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CUBA ASKS FOR PERMISSION TO SUE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO FORCE
PAYMENT
F
FILED YESTE
" WITH U. S. COURT
No Intimation As To How Re-
pnblMJ BU Frauds
ulent Issue
CLAM CONSTITUTION
PERMITS THE ACTION
Soil Brings Viiridly Ta 3ILnd
On Election Day What Re
publicans Did For North
Carolina in UirpetDag ways.
Decision From Supreme
CouVt Expected Soon
B, B.LC BRTANT.
H.i..l.l Vmmm Wli)
Washington, Not. - The BepubUe of
Cuba, today, preseated to tho Supreme
r- . for U aPDlicatloa to
' M tit 8UU of North Carottna to foreo
th payment of bod issued in 1 968 for
tho hment of eertala railroads. Howard
Thayer aUngabury, of New York, rep
resenting tho law firm of Frederic iB.
r- inrudr hrf or the eoart The
- enit W brought ia the name f afareas
H. Bnrmitiao. attorney- xor ine awpuuM.
Cuba, who laai that the Btata.r
faaed to pay for tho bead.
Ia presenting hia appbeatioa, Mr.
Kingsbury aald: 1 " , A.
The authority of tho attorney of the
Bepublie of Cuba to bring thia euit wae
eoaferred by deeroo of the govern
moat of that country which is ready to
bo exhiblteVto Uii court u oesireu.
la eenelulj. he added: "Tho me-:-
Imm In bm aad to file tho it?
.i.u. .knnlri he emoted aad the
dart ihould aUo mak aa order direct
ing the issue aad service to proeeae pur
avaat to tho usual procedure la origin!
aetioas." '
TAmk rat Recited.
1 fv. Miiu of aetioa ia set forth ia
-:v.. .nlJt.Ts amounting to S2J88J30.
The bonds ia queitioa were eigaed by
Governor W. W. Holdea, and pubUe
treasurer D. A. Jenkins. .
The form of the declaration submitted
with this applieatioa is modeled upoa
k deelaratioa Sled by the Attorney-
General of tho Tnited States ia the ease
of the Tnited States versus North Caro
lina 13 U. 8, 21L Ia that eaao aa
. aetioa at bw by tho Uaited BUtes
.i.t the Bute of North Carolina
..w.. hnuta similar to those hero in
velved was eatertained and decided
upon the merits. "
The jurisdiction ia further supported
by "South Dakota vernua North Care-n-
and "Virrinia versus West
., Ylmaia,". ... ..;
"There does aot appear to bo aay
reported eaao ia whieh a auit haa beea
instituted ia this eourt by a foreign
State against one of the Uaited -States,"
said Mr. Kiagsbury, "but sueh a suit
it within the express laaguag of the
eoastitutioB.1 . .
Mr. Kingsbury cites tho ease of Cohen
varans Virginia, considering the
eleventh ameadmeat whoa Chief Justice
, Marshall said: . "It (the ameadmeat)
does aot eoaaprehead eontroversiee be
tweea two or snore Bute, or between a
State aad a foreign State. Ths Jurisdie
tioa of tho eourt still extendi to these
eases: And ia these a Stat may still
be sued.'
The Supreme Court having jurisdie-1
tioa." added Mr. Kiagsbury,
"eaaaot
rsf as to exercise it
MarakaU Qaeted la Support
The attorney then quotes Chief Jus
tie Mirtk-" ia Fisher versus Coekrell
aa follows: "Aa thia eourt haa aever
grasped aa ung rested jurisdiction, a
will it never, we trust, shrink from the
exercise of that which ia eoaferred apoa
it," aad Justice Brewer, ia Minnesota
versos Hitchcock; "Thia eourt. eaaaot
deay Ha Jurisdietioa ia a ease t whieh
it ia extended by the eoastitatioa." He
also eitee that Chief Justice Tawaey
aaid la the Steamer 8t. Lawrenee eaas,
the eeert cow Id aot, eoaaisteaUy with
Ha duty, refuse to exercise a power
with whieh it was clothed by Ike eea
tatutioa aad the lawn."
Ia the South Dakota ease North Caro
lina was required to pay the boada. The,
Boprem Court ordered the payment
"There can be no reasonable doubt of
the validity of the boada aad snort
, gages ia controversy," said Mr. Justice
Brewer, haadiag dewa the decision of
the court "There ia ae challenge of
the statutes by whieh they were author
iaooV - v -j : ' ''
Of Timely Inter. .
The aetioa of the Cahaa goremment
Is of great iaterest to "orth Carolina.
It brings vividly to mind, oa thia elee
Uoa day, what the Bepoblieaae did for
tC satUasa oa rage Twe : .
QRMAL
REQUEST
Hi
OF RECONSTRUCTION BONDS
ft DAYPROVES
ONE DFftCTIVITY
Political Orators Active in All
Parts of State On Eve of
Election
KEEN INTEREST IS SHOWN
Vast Crowds,' Running Into
Thousands in Many Places,
Greet Speakers ; Parades and
Torchlight Processions; Na
tional and State Adrainietra
tions Upheld
The final day of the campaign in
North Carolina wan marked by great
activity. The weather was clear aad
bracing aad tho political orators went
forth to their task with vigor aad sf
feetivsnesn. Senator Simmons was ia
Trenton, capital of bis horns county;
Mr. Bickett was at Newton, Senator
Overman at Salisbury, Cam Morrison
at High Point, Max Gardner nt Forest
City, A. I Brooks at Jacksonville aad
various others filled engagements all
over the Stat.
Bkkett Aad Overman at Newtea.
Newton, Nov. 6. Senator Overman
aad T. W. Bickett eloeed the Demo
eratia campaign ia Catawba eeunty
here today speaking la ths open to a
mrew? enwd of enthusiastic Dsmssrata.
Both ipeakera caught the big ami W11" eaaSltflts Jft
their masterful address. Catawba JDem
oerata go into ths election tomorrow
eoaadeat of carrying ths County ' by
from one to three hundred majority.
Gardner To Mill Workers.
Forest City, Nov. 9. Wood row Wil
son is the first President who ever mani
fested statesman -liks consideration for
the welfare of the laborer, who arise
at 4:30 ia the morning, declared O. Max
Gardner, before more thaa one thousand
people gathered from the cotton mills.
of Caroleen, Chffnde, aad Henrietta at
the Caroleen Hall tonight.
It was Senator Gardner last speech
(Cob tinned oa Page Two.)
GREAT RALLY RELO
Secretary of Navy Josephus
Daniels and II. S. Ward Chief
1 Speaker
PARADE TWO MILES LONG
Naval ITead Heard With Close
Attention By Crowd Which
Numbered Five Thousand.
"Hot StutP Ward Charms
Hearers With One of Strong
est Speeches of Campaign
Wadesboro, Nov. 6. This has beea a
red-letter day for Democracy la Anson.
Xha 4jp!t aaaemblage of white mea
sver gathered la Wadeaboro was her to
greet Hon. Joeephaa Daaiels, Secretary
of the Nary, aad hear political issues
discussed. Ia the audieaee were seen
Citizens from Richmond, Union, aad
Staaly eountiea, ia North Carolina, aad
Chesterfield eonaty, ia Booth Carolina.
The town waa ia gala attire. Banting
streaming from every business bowse
aad public building, flags flying from
residences, aad automobile decorated
ia national colors, bespeak the in teas
latereat being takes ia politics by the
cltixeas of Anson county.
Two-Mil rarade.
A parade of more thaa twe miles la
length lndadiag gaily decorated ante
mobile aad gallant horse-back ridera,
a bras bead of tweaty-eix piece from
Mea roe, aad th local brass band
formed ea Rutherford street aad pro
ceeded to the station, where Mr. Daaiels
waa met apoa hia arrival oa the Sea
board at 10 M o'clock.
From th statioa the parade, headed
by a bead, immediately fellowsd by the
Secretary, ia a ear, with Boa. I D.
Xo biases, W. E. Brock, T. C Cose,
Ballet. & Ward, aad Hector Allea,
marched through the principal streets
ef the city aad to the west entrance
f the courthouse, where a platform had
beea erected aad decorated aad from
(Csadaaed am Page ThresJ
ANSON
COUNTY
CONFIDENCE
GAMPS OF GOTH
Standard Bearers of The Two
.leading- Parties- Remained.
Quietly at Their Homes
WOMHSPART IN
ELECTION A FEATURE
Have TueJVote ForPresident
in Twelve States, With 91
Electoral Votes; Two Women
Are Candidates For Con
gress, One Democrat and One
Republican
New York. Nov. 0. Oa th eve of
the presidential election general eonfi
dence ia the result of th balloting to
morrow was 'expressed ia the cam pa of
th rival Republican aad Democratic
forces. Political workers had completed
their tasks, their leader had issued the
usual final forecasts aad aothiag re
mained but the work of bringing out
the vote.
Toaight the standard-bearers of th
leading parties remained quietly at their
homes, President Woodrow Wilson at
Shadow lawn aad Charles C Hughes at
hia hotel ia New York. Surrounded waly
by immediate member of their families,
the canffldgBw am Ji rsssln Ik slss
tioa returns at their . homes.. , Tumor
tow Mr. WHsoav will go ia Ttacetoa' to
vote at ths old fire engiae nous .aear
th Princeton campus. Mr, Hughes will
vote in a unitary ea etta scree t, new
York, aear his hotel headuartora. The
weather man " baa promised generally
fair weather aad moderate temperature
ia moat parte of the country for eleo
tion day and political Isadora said thia
presaged the coming out of .a. record
breaking vote.
Official to be elected follow: -Presideat
aad Vice-President.
Thirty-three Uaited States Scaetqra.
Four hundred aad thirtg-fiv ' mem
bers of the Houss of Representatives.
Thirty-flv Goveraora.
Legislatures and other .minor State
officers.
A number of State will- vote oa cer
tain amendments, chiefly of local later
est The States of Idaho, Michigan,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, SowtM
Dakota, Maryland, Arkansas, aad Call
fornia will, however, vote oa prohibi
tion question, aa. issue that has loomed
large oa the political horizon for some
years past The territory of Ajalka will
also vote oa thia question. In Arizona
an ameadmeat for the abolition of eavi
tal punishment will be up for popular
decision
Women's part la th presidential elee
tioa ia oae of the outstanding features.
Ia one-quarter of the forty-eight state
women hav the vote thia year. The
twelve state ef Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah, Idaho, Washington, California,
Arizona, Kansas, Oregon. Nevada, Moa
tana and Illinois, The women la the
last named six state have the vote tot
Presideat this year for the first time.
The states involved ' have ninety-one
electoral votes, a little more, thaa one
sixth of . the , electoral college's total
votes.
Mis Jeaaette Rankin, of Montana, ii
running for Congress oa tke Republi
can ticket and ia California Mra. Jose
phine Fernald, of Saa Francisco, ia aa
aspirant lor a Beat ia Conrrees aa
Democrat If they are elected they will
be the first women to win seats ia the
National House of Representatives. Ths
Progressives of Pirst Colorado Cona-ree-
alonal district' also nominated a womaa,
Battia K- Howard, but aha has aiaee
withdrawn.
(Ceatlaaed ea Page NlaoJ
TAR HEELS LED IN
DIVISION REVIEW
Camp Stewart El Paso, jexaajtmr.-
The North Carolina brigade led the
seventh divisioa troops today la the big
review givea by Major ueaeral Clement
ia honor ef the Pennsylvania' electloa
commissioners aad made a very credit,
able ahowiag. The Tar Heel soldiers
hav mad good ia the eyes of very
body here, both la drUliag aad. ia field
work. It is stated ea good authority
that a brigade f iafnatry, one' rejri-,
meat ef aavalry aad a field hoafRal out-'
fit will be made up here.ta eeUave
similar aalts with Ueaeral Pershing's
eoluma la Mexico. It i met expected
that aay national 'gnardsmea will be
chosea for thia service. ."V u
eaBBmaBssmnenmenaBBnwmBeaBaavenmaav . ,
Sharp Back" la FarW VI-
Paris, Nov. 8. Wm. Graves Bharo.
tae Ameneaa juBDassaaor to Irenes re-
1 turned to Paris today after a visit-Jte
th TJaitodSUtea, ' ' -
RIVAL
CLAIMANTS
W mi im DIVIDENDS I LUUKD
fSSS35- rAs PRESIDENT
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TWIN-CITY GIVES
il
Veritable Ovation For Navy
Secretary As He ' Visits
' Winston-Salem
WREETED, BTtvTOOUSAJiDS
Vast Throng Lines Streets To
Watch Torchlight Parade.
Four Blocks Long; Speaker
Compelled To Address Over
flow, Crowd of 6,000 Before
Entering Packed Court Room
ISsMtal k vm aa n l
Wiaaton-8aIm, Nov. 6. Not less thaa
13,000 people lined the streets of this
city tonight to honor North Carolina's
distinguished son; Hon. Joeephaa Dna
lels, Secretary of the Navy, as he head
ed the line of men four blocks long ia
a torchlight procession through the pria
slpal streets of the city, finishing at the
courthouse sauare. where Mr. imnten
addressed an overflow meeting of nt least
S.000 people for fifteen minrutee before
beginning the speech in the courthouse.
Bpesks to Crewaea atonse.
Mr. Daniels spoke for morn thaa two
bourn and held the undivided atteatioa
ef hia audience, whieh packed every
available inch of spnee ia th large
eoart room, telliag of the great things
that the Wilson administratioa has ae
eomplished in three and a half short
rears, winning mura applause when be
told of how be bad saved tbs united
States a million dollars oa three chips
after he had established that meatal
telepathy, had caused three armor plate
companies to hid exactly tbe same pnee
to supply a quantity 01 plate. He also
won hearty applause when he told of hia
Ceatlnaed em Page Two.)
SAFE MAJORITY FOR
WEAVER EXPECTED
Believed He Will Distance
Competitor in Tenth By 5 To
6 Hundred Votes
Sn illl t W 4 OMIUM )
Aaheville. Nov. 6. Oa the eve of the
slsetiea both partlee are elalmiag every
thing ia sight la Buncombe county nnd
the tenth distriet County tuarimaa
Hayae predieta a majority ef from
1 SOO to 1.800 for Zeb Weaver aad the
Democratic county ticket. Chairman
Daa W. Hill elaims a majority of from
TOO to 1 J00 for Jaunee J. Britt aad the
Republican ticket
Cvasmssional Chairmaa dob n. utae
say that Weaver will eary th district
while Conrressioaal Chairmaa Jaekaoa
say that Weaver will carry th district
by 1.500 while Coagressional Chairmaa
Jackson say Britt will get every eousty
except Hsywood, which Weaver will
carry by leas thaa 600 majority. Be
pablieaa elaims are eoaeeded te be gre
teeque aad, private advice from - all
parte .of ths distriet eoaeede the elee
tioa of Weaver, though by a email ma
jority, probably of from 550 to 600.
The absence ef a a umber ef Dsms
emtio voter at the border will aecwaat
for this to com exteat Woodrow Wil
son for President and , Thomas W.
Bickett for' Governor, will sweep th
district. The entire Buncombe eonaty
DANIELS WELCOME
SIDETRACKED I
e e.
RALEIGH FOLKS AND VISITORS
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEE
. SCREEN ELECTION RETURNS
, On a screen in front of its building-orr Martin, street fat
night beginning" at 7 o'clock The Nswa and Observer will
throw return" frOffl' TB 6 UeTUbfi !ffirparlrof the State and
nation. Th peoptt) rof "Rlleifh knd rialtort in the city are
invited to come and see these returns.
The full election service of the Associated Press will be
displayed, one bulletin following- the other as the news pours
in from the different sections of the country.
In addition to the full service of the Associated Press the
News and Observer will have its own leased wire as usual
from Washington and will be enabled in this way to get
much valuable information in addition to that given by the
Associated Press.
Still other facilities will be' provided In the shape of
special service from the .Western Union and the Postal tele
graph companies. Both of these great organizations have
arranged to secure' and disseminate a great deal of election
news. The News and Observer has arranged with them to
secure their special service. Full State as well as national
returns will be given, as every News and Observer corres
pondent in tbe State will be on the alert to Tush the news
of the battle of the ballots to this newspaper.
The public is cordialljf invited to come to The News and
Observer office tonight and see the returns thrown
on the screen. 'Owing to the great amount of work the em
ployes of the paper will have tir'do-pn the night of election
it is requested that those desiring election information will
content themselves with that thrown on the screen and not
illquire personally in the office. The news will be put out
as fast as we can get it '
BETTING ODDS NOV
VEEBTOjtSIDEfJT
Flood of Money Pours in Back-
. ing Wilson; One Man Bets
Half Million On Him -
New Terk, N. T, Nov. Sv Hug see aad
Wilsoa supporters asxious to eaah oa
their firm eoavietibea a t whe will
be the next President aaleaewaed their
para strings today. Th reeuR waa the
biggest bettUg day ths Wall Street dis
trict has ever kaewa with approximately
oae million dollar placed between the
market's opening; at aiae o'clock aad
ita eloae at three. -
Wilaea money came lata the street ia
appereaUy aaiiaaited amounts through
broker who beadle eeeoaata lor stock
eaehaage houses. Th odds were rapid
ly backed from tea to asvea to tea te
eight, thea to tea to eight aad a half.
aad at the close tea to niae with both
aide apparently aaxievs to get aboard
at these figarea. Aa high aa two to oae
wae placed ea Hughes during the early
part of the eampaira.
- Beta Have wise Bang,.
The beta have ranged free large red
apples, the staka with which CoL George
Harvvy backs hia jndgmeat to half mil
iars that Edward U Dohcay, a Leo Aa-
LAI IS
VERY M1STIC
Much Good News Received By
.1 he President During Course
oi ,me
Day.
iBraw
Loagr Branch, N. J, Nov. & After
going over with President Wilsoa opti
mistic msssagea from all parts of the
eonatry, Secretary Tumulty toaight
ciaimoa ine rreauuaf woald wia to
morrow electloa aad woald have S7
vote la the electoral aollrge. He did
set gve a list ef the State oa which
ae based his prediction.
Th Ptemdeat apeat the day quietly
at Shadow Lawa, going out for a short
time for a game of golf aad receiving
a wnpuos xor a lew minute ia the
alteraooa. To those who saw hia he
expressed complete satisfaction ever the
praepwete for tomorrow' voting.
The rrsmdeat will be up sooa after
daybreak tomorrow moraiag to go to
rnareioa to vetss tie will make the
trie) by automobile, aeeompaaied by ILra.
Wilsoa. aad wxpecta to be back at
Shadow Lava ia time for luncheon. In
the afternoon he will play golf. Ia
Priaeetoa he will east his ballot ia aa
old ire engiae house aad may spend a
few aala u tee visiting old frieada, - .-
Th Presideat will receive the.ixa-
SHADOW
t
T
Looki Ai If Drmorrats Would
Sweep The West and Part
of East '
REPUBLICANS FIGHT
TO CONTROL SENATE
Are Making a Desperate Effort
and Will Spend Much Money
in Indiana, Ohio and West
JVkpriia4-Rnarkabie Corn-
test in Rhode Island For The
Senatorship
N.w, and OiwrVa, a
4H DUtrlct Nettaaal Bank Fallslng.
By H. E. C. BRYANT.
(Special Uaatd Wire.)
ashmgtonTffovTTr It Is all over"
ut the shouting in Washington, for peo
ple in tho District of Columbia eaaaot
vote. The drift is strongly toward Mr.
Wilson and it looks tonight aa if ha
would sweep the West and some ef th
Republican strongholds in the North
and test. F.verybody is watching Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and New York. The
key to tho situation lies in that batch
or Htates.
The ItepuMieans are makinr a dee-
perate fight for the Senate. They will
spend much of their money ia Indiana,
Ohio, and West Virginia in nn effort te
defent Senators Kern nnd Tnggart,
Pomereae nnd Chilton. Stiff fights are
waging in California aad New York oa
ee.natorsbips,
A remarkable contest is going oa ia
Rhode Island, where Peter Ooelet Gerry
ia opposing Senator Lippitt, Bepubli
aa. Ths coatest is close, aad maay
Demoerata expect Mr. Gerry to wia. . -
Of the forty-eight States thirty-oae
will choose Seaator tomorrow.' Indi
ana elects twe mea. Maine haa already
elected two.
Thirty-two raited States Bsaator wfll
be elected tomorrow, . aad th Demo
crats expect to elect 17, ia the following;
States: Arisona, Florida, West Vir
ginia, Texas, Nebraska, Indiana, Ten
nessee, Maryland, New Jersey, Moa
tana. New York, Nevada, Ohio, Missouri,
Virginia and Mississippi. Bepublieaa
leadera here claim that their candidates
will defeat Messrs. Hitchcock ia Ne
braaka. Kern and Taggart ia Indiana,
MeKeller ia Tennessee, Lewis ia Mary
land, Martina ia New Jersey, Myers ia
Montana, MeCombs in Nsw York, Pitt
man ia Nevada, Pomereae ia Ohio, Bced
ia Missouri.
Close contests are in Nsw Tork, Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana, Miaaesota,
Wisconsin, Bhode Island, Tennessee aad
Nebraska.
The Republicans are. making a deter
mined fight against Representative Me
Keller ia Tennessee. Former Governor
Hooper is oppoeibg him. The situntiom
ia Tsaaeseee is mixed because of the '
liquor issue ia some of the larger cities.
Mayor Littleton, of Chattanooga, is run
ning as an Independent against Repre
sents Uts Moon, and is said to have the
support of many Demoerata. The rail-
roads are opposing Mr. Moon because ef
his position oa the question of railway
mail pay. -
la Florida the Democrats ars badly .
split over the liquor question. .The,
Democratic candidate for the Senate
seems to here a good lead but it looks
aa if Mr. Catts, aa independent can
didate for governor, might defeat Mr.
Knotta, the Democratic candidate. -
In Minnesota, it is understood that
many of Senator Clapp's friends will
scrstrh Mr. Kellogg, the Bepublieaa
candidate, aad vote for th Democrati
candidate.
Ia California, Hiram W. Johnson,
former Oovernor and four year ago
Roosevelt's running mate on the Pro
gressive ticket now a full-fledged Bo
publican, is opposing George S. PaMoa,
Democrat
Ia Connecticut Senator Geo. P. Ms
Lean, Bepublieaa, is being opposed by
Homer 8. Camming, former National
Committeeman, Democrat.
Ia Indiana, James E. Watson, BVpubH
can and farmer "whip" of the House,
nnd . right-hand man of TJaele JoeV
Cannon ia the old day of the Big Four
ia the House of Bepresentativea, is mak
ing fur fly In his r: ce against Tom Tag
gart Harry 8. New, who as chairman
of the Committee oa Arrangements of .
the 1912 Bepublieaa Convention, was
credited with having a good deal to do
with the progreasof the Bepublieaa
steam-roller, ia fighting it out with Joha
W. Kern, now majority leader ia the
Senate.
The Democrat in a final appeal la
the voters ef the aetioa tell of tho Wil
son wave of prosperity.
Ia four months, under Woodrow Wil
son and Democrati lawa, t'nele Sam
aow exports as large a volume of American-made
nnd American -grown pro-
duets aa during a fnll year ef twelve
moa ths under Bepublieaa administra
tion aid th Payae-Aldrieh tariff.
Though Meter. Hughe aad Fairbanks
continue saying that American pros
perity ia "temporary" aad a "fool' para-. -dise"
each successive month beats ita
predecessor ia breaking the world rec
ord for volume ef Commerce. -
Ia August the Uaited Statoo broke
the record by first passing the S500XX).
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