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r I ' , i ' ; if Ail ,i The Weather Forecast for North Carolina! Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday; fresh northeast winds. :: :: :-: :: :-: :-: HERALD TELEPHONES! BoilneM 0006 .....N.' ltt Editorial Rooms No.: 1M v , T WENT YSE VENTH YEAR DURHAM, N. C, WEDNESDAYJSEPTEMBER 22, 1920. PRICE FIVE CANTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY GULF COAST TOWNS ARE PREPARING FOR S TORM; INHABITANTS FLEEING Storm Warnings Tell of Tropin' cal Hurricane Rushing To-! ward Mainland Ships Seek Port ON A WIDE TRACK : Its Progress Is Being Noted Hourly Warnings Include rr t. T? " O 1 1 errnory r rum i eosswia To Mouth of Mississippi River SCENE OF MUCH ACTIVITY A General Exodus of Galves tbn's Population Has Started With Approximately 4,500 People Making For Main land Grain . and Cotton Is Moved Military Capp Was Abandoned COMMISSION BROKE FAITH WITH CIA Harding Declared America Would Never Sacrifice In dependence For League (By The Associated Preu) Mnrion, Sept. 21. Developing his at tack on the peace treaty from another quarter. Senator Harding charged in a front porch speech today that Presiden Wilson's peace commission at "Versailles broke faith with China "througn con tract secretly, made" when they con sented to the award of Shantung to Japan. China, the Republican nominee, said put her interests in the hands of the Americans, but found that "instead of being awarded the freedom of her own people, under the gospel ot seii-uetcr COLBY REFUSED TO RESCIND ACTION ON PUBLICATIONS 0 GOVERNMENT F .TO 1STH AMENDMENT He Is Considering Request For Statement On Second, Vote - of Tennessee House BE I ESTIGATEB Three Socialists Ousted By Neux, Yojregislature Vv . hat tonight the dramatic sltua- Committee To Probe Alleged Use In Interests of Demo cratic Campaign RENEWED EFFORTS SUBPOENAS ISSUED (By Th Associated Freu) w v v V V T , i ,7 & 'and excitement that attended the blv of the New York Ktnte letrislaty sr tonight by a vote of !)) to 45 i 7 ousting were lacking.. - I case expelled three of the five ,-';iThe resolution calling for the expul ists members Louis Waldmar S-viion of the five Socialists was' intra August Claessens, of New Yo - duced yesterday by Colonel Ransom H. Charles Solomon, of Kings cou voted 87 to 4S to perit Sami V. , Witt and Samuel Orr, Soialb ' rs from the Bronx, to retain O.; its. The two last named,-howti : ? &r a Secretary Told Delegation He Would Refer Request To His Solicitor STATEMENT t WAS ISSUED Communities along the gulf coast from the Florida nenmsula to in- Texas lagoon emergency of a vortex of tropical hurricane dragging i consent and approval ofKhose who its attendant circles of roaring gaies spoite lor America ai r u, is prepared last night for'mination for which America spoke, sev f storm and flood today", I eral millions of her people were de r bureau warnings told of ! livered over to a rival nation with the slowly, toward the mainland. The traf fic lanes in the gulf itself was clearing fast as ship masters, apprised by the wireless of the advent of high running seas and wind, ran into port shelter. Swelling tides onthe Louisiana-Texas coast and falling barometers heralded its coming. At Corpus Christi and Galveston, inhabitants remembering the death lists and property, havoc rentA :hv nrecpdimr onslaughts or tropical storms, sought higher ground nrwl safer footiifsr. Dwellings were vacated lind store stocks moved a! ("V.rniis Christi last night. Even the hie steam tankers in the oil trade mad way' for the hurricane's passage and turned off their course to harbor in the Mississippi delta. Though the. weather bureau forecast the point of the storm s prooame con Uct with' the Continent somewhere along the coast stretch west of N the Mississippi's mouth, and the moment sometime this afternoon, its signals were spread east as far as Tampa. Shins at sea sou.eht sooner there, at Mobile and the smaller ports of the, ' eastern gulf section, reporting high seas and rising winds as they did1 so. The erratic nature of hurricanes, the bureau said, made it always possible thai the present disturbance would swerve from the northward course course charted for it. since its entrance tp sea Saturday off Yucatan.' Hourly its progress was ehecEed and noted by the instrument readings at the bureau's widely separated stations, lest sdme atmospheric freak should speed its downward travel beyond the 12 miles per hour of its noted rate. This factor of changeability govern ed the bureau's forecast when late at night it widened the scope of its hurri cane warnings io include territory as far cast as Pensacola, and said the vary ing probabilities might throw the track .f the storm center to an emergency on land near the Mississippi's mouth. But for all the .gulf coast east and wes the bureau gave 'grave predictions of a morrow's wind rising to hurricane velocity and lifting tide as the storm piles the gulf waters landward to flood. Busy Scenes in Galveston. N Galve.TOn, Sept. 21. An exodus of approximately 4,500 people, many of them out of town visitors, the shifting of all cars lortded with wheat and cot t:in to the mainland; the vacating of, ground -floors in the business district, and the securing of all shipping in the harbor marked Galveston's prepara tions today in anticipation of the West Indian hurricane supposed to be sweep ing down on the Texas coast. While the barometer here early to night remained motionless at 29.80, there was a general rise in the tide and an appreciable hurricane swell. At 7:30 o'clock a 20 miles an hour northeast wind was blowing. At 9 o'clock tonight the barometer at the local weather station registered 29.80, where it had hung since 5 o'clock j this afternoon. The tide was 2.1 feet nhnun rvifinn fuv ii vian nf tivn.tpnthq ' since 8 o'clock tonight while the hurri cane swell was perceptibly greater. The wind which registered 20 miles an hour, had shifted from northeaJt to due north. Brigadier General J. L. Wolters, co operating with the local weather bureau, today dispatched motorcycle messengers of the Texas national guard to get word, to all persons living down the island. Many others were notified by telephone. Camp Hutchings, where for over three months the national guard troops have been bivouacod, today- was dis mantled and the militia moved to Port Crockett. This was done upon orders of Secretary of War Baker, General Wolters stated. A cordon of military police was thrown around the interurban station early today and the order, "women and , children first" was given. Later, haw- In his speech, delivered to a delega Hon reiiresentinir the Loyal Order of the Golden Heart, the senator also as saiWd the league covenant and declared the united States never would enter an international concord at the expense of its own independence. He reiterated however, that he stood for an associa tion of nations based. 'on "the applied conscience of nations rather than mili tary force." At another front porch meeting earlier in the aftvrnoon the candidate shared the limelight with Lillian Russel the actress, who made a speech to sev eral scores of Marion women, telling them why their first votes should be b( for the Republican ticket. She said American women must not be de ceived by the alluring qualities of the league of nations, but should vote against it if they wanted to protect their homes and thoir sons. Tonierht Senator Hardisg replica to the telegram of Franklin 1). Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee for vice pres ident, who wired saying he had been misquoted by the senator in regard to American participation in the affairs of Haiti. Senator Harding's telegram follows: "Your telegram stating that I quoted in a speech on September 7, a statement which vou had already vfflbliciy denied in received. I am frank to" say' I had not seen and have not yet seen such denial, but I accept your statement in cnml faith and express regret that I should have quoted you. I am sin cerely sorry fur any implied misrepre sentation of you or any otner candidate, even though the error was wholly un intentional. "This does not in any way abate my opinion in the policy of your ad ministration in dealing with Haiti and San Domingo, but I do want to express regret for the quotation of a statement you disavow. Because I am devoted to truth and courtesy I am asking the news associations and newspaper cor respondents to carry this telegram as conspicuously as they did the quota tion." FORD AIOUAIGES A PRICE REDUCTION Colby Failed To Keep Promise To Issue Desired Acknowl edgement Made To The Delegation By The AssociaKd Press) Washington, Sept. 21. Having re fused to rescind his action in proclaim ing the suffrage amendment a .part of the federal constitution, Secretary Colby had .under consideration tonight the request of a delegation of Tennessee Several Departmental Heads of Government Will Be Called , To Stand i ALLEGED PROPAGANDA vote to reinstate WaldniaifStvy been lost. CI to 52, took the floor in tovn and Verbally tendered their resignations. The proceedings tonight were not un like those that occupied virtually all of March 31 and into the early morning of April 1, at the last session, when all five were barred from their seats, ex- Oillett. Republican, of Columbia coun ty, and today the judiciary committee, to which it was referred, reported the resolution back to the house for consid eration with recommendations. During the day a move on the part of several assemblymen resulted in presentation of three amendments which provided for the unseating of Yvaldman, Claessens and Solomon. Later Assemblyman Wells, Republican, of Kings, offered two additional amendments to provide I'or the unseating of Orr and Dewitf. TOBACCO SITUATION TO BE DISCUSSED BY STATE FARMERS Charge That German Propa ganda Was Circulated In Some Candidates Support To Be Investigated (By The AfeocI.-.imI "ross) Washington, Sep',.. 21. Extension of ! the senatorial investigation into cam- j paign expenditures to include inquiry j into ch irges of u.ie of governmental i publications, in the interests of (he anti-suffragists that he issue a state-1 Democratic presidential candidate and-! ment showing that certification of thulthe league, of nations was announced second vote of the Tennessee house COX SPENDS ONE- AUTHORITIES MAKE nF RIIRIFRT DAYS NO MAY INTO OF CAMPAIGN TOUR' FXPI ffSffllU PRflBE j 'wb w w wtm m 'w r - ' I Representatives of Tar Heel Farmers To Meet In Ral eigh This Morning A CAMPAIGN TRIP Bickett To Stump State Until October, Then Invading Other States THE RATE CASE PETITION Members of State Committee of Opinion Reauest of Vir- ginia Cities Will Meet With Disfavor (Special tc Tbe Krlu N Raleigh. Sept. 21. Representatives of the tobacco farmers of North Carolina will meet here in the house chamber Wednesday at 2:3U o'clock for the pur pose of discussing ways and means of combatting the tendency of prices of- Henry Ford Takes Step That May Have rar Reaching Affect On Industry anm' (By The Associated PreM) oit, Sept. 21. Henry Ford today need a reduction of prices on all P ord Motor company products to a pre war level as a step toward "restoration of business to normal conditoins." In a statement accompanying the announce ment, Mr. Ford declared that presen t business conditions demanded that "some practical effort Jj made to bring economic conditions back to normal," that the "business of the country may bo stabilized," and that the "progress, prosperity and coitfentment of our peo ple may be restored." Inquiry tonight among heads of other automobile industries here failed to in dicate whether the Ford announcement presages a general decline of motor car prices. A number-' of ""manufacturers declined to comment. Discussing business conditions, Mr. Ford declared that since the war has ended "war prices also should be re duced." "There is no wisdom," the manufac turer said, in trying to maintain an against the amendment had been re ceived by the state department. The Tennessee delegation, headed by Speaker Walker, of the house of the Tennessee legislature, called on Secre tary Colby late today and, according to its members, renewed their request, first made at a conference with 'Mr. Colby yesterday. The secretary, mem bers of the delegation said, told them today that he would refer their request "to his solicitor and would announce to morrow what action he would take." Members of the delegation in a. state ment issued tonight said they had not requested Mr. Colby to Rescind the suffrage amendment proclamation on the basis of Tennessee's ratification, but admitted precedents for such an action had been suggested. The an nouncement made at the state depart ment regarding yesterday's conference said that Seprotary Colby had refused to recognize the second vote on suffrage by the Tennessee house and accordingly rescind his proclamation. The statement issued tonight by the Tennessee delegation follows: "The delegation came to Washington to request that the secretary of state i:suc a statement snowing the truth of the action taken by the lower housj I of the Tennessee legislature relative to the l!Jth amendment, because we be lieved (ruth always permissable, and because we thought legislatures which were soon to take action on this matter were entitled to know what Tennessee had dene or had failed to do. "We called upon Secretary jCplby. yes terday and made tins request, it was repeated at another conference today. The proposed statement, in sub stance, was an acknowledgment of-Jiis receipt of Governor Roberts' certificate of ratification and receipt of a- second certificate from the governor, showing that the lower house had reconsidered its action and by a vote of 47 to 21 with 20 members present and not vot ing had rejected the amendment. The secretary assured us . yesterday that he would gladly i:--sue such a state ment at once in order that it might ippear in the morning newspapers of today. He took our room number at the hotel, declaring that he would tele phono us in the early evening and that one member of the delegation would be given his written statement. The secre tary failed to do as promised and this esulted in the conference today. "When the proposed statement, in writing, was presented to him today for signature, he said he knew of no reason why he should not sign it. but would refer it to his solicitor and would an nounce, tomorrow what action he would take.. "Secretary Colby was. not requested to rescind his action in proclaiming rati fication on the basis of favorable action by the Tennessee legislature, as he was reported to have declared today, al though it was suggested that precedents had been established for' such action a reference to which was left with him at his request. Neither was it suggest ed that the secretary issue a new procla mation based on ratification by Con necticut, although mention was made of an article, to this effect attributed to former President Taft, and published in newspapers of yesterday." tonight by Chairman Kenvon. of th? senate investigating committee, which I resumes its hearings here tomorrow. In making his announcement after a : lengthy conference with Senator Rood. 1 of Missouri, Democratic member of the committee, Senatcr ICenyon said that a subpoena had been issued for ' Philander P. Claxton, c. immissioner of education. i Subpoenas also were issued today J for the appearance of several depart mental heads of the government to be ! questioned regarding alleged assess ment of federal employees for cam- I paign funds. Chairman Kenyon said Commissioner Cle.xton, who will be asked to appear pi obably Thursday, would be asked concerning an editorial appearing in "School Life," a publication issued by the bureau of education, which Senator Kenyon said was "decidedly favorable to Governor Cox." Members of the cc mmittee it is understood also con template inquiry into the alleged circu lation under government frank of political speeches. Announcement also was made that the committee would inquire into the alleged German propaganda claimed to have been circulated in support of cer tain political candidates. So far, it was Addressed California Editorial Police Admit That Thev Have W'"' thy we" to. fall below to fall . . a r iir. i !- it o i t-i ma I below the cost of production. The meet Association As a Fellow Editor Failed To Solve The Mys tery of Explosion RECLAIM LANDS WARNING A FAKE He Promised, If Elected, To Thousands of The Curious Use Navy Building M3ney To Reclaim And Lands Drawn To Customs House By Bomb Threat SPOKE TO CLUB WOMEN TIN FRAGMENTS FOUND Gave His Views On League of Experts Think Pieces Were m-i.; . A i I C nations ntieu wii jci At Hollywood Motion Picture Studios From Cans That Might Have Contained Pic ric Acid (By The Associated Fresa) Los Angeles, Sept. 21. As an editor to his fellow editors. Governor Cox opened his day's activity tod.iy with a brief talk on the problems of his craft, delivered at the chamber of commence, rooms here to the Southern California Editorial association. The governor spoke in a friendly and intimate strain and said that he would not toucn on political questions. "I have plenty of said, however, no witnesses to be ques- chances to do that every day," he Slid, tioned along that line had been sum- Following the talk to the editor i the nioned although some are under con- governor went ly automobile to Lung sider.ition. i Beach, where he was awaited by au au- Only two members of the committee, ' dience that overflowed the municipal auditorium. nation iTovernor uox openeu.oy auoresMng tomorrow's hearine but Senator directly a large group of Civil war vet- Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio, notified erahs at the local post and from a :i ur- K! chairman todiiy that ho would - bo-hy veterans' home, . After, reuoalins nere early- tomorrow. Senator Edge, some anecdotes of the war, the turned Republican, of New' Jersey, is not ex-! to the story of America's first ex pected before Thursday while Senator trance to the world war. Spencer. Republican, of Missouri, prob- I The governor again dlsjuss "1 I. is ably will not be present. i stand against "reactionaries,' ep.vss- heven 1t those subpoenaed will be ed his belief for a need of ideais in gav- Senators Kenyon and Reed, had reach ed Wasnington tonight in anticipation (By Th Associated Prraa) New York, Sept. 21. Department of jus' ice and police niriciuls admitted to night that Ave and une-hnlf days' in vestigation has failed to pnlve the mys tery of the explosion in Wall s'lvet last Thursday, which cost 3ri liven and prop erty damage running into the milliiiis. Officials generally agree that the ex ploiave was carried in'o the financial' district on a ramshackle wagon left standing at the curb in front of the assay oflic-.? just before noon. Hundreds of Hues have been obtained as to lb ' identity of the driver and his wagon, but many of them are contradictory, and ollicials have begun i he long and arducus task of running all ot them down and trying to draw correct c in clusions therefrom. ing was called following the opening of many, or the eastern Carolina markets tvhen the prices offered were, it Is s:uid, about half what they were last vi-ar. The farmers had expected some reduction in prices, but they were not prepared for the tremendous drop. The tobacco growers do not believe there is any cause for this decline other ban an agreement among the bigger tobacco companies to pay less for.to- lacco than was Miid last year. The farmers declare that there is no great increase in the amount of tobacco to be offered fur sale this year, and that .vorl'ds needs of the type and grades of lobacii) grown in North Carolina are just as great as they were last year. 'The foreign demand for the American made cigarette is greater than ever :cfore as a result of the advertisement ..viveti these products by the millions ' f American boys who carried these '.obaeco products to Europe. .luM what plan will be devised to "ombat the lower prices has not been let. rmiru'd upon, even among the leaders. The growers will discuss the ,vays and means at the Wednesday meeting. It hns bjen suggested that lie warehouse ideas advocated by the cotton association for the past two ve ir.-; might be used to advantage by the tobacco farmers. The warehouse .vonld be bonded, and as nearly flre .irci .l as possible. Tobacco stored there would entitle the owner to a storage ei riineate which might be used as col lateral in getting money from banks with which to meet urgent bills and ex penses incurred in the production ot heard tomorrow. William Boye? Thompson, chairman of the ways and means committee of tho Republican na tional committee, according to Senator Kenyon, is expected to be called first. Other witnesses, to be heard tomorrow are William Barnes, of New York; Charles McDonald and Edward Stokes, chairman of the New Jersey Demo cratic and Republican state . commit tees respectively; Ceorge T. Carroll, of Elizabeth, N. J., president of the Na tional Retail I,louor Dealers' associfi- in.i: "I .- -New lurk, eastern m.inairei- for th,i Democratic national committee, and Herbert S. Houston, treasurer of the L.c::gue to Enforce Peace. The. hearings here are expected by members of the committee to be con cluded by Saturday and Senator Kenyon announced today that the committee would. visit St. Louis, probably the first of next week, to inquire into charges already presented to the committee in volving Democratic National Commit. . the crop. I 1 nunennno fnmmtaatrknur Vnimc Via a A-warning that the eustems-hous.; ...i,.,,! ,,,,,,,,, ,.r .,. lfatlt!.. thnt h wi,i was to be destroyed at p. m. today. ,e Khlj to aij them In getting plans which was received in the mail yester- r()l- an economical and safe warehouse day by William 11. Edwards, collector j which to store their tobacco. He la of internal revenue, brought thousands in sympathy with the movement and of the curious to the scene at the. up- '.vill be able to furnish plans which ernment, and discussed .lomesue prob lems that he said had resulted from re actionary government. Turning to the league ot nations cove nant the governor said that while per- pointed hour and resulted in a half holiday for many clerks employed in the building. The bomb threat, how ever, failed to .develop and - conllrmed the belief of officials at the time it 'was vill carry the lowest insurance rates. ince insurance is an essential feature to the warehousing system. The farm ers on Wednesday will In all probabili ty take steps looking to the organiza- V,,, ft ,,o,l.wl ,..,Hi.r ,,,,l,ul.l .w,,,;,. thnt It ,,-ic, ..111,,.,. v . 'lll "I SUUS W1U UffiWlilUUII. hu v,,w"VSt'"tCa arlUno"tS t0 support the work of some letterwriting "crank." , Th(, x.'cariXananage as- his.vieu. Department of jiKstic.- agents, headed 1 . .l tj u u , Ralehrhthta Touching prohibition the-governor by William J. Klynn. chief of the hu- ' f(,r t'hJ purpose of ouUlnfng the said again that the liquor question was ,eau of investigation, J t til contend the ll:ulH t(. tht, r,,ming year. In addition as dead as slavery explosion was planned and carried into , th( n,mm.ial and business matters lurning to reclamation (problems, the execution by a bund nf anarchists. ,, (., before the meeting, there is a speaker said he was coming back to Trained investiirators nee at work on ..,,, ,,,, 0,it,i..ti, ....i..;r,c tn th. . .ii.i.iii.., ,i. iiues- m. i.eraru, ot .-""'"" uunn ma him ceiiu wim this theory in all parts of the country, i metinds of orphanage management. ASSEMBLY ADOPTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE Connecticut Legislature Rati fied 19th Amendment For The Third Time ever, this order was modified to permit , )ri(,Ps only retard progress. men to accompany their families. Ac cording to G. O. Morse, general superin. tendent of the Galveston-Houstin inter urban lines. 3,500 persons left over the interurban lines. " Passenger trains departing from the city were fixed to provide accommoda tions for the hundreds who sought to quit the city. In addition, automobiles carried many families- across the caus way to Dickinson and other mainland , denial of people who realize the injus- cities. i tice tho situation. While no immediate danger was fear ed today, most of the business houses of the city, including the cotton ex change and several of the cotton com presses, closed down early in order to permit employees to make preparations for the storm. In anticipation of the usual heavy storm 'traffic, an even dozen girl tele phone operators, veterans of other storms, today volunteered their services. Preparing for Hurricanes. New Orleans, Sept. 21. With the wind blowing a steady gale of 25 miles an hour and coming in gusts from 40 to 60, merchants, storekeepers and- the people in outlying districts began preparations to meet the hurricane fast approaching from the gulf. - Plate glass windows throughout the business section were reinfouced and (Continued on Page Four) J (By The Associated Press) Hartford. Conn., Sept. 21. Connect! cut, through its general assembly, this afternoon ratified the litth or suffrage amendment, in a special session con vened by Governor -Marcus H. Holcolm for that, mirnosp. The senate "first acted artificial standard of values for inflated on a certified copy of the federal amend ment sent from Washington, ratifying 25 to 0, and the house concurred by a vote of 194 to !). Before it adjourned the legisla ture adopted the resolution passed a week ago at a special session and which actioh the governor refused to recog nize. This was done to make certain the legality of ratification, because no joint resolution accompanied 'he certi fied copy of the amendment sent in to day. The senate vote on resolution was the same-as its previous vote today, 25 to 0. The house adopted the resolution j 15!) to 3, and Speaker Walsh, for the third time in eight days, declared the! l!)th amendment ratified by Connecti cut. Cheers greeted his announcement of ratification on the certified and later. when he emphasized the "third ratifica tion by Connecticut," laughter mingled There is a lull in business general ly," the statement continues. "People in every walk of life 'are waiting for prices they know are unnatural, to be come lower. ''Manufacturing plants are being shut down all over the country and in every line there is a growing inactivity be cause the volume of consumption is growing less and less through the self- " Labor is being thrown out of em ployment but notwithstanding this, there has been little change' in the cost ot living. "Although rich in natural resources the country's progress is being held practically at a standstill through the greed of profiteers. Now is the time to call a halt to war methods, war nrices and war greed. It may be necessary with the cheers of the members and From turned here, going to an auditorium where an audience of several thou sand women greeted him. The governor said he would "get down to business" without delay and began again a discussion of his views on the league of nations, repeating the teeman ('ultra, of Missouri, and alleged arguments he had advanced here last' payment of the expenses of delegates to night and at Long Beach this morning, the Democratic national convention at Alter his fourth address of the day the San Francisco. Senator Kenvon said candidate left for a theatre where mein- tne message that the 4U.0UU,0llU it tor- i,ut Chief Flvnn said toniirht hi was liierly cost to build a battleship could not Vet in a position to make known be used to reclaim 2,000,000 acres of th,. result of these investigations. arid lands. I P.ilief. mth! fi (len-iriment irive:fi. Long. Beach, the governor re- ,,.,,,- tn.n,.,,- with th,. s,.,.t...,.i.,..- nowever, that the committee pr ibablv would not spend more than one day in St. - Louis. CREDIT COITIONS M DISCUSSION At Conference of Federal Re serve Board and Farmsrs' Committee (By The Associated Frets) ' "'" Washington, Sept. 21. General credit conditions facing the farmers of the: country were discussed todav at an 1ft- bers of the City club and the Ad club Vere assembled to hear him. His schedule had become disarranged by the length of his Long Beach speech and by the time he reached the theatre his prospective audience had given up hope it his arrival -and dispersed, so with very brief delay he again took an automobile for the farm and tractor show at Glendale, near here. He was to speak there briefly and return to take a train for San Bernandino and thence east at 3:30 instead of the originally scheduled hour of 2 o'clock. The governor's program as rearranged by the local committee, called also for! three other addresses hery, but he was unaoie to Keep tnese engagements. I he governor was able, however, to keep the engagement at a motion pii ture studio in Hollywood, ' Where hi "acted" oo a "set" prepared especially for his visit. The "set" represented the ship of grand jury, are concentrating their ef forts on trying to establish the identity nf the driver of the "death wagon," whom they believe holds the key to the solution of the mystery. Out of regard for the titrained nerves of the financial district., hours for blast ing in a building, excavation near the office of J. P. Morgan and company were restricted to after 7 p. m." It wan decided to continue the plan of enlisting the support of the state in the annual Thanksgiving offering for .he orphanages. Under this arrange ment the public is given an opportunity o give sums of money or other gifts to ,he orphanages of their choice on Thanksgiving day or at the Thanksgiv ing service at their various churches. These gifts, inaugurated several years ago by the association, have come to be i very substantial part of the financial support of the various institutions for the cure of orphan children in the state. Many thousands of dollars have been before (j a. in. and collected through this systematic j method of presenting the needs of the Experts today examined fragments Institutions to the state. It is liked by of tin found in the wreckage, arriving, the public as well as by the orphanages, at the conclusion .that the pieces were Governor In Campaign from five cans, three of five gallon and Governor liickett will complete his two of three gallon capacity. These' campaign in tho eastern part of the cans might have contained picric acid tate the latter part of this month, and and been arranged about a bom), in the wi" th ato& Western section , .u ... .... ..(..t,i where he has speaking engagements death wagon, it was stated. Greensboro to the mountains. The tin now is being prepared for. rruia ,: ,(n itwi CDMv In October, and he will then be avail chemical to determine the I able to the national committee for sev- formal conference between Cuvo,,,. ' state and he took up a position on the Harding, of the federal reserve board i '.""hlge, while about the craft, in water and a committee ropresentimr various which reached their ankles, disported number of girls in bathing suits. In a brief talk from the bridge the gov ernor extolled the motion picture in dustry. He left Los Angeles with one more speech scheduled at San Bernandino be fore entering Arizona with the expecta tion of leaching Phoenix late tomorrow, for everybody to sacrifice a little but in the end it will be most profitable for the sooner we get the business of the coun try back to pre-war conditions the spectators. Wool Brings Iow Prices. London, Sept. 21. At the wool auc- sooner will the lives of our people be- tion sales today 10.100 bales were come naturaL,and progress, prosperity! offered. There was a large. attendance, and contentment he restored." . j but a poor demand. The finest merinos The pry-e reduction on the F.ord were 10 per cent and others from 15 product ranges from 14 to 31 percent per cent to 20 per cent . lower. Fine and is effective immedaitely. There cross breds and mediums were from 5 will be no wage reductions at any 'of to 10 per cent. Coarse wools were weak the plants, it was announced. and were withdrawn. farmer organizations. Representatives of the farmers told the governor that there was a feelimr in agricultural districts that the farm ers had not received the fullest consid eration under the board's policy for the estrietion of credit to the various lines of industry and urged more elasticity for the marketing of the crops. Governor Harding assured the com mittee that the hoard was in complete' syinpatny with the problems Of the farmers and that every effort was being 1 ' made to assure funds for crop move-' By The Associated Press) ment. The board always stood ready to ' "'w York, Sept. 21. Will H. Hays. co-operate with the farmers, he de- chairman of the Republican national dared. - committee, tonight announced the ap- Farm representatives meeting with pointment of an advisory campaign ADVISORY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE APPOINTED me governor were lien .Marsh, secre tary of the Farmers' .National council. Grey Silver and O. M. Kyle, of the American Farm Bureau federation. Charges A. Lyman, secretary of the JCa'ional Hoard of Farm organisation,! T. C. Atkeson, of the National Grange and It. W. H. Stone, president of the North Carolina Farmers' union. - committee of 4 meinbers, vhich, he said, is recruited "from every faction within the party" and proven that "the great party of the union is indeed a unit." - . Twenty-four men and 16 women com prise the committee. Chairman Hays declared the personnel of the commit tee indicates that "absolute harmony" exists within the Republican ranks and he calls attention to the fact that for mer candidates for the Republican pres- Cciitenarian Brothers. Belfast'. Ireland. Slept. 21. A unique record of centenarian brothers has just idential nomination and their managers been broken by the death of John as well as former progressives, have Mullan, aged 108, who lived with his consented to serve. brother, Heiir, aged 103, at Doneydale, Judge William 1'. Bynum. ofGreens- rtear Dungannon. boro, N. C, is included in the list. analysis probable contents of the cans before: they were blown to bits. I'.ye witnesses ,.i si.eakimr en inurements in the mid- alrcady have asserted that they saw a 1 le west. He has been especially re sheet of flame of about 75" square feet I quested to come to Ohio for several immediately' following the explosion, speeches, and has already consented to Peculiar stains on Wall street buildings, I make this trip. . which might have been made by liquid The itinerary for these speeches in flame, were examined bv the police. the middle western states has not yet The county grand jurv continued its-been made out, but they wilt cover inquiry, but apparentlr without resets. several cities in the Buckeye state and. for its foreman appealed to any wit- possibly some other states in that sec nesses of the explosion or anyone with ot ht' nilM'? 'it 'Wf.,! ,11 III' LTIIK'llUia L1IU, Wit. ,11U. Jll ...IV .Ik vote will turn to the Democratic candi- knowledge of its cause to communicate with him. Cornelius Horseman, a messenger, testified today iietore the ,H, dono jn tnose states between now jury that the force of the blast ripped !irui election time, and it is the plan of the figure of Christ from a crucifix he the Democrats to get this work in aa 'date. There is evidence that -a great lii-year-oid d,,ai 0f missionary work will have to was carrying in his trouser pocket. The boy was not hurt. Miss Rebecca Epstein, a stenographer earlv as possible. The coventor is keeping in constant .touch with his office while out of the who has been summoned to apiiear be- city and the speaking engagements fore the jurv, told Acting District At-' have oeen maoe wua a view io nis oo- tornev Talley that she had seen the Ing able to return to Raleigh between "death wagon" before the explosion.a'nd speeches if necessary. also its driver. The only description! ,.., .J.0 Un ,er ,. . ... i. ,., .u.. I While it is impossible at this time to ill mill niil' i uum lui llirMi V, an mill in- ,. . ..... A.. KA w was of medium height, between o5 and 40 and wore u straggly beaiM of a few predict with any accurafcy on the pos sible outcome of the petition of Vir ginia cities to open the old rate cas iveralls. FRENCH REPUBLIC NOW WITHOUT A PRESIDENT days' growth. She said he wore brown and offer ,lew evidence to the Inter state Commerce commission, members of the North Carolina Corporation com mission have some reasons for believ ing the. federal authorities will not look with favor on the request of the Vir ginia cities that they be allowed to offer new evidence in this case which has already been foughout at a great expense. They have voiced their disapproval cf the last request by sending a telegram I to the Interstate Comerce commission Paris, Sept. 21. The presidency of the French republic became officially vacant today when in the chamber o deputies Raotil Peret, president of the liodv. read the message of Paul Des chanel embodying his resignation to the, ,,.lUinK attention to the fact that the ssemblcd deputies. Leon Bourgeois per forming the same office in the senate. The deputies and senators, standing. .listened to the reading of. the document in silence. There was no demonstration of any sort except on the part of the Virginia cities passed up the oppos- 1 tunity to offer this evidence when, the case was being heard the first time, and that there can be little if any new evl dence offered at this time which the Interstate Commerce commission was extreme Socialists, about au ot wnom not ianuuar wun at uie unwf in w refused to stand, remaining " oBtensta-j was decided. - ' . tlously stated. " 1 (Continued on page Four) " 1