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The Weather Fair and much cooler Thursday; Prl- ?f.f water at Fayetteville yes terday at 8 ju m., 3 f eet. VOL. CHI No. 301. WILMINGTON, N. THURSDAy MORNING, OCTOBER ; 28, 1920. J . OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. COX DEBATES MORAL QUESTIONS OF LEAGUE Governor Replies to Queries From Stranger in Home Town Asserts Harding Is "Sen atorially Inspired' Candidate Gets Warm Welcome From His Native Folk DAYTON, 0., Oct. 27. -Whether tfte American congress will , hQim& morally to adopt recommendations from the council t)f L i non nf Nations was discussed today by Governor Cox dur- ff a demonstrative day spent in home city- moral obligation ,V nsked point-manK Dy a ian m ? .Sice at Mlddletown. Without the audience a answer, Governor ?V,nfpflared that there would be no Si obSion upon the United States, hut "the preemption is the conscience h J world will determine some ac f thwhTch will not only be right but II0" VSM effective." He added that S tiri f doctrine has been main Sned without the firing of a shot and , t c ; favored a Hitchcock reserva 1 on dlaSni conr.. should be free 1 accept or reject league provisions ;s " employing American military ThP governor's home folks turned i L force today,-thousands Joining fgivlng ? Wm enthusiastic testimonials of 6SteeTalk Moral Obllgatlana Discussion of moral obligations un ,.: thl, league was the first during the governor's campaign and was lohed l a stranger in the governor's , Mid dletown audience. ' - Hp and Governor Cox held-a lengthy and spirited, but friendly; joint debate ne uu-" - . . . . . Willi U - . .U,U 1QCTPH SCYCiaj - n oral obligation and several lng the m other league questions.. The incident caused the governor to .if. Mh.r circumstances of the cam- ...uiv, a said "hecklers" and Sther means had been used by Chair In Hays of the Republican national committee : in attempts at embarrass- ment : Am' In VT JllVH iv . jv v n: iivi , all today's speeches against Senator j Governor cox aiso cum-i"" Harding, his Republican opponent, re iterating that the senator was wig gling and wobbling" upon the league issue and trying to secure election' un der false pretenses." The governor reiterated that a great wave" of league sentiment was sweep ing the nation. . When he reiterated the conviction that congress only had power ' to de war "t-,v or out" of-the-leagve. . and that th.e-'agwifiJlttncllra mlte44 solely to advice, tne governor tioner interjected:1' ' - - ' States Case Plainly "The President would advise., con gress as to the recommendations of the council. Would not. that morally "bind congress?" . ' ' ' "It is very distinctly stated, the governor replied, "in one of the Hitch cock reservations that we undertake nothing which binds the United States to go to war, because it. has no power to make such an arrangement in view of the limitation under the constitu tion. This covenant of the league is based upon the idea that civilization has had a lesson and this covenant is simply a bet on the morality of thej world. "You say to me 'how do I know moral force will be sufficient T I will give you a historic precedent. Isn't the covenant of the league internationally 5 precisely what the Monroe doctrine is on this continent? What is behind the Monroe doctrine except our - moral force? Have we ever had to fire a shot in 100 years to maintain it?" "That doesn't answer my question," the governor's questioner interrupted. "Well, then. I will answer , it in another way." he replied. "What .you. have in your mind is this: What will lay upon the conscience of 'the world in the face of a grave worldwide dis order?" "The presumption is that the conscience of every nation will de termine some action whicn will not only be right, but which will be effec tive." Stands Legal Tet The governor's questioner declared that Article X would sign away Amer ican sovereignty and the candidate re plied: "Who dijrns with umt All the nation that go into the league. , Then each one, according to your admission, sign just a much away a the other one slpms, and as they are all giving it up, where doec It Kof Into the alrf If we signed away our sovereignty, ' wouldn't at be in conflict with the consti tution f The oupreme court would KtP it an quickly as they would top hurglary." ' . Governor Coxj tnn reitterated his statement that an American Bar asso ciation committee had declared the "ague constitutional in every respect asked his questioner if he knew ffre "his candidate" stood upon the league. wTt iPn't 80 dlvinely inspired," tKe im!ator PHed, "that he can tell mrnwhateiy what he is going to do lth something in the future." ' "v "Sem'o-lally Inspired' ftftv e 18 senatorially inspired," Governor Cox responded. 1 whn willlnS to cross the bridge auJr 00me8 to 11 ana lve these the ?ns by a complete . diagnosis of reply tion at that "me," came the aencVanrt'T! runninS fr the presi tbr tv, , Judee Tat said you were Eaid vrf league and Hiram Johnson if vr,., iWere a&aInst the league, and tryC f pt quiet' wouldn't you be ir ,tj-acQuire the presidency un asked 8e Pretenses?" Governor Cox fooiin' .,:nat0r Haraing is either e"ur f wftrKn0v.r,'S 5uestloner oW losing6 thehHKlhead and the gvernor, "I d debte, said: head nih!atne yu for shaking your ioing... at 18 wn!lt the country f mSC?o0lGovernor ci' league argn reliSious Z me folk8 t0(iay was in versal chnt " a,ni he tressed the unl ,alfl. had hi indorsement which, he "The lilT riven the league. significance Ig this," h .aid. his home communities, including "When we let God talk to us we're for It. When . We let Henry Cabt Lodge talk to us, we're against it.". After his strenuous home-coming celebration here tonight,, arrangements Were made for the governor to secure a little rest tomorrowbefofe a rushing finish of his campaign. ROOSEVELT PUTS V PACT OYER PARTY Sees Cox's Election-On" League Issue " ' . . BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. ST. Assert ing that the League of Nations Issue was above party and Involved not only the honor, but the future prosperity of the country. Franklin D. 'Roosevelt, Democratic vice -presidential nominee, predicted. In an address before a large audience in the Richmond market arm ory here tonight, that Governor Cox; would: be elected because he favored going into the league "the carrying out of the great moral purposes for which we entered ' the war.". , ' He also criticized Senator : Harding for his alleged "reactionary record as a legislator, praised the administra tions of Governor Cox in Ohio, which, lie said, were a record of progressive achievement, and took issue with Gov ernor Coolidge for his recent state ment that one of the principal issues - -r - m- this' year is "whether our government shall or shall not be a government of laws and not of men." Mn, Roosevelt severely criticised Sen ator Harding for. his alleged "wiggle wobble" policy on the league, stating that "none , of the great men of our history achieved " tame or" success by trying to carry water on both . shoul ders."J . , v. ,," :i,-:':''"'.. ..'-- V; i i .i .i " - At ' V'-.- I Protection Ot-'MlnrttleaI Suhject Of , Public- Speeches Hopes America WUI Join BRUSSELS, OctI 27. The business of the public session this afternoon of the couhcil of, thelLeague of Nations in cluded speeches by Leon Bergeoisle, president of the -council, and Paul'Hy mans, on the report on minorities in general and the guarantees that the league should give for the protection of those in Austria and Bulgaria in par ticular.. : . M. Hymans expressed the hope that, notwithstanding the difficulties of the present hour, the United States ulti mately would join the league. "; The council ratified, in publicsession, the reports on Malmedy, the repatria tion of prisoners and the : status of Armenia. It decided that English and French shall be the official - languages of the court of Justice - GEORGIA GOVERNOR DECMBTES -TO ASK GINS TO CLOSE DOWN. ATLANTA, Ga.t : Oct. 27. Governor rsey today declined to accede to the request of Governor Parker, of Louis iana; to issue, a proclamation asking cotton gins in Georgia to shut down for 35day8 or. longer as a means of In creasing the price of cotton The governor's letter, said he had taken up the matter with J. J. Brown, Georgia commissioner of . agriculture; and tht they agreed such action would not be wise. . ' ' White Says G. O. P. Letter To Big Corporations Proves Harding "Has Sold Out NJBW YORK, Oct. 2T Portions of a circular letter, said to nave been ent to directors of corporations by an official of the Republican national committee, were made public here .tonight by George White, chairman of. the Democratic national committee. Mr. White declared the letter tends to prove Governor Cox's icharge that the Republicans would "sell out to the corporations" Mr. White's statement follows A circular letter, sent to director of " corporations by Charles B. Warren, chairman of the ways and means committee of the Republican national committee, has come to my attention. The contents-of this let ter will convince all who have any remaining doubt that the, Republican national (committee is prepared to sell out the United States of America to the corporations If Senator Harding is elected. This Is a grave charge, but it Is borne out by the contents of Jttr Warren's letter. "Under date of October 20, 1920, In addressing directors of corpo rations, he writes s - ' WILL YOU, THEREFORE, DETERMINE. PROMPTLY. WHAT THE VALUE OF REPUBLICAN SUCCESS MEANS TO YOU AND YOUR COR PORATE INTERESTS t MAKE. FINAL PLEDGE ACCORDINGLY AND -MAIL THE ENCLOSED' CARD WITH REMITTANCES TO THE DE TROIT OFFICE TODAY.' :, ' ' i "The signature of -Mr. Warren is not only printed on this letter, but it is signed in inhvover the printed" name. The letter Is written on the stationery of the Republican ways and means committee, which bears the name of the committee officials also.' ' .. . , 'N more , sordid document nor one 'more corroborative of Gover nor Cox's Icharge that certain corporation are trying to buy an under hoid In the government has come to light in this campaign. , The letter, to which I refer Im on file in my, office and Jrram prepared to submit It to any one who doubts Its authenticity, Jt Is a direct pledge o the selfish corporations in Anterlea, by the chairman of thei Republi can ways and means committee, tht, if they will Invest ; in.; Senatdr Harding's campaign. President Harding's .administration will see that , they are paid royal-dividends out of "What can the average cltUen in advancer- - Dynamite Fails To Reveal Body Of Stock Dealer Explosions Partly Wreck Wash ington Dock, But No Trace of H. W. Brantley's Corpse Is ; Found ! . , (SpeclAl fo Tfce Star) WASHINGTON N. 'c, Oct. 27. Ex- plosions . ot dyno-mite ip the Pamlico river this "afternoon failed to bring td the surf ace the.' body of H. W. Brant ley, the Columbia livestock dealer, who was supposed to "have been drowned off Fowles' - wharf late Monday night. Several charges i of dynamite were set off.. Aside from almost, wrecking a part' of the dock, no results were noticeable: ' .The suspicion has gained wldex' cir culation that the man was not drowned .but that he ran the automobile to the edge of the dock and then disappeared for reasons best known to himself. He had an interval of about two minutes In which to accomplish this before the bellboy from the Louise hotel ran down to the dock. ' Brantley's father and brother ar rived here, this morning from Colum bia. They insist that he had absolutely no reason, for disappearing and they are -confident that be , was either drowned accidentally or else met with foul play and was robbed of the large sum of money he was known to have had in his possession at the time. Brantley's brother said that he was with him in Wilson Sunday and, at that time, the missing man had two large rolls of money with him and also several checks. The " exact amount is not known Rivermen say that. If the man had been drowned, his body could not have been carried any considerable distance from, the dock, as there is practically no tide pr undertow of any kind within the shelter 'of the docks. Natural causes should bring the body to the surface by tonight and' a close watch is being maintained for it. 1 Brantley was "about SO years old. The suggestion that he may have been under the influence of liquor is dis credited by ' his relatives, as he had never been known to take a drink in his life. He was of a rather quiet and melancholy disposition, but had a num ber of warm' friends in all sections of eastern Carolina. He also was a veteran of the recent war. . ... SOUTH pAftOLINA GROWERS vTAWTPADOO IW OLD POST "7cOLUilBiAS:Cfi dci 27oWOi , COL CarolinA. cotton'producers meeting' here toda-y, called on -President Wilson 1 to put former Secretary McAdoo In charge of the treasury department ( with a free hand. , The meeting, heltf under the auspicej of the South' Carolina Cotton associa tion, was addressed by United States Senator E. D. Smith, Gov. Robert A. Cooper and others, and the following resolution was adopted unanimously: "We call upon President Wilson to stabilize the purchasing power of money in accordance with science and .justice, and to stabilize jthe marketing of agriculture and other staple prod ucts of the .countny at prices com mensurate with the capital and labor necessary to production." ' WILL S1JIT BY MEANS IS CLOSED IN CHICAGO 5 CHICAGO, Oct- 27. The suit of Gas ton B. Means and Mfs. Mary C. Melvin to probate an alleged second will of the Hate James C. King, millionaire lumberman, was concluded today after a five months' hearing. Judge J. A. Baldwin did not indicate when he would hand down a decision. Mrs. - Melvin, sister of the late Mrs. King, and Means are seeking control of the King estate under; an alleged will which, left the lumberman's millions to his wife. A will probated several years ago left the money in trust to found a-home for aged men and the Northern Trust com pany, executor of the trust, opposed the suit- 7 the -peoples ranas. expetet of an administration sold out v. , ... - f i- HARDING TIDE STEADILY; ; COX'S IS TLY RISING Democratic Candidate Has Won Thousands of Votes on His Eastern Tour - DES MOINES SPEECH HAS SERIOUSLY HURT RIVAL Republicans Alarmed , O v e r Change Iii Sentiment Spread ing Against League Stand By MARK SULLIVAlC r (Copyright, By The 8tarV WASHINGTON, Oct. 2?. The paign haa entered a - new nhium. cam- That phase is a steady ebb in the Republi can, strength and a corresponding growth in the Democratic, strength. The day when it began can be" fixed with almost mathematical certainty. Cox- returned to Dayton from his long tour 'west of the Mississippi : on Monday, Octo'ber 4, and began his cam paign in the east on the following Thursday. It was on that same day that Harding made his first appearance west of the Mississippi and delivered his Des Moines speech. Cox's trans-Mississippi tour had been devoid of results. At that time it was possible to say, and it was said in this correspondence, that Cox's four weeks in the west: had not changed the con ditions in any state, and that he wpuld not get more, than one-fifth of the elec toral votes in the eighteen states west of the Mississippi other than those classed as southern. marked the high tide of ' Republic atrnB-th wt,Btw.r vo - IVZ-l must . know it will- not be as UrotSSi to them, either Intenns of the popular vote or the . electoral vote, or in, terms of the number of states carried, as it would have .been three weeks ag From that week when Harding crossed the Mississippi westward and Cox crossed it eastward, not only, has Cox made gains wherever he has appeared, in the east, hut also the echo of those gains has reflected Itself In a. better ment of his,' fortunes west of the Mis sissippi: I have expressed. It In terms of Cox making gains, and that Is ac curate. But it shcwld be, additionally i ' xne cnange nai Den a qniiajarge ly to Harding's .Des, Moes speech and to, the distasteful1, inferences made by the public from Jtherdaily contradictions between SenatorJohnson and ex-President Taft . . ' - Of the substantial,- quality of the change there can 'be no doubt. I can name not ewer than four states and many, smaller communities which, on October 7, the day of the Des Moines speech, were safely Republican, but which are now either probably Demo-, cratic or else in the doubtful list. One of these states Is Utah. In Utah there has been from the be ginning a strong league sentiment. When Wilson, first brought the cove nant back from Europe, a meeting, was held in the Mormon tabernacle in . Salt Lake City. William H. Taft was the principal speaker, and . he gave the league an enthusiastic Indorsement At the close of the meeting a vote was ktaken, and out of an audience of about lO.COO, it was said probably with ex aggeration, but nevertheless with sub stantial accuracy that 9.999 voted "aye" and one voted "nay. It can be imagined how a community which had once believed In the league as strongly as thlB, and still believes in the league with modifications, was shocked by the newspaper headlines the day after the Des Moines speech. In Utah Senator Smoot is having the hardest kind of a fight. He is the one senator that the' Republican party in the nation can least afford to lose. For that matter Senator Smoofs knowledge of the government business is such that the country" as a whole- can ill afford to lose him- Senator Smoot's at titude on the league has been fairly anMnioliU TTtah ttttA If he lOBAS.be will lose, not because of anything he has said or done, but because of Hard ing's Des Moines speech. " , Jonnson Helped the Bhb ( - I have spoken as if it were- Hard ing's Des Moines speech that started the ebb of the Republican tlde That is truer But that event alone would not have been so marked in its effect -if It had not -been -followed by the speeches of Senator Johnson,, in which Senator Johnson harks back to the Des Moines utterance and pins Senator Harding down to it.-. On this point there is testi mony from a western ity: J "A somewhat critical condition arose in the minds of large numoers oi peo ple when Senator Harding appeared to make ah outspoken declaration against all leagues .of nations at Des Moines. That was partially corrected by his Omaha speeeh and has been largely cured by the statement made by the thirty -one prominent -Republicans." . - The observer who " expressed this judgment is- in & position la know what' is true of his .community. But speak ing for the country generally the orig inal -impression . created Dy the Des ina: . , iZ.7 ViT Molne speech is. kept Readily all veby.l the speeches -of Senators Johnson, who specifically refers to the statements of the "thirty-one? jttepuDiicans, i ana, flouts them..; " ' There are several other teommunities in the, west where ; the. reyulsion from Harding.ue to .the suspiqlon, that his position and Senator Johnson's ; are identical, is not necessarily ; statewide, but might yet be sufficiently strong to affect ' states heretofore . considered safely Republican; , ' yC . What the degree of this revulsion is we shall -never know,, because there " is no record of. how' great the - Republi can victory 'would have been had. the election occurred the,day', preceding the, Des Moines speech. "The revulsion,, ofl course'is Confined to persons who:: are in-some degree pro-league. Here, again, we have .uncertaJivty-L f or, there t is no (Continued on Page Two.) . , wNegro Preacher Saves White Man From Lynching Fights Off Blacks Who Left Bier of Slain to Attack Autoist After Car Hits. Girl - NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Oct. 27. An infuriated mob, consisting of more than thirty negroes, this afternoon severely beat and attempted to lynch Isadore Copen, white, and probably would have succeeded-had it not been for the cour age, and bravery displayed by Rey. R. H.. Green,, a. negro - preacher, who res cued the young white man. . ,The trouble started - when Ledonia Dookery a nine-year-old negress, -was struck by Copen's automobile. The, ac cident happened in the negro section of . the city near an undertaking estab lishment where lay the bodies of three negro men shot and killed here Sunday in a clash with the police. 1 Hundreds" of negroes had been visit ing . the morgue to see the bodies and as a. consequence Copen's car was In stantly surrounded by -the already In furiated blacks when " the' machine struck the girl. While attempting to get the child into his car in order to ake her V5 a hospital; Copen was sur rounded and the negroes rained blows on him, crying "beat him to death." Rev. Green, prominent among his race, for more than' two hours before the accident' had been haranguing ne groes from a soap-box, telling them to calnvr themselves and forget Sunday's happenings. ' - . ,: When Copen was attacked, Green managed to crawl over the shoulders of the mob. " He valiantly fought off the crowd while the young man got his car underway and escaped from the scene. Thus far, no arrests have been made in the negro section, but the sit uation is described there as 'being se rious. wTf, Is lt ff i skull fractured at fhe base of the brain i ??h-1??'?! i!" that should she die tonight a riot may be precipitated. Copen is a prisoner in the city jail, being held without bail pending the outcome of the girl's in Jury. Ill-feeling has existed among the ne groes ever since Sunday, when the three of their race died in a battle with police. Patrolmen Campbell and Lewis, of the Newport News police force tried before , Probate Court 'Justice E. H. Robinson this morning on charges of murder following the killing -of three negroes . here , Sunday, - were, acquitted duty at thei time. Evidence howea that.the negroes had fired upon-; the officers when the patrolmen attempted to make an arrest- ' , HAVANA TO GET BIG PRIZE FIGHT Settle Terms For Demp-sey-Carpentier Mill NEWj YORK. Oct. 27. -The fight be tween Jack Dempsey:and Georges Carpentler for the- heavyweight cham pionship of .the world will be held In Havana, Cuba, it was announced here tonight. Selection of- Havana as the scene of the contest was made by Tex Rickard, Charles B. Cochran and William Bra dy, who stated they, had received an offer . of such .proportions from a syn dicate of Cuban capitalists that it was finally determined the championship battle would be staged In Havana. Details of the match, have beh agreed upon and the actual signing of the articles of agreement merely awaits the arrival of a representative of , 'the Cuban syndicate. He is ex pected to reach this city within, -a week, and, upon' his arrival,-, definite announcement of the date of the con test will be made. The three promoters made the an nouncement after a lengthy conference in W. A. Brady's office. None of them would disclose'the' identities of the Cu ban capitalists who bid successfully for the big battle.' JM WTIVBSPJI8WIJiEY ARRANGING FOR FITNERALi LONDON, r Oct. 27.-r-Relatives of Terrence MacSwlney, the late, lord mayor of .Cork, who died in Brixton prison Monday morning following a hunger-strike, were today completing arrangements -for ths funeral of. the lord mayor. . ? - It. was expected the body would be turned over to them by government authorities following the autopsy and plans already announced contemplate Its removal to St. George's cathedral. It will probably remain there until Thursday, when a requiem mass' will be celebrated.. The body probably will reach Dublin Friday and there -will be received by various ' organizations. VIRGINIA NEGROES PLAN ' RALLY FOR-THEIR TICKET ) NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct- 27. Ne gro Republicans of Virginia have, "been summoned to give the grand finale to their campaign for a fill! negro ticket at a ralfy of the entire state committee News. next Sunday. , Proml. nent negro politicians from all parts of, the state are - expected to be here for. the meeting. J. R. Pollard, -of Richmond, . the ne gro' wing's candidate opposing Carter Glass for the' United States senate, will speak at , Sunday's rally. : 9- C COTTON .CORPORATION t - SUBSCRIPTIONS $916,000 ' COLUMBIA. S. CT Oct. . 27. It was announced here tonight, . at head quarters of the Cotton Exports corpora tion, that bona -fide ' subscriptions 'from this;, state to . the capital stock ? of the company aggregate ,$916,000, with a great many townships in the state yet to be heard from. . ;.'v" .-: v- . -The securities - are payable in "castu cotton r liberty bonds. -' - - - WILSON CALLS NATION TO CONCERT OF PEACE BY INDORSING LEAGUE Sorely Stricken By Illness, President Makes Stits ring Appeal to Republicans Who Visit Him-U Voice Chokes As He Refers to Soldiers and Mothers Warns Against Other v Imperialistic Plots by Countries With Commercial Ambitions WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. President. Wilson, , in higfirsl-) speech since he was taken ill, more than a year ago, called 'on his ' "fellow countrymen" today to indorse the League or Nations and i summoned them ioy "the concert of peace ahd the completion ol tne great moral acmevemem on ineir pan wnicn ne said tna. 1 World war represented. ; i'-::'irs'':l Speaking from his wheel chair to a delegation of pro-leagua ' Republicans and independents who called at tne white house, thS ' President declared that -the great moral influence" of the'Uniteci ; States would be "absolutely thrown away if the nation did nott complete the task which our soldiers and sailors so seriously under I tooK to execute.' ' & The American pople, lVr. Wtlsoo- en ru. said, should not be deceived into sup posing that imperialistic sohemep ended, with the defeat of Germany. He de clared there were other nations which were likely to be powerfully moved or were already moved. ; "by commercial Jealousy, by the desire to dominate and to have their own way In politics and enterprise," and that it was "necessary to apprise them that the world would be united against them as' It was against Germany if they attempted any similar thing." Reads Fnm Manuserlpt The President read his address froaj a manuscript. His visitors declared in a formal statement, after leaving the white house, that it was evident he was "voicing the profoundest emotions of his heart" and that more than , once "his voibe choked, especially when he referred to the soldier boys and the mothers of those - who had fallen In battle." . "The whole .' occasion . was ' in ex- ' . pressibly seienin and tender," saM the statement, adding . tha(t tbm deputation felt that it was "noth ing less than . tragio" that ,. the President had been brought "to such a . stricken physical condition as the result f his indefatigsChle labors for his country and for humanity. They felt concluded th state ment, "that this , might ' be the , President's final. appeal to the em- ,' --3ej-ofcls v4Knti7Mtn the ; supreme moral dectsien fhrnx v they aire called upon to make. ' " Remains In Wheel Chalv He' remained in his. wheel chair throughout the reception, which lasted 40 minutes. . Afterwards, Rear Admiral Grayson, hie physician, indicated that he had shdwn no physical 111 effects, saying he had -come through "in ex ceptionally fine form." After the delegation was greeted by the President, Dr. Hamilton Holt, of New York, its spokesman, delivered a brief address, declaring that - the League of Nations transcended party politics and was "the greatest moral Issue that has confronted the Ameri can people in this generation."' H' added that the delegation repre sented a vast number of other Republi cans throughout the United States who are ready to put patriotism above party in the present critical, hour to the end that "our boys, whose blood hallows the' fields of France, will not have died in vain." In his reply, the President appealed to the editors and" publishers of the country to publish the full text of the covenant of the League of Nations so that the people might better inform themselves of the issue involved. Discussing Article X, the President took occasion to say that "the so called Americanism, which we hear so much prating about now is spurious, and Invented for party purposes only.", "The true, the real Americanism,' he declared, "is to see Justice done and humanity protected and vindi cated,' stating that this was the purpose of Article X. - Describing Article X as "the specific redemption of the' pledge which the free governments ot the world garret to their people when they entered the war the Presi dent declaimed, "we have now to choose whether we will make good r quit. "We have joined issue, . he con tinued, "and the Issue Is between the spirit atnd purpose of the United States and the spirit and purpose of Imperialism. "This choice, is the suDreme choice of ' the present (campaign . I suggest that the candidacy of every candidate for whatever office be tested by - this question shall wo or shall we not redeem the great moral obligations of the United States?" Those In The Delegation The delegation "of pro-league Re publican's, which arrived "at the white house, at 11 o'clock, 'included: '". Hamilton Holt, editor of the Inde pendent, who acted as spokesman . for the delegation. Theodore Marburg, of Baltimore; Edwin "F: Gay, president of The New York Evening Post; John F. Moors, chairman of the League of Nations lub of Massachusetts; Mrs. John F. Moors, treasurer of .the pro-league Republican quotas; Mrs. Schuyler N. Warren, of New York, directress of the League for Political Education; F. N. Warren, Jr., Mrsk Malcbm , Forbes, president of the Women ; Voters' association ; of Massa chusetts; Joseph M. Price, chairman of the board: of : trustees , of the New York City clubi Dr. : John Bates Clark, pro fessor,' of economics, . Columbia uni versity; Dr. John Spencer Bassett, pro fessor of history. Smith coUege; D. G. Rowse, New York; Col. Samuel P. Weatherill, head' of the pro-league Re publican movement' of Philadelphia; Rev. Arthur J. Brown, New York, hon orary vice ' president of the League td Enforce Peace, and George K. Hunton, New York. ---- - - - - " " -. - - ... COX COMPLAINS OF RACE HATREDt Governor Quotes LIri- coin On -Negro Equaliij ATLANTA, G Oct. 3T-ji a lettW to Frank I '.Stanton J, of Atlanta,; made publio here last night. Governed Cox charged efforts, were - being made : to arouse racial hatred to defeat him and quoted Lincoln on soolal equaiit( ; of the negro. :.''. " v., '. ".:.' :V-,vv- We are making this campaign," said the letter, of Mr. Ooje, "for peaoe, foS progress and for. prosperity. An' et4 tempt has been made by our opponents! to distract from the issue by setting up racial groups, each with a selfish pur s pose. To each of these groups, soma' thing has been promised nor has there been any consideration about the oon flict in promises that baye been made., 4 "None of those who has. been against America In; the, last foijr. years Is golna? to vote for me V To my, mind. ; the most serious of all things presented Is the attempt to 'arouse racial hatred,' Promises have been made to the Afro American party which I do not believe -the. promisers; have any intention of . "."There .are . some H.ejass. of-' sbciaj 1 equity which oannot" he? ''To' JUote the words of the immortal Lincoln: "We do i not want the negroes to be slaves, but; ' that . does - not -mean that we want -negro wonsen' for our wives.' I knovr no better way to express the- evils la the' attempt to ' array eiaes against 1 class in America." r ALABAMA'S GOVERNOR FAVORS COTTON PLAN Urges People to Support Ameri , can Association : V- MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct, 27 Ety erc . ecutlvs proolamatlon. Governor JCilby today called upon the people of Ala bama to give their 'earnest , support? . and wholehearted sympathy ' to the. movement for the "proteotion - of -. the! prosperity of the south, whloh Is een tered In and around the. organisation; plans of the American Ootton assocla- tion." . ' . - Jt Is set forth that the prosperity of the state and its people Is largely de pendent upon fair prices for the prin cipal crop of the state, cotton, and "tha prevailing prices appear to be far he low the cost of production, and - if the present crop is marketed at prices low er than the cost of production, great loss will be entailed upon growers and', state," the document says. ( jh , ij The activities of the American CotV ' j 1 ton association in launching a big ca.m V paign for members in Alabama, start . 't lng in November, is commended in . rigr ' orous terms as "affording the greatest! ' present) help and future safety" for the . ; producers "since it is a stern, solemo : condition and not a theory that eon fronts our state and its people." .. WIDOW FOILS CORONER Mrs.' BlaeSwlney Sticks To Testimony That Late Lord Mayor Was .; ' Volunteer Offloer ' ) LONDON, Oct. ' 11. A jury ef teq . men, after twelve minutes' deliberation this moraing returned ah open verdict at the inquest over the body of Lord Mayor MacSwlney, , of Cork, that' tha "deceased had died from, heart failure due to a delated heart, and acute de lirium following scurvy, which was due to exhaustion from prolonged refusal to take food." .. , t. The widowed lady mayoress, dressed in black and heavily -.veiled; was the only witness on behalf oj. the MacSwl. ney family .and wm .the dominant fig-" ure of the proceedings. Her composure was indicated , by her quick and pointed replies. . ' -. - ' v-.- ,.. Mrs. MacS winey successfully resisted ; the continued attempts of the coroner to have her characterize her late hus band's occupation otherwise : than as a "volunteer officer of the Irish repub lican army.? .-. . i , ' ' . . - - .'' .'"..- " -' U. g. RACER ARRIVES HALIFAX, 'N. S.. Oot. 27. The Glou cester", schooner Esperanto, flying: the American flag arrived here tonight to . ; in tne iniernauonn f ienrnien re' gatta, which.; begins next Saturday off the entrance to this harbor, ,t ' MONKEY DID1TT HAVE) BABIES - , LONDON, Oct.' 27. Scientific exami nation of the; blood "of the ' monkey which'bit King Alexander,' according to ; an Athens dispatch - to The ' London : Times show no signs of hydrophobia or other '"infection. ' ' v :fr V' v t r 1 ' M , I.J "V V r 4 4 4"
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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