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- - - V ' . .- r".xs ''.'.?:','.; ,-,' 'i ; ': C ,:: ,." -": . .V. " v, '-.-f.--,:,- ;- . -. .- ,c ;Mfc: " . s- :- .,' .-' fu i ; ' ; -''-' ' ' .-. : - '"'a..-: -V '''-..' V '' V The Weather f Complete Service " Of The Associated Press creasing cloudiness Monday, with llrl cooler in west, 111 " "ti X - - , W. W M U U, J I H snq"- - wnter t PaTetteTiUe -v. . nf wwer at 8 a. m- 3.7 feet. terdaiy VOL. CHI. No. 298. iMINGTON, N. MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1920. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. n 7 ' SPUT FACTIONS In lnteresis ui wwuu cratic Victory hniMARY OF SITUATION IN MIDDLE Visual DiAiiiO Republicans Are Weakened By Party Jbaciionaiism'; ana Labor Opposition By MARK SULLIVAN , ff'oijyrischt, by The Star) INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 25. Of the five I states in I""-'VJ - w - ,,ne between the Mississippi and the I Indiana is me one iuai vwa xia.a cue best chance of carrying. His next best chance is in umo. In one of tne siaies, wcaian, ne has aDSOluieiy ,uu.jiv. " and in Illinois in spite of the' factional ism within the Republican ranks, Cox has no chance. Also in Wisconsin, al- I though the lactionausm mere is even orse than in Illinois, with the regu lar Republicans trying to defeat;' the I party nominee for governor, and the La Follette Republicans trying to de feat the party nominee for senator, iHarding will win. Tt is in Indiana tnat tox nas nis Dest chance, rne epuuiicaiio auw, ma wr the past three weeks, have been claim ing the state by about 65,000 for Hard ing, with the Republican senatorial candidate, "Watson, 15,000 or 20,000 less. II think these figures represent really sound investigation and a reasonably conservative point of view on tne part of the Republicans But 65,000 is not a insuperable handicap for a state as large as Indiana, and there are many factors that work in favor of the Dem- xrats. v :' .- - tox Strong- With Union Labor First of all. Lake county, which con tains the new steel city of Gary . and other industrial towns, is almost a itate in itself, and the best judgment is that Lake county wiir go, strongly Democratic. In conversations'" with Democratic leaders, as well as Repub licans, both groups.iclaim this , Indus Irial region. But it seems to. . me the luemocrats have the etr-graiifajt confidence. Union labor , is strehg in lLake county and wherever union labor lis strong Cox is strong. ; I think it can be stated as a gener- Iallzation, applicable to the country as a whole, that no other man who ever ran for the presidency will have as large a union labor vote as Cox. The I American Federation of Labor is work ing zealously for him. ' For example. II have been told that the American (Federation of Labor recently sent 150,- 1030 into Kansas to be spent on organ ization work for Cox. From the point of view of Democratic success, I think Kansas is a poor place in which to : spend that much money and that it! could have been used to better advan tage in a state less thoroughly com mitted to Harding. But I cite it merely as an evidence of how thoroughly I union labor is devoted to Cox's cause. Union labor will carry this industrial region of Indiana for Cox. Furthermore, all the thirteen con gressmen and the two senators from Indiana are Republicans, and every one 5f them voted for the Cummins-Esch railroad bill. Organized labor is mak ini a right against the Cummins-Esch bill, and the aggregate of opposition to these congressmen and senators for I'lus vote must count a good deal. Sim- iany, both these senators and all these jongressmen voted for prohibition, and m the same way the aeeregate of op position to prohibition throughout the "tate must count something. It may be conceded that support of the Cummins-Esch bill and prohibition was a mercitorlous thing, but i,t still remains r a ract in practical politics that the (aggregate of opposition throughout the F-tire state to both these measures is a democratic asset. Other Hnnpa -fnr nmAni Moreover. Indiana, and esneciallv the metropolis, Indianapolis, Is, as -com-"nunities g0 rather strong pro-League erritory. Both the great papers In In nanapohs have been atronsrlv - tto lleague. Still further States in Whifli t Vi wnnno nf tVA iPrimary contest last sorine are still luieediner. Tht-r waa Kvttai- tot- ?'Ide primary in which Wood, Lowden, flarainir ran n vrv "i r,iti Not. "ally, when Vio tiim n,(Tii i,i rt, . i. u m. vi v u w o Pl Chicago, the Indiana supporters' of umer three, who had been worked "Uierness of th nrltnaW flrht re- ie,ate(1 Harding's success. There are tm, 7 Iorme adherents of Wood and Ihvoi vH:i-niuy who are not very ly of the rank-and-file Republicans ... , w"e worked up into intense de "n t0 Wood or Johnson will quietly p ' thelr bitterness by voting for Inrii',. here is more of this. than the in HrtrHH ... " W tne tepuDiicans nave usi !nm ii i . nat manv wt,oU. 4.. tUOllO vviiwiaC1 lu uc jut ixo vii- bill t thin as the Cummins-Esch frnoi- r ,na- under a Republican gov tem :,flrich. revised the whole sys- IDaiJci, -i in. me siaie. j. BLraiiger I -4ID thrmml. u.ji t a.i W Jui,?ment OI the merits of the is9n r, ystem but Governor Goodrich 3anahi& , aad h i - w wi sing Business man, me tsv.ii i. mo v.iiiii6 c J laxation SVStftm wan mlnriniii hirw!:heleS8 taxation is a field "in FfeoiioVi "ul meritorious mings are Muently the least nouular. Th fat. "eat v e 13 wliespread resentment W ?us.lness concerns in Indiana lMmRa , ncss concern in Indiana 'om i Ui taj""on was raisea lytM ,uo to 17,000,000. Natural hipi, uConcern and the community in cn it exists fAoi va w ' - W1V yXXCl.llC 1' (, ; r,,r7.eak Republican Candidates stat. J'.e yet- Pts of the Republican I ti,. cJcet here are very weak. ' One "cic u.ro very -v M Sen' Mx SouthpoFt to Entertain ; ) a New York-Havana Fliers At Luncheon Stop Today NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 24. The. party of officials . of the Aeromarloe West ladles Airways, lac, en route from New York ; to Havana by sea plane, arrived In Norfolk this after noon, at 3 o'clock," having completed the first lap of their journey in four hours. - . ' . - They will leave tomorrow morning at H o'clock and expect to stop at Southport, 3V. for luneh. V " This concern announced that it will establish regular mall and pas senger service' between Havana and Key West, beginning November 1. Daily round trips will be made. This service, It is said will later be extended so as to take in South American ports' important state office Is more or ; less openly charged with some extremely undesirable conduct in a former official career. .; Finally, (the Republican senatorial candidate in Indiana, Watson, who is seeking re-election, is pretty generally recognized as a weak brother. - Many substantial persons, including some Republican leaders, say that Wat son is not of senatorial calibre; that he ought never to have been sent to the senate,, and that it is an injustice to Watson, as well "as to the state, to put a man in the senate whose personality and natural abilities are not up to the office, if this were a normal year with out a presidential contest there isn't a doubt In the world that Watson would be badly beaten. ... His opponent is the old-time Demo cratic leader;, Thomas Taggart. Tag gart, by. comparison with his opponent as well as by the passage of the years, seems to have , measurably elevated himself in the opinion of the Indiana people. He still has a considerable way to go, but. he is thought of very dif ferently from what was, the, case ten years ago. Many people in Indianapolis who were Tigidly opposed to him years ago are now disposed to give him some support, or at least to default in sup porting Watson'..-. . :v ' Three ' Republican Advantage The sum of all this Is that .'the Re publicans -will carry Indiana, if they carry it at all,' by only a slender mar gin and by means of assets which they -must recognize as: neither very depend able nor very durable. The three as sets that may carry the Republicans through : are, first, dislike of Wilson end of the Democratic administration and - determination to have" a change; second, a large German vote, which years ago was solidly Democratic but now. is equally solidly Re.publlcan; and, third, the considerable .negro vote in the atateIndianapolis is probably the nsia'eralltlacrtS tney.are-alt KepuDiicans... tonsiuerauij more than half the white citizens of Indiana will'vote the Democratic ticket. The state . of things in '. Indiana is pictured in -the words of a strong Re publican, who said: "We are going to elect Harding In order to get rid of Wilson; and. we are even going to elect Watson, because we want to run no risks of a Democratic senate. But on the day after election, you waicni us. we are going ;xo sian cleaning that will raise some dust." BANKERS' NEW PRESIDENT ARRIVES FOR CONFERENCE NEW YORK, Oct; 24. John S. Drum, of San Francisco, recently elected pres.- irent of the American Bankers'" asso ciation, arrived . here today to comer with New York bankers on a plan, ap proved by the association at is Wash ington convention last week-for for mation of a nation-wide foreign trade financing corporation, i Bankers of the . country, Mr. Brum declared, are fully alive to the need of maintaining and developing foreign markets for American products not re quired for domestic use ) and will do their party a national service. The executive council of the associa tion, he announced, has designated the members of the commerce and marine committee which formulated the financ ing plan, the association's new com merce and marine corporation. MEXICAN NEWSPAPER TEIXS OF AMERICAN OIL "PLOT" MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24. Charges that the United States shipping board is directly Interested In an application, new before the . department of petrol eum, - for - an oil aqueduct .concession across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and that its purpose is to secure a ready oil supply for the American Pacific fleet, are published today by th newspaper Excelsior. In an article described as a "voice of alarm calling on the Mexican gov ernment to beware," the newspaper as serts that the company making the application,- while ostensibly Mexican in its make-up, has representatives of the shipping board as members. BALLOON GOES UP 12,000 FEET BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 24. The pilot balloon "Birmingham," wnicn ieit m advance of the international racers last night, landed at noon toaay in a cornfield near Vandalia, 111., iccoroing to messages received tonight from newspaper men who were aboard. An altitude of 12,000 was reached Just be fore the descent. , ALABAMA GINS WARNED 'a wmtston. AlaA Oct. 23. The cotton gins of the Woolf and Formby interests at Piedmont have been , warned to cease operations underpenalty of de struction by 'fire, but, it is -unnouncea both plants " will continue business. Guards - were stationed at the plants tonight. , . .,.:. f - ' BOMB TEST i ON WARSHIP WASHINGTOM, - Oct. 24. Explosive tests will be made this week with -the old battleship Indiana, inr lower Chesapeake-bay, by placing, bombs In vari ous parts: of the' ship to demonstrate their destructive,-- effect' had they 'been dropped from the air,- V ' UPSON LEADS BALIiOON RACE : "'-NEW YORK, Oct. 24. The Goodyear II., American, Ralph; Upson pilot, pass ed over Champaign, 111,; at 5:40 p. m. today and ; was leading other contest tants In the international balloon race, a telegram to the Aero Clutt of America J.Mia, ilGTORY ; FOR A5) nc CAMPAIGN Managers Declare His Visit Has Won New York For democracy ! LEADERS CONFER WITH ' GOVERNOR AT HOTEL -..I.--. Candidate :v Charges , Magazine With Last Hour Effort to Cause His Defeat . NEW YORK, Oct. 24. After a 40 hour visit, which his campaign mana gers declared had "won New York," Governor, Cox left here tonight for the last week of his campaigning before the presidential election. ' Before entraining for West Virginia and thence to Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, the Democratic candidate for president expressed "entire confidence" in the outcome of the campaign. "Frankly, I expect to be elected," he said, in one of his five speeches yes terday, and today he reiterated .his conviction to those who called to pay their respects to him and to Mrs. Cox at the hotel in which they stopped here. Throughout the day, except for an hour during which hadrove around the city as guest of George White, chair man of the Democratic national com mittee, Governor Cox kept to his apart ment, receiving the .latest reports on the election outlook from his lieuten ants in the field, . - Among those who were closeted with him were E. H. Moore, who acted as the governor's - pre-convention cam paign manager; Norman E. Mack, Democratic ' national . committeeman for New, York; George Foster Peabody, and Senator Pat Harrison, of Miss issippi. In the course of fh aftemnnr, Mr- Cox announced she " had given up her plan to accompany her husband on the final lap of the presidential race." In stead, she said, she would , return to Dayton to await the outcome at her home. Just before leaving the hotel for the Pennsylvania terminal, where the special train waited, Governor Cox issued the'; following statement': 'Propaganda is not effective7 when it is laoeieo, but in the guise of facts.it strangles the truth, ' and rrioulda .the minds into- which itiis "introduAAliLflf tms auring the war-andv finally they turned the light of truth upon the propaganda, which", destroyed it. I am: just now In possession of a specimen of propaganda of this very sort. It is an advance copy of The Saturday Evening " Post, known to the public as a disinterested journal. Its purpose has been to state th facts and to refrain from controversal positions. In this spirit. The Saturday Evening Post has been admitted as counsellor and friend Into millions of American homes. ' Reveals New G. O. P. Plan "But . the number of this " magazine which is to be distributed next Thurs day, the last number before the elec tion, suddenly throws off the cloak of non-partisanship. '. . For the "first time in its history, it resorts to the devices of partisan editorial and insidious car toons to create a sentiment for the Re publican ticket. In the cartoons,'. I am'" represented as a newsboy, inventing fajse and sensational' happenings , for the purpose of selling my wares. My opponent is depicted as kindly and wise. The impression is sought to be created that l am irresponsible;" Sena tor Harding, grave and reliable. "Why has The Saturday Evening Post done this? Why has it betrayed its mission at the last minute of the eleventh hour of this campaign? The people 'know the answer. It'has done this thing because its owner is one of the plutocratic group which knows what It wants of the next administra tion and how to get it from the syndi cate which "i controls Senator Harding. It has done this because its owner is the head of the movement which has sought a subsidy from the govern ment for the delivery of national maga zines. . , v ' . Blames-JIove On Profiteer -"The Saturday; Evening Post has Im posed on the confidence of the Ameri can people, won by, a long record 6f non-partisanship, and 'has become a Republican journal because the profi teers, who escaped government taxes by diverting to it millions of their revenue In advertising, want my op ponent, elected. Y'Those . subscribers,, who, In good faith; have .admitted' this journal" to their homes all over the United States, will turn its venal counsels out of doors." The last week of the campaign will be spent by Governor Cox in , states where the struggle 4s reported tense Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Ken tuoky. Tomorrow, tne governor will make nine speeches In West Virginia, at Hinton, Beckley, Mount Hope, Fay ette,: Montgomery, Cabin Creek, Charleston, St. Albans and Huntington. Most of the remaining four days of the campaign will : be ' spent in Ohio. Indiana will be visited for the fifth time by',i the governor ; next Thursday with - as night speech at Indianapolis. Next Sundayi night,- the governor will speak at Chicago and , close . his cam paign on the eve of election at Toledo- Ohio. ' v ' 9. C. GOVERNOR BIDS HEARERS "FACE SITUATION WITH SMILE" GREENVILLE, S. C, Oct. 23. Urg ing" his hearers to "face the . situation with: a smile," Governor - Robert. A; Cooper, In an address here today be fore 'the closing session of the South ern Textile , association,' expressed s.the belief that a period of great, prosperity lies ahead. V- f::r ,V;-,'-'-c-n -; i'vThe Textile association, chose Atlanta for Its spring, convention next year, and elected J. S.' Bachman, - of Rome, Ga., as" chairman of the board Of governors. The fourth Southern Textile exposition JLcam & close tpalght. - a t COX SEE? T n TTTl 7T TTTl ft FINAL Cox ffasf256 Electoral Votes "Gc&dtiis Counted, " Says White NEW YORK.Oct.-"24.- George White, chairman of the Democratic national committeev In a statement here today forecasting the result of the election,, predicted, that Cox and Roosevelt, will have 256 electoral votes, "as good-iaff counted,"-the Republicans 164 and that the Demo crats wilwih al littajority' of the remaining 111. "I have been'Jmaklng a detailed investigation of conditions in the various state's,"; the statement said. "For two days I have been re ceiving' revised reports. It is now possible to give to the publio a statement of our -prospects ini the election. I realize that the customary act of a national chairman at this stage of fight is to claim everything in the hope that Jie can persuade wavering voters to line up with his side. ) "Mr. Hays, my antagonist, has given me several public lessons in this obsolete practice lately by claiming everything except a pat t of the southern states "Nevertheless ; am prepared to make a fair and honest statement of the situation, vl shall reserve the names of the states we will carry because the public .'would not expect me to acquaint the Republican managers with our, campaign plans. But I do say this: , "Governor Cox and Mr. Roosevelt will have 222 electoral votes east of the Missouri river : and 34 west, of the Missouri river, 256 as good as counted. This is within ten of the number to elect; The Republicans have 164 which I regard as good as counted for them. This leaves 111 votes in contest.. - n the swingSiow In progress toward-the Democratic ticket, we will carry the majority of this 111, a very comfortable victory indeed. , - . - - "This is. my prediction. I am confident it will be borne out elec tion day." -7 ..' - X ASSERTS CHARGES ARE UNANSWERED Harding Says Democrats Failed to Make Reply to Numer ous Accusations MARION, Ohio, Oct. ' H. Accusing the Democratic party of failure to place its , policies clearly r before the people. Senator Harding asked in a statement tonight that" his ' opponents make answer' to numerous charges he has brought against them. . .. At1 the s same Jime; the ..Republican nominee restated his ,.own position on various Issues, and declared that in his public utterances he had proposed a definite, constructive policy, ; Extravagance, unpreparetlness for both war and peace, over-centralization of power, unnecessary taxation, un sound Industrial ' policy.' and grotesque inefficiency,- were among'; Jtne . accusa tions which Mr. Harding 'said , had not vet ren answered1' litw theCDehiocratBl ly asrainst the Democratic prbgrai ! but believed there ; was Vfullv expectation of becoming a member of, a wise elation of nations!."- ' The senator's .statement, addressed to "the American people' follows in part: ." ' "I jbelieve that the men and women of this country are entitled to receive from any political party, seeking their support, a clear answer upon the pre dominant Issues which affect the future course of America. "Seldom in the history of our coun try has there been such an avoidance of this duty upon the part of any can didates as has been evident among our opponents. : "The American people are satisfied that the conduct of our domestic af fairs have been grossly mismanaged. They hunger for a constructive Ameri can policy. , . "I call upon the Democratic party to answer the charged that its ftmnage ment of domestic affairs had brought us to the brink of an industrial crisis in 1914 from which only the World war saved us, and is even now leading us toward, another-precipice." . AUTO ACCIDENTS KILL Aged Former Probate Judge Meets Death In Street Wife Badly Hurt Girl Dead GREENSBORO, Oct. 24. Two auto mobile accidents, in Greensboro and this section this afternoon,' resulted in the death of "two persons and serious, if not fatal, injury to three others. J. E. Webster, 72, formerly a pro bate judge in Gaffney, S. C, and Mrs. Webster, while attempting to cross one of the principal -streets in . Greensboro late today ' were struck by an auto mobile. Mr. Webster died from the effects of his injuries soon after the accident, while Mrs. Webster is in a local hospital not expected, to live. On the Reidsville . highway, near Greensboro, late today, Miss Lucille Roberson" was killed and her sister Miss Annie Roberson, and Will Daniels were seriously injured when a car driven by Miss Annie Daniels, sister' bf the Injured man, ran off an embank ment and turned turtle. M'SWINEY STILL IN COMA s ' ' '.'. On Seventy-Tlilrd Day Of Hunger Strike, : liord MTayor Falls To Answer Priest LONDON, Oct, 24. -"Lord Mayor Mac Swiney still was unconscious this morningX' says the bulletin issued by. the Irish Self-determination' league at 4 p. m. today-the, seventy-third day of the mayor's hunger strike. "He opened his . eyes occasionally," adds the bulletin, "staring sometimes at Father Dominipk, but gave no sign of recognition, even when Father Dom fnick spoke to him. He lies quietly, as if in no pain.' " The league's bulletin, at-7 o'clock to night -stated Mayor MacS winey t was still unconscious. Neither hiswife nor other relatives, .except his brother, who visited him for a few minutes,, were allowed to see the mayor, the bulletin reported. ' ' -' :-- ' '"" ' - '; CONFER ON, COAL STRIKE ' ' v . LONDON Oct. ,24. iPremler . Lloyd George, cabinet members ' and' repre sentatives of the striking coal miners conferred for, three hours today. After the 'miners' delegates had .departed, the cabinet ..members' 'oontlnuedv in session with Mr. Lloyd George. Frank Hoagea; on, leaving with tho other representa tives of the niiners, said tha tUscns ioas wouM he continued - HAYS SEES GLORY AFTER NOVEMBER 3 JG, O. P. Chairman Asserts "Vic tory Certain as Righteous ness of Our Cause" NEW YORK, Oct.' 24. Wil H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, today sent a message to all state chairmen declaring that "we move into the closing days of the campaign with an assurance of victory as cer tain as the righteousness of our cause." Our campaign has been for a revival of loyalty and patriotism in this coun try," ; the : message added, v "It has had for a' main purpose the reestablishment of an economical efficient, constitu tional business administration of the government at Washington. '!We fight ; for 'America? First.' S This means not. only 'the preservation of 6ur. super-government aoroaa; this--.- means (.not only the protection of . constitu asso-.tIonal functions against white house j theft of authority at home. 'America ; First,' equally means . that the score iof ; domestic problems closa to every American household and which have been shamelessly , neglected must and shall have the constructive and pi o grfssive attentioa abso:ute'y necessary if 'America' ft st' Is to last. "We fight for the faith of th fathers of the republic and for the perpetual freedom of the sons and daughters of America. I earnestly urje, and, I know that the last days of the campaign will be kept on the same high plane. This election far transcends any partisan affair. Please see, that no Republican meeting is opened without singing 'America. There will be a new glory on the morning of November 3." WILSON LOSES GARAGE AND DODGE AUTOTRUCK Fire Destroys Both Before Ma- chine Gets Tryout, .(Special to The Star) WILSON, Oct. 23. Arriving here yes terday, having been recently purchased for the city gas works, a new' Dodge autotruck - was destroyed this after noon when the garage caught' Are from some undetermined cause. Both the machine and the structure are total losses, as no insurance was carried on either. . The fire was discovered about 4 o'clock,' but had made too much head way f for the autotruck to be saved. The machine "had not even been given a try-out, having been placed in the garage immediately after its . arrival. INVESTIGATING IRON ORES Federal Engineer And State Geologist - Now Working In Chero kee County (Special to The Star) CHAPEL, HILL, Oct, 24. Recently a plan -was perfected fpr co-operative work between the U. S. bureau of mines and the North Carolina geological and economic survey to study the. problems pertaining to the marketing aria" treat ing of iron ores in Nprth Carolina. One particular phase of the work will be investigating improved methods appli cable to "the magnetic iron ore field of Avery and Ashe counties. Stanley C. Sears, mining engineer of the U. S. bureau of mines, has been detailed for this work. He is now in Cherokee county Investigating the brown iron ores and will later go to Cranberry, "Avery county. While in Cherokee . county, Mr. Sears will be assisted in the work by Jasper. L. Stuckey, geologist of the state, survey. ALLAN RYAN CONTRIBUTES $25,000 TO DEMOCRATS Says Methods Used Against Par ity "Infamous From Start" NEW YORK, Oct. 24. The Demo cratic - national committee today an nounced the receipt of a $25,000 con tributidn to the Cox campaign fund, from Allen Ryan, of New York. -Mr, Ryan' accompanied his contribution with' a letter to GeorgeiWhlte, chair man vof 1: the " committee, in which c he charged ' the - methods used - against the Democratic ticket - as ''infamous from the beginning 4 - liSDRPRISE FOR FOES OF LEAGUE PACT IS PREDICTED BY COX Governor Asserts Tide That Is Now Seating Toward Him , Is "Unprecedented" SAYS PEOPLE RESENT "ROUND ROBIN" ACTION Democratic Nominee Declares Past Performances Are No Gauge In This Election WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. Surprise in election re,sults for his opponents in j many parts of the country were pre I dieted by Governor Cox while the Dem ocratic presidential candidate was en I route tonight from New York to West J Virginia, where he will campaign to morrow. V "The fdes of the league," said the governor, "will have their surprises in New England. In some of the Atlantic states, in the middle west and In the far west. I have talked with men of long experience in New York who have seen manifestations of public feelings in presidential campaisms and thair judgment is that the tide that Bet In about two weeks ago is unprece dented. . Governor Cox, in his statement, de clared there was profound resentment against Republican leaders back of the round ; robin." , In the last ten "days," he said, "and particularly in the last week, every audience that I have addressed , has given evidence of this when the names of the leading conspirators were re cited. I havei in mind Senators Lodtre. Brandegee, Moses, Wadsworth, Wat son, Penrose, Smoot, Newberry and Harding." Deception "Almost Succeeded' Deception regarding the League of Nations almost succeeded. Governor Cox added, but now "the truth has tri umphed." Senator Harding's election, the Democratic nominee said, would mean confusion regarding; future, dis position of the league, while the sena tor's defeat, he said, would carry a sig nificance that "could not be misunder stood and further postponement of ac tion by the senate would be out of the question." .. , r; v, ' Governor Cox said that he was ad- at; in oner tray? tvuoo totttdu- tions, mostly small,, had been received at New York headquarters. Stating that he had spoken in 26 states, the governor said: "We are on. the last turn of the cam paign., As we go back to the - middle west it is perfectly apparent that our estimate was appraised correctly al most months ago, when the statement was made that political pluralities as estaDiisnea oy past election contests mean nothing this year." Governor Cox was accompanied this far by Joseph F. Guffey, national com mitteeman for Pennsylvania. E. H. Moore, of Youngstown, O., the candi date' sr pre-convention manager, was another traveling companion of the governor to remain with him. An en thusiastic crowd greeted Governor Cox at union station when he reached here. Leaving his private car, the governor passed through cheering, throngs to the President's room in the station, where he shook hands with hundreds during the time his tjrain stopped here. Yield ing to the crowd's insistence for a speech, the Democratic nominee ex pressed his "deep gratitude" for the demonstration. "To say more," he added, "would be to trespass . on the spirit of the Sab bath and we are a religious people who respect our religious traditions." Among, those who met Governor Cox on his arrival here were Attorney Gen eral Palmer and Joseph P. Tumulty; secretary to the President. , . GREEK KING yERY ILL French Specialist Finds Alexander Has Blood Poisoning And Congested Longs Condition Grave ATHENS, Oct, 24. The condition of King Alexander today remained most grave..- A bulletin, issued last midnight, stated that the king's temperature was extremely agitated, varying from 100.2 to 101.3. The pulse varied from 130 to 148 and respiration from 40 to 48. Alex ander's physicians remained at the pal ace throughout the night. The official bulletin, issued at 1 otclock, said Professor Delbet, the French specialist, after a clinical bac teriological examination, diagnosed the ailment of the king as "most acute blood poisoning, coupled with severe congestion of the lungs." The bulletin declared that the king's condition was "very grave.".. UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA LIKELY SOVIET SUCCESSOR WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. A United States of Russia is now looked for here by officials as the most likely among forms of govern ment to follow dissolution of the Soviet , regime.; , Officials today said the Bolshevik breakdown was rapidly continuing' in Russia.' A new central govern ment, after the form of the United States of America, it is said, might .even include kingdoms. GOMPERS. TERMS LEAGUE "LABOR'S BILL OF RIGHTS WASHINGTON, Oct 24 Replying to a question from William Michaels, of Tulsa, Okla., labor leader, as to what effect the League of Nations as advo cated by . the American Federation of Labor1, would have upon the laboring people of this country; Samuel Gompers, president - of. the federation, tonight wired, that the labor provisions .of the covenant , constitute labor's "bill . of rights" vand is " a "document for. humanity'' STATE DEMOCRACY HAS BRIGHT AUGURY BF FULL TRIUMPH Chairman; Wa rren Expects Victory to Include Every Congressional District ORGANIZED LABOR IS GIVING ITS SUPPORT Federation Leader Gives Voters Tips on Candidates-Mr. 0. P. Letter On Negroes (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, Oct. 24. The Democratitt campaign in North Carolina 1b In such fine shape that Thomas D. Warren,' chairman of tha xecutive committee. Who has charge of the militant march . of , Democracy . this year, felt justiflsd in leaving headquarters and spendinaf, the week-end In New. Bern with vbi . family. The campaign has just on ' more week to run, for the voters wlU have the opportunity of expressing their preference Tuesday week. Ttis chairman Is confident that the, Demo S crats will roll up v., larger majority this year than they did either two or four years ago and also .believes' th Republicans v will not carry a singls congressional district The Tenth is . the , only one about which there has been any cause for worry, but the work of the campaign- : ers in that , distict during the past four weeks has been of such a naturs that Democratic leaders express utmost ' confidence in the outcome of the contest between L. L. Jenkins and Representa tive Zebulon Weaver. The Republican ' candidate has made a long and Incest ' sant campaign , in the Tenth- district and has done good1 work, but the breaks in the campaign, there have favored the Democratic nominee, who now rep- ' resents the district in congress. -Labor Plays .Part . Not the least important feature of the campaign- there has been the part that organized labor and the wt men will play in the result on election day. Organized t labor has - come out for the Demooratiq nominee because i; . 1 boll ered- trtS'tecord in -ocrft feresa Junc5 tines the support of the laooring men. ., Many of the labor leaders of that see- , tion, some of whom have in other years voted for the Republicans, have openly came out in favor of Weaver. ..:' The mountai women have registered . in large numbers. On the first day the " registration books were opened, a large -number of the Republican women en rolled. This put the Demoorats on their mettle and. they immediately got busy with the Democratic women, the , result being tnat there possibly is a . better registration of women in the Tenth than in any. other district in -the state. It is believed the regie- ' . tration of a large number of Demo- ' cratic women in Asheviue and other ; oities will help increase the Democratic majority there. ' - ' . ' SIcTdahon Predicts Victory 7 J. F. McMahon, organizer and tray eling representative of th North Car olina Federation of Labor, has com pleted a swing around the - state f o the purpose of giving labor union mem-. ' bers information of a non-partisan n& tture about the candidates and their po- '"' lltloal attitude on the questions of par ticular interest to labor. He brings s report that concurs In the opinion1 ol Chairman Warren. Mr. McMahon be lieves the Democrats will carry every district in the state and that tne ma jority will be- somewhere In the, neigh borhood of 60,000. He is recommend ing the support by labor of practically , all of the nominees of the Democratic party this year, .for -he has found thai , their ideas on labor legislation j is In, line with the ideals of the Federation ' of Labor. , ' 1 . - V He believes that about twenty per cent of the wives of union members will register and vote in the first eleo- ", tion in which the rights of suffrage . has been .extended to women.. Tne' other eighty per oent has not becomo interested or has not been aroused suf- ' . ' ficiently to take part in the irst eleo ' tion. Labor has urged that all womon affiliated with labor unions, either dj-r' rectly or Indirectly, avail themselves of the right'to vote, but It will - take several years to get all of them sut- '. ficiently Interested to register and cast ' their ballots on election day. - . Discusses G. O. P. Letter . Chairman Warren said that he had seen the letter sent to the Republican , state chairmen dealing with the negro problem and the Injection of the race problem into the, politics of this state. Mr. Warren; discussing the- contents -of the letter informally, declared no . did not see how it would De possible " to eliminate the race problem fromrthe i " polltlcal, campaign In North Carolina, j when there Is cumulative evidence that y the Republicans oa the nation are max- - ing a bid for the negro vote t ' x'he Democratic cnairman does not intend to answer the open letter sent to the newspapers, but when asked , about It said that the Republican party ' ' in the nation was recognizing the . negro and -was making a bid for t his vote. He called ( attention to the face y that the Georgia " delegation,-' sent to : Chicago by the white Republicans was . thrown out . and the delegation, con- taining colored delegates was ,recogr, nlzed. - A ( negro was made ' national committeeman from Georgia.; ; C' ..i . Senator Harding held a .meeting for ' the negroes, who made a ntnt-iu. X-tp w speeches. ; There . is likewise pretty conclusive evidence that the national '-' chairman v has sought the services o . a negro of Hickory for campaign pur poses in the state." In view of all these things, . the Democratic chairman ae- ' clared he did not see how It would bo possible to come to an agreement with . the , North Carolina Republicans to , eliminate the 'race problem; from .poll tics,. ; v ':,v'.:;i : f '; r , ; i
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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