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77ie WeatAer Forecast for North Carolina: Unsettled In west, ruin in oast and central portityiH Thurs day' Friday partly cloudy. :-: UEKALD TELEPUONKSf Business Offlca ... . . . .Na.' 121 Editorial Rooms .....No. lOlf TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR DURHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY COMMITTEE PROBE OF Little Information To Substan tiate Charges Given On Re sumption of Hearings HAD SHARP CLASH Witness' Assertion That Wall Street Finances Back Cox Caused Heated Tilt CHARGES WERE DENIED Barnes Declared His Book Was Not Connected With The , Republican National Committee . 1 (By The Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 22. The senate in vestigating' committee again plunged in to the seas of Republican and Demo cratic campaign financing today but the record had little affirmative in formation on party funds at the close of the session to add to what had pre viously been disclosed. Two flat denials connected with charges that have figured in previous testimony were produced, however. One was entered by William Barnes, Jr., who asserted that the "Republicanism in 1920" published by his company, the Albany (N. Y.) Journal, had riff" connec tion with the Republican national com mittee and was a private commercial venture. The other denial was made by George T. Carroll, of Elizabeth, N. . J., president of the national retail liquor dealers of America and of the federated liquor industries of New Jersey, who NT m cw CAMPAIGNS STARTS said that such, support as these or: sanitations had given the candidacy of Governor Cox for the. presidency was in no way connected wifh Demo cratic party financing. Mr. JBarneu carried his denial to. the extent of challenging the committee's right to demand subscription lists for the book published by his concern. He questioned its authority to call for an ' account to a private business venture, contending that the explanation he mado showed the work not to be a campaign document. After an argu ment with Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, who insisted that a form of nubscription contract differing from those produced by the witness was al ready in the record, completion of Mr. Barnes' examination went over until tomorrow. Exhibits filed with the com mittee during its Chicago sessions will not be available until then. ' Mr. Carroll acknowledged having au thorized the sending out from his office of letters- urging, liquor dealers in the national association to aid th- Cox, and Roosevelt ticket. The letter before the committee, he said, had been, read to him over the telephone for approval, but he said he did not recall the para graph specifically urging that the Democratic candidates be supported. No official action had been taken by either organization or which he was head to indorse a presidential ticket, he said, although it had been decided to urgeeleetion election of a "liberal con gress, regardless of what party they represent." A total of "less than $2,500" had been received in response to the clrcular'"let lers, Carroll said, adding that no cam" paign literature had yet been put out although it was in preparation. . Senator Edge, Republican, of New Jer , i! jy, asked if any Democratic party of ficial had ever sought- to have the liquor men "desist" from this activity in be half of the Democratic ticket. Carroll replied in the negative and the senator then asked if the work had not been "accepted" by the Democrats. I Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of .Ohio, challenged' this last question as unfair and Senator finally broke into the discussion with the declaration that the single subscription of John D. Rockefeller to the Barnes book was , longer than the whole fund raised by ' the liquor men. He insisted that such a subscription was shown in the com mittee records and was disputing this with Senator Kenyon, chairman, vciien adjournment was taken. The first witness heard today was James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany and now chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic national committee." He gave the full membership of the committee and sub mitted his books to "show all "contribu tors to a fund which yesterday total led $128,821. The witness told Chair man Kenvon that a national campaign fund of $15,000,000 would "shock public conscience and insure the defeat of the ' party that raised it. "He denied knowl edge of any "sinister influences at work to aid the Republican campaign funi. Mr. Gerard expressed the opinion T that $2,000,000 should be an ample na tional campaign fund for any party and added that he would be thankful to get $1,000,000 "or even $800,000." In- eluded in the list of Democrats con- -tributors he presented' were several . with sums of $5,000 and one, Edward L. Doheny, reaching a total of $6,500. The $5,000 group included B. M. Baruch, Charles B. Alexander, Joseph E. Wil lard and August Belmont. i The sharpest clash of the season came during the testimony of Colonel W ll- ' liam Boyce Thompson, chairman of the ways and means committee of the Re - publican national committee, whose as sertions that charges of a Republican "slush" fund were all "bunk" aroused Senator Reed. During the interchange Thompson asserted that "big business" as represented hy Wall street financial interests were more behind Governor Cox than Senator. Harding and declared Cox himself was "not a stranger to Wall street " "What about it?" Chairman Kenyon asked while Senator Edge interjected: "He's been in Wall street, has he? I "That fellow got his millions too'" Colonel Thompson answered, "and got most of them down around Wall street." Senator Reed demanded if the wit ness knew of "a crooked dollar" Gov ernor had made and Thompson an swered "no." The senator asked' the witness if he intended to infer that Cox had been "in any way entangled with Wall street interests," and Thompson finally said his statements were found ed on "common report, rumors and talk." - I "I have nothing against Mr. Cox whatever,," Cdlonel Thompson said. t"I would say he is a clean fine man." "Thank you for that" replied Sena tor Reed. "Nobody is throwing any rocks at Mr. Harding here and I want tp say he is a very splendid, fine Ameri can citizen. Both of them are." (Continued on Page Four) SECRET SERVICE CHIEF TO INVESTIGATE WALL STREET EXPLOSION. William J. Flynn, chief of the Unit ed secret (service, who came from 1 Washington to Now York to take per- sonal charge of the investigation into the Wall Street explosion. M. Maurice Casonave, the French high commission er to the United States who . turned over to the New York police depart ment a mysterious letter which he re ceived at his offica the morning of the explosion, warning that a catastrophe would occur at 2 p. in. E EMICOF THREATS BREAKS OUT Four Men Volunteer Testimony of Talking With Driver of Death Wagon , (By The Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 22. Whiht the latest development today in the investigation of Wall street's mysterious "explosion last Thursday pointed to an accident rather than a plot, news dispatches from other cities indicated that a mild epidemic of "bomb threats" had broken out throughout the country. j Cleveland, Boston, New Bedford and Trenton were among the cities which reported anonymous warnings of dire misfortune. Although authorities pro- fessed to regard these messages as the i work of some practical joker or crank, nevertheless in every instance extra precautions to prevent outrages were taken.' The fact that New York's cus-i torn house still stands unshaken after the fake warning of an explosion to have occurred yesterday did not cause either federal or local officials to relax -their vigilance. Virtually the only progress made in the investigation of ' the disaster here last Thursday came unsought. , While various investigating bodies were tracking clues all over New York and New Jersey four men employed by. a house wrecking concern working in the financial district, walked into the municipal building on their own ac-j count turn lejnnieu Limt ij minute- after the blast, they had. been talking with the driver of the death wagon, I which is ' believed either to have carted a bomb into Wall street or to have been hit there by an automobile while con veying explosives across the city. The workers said that the driver had rushed up to them and declared his wagon had been blown up while he was telephoning his employer for an address to which he had been ordered to take some building materials. Then he is said to have disappeared. ' Assistant District Attorney Talley in dicated tonight that the September grand jury investigating the disaster would be particularly interested in the story of , these four men, as the jurors had been charged to look for criminal negligence as well as conspiracy. A hint of the former was given by the workmen, who declared to reporters that some contractors . frequently-carted explosives in itny sort of vehicle with out bothering to obtain a permit. Mr. Talley said he would summon the four workmen to appear at his office to- morrow. I -When the grand jury adjourned this afternoon its foreman ordered that sub poenas be issued for drivers and super intendents of explosive companies in this city. The subpoenas are returnable tomorrow morning. Several witnesses who claimed to have seen a powder wagon in the vicinity shortly before , the explosion already have been heard. ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY IN THE 1921 ELECTION (By Jackson, The Aenocated Miss., Sept. Press) 22. Former Bilbo publicly he would be- a Governor Theodore ( announced tonight t-hat candidate for the United States senate in 1922. In making his announcement Mr. Bilbo said: "I will make the race if it is to be against James K. Vardaman alone.; If 'it is a three or four-cornered race I will not be a candidate. I can beat Vardaman, but I realize that I must begin to form my campaign now." Two Sick From Poison. Greenville. Ala., Sept. 22. Two of the 26 guests of a local hotel, who became ill after dinner last night, were said to be in a Serious condition tonight. The authorities announced that an ana lysis of the food served them revealed the presence of arsenic iii biscuits and an investigation was under way to d" termine the manner in which the poison i Nil (TlMauAince Casena-vi? l5 ! BOMB had found its way into the bread. TUFT'S STATEMENT MILITIA'S USE Cox Said The Ex-President Has Turned To Cheap Political Propaganda ISSUES CHALLENGE He Defies Judge To Prove His Assertion Pliable In Re- , actionaries' Hands HAS INVADED ARIZONA Nominee " Urged " That " Two Democratic Senators Be Re turned To Seats Because of League Views (By The Associated Presa) Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 22. A statement declaring that farmer President Taft should be "ashamed of himsr-lf" for his statement regarding use; of militia in Ohio during the Cox administration was issued today by Governor Cox, Demo cratic nominee, during his Arizona campaign. Commenting 'on Mr. Taft's recent ar ticle which said that Governor Cox's "indisposition to maintain order by use of the militia is well known to local union leaders and explains his populari ty with them," Governor Cox made the following statement: "It has been apparent for sonic time that Judge Taft's newspaper articles which were intended to b the roflee tions of a mature shi toHin:i n tvv; lurn ! turned into a cheap political propa- j ganda.X He ought to lie ash.uned of him self for the statement that law and or- I der, have not been maintained in Ohio. j I would like to have him tell me the in stance in which he would have used troops where I did not. "I challenge him to cite the opinion of a single member of the supreme court of Ohio, no matter whit his politics might be, in support of his absurd accusation. I have nqobjoe-.iun to Judge Taft's becoming a wat.'r car rier around the old guard political camp. A great many people, however, in our state, who have respected him throughout the years cannot but look with regret upon the ease with which reactionary politicians still make use of him." Application of the league of nations argument to western problems was stressed by Governor Cox in . addresses this morning at Mesa and Tempo. He adjustment of European conditions an a result of the league, the governor said, would assist in. opening up the European market to cotton and livestock which the west produces. Governor Cox promised that when "elected he would send a corps of engineers into the wist to locate" new reclamation projects. He declared he favored the Smith-Fletcher bill tor completing reclamation enter prises. ' The governor urged that Senators Marcus A. Smith and Henry F, Ashitrst, Democrats, of Arizona, be returnoxl to the senate. Speaking of Senator Smith, Democratic candidate for re-election in the general election in November, Gov ernor Cox said the senator could be counted upon, to vote in favor of the league of nations. Senator Ashurst's seat is not involved in the election, his term not being near expiration. Governor Cox said the league would he a "remedy" to bring about the re adjustment of prices as a result of a re adjustment of world conditions. mere were two-. definite- conspiracies in the senate, the candidate declared. One was to prevent approval of the league of nations covenant and the other to prevent reduction of war taxa tion. Both were for the purpose of creating Unrest and feeling against the administration, he asserted. EFFORTS TO RESTORE Storm Passed Into Interior of Louisiana Lines of tCom munication Disrupted (By The Associated Press) New Orleans, Sept. 22. With passing of the tropical hurricane the into the interior of Louisiana from a point I just west of the mouth of the Atchal'a- laya river and near Morgan City, rail roifd, wire companies and other public service corporations in the vicinity of New Orleans tonight were making ef forts to restore service.. . - More than - a thousand teh-phonea were out of order here tonight, tele graphic communication, other than by trunk wires to the 1 irges cities, was practically! 'impossible and railroad sc hedules were revised to meet condi tions made necessary by weakened bridges and washed out roadbeds. Available information tonight did not seem to warrant any great anxi?ty re garding sugar and rice crops of "that section of the state in the path of the hurricane. Reports of only minor damage at Morgan City led to Jio beliei here that the hurricane was not ef great intensity and ftad weakened perceptibly by the time it reached the coast. ' have been a series of gales disconnected with the tropical disturbance damaged bridges, traction equipment and caused considerable alarm In tishing villages. All outbound craft, held at Port Kuds by storm warnings, steamed to sea today. STRIKING CARMEN TO RETURN TO WORK (By Thp AesoC.miI "ross) Nashville, Tenn.. Sept. 22. Union street carmen at a meeting held late today at the Nashville labor temple, officially called off the strike that has continued for a .'month and decided to return to work at the old wage scale, according to local union officials. The action of the union carmen to give up their fight, authorities say, comes as a result of the wholesale ar rests made by police Tuesday in con nection with the alluged plot to destroy street railway property and, if neces sary, take human life. CENSURED SERVICE ARE MADE MEMBERSHIP IN LEAGUE IS CHEAP Statement Shows Th is Nation's Cost Would Be $31,099.50 If a Member (By The Anaoclated Prone) Washington, Sept. 22. The Demo cratic national committee, in a state ment issued here tonight, declared that membership of the United States in the league of nations this year would cost but a small fraction of a cent for each person in the country. The total cost for this country from last April to next January was placed at $31,099.50. The state department, according to the committee statement, has received an official statement from the secre tariat of the league showing its -budget for the nin. months- to be 10,000,000 gold francs, the present exchange value of each being approximately six and one-half cents. "If the United States were included," said the committee statement, "this ex ponsa wuuld.be $31,099.50 fur ram major nation, or 28 1-5 hundredths of a mill for each person in the country, basing calculations on an approximate popula tion of 110,000,000 people in this coun try. Appropriations for army, navy and fortifications made by the present congress from June 30. 1920, to June 30, 1921, totals $844,2:0,943.87." L None of Cox's Party Was In jured, Although All Got Severe Shaking Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 22. Governor ('ox's presidential campaign train was wrecked about 4:30 o'clock today, 14 miles north of here, while en route to I'rescott, Arizona. The Democratic presidential candi date and his party were severely shak en when an engine and four ears of his special train were ditched, but all escaped serious injury. The most seri ously injured was Charles A. Nichols, the engineer, of Prescott,N whose leg was broken when the engine toppled over. i Spread rails were assigned by rail road men as the cause of the wreck, which compelled the governor and his party to return here tonight and cancel his evening address at I'rescott. His future itinernary also was upset. ! The accident occurred a half mile I out of Peoria, a village on the Santa Fe railroad. After delivering several speeches here the train, consisting of six cars and drawn by two heavy en gines, needed for the up-grade to Presrott left here at 4 o'clock about u,. half hour later, while running at a j spfed between 35 and 40 miles an hour, the train jarred suddenly, as if in col lision, and then application of the em- ; ergency brakes, buiuping over broken rails and ties, and the careening of ears, told passengers the story. The four forward cam were ditched, ' the governor's private car at the rear anu the adjoining compartment car V newspapermen, except fov its forward truck, remained on the rails. A baggage coach jumped the track about 15 feet and turned over. Two passenger coaches and another com partment car behind also slipped 10 feet from the track and partly toppled over. The first engine of the doubleheader. Engineer F. C;' Sutton, of Presrott, said, left the rails first and then jumped on again, but the second engine toppled over amid a cloud of escaping steam. All of the passengers on all cars were thrown topsy turvey. Some suffered bruises and cuts from flying glass. In the rush for escape, several women pas sengers in the coaches were put through broken windows. Governor Cox was in the dining room room of his private car going papers with Dr. Robert C. Golsmith. his as sistant on the league of nations ques tion, when the crash occurred. "What's that?" he shouted, being thrown heavily across the car. He was shaken up, but rushed out to assist the injured and afterwards smoking a pipe while waiting for a wrecking train to arrive and take him back to Phoenix. ! The railroad track was torn up for 400 feet, with bent rails, broken ties and glass scattered about. Railroad officials were unanimous in declaring that a spreading rail iwder the two heavy locomotives and unusually heavv steel equipment caused the wreck. The line is not a main artery but a branch of the Hjmta Fe system, and the rails, it was said, were not of the heaviest type. A rumor was cur rent among the' farm people and oth ers who gathered soon after the wreck that a man had been seen running along the road beside the track just before the train lelt track, but the, rumor lacked confirmation and-was not credit ed by Governor Cox, members of his party or railroad operatives. WRANGEL'S TROOPS PUSHING FORWARD - Constantinople, Sept. 22. The troops of General Wrangel, the anti-Holsheviki leader in f outh Russia, are pursuing, the Bolsheviki toward the northeast and have .made -prisoner of 2.100. according to a dispatch received here from Wrangel's ministry of foreign affairs. TJ-.e dispatch adds that the enemy's resistance has been broken along the railroad to Alexandrovsk, and that Wrangel's men have reached Bout- chatsk. 15 miles south of Alexandrovsk after having routed the 86th Bolsheviki division. Poles Reach River. Warsaw, Sept. 22. The Poles now have reached ihe Zbruez river along the entire line, according to Tuesd ly's offi cial communication, and Ukrainian troops have crossed the river. In the Pruzana region the prisaners taken by the Poles number 2,250. The communication adds that cavalry has occupied Oyserog, Bubryn and Deranzo in pursuit of the Reds in Volhynia. Woman Dies Of Injuries Knoxvilk, Sept. 22. One of the two young women, who was shot here early Tuesday morning by an intrudor, to night died of her injuries. She was one of three young women attacked during Monday night. No tro-e of the guilty person or persons has been found. j American Woman Iefeatu Canadan y Hamilton. Out.. Sept. 22. Miss Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta. (In., American "woman " golf ehampioty, totTay """defeated Miss Gage, iif Toronto", six up and five to play, in the first round of the lailes golf championship of Canada. Miss Stirling had the dav's lowest curd, an 83. 7 CM GN SPECII WRECKED IN AR IZONA Tobacco Farmers Have Perfected Organization Temporary Officers Wejjtf.cted and Resolutions Were Adopt ed Looking to the ftfo. ,ction of the Tobacco Farmer in the Marketing Weed Meetings to Be Held in All CouKjf ? Saturday to Organize Boards. sfr&f HERALD niwrwj it An 103 Moicbnt t .ai Bank Bid By JULK WXA tREN. oa Raleigh, Sept. f ; jollowing the five hour session , of JjCco farmers here today Judge Steven C. Bragaw was named as temporary, president of the newly organized North Carolina Tobacco Growers' association, T. G. Currin vice president and Gray King secretary treasurer. Resolutions were adopted calling for meetings of farmers in every tobacco county on Saturday, September 25, for the purpose of organizing locals in all counties, this being the final rec ommendation of the resolutions com mittee. The resolutions provided that where as the present prices of tobacco does not cover the cost of production: 1 Tobacco growers be urged to 'organize, secure and enforce pledges for the slow sale of the present crop. 2 That one full-time organizer be put in the field to aid the farmers organizing. 3 The association secure one man director of its work. in 4 Bankers, merchants and fertilizer dealers urged to extend consideration to farmers having tobacco to sell in order to permit them to market it slowly. 5 T-Get information on present crop and demand in order to decide what re duction to make in 1921. 6 Request congressional delegation to get the federal reserve board to pro vide money to finance present crop or explain why this can't be done. 7 To establish prize houses and re drying plants for farmers at convenient centers. Five hundred farmers, representing 25 tobacco growing counties -of the state, today organised the North Caro lina Tobacco association, for the pur pose of dealing with problems in con nection with, the production of this crop. The organization was featured by a maximum of business and a small amount of oratory, for the farmers did not have to be worked up to the point by orator.1;. They came here ready for business, and the suggestions of Judge Steven G. Bragaw, who presided over the meeting, that" the conference! get immediately down to business met with hearty approval. Committees on constitution and by laws, on resolutions and on curtailment were appointed, and the meeting author ized the chairman to appoint an executive committee, which will handle the affairs of the organization. The committee on resolutions was composed of: Dr. 3. Y. Joyner, chairman; Dr. White, of Granville; Clarence I'oe, Raleigh; L. S. Tomlinson, Wilson; 9. A. Groom, of Guilford; J. G. Hicks, Dur ham, and Judge Austin, of Nash county. One man from each county represented was appointed on the other two com mittees. Following the appointment of these committees and their retirement, sev T He Will Stump The Middle West, Coming As Far South As Tennessee (By The Associated Press) Marion, Ohio, Sept. 22. Two speaking trips, circling tho middle west and dip ping as far south as Tennessee, are to be made by Senator Harding during the first half of October. Under plans completed today at least eight formal addresses will be delivered and it is expected that in addition the Republican nominee will make im promptu speeches to crowds in various cities where short stops fire sched uled. During the latter half of the month other cities are to be visited, but the complete itinerary for that period has not yet been arranged. It was indicated here that the two swings announced today probably would constitute the longest journeys to be taken and that proposals for a trip to the Pacific coast had been definitely put aside. The first of the two trips, taking the nominee across the mJtldle west, will begin a week after his return on Sep tember 2!), from his excursion into Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky. Leaving Mariorr on -October B . he-will speak at Des Moines, la., during- the forenoon of October 7 at Omaha, Neb., that evening at Kansas City, Mo., on the evening of October 8 and at Okla homa City, Okla., on the evening of October . ' After a stop of only a few hours hec he will depart agaifl on October 12, speaking at Chattanooga, Termy Oc tober 13 at Louisville, Ky., October U at Indianapolis, Intl., October 15 and at St. Louis. Mo., on October Hi. AH I of the set speeches on this trip are. to be delivered in the evening. Suffrage Defeated. Annapolis, Mr., Sept. 22. Ratification or th;' suffrage amendment was outpac ed late this evening, when tne nouse voted down the resodudon by a vote of 50 to -ir. Most of the ratification votes came from the Republicans. The de bate on the question was brief. 1 COMMISSION DENIES ROADS' APPLICATION (By The Associated Presa) Vtlanta, Sept. 22. The Georgia rail road commission late today denied ap plication of all railroads operating in (Jcorgia to advanc freight rates on cot ton, cotton linters and bricks to the level of the new interstate rates on these commodities. On August 24 the stale commission issued an -orik -p ariowin j-the F,tilr-ItdH t ) raise intrastate rates on all cither ar ticles except, these three to the level of the interstate rates. The petition denied today sough l a modification of the August decision. HARDING TO MAKE 1 SPEAKING T S eral speeches were heard. Dr. Clarence. Poc, called to the platform by Judge Bragaw, told the farmers present that ho favored the organizatfon of an asso ciation with the single purpose of look ing after the interests of the tobacco farmers, rather than a general organi zation which would try to correlate the interests of all classes of farmers. The best results have been obtained from these single purpose organizations, Dr. Poe said, citing the cases of the Cali fornia rarmers who have organizations for the almond grower, the orange growers, the prune growers and other farm products of that date. There farmers have employed the best brains of the country to aid them in marketing their crop, and today they are the most prosperous farmers in the country. W. R. Dixon, of Wilson, opposed this idea. He believed North Carolina should come into the Southern Tobacco organi zation, which is composed of all kinds of farmers, and which looks after the general interests of the farmers as a class, but he found little support of this idea, for R. W. H. Stone, president of I the Farmers' Union, followed him with an endorsement . of the Poe idea, and that was finally adopted on motion from the floor. Rev. T. 15. Hill, a Kentucky tobacco farmer, who aided in the or- ganization of the Kentucky association, told of the work in that state. The( minister is a native of North Carolina, and said he came back Ui his nldhomu state to bring the greetings from the tobacco farmers of his adopted home. I He told of the World shortage of to bacco, declaring that the suggestion ' that there was an over production was propaganda of the buyers intended to depress the market. A committee from the tobacco farm ers of Kentucky has made an investi gation of conditions in the tobacco -markets of the world, sending men to Ku rope and to all other unctions, and they found that there was not eight months' supply of tobacco on hand. The world is on a tobacco ration, and the manu facturers should he n.ade to pay the price for the year's crop before the farmers sell it. He d m lared that con ditions were such that it was impossible to produce tobacco at a profit for the old prices. ' In Kentucy the farmers have organ ized and pay an annual fee of $". They have employed good men to assist them in watching the markets and in ad vising them when to sell. They are standing by the single resolution adnp' ed at the meeting n hold their tobacco until it does bring a fair price or let it rot on their hand;-. They are de termined to stand --by- tiiif - resnlut ion, and until the buyers are willing Uvpay a fair price the farmers do not intend to sell a single pound. I Women Support Democrats. I The women voters of North Carolina, as a whole, will support the Hemocrutic. ticket, in the opinion ot both women (Continued on page Four) HARDING'S POSITION Interpretation of Cummins Esch Bill "Full of Direct Perversions of Truth" (By1 The Associated Press)" Washington, Sept. 22. Senator Hard ing's recent interpretation of the t'uiii-mins-Ksch law in an address fi the Marion-tlarding-l'or-President "Railroad club, was attacked In a statement to night by Glenn K. Plumb, counsel for the railroad brotherhoods, as "so full of direct perversions of tho truth that it cannot be permitted to pass un challenged." Asserting Senator Harding's state ment that the law did not provide a "permanent government guarantee" of railway dividends was "utterly at vari ance with the facts." Mr. Plumb' de clared the act's explicit injunction upon the Interstate Cotmnerce commission to fix carrier rates at -levels that insure a net return f 5 1-2 per cent on the property valuation was in every sense a guarantee income. To the contention of Senator Harding that the Cuniuiin.-;- FJseh law "places a limit" on railway! dividends. Mr. Plumb in reply declared. the law permitted railroads to use as a reserve fund, one half of any amount! earned above 5 1-2 per .cent on the! valuation and also one-half' of the re-' serve fund for-'any lawful purpose"! when (bat fund accumuliitef,--in--excesaj of 5 per cent of the property value. j . Mr. Plumb characterized as "pure fic tion" the contention nf the Republican! presidential candidate that the Cum-' mins-Esch act guaranteed only a "main-' tenance of rates" for the first six months of its operation that would make possible the financing of neces sary improvements. The United States. government, he asserted, "guarantees! under this provision to pay out ot its treasury to each earlier whatever divi dends it failed to earn during the six months' period to bring its net income from distribution of food, feeds and clothing, will be governed by supply and demand without the need for gov ernment supervision of jwices. Mer chants throughout the' country, he de clared, are realizing prices must meet the demand, for their goods and that the return to nearly normal or p ire-warj conditions is not far dis tant TAGGART PROMISES TO SUPPORT DRY LAW (By Tho Assoi-lMnd Pressl Indianapolis. Sept. 22. Kffictive en forcement of thf! prohibition law and imposition t" any legislation increasing the legal alcoholic content of bever ages was pledged by Thomas Taggart, of French Dick, Ind.. . Democratic L.caff dictate for i'nited States senator, " in a letter made puhlic lure today. The let ter was written to Mrs. Minric A. Kt- 'ter.Crnwfordsville, Ind . in reply to a communication signed by 17a. women of tht ci'v. Mr. Taggart's defeat recently was de clared by the anti-saloon league to be a matter of paramount importance. ATTACKED BY PLUMB POLITICS BOBS UP INTERNATIONAL Watkins Wants Other Candi dates To Pledge Support To Dry Program HAD NEAR CLASH Baker Appealed For Support of Dry Candidates Apol ogized To Delegates WILEY WAS A SPEAKER He Expressed Belief That Pro hibition Party Should Not Have Nominated a Na tional Ticket Washington, Sept. 22. Senator Hard ing and Governor Cox, Republican and Democratic presidend.il nominoes, re spectively, were promised today by A. 8. Watkins, the prohibition party's candi date, that htiamild withdraw from the ract if either of them pledged his sup port to ths dry campaign. Mr. Watkins' announcement was made in an address before the inierna tienal congress against alcoholism. He said later that he would embody his picposa! in telegrams to Candidate Harding and Cox. "I ask only two things of the other" candidates," Mr. Watkins told the con gress. "Whenever any one of thorn pledges himself to enforce the 18th 'amendment and enforce "'the Volstead act, if elected, and to use all 'of his pow er and influence to, retain them as a part iif the nation's law, I Will agree to ask our nadonal committee to release me from the dekei." The assertion of the prohibition nomi nee followed a series of inferential a.s well a.i direct statements by speakers at the congress that the prohibition ( party might be the cause for overturn ing the dry majority in congress through defection of sufficient votes from "known" dry candidates; Pa Baker, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, precipitated a near I'clash by an address the trend of which was an appeal for all prohibition work er:; t i super i the dry candidates on th i mupor tickets and thereby avoid possi bility of anti-prohibitionists being elect ed locally. I Al the conclusion of Mr. Baker's speech, Mr. Watkins hun-ied tq the plat forni and declared his intention to with- (haw wh o the other candidates had given a proper pledge. The prohibition , nominee assjru;d he was ''fighting for a j cause and not for a party and whtn that party stands In the way, I will hut ry to my national committee and say . 'let's dissolve this party for all time.' " Ther were numerous members of the prohibition party in the audience and many of diem Joined in a chorus of "noes," declaring they proposed to .itlck by dieir party. Others, without obtain ing recognition from trie chlarman, criticised Mr. Baker's attitude and the c ingress' for several minutes was H an tipniar. 10. C. Dinwiddie, president of the congress, after restoring order, apologized to the delegates, saying it was "a burst of enthusiasm which is likely to manifest itself in most any way." He explained to the foreign dele gates that while they were not iamiliar with American politics the day's ' pro ceedings should convince them the dry workers here were "not overlooking op portunities that might be wasted." Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chemist of the department of igricul ture, in a speech earlier in the session, expressed the belief that the prohibition party should not have nominated ft .na tional ticket. He believed its work was practically finished when the ISth amendment was adopted, he said. A delegat? interrupted to inquire where he would "ask a christian 'to cast his ballot." "I would leave that to your con science," Dr. Wiley replied. "But. I do not think a vote on the prohibition ticket will get anybody anywhere." Or. Wiley also declared the prohibi tion amendment never would be re pealed or .softened because the "coun try's business would stand like a rock against it." since it had found that "pro hibition pays." Papers by Dr. P. A. Amaldi, director of the hospital for the insane, Florence, Italy, and Dr. Eudo Monti, Turin. Italy, , dealing with problems confronting dry workers in their nation, were read in absence of the authors who were un able to attend. Dr. Amaldi in his paper said that the greatest problem prohibi- j tion workers have to face in Italy was that developed from the heavy con ! sumption of wine. He reported that . whereas the wine consumption in Italy 'was 1G gallons per capita in 1884, it ; had increased to 31 gallons per capita in : i:m. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROMISES ITS SERVICES Shamokin, Pa., Sept. 22. The Unit ed States department of labor today wired C. J. Golden, president of " the district No. 1, I'nited Mine Workers, assuring the assistance of the depart ment in adjusting any grievances the mine workers might have after, they return to work. . Kneouraged by the department's prompt reply to Mr. Golden's appeal for intercession in behalf of certain classes of men, whom he claimed had been dis criminated against, the general mine workers committee at a meeting to night voted for a return ta work Fri day. Xews of the action of the committee was bulletined throughout the Shamo kin di."trictand it is expected Chat therf will be a full response when the col- I liery whistles blow Friday. Attachment Filed. Norfolk. Va., Sept. 23. An attach ment for $;jij,000 because of an alleged breach of contract to deliver coal was filed in die jrircuit court yesterday by the Ciialmont-Moshannon Coal com pany against the Matthews-Addy Steam ship and Commerce corporation. Inc.. principal defendant, several co-defen dants said to hold property of the prin cipal defendant. Troops Protect Laborer Williamson, W. Va., Sept. 22. Unit ed States troops on duty in the Mingt county, West Virginia, cial strikes re gion were called upon tonight to es cort a number of laborers from the railroad station to Pond Creek, Ky., where they' will take positions left va cant by striking miners. SESSIDtJ f 1 i f . ' j. :.
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