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VOL. CHI NO. 250. -
WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTElliBER 7 1920
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
g IS FOR IRISH
HE TELLS
Principle of Self-Determinalion
Should be Applied to All
Peoples, He SayB - ;
mmm
fAMPAIGN WILL NOT
BE PINK TEA AFFAIR
Attends Fair And
Governor
Drives Record Trotter 0.ver
Mile Track
ST PAL'L, Minn., Sept, 6. Govfemor
Cox worked a full holiday today on
what he termed his "pilgrimage to the
Pacific coast." The democratic presi
Aential candidate made "several
jpeeches, viewed exhibits at the
Minnesota state fair, where h6 drove a
horse around the tracK. attenaea
race
d went tonight to
jeverai i"t-
Minneapolis to close his Minnesota
visit with another address, ' "
Two extensive and several minor
speeches were made by Governor C6x.
He addressed at the fair grounds what
ru said to be a record crowd for
Minnesota, and spoke to a" large 'gath
ering later at the auditorium. j
Agricultural and labor question
ere the governor's Labor day sub
lets at tjie fair grounds.1 and " the
league of nations that of his public
nesting here tonight. , ' --'. . .
A statement that he favored applica
tion of the principle of self-determination
to Ireland was made at the latter
meeting by the candidate in response to
i question from a man in" his audience.
Favors Irish Freedom
'If elected president,"', he was asked,
"will you recoffnize the Irish republic?"
T am in favor of the application of
the principle of self-determination n
Japan, in China, in Persia, in Turkey
and in Ireland," was the governor's re
ply after several passages with his in
quisitor and a preliminary statement.
The reply drew loud applause, and. end
ed interruptions. " . '7' '
The governor preceded his reply with
a statement tnat tne armistice was
based on President Wilson's Jf ourteen
teen points," Including that of self-determination,
and that Article X would
protect weak nations from external
aggression "bullying attacks ' . of
stronger nations," he said. He added
that nations should be builded from
"racial groups, rather than mountains
ind rivers." ' '
League Europe's Salvation '
The league was advocated by the
governor to his auditorium audience, to
which he was introduced : by Mayor
fc u Hodgson, democratic ' guberna
torial candidate. .v.
"It is the salvation of France, Aus
tria, England and Germany," ,h de
clared, repeating his pleas for disarma
ment and denouncing separate peace
nh Germany which Senator Harding.
JH republican opponent, the governor
aeclared, advocates, "in plain words."
Governor Cox declared that1 "big
jMiness" was trying to elect the 'can.
Mate of the senatorial oligarchy, and
mmented upon local criticisms of his
tack on republican campaign contri
butions. Static u. t...
t . , -w..i6 me paper naa
Rcentsd tn .i, . ..... . ..
aeinng a utiie rougn;
e governor added: ' -
nJ. 18 k that's squealing? The
??.Wud that'" fount a 8lck man
Mr ,bed ln the whlt hue for a
tea iw is not goin8 to be a pink
t n a plllow contest; I intend
ain i P ln words and not ln th
Jjnlngless and ambiguous words
ol'iMr,Ve characterized the senatorial
"'Wrchy up to th rT-wor, ..
The" Senate- Ollga'hy
"le governor i .
"otmaUnc VC ""-,:ia-,-c mat ne was
Cd f t? Partisan campaign.. He
W ,tM s.enatorlal oligarchy , of
Ization B len the rePbcan organ
Cf th "4 aPPealed to the rank and
wiVefublIcana toeretherwith in
The U ' 0 vote thelr "intelligence."
fouenf ?er,nor was ' welcomed with
'Ch t,act,v,t,es here. 'as he trod
n hV6 8tate far building, and
Y elil vept around the track In a
bred, 2 ? oPeter Nash- a thorouch
0rkout -ru chestnut pacer .in a
the hom'a &overnor swept, down
chrsra J ?tCh at top speed,., while
Li-j.n tne grandstand.
Picture Fnir vi.i. it ,
Pernor r V19it to tne state' fair
W ,,v ox was presented th tl-.
B.,rr Day ln Minnesota", by
the J,",er of Minneapolis - which
!ala:eptine the picture, Governor Cox
Ji nr:; P'cture with the condi-
"oiise "
east room of the white
"thJ L ad,iress to Minnesota farm
iJi his 6f ,Vernor talked about 'hogs
the h y flays on the farm. He
'hl,ys nevr to be a snob, reach
and to all.
ft
twin
tern nr- 1 es were th farthest
ijen points the governor had ever
TAKE LRAD IX ' -'v
NATIONAL PLAQ RA,CB
fe. .Till. I- f - , A -
Mi. ctLl nn a i l-
AtTlArUn i A .
w.Jtn Cleveland lamfara -arltK
The t V"ne3
'C Vint...,
wn a donbleheader and
Pok
J. Mil ft r n - -
- uu a. nail eramam ahaol nf
0rksrM. ,ch lost two games 'New
vn . -
8Plit
the
even and is one game back
he TSlPerba
in'ns lead hv nnrnm avp
t?wo Z:rw ork, with the Whit
1. --60 fln xt. " '
rueh V . a"ead of the Yankee,
mm
enjoying no game advantage.
$3; Warbles lCourt
After Siren Sang; .
Voice Lured Youth
j NEW YORK, Sept. .When a
burlesque, queen stepped t3 ward tAe
footlights, and stretching out her
dimpled arms toward ... "' Charlie
Seicher, 19, . susceptible and unchap-.
eroned, commenced 'to warble in a
Voice that trembled like a "dish" of,
gelatine oft a table with a game leg.'
"Won't,.,you . come to - my arms and
kiss .me?" Charlie Just ' naturally
thought it was his move. Jtte climbed
on the stage, and placing one arm
around - the 1 singer's wast, planted
his head , upon her bosom. -;.?
He was pried loose by an unsym-;
pathetic stage hand with an earnest
grip. ; The stage hand called a cop
and Charlie was arrested. " 'When the
case was called in .. a magistrate's
court, Charlie's lawyer pleading in
extenuation of- his' client's exuber-
ance, declared In effect that the bur
lesque queen sang in a voice so dul
cet that she - had homer's troop of
trained Siren's looking like a lot of
wilted wayside violets. .y..; ,.
The burlesque queenr was brpught
In. - .. . ',;
; Sinj:." said the magistrates'
3 She sang.'. , ' ... y ' - - '
Charlie was fined $3 for listening
to a voice that the court could not
stand. . . ' ' v ' ,;".-.' ' :
HARDING'S VIEWS ON
LEAGUE AND LABOR
ARE ELABORATED
Republican Nominee Declares Is
: sues Still Among. Things To
Be Considered
MARION, . Sep.t. .6. Senator Harding's
views on the league of nations and
labor issues were further elaborated by
the republicans nominee today ; on ' the
eve of his departure for Minnesota to
make his., first campaign ; speech out
side'of Ghie. . Amendment or revision
pi1 reconstruction-. Of tbe., leajguCcoVe-,
nant, he declared, still was among the
possibilities to ; be considered when
they came to frame a, specific program
for International peace. In such a -reconstruction,
he 'added, Europe wanted
this nation to lead the waV. . ' :
Outlining his 'labor' program,- he
advocated a." closer relationship be
tween employers and employes through
joint advisory committees and volun
tary, arbitration, and asserted that, al
though he believed in unionism, he
opposed "labor's domination of busi
ness or government."' He indorsed the
labor provision of the Cummings-Esch
railroad act ' and declared 1 the cost of
living could be reduced only if labor
ers gave honest effort In. return for
the present high wages. 1 ..
Many times during this speech Sen
ator Handing's declarations were greet
ed with cheers and tonight statements
by several union officials indorsing his
stand were made public at Harding
headquarters...';
The candidate's declaration regarding
a league .program was made tonight
in. commenting informally on the visit
here" yesterday of George W. Wicker
sham, former republican 'attorney gen
eral,, and a league supporter. After
his conference with the nominee,' Mr.
Wlckersham " issued ' a statement say
ing the. former would not. "finally". re
ject the league. v- " "
"General ' Wickersham's statement,"
said Senator Harding tonight, "calls
for no cokstruction from me. We do
not write statements for -our visitors;
nor censor their 'words. This is not
a campaign of one mind,- nor Is there
insistence ' that " all republicans shall
think precisely as the nominee thinks.
. .: SEVEN - ARE INJURED - '"
NIAGARA. PALLS, N. T., Sept.
Seyen persons were injured, none, seri
ously, this afternoon, in a collision of
two trains of, trolley, cars In trie Niagara-
-Gorge-V Scores of other passen
gers on'therear trailers of one train
saved themselves by. Jumping when
they saw the other train bearing down
upon ' them. A '' break In the trolley
line caused the first train to stall.- All
but one. of the injured were from
Toronto. .. ' ' t--
MILTON WON AUTO RACE .
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Sept. 8. Tommy
Milton " won "the. 225-mile automobile
race ' here today' In 2 :10 :24, averaging
96 miles an hour. Jimmy Murphy was
second, finishing- in 2:21:27, with an
average of -94.8 miles an hour, while
Eddie: Hern came In third in 2:24:34.
His average speed with 93.9 ; miles an
hour. . , ,
Lloyd George May Order
Release ' of MacSwiney
- LONDON, Sept. 7. A dispatch, to
the London. Times from Liege,; Bel
gium, quotes Pavid Lloyd : George,
the British premier, as ? saying that
if guarantees " are given that the
murder of policemen In Ireland will
cease, the premier is convinced that
Lord Mayor MacSwiney and ; the
other hunger strikers will rbe;.rej-.
v At 8 o'clock tonight Lord Mayor
MacSwiney was still living, but his.
weakness was increasing and the
prison doctor suggested to hi rela
tives that he be not allowed to con
verse because - of the waste of . his
strength. His wife and slaters spent
several hours in the prison today. On
leaving this evening; his - wife said:
' "Ton can hardly "imagine that he
could he so: bad. and atlll , survive:
Our only hope now 1b in America
and for American financiers - to
withdraw' their money, from English
Securities. ""Apparently . labor in
England can do nothing for us.".-.;.
y 1 1 . . 1 : : :
I . ... v-
Moore To Tell This
.
4 1,1 ' Ph--j,rM7 1
, Xef t to right: Senator W. E. Edge, of New Jersey; Senator Seldon Spencer, ofMissouri; 'Senator W. S. Kenyon,
.chairman, and Senator Atlee Pomerene, of Ohio, members of the senate Bub-committee Investigating the campaign
expenditures of the republican and-democratic parties. Edward Moore, close friend and adviser of Governor Cox will
appear before this committee today. He
"?n in" an enormous fund is being raised by the republicans to "buy the presidency."
Demp
sey Puts Miske Out In Third; -
Three Punches Enough To Win
Loser Admit! Victor Is Best Man,But Complains
"That Fellow Hits Too Ha'-Jlight -- 'rM
Hand Blow to Chin Ended Bout V
RING SIDE, Benton, Harbor Mich.,
Sept. 6.; Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion of the ..world, demonstrated
today that he still retains the terrific
punch that won- . him the title.- He
knocked 'out Billy Miske, of St. "Paul,
a fighter as big and game as himself.
ln the third round of , tnelr ten -round
match.' 'Three Kardsmaeh- wer'wrfwf
flcient to wiii him between 1 5 OM)0 and
$100,000, his fifty per cent share 64
the gate receipts.
At the start of the fight, his first in
14 . months, Dempsey peeled off the
same worn and patched red sweater
that he wore when he knocked 'out
Jess Willard. His face wore the same
fighting : frown, he danced about the
ring with old time light footedness and
finished up by taking the fight to Miske
in the third round, just as he did at
Toledo. The third round went one
minute and thirteen seconds.
Miske went down three times in the
less than two and one-half rounds of
fighting. : In the second) he measured
his length on the floor for the count
of five. In the fatal third, driven to
his corner under a rain of lefts and
rights to the stomach, and chin,- the
challenger took 1 the count of nine and
had just regained his feet, when Demp
sey, carefully measuring his distance;
finished the bout with a right hand
punch to the chin.
; ' Crowd Was Orderly
The fight was watched by one of
the most, orderly crowds on record at
a championship match. Women ln
bright clothes were scattered in the
audience from the ringside to the back
fence, where they perched alongside
the wicked barbed wires and outshone
some of the signboards in attracting
attention.
Delayed special trains held back the
fight and in the confusion, of the long
.wait, Miske,. first into the ring,- slipped
7 Th ' l"i till V - S took no chancejs. ; The finish came be
lghtIyllnXI'l ore .1 could get warmed up." ,
pion's camp presently arrived to in
quire whether the xshallenger ivas in
the ring. This formality oi the
squared .circle -over, the messenger
hiked back .to Dempsey's camp, while
Miske' .waited ten minutes for the.
champion,- who drew an ovation as he
marched through .the crowd.., Miske's
flgting -togs bore his Initials elaborate
ly embroidered in silk on the left leg.
Dempsey- had the. : regular red. - white;
and blue costume.,
Mlake Pale and Wrinkled ' .
Miske was pale, his, forehead! wrin
kled and his lips pressed tight .as he
sprang to meet-Dempsey' with the open
ing gong. He .landed the first ' blow.
Both i challenger and champion meas
ured each other' with a cautious tattoo
of . lefts and rightSi none ;ofjthem seem
ing to punish much. The crowd yelled
at Dempsey to speed It up and Miske
grinned. . Dempsey crossed a left to
the jw and followed with a right to
the stomach that fairly boomed with its
solid impact. Miske backed away and
covered " up, V without : showing signs of
distress. Dempsey finished the session
by feinting with a left to Miske's. wind
and following with a right to the head.
; The second 'round opened fast, : with
the champion , , trying hard to rock
Miske's. head with his left.- Dempsey
found his opponent's Jaw with, a ter
rific left .i that snapped Miske's head
back and left him' Slzzy, and before he
had recovered the champion stepped
in and bored upward with a right hand
blow that landed just below the heart
and sent Miske sprawling on .his side,
half sitting. ' -'. '..
. '; .: - Comes'. Tp ' Smning .. ' . -
Despite shouts from his handlers to
take all the rest he could, Miske strug
gled up at 'the count' of five and backed
away, covering his stomach. Dempsey
rushed and Miske slipped ; in for a
clinch, but the champion kept one arm
free and evaded tbree. short arm ' blows
on the- chlnV : Stepping free he-swung
with his left In a" feint, and Miske re
coiled before the blow,;: which never
landed. -, . "
Miske came up' strong in the third,
ahd flghtlng desperately with Ms teeth
gritted; he bored In with a rapid ex
change. , landing a " right to the body,
but his - speed proved : his, eventual- un
doing, for-he -failed to cover his weak
est ' spot' the bouy. uempsey matcnea
speed for speed' and the; round' jsas
Committee About the
: -Ji
says he will present, factB and. figures
still young when his swift-traveling,
left found Miske's stomach again -and
the challenger went s-down. At. the
count of three he was on his .knees,
but plainly suffering from-the punish
mat. and he took the full count of
nine before" coming up.
. . .. ' Demiiesr Wlim' Too Hard '
As Miske struggled' rvt? his"f eet.
Xpf jepbe hekarejt ally .neaa-
ured his distance and bored n reward
with rihf-h i.25
- - --v. ' 7, v7 " i
?C
fell like a Jog.; lying partly under ? th'B
ropes, and with Dempsey standing over
him,4 was countelouV in :his owirj - cor
ner. . ',-.V!v. ' -' -i -
Miske," sitting in - his corner being re
vived . after the knockout, made thls
statement: . . ' . ,
"Dempsey is a better man than I am
That fellow .hits, too - hard.'. The punch
that floored me in the second round all
but caved in ; my. ribs. I never was hit
so hard in my life. The . blow - took .all
of the steam out of me and I had not
escaped from its effects when the third
round opened.- I, think Dempsey- is un
beatable. - There .isn't, a heavyweight
living - tniit vcan ' stand up under his
punches. I: fought the ' best - battle - I
could, .but wag. whipped , before .1 really
got started.", -
Dempsey,' itfter'a. -bath at his camp
just outside", the arena,, made this
statement: ' ' ' .
Dempaey. Confident of Victory
"I told my .friends! 1, would win. I
never had any doubt of it. Miske is
tough, and ; Z trained and fought him
with as much caution as 'I would fight
any heavyweight. He did not hit me
hard enough" to , seriously " hurt. The
puncii that started him on his way was
a smash to the stomach in- the second
round. 'I felt; my fist 1 sink into, is ribs
and "knew he was hurt. ' After that I
was confident'. L' could end' it whenever
I wanted to.but I fought carefully and
With a whoop - the crowd who had
come to see their "Jack, the- Giant
Killer," knock -his-man" 'cold, and had
their desire. 'satisfied, started to swarm
overk the benches "and - heads 'and any
thing else that stop.d in ' their path to
reach : the ring. "Out they never 'ar
rived.. A squad of Michigan state con
stabulary with Sam Brown belts sag--ging
under the "weight' of revolver
and cartridges iasthere ; first; and
cleared a path' and formed . a body
guard to ; escortVthe victor .out of the
arena. . ' , . . ' Z-t: .-' ;
, ":- JfTXrmTiki:iki
Only two of the-many thai sought td
Serio-ComJcs. .Staged
reach the championa8 ie left the' ring
succeeded. They were Maj,- Gen; John
Eiaaie, commanaer oi wamn.uusxer pq
Col. F. R. Day,' his chief 'of staff. '
The threeround fight: for the, world's
heavyweight "championship closed 'a
day of " sport that Included a terrific
six-round mill between Harry Greb,
Pittsburgh, "and Chuck :Wgins, Indi
anapolis, 'light 'heavyweights;: and -; a
serio-comic six-ropnd mix-up in which
Bill Tate : the elongated, sparring part
ner 'who has.; become a fixture ln the j
Dempsey training camps,, employed one
of the longest left arms ever; seen: in
a squared Circle," ' to, make Sam' Lan'gr
ford, the Boston, negrq heavyweight,
keep; his dtstaricer Tate 'won by ; - a
shade, but not . because Langford - was
not game, for the chunky visitor,-from
the: Eastern Shire; .displayed -, an. almost
Inhuman v capacity fof tufhing" wicked
rights 'by interposing his head' as an
Lanarford. entering the ringi at l4.
reacnea wrawi ..w WZ
gxau t Acx-i-n, n uvdu ....
the scales5 sagging .under his 230 pound
of: bone' andVainew.N -Sv-'"
V t ? r1 jjaea -'KnnKhirotljenv S4
. The Greb-Wiggins set-to. resulea in
ajdraw after a wb!riwlnd.vbajtle .that
kept the spectators on heir 'tip v toes.!
Wiggins employed th ohnnyr Dundee
hoD., a kangaroo leap .that lifted him
over Greb's ; guard tim'e: and: again;, bnt j
the blows ha landed ' lacked tne puncn
needed to do any serious damage.5 y s
'. The arena V pearly -filled, . Promoter
Floyd Fitzsimmons said that 5,000 per
sons stood ' outside; declining to come
in and pay. the f. $22. and 133 der
manded for abouv 10,000 seats - that he
estimated is to o.d; -empty.! From . friendly
lo6kouta .perched on' the high, wooden
walls they ot their, fighti news.
G b. P. Slush Fund
'
that will' prove the governor's asser- v
RECORD ORDER FOR
ELECTION BALLOTS
PLACED BY STATE
-T : , - ,. - " -
Nearly Five Million .Necessary
To Meet Requirements With
' Women Voters
(Special to The Star)
. RALEIGH, Sept. 6. The state's, larg
est order for ballots to be used" In. a
general election will soon be jplaced
with several printing concernsjn Ra
leigh, the number this year running to
near the 1.000,000 mark. - r.
TOcrewcry:.vn-j wieasiey, ot tne
wa ooara. .1 1 ei.c"
state board of elections, ' has about
tW T 3.t I1 '
completed the . details , necessary
Placing the copy in ther- hands of the
printers so that there will be no delay
in jproyidlng. each, county board 'with
itsauota. on October IS. With the an
ticipated registration, of 75,000 women
voters , this faiJLPan order for 1,000,000
national - and. -state democratic f tickets.
and 7QO,op.O bearing the names of the
republican electors andthe state nomi
nees will be placed. Ballots for the
congressional candidates of both par
ties will run beyond the two million
mark , . -sr '"
Itf addition, tickets bearing names
of the candidates ' for associate jus
tices of the supreme court -and superior
court judges will ,be ; printed, as will
also ballots' for and against the pro
posed constitutional amendments. The
number of tickets required this year
Is based on the party vote , in the last
general elections with an additional
twenty-five per ;cenf' added for the
male voters who -have reached 21 years
of age since that; time. In; view of,
the fact that ,the women are to, par
ticipate in the election In November
the": number has been doubled--The
annual, meeting of , the.'North
Carolina Orphan association will be
held in Raleigh September 2Q at the
Methodist . orphanage. - The ' first ses
sion will begin at 10:30 o'clock. Offi
cers of the association are now com
pleting details in connection with the
meeting and will announce the program
during the next ten days Among other
things which, will be discussed will be
the formulating of plapsfijrr the cam
paign during the winter.'.; -By "L., 'Brown,
of the. Oxford . orphange,rs president
pf ,the associatioh;Vv!xf?f '
' KSoyernor. 'BicXf tirhaa- granted a par
don to- LeeRi'ehardsOn, Wake' county
man,'- serving An, eighteen months' sen-tence.e-nthe
county roads for the theft
of ottort;" '"The young':,rnan's mother,
afflicted JwTth tuberculosis,', took" the
case.: direct to ; th.es, governor yesterday
afternoon arid plead with the chief ex
ec'vilve for her,sbris release. She won
"out, after she-bed stated how the boy
had helped , ln cooking, , washing and
carjng' for. her when'she was too weak
W .wnrir-hj.reif.- ;
to do the ..work; herself.
: :- Richardson was - convicted last May
for 'Stealing" cotton' early last spring.
His ' home ." is : near ; Mllburnie ; The
mother's plea for her ,, boy's freedom
was supported with petitions, but the
governor declared that trA mother's
devotion impelled him' to give the young
man another chance, v : . - :
WON: PIKE'S PEAK CONTEST
COLORADO . SPRINGS; Sept, 6. Otto
Loesche. driver of oar number 7 In the
Pike's . Peak Vautomobile hill climbing
contest, '" won the" contest 'here today.
The.; ' unofficial ' time - was given as
,22:25:2-15. -Arthur: Cllne, driver of car
j'number ,6 was second -Jni 2t:S0:4-5.v
WRANGBLiftUlTS TAMAJT ? '
.".CONS.T.ANTINOPLB, Sept. 6. Gener
al :Wrangel; the anti-bolsheylk leader
in ' South Russia, has , evacuated the
-ftf m: lanflins' A-rnriltinna on, th
. Sea- of Asov and elsewhere: have tailed.
iOVTET " iVf GRUBE S CHOW : i "
t LONDON, Sept (I.- A Moscow official
communication received heer today says
the" Soviet troops have occupied Grubes-
ehow ' sixty ; .mil es southeast of Lublin,
ana some . lernDi y ,- ncv , v
ind driven the Poles from KrystonopoL
a The dispatch "adds that the Poles are
defending Brest-t3tovsk " stubbornly.
-SWj ... ; ' ' -t'-
t-v - -"' ;V.FINK...IP TR.ITEJ -i.::
- PETERSRURG, Sept. 6. -W, B.' Davis,
of Hopewellhas received a letter from
a law firm in San Diego, Calif., request
ing him to report there to claim $250.
000 left him by -'a - lady., whom he as
sisted .two years ; ago i when she fell
on the street, ' .
Child Saved When
. CaughUn Fender
Lynn 'Williams, the small daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C, Willlama,.
f No. 308 Front street, in an at
tempt to runy across the street in
front otgher home Saturday morn
ing about 10:30 o'clock, was caught
up in the safety fender of a trolley
car and earned some distance be
fore the carl came to a . halt. The
little girl ' on. being removed was
found to hav.e sustained several
bruises and cuts and was Immedi
ately' taken, to the James Walker
Memorial hospital. -
The child's 'parents,': when told
that a little girl had: been picked
up ln a car fender and injured, be
gan looking for their daughter, and
when she could not he found thoy
became alarrried and .ashed to the
hospital in an ' automobile and dis
covered that it-was their child. Hr
wciuAds were minbr ' and she was
taken home by her parents. ,
LABOR DAY MARRED
BY THREE ACCIDENTS
Auto and Railway; Wrecks At
Richmond and Niagara
Falls
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 6. A smash
up in which three racing cars figured,
marred the. automobile' races which
featured the 'annual Labor day cele
bration in Richmond today.
Blinded by a cloud of dust raised by
a car Just ahead of him, piloted by
Harry Cooper, Jimmy Fox emashed into
Cooper's car, the impact causing Fox's
car to turn turtle several times, pin
ning Fox and his mechanician under
neath. H, F. Alexander, driving a
Rochester Dusenbery special, crashed
into Fox-rf.car,: badiy damaging both
machines. Alexander's car also turned
turtle, 'Alexander; sustaining cuts and
bruises about the face. Max Gouldner,
his mechanician, , sustained a broken
arm and other injuries.
Eight Killed la Railway Accident
DENVER, Col.. Sept. 6. Eight per-
sdns were killed and upwards of fifty
were injured near Globeville, a suburb,
this afternoon when .an outbound spe
cial train on the Denver and interurban
railwav'-carrytnar; nleasure Beekers? to
Eldorado SprtegsrOyli-a Vutin-revf
sort, crashed into a heavily loaded in-
terurban train coming' to Denver from
fBoulder, Co
MEXICO MAT PURCHASE
OLD U. S. NAVAL BOATS
"New Navy" Is Considered By
Head of War and Marine
MEXICO ; CITY, Sept. . 6. Purchase
of two gunboats andsix destroyers
is being considered by the Mexican
government, according to General Plu
tarco Ellas Calles,'; secretary of war
and marine. ;
"I understand ftat destroyers can
be bought from the United States gov
ernment for 120,000 -y-each." General
Calles told a 'group of pe: ipapermen
recently. "In view ofithe succesa with
; which these small . craft; , were used
during the war, I believe that it would
be advisable for - the Mexican govern
ment, to buy. three for the Atlantic
service -and three for, the- Pacific."
General . Calles : and-his staff are at
work on a , plan, tori uniyjersal military
service."; with which it iaTexpected, that
the determined -figure of 50,000 soldiers
can , be raised:-s-"1 '"
"I .believe that the best military age
is from' 21 to, 22" .years.'' the .war
minister said.. ' "At it?3 .age men - are
least selfish and beet able to get along
with each other, regardless of the
walks: of", life from which- they . come.
"In the " meanwhile General Calles
added, the mustering . out of troops is
progressing : briskly and ' thousands of
soldiers are being returned to civil life,
where the government . believes that
they can best serve their country by
tilling the farm and manning the fac
tories. The privates ' aitd the "higher
officers are .cooperating . In the move
ment, it is said, the only opposition
coming from a few petty chiefs. .
TO RESUME INVESTIGATION
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES
E. H.:lIobre Called as Chief Wit
ness Before Committee
'" CHICAGO; Sept.'- 6. Senatorial ' In
vestigation of - presidential campaign
expenditures will be resumed here to
morrow with' TS, H. Moore, personal rep
resentative of Governor James M. Coy,
called as the chief - witness before : the
senate Bub-committee , when It recon
venes after a four-day recess. I -
Mr.. Mo.ore, manager of Governor
Cox's pre-conventlon , campaign, was
Sent here last Thursday , by the demo
cratic , presidential nominee' with data
which he announced "would prove that
the republican f leader had openly
boasted that they had devised a fund
raising plan which would bring 1 ln at
leasts $1,000,000 .for - the campaign
funds." . V '
. This plan; Governor Cox declared in
campaign speeches,., was - known; . as
"form 101" and was devised by Harry
M.! Blair of the office of . Fred W. Up
ham, r republican national treasurer.
Following .Governor -. Cox's v statement
Mr. Upham declaredfrom 101 had never
been put into effect. ...
SAYS rARai IMPLEMENTS .
i y PRICE NOT WARRANTED
WASHINGTON, Sept. ' 6. Declaring
prices r of - farm implements ; to j- have
been '' increased without," warrant
through "concerted : aotion" of manu
facturers and dealers, the federal trad
commission in - a report made public
recommends reopening-"- of anti-trust
proceedings against the International
Harvester. ,company in institution, of
juliclalt proceedings -against implement
aw. ' . a m . ... m
manniacturers ana aeaier. . -
MOORE EXPECTED TO
SHOW HOW GOUGERS
COLLECTED BIG FUND
Cox's Confidential Aid to Take
Stand. With Proof before
. Committee Today
REPUBLICANS ALARMED
OVER HIS TESTIMONY
Unbiased Sentiment of Country
Is That Governor Ias Made ,
Good on Charges S
By MARK; SULLIVAN
(Copyright, 1020, By the Star.) ; j '
NEW YORK,- Sept.- 6. -Ed Moore of
Youngstown, -O.rf 'is a shrewd sind able
j citizen, and every .one who has ' any
knowledge of him will watch .with
close interest to see , just what he
makes of the hearings at Chicago to
morrow. It Is not expected that he will.
offer any vnew evidence, but it is ex
pected that he may' be able to give the
hearings a : different atmosphere, tQ,
change the psychology and by chang
ing the psychology, caange the head
lines. This ;whole situation ; has be
come ; largely, a battle of headlines, i
When Mr. Franklin Roosevent first ,
got into the headlines with what struck
everybody, as loose talk of thirty mil- ;
lion to thirty-two million dollars. Dem
ocratic leaders , of the inner circles,
were disturbed. Thei when Cox him
self began to, talk in terms of sixteen
million dollars, they were only a little ;
less disturbed. When the senatorial
committee seized on Cox's assertion
and announced an . investigation of It,
the inner . circle democrats , were
alarmed.- -:-. .; . ' -".V:'' .
They didn't know how - much evl- -dence
Cox .might have, for Cox had .1
been v keeping his , dwn counsel ln the ;
matter.' , The democratic1 national head
quarters ; seriously feared 4 that Cox ' :
might have been tempted into exag-'
geratipn in the manner not at all in- ; ; ;
frequent with public speakers. . But -when
Cox made - his Pittsburgh ad
dress : and was .'able: to read evidence
from documents, everybody tplt that
he had more than made good. For
aevrAl days the Inner .. circles . ot the.
democratic leaders .were jubilant; and' 1
had reason to be." ' . -.- 'v '
Then, when .the, actual linvestlga- ":
tion . began, all the ' headlines began
to- run the other way. . Chairman -v v
Hays's specific - denial and his show-. T;,
lng of actual amounts collected was . '- -:
so different from both the figures and
the spirit of Cox's charges that, the . -democratic
managers' -wiere alarmed. v,
They were in an almost" panicky fear M ;
of anticlimax. They were - inclined- to'' :.
blame it 4 on Senator . Reed. They ' '
thought Senator Reed ought to have , ;
beenable to make more of the testl- .
mony; Ought to have been more ener- H
getic in the .. croes-examlnation of V :
witnesses.' . ",,- - . " .'..-,,.
'In fact, at the end of that first day -the
democratic leaders In their inner ! S
councils expressed wonder whether
Senator Reed was' "laying: down":on
Cox. They had a day, of uneasy , sus- f
plcion lest Reed had peen so offended - -by
Cox's league of' nations position
that he wasn't - going to exercise : his
talent for cross-examination In the In
terest of helping Cox; make good. To,
be sure, . there was another democrat
ic senator., on the : committee Pome
rene of Ohio; but pomerene, Is not the
kind of lawyer .and has .not got the
klnd' of mind that Reed , has. It was
Reed's talents as a Jury lawyer,, and ,
crosa.-examlner : that , thje democratic
managers had been relying on. . f.
: Ears Would Burn t ' . .' .
The next (day, when the democratic,
ex-chairman. Homer Cummings,, quite
candidly said that the democrats in
1916 had spent $2,600,000, and ex
pressed the -judgment that under the
present, changed, conditions, $3,000,000 j
wouldn't be at all excessive, the demo
cratic leaders' were' inclined to include..
him In' thfclr recriminations. To make ' ,
it worse, on tne same day the present : , -democratic-
national chairman, George " ' ; f
White,' proved - to be what - was from I
the point of view;.of , these democratic 1 I
leaders an unfortunate witness. . - :"" ,-:
Mr. White is -a simple person, with
out any adroitness. . To several ques
tions - from. th . renubllca'n. mam. -'
bers of the committee, as to whether ih
he had. any evidence of a . "sinister v; ;!
conspiracy,", or to support the charge - i-j
of "buying the presidency; he -frankly
answered "No." ,' He' said that all the : .
evidence he knew of was In- Cox's
statement. He said he had talked the :
matter over with Cox, and had said ' "V
to Cox, "You are the boss; handle It ' '
your . way." Things 'looked i, sb bad ";:
on Wednesday of Jast 'week' that Sena- .'
tor Pomerene came to Columbus and; V;
spent nearly , the whole, day in confer- j .
ence with , Cox . and Ed $VIoore. : Tou,r ; ; -correspondent"
hazards the guess : that -,:1'
If Senator Reed and Homer Cummings ,' .-.
and George'. , White i had heard every
thing . sai in that conference their1
ears would have burned. '.. .-' ,.
- ' -' Moore May': Prore Came V ''''J- ' j-'
It may . safely be -; assumed ..." that 4 ' .,:
Ed Moore's presence at the hearing to-. :
morrow, is a result of that conference, , 'i;
Ed Moore is ,an experienced Jury law
yer and knows, all .the arts of- creat- . :
Ing atmosphere In a courtroom. He
has laid traps for thousands of hostile
witnesses. 1 If any one.: can- change
the psychology-, and turn the drift; Of
the ; headlines,: Ed Moore can. He is 7'S'i
more than: a match for- apy member : "
of the committee or all of. them com
bined. : . -;; ,:. .- ''' '' . ' :. .' ,.' .;.'.
. : It is not to .be Vpected that he will
provide, any new testimony; but most ; ,
assuredly ' he . will : furnish the art of .
making tne vaot or WAav wSfinj?1! :
there Is. Ite is entirely eqoal to tnir !
moeuvrlng. the. comlttee - into a; posl-',
tion whefe It will have to choose :be-
tween seeming to Vlay -down,", or call- '
Ing every county chairman, and - every
candidate for constable in the Unltod .- -v--States,
to get the aggregate of all the ; , y
money: collected by, or - Irr behalf of
every republican candidate forTevery'
office in the United states ... , ;
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