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LAND OF RICHES TURNED INTO DESERT
Conductor Becomes Millionaire—Peddler Grows
Rich—*“Higher-Ups” Levy Tribute on Those
Under them—Factories and Mines Looted by
Bandits.
upon natives and forelgners in Mex
ico. The men at the top get the
" largest ghare of the swag, make no
mistake about that. Carranza i§ re
puted to have $15,000,000 on deposit in
Chilean banks. His son-in-law, Gen.
eral Agullar, has suddenly become
worth §4,000,600. Villa hag cleaned
up about $18,000,600, part of which he
has used to finance fin.. raids and (o
buy such luxuries as $3,000 bath tubs
and other things of that sort that n‘
baudit. king needs to maintain his |
prestige. The rest is on deposit in
banks in Bl Paso, St. Louis, New
Youk and elsewhere, but none of it in
his own name.
“General Pablo Gonzales, a Capran
za general and presidential candidate,
ho was a railroad eons}u(-tor prior to
nll, now a candidate for the presi
dency, Is reputed to be worth $6,000,-
000. He owns extensive properties in
San Antonlo, held under various
nxlu. genenj Enriquez, eivil gov
ernor of Chihuahua, formerly a com
mon laborer, is now worth $500,000,
General Carasca, in command at Ma
zatlgn, a few years ago a purt:r earn -
!”31.50 “ui. is worth $500,600 now.
General Iturbide, a poor clerk a few
years ago, is now well to do,
PEDDLER NOW RICH.
“General Calles, former governor of
Sonora, now in command of the traops
there and (-onuequg.tlY the real ruler,
saved more than a milllon dollars in
two years out of a government salary,
His son, 21 years old, is alreaoy a
calonel. General Manzo, recently 1
basket peddier, is now worth severa
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hundred thousand dellars. @General
Francisco Murguia, formerly a poor
farmer (a former dictator of C‘hinua
hua) Is worth $1,500,000. Alyarado,
who cleaned out Yueatan, Iq\' mil
lionaire.
“The minor bands pick up what
ever they can, hesitating at ne atroc
ity. Men have been murdered for an
old straw hat in Mexico. In Aca
poneta, Territory of Tepie, in April,
1918, I saw the body of a poor man
who had been murdered for his new
straw hat, costing {1.25. The two
(‘arranzists who shot him openly
boasted that the sole object of the
crime was to get the hat. They were
not even arrested. A man suspected
of having a revolver is already eon
demned to death; for a revolver s an
that is needed to set a Mexican up in
the bandit business; while a revolyer
and a good 'Stetson nat together eon
stitutes him a general,
TORTURE TO EXTORT MONEY.
“Torture is often resorted to, some
times to extort money and sometimes
out of pure tler(;dlshm-us. In this con
nection 1 shouid like to mention that
a large proportion eof Mexicans, offi
cers as well as men, are dope fiends.
They smoke mariguana, which s
made from the lmga weed familiar
to cattlemen in the uthwest, whieh
has an effect like hasheesh. They
will not go into battle without a dose
of mariguana, which imparts a sort
of false courage. In fact, the march
ing song of the Carranzistas is “‘l‘he‘
Tumblebug,” a free translation of the
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for Peaple Who Think — SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919,
first of the hundred verses of which
one s as ofllows; i
“q 1 can not march longer
Hecause there is lacking
Mariguana to smoke.
“The results of bandit rule are ap
palling. Mexion is sunk to the ut
termost depths of degradation and
migery. The greater number of the
stores in Mexieo under the Diaz re
gime have heen looted bare and new
stand empty and deserted, with win
‘dows broken and the buildings mere
or legs wrecked. 'x'ge same thing ap
plies to factories. Such indusiries ag
Mexica once had aye now irreparably
;dnmnod. Many . manufaeturing
plants have been destroyed; many
‘others are not operated because Car
‘ranza or some other chieftain would
seize the product. One eopper mine,
‘irfi-pr(-flentmn an investment of §1,500, -
000 near Ohlhulgu; Clity, was wans
ltonly destroyed the present year. This
happens to be ane of many instances
of destruetion that came under my
persona! observation,
“Jven the plants which might be
operated so far as other ohstnc?el are
concerned cannot obtain labor. The
peonsg would rather join Carranz.'s
army or some other bandit gang and
take chances on getting a share of
the Joot than to earn a living by
honest work. KEven the farmers Ao
not ;mt in more than eneugh erops
to afford their families a bare ex
‘istence because of the certainty that‘
itha whole would be confiscated.
| . DYING OF STARVATION, ‘
“As a direct consequence of this
almost complete stoppage of useful
labor, the annual death rate from
starvation or frozn disease due to mol
nutrition is 100,000. 1 myself saw in
fourteen months es 1917-18 no fewer
than five thousand persons dead or
dving from starvation or from dis
eases they were too weak from lack
of feod to resist. On ene oceasion
while journeying in the State of Vera
Cruz 1 was called into a hovel in
which three elderly nersons were dy
ing of starvation. Next door seven
children lay on the floor too weak to
move, also dying of starvation. In
Tepie, especially, people are dying
ol iea Trom starvation.
“Disease rages unchecked. Doetors
are few and far between. Drugs are
almost unobtainable, and the people
have ne meney to buy them if thav|
were to be had. Paludismo claims its
victimsg by thousands. 80, also, does
tuberculosis., Typhus and typhoid
fever are very prevalent.
COUNTRY I 8 FILTHY.
“To say that the country from end
to end is filthy fails to convey an
adequate idea of its condition. Sani
tary conveniences are primitive in
the larger places. In the smaller
towns and villages there are not
even outhouses. The streets are used
instead, and the streets are never
cleaned. So far as that is concerned
the streets of the capital itself are
rarely cleaned, and some of them
never are. The pavements in 1918
were broken up and are in ruins.
“In this welter of filth many people
live the year around. They never
nleeg under a roof, but lie in heaps
m doorways in such rags as they
wear during the day, Vietims of the
‘most loathsome diseases squat alon
‘the streets to peddle articles of loog
and trifles. Beggars swarm every
‘where, clutching at the clothing of
passers-by a&d begging for the love
of the Holy Mary for a cent to save
‘them from starvation. Gaunt women,
almost naked, enter the restaurants
to beg for bones from the plates of
ecustomers, Children, too, the smaller
ones totally naked, the larger ones
wearing a few rags, also roam
through dining rooms foraging for
scranps.
“All are indeseribably filthy, for
the lower clags Mexican never bathes,
nor even washes hig hands. All are
simply alive with vermin. In street
cars you will gee vermin. You can
not ride in car or eah without get
ting vermin on you, You must pick
them off the bed before utlrlnll. No
wonder typhus (g rampant, was
stricken wfth the disease nine days
after arriving in Mexico City,
EVERYTHING IN RUIN,
“Many churches are in ruins; the
priests have been killed or expelled;
the nuns-—heaven only knows what
their fate has been. Valuable paint
ings stolen from the churches have
been offered in little shops for a
trifle. Many of the churches were
turned into barracks or into stables
and defiled in such other ways as de
praved ingenuity nl;!xnted. In Me
rida, the eapital of, Yueatan, Alvarado
gave orders even to break the bells.
Nothing is left of venerable cathe
drals but the walls and these have
been punched full of heles. In Sonora
Governor Calles would not allow a
child to be baptized. He lost no Op
portunity te show his hatred of all
HUNT FOR SLAYERS
OF ROBIN COOPER
Nashville, where he had a wide ac
quaintance, He became known
throughout the country bécause of his
trial in 1909 in connection with the
killing of Senater Carmack, -
He was canvieted of second degree
murder in March, 1910. The case was
reversed by the Supreme Court April
i 13, 1910,
Robin J. Cooper, through his
mother, was allied to the noted Polk
family of Tennessee.
Story of Political
Feud in Tennessee
BY EUGENE TRAVIS.
Robin Cooper was one of the star
figures in a Tennessee political feud
culminating in a tragedy that star
tled the nation.
It was in the early autumn of 1908
when the news was flashed across
the country that former United States
Senator Edward W, Carmack had
been shot to death In the street
lnear the building of the Nashville
Tennesean, a daily newspaper of
which the Southern statesman was
the editor in chief. ’
In this tragie street clash were
three persons and the flash of a glis
tening weapen in the sunlight of the
afternoon was witnessed by one
woman.
She had just met Senator Carmack
and exchanged greetings when a
voice, deadly in its tones, jarred their
aars.
VOICE SENDS WARNING.
“Don't hide behind that woman,
you coward!”
The senator's tacadpglcd, the weman
'tremblingly grope past, leanin
against a wall, and across the atreef.
| several steps apart, were Col. Dun
can B, Cooper and his lawyer son,
Robin, who immediately fired the fa
tal shots.
This sensational tragedy had been
predicted. Bitterness over the po
litical situation in Tennessee was at
fever heat. I
Senator Carmack and former Gov
ernor Maleelm R. Patterson, political|
(and personal enemies of the bitterest
Itype, were engaged in a deadly ?rup,
ple over an issue that rent friend
|ships and families throughout Ten
nessee-—the pronibition guestion,
To add flame to the warfare was
the unforgettable fact that it was
Senator Carmack who had in former
years defeated that old “gold stana
ard warhorse,” Col, Josiah Pattersan,
father of the governor, in g congres
sional race in the district which in
cludes Memphis.
It was through Sepator Carmack's
newspaper, the Nashville Tennessean,
that the battle had been fought that
|carried Statewide prohibition in the
| State. It was Gov. M. R, l’mterml|l
who vetoed the measure in 4 remark
able document dwelling upon the
‘technicalities of “persenal liberty”
{that attracted nation-wide fame as
ia State proclamation of wonderful
Inom and power,
CAMPAIGN 18 BITTER.
Both Senator Carmack and Gpy
ernor Patterson were known for the
biting sarcasm of their eratory and
literature, It was a chief characters
istic of the two statesmen. It nad
played havoo with public feeling, ar
rayed neighbor against neighbor and
eventually resulted in the election in
Tennessee of one of its scant few Re.
publican governors—in fact, the first
in a period of nearly forty years, He
was Ben W. Hooper, governor for
two terms, or four years, and finally
defeated by Pom (. Rye, & West Ten
nessce lawyer.
Now, one of the peculiar phases of
this political dissension that demor
alized the Democrats in that State
was the manner in which Cal, Dunean
B (‘mrr became involved in the
imbroglio,
| The case of Robin Caoper was easi
ly understood by both sides in the
deadly factional fight—a son's re
luul-em for newspaper attacks upon
his father.
| ROBIN NO POLITICIAN.
Robin was \ young lawyer just
along the stepping stones of his pro
fessional life. He had not mixed in
politioal campalgns, He was populay
and generally liked in Nashville, his
home,
But in Caolonel Coaper's case it was
entively different, He had, in former
| years, been a chief adviser of Senator
| Carmack when the latter also wu‘
| Just starting in life. The ywn‘qfl".‘
| mack was then editor of the old 'uh-‘
| ville American, |
| Bat in, future years when the “pol
ftics that make strange bed fellows"
grew apace, Molone! Cooper gave his
allegianee te the Patterson faction,
{And immediately became a target for
| Benator (‘u}uoh‘- editorial sarcasm
| through the Nashville Tennessean.
Colonel Coaper invariahly was re.
ferred to in these editorials as “Dunc.”
These editorial tlings beoame "‘.2.
wmcmormohmm ash
v They wer: awalted doafly with
religion. He offered to rent a church
to be used as a market in Hermosillo
for 50 pesos a day.
“The railroads are in utter ruin.
There i 8 only one line upon whiech
gleeping ear service is maintained
regulsrf and these cars are generally
reserveJ for the use of army officers
between Mexieo City and Monton{.
All upholstering has been torn off
the scats of day coaches and the
wooden hulks swarm with vermin.
One must often wait for days teo
board a train, and when at last the
train appears it takes a whole day
or more (o cover a distance that
should be run in & few hours,
“Judging from what hag heen pub
lished about Russia conditions can
hardly be worse there, if, indeed,
they are as bad as in Mexico. And it
must not be.forgoften that Carranza
is the original bolshevist,
“In Mexico, as in Russia, the sin
ister hand of Germany is found to
be pulling the strings. Trotzky was
a very particular friend of Kurt
Jahnke, head of the German secret
service in Mexieo, and of Von Hek
hardt, the German ambassador tp
Mexico. In fact, there is a great
deal of circumstantial evidenee to
show that Germany first instigated
bolshevism in Mexico te ruin the
country so all that was of value could
be bought in at mominal prices and
the way thus paved for the establish
ment of kultur; and finding the plan
worked beyond expectations trans
planted the devilish virus to Russia.”
Continued From Page 1.
Fhoth impatience and uneasiness.
Warning was sent to Senator Car
mack by Colonel Cooper that the at
tacks must cease.
| FRIENDS POWERLESS,
~ Friends sought to intervene, but to
no avail,
~ dntimates of Senator Carmack
warned him repeatedly to arm him
self. The very atmosphere in the
Tennessee capital hecame surcharged
with tenseness of the fear of impend
llns tragedy.
1 Senator Carmack merely smiled
when urged to arm himself, and had
refused the proffer of revolvers by his
personal friends.
Following the tragedy and the later
surrender of the ("oppers, the son and
father, the trial became the most ex
eiting ever staged in a courtroom.
|Further trouble was prevented only
through the meost diplumatic and de
vious channels.
Both were found guilty. Robin was
conyicted of murder in the second de
gree® The father was convicted and
sentenced as a co-conspirator and an
accessory, although the shots were
fired by hig son. ’
PARDONED BY PATTERSON.
When Rebin's ease went to the Su
preme Court, Governor Patterson is
sued a parden to Coelonel Coaper. .
The affair had almoest died out in
the feelings of Democratic political
leaders of the old school, and the new
crop had passed it up as a buried in—i
cident until the news tfiday of the
death of Robin and in the suspicion
of foul play.
Robin had resumed his practise of
law with offices in the Noel block,
Nashville, and Colonel Coo{nr had
moved to the country, after the Car
mack tragedy.
Former (Governor Patterson for the
past few years has been on the loc-‘
ture platform, receivipg .’n enor
mous salary, strange to say, from the
Anti-Saloon League in a nauon-wlde‘
prohibition campaign. He had ;&uder- |
gone religious conversion, joine the
chureh and turned his weapo{‘ls of
oratory against the very issue he had |
so vallantly t‘hamxlonad as governor
when he vetoed the State-wide pro
‘hlbitlon statute.
- He re-entered Tennessee politics in
1915 when he bhecame a candidate for
hhe Democratic nomination for the
United States Senate, in the race with
Cal. Luke Lea, present editor of the
Nashville Tennessean and at that
time the senior senator from Tennes
see, and Kenneth D. MeKellar of Mem
phis. MeKellar was nominated and
elected, Colonel Lea ran second and
Patterson came third,
The Pig Club member who shows
the bhest pure bred hog at the South
castern Fair at Atlanta this fall, un
der Pig Club rules, will be awarded
a five-passenger touring car, This is
a new prize in addition to all of the
other prizes and is for the champion
Pig Club hog of the fair.
Kach year the prizes in the Pig
Club work grow in impertance and
value. lLast yvear the bovs won sev
enty ribbons in the open ring that
were worth $506; but the touring car
offered so vthe championship hog is
worth more than all of the prizes wan
in the open ring last year.
This fine car was made possible by
a few friends of the Pig Club work
who wanted to give something to en
courage the boys to do their very
best. These friends were dealers whoe
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Their names follow:
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lanta; . . Baggs Auto Company,
Atlanta: A L. Belle lrlv. Atlanta;
Lombard Motor and Supply Company,
Augusta; . A. Trussell Motor Com
pany, Athens; Bowers Motor Compa
ny, Royston; L. O. Fortson, Wash
ington; Parker Motor Company, Mil
len. .
The State Association of Boys' and
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organisation which embraces all of
the olubh members who went to the
State College of Agriculture to the
shart course this menth. The organ
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ig to assist and encourage other bhoys
and girls to get into the club work
angd win a soholarship that will take
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next year. The Pig Club member who
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