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C'oudy Wednesday and Thursday and
obably showers near the coast.
P itjvcr frtage at Fayettevllle at 8 a. m.
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Complete Service
Of The
Associated Press
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VOL. CIII- No. 216.
WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1920.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
FEDERAL TREASURY JAPAN NERVOUS
ILL BE ENRICHED
BY NEW RAIL RATES
v
rr,:,o4or1 That Sinn..
From New Scale.
UBLIC WILL PAY ITS
SHARE IN TRAVEL TAX?
c-
ctIp "Demanded Bv
kott- ac -
Workers Will Place Them Un
der Ban Of income lax.
(By
the Asbo
revenues, ,,A- rreP?) Increased
Acidly estimated at JIOO.000,000 an
ually. 'will accrue to the treasury as
result of the advance in transpor
ts rates allowed the railroads. The
rled income for the government, offl-
als said tonight, would be derived
increased transportation taxes
hich are paid by the public as well
s through' operation of the Income
nd excise provisions of the revenue
fews.
Transportation taxes for the fiscal
Iear ending June 30, aggregated ap
roximately $231,000,000. This sum was
hade up from the s per cent, lax on
Light charges amounting to siio,
Ldiifl The 8 percent tax on passen
ger tickets supplying $100,000,000. and
U S ner cent tax on Jrunman cnarges
Iroducing $6,500,000.
Should railroad tramc continue at
h present volume, an oi tnese
InOUntS WOUiQ ue niuicasou uui -
LsBonrlinely with the advance permit-
(dby the interstate commerce commis
on'in its rate decision last Saturday.
Ill tnlS Uito'S uuil.icwo vi. mo ic
tomal revenue calculate the addi-
Ional taxes will aggregate 538,550,000
n freight, $18,700,000 on passenger
nd 13,500,000 on Pullman charges.
Another course of revenue would be
I 1 J 1 a 1L .
torn income taxes ievieu agtunsi me
lilroad corporations. Railroad execu-
Ives expect many oi me cttirioro iu
fern sufficiently large returns under
la new rates to compel the payment
: income taxes for the first time since
re-war days. It is from this source
iM the treasury expeets. to obtain a
rge portion of the remaining- $40,000,-
10 of their $100,000,000 estimate, urn-
lata placed the amount from income
ixes conseravtively at 530.OOU.UOU a
ear.
The wage award of $60,000,000 a
kr, one of the causes for a rate ad-
ince, also will result in producing
certain sum to the government for
places most of railroad employes
llthin jurisdiction of the income tax
Iws. Amounts levied on most of the
lorkers will be small, but it was
hinted out the railroad labor army
bbers more than 2,000,000 persons.
Irom this number officials believed the
ties would aggregate a "substantial
mount, probably $10,000,000 or more.'
Officials are studying the indirect
rfect the rate increase will have on
tvenue produced by the excise and
liscellaneous taxes. Practically all
the excise taxes are based on a per-
Nse of the selling prices as , the
p-called luxury tax, and they argue
certain that more revenue will
lodlties move upward.
TKINS0N AND HYDE
LEADING IN MISSOURI
eturns, However, Meagre And
Unofficial.
I St. Louis, Aug. 3. On the face of
I eagre unofficial returns, John M. At
nson and Aruthur M. Hyde were
arting for the gubernatorial nomina-
ns on the democratic and republi-
fn tickets, respectively, and Senator
rwen p. Spencer and Breckinridge
fng for the respective republican and
fmoeratie nominations for United
ates senator.
Two hundred and seventy-five scat
r precincts gave for governor: At-
pn (democrat). 9,724; Farris (dem
!"), 3.R4S; Mayer (democrat), 3,161;
5ie (democrat), 7,973; McJimsey (re-
swenty-flve precincts gave for sena
,MP?noer (republican), 3,674; Davis
Publican), 1,374: Minnis rretmbli-
r11'. 377- T. j .
( , ung uwmocrai), za; riest
fmat), 1.122; Hay (democrat), 933.
pKS MAKE SWEEP
OF OLYMPIC TARGETS
Eight Events They Take
keven Top Prizes.
evrloo. Roii,, ..
ated Press). The United States
flniiiP ..- sweePinS victory in the
nts of J.f 1 snoting. Out of eight
sts, ihev P1Sto1 end revolver con-
I'res;. ' Beven nrsT- Places and
dividual he other. In the seven
'o . v" "'oy won lour first.
st, s 3 four thirds, taking
faStand third in e of them.
200 ... t0 Plac in only one event
sition ine hring from a prone
medals f
.ft. ' Lne wmners were awarded
. I na final .
toted I," 18 as Allows:
nmarw , .J " Swden 11: Norway
W wl"eriand 5; France
todi kouth Africa 2; Fln-
pi
aCe WRS rH,IAJ
and
between
after the
and Finland
rum
fail
ed to break a tie,
La m T1AMBER MHT8
I5r r la.. Alio- O mi... ni
. I ur. . i
m. vL Vmbei- wmpanv of St. An.
a.r has Purchased t.h timw
hl 8tor.ta ml" of th West. Bay
rew8 it umber company at
& Tha U,wf 8 announced h
dt;al i8 8ald to Involve
ere to-
OYER RELATIONS
WITH WASHINGTON
Suggestion That England May
Join Witlv United States
In Far Eastern Policy.
Toklo, Aug. 3. opecial dispatches
from the United States describing the
recent conference held at the American
state department between Secretary
Colby, Sir Auckland Geddes, the Brit
ish ambassador to the United States;
Roland Morris, American ambassador
to Japan, and Sir Billsby Francis
Alstrom.-the British minister o China,
at which the general situation in the
Far Eat was discussed, and the sug
gestion In some of the dispatches that
Great Britain is showing signs of join
ing the United States in her far eastern
policy, have served to increase the
nervousness here over. Japanese-American
relations.
- Leading newspapers devote lengthy
editorials to discussion of the situation
and generally determine that the Jap
anese people show an unbroken front.
The Mchl Nichi thinks the trouble with
Japan's diplomacy lies in the fact that
the authorities are "exceedingly timed
and over considerate of the feelings of
otner countries." - They should tako
resolute action on their own responsi
bility, the newspaper says.
Some Americans address the Nichl
Nichi as interpreting the occupation of
Saghalien as a gratification of terri
torial ambition, but if any Japanese
are harboring such ambitions they are
merely old-fashioned imperialists.
The Hochi Shimbun declares the
country should not belittle he impor
tance of the American comrmtnication
regarding Japanese occupation, which
the newspaper considers ' virtually a
protest.
While k depreciating rage over the
American protest, the Hochi Shimbun
says: "Let us Urge no yielding to a
protest based merely on a suspicious
imagination. We are anxious to see
the problems of Japan and America set
tled amicably, but there is a limit to
our .patience. If things become un
bearable a state of affairs may occur
regrettable not only so far as Japanese
American relations are concerned, but
for. the peace of the world. We hope
the authorities will abide. by the cause
of justice and fear nothing." f ; "i;;.
SOVIETS SUGGEST
NEW NEGOTIATIONS
Would Confer With
Poles at Minsk
Warsaw, Aug. 3. The breaking off
of the negotiations between the Poles
and the bolshevik, out of which it had
4een hoped would come an armistice
and the early cessation of hostilities,
was due to a dlsunderstanding, accord
ing to the contention of the Russian
soviet authorities In a wireless dis
patch received here today. The latest
communication from the soviet sug
gests that negotiation both for an ar
mistice and for peace be held in Minsk
Wednesday.
It asks that the Poles send a dele-
forthcoming as the prices of com- Igation to Minsw Invested with all the
neoessary credentials to negotiate ior
peace.
" While the Polish delegates are re
tracing their steps homeward from
Baranovltchi, where the conference
with the bolshevik ended so abruptly
the bolshevik troops are reported to
be pressing their attack on the entire
battle line from the East Prussian
front on the north to the region ad
jacent to Lemborg, In Gallcla, on the
south.
Inside the great battle arc, the Poles
are" hurriedly preparing defenses, par
ticularly trenches and barbed wire en
tanglements ni front of Warsaw.
Occupy Warn aw Wednesday
London. Aug. 3. The occupation of
Warsaw by bolshevik has been fixed for
August 9, says a dispatch to the Lion-
don Times from Berlin,, reporting a
wireless message received there.
CHRISTENSEN REQUESTS
RELEASE OF SOLOMON
Nominee Asks Baker To Free
His Former Client.
New York, Aug. 8. Parley P. Ohrls-
tensen, presidential nominee oi tne
farmer-labor party, " has teiegrapnea
Secretary Baker asking that Benjamin
Solomon, conscientious objector, ana
"all men now enduring imprisonment
for their loyalty to their religion or
their political ideas" be given their im
mediate freedom, - it was announced
here. ,
Mr. Chrlstensen was counsel for Sol
omon, who has been Imprisoned at Fort
Douglas, Utah, for two years.
Postpone Inauguration Of New
Freight Arid Passenger Rates
Washington, Aug. 3. New . freight
rates and passenger fares will be made
effective on transportation from the
August 20 for passenger fares and Au
gust 25 for freight tariffs, railroad offi
cials announced, tonight.
At the . same time it was announced
that the American railroads would ask
the Canadian railway commissioners
for permission to make the new rates
eff ectixe . on transportation from the
United States to the Dominion.
Decision-to postpone the putting. Into
effect the advanced charges, authorized
last Saturday by the interstate ., com
nrerce commission; from the dates an
nounced yesterday was reached tonight
after tariff, experts of tha carriers, had
Informed Alfred P. Thorn, general coun
sel for the Association of Railway Ex
ecutives, that it would ' be 'impossible
Believe Arrest Of Kidnapping
Suspect Will Eventually Lead
To Recovery Of CouglUh Baby
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 3. Postal in
spectors who admitted today they ar
rested a man at Egg Harbor, N. J., yes
terday in connection with the kidnap
ing of-the thirteen-months-old child of"
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Coughlin, of :
Norristown, Pa., on June 2, expressed
the opinion they had the right man.
All efforts to learn the identity of the
prisoner, who is said to be a foreigner
or where he is being held have proved
futile. The agents decline to furnish
further information regarding the case.
Neither the Coughlin family nor the
Norristown authorities have been ad
vised of the arrest and they declared i
they knew nothing of it except what
they had read in the newspapers.
. Chief Postal Inspector George Leon
ard of the Philadelphia district Baid he
believed the arrest would eventually
lead to the recovery of the missing
child. The man under detention is de
clared to be the one who wrote a half
dozen letters to the parents of the
child signing them "The Crank," and
demanding $12,000 be left under a de
serted trolley station at Swedland, near
Norristown, as a ransom for the re
turn of the child. Coughlin followed
the instructions by leaving the money'
at the designated place at midnight
June 14, believing the writer to have
been the kidnaper as he accurately de
scribed the room from which the child
was taken.
The money disappeared and nothing
further was heard from "The Crank"
until last week when the family re-
CALL CONFERENCE
FOR NEXT TUESDAY
City And County Officials Inter
ested In Financial Legisla
tion Invited To Raleigh.
(Special to The Star.)
Raleigh, Aug. 3. The sub-committee
of finance of both'1 houses, in con-
ference here this afternoon, extended
an invitation to the officials of 4 cities.
towns and counties interested in the
flnancft jme4usuree; ;to be passed on-W,
the special " ahidiiieomiHtor t
a.-conference next Tuesday aiternoon
at 3 o'clock, when their ideas will be
heard and discussed.
The decision to call in officials of
cities and towns came as a result of
the known condition of the finances
of the majority of municipalities in
the state, and the possible effect the
re-valuation act will have on the
finances of these cities.
The sentiment of the sub-committee
is positively against any letting down
of the bars of the guarantee the legis
lature made the people when it passed
the re-valuation act. The special ses
sion does not intend to make a tax
rate that will raise more than 10 per
cent more money than was produced
by the rate under old valuations. It
will be willing, however, to listen to
the. ideas of city officials for getting
sufficient money with which to meet
increased costs of municipal business.
All believe that some means can be
worked out for the relief of the cities,
and they want the ideas of the city
officials, county officers and others In
terested In the tax adjustment.
While without complete' detailed re
ports from the tax commission, mem
bers of the Bub-committee tonight ex
pressed the belief that the total values
under the new law will be approxi
mately four billion dollars, or a 400
per cent increase over the old values.
The tax commission expects to have
the complete report ready for the com
mittee by Friday, when preparations
will be made for the formulation of
legislation. Tonight the committee is
engaged in an exchange of ideas on
the constitutional amendment for the
limitation of the tax rate.
There is some sentiment for the in
direct limitation with loopholes for a
court interpretation of "necessary ex
penses," but the majority of the com
mittee of both houses seem to favor
a direct limitation of taxation in the
organic law, with little or no oppor
tunity for loopholes.
BISHOP JOHN BOSZANO
CELEBRANT AT MASS
New York, Aug. 3. Archbishop John
Bonzano, apostolic delegate to the
United States, was celebrant today at
a pontificate mass at St. Patrick's ca
thedral as the opening event of the su
preme convention of the Knights of
Columhus. Bishop John Q. Murray, of
Hartford, Conn., who preached the ser
mon, declared that three most impor
tant "r's" in modern life are religion,
righteousness and respect for consti
tuted authority. With these implanted
in the hearts of the people there will
be no indication of bolshevik.
to have the blanket schedule ready be
fore August 21. Under the- orders of
the commission the new schedules must
be filed five days beofre they become
effective.
Application of the new schedules to
transportation to Canada, officials said,
will mean that shippers will pay freight
charges under the new, tariffs for; their
classification territories unless' the ship
ment passes through more than one
group before crossing the line, in which
case- the inter-territorial rate, which la
to be advanced thirty-three and one
third per cent., would apply, . ,
. 'Canadian railways, it was said, will
apply to the interstate commerce com
mission for authority to make the new
charges ; effective - on.? transportation
from -the Dominion into -the- United
States. ' i ,
ceived a letter f a Srg further demands
Leonard said j jg'-P'tors are now run
ning out duel vjiing to the where
abouts of the
Late tonigr Jj was said the man
arrested
at Harbor was being
held in seel,
5 in ' 4 South Jersey
1 being closely quesr
community a
tioned as to
iher.be. had anything
to do with tTretactual abduction. It
was also reported the prisoner has con
fessed to sending the letters to the
Coughlin home demanding money.
A sensational version of the alleged
method pursued in capturing the mys
terious man is published here tonight
According to this version the supposed
"Crank."- in demanding iu,ooo, in
structed Coughlin to board a certain
train for Atlantic Cityj with the money
in a box and when he saw a white sheet
flying from a tree he was to throw the
box out of the car window. The story
further relates that more than 100
Pennsylvania state pdjlcemen were or
dered on the case. Some of them pa
trolled the railroad tracks while the re
mainder left Philadelphia on a special
train on Monday five minutes before I
the scheduled train carrying Coughlin.
When the state police saw the white
sheet near Egg Harbor they stopped
fPoin t nf iet of tv ET,rt
and a squad of the men surrounded the 1
place. When the scheduled train came
along, Coughlin saw the sheet, threw
out, the box, the supposed "crank" ap
peared and picked it up and was im
mediately pounced upon by the state
police.
10,000 View
Funeral Cortege
Of Canary Bird
Newark, N. J., Ailg. 3. A crowd esti-
. 1aa . , . .
mated at 10.000 thronged the streets
of the city tpnighi to witness the fu-
neral of Jlmmle.tthe pet canary of
Emido Russomanrfo, 65-year-old cob-i
bier.
Police reserjyes were called out
to preserve 0rder nd clear the streets
for the funeral cortege. Jimmie, de-
scrioea Dy its owner as possessing a
ang- a t the- voice- of -Caruso,"
choked to death Sunday on a water-r
melon seed. '
Leading the procession was a band
of twelve pieces, playing funeral
dirges, followed by a hearse bedecked
with flowers and carrying a small
white coffin In which the bird's body
reposed. The bid cobbler, tear-stained
and visibly affected, rode in a coach
with a few intimate friends.
The cost of the bird's funeral, esti
mated at $400 was contributed by the
cobbler's friends.
When Jimmie died the old cobbler
drew the blinds of his shop, hung out
a sign "closed orl account of Jimmie's
de,ath," put crepe over his door and
went into deep mourning.
A tombstone in the shape of a cross
with a canary bird in its center, will
be erected over the bird's grave, near
Dranch Brook park, the cobbler said.
PLANS DEVELOPMENT OF
FARMING IN HOLY LAND
British Commissioner Suggests
Banks To Handle Credit.
New York, Aug. 3. Establishment of
banks to grant long term credits for
the promotion of agriculture and com
merce in the Holy Land is one of the
first reconstructive measures planned
by Sir Herbert L. Samuel, British high
commissioner to Palestine, It was an
nounced here today by the Zionist or
ganization of America.
This organization under Sir Samuel
also plans to take over railroads, de
velop highways, ' telegraph and tele
phone systems, drainage and open the
country to limited immigration.
CORK DISAPPROVES
. HOME RULE BILL
Cork, Aug. 3. That the home rule
bill now before parliament would, If
passed, only Increase discontent in Ire
land, and the only acceptable solution
of the difficulty lies in the Immediate
granting to. Ireland of dominion status
within the empire, is the substance of
a resolution prepared at a meeting of
commercial, industrial and professional
men ' here today. The gathering, for
the most part, was composed of union
ists. Senator Gore
Apparently Beaten
Oklahoma City, Okltu, Aug. 3
A tabulation by the Dally Okla
homan at tnldnijrht of returns from
810 precincts from fifty-five of the
seventy-seven counties In . the state
gave i t '; K- '
Scott Ferris, 4L200 votes tor the
democratic nomination for United
States senator and Senator Thomas
P. Gore. 5,281. -
A compilation by the Dally Okla
homan of unofficial returns from 504
precincts In the state gavei Fer
ris, 35,777 j Gore, 19,325..
Twenty-three precincts in Okla
homa county, (Oklahoma City),
complete,' but nnomcial, gavet Fer
ris, 2,730 Gore, 738. ,
. On the face of returns received
from forty of seventy-seven eouiv
ties in the state, the Ferris head
quarters icave out . a , statement
claiming the nomination ' for Ferris
by a majority of . more than 40,000.
The Gore , headquarters ' declined to
make any concessions, declaring
that when . the country . precincts .
were heard from the Ferris major
ity , would be' wiped out. ',: '
O'CONNOR, LABOR
LEADER, PROMISES
HARDING SUPPORT
Change Of Administration Nec
essary, Says Official Of Long
shoreman's Association.
Marion, O., Aug. 3. Senator Hard
ing held a conference today with T. V.
O'Connor, of Buffalo, president of the
International Longshoreman's associa
tion, at which the labor situation was
discussed generally and the candidate
was assured of the support of the la
bor leader. Mr. O'Connor later gave
out a "statement Covering his views.
Previous to his conference with Mr.
O'Connor, Senator Harding had confer
red at length with Senator Harry S.
New, of Indianapolis, chairman Of the
republican speakers' bureau, on mat
ters pertaining to the speaking cam
paign. To what extent, if at all, the
front porch campaign plan will be de
viated from is understood to have been
discussed. -
Senator New asserted that no one in
authority has said there would be no
deviation from the plan, and then pro-
needed' to discuss the handicaps of a
pared with the Harrison campaign in
1888, and the two McKinley campaigns
in 1896 and 1900. Not only are railroad
rates higher but it is impossible for
the railroads to furnish equipment to
conduct excursions to the candidate's
home as in past years, he said.
Statement - By O'Connor
A statement issued by Mr. O'Connor
after the conference, said in part:
"I am for Senator Harding because I
believe a change of administration ab
solutely necessary to restore confidence
in this country. I know Senator Hard
ing is a real man from whom labor will
lways get a square deal without any
1 blare of trumpets or brass bands.
"I have heard a good deal of various
leaders that are going to deliver the la-
brAvot! yfr' b"fc 1 want t0 8ay
! that nobody will deliver it. Labor is
thinking as never Tore and is going
jto vote to suit itself. In 1916 I was
away from home and lost my vote, but
wuum nave voiea
iui noun. -i- u l me ueiuuciuuc ya.rty
has since then lost its claim for confi
dence of the country. . We must restore
popular confidence In our government
in order to put an eiid to the unrest
that n)at.v Th'i fariH Viat the nnT
j-ie-lna- bad shape -ahi if the- United
States does not keep Its feet on the
ground the world cannot.
. "I deal with all the leaders associ
ated in "Our organization and I know
that there is general desire to get away
from entanglements with European
countries. There is a good deal of ap
prehension among the men lest condi
tions which they observe in-Europe
may reach here. They are determined
to avoid anything of that kind if they
can. .
Says South Is Reactionary
"It seems very plain to me that labor
must support the republican party this
year. If the democrats should win the
government would be turned over to
the control of the solid south and the
machine dominating democratic states
of the north. The solid south will be
the dominant partner and the south
has been utterly reactionary in Its at
titude toward labor. It is completely
out of step with modern attitudes to
ward such questions as women in in
dustry, child labor, limited hours of la
bor, employers' liability and the like.
"Former Senator Bailey Is campaign
ing for the nomination for governor m
Texas, with the open shop as his plat
form. I have never asked the absolute
closed shop, but I certainly could not
assent to the view that the southern
democracy takes of the problems of
la"bor."
COX WILL SPEAK
AT PICNIC TODAY
Will Not Attend Notifi
cation of Roosevelt
Dayton, Aug. 3. Governor Cox will
toe the guest of honor tomorrow and
deliver an address at the annual picnic
of the Gem City Democratic club of
this . city, at Shlloh, about ten miles
north of Dayton.
The governor said he did not expect
to discuss national politics but would
deal principally with reminiscences of
his state career.
The governor spent today close to
his desk at his newspaper office here
trying to reduce piles of unanswered
correspondence. He also considered
further aid toward ratiflcation of the
woman suffrage amendment' by the
Tenne6Bee legislature. MrsV George
Bass, chairman of the woman's bureau
of the democratic national committee,
has reported, the governor said, that
prospects for ratification in Tennessee
were unfavorable. The governor is
expecting a report from the exact line
up in the legislature late this week
from principal representatives.
Governor Cox announced definitely
today that he would not be able to at
tend the vice presidential notification
ceremonies for Franklin D. Roosevelt,
at Hyde Park, N. T., on August 9.
Besides important conferences with
the leaders remaining over from the
notification event next Saturday the
governor decided to let Mr. Roosevelt
be the principal figure at his notifi
cation. CARRANZA'S CAMPAIGN
AGAINST VILLA COSTLY
Claimed Total Of 42,000 Lives
In Five Years.
Mexico City, Aug. 3 Forty-two thou
sand men in five years was the cost paid
by President Carransa against General
Villa, Col. Benjaman Rios, Villa's chief
-of staff, told the correspondent of Ex
celsior today.
.Colonel Rlos, who is here on a mis
sion for General Villa, said Villa was
-constantly-ln touch with . the-southern
rebels.:'. :.
Tar Heel Solon
Urges Freedom
For Philippines
Manila, Aug. 3. Declarations in
favor of independence for the
Philippines were made today by
three members of congress at a ban
quet given here by the Philippine
chamber of commerce to the party
of congressmen touring the Far
East.
"Your government is more de
veloped than the government of
Cuba at the time the United States
recognized Cuba," said Congressman
S. G. Porter, chairman of the foreign
affairs committee. ."It may be that
after we grant your independence
you will do like Cuba, get into a
little fracas occasionally and mother
will have to come out and spank
you.
"I regret the attitude of some
Manila newspapers. I resent any
newspaper or any man that attempts
Inducement of party violation of
work -before the United States."
Congressman J. A. Freer, of Wis
consin, told the Filipinos that the
United States had promised that in
dependence would be granted and it
would come as quick as stable gov
ernment was organized In the
Philippines.
Congressman John H. Small, of
North Carolina, also pledged support
to independence for the Philippines.
NO VERDICT IS
REACHED IN PROBE
OF ALAMANCE RIOT
Governor's Court Of Inquiry
Will Render No Decision Un
til Evidence Is Re-Digested.
Graham, Aug. S. The court of in
quiry . appointed . by Governor T. W.
Bickett to investigate the reported gun
battle between the Durham machine
company, guarding three' negroes held
in the Alamance county jail here,
against mob violence on the night of
July 19,'. and a masked mob, in which
James . Hay, a- Geaham ciUsea, . lost, his
life, and two other men were wounded,
brought its official' hearing to a close
this afternoon at 4:10 o'clock without
tendering a verdict on specific' charges
filed by- ALamance citizens that the
machine gunners had fired their shots
without provocation.
Immediately following the conclusion
of evidence the commissioners, A. H
Boyden, of Salisbury; -Gen. D. S. Roys
ter.of Oxford, and Judge H. W. Whed
dee, of Greenville, held a consultation
in the grand jury-room. As they left
the room, Colonel Boyden informed
newspaper men that no verdict would
be rendered until the 30,000 or more
words of evidence have been submit
ted in typewritten form and re-digested.
The commission will meet
probably within a week in Raleigh, to
draft their report to Governor Bickett.
Charges that the militiamen had fired
on citizens wunout provocation, pre
ferred by sixty-six Alamance county
citizens in a sworn statement which
was filed, in the evidence, were contra
dicted by Capt. Jim Smith and other
witnesses, who said that the first shot
was not fired from any army automatic
pistol. Charges that the machine gun
ners were intoxicated on the night of
the ehooting and that they act
ed in an unbecoming manner,
were denied by Attorney E. S. 3.
Parker, McBride Holt, manufac
turer and banker and other citizens,
who said the soldiers throughout their
stay in Graham acted as gentlemen of
high calibre. C. A. Shue was the only
witness who testified to the contrary.
He said that be saw several of the sol
diers on the jail porch singing, patting
their feet and occasionally shouting.
None of the witnesses examined tes
tified that a masked mob stormed the
jail, as had been reported by Captain
l-Fowler of the military company.
From start to finish during today's
program witnesses declared that no
masked mob was formed in Graham
on- the night' of the shooting and that
there was absolutely no sign of a
mob around the Jail, although several
of them admitted that the attitude of
the crowd surrounding the Jail on Sun
day, July 18, was threatening.
TO DISCUSS ALLOCATION
OF CONFISCATED CABLES
International Communications
Conference Meets Sept. 12.
Washington, Aug. 3. The Interna
tional communications conference,
called under the auspices of the league
of nations, it was announced today,
will be held in Washington Septem
ber 15.
Delegates from the allied and asso
ciated powers, including Great Britain,
France, Italy, Japan and the United
States, are entitled, to representation.
Delegates from Japan already have ar
rived here in preparation for the con
ference. The principal business of the confer
ence is expected to concern the allo
cation among the allied and associ
ated, powers of the German cables' con
fiscated during the war. The United
States will be represented at the con
ference by Chairman Benson, - of the
shipping board; Postmaster General
Burleson, Under Secretary of State
Davis and Walter S. Rogers, formerly
with the committee on public informa
tion and now president of the Wash
ington Herald Publishing company.
EARTHQUAKE IS RECOHDEp
.Washington- Aug. 3. Earthquake
shocks, "described as quite severe, -were
registered . today by the semisographl
cal observatory of Georgetown univer
sity. The tremors began-at 3:14 v. m.
and continued until 4 j. bv ' .
WILSON'S POSITION
CAUSE OF CONCERN
FOR BOTH PARTIES
Source Of Embarrassment Tc
Harding, But To Governor
Cox Also.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
UPSETS PLANS OF G. 0. P.
Lines Had Been Laid For Cam
paign On Basis Of McAdoo
Candidacy.
By MARK SIIUIVA
Washington, D. C, Aug. 3. Just
what Is to be the position of President
Wilson In the coming campaign Is a
question that will not down; it wor
ries both the democrats and the re
publicans. To each party it presents
an aspect which differs, of course, but
which in both cases is equally acute
and embarrassing. With the demo
crats the question is: To what degree
will Wilson personally and Wilson's
Immediate friends put themselves pow
erfully and , enthusiastically behind
Cox? Thin. In turn rcata nn Via nnu.
' ttion: To what degree will Cox orive
generous approval to Wilson in his
coming speech of acceptance, and in
his later conduct of the campaign?
With the republicans the question
is: To what extent will they be abls
to make Wilson the chief point of at
tack during the coming campaign?
The republicans would like very much
to make Wilson the chief object of as
sault. Their mood is such that they
would, be entirely willing to base their
chances of winning on that line of as
sault alone. Whether they can do this,
of course, depends in a degree on how
far Cox identifies himself with Wil
son. And so the whole question is, for
the managers of both parties, interre
lated and interwoven.
"Wilson and Wtlsonlsm"
Undoubtedly the republicans some
months ago fully expected to be able
to, talk "Wilson and Wilsonism"
throughout thft antlm PAmnalp-n Thi
Jrepumican leaders thought the demo
crats .. would . surely name McAdoo. .
i They counted on that and thev
counted on tieing the President and
his son-in-law tightly together. There
is a story current in the highest cir-
cles of the democratic leadship to the
effect that the republican managers
were so -confident of McAdoo's,awmVn-; x
tlon that before the democratic con
vention the republican management
had already printed a large amount of
campaign material directed against
McAdoo. , Whether the story is true or
not, your correspondent does not''
know. . It would be characteristic of
the alert forehandedness of the repub
lican management to do it. But all
that your correspondent can say 1b that
the highest of the democratic leaders
believe the story Is true. They have
some evldenoe to support It.
: While the democratic convention
was In session and when it looked as if
McAdoo would get the nomination,
some of the most important republican
papers in the country handled the news '
from day to day in a way tnat could
only be explained on the theory that
they were trying to make a flying
start and gather as much momentum
as possible for antl-"dynasty," antl
"crown price" campaign. It is no fig
ure of speech, but literal fact, that
these republican papers, like the San
Francisco Chronicle and -others equally
important, used such words and such
phrases as "the dynastic succession,"
"hereditary crown price" and "royal
family" in a way that expressed a
gloating intention to capitalize the re
lationship between Wilson and Mc
Adoo. Just before the democratic con
vention, an Important republican paper,
which speaks more or less authorita
tively, said:
Wilson Center of Attack
"The republicans have at their dis- '
posal an infallible receipt for vlotOry
this year. All they need is to make
Wilson, Wilsonism and the Wilson dy
nasty the issue.
"It is even easier than that. All
they need to do is to permit Wilson
ism to remain the issue. It is the issue
now. ...
"The central subjeot of serious de
bate is President Wilson, his polloies,
his personality, his blunders, his
egotism, his magnificent self-sufficiency,
his theory of 'government by in
tuition.' "If the question can be put squarely
to the American people: 'Do you or do
you not indorse the Wilson administra
tion, and do you or do you not favor a
perpetuation of the Wilson dynasty?
there can be no doubt as to the an
swer. . . .
". . . They (democrats) cannot es
cape responsibility for Wilsonism, even
if they reveal an eleventh-hour intel
ligence, if not independence, and seek
to flee the sinking ship. They have
permitted Wilsonism. The republicans
should register at the coming election
a smashing and unforgettable condem
nation of Wilsonism, and should not
permit themselves the Indulgence of
flying other kites which might possi
bly attract a fatal lightning stroke.
". . . Keep the limelight on Wilson
and win!
The republican papers which talk
like this dO not admit that the situa
tion is changed by, to express it in
their own words, "ths intelligence If
not independence" of the democrats in
failing to name President Wilson's son-in-law.
These republican papers and
leaders still .claim that the issus is
wilsonism. As one of them has ex
pressed it, even -after the nomination
of Cox, "the democracy must defend
the administration and all its works
in the campaign. It -cannot apologise
for the last seven years and at the
same tims ask for A, chance to try it
again,. The Wilson policies and the
Wilson mistakes cannot be ignored.
They must be defended."
Surprised' by Nomination
It is on this theory, that "Wilson
and Wilsonism" Is the issue, that the'
republicans have conducted so much :
of their campaign as has already ta
ken place. So apparent is this fact
that a democratic leader'' remarked the
other day that "if Wilson should hapV .
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