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jMUutla wMOttWto Sfrravnul VOL. XXII. NO. 79. VILLA IS SEEN AS MENACE IN MEXICO BEIL' -RECORD” DF CONVENTION GIVER! BI J. B. SMITH Declares Palmer Forces Pre vented Smith Men From Indorsing Administration. * Efforts to Trade Described An interesting contribution to the "record” of the recent presidential convention was made Friday morn ing by J. R. Smith, who had just fin ished reading in one of the Palmer organs a somewhat peremptory chal lenge to ‘‘keep the record straight.” Mr. Smith was one of the cam paign managers for Senator Smith in the presidential primary. He was chairman of a committee of the sen ator's friends who listened to a pro posal by a committee of Attorney General Palmer’s friends on the eve of the convention. He was named by the Smith floor leaders as one of the alternates from the state-at-large to the San Francisco convention. He is in position to know a little some thing about the “record.” “Since everybody else is airing his views,” said Mr. Smith, “I think I’ll air mine. Since everybody else is telling what he knows, I think I’ll do the same. “The, record is simple and easily understood. 'The straighter it is kept, the more it will be sanctioned by Georgia Democrats, in my humble judgment. There are some facts in it which do not appear in the secre tary’s minutes of the convention, and they are the ones which I shall dis cuss. “Two main complaints are made by the Palmer organs concerning the convention. They complain because, as they say. Senator Smith and Mr. Watson formed a ‘combine’ to do two things: “I. To elect William J. Vereen to the Democratic national committee instead of electing Clark Howell. “2. To prevent the adoption •of a resolution indorsing the achieve ments o fthe Democratic administra tion. Baited Trap “As to the first complaint, ft does not appear to be arousing any very great cyclone of indignation over the state. Os course, the cyclone may come later, but the skies at present seem to be clear and there is no thunder so far as I can hear. “As to the second complaint, the Palmer people have themselves to blame for failing to get an indorse ment of the achievements of the Democratic administration. As is usual with ring politicians, they tried to tie together with one indorse ment, which was satisfactory, an other indorsement which was not. They presented their resolution in the form of an indorsement of the great achievements of the Democrat ic administration in which the house and senate had a part, coupled with an indorsement of the League of Na tions. They knew the first indorse ment was entirely satisfactory to the Hoke Smith people, and they knew the second indorsement was not sat isfactory. They wrote the first para graph to tempt us with its language coinciding exactly with our position, and they wrote the second paragraph to tangle out feet. “We would have voted for the first paragraph if they had submitted it separately, but they wouldn’t do so. We would have voted, for the second paragraph if they had amend ed it so as to indorse the League of Nations ‘with reservations safeguard ing American interests,’ but they wouldn’t do that. They demanded that we should stultify ourselves with an indorsement of the League of Nations, qualified only by ‘explana tory reservations.’ In other words, they tried to make us jump through the hoop in order to indorse the ad ministration’s achievements. We did not jump. They have nobody but themselves to blame. They ought to have proceeded in a straightforward manner instead of attempting a par liamentary trick. So much for com plaint No. 2. ' “And now to proceed a little more extensively into the ‘record’ of the convention. On the day before the convention met, the Palmer people came to us with a proposal for a conference. In the language of Edi tor W. T. Anderson, of the Macon Telegraph, they proposed that we and they should ‘solidify’ the Demo cratic party by excluding Mr* Wat son. In other words, that we and they should play a little game en titled ‘freeze out.’ Committee’s Inconsistency “We reminded Mr. Anderson of some very recent political history. We reminded him that the Democrat ic state executive committee of which he is a member and one of the stentorian voices, when we want ed to put Herbert Hoover in the presidential primary, took a micro scope and gave that gentleman a most minute examination, and found him infected with the germ of Re publicanism, and very promptly ruled him out. We reminded him that when "'T he friends of Mr. Watson wanted to put him in the primary, the state committee threw away its microscope and accepted him with out a single question of Democrat ic eligibility. We reminded him that Mr. Watson was supposed to have a following of 15,000 or 20,000 vot ers who would vote for Senator Smith it Mr. Watson did not enter the primary, and hence the state committee was glad to welcome Mr. Watson into the primary, and they didn’t experience any qualms of conscience or make any use of their political magnifying glass. “We reminded him further that Mr. Watson had polled more votes than Mr. Palmer and polled more votes than Senator Smith, and now they were asking us to join with them in throwing him out of the convention after they had welcomed him Into the primary. We remind ed him that they were asking us to exclude Mr. Watson’s 50,000 voters from a single word of par ticipation, after they had hailed Mr. Watson’s entrance into the contest. “We declined to trade on any such basis. We informed the gentlemen representing Mr. Palmer that vie were not going to freeze out Mr. Watson and not going -to freeze out Mr. Palmer. We informed them that we intended to deal fairly with both (Continued on rage 6, Column 5) SENATOR SMITH, ON WAY TO CAPITAL. ISSUESSTATEMENT Favors Charles S. Barrett as Head of Regular Demo cratic Delegation to San Francisco Convention Senator Hoke Smith returned to Washington Friday at noon to be in the senate until the adjournment of congress the first week in June. Be fore leaving the city he issued a statement concerning the events of the presidential convention held last Tuesday, and made it known that he is in favor of the election of Charles S. Barrelt as chairman of the regu lar delegation to San Francisco. Indications are that Mr. Barrett will be the unanimous choice of the regular delegation. Senator Smith entertains the highest appreciation of Mr. Barrett’s value to the Democratic party as qjjairman of one of the state delegations. Former Senator Thomas W. Hard wick is likewise warmly supporting Mr. Barrett. Ihe friends of Mr. Hardwick would have supported him for chairman of the delegation if he had not insisted on making Mr. Bar rett chairman. Mr. Hardwick will have his hands full with other work at San Francisco, including the case to be presented to the credentials committee of the national convention and the framing of the convention’s resolutions. Hence he would not consider the suggestion that he be chairman. Mr. Barrett is president of the Na tional Farnfers’ JJnion, a position he has held for fifteen years. The union in the west is particularly strong, with a large and active and influen tial membership. Mr. Barrett is known all over the country. Far the past four years he has presided over the joint conferences of the five national farmers’ organizations held in-Washington. He is probably the foremost figure in organized agriculture in America. His presence on the floor of the Democratic na tional convention as chairman of a delegation from one of the largest states will greatly strengthen the Party. Plans oT the’regular delegation are going forward without delay. A meeting of the delegation Will be held at 11 o’clock next Wednesday morn, tng in the Kimball house ballroom, at which th* chairman and secretary will be elected and the entire case against the rump delegation, repre senting Mr. Palmer will be mapped out. Mr. Hardwick has received, al ready, assurances of support of the the largest state delegations in the convention. He has the" utmost con reular delegation frOm a number of fidenee that the regular delegation will be seated. William J. Vereen, of Moultrie, the new Democratic national committee man elected by the convention, will be in Atlanta next Sunday and Mon day on his way to New York to at tend a meeting of the executive com mittee of the National Association of Manufacturers, of which he is a member. He will not be able to at tend the meeting of the delegation on that account, but will confer with several members of the delegation before leaving for New York. Mr. Vereen will support with the utmost vigor and aggressiveness the creden tials of the regular delegation against the rump delegation repre senting Mr. Palmer. Senator Smith’s statement ing the convention is as follows: “I am glad the vote of the Georgia Democrats in the San Francisco convention will not be cast in favor of the League of Nations covenant as it came back from Paris, although I would have preferred the con vention to express a willingness to accept the leagne with reser vations which nullified its objec tionable features and protected American interests and institu tions. “The Democratic party should not attempt to force upon the country the league as it came from Paris. America will not ac cept it, and our party could not win on such an issue. The Geor gia delegation will serve our country and party by standing firmly against the effort. “It is gratifying that the convention showed a desire to treat all factions with absolute fairness, and to give each fac tion representation in proportion to its strength in the election. No minority has any right to ask more. The attitude of the Palmer delegates in demanding, for a minority, control over the convention, necessarily forced the other delegates together to prevent the substitution of ma chine rule for the* expressed wishes of the people at the bal lot box. t “If by refusing their fair al lotment, the Palmer faction fail ed to obtain any delegates to the national convention, they cannot blame the rest of the conven tion for the result. I had asked my delegates to stand for the policy of fair treatment to all, and to seek no advantage to which they were not entitled, and to refuse to neither of the otner elements its just rights. The record of the convention shows how scrupulously they carried out this policy, and I am proud of their stand.” Fireman Killed OPELIKA, Ala., May 21.—L. H. Pannell, volunteer fireman, was in stantly killed, and Adrian Moore and E. F. Jones, two regular firemen'of the city, were seriously injured when a large fire truck was dashed against a tree while on the way to a fire this morning. LAWRENCE REVEALS EASY m TO GOT THE PRICE OF SUGAR . - Figures of Secretary Hous - ton Show Consumption Has Greatly Increased. Urges Conservation BT DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, May 21.—1 f the American people want to bring down the price of sugar, they have a very simple remedy available. David Franklin Houston, secretary of the treasury, who used to be secretary of agriculture, and who just now is try ing to exert the influence of the treasury department in the move ment to cut down the cost of living, is the author of the suggestion that the best way to handle the sugar question is to point out some salient facts about sugar consumption tha; p. obably will be amazing to the av erage householder. “Did you ever look over the data as to the amount of sugar folks used to eat ten and fifteen ye ago?” remarked Secretary Houston to the writer as he took from the shelf in his office a thick volume called “The Statistical Abstract of the United States,” and opened it to page 561. Down the page of figures is the vverage amount that was consumed by every individual In the United State's • °65. In that year, di viding the total amount consumed by the population of the country, ap p imately eighteen pounds was -at en. At the end of 1875, this had gone up to fort”-three pounds. Ten years more and the per capita consumption was fifty-four pounds. In 1895 t was sixty-two ■■nds d' in 1905 it was seventy-one pounds. From that year on, the amounts vary between seventy and eighty pounds and in the year 1918, when the food administra tion was ~urging conservation, tne per capita consumption was seventy seven pounds. Sweets the Cause ’ ,’ow, what do you think was the average consumed last year?” con tinued Secretary Houston. “It was ninety-three pounds. Surely there is no necessity for such a large con sumption. We used- to 'get along' on less and if we could only conserve a third of ninety-three pounds per ii vidnal, tlu .rice of sugar would come down immediately. It isn’t at the breakfast table where the over consumption of sugar occurs. It isn’t the sugar we take with our cos -1 or with cereals that counts up. But we eat so much more cake, and pies and ice cre..m and candy. “Time was when children were cautioned against too much sweets But their elders aren’t observing the rule themselves. We could get along and be just as healthy as people have been forte last forty years if we consumed less sugar. If each indi vidual ate one-third less there wouldn’t be any trouble about the price.” Indeed, Secretary Houston empha sized that it was to a large extent outside the home, in the restaurants, cases, soda fountains and pastry shops where the consumption or sugar had risen, although the extrav agant use of pics and other sweets in the home was by no means a sma’l factor in the ninety-three pounds pe capita consumption last year. Conserve One-Third Nobody on the other hand, ex cuses the profiteer who has taken advantage of the demand for sugar to raise prices, but if the demand had not existed the profiteers never would have had their opportunity. Some people here are inclined to think the coming of national prohibi tion has had a good deal to do with the over-consumption of sugar, but it will be observed that the figure 93 was the average for the year 1919, before prohibition applied to the more populous sections of -the United States. Os course, in many cities, like New York, the candy shop and soda fountain has taken the same quarters previously occupied by the saloon and decorated them so handsomely as to attract a con stant flow of people who are temp ted to eat candy with their lunch eons. The government used to be able to control the amount of sugax- that could be used in candy, but gov ernment control of food consumption is a thing of the past. Very few ef forts are made toward conservation. It is true that the food administra tion didn’t apply its power of law, but depended upon publicity and the power, of appeal to get the co-opera tion of the American people but the licensing system was as effective as any statute could be. The govern ment therefore can only point out' the facts from time to time to the American people. And Secretary Houston believes that if the fathers and mothers will searchj their recollections just a trifle they will recall that the world and the United States particularly got. along just as well and perhaps better, in the thirty years before the European war by eating less sugar than folks do now a days. And if everybody conserves just one-third, there will be more available for the whole country and the government will be better able to check up on the profiteer whose argument today is that the great demand is what fixes his price. 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The commit tee, Mr. Daniels told Chairman Hale, had given Admiral Sims an oppor tunity to make an “ostentatious” presentation of his charges when it required him to produce his letter of criticism to the department. The secretary appeared to undergo cross-examination on his direct testi mony, concluded yesterday. After Chairman Hale, in a preliminary statement, had stated that Admiral Sims’ criticisms were impersonal and aimed at “respohsible heads” arid not at the navy as a whole, Mr. Dan iels turned the tables on the senator and questioned Mr. Hale regarding features of the Sims letter. He chal lenged the chairman to show by reading from the letter that it re ferred, as Mr. Hale had said, to the first few months of the war. In reply, the chairman read from the Sims letter and testimony at great length, but Mr. Daniels insisted that nothing had been read showing that Admiral Sims confined his charges to the first few months. Secretary Daniels declared Admiral Sims had charged Admiral Benson, former chief of naval operations, with lacking the “will to win.” Senator Hale replied that the charge was not directed at Admiral Benson, but at the man who had the final responsibility. “Whom do.you mean?” asked Sec retary Daniels. “He referred indirectly to the chief of naval operations and directly to the secretary of the navy,” replied the chairman. “And in view of that, you still maintain that there were ‘no person alities’ in the Sims letter?” asked the secretary. “Yes,” replied the chairman. “That wasn’t a charge, it was a criticism,” Mr. Hale said. If Admiral Sims thought, when he left the United States, that Admiral Benson lacked “the will to win,” he should have so notified President Wilson. Mr. Daniels declared. New Trial Motion Denied J. W. Duke ROME, Ga„ May 21. —Judge Moses Wright, of Floyd superior court, has overruled the motion of the defend ant in the case of J. W. Duke versus Jiome Railway and Light company ’for a new trial, and, ac cording to the defendant’s attorney, L. A. Dean, the case will be carried to the court of appeals. At the January term of that court the case was heard and a verdict in favor of Duke was returned, which gave him damages to the amount of $7,500 for injuries said to have been received when the plaintiff was in the employ of the railway company. The case was based on the claims of Duke which stated that he had climb ed a pole while on duty, the pole be ing rotten, which caused him to fall and receive such injuries that he would be permanently disabled. FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED! LaGrange, Ga., Gains 205 Per Cent With 17,038 Population WASHINGTON, May 21. —The cen sus bureau announced today the fol lowing 1920 population results: Erie, Pa., 93,372; Bristol, Conn., 20,620; Traverse City, Mich., 10,925; Hopkinsville, Ky., 9,696; Mohawk, N. Y., 2,919; LaGrange, Ga., 17,038; Chickamauga, Ga., 905; Alpine coun ty, Cal., 243; Shasta county, Cal., 13,- 311; Moultrie county. 111., 14,839; Clark county, 111., |1,165; Unicoi county, Tenn., 10,120; Clay county, Tenn., 9,193: Trousdale county, Tenn., 5,996. Increases since 1910: Erie, 26,847 or 40.4; Bristol, 7,118 or 52.7; Hop kinsville, 277 or 2.9; Mohawk, 840 or 40.4; LaGrange 11,451 or 205.0; Chickamauga, 653 or 209.3; Moultrie county 209 or 1.1; Unicoi county. 2,919 or 40.5; Clay county. 184 or 2.0; Trousdale county, 122 or 2.1. Decrease since 1910: Traverse City 1,190 or 9.8 per cent; Alpine county, 66 or 21.4; Shasta county, 5,6v9 or 29.6; Clark county, 2,352 or 10.0. Mill Creek township is not included in the total for Erie. LAGRANGE SEVENTH GEORGIA CITY IN POPULATION LAGRANGE, Ga., May 21.—The oD ficial census for LaGrange shows a population of 17,042 as against 5,- 587 in 1910. The city has grjwn wonderfully in this length of time and the conservative estimates here today are for a population of 35,000 in the next few years. This census gives LaGrange seventh place among the cities of Georgia. THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS WILL BE BIG NEWS MONTHS I ' 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 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-Weekly journal to you from now until October Ist for only 5C* 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. E. D................... P. O State CONGRESS PASSES RESOLUTION FOR SEPARATE PEACE WASHINGTON, May 21. —The Re publican peace resolution, was adop ted finally today by the house. It now goes to the president. The house majority accepted the senate substitute for the original house resolution, Democrats vainly opposing it. The vote approving the resolution was announced as 228 to 139, which was taken to indicate that a veto by the president could not be overrid den. „ Twenty Democrats joined with the Republicans in adopting the resolu tion, while two Republicans, Repre sentatives Kflley, Michigan, and Fuller, Massachusetts, voted against it. Veto by the president is a foregone conclusion, as also the inability of the Republicans to override his dis approval. Chairman Porter of the house for eign affairs committee, in present ing the resolution, adopted last Sat urday by the senate, moved that the house accept the measure unchang ed, which action he said would pre vent delay in sending it to the president. Under house rules, only one hour of debate was permissible except by unanimous consent and Mr. Porter announced that he would refuse to permit longer discussion.. Democrats who have strongly op posed the procedure were prepared for their final attack on the meas ure. “Only ruin and defeat, face the Democratic party in the next elec tion, if it follows the treaty policies outlined by President Wilson in his letetr to Oregon and Kansas Demo crats, Representative Huddleston, Alabama, Democrat, declared in a speech supporting the peace resolu ’ ticn. Scents a copv. $1.50 A TEAK. BANDIT LEADER YET MAY GIVE TROUBLE TDREVOUITIONISTS Expresses Friendship for America but Bitterness To wards Politicians Car ranza May Flee to U, S. CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex., May 21. (By the Associated Press.') —With the announcement by General P. Elias Calles that he believed Fran cisco Villa’s political aspirations rendered a working agreement with him unikely, hopes that the rebel chieftain would be eliminated pain lessly from the arena, went glim mering today. Through his emissary, Alfonso Gomez, Villa declared he had no intention of being eliminated, ac cording to General Calles. The gen era stated he would publish letters from the insurgent leader and the reply to be sent the latter. During the conference between Calles and Villa’s envoy yesterday there was a buzz of excitement in the Hotel Patio when it became known that the probable course of events in Chihuahua for months to come was being decided. Ezqujel Salicedo, labor representa tive with General Calles, has re ceived the folowing telegram from the information bureau at Mexico City; “Relations between Great Britain and Mexico are to be resumed when the provisional president resumes office. Generals Lucio Blanco and Francisco P, de Mariel, followers of Carranza, have offered to surrender unconditionally. They have been or dered to Vera Cruz to await in structions. "Carranza and a small escort are reported fleeing across the moun tains of Vera Cruz toward Bar ranaulta, on the coast. Four mil lion pesos and much bullion were recovered from the Carranza train recently captured.” y CARRANZA WORKING WAY TO SAFETY, SAYS REPORT MEXICO CITY, Via Galveston, May 20.—(Night.)—Venustlano Carranza, deposed president of Mexico, plans to make hls way to some port in the Tuxpam district and take ship either for the United States or Cuba, according to latest reports here. The revolutionary government, it was believed, would not object to the president’s escape, although in some quarters it was said the revo lutionists desired Carranza’s capture so they could obtain a formal res ignation before he left Mexico. Stragglers from the presidential party, who were brought back here after the Carranzista defeat south of Apizaco, believed the deposed ruler and his followers probably would go first to the United States, later taking up their abode in Europe. They described Carranza as accepting his fall stoically and taking it as all a part of the political game in Mexico. He has large sums invest ed abroad, they said, and will not lack funds. (phe choice of a provisional presi dent, to be completed Monday, ap parently has narrowed down to a contest between General Pablo Gon zales and Adolfo de la Huerta, for mer governor of Sonora, with Gon zales the favorite. VILLA YET A FACTOR IN MEXICAN AFFAIRS IN CAMP WITH GENERAL VILLA, BOQUILLAS, Chihuahua, May 19. (Via El Paso, May 21.) (By the Associated Press). —Fran- cisco Villa, variously described as » revolutionist, patriot and bandit, is yet a factor in Mexican affairs, as ready and willing to take the field against the newest revolutionary forces as he was against the Car ranza regime, he told The Associated Tress here today. Villa, the man who eluded the American army under General John J. Pershing in close' pursuit of him, after the raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916, when Villistas raid ed that border town, declared the successor of Carranza must fully sat isfy his ideals of government before he would retire >to private life and quit the life of “Robin Hood.” Villa does not like General Alvaro Obregon, candidate for the presi dency of Mexico, who apparently has become the “man of the hour” in Mexico through the country’s new revolution. Villa, discussing the rev olutionary leaders, joked and laugh ed about Obregon’s actions at the Convention of Agaus Calientes which led to the selection of Carranza as president of Mexico through a split of revolutionary leaders. Tells of Flag Episod.* “Obregon signed the flag as did others at the convention,” said Vil la. “He kissed the flag and cried as he kissed it. Then those who want ed to break the agreement stole the flag with the signatures of the dele gates.” Obregon is the Mexican leader who first decisively defeated Villa. This fight occurred at Celays. Obregon then was leading Carranza troops against Villa and later became min ister of war in the Cars«wiza troops. Villa would not make public the guarantees he demanded from the new government except politicians must be kept from ruling Mexico. An interpreter acting between the correspondent and Villa, when asked to direct a question to the rebel whether- or not Villa was present personally at the Columbus raid, re fused to put the question. Villa sym pathizers have denied he personally was present, while evidence present ed by persons at Columbus delated he was there. Villa’s first question to his inter viewer- was concerning the health of General Hugh L. Scott, of the United States army, who held frequent con ferences with Villa at the border. Villa expressed a strong liking for General Scott. Bebel Chief Shows Emotion Villa’s greatest emotional period was during questioning concerning (Continued on Page 6, Column 5)