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Ess Progressive Stand Offers Well Defined Contrast Between !; Opposing Candidates r 0 P. LEADERS FEEL ' EFFECT OF PUNCHES Kace Reveals Effort of Republi cans to Overcome "Ground V Swell" BY MARK SULLlVAJf K (Copyright. 1020 or Te Star) CHICAGO, Sept. 10. It is now exact ly sixty-six days since the nominations ended with the naming of Cox at San Francisco. From now until the election is fifty-three days. Of these there are not more than fifty days left for effec tive campaigning. We are, L therefore, well past the middle of the campaign, and it is an appropriate time to sum up what has been done; as well as what is likely to happen. - . ' . Cox has done most. He , has ' been the source of the greatest, activity. It wis expected he would be. Everybody knew that the campaign would shape itself with the republicans in the more favorable position and with Cox trying to take it away from them. Cox ac cepted this role of the offensive he had no choice but to accept it. In this role he has come up to expectation. , I think the picture the public has of him is that of a game young lightweight prizer fighter, dancing : about and delivering the best punches he knows how against in opponent who is more heavy and solid but less active an opponent who. let us also say, has a more . dignified conception of the proprieties of the game. "; '. In this role Cox did not make any impression to speak of until ,! almost exactly the middle of the campaign. The first time he succeeded In making the republicans take notice - of him fas when he made his speech at Pitts burgh on campaign funds; .That was the first real excitement of the "cam paign. Cox made the republicans no tice him. put them on the defensive, itarted them to talking "ack. During the two weeks that-havV intervened wttlMW&o close tQ.jJi& poitem jrOtr that subject. It haifocCupied the head lines almost every day. ... The -newspapers, both partisan and independent, ...... knA. a vMv.t llifin ntfiial Wfl tMtt uavc uecii ai iiivx c uiau ucuai ymkia iu print large quantities of the testimony. Whether the republicans will con- tinue to he as much on ttye defensive as they were when Cox first . delivered lis blow, the public will judge. I, sus pect that Cox has fallen short of , mak ing this issue "stick" as a major issue of the campaign. ; v ;- ' If Cox really thought there was a eonsniracr to "buv the residency. if he thought the republicans had, or were going to have, $15,000,000 as the first put, or even $8,000,000 as he last put it if he really felt sure of that, it would have been poor tactics to deliver that particular blow at this .time. - As good a politician as he Is would - have held it bark until the last ten. days'of the campaign. If he had hoped that this campaign fund scandal was . going to be as deadly to Harding as the pre convention campaign fund scandal was trt T An,1 1 MA. ucu, ne wouiq nave arrangea u to break at the same relative time that the Lowden scandal broke; that is to about ten days before the election. Wanted to Attract Attention I think it is more likelv that all Cox hoped fo-r was to get in some kind " a Punch anil maV Vifa aA uAmarv take notice. He wanted to overcome, if "Ely for a little while, the tremendous ground swell which everybody knew Was rilnni.,- if i iv. a 11. luiuiuig ttgainai ine aemoeraue Wrty. He wanted to change the psy chology, which was fatally adverse' to ujn- If he has succeeded 'in ; accomT Wishing- fln-tr mnr-A Kn Vla nrlW Vita cj - - .J '111 v.. L1IC.I1 Ll J V. . bjl . . U Paign fund charges It Is that much Hore than fco cTnf - iuni now to the more permanent Wues of the campaign. ' ' ) i -'. i cx had three possible issues: One asthe league of nations: another was irogressivism," including his own rd as governor of Ohio; the third tie tv, . . ... - -"c wer issue. ' - -v. v inese three issues he had and still WS. Tho ! I 4.1 Mkers, of those who brought about nomination, was to play the "wet" ,.Vtrony- They had no stomach '"'the IpAjr,,,. 4. ,, ,s u associated with Wilson. They er wets" and they intended - to W 3u "wet" campaign. They ' be en that was the onlv c.hnne.a for the waJ8 t0 Bet anywhere this year. nnL .leved that issue presented an -r 'uaKe inroaas in wna nsed to call, in terms of military 1W" K'. "tlle republican eastern sa- IT.... -New Jersey, New i Tork, Con- Knode Island, Maryland,: "y one or two other states. Thaf The "Wet" Issue Wat . . nion it -- immediately after his nonu was apparent that Cox was S to embrace the 'wet' issue tWfh vvnetner his refusal to .go in the "wet" nroarram waa tem-- ur Permanent, whether It was tVt; -uuua, remains o pe een B or caution, remains to'be seen, ; shes his western trio and comes v rnfi r early, in October' 'will Pt the am v 11 c oiner nana, are urering a k .. tu to remidiate the "wet" it th! 0 helPed to nominate. him. Iethi fT(Tnt wriing Cox has -not Nn ?'s rts,-iaion. He must make It ef8U8 m .,y . Jogment this "wet" 4re fieZl , ssue is eolng ,to cut a Haien n the c'-osing1 days of ' the i. anv the; beeinnlne. ' t"18 three possible issues Cox HtT. 'eaeue of nations.' He a. " X DC r ww . . .. ... in 11 Wllsn at the ,wnite nit a. that visit was the 'cause S lrritation to those.' backers sot him the nomination and ntinued on Pag TwoO : 4. ' HeKettFdithJVith Undertaker; Killed Himself As Agreed .LffTTLtE ROCK, Sept.- 10. With .the ,-suicide ' of Robert Bennett,' a railroad . engineer, in North Little Rock today, , it was revealed that nearly a year ago he had signed a written agreement with a local un dertaker that 'after his ; death : a post-mortem was to be held on his body, "to determine the. cause of the long suffering I have had." . The agreement read: ' "I wish this done so that it may be beneficial to the medical , profes sion, and : that it may ' help others suffering from the same complaint." Bennett shot himself in a rooming house. The post-mortem ' was held tonight . as he had wished, but the result was not announced. BROOKLYN GAINS ON . GIANTS AND REDS Show Fine Form In Game With : St. Louis; Indians Hold Their Own miW YORK, Sept. 10. The major league pennant . chaser underwent no change of position today for the Jlrst time this :week. The Brooklyn Na tionals, leaders, gained three points on Cincinnati and , New Tork, both of which did not play,, while the New Tork Americans obtained revenge ;'on the Cleveland leaders for yest5rday's de-feat.;;.-'-.": V ... . - f.:: The Indians have no game advant age over Chicago which won from Bos ton' and? are only - three percentage points ahead of tTSfe White Sox. . The Yankees are"elght points behind Cleve land and if they win the oad game of the series . tomorrow they will possess a half game advantage on the Indians, but by : a freak-of figures will be one point behind them. The ability of the Brooklyn National to come througfr"with a. four. run rally in the 11th inning today to win from St. Louis after tying the westerners in the ninth, shows that the Superbas are Imbibed with 9, fighting spirit that wiU stand them well in the close race. Brooklyn's fourth straight victory put them a full game,,, or' f?ut points ahead pt.C15clnnatl and three-. games or twenty-jtwo points ahead of lsew Tor,W. " ii i i ir- r 1 ii..' " - W AD00 UNABLE TO TILL F A YETTE VILLE DATE Engagements Will Not ; Permit Visit on . Trip ' to State ' 5 (Special t The Star) ' -' FATETTEVILL.E, Sept. 10. William G. McAdoo will' be unable to come to Fayetteville when he visits North Car olina this morning. The Invitation to Mr. McAdoo, similar to one extended to Governor James M. Cox, by the chamber of commerce - and the American Legion, nas been answered by the "former sec retary f the treasury in a telegram to President C. C , Trice, of the chamber of commerce, stating that a previous engagement will prevent'.him from vis-i I ting this city now. Mr. McAdoo de clared that he would be pleased to come to Fayetteville were it not for the en gagement already made. The Fayetteville city ; schools will open for .the fall session Monday. The enrollment, and assignment of new pu pils beginning today, at the Central school and tomorrow 'for the Donaldson and Person street schools., The hours for ; registration will be from : 10 to 12 In the forenoon. 4 ,r ' The list of teachers for the coming year, made public by Superintendent T. Sw Snipes Includes thirty-seven instruc tors for the three! schools. P. S. Daniel has been elected -principal of the high school. Mrs. W. T., Brock is the 't prin cipal of the Central school; Miss Marion McLean of the Donaldson school; and Miss Pauline Jones of the ' Person Street school. MacSWINEY ENTERS ON FIFTH WEEK OF FAST Becognizes His Sister and Com ments on Hunger Strike ' ' LONDON, Sept. - .10. The Gaelic league's bulletin , Issued late this even lnar saysV ': -v .:v'';v'V;;a -: 'v-.X-- '-.i 'TLord Mayor MacSwiney : grows weaker. He suffers much .pain, hut his mind l perfectly clear." " - x This was the .29th -day of the lord mayor's hunger ' strike, v Mary, Mac Swiney, sister o the" prisoner :-when leaving the prison this afternoon, told the newspaper men that her' brother was able to speak, to her this morn ing. He asked her what day it was. v "When I said it was Friday the 1.0th, said Miss MacSwiney, "Terence said: It is the beginning of the tflf th week of my hunger strike.' " ;.-- HARD COAI MINERS WIIiL. , GO ON VACATION.' REPORT ' ""';;'',. ;v '-V-v - - . - . o-t a MWiNr fa.. 1 Sept. ;10. -Within three days every anthracite miner, wiU be on a. vacatioriV according to leaders of the vacation movement. This action, they say. would he the answer: to Presi dent Wilson's ; refusal, to 'e-open . the coal commission's, awara wmuu to satisfy ! the, miners. , . READYPOR &OLD CfJP REGATTA.-. DETROIT, Sept. lONearly 100 gasoline : propelled . ,water craft of various ' sizes ana . speed possibilities were' assembled In the -Ietroit? river Ttto-ttf. readv. for the opening heats tomorrow of the gold f cup --regatta; Eight events, we, ongrn ;the feature being we .yBiiwB,-v.tv Ahniienee cup of th - American wnT? continue through ' Septemher . 16, ) COX INSISTS &MRJURY LAW BE ENFORCED; HlTSATG.O.p. Says Prisoris Only Way Collection of Coi'rhption E orOKANa Wash.. Sent. 10.. Knoalri ing at the interstate fair today, Gov- e yhigton Quota-- ' - ernor Cox said he had come here to j-VVT4 . ?nl League otSattonM ' know the people. JsAx was introduced b former 'T am a progressive. I am a deny J T vStates Senator Geo: vt Turner, crat in the broadest sense," the gt Elizabeth D. Christfa:iC:xiaMona!( ernor said. "I come to preach pro- nitteewoman' from "VVashington in and the gospel of peace." , suced Senator Turner,: .The rain had. nyrAulfr t0,?rget that.. I PPed by, the, , time the governor candidate of a political nartv." heco. '.oA.ti,. .m,,.,!..-, ..'!, timing , (1 , " , . , , , - -vmw u.OMvi "iu no i. as partisans. " . Governor Cox reiterated his attacks on the "senatorial oligarchy." The candidate also went oveir his charges against the republican , contributions campaign and the republican leaders. He produced as his information the re publican treasurer's ."official - bulletin and the copy of subscriptions to the re publican handbook of William Barnes. Jr.of New York, who he dubbed '.'the Saint Paul of the republican party" and the author of the "republican bible" for 1920. ; ; ' T Governor Cox also discussed his charges of the republican contribution quotas. Assistant Treasurer Blair, the candidate said, testified yesterday that the number of cities alloted quotas was 54 instead of SI, as named by the gov ernor in his .Pittsburgh address. Wants Perjury Exposed j Referring to denials of his charges before the senate committee. Governor Cox declared that he "had the right to insist upon enforcement of laws against perjury." ' - The 'governor replied to , question In a local newspaper regarding Spo kane's quota. The local republican chairman, Thadeus S. Lane, war quoted as declaring that Spokane's quota was $5,100, and not $50,000, as charged by the governor at Pittsburgh. The can didate produced a copy of an alleged letter -written August 2 by A. D. Stkw art, the . state chairman, stating that Washington . "probably" could send $50000 to the republican national com mittee of $200,000 needed in the state. The governor asked also if several thousand dollars had- not been Bub scribed at a breakfast here, attended by W. S. Cowles, a local publisher, and E. T, Coman, "republican . candidate for governor. Also Governor Oox said he would ask ."this representative at Chi caffo to have Mr. Cowles'Hnd M. Comanldy" as he said was applied. in the case and others , said to .have ' been at the - AGTIVE CAMPAIGN Governor Bickett, Morrison And Other Candidates to Stump State for Party (Special to The Star) : RALEIGH, Sept. 10 Democrats will trust to speaking as the means of get Xing information to the voters of North Carolina, and within a fortnight," Gov ernor Bickett, Lieutenant Governor Max Gardner, and Cameron Morrison, nominee for governor, will be stump ing the state. - - . " The governor opens September 18 in Beaufort. Mr. Gardner speaks the same day in Union county, and Mr. Morrison is daily .'In the field. Both Senators Overman and Simmons have signified their acceptance of appointments, C03- srressman Clyde R. Hoey, E. W. Fu'u, Hannibal Godwin, Charles M.Stedman, Bob Doughton, S -M. BrinBon, Zeb Weaver, Lee Robjnson, an4 all the nom inees for -the congressional offices, are ready tow the call. The democracy never was richer in oratory. Chief Jus tice Clark will, of course, not speak and jt is telling nothing out of school to say that the democrats hope he will not write any more. Collector J. W. Dailey, unconverted yet as toie major purposes of revaluation and tne income tax, will waive his objections and trust to another general assembly to right revaluation. Mr. Bailey win be in. the field for Morrison, Cox, and the whole ticket. ' J The Bickett speeches will be tne iear ture'of the campaign. He has been the nartv's burden-bearer; on taxation. He has all that; the other Champions have and then some.' He ' draws bigger crowds, hits harder blows, and makes the folks laugh, most. v The campaign speech without laughs packed away is not effective. Then he is the most elo quent of the imposing array of oratori cal talent.' ' ' The ' Bickett speeches are . set for Beaufort September 13 ; Kinston, 22 ; Clinton, 26; Greensboro, 27rWaynes vllje,"30; Marlon, October,. 1; Salisbury, October 2; Williamston October,' 6; RockyMount, 7; Wilmington; 8; Lum- berton," 9. . - ? i '-"''f-'. TOBACCO 1VIEN INVITED TO ACREAGE MEETING Production" and' Price ' Question - May be Solved at Wilson ; " ' (Special to The Star) WILSON, Sept, 10. The, . Wilson chamber of commerce Is sending a per sonal letter. to'the owners and proprie tors; of - every . tobacco warehouse ; in North Carolina, also to prominent to bacco growers Inviting them to attend a meeting to ' be held In Wilsonnext Tuesday, Sept.-14, at 3 o'clock. -:: ; The chamber of commerce realizes that the present price being paid for tobacco Is "below the cost of produe irT and ' that something must be done. For that ; reason they s are requesting ! the 'various interests in. toe state ?tr meet and work the. matter, out. ;Somk 1 plan must be formulated '. to ; reducev th acreage next year and- the. Wilson;, commercial organization nas a pian jtq mm ATS-iPIM v... i rft.oneratio rftlL,gng, murdert m tne nrst aegree the entire tobacco interests -of - North Carolina. . This is not a Jocal proposi- tihnz but affects ! the entire ' state ; and a Urge attendance iaTurger to Break Up Systemic Big Political jC -- iro fn taaHf :ir6 tt yivvuou "la W" fyr.. u ih. CJTVIVC u a sweater ana overcoats i - WALLA WALLA, ' Wash,. Sepfc 10. Defense of the league of nations shared with discussion' of . republican -i cam-! paign methods Uh attention; Gov ernor Cox pf Ohio, democratic' candi date1' for the presidency' in- nls address tonight. -' ' t:t ; The governor arrived , aboard A, spe cial train from Spokane, iwhere' he. en tered the state from Montana ttodayi' and delivered here the third ' set ad- V aress or tne aay. e naoj spoken nwice i this forenoon at Spokane", Once 'tta m. crowd of first 'voters and Again at- the interstate -fair and later, today at Pasco. :-, 'r' -'$rWriN V'.-' .-'V". Mentions Taffs 8pport Cy " ' Governor Cox . declared.. that . the league of nations, instead of , being a "British league" or a "Wilson 'league? as he said the republicans have charged, was really the product of certainly "no less than we hundred of the thousand in all the civilized nations..' . ; '' . . - He declared that s all the; leaders . In the republican party hadah active part ln.it, mentioning. former President Taft, Justice Hughes and Elihu Root. " 'vi v ''Former President 'Taft 'offered four amendments, all of which .Wrere adopt ed, r Judge Hughes offered ' seven amendments, five of which .were adopt ed; Elihu Root suggested Osix amend ments and the substance of five of them found their way into the final covenant, in several instances Mr. Root's; exact words being introduced. Demands that ; perjury be punished were VeiteratecTTierfr: by the candidate In discussing testimony before the sen atorial campaign investigation ; cott- mittee, ana ne inaicaiea . inat present symptoms are pretty strongly suggest ing the need of the same kind of reme-' of Tweed, who. he declare4,Wf sent to 1 ttiit 01ER TOBACCO FROM SALE Product on Kinston Market WiU Be Held Back for Advance "In Price :.; ' ...V J (Special to The Star) Kinston, Sept. $0. "Soreat the loss" and 1 taken ; ; coniiJletely hy ; surprise, planters in this part of the eastern belt planned no- drastic-action as a result of the opening! of the market -here with the. average price approximating twen ty cents. - They may organize, accord ing .to some tobacconists, but they will take ne step more drastic than the withholding of the crop from the mar ket or request the suspension of sales. To hold' back the crop from a rising market would be leglimate, leading farmers point Ait. Some warehouse men are1 known to be willing to close if the market continues weak 'and the growers request such action. "We are not neutral ' between the growers and the buyers," declared one leading, warehouseman today, ."the bet-, ter the sales,' the bigger .our income. W do not know what the. trouble is." During the. flTs"t" months "of the grbwr ing . season tobacconists . predicted a year of record ; prices ". but'' advised re. strictions of the crop to last year's pro duction.' Adverse weather aurgured well for high' prices in the fall. , A big "come-back" on 'the part of the crop in the fields after a poor spring resulted in an enormous crop. 'Tobacconists began- predicting a , lower ' market this year than last,but ' the drop from- fifty cents a round to twenty cents was ex pected by few jar none. Well-inform ed market men were taken, aback by the drop. 'XZh it vCX-'j ; I ' ; "The finest cooperative spirit In the country' which the .market here has claimed for years, came to the aid of the farmers when the gloom was at its height. "Warehousemen got into the sales as purchasers and helped to stim ulate the .buying., It was not a great deal of elp, j ut it set a splendid ex ample and hcipedito spread optimism. Optimism prevails; in spite ; of every thing'. Conservative experts - prophesy early increases to . bring the ' average pi ice i to at least'.; thirty-five cents, a price that would be satisfactory to the growers. t , ; . . .'.-, '' e THIRTY-FIVE HURT IN BROOKLYN CAR STRIKE Nine Indicted following Stoning ; - Of'frain-.by: "Men ;:" J-J.- .NEW tTORKf Sept. 10. Today Fri day, the 13th day of ' the Brooklyn Rapid Transit vwalkout, was imarked by the first t serlpus Occident '; since ' the strike-Wgari-:r;;,-';--'j,tK f Approximately ";35 persons were', lnjilr ed 10 seriously, iwhen a,; Coney .Island sight- seeing btiB;;f with '.seventy men, woilneh.(aiVd Wtldrenc aboard ;C61Jided witha irolley "car at. Fifth avenue and ftSth ' street. - Police reserves and am- bJances .Were; called and first aid was reivdered- accident victims in a vacant tAnavbj-i . The driver of the bus and Conductor of the .oar were neiajon icai-cnarges. .. .i . rlier in the day an Indictment Mvafye turned against hi e strikers ar rested- in: connection with the .stoning of a-train that resulted in the death;of fX stow Lithuanians Defi Poles; Say They : Will Not Retire WARSAW Sept. 10. A note has been . received by the Perish foreign office from Lithuanian refusing to withdraw the Lithuanian forces to the Foch line, . but . asking that a conference be held Marlampolr situated on the de.markatlom line. . At the close- of tonight's ' con ference of the council of ministers the secretary of Foreign Minister Sapieha announced that the - Polea; had replied demanding withdrawal of the Lithuanians without further discussion. - . : - '" Providing the . withdrawal should be" effected, the" secretary said, a conference would be held with the Lithuanians concerning boundaries, but not otherwise. The Lithuanians, he added, must also guarantee not to be friendly with ; Germany and Soviet Russia at the expense of Po land. ' OLIVE THOMAS DEAD, POLICE PROBE CASE Mystery Shrouds Death , Of - ; Movie Actress In Paris; Army Officer Involved . PARIS, Sept. 10 The French police have begun a thorough Investigation intd the death, of Olive Thomas, an American motion, picture . actress,--' who died this morning : from poisoning, it was said tonight. - v " The authorities: have Issued a permit for the enrbalming of the body, but as yet - have not sanctioned Ms shipment to the United States. " -Investigation also is being made by the police of sinister, rumors of cocaine orgies. - intermingled wjth champagne dinners which lasted, into the early hours of the morning, that have been afloat In the American colony and among the habitues of the French cin ema world during the past week. Tonight In the Sante prison the po lice were closely questioning a man named" Spalding, said to be' aformer American army , captain, . who -was sen tenced to six months in jaiI 4ast Mon day for vending' cocaine: . ; - m ;v-. ' ?.'Ja'09nectiqj3. .-with ,4Lhadeatli'ef vM1m Thomaa the police say they" desire to Interview jack Pickford, a motion pic ture, actor, .and. .husband . , Miss Thomas, and also a woma& friend uf the actress", who ' Is ' said : to have ac companied ; Miss ThomaB . during , her last pilgrimage -to .the -Montmartre dis trict Saturday evening. Mr. Pickford today Left the Ritz hotel, where he -had been stopping, and has taken up quar ter, in the Hotel Crlllon He -declined to receive , visitors today. The physician who is" In attendance on Mr'. Pickford said he was in very bad state of health. Police Commissioner' Duqroe said to night that he entrusted the Investiga tion into the death of Miss Thomas to Captain of .Police Catro : of the First district. When- questioned' concerning the case Captain Catro said he had not concluded his inquiry. He had received the testimony of the waiters, porters and ' chambermaids -at the Ritz hotel, where Miss Thomas is said to have taken the poison, hut had been unable as yet -to obtain Mr. Pickf ord's account of the affair. ' - - ' V ' Several of the . Montmartre resorts which Miss Thomas visited Saturday night were subjected to a cloee investi gation today. '" WOMAN'S PARTY TO REMAIN IN EXISTENCE To Function Until All Legal Ac- tion By Antis Settled NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Continuance of the National ;Woman' party with policies the. same as .used in the cam paign for national suffrage, "until all legal action against the victory insti tuted by the antis is removed" was decided upon today by members of the national executive committee at a meeting-in the home of Mrs. O. H.' P. Belmont' at Port ' Washington, New York. ' "'. ' ' - . ' ' - ' . A fund to carry on the work of the party VP to and during . its annual con vention -which will be held 'when the VictoryVIs safeguarded," is to; be raised by the direction of Miss Alice E. Paul, chairman. The convention according to Miss Paul will decide upon a new policy. :ior tneir pany ana win organize to -Campaign : for "full equality," the fight for which she; said "has Just be gun..",. . . ' .'t ', v ' V ' ' Miss" Paul authorized the statement that . teday she had: received, a . letter from"1' Attorney General Thompson, of Tehnessee.in which he said there was no ; need to worry about ratification in Tennessee. The action. - of -legisla-; ture that -gave women- the vote . was final and will not be reversed, he added. f - ; LETBR ACT VIOLATED KNOXVIL.L.E, Tenn.. Sept.-10. Crim inal-'-warrants charging violations of i-j - ' -' ' : . the JUever. act n- cnarging awegea. cessiv'4rices in'"Ooal;were issued to.; day by United States 'Commissioner J. P. Powersi5 ! for the arrest Vof I ". O Scott. pf Harriman ; : T. XJ. -i Jacks, of Jasper, "and - Samuel T. tsunattr ana Wirth -CiYWhittaker of the Superior Ooal company. ' -r.r AU of. the defendants have one-warrant against them- except; Scott; who Is defendant; in two cases. T 'fiWfiOO HAVE PAID TAXES , . WASHINGTON; Sept. 10. More than 5,600.000 firms and 'individuals are pay Ing Income taxes , tis 3teer, according to -figures .made public, tonight by . the bureau of . internal revenue. These .fig ures also reveal that ': practically, . 3, 000,000' tax payers have already paid their"inome taxes in fulL" -XX --." X A.r.; . HE WILL HOT FAIL NEGROES, HARDING - TELLS DELEGATION Leaders of Race Present Griev ances to Nominate In Typi cal Camp Meeting Style rOH, BOYS" AND YOU TELL 'EMS" FAVORITE SHOUTS Visitors Overflow Front Porch And Violently Wring Can- . dictate's Hand MARION, Sept., 10. Five delegations of negro republicans representing vari ous organizations of the race in north and south, gathered at Senator Hard ing's front porch today and pledged him their support in several hours of characteristic demonstration In oratory. In response' the' republican nominee made two speeches praising the loyal ty and attainments of the nation's negro citizenry and promising that the federal government "will , not fall the American negro." He asked that they make service to country the everyday standard of their citizenship, and de clared 'his abhorence of the use of "brutal ' and .unlawful violence," against the black race or any other class. ;''' In seveoal ' private conferences, Sen ator Harding also heard .the grievances of various negro leaders and assured tlvem he would anake a careful study of the situation." Lynching and segrega tion of negro federal employes were two of the things for whose suppres sion the visitors; made a particular plea. : ' ;! ; - . ;,- 8hvted Aniens. v Conventions of negro Baptists In ses sion at Columbus and Indianapolis sent the. largest delegations, and a camp meeting' spirit-ruled the day's celebra tion. The first group .came up singing "Harding will 'shine tonight'! in parody of a revival" hymn," arid "Am ens" and "Halleiu j ahs" floated ' h ea ven ward, with oh boys' and , "you tel,rem'" si the succession . of orators v poured out their professions' of. loyalty -to, the party of Litnceln' fwdOranC : ' .;; ' : v- -iHsr9I4n!ciQla Ijrohnspn,") republican nsttonal oomraltteema '.iot : .Georgia, headed' the roup from ?. the "national Baptist- convention at Columbus, which arrived Murisgs" the ..morning and was the first, to be .addressedv by the nomi nee. rThe afternoon speech was to rep resefltatfves df ' . the 'Baptist conven tion, which .is meeting in. Indianapolis, the National Equal Rights league, the African Methodist church and the -Methodist church.'. '. v . ; Overflowed Front Porch. . The visitors Hocked -. up '"'the front steps, of . the .Harding ' residence' and kept the candidate busy for a half hour shaking hands..1 ',, ;, Two hundred thousand votes from negro women . were', promised the sena tor by the .woman "speakers, one of whom praised his stand for party gov ernment and safd the women of her race would claim representation In the government in proportion to their numbers. . . , At Both the morning and afternoon celebration ' General . John J. Pershing, an overnight guest at . the Harding home, was an added attraction that helped, stir .the enthusiasm of the visi tors. To .each orowd he majde a short speech Braising the service of negro soldiers in the war but not touching on political- subjects. A Wants Segregation Abolished One of those who conferred with the senator during the. day was William Monroe' Trotter', of -.Boston, : executive secretary of the National Equal Rights league. He. asked that segregation of negro employes of the federal, govern ment be a bolisAed, and declared after ward that the nominee had given the request appreciative consideration. Tomorrow Senator Harding will. speak to delegations of business men from Chicago, Detroit, " and Indiana cities and is expected to' make one . of the important .speeches of his cam paign, outlining. his stand on business issues and his ideas for after-war finan cial' reconstruction.;' ; Hardin to Quit Porch - NEW YORK, Sept.10. Senator War ren G. Harding, republican presidential nominee, will receive no . more delega tions on his front porch In . Marion, Ohio, after September 25, It was -announced, here today by ; the New York .Salesmen's Hardlmg and; """Coolldge league, which is affiliated-with the re publican national committee. This an nouncement .did not . make clear whether "Senator Harding will take the stump alter tnat aajce. His last front porch speech will be made to the salesmen's : league repre sentatives, who. are .to make a pilgrim afire to Marlon froim New York Sentem- ber 25, it was adfled. They will hold a rally here nvejOays earlier to arrange the trip. - H -4- " - ONE DEAD, I3T MOONSHINE BATTLE ' , KNOXVILL.E, : Tenn Sept. 10 Through a belated report ; to United f States - District Attorneys Kennery, the story of. a bitter fight between reve nue agents and moonshiners in Bledsoe county on '"August 3 Is ... made public. which resulted in the" death or one of the moonshiners, the -wounding of one of the officers and the arrest of three persons.'- 'X-X 'i X'' X 'XX V.'' " ' '' -CtOLD OTJTPUT DECREASES 1 : " WASHINGTON,' SeptTlO. Production of both gold and silver - declined last year Director tof the Mlnt:: Baktr an? nounced vtwday, in making public - re vised figures, - which, showed 'the fig ures as follows r. ;r -'?..' ; -Gold. S6O.333.40O; silver,' 383,533,652 In -fine, ounces the output totalled ; 2,- 188, i,9Z9,pt gold and 56,682,445 of all- XXX: X:. V- X'- ' : A; X ver, TELLS Moore Says Anti-Saloon Leagug Is Essentially Republican Organization CHARGES AGAINST G.O.P. FAILED, EDGE. ASSERT Reed Maintains Opinions Ori Findings of Body at Present Absolutely 'Indecent! '. CHICAGO, Sept. 10. Investigation ot the republican "campaign tx raise f undv in" Chicago, thai; will complete the sen ate committee's inquiry . here Into the charges of Governor-Cox that the re publicans' were seeking to corrupt the electorate by soliciting 115,000,000. The committee plans to meet. again September 22 in some eastern - city to be selected by Chairman Kenyon. The democratic members want to go to New York and pursue the investigation ot the Cox charges there, while the re publicans favor - removing to Pitts burgh to look Into reports that the liquor interests - are taking an active part in the democratic nominee's cam- paign was continued today. The widely divergent views of the committee members as to the results of the hearing here was shown tonight when' Senator Edge, republican, of New Jersey, issued a formal statement, as--sorting the democrats had failed to subt ' I stantiate Governor Cox's charges, and senator Reed, democrat, . of Missouri.' asserted that any expression of opinion at this time Is "Indecent." Moore Denies "Wets" Donated ; Senator Reed ' today asked that Charles Pier, former .presidents of the Emergency Fleet corporation and now chairman of 'the republican ways and means committee in Chicago be sum moned tomorrow to tell of the fund drive in Chicago. . : ' . Edmund i- H. Moore,'. Governor Cox's , personal representative, ,,was recalled '" to the stand and, asked concerning re ports that liquor -interests in Ohio had supported the democratic nominee In . the gubernatorial campaign four years ago -and - eharge that the New Jersey liquor dealeI' were taislnrr f ends te assist ; the democratic candidate' "tTilff of the charges and said' the use of his name in a prospectus of -the association opposed to national prohibition .was un authorized.: . He asked If Senator Spen cer, his questioner, v was "attempting to inject a wet and dry issue into the . presidential campaign. , '-, .j "The, fact that I . am known as 'a strong.' anti -prohibitionist Is of , no more significance than the fact that . George White, chairman of . the demo cratic national committee, advocated and voted for prohibition when In con gress1," Mr. Moore said. " ' says ury lenaers tirpnDiicani He characterized the Anti-Salooa leasrue as a republican organisation and said Wayne B. Wheeler, its general counsel; and other leaders were repub-. licans. . V . ? The statement issued by Senator Edge tonight declared: . v . "I am convinced that the committee v is simply becoming the vehicle for alir types of insincere political charges and4 rumors for partisan effect. In the light of the evidence, uovernor jox nas oeen given even more consideration than his irresponsible charges ' warrant. It makes no difference ' what witnesses testify under oath, if such t testimony, displeases Mr. Cox,he at once proceeds' to villify them.v The situation is un paralleled In American politics. Under such circumstances. what can possibly be gained by 'following his so-called leads further? Governor. Cox owes.lt to the American people to withdraw his extravagant charges or stand con victed of the most despicable type of politics imaginable.? Reed Calls It "Indecent" . "I have riQ ' comment to make on our investigation at this . time. The duty of the committee Is to' investigate and to report to the senate "what It. finds when the investigation is over, and to pursue any other course, is , In my opinion, indecent." v i ; -7 v- : WOMAN'S DEATH MYSTERY, HUSBAND IS ARRESTED , isfy Police Suspicions 't t ' . " . , 1 ' . - - :' . ; r WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Failure to recover the -body of : Mrs. Gertrude Kuehllng and-tne discovery of several circumstances regarded by the police as worthy , of Investigation,, today con-. verted her husband's etory of , drown- . ing -while .canoeing, with him on the Potomac' river ; Wednesday,, night, into one of some mystery:,-. , - Roy Harper .Kuehllng, the husband,, is held by the police for investiga tion and preparations -have' been made to. drive two tugs up the river to stir up the water that the body ''might be . brought to the surface. . - 1 Kuehllng's story given to the police was thathe"lost control 'of the canoe in a oaa svretcn ot water unu in mi darkness he lost all track of his wife, wasting - much of the time in which she might have-been saved in fumbling at a fur coat under - the capsized boat and which, a few minutes before hi1 wife, he said, had wprn thrown over her shoulders. , v-. ;. .. Kuehllng's , arrest r" ocoured a few hours after at their home in. Wood wise,' Md... -stiburb of Washington, on a .'technical charge-' of desertion . from the' army. ', That charge explained away by the; records at 'the war department, he was held 'for " Investigation chiefly upon information obtained by the police divorcing him.t and that ! only a' few C1IITEE ? daye r-.-y. :.: days ago ' she , had . been treated -a! a) spltal zor-poisoiMnk . '- .Vvv ''r:-v " X ly-h-s yxyxX:;i:)r'XX- ZXXX ':'X'f X --yxX: :X'X-Xl:X,''X. XXX 1 f -::
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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