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SIO,OOO WAS SENT
TO GEORGIA, WHERE
CONTEST WAS MADE
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known. That has been my principal
work.”
Mr. Hitchcock said he had “some
thing to do” with some of the south
ern contests.
“As a general thing, I didn’t fa
vor contesting in the favorite son
states," he added.
Chairman Kenyon, inquiring re
garding the southern contests, asked
if any had been "set up.”
Principal Contest In Georgia
“I've never ‘set up’ a contesting
delegation,” said the witness, adding
that the North Carolina contest de
veloped before he entered the cam
paign. The principal contest, he
eaid, is from Georgia, where the
#tate chairman, Roscoe Pickett, is
making a contest. Pickett, he said,
is one of the Wood leaders.
"The Wood people have not made
any other contest in the south,” said
Mr. Hitchcock, declaring that local
contests between Republican fac
tions favoring or opposing certain
candidates had developed.
Asked regarding Alabama, Mr.
Hifchcock said that so far as he
knew the total sent there either
from Washington or New York, was
SI,OOO to DeLos B. Smith.
Senator Moses, he said, had more
data regarding southern expendi
tures.
The total sent to Georgia was $lO,-
000. Mr. Hitchcock said. This was
in two installments of $5,000. The
reason for this, he said, was be
cause the "opposition” was reported
spending large sums. Lincoln John
son. he said, was the opposition
leader and represented the nbgro ele
ment.
Campaigns’in Florida, Georgia and
Virginia, were finished before ne en
tered the campaign. Mr. Hitchcock
said.
Pressed regarding the organization
of southern contests, Mr. Hitchcock
declared he wanted to qualify pre
vious testimony, and said:
"The so-called Wood delegatlion
in Mississippi is not in my judg
merrf a legally elected delegation
and I have had nothing to do with
It.”
Son of Billy Sunday
“A young man by the name of
Sunday. Billy Sunday’s son, I be
lieve." Mr. Hitchcock said, "is tak
ing charge of "Wood publicity in Chi
cago.”
“The Chicago headquarters hai
done some fairly extensive adver
tising,” he added, "but I have no
details of that.”
In New York a finance committee
of eighty took charge of efforts to
raise a fund, the witness said.
“Who is at the head b fit?” asked
Senator Reed.
“A lawyer. Mr. Freeman, at 120
Broadway," was the reply. "Mr.
John Iselin is treasurer. I don’t
know many of the other members.”
Chairman Kenyon asked as to gen
eral allotments of money and the
witness replied that Senator Moses
Representative Gould of New York,
and Thomas C. Miller had controlled
its disposition.
Dr. Ralph J. Hersey, manager for
Senator Sutherland, of West Vir
ginia, read a statement showing that
$473 had been contributed for Sen
ator Sutherland and that expenses
of $3,500 had been incurred for the
primary election to be held in West
Virginia Tuesday.
“Can you tell us about other cam
paign expenditures in your state,”
Chairman Kenyon asked.
"Yes, sir,” Dr. Hersey replied.
“A statement was filed in behalf
of General Wood, showing expendi
tures of $3,700.”
Other contributions listed by Mr.
McSween included $5,000 by Mayor
Couzens, of Detroit; $5,J00 by J. L.
Calvary, of Pittsburg; $2,000 by
Ralph' J. Bullowa "and friends” of
For More Than Forty Years
Cotton Growers have known that
POTASH PAYS
■■■■uzßaraEaiinKMM
More than 11,651,200 Tons of Potash Salts
had been imported and used in the United
States in the 20 years previous to January,
1915, when shipments ceased. Os this 6,460,- •
700 Tons consisted of
KAINIT
which the cotton grower knew was both a plant
food and a preventive of blight and rust, —with
it came also 1,312,400 Tons of
20 per cent
MANURE SALT
which has the same effects on Cotton, but which was
used mainly in mixed fertilizers.
Shipments of both Kainit and Manure Salt have
been resumed but the shortage of coal and cars and
high freight rates make it more desirable to ship
Manure Salt, which CONTAINS 20 PER CENT OF
ACTUAL POTASH, instead of Kainit, which con
tains less than 13 per cent actual Potash.
MANURE SALT can be used as a side dressing
on Cotton in just the same way as Kainit and will
give the same results. Where you used 100 pounds
of Kainit, you need to use but 62 pounds of Manure
‘ Salt, or 100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 161
pounds of Kainit.
MANURE SALT has been coming forward in
considerable amounts and cotton growers, who can
not secure Kainit, should make an effort to get
Manure Salt for side dressing to aid in making a big
Cotton Crop.
Muriate of Potash
50 per cent actual Potash, has been coming forward
also, —100 pounds of Muriate are equivalent to 400
pounds of Kainit or 250 pounds of Manure Salt.
These are the three
Standard GERMAN Potash Salts
that were always used in making cotton fertilizers
and have been used for all these years with great
profit and WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE
CROP.
The supply is not at present as large as in former
years, but there is enough to greatly increase the
Cotton Crop if you insist on your dealer making the
necessary effort to get it for you.
DO IT NOW
Soil and Crop Service Potash
Syndicate
H, A, Huston, Manager
42 Broadway New York
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEIvLY JOURNAL.
CARRANZA’S BODY IS
TAKEN TO DAUGHTERS
BY FAITHFUL GUARD
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Herrera had been dissatisfied, he
said. When the party went into
camp these men carefully reared the
hut in which the president slept.
They even marked the bed, which
was in a corner.
At 4 a. m. Friday the traitors at
tacked firing cross-wise through the
thin walls of the hut so their bullets
would be sure to strike their sleep
ing chief.
More than 30 shots were fired.
Six of them struck Carranza. One bul
let pierced his thigh, another his
left hand, a third his chest, a fourth
his right lung and a fifth his right
leg and a sixth again throuh his
chest, Amador said.
The bullet in the right lung was the
immediate cause of death, the gen
eral said. Carranza expired about
10 minutes after the shooting began.
He was unconscious and gasping
when his loyal followers reached the
hut. He was unable to speak.
Eight other men were killed in the
fighting which followed the presi
dent’s slaying, Amador said. The
dead included four members of the
presidential guard, two of Murguia’s
guard and two minor officials.
MEXICO CITY, May 22.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —The body of
Venustiano Carranza is due to arrive
in Mexico City some time this eve
ning. The six other victims of the
attack in the early morning of May
20 have been buried at the scene of
battle.
Permission has been granted rela
tives of the late president for the
private interment of his body. These
include his daughters, Julia and Vir
ginia, wife of General Candido
Aguilar.
There still is uncertainty regard
ing the names of Carranza’s com
panions who were killed. It is be
lieved. however, that they were Gen
eral Francisco Murguia, General
Francisco Urquizo, under secretary
of war and marine; Luis Cabrera,
governor of Puebla; Manuel Aguirre
Berlanga, secretary of the interior,
and General Pilar Sanchez.
After a conference today between
Generals Obregon and Pablo Gon
zales, a commission was named to
proceed to the scene of Carranza’s
death to investigate and report. Gen
eral Ob.egon named Attorney Roque
Estrada and Commodore Hilaro Rod
riguez Malpica.
Gonzales named Attorney Aquiles
Elorduy and General Fortunato
Zuazua.
The permanent commission of the
national congress met this morning
to choose a provisional president,
claiming constitutional privilege. A
conflict is possible, as other members
of the congress, recognizing the
Agua Prieta plan, think they should
have the right to choose a provislon
al president.
New York, and SI,OOO by J. S. Wil
hoit, of New York.
Johnson’s Total $63,130
Agnus McSween, eastern manager
for Senator Johnson, of California,
told the committee that the total of
contributions received for the sena
tor’s campaign was $68,130. The
largest, he said, was $27,000 from R.
B. Straussburger, of Norristown, Pa.
William Flynn, of Pittsburg, furnish
ed $7,500, the witness declared.
The Johnson organization spent
$13,207 in New Jersey, $4,100 of
which was sent to Representative
John I. Nolan and the committee on
arrangements, Mr. McSween testified.
In Indiana, he continued, "our fig
ures show $8,790 spent, $5,000 going
in the last week while the senator
v s campaigning there.
“We have sent $2,800 to North
Carolina up to'the last week. T’-it
is a complete account, Including
amounts that went for campaign
cigarfe,” the witness declared.
COTTON
NEW YOKE, May 24.—The cotton market
opened steady at an advance of 20 to 43
points on a bullish private crop report and
covering after the sharp declines of last
week. July was relatively firm, selling at
38c, or 45 points above Saturday’s closing,
while October advanced to 35c, or 33 points
net higher. There was continued nervous
ness over unsettled outside conditions, how
ever and the advance met renewed liquida
tion, with the market becoming very irreg
ular after the call. July, soon eased off to
37.60 c and October to 34.78 c. It was
rumored that a southern authority estimated
the condition of the crop at 64 and the in
’dicated yield at only $1 200,000.
The forecast of dry weather for the
greater part of the belt and an unfavorable
view of outside conditions stimulated fresh
selling, under which the market was sent
24 to 30 points under Saturday’s close. Eate
in the morning the market had a somewhat
better tone, standing 8 up to 5 points down
net.
While there was no particular change in
the general character of the news, the mar
ket was steadier during the middle of the
afternoon, with prices showing rallies of
about 25 to 40 points from the lowest. Busi
ness was quiet, with July selling around
47.55 c and October 34.65 c, or about net un
changed.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices tn
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 40c, quiet.
Last Prev
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Ckse
Jan. .. 32.08 33.00 32.40 32.38 32.38 32.75
Meh. .. 34.18 32.51 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.35
July .. 38.00 38.00 37.05 37.10 37.05 37.55
Oct. .. 35.00 35.00 34.15 34.20 34.15 34.67
Dec. .. 33.87 33.87 33.05 33.12 33.12 33.60
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS’, May 24.—A private
bureau report, making the condition of the
crop 64 per cent of a normal, placing the
acreage at last year's figures and making
the indicated crop only 1,200,000 bales, cause
heavy buying on the opening of the cotton
market today, and in the first few minutes
of the session prices were sent 17 to 32
points over Saturday’s close. The favorable
weather over the belt brpught in selling
enough to cause a reaction which put the
market 2 to 3 points under Saturday’s final'
prices. The storm warning, due to the dis
turbance in the tropics, brought in enough
buying to put the market higher again, and
at the end of the first hour of trading prices
were 1 to 7 points higher than the closing
quotations of Saturday. July traded as high
as 37.72 c and as low as 37.1 c.
Claims of another tangle in German politics
caused heavy selling, and late in the session
prices were at new low levels for the day.
October trading at 34.14 c and the active
months showing net declines of 30 to 4b
points.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the rilling prices in th*
exchange today
Tone, easy; middling, 40c, steady.
oast Pre*
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. .. 83.00 33.03 32.40 32.40 82.40 32.80
Meh. .. 32.55 32.55 31.86 31.92 31.86 32.37
May .. 40.50 40.70 40.10 40.55 40.35
July .. 37.70 37.72 37.07 37.10 37.10 87.40
Oct. .. 34.80 34.80 34.14 34.17 34.14 34.58
Dec. ..*33.70 33.70 33.05 33.13 33.12 33.53
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 42.05 c.
New York, quiet, 40c.
New Orleans, steady, 40c.
Philadelphia, steady, 40.25 c.
Galveston, steady, 41c.
Montgomery, 41c.
Norfolk, steady, 40.50 c.
Savannah, steady. 42c.
St. Louie, steady, 41c.
Houston, steady, 40c.
Memphis, steady, 40.50e.
Augusta, steady, 41.75 c.
Little Rock, steady, 40.25 c.
Dallas, steady, 39.90 c.
Mobile,. steady, 40.50 c.
Charleston, steady, 40.50 c.
Wilmington, steady, 4Oc.
Boston, steady, 41c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton
Receipts “J
Shipments „„
Stocks . 20,<39
FOREIGN MARKETS CLOSED
LONDON, May 24.—The stock exchange
here and the Liverpool exchanges are closed
today, Victoria day
AMERICAN COTTON AND
GRAIN EXCHANGE
COTTON QUOTATIONS
The following were the opening, highest.'
lowest, close and previous close quota
tions on the American Cotton and Grain
Exchange of New York: prav
Open. High. Low, Close. Cloas.
Jan. ... 32.95 32.95 32.85 32.35 32.70
Mar. ... 32.48 32.50 31.90 31.90 32.23
July ... 37.95 37.95 37.00 37.00 37.52
Oct ... 35.00 35.00 34.16 34.16 34.67
Dec. ... 33.85 33.87 33.08 33.08 33.53
COTTONSEED OIL
Open. Close.
Snot . 19.10 bld
May .. .. 19.00@19.49 19.10@19.50
June .. .. 18.50@19.00 18.85@19.05
July *' 18.83@18.85 19.03@19.05
August 18.85@19.10 19.08@19.10
September 18.95@18.98 19.10@19.14
October 18.50@18.80 18.65@18.85
November 17.00@18.00 17.50@15.00
December 17.00@18.00 17.40@17.i0
Tone, steady; sales, 13,300
SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, May 24.—N0 very de
cided trend developed in cotton today, weath
er conditions over the belt being good, on
the whole, while the National Ginners' asso
ciation report on condition of 64 per cent of
anormal was very bad. With influences
about balancing, both net advances and net
declines occurred, but none of the price
movements of the day was prolonged. We
expect erratic markets until bureau day,
whlc his next Wednesday.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, May 24.—Butter: Creamery
extras, 55c; creamery standards, 53%c;
firsts, 49@53%c; seconds, 42@47c.
Eggs—Ordinaries, 36@37c; firsts, 42@43c.
Cheese—Twins, 27% c; young Americas,
31%c. . . .
Live Poultry—Fowls, 35c; ducks, 35c;
geese, 20c; turkeys, 35c.
Potatoes —58 cars. Wisconsin and Min
nesota (per 100 lbs,), $7.50@7.60.
00TT0N MARKET OPINIONS
Gwathmey & Co.: In the event of a
further sharp decline we favor buying.
Hirsch, Lilienthal & Co.: We think it
well to be conservative and await a better
opportunity before taking a position on the
market.
E. W. Wagner & Co.: According to all
the doctrine of chances we are now enti
tled to several weeks of good weather foY
the best development of the crop. If this
happens now we believe that lower prices
are inevitable, inspite of all the strenuous
efforts of the bulls to prevent a decline.
Chapin & Co.: It would be better to
wait until after the government’s first
crop report of the season, due June 2d, on
the May 25th condition, is out of the way
or some good rallies occur, before selling
the distant months again.
Hubbard Bros. Co.: In view of the
rrop situation our market will be reluctant
to decline and will recover rather easily
from lower prices brought about by outside
conditions.
Newman Bros.: Cotton will have to de
cline with other commodities and bear its
part of the burden. •
Moss & Furgison: With all the uncertain
ties which surround the market at the pres
ent moment it does not seem prudent to b»-
too much of an extremist on either side,
but after such a violent break as we have
had we should get a substantial reaction.
J. S. Bache: We believe that eventually
cotton will sell upon a very much higher
level than any price that has heretofore
been established on our exchange.
NEWS BUREAU UN STOCKS
NEW YORK, May 24.—News Bureau
says: Unsettled conditions expected to con
tinue in stock market. Chief disturbing
element is pendency of soldier bonus bill.
Taxation provided by it regarded as detri
mental to buoyant market. Obregon procla
mation regarded as bullish factor for com
panies owning Mexican properties, espe
cially Mexican Petroleum, Pan-American and
American Smelting and Southern Pacific.
Attention is directed also to Mexican gov
ernment and Mexican public utility securi
ties, which are extremely low. Sugar stocks
regarded with favor and Cuban-American
was well bought on all recessions by in
terests Identified with the :ompany. Re
ported that petition \to close exchange on
Saturday is being liberally, signed. Foreign
exchange closed with great show of strength.
Demand sterling 3.85%, checks 13.70, lire
cables 18.90, peseta checks at 16.65. Senate
and house conferees have stricken the Comer
amendment, which would have changed re
quirements for cotton deliveries from the
agricultural bill.
Wheat and Coin Exports
Wheat, including fL. r, exports from the
United States and Canada for the week end
ing May 20, reported tv Bradstreet’s, aggre
gate 6,446,881 bushels, against 3.975,139
bushels last week and 10,365,453 bushels in
this week last year. For the forty-seven
weeks ending May 20 exports are 242.440,681
bushels, against 353,172,811 bushels last
year. Corn exports for the week are 51,143
bushels, against 62,400 bushels last week
and 51,000 bushels in the like week of 1919.
For the forty-seven weeks ending May 20
corn exports are 3,808,246 bushels, against
14.367,883 bushels for the same period last
. year, ■
GRAIN
CHICAGO, May 24.—Prices took an up
ward swing in the corn market today, in
fluenced by scarcity of offerings. Opening
prices, which varied from %c decline to 1
cent advance, were followed by decided
gains all around.
Corn closed nervous, 1c to 5%c net
higher.
Oats went higher in sympathy with corn.
Weakness in hog values had a depressing
effect on provisions.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices H
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close
COKN—
May ... 178 185 178 183% 178
July ... 158 163% 158 161% 157%
Sept. ... 149% 154 149% 150% 148%
< >ATB—
.... 97 100 97 99% 96%
July .... 85% 80% 85% 87% 85%
Sept 74 75% 73% 74% 74%
roRK
May 33.65 34.00
July ... 33.50 34.50 33.50 34.50 34.02
LARD—
May 20.32 20.05
July ... 20.75 21.20 20.75 21.17 20.85
Sept. ... 21.60 22.02 21.60 21.97 21.65
RIBS—
May ... 17.60 17.45
July ... 17.90 18.30 17.85 18.22 18.02
Sept. ... 18.80 19.05 18.72 19.00 18.80
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat , 3 cars
Corn 72 cars
Oats 67 cars
Hogs ....47,000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, May 24.—Cash: Wheat—No.
4 northern spring, $2.80.
Corn—No. 3 mixed, $1.90@1.91; No. 2
yellow, $1.91@1.92.
Oats—No. 2 white, $1.01@1.03; No. 3
white, $1.01%.
Rye—No. 2, $2.04.
Barley—sl.4o@l. 55.
Timothyseed—slo.oo@l2.oo.
Cloverseefi —$25.00@35.00.
Pork—Nominal.
Lard—s2o.32.
Rib5—517.25@18.25.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Close.
January 14.94@14.95
February .. 14.94@14.95
March .. .. 14.94@14.95
April 14.94@14.95
May 15.15@15.20
June 15.10@15.25
July .. • • •» •• •. •• •• .... 15.30@15.35
August .• •• •• .. •• •« .. •• 15.16@15.18
September 14.99@15.01
October 14.98@14.99
November •• 14.96@14.97
December 14.94@14.95
NEW YORK, May 24.—Coffee: Rio No. 7,
15%c.
NF.W YORK SUGAR MARKET
Close.
January *.. .. 17.40 ask
February 15.75 ask
March 15.75 ask
May .. 20.65 ask
June 20.65 ask
July 20.65@2().70
August 20.50 ask
September 20.52 ask
October 20.2 S ask
November 20.10 ask
December 19.2;» ask
NEW YORK. May 24.—Raw sugar firm;
centrifugal, 23.57; refined firmer, unchanged
to 1c higher; fine granulated. 20,50@26.00.
NEW YORK PRODUCE
NEW YORK, May 24. —Plour, unsettled
and lower.
Pork, steady; mess, $42.00@43.00.
Lard, dull; middle west spot, $20.45@
20.55.
Sugar, raw, firm: centrifugal, 96 test,
23.57; refined, firm; granulated, 20.50@
" Coffee, Rio No. 7, on spot, 15%c; No. 4
Santos, 23%@24%c.
Tallow, dull: specials? 13c; city. 12%c.
Hay, dull; No. 1, $2.60@2.80; No. 3,
$2.20@2.40; clover, ,$2.00@2.55.
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys. 50@56c;
chickens, 37@43c; fowls, 27@42c; ducks,
32@38c. ♦ ,
Live poultry, dull; geese, 20@22c; ducks
23@41c; fowls, 40@41c: turkeys, 30c; roost
ers.' 25c; chickens, broilers, 40@70c.
Cheese, steady; state mUk, common to
specials. 20@32c; skims, common to spe
cials, 5@22c. , _
jlutt er —steady: receipts, two days, 7,750;
creamery, extra, 61%c; do. ■ special market,
62@62%c; state dairy. tubs; imitation
creamery, firsts, 45@60%c, nominal.
Eggs—Easy; receipts, two days, 44,986:
near-by white fancy, 53c; near-by mixed
fancy, 44@50c; fresh firsts, 43@48%c.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
EAST ST. LOUIS. 111., Slay 24.—Cattle-
Receipts, 1,000; including no Texans; mar
ket steady: native beef steers, $9.00@
12.25 - yearling steers and heifers, slo.oo@
13.75; ’cows, $8.25@11.00; Stockers and
feeders, $7.00@11.00; calves, $12.00@
14.00.
Hogs—Receipts, 10.000: market 10c lower:
mixed and butchers, $14.50@14.95; good and
heavv, $14.00(3'14.50; roughs, $11.00@12.00;
light, $14,70@14495; pigs, $12.00@14.10:
bulk, $14.65@14.80.
Sheep—Receipts, 3.500: market, steady:
clipped ewes, $9.50@10.50; lambs, $15.50
<316400; canners and choppers, $5.00@
8.00.
CHICAGO, May 24.—Cattle: Receipts
18.000; heavy; beef steers slow; bidding
lower; others mostly steady, with bulk at
$11.00@12.75; heavy choice cows and can
ners steady; other she stock steady to
strong with bulk butcher cows. $8.50@10.50;
bulk canners and cutters, $5.00@7.40; bulls
strong: calves and feeders steady.
Hogs—Receipts 47,000; mostly 10c to 15c
lower; top, $14.75; bulk light. $14.50@
14.55; bulk 250 pounds and over, $13.75@
14.25; pigs mostly steady with most desir
able at $11.50@12.50.
Sheep—Receipts 12.000; very slow, hold
ing for steady prices; bidding lower; few
common lambs sold at $13.00.
Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK. May 24.—Final prices today
on Libert ybonds were:
•B%’s $ 91. M
First 4’s 84.50
Seconds 4’s 81.00
First 4%’s , 85.52
Second 4%’s 84.50
Third 4%’s 88.50
Fourth 4%’s 85.10
Victory 3%’s .' 96.06
Victory 4%’s 96.18
Weekly Crop Notes
Co-operative Crop Reporting Service tor
Georgia—United States Bureau of Crop Esti
mates—Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Office of field agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Another week has passed without a fur
row being run. There were heavy rains
throughout the state on the 12th, 13th and
14th, and again on the 19tn and 20th, with
cool east winds which not only retarded
the growth of crops but causing cotton to
die, corn turn yellow, seed rot in the
ground, rust to show up more on wheat
and doing material damage to fruit and all
growing crops. Hail was reported as doing
considerable damage to peaches in several
sections and especially in the Fourth dis
trict, where it stripped the young cotton
of all leaves. Grass and weeds seem to be
taking the crop in the lower central and
southern part of the state. The labor situ
ation seems to get worse. Indications are
that a huge per cent of farm land will lay
idle this year. Much progress was made in
planting during the two pretty days first
of last week, though reports from tiie north
ern third of the state show that less than
one-third of the cotton was planted and
practically no corn or other lood crops.
The boll weevil has showed up in abundance
in many of the south Georgia counties. The
farmers generally are very blue and dis
couraged over labor, boll weevil and weather'
conditions.
The growth of corn js reported <is very
slow. It is turning yellow and being de
stroyed by bud worms in the lowlands, caus
ing much replanting to bo necessary. The
weather has not at all been favorable for
cotton. Stands poor, germination slow, seed
rotting in the ground, and cotton dying in
all sections, and much being :ilowed up and
planted to peanuts, peas and other crops.
Peanuts are reported as doing fairly well
in the southern part of the state, though
poor stands and very grassy. So far tiie
planting of this crop has only readied about
half way up the state. The sugar cane
crop is reported very good in the south
eastern part of the state, fairly good in
the southern, and with poor stands and be
Ing drowned out in the southwestern por
tion.
The weather has been very unfavorable to
the melon crop. The vines are small, stands
poor and late. Hot sunshine is much needed
for this crop. Velvet beans are reported
as looking very nice in the southern sec
tions. Tobacco is reported as doing fine
in the Seventh and Eighth districts.
The wheat crop seems to have suffered
from too much rain and rust. The oat crop
is now being harvested in the lower part of
the state. Some damage to the shocks from
heavy winds and rains. Indications are
that a good crop of hay will be planted.
Clover is reported as looking well.
, Peaches are reported falling off very badly
from every district and some little uneasi
ness is being felt regarding the crop. Ap
ples seem to be in fair shape. Spraying of
the trees seems to fee the order of the day
and the indications arc that there will be
a good crop.
Pastures are generally looking well. Live
stock looking very good. Some diseases be
ing reported among cattle. Cholera has
been somewhat checked among the hogs,
though a good many have been reported as
dying in the southeastern section.
EFFECT OF RESOLUTION
ON PEACE DISCUSSED
BY WM. H. TAFT
(Continued from Page 1)
This legislative method of making
an agreement with another nation
has had sufficient precedents to neg
ative the claim that the constitution
in conferring the treaty-making pow
er of the United States upon the
president and the senate, Is entirely
exclusive. On the other hand, ’.he
method of agreement by statute is
limited, as the legislative power of
congress is limited. One congress
cannot bind another. Therefore, con
gress could not by joint resolution
effectively promise to another nation
to do something in the future and
bind the United States which another
congress might not legally and hon
orably withdraw from. Whereas, the
treaty-making power has that func
tion fully developed, and though a
subsequent congress may repeal the
treaty as municipal law, it does not
end the obligation of the United
States in international law, but only
breaks the treaty. With this dis
tinction in mind between the two
modes of making agreements, it is
clear that where the agreement only
affects the present, as, for example,
changes the state of war into a state
of peace, it is within the power of
the congress of the United States
and the legislative power of another
government effectively to declare
peace by co-ordinating statutes.
Peace then becomes fait accompli.
A subsequent congress could not
change that except by a new dec
laration of war. If, therefore, this
joint resolution of congress, in so
far as it declares peace, were fol
lowed by a declaration of peace at
the same time by the German gov
ernment, the status of war would be
ended as an international fact, with
all the legal consequences in interna
tional law that follow from such a
change of status.
Awkward Procedure
Second The text writers and prece
dents justify the conclusion that an
agreement for permanent peace
changing the status from war to
peace may be inferred from the ces
sation of hostilities and from a long
continued acquiescence of the parties
in an actual state of peace. In the
present case hostilities ceased upon
the making of J an armistice by the
president as commander-in-chief that
by its terms looked forward to a
permanent status of peace created by
a treaty. And most of the nations
havv concluded such a treaty. We
have not. But we have not commun
icated to Germany our refusal to
agree to the peace treaty which the
other asociate nations have ratified.
The actual suspension of hostilities,
therefore, under the armistice it is
difficult to construe to be a perma-,
nent peace by acquescence. Such a
resolution of congress as that we are
considering, which declares peace,
would, however, even without a sim
ilar joint resolution by Germany, if
the deadlock were long to continue
and trade relations were established,
without any resumption of hostili
ties, be evidence of general acquies
cence.
From these propositions it follows
that such a resolution as either the
one which passed the house or the
one which passed the senate, or the
one agreed upon in conference of a
similar tenor, would, if Germany en
acted similar legislation, make peace.
But it is a very awkward way of
formulating terms of peace. Indeed,
the resolutions as prepared in the
two houses, while differing some
what, were careful to negative any
possible waiver of rights of the
United States growing out of this
declaration of peace and are an ef
fort to preserve permanently what
is secured to the United States by
the armistice, to which it was a par
ty only, through the signature of our
commander-in-chief, and also to se
cure ci benefits of the treaty
Versailles without assuming, its ob
ligations. This it would be very dif
ficult to do, and the joint declaration
of peace by the two countries would
leave open a fruitful opportunity for
disagreement, much to be depre
cated. To such a peace and its con
sequences authorities of internation
al law attach the doctrine of uti
possditis, which means that each
party to the peace retains whAt is hi
his possession. The parties are left
in the bed in which they were lying
at the time of peace. One need
hardly say that this would be an un
satisfactory settlement and would
need a subsequent treaty between the
parties properly 1 to fix their mutual
rights.
Domestic Eliect
Third. The domestic effect of
such a declaration as this by con
gress is more easily stated. All the
war statutes conferring exceptional
powers upon the president or exer
cising congressional legislative au
thority wholly dependent on the ex
istence of war, and limited by terms
to a period having a relation to the
end of the war, would cease. The
resolution dispenses with the neces
sity for any further formal declara
tion, though such a declaration was
required in the acts themselves. Thus
the arbitrary powers which have been
used to accomplish peace purposes
would end and a growing source of
irritation to the public would be re
moved.
The president intends to veto the
resolution on the ground that it is
an unconstitutional ousting of him
and the senate from the treaty-mak
ing power, and is an encroachment
on a function of government intrust
ed to them. The Democrats ar.e in
sufficient number in each house to
sustain the veto, and therefore the
resolution will not pass. The Re
publicans are charged with playing
politics therefore in pressing the res
olution and sending it up to the
president to be vetoed. In view of
the fact that the president refuses
to compose his differences with the
senate over the treaty, and thus ob
structs the performance of the func
tion of the treaty-making branch of
the government, the Republicans
would seem to be justified in show
ing his unreasonableness by seeking
to make peace in another way. They
thus compel him to assume sole
power of initiating peace and render
more acute his responsibility for
putting the treaty through by rea
sonable concession to the judgment
of the senate, his co-ordinate asso
ciate in making of the treaty. In
any event, as the situation now is,
even if the resolution were to pass,
a subsequent treaty should be made.
There is nothing in this resolution
inconsistent with subsequent action
by a Republican president in sub
mitting the treaty to the senate and
its ratification with the Lodge res
ervations by a majority of the Re
publican senators and the Democrats,
who, freed from President Wilson’s
control, would vote for it. Thus we
could, after a long delay, take our
place, as we should take it, with the
others nations of the world around
the council table of the league.
Peruvian Poet Faces
Death m Guatemala
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. —A very
pretty young woman wandered from
her room in a downtown hotel early
on a recent morning, passed out
into the street and into the lobby of
another hotel, a block and a half
away.
Ordinarily this would have been
unimportant, but this woman wore
no clothes. The clerk at the second
hotel protested.
"That’s all right,” she replied. “I’m
Truth, and Truth should be un
adorned.”
The clerk couldn’t see it that way.
He telephoned the steward at the
Central Emergency hospital. This
official came, to the rescue with a
blanket.
“Truth" fought efforts to blanket
her, saying it was a sin to conceal
Truth, but both the hotel clerk and
the hospital official were firm.
The girl is under observation, less
intense, of course, but more official
than usual.
“Truth” was the only name she
gave.
NAVAL STORES
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 24.—Turpentine
fiorni, $1.83%; sales 101; receipts 224; ship
ments 590; stock 1,311.
Rosin firm; sales 889; receipts 302; ship
ments 1,503; stock 16,816. Quote: B, $14.40;
D, E, F, G, $17.60: H, $17.65; I, $17.70;
K, $17.80; M, $18.00; N, $18.25; window
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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920.
M’COMBS OPPOSES
LEAGUE AS ISSUE
IN 1920 CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK, May 24.—1 n an in
terview in which he discusses the
candidates and the issues, William
F. McCombs, former chairman of the
National Democratic committee, who
managed President Wilson's first
campaign, declares that' the League
of Nationse should not be injected
Into the forthcoming campaign as an
issue.
"It should never have been a
partisan issue," said Mr McCombs.
“The place to settle that question is
tn Washington by co-operation be
tween the president and the United
States senate in solemn considera
tion. I may add, however, that as
a matter of fact, in the course of
my travels in connection with my
professional activities, which have
taken me to distant parts of the
country during the past six months,
the people who talk about it at all
are either overwhelmingly against
It or for very strong reservations.
There are other matters for the San
Francisco convention which over
top the League of Nations.”
In reference to candidates, Mr.
McCombs looks upon Governor Cox,
of Ohio, with favor, declaring him a
business man of great ability and an
executive of large experience. Gov
ernor Cox can carry his own state of
Ohio and he is the only Democrat
who can in the opinion of Mr. Mc-
Combs.
Os the other candidates, Mr. Mc-
Combs declares that Mr. McAdoo
would necessarily carry into the
campaign the handicap of the "Crown
Prince” idea; that Mr. Palmer would
also carry the handicaps of the pres
ent administration and that in addi
tion his candidacy has produced no.
considerable reaction.
Os Governor Edwards. Mr. Mc-
Combs says: "Primarily, he is a
business man and has come to the
top of a large banking institution
through his own efforts. His candi
dacy attracts many people of sound
business judgment and he looms
large in many quarters.
Girl Escapes From
Hospital to Marry
Man of Her Choice
HARTFORD, Conn. —Following an
elopement after the bride had
escaped from her sick bed in a hos
pital, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Everett
Hall were found recently at the home
of the bridegroom’s parents, in Ni
antic, Conn., a few miles west of
New London.
The elopement was the sequel of
a wartime romance begun when Miss
Eleanor Higgins, of No. 56 Sargeant
street, this city,,daughter of Captain
Robert B. Higgins. United States
navy, was a yeomanette and Hall, a
trolley car conductor, was a soldier.
During the war the couple became
engaged. After her discharge from
the service Miss Higgins vainly tried
to obtain her parents’ consent to her
marriage, and finally became se
riously ill. At the Hartford hospital
it was said she was suffering from
nervous exhaustion and worry. She
had been there about six weeks.
She escaped from the hospital early
in the morning and met Hall, and
together they went to the Municipal
building and obtained a marriage
license. Then they visited the home
of the Rev. F. F. Voorhees, who
called in a neighbor as a witness and
married them. The first positive
news of the marriage was received
by Captftin Higgins when his daugh
ter telephoned him from the Hall
home in Niantic.
Captain Higgins said tonight he
had given the elopers his parental
blessing and that his sole objection
to his daughter’s marriage was based
on the opinion of several physicians
who had advised against it, especial
ly because she was seriously ill of
influenza in October, 1918, and again
in February, 1919, leaving her men
tally and physically exhausted.
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