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LYNCH f 1EQR0 FOR
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AT
Ed Roach Taken From Jail By
.. Mob of 200 Men Following
' Attempted Crime
r.'.'t"" . , -.
ASSAILANT POSITIVELY V
IDENTIFIED BY VICTIM
tfegro Attempt! Criminal i
" lault Upon Mill Annie Loo
Chamber! and If Frightened
' Away By Her Sister; Boach
Arrested While Attempting:
To Make Hi! Getaway
Boxboro, July 7-c As th result ef st
Umptcd rimlnl assault upoa Aani
Lea Chambers, a H-ear-old whit girl,
Ed Bomb, 2-year-old aegro from
Beidsville, wa lynched early this norm'
lag by a, mob comprising approxi
mately 200 man. ' Aa investigation held
today failed to discloss tbs identity of
any nieaiber of the mob.
Mim Chun ben, who ia the daughter
of Mr. Edward Chambers of Chatham
county la visiting her ancle, Mr. Gar
land Chambers, who live several miles
aouth of Boxboro. Yesterday after
noon aha went into the orchard of the
Chambera home, carrying her infant
cousin in her arm. Boach leaped at
her from ; behind a dump of bushes,
bearing the girl to the ground and
knocking the baby i from her arms.
"I'll kill you if you holler," ho told
lias Chambera, but aha aereamod at the
tup TJf her lunga and her sister ran
from the house, frightening Boach
away.. Mlsa Chambera ia badly braised
an4 beara Bosch's linger prints on her
throat and face.
Boach waa next aeea boarding a Nor
folk and Western train at Helena,
aeren miles aouth of here, about six
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Dr. George
'Gentry of Boxboro, who waa near the
station, heard that the negro waa on
the train and raced the locomotive to
Boxboro, arriving in time to have
Boach arrested at tho station. A pistol
waa found in Boach a pocket.
. Hiss Chambera waa brought to the
jail and positively identified Boach as
her assailant. v
No- move was made to eeire Boach
until- two o'clock this morning,, when
mob of about 200 men formed at the
Person county jail where Boach had
Deea acid since tua arren. -oneriu a,
8. Thompson waa at tho Jail and plead
ed with tho crowd to disperse and per.
nit the lav to take Its course. The
response of the crowd waa that it would
give tha sheriff three minutes to leave
tho jaiL All members of the mob were
armed and about arty shots were area
to intlmidste the sheriff. , The mob waa
composed of mature men and except
for the pistol shots made no noise
whatever.
Sheriff Thompson awakened a num
ber of prominent eitiaene of tha town
and was advised by all -of them not to
go back to the jail.-, - -
No further effort waa made to thwart
tho mob and Boach waa taken to the
graveyard of a negro church three
wiles south of hero on tha national
highway and hanged from a tree. Af
ter the lynching the corpse waa riddled
with bullets. Tho scene of tho lynch
ing is aot far from tho Chambera homo,
f Solicitor Gattia of HUlsboro. arrived
hero this morning and immediately be
gan aa investigation. -
Inveatlgatlwa Held.
1 TTa found that Coroner J. M. Clayton
ltd already summoned a jury. Tho solici
tor attended the inquest and examined
8heriff Thompson, and G. O. Hall. W.
M. Eirby, E. E. Bradshaw and N. kins
ford, all of whom were on duty with
the sheriff as deputies when tho .mob
first reached tho jail. AU testiffied
that they wero nnablo to identify any
members of tho mob on account of the
masks worn by tha men.
Solicitor Gattia remained here only a
few hours, leaving at 4 o'clock to join
his family at Buffalo Springs, Va. He
announced that ha ' would return next
Wednesday to resume his investigation.
Bo far as known, tho only witness yet
to be examined is another deputy who
was asleep when tha mob reached the
Jail. General belief hero la that aufll
cisnt evideneo will not bo obtained to
Justify the arrest of any member of
the mob. According to rumors, the mob
was composed of both farmers and resi
dents of the town-'
Thers have been no indications of any
race trouble aa a result of tho lynching.
However, the entire road force of which
Boach waa a 'member, comprising about
75 men, has quit, tho negroes declaring
. they will not work any more in Person
eounty. Tho force waa engaged In the
onstrbctlon of sand clay roads in the
county.
Before- leaving tow Solicitor Gattia
Issued a statement virtually exonerating
Sheriff Thompson for responsibility for
tho lynching. Tho statement points out
that tho sheriff hsd no intimation of
tho lynching, the deputies having been
sworn in to prevent an expected at
tempt to rescu tha negro by members
of the road force, and that owing to the
lateness of the hour. It was Impossible
for tha sheriff to raise a posse strong
enough to resist the' mob. Keys of the
Jail were ant surrendered hut tho mob
fojreed their way Into tho Jail.
SECRETARY DANIELS OFF
FOR TRIP TO
ALASKA 1
Ban Franelsee, Calif, July 7. -The
exodus of Dsmaaratlo National Conven
tion, hoots Bumbaree rata the thousands
today, am sag tho aotableo leaving be
ing Frank U a D. Boxers! t. Assistant
Secretary at the Nary and vlee-pres'-4
en 1 11 aomlaoo, and Secretary of the
Navy Daslela.
Mr. Roosevelt loft for tha East, while
Secretary Daniel departed on the New
Mexico, flagship of the. PeoU fleet, for
Bremerton, waeatufto.
from which
point ho will begin a tow of Alaskan
ASSAULT Oil YOUNG
GIRL
R0XB0RO
atars. '.'."-r
Governor Issues Call For
Special Session August 10
Formal Proclamation Calling Legislature On That Date Given
- Out; Tax Commission Will Not Be Ready Until August;
No Mention of Suffrage Or Other Legislation In Proclama
tion. But General Assembly Is Free To Consider Any
: thing It Desires; Mass Of
Tuesday, Aagust 10, was named by
Governor T. W. Biekett, with tho con
currence of tho Council of - State, as
tho day for tho convening of a spe
cial session of tho Gonoral Assembly
to prescribe a aow tax rata baaed apod
tho revaluation of tha property in tho
8tato under tha levaluatioa act, to eoa-
ider eortstttatioiuU -amendments re
ducing tha tax rata, and to consider
nek other matters aa It may see fit.
Aa earlier date had been tentatively
agreed npon, but tho Bute Tax Com
mission found that it was somewhat
HaVinJ tha aehadula in tabnlatinr th
results of revaluation, and would not
bo ready to submit its unainga
.iJrf!aii ttnra tha , daT
named. Under tha constitutional limi
tation, tho session will bo limited to w
days, and will adjoara August 0.: ,
Do Anything Or Nothing.
Contrary to tho goaoral impression,
RiftVatt tnU a twnresantative
of the News and Observer, tho special
session win do iimiiea in m. maneis
it considers only by its own pleasure
It can discuss revaluation of it desires,
or it may leave it alone; It may eoa
aider and sort of enactment that any
namhar- wiahaa to lntrodUC. if it Wants
to, or it may leave it alone.
Only two things win no reoommenaoa
to the General Assembly ia tho Gov
ernor's message th revaluation act
and constitutional ameaameas as 10 iu
..t tha ratifieatian of the BOMB
B. Anthony suffrage amendment to tho
Federal constitution, xneso manors
ii v fnv n.Mcntntioa to the
body when it eonveoea, bat other things
may be brought la if any member so
elects.
Tho Prods mat wa.
The Governor's proclamation Is as
follows:
"By and with tho advice of the
r.. ..11 -a cu.t. T Thnmaa "W altar
T,:k.. ni a' tha Rfara of North
Carolina, ia the oxereisa of tho power
conferred upon mo by tho constitution,
iA amtamnlataA lnr Rar.tioa 1 of
Chapter 84 of tho Public Laws of 1919,
. . . - . .LI.
do issue mis my proclamation u
extraordinary occasion convening the
General Assembly ia extra session, and
I hereby notify and request the Sena
tors and members of tho House of Bep-
wi(.t;.M .I tha CUmhI Aaaamblv of
North Carolina, to meet ia their re
spective bails ia the eapiioi, in mo eny
W.t.Inh as Tnaailav. tha 10th Ar
of August, 1920, at 11 'clock a. m, for
IDS xouowinc specuw purpvrai
"1. To prescribe anc. tax rates as
may be wis and just la aiaw of the
TO FINDING WILL
Says He Found Alleged Second
King Will In 1915; Said To
Have Contract
Chicaco. July T Gaston B. Means,
principal figure ia the fight to probate
the alleged second will of the late James
C Kins, millionaire lumberman, ea th
staad today told of finding the docu
ment in a tin box while searching for
papers pertaining to the affairs of Mrs.
Maude C. King.
The alleged second will leave Mr.
King's millions to his wife, while the
first will, which the probate court ac
cepted, left the money to found a home
an. Mra. Kins' has aiaea
died. Meaae waa tried and acquitted ea
.. . . a
a charge ot muraenng ner at vovcoru,
N. C ' ,
17. .U4. liwm farv C Melvin. and
Means' are fighting to have the second
will probated, as tho money would then
m to Mr. Vfelvin. Moans is said to
have a contract calling for payment to
aim of S9W,ooo u US wiu ja prooaiea.
' Mean told the court of meeting Mrs.
tt: Um. Malvin ia 1914 and of
hi subsequent business relation with
them here and at few xora.
Handed the alleged second will for
M.attfiVatinn- ha raid hO first SSW it ia
Aagust. 1915, whea ho found it ia a tin
dispatch box at the xiotei majeauo in
V. Tnrlr IMnntn for Majl Blld
Srm Valvia tfvHaV aakod the COUrt tO
order th Northern Trust Company, trus
tee of the King estate, to turn over ail
SaeoiDta for monev
paid" Assistant District Attorney John
T. Pooling, of Hew xora, ana v. o. m
brose, who, they allege, offered rewards
t thai wits aaar. if thew would Bot tes
tify.' Ths court reserved ruling.
COTTON CONTINUES TO "
' MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
Wanner Weather and Abund
ant Sunshine Holding Weevil
Activity In Check ,
Washinston. 1 July Tw With weather
conditions favorable, ths - cottoa crop
mad good to excellent progress through
out the belt during the last week, ac
cording to he weekly bulletin of the
V --..4 . , 1MI.H.M immnmA tA
r;gh -""" waather-and
abundant unshino was aspeeiauy
favorable-ia th Northeaatam portios
of ths belt,whers cool weather had
persisted.
"Cottoa is still somewhat backward
ia most section of the belt," the report
stated, "but it is well cultivated and
th plants are irniUng satisfactorily
except ia place whore weevil 'are
anmereua, but weevil damage so -far
has been generally light ia most sec
tions where they have appeared. The
recently warm and mnetly fair weather
has been intraiisl in holdinx wee-
MEANS TESTIFIES
zil asilTitx ia ah sen." .
Little Matters Expected
actual" value of the property , la the
State as ascertained, by the revaluation
act.-. : -..
"2. To eonsider constitutional amend'
meats reducing the tax rates that may
be hereafter levied.
"3. To eonsider each other matters
of grave importance to the publie as
the General Assembly may deem wise.
"In witness whereof, I, Thomas W.
Blckett, Governor and Commander-la
Chief, have hereunto set my hand and
caused tha Great Seal of ths Stats to
bo affixed.
'Done ia our city of Baleigh, this the
7th day of July, in ths year .of, our
Lord one thousand Bin hundred sad
twenty, and ia the one hundred and
forty-fifth year of ear Independence.
resigned) : , r.v... ' . -
, "THOMAS WALTER BICKETT.
Governor."
By the Governor t
. SANTTOBD MABTIN.
Frivate Secretary.
. Beads' end Saffrsge.
The irrenressibld T. LeBoy Kirk
Patrick, president of ths Wilmington-Charlotto-Asheville
Highway Associa
tion, ia still minded to have aa im
posing lot of road legislation put
thronah. and expects to hsve what Gov
ernor Biekett. mils "Presldeat-slect
Cox" down here to address a mass
meeting of some thousands of people
on good roads the night before ths
Assembly meets. Neither the Governor
nor any other member of tha adminis
tration or political leader who has ex
pressed himself take Mr. Kirkpatriek's
program seriously, but they would like
to hear and see President-elect Cox,
even at a roads mass-meeting.
Tho battle of the assembly will b
over the suffrage amendment. As in
th revaluation legialation, much of the
preliminary work of presenting, the
measure to the Legislature will be done
before the full membership arrives ia
Baleigh, and launched full fledged onto
the floor for the inevitable fight that
await it there. Suffragists are surs of
ratification, although expecting a stiff
fiirbt. . '
- The antis are divided. Borne of them
have had to fly to Tennessee to keep
Governor Bobert's Legislature from do
ing anything about suffrag and others
have their luggage ready lor removal
to Vermont where another attack Is
pending. Their full strength will aot
be felt here, but they hops that . th
seeds that they hare been sowing for
the past few weeks save fallen upon
fruitful soil snd will fructify with
abanaanf epposltioa. h ' "
Will Have Speech of Accept
. ance Ready Soon; Johnson's
Statement Pleases v
Marlon, Ohio, July T. After several
weeks spent la preliminary preparation,
Senator Harding today began th actual
writing of his speech to be delivered ea
July S3 accepting the Bepublieaa presi
dential nomination. , Ho expects to com
plete it in about tea days, during which
tun he plan to see but fear visitors.
Ia order to get an early start oa th
speech, th Senator arrived at his office
ia the administration building adjoin
ing his home several hours earlier thaa
usual today, but found it locked. Seat
ing himself oa the froat porch, he calm
ly waited until George .Christian, his
secretary, who arrived Soma time later
sad unlocked the door.
Bellowing a custom acquired while ia
active newspaper work, Senator Harding
ia writing hia speech with a peacil on a
scratch pad, from whieh it will later be
copied oa a typewriter.
"I am writing it as I used to write for
th newspaper,'' said Senator Harding.
It'a a habit of 30 years standing. I
writ as I think."
According to members of hi offlc
fore, th Senator never dictates a
speech and after it has one been writ
tea out la longhand, seldom make any
changes ia hi "copy."
Johaooa' Statement Plaaaaa.
The announcement made by Senator
Johnson, of California, that h would
support the Bepublieaa ticket greatly
pleaaed Senator Harding whea informed
of it today. The statement did aot come
as a surprise, however, as it had been
understood around th Harding head
quarter for soms week that that would
be the California Senators attitude.
H1 am clad Saaator "Johnson ie coinx
to- give -the -ticket hi support,' the Be
publieaa nominee said. "I am glad to
know of everybody' support," he add
ed, and .1 would -.much rather have
support oa the ground that our plat
form is appesling thaa oa the grounds
of interest ia th nominees." Th Ohio
Senator added that throughout tho cam
paign he intended to emphssixe in
terest la party.'' . . ; , , ,.
"It's going to bs a fad ia ths cam
paign," aaid Senator Harding.
attentioa was called to statement ac
credited to Governor Cox, the Demo
cratic nominee, inaa no piaunea aa in
tensive campaign ' with aa extended
speaking tour, through th country.
"I should-rmsgins a would, but that
doe aot ehang my plan any, Senator
Harding aaid. Th Senator today re
ceived letter from Bulbert Taft, editor
of the Cincinnati Timea-Btar, pledging
to him the eupport of that publication as
wen aa nil me " zamuy.
"It gratifle m greatly to know that
I havs th beat wish of all ths Taft
family and th Times-Star," replied the
Senator.
Another quiet day is planned for to
morrow by th Senator who ha bo on-
garsments scheduled ac whs Intends to
HARDING GETS TO
WORK ON ADDRESS
ntix time to hi speech.
COMMITTEE TAKES
DP CAMPAIGNS OF
in i nu
Senate Body Investigating Pre-
convention Expenditures
v , Resumes Hearings
' V .....
WILLIAM LOEB TELLS
tTABOUT.WOOD FINANCING
Exhaustive Inquiry Into The
' Lowden Orcanizatioa In
Miiiouri Brings In Details
e of The Kooaevett-Tsit fight
I 1912; Describes Under-
writing of Wood Campaign
Chicago, July Y-The Senate com
mitt invMtigatias; pre-eonveatlon
eampaiga expenditures of various can
didates, today resumed its hearings by
driving into ths erganixatioa and x
penditure of backers of Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood. ' .
The committee also bea-aa aa ex
hauetive inquiry into, the organisation
ia Missouri of Governor Frank O. Low
dan, which did not end until early in
ths evening after various details of the
Booaevelt-Taft fight in 1913 had been
brought up by witnesses. -
Among the witnesses were William
Losb, formerhr private" secretary to
Theodore, Bdoaevelt, and who described
himself as a "sort of clearing aous
through which Wood funds, la the East
passed "; J. L. Bablsr, Bepublieaa Na
tional Committeeman from Missouri,
ana a. u. jnorse, or juxeeisior Springs,
IS- M !v-a V .7
wv acriua uj wiuesses ns ins ais-
tributor of Govsrner Lowden's cam-
paign fund la Missouri and "boss of
tha third Missouri Congressional Dis
trict" Bea F. Kesteraon, of Princeton,
aa a . . a . . .
at, orougnt in tn xaft-Koosevelt is
sue, declaring both. Bad spent more
money in Missouri, in 1012 than Low-
den ia 1920, and described a system -of
payment Dy Diane checks for which h
received 105 v each, but whieh war
cashed for sum up to 1350, he said.
oastersoa was a Taft supporter.
Miasm n uenaitloae Aires.
After Mr. Loeb had described how a
. a VV WW a . '
nroup i new xora men underwrote
VWmsm tot the Wood eamDaisa. Sen
aior dame jteea took up the eros
queatoning of nearly a doxen witnesae
concerning political conditions in Mis.
sourl and particularly in the third
eongressioaal district, which ' he aaid
was always "noted as a hot Jd of
BoUtleal flshta." . T
Mr, Loeb presented several check
books which, were transcribed into th
records and which he said would show
what funds he disbursed. About ttOA
000 passed through his hands, he tes ti
nea.
Net Goldsteia snd Bobert Moore, th
two St. Louis delegats to the Bepub
lieaa national convention who pre
viously admitted receiving $2100 eaoji
to help Lowden's interests, presented
cancelled checks as proof they had ro
tamed the money. Li',
utner witnesses told of money - re
ceived from Morse, most of them say
ing they understood it waa. to be (pent
to elect uninetrueted delegates favor
able to Lowden.
As Ta Wood Campaign.
One million dollars, whieh was to
further the campaign of Major-General
Leonard Wood for th Bepublieaa nomi
nation for president, was underwritten
by a group of New York mea a year
ago, Mr. Loeb told the Investigating
committee. -
Mr. Loeb said he waa called into con
ference with Goprg A. Whalen, Bufus
Patterson, Colonel Ambrose Monell,
Zoth Freeman and others to give his
opinion as to what Wood s eampaiga
wemw cost.
"I estimated the expense at 11,000,-
000,' he told th committee. Colonel
Monell underwrote 1250100, Mr. Whalen,
1250,000, Mr. William Cooper Procter,
250 XKX), and I agreed to get th rest.
Mr. Loeb declared giOfl.OOO passed
through hia hands, but aaid the men
who gav it to him might havs obtained
it from asm one else.
, General Wood Present.
General Wood, he testified, was pres
ent at the opening of this meeting,
but noljrJiaath -money wa under
written. J. B. Duke waa on contributor to this
1,000,000, , George W. Perkins gave
10,000 and H. H. Bogera, fo the
Standard Oil- Company, $50,000, Loeb
said. Bs added these mea might have
obtained the money from others.
CAMPAIGN OF PALMER TO
BB INVESTIGATED FULLY.
Chicago, July fv The Senate com
mittee investigating pre convention
campaign expenditure pi a to delv
thoroughly into th eampaiga f At
torney-General A. Mitchell Palmer" be
fore adjourning its nesHngt, Vhairmsn
Kenyon said-ton IgbW - la this connec
tion Edward F. Goltra, of 8k Louis,
Democratic national committeeman, and
Joseph T. Davis, a St. Louis lawyer,
have been subpoenaed.
Loeb presented cheek book showing
the smount received. - Senator Beod
Questioned him concerning aa item of
"Ave cashier' cheeks $2500."
Loeb said he mailed such checks under
order from former Poatmaater Hitch
cock. One check went to Florida, one
to Georgia, one to a Colonel Smith, one
to a Bepublieaa National committee--
n in the District of Columbia and
one to Maryland. They were for $5,000
each, he said. ; '
These cheek were- put ia envelope
without letter aad mailed, the witness
said. -
Not aa Uaasual Way. '
Whea Senator Seed asked if this was
aot aa anususl way to send money, Loeb
replied s
"Not in politie."
Asked if th eheck cent to Georgia
went to a "colored gentleman" Loeb
aaid be didn't know. -.' .
Henry Lineoln Johnson, negro na
tional committeeman from Georgia, was
AND LOW
(Continued en psgs tenj.
SAY GEORGIA WAS'
CAUSE OF H'ADOO
DEFEAT AT FRISCO
Story Goes The Rounds That
. Clark Howell - Pulled rThe
Wires For Gov. Cox
MISSISSIPPI SENATOR
ALSO FIGURED THEREIN
With Possible Exception of
WiiUam "Dry Plank" Bryan
v Democrats Generally Eajl
Governor Cok As "The Beit
of The Lot" McAdoo's At
titnde Hart Bis Boom . -
New and Observer. Bureau, ...
- 608 District Nat Bank Blda.
' 7 " ; Br B. K. POWXIX ; 7
. v (By Spetial. Leased Wire.)
.Washington, July 1. Coxand formsr
MeAdoo partisans ia ths National Capi
tal, through with the preliminary ap
praisal of ths party' ticket selected
st San Francisco, were for the most
part engaged today ia finding out how
it happened before ths delegates all
return, from the coast with the real
dope."
One of the moat interesting stories
floating back here concern 'the Geor
gia delegatioa that wa headed by
Clark Howell and -its importance is
laid chiefly to th congratulatory tele
gram whieh th Georgia Democrats seat
to Goveraor Cox whea he waa selected.
Georgia, according to this etory, beat
MeAdoo and the original MeAdoo
boosters ore wondering today what the
folk -"ia MUledgeville, Ga, are going
to say to that delegation whea it goes
home. Uninformed of what is now ad
vanced a th big reason for MeAdoo'
defeat, th folks ia Milledgevillc had
planned a big celebration eertaia that
"Mao' would be nominated.
t Clark Howell's T settee
National Committeeman Clark Howell
wanted the admin 1st ratioa detention
seated at San Francisco aad seated by
aa. unanimous vote. At no time waa he
worried, tho story goes, about winning,
out over th insurgent delegatioa led
by Hoke Smith, Hardwick aad -Tom
Watson, but Is was aaxipu ta win
without a aingl vote cast against him
ia committee.
To do this, he learned oa arrival mt
Saa Francisco that soms 'tradiag"
would be asccssary and trading he set
oat to do. One of the, best informed
politician la th Georgia contingent ta
Washington ia authority for the state
ment that Howell agreed with Murphy,
Brennaa and Taggart to Support Cos
provided they would rive the eald
ahonlder to former Senator Hardwiek,
loremoit among me an ti -admin lit ration
forces..
Not only did Geonria deliver. It la
sua nere, out too cox forces used as
oae of their strong argument th turn
dowa of MeAdoo' by Georgia, hi home
Stat. Georgia wa instructed for
Palmer and stuck b him until ha
witnarew, put when h wss eliminated
there waa no "favorite son" business
la the Clark Howell scheme, of doing
things. -.
Another reason. aeeordinfS'lWa
ths stories, is that Senator Pat Harri
son, neaoing the Mississippi delegation
accepted the MeAdoo "withdrawal'1
telegram as the final ward from tha
lormer (secretary of the Treasury aad
iruiu uence on tarew toe Mississippi
tvivi io vox.
MeAdoo's AltltaSa Rar4
There are a treat manv fnika ahnnt
the Capital who believe that MeAdoo
would have been nominated but for hia
own attitude. In thia, most all shades
of opinion agree that h wa sincere
an- tnat a did not desire .the nomina
tion at any time. Hia willingness to
accept if drafted wa dictated by hi
wt patriotism.
With th possible execptioa of Will
iam .Jennings Bryan, Governor Co ia
oeing naued by tho Democrata general
ly ia much ths same sdrit r A
the statement of Champ Clark y ester-
lie is the best of th lot." n.
truth ia, most of tha MeAdoo rrt;...
uiu noi want to Know much about Cox
before h wa nominated, and bow that
he is the nominee, they are Sndinr nt
something new about him every day
tenas to mace aim a stronger eaa-
uiuute in ineir eyes.
Compsrina Candldataa.
In fact, a lot of Democrats ara ah.
tng what possible obieetioa can ha of
rered to Cox. What will the Bepub
lieans be able to charge againat him
to offset the overwhelming advantage be
haa of their candidate. Senator Harding,
at the jump. The personality of the
tw candidates, barring the likeness in
that both are of eaay approach, and af
fable, is a different as the platforms
of the two parties. About the only
tner simuanty between tnem J that
fhey both eoue from th Keystone state
As to how they stack up ia Ohio, a
Cox booster said today :
"Harding has alwaya had to identify
himself ia aaitonal gatherings as 's
Senator from Ohio;' Ohio best identifies
itself la the publie mind as the home of
Jimmie Cox.'"
His daughter says that he favor beer
for th workingman and hia biographers
say that hs Is strong for law enforce
ment. He has been quoted, by . his
ratner-in-iaw, as saying mat n am Bit
believe Congress should have passed the
Volstesd law while two million soldiers
wer ia France. On the ether hand,
he ha , been conspicuous Tor hi - ea
forecmeht Of the prohibition law in
Ohio, and if the wets of the United
State expect much help from him they
will hav to trst ehang th complexion
of Congress. -
, Wad Cesser Cos Hs.
Wade H. Cooper,, president of two
Washington banks, brother of the
Democratic nominee for lieutenant
rovernor. is really an of the "original
Cox men." There will be a million be- f
for the week is over, but Mr. Cooper
eaa aaslly corroborate his claim.
He
(Contused en Pag TweJ.
COX SAYS LOUISIANA
SHOULD GIVE WOMEN
THE BALLOT AT ONCE
ASKFORTROOPS
FOR LAFIDIS MILS
Frequent Clashes Between the
Striking Employes and
Workers Occur .
FIVE WEEKS' STRIKE WILL
REACH ITS CRISIS TODAY
Trouble Is ; Zzpected When
Picketing Starts At Three
Mills This Morning; Sheriff
and 8everal Depnties Will
Be on Hand; Arrests Are
Made V
By BEX DIXON Mae NEllX .
(Staff Correspondent)
landis, Jniy T, Following Intermit
tent clashes between striking cottoa
mill 'employe of three landis mills
sad' ths non-striking operatives, Mayor
C H. Beale, also president of the Linn
Mills Company, today aaked Governor
Biekett -or troops to quiet the diffi
culty. Adjutant iGeneral J. Vann B.
Metts, personal representative of Gov
ernor Biekett who arrived today, is aot
recommending troop but 'ia advising
the Governor of the absolute refusal of
the management of the, two mills to
meet the representatives of ths strikers
for a conference.
five Weeks' Strike
The strike started fire week ago to
day, following ths disehargs ' of two
employes. The two mills of the Liaa
eorporatioB aad the Corriher Mill
Company were shut dowa Ave weeks,
resuming hast week, according . to
Mayor Beale, at the request of soms
ot the, operatives. It is claimed that
only one hundred anion operatives are
Still out while four hundred operatives
returned to work.
Picketing Going Oa .
'Picketing ha been going oa at all
three of the mill aad her tho troubl
ha developed. Several , arrests hsvs
slready been made by three special of
firers sworn, in by Mayor . Beale, .the
first policeman Landis has ever had,
aad Thursday morning several will be
tried, ' including one woman, Mrs.
Beulaa, Motley, chsrgvd with assault oa
a Sfteea year old girl. . a
Considerable bitterness haa dsveloped
between the two seta ef employee aad
tha trouble ia expected to- culminate
thia morning at seven o'clock whea th
picketing start at th mills. Ia an
ticipation ef trouble, the aheriff of
Bo wan eounty aad several depntiee will
be here.
EJectaseht Proceed! an
Ejectment proceedings started by the
management of tho mill s gainst th
striker are pending and will com up
for trial in September term of Bowan
Court.
Landia Is a typical mill Tillage of
the better type and It only interest
are the cottoa mills located here. Th
entire population is lined up either in
sympathy with th atriker Or against
them and th word scab, which in
union circles is aa apithat, ia being
ased generously with aad without
prefixes.
N Beeert t Govtstior.
Last aight Governor Biekett had re
ceived no report from Adjutant General
Metts on the situation ia Landis. Gov
ernor Biekett did not expect a report,
he stated, until General Mctt returns
today.
STRIKES IN U. S. DURING
1919 NUMBERED 3,374
Washington, July 7--8triles and lock
outs in -the United States Uring 1919
totalled 3J74 and affected more than
4,000,000 workers, according to a review
tseued today by the Department ef
Labor. Approximately one-half of the
strikes occurred la five States New
York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio
ana Illinois. v
There were 37 more labor conflicts
reported last year than in 1918.
ARMOUR A CO. ANNOUNCES
PLAN, Of RECAPITALIZATION,
Chicago, July 7. Armour A Co-, nack-
ers, today announced a. reeaDitalixation
Kplaa under whieh a syndicate will be
formed for the distribution of S60.00CL-
000 7 per cent ten year convertible gold
notes, aaiea July is and redeemable st
IU3 and accrued interest.
The entire proceeds will be devoted
to- th reduction of - current liabilities.
wss announced. - ....
GROUNDED LAKE 'PASSENGER
STEAMER OUT OP DANGER
Port . Huron. Mich, Jurr 7. Th
steamer Hsmonie, which arounded
miles north ef Harbor Beach ia a foe
eSrly today, was safe and would reach
Sarnia, Ont, about midnight tonight,
ecvrauis; so meesage received here
late today. No attempt haa been made
to disembark the ZM passengers, the
message added. The Hamonle, of 5,800
tons, era bound- from Dulnth to
Detroit. n
REGAINS BIS SPEBCH AFTER
HAVING BEEN DUMB S YEARS.
Niagara, Oa The Lake, Ontario. July 7.
Dumb for three yearfa aa the result
or being shell shocked ia the was,
Trooper W. Hart suddenly recovered his
speech here today ia the excitement of
a bowling game.
St. John' Shipyard Sold. ' '
Washington, July 7. Sale of the 8t
John's suipysrd at Jacksonville, Fla
to th Gibbe Gas Engine Company ef
that city for S 189.0OO waa announced
today by the Shipping Board. y '
Democratic Nominee Gives Nil
Opinion In Reply To Tele
gram From Chairman of
Louisiana Central Com.
SAYS STATE OWES IT AS
A DUTY TO THE PARTY TO
RATIFY. THE AMENDMENT
Campaign Center Tor Demo.
l orats Will Be at Colnmbns,
" While Dayton Wffl Also Be a
Kerve Center; No Political
Conferences of Importance
Expected r, Until Big '. Party
leaders Be torn Prom Jaunt
j Across Continent; Stream of
Congratulatory Metsages ;
DsytoaOhlo, July 7.-IMh Legi.
latur of Louisiana net ia accord with
the opinion of Governpr James M. Cox, (
th Democratle. aomlaee for Preaidvnt,
woman will he eafranehised to vet at
ths November leetloalasd fk Demo
erstis psrty may get th. credit, foi
making uaiversal (uffrag a fact. '
la a telegram to Frank J. Looney,
chairman of th Louiaiasa Stat Cea-
trsl Committee, Goveraor Cox 4 ex. -
w . j i . i . . . i .... ..
i mm mm epiaion tnat tal
LouUIsna Legislature ewe it aa a duty
to 'th Democratic party to ratify at
once. Mr. Looney had wired the Gov
ernor asking him,t expjes hi view
to th Legislators oa ratification of Th
amendment. ,. . , .
Th Governor's reply follows i ,
I hsv. your wire as ehalrmaa af th
Demoersti But Central Committee of :
Louisiana ,pu ths subject f th ratiflea- '
tioa of the suffrage amendment by ths
General Assembly. 1 eaa oaly -axpres
my opinion it is that tha Leg la latur
ewe it as a duty to th Democratic
party to ratify at once," . . , , ,'.
Ia ia Faver af 8frage. ,''
la his official capacity a Gevernor
of Ohio, the Democ ratio aaadidate has
repeatedly placed himself a record s
being ia favor of giving th wot ,t
women. He has signed a number ot
bills intended to enfranchise womsn is
this State aad la a special maeage to
the Legislature traaamlttlng th Fed
eral amadmBt -for ratification, ht
nrged favorsbls action. Consequently, '
hi frank opinion expressed today ea .
th Subject was aot unexpected her. .
Colamhns Camaalga Ceater. "
It was stated today by those la close
touch with the Democrat! presidential
candidal that he eoatemplated eea
ductlag his eampaiga chiefly from Co
lumbus, where he will necessarily hav
to be much of the time ia eonneetlos
with hi duties a Govraor. Hi Day
ton friend, however, anticipate that
his horns city will "be one of tha prin
cipal nerve centers ia ths campaign aad ;
that ao small pat of his campaign
work will be conducted from his news
paper office. It has been tha prsetle
of the Governor to com bom each
Friday from Columbu snd spend th
week-end with his .family at , Trail's
End aad at his newspaper office."-, '
Ne. Conference Seen. . . , . "
No political, coaferenees of import
ance were expected until the party lead- '
ers retura from Saa Francisco. The",
visit of Franklin P. Boosevelt, th
vice-presidential nominee, which ls..ex
pec ted Saturday, I not sntleipatod to
develop into anything more than an
exchange of felicitations. Mr. Boose- '
velt will stop her oa his way horn
from th convention.
Th Governor (pent most af today
at hi newspaper office receiving callers
sad reading message of congratula
tion, whieh hav poured into hia offlc
la a constant stream sines early Tues
day morning. Among tljem were felicl- r
tations from all the candidate wh
contender for the honor that
earn to the Ohio Goveraor, Vlee-Pres-
ident and Mrs. Marshall, Cabinet mem-
bers. Governor., political .leader of
both parties, representative of labor,
business men and personal friends.'' .'
One message from Franklin K. Lsaa v
former secretary of , the interior, saidv.
I sincerely congratulat yon and th
country. Do give us a eampaiga that
is constructive, that will challenge th
interest and support of the new voter.
"The people wsnt to hear a definite
word as to horn affair ss wsll si -'
foreign." I
Governor Talks Gelf. - , ,
Tonight the ..Governor .talked roll
with tha-eontestants ia th Ohio Golf
TVourmment St dinner at th Daytos ,
Country Club. .
There 'is aa erroaesus . impreesios
that golf is a rich, man's game. It it
not. A et of clubs dont cost much,
ha said. H declared it encouraged out
door lif and particularly country
living. . r. .-.' ..'-.
"it l aave one pucino seooy taat ii .
more outstanding thaa aay other, it
ha been th preaehment of "mors
homes.' - Ton can preach patriotism to ,
a'maa mn& annaal to hia Sanaa tit dntv..
but you cant make the sort of appeal 1
to him that he gains from hi own re
flection after he own a home. ,
As ta Home Building. " '. '
"He buy a lot and quit often bor-'
row money to build a home: hi hopes
are centered ia th enterprise, and he
works for it and it become his own
Darticular interest in hie general allot
ment on God's footsfool. -: ' . "
"Whea he finally achieves' his ob
jective aad owns hi home, he renlizes
ia hi and that h i protected in -
his ownership by hi government; that
under the law h Is givea the riijht ia
transfer what he haa earned to th
aext generation and realizes, that' th
generation, too,, will be protected.
He get a rear object lesson ef, tin
relation that exists between the ror
rament and the individual."