces had captured Lampa sas, just south of Nuevo Laredo, had cut wire communication to the south and were holding up a train en route from the border to Mexico City. Uncle Sam in Need „ Os 100 Stenographers Uncle Sam needs 100 stenogra phers and typists at Washington, ac cording to a telegram received Thursday at Atlanta civil service headquarters, and the local office is asked to secure as many appli cants as possiole for the regular examinations conducted every Tues day at the postoffice building. The positions pay from $l,lOO to $1,200 per year, with a bonus of S2O per month to employes who make good. Blanks may be obtained at. 514 Postoffice building. Both sexeS are eligible for the jobs. _