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VOL. XXIV. NO: 74
EIGHT COUNTIES SUCCEED
IN COTTON POOL MOVE
Franklin Leads State With
12,000 Bales Pledged-to
Co-operative Marketing
Association’s Agents
Eight counties were reported over
the top with their minimum quotas
.signed to the Georgia cotton pool by
noon Saturday, according to an
nouncement made at the headquar
ters of the Georgia Cotten Growers’
Co-operative association.
A county quota, it was explained
r t the headquarters, consists of one
third of the entire cotton production
of the county, and the following
counties are already listed on the
honor roll of the association, having
achieved their quotas in the follow
ing order: Hart, Banks, Wheeler,
Clay, Dodge, Clarke, Franklin and
Bulloch.
In quantity of cotton signed to
date Franklin leads the state with
12.000 bales. In proportion of the
entire cottcn crop of the county
signed, the limited cotton county of
Wheeler stands first with 2,200 bales
signed to the association out of a
total production (the 1920 crop is
Used as a basis) of 3,250 bales.
“Victory week” drice of the asso
ciation, aceci ding to reports received
on Saturday, netted the cotton pool
between 45,000 and 50,000 bales, leav
ing 25,000 bales yet to be obtained
before the association will have got
ten the minimum of 200,000 bales
necessary to make the campaign a
Success.
1,200 Volunteer Farmers
Twelve hundred volunteer farmer
Workers actively took the field for
the association during “Victory
week,” and they will continue on the
job until the association is nut over.
Monday begins what is known as
“follow-up week” in the association’s
organization program, and after that
Will come “clean-up week” which
•will bring the entire campaign to
a close on Saturday, April 1.
The association is exerting very
little effort in most heavily hit boll
weevil territory, and its efforts are
concentrated in seventy-eight coun
ties rei seating a total cotton pro
duction of 1,000,000 bales. The as
sociation required 200,000 bales to
make its contract effective. It is
after, however, a third of the cotton
production in the territory in which
i< is at work.
“In spite of the fact that our “Vic
tory week” workers were a little
slow in getting started,” stated J. E.
manager of the campaign,
•’T still believe we are going to get
ail we had hoped because w.e all have
faith in the farmer’s realization that
this is his job, and that he will stick
to this contract signing business as
courageously, and as, thoroughly
and with even gieater success be
tween now and the final date of the
campaign, as he has during the past
week.
“However,” he added, “we are not
counting any chickens before they
are hatched. It is most unlikely, but
it is still within the realm of possi
bility, that our entire campaign
might not succeed. All that the
farmers hate to do to keep it from
succeeding is to get the idea that
we are practically over the top, and
they do not have to go out and sign
their neighbors, and then wait for
‘Georgia’ to do it.
Headquarters Enthusiastic
"Since the beginning of last weea
this has been the farmer’s job, and
nobody’s else. The speechifying and
the fireworks are over, signing the
cetton is all that counts, and nobody
can sign the farmer in ary large
numbers except the farmer who has
already signed.
“We are very enthusiastic around
headquarters, but not over-ci.nfident.
My reason for being enthusiastic
myself is that in spite of the mean
things that have been said about
Georgia farmers as to their inabil
ity to organize or do anything in a
business-like way, I do not believe
them, and I think they have got
j.lain every day horse sense enough
to know on which side their bread
is buttered, and fight to a finish
mid to beat the band to put this
thing over.”
505 Cases of Liquor
On Yacht Is Seized;
Yacht Later Released
MIAMI, Fla., March 20—The
yacht Patricia, owned by Janjes
Shewan, of New York, which with
505 cases of liquor was seized here
today by customs officials, w.as ord
ered released thi., .fteinoon by Col.
1 ■ G. Nutt, chief of the narcotic
division of the treasury department.
The liquor, however, was removed
and placed in a warehouse for
further disposition.
The Patrick, vas built thirteen
years ago at a cost of $300,000, but
local yachtsmen say it would cost
500,000 today to reproduce her. The
unloading of the cargo, which was
stored in a warehouse, to be held
pending action ty the courts, con
sumed the greater part of the fore
noon.
The seizure was the largest ever
made in this secti n of Florida, and
with the confiscation of three solid
carloads of I'uuor ,a the tracks of
the Florida East Cv st railway here,
at Fort Pierce and in Jacksonville
Thursday night and Friday, brings
the total seizures of liquor in the
state to 1,557 cases during the last
three days. The bootleg value of
the liquor is at least SIOO,OOO.
Colonel Nutt, who is in charge of
the special forces sent to Florida to
-.rage a campaign against rum run
ners and drug smuggle— told the
customs officers who seized the ves
-1 and her cargo early today that
he would render unon h‘- retm—
Washington a decision as to what
would be done with the liquor. The
skipper on the Patricia said the
vessel would leave port tomorrow
niorning.
James Shewan, the owner of the
yacht, is in the east, his brother,
ildwin S. Shewan, and his family
having come here aboard her.
MINE JRBITHATION
OFFICES NIMED
NEW YORK, March 20.—Alvar
Markle, of Hasleton, Pa., today was
chosen chairman, and James A.
Gorman, also of Hasleton, secretary,
of the miners’ and operators* wage
negotiations committee, which will
begin sessions here next Tuesday.
The voting membership of the
committee will consist of the four
representatives of the United Mine
Workers and four operators’ offi
cials appointed yesterday. Markle
and Gorman are said to be affiliated
with neither party to the wage dis
pute.
Six hundred thousand union miners
in the anthracite and bituminous
fields will quit work April 1 unless
some unforeseen solution of the pres
ent wage controversy is offered in the
meantime, John L. Lewis, president
of the international organization of
United Mine Workers, announced to
day.
Plans for evacuation of the mines
already are under way, Mr. Lewis
said. In event of a walk-out crews of
pumpmen, engineers, firemen, watch
men and helpers will remain at their
posts to prevent flooding of the mines
und maintain the properties, he said.
He estimated that 1,000 men would
remain on duty ,n the anthracite and
3,000 in the bituminous mines for
such purposes.
Final orders for withdrawal of the
men wijl be issued by the general
policies committee of the union at
Cleveland or Chicago, probably next
week, it was said, effective in case
operators and miners fail to arrange
a new working contract before
April 1.
The order to suspend operations in
the anthracite field April 1 already
has been issued by the miners’ gen
eral wage council in session at Sha
mokin, Pa. An arbitration commit
tee of eight composed of operators
and miners will meet here Tuesday
to discuss a new wage scale for this
field.
Work in bituminous mines auto
matically will cease April 1, Mr.
Lewis asserted, because of the op
erators’ refusal to meet with tne
miners, in accordance with the terms
of their last contract.
WESTERN COAL OPERATORS
TO MAKE OWN FAGE SCALE
KANSAS CITY, March 18.—The
Trans-Mississippi Coal Operators’ as
sociation, with mines in Missouri.
J Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and
lowa, will make its own wage scales
after April 1, and will not permit
some other district to make the basic
scale, “in which we have no voice
or vote,” Harry N. Taylor, of Kansa
City, chairman of the association,
wrote Secretary of Labor Davis-today.
’ Mr. Taylor’s letter was in reply
to one received from Mr. Davis.
TWO PERSONS DIE
IN BSTJ FIRE
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 20— That a
firebug is operating in Augusta, was
the statement made by Fire Chief
Frank G. Reynolds this afternoon
following discovery of evidence that
the Grand theater fire Saturday,
in which two persons were burned
to death and property valued at $30,-
000 destroyed, was of incendiary
origin.
Several other recent fires here,
including the $1,500,000 conflagration
of November 26, and destruction of
the Montgomery building, with a
loss of $175,000, were classed as in
cendiary by Reynolds.
A coroner’s jury, investigating the
death of James A. Tant, sixty, and
his wife, returned a verdict that the
two “came to their death through
the felonious act of some person or
persons unknown to the jury.”
Evidence placed before the jury
showed that the theater blaze orig
inated in four places.
Fire broke out on the first and
fourth floors simultaneously, spread
ing' rapidly.
The aged couple, who had resided
on the fourth floor of the theater
building twenty years, were trapped
between floors, firemen said.
MISTRIAL RESULTS
INDBENCHAIN CASE
EOS ANGELES, March .20.—The
jury in the case, of Mrs. Madalynne
Obenchain, charged with the murder
of J. Belton Kennedy, reported to
Judge Sidney N. Reeve at 7:49 Sun
day night that it was unable to reach
an agreement and was discharged.
I Sleuths on Trail
In $170,000 Robbery
From U. S. Treasury
WASHINGTON, March 20—Se
cret service agents today believe 1
they were close on the trail of three
government employes suspected of
robbing a’ branch of the United
States treasury here of $170,000
worth of Liberty bonds.
The robbery was discovered sev
eral days ago, but was kept a secret,
until the arrest here last night of
Charles Clevenger, twenty-five, a
clerk in the branth office. The se
cret service is now seeking two
other employes. Agents have gone
to Richmond and Charlottesville,
hVirginia.
Senator McCumber
Out for Re-election
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Sen
ator McCumber, Republican, North
Dakota, chairman of the senate fi
nance committee today announced
formally his candidacy for re-elec
tion. Former Senator A. J. Gronna
last week announced as an oppon
ent. Senator McCumber said he
would run “as a straight, conserva
tive Republican,” and added that
“true Republicans always stand for
progression.” %
FINE PROGRAMS
TO BE BROADCASTED
BY JOURNAL RADIO
Dr, Lyons’ Sermon and Mrs.
Whitten’s and Mr. Shel
don’s Secred Concert
Greatly Enjoyed Sunday .
Fine Programs for
WSB Radio Station
Monday and Tuesday
MONDAY
Noon—Weather . forecast and
road conditions.
2:30 P. M.—Close on cotton
and grain, followed by spot quo
tation service, United States Bu
reau of Markets and Crop Esti
mates.
5 to 6 P. M. —Sports and late
news flashes.
7 to 8 P. M. —Concert by North
Avenue Presbyterian church
choir.
8 to 9 P. M. —Quiet period for
listening to distant concerts.
9 P. M. —Arlington time.
TUESDAY
Noon—Weather forecast and
road conditions.
2:30 P. M. —Close on cotton,
grain and spot quotation service.
United States bureau of markets.
5 to 6 P. M. —Sports and news
flashes.
7 to 7:30 P. M.—Concert by
Shrine Million-Dollar band.
7:30 to 8 P. M.—Concert by
choir of First Presbyterian
church
8 to 9 P. M. —Quiet period for
listening to distant concerts.
9 p. M. —Arlington time.
■ 1
The Atlanta Journal’s powerful
radio broadcasting station, the first
and only one to be installed by a
newspaper in the south, on Sunday
afternoon gave the. radio receiving
stations in this territory a splendid
program.
Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, of At
lanta, delivered the first sermon ever
preached in the south by wireless,
and Mrs. James H. Whitten, the
noted Atlanta mezzo soprano, gave a
program of song” with a piano ac
companiment by Charles A. Sheldon,
city organist of Atlanta.
The program started at 5 o’clock
and continued until nearly 6, and was
heard and enjoyed by hundreds of
people assembled at the radio re
ceiving stations of Atlanta and sur
rounding territory.
Dr. Lyons seemed to enjoy the
experience of preaching to an in
visible audience, as it gave him and
gave them certain unique advan
tages. That the audience enjoyed his
sermon was attested by calls for an
encore. He remarked that as many
as grew weary could go to sleep if
thev wanted to without disturbing
him in the slightest, since he could
not see them. They could even get
up and walk out on him if they
felt so disposed, and would bother
neither him nor the other members
of the audience.
His voice was heard distinctly by
the receiving stations throughout
the territory, and his five-minute ser
mon was all too short. It was a mag
nificent and appropriate address, so
much enjoyed that requests came
for him to “preach some more,”
which he accommodatingly did.
Wonderful Soprano Voice
Mrs. James H. Whitten has never
sung better, according to those who
have heard her many times, than
she did Sunday afternoon to her
invisible audience.
It was not entirely invisible, for
the wireless room on the fifth floor
of The Journal building contained
a large and enthusiastic gathering
who came to hear her and Dr. Lyons
but the major portion of the au
dience was invisible, and some
groups of it were far away, hun
dreds of miles, listening at the mag
navox horns of radio receiving sta
tions in a far-spread territory.
The program opened with a song
by Mrs. Whitten. Then followed
the sermon by Dr. Lyons. Then
Mrs. Whitten sang again and gave
an encore, and calls came at once,
congratulating The Journal and
praising Mrs. Whitten’s voice and
Dr. Lyons’ eloquence.
Ford Increases Force
To Give Employment
To Ex-Service Men
DETROIT, Mich., March 20.—The
Ford Motor company today an
nounced an increase of 20 per cent
in its force.
The announcement came as a di
rect answer of Henry Ford and his
son, Edsel, to the appeal of the
American Legion for jobs for ex
service men and was made effective
at once.
Ex-service men and women will be
given preference in all cases wher
ever possible.
Storm Warning Is
Issued for the Coast
NEW YORK. March 20.—The
weather bureau today issued the fol
lowing northwest storm warning:
“Northwest storm warning from
Charleston, S. C., to New York City.
A severe storm centering over south
eastern Michigan and moving east
and northeastward, with strong
west and northwest winds, reaching
gale forep this afternoon or tonight.’’
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922
MYSTIC BLUE FLAMES,
SPRINGING FROM AIR,
MENACE INVALID GIRL
ALVA, Okla.—Blue flames, their
origin a mystery, burst into being
apparently from the air itself and
threaten with\a horrible death Mrs.
Ona Smith, twenty-three, an invalid,
Who lies paralyzed on a bed in a lit
tle cottage here.
The authorities are baffled and the.
woman cowers. Bedside watchers,
day and night, can only leap to the
rescue as the fires burst out in the
bedding, clothing worn by Mrs.
-Smith, wall draperies or any inflam
mable material in the room.
Two mattresses have t ben burned,
a calendar on the wall has been ig-
SENATOR ROBINSON
OFFERS ffIEIWENT
TO
WASHINGTON, March 20.—The
whole field of controversies center
ing about the arms conference was
reviewed anew in senate Saturday
during ar. all-day debate on the four
power Pacific treaty.
For the first time since early in
the week the treaty’s supporters
joined battle directly with its irrec
oncilable opponents and a score of
senators and fully as many issues
of the treaty fight were drawn into
the running cross-fire of argument.
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar
kansas, started the field day of ora
tory with a speech supporting his
amendment to pledge the four signa
tory powers against secret diplo
macy. He was seconded in the at
tack by Senator Johnson, Repub
lican, California, who asked why the
Franco-Japanese alliance, as well as
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, had not
been terminated by the four-power
pact, and later Senator Borah, Re
publican, Idaho, joined in with\ an
assault on the Shantung settlement
as an example of the sort of diplo
macy with which he said the United
States should not associate itself.
/Naval Treaty Defended
When the discussion drifted to
the naval limitation treaty, and its
fortifications prohibition, Senator
Poindexter, Republican, Washing
ton, defended the conference as a
real peace accomplishment, and
when the Shantung agreement was
.assailed Senator Lenroot, Republic
*an, Wisconsin, read portions of the
Shantung treaty to support his argu
ment that the conference had pro
duced a great deal of actual benefit
to China. Prepared addresses sup
porting the four-power pact were
made by Senators Jones, Republican,
Washington, and Capper? Republic
an, Kansas.
The manner in which the treaty
was negotiated, the charge that in
sufficient information had been sup
plied the senate, and the failure to
include outside powers in Pacific
conferences involving their inter
ests all were among the questions
brought into the debate.
One new issue was raised by Sen
ator Shields, Democrat, Tennessee,
who declared that the British am
bassador, Sir Auckland Geddes, has
been quoted in a speech in Los An
geles as virtually saying that a war
in the Orient had been averted by
negotiation of the new treaty.
More Discussion Likely
Senator Johnson immediately in
quired since x when the ambassador
had been ma’king speeches to Cali
fornians in support of the treaty,
and Senator Robinson declared that
if it were true Japan had been pre
paring to attack American posses
sions in the Pacific, it would be
hard for him to support either the
four-power or naval treaty.
The day’s outburst of discussion
dampened the hope of some mem
bers of the senate who had hoped
to lay the .reaty aside during the
first days of next week in ordei* to
give attention to legislation. Tonight
it was considered likely by the lead
ers that interest would be sufficient
to keep the discussion going prac
tically without interruption until a
final vote is taken under a unan
imous consent agreement on Friday.
Senator Robinson attacked the
pact as a dangerous instrument if
accepted as drawn.
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nited. a shawl worn by the invalid
has burst into flames and several
other blazes have started in bed
ding in the last few days.
The first fire came at midnight
Wednesday. The flames from the bot
tom of the mattress on the bed were
extinguished by Mrs. Smith’s moth
er, Mrs. John Meyers. Later the mat
tress caught fire in another spot. A
new mattress burst into flames yes
terday morning in front of a news
paper reporter.
Dr. C. L. Rogers, who was called
in after tl\e first blaze, failed to
solve the mystery. Witnesses say
the fires seme to start in the air.
PRESIDENT HARDING
TALKS TO LEADERS
ON SOUJIER BONUS
WASHINGTON,’ March 20.
Wliether tl»e soldier bonus bill is
passed by the house today virtually
depends on a conference President
Harding was to hold with house
bonus leaders at the White House
at 9:30 o'clock this morning.
The president will be asked to
state whether he will veto the pres
ent bill, and whether he favors pass
ing the measure under a gag rule,
allowing twenty minutes debate and
prohibiting all amendments.
Representative Mondell, of Wy
oming, the Republican house leader,
said Saturday ■ that he had re
quested a conference with the ex
ecutive for tomorrow evening, after
the. return of Mr. Harding from
Florida. He said he would be ac
companied to the White House >y
such others members of the house
handling the bonus legislation as
the president might wish to con
sult.
The specific purpose of the pro
posed conference was not disclosed
by Mr. Mondell, but it was report
ed that he would seek to obtain the
president’s views on the compro
mise bill with its bank loan pro
vision in lieu of a cash bonus, as
well as his opinion as to whether
the measure should be called up
Monday under a suspension of the
rules, as most house leaders de
sire.
No Agreement Reached
Mr. Mondell’s announcement
came after a conference between
Speaker Gillett and twenty-seven
Republican house leaders, arranged
primarily to discuss the question of
procedure in considering the bill.
Mr. Gillett announced afterwards
that he would not make up his mind
before Monday morning as to
whether he would entertain a mo
tion to suspend the’ rules and pass
the bill. Such a motion would block
all amendments and also prevent a
motion to recommit the bill, with
instructions to the ways and means
committee.
The conference in the speaker’s
office lasted for more than an hour
and was behind closed doors. Mr.
Mondell was delegated as official
spokesman and made this statement:
“We discussed the question of the
bonus in all its phases, fully, freely,
good-naturedly, but did not reach
any definite conclusion or make any
definite arrangement.”
McGehees Admit
They Started Fight
Over Coart Trial
TALBOTTON, Ga., March 20.
Another episode in the famous Coart
trial passed this morning when John
H. McGehee, Sr., and John H. Me-
Jehee, Jr., entered a plea of guilty
to disorderly conduct for an attack
made on A. J. Perryman yesterday
morning. They admitted they pro
voked the attack. John H. Mc-
Gehee, Jr., hit Mr. Perryman from
the side as his father approached
him from the front. No case was
made against Mr. Perryman, and a
nominal fine from Mayor G. C. Simp
son closed the incident. •
Major Coart reiterated his state
ment that whatever the final out
come his conscience is clear.
FLORIDA BANKERS
AID BOOTLEGGERS.
DRY AGENTS CLAIM
L G. Nutt, Chief of Narcotic
Division, Internal Revenue
Office, Makes Charges Af
ter Raids
MIAMI, Fla., March 20.—FedpraJ
prohibition agents, acting under di
r.ction of Colonel L. G. Nutt, chief
of the narcotic division of the in
ternal revenue department had made
eleven liquor raids here up to noon.
The raiding parties started their
work this morning.
Evidence that bootleggers along
the Florida coast, especially at Mi
ami. are being assisted in their oper
ations by certain Miami bankers,
has been uncovered by prohibition
officers working' here under the di
rection of Colonel Nutt, according to
the latter’s report to Federal Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes at
Washington, made public here to
day. Colonel Nutt’s report follows:
“It did not take long, after, cne
day's investigation of conditions in
Florida, especially in Miami, to de-'
termine that a solution of the smug
gling problem lay in cleaning up
certain sections of Florida-
“Smash Shore Market!”
“I found that conveying liquor
from nearby foreign shores was a
minor transaction, compared with
the program of bringing it ashore
and shinning to northern points.
Terminate the existing facilities for
shipping, smash the shore line mar
ket, was the solution as our train
ed men saw it, and with that end
in view we went systematically to
work.
“We were startled by the revela
tions. We found a sort of co-operate
plan among operators. Our investi
gators were directed to operators
with the same frankness that a
stranger receives directions from a
corner policeman. Operators dis
cussed transactions like bankers. . n
deed, several of them gave bankers
as references, and in two instances,
after negotiations were closed, had
leading bankers hold the purchase
price in trust and sign contracts to
that effect.
“In substance, the operators braz
enly proposed: ’We will contract
for all the liquor you want—Scotch,
Irish, or champagne. We will go
and fetch it in 24 hours and deliver
it wherever you say—at your hotel,
at the courthouse, or at the post
office. We will deliver it at the
railway station, if you wish it ship
ped, and will attend to placing it in
cars and will buy the necessary
grapefruit or tomatoes to cover it
up. That is all that is necessary;
just pile it into refrigerator cars,
with a camouflage of fruit or vege
tables and with the cars sealed, the
shipment will 'go wherever you
wish.’ . ... ,
Say Bankers Aided
“More than a dozen of our in
vestigators, on the first day’s op
eration reported propositions of the
above character, and in two in
stances negotiations were closed,
with the aid of bankers, all of which
will be revealed shortly in court
procedure.
“Our investigators discovered that
many of the operators owned their
own smuggling ships, would make
night voyages to a point near Nas
sau, Bimini or Gunkey, meet a
schooner laden with liquor, make
purchases at the average price of
$lB per case, return the next night
and receive double the price from
their purchasers, also make a snug
profit on the fruit and vegetables
for packing. They would explain
that by diluting the consignment
could be doubled and even trebled
in quantity and sold ‘up north’ for
at least 1 SIOO a case, in all a tempt
ing proposition.
“All of this our investigators more
than verified and continued for more
than a week to carry on negotia
tions for big and little shipments
without the slightest trouble. Our
men saw the smuggling vessels go
north, saw them return, well laden
with liquor, and in one instance
witnessed a flying boat used for the
purpose. They had no trouble in
having prominent banks act as
trustees for purchase funds, even
after explaining rhat it was a li
quor deal.
Liquor as Prize
“So brazenly was the law violat
ed in the city of Miami that in sev
eral instances the principal prizes
on punch boards operated in promi
nent cigar stands were bottles of
liquor. Our investigators not only
made winnings of Gordon gin, John
ny Walker Scotch and Bushnell
rye, but carried away the punch
boards as souvenirs.
“With the avenue sos transporta
tion, distribution and marketing cut
off, especially along the coast line,
the smuggling problem will solve it
self, for the simple reason that
liquor will not be brought in if dis
tribution is prevented and this can
and will be done.
“Smuggled liquor for the past
several months has constituted the
source of supply except un-drinkable
moonshine, and now that there is
I’eax- of synthetic and rectified con
coctions, the bootlegger sees his
doom. •
“Concentration of warehouse
liquor, to be released to bona fide
concerns, properly certified, for
medicinal purposes only, coupled
with other restrictive methods, is
bringing about real enforcement to
an extreme that is amazing, even
antagonists, who are compelled to
admit that the eighteenth amend
ment is a reality and not a joke.”
Wallace Halts Boost
In Live Stock Feed
WASHINGTON. March 18.—Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace to
day issued an order suspending a
proposed increase of 20 cents a
bushel in* the price of corn fed to
live stock at the Indianapolis stock
yards, scheduled to go into effect
Monday. At the same time a hear
ing was set for April 17 to be held
at the federal court room. Indian
apolis, to consider the proposed new
rate.
WHAT TEXAS BANKERS THINK
OF CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
Cup of Hot Coffee
Spilled on Little
Girl Proves Fatal
SAVANNAH, Ga.. March 20.
A cup of hot coffee spilled on her
face and chest at seven o'clock
last night proved fatal at noon
today to Theresa Ruth Willis,
one-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Willis.
Theresa Ruth reached for the
cup of steaming coffee with the
result it overturned and the scald
ing liquid ran over her little face
and chest. She will be buried in
Williston, S. C.
MEX REVOLUTION
ENDSJN DISASTER
EL PASO, Tex.. March 20.—The
revolution that was to have broken
oyt ilk the Mexican state of Coa
huila early this week met with dis
aster in the making, even more
quickly than the Lodriguez Merigo
uprising in Chihuahua of a few
weeks ago, United States federal op
eratives declared here today.
The new movement was planned,
the agents said, by General Pablo
Favela, who has been spasmodically
under arms in the vicinity of Tor
reon for about a month. About five
days ago Favela clashed with a
small federal force near Lerdo, on
the Durango side of the Coahuila
boundary. The general sustained a
serious wound, fleeing to the moun
tains with a few followers and dying
soon afterwards.
General Ireneo Villareal, who,
with two followers, was arrested in
Presidio county, Texas, by Ameri
can officers about the same time,
was to have joined the Favela move
; lent, possibly as second in com
mand, the officers said.
The two pleaded not guilty to the
charge of fomenting a revolution.
They were taken to the El Paso jail
last night to await disposition of the
case.
U. S. RHINE TROOPS
ALL ORDERED HOME
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Or
ders directing the return to the
United States by July 1 of all Amer
ican troops now on the Rhine were
issued today by Secretary Weeks.
The order includes the return by
the end of the fiscal yearn of the en
tire force of approximately 2,000
men excepted from the previous or
der of several weeks ago under
which the homeward movement of
the majority of the American Rhine
contingent is now in progress.
1,200 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
LEAVE ON TRIP HOME
COBLENZ, March 20.—Twelve
hundred American trops of the army
of occupation have left for the
United States byway of Antwerp.
British Government
Relinquishes Direction
Over Princess Fatima
WASHINGTON, March 20.—The
British government has relinquish
ed all direction over its troublesome
ward, Princess Fatima, sultana of
Kabul, and her three princely sons,
who arrived in the United States
last fall, and was received by Presi
dent Harding, but who seems to
have outworn her welcome.
'Word to this effect was transmit
ted to the state department today
by British embassy officials and
left American government officials
more mystified than ever as how
to get rid of the guest and her rap
idly mounting bills. The princess,
while not a British subject, has
been somewhat under the British
government’s official wing because
of the close treaty relations between
Great Britain and Afghanistan, her
native land. As such, the British
authorities got her to agree to leave
the United States on the steamship,
La Hore, for India, but when the
La Hore- sailed from New York
Thursday the princess, by
choice, remained behind.
One Person Killed,
Property Damaged
In Alabama Storm
COLUMBUS, Ga.. March 20—A
heavy rain, hail and electric storm
swept across Lee county, Alabama,
a few miles northwest of Columbus
early last night, destroying much
property and killing one person, ac
cording to reports received here to
day.
Incorporation Denied
Ku Klux in Colorado
DENVER. Colo., March 18.—The
incorporation papers and filing fee
presented recently to Secretary of
State Milliken by the Ku Kluk
Klan of Colorado were returned to
the. signers today. The refusal of
the secretary to grant incorpora
tion papers followed the opinion of
Attorney General Keyes that the
purposes set forth in the petition
were too indefinite.
Big Prohibition Raid
Is Staged in New York
NEW YORK, March . 18.—One
hundred and fifty federal prohibition
agents late today staged one of the
biggest pronibilion raids New York
has seen.
Carrying search warrants the
small army of enforcers drawn f-om
the whole metropolitan district
slipped quietly into Yonkers arrest
ed twelve persons, seized several
barrels of liquor
5 CENTS A COBY,
$1 A YEAS,
Permanency of Association
Will Be Determined by Its
Ability to “Deliver the
Goods”’ x
BY RALPH SMITH
DALLAS, Tex., March 20.
J. A. Pondrom, president of th*
City National bank, of Dallas,
has formed no definite conclu
sions as to the cotton co-opera
tive movement in Texas, but he
frankly admits that the dealings
of his bank with the association
have been entirely satisfactory.
Mr. Pondrom ranks high
among the banks of the Lone
Star state. He began at the
bottom of the ladder and has
•worked his way steadily to the
very .top. Until comparatively
recently, he was located at Hous
ton, and there connected with
the South Texas Commercial
National bank, one of the big
financial institutions in the
southeastern part of the state.
Lilis ability as a banker is gen
erally recognized and widely re
spected.
“My attitude toward the cot
ton associaiton is wholly un
prejudiced.” said Mr. Pondrom.
“I am neither a booster nor a
knocker of the movement. It
seems to me that the undertak
ing is in the experimental stage,
and that is too early to form a
fail- estimate. Its perinanenc-y
certainly is yet to be demonstrat
ed, and that permanency will, I
feel sure, depend upon its abil
ity to deliver the goods, as ad
vertised.
“I have no inside informa
tion, and am therefore in no po
sition to state whether the as
sociation has been more success
ful in marketing cotton than
have individuals outside the as
sociation. I rather think it im
possible to tell about this until
all of the pools have been
' closed out and the final dis
bursements made to members.”
Financial Standing Good
Mr. Pondrom was asked about
the financial standing of the cot
ton association.
“It is good,” he answered.
“We have —I mean our blink. —
had considerable dealings with
the association, and these have
been entirely satisfactory. As
a banking proposition, the co
operative handling of cotton
along the lines followed by the
association are unquestionably
safe and sound.
“The collateral they offer is
excellent, and their business
dealings all ’that they should
be.”
Mr. Pondrom stated that the
association experienced some de
lay and difficulty in getting un
derway originally, but he . Ml
ded that the details had been
worked out finally, since which
time everything has moved aiong
nicely.
The Texas Bankers’ associa
tion held its annual convention
at Fort Worth the day following
my talk with Mr. Pondrom, and
it was at his suggestion that
I ran over to Fort Worth for the
meeting.
“The cotton association un
questionably will be a topic of
discussion at the convention, if
not in a formal address, certain
ly informally by bankers from
various parts of the state who
have had some experience with
the co-operative movement,”
said Mr. Pondrom.
Some 800 bankers were in at
tendance upon the convention at
Fort Worth, and among them
both favorable and unfavorable
comment was to be heard about
the cotton association. Gener
ally. the informal remarks wera
favorable to the co-operative
movement principle, but there
was no mistaking an attitude of !
unfriendliness, or even hostility ,i •
in certain quarters, chiefly, if
not wholly, among country bank
ers. j
The Principal Criticism
The men speaking critically -
and unfavorably of the associa-’.
tion’s activities were loathe td
have their names used in print,
because, as they frankly admit
ted, they could see no reason for •
making enemies for themselves
and their banks.
The chief criticism advanced
was that the cotton pools have
interfered seriously, in some sec
tions, with the liquidation of
country credits. This same ob- »
jection was voiced in Oklahoma
and seems to be the most seri
ous obstacle in the way of full
and complete co-operation by the
banks and the co-operative
movement.
Here, as in Oklahoma City,
officers of the cotton association .
appreciate the > justice, and j
weight of this objection, and
here, just as there, the answer
is that the credits system of the
south must be changed to meet
changing conditions.
Nathan Adams touched on
this phase of the matter yes
terday, when he said:
“It is my opinion that the
credit system of the south must
be changed to meet the new con
ditions of marketing cotton co
operatively. I believe the sub
ject is one that should command
the attention of thoughtful men.*
It is essential that we have a
credit system which does not ex
pect liquidation of a pyramided
debt of ten months in a period of
two months.” '
Whatever may be the remedy, <
there are many country bank- I
ers in Texas who have suffered ’
serious inconvenience through
their inability to collect out-*
standing farmers’ obligations,
and this same thing has been
true,. I was told, of many coun
try merchants.
Members of the cotton asso-'
ciafion, unde.- the terms of their
contract, release-the title to
their cotton the minute it is
picked and ginned, and it is of
course impossible for them to
sell it immediately and clear up ’
outstanding debts they have in
c tiered.
Mortgaged Cotton
As pointed out In dispatches
from Oklahoma City, however,
the contract between the asso
ciation and the individual grow
er does not interfere with crop
mortgages or other liens that
have a prior legal right. In
such cases as these, the asso
ciation, in fact, acts as a collect
ing agency for the person hold-
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