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VOL. XXII. NO. 80.
HITCHCOCK TELLS OF WOOD’S EXPENSES
MEREDITH APPEALS
TO CITIES TO SEND
LABORTIL FMS
Secretary of Agriculture
Stresses Danger of Food
Shortage and Urges
Emergency Action at Once
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.)
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 22.—1 n
an exclusive and authorized inter
view here today the secretary of ag
riculture, Edwin T. Meredith, ex
pressed the fear of a serious food
scarcity next winter and urged tljat
city folks aid the farmer to harvest
his crops. \ 1
Secretary Meredith revealed that
he is sending to secretaries of var
ious business organization through
out the country an dto presidents of
colleges and universities, letters
urging them to co-operate in the
movement to get labor out to the
farms to assist in production and
harvesting.
Secretary Meredith said the Amer
ican farmer is today handicapped by
various circumstances over which he
has no control. What effect this will
have on production, coupled with a
recent drop in prices with additional
discouragement, the secretary is not
prepared to say, but he did comment
frankly on the danger of a food
shortage and the necessity of city
residents giving some thought the
conditions on the farms.
‘•This problem,” he said, “is as
much the city man’s as it is the
farmer’s. Their interest are inex
tricably bound up and interdepen
dent. I often wonder if the people
of the cities realize how closely the
problem comes home to them. With
the exception of the packing centers,
the cities of the country have on
hand at any one time only enough
meat to feed them for perhaps four
days.
Supplies Lmited
“They have only enough flour to
last a few weeks. Their vegetables
and fruits come in from day to day.
Practically everything they eat is
only a few days, or at most a few
weeks, removed from the farm.
Whenever there is a shortage of pro
duction it is almost instantly re
flc.c r e A .Bf.O-BTg ,qf .UisuciXies- - J
"UTfrtanea acreage necessarily
means curtailed food production, and
without adequate labor farmers can
not maintain adequate acreage. Not
alone is there a shortage of thirty
per cent in the supply of hired farm
labor, the country over, but farm
work is greatly behind because of the
backward spring.
“Even with the best possible sea
son from now until harvest, these
two things, shortage of labor, and
late spring, -mean reduced produc
tion. With a poor season from now
on a food scarcity is inevitable, and
food scarcity is a menace to national
prosperity everywhere. High -wages
would mean little to the city worker
if lie cannot buy food except at fam
ine prices.
“The curtailment of emigration
alone during the war has been suf
ficient to make a deep cut in the
normal supply of labor of all 'kinds.
With what labor supply there is, the
farmer feels he is unable to compete
with the higher-paying industries .of
the cities. If he is to get the help
he needs this summer, he must rely
on a thorough awakening on the part
of the city people to their responsi
bilities in the situation. They have
got to realize as far as agricultural
production is concerned that an emer
gency faces the country- as grave in
many respects as that which faced us
during the war and calling for the
same degree of patriotic response.
War Situation
“During the war city residents
showed -what they could do to help
the farmer. The present shortage of
farm labor exactly corresponds in
figures and in fact with the short
age which existed in the summer of
1918. Yet exceptionally large crops
were produced that year. Why? In
the first place because the individual
farmer gave every ounce of his en
ergy to the patriotic duty of seeing
that the country at war did not lack
for food. Old retired and sometimes
crippled farmers, with their wives,
went into the field to help. But im
portant also was the fact that large
numbers of business men, students
and workers in the city responded to
the appeal that they spend a part
or all of their vacation in the fields
helping the farmers. Only by simi
lar co-operation can we meet the
present emergency in the agricul
tural situation. Will the city folks
respond?”
The secretary said he would not
predict what the present break in
food prices, particularly in the grain
market, is going to mean to the
farmer, nor could he estimate wheth
er this break is to mean most ex
pense to the food speculators or the
farmers. He said, however, that the
farmer was forced to weigh the
doubtful prospects as to future
prices for his products, when, on
the opposite sheet of his ledger he
notes the high prices he must still
pay for labor, equipment, seed, fer
tilizer and other supplies, as well as
for the land he tills.
Writing to business men and col
lege presidents in the interest of city
aid for the farmer. Secretary Mere
dith will point out that while of
coarse the inexperienced farm hand
cannot-expect to receive as much as
the worker -with farm experience,
practically all men and boys who are
adaptable to the work should be able
quickly to earn good wages in the
harvest fields.
Altogether the secretary’s au
thorized interview presents a rather
serious resume of farm conditions
and holds un for public inspection
and action the danger of a food
shortage that may pinch the nation
next winter.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “I had suffered with Fits
(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 and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned. 1
wish every one who suffers from this
terrible disease would write R. P. N.
Lepso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee.
Wis., and ask for a bottle of the
same kind of medicine which he gave
me. He has generously promised to
send it prepaid, free to any one who
writes him.” —(Advt.)
He Spots Forged
I Checks for U. S. |
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WASHINGTON—Over 350 cases
of forgery in government pay
checks have been nipped by Louis
Albert Hill, and his magnifying
glass in the past year. Hill is as
sistant chief of the engraving de
partment and an expert on hand
writing.
BOTH DELEGATIONS
MOVE IN DIRECTION
OF SAN FRANCISCO
:
Preliminary moves’in the direction
of San Francisco were being made
Monday by the regular delegation
elected by the reecnt state conven
tion and the rump delegation repre
senting Mr. Palmer.
A meeting of the regular delega
tion has been called for Wednesday
at 12 o’clock in the breakfast room
of the Kimball House for the purpose
of naming a chairman and secretary,
making arrangements for transpor
ttaion and hotel accommodations,
and outlining the case to be present
~ed—to- the- credentials committee of
the national convention.
Charles S. Barrett is understood
to be the choice of the regular dele
gates for chairnaan. He is national
president of the Farmers Union and
is known all over the country. In
the west, especially, the Farmers
Union has a large and active and in
fluential membership. Mr. Barrett
for the past four years has presided
at practically all of the joint con
ferences held in Washington by the
five big national farm bodies. *
William J. Vereen, of Moultrie,
who was named by the recent state
convention as Democratic • national
committeeman from Georgia to suc
ceed Clark Howell, was in Atlanta
Monday conferring with members of
the regular delegation. He expected
to be here several days anj to meet
with the delgation on Wdnesday.
The rump delegation representing
Mr. Palmer have obtained a certifi
cate from Hiram L. Gardner, secre
tary of the Democratic executive
committee, which is signed by 66
members of the committee. The cer
tificate was furnished by Secretary
Gardner instead of by Chairman
Flynt, which would have been the
usual procedure, because chair
man refused to sign it or have any
thing to do with it. The certificate
is based upon Rule 10 of the state
committee's rilles for the conduct of
the primary.
On this certificate issued by a ma
jority of the state committee will
be built the whole case of the rump
delegation when they get to San Fran
cisco. The certificate constitutes the
final link in their chain of claims to
seats on the floor of th'e national
convention.
Rule ten of the state committee
provided that the delegates to the
national convention should be select
ed from the supporters of the can
didate receiving the highest county
unit vote. Another rule provided
that the subcommittee on rules of
the state committee should meet im
mediately following the primary to
consolidate the returns and declare
the result. Another rule provided
that a convention should meet in At
lanta MayJß and elect the delegates
to San Francisco.
Mr. Palmer received the highest
county unif vote, but the conven
tion refused to be governed by the
Balmer delegates, who constituted A
little over one-third of the members
of the convention. The convention
offered to give the t’almer people
one-third of the delegates to San
Francisco, and the offer was refused.
They demanded the right to name all
the delegates. Demanding all or
none, they got none.
Hence the credentials of the Pal
mer delegation do not emanate from
the convention, which under the rule,
should name the delegates to San
Francisco, but emanate from the
state committee, which is seeking to
impose its will upon the convention.
No Clue Yet as to
Bergdoll’s Whereabouts,
Attorney Declares
WASHINGTON, May 24.—Despite
the ?2,500 reward offered by at
torneys of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, escaped draft evader, for his
capture, no word had been received
today by the attorney that would
constitute even ithe slightest clue, E.
F. Bailey of the law firm of Ansell
and Bailey said.
“We have not heard a word from
Bergdoll and we have not the sligh
est clue to his whereabouts,” Mr.
Bailey said.
FREIGHT JAM MO
INCREASEO RATES
STUDIED BY I. C. C.
t
Higher Tariffs Are Asked for
Lines in Various Sections.
Congestion Situation Is
Given Attention
WASHINGTQN, May 24.—Argu
ment on the applications of the rail
roads of the country for a general in
crease in freight rates to afford the 6
per cent revenue guaranteed by the
new transportation act began today
before the interstate commerce com
mission with the presentation of the
carriers’ case.
Howard Elliott, chairman of the
subcommittee of the general rate
committee of the Association of Rail
way Executives, made the opening
presentation of the roads’ case,
speaking for the railroads of the
country as a whole. Frederick
Strauss, of New York, is to follow
Mr. Elliott to present the financial
aspects of the case, and Daniel Wil
lard, president of the Baltimore and
Ohio, will make the opening argu
ment for the eastern territorial group
of roads.
Chairman Clark announced that the
railroads’ argument would be heard
in the order of the eastern group
first, followed by the southern and
western territorial divisions. By In
vitation of the commission, he said,
three state commissioners have been
invited to sit with the commission
during the hearing, because the mat
ter covered is intrastate as well as
interstate. The state commissioners
are J. A. Geyer, of Iowa; R. C. Dunn,
of Florida, and W. D. B. Ainey, of
Pennsylvania.
Thirty local committees located at
all the principal rail “gateways” were
at work today surveying their indi
vidual freight problems with a view
to recommending to the interstate
commerce commission a policy to be
followed in the future relating to
priorities and embargoes.
In the meantime the general ex
change of equipment, to commence
tomorrow is expected tq ease the
congestion of the roads to a certain
extent. Railroad officials, however,
are of the opinion that weeks of co
operation between the commission,
the roads and shippers would be nec
essar yto bring about normal con
ditions.
Method of fixing the valuation of
the railroad properties on which the
government guarantee will- be based
will be one of the questions thresh
ed out at the hearings. All interest
ed parties will be given an opportun
ity to present their claims both as to
the proposed increases in rates and
the valuation problem. Howard El
liott, chairman of the subcommittee
of the general rate committee of the
Association of Railw’ay Executives,
was called to open the case for the
carriers.
Elliott Asks Increase
Increases in freight rates of 30.43
per cent in eastern territory, 30.95
in southern territory, and 23.95 per
cent in western territory, “to meet
the difference between the six per
cent return on property investments
permitted under the transportation
act,” were advocated by Hr. Elliott.
The $1,017,000,010 additional reve
nue which the railroads are seek
ing through increased freight rates
does not take into account any in
crease in wages which the railroad
labor board may grant the 2,000,000
railway employes, Mr. Elliott stated.
Mr. Elliott pointed out that in the
eastern territory, railroads for the
year ending October 31, returned on
property investments “less than one
fifth of one per cent.” In the soutn
ern territory, he said, the returns
were less than three-fourths of one
per cent and in the western territory
slightly more than two per cent. For
the country as a whole the return
was said to have been slightly more
than one per cent.
Under the conditions of private
ownership and operations of rail
roads, “with governmental regula
tion, protection and encouragement,
Mr. Elliott said, “the railroads must
obtain earnings enough to meet all
obligations and have sufficient credit
to sustain them in competition with
other forms of industry into which
people put their time, brains, energy
and <money.” A
Under the new transportation act;
he said, the two pressing questions
now under discussion by the inter
state commerce commission and the
newly created labor board, are the
requests for wage increases exceed
ing $1,000,000,000 a year and an addi
tional $1,017,000,000 needed by the
railroads to meet "the prestn basis
of wages, costs, interest and a sum
for dividends and improvements.”
Norfolk, Va., Increases
71.6 Per Cent With
Population of 115,777
WASHINGTON, May 24. —The cen
sus bureau today announced the fol
lowing 1920 population figures:
Norfolk, Va., 115,777; increahe,
48.325. or 71.6 per cent.
Meriden, Conn., 29,842, increase of
1,577, or 9.5 per cent. Burlington,
la., 24,057, decrease 267, or 1.1 per
cent. Meridentown, Conn., including
Meriden city, 34,739, increase 2,67”.
or 8.3 per cent.
Norfolk, ranking as eighty-second
most populous city.of the country in
1910, had about 1,600 inhabitants less
than Akron, Ohio, which was eighty
first city. Akron had enormous
growth in the last ten years and
returned a population of 2)8,435 for
1920, an increase of 201.8 per cent.
Norfolk ranked as second Virginia
city and eleventh most populous mu
nicipality of the south in 1910 with
a population of 67,452. having shown
in the ten years from 1900. an in
crease of 20,828 people.
Jacksonville Fla., which ranked as
fifteenth southern city'in 1910 with
about 10,000 people less than Nor
folk, has returned her population
this year as 91,543, an increase of
58.7 per cent.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920.
CARRANZA'S BODY IS
TIKENTO IMS
ST FAITHFUL GUARD
Reward for Villa, Dead or
Alive, Reported—Obregon
Assures U. S. of Good Will
of New Regime
ABOARD SPECIAL./ TRAIN OF
GENERAL CALLES, LA FLORA,
Coahuila, May 22.—(Via El Faso,
May 24.) —(By the Associated
Press.) —The de , facto authorities
of Mexico have served, an ultimatum
on Francisco Villa, giving him until
May 25 to decide whether he is to
be at peace or at war with the new
government, General P. Calles an
nounced late today.
MEXICO CITY, May 24.—A dingy
little train of three wooden coaches
today brought the remains of Venus
tiano Carranza, murdered president
of Mexico, back to his former capi
tal.
Drawn by a rusty crippled engine
the train slowly puffed its way into
the city at 5:50 a. m. on the narrow
guage railway. .
No more than 150 persons remain
ed of the crowd which earlier had
thronged the Colonia station to await
the arrival of the body of the former
ruler of Mexico. The faithful
watchers included most of the for
eign diplomatic corps. George Sum
merlein, American charge, was con
spicuous in a high silk hat.
The other watchers were chiefly
newspaper men, photographers, and
the mourning-clad members of the
dead president’s family. A few men
from the Carranza regime, who had
not fled the capital with their chief
were waiting. They were dressed in
mourning.
Herald Approach of Train
The sun was just rising -when rail
way officials announced .that the
train was approaching the station
and would stop at a crossing about
200 yards away.
When the word was passed about
the little crowd filed down the tracks
through the early dawn.
As the train stopped at the cross
ing a band of faithful Carranza sol
diers who had acted as its guard
clambergd stiffly to the ground. They
were ragged, dirty and unshaven
from days of the hardest kind of
campaigning in the mountains of
Puebla.
Reverently, sombreros in hand, the
soldiers lifted a rough wooden box
from one of the coaches. It was the
casket containing the body of Car
ranza—draped in the national colors
of red, green and white.
Then, as the sun rose over the sur
rounding hills, the remnants of the
once proud Carranza army—a tat
tered group of sleepless, hungry
men—lifted the ’ casket solemnly on
their shoulders and started the last
march with their chief. It was an
impressive testimony of loyalty.
Followed by the mourners the little
band moved off toward the Carranza
residence. Diplomats and newspaper
men brought up the rear.
Daughters Get Body
At the residence the procession
broke up and the body was placed in
possession of the dead president’s
daughters, Julia and Virginia, who
were to arrange for the funeral. They
planned to hold it either this after
noon or tomorrow. Burial will be
in Dolores cemetery—the “Cemetery
of Sorows.”
General Murguia, Aguire Berlanga,
Ignacio Bonillas and General Urquizo,
who rode to the city bn the funereal
train, abandoned it at the suburb of
Guadalupe, finishing the journey by
motor. • Some of the loyal soldiers
complained bitterly of this.
“They thought too little of Car
ranza to stick to the end,” one grimy
old veteran said.
The brothers Cabrerra were report
ed safe in a town in Puebla.
The revolutionists had provided nd
form of official reception for the
body, but the loyal Carranzistas did
their best ot make it an impressive
ceremony.
“Old Guard” Salutes
As-the casket was lowered there
was a bugle blast and the Old
Guard” drew up in proud dignity to
“present arms,” forming a martial
column through which the procession
started to the president’s home.
The place at which the train
stopped was only four blocks from
the Carranza residence.
Some laborers and townspeople,
going early to their tasks, fell into
line as the procession wended its
way through the quiet streets. They
walked quietly, hats In hand. There
was no outcry, no demonstration of
any kind to mar the solemnity of the
occasion.
Once when the procession was
stopped while a photographers snap
ped the casket an old Carranza sol
dier muttered a subdued protest.
As the procession neared the presi
dential home with the gray outlines
of Chatepultepic castle —the. official
residence of the rulers of Mexico,
silhouetted against a misty 1 -wk
ground of mountains —thef tension
reached a cljmax.
A window in the house was raised
and four women leaned out. They
were the two daughters and two
nieces of the slain president. Sud
denly the silence was pierced by a
woman’s scream.
They Have “Killed Him”
“The traitors —they have killed
him”—she cried. It was Carranza’s
daughter, Virginia.
General Juan Amador, who accom
panied Carranza from . the moment
when he fled from his capital until
be was killed, gave a complete detail
of the assassination.
The soldiers under Rudolfo
(Continued on Fage 6, Column 2)
JOHNSON IS ASKED
POINT BIINK IF HE
WILL BOLT G. 0. P.
Telegram Sent to Califor
nian on May 10 by North
Carolina Republican Still
Is Unanswered
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON. May 24.—Wi1l
Senator Hiram Johnson bolt the Re
publican national convention unless
the treaty of Versailles, League of
Nations and all, is condemned?
Republicans who like the Califor
nia sqnator and want to help him
win the Republican nomination, but
who are not in sympathy with his
stand on the treaty question, are
eager to know. Indeed Leland Stan
ford, a resident of Stoneville, N. C.,
has put the question squarely before
Senator Johnson, but says that as
yet he has received no answer. He
is a full-fledged Republican and was
asked to serve on the committee in
North Carolina which would promote
the candidacy of Hiram Johnson In
that state. Before accepting mem
bership on the committee, however,
he sent the following telegram to
Senator Johnson:
“There> is on foot a concentrated
and organized movement to put you
over by a substantial majority in
our North Carolina primary June 5.
I am requested to serve on your com
mittee in this state to promote your
campaign Do you intend to bolt
from the Republican party unless
reservations, league, treaty and all
are condemned by the Chicago con
vention? Will division exist on your
part and your followers if the epn
vention stands for the Lpdge reser
vations? Wire me what reconcilia
tion you and your supporters de
mand.
(Signed)
"LELAND STANFORD.
•‘Attorney, Stoneville. N. C\”
Effect of Joint Resolution
On Peace Is Discussed By
Ex-President EK. H. Taft
BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
The peace resolution, which has
passed the house in one form and
the senate in another, has brought
out an interesting discussion of con
stitutional and international law.
The limits of an article like this do
not permit lengthy consideration of
the opposing positions taken.
The question of the such
a resolution declaratory of peace by
a joint resolution of congress has
two aspects: First, does it make
peace with Germany? Second, does
it have any domestic effect calling
for its passage?
The following seems to the writer
to be _a short statement of sound
conclusions:
First, (a) A war may be brought
about by the declaration and acts of
one nation against another. Wheth
er the other nation consents or not,
a status of war is thus created. In
the United States war must be de
clared by congress undei- the consti
tution, but we may have a legal
status of war without such a declara
tion when either domestic insurrec
tion or foreign war is begun against
us.
(b) The status of peace succeed
ing a war between two nations can
only come by agreement between
them. This agreement may be ex
pressed or may be U.plied from the
circumstances. It, therefore, fol
lows that congress cannot declare
peace which will end a war between
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“He reached so high he touched
the sky”—and on the other hand
—‘‘he’s only as big as a minute.”
The giant is Van Albert of Amster
dam. He’s 19 years old, weighs
165 pounds and stands 8 feet 5
inches in his woolen socks. His
little friend, Sepptoni, the midget,
h-iils from Switzerland, and tow
ers merely a couple of 12-inch feet
in the air.
this country and another country,
because congress’ sole act does not
constitute an agreement. Nor is> the
war ended by an act of re
pealing the former declaration of
war, because congress cannot thus
end that which it could begin by a
unilateral act. This act produced a
status of war, to the ending of which
both parties must agree.
Agreement Ending War
(c) An agreement ending war may
be by treat;/ of peace, and with us,
under our constitution, the treaty
making power is intrusted to the
president and two-thirds of the sen
ate. But this agreement can be ef
fected ih any other way permitted by
our constitution. In practice we
have made what in substance are
agreements and constitute a meet
ing of the minds of two nations by
co-ordinating legislative acts of the
legislatures of the two governments.
Thus the last proposed reciprocity
agreement with Canada was to be
constituted by an act of congress, by
which certain duties were to be im
posed on Canadian products coming
into the United States, if at the
same time by Canadian statute cer
tain duties were to be imposed on
goods going from the United States
into Canada. This agreement made
between the two executives was to
be embodied in these two statutes,
neither of which became operative
until the other was passed and each
of which would cease to be opera
tive when the other was repealed.
(Continued on Fage 6, Column 5)
Scents a copy.
$1.50 A TEAK.
110,000 WIS SENT
TO GEORGIA. WHE
CONTESTWAS MADE
$15,000 Expended In New
Jersey and $12,500 in
Maryland, Witness Tells
Senate Committee
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WASHINGTON, May 24.—Frank
H. Hitchock, one of Major General
Leonard Wood’s campaign managers,
told a senate investigating commit
tee today that so far as he knew the
largest sum spent in any state by
the Wood organization was $15,000
in New Jersey. He added that the
next largest was $12,500 in Mary
land.
Hamilton Kane, Republican na
tional committeeman in New Jersey,
took charge of the Wood expendi
tures in that state, the witness testi
fied, adding that all of the money
used in the state was accounted for
under the direct primary law.
Mr. Hitchcock paid he could not
give details as to campaign contribu
tions, as it had been understood
when he joined the Wood organiza
tion that he was not to assist in
the financing work. Some individuals/
he added, had sent money to him
direct, but this, he said, would not
exceed $25,000.
Mr. Hitchcock said that in Michi
gan the Wood campaign was fi
nanced “by local people” without
any call on the national organiza
tion. Colonel Fred Alger, of De
troit, he said, was the state chair
man.
Mr. Hitchcock said that in New
York, “as in a number of other
states,” the Wood supporters “fi
nanced their own campaign in their
own way” without asking assistance
from the Wood organization/
Was a Manager
Mr .Hitchcock identified himself
as “one of the managers of General
Wood’s campaign.”
“Who are the others?” Chairman
Kenyon asked.
“William C. Proctor is the general
manager,” the witness responded,
“while assistants in charge of vari
ous sections include Representative
Norman Gould,.of New York; Thomas
C. Miller and Senator Moses, of New
Hampshire.”
“This committee would like to
know the amount of money expend
ed in your campaign, its sources and
who the contributors are,” Chairman
Kenyon continued. “Can you give us
that?”
“All that can be obtained,” Mr.
Hitchcock answered, “but the treas
urers of the campaign organizations
have the data. I asked to be ex
cused from the financing work,
though after my connection with the
campaign became established some
checks were sent to me by individ
uals amounting to not more than
$20,000 or $25,000, I think. All of
that I turned over to the treasurers.
“All of the campaign contribu
tions have been made through fi
nance committees in each state. Aft
er their receipt they have been turn
ed over to two treasurers, Horace C.
Stebbins, in New York, and Elbert
A. Sprague. All the expenditures
have been made by checks and a full
record is available. “Then in addi
tion the Leonard Wood league which
has 60,900 members or so all over
the United States, has had an in
dependent fund collected in its own
way." I don’t know about that at all
as I have no connection with it or its
expenditure.”
Colonel Alger on Roll
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
wanted to know if Colonel Alger wag
not a wealthy man and whether any
other wealthy men were on the Wood
organization roll in Michigan.
‘He was the only one who would
answer that description, I think,”
Mr. Hitchcock replied.
Asked how much the Michigan
organization raised, Mr. Hitchcock
said:
“I don’t know, that was their own
affair.”
In Delaware, Mr. Hitchcock said,
nothing was given by the New York
office.
Senator Reed asked how much th<)
New York state organization spent.
“I don’t know,” replied the wit
ness. “That campaign was begun
long before I entered. I was in
formed that less than SIO,OOO was
spent by the local organization.
“The great expenses were in the
big primary fights, like Ilinois, and
Ohio. I had nothing to do with
those; they were handled from Chi
cago. I didn’t favor making con
tests in those tw« '•*"*—"
Mr. Hitchcock said Tie had charge
of the Maryland contest. His rela
tion to the campaign generally, he
said, was “supervisory.”
Senator Reed said that with the
eastern and western headquarters
and the separate state organizations
the Wood organization seemed to
have a number of units.
“Yes, it is a little complicated,” •
Mr. Hancock said.
Mr. Hitchcock said he was not fa
miliar with the expenditures of the
Chicago headquarters. He told the
committee that the New York office
confined its work to the eastern and.
through Senator Moses, /of New
Hampshire, to the southern states. «
He added that Colonel Proctor and
the Chicago treasurer would have the
information as to expenditures by
the Chicago office.
Two Are Summoned
Chairman Kenyon gave notice dur
ing Mr. Hitchcock’s examination that
he had summoned Horace C. Stebbins
and Elbert A. Sprague, treasurer, re
spectively, of the Wood headquarters
at New York and Chicago, to appear
before the committee.
Senator Pomerene said it appeared
Mr. Hitchcock had nothing to do with
raising or spending-funds and asked
his line of work.
"My function has been largely ad
visory, superisor,” Mr. Hitchcock re
plied. “I have endeavored to inter
est political leaders over the country
in the Wood cause—friends of mine,
political leaders, I had previously
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