PUBLICANS TRIED
10 STIFLE TRUTH OF
CAMPAIGN CHARGES
s Resolution Started Probe
at ElOCKeU Hyuu nuu mjvii-
den From Nomination
irKELLAR FOUGHT FOR
. v
Pnmerene Offered Plan To Carry
Over lnvesugauun xu a evi
dent ial Fight
(Social to The Stnr.) k
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. Now that
nhorops ahnnt a. SIR.-
Governor cox , .0- -----
0 000 republican tam.s..
.i cpVi widespread interest that
t!!ey are lively to have a tremendous
ifAPt on the coming presidents cam
s'16 .. ii
i i well lO retail sumo uioiuijr
jjign, ii a "
esarding them. - '
i,t spring Senator Borah introduc
eresolution to .examine into the
in' the nrimarv
Munnaig
ht. Of course,
Senator Borah, be-
, . Strong JOmi&Ull iuau, kwo
7,c ro see whether or not the Wood
wople were attempting to buy the re
publican nomination, as was being
iailv charged.
All of these investigating resolutions
have to go before the committee , of
L that handles the financial expendi-
on expenditures is composed of the.fol-LiTie-
senators: Calder, republican.
TLa'rman Smoot and France, republi
cans, and Jones and McKellar, demo
crats. ; - ,
Result Hnt Been cpocnai ,
The result of the committee's work
n the primary campaigns was epochal.
X practically eliminated General Wood
ud Governor Lowden from, the " re
jublican convention, because of their
acessive expenditures of money. ..The
'epublicans did not dare to nominate
either of them after the exposure. ..
However, that investigation, . under
the terms of the Borah resolution, ex
lired with the session and, thereupon
idiourned, ' Senator Pomerene offered
i rfien t nn hx fi unit: lxih uu w di a ui i :
he committee as iouows:
JTo Investigate,- after the" aJotiTn-
vention, ana ueiure iie i-tuv cm ucr, exer
tions, 1920, the receipts ana expendi
tures of the several political commit
tees, and the receipts and expenditures
nf tlit ramnaien conducted bv. and on
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xh Q I r at np Qcrainsir Tne p f.n nn nT
ma vice-presiaent, ana iae . uuhcU
tates senate' , : i
Chairman Calder called the expend!-
turps committee of ths senate toe-ether
ian me repuDiicans voiea 10 " report.
uiai me repuoncan niemLxsru oi
this cnrrmittPo u'ppa nnnnaftH trr. nnv
further investieration of- camnaiern
funds. In view of the s recent ., dis
closures of the gitempt of Chairman
Will Hays and Treasurer Upham , to
raise enough money to buy the presi-
r, no wonder the republicans ! did
ii u. -a n i t n a mi'Qeri rriTinn rtAnriniion
it the time. '
Seaator McKellar, Tennessee, .made
ae tollowing minority report, Senator
ones, of New Mexico, being absent: '
McKellar Takes Stand,.
"For the minority. I dissent from
ie report of the majority. If ever a
?nate investigation has been fruitful
' lesuns, xnis investigation nas
tie aggregate have been used by vari
es candidates for nomination for the
, -"""-.. me use oi inese iunas in
lie way they have been used is com-
y caned a national scandaL If
vwii spend several millions for: a
nation for the presidency, how
m ue spent in tne actual eiec
Where is this thing going to
P- Are we goine to permit the
-omeucy to be mit iit fnr aa1 and
me candidate, havmer . tneJ
"'oney.' I do not bellevn anvone
u Say we oueht tn rln triat Than
,JSht to
continue this investigation."
MEXICO EXPECTED
TO LEAD IN OIL
"Reservoir In World V-
ASHIXGTON, Sept. 12. Mexico
"Ues to becomA th .nil rvnr
, -.. -
e western hemisrher. ttiA denart-
.put -
i v-c ucuaicu
Pa...' .
today in
'"iew of th
petroleum industry
'he Boiittiflr-T,
in.. .: - "
republic. Increased
the United States -is
"""nption in
vlJ in c v . . . i . . . ,
- "untrv wit-hir, ...
It V.n . . TT . tj .V.A. fc
Pvi,; h: lhe statement said
Exh;
ustion of forty per cent of the
nr i ico t0 tafee second place In
. - . i- w. lii r uuLciiLiai
ally
ican wells is being ac
Prorhir-erl.
iontns of 1920 totaled 60,-
" UI Tf- J2 a 1
Per cent.
crease of seventy-
over the preyious year,
of the Mexican . oil
"IS, hn.
-I'.ii. jit
'ever i a .hi.. 11. I
review- , Y liy lLB """
230 J" Ldces- adding that of the
, square miles of, territory ; be-
in nn a vii ueposiiB. not more
r,u - Nfl u m 1 1 a KAinfw . 1
riberi ,ru,liJiment of production is
W...' L"e aepartment to lack or l
storage" facilities
n, v uusemea political condl-
th. ..... , ''' ' ,:.; ---,-:,' f"
- sai),ooo,000 estimated1 to be
"iclw ,-, e Mexican oil industry
Hr ro Z KW,)M0 in tankers, about
cent
th.
'epresents American capl-
Brit'sh , says- About. 27 per cent
. sri ariH Fi,, .. ..... . Ti i.
revirj
tent m ulcn capital ana three
"ican aid other interests.
SevenMee
in
In Storm
Plunges 20 Feet
New Yorkers Are Pinned
; Railroad "Tracks After
Driver Loses Way
To
TARRYTOWN. . NiY.. Sept. 12
feeven persons we're killed and one se
riously injured early today when an
automobile in which they were riding
vUi WUSn a raiang, during a-
thundeVstorm, and fell twenty feet to
the New York CentraK railroad tracks !
at Dobb's Ferry. The dead, all of whom
lived in New York city,; are:
Dr. Georges McGuire, 58. a physician;
his wife; son, aged 16, an,d daugh
ter, lify :-. . - -. . v
J ohn J. Hawley, 58, building in
spector; his wife, and; Edward Mil
rooney, 15, son of Police Lieutenant
Edward Mulrooney. ' " -
Francis McGuire, 12, the only sur
vivor, received a broken leg. He was
taken to a hospital in-Dobb's Ferry.
The members of the party were re
turning ; to New York from Orange
Lake, near Newburgh. , Dr. McGuire
was driving the car. A terrific thun
derstorm broke as they ; were passing
through Dobb's Ferry and it is be
lieved the nhvRlolfln he
Instead , of guiding into the Broadway I
highway, he turned down a roa! lead- j
ing toward the Hudson river and drove i
the car through. an iron fence guard-I
"5 lUB-oriage across ine raiiroaa
the v bridge across the
tracks.
The occupants were Jinned beneath
the car. which overturned in its falL
$26,000 INTEREST ON
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
IS DUE WEDNESDAY
WilmingtonianS Will Cash In On
i Their , Investment In 'War-
''''If 'Time ' SeUrities;.was-4n the front seat, and severing vJAb
V 1 vSf "" - "J::C,r 'yfT spinal coTd and then 1 plercrng ' he
Wilmington will have "another big
pay-day Vednesday, .when the, national
government will distribute -more than!.
26,000 as. interest on bonds- of -the ;
third liberty loan bought here, the in- j
terest coupons being due' that day. On
the bonds of this issue, purchased in-
North Carolina, the total payment will;
exceed $522,000. In the fifth federal!
reserve district it will amount to' $3,
918,000; in' the nation at large it will
be $88,750,980. . '
Official records show that there were
10,455 subscribers, to :.he third liberty
loan in Wilmington the total invest
ment in these -bonds here being $1,243,- RALEIGH, Sept. 12. The North Car
900. In North Carolina, the number of olina. fire loss for August makes the
subscribers , was 81.5S2, who bought , best showlne tOT the y ear there hav.
district, there were more than 858,300
subscribers and their . subscriptions
amounted to $186,259,050. '
Inasmuch as . many of these , bonds
were paid for from, the savings of the
people, the United States treasury sug
gests that the bond nolders still fur
ther . Increase their rate of income by
reinvesting their interest, ; or as much
of it' as may be practicable,, in other .
government bonds or in treasury sav
ings certificates or war savings stamps.
' Coupons due Wednesday from coupon-bearing
bonds may be cashed at
any bank and., indeed, almost anywhere
else. .The iiterst due von , registered
bonds will be mailed direct from Wash
ington. -Many persons in this, district
hold - bonds : which, when issued.
carried only, six' coupons.
All of these j
nnnons have .fallen due,
The owners,
of these "temporary" Donas are asKeu
to send them to their local banks, which
will forward them to the federal re-
serve 'bank, of this district where they;
mill Ho errhaneed for permanentbonds
with coupons covering the remainder
of the life of the bonds. v
M'SWINEY WORSE
AND IN GREAT PAIN
Other Hunger Strikers
In Critical State
LONDON, Sept.' 12. A bulletin issued
this evening: by the Gaelic league an
nounced that Lord Mayor MacSwiney,
of Cork,whois on a hunger strike in
Brixton jail, was much worse and in
very great pain."-
CORK, Sept. 12. Seven of the eleven
hunger-strikers in Cork Jail appeared
today to be . in a critical condition.
They are Zane Hennessey, the 19-year7
old youth; Joseph Murphy, whose
Status as an American is being Inves
tigated; -Thomas .Donovan, Michael
Burke, Upton. Power and Cenney. - i
Michael t Hennessey, brother of Zane
Hennessey,1 today showed the Asso
ciated Press correspondent a 4 slip -of
paper, apparently made by a multi
graph machine, which he said he had
taken - from a lamp ? post on a street
leading t6 the jail early this morning.
The-' paper'' read: )i::rvM' r.-' 'V,:-v-h-.
"In some districts, loyalists, and mem
hi Tnalestv's forces have read
.. "a ,' .otnilnn ef
notices : tnreaieiiing io "r---- --
their homes , in certain ; evemumiucB,
under these circumstances, it has been
AArcf tnat, iorevwy iuj-
- -i - -M Mniiun ni h- 1 nun 11111,0,11
leader will be similarly aean
iv naturally. to Dr, Aopea .
cesslty for sucni .repnsaiB .; w. .smWv
arise and,- therefore, this warning, of
punishment, which will follow any des
truction of ' loyalist houses, is v being
widely circulated." , . v . "
v According to young Hennessey, slm-.
ilar warnings were posted during the
early " morning In varioiis parts v of
Cork, on lamp posts, sign; boards and
4ead -walls r -
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Old Oaken Bucket
Cost Girl On Hike
$2 00 In jewels
NEW YORK, .Sept. 12. -Miss OUv
Smith, who lives ... near Highland
Falls, N: Y., went on a hike. When
she reached, a farm house she was
thirsty. An old well, pictureseque
with its beam; and dangling chain, .
-ausiii uoreye. one gaspea . witn x
. "It looks so picturesque. I thir -
;il. have a drink .'", ,
- one went to the well and g '
ully lifted the bucket. B "- '-'.'--'"
aken buckets' and iron fcJ"
uckets, while pretty in poetry y:
1ms, are heavy in real . life. Tn-e
ucket slipped and the sliding chain
swept- from her , hand -and fingers
one wrist watch and two rings, val
ued at 52,500'. One was her en
gagement ring, too. ' .
Several volunteers, moved by her
distress, tried to retrieve the3 trink
ets, but at last reports thev Jewelry
was still .there.
TWO SISTERS SLAIN
' BY SINGLE BULLET
Military Posse Captures Wound
1 ed Soldier After Maryland
; . Girls In Auto Are Shot
'
" BRUNSWICK, M3L, Sept.- 12. Two
sisters,. Misses Susie and Sadie Selter,
were shot to death in an automobile
near here today by a crazed man wear
ing a United States army uniform. A
military- posse later captured Mike
Markarovich, 26 years old, after he had
been shot and wounded by one of its
men; A single bullet killed bith girls,
the police say.
The sisters were being driven home
in an automobile by Frank Whitlock,
Who said thev were nconatA hv a man
who carried a rifle and seemed under
the influence of liquor. x Whitlock said
he tried1 to persuade -the man to go
away ,v but that he f refused, fired a. shot
at the car and ran. " ' . .
' Whitlock rushed the'sisters to a hos
pital,' where they died.. Hospital phy
sicians say the bullet passed -.through'
both girls' bodies, striking Sadie, , who
breast of herj.sister. who occupied the
rear seat.
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VV lljlVllIN jf X vlIN X lltJli
irtr-rci i TTnTTCim T TCim
TUiS AUGUST LilSl
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. .
Report Shows Year's
Best State Record
1ng been but one in the f10,000 class
nd that was affreight barge loaded
with fertilizer at Wilmington, entail
ing a damage ; of $40,000. Elizabeth
City' an-d several other smaller towns
report not a single fire or a false -fire
alarm during the entire month.
The biggest town in the state, Wins
ton-Salem, had but one fire, with dam-
age of only $10, according' to the of-
ficial report at the state-insurance de
partment. Deputy Commissioner Wade
was much impressed with the New
Bern fire chief's monthly report. This
showed only $2,167.50 fire loss, but it
also showed that property worth $368,
000 was involved and that only $600 of
insurance was carried. He says that
j people who claim that fire prevention
activities benefit insurance companies
mainly, have "another think - coming.
when they know', as ,he does, that this
is but a fair specimen of actual facts.
And out of the nine fires during tho
month, the report says, four were
"gasoline fires, caused by carelessness
first spark from electric wire, caused
by insulation b,eing off and coming In
contact with iron over gasoline tank
Of 3,000 gal. capacity, producing ex
plosion; second, washing clothes with
gasoline, matches bringing explosion;
threw match in bucket of gasoline, ex
plosion; " fourth, ; used lantern to see
how to draw gasoline from a tank-at
night, explosion."' WelC one would
think so. ' -' . -.
For the United States "and Canada,
the entire fire loss for August was $18,
000,000.' August fires show an equally
encouraging decline from "July, with
a loss of $25,000,000. But the loss of
the first eight months is bad, when
compared . with : the .same period last
year, the totals being $175,741,575 for
1919, and $207,601,525 for 1920. . But
North Carolina's fire, record, especially
in the cities, shows a uniform improve
ment, the great increase coming from
New York, New Jersey ,andt the. Pa
cific coast states. ,
RED CROSS WILL SPEND
; $31,000,000 IN EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Appropria-tiens
of $48,2pO,000 have been made for
the , American Red Cross relief pro
gram during the fscal year, '. ending
July 1, 1921. The total is .:$21,000,000
less " than'... that appropriated last year.
Relief work in : foreign lands- will
comprise 1, nearly two-thirds of the bud
get, the estimate of $31,000,000 for ac
tivities abroad being based on reports
to the Red -Cross tending- to show that
"Central Europe - faces another winter
'of famine, pestilence and ruin."
"Physicians who ' investigated .-the
situation at the behest of the league of
Red Cross'socleties; have given their
unqualified opinion that the coming
winter will see a recurrence, of . typhus
on an unprecedented scale," said '! an
official announcement here todays, "The
Red Cross feels .that' it- must continue
preventive measures abroad to keep
this and other deadly maladies from
the United' States." . " - V
COX DECLINES TO
CANCEL DATES FOR
THR0AT1FFECTI0N
Cor&
'peaking Oh Western
Proves Severe Strain -
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-liSNDS RESTFUL DAY
AFTER HARD SCHEDULE
To Speak At Several Oregon
Points Today ; Train Speeches
Eliminated For Time
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 12. Gover
nor Cox. whose throat , has been giving
him trouble during the past few days
of his campaign tour of the west, was
examined today ; by a specialist . who
declared the governor's throat ,was
in : bad condition and advised him to
cancel- some of his speaking engage
meats. ' This, Governor Cox declared
emphatically, he would not do. ' The
trouble was diagnosed as speakers'
largyngitis. ,
The physician Dr. Charles T. Cham
berlain, a son of Senator Chamberlain,
was called in this morning after Gov
ernor Cox - arrived from Seattle and
prescribed massage treatment and ob
tained a masseur who agreed to, ac
company the democratic nominee on his
trip, tomorrow to Salem, Oregon, and
possibly' further on the tour. '
A crowd of about a hundred persons,
including -many women, was at ' the
station when the governor's train ar
rived at 7:40 o'clock" this 'morning, but
Dr. J. C. Smith, state democratic chair
man after conferring with members of
the candidate's party, said the1 governor
desired more rest and wbuld meet the
reception at his hotel at 9 o'clock.
Governor Cox had announced he de
sired a quiet Sunday and would at
tend church services. Several churches
extended invitations, but not until"; the
governor, and Senator Chamerlain
! started fr - Westminster Presbyterian
hurch wa any inUmation given as
to where, the visitor -would worship,
At the church tie governor refused to
be i ushered down the aisle and sat
near tle door. He listened to a ser
mon by the Rev. Dr. Edward H. Penoe:
T.he governor is. ,tov, apeak : at the
armory at Salem Monday morning -and
will return tov Portland, in,; time, to
s peak a t; t he ao d ito rtunv hier e Moriday
xne governor -is to -leave ; MondaV.
night for 'Salt;..lAke"-''jtyii.DuiE'v6wiii$
to the condition of hi,s voice it wag ex
pected he would not make any rear
platform speeches for two or three
days.
CARDINAL 9IBBOXS WIL VISIT
ASHEVILLE, OCTdER IS
AS HEVILLB, Sent. 12. Cardinal nihl
bon,s, of Baltimore, head of the Catholic
cnurch in America, has accepted an In
vitation to be present and speak at the
consecration service at St. Lawrence
church, this tsity, on October 13, it is
announced here. The church expects
to have its debt paid off by that time,
the announcement says, and the cardinal,-
with other. 1 high vdignitaries of
the church, will attend the ceremonies.
LOUISIANA PRIMARIES TOMORROW
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12. Demo
crats of Louisiana will hold a state
wide primary Tuesday, nominating a
United States .senator and eight ccm
gressmen. Senator Edward J. Gay,
whose term expires-March 4, 1821, 13
not a candidate to succeed himself and
in the eight congressional districts four
of the incumbents have opposition. :
CHAUFFEUR IS EXONERATED
MACONj Sept. 12. Henry . J. Goodin,
ex-service (man, driver of - the heavy
motor truck that crushed out the life
of Judge Dupont Guerry yesterday, was
exonerated of all blame for ' the acci
dent by a coroner's jury today, the
jury finding-that it was an" unavoid
able accident. " The . funeral of Judge
Guerry will take place Tuesday 'after
noon. - ". . . .
His Shift of Army
oave ooiaier rrom Murder Knarse
KNOXVILLE, ' Tenn., Sept. 12. De
spite the fact he is said to have hidden
his identity by changing army identi
fication tags with a pal killed in the
trenches in France, Joe L. Chapman,
alias Jack Schmidt, was arrested by
Knoxville officers and returned today
to Harlan, Ky.V for the murder of Mar
on Carter at" that place on August
11, 1917. Chapman," according to the
authorities, , :admitted the murder.
claiming self-defense.
-According tothe story told by ChaprT
man to Knoxvlile detectives, he ; fled
to Colorado following the killing 'and
was caught in the . first draft in 1918.
In France, during a) battle, his friend,
Jack . Schmidt,: was killed beside him
in the trenches. He conceived the-idea
of hiding his identity by adopting -v the
dead man's name. j, ? .
Changing. identification tags', he says
he lost himself in . the advance andt
tached himself -.to another unit, with
which he served during th war.,; He
also ,says,. he served v in - Siberia, was
honorably discharged and last week re-.
enlisted in the army and was to go this
week to Angel IslandCalif ornia, 1 for
duty with the Sixth cavalry- , r
Police ; say hls military record has
been checked.;? Chapman was' caught
in' Chattanooga- by two .Knoxville de
tectives through a - school-day sweet-;
heart, whom they say he had - sum
moned to" that city for, tne. purpose or
marrying. He had the license to wed
in his pocket when, arrested atr the
depot in that city on the arrival of
the gin. v. ;
. He has a good army record and was
mentioned - in -orders -for- bravery both
in France- and Siberia, his- discharge
shows.
Secret dj Baby's
Blut Eyes Found
After 834 Teds
LONDON,' Sept. 12. Where baby
gets his blue eyes from Is said to
have been discovered by ' Dr. H.
Bryn of Norway.
After 1 examining 834 persons, Dr.
Bryn found that when ajl the par
ents and-grandparents -had bluj eyes
all the children were blue-eyed,
whilej when some of the grandpar
ents i eyes were brown,, only about
90-out of 100 of the children had
blue eyes. .. . . ; . .
If . both parents had brown eyes,
only 75 per cent of the children had
eyes of the same color, the remain
ing 25 per, cent being, blue. If. one
parent was. blue-eyed and the other
brown-eyed, blue and brown eyes
were equally divided vamong the
children. '
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NIP AND TUCK RACES
IN MAJOR LEAGUES
Brooklyn Increases Lead Over
Reds, 'While Yanks Cling
; To Heels Of Indians
NEW. "YORK, Sept., 12. Brooklyn in
creased its' advantage over .the Cincin
nati Nationals W three and one-half I
games today, while the . Cleveland i
Americansr who- are first by seven-
tenths of a. point,';' were unable to shake
the New -York Yankees off their heels.
The New York - Nationals lost today
and have f our and a half games to
make up; 1 with less than a score to
to play. The Chicago Americans
also-were-defeated, but are only about
ten points "behind Cleveland. The stand
ing of the ..three American leaders fol-low':-
.
.Cleveland, won 83, lost', 51; percent
ager ,61940,v-- " ' ' A
y New York, won 86, lost 53; percen't
age .;8jo.-;.
r Chicago. jKron 84, lost 54; percent
age.. 60869,
;.The New' York Yankees began their!
Wsjtept,tour; by. taking two out of.
three 'games from their Cleveland ri-'
vals, ; outplaying the Indians ih the;
field aftd at bat. With the .exception
ofJM:iiost;o Cleveland,, the New
York twTrlers , were effective" ifftryetir
contest last 'week. V W'hile ' Cleveland
was disposing of the tail-end Phiiadel
phians today," the Yankees, by liard
hitting, .defeated Detroit. NeW York
will go to -Chicago Thursday for 'a
three-game series.
The Chicago Americans succeeded in
winning a series last . week from Bos
ton, which has been a trouble maker
for the three pennant contenders, but
today the White Sox were unable to
hit Courtney, of Washington.
The Brooklyn Nationals pounded out
114 base hits last week, surpassing
their own weekly record of 112 : this
season. Their two defeats in Phila
delphia were by close margins. .
Superbas Win Eight Straight .
St. Louis' pitchers could not check
the batting and the Superbas won their
eighth straight game today, when.
Grimes shut out Chicago. Cincinnati,
after disposing of the Cardinals .with
little effort, was tripped up in Boston
at the start of its eastern invasion,
dropping three out of .four games. The
Reds rested today and, after the Phila
delphia series opening' tomorrow,' will
go to Brooklyn. Thursday for the so
called "crucial" series. - . .'
The New York Nationals' pitching
staff yielded . only seven runs in. as
vmany ames last week. Today, how
ever, the Giants fell before St. Louis,
which lost seven straight games last
eek, three to Cincinnati and four to
Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh which took four games
out of five from the Giants .on their
western trip, will come to New York
Thursday. The Pirates are eight
games behind the league leaders. s
Togs Fails To
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 12. The al
leged confession of a young man) claim
ing to be Jack Luther. Schmidt, to the
murder of Marion Carter at Harlan,
Ky., In Knoxville . today, revealed a
most unusual sequel, to a story which
had a chapter enacted In this city Sat
urday, Schmidt having been married to
Miss Evilin Oveida White, of Knox
ville, ' after being1 arrested at the sta
tion ; here. . . - ' .. '
Z Esquire Joe Burke,' who. married the
couple,, was not aware that there Was
anything unusual afoot when the young
people appeared: at ' his ' office; accom
panied by two strange men, and asked
to be married, but immediately the
ceremony .ended the. two strangers,
who proved, to be Knoxville detectives,
placed handcuffs Jon Schmidt's, wrists
and led him , away, followed by . the
ride,'; in tears. Schmidt was captured
at the station when he went ' to . meet
his fiance, the Knoxville detectives
having shadowed .Miss1 White when she
left that city. WhnHhe young couple
declared? their desire to wed, despite
Schmidt's arrest. 48- officers Taised no
ostacles, ut acconivinied themoto the
esquire s , office ancU acted as est man
FREED OF KILLING CHARGES -ASHEVILLE,
Sept. 1.' James Thorn-
o a hae Kfisn onnn H Ckt - I Won rlfironn
ville at a. special termof superior courtj
on charges of ..killing . Will . Erwln. a
wealthy merchant of Etowah, Hender-
son county, according to ews received
here. -
- REBUILD HAHAGED TOWNS ;
;LONDON, Sept; V 12. Ot: i sixty-two
towns damaged by - the earthquakes of
last' week,- several- must be rebuilt,- ac
cording, to a dispatch to the- Exchange
Dispatch, . from Florence, Italy -
Republicans Say
Party
Maine Election
j Organization Expected To Put
State Ticket Over; Democrats
"Lukewarm," Report
By MARK SULLIVAN
(Copyright, 1920, by Tlie Star.)
CHICAGO, Sept. 12. The necessity of
satisfying public interest in the cam
paign fund investigation here in Chi-
j cago has prevented your correspondent
, from doing wnat would have been more
I interesting, and also more important
work. In tne absence of opportunity
' to make a personal survey of Maine in
anticipation, of the election there Tues
day there can only be given a summary
of judgments expressed by local lead
ers of both parties in various districts
of the state. .
The democrats admit they have but
scanty organization -and have not done
much work. Almost the only demo
cratic effort has been the presence in
the state of national spellbinders from
outside.' The republicans, on the other
hand, claim their organization has been
busyand effective in. every county and
towri of" the state.
The republicans were careful to put
up four strong candidates for congress
while the democratic candidates are
admitted to be weaker. When the suf
frage amendment was adopted recently,
the republican organization was al
ready mobilized to get their women
registered. The democrats were not,
There is as ap - observer in Hancock
county who expresses it as "An intense
feeling of repubiicanrzaLion in the re-
publican party and lulewarmness in
the democratic party." -
May. Vote With Democrats
Some republican leaders say that a
few members of their party who be
lieve strongly in the league will vote
for democrats. These same republi
cans will hold at the presidential elec-
rtion in November, but they will vote
with the democrats tomorrow in the
hope of administering a warning to tho
republicans.'
On the other hand, sflh is a bald
admission , from democratic leaders
that a certain number of democrats of
Irish decent, who are hostile to the
league - of .nations will . express . their
hostility by -voting- the republican
ticket tomorrow. .-' - --,
Attacks which have been; ma.de dur
ing the "heat, of . the campaign against
the repu'-iican candidate, .fpr governor
may bc; .may Jot - .bitir: i aAesult--which
wfluraSother wisehaVe. been-tecei ved as-f
a test of the feeling ;through the coun
try this -year." . ' ?
In the lack of this episode the re
publicans counted, and some democrats
more or less admitted, the probable re
publican majority of from twelve lo
eighteen thousand, without the womens
vote, and of " possibly " ten ' thousand
more with the women's .vote. These
figures are large relatively to the re
sults of other recent elections. -r
May Change in November ,
In 1918 the republican.;.candidate for
governor won by 6,800, and in 1916 the
Hughes majority "over Wilson was 5,
400 in 1916. At the election of governor
corresponding with tomorrow's election
the republicans won by 13,600 and then
two months . later, at the presidential
election suffered a -reaction of that ma
jority to 5,400. Such a result as Is
predicted this year, would be justly re
ceived by " politicians everywhere, as
indicating a marked republican trend
throughout the country.," "
Other policitical events this week of
national importance will be the pri
maries in Washington to choose candi
date for the succession to Senator
Jones, republican; in New York, for the
succession of Senator Wadsworth, re
publican; in' Illinois, for the sucession of
Senator Sherman, republican; in Ver
mont', for the sucession to Senator Dil
lingham, republican;, and in Colorado
for the succession to Senator Thomas,
democrat. Also on Wednesday will be
j in Connecticut to choose a candidate to
make the fight against Senator Bran
degee. -? . ' , . '.
POLES GET CARS
AND TIPSY REDS
RussiansDisute:' En
J ; emys- Success ; .
WARSAW, Sept. 12! The Poles have
extended their lines southeast of Brest-
Litovsk, along the KoveL-rallroad. and
have .. occupied Wielkoryita, Mlororipa
and Meilniki after some fighting. The
bolsheviki, in attacking the Poles In
' this sector", used nine armored cars,
which were captured, according to to
day's official communication. Eighty
drunken Reds also were captured.
Southeast of Lemberg, Polish cav
alry,, co-ope!rating with the Ukrainians,
advanced and . occupied Burszeyn, Bu
kachozowic and Nastaszyn. The com
municatiorf does not mention the Li
thuanian sector. V ..
LONDON, Sept., 12. An official Rus
sian report, received in Berlin, claims
the occupation of newly-fortified posi
tions on the Bug river, and the almost
total destruction of "the forces. of Gen
eral . Wrangel, the anti-bolshevlk
leader, says a wireless dispatch from
Berlin. .' ,;.' : . . ' - , -." -
The dispatch adds that the Poles
have retreated ; near Bfest-Lltovsk be
fore a new; Russian offensive.
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EX-EMPEROR ' BVILD STOCKADE
DOURN. Holland, 'Sept. 12. Former
Emperor William ' has decided to fence
himself . off completely from his neigh
bors. At a few places. -about his house,
"where persons walking on the grounds
could be seen from the road, the former
. emperor has oraerea me erequon, w
high fence. Tho work is now .being
ca-rneu out,
' REFUGEES REACH ISMID ,
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. - 12. Fif
teen hundred : refugees, have arrived ;!n
Ismtd. Asia Minor, from the village of
Kirazll,: after ; having r wandered .forty
days in the wilderness and the un
charted valleys of , th mountains. ,
TOBACCO SITUATION
CREATES FEELINGS
AKIN TO VIOLENCE
Raleigh Hears Eastern , Statt
Growers Are Organizing To
Protect Interests
COMPETITION FOR LABOR
LEADS TO BITTERNESS
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Inferior Weed Looks Good, But
Does Not Measure Up Plan
Protective Measure ; '
RALEIGH, Sept. 1 12. Money scout
who. are in Raleigh seeking coin ''t or y
the independent tooacco men bring '
with them amazing stories of the feel
ing In the east, though one . gathers
from their talk that "normalcy". Is pos-
slble and that the farmers are organis
ing as never before. - : -
The half hasn't been told as to the '
Intensity of hatred aroused by the flrsi
few sales. One Greenville man brought
a stpry of a farmer uprising which Had -a
potentiality of murders galore. The
sales are not so badly off in. price as
newspapers have - been- led to . state. '
Tobacco that was selling last year at
the opening for : thirty-five cents went
for twenty-two this year, but the dif
ficulties are different. The cost this
year has greatly exceeded that of last,
Laborers . will! go out and breakfast
with one farmer at $6 a day and board,
while a neighbor who offers $7 will get v .
the workers.'. The cost of grading and,
priming, is terrific. The low, sales,
therefore, inspire mob violence andvla .,
several f the, eastern towns, the feel
ing has amounted almost to that!
1920 Weed Is Inferior
Then the weed is inferior. In looks
it is superb, . but it resembles a dollar . ,
bill dressed up.. , Put under the scalpel . T,
of the dealer," It dpes not prove up.
The farmers are 'disposed to e more
reasonable, many of them, in the
light of the enormous and Inferior crop, V
which has a light, chaffy ; leaf that
glitters like gold. . 1
Violent hands' were laid on som of
the piles of wjeed sold In the beginning,
the. buyers were ordered to stop bid- J.
ding, the houses Wvre accused of steal
ing the crop and farmers were said to
have bee"n armed for any sort of fate. '
With -the . drop in temperature, they are '
organizing ' no W ;"to protect : themselves ,
fey limiting v Uun! ieA'plM
policing -the organization : after reduc- '
Hon has been , compassed. . .,..'-'
. The independent men do not . fear -;
thatprlCes will go up. They say the
good quality sells well now. It does
not equal that of last year, but times .
were abnormal and the -market was v-'
fieakish. The difficulty now is getting
money for buying in the crop as it is '
offered! , The banks la the home mar
kets do not appear to . have the money
for use and nobody, else ."will dare offer
it. ' . , .
Bankers 'Wlllln To, Aid
Raleigh bankers have indicated their
willingness to join in a proposed pool.
In which the " bankers will give their
surplus . money . to ithe. tobacco crop,
which maves fast and turns the money': .
over often. The plan of eastern farm
ers for controlling tobacco output
hereafter Is Interesting. .
.The growers are- perfectly willing,
many of them say, to destroy, the pres- ,
ent crop.. Hundreds of them have- a.
surplus from last year. But the bulk
of .their 1920 growings will be.'salabla(
at good prices The limitation of acre-,
age next year is prpposed on these bas- ' 0
es: 7, , ., . ; .;. .N -. .., - '
The tobacco grower will be allotted
three, acres to Ihe horse.He will be held '
to that amount. If - he "violates his .
agreement, he will not be allowed to '
work. , Committees will wait on him.,
and destroy his. plants. J, Police power
will be given the organization.
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BUY FRONT PORCH WEEK
Will Address Rail Men And Dis
cuss Other Questions i
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. MARlbN.'SeptJ; 12. The Japanese)
tlon of : aliens and constitutionalism
head the list, of subjects to be discuss
ed by Senator in - front porch spefie
during the coming week.' ,
The - republican .nominee's views on
the Japanese problem as It is presented
in conditions on the Pacific coast, are
to be set forth Tuesday in an. address
to a delegation of Callfornians. . He has
conferred with a number of. republican
leaders . from . the coast states and has
collected considerable data in prepara
tion, for the speech., v .; .
Railway affairs are to be dealt with
by the senator tomorrow at a gather
ing of the Harding-Coolldge ; railway
employes club of Marlon and on Friday,
the anniversary of the adoption of the
federal constitution, the nominee will
make an address on constitutional gov- '
eminent 'to 1 delegations - from several
Ohio . counties. ... t
COLUMBUS, Sept. ? 12. approval of j
a speaking , tour, likely to start 'early f
in October, was given today by Senator ?
Harding, it was announced by .Harry
M. "Daugherty, ' the senator's' pre-con-ventlon
-manager,-following a confer
enr.A herM todav. with the candidate.
Daugherty gave no dates for Itinerary' .
proposed for the . trip, saying' that the
plan, must, be', finally passed upon by
New' York and . Chicago headquarters,
L, u, V ,wiai AAV, av UJnnQ,
nouncement 'Tuesday, .7'; z '. '
Senatpr 'and Mrs. j Harding -motored f.
here, this afternoon, took dinner at the ' -home
of Malcolm Jennings, where the ,
senator conferred with Mr. Daugherty, ',
and returned to Marion tonight. '
DANNCNZIO HOLDS.V. 8. BOAT
patch -received , in '; Rome says, Gabriel -D'Apnunzlo
has informed the Italian
government that hewlll release , the
American steamer Cogne on .condition .
that a loan of 200,000,000 lire is granted.,
to Flume; says a dispatch to the Cea
ltral News. from. Rom. .':, ..." ..,
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