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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-02-18

LONDRES. febrero lei Su'
promo Consejo Aliado decide hoy. de
una marera definitiva, in~ternaclona-
liar los Dartanelos. Esta decision
va Sc ~espcraba. pues Sc habia anun-
ciado en- variaS ocasiOnes, aunque no
de IN modo Official.
Sc ignora en- que condolences que
iara cl control de csc Importance Y
estrategico paso a Corstahtlnopla.
Los aliados han decidido igual-
mente no guitar Constantlnopla Il
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-02-18

PARIS. febrero Liza respuesta
6eI Supreme CcrSejo Aliado al ne
morandUm del Presidente Wilson re-
lativo al convenio franco BRITANNICA
de Ia question del Adri&tico. no he
sido enviaGa aUn. no obstante cue
fue r1dactada desde el sabado pr6xi-
mo pasado,
Sc dice que Ia tardanza en- q en-
VIC de Ia rcferida respuesta Sc ha dc
DIDO a los ~esfuerzos hcchoS en- alGu-
nos circClos. para lograr que fuera
modificado 81 yono de n respuesta
per uno menos cnerCico del cue Sc
dice fue emrlcado.
Esto. Is. per 10 menoS. 10 QUE ey-
presa IN despacho especial c~asmi-
lido dc LonGrcs hoy y dado 4 Ia
publicidad per los periodicoS Ok Il
manana.
WASHINGTON. febrro Lime
~heclaraciou uficial tue hecha hoy
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-02-18

INSTRUMENTATION De LOS ~DARDANELOS
De una manera deff;;nitiUa resuelve en- tai sentdo ell Supre
mo Console AIado reunido en- Londrs

.Turouia. pero a condici0n de que los
turcos suspendan la persecution que
tianen ~cmprendida contra les arTne,
MOS. Segun Sc logro saber hoy. el
eobiernc hritaricc ha enviado instruc
Clones al almirante De Robeck, de
hacer saber nj gobierno turco que los
aliados Sc veran oblirados r modifi-
car considerablemente el Tratado de
Paz con Turquia. en- ell caso de que
continue Ia persecution contra les
armcniCs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
Cabinet Changes.

T HE recent changes in the Presidents
cabinet are the subject of widespread
interest, and from editorial com
ment throughout the country it appears that
the appointments generally are satisfactory.
David F. Houston who succeeds TO the
treasury portfolio, has been one of the most
fOrCeful efficient and active secretaries Of
agriculture since the creation Of the office in
1889
But economics and finance and not agri-
culture. have been the favorite subjects and
the life study of Mr. Houston SO that in
transferring him to the treasury department
the President has recognized his special
training and qualifications. 1t is we'll known
in Washington that Mr.. Houston rendered
valuable aid and advice in the preparation OF
the federal reserve act, and has served as an
eX-officio member of the Federal Reserve
Board. ..
I'm the office of Secretary of the Treasury
the country may be assured that Mr.. Hous-
ton will worthily sustain and pursue the poll
cies which under Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Glass
have taken the country through the most
difficult and trying period OF its hnanclal
history" remarks the New York Times.
.sMoreoyer, it is the Presidents good fortune
that he retains in the Cabinet an adviser of
Mr.. Houston's wisdom and experience"
Succeeding Mr. Houston as Secretary of
Agriculture, Edwin T. Meredith, OF Iowa, II
may be accepted as certain, Will orlne
TO the office every QuallnCaIlou lol INC ouC
cessful discharge of its duties ana RESPONSE
bilities. He enjoys natlon-Wlde reputation do
an EXPERT in matters pertaining to the agfi-
cultural development OF the country which
is STRENGTHENED by a sympathetlc interest III
the welfare of the farmer
Mr. Meredith has been the publisher ana
editor of one of the largest and most IN
auential farm journals in the United States'
He is familiar with every phase of farm lie
in America, is in close touch with the farm
ers of every section. He knows their needs
and the needs of the industry. He IS IN ao>
dition a successful business man, ana ne
NAV be relied upon to devote his best eHorts
TO the Improvement Of rural lie.
There have been a number OF caDlneti
changes since President Wilson S Inauguration
in 1919 but the number is not unusual for,
an executive serving two full terms. Presl-
dent Roosevelt's two administrations We're
marked by many more changes, yet he ala
not serve two full terms
Secretaries Daniels of the Navy Depart
ment Lane Of the Interior Department, and
Wilson Of the Labor Department, and Post
master General Burleson today are the only
members of the Cabinet who have served
continuously since Mr.. Wilson's Inaugural
ton, Secretary Lane hopes soon to retire. Mr..
Bryan retired as Secretary OF State in 1915,
and was succeeded by Mr. Lansing. Mr.. Gar
rison quit as Secretary Of War in 1916, and
was succeeded by Mr.. Baker. Attorney
General McReynolds was appointed to the
Supreme Court in 1914, and succeeded
by Mr. Gregory, who retired in 1919, being
succeeded by Mr. Palmer. Mr. Redield re-
signed as Secretary of Commerce in 1919,
and was succeeded by Mr. Alexander, of
Missouri.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03

former Secretary McAdoo both have their
earnest supporters: that William Jennings
Bryan is considered in some quarters a po-
tential candidate; that Governor Cox, of Ohio,
has a notable following and that thoughtful
observers everywhere are watching with pc
culiar interest the gathering tide of popular
sentiment for Herbert Hoover. But it is
much too early to calculate with any definite
ness either the number or character Of
didates with whom the Georgia primary may
be concerned. And this circumstance no
doubt will appeal to the Committee as a
strong reason for fixing the date Of the
primary far into the spring is pract-
cable, in order that there may be ample time
for a shaping of issues and a maturing of
public judgment. Overshadowing every other
consideration, however, is the fact that prece-
dent. justice and the exigencies of the time
all demand that a preferential primary be
called.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 2S.-SoOn we
will have another census return showing that
another 10,0O0,000 or so have been added
to the population of these United States.
This rapid and steady growth of our ma
ton is commonly regarded as a gratifying
thing. But just exactly what does it mean?
Where does this increase lead, and when will
it stop? Can you imagine a United States
of America twice as big the present one,
with New York and Chicago double their
present sizes? Already we are becoming &C
custOmed to overcrowds and shortages There
is not enough sugar to go around; you have
to reserve a room a week ahead in a New
York hotel; there is a waiting line at the
door of every theater with successful play;
the subway can't run enough trains to carry
its rush hour business. In way, there
seems to be too many of us already.
But the optimists assure us that science
and industry can take care of us all. When
there are 400,0OO,000 Of us, and the city of
New Eork is four times its present size, the
commuter will commute in an airplane leav-
ing his office in downtown New York at
in the afternoon, and getting off at his farm
in western Pennsylvania thirty-seven min
utes later When he goes to hear a famous
actor, it will be in theater four times as
large as any now existing, but the acoustics
will be so perfect that he can hear everS
word, and he will view the star through
The sugar shortage will be made up by clear
ing the jungle out of the Amazon valley and
planting it to cane. New York hotels will
supply the demand for place on Manhat-
tan island by rising right up toward the
stars half a mile or more, and quick lunch
will be served on the elevators. The power
to run all of these things? The sun and
the tide will have been harnessed, and the
last few chunks of coal will nave been placed
in the museums. The oil supply will be
dead issue, for the motors of our airplanes
will be operated on alcohol made out of vege-
tation grown in waste land like the Rocky
mountains, and produced at almost no Goa
at all.
In some such ways as these our doubts
are laid at rest by scientific optimists like H.
G. Wells. Science, they assure us, can do
it all And beyond doubt, science can do
a lot. Yet good authority be found to
doubt whether this rapid increase of popula-
ton is unmixed blessing.
There is no question upon which the pub
lie has been more consistently bamboozled
and confused than that of population. The
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03

first Of the wise men to throw scare into
the common herd was old Nautilus. Nearly
all of us remember having heard something
abOut Malthus He was widely reputed to
have said that population was increasing
faster than the food supply, and that we were
therefore headed straight toward universal
starvation. AS matter Of fact, that is not
what he said at all. But that is what he
got credit for saying and he succeeded IN
diffusing an air Of gloom over the world for
a while.
rrbon came the scientific optimists' above
mention. who said that Nautilus was all
wrong. and there was really nothlng 20 "ol[y
about These gentlemen We're IolloMe" ny ~,
another school of thinkers who went sui
forthnr They asserted that as a matter or
Fact. babies were not being born fast enough
Race suicide" then became a term Whlch
every one had heard, and the exact meaning
of which very few had seriously considered
France was widely exploited III the puoHc
nr;nts as an example of this national ca
tastrophe We we're told that IN france the
nonulation was not increasing at all, and we
were led to believe that it was only matter
of time until France as natlon anu the
French as a race would disappear OH the lace
of the earth. 1t said that France was
in a state Of decay. The righteous-minded
pointed to the decadent state OF its morals,
showing that it was in the same fix as the
Roman empire just before it's collapse. Mil
itary men declared that if it came to war,
the French would be licked all over the place
by almost any of it's more vlrtuous and fecund
neighbors. Administrators said that the
French government was a dying organism.
All had to admit that French art and lit
erature showed beauty and vitality, but this
was asserted to be the very flower of decay,
the beautiful orchid that sprouts from
dying tree.
The French themselves were worried about
themselves. They feared that immigration
would denationalize France, and they, also
feared that the nation could not weather
war. lola, the great French novelist, wrote
book designed to encourage people to have
more children.
Roosevelt was, of course, the great race
suicide alarmist in this country. He was
especially fond of pointing to South America,
bidding us note how much faster the South
Americans were breeding than were we, and
asking how expected to maintain our pre-
dominance in the western hemisphere if we
allowed the people to the south to outbreed
us so rapidly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
INCOME TAX FACTS
YOU SHOULD KNOW
NO. 8


Numerous inquiries are received by collec-
tors of internal revenue concerning deprecia-
ton and the allowances therefor in the filing
of an income-tax return. AS the rate at which
depreciation may be claimed is dependent
upon local conditions the use to which the
property is put and its probable life time
under normal business conditions, no specific
rate is established by the law or regulations
The word depreciation" is not used in the
law, which provides reasonable allowance
for exhaustion, wear and tear of property used
in trade or business, including a reasonable al
lOWance for ObSoleScence."
To compute the amount of depr citation which
may be claimed, taxpayer should determine
the probable lifetime of the property tn IN
divide the number years II will be disable
in the business in which employed The re.
suit thus obtained will represent the amount
ample. frame building, the probable lifetime
OF which without repair or replacement is Is
years, cost $4,000. Divide $4,000 by IS and
claim 5000 each year as an exemption.
AVERAGE DEPRECIATION
While each taxpayer must determine lie
probable lifetime of his property, without re-
gard to the following figures, it has been seSti-
mated that the average disable lifetime of a
frame building is IS years; brick building, IS
years. a stone, steel, or concrete building, 50
to 400 years. The estimated life of ordinary
machinery is 10 years, that of automobiles used
for business or farm purposes and farm trac-
tors, to years.
If a taxpayer claims the full amount of
deprec citation he can not claim as a deduction
the cost of repairs to the property during
the same year. If he wishes to claim a deduc-
ton on account of repairs, their cost must be
deducted from the full amount of depreciation,
ard the balance may be claimed under the
heading of "Deprecatio.l." "ReparS' in this
connection means repairs and requirements of
kind tending to make good the depf eciation
such as new flooring or new roof Small
items such as requirements or broKen windows.
p2perlng, and minor repairs are allowable, even
though the full amount of depreciation is
claimed.
PRINCIPLES TO BE OBSERVED
Ir claiming depreciation the following fuda-
mental principles must be observed:
Only such depreciation as results from ex-
hauStion, wear, and tear of property arising
ont of its use in business or trade is allowed.
Depreciation in the value of home, or prop
erty such as automobiles used fol- pleasure
or convenience can not be claimed.
Depreciation due to changes in he social
or business conditions of neighhorhood, or
changes of street grade, or fluctuations in
market values can be claimed.
Depreciation in the value of land, whether
improved or unimproved, due to erosion. ey-
hauStiOn, or any other cause can not be claimed
When, in the course of years. the owner of
property has claimed its full cost as denrecia-
ton, no further claim will be allowed.
The value to be cared for by depreciation is
the actual amount invested in the property
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

His fellow clerks gathered round him When
the news became public property. and extended
congratulations
But" said one man. :" understand the girl
you are engaged to is twin; how DO vou
tell the difference between her and her SIS
ter"
"WeI. it's mighty nice family" said the
lucky man. and | don't bother very mu>h.'
"F1ow nicely you hive ironed these things,
Jane" said the mistress admiringlv to her maid.
Then, glancing at the glossy linen, she con-
tinued in tone of surprise: "Oh but see
they are all your own yes replied Jane,
"and I'd do all yours Just like that if had
time
At the last moment Mr. Gavlev found he
could not attend the garden party at Miss
FentOn'S house. and it yaS, of course, imperative
that he should send his regrets; so he sum-
moned Mick, the family gardener.
Tell Miss Bessie that ! am very sorry, but
business will prevent m coming, he said.
yes. sir" Sau Mick.
"And-wait minute" said Gavler. Could
you remember line of roetry:'
"Certany, sorr
We'll. tell her, Though lost o sight, 10
memory dear.
Half an hour later Mick VAS delivering his
message to Miss Fenton.
"The master said its sorry he 5 h> cant
b, wild ye." said Mick. "and-and though hes
lost his sight his memorys clear, And may /
be forgiven for the untruth Pm tellin' vel!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
DO A GOOD TURN
By DR.. Frank Crane

BY DR.. Frank Crane
OF all the proposed Drives and Weeks and
Days and Campaigns, none is more appealing
than the Do a Good Turn Week suggested
by the Boy Scouts
What this wretched old world needs more
than anything else is Good Turns
r There is so much hate and grudgeS and
contempt and hostility and it is all waste, it
clogs the wheels of humanity, its results are
loss and suffering
Since love and kindness, helpfuneSS and for
giVeneSS,t Self-reStraint and PATIENCE invariably
produce health, happiness and prosperity,
wouldn't you naturally suppose that all human
creatures would devote themselves to such
works?
But we're lunatic lot We nurse passions
that wreck us, say words that return to sting
US, drink liquor that gives us Brghts Disease
and hardening of the arteries, trust lies that
bring us only humiliation, and take pleasure
in hurting folks only to wish we hadn't.
l saw Jane Cows play the other evening,
and am not ashamed to say cried honestly
over it. For it was a beautiful story of how
Love and Human Kindness struggle with and
at last overcome Pride and StubbornneSs and
Vengeance. wish all the bitter and bull headed
population of the United States could see it,
Do Good Turn
Anything. Just so you do not get any profit
from it, any money or prominence or food for
your vanity.
Do something just to help the other fellow
Of course you will get your pay, if you do
the thing honestly for you will feel the warm
est and most delicious f all Joys creep in
around your ;i-art.
Now that you cannot get booze to make you
hilarious, try Doing Good Turn; lit is really
Intoxicating; and it is even better the morning
after.
What?
Oh, anything so it's not "charty" Let it be
something human, Stop and talk to the ele-
vator boy. If a writer, a preacher, or an actor
has pleased you sit down and write him and
tell him. Help your small son do his arith-
metic. Give your tired CLERK halliday Off
who wants to 60 home early Help lame
cog over Stile.
Anything.
Copyright, 1920, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03

President Poincare, accompanied by Pre-
mier Mllerand and Marshal Foch, last week
i bestowed the French war cross on the Belgian
cities of Furnes, Niueport, o3aDxmude and
Ypres. M, Poincare, after recalling in his
speech how the Germans prepared their. plan
of invasion, paid warm tribute to Belgium,
which he said, preferred martyrdom to the
shame of disloyalty. The French executive
described the heroism of her cities, destroyed
by the Germans by systematic bonn bardments,
and expressed the admiration of France for
Belgium and her gratitude to those who
fought and suffered for the cause. ,oo.
Admiral Won Reuter; the chief officer of the
German feet at Scapa Flow, who gave the
order for the scuttlng Of the German war
ships there in June has been set free by the
British authorities. The admiral has returned
to Germany.
Government taxes during 1921 will amount
to approximately $3.50 for every family in
the United States, Representative Luce, Re.
publican, MasSackU@etts, declared last week
in the house of x resentatives. Critczing
the federal reseri& '0aTd for issuing $4,000
100000 in notes, .ilr. Luce said there was
an impending financial menace" The fed
eraI reserve system. he said, has never stood
any test" Representative Hefin, Democrat
Alabama, replied that the reserve act was
the besF piece OF legislation devised to break
the Wall street monopoly"
Disquieting reports have come from the
mill area in the Bombay presidency of In
da where 100000 cotton workers went on
strike early this month, to the effect that the
military recently fired on crowd of strikers,
causing a number of casualties, including
killed The crowds in the district ho-
gan holding up street cars and othey
hicles and compelling the passengers TO
alight, the dispatch states. Later tho
strikers became more riotous, and the mil
itary, after giving warning it is declared
were compelled to fire.
A large increase in the birth rate of Paris,
France, is shown by statistics for December
the rate in Paris having doubled since the
beginning of the year. Last January the birth
rate was 9.5 per 1000, while for the present
month the rate exceeds Is per 1000. The
number of marriages is also increasing !
Deaths have decreased from / 8 per 900 in
January to IA per 1000 this month.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03

The interparlamentary Socialist group in
Riksdag has decided to recommend to the
Norwegian Storching Nobel committeeman it
Support President Wilson and Christian
Lange, secretary Of the interparliamentary
union, the candidates for the 1919 and the
1920 Nobel peace prizes, says. a dispatch.fro
Stockholm, Sweden. ..,. = '.~'' ----S . q.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
CURRENT EVENTS. OF INTEREST

Charges of excessive profiteering on pOta-
toes have been brought to the attention of
the federal government and they are being
investigated. The charges state that for
tunes are probably being made from the
humble "spud," and that consumers are be-
ing forced to pay at the rate of $500 a bushel
for potatoes, while farmers secure only
$157 a busheI. Retailers declare that the
high prices are due TO a nationwide shortage.
Repatriation of German prisoners may
bring about a critical situation in the labor
market in some parts of France, according to
an Amiens dispatch received in Paris. Work
OF restoration of devastated districts will be
retarded, it is said, and farmers who have
been employing large numbers of Germans
fear they will not be able to show large
acreage this spring. Efforts have been made
to replace the Germ2rs who have returned
TO their native land, but reports state few
applicants for work nave made their ap-
De2Tance.
The United States now has a merchant
marine q 2#.dG9 ships with a gross tonnage
OF 1879 900 tons, according TO figures made
pubic ~ The department of commerce. The
t0tal number Of masters, officers and men
required TO man it is 266 ,00G
ID 10 June 80, 1919, it was divided as
follows. Stem vessels, 7,S1-: motor vessels.
:.
5,583 On June 80, 1915, the personnel Of
ouF merchant marine consisted of 1921
men. Since then new ships have increased
the personnel by 81 900 men.
Latest figures on the size Of Great Britain S
merchant marine are those OF 1914. when its
total tonnage aggregated 1900. 000 with
personnel totaling 21O,672 men.
With congress- leaders shaping program
for adjournment sine die about June /, Sen
ator Hoke Smith is planning 10 spend several
weeks, and probably longer, among his con-
stituents in Georgia. The senior senator will
visit all sections of the state, renewing ac-
Quaintances and making addresses. Regard
less of whether congress adjourns by July
Senator Smith expects to visit all parts OF
Georgia and deliver number of speeches
on the questions OF the day. There will be
dull periods in the senate during the
spring and summer and it will be possible
for Senator Smith to get away from time to
time for . fOul' of his state.
Mrs A. /. PIXIE. OF Lakewood. a suburb
Of Cleveland, 0G3r chairman of the WOman's
Democrats committee OF Cuyahoga county,
Is The fra1 H,cman named delegate to a
"a ti<,r:. t. u.5tical convention, Her appoint
lucnt hes baen annCUnced b. W B. Gongwer,
active he q III the Democratic organization in
Cleveland. Who said that, .,lthough several
western s1ljes have ajgnfed their intention
of sending women delegates, none has been
definitely named.