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VOL. XXV, NO. 181
COMMUNIST PLOT
LEADS TO ARREST
OF BEOS IN HEREIN
Albert Gives Up Effort to
Form New Cabinet—Mos
cow Believed Involved in
Plan for Coup
BERLIN, Nov. 27—Several promi
nent Berlin communists were ar
rested today as a precaution follow
ing circulation of a report which
came to the hands of the authori
ties that Moscow had called upon
the Berlin communists to undertake
“bloody provocations” this evening.
The Communist uproar in the
reichstag on November 20 was de
liberately staged by orders from
Moscow, declared a statement issued
by the Socialist press service here
today, which publishes a letter
dated November 19, signed by Karl
Radek, the soviet emissary, who is
in Berlin, severely reproving the
German comrades of the Russian
communists for their inactivity,
“despite our urgent requests,” and
peremptorily ordering them so to
conduct themselves in the next ses
sion of the reichstag that they would
be forcibly ejected from the house.
The letter, as the Socialist service
quotes it, also advises following up
this action with street demonstia
tion, etc., and concludes:
“These resolutions must be carried
out. The central executive demands
that all obstacles shall be overcome.
The party must get out of its in
ertia.”
ALBERT ATTEMPT TO FORM
MINISTRY IS hAILLRE
BERLIN, Nov. 27.—Dr. Heinrich
Albert not only had failed today, to
form a cabinet but all the leading
political candidates abandoned him
and proposed a ministry of their
own, headed by Dr. Jarres, ex
mayor of Duisberg.
Dr. Albert finally returned his
commission and President Ebert may
extend the invitation to Jarres,
whom he thus far has steadfastly
opposed.
Jarres, a strong nationalist, is
branded’as a Pan-German. General
Von Seeckt, chief of staff, is back
ing him and the nationalists, peo
ple's party, centrists and Bavarian
people’s.party joined in the move.
The inexperience and ‘ naivete ot
German politicians in the crisis is
emphasized by the fact that Ptesi
dent Ebert, in the face of the politi- I
cal revolt, adhered to Dr. Albert and I
wished him to continue his fruitless
efforts. . |
The various parties of the reich- |
stag today jointly interpellated the I
government as to what it intends to ■
do.
Although the principal plank or ,
the new group is “observance of the
Versailles treaty,” the point has not ■
been clarified. Jarres, on the other
hand, often has been accused of j
wanting a breach of the treaty and
is alleged to have fathered a plan
to throw the Rhineland to France.
President Ebert has thus far re
fused a delegation from the group
supporting Jarres.
ALLIES TO RESUME
MILITARY CONTROL DEC. 1
LONDON. Nov. 27. —Allied mili- ;
tarv control of Germany will be re- j
sumed December 1, according to a ;
dispatch .from Munich, giving details
of plans for inspection of Bavarian
barracks and munition factories. I
FOOD SITUATION GROWS
DESPERATE IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Nov. 27.—The food sit- .
uation which temporarily brightened i
after the recent food riots, now has ’
become worse than ever, and many -
experts in distribution say that j
nothing less than a general seizure '
of the wholesale supplies by the ,
government, together with price j
fixing can relieve it.
Organizations of wholesale produce j
men in Pomerania and Mecklenburg j
practically control the flow of prod- I
ufte into Berlin and even the big i
hotels must treat their agents with I
greatest consideration and entertain I
them lavishly to insure their neces- I
sary supplies.
GERMANS HURRY TO GET
PASSPORTS FOR AMERICA
STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 27.
Thirteen thousand Germans weekly
are obtaining visas for the United
States since it became known that
the German quota for the fiscal
year, ending July 1, next, probably
will be exhausted this month.
The consulate in this city, which
leads all the American consulates in
Germany in the number of visas is
sued. is virtually besieged, most of
the applicants being peasants who
are in a panic lest they be too late.
Bremen comes next in the number
of visas being granted, and Ham
burg, Cologne, Munich, Frankfort
and Berlin following in the order
named.
Germany's quota for the year is
.(>7.000 and 50,943 visas for the
United States had been granted up
to October 31. Thirty-seven thou
sand one hundred and fifty-two Ger
mans had sailed for America, leav
ing only 29,848 vacancies.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
Virginia: Unsettled followed by
rain: no change in temperature.
North Carolina: Rain, no change
in temperature.
South Carolina and Georgia: Un
settled with probably rain; no
change in temperature.
Florida: Partly cloudy in south
ern portion, probably showers in
northern portion; cooler in extreme
northeast portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi: Probaoly
rain; no change in temperature.
Tennessee and Kentucky; Rain;
no change in temperature.
Louisiana: Cloudy; probably rain.
Arkansas: Unsettled, warmer.
Oklahoma: Unsettled, .warmer.
East Texas: Unsettled, rain in
east portion.
West Texas: Generally fair.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
CHICAGO.—Aurora Products and
Tee company is fined $2,500 for vio
lation of prohibition laws.
BERLIN. Communists demon
strate before former imperial palace,
and are dispersed by police.
MEMPHIS. —Two distinct earth
tremors were felt at 5:25 p. m. Mon
day. They lasted only a few sec
onds and no damage was reported.
NEW YORK.—Mrs. Edith Gould
Wainright seeks the removal of her
brother, Kingdon Gould, as exec
utor of the estate of their father,
George J. Gould.
LONDON. —Great Britain requests
its Washington representative to get
the facts on the seizures of schooner
Tomako off New Jersey and vessel
Island Home, off Texas.
WASHINGTON. —House progres
sives assail Mellon tax plan and say
they have found nothing in it that
will stimulate legitimate business or
reduce cost of living.
MANILA. —■ Republican central
committee of Philippines adopts
resolutions asking congress to take
action to make sovereignty of
United States over islands perma
nent.
DENVER. —Maurice Mandell, bro
ker, is found guilty of charges of
conspiracy to defraud growing out
of failure of Hibernia Bank end
Trust company last July for
$464,000.
WASHINGTON. —Chairman Cum
mins, of senate interstate commerce
committee, states that physical val
uation is one of principal railroad
questions which will come before
new congress.
ST. LOUIS. —Federal secret serv
ice agents announce that youths
posing as students offering to bet
$lO bills on college football games
have aided in distribution of coun
terfeit ten-dollar bills.
ROME.—Archbishops Hayes, of
New York, and Mundelein, of Chi
cago, again are mentioned as Amer
ican cardinals but vatiacn keeps its
silence as to what it will do at De
cember 20 consistory.
MARION, Ohio. —Brigadier Gener
al Sawyer says plans for Harding
memorial involve cost of at least
$1,000,000, and it is hoped to make
old Harding residence a national
shrine.
NEW YORK.—Richard Washburn
Child, ambassador to Italy, in ad
dress says that America's foreign
policy is-not that of isolation, but
of detached activity, and that Amer
ican prestige was never greater in
Europe.
WASHINGTON.—White House an
nounces that Edwin P. Morrow, re
tiring governor of Kentucky, has ac
cepted appointment by President
Coolidge as member of the railroad
labor board, succeeding R. M. Bar
ton. Judge Barton, however, at Chi
cago, announces that he has not re- ,
signed.
Captain of Leviathan
And ‘Bootlegger King’
Once Were Shipmates
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Many
years ago Herbert Hartley and W.il
liam McCoy were shipmates as ap
prentice seamen on the old training
ship Saratoga.
Yesterday Captain Herbert Hart
ley, outwardly calm, but, if the truth
be known, bursting with pride, stood
on the bridge of the Leviathan as
she steamed into her dock after
breaking all speed records for a
western voyage across the Atlantic
ocean.
Yesterday “Rummy” Bill McCoy,
skipper of the rum ship, Tomako,
which, with McCoy and his crew of
seven, is in custody of federal au
thorities. paid out $20,000 in bail on
two federal liquor smuggling
charges.
“Rummy” Bill ruminated on the
coincidence.
“I guess both of us have made
our mark.” he said. “Hartley’s skip
per of the biggest ship afloat and
I m king of the bootleggers.”
Two Prisoners Escaping
By Courthouse Window
In Forsyth Are Caught
FORSYTH, Ga., Nov. 27.—Clyde
Garrett and J. Mullis made a bold
but unsuccessful break for liberty
here this morning. The men were
in the prisoners’ room at the court
house awaiting trial. They made a
rope by tearing a mattress ticking
and using it to reach the ground
from the second story window.
The break was made while the
streets were crowded, and the pris
oners were seen by several citizens
Jis they scaled the rope to the
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OATMAN, Ariz. —Three miners are
killed when two boxes of powder ex
plode in United American mine here.
CHICAGO.—Hiram Johnson an
nounces that Frank H. Hitchcock
has been appointed general manager
of his campaign.
CHICAGO.—Hiram Johnson, criti
cizes administration’s foreign policy
and advocates national bonus and
also definite reduction jn taxes.
LONDON.—Rome dispatch de
clares it is generally admitted in un
official quarters that Mussolini’s
practical dictatorship will be con
tinued at least for a year.
OTTAWA.—Strict censorship at
liquor conference prevents public
from knowing what steps are dis
cussed to stop whisky smuggling on
the Canadian border.
BRUSSELS.—It is learned that
Belgian government will soon take
up with France question of with
drawing part of Belgian forces of
occupation from Ruhr.
LONDON. —Lady Astor will have
straight contest with Laborite, Cap
tain Brennan. She shakes hands
and banters with opponent, warning
him to fight fairly.
OKLAHOMA’clTY?—Opponents of
anti-Kii Klux Klan win points in
both houses of Oklahoma legislature,
yet their methods are severely de
nounced by presiding officer- in each
branch.
WASHINGTON. —There is no im
mediate prospect of further action
by American debt commission look
ing to collection of war loans to
foreign countries, high official of
treasury says.
DES MOINES.—.John Rickelman,
of Mount Hamill. lowa, wins what is
said to be first interstate cornshuck
ing contest ever held in United
States when he defeats H. D. Paul,
of Ipava, 111.
BISMARCK. Governor Nestos
asked President Coolidge to investi
gate an alleged “conspiracy” to de
stroy the lignite mining industry of
North Dakota and force higher
prices to the consumer.
NE WYORK.—Senator Shipstead,
of Minnesota, at dinner in honor of
Oswald Garrison Villard, assails mod
ern industrial king and Senator
Wheeler. Montana, declares that
magazines and newspapers have been
commercialized.
WASHINGTON.—Prohbition Com
missioner Haynes declares that the
increased activities of rum runners
off the Atlantic coast are only creat
ing a market for home-made moon
shine that that most of the synthetic
stuff is smuggled out and in again.
NEW YORK.—British rum schoon
er Tomako is taken into custody off
New Jersey coast at request of de
partment of justice upon representa
tions that vessel had been definitely
identified with illegal landing of
liquor on American coast, United
States treasury officials announce.
$50,000 Is Added
Damages Asked of
Simmons by Evans
LITTLE ROCK, Nov. 27.—Alleg
ing that William J. Simmons, em
peror of the Ku Klux Klan, in his
answer to the SIOO,OOO libel suit
fl.ed against him several months ago
by Dr. H. W, Evans, imperial
wizard of the klan, had made
ch irges which in themselves
amounted to libel. Dr. Evans late
today through his attorney, filed
suit in Pulaski circuit court for an
additional $50,000 damages.
The case is scheduled for trial next
Monday.
Announcement of the intention to
amend the original declaration of
Dr. Evans came last night, following
the filing yesterday of the deposition
of Dr. Fred B. Johnston, of Atlanta,
who denied official connection with
the klan, and who declared he could
not identify the telegram upon which
the libel suit is based without read
ing the original. Dr. Johnston is
said to have received the message
while in Little Rock and given it
to local newspapers for publication.
Tn his deposition, Dr. Johnston said
he was Colonel Simmons’ “chief of
staff” for one day only.
General Flores a Candidate
For Mexican Presidency
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27.—General
Angel Flores, former governor of
Sinaloa state, announces that he will
seek the presidency without issuing
a platform. “Alhtough there mav
be the best intentiops to comply
with platform promises, -many times
circumstances prevent fuHfiiment,”
the announcement says.
ground, so that they were captured
shortly after their escape.
HIMM JOHNSON’S
PICK OF MM
INSURES .1 BATTLE
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Selec
tion of Frank H. Hitchcock to man
age the campaign of Senator Hiram
Johnson for the Republican nomina
tion for the presidency is the politi
cal sensation of the hour.
Mr. Hitchcock is known as the
most astute broker in delegates in
the recent history of American poli
tics. The mere announcement of
his connection wtih a campaign
means notice to other campaign man
agers that tnere will be a fight.
And a fight by the Hitchcock tactics ■
is something which usually results
in a nucleus of first choices and j
some understandings as to second I
choices when the delegates are as- •
sembled, a political give-and-take
system that is practiced in both the
Republican and Democratic parties
from time to time, but a system at
which Mr. Hitchcock usually has ;
been able to excel.
C. Bascom Slemp, private secre- I
tary to President Coolidge, knows'
the political game from the ground
up. and the forthcoming duel e
tween him and Mr. Hitchcock will
be worth watching, if indeed it be
comes visible to the naked eye.
Wide!}’ Experienced
Mr. Hitchcock has had all sorts of
experience, lie managed the Roose
velt campaign in 1904, and then the
Taft campaign in 1908. He stayed
out of the 1912 fight, but reappeared
in 1916. He visited Charles Evans i
Hughes when the latter was on the
supreme court bench, but received
not the slightest authority to go out j
and collect delegates. But he did so
on his own responsibility and came ;
to the Chicago convention with a
nucleus of delegates for Hughes, lie
took a prominent part in the cam
paign afterward, being in charge of
the western headquarters. In .1920
he wasn’t an active figure, but when •
the Johnson managers this year look- ;
ed around for a political manager I
whose name would’mean something
to prospective delegates they select
ed Frank Hitchcock. Rumor has it
that they tried to get John T. King,
of Connecticut, and also Will Hays,
but that neither would accept.
Mr. Hitchcock has away of bring- ;
Ing contesting delegations to the |
conventions. His main source of j
strength is in the south, though he I
has many friends in different parts
of the country, friends who nave
worked with him from the days
. when he dispensed offices in the
postoffice department over which he
presided.
Knows Local Politicians
He knows many former federal
officeholders, those who would hke
to have the jobs held by others and
who are taking an active part in
local politics. He knows how to
play on the strings of local factional
discontent and make Che most of his
opportunities.-
The only question Which arises is
how much Mr. Hitchcock can do in
the south ■where there are today
fewer delegates than before due to
the reapportionment. In South Caro
lina, Georgia and Mississippi, for
instance, there are only about seven
teen delegates in all as contrasted
with fifty-one in the “good old
I days.”
Similarly, the presidential primary \
has entered into the situation in many i
‘ states and the pledging of delegates I
• to go against a primary verdict is I
I not easy unless the men who run ■
; for delegates are not handpicked. ;
i Generally speaking, the regular Re- I
publican organizations will be for 1
President Coolidge and they will see
i to it that delegates are chosen who
will stick to the instruction of the
primaries or state conventions. Some
delegations will be persuaded, no
doubt, to switch at the psychological
moment, but the game now is to
pick the right kind of delegates and
make sure of their allegiance.
White House Advantage
i Mr. Hitchcock has the promises of
I the past and of persuasion i
that have been effective in the past. ■
The White House strategists have I
jobs ready to give. Witness, for
instance, the situation in South
Carolina, where dissatisfied Republi
can leaders who naturally control
I delegations have recently been satis
fied by the graceful disposition of
the right kind of patronage. No
trouble is anticipated there in hold
ing the delegates for Coolidge. The
situation in Georgia is in process of
being ironed out.
As for the west, particularly South
Dakota, it turns out that the recent
primaries do not mean so much
after all as some of the statutes
have been repealed on which it was
thought the delegates would have
to go instructed by the primary ver
dict. They can go uninstructed.
This means they can all keep an
anchor to windward and tack to the
Coolidge side if it looks as if the
president has pledged enough dele
gates to insure his nomination.
The campaign has begun. Frank
Hitchcock’s entry into the lists
means that the competition for dele
gates will be keen and what the
politicians are wont to describe as
“a rough and tumble fight with
bare knucks.” _____
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IDENTIFIES COOK JS
ONE OF FLOGGERS
MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 27.—A
dramatic story of how she and her
male companion. Stephen H. Mor
ton, were flogged on the night of
November 16 by an armed and
masked hand of men was related by
Mrs. Bertha Holcombe', a Smyrna,
Ga-, widow, Tuesday afternoon, in
the Cobb superior court at the, trial
of Parks G. Cook, an alleged mem
ber of the band, on an assault and
battery indictment.
Cook, who is jointly indicted with
I Keller Hasty, pitcher for the Phila
delphia American league baseball
team; Arthur and Frank Hasty, his
brothers; Tqm Black and Joe. Bram
lett, all of Cobb county, is the first
of the six men to be placed on trial.
Trial of the others will begin at the
conclusion of this case. During the
present trial the other indicted men
have been excluded from the court
room.
Mrs. Holcombe' declared she recog
nized Cook as a member of the gang
because he had been crying and
raised his mask to wipe away the
teat s. She also said she recognized
Cook’s voice when he told the crowd
to turn her loose and said to her,
“You will not be hurt.”
Captured at Car
Ti e ■woman said she and Morton '
were accosted while walking to her
home from the Marietta car line at 1
Smyrna; were pulled into two auto- '
mobiles, carried to a lonely spot in ■
the woods and flogged. ;
‘They whipped me,” she answered
to a direct question as to what was
done to her physically. She indi- <
cated with her hands that the whip ■
was three inches wide and two and <
one-half feet long. She said she was
struck seven or eight times and that ;
and was forced to bend over while 1
the lash was applied. <
At the conclusion of the cross- :
examination of Mrs. Holcombe, Judge >
D. W. Blair adjourned court until
8 a. m., Wednesday. The jury was ,
ordered locked up overnight.
Cross-examination of Mrs. Hol- ;
combe was featured by efforts of the ’
defense’s attorneys to draw from j
her an admission that she knew
Morton was a married man and that '
she herself was in jail in Chatta- .
nooga six months ago. The witness
said Morton told her he was getting
a divorce, but she emphatically de- ’
nied ever having been in jail at any j
place.
Morton was not in the courtroom, 1
and it was said he is not in Marietta. c
Solicitor’ General John S. Wood de- '
dined to state whether Morton was s
present. Chief of Police James L.
Beavers, of the Atlanta police force, 1
was in attendance, and it was ex- 1
pected that his testimony would deal .1
with Morton’s absence. Morton, it 1
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HOW HIGH WILL IT GO?
High Speed Elopers’
Motor Car Kills Boy;
Hits 4 Other Autos
HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. 27.
George Kenneth Whiteside, whom
New Have physicians were preparing
to confine for mental derangement,
and Miss Wiliford E. Wheaton, left
New Haven in an automobile this
morning, apparently to elope, dashed
up to Hartford at 60 miles an hour,
knocked down and killed John Fe
dora, 8, at Park and Main streets,
this city, sped north on Main street,
on the wrong side of the -street at
about 50 miles hour and crashed
into four automobiles.
The Fedora boy was knocked un
der the wheels of a trolley car and
his body cut in two.
Whiteside and Miss Wheaton were
only slightly injured.
Both were taken to a hopsital and
later Whiteside was sent to the Hart
ford Retreat for observation and con
...
finement.
Only a few details of Whiteside’s
mad ride from New Haven could be
learned. Motorists who were passed
by the car on the Berlin turnpike
say it was going at least 60 miles
an hour. A policeman on traffic
duty at Park and Main streets when
the car ran down John Fedora says
is was going at least miles an
hour, then, and passed so close to
him that he fell against his “stop
go” sign.
is said, disappeared several days ago
after his arrest in. Atlanta on a
whisky charge.
The courtroom is crowded and
keen interest io being manifested by
the spectators in every move and
word of the attorneys, the defend
ants and the principals.
Two Indictments for Each
There are two indictments against
each of the six men in connection
with the flogging, the one on which
Cook is now on trial, and another in
which Cook and the five other men
are charged with assault and bat
tery in connection with the flogging
of S. H, Morton, the > companion of
Mrs. Holcombe on the night of No
vember 16.
The defendants and their witness
es were in court yesterday, demand
ing an early’ trial, but .Solicitor John
S. Wood, desiring to dispose of all
jail cases first, in view of the plan
to adjourn court Wednesday night,
postponed the case till today. Mrs
Holcombe also was present, but fi.
H. Morton was absent.
Ever since their arrest, the six
men held in the case have stoutly
asserted their innocence, claiming
that they w.t’e elsewhere at the time
the flogging took place, and it is un
derstood that they have some forty
witnesses summoned to testify in!
support of their alibis.
Solicitor Wood is being assisted by
Morris, Wallace and Hawkins, while
the defendants are represented by
Fred Morris, Lindley Camp, John T-
Dorsey and Mozley & Gann.
TRAIN ROBBERY
SUSPECTS HELD
IN FLORIDA JAIL
BUSHNELL. Fla., Nov. 27.
Three men, believed by the sheriff
to be the D’Autremont brothers, Roy,
Ray and Hiigh, wanted in connection
with the holdup and robbery of
Southern Pacific passenger train,
No. 13, in the Siskiyou mountains on
the California-Oregon state line, Oc
tober 11, last, are being held in the
county jail here, it became known
today.
Although the sheriff would not go
I into details of their capture, he ad
| mitted that the three suspects were
' taken into custody near here late
! last week, and that western authori
| ties had been requested to furnish
I photographs and more detailed de
' scriptions of the persons wanted.
A reward of $14,400 was offered
jointly by the railroad, the Ameri
can Railway Express company and
the federal government for the ar
rest and conviction of each person
implicated in the crime. At least
j three persons participated, accord-
I Ing to the authorities, who broad
i cast photographs of the brothers‘and
i advised that they be held Incom;
; municado.
Roy and Ray are twins, twenty
| three years old, and resemble each
; other very closely, it was said. Ray
| was sentenced to a year in the Wash
, ington state reformatory about a
I year ago, according to the notice,
| which did not state the charge un
der which he was .convicted or why
he did not serve the sentence. All
three men are said to be loggers,
speak Spanish fluently and formerly
lived at Lakewood, N. M. Hugh is
nineteen years old.
The holdup was staged at the
mouth of tunnel 13, just as the train
was emerging. The engineer, fire
| man and another railway employe
riding in the engine were shot and
instantly killed. The mail car was
then blown open. A mail clerk, only
occupant of the car, was killed by
the explosion of dynamite. After
rifling the car the bandits escaped.
Mr. W. S. Richardson,
Leading Dalton Citizen,
Dies of Auto Injuries
DALTON, Ga., Nov. 27.—Mr. Wal
ter S. Richardson, a leading citizen
and member of the firm of Strain &
Richardson, prominent lumber mill
men of Dalton, died at 6 o’clock this
morning in a local hospital, where
he was carried last night after being
struck and fatally injured by an au
tomobile driven by Elbert Long, of
Chattanooga. The car was one of a
string of nine owned by D. S. Eth
eridge, Ford dealer of Chattanooga,
and was being driven through from
Atlanta. The accident happened on
the, main business street.
Nine in One Family
Are Burned to Death
As Fire Sweeps Home
CONFLUENCE, Pa., Nov. 26.—(8y
the Associated Press.)- —Samuel Ros
coe, his wife and seven children were
burned to death early today when
their horn© on a hill half a mile from
the village was destroyed. All the
bodies have been recovered.
Roscoe, who had been a miner,
recently bought a farm and moved
his family into an old house of log
and frame construction, built al
most a century ago. When the
flames spread so rapidly and before
help could reach the family, the
structure collapsed.
The police expressed the opinion
that the fir© was caused by an over
heated stpye.
6 CENTS A COPY,
$1 A YEAR.
INCOME TAX BILL
PASSED BF HOOSE
WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Kills Levy on Atlan
ta's Opera Season in Vot
ing on General Tax Meas
ure
The Georgia house of representa
fives Wednesday began considera
tion of the Ennis bill providing for
a department of revenue to enforce
the collection of taxes, after pass
ing the Lankford income tax bill at
a .session that extended until after
night Tuesday. The vote on the
Lankford bill was 141 to 51, or three
more than the required majority.
The Ennis bill provides for the
creation of a department of revenue
consisting of a commissioner of
revenues to be appointed by the gov
ernor, and six deputies who will be
charged with the collection of all
special taxes due the state. The bill
provides a salary of $4,000 for the
commissioner, and S2OO per month
tor the deputies.
Milner Oilers Substitute
Representative Milner, of Dodge
county, offered a substitute provid
ing that the comptroller general be
charged with the collection of all
special taxes, including the motor
vehicle tax, which is now collected
by the secretary of state. The sub- ~
stitute provided that the comptroller
general give an additional bond in
the sum of SIOO,OOO, on which the
premium would be paid by the state,
and that he be authorized to appoint
six field agents at salaries of S2OO
per month each.
Representative Boswell, of Greene
county, and others offered a substi
tute providing that the comptroller
general should collect all special
taxes with the aid of a field fore©
of six deputies an,d should be allowed
an additional clerk at a salary of
$3,600 per year.
Representative Linder, of Jeff Da
vis county, offered a substitute pro
viding that all oil and fertilizer in
spectors working under the depart
ment of agriculture, be discharged
and that the sheriffs’ and tax collec
tors of the various counties be re- '
quired to perform the duties of such
inspectors.
Field Agents Proposed
Representative Harrell, of Stewart
county, offered a substitute provid
ing that the governor supervise the
collection of all special taxes and be
authorized to appoint one field agent
in each congressional district, who
should be paid 10 per cent of the
delinquent taxes he collects and one
half of the fines.
In arguing for 'his measure Rep
resentative Ennis, of Baldwin coun
ty, declared that the Milner substi
tute would take from the secretary
of state the collection of the auto
mobile tax, from which he derives
most of his commissions and thia
would be unfair in view of the fact
that no charges had been made
against the secretary.
Mr. Milner replied that the high
way department had lost more than
$500,000 last year through failure
to collect the automobile license tax,
although the secretary of state is
authorized to appoint deputies to
collect this tax.
Representative Moore, of Appling
county, charged that many sheriffs
drive automobiles without a license
tag, and make no effort to aid in
the enforcement of the automobile
law.
The house Wednesday morning
voted to adjourn at *the end of the
day’s session until next Monday
morning at 10 o’clock in order that
the members might go home for
Thanksgiving. The senate immedi
ately concurred in the house ad
journment resolution which was in
troduced by a number of representa
tives. The vote for adjournment in
the house was 114 to 40.
Representative Parks,- of Terrell
county, led a fight to continue the
I session through the week-end in an
! effort to complete the program and
adjourn finally on Saturday night,
but opponents of his plan declared
it would be impossible to pass on all
the measures included in the gov
ernor’s call without coming back
next week.
“No Pay” Plan Vetoed
Representative Stanford, Lowndes
county, offered an amendment w
the resolution providing that Novefn
her 29, 30, December 1 and 2 be
dared dies non so that the member*
would draw no pay while they were
at home, but this amendment was
defeated by a vote of 122 to 29.
The Lankford bill, which provides
for an income tax not to exceed
five per cent, and the reduction of
th*, ad valorem tax rate from fUe
mills to three mills, has already
passed tTie senate, but was amend
ed in several instances and must go
back to the senate for ratification
of the amendments. It is the gen
eral prediction that the senate will
accept the amendments, or that the
differences will be ironed out by 2
conference committee.
Provisions of Bill
The exact form of the Lankford
bill ns finally adopted in the houso
was as follows:
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same, that para
graph one Cl), section two (2), artl«
cle seven (7), of the constitution of
the state of Georgia be, and the same
is hereby amended by adding at the
end of said paragraph the following
language:
“The general assembly shall also
have power to levy taxes upon In
comes, from whatever source de
rived, for state purposes only, which
taxes may be graduated, the rate in
no case to exceed five per cent and
the law levying the same may cow
tain exemptions.
“Section 3. Be it enacted by th*
general assembly that article seven
(7), section one (1), paragraph two
(2) of the constitution of the stat*
of Georgia be amended by adding
thereto the following words:
“Which maximum rate shall be
reduced from five mills to three
mills •whenever provision has been
made in this constitution authoriz
ing the levy And collection of taxes
upon incomes.”
Voting on the proposed amend
ments to the Lankford bill and its
five substitutes began at 4:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon and ended at 7:35
o’clock at night. The committee
amendments were adopted by large
majorities, but other proposed amend
ments were defeated.