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ATTACKVASMADE
Witnesses Unanimous in Swear
ing That None Was In
tended in, Graham ;-
NO INTOXICATION AMONG
SOLDIERS, THEY DECLARE
Emphatic Denial That Crowd
Gathered On Night of Shoot
tag With Purpose To Break
Into . Jail; Governor" Com
minion Complete! Hearings
But Benden No Decision
By BE DIXON MeeNKJLL.
' (8taff Correspondent)
t Graham, Au J. Alamsne county
' had its inning today before the Gov-
- araor't commission investigiiHng the
conduct of tha member of tha Durham
of. July 19 when they fired upon what
they bettered waa a mob attacking the
jail where three negro rape inspects
were held, killing one man and wound-ina-
two others. The eommUiioa ad
, Journed the hearing it I o'clock after
all witneue had been heard, ana win
meet in Balelgh next week to formulate
its report to Governor Bickett.
Although eorroborattng the aoldiers to
the extent of declaring that there wai
scattered piatol Are 1a the neighborhood
of the jail before the machine guni
oreiied no. the 27 witnesses who teeu-
tfled were onaaimoui in swearing their
belief that there waa no organised at
tack upon the jail, and that none was
intended. None o( tne witnesses were
In the vieinjty of the Jail at the time
of the firing, according to their state
ments.
No Unceatleaisnly Cendact.
Opinions to the effect that there waa
no mob are based large ly upon iat
declaration of leading citixens who de
i - tt.i k aTnmin,i1 tha riMmises
Clr HJ- - - r-
early the following morning and were
unable to find any fracas, ana upon
citixens that the
streets of the town were practically
deserted at the time of the firing.
Witnesses wore unanimous in their
'statements that the soldiers conducted
themselves in a gentlemanly manner
during the entire tirife nt their etay
.ham. and that at no-'-time was there
... liliniM of liauor among them.
Denial waa made by a score of eitl
'tens of tha truth of the statement oy
John Thompson in Durham-yesterday
that there was a. erow d of , 6ft. or 75
people in Garrett's eaft at any time
during the night of the tragedy. The
keeper of the aafe eald that Thompson
klMMlf Mai Uat HIV aaV lUSJ fcXUAV
mentioned, but that 'not more than
two or three others were present at
me
No Trace of Bitterness.
Whatever of bitterneae that waa
aroused by the killing of Jim Bay aa
he was running toward the jail on the
might of the tragedy, had, disappeared
before the Commission reached town
at 9 e'eloek this morning. No witnese
who offered testimony bore the slight
est trace of ill will toward the soldiers,
nor wis anything but the most courte
ous treatment offered any of the doseu
or so. members of the Machine Gun
Company who attended the hearing here
today.
The court room waa crowded through
out both sessions of the hearing. After
warda groups of eitisena lingered about
the square, talking over the ease, and
everywhere the fullest satisfaction waa
expressed at the fairness and courtesy of
me vrtiminiSBioa. nuiwvvr naunui uk
were inflicted upon the community's
feelings have apparently been healed,
and numbers of eitisene asserted that
if the coroner's inquest that eat over the
body of Bay and declared the soldier
guiuy or aaaiy ana unwarranted trciiuu
had been sitting today, its judgment
would have been less severe.
Visit the County JalL
Before beginning the hearing, the
Commission visited the jail, where the
tragedy occurred. The county, hostile
is a block west of the court house "the
turntable of Alamance county," ae one
witness ealled it, two-story brick struc
ture near the northeast corner of the
block. The front entrance is not 13
. feet from the aidewalk on the street
east of the block, and the north entrance
ie about 30 feet from the street on tha
north.
100 corsneia irom wnica m now
are said to have been fired at the jail,
is hardly worthy of tha name of a eorn
field, but more of a little patch of
eorn, in the language of the Cape Fear
country. There are scarcely 200 stalks
of eorn in the five or six rows, and the
row themselves are not more than 40
feet long. The "field" eomes within
two yards of the rear and north walla
"of the jail. Beyond the "field'' to the
west is a narrow strip of ground, per-
yond that another patch of eorn, and
t a number of small residences, Across
the street on the north aide is a resi
dence, and 'diagonally across the eor
ner a three-room house and beside it
the fire house. Across the street in front
of the Jail, to the east, is the Boswell
house. There are bullet holes in the
house, made by fire from the pistols
within the jail. Ia front of this house
j&ay waa auiou. n ixv Mtuae sue
spot where he fell ia a bullet hole.
The asm easy Informality that char
acterised the taking of testimony in
Darham yesterday was observed ia the
proceedings her today. The oath waa
administered by Judge Whedbee, the
witnesses told their story, and mem
bers of the eommisslon questioned thera
ae they felt incline. The witness
were ealled by Major J. J. Henderson,
member of the local bar. He put aa
occasional question to witnesses to steer
these ia their recitation. None were
ares examined.
Bat few of the 68 eitisen who set
b sir aamss to the swera statement
hargJag the, soldiers with firing with-
Continued Fag TwaJ
ji
DENIES CHARGE OF
: RECKLESS SHOOTING
Capt. M. B. Fowler, of th Durham
Msehla Gun Company, in lis teJtimonv
bsfor tha Commission named by the
Governor to investigate the alleged at'
task on -Jis Ore ham jail on inly If, de
clared that he only followed orders
when they fired upon what they be
Ueved to be men about to attack th
jail.
Hold First Meetings To Whip
Into Shape Bills For
Special Session
, Sub-committeea of the General As
sembly which meets in special session
hers next week, assembled here yester
day and after a conference with Gov
ernor Bickett went straight into the
eoasideratioa of legislation which will
carry the revaluation program through
with the establishment of lower tax
rate.
ktayor of cities, county officials and
other interested persons are invited to
meet with the joint committees Toes-
day afternoon, August 10, at 3 o clock
when tha attitude of the counties, cities
aad towna toward the reformation of
the tax system will be given the com
mittee.
Most of the afternoon session of th
legislators yesterday was given over to
the discussion of, a ; constitutional
amendment to reduce th constitutional
limit on taxation. The draft af the
amendment presented to to,osnmlttea
for a basis of aiaeoasjoa, aimed to limit
us rsio) ox Mxauen, even zor necessary
purpose, which can, be Imposed Without
us voto ox tie peoDle. A debate de
veloped in which th view waa pressnted
mat Ui la pnase of the constitution
leaving a reasonable amount of free
dom for the levying; of taxes for necea
sary purposes, should sot be disturbed.
Another argument developed about the
method of special elections, the rule by
the majority of qualified voter or the
majority of votes east.
The proposal waa to amsnd the eon.
titution by striking out Bestion six of
Article five end substituting the fol
lowing:
'Section 6. No tax en nrorjertv sven
for a necessary expense ahall be levied
by the Bute at a rate grater than
cents on ths one hundred dollars nor
by the several counties for county pur
poses at a rate greater than cents
on the one hundred dollars nor by any
city, town or incorporated village at
a rate greater than cents on the one
hundred dollars unless the Question of
a nigner rate shall havs been approved
anasuDmutea to tne voters in the terri
tory effected snd approved by a ma.
jority of the votes east at an election
for that purpose held under the regu-
unions prescribed zor same by the liea
ersl Assembly) Provided, that this sec
tion shall not apply to taxes levied
for the maintenance of the public
schools for the term required by ar
ticle 9, section of this constitution,
nor to taxes by counties, cities and
towns heretofore authorised, which are
to be applied solely to the payment of
debts already contracted and interest
on urn.
When adjournment was taken yester
day afternoon late, the committee was
still discussing various feature of th
limitation proposed, without having
reached th qnestion of limitation. The
committee will meet again thia morn
ing at ten o'clock. .
The members of the committee who
et hero-yesterday were:
Senate Committee on Constitutional
Amendments! G. V. Cowper, Kin
ton P. W. Glldewell, Beidsvills; E,
B. Btevens. Brunswick.
Eons Commlttea on Constitutional
Amendments! B. B. Bedwine, Union t
J. H. Matthews, Burke; Victor Bryant,
Durham; O. B. Tesgue, Lee; Edgar
Phsrr, Mecklenburg-; J. G. Dawson,
Lenoir; Capt. Grant, new Hanover.
House Committee on Finance Vic
tor Bryant, Durham; J. G. Dawson
Lsaotr; W. N. Everett, Bichmond, O
B. Tsagne, Lee. '
Bensto Committee on Fins nee t Jsmes
A. Gray, Forsyth ; J. A. Brown, Co
lumbus; H. B. Stevens, Buneombe;
J. H. Hyath, Barnavill.
PRONOUNCED WEAKNESS
' IN NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Aug. !, Pronounced
weskaee was ehown by cotton today
with selling persistant and heavy and
don mainly en the unfavorable reports
concerning hostilities between . Bussia
and Poland.
Following confirmation of th early
rumors that armlstie negotiation had
been broken off there was a break to
mors than 15 a bale under th closing
quotation of yesterday, the active
oaths ahowing losses of 104 to 127
polsts. October dropped to 29-48 -cent
pound. xv'
- K "-'. ...nwi.i u ymx
tieularly th early break of a cent la
th rst of sterling, served to intenilfv
tffeet of poUtisal news. , "w ' .
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B-COIIITTEES
BEGIN WORK HERE
RUSSIAN SOVIET
AUTHORITIES VAMT
ANOTHER PARLEY
Claim Breaking Off of Negotia
tions With Poles Due To
Misunderstanding .
POLISH AUTHORITIES NOT
ABLE TO MEET PROPOSALS
While Polish Delegates Betrace
, Steps Homeward, Bolahiyk
Troops Keported Every
where As Pressino; Attacks
On Entire Battle Lino With
Poles Fighting Trantically
Warsaw, Aug. S (By Th Aaaoelated
Press.) Th breaking off of th nego
tiations between the Poles and the Bol
sheviki out of which it had . hoped
would eome an armistice and the early
cessation of hostilities waa dno to
misunderstanding, according to- the eoa
tention of the Bosnian soviet authori
ties in a wireless dispatch received here
today. The latest communication from
the soviet auggesta that negotiations
both for an armistice) aad for peace be
held in Minsk Wednesday.
It asks that the Pole send a delega
tion to Minsk invested with all the
accessary eredentiala to negotiate for
peace.
Ths Polea contend that It will be
physical impossibility for them to com
ply with this proposal.
While the Polish delegate are re
tracing their steps homeward from
Haranoviteni, where the ; conference
with the Bolaheviki ended ae abruptly.
tne uouhevu troop aw reported every-
wnere to D pressing their attacks oa
the entire battle lino from the east
Prussian front en the north to the
region adjacent to Lemberg. in Oalicia.
on the eooth.
Inside the great battle the Poles sre
hurriedly prepannc defenses, parti
cularly trenenes and barbed wire ea
tanglement in front of Warsaw.
RUSSIAN SOVIET FORCES
FIX DATE TO OCCUPY
IITT
London, Aug. 3. The occupation of
Warsaw by the Bolshevik! baa been
fixed for August 9, says a dispatch to
tne ixindon Times from Berlin quoting
a wireiess aispatcn received bv tie
National Zeitung.
POSITION OF AMERICA
DISCUSSED IN WASHINGTON
Washington. ..JLaav- l.Wiifc. , ta
desperate plight of Poland amnhaalnd
in dispatehee foreshadowing the immini
ens xsu oz Warsaw and telling of th
proclamation in Polish distrieta ef a
soviet government, the position of the
United States toward th swift develop
ment of event in Europe today engaged
the serious consideration of officials of
tne government
Despite repeated apraali ia tha TTiu
States government by Poland through
its minister, Prince Lubormiraki, for
extension Of moral if not material aid,
there has been evidenced aa yet no dis
position snown amonr officials ta reflwi
a departure of the United 8tatee from
in e neutral position assumed at the
beginning of hostilities between Palaai
ana uussia.
POSTAL INSPECTORS SAY
r THEY HAVE RIGHT MAN
Prisoner Charged With Kid-
naping 13-Month Child
In Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Ps Aug. S. PosUl la.
specters who admitted today they ar
rested a man at Egg Harbor, N. J, yes
terday, id connection with the kidnap
ping of the 13-montha-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Coughlin, of Nor
ristown, Pa en Juno 2, exproaaed Us
opinion they had the riirht man. All ef.
forte to learn the identity of th pris
oner, who i said to bo a foreigner, or
where he ia being held, proved futile,
th government agents declining to fur
nish further information regarding ths
ease. Neither the Cooghlla family nor
the Norristowa authorities have beea
advised of the arrest and they declared
they knew nothing of it. except what
they had send ia the newspapers. Chief
Postal Inspector George Leonard, of
the Philadelphia district, said he be
lieved the arrest would eventually lead
to the recovery of th missing child.
The 'man under detention ia declared
to be th on who wrote a half-dosea
letters to the parents of the child, ein
ing them "The Crank," and demanding
112,000 be left under a deserted trolley
station at 8wedeland, near Norristowa,
aa a ransom for the return of th child.
Couglln followed the instruction by
leaving th money at the designated
place at midnight, Jane 14, believing
the writer to have been the kidnapper,
aa h accurately described th room
from which the child was taken.
The money disappeared aad nothing
further waa heard from "Th Crank"
until last week, when the family re
ceived a letter making further demands.
Leonard aaid inspector are now rot
ning out elnes leading to th where
abouts of the child.
NEW WORLD RECORD MADE
BY AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS
London. Aug. . A team of Americas
Boy Beouta from Miami, Fla at th
International Boy Beont "Jamboree" Jo-
day Mtabliahed what i believed to b
world's record ia t recks rt competi
tion. Eight of th American youths
competing against a similar Walsh team,
covered 600 yards over obstacle with
two wheeled treckart loaded with eight
sandbags welshing 400 pound ia twe
minutes 63 S-S seconds. The teams had
to unload their carta, ret them over a
wall, reload them and ran through a
pool of water. The t welsh boy took
more than four minute to aeeomnlish
loe last, , ,
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Kfte
SCOTT FER1IS COXTtNUlg
TO LEAD IN OBLAHOMA
OVER SEN. THOMAS CORK
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Oklaheesa City. OUa, Aag. ts-R.
tarn; fvwea. tWaj's state-wide pri
nsary, eaenlag In rapidly from towna
aad citiea bwt alewry (rasa the raral
dlatrletav at aaldnlgat tar Root! Fee.
via th lead over Senate The sue P.
Get tst the race for the Democratic
nesalaatlem fee United State Sea.
in which th iatereet at ta
rtsaary eentera. Return ea the Re
wkHcaa contest fee th aeaatorlal
aeealaatiem were sneagr and widely
acatteswd. ' t
A oesnpUatlesi ay Th Dally Okla.
hestaa of swoalclal swtara from SM
redact oat of the S.TU In th
atate, gavel Ferria, U.7T7; Gore,
lMJ. ,
Tweaty4hreo p reel acta in Oklahoma,
eoaaty (Oklaheaaa Cty) eeaapleto
hat aaeBdal, gavet Ferria, S.TSI
Gore, T3S.
Oa the face ef rets rats received
from 4 eat ef tha TT ooaatlea la
the atatev the Ferria fccadaaarten
gave oat statement claiming th
SMsalaation for Ferria Vy a majority
f asero than 4I.M. Th Cor head.
j Barter declined to make any can
tiarlaaa. declariag that when the
ceeatiy ntredncte wer heard freaa
the Ferria majority weald be wiped
Mb
EXPECT TO m&m
OIL FROM ALASKA
Secretary Daniels Returns To
Washington From Long
Journey To The West
, The New aad Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Bldg.
(By Special Leased Wire).
By R. R. POWRT.L.
Washington, Aug. 3. Navy aad geo
logical surrey official ar investigating
recently discovered oil supplies in
Alaska, Secretary Daniels announced
today upon his return to Washington
after a tour of Alaska and the Weet
It ia hoped, he aaid, that the Alaskan
oil lands eveatnally will yield a large
put of th oil supply accessary for the
Pacific fleet.
Coal deposits totaling between 400,
000 and 500,000 tons , are already ia
eight in th navy coal reserve lands
ia Alaska, Mr. Daniel aaid, with good
prospects for a vary much larger sup
ply.
Upon his return from Alaska, Secre
tary Daniel was joined in the West
by Mrs. Daniel in Colorado. Th Be-
rotary apent a week touring the Xel
lows ton Park. Secretary of th In
torior JohnJBarton Payne accompanied
"Secretary Dmiel-om hit trip to Alaska,
both the secretaries leaving Ban Irsn-
ehsee) after attending tha Democratic
national convention. ,. . . ,
Edward Z. Brittoa, private secretary
to th Sseretaxy of th Navy, also re
turned to Washington last night after
visit of two months to the Paeine
coast. Mr. Brittoa, who waa elected
associate secretary of th Democratic
National Convention at Ban Francisco,
attended th meeting of th ImperiuM
Council of th Shrinar in Portland,
visited Yellowstone National park, th
Grand Canyon, and retort along the
Facifis ocean.
Coming back across the continent.
Mr. liritton took oeeaaioa to talk with
people ia many state, and . to gather
eentiment on the trains aa to th po
litical outlook for November. "The
doodI are not yet-warmed up to the
easnpaiga,' he aaid last night, "but th
trend ia toward Cox and Boosevelt
The situation in California looks good
to me, and I believe that it will repeat
itt 1912 and 1318 action and be in the
democratic column thia year. I find
that in the West it is recognised that
Governor Cox ia a real progressiva
Democrat, and that Senator Harding is
properly classed with the standpatters
rf the republican party. Men from Ohio
who ar ia eloee touch with the situation
tell me that Cox will carry that Stat
eume back from the West with tne
confident feeling that Cox and Boose
velt will carry the country in the forth
coming election. And Franklin JJ
Roosevelt is going to have a big part
ia eecuring that victory. He is a splen
did type of virile Americsn, one of the
Snort men I have ever known, a vote
winner. Hi election a Vice-President
will pnt a most aggressiv force into
service in th Senate. Ce and Kooset
volt are going to win."
SMALL PROMISES HELP IN
FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE
n ....
Manila. Aug. I. Declarations la
favor of independence for the Philip
pine were made today by three mem
ber of congreee at a banquet given
her by th Philippine Chamber of
Commerce to the party of congressman
tonring th far east.
lour government is mors developed
than th government of Cuba at the
time the United State recognised Cuba,
aaid Congressman 8. G. Porter, chair
man of the foreign affairs committee,
"It may b that after w grant your
independence yon will do like Cuba-
get into a little fracas occasionally, nad
mother will have to eome out aad spank
yon,
I regret the attitude of aom Manila
newspaper. I resent any aswspaper
Or any man that attempts indueemeat
of party Tiolatioa of work before the
united State.
Congressman J. A. Freer, of Wiscon
sin, told th Filipinos that the United
8taiee had promised that independence
wool a be granted, ana it would coma aa
quickly ss a stable govern meat was
organised in the Philippines, Con
gressman John H. Small, ef North
Carolina, also pledged support t in-
dependene for th Philippines.
i
Widely Known Earlaeer Dies.
Chicago, Aug. I. Puaeral services for
Isham Randolph, widely known engi
neer who built th Illinois drainage
tt "Obelisk dam abov th
horseshoe fall. Niagara and th Harbor
system at Miami, Ha will be held her
Wednesday. Mr. Randolph died her
last aight at th sgs ef 73. Btpial win
tgc at Old Chapel, Ta. xjf
AL SMITH CHOICE
OF DEMOCRATS IN
STATE CONVENTION
Unofficial Democratic Meeting
at Saratoga Unanimously
Endorses Him
NO OTHER CANDIDATE
GIVEN CONSIDERATION
in! Two Dry Oongressmen and One
rK'Lisrht Wine Advoeatsi Komi.
nated In Virginia Primaries;
Atkinson said Hyde Leading
For Governor In Missouri
Primaries
Convention
N. T., Aug.
Hall, Saratoga Springs,
Governor Alfrsd E.
Smith wss unanimously acclaimed as
th candidate for re-aomlnation by th
unofficial Democratic state convention
Although convention leaders
decreed that there should be no
designation or recommendation of can-
ths fall primaries on a roll
call of ths counties for aa expression
of opinion, "Alfred X. Smith' was the
only response.
Tomorrow the convention will adopt
a platform and will call the roll of
counties for an xpression of opinion
regarding th remainder of the ticket
HARRISON RENOMINATED
IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT
Harrisonburg, Vs., Aug- 3. Eenoral
natioa of Bepreaentatlvs Thomas W.
Harriaon, ef Winchester, over 8tatT
Senator Robert F. Lscdy, of Loray, by
a majority of approximately 1,500 votes
was indicated tonight in practically
complete return collected by the Har
risonburg Nsws-Becerd from today's
Democratic primary in the Seventh
Virginia district.
Bepreaentativo Harrison, who ran on
a platform defending his vote for the
Volstead Act and his light for a soldier
bonus, according to the News-Record
returns carried all but two of the ten
counties ia the district. Senator Leedy,
who advocated light wines and beer and
opposed compulsory military training,
appeared to have woa in W arrea and
Madison eouatiea by majorities of 100
snd 5 votes respectively.
Harrison's majority, according to
Newe-Beeord returns, in the various
other counties follows i
- Rockingham, 677; Shenandoah, 607;
Pair. 143 1 Frederick. 800 ! Clarke, 180 1
Rappahannock, S3, and Green, 116. Oa
tha baaia of tha name returns Harrison
carried Wincheeter by 78; Charlottes
vili by ; Harrisonburg, li, and Albe
marle by S37. t -
CONGRESSMAN DRIWRT NOW
WELL AHEAD IN CONTEST
Petersburg. Vu Aug. 8.--With all
but three counties heard from Con
gressman P. H. Drewry, of this city,
wis leading his opponent. Dr.. Henry
Clay Smith, of Crews, late tonight in
th Fourth district race, according to
figures gathersd by ths Index-Appeal.
Drewry's rsnomiaatioa is practically
assured with a majority of aearly 100
(Ceatisaed aa Psg Three.)
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
ATTEND BIRD'S FUNERAL
Newark Cobbler Heart Broken
When Pet Canary Dies But .
Friends Are Kind
Newark, N. J., Aug. t. A crowd
estimated by the police at tea thousand
persons, thronged the street of the city
tonight to witnese th funeral ol Jim.
mie, the pet canary of Emidio Russo-
manno, 00 year old cobbler. Police re
serve were called out to preserve or
der and elear tha streets for hi funeral
corteg. Jimmle, described by its owner
ss possessing a song ss sweet as tne
vole of Caruso, choked to death Sua'
day on a watermelon seed.
Leading the procession was a bsnd of
twelve pieces, playing funeral dirges,
followed by a hearse, bedecked with
flowers and carrying a tmall white eof
tin in which th bird's body reposed.
The old cobbler, tear-stained and vis
ibly affected, rode ia.a coach with a
fsw intimate friends.
Th cost of th bird's funeral es
timated at H00, waa contributed by the
cobbler' friend. Whsa Jirnmi died,
th old cobbler drew th blinds of hi
shop, hung out a sign "elossd on ss-
eount of Jimmle s death, pqt crepe
over hi door and went into deep
mourning.
A torn baton ia th thsp of a cress
with a canary bird in its center will
be erected over the bird's grave near
Branch Brook Park, th cobbler said.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SUPREME CONVENTION
Nsw Tork, Aug. I. archbishop John
Bonsano, Apostoli delegate to th
Catted States, waa celebrant today at a
pontifical mass at 8t Patrick Ca
thedral as .the opening event of the su
preme convention of the Knight of Co
lumbus. Bishop -John 0. Murray, of
Murray, of Hartford, Conn- who
preached ths sarin on, declared that the
three moot important ' requirements in
modern life are religion, righteousness
snd respect for constituted authority.
with these implanted la the heart of
th people, he said, there will be no
danger of bolshsvism. . Th i opening
session of th convention was devoted to
report ef th euprem officers.
Dr. Crsyeoa an Vacation.
Washington. Auc 2, Bear Admiral
Carey T. Grayson, President Wilson'
physician, started on hit vacation to
day, explaining that he was going by
direetioa of the President. Dr. Grsyson
said the President had showa such
marked improvement of 1st that it
waa not necessary- to put him la th car
Bther physiciaa.
STANDARD BEARER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
No more ardsnt aor nthnslasti ad
vocate sas be found anywhere thaa
Cant. John H. Pearson, of Morranton,
sad it was altogether fit and proper
that he should carry the Tar Heel ban
aer la th greet auffrsge demonstration
at th Democratic National convention
in San Francisco. Captain Pearson
Jnst back from hta trip to the Pacific
coast
T
Veteran Democrat From Ninth
District Believes Legisla
ture Will Ratify.
Morganton, Aug. I. Capt, J oh a H,
Pearson, of Morganton, has long been
an ardent supporter of equal auffrsgs
talking for the cause in and out of
season It wai altogether consistent
with the stand he haa so faithfully
maintained that when the demonstra
tioa for suffrage was mad at th re
cent Democratic convention in Baa
Francisco he carried the North Carolina
standard around the Jbttr Captain
Pearson has Just returned horn from
th convention, having spent several
weeks in a tonr of the west, lie wss
delegate from tha tenth district.
Asksd today as to impressions of ths
convention and his trip Mr., Pearson
said to a representative of Th News
aad Observer! "The convention, and
la fact my atir trip through th west
waa tu memory of a iile-tus.' I was
proud to b on of such aa assemblage
f representative Americans, and if
there wer doubts as to th esteem in
which Woodrow Wilson ia held and that
ths league ef nations ia spproved, on
had but to witness the demonstrations
of msn and women who lost all sign of
reserved dignity and broke forth in
shouts of applause whenever the name
of Wilson was mentioned.
"Soma of the ablest speeches naads
acre by women, who seconded th
nomination of Palmer, Davis, Glaaa and
othsr ior President. Had I not been
a believer in equal suffrage before go
ing to the convention, after meeting
with such well Informed representatives
i would have at once been a convert.
These women expressed to me their
appreciation of th way ia which they
and their cause had beea treated by
the Demoeratlo Convention and aaaured
me of their loyal support to whoever
wss nominated. Among the prominent
leaders I met were Mrs. John Sherwin
Crosby, Mrs. Virginia Pierson. Mrs,
Daniel O'day, of New Tork, Mrs. Mar
tin of Missouri, and Mrs. Brown of
West Virginia, who made aa able sDeech
ia seconding the nomination of John
W. Davis."
"What do yon think tha Leaislnihrs
wiu dot' Captain Pearson wss aaked.
"I hope and believe they will ratify,'
replied be, "when there are such en
dorsemente ss that of the National
convention, . the President, Senator
Simmons, Governor Bickett, and our own
State convention, all of whom urge th
measure, I do not well see how they can
ao otherwise.'
"More than half a century ago the
Republican party removed the shackles
of slavery from aa inferior race of
people. This was as it should be, for
uoa in tus infinite wisdom and Jus
ties never intended alavery aad demoe
racy to exist at one and the same time
with enlightened peoples. Tbsmlstaks,
nowever, was made by the Republicans
of giving the ballot to this ignorant
rae just emerging from servitude. The
time and opportunity is now at hand
whsn the Democracy of North Carolina
in their special Legislates session,
soon to assemble, can place the eap
stone on the movement of Justice and
freedom being erected to a superior
class of the Anglo Baxon race, by civ
ing the women the right which have
so long been denied her. Will our rep
tssentative ris to ths geldea oppor
tunity, thereby adding another .jewel
in the brilliant crown ef the1 Old North
North Stater' was his comment.
Captain Pearson told of having pre
pared a resolutioa to present to the con
vention asking for an appeal to the
North Carolina special session of th
Legislature to ratify the nineteenth
amendment, but having been aaaured
by a prominent member of the plat
form committee that such would be in
corporated in the platform, not only
for North Carolina but for Tennessee
and Louisiana as well, he docided not
to Introduce the resolution, considering
thst it Would be superfluous
Mr. Pearson is the father of six
dsnghters, jill of them well educated
snd capable of the duties of ettlzenshlp.
Th sldest. Miss Janie Pesrson, was
the psst secretary of the suf frags league
organization about tea years ago in
Morganton. ; .
Haying held positions of trust and
honor, Mr.- Pearson's stand for suf
frage haa all the more weight. He has
represented Burke county in th Legis
lature, ha been mayor of Morganton
and from. 1S97 to ."99 was Btat rail-
CAPTAIN PEARSON
BACK FROMXOAS
Hjioad commissioner,!
TREASURY EXPECTS
1DRED ft 111
BY RATE ADVAf ICES
This Amount Will Go To Gov
ernment Funds By Reason of
Railriad Increase
ADDED INCOME TO COME
FROM ADDITIONAL TAXES
Transportation Taxes Last
Year Amounted To Kearlj
Quarter Billion Dollars; Be
sides Taxes On Freight and
Faisenger Bates, Increased '
Income Taxes Looked For
Washington, D. C August lv By
th Associated Press.) Increased rev.
ennea officially estimated at 1OO,0OO
000 annually, will accrue to th Treas
ury s th result of th advance ia
tranipo ration rates allowed th rail
roads. The added income for th gov
ernment, officials aaid tonight, would
be derived from increased tnnsporta-
tioa taxes which ar paid by th public
aa well as through or ratios af th
laeom and excess provision af th
revenue law.
Transportation tares for th flseal
year ending June SO, aggregated ap
proximately 231,000.000. This ansa
waa mad np from th 3 per eaat tax
a freight charge amounting to S135V
000,000, th a per cent tax on passen
ger tickets supplying 100,000,000 aad
th I per cent oa Pullman charge
producing SuV5OO,0OO.
Additional Taxes CakalateeTU
Should railroad traffi eatinas at it
present volume all of these asnoaat
would be increased correspondingly
with th advaaes permitted by th la
teratat Commerce Commission la It
rat decision last Saturday. On thia
basis officials of th bareaa ef internal
revenue calculate tha additional taxe
will aggregate 38,550,000 ea freight,
18,700,000 on passeager aad $3fiO0fiO9
ev Pullman charges. t
Another source ef revenue womld he)
from income taxes levied against th
railroad corporations. Bailroad execu
tives expect many of the carriers te
eara sufficiently large returns aader
ths new rate to compel the paymsat
of income taxes for th first tint aiac
pre-war day. It is from thia aoarc
that the treasury expects to obtain a
large portion of the remaining S4JKM..
000, of their 100,000,000 estimate. Offi
cial placed the amount from income
taxe conservatively at 30,000,000
Th wag award' af fiOO.OOOjOOf) a
year, on of th cause for a rat ad
vance, also will result ia producing
a certain return to th govemmsst
for it place most ef th railroad em
ploye within Jurisdictioa of th ia
com tax laws. Amount levied ea
most of the worker will be small bat
it was pointed out th railroad labor
army number more thaa tfiOiftOO per
sons. From this somber officials be
lieved the taxe would aggregate a
"substantial amount, probably 1d
000,000 or more.1
Officials also a re studying th indi
rect effect th rate increase will hav
on revenue produced by the excise aad
mseellaneous taxes. Praeteally all et
the excise taxe ar based ea a aer-
cents ge ef th selling prices aa th
so-called luxury tax aad it ia believed
ss certain that more revenue will be
forthcoming as the prices ef commodi
ties move upward.
HOUSE DEMOLISHED BY
MAIL TRAIL AIRPLANE
Omaha. Neb.. Aur. S Plana We. 1
of the mail trail biasing squadron, ea'"
it way from New York to Baa Fraa
Cisco, crashed into a house white aa.
deavoring to make a swt-awa f
Ok-Sar-Bea Held hero today and fell
to the ground. Aside from a ehakiag
up, occupant of th alaae eseanael in..
Jury. The plane waa wrecked.
Captain Eddie Biekenbaeker. who waa
one of the passengers, austaiaed a alight
bruise ea the head, bat bob af th
Other occupants of tha nlana waa
jured. The house was demolished. Th
plane, piloted by Captaia H. E. Hart-
ncy, was .the last to start, the other twe
machine having mad a aaf aseest.
After the accident thev returned ta th
neld but agaia hopped off oa their west
ward Bight at 12:35 n. m Cantata Ki.k.
snbaeker occupying a nines ia f
th plaass.
STEEP ADVANCES MADE
IN PRICES FOR WHEAT
Chicago, Aag. 3. Wheat made a
advance in price today as a result of
increased speculative bnvinr
lated by European war talk. In a little
more man single hour aa extreme up
ward swing ef IS cent a bnahal k.4
taken plsee. March delivery tonehin
2J0, as against $2.15 at yesterday
finish.
Th market bound sd noward anl
at the last, and closed nervous at vir
tually the topmost Doint ef the aurv.
with March at 2.324, a act advance
of ny, eenta a bushel during today's
session. December climbed to SSJO,
but finished at aa almost sheer
ascent of 154 cents.
DOC HARDING SHOWS 'EM
HE'S SURE 'NOUGH PRINTER
Marioa, Ohio, Ang. I Senator Hard
ing, the Bepnblieaa presidential aomU
nee, is going to prov to th pobli
that he is a veal printer. Today he
threw aside his coat, rolled ap his
sleeves and "made-up th I rat ae
of hi paper while motion pletar ma
chines recorded hi aetioaa. . -
All work at th newspaper pleat an-
ponded while the picture, wer being
mad and employes gathersd about te
their boss workinsr Awhile thev
loafed. Th (Senator kept up a rapid
I
rapm
re man
'J
re af eoaversatioa with his foremsal
iwnu at, yorka ,. ..