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VOL. CHI- No. 204.
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING,' JUtY 23, 1920.
THE. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
1867
L '- i ixt f 1 n r i iiin i
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HCREASE OF RATES
TO
WAGE AWARD
Freight Would Be Advanced 26
per Cent; Passenger 20;;
Pullman Charges 50. ' :
FXCESS BAGGAGE AND
MILK ALSO INCLUDED
Southern Territory ESpected To
Contribute'$69,909,495 Of
Required Revenue.
Washington,
July 22. To 'provide
the additional revenues' necessary to
, th $roo. 000,000 increase 4n 'wages
SJarded by the railway, labor board,
L railroads of the country proposed
today to the interstate commerce com
mission that passenger rates be - ad
vanced twenty per cent and freight
rates
q ner Cent in .uuiuuh wv
JSX-
cess haisage rates be increased 20
tier cent and the milk tariff be increased
to the same level of freight rates.
Should the increases proposed today,
and those previously asked for, be,
granted in full, freight rate would be
advanced twenty-six pe cent and the
nation's freight bills would be In
creased by $1,355,379,675. The . total
which would be added to the passenger
revenue under the railway .executive
plan would be $233,825 882 annually.
Pullman charges would go up $43,689,
344 a year. The revenue on milk would
be advanced by $1,420,995. . '.,;'.' v ':
The plan presented by the railroad
executives disclosed that . they- have
estimated the wage award at approxi
mately $62fi.000.000 instead of $600,
000.000 figured by the labor board. Al
fred P. Thorn, general counsel of the
association of railway executives ex
plained that the $26 000,000 additional
jras figured on the oasis of overtime
allowances provided in the award. .
Formal Proponal Submitted.
The proposal of the executives 'was
submitted to the commission by.,Mr.
Thorn after a conference with Its mem
bers. It had been worked out at a
series of conferences of railroad offi
cials here since the announcement of
the wage award by the labor1 .board at
Chicago last Tuesday, r The commis
sion made no comment on receiving the
proposal of the transportation act1 "
This proposal submitted to the, com
mission today was outlined in the fol
lowing statement of the railway execu
tives: "The carriers suggest that the reve
nues required to meet the wage award
be raised in part from passenger tfain
traffic, and in part from freight train
traffic by increasing rates accruing
from passenger train traffic and : in
creasing rates accruing from passenger
train traffic and by increasing the per
centage advances in freight and switch
ing rates already applied for In the
following manner:
"1. All passenger fares to be In
creased 20 per cent with a minimum
of not less than ten cents per trip on
any form of ticket. . ..
Genernl Increnne Sought.
"The foregoing includes: Standard
local or inter-line fares, execursion,
convention and fares for other special
occasions, commutation and other mul
tiple form of ticket, extra fares on
limited trains and club cars rates.
"2. Al! excess baggage rates to be
increased 20 per cent.
"3. Surcharge on sleeping and par
lor cars to be made 50 per cent of the
charges for soace occupied either In
parlor or sleeping cars.
"4. Milk. Increase all rate, both
passenger "nd freight, same total per
centflge applied o freight revenue. .
"5. Freig-ht and switching revenues
to be increased sufficiently to yield
the balance of the revenue required to
ffi(1et the increased operating expenses
jiue to the labor board award, in ad
dition to the percentage increased al
ready proposed. "
K!i Per (t RaUe In South.
The total increases from all sources
of revenue in each of the three rail
road classification territories - would
correspond to the estimated increase of
"ges in those territories, and would
as follows: Eastern $318,729,935;
southern $69,909,495. and western $287,-
'1.655. . . .'- r
t'r.der the executives estimates the
proposed increase in passenger ratis
Sfisoc' yiekI an annual return of '$111.
.2 m eastern territory $29,826,400
'southern and $92,332,599 in west-
Jhe additional increase ' in freight
uH be 10 per cent in eastern- ter
ritory $12.020,541, 8.5 per cent in south-
rn te-ritory yielding $33,798,926 and
per cent in western territory
neldm- $122,551,208.
EXECl-TIOX SKT OJf BIRTHDAY.
AshevUle, July 22.Judge P. A. Mc
eoiir?" presidinS over Catawba superior
tenceV '7ewton this evening, sen
nced Colter Holtzclaw. young white
br ,",' C0"Xicted of kling John .W. Ga
1 Terre11. this county, last De
Dr . f" t0 be electrcuted.on" Septem
n. - Counael for Holtzclaw gav
r: ' appeal to .the supreme courtJ
Hot , set for the electrocution of
"nr
"ma on nis twentyrrourth
?.y,KLS BA(K from alaska:
July 22, The. dreadnauo-lit
tdah
i i
o. with $sn..t..i. t
khv ? . iohn Barton Payne . aboard,
"today from Alaska, ' where' the
nd o7f 7lnV members Inspected - coal
lels
road l"e Bovernmeni' rail-
ueet - secretaries visited ;. the
ei h,-)Un(j navy -yard-today. 1
San'0 Sh,n Tnrni. Tn'rtle.
n now'80' 5al- July-22The Mexi
eriv 7 T6choone'- Jacris. Conde,; for,
:um;rt t t,Dane8e owned TonJ Maru,
iht lw if and Sundered recently at
of fazftlan'' co.,-wlth the
om KP'OPlytwo "ves. according,: to
tor shin TUSht here today by the mo
ur snip Jeanette B
BE
Ml
on
DADS
ms rums
New York, July . 22. Preferring
death to punishment by her father,
eleven-year-old Angelina S c ire
threw herself , from , the ' window of
her home into the yard four stories
below. She. died in the hospital here
today without regaining conacious-
Angelina believed her father was
coming to punish her for quarreling
with a neighbor girl, the police say,
when she took the fatal leap. '
She left her parents this note: r
"I was no use. . To get killed, I
; throw myself out the window be
cause I need.". -
COMPLETE PROBE
OF VIOLENCE AT
GRAHAM ORDERED
Governor ; Bickettr Wants All
v Fact3 of Reported Assault
; J; on Jail Sifted - -v
.. Spelal to Tfcie Star:)
Raleigh, July 22. Governor
T. W.
Bicketf this afternoon . ordered a com
plete' Investigation o he violence in
Graham 'occasioned by the action - of
the machine gunners in firing on an al
leged mob. which was-storming the Jail,
resulting ' in a three-minutes' pitched
battle, in which one of the spectators
was killed. : The following ; statement
regarding the "investigation was made,
and County Attorney iS. S. Parker was
immediately notified by telegraph:
"In view of the action - of the civil
authorities of Alamance county I deem
it due i the soldiers ' on duty . and the
citizenship of the entire state to have a
careful , Investigation toade of the al
leged assault . on the Jail in Graham
and "of the conduct of the troops on
tne night of July 19. The members of
the committee . to make the investiga
tion. will be announced as soon as It is
ascertained that they will serve."
r Heard Only One Side
The verdict of the coroner's Jury, in
which it was held that the . soldiers
were not Justified in firing, is the fac
tion of, the .civil . authorities ofAla
mance county," -presumably referred, to
in the statement by the governor. The
decision is, in line with the idea of the-
adjutant general's department, whitri
has contended. all alonjfhat the. coro
ner's jury heard only one"" side -or-the'
case when It rendered the decision. Un
til the committee- does make the in
vestigation into the whole matter the
governor will, in all probability, make,
no' comment.. ' .
George W. 'Tandy, former Carolina
football star, first sergeant of the .Dur
ham machine gun company, on recent
guard duty in Graham, tonight gave out
a statement regarding the killing of
Jim Ray.' which throws new light on
the situation. Tandy is an umpire in
the Piedmont league and gave out an
affidavit following the game here this
afternoon, In part, the statement says:
"Corporal Rosa, who was at the ma
chine gun posted on the front porch of
the jail, first called my attention to
seven or eight men who walked past in
a suspicious manner, and having cov
ered about fifty yards, turned and came
back by the jail.
' Action Were Suspicions
. "Their actions were far from that of
normal passersby, as they had their
hats pulled -down over their eyes and
the collars of their raincoats turned up
to their chins. This action cannot be
attributed to the weather, as the rain
had stopped altogether at this juncture.
They walked on. up the street, paseea
the corner store where an arc light was
shining brightly, and then, gaining the
shelter of the semi-darkness , on the
other side of the street, turned and
ran, disappearing behind a nearby
house. This . caused much, speculation
in our minds as to what was their in
tention,' and I cautioned my men to be
onr their guard, but not to fire unless
they were ' fired upon. It was at this
time that a lone individual was seen
coming up .the. street, walking In a
northerly direction towards the Jan.
He had on a raincoat, but his head was
bare. When, opposite the tjail he wa
told to halt, and I immediately went
out to find out his business. He saio
he, was just coming down town to see
what was up. I cautioned him to im
mediately repair' to his own home, , In
view of what I had already seen and.
heard. He had Just started to carry out
my suggestion when, from across " the
street, came a shot, the bullet passing
uncomfortably close .to my head. . .
Machine Gnn Not Fired
' "Looking Jn the direction f rim, which
I ju-dged the shot came, I saw two more
gun flashes from the edge of the corn
field ' directly opposite the frpnt door
or the -jail,. It was then and not until
then that . my men, numbering ten,
started- firing with pistols. After the
shots from the -cornfield and while my
men were still engaging them with pis
tols,' I sought the .cover of the porch.
I could see masked forms moving about
the cornfield by means of the arc light
on the corner.' As soon as I could safely
do ; so, I ' gained the shelter of the : top
of - the porch, . where I ' met Captain
Fowler,' who ordered the men to cease
firing, - which . order was promptly
obeyed-.'' . - ' : . f..'--'i--'-'; V
.When the firing ceased Tandy says he
made an examination of the machine
gun handled by Corporal Ross and
found that- it had not -been fired single
time. , ' :
UGHTNI1VG KILLS TWO f .
Little Neck, N. Y July 22. A iight
nl'ng' bo'lt which" struck their home dur
ing a storm today killed r Jennie i and
Edward 'Srteilaski; nine and two "years
old, respectively; , The children were' ".n
the .kitchen.- Their, mother, who was Itt
another part of the-house was not. In
jured. " . ; ';" y.i"h:A
. ' SLOVAK 1 TROOPS GOING HOME. ..
. Norfolk July '22. The "3.400 Slovak
troops who .have been quartered at the
army - supply base 'for the "past 'three
weeks, will leave tomorrow v on .: the
America for their native land,
Trieste . , x
via
5
COX GATHERS DATA
FOR FORMAL SPEECH
SILENT ON HAR
O 5
Governor To Begin WorJ f g J
: ceptance Address At 2
ton Home Toda1
HUGE MAIL DISCLO
RTTPPflRT WW TIT
Sentiment Of Country Progres
sive And In Line With Plat-
form, Nominee Says.
Columbus, Ohio, July 22: While re
publicans were celebrating a few miles
away, ' Governor Cox,' the democratic
Standard bearer and his chief aides to
day rounded out the opposition pro
gram: -,"',; ' . v "":"'
' Announcement that Saturday, August
7, had been fixed definitely for Gov
ernor Cox's notification at Trail's End,
his home, near' Dayton was made.
The following Monday August 9,
was chosen for simlliar ceremonies for
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vice-presidential
nominee, at Hyde i Park, N. Y.
. Governor Cox declined to discuss the
acceptance address of Senator Harding,
his republican opponent. "
The governor , announced that he i
, . . . .iv,
would leave herr at 3 3Q o otock tomor- ,
h?r Jcentanc? sneectei He does v
to his acceptance speeches. .He does1
not plan to return here until August 2. ,
Much data for le Trail's f End address
has beep collected, by Governor Cox.
He said that following? a custom in
preparing his gubernatorial ! addresses
he planned to 1 lock himself in hie li
brary for a couple of days studying
his topics, and then call a stenographer.
The 7nJlll
amii Arn sir onr Tarn r r oil at Tl flYr 1ST t A t i
Tacttlea Correspondence.
Piles of corresoondence acoumulated
during the democratic national 'com
mittee's visit ; here were gone through
today by Governor Cox. Many persons
"are ' writing, he said, regarding cam
paign issues.
"The correspondence indicate a posi
tive trend in the country away from re
action, : v said " the governor.! "Th
period ,of ca'mpafgne Hn. theootrespjBn?
dence has f'l. passed independent
thought as vident-'Ii li ..i. ' ' v
plied:'
"Oodles of them."
"To- put the thought of "my corre
spondents , succinctly,, the goveu-nor
added, "it seems to the best interests
of pur country are along the lines of
progress. The country is progressive.
There- Is no"QuestIon about that in my
mind."
Confers With Moore.
Conferences on campaign affairs be
tween Governor Cox, Chairman White,
of the national committee; E. H. Moore,
the governor's 'convention manager and
other party leaders dosed today tem
porarily with the departure of vir
tually all the visitors. Mr. White will
visit eastern headquarters and, .after
the notification ceremonies, plans again
to tour the country in the interest of
the party ticket. JV
An invitation to speak atr Kansas
City, Mo., was- received today by Gov
ernor Cox, from Mayor CowgHl, pre
sented through Judge John H. Pollock
of Kansas; City. The governor wrote
the mayor expressing appreciation for
the invitation, but stating that his
itinerary would be up by the commit
tee speakers' bureau.
REDS MAY GRIP
EUROPE IN WAR
Allied AidTo Poland
Looms As Menace.
Washington, July 22. Without offi
cial information regarding the decision
of the Allied powers to furnish military
aid to Poland in her struggle with the
bolsheviki, "government officials re
frained today from formal expression
of opinion, but unofficially professed to
see in 'the new Situation most, of the
elements of European war on a broad
scale. '
Army officers and officers of the state
department generally. were frankly pes
simistic as to abiljty of France and
Great Britain to place 'armies in Po
land in time to check the Russian ad
vance before Warsaw falls and many
of them" were skeptical of the part ot
either France or Britain to put' their
war-weary people into the struggle.
Although,' technically, the .President
still Is endowed with the specially con
ferred war powers, there was no dis
position of officials, to assume that . he
would involve the United States m n
war between the bolsheviki and the
allies 'unless action might be justified
by-some overt act against the army of
occupation. : The state ;department in
dicates increasing tenseness between
the , conservative an d - pro-radical
groupes in Germany and it was gener
ally believed that unless' th radical
element: gained the ascendency, ... the
chances of the United States becoming
involved ; in the new 1 situation , ; wer
slight. -Although a suggestion-Of Amer
ican co-operation from France and
Great Britain .was regarded, as pqss!
ble. . . . ':-.' v '.' lx.
Steps already have been taken to re
move from ,-thft 'war farea such. Ameri
cans as may wish to leave. .
, ACT ON COAX SITUATION."' " ''
' Richmo nd, Jul y 22.--Serious , scarcity
and high prices of coal led today to
the formation .after a cofnerence in the
office of Governor Davis,: of a fuel' com
mittee headed ; by J. R. A." Hobson,
Richmnod, .to confer with mine opera
tors and "the interstate 'Commerce com
mission In , an effort to relieve a situa
tion which is regarded by the conferees
as a positive menace . ..;
iRES
Ohio Gets Third
- Nominee; IVatfcins
Heads Dry Ticket
Lincoln,'" Neb.,' July. 22 Ohio got'
Its third presidential candidate for
the 1920" campaign1, when the pro
hibition national convention nomi
nated Aaron S. Watkins, ' of Ger
mantown, Ohio, after learning from
William J, Bryan, that he would not
accept . the nomination voted him
yesterday,
Mr. Watkins won ' on the second
ballot after he and R. H. Patton had
each received . eighty-five votes on
the first. , ,;'.. ,
The vote was:- ' '
Aaron S. Watkins, 108; .R. H. Pat
ton, 74; D. - A. Poling, 24; C. A. Ran
dall, '2. It took , ninety-five votes to
nominate. '
YACHTS ARE READY
FOR EVENT TODAY
Shamrock Overhauled In Dry
dock; Resolute's Crew Anx
ious For Big Test.
Sandy Hook,- N. J., July 22. Sham-
rock . IV, challenger for the America's
cup, will enter tomorrow's race against
Resolute, American defender, with - a
new top mast and a ' new topsail, the
regatta rommlttee of the New York
xacnt ciuo announceo tonignt. Alter
.skipper ; had - notified 'the
committee Of this charge, , he, requested
,OC!M nf uar Bal1 i.,
- " " "wrr ";t'
the official -measurer was unable to
reach the Lipton craft's - moorings ; in
time to do the work tonight. The com-?
mittee announced, however, that to
morrow's; re.ee would be f run on.the
basis pf a time allowance of six min
utes and "" 40 seconds for Resolute.
subject to; any change that may result
from .a , remeasurement of 1 Shamrock's
4
top sail.
Shamrock arrived at a Staten Island
shipyard early today under tow and at
once was put on the ways in order
that .her underbody might be scraped.
It, was, .the belief pf 'her erew that she
had collected oil on her sleek side,
since she had left dry dock about a
week ago, but when, she was slid back
Intq the water late this afternoon this
fiear . jpP'as pronounced groundless. Not
a barnacle and scarcely. streak' of
oil.sd vheeo found oh .her hull. f
Wsallft'CaTtafTr ' vfThflrl Francis
In dry dock for "another - inspection, he
gave his crew little rest as the great
white sloop lay anchored in the shelter
of the hook. Sails were gone - oyer,
compasses tested - and the last touch
given the racer before resumption of
the 1920 regatta. v -
Tomorrow's race will be over a three
side course, starting and ending as
usual from the Ambrose channel light
ship. The equatorial triangle of 1Q
miles to a leg will be plotted just be
fore . the start! When ; the race com
mittee observes direction of the wind.
It was admitted at the Staten Island
shipyard that Shamrock had sustained
a slight injury during yesterday's race.
Before Shamrock- left - tonight for
Sandy Hook.jinder tow, seamen- aboard
her were observed working onthe top
sparring. Although' 'shipyards - officials
professed Ignorance of what work; as
being done aloft, the belief held here
tonight that the old top mat had been
re-stepped, in order to do away wijh
the ' challenger's big top sail, which
forces her to give Resolute a time al
lowance of seven minutes and one sec
ond, Instead of six minutes and forty
Beconds.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
WITHHOLDS ENDORSEMENT
Will Present Facts of Each
-Nominee's Stand to Voters
Washington, July 22. The anti-saloon
league' of America would not in
dorse any- presidential candidate for
election this year, but had . ordered a
completion ", of facts of the present
stand of each candidate, and will make
this public. This ' announcement was
made by " the executive committee of
the organlastlon tonight, after an all
day sesison ; in which superintendents
pf many of Its state branches partlcl-.'
pated. . ;vr.'- '" 7 f "
A special eommlttee, headed .by P?
P. A. Baker, .general superintendent
of the league was authorized by reso-
lutlon ''carefully and impartially to
obtain the' offrcial records and - public
utterances 'of -each candidate , for the
Informatien ,of the constituency of the
Dr. Bakerr when asked ' whether the
league expected to question . directly
eSnator Hardiag. the republican nomi
nee, or Governor Cox, the" democratic
candidate, replied that was a question
for teh conimittee" to consider. ? The
executive committee announced; that
the league however,, would take a di
rect part. '.It was ; added that "this
policy wlll.be necessary as long as ad
vocates of the liquor traffic continues
to bear arms .to nullify the eighteenth
amendment: y : ''' .' . - - :r:
PICKS UP DISjAOLED SHIP. 4
New ' York.: July 2 2 -The American
steamre ;0akee, Norfolk for Danslg.
arrived here late today. with the steam
ship Namkie: In . tow. The Namkle,
which was bound from St.rNa2alre,
France, for "Norfolk, became - disabled
with, defective boilers and had been
adrift for seven dayarwhen. the -Ozake
fell in with the disabled' ship and took
her in tow. ? '.;:'y-,-"ry-' ' ; i,
WANDERER PLEADS NOTGUILTT. ;
Chicago,- July 22,-Carl - Wanderer,'
self-confessed slayer of . his; wife' and
a -ragge(i stranger who; was used as
a dupe to "stage a fake hol4 up, today
entered a plea f not guilty ; when his
case was called:
i Attorneys 7 defending Wanderer . re
quested a sixty day continuance. Judge
i-Dam a tv. trial for SentMnhF-1t, .
HARDING
PEACE
WILSON
BRYAN WILL NOT
ACCEPXNOMMTION
Cannot Give Entire Attention To
Prohibition; To Retain Party
Identity, He Says.
Bozeman, Montana, July 22. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan tonight reiterated
his refusal to accept the prohibition
party nomination.
The; first intimation of his nomina
tion for the presidency by the prohibi
tion convention at Lincoln, Neb, was
received by him at 1 o'clock this af
ternoon at Madison lake upon his re
turn from a forenoon of fishing when
he read ah .Associated Press dispatch
giving the text pf the telegram sent
by him to Lincoln-.
It was forty, miles from any telegraph
office at the time, but as soon as he
reached Norris, Mont., he sent a tele
gram . declining the nomination.
une text of his teleerram follow
Please deliver the - following mes- !
sage to the chairwoman of the Dro
hihition- national committee, now in
session at Lincoln. -Having been away
from the railway and telegraph facili
ties for the past two "hours, I have not
received your telegram tendering me
the nomination by the prohibition na
tional convention. ' But upon; seeing a
copy of it in the Bozeman newsnaoers.
I hasten to reply. ' :
"i profoundly appreciate the honor
done me in tendering this nomination,
and I fully share- lh the conquest of
prohibition as a permanent policy of
pur country, and in the strict enforce
ment of . the Volstead act," without any
weakening of its provisions. I also
Share the convention's disappointment
at: the failure of k the democratic and
republican. parties' to pledge their can
didates to such a policy,, but I 'cannot,
in 'justice' to the prohibition party, nor
tp' myself accept the nomination.
. "My connection with other reforms
would make it impossible for me fto
focus my attention upon the prohibi
tion question alone, and beside-. I am
not willing to sever my , connection
with the democratic party, which has
so signally honored me' in years "past.
"I have not decided yet, how I shall
vote this falL" but whatever I feel it
my duty, I expect to continue as a
member of the- democratic party'v and
to servie my country 'through it ' 5
GOMPERS SAYS RAIL
MEN DISAPPOINTED
Sees No Signs of Strike,
v He Adds -
Washington, July 22. Discussing
the wage, award of the railroad .labor ;
uoaiu, onuuei uumMer,.,presioeni oi i
the American federation of labor, in a
statement tonight declared that . while
the. railroad employes are .disappoint
ed, "It is indicated that they will not
strike to enforce-a fairer consideration
of-their needs." ;
Mr. Gompers ssA that the men af
fected by the -award had a right to
be disappointed at the "first test of the j
wage making side, of the Esch-Cum-
rnlns act. He declared that a rope
has been thrown to each railroad
worker, and added that collectively
they feel themselves morally bound to
. . , . . . . , ,
accept it.
The labor leader announced his op
position to increase in railroad rates
to carry the wage increases.
"Much has been said in the press
about the estimated aggregate wage
increases granted to the railroad men
of the country by the railroad wage
board," 'said Mr.-Gompers. The figure
$600,000,000 is large and it sounds im
posing and awesome. Most of" us have
no adequate idea of what so much
money means or would look like.
"An entirely unfair .impression gains
ground by reason of this bulking. The
honest method of . applying the in
crease is to appty it to the individual.
It is estimated that the average wage
o fa section. worker, under the award
will be less than" $25 a week. The
average -wage of an engipeer will be
about- $280 pey month, or less than $70
per week. These are averages, so a
great many hundreds of workers in the
classifications -i will, get less than the
estimated average " he said.
''First and foremost, the business oi
railroads Is to carry the commerce and
the people of the country and to pro
vide for those engaged in railroading
an -adequate living according to Ameri
can5 standards American ability and
ingenuity has come to a oorry pass, if
it must confess fallure.to put the rail
roads in condition - to do that work in
that manner. . .
"The question of ownership Is not in
volved The question is one of making
the roads do what they were built to
do. and what they must do. The pres
ent state of freight over the outlook Is
a terrific Indictment of railroad execu
tive' brain's- v The " audacity seems to
have gone out of railroading. The fer
tility ' imagination ' which made
American railroads the greatest in the
woTld has' been r sapped In :the money
markets'- The ideals of achievement
have been buried under the aspiration
for stock Jobblng.Gompers concluded.
news of soars suicide not
'.W- TOLD STRICKEN EX-EMPRESS
y nonm. Holland. July
22.--
n.nnr Triwre Frederick WUhe. "-.
rived here : yesterday ifpr.- the pu
of consoling his father on the'
nhn (uirtlv con .
ittAri suicide, and to consult with , the
former emperor concerning when and
how to tell the? forme - empress the
news. "The - lattef must be informed
before the end of jtherweeK as ,he is
expecting Joachim to arrive oMjr
inrlth his child. - -
PROMISES EFFECTIVE
'S ATTITUDE
Urges Association of Nations That Would Not .
Impair U. S. Sovereignty Calls President's ,
Position Obstinate and Impracticable
Increased Production Qnly Solution
Of High Prices, He Says Given
Big Ovation
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Marion, Ohio, July 22. Peace by & resolution of congress,
and after that, an effort to form an association of nations that
would not impair sovereignty, were promised today by Warren G.
Harding, in his speech accepting the republican nomination' for the
presidency. v
He declared the time had come to recognize "the failure at
tending assumption, obstinacy, impracticability and delay" in
President Wilson's attempt to form a league of nations and that a
new, pathway must be found to peace and world content.
Iri' reaching formally his party's mandate the nominee also
outlines a stand for government by party, rather than by indus
tries. Railway employes might well be accorded a status of public
servants, indorsed co-operative marketing for farmers, and pro
nounced increased production the key to a lower cost of living.
The address constituting the can-i
didate's personal , platform in the cam
paign, was delivered here at the cli
max of a day of. celebration, which
brought to Marion a notable company
of party chiefs and a crowd of many
thousands. -Their plaudits and sere
nading kept the nominee the center
of a seven-hour reception, as delega
tions from many states paraded past
the Harding residence in a clamoring
cavalcade."
Start Early Celebration.
Soon-after , sunup the march of the
first delegation brought the senator to
his front door step and after that,
there scarcely .was a , let-up until he
left the notification ceremonies on the
outskirts of the city at 2 o'clock. Old
friends from nearby points mixed with
the representatives, of the powerful re
publican clubs of distant cities In the
procession, gay with decorations and
blatant with noise.
At the Chautauqua ' pavilion where
the notification took place seats had
been provided for 4,000, and many
times that number surged about the
park and surrounding fields unable to
get within earshot of the speakers.
Tho pronouncements of the candidate
were received with a tumult- of ap
plause and he was cheered back to his
home through crowded streetB a tired,
but smiling mart. ; . . ,
4, Will H.,Hays tne: national chairman,
presidod ;!attfc ierempnles- and- Sen
ator. Lodge,' of Massachuetts, who was
chairman' of the Chicago convention,
formaly notified the candidate of his
nomination, in a speech rapping Presi
dent Wilson's league of . nations and
raising the parr Senator Harding had
taken in preventing Its unreserved ac
ceptance. " " . , v
Emphasised point.
Speaking slowly and with a char-,
rtHstie arrk.vity. . the nominee de-
hti riartl-rkton of OOliCV In a
h.i - n t lfht nenetrated far
lnto tne crowded "outskirts of the pa-
vntn. Points he wlshea to.anve nome
with particular force, ne empnaenzeu
by aggressive gestures and several
times he got the crowd on its feet
cheering as he hammered with clinched
fist to land- his blows where they
would tell. . ..
His thrusts at the league of nations
iat)a Df cheering, but the passage the
were answered uy
a i : l r Q m a al.
crowa seemea io .., -
most at the end of the hour and a
half of speaking, when he voiced his
. 1ti th oresence of the re
lLUllMin J ... - .
sponsibilities of the presiaency
then, squaring his brpad shoulders,
added that his confidence in the sup
port of his fellow citizens made him
"wholly unafraid."
In his discussion of the league, ne
made no direct recommendation for re
jection of the peace treaty and did not
take up In detail the league of na
tions. - Contenting himself with the
declaration that the league as con
ceived by the president was unthink
able He passed on to state his own
view of what should be done.
Promises Effective Peace.
"In the call of the conscience of
America, is peace." he said, "peace that
clones the gapln? wound of wor d war
international envy and distrust. Heed
inr as I do, tnis can -
mg. as i 0f conerress. I
I do, tne -aMP"""-; r IfftWe.f
peace so quickiy as a republican con-;
grress can pass its declara on we 1
representative - iu. e failure -
Iv.! wnv is simple: Let tne ianure
are 11 f " ;;Ynn of obstinacy, lm-
" " .. A .l.tlnsnv im.
oraXably and delay be recognized.
anArlh-a
Anate advising as the .-constitution .
contemplates, a wouia " ,"rth ro.
"r.::: ,nd of, the earth pro
tions
posing
;that
I am unu;i'."-" o.
a willing participa.ni.
wmcn m. ,1. ..r-;.tmn to a
forces of-th .national justice, still
to peace leeV independent and
aebuTXing friendship to
aU v'coUeetive Bargaining.
pl-ksL
many other planks clared f col.
form. the;ndw- Iarrners, repres-.
lective bargaining 10 us federal
8ln fS rXahllitating the rail-co-operatlon
ijrej o
roads. Int"nt 0f government aid
rency." enlargement exprc8slon
1 'raSule Veteran, of the world
of Krattudet ftnc of an ample navy
war and maintenance o ,n
audi
-.wt
i' s .tor Sr-t-'.rtiieraiBu "
' 'hiiA. should
,
.1 106 North feefflffi j
sta
betw
-f'N.
f BUSINESS LOCALS GET RESULTfV
run
mital
ARRAIGNED
r :
tive popular government, under the -
constitution, through the agency of
the republican party."
"We republicans of the senate." he
continued, "when we saw the structure '
of a world supergovernment taking
visionary form, joined in a becoming
warning of our devotion to this re
public. v '
Shonlder Responsibilities.
We do not mean to hold aloof. We '
do not mean to shun a single respon . .
sibiljty of this republic. We were re
solved then,' eevn as we are today, and '
will betomorrow, to preserve this free
and independent repubic. Let-ithoee J
now responsible, or seeking responsl
bility, propose the surrender, wether
with interpretations apologies or- re
luctant reservations -from which oyf r
rights are to be omitted: We weioome '
the referendum to the American people '
on the preservation of America - "
"With a senate advising as the con
stifution contemplates, I would hope-'
fully aproach the natioas - of. Europs
ana or tne earth, proposing that under
standing which makes us a willing
participant in the consecration, of na
tions to a new leadership, to oommii
the moral forces of, the worlds Am erica
inclded, to peacea"nd International jus
tice, still leaving; America-free, ' inde-
pendent and self-reliant, but offering ' "
friendship to all;the(rld,K.V:' " ,
Declaring railway employes caght to
If4.th1r1e'st -paid-in' ttfSwcltMSfMi''-5
didate emphasized-tQAlaponsIhilitC
"hTe government might-well stamp;V
railway employment wiOrTtSiiotity -w
of public service and guarantee to the , r'1
railway employes that justice which ? v , '
voices the American conception
of '
righteousness on the one hand and
sures continuity ef service on the
other.'
Vrgem Law Enf oreement, . S.
In his reference to prohibition and
law4 enforcement he said: , .
"People ever will differ about the
wisdom-"- of the enactment of a law
there is divided opinion regarding the
eigtheenth amendment and the laws
enacted to make it operative but
there can be no difference of opinion
about honest law enforcement. Modifi
cation or repeal is the right of a free
people, whenever the deliberate and In
telligent public sentiment commands;
but perversion and evasion , mark the
paths to the failure of government it
self." .....
At the conclusion of the speech the
senator returned to his home, but sev
eral visiting delegates not content with
their first reception, called aagin to
say good-bye. With Mrs. Harding who
had been by the side of the nominee
during most of the morning, he agaiv
shook hands with the callers. -
AWARD ACCEPTED,
TERMS PROTESTED
M ... nun. A' '
Railroaders To Ask Fur-s
ther Raise Later.
Chicago, July ; 22. Acceptance Under
protest of the United States railway
labor board's wage decision was decid-
' .
the- gtxteflm rec0gin2ed unions, with j
the exception of one Timothy Shea, of ... f
vtnfhar-y,nnA nt iAMmnMv iTno-i.
the lirotnernooa oi Locomotive ngi-
...
neers presided.
The organizations which accepted the
award expressed, dissatisfaction with
the amount, ef increase granted, but
decided upon acceptance in order, they
statea, to receive tne Dacs: pay cue
them under the award. Leaders said
they wouldy present a new, request for
further .Increases in wages to . meet
what they considered a "f air : wage."
The telegraphers,, in a statement,
declared that they "apparently, had
been unjustly discriminated against by
the board without any exception for j
thl- discrimination." .They received a'
smaller amount than any other or-
ganization and V the represehtatlves
who were' in' this city have referred
the award without a recommendation
to the membership with a strike vote
added, for such action as they shall
decide upon. - J
Acceptance under protest was an
nounced by the following organization:
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, 7 Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemenand Enginemen. Order of Rail
way Conductors, Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen awltchmen's union
of North; America. r "
HARPER-IS APPOINTED.
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