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VOL. XXV. NO. 202
■ iO KILLED WHEN
Jffl 15 ROCKED
■ ‘ By SEVERE (W
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Train Topples Into River,
Water Mains, Communi
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cation and Railway Service
Broken During Shocks
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£ TOKIO, Jan. 15.—(8y the Asso-
Press.)—Fifty persons are
**-.to have been killed in
,‘1 Tokio, Yokohama and the outside
! districts in today’s earthquake, while
■ Jnany persons were injured. No cas
tualties among foreigners have been
I te ported.
i The quake, the first heavy tem-
* : blor since the disastrous convulsions
I of last September, occurred at 5:45
©’clock. The shock approached those
• ©f September 1 in intensity, but was
comparatively brief in duration.
I- The Imperial hotel,, filled with
American travelers, many here as a
result of reconstruction necessitated
: by the September catastrophe, quick
ly emptied as the hostelry trembled.
A. near panic ensued as the guests
rushed for safety outside the struc
ture. No casualties were reported,
* however.
Thousands of residents of Tokio
were eating in the streets this morn
ing, not daring to return to their
homes.
Rai! Service Halted
- Railway service west of Tokio has
been suspended as a result of the
[ damage by the quake. Local street
. tailway lines suspended service for
a. half hour after the shock, but serv-
« ! ice was resumed when a cursory ex
amination revealed that the lines
bad not been permanently impaired.
One report stated GOO houses had
been demolished in Yokohama.
Odawara, a. city on Kawatsu bay,
about seventy-five miles southwest
of here, suffered the greatest dam
age, as it did last September when
•Vast se.tions of Yokohama and Tokio
and surrounding cities virtually were
.« destroyed.
Water mains were ripped from
their places, and water flooded the
streets and hundreds of homes in
the two cities after the shock this
morning.
Big buildings of modern construc
tions, which were badly damaged
and in many instances still in partial
, ruin from the disaster of last Sep
tember, were further damaged.
The cabinet went into session im
mediately after the earthquake to
consider relief measures and to ob
tain Information regarding the ex
tent of the damage.
The stock market suspended op
-1 ©rations owing to the failure of com-
■ ' munieations.
%RAIN THROWN IN RIVER
BY VIOLENT EARTH SHOCK
< OSAKA, Jan. 15.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —One train was thrown
Into a river at Banyugawa and six
Trains overturned between Gotemba
end Tokio. as a result of the earth
quake which shook Tokio and the
VJcinity this morning.
Storm Warnings on Gulf
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Advis
ory southeast storm warnings have
been ordered displayed along the
Gulf coast from Bay St. Louis to
Apalachicola, the weather bureau an
nounced this afternoon.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
Virginia: Clearing.
Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia.: Clearing: Increasing
an winds.
Florida: Cloudy; fresh and possibly
•trong so„ Meast winds.
Alabama, Extreme Northwest Flor.
Ida. Missisisippi: a Fir and colder.
Tennessee and Kentucky; Fair and
.Colder.
Louisiana: Cloudy, colder.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
; Oklahoma: Generally fair.
East Texas: Partly cloudy, colder.
West Texas: Partly cloudy, snow
flurries in the Pan Handle.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
PEKIN. —Dr. Luther Emmett ,
Holt, noted child specialist, dies of
heat disease.
NEW YORK. —Dr. Maurice Fran
cis Egan, former United States min
ister to Denmark, dies.
DRESDEN.—Municipal elections
throuhout Saxony resulted in crush
ing defeat for United Socialist party.
PEKIN. —Mrs. Julina Kileh, kid
naped American missionary, has
been rescued from Chinese bandits.
GALVESTON, Texas. —Forfeiture
proceedings against British schooner
Island Home, alleged rum runner,
are set for hearing in federal court.
WASHINGTON—Chairman Green,
of house ways and means commit
tee, declares flood of amendments
may make it essentially impossible
to pass tax legislation.
ATLANTA. —William Joseph Sim
mons, founder of Ku Klux Klan,
calls upon fellow klansmen to ig
nore Evans’ order banishing him
and E. Y. Clarke from that organiza
tion.
WASHINGTON. — William G. Mc-
Adoo asserts that, he has avoided tak
ing any part in the selection of city
for Democratic national convention,
but that his natural choice is San
Francisco.
EL PASO. —Accompanied by guard
of fifty infantrymen, car load of am
muition and rifles sent across bor
der by American military authori
ties, is shipped south to Chihuahua
to federal forces.
WASHINGTON—Wayne B. Whee
ler quotes Chairman Green as de
claring that there is no chance of
house, ways and means committee
considering any taxation plan that
will provide return of light wines and
beer.
NEW YORK.—Special committee
of the Presbytery of New York ex
onerates Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson
Fosdick of heresy cha-ges, but criti
cises him for his sermon in 1922 call
ed “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”
LONDON. —J. Ramsay MacDon
ald in hou'se of commons appeals
for restoration of British influence
in Europe and assails “scare mon
gers” for having injured nation’s
interests in their attack on labor.
SPRING FIELDT~Mass.—Wood row
Wilson, in letter to man on staff of
Springfield, Mass., Republican, con
demns Senator David I. Walsh as a
man who "proved a great disappoint
ment to all Democrats who sincerely
believe in the high principles which
he has so signally failed to main
tain.” s
SAN FRANCISCO?—Serious earth
quake has visited Tokio, wireless
message from Tomioka anonunces,
and news is later confirmed from
other sources. Communication be
tween Tokio and Kobe was cut off.
The express from Kobe was stopped
at Kozu, owing to damage to road
bed.
WASHlNGTON^—lnterstate com
merce commission orders practically
every large railroad in the country
to equip its mileage with automatic
train control devices. Pennsylvania
nailroad’s crack trains are h:ld up
at Indianapolis when Inspectors of
the interstate commerce commission
order locomotives out of commission:
fifty locomotives are taken off at
Fort Wayqe when examiners declare
them unfit for use in their present
condition.
Zero Weather for
Chicago; Six-Inch
Snowfall There
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—Zero weather
was expected to reach Chicago and
vicinity tonight, with the crest of
the cold wave probably tomorrow.
Below zero temperatures prevail to
day from central lowa northward,
; the weather bureau announced.
A six-inch snow in Chicago today
caused the death of George Castle,
when, blinded by the flying flakes,
he walked in front of an elevated
train. Malach Moughton was prob
ably fatally injured in another ele
vated accident and three trainmen
were injured when a Michigan Cen
tral baggage train engineer was un
able to see signals and his train of
three cars was derailed.
, LITTLE NECK, N. Y.—Peter
j Newell, famous humorist artist and
[ writer, dies. ’
MARION, Ohio. —Marion is warn
[ ed it may lose Harding memorial if
I it tries to commercialize the propo
'■ sition.
sengers are slightly Injured when
westbound Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific train No. 53 is derailed near
here.
WEST PALM BEACH.—Deputies
take to woods again to capture Jihn
Ashley, escaped outlaw, charged
with murder.
SYDNEY, N. S. —Mine operators
and heads of miners’ union failed to
agree on contract to replace expired
one affecting 12,000 miners.
BOSTON.—The word “scofflaw”
was selected from 25,000 suggested
as one best calculated to "stab awake
conscience of lawless drinker.
CHICAGO.—Farmer-manufacturer
conference declares against govern
mental fixing of prices on agricul
tural or other commodities.
ATLANTA. —All Confederate vet
erans are invited to attend unveil
ing of head o£ Robert E. Lee on
Stone mountain January 13.
LOUISVILLE}. —Advance of 2 cents
a gallon in price of gasoline in Ken
tucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor
gia and E’lorida is announced by
Standard Oil company.
CHlCAGO.—National Christian
Council of China has protested
against playing of Mah Jong by
American church members, Rev.
Paul Hutchison. Methodist, says.
INDIANAPOLIS. —American Le
gion executive committee opposes
substitution of ordinary headstones
for crosses on graves of American
soldiers in European cemeteries.
JACKSON. —House of the Missis
sippi legislature invites William G.
McAdoo and Oscar W. Underwood,
candidates for Democratic presiden
tial nomination, to address tl.at
body.
MANILA. —Mandamus proceedings
to compel Governor General Wood
to make public details of expendi
tures from $500,000 annual independ
ence fund were dismissed by the in
sular supreme court.
WASHINGTON.—Secretary Mel
lon in letter to Senator Couzens, of
Michigan, cites latter’s investment
in tax exemption securities as argu
ment supporting Mr. Mellon’s pro
posals for tax legislation.
NEW YORK.—Payment of $562,-
871 from estate of Jay Gould to each
of seven children of George Gould
by his first marriage is ordered, and
same amounts set aside for children
of his second marriage.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—An
agreement is reached between at
torneys for Mrs. Eula F. Croker, and
internal revenue authroities where
by payments of income and inheri
tance taxes on the Croker estate will
be made.
LONDON. —Lloyd George asserts j
that he f.nds reference in the king’s
speech to American liquor issues “a [
little ambiguous" and says that com
mons is entitled to some explana
tion about smuggling of spirits from i
I Great Britain and dominions.
CRUiSEH W
PILES BP IS MILES
OFF MEXICO PORT
’ GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 16. ,
The United States cruiser Tacoma,
on its way to Vera Cruz, is aground [
and In distress on the Banquillas [
reefs, sixteen miles from Vera Cruz
. and is sending out distress calls, ac
• cording to advi<- received at the
1 hydrographic of here today.
Wireless messages intercepted- by
I the naval station here sent out by
the Tacoma at 6:25 a. m. appealed to
the American consul at Vera Cruz
for two strong tugs, saying that un
less the tugs arrived within two
' hours it might be too late to pull
| the warship off the reef.
CRUISER RICHMOND IS
SENT TO AID OF TACOMA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The
i light cruiser Richmond, en route
from New Orleans to Panama, has
. been instructed by radio to go to
[ the assistance of the cruiser Tacoma,
{aground on Bianquillas reef, off Vera
| Cruz.
I WASHINGTON ACTS TO LIFT
REBEL TAMPICO BLOCKADE
WASHINGTON, Jan. lb.—Steps.
are being taken by the Washington
government to stop interference with
American vessels off Tampico by
the blockade set up by the De lai
Huerta revolutl >nary group, and I
also to reopen cable and wireless
( communication with Mexico to com-[
j mtreial and other interests in the
j United States.
j De la Huerta, as an individual, is
, to be informed by the state depart-
I meat that the United States cannot
pei mit interruption of the legitimate,
1 non-political commerce of its na
tionals and representations have been
made to the Obregon government
calling attention to the embarrass-
I n.ent of Americans by the closing
t of cable service between this coun
try and Vera Cruz. The navy depart
ment meanwhile, had dispatched the
i cruiser Tacoma from Galveston to
Vera Cruz to open general radio com
munication with that port at once.
E. N. Hurley Is Named
1 On Debt Funding Board
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Edward
I N. Hurley, Chicago business man
land former chairman o fthe chipping
' board, was nominated by President
> Coolidge today to the Democratic va
cancy on the debt funding commis
sion,
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS
TURN OEAF EAR TO
BRYAN’S AMBITIONS
Political Buffoonery Laid to
Commoner in Effort to Be
Convention Delegate.
Fetchler’s Friends Riled
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Leased Wire Service to 'Hie Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 16.
William Jennings Bryan faces one
of the most crucial tests of his long
and tempestuous political life in his
effort to be named a delegate at
large from Florida to the Democrat
ic national convention.
At the present moment the
chances seem to be all against the
great commoner, but as the primaries
are not held until the first of next
June there may be a change of sen
timent in his favor. Three times the
national standard bearer of his i)ar
ty, Mr. Bryan may’ be turned down
in his aaopted state for the compar
atively lowly office of national con
vention delegate.
Mr. Bryan's latest move in an
nouncing that he is for Dr. A. A.
Murphree, head of the Florida state
university, for president of the i
United States has reacted against |
him rather than in his favor. It |
has given his political enemies the |
chance to say Mr. Bryan is “drag
ging in” the eminent educator as a ■
stalking horse and that the Common
er still has ambitions which lie in
the direction of the White House.
When Mr. Bryan first announced
some time ago that he had a dark
horse up his sleeves, a dry’ southern
progressive, some persons thought
he was going to name Josephus Dan
iels, of North Carolina. Mr. Bryan
blasted that idea, however, by say
ing ne had narrowed his choice to a
Floridian. Then the political wise
acres and the paragraphers of the
country all jumped to the conclusion
that Mr. Bryan coyly was about to
nominate himself.
Opposed by Fletcher’s Friends
Mr. Murphree is greatly admired
down here in Florida, but is realized
by his closest friends that national
ly he is known only among the
higher educational circles. Political
ambition has not been attributed to
him in any degree. So Mr. Bryan’s
announcement for him seems to have
been but another of a number of
moves which have made the former
Nebraskan a bit unpopular with the
Florida Democrats.
First of all there Is a belief that
Mr. Bryan is grooming himself to
contest tlie seat of Senator Duncan
Fletcher two years, from now. This
has naturally caused resentment
among the Fletcher supporters, and
Mr. Bryan has not appeased them
by including the senator among the
Florida Democrats he would be glad
to support in the event of his nomi
nation. The Democrats down here
know full well that no Floridian has
a chance to be named for the presi
dency at this time, and they regard
Mr. Bryan’s enthusiasm for a Florid
ian as a piece of political buffoonery
which they do net relish.
Underwood Opposition
Mr. Bryan further has announced
that if he is elected a delegate to the
national convention, he will oppose
with all his heart and soul any’ at
tempt to nominate Senator Oscar
Underwood, of Alabama. The com
moner regards the Alabamian as a
“wet” and a reactionary, two things
that are anathema to him. It so
happens, however, that Mr. Under
wood has quite a following in this
state and may’ get the delegation. If
the Underwood sentiment grows and
the Bryan opposition to him con
tinues. as everyone expects it to, this
fact will further militate against Mr.
Bryan's chances of ever getting to
the convention.
The Florida Democrats have not
yet assimilated the distinguished Ne
braskan. Many of them still look
upon him as an outsider and are
reluctant to turn down their own
kind to heap political honors on the
“newcomer,” despite his notable
past.
Tn standing for delegate at large,
Mr. Bryan will have to be voted for
all over the state. It will be the test
of his political future. It elected, he
undoubtedly’ will go forward with
his senatorial plans. It defeated, it
may mean his political end. Personal
ly, Mr. Bryan Is extremely popular
here in his new environment, but
politically the Democrats of the state
say’ they do not believe he will play’
hall with them but will be beholden
unto himself a® a delegate. It may
be therefore that Mr. Bryan will
have to sit in the New York conven- I
tion on a proxy or not at all.
Gasoline Up Two Cents
In Southeast Thursday;
All Concerns in Line
Gasoline will advance two cents
per gallon in Atlanta on Thursday,
making the retail price 20 cents in
stead of IS cents per gallon.
The Standard Oil company, which
announced the advance, also indi
cated that the increased price will
be effective throughout the terri
' tory served by’ the Standard Oil
■ Company’ of Kentucky, including
| five states. Georgia. Alabama. Mis-
I sissippi, Florida and Kentucky.
Other oil companies, such as the
I Texas. Gulf. Reed and Wofford.
’ have indicated that they will follow
the advance.
Fuqua Maintains Lead
In Louisiana Primary,
With Bouanchaud Next
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 16.—With
returns from nearly one-half the
I precincts in the state primary yes
terday’ counted, Henry L. Fuqua
continued to lead for governor. 624
of precincts gave Fuqua 4 s .-
Tc" Hewitt Fouanchaud 37,172: and
Huey F. Long
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STATE TOBACCO TAX L
IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
JUDGE BELL RULES
The 10 per cent tax on retail sales ’
of cigars and cigarettes was declared {
constitutional in a decision rendered
Wednesday’ afternoon by’ Judge
George L. Bell, in Fulton superior
court. The judge denied the peti
tion for an injunction, restraining en
forcement of the new tax act, as
sought by a group of Atlanta deal
ers.
The judge's decision automatically
dissolved the temporary restraining
order which has held up enforcement
of the act for more than two weeks'
and attorneys for the tibaeco deal-1
ers immediately sought to have the i
judge grant a supersedeas, pending!
an appeal to the, Georgia supreme i
court.
After hearing from both sides on i
the question of the supersedeas,
Judge Bell directed that both sides
bold a conference in the attempt to
agree upon an order concerning this
feature of the case, and that Attor
ney General George M. Napier sub
mit. an order for his approval.
In rendering his decision from the
bench, orally. Judge Bell held that
the arguments and decisions cited
did not, in his opinion, act ‘to nullify i
the act, which was passed at the last
session of the legislature.
If the Hi per cent tobacco retail
tax is declared unconstitutional the j
state faces the possibility also of
losing the $3,000,000 revenue expect
ed this year from the gasoline tax. <
it was asserted Wednesday morning |
by Attorney General George M. Na- '
pier, arguing before Judge Bell.
Colonel Napier said the two meas
ures are similarly constituted and
that the fuel tax measure provides
for a division of revenue, just as
is provided by the tobacco tax law,
and which point has been made the
basis of the attack by the retailers.
The attorney general pointed out
that the fuel tax provides for appro
priations to the state highway de
partment, to retiring the W. & A.
rental notes and for payments to
the counties for road construction
work.
Three appropriations are combined
in the fuel tax measure, Colonel Na
pier said, just as two appropriations
are combined in the tobacco tax
layv, part of the funds goin = to the |
erection of a tubercular sanitarium j
at Alto and the remainder to be ;
used in the payment of Confederate ;
pensions.
If both measures were declared un
constitutional, the attorney general;
said, the state would lose $7,000,000 1
in yearly revenue, since the tobacco ■
tax is expected to bring in $4,000,000. ;
Mr. Napier also contended that the j
incorporation of more than one sub- '
ject matter in an appropriation i
measure Is not unconstitutional, and I
he recited a number of decisions in
support of his contention.
Colonel Napier was followed by At
torney Mark Bolding, who com- .
pleted the final argument for the '
plaintiffs shortly after 1. o’clock j
Wednesday afternoon.
One Accident in Every
Two and Half Minutes
Is United States Record
CHICAGO. Jan. 16.—Every 28
minutes during the last year a per
son was killed on the highways of
the United States, and everv 2.5
minutes some person was injured,
N. M. Isabella, assistant mainte
nance engineer of the Wisconsin
highway commission today told th- >
convention of the American Road i
Builders' association.
Highway accidents claimed a tolii
of 15,000 lives, and caused 1.700,000;
injuries, he declared, pointing out I
that the death rate from automo-;
] biles has increased from apnroxi-
I mately nine deaths to evr-ry 100.'•
! ’■•nnulatio’i in 1 r, 17 -,r> 13 6 per H ' .-
j 'JOO la 1923. _
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, January 17, 1924
ON WITH THE DANCE
NEW PRESIDENT OF CEN- j I
TRAL OF GEORGIA. L. A. I |
Downs, vice president, was
elected by the board of direc- |
tors Wednesday to succeed the {
late President Winburn.
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DOWNS PBESIOENT.
POLLARD MANAGER
OF CENTRAL OF GA.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 16—At a
special meeting of the board of di
rectors of ’.he Central of Georgia
railway today, L. A. Downs, vice
president, was elected president to
succeed Mr. William A. Winburn, de
ceased.
Mr. Downs was also elected as
president, as a director and as an
executive committeeman of the
Ocean Steamship company at a
meeting of the directors of that
company. He succeeds Mr. Win
burn, deceased.
H. D. Pollard, general superintend- {
ent, was appointed general manager,
; and the office of general superintend- j
' ent was abolished.
! Charles T. Airey, vice president ;
i and traffic manager, was elected a |
I member of the board of directors.
- This is in recognition of his rplendid j
[success in handling traffic matters |
[of the road. . i
Each of these men are now in the {
i service of the Central and have been j
jfor several years. Their headquar- i
I ters is in Savannah.
Mr. Downs began his railroad serv
ice in 1895 with the Vandalia rail-
J road. He has served in various ca
pacities with the Illinois Central and
’he Centra; cf Georgia railway, be
coming vice president and general
manager March 1. 1920.
; Mr. Pollard started his railroad ca
reer with the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad as a rodman in 1892. He
! came with the Central railway in
■ 1899 as a transit man and has been
steadily promoted. He left the serv
i ice of the Central, 1911 to 1913. to
, become inspector general of the aux
[ iliary railway at Porto Alegre, Brazil.
I He was made general superintendent
I of the Central in 1920.
Slemp Back at Desk
Washington. Jan. 16 —c. Eas
i com Slemp. secretary to President
Coolidge, returned to hi? desk today
sf'»r a three weeks’ vacation In .
Florida, ‘
GASOLINE TAX NETS
COMES 5231.178;
CHECKS ARE MAILED
Checks aggregating $231,178.48
and representing Che portions due
the various counties In the state
from the gasoline tax collected for
the first quarter under the new law
fixing the rate at 3 cents per gallon,
were mailed to the counties Wednes
day by Captain W. E. Speer, state
treasurer. The new law became ef
fective on October 1, 1923, and the
total collections for the months of
October, November and December
were $693,535.44. The counties get
one-third of this amount, the state
treasury one-third, and the state
highway department one-third.
Emanuel county, with a road mile
age of 109.2, drew the largest check,
for $4,081.66. Rockdale county, with
9.2 miles of highway, drew the small
est, for $343.88. Fulton county re
ceived $1,532.49, and DeKalb county
$1,087.70.
The mileage was computed on the
basis of the allotment of federal aid
for highway construction in the va
rious counties.
The various counties received the
following amounts:
Figures By Counties
Appling. $1,794.14; Atkinson, sl,
222.26; Bacon, $1,539.97; Baker,
$571.88; Baldwin, $1,704.43; Banks.
$1,196.09; Barrow, $1 069.01; Bartow,
$2,100.64; Ben Hill, $504.60; Ber
rien, $1,883.85; Bibb. $1,506.33; Bleck
ley, $698.97; Brantley, $1,420.36;
Brooks, $1,745.55.
Bryan. $2,141.75; Bulloch, $2,336.12;
Burke, $2,354.81; Butts, $1,225.99,
(lalhovn, $863.43; Camden, $1,439.05;
Campbell. $777.46; Candler, $1,001.73;
Carroll, $2,594.03; Catoosa, $541,98;
Charlton, $736.34; Chatham, $1,549.87;
Chattahoochee, $1,390.46: Chat’ooga,
$1,330.65; Cherokee, $889.59; Clarke,
$1,214 78; Clay, $1,330.G5.
Clayton, $1,121.34; Clinch. $878.38;
Cobb, $1,958 60; Coffee. $1,315.70;
Colquitt, $1,891.32; Columbia, sl,-
341.87; Cook, $803.62; Coweta, $2.-
194.08; Crawford, $1,767.97; Crisp,
$1,640.89; Dade, $900.81; Dawson,
$396.21; Decatur, $2,145.49; DeKalb,
$1.987.70.
Dodge. $1,379.24; Dooly. $1,424.10;
Dougherty. $1,237.21; Douglas,
$6.87.75; Early, $1,169.93; Echols
$687.75; Effingham, $1,293.27: El
bert, $1,876.37; Emmanuel, $4,081.66;
Evans, $489.65; Fanning, $1,136.25;
Fayette. $930.71; Floyd, $1,786.66:
Forsyth, $1,069.01.
Franklin, $1,917.49; Fulton, sl,-
532.49; Gilmer, $1,039.11; Glascock,
$422.37; Glenn, $2,246.41; Gordon, $2,-
410.87; Grady, $1,057.79; Green, sl,-
958.60; Gwinnett. $2,09.3.16; Haber
sham, $1,416.62; Hall, $2,276.31; Han
cock, $1,977.29; Haralson, $1,397.93;
' Harris, $844.74.
Hart, $1,054.06: Heard, $784.94;
! Henry, $1,128.81; Houston, $3,375.22;
i Irwin, $1,536.23; Jackson, $1,708.17;
I Jasper, $1,704.43; Jeff Davis, $949.40;
[Jefferson. $2,366.42; Jenkins, sl,-
603.51; Johnson, $605.52; Jones, sl,-
1838.99; Lamar, $1,225.99; Lanier,
■ $713.92.
Ur.u-ens. $2,945.38; Lee, $799.89;
[ Liberty, $1,667.05; Lincoln, $822.31;
I Long, $1,450.2; Ixiwndes, $2,578.34;
I Lumpkin, $1,566.13; Macon, $2,037.09;
Madison, $1,820.30; Marion, $1,285.80;
McDuffie, $] 166.19; Mclntosh. $1 ,-
513.80; Meriwether, $2,089.42; Miller,
$575.62.
Milton, $373.78; iMtchell, $1,962.34;
Monroe, $1,536.23; Montgomery,
$882.12; Morgan, $1,442.79; Murray,
$1 439.05; Muscogee, $1,502.59; New
ton, $934.45; Oconee, $1,375.51; Ogle
thorpe, $725.13; Paulding, $859.69;
Pickens. $1,184.48.
Pierce, $818.58: Pike, $1,427.84:
Polk. $1,536.23; Pulaski, $1,528.76;
Putnam, $2,074.47; Quitman, sl.-
405.41; Rabun. $1,558.66; Randolph,
$1,491.38; Richmond. $2,167.92;
Rockdale, $343.88; Schley, $1,072.75;
Screven, $1,128.81; Seminole, $523.29.
Spalding, $1,453.26; Stevens.
$934.45; Stewart, $2,616.45; Sumter,
$2,100.64; Talbot, $1,652.10: Talia
ferro. $504.60: Tattnall, 51.951.13;
Tavlor, $1,240.95; Telfair. $1,319.44;
Terrell. $1,293.27; Thomas. $2,508.06;
j Tift. $1,753.02; Toornb®. *1.62.'.94.
i Jowns, $1,061.93; (I’reutUij, ssJtO.j7:
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51 A YEAR.
HIGHESfBMN
CONVENTION FOR
H YORK CITY
Klan Issue Expected to Bob
Up in Writing Platform. I
New York World Taking
Part in Party Affairs ■
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1921.) t
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Selec- ?
tion of New York City as the meet
ing place of the Democratic national
convention led to nil sorts of infer
ences today as to the “significance”
of the move.
Any one who followed the Inside
discussions cannot help reaching the ij
conclusion that a variety 0$ circum
stances, no one of them controlling,
brought about New York’s victory’.
To say it was a defeat for the Mc-
Adoo men who wanted San Fran
cisco is as illogical as to call it a
victory’ for Governor Al Smith.
Money’ talked. The Democrats are
hard up. They were ready to send ?!
their delegates across the continent
when San Francisco’s offer was high
est. The New York bid won the auc- J
tion.
"But it the Influences that led to ■
the selection of New York were
numerous, the effects are even more c
sc. There can be no question that 3
two planks will get more attention
I now in the discussion of a national 1
platform than they might ohterwise 7
have-got: in. One is prohibition, and
the other is the Ku Klux Klan.
New York has a decidedly “wet” J-j
sentiment, and the atmosphere un
doubtedly will be such that a pro
posal for the modification of the
Volstead act will be brought up.
Whether the convention adopts it J
is quite another matter. The fight
in the San Francisco convention for
a light wine and beer plank occu
pied a day of debate.
Must Face Klan Issue
As for the Ku Klux Klan, the
Democratic party in the north draws
much of its strength from the Irish
voters. One of the leading “bosses” -
in the Democratic party told the
writer that since the K. K. K. agi
tition the Jews were beginning to J
vo:e (he Democratic ticket, and that >
in an important municipal election
two wards containing a predominant
I r j. tuber of colored voters were car
ried almost solidly by the Demo
mats.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama,
has already declared himself in fa
vor of an anti-Ku Klux Klan plank.
The Democratic party will have to
meet the issue if it is brought be
fore the convention, and present
i rcspects are that it will be. There
is a mevement inside the Republican !
party’ fy do the same thing at -the k-z
Republican convention at Cleveland.
If the Republicans evade the ques
tion, the Democrats are liable to
argue that they may make political *
capita! out of a platform plank T;
which opposes the K. K. K. If the
Republicans insert it in their plat- I
form, the Democrats will find them- |
selves compelled to do likewise, '-.1
The selection of New York was |
sought by a variety of interests each |
of wh'ch saw advantages to the
;arty’ in meeting in the Empire 4
state. Probably the strongest in- 3
fluence was that ot the New York
World, whose advocacy of New York
as the 1924 meeting place began
many months ago. On the ground
nt the meeting of the national com
mittee were Herbert Bayard Swope,
executive editor, and Arthur B. j
Krock assistant to Ralph Pulitzer,
owner of the World. The World
fought the adoption of the eight
eenth amendment, and has persist
ently pointed out the flaws in the
Volstead ai t.
World’s Influence Strong
While the selection of a meeting
place for a. national convention is
not a,, a rule influenced by what
r.ewspafers are published in the
city, it is a. fact that some of the
arguments used against certain cit- 1
In the race related to criticism
cf t!i-» treatment afforded Demo
cratic conventions by newspapers in
previous years. The prospects are
that with the leadership the World
has assummed in the affairs of the
Democratic party it will play an im
portant part in the Democratic na
tional convention. The World was
the f’rst newspaper to uncover the
workings of the Ku Klux Klan.
'I be meeting ot the Democratic ;
national committee brought with it
some ot th eatmosphere ot a na- I
bonal convention.
The Democrats feel they have a
chance to elect a president. They
talk confidently about the failure
they expect the Republicans to make
of tax revision from the viewpoint
of leadership, and many of the
Democrats seem to think it will be
quite a stimulus to party prospect (
if the Garner bill is put through
the house by’ a coalition of Demo
ciatic and insurgent Republican
votes.
Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, was particularly happy over
the outlook. He was glad New York
was chosen. George Brennan, the
Democratic leader of Illinois, want
ed New York to get it if Chicago
couldn’t. Chief -Murphy stayed in
his hotel rooms all the time, seeing
people only by appointment. Tom
i Taggart, the veteran committeeman
from Indiana, was absent on ac- <
count of illness. It was the first
time in years that he, has missed a
p.eeting of the Democratic national
committee. But he didn’t miss very <
1 much as the talk of candidates is
still nebulous, and the selection of
a convention city was a simple auc
tion in which the highest biddef
wen.
Berengaria’s Selection J
Is Indorsed by Bar f
PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 16.—The ||
executive committee of the American H
Bar association today unanimously fl
indorsed action of its sub-committee fl
in choosing the Cunard liner Beren- ■
garia for the trip to London of the ■
members of the association next ■
July.
: Troup. $1,809.09; Turner, $975.56; 1
Twiggs, $1,397.93; Union, $1,711.91; -1
Upson, $1,072.75; Walker,
Walton, $1,596.04; Ware, $2,773.44
Warr.'n, $1,476.43; Washington,
235.20; Wayne, $2,242.67;
: $522.3J; Wheeler, $1,760.50.
White, sr.lG.7 1- Whitfield,
Wi’r-,)?:. 4G: Wilkes. $1 .366.0»!fl .'x
Wk'nson, UHM Worth,