Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal, 1920-08-28

AUDITOR REPORTS 551.859.58 MID IN TOBACCO TAX Joel Hunter & Co.'s Investi Investigation - gation Investigation Gives Names and Addresses of Merchants and Amounts Exacted The collection of certain taxes on cigarette tobacco and cigarette pa papers - pers papers from merchants In certain country counties of Georgia by spe special - cial special tax investigators appointed by Governor Dorsey back in 1919 has aroused considerable controversy. The statement that many thousands of dollars were secured from the country merchants by the governor's special tax investigators has been challenged in some quarters, notably by Governor Dorsey and by certain of his most ardent supporters. In view of the conflicting state statements - ments statements issuing from various q -r -r---ters, - --ters, -r---ters, the firm of Joel Hunter & Company, of Atlanta, certified public accountants, has, at the request of The Journal, made an exhaust) amination of the reports of the spe special - cial special tax investigators as submitted to the comptroller general. The re report - port report of Hunter & Company shows that the governor's eight special tax investigators operated in .27 coun counties - ties counties and collected cigarette tobacco taxes amounting to $51,859.56, that no cigarette tobacco taxes were col collected - lected collected in the large cities of the state, but that they were collected in the country counties. The audit made by Joel Hunter & Co. shows the name of each individual merchant who paid the cigarette tobacco tax and the amount collected from each merchant by the governor's special tax investigators. This list, including, as it does, promi prominent - nent prominent merchants all over the state, who stand high in their respective communities, is of particular interest in view' of Governor Dorsey's decla declaration - ration declaration hi defense of his action that his special tax investigators collect collected - ed collected from and "tax de defaulters." - faulters." defaulters." The Hunter report also shows that several merchants in Jefferson coun county, - ty, county, aftfer havftig paid the tax under protest, stopped payment on their checks and thus prevented the turn turning - ing turning in of $2,461.25, which still re remains - mains remains unpaid and which will prob probably - ably probably continue to remain unpaid in view of the developments in the sit situation. - uation. situation. After the special tax investigators had been operating for some time, the wave of resentment from mer merchants - chants merchants who had paid the tax under protest became, so- strong that Gov Governor - ernor Governor Dorsey felt:' constrained to au authorize - thorize authorize a 'efund. This he did upon the recommendation of Comptroller General W. A. \ 'right, who from th# first had ruled that mercfiants sell selling - ing selling cigarette tobacco, but who nei neither - ther neither gave away or sold cigarette pa papers, - pers, papers, were not liable for the tax. And so it develops that merchants W'ho file with the governor affidavits certifying that they have neither so'ld nor given aw'ay cigarette papers, are given a refund. This refund, how however, - ever, however, is only 70 per cent of the amount they paid the special tax in investigators, - vestigators, investigators, except in cases where the special tax investigators and the county tax collectors agree to refund their respective commissions. Some merchants have already filed these affidavits and complied with the re requirements - quirements requirements involving more or, less red tape. Warrants have thus far been drawn to the. amount of $8,125 and as fast as additional affidavits are received at the state capitol, ad additional - ditional additional warrants will be drawn. The sum of $8,125 is the total amount thus far refunded and not, as has been claimed in some quarters, the total amount of illegally collected cigarette tobacco taxes. 30 Fer Cent Commission For the governor's special tax in investigators - vestigators investigators received 2 3 per cent apm apmmission - mission apmmission on all taxes they colleßed. Likewise the county tax collectors received an additional 10 per cent, making 30 per cent of the gross amount to be deducted before the money was turned into the state treasury. , The special tax-investigators col collected - lected collected all sorts of back taxes. Thqy collected the cigarette tobacco fax only as one of the several kinds of occupational taxes on their list. They also collected ad valorem taxes which for one reason or another had not been previously' paid.. On the entire Sum collected, however, they received their 20 per cent commission and the countj' tax collectors also received their 10 per cent commission. During the year 1919 the sum of sl43;was collected by the gov governor's - ernor's governor's special tax investigators, this sum representing the $51,859.56 in cigarette tobacco taxes, and the bal balance - ance balance in special occupational and ,ad valorem taxes. On this total collec collection - tion collection of $143,021 the special tax in investigators - vestigators investigators received commissions amounting to $28,604, while the county tax collectors received 114,t I 302 in commissions. The state treas treasury - ury treasury actually received $100,115.08 or 70 per cent of the total amount col collected. - lected. collected. War Cost 10 Nations Os Europe a Loss of 35,320,000 People WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. - Owing to war influences, ten European na nations - tions nations engaged in the world war show a potential loss in pouulation of 35,- 320,000 persons since 1914, according to a statistical research conducted by the Society for Studying the So Social - cial Social Consequences of the War, of Copenhagen, made public today bj' the American Red Cross. At the end of 1913, the society re reports, - ports, reports, these nations had a popula population - tion population of 400,850,000, and under nor normal - mal normal conditions this population should have increased, by the mid middle - dle middle of 1919, to 424,210,000. How However. - ever. However. it had fallen by that time to 389,030,000, which led' to the conclu conclusion - sion conclusion by Danish statistical experts that the loss of actual and potential human life in these nations ap approximated - proximated approximated forty millions. Causes of the abnormal falling off in population were attributed in the society's report as follows: Killed In war, 9,819,000; deaths due to aug augmentation - mentation augmentation of mortality, economic blockades, war epidemics, 5,301,000; fall in birth rate due to mobiliza mobilization - tion mobilization of fifty-six million men between 20 and 15 years of age, 20,200,000.

GOV. COX SGBMITS PROOF OF GREAT G. FUND lists Cities Which Were Called on for Contribu Contributions, - tions, Contributions, Atlanta Among Them, in Pittsburg Speech New York, Aug. 27. (En route with Governor Cox to New Haven.) - Any- attempts of Republican lead leaders - ers leaders to deny the figures quoted at Pittsburg last night in support of his charge that the G. O. P. cam campaign - paign campaign fund goal is $15,000,000 will be met by "additional revelations," Governor Cox said today. He indicated his next move would be to give the names of some of the heaviest contributors to the Re Republican - publican Republican fund, and to attempt to prove his assertion that the SI,OOO limit announced by Senator Harding is being evaded. Democratic leaders are confident that Governor Cox has wrecked the financial plans of the Republicans, George White, chairman of the Dem Democratic - ocratic Democratic national committee, said when he met the governor this morning. In his speech in Pittsburg last night, Governor Cox read a list of fifty-one cities in twenty-six states to which he claimed the Re Republicans - publicans Republicans had assigned quotas to totalling - talling totalling $8,145,000. Then he read paragraph after paragraph from "the Official Bulletin," which he said was a confidential publication which was issued by the office of Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee. These quotations showed that cam campaigns - paigns campaigns are being made in scores of states and that quotas in addition to those of the 51 cities have been assigned. His conclusion was that those quotas as mentioned In the bulletins, would send the total con considerably - siderably considerably above $15,000,000. Governor Cox held up copies ofy the bulletins before the crowd but did not reveal how they came into his possession. The big crowd made tlie hall resound with cheers when Governor Cox challenged Will Hays to deny' ihe correctness of the quotas he mentioned. Senator Harding was brought into "the evidence" when Governor Cox read what he said was a message from him in "the Official Bulletin." It praised the work of the financial organization. The greatest applause came when . Governor Cox read this paragraph wh.ich lie ..said he found in one is- - sue of the bulletin; "Harding and Coolidge have the confidence of the country, but boys, get the money; the platform is good enough to hold the weight of the na nation, - tion, nation, but boys, get the money." 61 Cities Represented Governor Cox's data consisted al almost - most almost entirely of matter taken from the official bulletin of Fred vv . Up Upham, - ham, Upham, of Chicago, treasurer of the Republican national committee, but his chief exhibit was a type- ritten list purporting to show Republican campaign quotas imposed on fifty fiftyone - one fiftyone principal cities in twenty-seven states and aggregating $8,145,G00. Naihes of local subscribers, Gov Governor - ernor Governor Cox said, were ordered kept secret. These quotas, given as $2,- 300,000 for New York city, $750,- 000 for Chicago, $500,000 for Phila Philadelphia - delphia Philadelphia and ranging down to $25,000 for smaller cities like Albany, N. Y., and Atlanta, Ga., were said by Gov Governor - ernor Governor Cox to have been announced about the middle of July. That Senator Harding, his Repub Republican - lican Republican opponent, "was acquainted with the details" of the quota plan and that it was also approved by Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re Republican - publican Republican national committee, was charged by the Democratic candi candidate. - date. candidate. From subsequent Issues of the official bulletin, Governor Cox quot quoted - ed quoted many' reports from Republican workers throughout the country, reporting going the top" and in excess of the alleged quotas. Announcement of the $8,145,000 metropolitan quotas, Governor Cox said, was made bv David H. Blair, as assistant to Treasurer Upham. A meeting was hbld ifi Chicago, Governor Cox said, at which Will H. Hays, chairman of the Repub Republican - lican Republican national committee, his The governor charged that type typewritten - written typewritten sheets bearing the fifty-one cities' quotas were to those and he produced one of the alleged quota lists, but did not state how or where It was acquired. The quota plan, he said, was carried out like that of the lib liberty - erty liberty loan campaigns. That the reputed attempt to raise $8,145,003 from fifty-one cities in twenty-seven of the forty-eight states is fair evidence that the tal national fund will be much larg larger, - er, larger, was declared by Governor Cox, who said big business men were prominent on the Republican ways and means committee and that the raising of funds was on a business "salesmanship" basis. Quotes Bulletin Governor Cox also quoted from statements in the Republican bulle bulletin - tin bulletin that state and county organiza organizations - tions organizations were not to be "disturbed or retarded in ther activities." Calling attention to Chairman Hays' statement that $3,000,000 was being raised. Governor Cox said that .today's' papers carried a statement from Treasurer Upham that the Re Republican - publican Republican total would be about $7,- 500,000. "From the evidence which we shall submit," Governor Cox added, "I think you w'ill agree that we are jus justified - tified justified in multiplying Mr. Upham's fig figures - ures figures by two." Governor Cox, standing staunchly by charges that an purchase the presidency was bein b made, declared that "the senatorial oligarchy and their friends are harking back to the days of Mark Hanna." stating that in the 1896 campaign, which Mr. Hanna managed, $16,000,000 was spent. "It was this foul thing," said Gov Governor - ernor Governor Cox, "which Theodore Roose Roosevelt - velt Roosevelt brought to an end when he re reformed - formed reformed the Republican party. When he was doing it, Warren G. Harding branded him as an Aaron Burr." "I charge again an assault on the electorate." said Governor Cox. "It can't be hidden: the hosts are mar marshaled; - shaled; marshaled; the money ammunition is prepared, but it will .not succeed. The net is spread in sight of the quarry. "What is the game except to be becloud - cloud becloud the public mind on the subject of the League of Nations issue and world peace?" The typewritten list of cities quotas presented by Governor Cox follows: Official quotas: New York city, 52jOOO.OOO; Chicago. $750,000; Phii- (vciitinued on Page 6, Column 41

GOVERNOR DORSEY DECLINES TO DEBATE WITH ME SMITH Says His Engagements for Saturday Will Prevent Meeting Senator in Macon, Promises Statement Friday Governor Dorsey will not accept the invitation extended him by Sena Senator - tor Senator Smith to engage in a joint debate in the Macon auditorium Friday eve evening. - ning. evening. ) The governor returned Friday morning from Valdosta, where he caught the night train after speaking Thursday afternoon at Quitman. He was reached at the mansion early Friday morning and asked the ques question - tion question -whether he had replied to the two direct challenges addressed to him by William Schley Howard and Felix Jackson, acting as Senator Smith's arrangement committee. One of these challenges went to him Tuesday at Americus. The second to him Thursday night at Val Valdosta. - dosta. Valdosta. The second requested an an answer - swer answer to the first. To Frame an Answer Governor Dorsey stated, in reply to questions, that he had not yet an answered - swered answered the challenges. He said it was his intention to frame an an answer - swer answer during the day. He was asked whether he would go to Macon Friday night to meet Senator Smith. He replied that he had engagements to speak Saturday morning in Cedar Cedartown - town Cedartown and Saturday afternoon in Car Carrollton, - rollton, Carrollton, and he did not see how he could be in Macon Friday night and get to Cedartown Saturday morning. He was then asked whether he would accept the challenge for a series of joint debates with Senator Smith. He said he would make his answer during the day. At 1 o'clock Friday afternoon the governor was asked if he had fram framed - ed framed his reply to the two challenges. He replied that he had received no "direct challenge." It was explained to him that the telegrams were sent him by Messrs. Howard and Jackson at the specific direction of Senator Sinith, who had previously appointed the mas a committee to represent him. The governor then stated that he had been so busy with his mail all morning, that he had not found time to frame a statement or reply on the subject of a series of joint debates. He said he be abe to get to it Friday afternoon, al althought - thought althought he wasnt sure. Smith Headquarter's Statement Hoke Smith headquarters, when informed that the .governor would not accept the invitation to meet Senator Smith in Macon Friday night, gave out the following: are disappointed but not. sur surprised - prised surprised by the governor's failure to met Senator Smith in Macon Friday night. He gave out an interview some days ago in the Constitution that he would meet the senator. We figured that Macon was a fair place to start a series of debates, in view of his claims that he was going to sweep Bibb county. As to railroad schedules, it would be quite easy for the governor to keep his engagement in Cedartown Saturday morning. The Atlarfta sleeper leaves Macon aftei' midnight and arrives in Atlanta at 6:20 a. m. The Seaboard leaves for Cedartown at 8:10 a. m. This would give the governor the necessary con connection. - nection. connection. But since it is not conven-, ient for the governor to meet the senator in Macon Friday night, we hope he will find it. convenient to meet him elsewhere. The governor has been trailing the senator's itin-l erary in south Georgia, going be behind - hind behind him and devoting himself main mainly - ly mainly to abuse of the senator, while pay paying - ing paying slight attention to Mr. Watson. We hope he can get his consent to meet the senator face to on at least one occasion." Two Challenges Were Sent The first challenge went to Gov Governor - ernor Governor Dorsey last Tuesday at Amer Americus. - icus. Americus. It was delivered to him while he was speaking. He later read the telegram and put it in his pocket. He did not answer it. Newspaper men accompanying him on his tour could get no statement from him concerning the challenge. Having waited more than forty fortyeight - eight fortyeight hours without an answer. Messrs. Howard and Jackson sent a second challenge to the governor at Valdbsta on Thursday afternoon. It was delivered to him when he went to Valdosta to take the night train for Atlanta. The second telegram was as follows: "We hhve not received a reply to our wire asking that you appoint a committee to meet with us to ar arrange - range arrange debates between you and Sen Senator - ator Senator Hoke Smith. As the time is short, may we urge you to appoint the committee at once, so that sev several - eral several debates can be arranged before the primary. We are assured from many parts of Georgia that the pub public - lic public is eagerly looking forivard to these meetings. (Signed) SCHLEY HOWARD, k "FELIX JACKSON." The first telegram, which was sent to the governor on Tuesday, re requested - quested requested a series of debates and sug suggested - gested suggested that the first one be held Friday night in the Macon auditor auditorium, - ium, auditorium, where Senator Smith was sched scheduled - uled scheduled to speak, and -where the gov governor - ernor governor claimed to be very strong. There has been the keenest in interest - terest interest among Macon people in the governor's answer, and his friends of Bibb and surrounding counties will doubtless feel a great disap disappointment - pointment disappointment that the governor de declined - clined declined the Invitation. Official Vote in Tennessee Primary NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 26. The official vote in the Democratic state primary of August 5, as can canvassed - vassed canvassed by the primary board yester yesterday - day yesterday afternoon was: Governor: A. H. Roberts, 67,940; W. R. Crabtree, 43,961; John R. Neal, 937; E. L. Wirt, 270. For railroad commissioner: George N. Welch, incumbent, 63,303; H. Knox Bryson, 27.464. c uts TloThFn g prTc es Here's away to save $lO to S2O on your next suit. Simply drop a card 'to L. E. Lawson, manager of the Lincoln Woolen Mills Co., 200 S. Green St., Chicago, 111., and ask him for a copy of his new tailoring book No. 396 with big cloth samples and latest information about styles and prices. He will tell you how men with a little spare time can make big money in the tailoring business and quote you prices so low that you will wonder how he can do it while others are asking such high prices. All orders are sent on ap approval - proval approval with the privilege of return returning - ing returning it if not satisfactory. - (Advt.)

SI SUSSIJNS REPDRTEDCAPTURED, .KILLED MMEO British Labor Demands That Government Move for Peace - Trotzky Assumes Command of Reds PARTS, Aug. 27. - The foreign min ministry - istry ministry 'announced today that France had counseled Poland to attain the best strategic military position pos possible - sible possible until peace is signed, regardless Os her ethnographical frontier, be- I cause the military situation will in influence - fluence influence the peace terms. , France had advised Poland, how however, - ever, however, to withdraw her armies with within - in within the Polish frontier upon the sign signing - ing signing of peace, the foreign office added. Eighty thousand Russian soviet Soldiers have been captured in Po Poland; - land; Poland; 40,000 killed, and 30.003 in interned - terned interned In East Prussia, according to the latest report received from the French mission in Poland. TROTZKY TAKES COMMAND OF BOLSHEVIKI ARMIES WARSAW, Aug. 27. General Tuchatschewski, known as the -'Soviet Napoleon," has been relieved of his post as commander-in-chief ©f the Bolshevik army on the Polish front because of his failure to take Warsaw, according to information given to the press here. Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik minister of war end marine, has personally taken command of the army, it Is reported by Bolshevik officers who have been taken prisoner. General Tuchatschewski has had Il remarkable career in the Russian arm}'. He is of noble birth and at the outbreak of the world war was captured by the Germans. Later he escaped an resumed his place in the army, rising to the rank of lieu lieutenant. - tenant. lieutenant. When the Soviet government was established he was promoted, and rose to high command, being credited with the defeat of Admiral Kolchak in Siberia and General Deni Denikine - kine Denikine in southern Russia. He is only twenty-eight years old. Pessimistic Over Peace t The Warsaw press is becoming pes pessimistic - simistic pessimistic regarding the Minsk peace negotiations. The newspapers, with the exception of the Socialist jour journals, - nals, journals, express the belief that the mo moment - ment moment is propitious to ''liquidate Bol Bolshevism." - shevism." Bolshevism." In some political circles there are indications of an increas increas. - . increas. ing feeling that the negotiations may come to nothing although there have been official announcements to the contrary. The militarists are advocating a Continuance of the war to compel the Soivets to seek terms and the change in the Danzig situation has had a tendency to encourage the militarist -lements. ; < Russian soviet. troops who took refuge in Prussia are fighting the Poles along the frontier. An official statement issued just before last midnight says that two soviet bat batteries - teries batteries hauled into Prussia by the re retreating - treating retreating Russians fired upon the Poles and that the societ forces are also using machine guns against the Poles on their sector. Polish troops Who have reached the frontier have been cautioned by their command commanders - ers commanders not to fire upon German terri territory. - tory. territory. While there has been a lull in the fighting on various sectors the Poles at several places Thursday and have reached the region of Kob Kobrin, - rin, Kobrin, approximately 28 miles north northi - i northi east of Brest-Litovsk. Man Offers $50,000 Bet Against Dorsey, . But Has No Takers By far the most interesting, not to -ay exciting, political bet that has been offered or taken in the present campaign was offered in the lobby es the Kimball house late Thursday afternoon, according to Bruce Hall, a former Atlanta newspaper man, Who is now connected with the Ru- Talist Press, and who gives a most Readable account of what happened. "It was late in the afternoon," -ays Mr. Hall, ''about the time when Z the lobby begins to fill up for the usual evening gabfest. There had been a story in the Constitution Thursday morning that Pat Gam Gambrell, - brell, Gambrell, of Macon, was here with SSOO ' to bet on Governor Dorsey being the next senator. Much Dorsey talk was f going the rounds. "Suddenly there appeared in the lobby a well-dressed stranger fan fanning - ning fanning himself with a sheaf of SIOO bills, new' and crisp and crackling. He offered to het the sum of $50,000 that Gqvernor Dorsey would tail the ticket in the primary. He fanned himself with his sheaf of bills and said there were fifty SIOO bills in his hand, making $5,000, which he would post as a forfeit that he could and would produce in twenty twentyfour - four twentyfour hours the sum of $50,000 that Governor Dorsey would tail the ticket., "The handful of new' SIOO bills made quite a noise. In fact, they produced more conversation, with withsaving - saving withsaving a word, than all the bal bal..ance - ..ance bal..ance of the gab and bets combined. The stranger hung around for quite a while, announcing his offer to ev ev.erybody - .erybody ev.erybody in the lobby. »- "Tb< Dorsey he* tors seemed to have busin ass in other parts. The atvsnger the rso-ney produced «r complete political vacuum, in so far as Dorsey backers were concern concerned. - ed. concerned. Then he left." Ponzi's Mansion and Several Automobiles Seized by Trustees BOSTON' Aug. 27. - The mansion of Charles'l onzi. at Lexington, with its co.d'y fu'nishings, as well as several ;tuto'"obiles. has been seized by the Ponzi trustees, it was an announced - nounced announced today. The announcement was made by William R. Sears, one of the three > Wceivers.

Frank Grant, formerly florist of | the state capitol grounds and execu- I tive mansion, who was discharged from his position by Governor Dor Dorsey - sey Dorsey and replaced with a negro named Rufus Bennett, has given out the letter of T. E. Massengale, custodian of the capitol and mansion, notifying him of his dismissal. In this letter Custodian Massen Massengale - gale Massengale stated that Mr. Grant was a capable man, and w r as being dis dismissed - missed dismissed for reasons of economy. The letter was made public iVednesday by Mr. Grant in reply to a state statement - ment statement by Custodian Massengale, pub published - lished published in the Atlanta Constitution Wednesday morning, defending Gov Governor - ernor Governor Dorsey on the ground that Mr. Grant was dismissed because of in incompetence - competence incompetence and failure to observe the working hours and rules laid down by the custodian. In his statement defending Gover Governor - nor Governor Dorsey's dismissal of Mr. Grant the statement is made by Custodian Massengale that keping a rec record - ord record on Mr. Grant I found that his services were unsatisfactory and so reported to the governor, who abol abolished - ished abolished the office of norist and told me to notify Mr. Grant of that fact." The letter written to Mr. Grant by Custodian Massengale on March 15, 1919, was as follows: Frank Grant, Florist, "Atlanta, Ga. "Dear Mr. Grant: In a letter from the governor today he informs me that he will dispense with your ser services - vices services after July 1 as florist at the state capitol. He further states that you are a capable man, and that we could not get a more capable man for the position, but that the amount, paid for the work to be done at the capitol in your line will, not warrant the wages W'e. are now paying. you can obtain work before the time mentioned that would be compatible with your desires, we would have no hesitancy in relieving you. "Yours truly, (Signed) E. MASSENGALE." The fact that he was discharged from his position which he had held under Governors Smith, Brown, Slaton and Harris andreplaced with* a negro named Rufus Bennett, was made public Monday by Mr.- Grant in a statement to the public. He stated that his salary was SIOO a month; that he was discharged, as shown by Custodian Massengale's letter, for reasons of "economy;" that the negro was paid $21.75 a week, or only a slight saving; that the negro was subsequently given an as assistant, - sistant, assistant, which made the cost of the work considerably more than his ser services - vices services had cost the state. Mr. Grant's disclosures brought the statement by Custodian Massen Massengale - gale Massengale defending Governor Dorsey on the ground that Mr. Grant was dis discharged - charged discharged for incompetence. This statement elicted from Mr. Grant copy of Custodian Massengale's let letter, - ter, letter, testifying to his competence. One of the duties of the florist is to mow the grass on the capitol lawn. This work was done by Mr. Grant with a hand-driven lawn mow mower. - er. mower. In the hot summer months it is extremely laborious W'ork, as the lawn is large and the grass is thick. Friends of Mr. Grant call attention to the fact that recently Rufus Ben Bennett, - nett, Bennett, the negro who succeeded Mr. Grant, has been furnished a lawn mower driven by a gasoline motor, so that he has nothing to do but walk behind it, steering it and ma manipulating - nipulating manipulating the throttle of the motor. HEALS STOMACirTROU- BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee, Wis. He is so confident of results that ne guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address today, as this notice may not appear again. - (Advt.)

RICHMOND HAS 171,667, GAIN OF 34.5 PER CENT WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. - Rich 26. - Richmond, - mond, 26. - Richmond, Va., with the largest numeri numerical - cal numerical growth of population in its his history - tory history during the last decade, takes rank as thirty-seventh largest city of the country, the censsu bureau an announcing - nouncing announcing the population today as 171,667. Ten years ago Richmond ranked as thirty-ninth city and in the decade has outgrown Syracuse, New Haven, Memphis and Scranton. Omaha and Akron Have outgrown the Virginia capital. Richmond's numerical increase was 44,039, or 34.5 per cent. Its previous largest numerical increase was for the decade ending with 1910 when it was 42.578, or 50.1 per cent. Among southern cities, Richmond takes rank as fourth largest, dis displacing - placing displacing Memphis, which held that rank ten years ugo and which now has about 9,000 yeople less than Rich Richmond. - mond. Richmond. New Orleans, Atlanta and Birmingham rank as the first three southern cities. Other figures follow: Helena. Ark., 9,112, increase 340, or 3.9 per cent. Ardmore, Okla., 14,181, in increase - crease increase 5.563, or 64.6 per cent. Boise, Idaho, 21.393, increase 4,035, or 32.2 per cent. Hutchinson, Kans., 23,298. increase 6,934, or 42.4 per cent. In Independence, - dependence, Independence, Kans., 11,902, increase forcefully upon me today that he 1,440, or 13.7 per cent. Vicksburg, Miss., 17,931; decrease 2,883, or 13.9 per cent. Monroeville, Ala., 1,017; increase 401, or 65.1 per cent. Marion, Ohio (revised), 27,891; in increase - crease increase 9,659, or 53.0 per cent (pre (previously - viously (previously announced as 28.591). El Paso, Tex. (.revised), 77,543; increase 38,264, or 97.4 per cent. (Previously announced as 83.836.) Louisiana places: Kinder. 1,148; Oakdale. 4.016. Boy Drowned as He Lay in Bed LONDON. - Tommy Whitehead fell in a canal near his home and was taken out unconscious. Partially re restored, - stored, restored, his friends were carrying him home when he became fully con conscious - scious conscious and walked the remainder of the way unaided. He went to bed and died in a half hour. Coroner says he had water in his lungs that drowned him when he lay down. Army 'Planes Start On Their Return Trip NOM, Alaska, Aug. 26. - Three of the four planes in the United States army's Alaska aerial expedition took the air on the retunr flight to Min Mineola, - eola, Mineola, N. Y., at 3:30 this afternoon. The first leg of their trip will take them to Ruby, 300 miles east. Cap Captain - tain Captain St. Clair Street, commander of the expedition, expects to hop off early tomorrow. Peace Treaty Ends Back-Fence War TERRE sah, jedge, I frowed bricks at dat man. But when he come along wid a shotguh, I jes' up an' lef'." Margaret Bay was speaking. "Dat ol' gun's no 'count anyhow, jedge - she ain't even gotta trigger," said Joe Riley. The judge sent them home after they signed a back-fence peace treaty. Two Fall in Airplane Near Flat Rock, N. C. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Aug. 26. - In an airplane fall near Flat Rock Wed Wednesday, - nesday, Wednesday, Arthur S. Truex, manager of the Hendersonville Telephone com company, - pany, company, Lieutenant Zibelhausen, pjiot were injured seriously and the ma machine - chine machine was wrecked. At an altitude of 2,000 feet, witnesses said, the plane dropped in a nose dive but the pilot succeeded in righting it 800 feet from the ground only to have it drop in another nose dive and strike the earth.

PMUMONON SUFFRAGE ISSUED SV SECTY. COLBY Amendment Not Ratified by Legislature, Assert Insur Insurgents - gents Insurgents Women Jubilant Over Victory WASHINGTON, 26. - The right of women to the ballot was formally made a part of the con constitution - stitution constitution of the United States to today - day today when Secretary of State Colby proclaimed ratification of the nine nineteenth - teenth nineteenth amendment. Mr. Colby announced the procla proclamation - mation proclamation when he arrived ut his of office, - fice, office, having signed it shortly be before - fore before at his home here, where the official certification that Tennessee had become the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment was taken early today. - A group of suffrage leaders who had waited until a late hour last night for the arrival of the Ten Tennessee - nessee Tennessee certification were hurriedly summoned to the state department and met Mr. Colby. They cheered when told the last step to make the amendment operative had been taken. Among them w'ere Miss Alic<! Paul, chairman of the national worn wornans - ans wornans party; Mrs. Abby Scott Baker; Miss Julia Emory, Baltimore; Dr. Lydia Allen Devilbis, of Georgia; Miss Mary Moore Forrest, Scituate, Mass.; Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely, Vicksburg, Miss.; Mrs. B. G. Kalb, Houston, Tex.; Mrs. Cyrus Mead, Dayton* Ohio.; Miss Emilie Grace Kay, St. Paul, Minn., and Miss Emma Wold, Portland, Oreg. No Flaws Found The Tennessee ratification was taken to Mr. Colby's home by Charles L. Cooke, master of ceremonies of the state department, and Mr. Colby and Frederick Nielson, state depart department - ment department solicitor, went over it for pos possible - sible possible legal flaws. They' found it was said. Suffragists had expected Mr. Col Colby - by Colby to make the ceremony of pro proclaiming - claiming proclaiming the amendment a public one and evidently were disappointed. They requested him aagin to 'go through the ceremony for their bene benefit - fit benefit and for the moving picture men. think representatives of al) groups of women should have been present at the ceremonies," said Mrs. Aoby Scott Baker. Mr. Colby said he would consider going over the ceremony again and went into his office. The women, however, left the stats department without waiting for his decision. They held a jubilation at attheir - their attheir own headquarters a short dis distance - tance distance away. T. E. Watson Cancels Speaking Engagements On Account of Illness AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. -6. - Thomas E. Watson has canceled all his speaking engagements, for the im immediate - mediate immediate future, at least, and possi possibly - bly possibly for the remainder of his cam campaign - paign campaign for United States enator. The reason is illness. Laryngitis, acute bronchitis, and a nervous breakdown constitute the diagnosis of Dr. Thomas R. Wright, of Augusta, who declares that combination of ailments is such as to make him a very sick man. He necessarily will require some days to get well." Dr. Wright went to Mr. Watson's home to visit him Tuesday; and called again Wednesday, at which visit he found an improvement in pulse and temperature, with his con condition - dition condition otherwise unchanged. James Wilson, Former Cabinet Member, Dies At Home in lowa TRAER, lowa, Aug. 26. - James Wilson, former secretary of agricul agriculture, - ture, agriculture, died at his home here today.

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