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A... " f ' f ' " The Weather Unsettled; probably- local showers Friday and Saturday; moderate south east winds. .. Stage of water a Fayettevtlle yes terday at 8 a. m., 3.8 feet. , , , ' v (1 if Pages Today . H - u ...- .. - One Section '1 VOL. CIIL No. 267. WILM IJN, is. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. 1HE fflff GALE SHIFTS Ship 7 miles , ; . . . . - jeacon v essei ochus ia.119 r or Cutter Seminole to Come to V Her Help TUG FINDS BARGE WITH STEAMBOAT ON BOARD Tramp Is Reported to Have Lost Funnel Christiabel's Barges Are Picked Up Pilots arriving in the city yesterday from Southport say that the -storm of ffednesdav nifnt reached unusual In tensity oli Cape t a.r river -'bar. The rind is reported to have attained a ve f between sixty and seventv- an hour. Dickinsr up a riastvj .pa and playing havoc- with shipping H 1113.1 Viciniij lAvBir w blown seven miles from her position, two barges were separated from the tug Bascobel and a large tramp ship is ported anchored several miles off ,hore with her funnel gone.. Messages were received in the city resterday from Southport announcing that tne frying jran oua . nguiamii ( w jwuyie xsraei amiast tne na- stationed twenty-one miles off the bar, f tions of . the world, with , thankfulness had been blown seven miles .to the . for His bounty and grace to' each in westward of her position and request dividual. It is the harvest festival and Tas made that the coast-guard cutter j the earliest thanksgiving feast, he Seminole be notified. It is not known type after which the American Thanks- j if the lightship dragged fter anchors or : If her ancnor cnu.no po.ii.eu uuimg ms gale. It is said that the craft is. none the worse for the storm. s . Tug Pick Up Barge The tug Blanche, of the Stone Tow ing company, picked up the steel barge Kavagadora yesterday, Jast before noon, a few miles off Cape Fear bar. The barge was one of two in tow of the tug Bascobel when the storm broke Wednesday afternoon. This craft be came separated and drifted in toward shore. The master reports that the wind was so fierce and the jseas so high that neither he nor , ms crew . -cia i leave the cabin, xne wavagaaora nas i-1 rr a fjnrapnrwt''noB.. on her deck a complete nat-Bottom, stern-wheel river steamer boat. The barge is the property of the Tank Ship corporation of New York City. 'She-was towed into Southport." '..! The master of a steamship- arriving in port yesterday afternoon states that, when several miles off .'the mbtith of the river, he passed what app.ea.red;. Id I he a large vessel ax ancnor wun- u funnel blown away. The Stone" Tow- g company was notified and-the tug ee-. i. it rit to aearcn'for:tlon ?f. the Pentateucnal weekly les Blanche left last night to .search of the vessel and render any am neces sary. ,' .'' 1 Five Barges Are Found ..... CaDt. C. D. Maffitt yesterday received a wireless from the coast guard cutr ter Yamacraw to. the effect that all of the five deck barges' that broke away from the tug Christlabel, off. Frying Pan, a few days ago, had been picked up between Charleston and; Savannah and were being towed into savannan harbor. The Yamacraw found tnree or the barges and the Christlabel located the other two. There is one barge now it Southport. The steamship S. V. Belolt sent a wireless yesterday afternoon stating that she was forty miles off the bar, bound for Wilmington to replenish-her coal and food supply. The Beloit en countered the heavy weather and ran short of fuel.' ; SPECULATORS IN FORDS HARD HIT AT KINSTON Cut in Motor Prices Arouses Various Feelings There ; - , - (Snecial to The Star) KINSTON. Sept: 23. Henry Ford Is "a blithering nuisance," .in .the .opinion Of some persons here, and a public benefactor" from another viewpoint. His decision to cut prices of cars' from H to 31 per cent found a considerable number of local speculators loaded up n new cars and old cars.v True, some of the new cars were old " cars with new bodies and .otherwise carefully touched up, but the average cost of the machines was greater than' the cost of a new car under the revised Ford Price list. ' N'ot less than 100 tourine cars, run abouts and sedans of the well known t'n types" were awaitine buyers here hen the staggering dope came over the wires that Ford had wiped the war Jff his program. The numbermay have been nearer 200. The average 'price to the public was probably? around 'S0, according to . dealers. ; " j One enterprising resident of nominal I means, who has reaped moderate suc- during the lasf two or. tnree ytars, invested in more' than a score ?f second-hand cars in .recent' weeks. Ttese were gone over by mechanics lnd rainters to be put in condition' for an eagfr trade. At least a . thousand timers needed new cars and would Pay wen for them.. Then the tobacco companies appeared on the scene with J hard luck story and dO per cent of the farmers r.psortofl th automobile mar- Ford's action was as hard a blow 10 speculative hopes.. . ; ?Sf'S' IV,-: ,V;'- , f-- .) . "CARH y YOUR LUNCH" MOTK " ' IS LAUNCHED IN G0THA3I CHICAGO, Sept. 23. A "carry your -nun campaign to force a cut in tne 'ees for food charged by, restaurants as started today when Max Adam- chairman of ' the city council committee on living costs and JVassel "Poolf. ;to nn v .... ..i., st rh!r ..... I ... & A AUIV1VV? 4..V. ... - - . An lmrao 4-; :rv .Ant o .'rAfl wUrant tn . i..t, .'.miiiiF-tn the Mr. Poole's wife naa '"'i for him.' ',:':. :--i:VVy." 'Our lunch iemonstartes Vhat "'at'.a u of 28 cents we recslved -moie D hotels and restaurants for frOna o iiiau .e - v7 , JK " v-. (f-nta to Si." Mr. Poole said "in 1(1 mest were almost tasteless, as well wltt VI traagparent thinness. FIND ANOTHER BUSINESS DIST. f :;, ' v .. , Mystery Package Is Discovered Near Elevated Station in Brooklyn Byj Policeman Rabbl 'S. Mendelssohn, of the Temple of Israel, announces that the Feast of Tabernacles, or Suecoth, this year starts on Sunday, September 26, continues for eight days. ' The initial temple service in Wilmington wil ; be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock and, the follow ing Monday, the , service which will mark, the close of the occasion will be held at the same .hour. The first and last days ore more .important than the intervening days and are observed as i holy days. . ' '., " A part of the ceremonial of the feast, the law ordains that the Israe lite shaH take on the first day of the festival "the fruit of the goodly tree, the branches of palm trees, the -boughs of thick-leaved trees and willows of the brook, and" rejoice before the Lord This is observed,, by bringing citron fruit, palm brancli, myrtle and "" ium iub uouse 01 vioa. in tne book of Nehemiah VIII:15, is a de tailed description of the celebration of this festival in1 Biblical days. ' Is Thanksgiving Time The . festival . is in- intent and cere monial, a thanksgiving festival, inter twining gratitude for God's mercy un- giving Day was fashioned. ; The custom of dwelling in tempor ary huts or booths, still observed by many Orthodox Jews, is not only to remind the Israelite of the wandering of his ancestors m the wilderness, but also to recall to his mind that God has kept throughout : the , year amidst all ' '.Pintles. . Ohservance Is Changed The observance of the festival of the this country has - changed to meet changed conditions. The fruits of the field are brought into God's house as service are senrto: theTibSDitals or th poor of the city; ,-. In many congrega tions the central figure of the obser vance now - is the children's harvest service.! a .service , of song and thank giving, conducted, by the. children of the religious school. . : It. Is the custom of the Synagogue to slgnaljie, the close of the ;holy days of the early, autumn, season , by a festivity thOrtnrghly; characteristic - of -our reli gion known, os Simchath; Torah, "The " JK.ejoicing in tne.Ltiw." The last sec ons is xead 'on-this day, and-is fol lowed immediately b ythe reading of the first part of Genesis. MacSWINET LE8S EXHAUSTED'' LONDpN, Sept. 23. "The lord mayor of Cork' is somewhat less exhausted this evening," says the bulletin issued by the Irish Self Determination league at 8 o'clock this evening. "The pains In his head, from "which he has -suffered for two days, have abated. He is still conscious." GUILTY OF FREIGHT THEFTS Sam Hemby and " George " Richmond, negroes charged with larceny, were found guilty - yesterday ' in . superior court, hut were not -sentenced. Tne men, former employes of the Atlantic Coast Line, were convicted of freight thefts. - : " " COX WILL IGNORE PROPOSAL FROM DRY PROPONENTS Governor . Declines to Answer Question of Prohibition Party Regarding Volstead Law i ALBvTRQUE, N. M.,; StiptJ 23. Gov ernor Cox, Democratic presidential can didate, will ignore v proposals from 1 the Prohibition party for retirement of -Aaron ' S. - Watkins, ' presidential candi cate of the Prohibition party, from the race At the governor will pledge him self , to certain measures regarding the Volstead law? the governor announced upon his arrival here tonight. A sim ilar proposal has been made to Sen ator Harding, the Republican nominee. The Prohibition party's proposal, the governor statedT came in a. letter about two weeks from Virgil G. Hlnshaw. who said, he acted officially. The .let ter was in the nature of a question naire regarding action upon the ques tion ' of the .Volstead law. and other prohibition questions. Mr Hinshaw, it Mr., Watkins would retire from the presidential arena: should uovernor Cox answer favorabiy to-'tne question naire.' " -VVii '' ' 'Tr v-.A c 1 : ' ' '-' ? , SJThe League of Nations, reclamation and labor were prominent ; themes of the governor here for his only impor tant address in New Mexico, Besides the broader aspects of the league, the governor passed from local ? interest : in world peace, to open, markets for local produce. He also reiterated' that money saved from "armament would be - used for greater . reclamation r work in : the wet.vi',v.vi v:pvv "y r-iv- v"v-.--v Gvernor Cox reached here after a Ions detour, caused by the wreck of his special train near rnpemx yesieay, An!', enthusiastic welcome was given h TSmocratic candidate; here. Ledvby a band he was paraded through , the city while fire whistles and automobile horns roared. Many .visitors from dis tant polnte of the state were present: The governor's f speech , here tonight closed the third week of his western n which is to end in ten days after to'ur of seven more state Hurricane In b-Jtt ; Many and (Special . KIKSTON", Sept. 23 Sol Jaek0oa 20 years oW. fvas Wed and a num ber of other person Injured by a aorrlcane tbat ewept jpOTtlon of Pitt . -county today.' - . , ' ,. ' r -: ' . J;-'. J;;f fhPi- :: At WlaterTille, a atore structu re, cotton oil mill aniotaer bulldJngs were damaged, while the atore and dwelling of Roland Cannon, one mile front Ayden, were demolished. 1 -.-. "' : ' "H-J'''-"" - V. ; Young Jacluon was killed In the wreckage of- the Cannon store, and others,, including members of the proprietor's family, were Injured., At Johnson's Still, the dwelling of James Smith wan demolished, sev eral members of his family being Injured., None of thosereported Injured will die, It. Is believed. . $p- ''7. Crops escaped serious damage, except in a few .places. a? STATE UNIVERSITY OPENS 126TH YEAR WITH 1422 ENTRIES President Chase Delivers Ring ing Address on Conditions That Face World (Special to The Star) CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 23: Swinging forward into the second quarter of the second century of its existence, the pniversity of North Carolina, today flung wide its doors to .receive the larg est number of students ever gathered at . Chapel Hill. . Although classes were started this morning and the formal ex ercises of the 126th opening were held today, lines of incoming students are still besieging $he registrar's office and the Y. M, C. A. is busy finding rooms for late comers who could not. crowd into the dormitory, where many rooms are housing four students each. x ne nrst two aays oi registration, President Chase said today, showed that The first two days of registration. 1,122 students have already entered the university. Of these, 390 are freshmen. The figures in both instances are higher than at this time last year an the final total is expected to surpass the Record of last year. Students Get Busy Student organizations, beginning to function even before the university was formally opened, jollied hands with the authorities to relieve "congested condi tionsThe camtfus cabinet, in. its first i meeting, projected plans wnereoy,ciass- rooms will be kept open at; night and fitted so that students may have quieter place . for study thah-" in' crowded- dor mitcitles; Members -of th- faculty and citizens of Chapel Hill, who never be fore rented rooms, are this year turning over' space for. students. t ' r The opening exercises were held this morning, with addresses by, President Chase and Francis Bradshaw, the(new dean of students, and tonight the new men were welcomed by student leaders who described various college activities. "Scrubby" Rives, varsity cheer leader, led songs and yells, and W. P. Bobbitt and' W. R.- Berryhill,' .of Charlotte; Bailey Lipfert, of - Winston-Salem and President Chase and Professor Frank Graham spoke. Prexy Addresses Students President Chase told the students that: - t '- : - '. "This age is ' f ac;e to face wjth the question whether the destructive forces created by modern civilization shall gain the upper hand over its eonstruc ive achievements. Bolshevism, Indus trial unrest, moral confusion, 'red' rad icalism and city slums are just as truly creations of modern civilization as are the achievements of science, good, roads or public schools. Your elders have, I think, been too much given over to the philosophy that holds that the prob lems of the world will settle themselves in the end, if only they are left alone strictly enough and long enough. It has been a comfortable philosophy, but it is not a philosophy that your age will tolerate. Tour phjlpsophy will tolerate. Your philosophy will neces sarily, be one of action and it will either, according as your action is good or Daa, ior you ta raise numanny to a nw level of achievement of to involve i.a.uu ....n.Cv,BB. PARIS STARTS VIGOROUS CRUSADE AGAINST RATS War to Finish' Has Been De clared Against Pest By City; PARIS, Sept. 23.-War to a finish has been declared against the rat by the hygiene commission of Paris. The com mission was aghast to learn from a re port read to it by Professor Bordas, that , there were 8,000,000 rats in the city.' - ,'";; - , -' " , " The extermination of the rats is to be accomplished by all - the weapons known , to rat warfare, vands the cam paign will be both effenstve and defen sive. The offensive weapons are the following: : I Use of Ijacteriai products or deadly microbes likely: to cause epidemics among the rats, poisons, asphyxiating gases in the sewers for several hours at a time : repeated at intervals and traps. . '' . ' ...' v In this connection Professor Bordas warns rat trappers not to smoke' before setting their traps, as the rat holds to hacco i in abhorrence. " A' premium ; of two sous is to be ( paid for each rat killed by" huntsrs. ' v The defensive campaign will be con ducted by rat proofing houses, and by setting the igarbage cans on the side walks only, a -few, minutes previous to the arrival of the garbage automobiles, so that rats cannot feed on their con tents over night- . Many pessimistic voices were heard ln the - hygiene commission as! !to the nVionKM nf RiiAo.AiR .. in - riddincr Paris o the rat nuidance; especially after Professor .Dordas had explained that the Paris rat could .boast of a family tree datfng back to the early-: centuries of the . Christian erai having emigrated to - France' from the near east with the early, crusaders. , "Such aristocrats' are bound to put'up a stiff fierht for their -privileges,' said la humorous member of the' commission. Kills 1; Hurts Wrecks Buildings, to The Star) CHARGES U. S. DRY WITH -IMPUNITY International Congress Against Alcoholism Delegates Make , Wide Claims . WASHINGTON, Sept. 2?. Prohibition enforcement ' officials, :.the New York branch of the Anti-Saloon- League and its superintendent,JsWHl!am H. Ander son, shared alike a vltrolic attack made today by Bird S. Coler,. New York com missioner. of public welfare, in a speech before .the ' International congress against alcoholiesm. - Mr. Coler's prepared address, al though censored by officials of the congress to eliminate personalities, charged "open violation" of prohibition laws and accused Mr. Anderson of at tempting to incite race and religious hatred. ' v 1 . 1 Prohibition Commissioner Kramer, aiso on tne pr0gram, answered the at tack' on his" bureau' ner'sonallv. and Mr tack. on. his bureau' personally, and Mr. Anderson, whe was absent,, ropUel in a formal statement in which he accused Mr. Coler 'of injecting "Tammany poli tics" Into an International meeting. Mr.' Coler explained as a preface to his speech that when he reached; the hall where the sessions of the congress are being - held," that he,, was informed by Chairman Dinwiddle, that he would I pot be permitted 'to deal , -with person alities; Dut tnat tn,e- remainaer oi tne speech should be delivered. ? Launching in Vila 1-iA'h Mr " f?Iiv o 'MrAr attack - on the mass, of ' dry workefs, , particularly vthese ss&ated with ' the ; fent!-leoa aeagTiovsaTingieTr "buck passers" and had not forced; the candidates of either of the" major par ties to take a definite stand, as to re tention and; enforcement of the prohf bltion laws. . As for federal enforce ment of . prohibition,' the speaker de manded that "something be done right now." There' was no' reason for quib bling, he added, because "everybody knows liquor can. be bought at most places and at most any time, if you've got the right look in your eyes." "If the prohibition enforcement offi cials don't take hold of this situation quickly," Mr. -Coler continued, ."there'll be a worse scandal when this adminis tration goes out than there was in the old whisky ring twenty-five years ago. I'm tired going- after he poor little devil. I want the enforcement corps to get somebody . that counts even among their own numbers in the very heart of the- government. ' DEMOCRATS ISSUE APPEAL FOR FUNDS Chairman Calls on Party Supporters (Special te Tne Star) NEW YORK, Sept. 23. Permit me to call your attention to a statement is sued today as follows: v "Less than ' one hundred and -thirty thousand dollars collected by us pro- Vfirf a contrast before the senate com mittee yesterday with millions in the hands of the , Republicans. Since the .fate of the League and the peace of the world depends on the success of Cox and Roosevelt, I intend to call for a thousand friends of the League all over the country to match the Presi dent's subscription of five hundred dol lars made recently in the same cause. This will provide a special fund of five hundred thousand dollars to put the truth about the League before every voter. - State and county chairmen will be asked to assist and' we feel hopeful that there are ' at least,, one thousand men in the United States who will give us five hundred , dollars each for the League. ' . - ' : ' ." "Newspapers which favor the League will be asked to help us form the League Thousand club. This plan will provide the means for a heavy assault against misrepresentation in tire inter est of mere partisanship." ; . May : I call' upon you - in the name of the great issue to which we are. so wholly devoted to publish thi appeal, to Indorse It editorially and to invite citizens of your state to. contribute as indicated? ' -" .7; ' , ".' : ;' ; . '- May : I further; request you to an nounce that you will , receive,, acknowl edge and . forward to -the Democratic National committee such five hundred dollar i subscriptions as any of your readers may wish to send? -' -- I This great service will be highly, apr predated. None but the newspapers of America have it in their power to ren der it. ' ' ( , (Sighed) : GEORGE. WHITER x Chairman , Democratic National Com mittee. 0 v r , , . , MILK ORDERS CANCELLED ' BELLVIDERE.I Ill.,?SepT:; 23.--Orders to cease buy'nr mllktafter4 SV-pemb-r I SO. was arnoBBced toaa by the -Borr den Milk cowpany. !Fiv olants in.Uli- .nos and W'tconsln-wlllfbe ..closed.';. la said, x ,A 'surplus of. cannea m:iK; is gven as : the reason far thg .-rder to cease buying:. LAWS VIOLATED 500 FARMERS JOIN IN ASSOCIATION FOR TOBACCO GROWERS Gather in Capital From Twenty five Counties to Unite For Welfare . ' DECLINE PLAN TO DEAL ,' WITH OTHER PLANTERS Kentucky . Minister Declares World Is on Weed Ration and Buyers Should Pay ! t ' (Special to The Star.) RALEIGH, Sept. 23. Five hundred i farmers, representing- tobacco growing counties of the state, today organized the North Carolina Tobacco associa tion for the purpose of dealing with problems in connection with the pro duction of this crop. Judge Steven G. Bragaw presided. Committees on constitution and by Jaws, resolutions and curtailment were appointed, and the meeting authorized the Chairman . to appoint an executive committee to handle the affairs of the organization. The committee on reso lutions, was composed of Dr. J.' Y. Joy ner, chairman; Dr. White, Granville; Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh; L. S. Tom Umson, Wilson; J. A. Groom, Guilford; J. G. Hicks, Durham, and Judge Austin, Nash county. One man 'from each county represented was appointed on the other two committees.' Dr.'vPp tMTeTs. Plan Dr. Poe told the 'farmers that he fa vored the organization of an associa tion with' the single purpose of look ing, after the interests of the tobacco growers, rather than a general organi zation, which would try to correlate the interests off all classes "of farmers. The . best results have' been obtained from, these single purpose, organiza tions Dr. , Poe said, citing the cases of the' California farmers who have or-, ganlzatlons for the almond growers, the orange, growers, the prune growers and other farm products of that state These farmers have ; employed the best brains of the country to aid them in marketing their crop and today they are the most prosperous in the country, said Dr. Poe. . . - ' ,W. R. Dixon, of "Wilson, opposed this Idea. He believed North Carolina ''should come v Into the Southern Tobacco , or- ganisation. . wWch :ist composed, of ;all kinds of -f afmers nwhicli looks after i4iral'. Ititerest thof aimers as a classT btithe- foundTHf tie- support of tiis idea, for R. Wi H. Stone, presi dent of the Farmers' union, followed him . with an endorsement of the Poe idea and it was finally adopted On mo tion 'from the floor. - - ' V ; ' Tells of Tobaeeo Shortage, " Revj t. B. Hill, a Kentucky tobacco farmer, who aided in the orgriiixation of the Kentucky association, told -of the work In that state. He said a com mittee from the tobacco farmers of Kentucky has made an' investigation of conditions in the j tobacco markets of the world, sending men to Europe and to all other sections, and found that there was not an. eight .months' supply of tobacco .on hand. The world is. on a tobacco ration and the manu facturers .should be madev to 1 pay the price for the .year's crop - before the farmers sell" it, he declared. RUTH RIVALS CASEY IN HIS HOME TOWN GAME "Babe" Fans Twice as Orioles Blank the Yanks BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 23. Babe Ruth, .returning today' to his home town, where 10,000 . fans hoped to ' see the famous native son produce at least one circuit clout, struck- out twice, the last time . with the bases full. Thex Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees, 1 to 0. - Jack Bently, the . Oriole's star pitcher, fanned Babe in. the third lnningv cross ing him with a curve when the home run king was looking for a straight hall. ; In the fourth he was out f on an easy grounder. In the '. sixth, Ogden passed him, .and in the eighth, - with three Yanks on bases and Babe's home town crowd tense with' excitement, Harry Frank . slipped over a , third strike. -' . . ' - ; Tonight, however, Babe produced an other sort of "homer." . At a mass meeting in the Fifth Keglment armory for the: benefit. of . St. Mary's Industrial school, whefe Ruth - learned . baseball, he made a speech , and wrote his check for $2,500 to help replace the buildings destroyed by fire: ' - FATHER BRINGS HOM? ' O BODY OF, JOHN; JONES , ' v ... " - . : ' ; The body , of John Jones, son of W. B. Jones, of 1713 South : Eighth street, ar rived last night from ' Richmond, Va., where the young man died from typhoid fever. He had been working JnJRIch mond for about ''eight months and was getting along nicely, it is said." The family was surprised, some : days Ago, to learn that he was dangerously 111. His father, a "motorhaanifor the Tide water Power company,;- wen J ; immedi ately tp the i bedside of his son. . He wired . yesterday, saying that he was coming home with the body. John was 20 years old and worked at soda, fountains here ; .-' for . several years. - He was following this line of work in Richmond, it is said. He is survived; by his parents, threehroth ers, . Sam, Walter: and William Jones, and a sister, Mrs.' Annie Stockley. Ar rangements 'for the funeral will be made. today. - . . , . ; ',;:. ', CUT IN flour price; :yi.:Vi ; I PORTLAND, Ore Sept. 2 3 A reduc tion i of 35 .cents a barrel : on patent flours was put 'Into' effect today by the local millers., It1 was the, first change in price of flour since last July: ; . CHICAGO CLODTERS CRACK CLEVELAND Bows to Biffing Bingles of Winning White Sox CLEVELAND, Sept. 2a. Thel Cleve land team today met Chicago In the first of a series of three games that is expected to decide the American league championship and broke' down under' the terrific attack of the "White Sox, losing 10 to 3. Chicago, outplayed the Indians in every part of the game, outhitting the locals, 15 ta 8, making but one error to three for Cleveland, and stealing three bases while Cleve land stole none. As a result. Cleve land now leads Chicago by only Half a rune. For .three innings Cleveland looked as. if it. were going to battle Qhjoago to a finish. . It then was leading 1 to 0, haying scored a run in the first inning as , the result of an error by Risberg In the fourth Inning the Cleveland ma chine began to crack. Catcher O'Neill was guilty , of an error of judgment that allowed, Chicago to score once and tie the count. ' Crowd Throngs Park I One of the largest week day crowds in the history of League park witnessed the contest. Every available space In the park was taken, with the exception of right field, where Manager Speaker protested against 'permitting the fans to gather. However,, only ' three balls were caught by -the right fielders. The presence of the crowd in left field started the downfall of the In dians, as Jackson received credrt for a two-base hit In starting the sixth in ning that would have been an easy out for Left Fielder Evans had the public not been allowed to take possession of that part of the. field. Errors by Bag by and Wambsganss -on bunts by Felflch and J. Collfns followed. Risberg singled and Chicago added three runs, enough to win -the game. - Bagby retired In the seventh, to per mit Nunamaker to bat for him and Chi cago proceeded to score five runs in the eighth off Caldwell and Uhle. who came to the rescue. After, the first batter had been retired In the eighth, the next four hit Caldwell safely,; including two doubles. Uhle was welcomed with more hits before he got his bearing's. Kerr S lit , Finger Although he split his finger" In ,the fourth inning; Dick Kerr pitched mas- terly ball . throughout, holding the In dians to eight hits, five of which were garnered by Gardner and Evans. Jackson, Felsch and Schalk led the attack on .the Cleveland pitchers, Jack son"1 making two doubles and a single, Felsch' a double and two singles and Schalk three singles. . Each member, of the White Sox except J. Collins, made at least one hit.'.. Box score f , ' - Chicago: V AB. K. H. P. A. E. Strunkw.. rli.-T.j;- P". L,J 11 OvO E. Collins, 2d. ...... Jackson, If . .j..,.. Felsch, cf .... i ; ... . J. Collins, ib ....... Risberg, ss . . . ... s t "-1-, 2 2 4 3 14' 1 2 0 Schalk, c Kerr, " p ....... . Totals- ...... . Cleveland: Evans, If -ss .... Wambsganss, 2d Speaker, c Smith, rf . .. ... Gardner, 3d 41 10 15 27 IS 1 AB. R. H. P. A. E. 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 1 1 ixO 0 4 0 0 J V 0 2 0 0 2 12 1 5 0 2 0 0 12 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,10 0 0 8 Oil 12 0 2 0, 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1' 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 8 8 27 16 r 2 Johnston, 1st : Sewell, ss ...... Lunt, ss ........ Wood, If .... O'Neill, c s Bagby, p .'t Paid well, n .... Uhle, p Burns .... Nunamaker . . Totals Batted for Sewell in the seventh. Batted for Bagby in the seventh. Batted for Lunt in the eighth. Chiearo 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 5 0 10 Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Two-base hits Jackson 2; Felsch, Ken-, stnink. Evans. Gardner. Stolen basesj Risberg, Schalk, B. Collins Sacrifios J. Collins 2; Felsch, Wam bsganss, CNeilL Double plays Gard ner, O'Neill, Gardner and Wambsganss. Left on basee Chicago 8, Cleveland 9. Bases on balls Off Kerr 8, Bagby 1. Hits Off Bagby 4 in. 1, : off Caldwell 3 In 11, off Uuhle 3 In U Struck out By Kerr 2, by Uhle 1. Losing pitcher, Bagby. Umpire Chill and Owens. Time 1:55. v 'V - . MAIL ORDER HOUSES ORDER BIG PRICE CUT Large Concerns Malce 20 to 60 , Per Cent Reduction CHICAGO, Sept.' 23. Price cuts were announced today by Sears, Roebuck and company , and Montgomery Ward and company, two of the largest mail order houses in the coutry. Seats, Roebuck's reductions range fr?m 20 to 60 per cent, and those Of Montgomery Ward and' company are-from 10 to 20 per cent. . Some " of the Sears, Roebuck cuts : Sheeting,"" per cent; standard muslin, 60 per1 cent; automobile, -ci res, 25 per cent; women's shoes, 20 per cent; men's overalls, .40 per cent; jumpers" ,10 to 20 per cent. Although no radical cuts In foods were announced, , prices In sugar, ; rolled oats, prune and a few other articles are reduced from K to 10 per cent. ' ; In - discussing the , prla ' reductions, Julius Rosenwald,' president of Sears, Roebuck and com pan y said: "Material iTeduotlons which manufacturers Lave made ywlthin ' the last week are being passed on to" our customers. We do this gladly "because . lti ; may be the means of lowering livtng costs all along the line." . RECORDER HARRIS S TELLS . v - GRAND JURY OF HOTEL With the ' promised list of names of young men who . frequently . go to the Wilmington hotel for immoral, purposes nd. other evidence," which he declared was in his posseesion, .Recorder George Harries made a: case .'against . the Wil mington notel : yesterday -before the grand jury, v A reports from this body is expected today or tomorrow. - . V :' ! ROOT'S RETURN MAY INFI IIFIIRF HARDIIIfi nil I mnur nrinni rrniti iiii I ruiiiir r nimi riii IUII IsUIUWb I IIUUL.U1II i. J. Expected to Confer With Noxni- ; nee on Result of International .1 :; Court Meeting ' ; WORK IN EUROPE HAS BEEN HIGHLY PRAISED Work of Reviving Old Hague Court and Creating New: Tri bunal Subject of Comment By MARK SULLIVAN NEW YORK, Sept. " 28. Elihu Root is expected to arrive In New York on the steamer Rotterdam tomorrow, fnn. sldering the part Mr. Root had In writ- '; ing the plank of the Republican plat- ; rorm on tne League of Nations and the vitri ne , nas more recently had as an Justice, Mr. Root's return, and what he -may have in his mind, are matters of Public imnortnnA , . . is proDaoiy aouotiui whether Mr. Root will arlve th oontAntu tt hi tvti.n' to the public. Throughout his stay;,' in Europe he avoided interviews, and even declined lnvltatlnna tn. iin..... " ".v. yuuu mywvnom were lo os . maae. The-only publio address he made during his stay . in Europe : was that at the unveiling of the Llnooln monument In England. Probably hl motive in following this policy haa been fear lest anything he should say V might be used in the political, campaign nere In America, either for offence or i vvvo mAi .. 1VVV liaiUl Jr t 1 Jig could help It, would not want to sea the international court of Justice made " a football in the American presidential It is believed. however, that soon " after his return Mr. Root may be expected to confer with Senator Hard ing, and that thereafter Mr. Harding. ' will take a further step toward xnak- 7 w - .. wv. w v...w- tion of permanent peace. Mar Follow Advice ? In fact, it Is' inferred by those who have; followed' Senator Harding's '.nt. terances eloselv ' that - If he should to elected he, will: be ready,' within .i few. official commission..- composed of " ade- . quaveiy. rauHpyeuBrawii irom up ill xno.''- Republican and the Democratic parties, to go to Europe and confer informally " with the statesmen who are dominant be a meetinsr of the Learu'e on-Novem-' ber 15. -v. ', r -y-'":';' Concerning the new court of interna tional justice which Mr. Root, , as the agent of the League of Nations, has ' ; been dominant in forming, much of the i comment in American, papers has been wide of the mark. Some of the more excitable Republi can nnnr Via v mta.tA tYiiLt nlnAA tVilm " r I " - " . t . . a t . . m court, is an agency oi iae LieagQ. ot Nfl.Mon IhiT vlll have none of It. .Tt may saieiy d said.tnac tms extreme lr- j . . . . . . . , . . . . . . .euvnuiauie .animus iw nui a.i. rn.ii .um attitude of those Repblican leader ( more thouhtful and more responsible. r . jar. kooi nai aLiutLieii li v ucen cu.rn-. f ul to build into the structure of his uow iuisiiw.tuu.vi vvr ui L vi juiun no ments of permanence. which would en able it to endure even - if the League ' itself snouia ran. it wouia unacruot edly be Incorrect to assume that Mr, Root shares that desire for the League rn T8.ii wnir.n. in inn nrBnr.ni viDiencw . of a political campaign, is found f re quently in the spirit of the utterances Of course, you need ' only read that nlonV 4m IV.. PAr.1l4n.vi Til A T-Yl ItIiIaIi Mr. Root wrote, as wen as some oi nis previous public utterances, to know , that Mr. Root believes that the League ' has grave faults, both 6f construction and of principle. - But it can be in-. A , r .K a .lm.li. rf thai court which Mr. Root has Just set up. Leage of Nations are useful and ought. io oe prcnerveu boo, can w iiiewu. There are two or -three high spots in wnat ur. xtooti nas jusi ogiw wmca have unmistakable significance. In the first place, Mr. Root revlyed and set on Its feet the old Hague court of arbitration of 1 and 1907. This ent Institution from the new court of international justice. American com ment has frequently confused , the two. The difference between a court of ar bitration and a court of justice is too technical to go into here. It is suffl-! clent to say that the Hague court of arbitration expired with the beginning of the war in 1814, and had not since onened its doors until Mr. Root re vived it and set it to functioning thti summer. .. This thing Mr. Root did ' nrnat "mnv he AlleJ his orlvate ' ca pacity, and not in his capacity as an aarent ot the League of Nations. Revived Old Court .j Having revived the old Hague court of arbitration. Mr. ooi men set aoout : creating the new' court of international justice; ana-irife iiBniacam ici im umi he has tied these two courts together . in a manner; which has almost wholly' n.o .-ttiA .attritlnn nf American - vv ycu .w . - - comment.' '", ' '" ' '' . ,; m . RaaI hflji nrovided ' that the Judges for, the new international court ,. towing mtcnHiuinii , n iu mi : tne memoen ui. vn uiu nag uo wui w will nominate a panel of judges for the new court of .i international justice. Hague court, the council and the as- . . S . J M - VI11 semoiy oi xne ueague oi a;wm , o!iek fifteen, who will, actually be the judges of the new court ot Interna tional justice. Tne function , oi ins i .ao mi a - -sari 1 1 r ncs in a v ta ti n ir . fit lpsiti ; out of the thirty or forty . originally nominated by the old Hague court. , It Is .the old Hague court .which eur- ; veys tne woriu ana nominateo me wri;- lfiA nanei or luaiei. in uensue- i . V; ,! r - - f -, V 1 .i V. t
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