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RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 17, ,1920
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GERMAN DELEGATES
FOUR EARTHQUAKES
REPUBLICAN VICE P1IDEAU :
CHAUFFEUR KILLS WIFE
OF PROMINENT BANKER
. NOMINEE GOES BACK TO THE FARM
OF
EXCITEINT
ALLIES AS TO COAL
III CALIFORNIA CITY
ROOSEVELT GIVEN
ROUSING WELCOME
BY NAVY MEMBERS
SIGN
PROTOCOL
CAUSE
COX BIG WELCOME
Warrri Reception For Demo
cratic Nominee Planned On
. ; His Arrival Today
MEETS PRESIDENT AT
WHITE HOUSE SUNDAY
, ,' ,., 1 urn f- -
Outcome of Conference Be
tween Executive and Nomi
nees Ooz and Eooserelt Sub
' ject of Much Speculation
Especially Among Bepubll
. .,7 cans ; Harmony Looked For
!.!'Newi and Observer Bureau,
- 80S District Nat'l Bank Bldg,
. By K. E. PwelL .
(Br Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, July 18. When Grover
Jamee Middleton Cox, of. Ohio, ar
rives ia Wsshington tomorrow, at 1:00
clock, there will l several thousand
District folk at 'the union station to
live him the (lad hand. From the sta
tion ha will am to the home of Judge
Timothy -F. Ansberry, his elose friend,
and remain there for conferences witn
Democratic leaders until t) honr for
his interview with President Wilson
Sunday moraine.
All the district officials will be at the
President's room in the station tomor
row to greet the Democraie nominee
for President. While the welcome from
Washington will be son-partisan in
character, it is 1eing staged largely by
the district member., of the national
committee and the district delegates
who attended thi Ban Franebeo con
vention. ' ,t ,
f 'Me T!ewspspersaen."''rir
i Sunday morning, after the confer
ence with President Wilson, Governor
Cox Is going to meet the Washington
newspapermen in , Secretary Tumulty's
office at the White House, and there
he will give hi first Washington inter
view. Assistant-Secretary of the Navy
franklin D, Boosevelt, who reached
Washington thin morning from" New
Toork, will meet" the presidential candi
date at the White House and partici
pate in the conference th President
Wilson. Both-the nominees will be
luncheon guests f the President and
Mrs." Wilson." """" "" ' " "
What Will Be Oatcome?
"What will be the outcome of the
conference P i being asked on all
hands by BepubUean and Democrats,
la the main, tBepubliean seems most
worried about the outcome of this con-
rerencTTTnoselTBemseT
at the convention, including A. w. Mc
Lean of North Carolina, . are ' rawiy
well assured of the outcome. They do
not take any stock in the talk that the
president and Governor Cox are going
to fall out over the league of nations.
To be sure, nothing would please we
Bepublieans better. They have been
laboring for some months now under
an Illusion that the President is un
popular with the masses of tha people
end, beeanse of this, their propaganda
has been of a kind intended, to foment
discord between Democrats. ;! That they
are in for a good stiff Jolt is freely pre
dicted and the interview with Governar
Co Buuday which will probably be
followed by a statement from the Presi
dent, "will furnish the shock. '
v Republicans T'opo Fa Bow.
It isn't getting anywhere and the
mere fact it isn't is ominous. The Re
publican party Has tentatively made
plans to go before the people on a plat
form full of insipid truisms and a can
didate whose idea of reaching the peo
ple' is to conduct a "front porch cam
paign." These things are slowly, but
sorely reacting and in elutehing for
something to hl to they are devoutly
hoping that thia . Sunday morning con
ference is going to develop one grand
and glorious row.
It may be aaid with reasonable cer
tainty that it will do nothing of tl
kind. Confirmation of rumors that were
rife during the convention days bear'
eat previous predictions that President
Wilson ii entirely pleased with Gover
nor Cos as the party nominee. As
matter of fact, it has been proven in
the last twenty-four hours that the
President authorised Secretary Tumulty
to wire Senator Carter Glass during the
convention that Cos was entirely ac
ceptable to him. This wire was
prompted by a statement Senator Glass
made in which ! aaid "Cos won't do."
Various mannered critics of the ad
ministration hava sought to picture
Governor Cos as the candidate of the
wet interests and the Wall Street
crowd. ' He has been pictured in most
any role calculated to stir np antagon
ism. It would b disappointing to the
Bepublieans, though, to measure the ef
fect of this propaganda by the prepon
derant enthusiasm which the pictures of
Governor Cos and his family arouse-as
com pared to the response which usually
greets screen photographs ot Senator
Harding in the local theatres. At one
ef the best movie theatres in Washing
ton last night, the audience raised the
roof when Cos'a picture waa thrown on
the screen.
later-Party Persiflage.
, This fact waa the subject ef a bit of
persiflage between a sour looking Be
publican, who struggled out of the
White House today and an c-ptiaistie
Democrat, who bad bee a discussing the
situation in one of the Western states.
"Aw,, it was hot night and those
movie fans were thinking in wistful
lerutt of long, cool glasses of beer and
tlaret punches," aaid the Republican.
"That, la Just the point," said the
Democrat. 4'I will bet there waa many
Republican who echoed the applause
for Cos for the aame reason. If they
rote like they curare, I guess we will
min , :: .
Leading Democratic politicians hsve
not the slightest doubt "but that the
conference between Governor Cos and
President' Wilson will to productive
only of harmony. The Governor has
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V
-Mi.
Governor Calvin Coolidge, of Maaaachuaetta, the vice presidential candidate
on the Republican ticket, ia spending hi vacation on his father's farm, at Ply
mouth, Vermont, where he waa bora. The governor ia here shown dressed in
farm clothes and talking with his 80 year old aunt, who cared for him during his
boyhood days. x-,
COX PLEDGES AID
Assures Suffragists He Will Use
His Influence To Have Ten
nessee Ratify
Columbus, O., July M. Members of
the National Woman's Party were as
sured today by Governor Cos, Demo
cratic candidate for president, that he
will do all ia his power to bring about
ratification of the Federal amendment
by Tennessee. His promise waa given
to a deputation from the woman's party
headed by Miss Alice Paul, chairman,
late thia afternoon, prior to his de
parture tonight for Washington, where.
with his running mate, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, he will confer Sunday morn
ing with President Wilson.
The suffrage leaders , had urged the
Governor to use hi iaflueaen in an
effort to have the Tennesson legisla
ture ratify tha amendment and soma
of them intimated that unless he came
staunchly to their aid, be might expect
little or no support from the women
voters in tha November election.
Mrs. Margaret Graham . Jones, of
Seattle, Washington, said "the women
are going to vote for the candidate who
gives us the thirty-sixth state." Other
speakers voieed similar sentiments. To
suggestion by women , speakers that
the governor might expect their votes
in November if he should be success
ful in efforts to obtain ratification by
Tennessee, Governor Cox urged them
not to ' preach the gospel that I shonM
receive tha votes of the women because
I helped to give, them suffrage.' He
told them there were things mora vital
"than rewarding n man for n service
which he had rendered in behalf of
suffrage.",
Governor Cox suggested to the wo
man's Party representatives that they
appoint a committee to confer with him
on a definite plan to be followed in
hcdling the Tennessee situation. In
giving his promise to help them, tha
governor said:
'I give to you, without any reserva
tion, the assursnce that my time, my
strength, and my influence will be dedi
cated to your cause, with n view to
procuring a favorable result ia Ten
nessee." ' '
TENN. BISHOP PREACHES
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Bishop Oaflor Delivers Sermon
at Thanksgiving Service In
Famous Church
London, July 18. Westminster Abbey
was packed today lor a, semes ei
thanksgiving ia connection with the
Society for the Propagation of the Goe
pal, at which 'the Bight . Be. Thomas
Gailor, Episcopal bishop, of Tennessee,
reached tha sermon. Tha service was
arranged for American reaidenta and
visiting London on tha occasion ef the
sixth Lambeth conference. - The deaa of
Westminster Abbey officiated, Vead the
lesson and pronounced . the blessing
after a procession in which fifty- robed
bishops participated. .
Bishop Gailor, before the sermon,
offered a prayer ef thankfulness for the
spread of tha gospel aad appealed for
unity among the English -speaking peo
ples. During his sermon Dr. Gailor aaid
the Episcopal en urea . oz America was
faithful to the principles ef family tra
dition and was proud to be tha daughter
of tha church of England. He con Id
pot use language too strong, s.hs - de
clared, to express the gratitude which
American churchmen feel for the work
of the Society for the Propagation-ef
the Gospel. Americans were strongly
Interested in the continuance aad ex
tension of the splendid service it was
rendering to the cause of the Christian
missions. .' :' "
Ws Americans, continued Dr. Gailor,
may justly believe that the appeal of
tha Christian miss tone and the interest
we' have shown in them have reacted ia
a blessing on our nstional life.".
Aaaeaaea Approaching Weddiag.
Aurora, July 16. Rev. aad Mrs. Bufus
Bradley will give -in marriage their
daughter, alary Augusts, to Mr. Court
ney David Egerton Wednesdsy after
noon,. July 21, Methodist Episcopal
Church, at S o'clock, Aurora, X. C.
FOR RATIFICATION
HARDING WORKING
HARD ON ADDRESS
Republican Nominee Spends
Day Putting Acceptance
a Speech Into Final Shape
Marion, Ohio, July 16. Another full
work day, beginning at S o'clock and
stretching into tha evening, was given
by Senator Harding today to bis speech
accepting tha Bepublican nomination
for President. Tonight tha text was
nearing completion, but the final touches
remained to be added before the maan
script could be given to the printer.
Working almost without interruption,
the candidate put la oae of tha most
arduous days in the two weeks since
he returned to Marion, which itself has
been the busiest period he hss seen In
years. Ha turned aside from the speech
only once or twice to dispose of urgent
eorrespondenea and h abbreviated his
lunch period and hurried through .the
brief daity conferences with his loeaj
managers. W ' .-" "
' One of the things for which he paused
his work waa to send a telegram to
tha memorial committee of the Amer
ican Legion relative to cancellation of
n tentative speaking engagement at tha
dedication , of Memorial Park In St
Louis on July 25. The committee had
wired that the change would not sus
pend its plana for-tha dedication and
he replied that ha-was pleased to know
the ceremonies would be held regardless
Of his inability to speak.
. The tentative engagement was eat'
celled, tha Senator explained, beeanse
the date cams between his formal notifl
cation nndMhat of 'the vice-presidential
candidate. Governor Coolidge. He said
the proprieties required that he mske
no public address during that period,
and he had so stated in requesting the
cancellation.
The candidate also dictated a few
letters and received several callers, who
had come from n distance to pay their
respects. Among them was n group of
English clergymen, who are touring this
country. They were received first by
Mrs. Harding, now an active participant
ia ths entertainment features of the
"front porch' campaign, and later the
Senator came across from his workroom
next door and chatted with them for
n few minutes.
REBEL FORTY-EIGHTERS
LAUNCH LIBERAL PARTY
World War Veterans' Leader
Comments On Presence of
"Nats" at Chicago
Chicago. July 16. Another political
movement, tha liberal party, was
launched today by former members of
the Committee of 48, who bolted from
that organization.
Judge Arthur G. Wray, mayor of
York, Neb., and Allen MoCurdy, key
note speaker at the Forty-Eight con
vention, head tha new party.
The convention waa confined to those
persons, noma fifty to sixty in number,
who signed its call, aad all other Forty
Eighters, were excluded from the hall.
Lester Barlow, leader of the World
War Veterans, attempted to make an
address, but waa invited to leave. He
threatened to call still another con
vention. "I have never seen so many
nuts collected in Chicago as during
the past few days," Barlow declared
aa he marched' out. ' '
A. W. Bicker, chairman of the Chi
cago Committee of 48, also was asked
to leave when it was discovered he
had not aigaed the call.
MeCurdy announced that the prin
cipal purpose of the gathering wss to
oppose any attempt to nominate Sen
ator Bobert M. LaFollette for, presi
dent, and William Jenaings Bryan for
vice-president. It is probable that no
presidential ticket will be named by
the Liberals.
DECKER'S ATTACK "NOT -WORTH
BOTHERING ABOUT"
Washington, July 18. -Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Roosevelt an
nounced today that Bear Admiral Bea
ton C. Decher'a recent attack on Sec
retary Daniels and himself probably
would be passed over as "nofworth
bothering about," aad no disciplinary
action taken. .
Vice-Presidential: Nominee Is
Greeted By Officers, Men
and Employes
MAKES BRliFADDRESS
TO ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
Acting Head of The Navy De
-. nartment Presented . With
' Teakwooi Gavel By Machin
1st Paul Donley Made Prom
Put of Handrail of Presiden
tial Yacht Mayflower
Washington, July 18. Amid the blar
lng ef Navy bands and tha cheering of
employes of the department of which
he is acting head, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Democratic vice presidential nominee.
was given n formal welcome bac,k to
Washington lata today.
Committees of employes of tha Wash
ington Navy Yard marched to tha Navy
Department, where they joined Navy
and Marina officers, enlisted men and
civilian employes In extending tha wel
come. Mr. Roosevelt made n brief ad'
dress, In which ha pledged continuation
of his friendship for the laboring man.
On behalf f tha Metal Tradee Coun
cil of tha Navy Yard, Paul Donley, a
machinist, presented the nominee with
a gavel, made of teakwood, taken from
the handrail ef the presidential yacht
Mayflower and Inlaid with silver.
''If in tha course of eventa yon go
to tha high office to whleh yon hava
beea nominated, I hope yon will use
this tool to keep your colleague ia the
Senate in good order," said Mr. Donley.
Una It on Merck 4th.
I hope to use it for the first time on
the 4th of March, next," was Mr. Boose
velt's reply. "It may be necessary for
me to go to one of my friend at the
Navy yard and borrow one of those in
struments Known to workmen as a
'heavy hammer.' and if T am compelled
to do so, I promise that by that means.
if by no other, we will get soma quick
action out of the United Starea Sen
ate." Prior to the formal welcome held in
front of the Navy Department, Mr,
Boosevelt met the ranking officers, ef
the Nnvy Department and Marine
Corps, including Admiral Coonta, chief
of naval operations, ' and Major Gen
eral L Jenune, commander ef tha Ma
tin Corps, together with tha heads ef
the various bureau, in his (&. He
also received there tha congratulations
of several hundred women employes
ox the department.
Arrives Early in Day. '
The nominee arrived. In Washington
early in tha day from New York aad
went immediately to his office, where he
spent moat of the day clearing np mat
ter which had arisen during his ab
sence. s
Announcement was made ' by Mr,
Boosevelt during the day that he would
resign hi position in the Navy Depart-
meat about the first week - in An
gust. He said he expected to be for
mally notified of his nomination about
August 7 at hi horn in Hyde Park,
N. Y. He will spend next Monday and
Tuesday with Governor Cos at Coram
bus, attending the sessions of tha Demo
eratie national committee. Thenee he
willl go to his summer home on an
island near East port, Maine, to pro
pers for n strenuous speaking tour and
also to writ his speech of acceptance
Meets President Bandar.
The Vice-Presidential nominee will
accompany Governor Cos to tha White
House Sunday morning to confer with
President Wilson.
Mr. Boosevelt today characterised as
S "good guess" tha anggestion that he
and Governor Cos would divide the
country between them' in conducting
their campaign.
VENOMOUS SNAKE BITES
CHILD IN COUNTRY. HOME
Mount Airy, July 10. While the ehil
drea of Boy Venable, a farmer living .'n
the Little Mountain section"1 were plsy
ing on the kitchen floor yesterday a
large and venomous snake entered the
house frightening the children -and
twice biting the 14-month-old bnby boy
on the hand. The, parent at tha time
were at work ia the adjacent garden
and the screams , of their children
brought them immediately to tha rescue,
bnt not before the snake had buried Sta
poisonous fang deep into tha child s
hand. Tha injured boy was at once
hurried to ths hospital here, where
smsll hones ars held out to the di-,
traded parents of saving the child's
life. . ..:
SMALL TUG CAPSIZES?
ONE MAN IS MISSING
Nsw York, July 18. On man ws
reported milling and sixteen other of
the tug Winthrop, which capsized In
three minute last night off Cape
Henrv. V were landed at Norfolk by
the steamer Kokomo, according to wire
less advieea received her today.
- The coast guard station at Cape
Henry reported finding as ign of
wreckage, it wss stated.
The Winthrop waa bound from Nor
folk to Fernandina, Fla. She was leas
ed by William Stone and Company and
eommmanded by Arthur C. 8teven. Her
net tonnage wss 104 and she was in
ballast.
HURLED FROM CAR BY
LIGHTNING; BADLY HURT
Wilmington, July 18. HK Owen, aa
mplpye of , the Tidewater Power Com
pany, is in a. local hospital with a frac
tured skull and broken shoulder as a
result of being hurled from s rapidly
moving interurban, trolley, when the car
was struck by lightning near Winter
Park late thi afternoon. No other pat
tengsr wer injured, ....
One of Most Difficult Questions
of Spa Conference Is .
Finally Settled , ,
GERMANS OBJECT TO
DOCUMENT'S PREAMBLE
Decision To Sign Agreement To
Deliver Required Amount of
Coal Monthly Came After
Threat of Occupying German
Territory; Basis of Sepa
rations ; . -
Spa, Belgium, July Id. (By th As
sociated Pre.) Tha German repre-.
tentative aigned the eosl protocol,
drawn up by ths allied representatives,
at 1:45 o'clock tonight, thereby set
tling om of the moat difficult questions
whleh ess corns up in the present dis
cussion. Signature vtere affixed ion
the document after a four-hour session
at the Villa Fraiaealse, one hour of
which was spent by the Germans in a
cabinet consultation in an adjoining
room;"-""' V-" " "
There was a conflict over introduc
tion ia the protocol of the menace of
occupation of additional German ter
ritory after October 15, next, if Ger
man eosl deliveres were not up to the
stipulated quantity 6,000,000 ton by
that dte. Th allies , decided to drop
thia clause of the protocol below the
ignatur line.
Object Ta Preamble
Then the German objected to th
preamble which declared that tha de
cision set forth In. the document had
been taken in common aecord by the
Allied and German delegation. The
German contended it was not by .com
mon accord, but by sole will of the
Allies, that any further occupation
would occur. At thia juncture Dr.
Fehrenbach, the German chancellor,
sent for three of his cabinet colleagues,
who were at the German headquarter,
and called a cabinet meeting. An hour
elapsed before Chancellor Fehrenbach
and Foreign Minister Simon appeared
at th conference room.' After an ex
planatory speech by Dr. Simons, all
tha delegates aigned tha protocol. .
Basin Of Reparation
Befor th arrival of the German
delegate today th allied premier com
pleted their consideration of th
reparations due from Germany. ' At
finally adopted tha reparation will be
tmmjlea sfil whs TftllftMiflf Flsaaiwl ,
France, 68 per cents Great. Britain,
t per cent Italy, 10 per cent: Bel
gian!, I per cent, and Japan and Portu
gal, each 4 of oae par cent The re
maining 0 1-8 per cent will be divided
between Serbia, Bumanla and Poland.
COMMITTEE TO AID IN "
RELIEVING CONGESTION
Washington, July 18. Appointment
of , n committe of seventeen person
to advis and eo-operat with the
Cuban government with a view ta re
lieving congestion in tha port of Ha
vana wa announced tonight by Sec
retary of Commerce Alexander, Cre
ation of uch a committee ws de
cided on at a' recent conference here,
at which (hippjtng congestion at Ha
vana was discussed.
Among those on the committe
which is expected to leave for Cuba
in th near future are: A. P. Gil
ford, president of the Jacksonville,
Fla., Shipping Corporation ; F. W.
Klrtland, of the Florida East Coast
Car Fsrry Company, St. Augustine;
J. Logan, of th American Shipping
Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla., and J.
P. Stevens, of the South Atlantic
Maritime Corporation, Savannah.
FIANCE OF SLAIN MAN
GIVES HER TESTIMONY
William Turner, Negro, On
Trial at Sichmond For Kill- -lng
T. Morgan Moore
Biehmond, Va, July IS. Miss Pearl
Clarke, fliancee of T. Morgan Moore,
shot to death near Alexandria on May
23, took th witness stand in the
United State district court here this
afternoon in the trial of William Tur
ner, a negro, alleged layr of Moor.
Turner, when brought to bar, en
tered..lJplea of not guilty and will
set np a pica of self-defense.
Mis Clarke testified that she and
Moor were sitting in th ear, which
waa itanding still, when they hesrd
a shuffling noise en th right aid of
th ear sal saw Turner pointing a
pistol into the esr. He ., demanded ' a
dollar, which: Moor refuted, nylng
be had no money.
Hi Clark urged Moore to giv
th man ' something so he would go
away., She then got out of th ear
and Turner cam toward her, demand
ing that ah giv hint what th had.
Th. pistol was pointing at her chest
and sh began pulling off her glovers
to obtain her jewelry. .
Th hooting"' then entrted. Mix
Clark not being able to say which
shot first. After several thota, Moore
cried out, Pearl, he a got me," and
sank to the ground with a gurgle. Mis
Clark then turned and ran down the
road, followed by Turner.
Ja addition to ths enarge of mur
der, , Turner is ander -indictment
charging assault . on Mis Clarke.
'PLANES ON ALASKAN TRIP i
LEAVE ERIE, PA.t TODAY
' Vrli Pa . ' Jul IA. The three arm '
slrplsnes, which arrived here laat night .
in vneir ujgu iruiu ,iuc,), n i.uhiv,
Alaaka. will not leave Erie until to
morrow morning, it was announced by
in Bier ncr mia aiietBoua, ,
is- '"
i " W " ' ' . '
" ' V' " " ' S '
Bernard M. Geisslcr, who killed Mrs.
Arthur E. Da Cordova, .and then com
mitted suicide. Geiasler wss employed
by Mrs. D Cordova' husband, a prom
inent banker, a chauffeur. The motive
for the kl'ling of the wealthy New York
society woman ia still a mystery to the
police. "" ' :y: .'., :- ':)'",,
Resolute and Shamrock IV All
Set After Undergoing Nec
essary Repairs
Sandy Hook, N. J., July Id. Resolute
and Shamrock TV, repair made, tonight
were ready to race again tomorrow for
the America cup.
The crew of the Amereiaa defender
hid renewed th broken halyard and
gaff, whieh caused their sloop to with
draw yesterday, giving the first eon
test to Sir Thomaa Liptoa, nnd tha Irish
Baronet's yachting force had replaced
a weakened bowsprit, with whieh, un
beknown to th thousanda who watched
her, the Shamrock had slipped across
the finish line.
A bowsprit iron hsd worked in board
on the Shamrock, to that if th Ameri
can craft had not been forced out of the
race by an accident. Shamrock, deprived
of headsaila, would doubtless have been
left hopelessly , astern. , Thia became
known only today, whena new bowsprit
was ateoned. .. , -
Where a yesterday' taca was over
a windwud nad leeward course 15
mil beat down th Jersey shore nnd
return tomorrow' contact will be over
a triangular course, 10 mile to n leg-
Like yesterday s, tomorrow'! start and
finish will be at the Ambrose channel
lightship, in tha middle of New York
Bsy, but the course itself will not be
announced by the rsce committee until
a few minutes before the preparatory
signal is blown.
Sir Thomas, with one victory to" hi
credit, must win two more to lift the
cup and th American loop' must cap.
turs thre races to retain it.
EXTEND WAGE SCALE OF
ENGINEERS NINETY DAYS
New York, Jury 16. Bepresentative
of the Shipping Hoard, the American
Steamship Owners' Association aad the
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
agreed at a conference hare todsy to ex
tend for aa additional period of ninety
days th present wage seal .and work
ing condition for the Atlantic and Gulf
courts. -
Th time extension, it wss announced,
wa aeeccssitated by the insistence of
the shipping men and the owners that
"in view- of the impending keen compe
tition with foreign ships, no increase
la wage or la overtime rate was pos
sible at thi time."
MRS. CATT LEAVES FOR
TENNESSEE. BATTLEFIELD
To Confer With Leaders Rela
tive To Plans Por Ratifica
tion By Tennessee
, New York, July ,18. Mr. Carrie
Chapman Catt, president of the Na
tional American woman Suffrage As
sociation, left bar today for Nashville,
Tcnn., to confer with suffrage organisa
tions ia the campaign for ratification
of Federal suffrage amendment by the
Tennessee legislature. "
"It is not enough for Senator Hard
ing, to 'make an effort' to aeenre th
thirty-sixth ratification," said Mrs. Catt
In a statement issusd before leaving
hcrer It is riot enouph to point to past
performance. Th Bepubliean party
must finish the task. ;We now pin
our faith to the Tennesee and North
Carolina prospects."
"It is true," the ttement declared,
"that the Bepubliean party haa a record
of nearly five time as many ratifica
tion the-Democrat but without
tha t!i-r$:- n'x'.h state "that record is
like a great tail without a kite."
"Apparently," it added, , "It ia tha
Democrat who must fly . tile kite."
OFFICERS HELD FOR
MURDER OF BLOCKADER
'Danville, V July ; 18. Warrants
charging murder were issued today
against Federal Officers J. D. Wood snd
B. H. Drummond, Jr.,' and County Offi
cers J. H. Pugh and J, H. Wilmsrth for
killing Posey Thomaa, - of Franklin
county, an alleged blockade runner in a
pistol duel esrly yesterday morulas be
tween this city and Martinsville.
The officers say they wer fired on
and relumed seven shots.' No other
shots followed, and the officer drove to
thi city in sa automobile containing
liquor which they said had beea aban
doned by the blockade runner. Thomas
wss found drsd later in a cornfield near
the seen ef the shooting.
SECOND RACE FOR
YACHT CUP TODAY
Los Angelss and Suburbs
Thror io Panicky State ,
L Zarth Shocks
PROPERTY DAMAGE SO
FAR HAS BEEN SLIGHT,
Numher of Men, Women and
Children Injured During Wild
Scrambles To Get , Out of
Buildings; v Publio Places
-Scenes of Near-Panic;
Weather Remark No Jest
Lot Angeles, GaL, July 18. - Four
severs earthquake shocks here today
threw th eity and it suburbs Into
excitement, indirectly eansed a number
of injuries to men, women nd chU-
dla Alld allffhtlw JUnaxraA
buildings, chiefly old one, but none
to a great extent. v".'..?''''
While th shock seemed to center
in Los Angeles, some of them wer
feR more than thirty mile swsy, but
no material damage waa' reported.
Aa unusually warm morning produc
ed from some eitisen th remark.
"Good earthquake weather." It wa aaid
in jet nnd none wa more surprised
tha those who mad the remark when
the first tremor cam at 10:30 in tha
morning.',.
It felt much as doe th sudden stop
ping ef a street car, operated by na in
experienced motorman, only that tha
tremor produced tha uapleasant sensa
tion multiplied many times.
Bceae ef Excitement.
Excitement. In many ease hysterical.
followed the first shock and had hardly
been calmed when nt 1:27 in th after
noon cam th second, followed two
minutes later by the third, aad then a
fourth at :. Th two ia th after
noon wer (harper than that of tha
morning aad the agitation of th eiti
sen became prolonged. It waa some
time afterwards before it was a case of
"business as usual,'
Publie pieces Aere scenes of near
panic, some people running for the ep;a
air, some fainting, some stopping to
pray. Many gathered at street inter,
sections waiting ta sea what would
happen. Other who felt they must be "
oa their way, walked down the middle
of the streets with watchful eyes on
th building. Many sought Pershing
Square, in th heart at th downtown
district, as a suaetaary. '
Mortar waa jarred from brick wall
and plaster from ee rings cracks ap
peared in aom fo ths older structure!
a water main waa broken.' A few cop.
ings and chimneys fell, part of an em
bankment collapsed, throwing dirt and
brick into the street and piste glss
windows in some ef the downtown de
partment (tore wer broken. While
the excitement wa at its height, ru
mor traveled fast, but when it .had
subsided there waa not on report ef
any exteasiv damage to any establish
ment, while the-worst injury recorded
waa a broken leg, caused when a brick
fell from the top of a building and
truck an elderly man. ., ,
Prisoners Get Excited t
Perhaps th greatest clamor cam
from the prisoners in the county and''
eity jail. In th former four hundred
prisoners felt th morning shock with,',
comparative calm but became wildly
excited at the first of the two in tha
afternoon. They yelled, ahook th bars
of their cell and screamed to be taken
out. Th turnkeys were trying to quiet
them when the third tremor cam. Tha
resulant uproar lasted an hour. .
For hours the .receiving hospital
maintained by the eity wa crowded
with women and children, most of them
having fainted in th excitement, Some, t
however, suffered more serious acci-
dents.
INDICT THREE-VOUTHS
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Winston-Salem, July 18. Dewey Fair.
cloth, Lonal Grubb and Horace Lewis,
th three young men indicted for mur
der In connection with the death of
Fireman D. R. Beavi Tuesday night,
wer given a preliminary heating n '
municipal court today and all were
bound over to th next term of Super! it '
Court under bonds of 1500 each, which
th gave. The defendants were given a
term ot SO days each on the county
roads for turning ia n fain fir alarm, .
Notice ef appeal was given.
TURKISH NATIONALISTS
SEIZE GREEK STEAMER
ConstantinopleJuly 15. The Turk-"
ish Nationalists have begun sa attack
upon Greek shipping in th Black Sea.
Ths Greek steamer Filis, on entering
Kerason. west of Trebixond. from Ba- '
turn on July 14, waa seised by nation.
alists, who took the vessel s . officers
prisoners, put Turks in charge, and r
seized 7,000,000 rabies.
ANNOUNCE POPULATION
- OF TAR HEEL COUNTIES
Washington, July 18. Census 'North ;
Carolina enantics, total only announced i
Camden, 5,"iS2, decrease 258 or 4.S per
cents Lincoln, 17,862, increase 730 or 4-1
per. cent: Chowan. 10,619. decrease "54 '
or 5 per cent; Pasquotank. 17,870, In- .
crease 977 or 5-5 per cent; Davie, 13,578,
increase is r ,4.0 per cent.," .. J
BELA KUN AND FELLOW '
' COMMUNISTS TO RUSSIA
Vienna, July 18. Beta Kuu, former
dictator of Hungary and all the com
munists whose extradition has been de
manded by Hungary, left Vienna last
night for Busela, by way of Germany,
In n prisoner" crnvoy. , . ; r