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Mmtia ©rHPwWto Swrwal VOL. XXII. NO. 81. Proctor Advanced Half Million for Campaign STffl RESTS CASE IN SECOND TRIAL OF «. STELLA WIT Broken by Sobs and Tears Defendant Makes State ment to Jury—Arguments Begun in Afternoon The stite rested at 11:05 o’clock Wednesday morning in the second trial of Mrs. Stella Abbott, charged with the murder of her husband, JohSny H. Abbott, former chauf feur to Fire Chief W. B. Cody. The defense presented only the statement of Mrs. Abbott, which was punctuated with sobs and which re counted in considerable detail her domestic relations. In rebuttal at the conclusion of Mrs. Abbott’s statement, the state introduced about a dozen witnesses to combat the statement of the de fendant that ' she was mentally un balanced at the time of the shoot ing. Dr. Frank Eskridge, well-known Atlanta physician, testified that post partem insanity is by no means in frequent. but that in his opinion Mrs. Abbott is sane now’ and was sane at the time of the killing. Several other witnesses testified along the same line. Argument by counsel began at the afternoon session of the court and it is expected that the case will go to the Jury some time Thursday. Broken by sobs and tears, Mrs. Abbott told the jury her story of her life, alleged to have been filled with disappointments caused by the unfaithfulness of her husband, John ny Abbott. She said she was born in Atlanta on March 14, 1888, and was married to Johnny Abbott in 1904. She said she was but sixteen years of age and he was a trifle o’der than she was when they w r ere married. Felt Husband’s Love Slipping In May, 1905, she said her first son was born. She said it was three months later, owing to her condition, that she realized what had taken place. She said she had hardly re covered from the Illness incident to the birth of that son when in March, 1907, another boy was born. As she" said, her health was practically wrecked. On November 9, 1908, she said, a third son was born. This child, she said, died at the age of three years. She said she had never been herself from that time on. During the last four or five years of her married life she said she felt her husband’s love slipping from her. For six years before January 27, 1919, she said her husband had not been home to dinner, and he in frequently came home to supper. She said she had often asked him to stay home at night but he wouldn’t listen to her. She said she never knew when he was corning and could not put any dependency in his prom ises. For six months prior to his death he had not taken her out, even to church, she said. She said she had asked him to meet her down town and he wouldn’t do it. On several occasions he had threat ened to get a warrant charging her wit hinsanity and send her to Mil ledgeville, she said. During the sev eral months prior to his death, wom en would call him on the telephone and whenever she asked them what they wished, they would tell her ft was none of her business, she said. Night ol Tragedy "On the night of the tragedy,” Mrs. Abbott said, “Johnny came home at 8:30 o’clock. I met him at th edoor and he never offered to kiss me. He appeared very nervous. I placed his supper before him, but after taking one bite, he stopped eat ing. I Asked him what was the mat ter and he got mad, stating that I made him tired. He went into the front room and I began to assist the children with their lessons. “While I was engaged with the two boys Johnny appeared to be very nervous and looked as though he wanted to get away as soon as he eould. After the boys had gone to bed,. I succeeded in getting him to play a game >f cards. While we were engaged in the game, the tele phone rang. Johnny answered it. When he came back, he said there was no one there. It rang again and he again answered. When he came back, hd appeared to be more nervous, and again he said there was no one there. When it rang the third time, Mr. Mclntyre answered the ’phone. He told my husband there was a lady who wanted to speak to him. “I wenX to the ’phone and told him to let me speak to her. I spoke in a voice as deep as I could, and some woman on the other end of the line said: “Have you got your clothes on yet?” When I spoke again she knew that I was a woman. I asked her who she was, and she said: “Get him to tell you." I told her he was not man enough to do it, and she said tell * if he knows what’s good hi* he’d better come to the jwione. . . Nerves "Unstrung “Following this conversation my nerves were unstrung. I was like a person in a dream. I felt as though I wanted to be dead. Everything was black to me.” At this point Mrs. Abbott broke down and cried for several minutes before she could go on with her statement. > Continuing she said: “I asked my husband who that woman was? He told me she was a woman with whom he had been intimate for sev eral years, and he said he had been with her that day. He said she had threatened him if be did not come and see her 1 then called my father on the phone and told him I was in trouble. There was a pistol on the mantlepiece, which my husband had given me for my protection. “I took it and placed it on the sew ing machine. It was my intention to kill myself. My happiness had been destroyed and I didn’t care to live. But the thoughts of my two little boys stopped me. Aly father soon arrived at the house and when he did I agai nasked my husband the name of the young woman who had called him on the ’phone. He told me her name was Alary Powers and that she lived on Luckie street. "My father was writing the name down on a piece of paper. At the (Continued on Page 6, Column 3) Jeff’s Grandson Enters Politics i Will BL |H|. x J®® 11111 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jefferson Hayes Davis, grandson of Jefferson Davis, leader of the Southern Confederacy, has step ped into politics. He headed his county delegation to the Colo rado Democratic state conven tion. Davis was a first lieutenant with the Nine Cy-ninth Aero squadron during the war. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joel Addison Hayes, his mother having been a daughter of the Confederate president. The "Da vis” was tacked on to his name by a bill, passed by state of Mississippi, in 1889, when he was a youngster. The photo of Jeff Davis is one belonging to the family, never before published. EASTERN FREIGHT RATE HEARING IS NEARING CLOSE WASHINGTON, May 26. —Officials of the eastern group of railroads ex pected to finish today presentation of their testimony before the inter state commerce commission in sup port of claims for increased freight rates. After counsel for shippers and employes have concluded cross-ex amination of G. M. Schriver. vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio; Benjamin Campbell, vice president of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford, and Thomas W. Hulme, vice president, chairman of the president’s conference committee on valuation, will be heard. The carriers, which are being heard in groups, are seeking rate increases that will give them an additional an nual revenue of more than a billion dollars. TlJis amount, they claim, will be necessary to provide the gov ernment’s guarantee of 6 pe- cent annual returns on their investment. It does not cover proposed increases of wages to employes which have been estimated at another billion dollars annually. Water carriers will file with the interstate commerce commission a petition for increased rates propor tionate to those asked by the rail roads, Levi Mayer, of the Great Lakes Transit corporation, announced today. i The petition, Mayer informed the commission, will be filed at the clos ing of the railroad hearing which is now in progress. STEAM ROLLER USED ON HIM, DANIELS SAYS WASHINGTON, May 26.—Declar ing that a “steam roller” was being used on him. Secretary Daniels told the senate naval investigating com mittee today that he would appeal to the full committee if Chairman Hale insisted on putting into the record “an unfair and unfounded” statement as to conditions of American war ships when the war began. Before the secretary’s announce ment, Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, warned Chairman Hale that he would protest on the senate floor against the character of questions which the chairman was asking Mr. Daniels. CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916 Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis.. re cently gave out the following state ment: '“1 had suffered with Fits (Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors and medicine did me no good. It seemed that 1 was beyond all hope of relief, when at last 1 secured a preparation that cured me sound and well. Over 10 years have passed and the attacks have not returned. I 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 one who writes him.”—(Advt.) I 20D.G1G POPULATION. 28. S PER CENT GML is cm mum Official Census Figures Are Disappointing to Some ( but Generally Praise- Is Given to Enumerators Atlanta’s population in the 1920 census, as taken last January by the enumerators, was announced official ly from Washington at 9 o’clock Tuesday night as 200,6*16, an increase of 29,6 per cent. The first given to the public in Journal/ extras that reached the street a few minutes after the flash came in from Washington, was 'eager ly received by the citizens who had been waiting for months to know the definite result. Many were surprised that the fig ures were not greater. Many, on - the other hand, had shrewdly estimated the census at within approximately a few hundreds or a few thousands of' the exact figures. The general trend of opinion was that, while there is no doubt that Atlanta’s population to all intents and purposes is far in excess of the census figures, the enumera tors had done their work as well as it could have been done and Atlanta, the 200,000 city, will show _ 300,000 by the next census in 1930. Atlanta’s census will place her second city in the south, as in the previous census, unless she is pass ed by Birmingham. The Alabama city, with an area of 52 square miles, or just twice Atlanta's area of 26 square miles, is pulling hard to pass the 200,000 mark. The census of Birmingham has not yet been an nounced. New Orleans is again the first southern city with 387,408 peo ple. The population of Memphis also was recently announced at 162,- 351, Memphis being the fourth southern city in size. How Atlanta will rank among the cities of the nation remains to be seen. Only a few of the larger cities have yet had their population an nounced, In 1910 Atlanta Was the thirty-first city in size. COTTON GROWERS DEFEND PRICE AS SET ON 1919 CROP The price committee of the Amer ican Cotton association adopted a resolution at'tlm recent annual meet ing of the association held on Mont gomery, declaring that the spinners could afford to pay sixty cents a pound for the balance of the 1919 crop now remaining in the hands of producers. This resolution has been criticized by numerous editors over the country, whose opinions recently were reviewed in the Lit erary Digest. In reply to those criticisms the national headquarters of, the American Cotton asociation, in Atlanta, on Tuesday gave out the following statement: “What are the facts so far as the cotton growers are concerned? The cost of producing a pound of cotton in 1919 as carefully worked out by a committee at the Montgomery con ference, April 13-16, arrived at the average figure of thirty-eight cents per pound for the crop of 1919 as applied to the main producing states. The crop of 1919, basis middling, has not been sold for an average of forty cents. Fully one-fourth of that crop was under middling and has been sold at prices which "would hardly average twenty-five cents per pound. If three-fourths of the crop sold for forty cents and one-fourth at tweii ty-five cents, the average price re ceived for the whole crop would not exceed thirty-six and zf'quarter cents per pound, or 1 3-4 per cent less than the actual cost of production. “As fixed by the committee, a prof it of even 25 per cent to the average farmer who only produces six bales, would net only $275 and at this his entire crop would have to average him a price of 47 1-2 cents per pound. “Either the average cotton grower must remain in a state of agricul tural slavery to satisfy the general ignorance of the world as to the cost of producing cotton, and be content with low prices, or he must in the face of unjust criticism and in the defense of his home, his occupation and his manhood, assert his rights and by co-operative efort enforce them. There is no other solution of the problem and the American Cotton association offers the only medium through which the cotton growers and the south can profitably and equitably enforce and maintain those rights. “It will cost the farmer consid erably more in 1920 to produce and i harvest a pound of cotton than it did in 1919. It costs just as much to harvest and market a bale of low grade cotton as it does a bale of middling cotton, so that middling cotton should command a price high enough to average the cost of pro duction for the entire crop and a fair profit above that to the growers. This rule is applied to every well established business industry in the world except cotton growing.” What Won’t Man > Do for Love? MUSKOGEE. Okla. —“She said she wanted a pet,” ' said Jimmy Ross, nine, to police, when they arrested him for swiping a baby wolf from the front of a theater. “She” was his blue-eyed girl. Says Extravagance Has Hit the Skids OKLAHOMA CITY. “Extrava gance is slackening.” according to R. S. Rowe, president of the Ameri can Bankers’ association. Thief Will Be Bare- Footed and Bareheaded DALLAS. —‘Our Best Store” was robbed here —but not extravag ir.tly. The thief took one shirtwaist and a skirt. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920. $20,001,0110 FIRM TO-ERECT STEEL PLANT IN ROME # Company.to Take Over Rome and Northern Railroad and 1,800 Acres of Ore Lands. To Make Auto Parts ROME, Ga., May 26.—Establish ment at Rome immediately of a gi gantic steel mill and automobile parts plant by the International Steel and Motors corporation, with a capi tal of $20,000,000, was announced here today by Henry L. Brittain, New York capitalist and president of the Terry Shipbuilding corporation. Savannah, Ga.: the Alobile Shipbuild ing corporation. Mobile, Ala., and the Birmingham Steel corporation, Bir mingham, Ala. , The company was organized in the offices of Brewster, Howell & Hey man, in Atlanta Tuesday, when a charter was obtained and officers elected. Books of subscription to stock will be opened in the near future. It is the plan of the pro moters to make the organization a thoroughly southern enterprise, and it is expected that many leading business men of the south will be come interested. The corporation will take over the Rome and Northern railroad and its iron ore lands to the north of Rome, and also will develop an additional acreage of mineral lands in north west Georgia. The company has se cured about 18,000 acres of land. Stockholders in the corporation are largely officials of manufacturing companies that will use the products of the plant here. Standard automo bile parts and other standard ma chinery will be the only manufac tured products of the corporation. The company first will begin operation of its red ore mines in Chattooga county, the ore to be brought to a blast furnace to be constructed just northwest of Rome as soon as practicable. The furnace will have a daily.capacity of 60 tons. Later on, an open hearth steel furn ance with blooming mill for : king hard and soft* billets will be added, the capacity to be 200,000 tong per annum. A bar and sheet mill will come next. The company will specialize on the manufacture of standard parts for automobiles, trucks and tractors. Mr. Brittain, who was attracted to Roma by this city’s claim for the government armor plant in 1917, said that this city, with its vast mineral resources in close proximity, its water pbWer and river and rail trans portation facilities, and the nearness of southern ports, is the most log ical center in the world for a .well rounded out steel plant. He said that this city has distinct advantages over the Pennsylvania and lake sec tions. Officers of the corporation are: Henry L. Brittain, president: H. Ab ner Dean, Rome, vice president; F. W. Teague, president of the Colum bus Iron works, Columbus, Ga., vice president; John M. Graham, Rome, treasurer; James M. Craig, secretary of the Birmingham Steel corporation, Birmingham, secretary; Denny & Wright, Rome, general counsel. In addition to the officers, Walter M. Massey, treasurer of the Massey Tin and Machinery works, of Macon, Ga., and K. L. Jones, of the Jones Machinery works, of Atlanta, are directors. No other basic industry being cal culated to do more for the develop ment of the south along industrial lines than a well-developed iron and steel plant, the city of Rome feels that the establishment of the Inter national Steel and Motors corpora tion plant here will make this city one of the south’s greatest industrial centers. Miami, Fla., Gains 440.1 Per Cent With Population of 29,549 WASHINGTON, May 26.—Miami, Fla., ranking as 1,002 d city of the country in 19190, with a population of 5,471, has grown more than five times a,s large in the last ten years, and now has 29,548 inhabitants, ac cording to announcement today of the census bureau. Miami’s increase, 24,078, or 440.1 per cent, over 1910, is the largest thus far shown by any southern city. Miami has outgrown Fort Smith, Ark.; Asheville and Raleigh, N. C., of the larger southern cities, as -well as a large number of cities having less than 25,000 population. The cnsus bureau today announced the following 1920 population fig ures: Florence, S. C., 10,968; increase 3,911, or 55.4 per cent. Alabama City, Ala. 5,433, increase 1,119, or 25.9 per cent. Hampton, Va„ 6,138, increase 633_, or 11.5 per cent. Lexington, Va., 2.870, decrease 61, or 2.1 per cent. East St. Louis. HL, 66.74 1 ' increase 8,193. or 14.0 per cent. The population of Florence, Ala., will be announced at 10:30 a. m. to morrow. Famous Teutonic Goes on the Block . LONDON.—The government has asked for bids on the White Star liner Teutonic. The big ship was built in 1889 And was a crack ship for many years. She was aranged to be quickly convertible as a cruiser and was taken bver by the govern ment during the war. Unless pur chased for commercial use now she wii; be broken up. for the balue -es her metals. t ' ' BARREHEHOSENTO HEAD REGULARS ST FRISCO CONVENTION Vereen’s Election as National Committeeman Ratified. Hardwick and Perry In dorsed for Committees Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga., was elected chairman of the reg ular delegates to San Francisco at their meeting held at 12 o’clock Wednesday in the Kimbiill house. Mr. Barrett’s election was unani mous and was in accord with the general expectations. He is presi dent of the National Farmers’ union and is well-known throughout the country. The delegates unanimously ratified the action of the recent state conven tion in directing them to choose William J. Vereen, of Moultrie, as Democratic national committeeman from Georgia, and to present his credentials in proper form to the proper authorities. Mr. Vereen was present at the meeting and was ac corded a most enthusiastic recep tion. □n a motion of Thomas W. Hard wick, which was unanimously adopt ed, Chairman Barrett appointed J. R. Smith, of Atlanta; William J. Vereen, and Benjamin M. Blackburn, of Atlanta, as a committee of three to attend to all arrangements for transportation, hotel reservations, etc. Arthur Lucas, of Atlanta, was requested to serve on this committee, but was unable to do so on account of being called out of the city on business. On motion of J. R. Smith, of At lanta, Chairman Barrett appointed Colonel H. H. Perry, of Gainesville. Thomas W. Hardwick and T. W. Hawse, of Bainbridge, as a commit)- tee of three to prepare the brief to be presented to the national commit tee and if necessary to th credentials committee in support of the cre dentials of the regular delegates. The committe was directed to re quest Samuel L. Olive, of Augusta, Joseph E. Polite, of Milledgeville, and Marion Smith, of Atlanta, to assist them as counsel. The deelgateg elected Mr. Hard wick as Georgia’s representative on the resolutions committee of the national convention, and Colonel H. H. Perry, of Hall county, as Geor gia’s representative on the cre dentials committe of the national convention. A preliminary canvass of the dele gates indicated that there will be a full attendance on the trip to San Francisco. A detailed canvass by let ter will be made by the committee on arrangements. The meeting was attended by nearly all of the dele gates and alternates from the state at large and by one or more dele gates from each congressional dis trict. A railroad representative sub mitted an itinerary costing about $275 for the round trip. Including transportation, Pullman space, and meals en route. It is estimated that the total expenses of the trip will be from SSOO to S6OO. Altitude Record SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 26. What is sai dto be the world’s . .rd for an altitude flight with an air plane carrying three passengers and a pilot was established at Kelly Field, yesterday, when Lieutenant Harry Weddington reached an al titude of 19,400 feet with three en listed men in the cockpit. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL rn FROM NOW r A «JV C TO NOV. 10th tJv C 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 and enthusiasm— And that will be only a part of the interesting news which readers will find in their paper every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday from now to November 10th. More Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Wcckly Journal to you from now until November 10th for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents each for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till November 10th for your trouble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name R. F. D P. 0................................ 5tate....................... Woman Prosecutor Who Will Conduct Slacker Case Against Dempsey i r | I ' I I I 4' 1 I J? I I ' % I i w g • V- W * £ t '> ’’ MISS ANNETTE ADAMS Miss Annette Adams, of Phila delphia, United States prosecut ing attorney, will conduct the case for the government against Jack Dempsey, world’s heavyweight boxing champion, under indict ment on charges of evading the draft law. The trial of this fa mous slacker case has been set for June 7, after having been postponed several times. TWO AMERICANS HELD IN MEXICO, CAPITAL HEARS WASHINGTON, May 26. Two Americans, Homer Carr and a man named MacDonald, have been taken prisoners at Jiminez, Chihuhua, ac cording to a report to the state de partment today form the American const ! at Chihuahua. No _ details were given. The state department issued the following statement regarding the Americans; “MacDonald, probably is M. C. Don ald, of Vernon, Tex., who went to Mexico this year as an employe of the Huasteca Petroleum company to work in the oil fields in the neighbor hood of Tampico. He is a native of Mississippi. “Homer C. Carr is employed as a mining engineer by the American Smelting and Refining company. His home is in New York City. He is a ! native of Pennsylvania.” PROBE OF MOTIVE FOR SLAYING RECOMMENDED I MEXICO CITY,*May 26. (By the i Associated Press.) —Formal investl- > gation, for the purpose of clarifying the part taken in the death of Presi dent Carranza, both by Colonel Ro dolfo Herrero and members of the Carranza party, is recommended by the commission of four named by Generals Obregon and Gonzales to in quire into the tragedy. The com mission submitted its report last night and cited ten points which the members had agreed had been proven from stories of witnesses. It was added that in a number of points many other stories purporting to tell the actual circumstances could not be confirmed and were unworthy of credence. SCENTB A COPY. $1.50 A YEAR. $58,810 SPENT ill PALMER CAMPAIGN; | $5,000 IN GEORGIA I Senator Kenyon Says An- I ' other Georgia ‘'Victory” Would Be Disastrous to Palmer’s Candidacy " I WASHINGTON, May 26.—William I C. of Cincinnati, lias ad vanced $500,000 to the campaign fund of Major General Leonard Wood, he i testified today at the senate inves- • tigation into pre-eonvention presi i dential cahipaign financing. Mr. Proctor said this advance was ; "more than the total contributions” ■ to General Wood’s campaign. He . added that he had contributed $lO.- l 000. i Mr. Proctor told the committee • that between 60 and and 70 per cent : of the amount advanced by him had 1 been spent for publicity and the bal ance on speakers and headquarters.' "We’ve spent, 1 think, an average of $.5,000 a state,” he said. Chairman Kenyon asked if contrib > nations were considered as addi tional to the $500,000 advance. "They are not,” was the reply. The witness said he did not have personal knowledge of any other large contributions, adding: “Our treasurer will tell you ex actly.” $59,610 for Palmer Contributions to the fund for At torney General Palmer’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for president were placed today at $59.- 610 by former Representative C. C. Carlin, of Virginia, his campaign manager. The largest contributor was James McClurg Guffey, of Pittsburg, who was identified as an oil man and prominent in Democratic politics'in Pennsylvania. Frank L. Crocker, of New York, gave $2,500. Former Fed eral Judge Harry Covington, treas urer of the Palmer organization, gave $2,500, Mr. Carlin said. Mr. Carlin named O. Michaels, of Scranton, Pa., as giving $1,500, and J. Hlrry Covington as contributing $2,000. "This man Covington was formerly a federal judge and resigned to go with the alien property custodian’s office when Mr. Palmer had that office, wasn’t he?” asked Chairman Kenyon. “I don’t know exactly,” was the reply. “And the size of th® fee Mr. Cov ington got at the time caused public comment.” , Chairman Kenyon con tinued. “I’Ve only heard a little about i that,” Mr. Carlin said. Other Contributors Resuming the reading from his i list, Mr. Carlin said Frank L. Crock i er, New York City, gave $2,500; John F. Crosby, Hartford, $1,000; William C. Devitt, Pennsylvania, $1,000; F. J. Barrow, New Y"ork City,, $500; W. H. Caldwell, $500; Robert Law, Jr., New York City, $1,000; F. P. Garvin, as sistant attorney general, SI,OOO. Chairman Kenyon asked for the identification of each man, but Mr. Carlla said he knew nothing in de tail about any of them. “Who does then?” demanded the chairman. “Mr. Covington is treasurer,” the witness replied. Committee members sought to get details about the Pennsylvania party fight over the Palmer candidacy. Mr. Carlin said he had not partici pated. “Let me tell you something, not in a personal way,” said Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri. “This committee has had too many man agers who have no information about things like this.” “I would have known, but I was instructed to keep my hands off Pennsylvania, because the men there would handie the situation them selves, Mr. Carlin replied. $5,000 Spent in Georgia Senator Edge, Republican, New Jersey, asked about Georgia and Michigan priipary elections. Carlin said $5,000 had been contributed to election expenses under Georgia state law, mentioning Clark Howell, of Atlanta, as an assistant. Mr. Palmer’s candidacy has been largely carried along by an over whelming sentiment, Mr. Carlin said. “And where was this sentiment manifested,” Chairman Kenyon in quired. “Well, in Georgia for one,” Mr. Carlin replied. “I should say that with a fehv more victories like the one you had there, all would be lost,’ Chairman Kenyon told him, “We got the delegates,” said Mr. Carlin. In Michigan, he said, SI,OOO had been authorized for advertising, by the national organization. "The Democratic party is having a love feast and not a money feast,” Mr. Carlin said when the commrttee began going into state affairs. "Perhaps there Is nounng to con test about,” Chairman Kenyon inter rupted. Senator Pomerene. Democrat, Ohio, insisted that the witness be allowed his own views. Georgia Contest “Accidental” In Geo>%ia the contest against Mr. Palmer was "accidental,” Mr. Carlin said, while in Pennsylvania he class ed it as "unexpected.” Senator Reed brought the partisan tilting within the committee ranks to a temporary close with the remark, “That in the history of the Democratic party no man has started out to get a presi- / dential nomination by the process of spending $400,000 of his own money.” “I’ll ask you about your own con- i nections,” Chairman Kenyon began. I (Continued on Page 6, Column 3)