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IIEWBERII OPPOSES
REMOVAL OF SHIP
YARDS FROM CITY
Congressman Brinson Heads
Delegation Which Protests
To Shipping Board
INSUFFICIENT DEPTH OF
, . WATER CAUSES TROUBLE
j JSorehead City . Business Men
Promoting Company To Jake
Orer Government Ships; New
Bern Business Man
Talkroffri
Agricultural Prosperity; Wil
mington Gets Ship Contract
; Ths News and Observer Bureau,"
OS District National Baak Building.
. (By 8pM!ial Leaned Wire.) .
Washington, Aug. I3 A delegation of
ffew Ban bnaiaaaa man hnve been bar
to owe Senator Bimmona U aa affort to
sUaeaad the federal government from
Coin, tha yardi of tha. Newport Ship
illding Corporation from that city. A
Short while ago tha government gave
prders to thia shipyard io, bnild twelv
, concrete ship at a cost of 5,000,000.
, ahe contract specifies that some of these
.fressels mast draw aa much aa U faet
. f wnter. - The bat In tha New 3am
ftarbor la only nine feat at high tida
and Manager Badell of tha Tarda re-
boosted to tha government tha deeper
nn sups wouia nave to bo built at
a Wilmington or Jacksonville yards.
erembiy the latter.
The shipping board concluded noon
i bade of that report that It would
i beat to bnild all the ahipa elsewhere.
aha government ha ring no farther need
lor the Tarda at If aw Bern would die
aotl them. This vrould be a serious
-plow to New Barn aa the expenditure
t $5,000,000 In single contract ia
naiderable Item and worth-while to
Itlee much larger than New Bern.
, Brinson Heada pelegutlen.
The Kew Bern delegation waa headed
Cosf reel man Brinson of the third
net, and it presented the argument
hat before these larger ahipa could be
Mulshed that tha very abort distance
.pn the bar where only nine feet of
.fwuter bow standi at high tide eonld
be dredged for the passage of ahipa
(drawing twelve feet. The channel
would be opened for these larger ships.
The city of New Barn would guarantee
that If the gorernment would only al
burn It, the yards would not be eloaed
- tke area ging woma ne aoee in umpie
'time The Intimation given Senator
Blmmoni was that the smaller sbipa
would be built at New Bern and tha
larger ones elsewhere.
Bat no definite decision has yet been
announced. The fat of the New Bern
yard is in suspense. " But Mr. H. K.
- Lnnd a New Bern real estate dealer
I who was in Wnshinntoa today, ears
the government manager of tha yard
has given him an order to aell his house
In that city. Manager Bedell evident
ly believes the government intends to
fceaftoa the yarda..: t, j s. . . ;-"
fine Tobacco Crops.
Mr. Land reports that New Bern it
baring in the great tobacco prosperty or.
North Carolina, it has three tnammou
warehouses and Is now bnilding a big
drying plant Be predicts that on ae
eount of the fine tobacco grown in
Craven, Jones, , Carteret and Pamlico
coantles that New Bern ia destined to
become a tidewater Winston-Seism. It
will become the tobneco market and
shipping point for all that section when
the land ia found to be Just aa well
adapted te tobacco as is Wilson, Greene
and Wayne, and is far cheaper.
! Mr. land ia now engaged in an en
i terprise to' settle western colonies of
farmers in this great tidewater section
f the BUte. This enterprise was class
ed with automobiles by ths Federal re
serve boardd and banks were ordered not
to lend money to its promotion but Mr.
Lend says that with ths opening of
tha tobacco market in New Bern on
September 1 that ao much money will
some into circulation that his business
will bs automatically revived. It will
not be .necessary to ask the banks for
dollar. The farmers will hsvs ths
money ssd he expects to bring thon
anda of farmer immigrants to this
section end teach them how to grow
tobacco, cotton, corn and truck. These
farmer colonies will be settled, In vil.
lagea with farm demonstration schools
in which te learn.' Mr. Lend believe
tha New. Bern section, will soon lend
tha whole State in agricultural snd com.
mercisJ enterprise.
NegoMstlug Far Vessels.
1 Mr. George D. Csnfleld, ths mayor
of Morehesd City, nnd n prosperous
bnnker, has been in Washington, for
soma time with Mr. Charles U Abe'
nethy of , New Bern, organising the
New Bern 8hipplng Company. These
twa men nre negotiaing with the gov
ernment for unfinished ships on which
. work waa stopped when the war ended.
One of these yards where such ships
ire for sale by the government1
Carolina shipyard nt Morehesd City.
The New Bern Shipping Company will
tnlsh these ahipa, put some of them
Ipte the trade between South Atlantic
ports snd Cubs and South America,
and others in ths coastwise snd river
commerce Of tha South Atlantic nnd
Onlf sorts. There is n considerable
number of this ere ft the gorsrn me:
wt
v'
left unfinished with ths close of the
wnr and these vessels esn be purchased
at such nominal priees that they ere
well worth ths cost of finishing. Some
of them srs to nearly finished that the
cost of ths completion would be ". a
trifle. -: ' '
Will Build Oil Tsnhsrs. I
. Today ths shipping board granted
the George Fuller Company ths right
to build steel pit tsnkers' at tie eom.
pnny's ship yarda at Wilmingrof , N. C.
Lftrenio Oilhs, bead of ths ship yards,
left here tonight to coneummste the
contracts which had been held in nboy
anes for some time pending the de
sisionef the board. :.
It was in bent If of such anthorisatioa
that a delegation of Wilmington busi-
Scottish "Clansmen Stage
, Free-for-all
Opposing dans men Come Up to Lay Some Crievances Be
fore Senate Committee, ana Come to Blows When the Lie
, is Passed; Captain James D. McNeill Wades in and Delivers
Mightiest Blow of Them AH Blacking the Eye of Lawyey
- Breese; Combatants Driven From Clhamber and Committee
- Draws Own BilL
Political ' animoaKiee that isvs
mouldered (for years back down In
Cumberland county broke lata name
yesterdsy 'afternoon when tha eon tend
ing clansmen sired their grievancee
before the Senate Committee on eonn
tiei,' cities and towns sad there aa-
ued a f ree f or nil fight ia the main
aisle, of ths Senate chamber, with the
Clan McNeill pitted against whst the
Letman of ths elans calls "Hbe Court-
nouse, Jing. r ' . ? .t . .
The dogs of war were loosed when
a. B. Breeee, Fayetteville lawyer speak
ing against the McNeill bill providing
for the nndit of the books of the county
officers, called Bepresentativa George
McNeill a liar. McNeill rushed apoa
Breeee, and - from nil aides of .the
chamber nahed othVfactioniata, and
ths . buttle ' became goiersi. Before
neutral speetatore could vprV the con
tendere aparVjthere were nj score of
eombataata engagdwaad cWaiderable
execution bajd been1 djpne
Captain James D. McNeill, ex-msyer,
snd ex-president of the Bute, Firemen's
Association, father of the represen
tative from Cumberland' nnd chief .of
the elan, shook off the burden of his
73 yssrs 'when ths bnttls began, and
loosing n mighty epithet piled ia and
delivered the most effective blow regis
jcred during the fight, lending squarely
with his fist in Breeee 's eye. His
knuckles were skinned snd the rye ef
hie antagonist will be black.
Chamber la Cleared.
In vain did Senator Connor, acting
chairman of the committee, pound for
order, nnd in vain did ' 8ergeaat-at-Arms,
Gsster wnve one ef bin cratches
threateningly over-the ronflietFNet
vntil spectators rushed in nnd mid hold
of the combatants and drsged them
sway, did the rough-and tumbls eeaae
and some semblance of order came oat
of the confusion. Sent tor Stacy raised
bis voice above tha tumult and moved
that the committee ait in executive ses
sion; Mr. Gsster finally cleared, the
chamber. , ,
The Committee met to hear a dele
gation of opponenta of the McNeill
audit bill, and by ngreement the argu
ment was limited to 30 minutes for
each side. Argument started and lasted
about five minutes. Ths battle started
snd there wss no more diseusaion. Un
til ths time of tha munching of the
offensive, no word had been said bear
ing upon ths issns that tha committee
had aat tf hear, but centered entirely
around foe factional onarrel between
the MeNailla and their opponents, whs
are opposed to tha bill. '
abstitnta Adopted.
When tha committee went into exec,
live session. Senator Warren proposed
a substitute for tha McNeill bill, which
wss adopted unanimously. Tha substi
tute provides that the commissioners of
the county shall within 80 days engage
jn anditor without the State and have
the books of ths county examined. Cup
tain McNeill, said when ha heard the
bill rend later by Mr. Wnrrea thst it
SLUSH FUND FACTS
Governor Cox To Make Public
Other Matters On Republican
" Campaign Fund .
Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 23. Develop
ments in connection with, his charge.
that "slush fund" of $13)00,000 was
bsing railed for ths Bepnbliean cam
paign and personal affaire today ea
gaged Governor Cox, Democratic presi
dential candidate. " . 1
Governor Cox received a telegram
from Senator Eenyoa,' Bepnbliean, of
Iowa, chairman of the Senate campaign
fund Investigating committee, whkh re
sumed its sessions today at Chicago, re
questing information. No reply was
made by the governor, aa ha had aent
Senator Beed, of .Missouri, a Demo
eratie member of the Kenyon commit
tee, n telegram last night, promising
to transmit. Information in the ; near
future.
In addition to tha Information to be
given the eommiitte. Governor Cox said
tonight that he would make public other
forts in bis future addresses.
. Declaring that -he did not expect to
testify before the Senate committee,
Governor Cox said: , ' ;
"I will send matter to the committee
later. All of the information I have
will be given to the public and, there
fore, I da not see nny use in going
before the committee. I . think nlto,
that ths committee-will recognize that
aa (. candidate,. I should give it out ia
such mnnner ns I see fit, bat I hsve no
dispoiitioM, of course, ta conceal any
thing from Ihem that I have myself. -
An .1. ! t . . .
l will 'give out mj luionnaiKm
1 thiirinh e public-interest demands;
snd I think 1 should be tha Judge as
to when it is to be given."
Governor Cox ndded that no response
had come from Will B. Bsys. chairman
of-the -fiepublieanr-nationar' committee,
to his request yesterday for informs
tion regarding alleged division of ths
country by the Republicans into sub
divisions, ,and Imposition of contribu
tion quotas upon each sub-division.
Disposition of personal affaire prepa
ratory to his departure tomorrow en as
other speaking tour occupied the gov
ernor largely today. He also spent
sometime posing for n motion picture
organisation nnd spent nn hoar on legal
matters, he said, with his personal at
torney. The governor, accompanied' by
Mrrs. CoxH drove his nutomobille out to-
SAYS HE WILL GIVE
at Hearing
was Just what he wanted,' and there
as applaese from tha aaUMcNsiH
forces. " ',
P It nan nnoa th inrtfeitioa of M.
ter Connor that the committee limited
the adduction of evidence te one hoar,
In . view af the faet that the Senate
wjs scheduled to meet at 4 o'clock,
snd it was then a qusrter of three. H.
& Brothers, Fayetteville lawyer, waa
I at forward as leader of tha forces op
p.ed ta the McNeill bUl, and Bepro
ssntative McNeill took ap the cudgels
a behalf of his measure. C. J. Cooper,
former banker af the Cape Fear . me
tropolis, arose to apeak.
Political history waa the main fea
ture . of tke Cooper speech. He ' de
clared that McNeill was defeated for
re-nonelnatioa Inst July because of his
idvocaey of the measure under dieena
sion, and that by a majority- of twa
hundred. He allnded to ths fight msde
ly McNeill for the abolition of the
Cumberland, recorder's court, which, he
deelaredt'was repudiated at the polls
en-mhclmlngly.
"Don't Waat Gnnrdlana."
"We doat want a board' of guardians
appointed by. the Legislatars for ths
Commissioners that onr people ' hnve
chosen to offlee he declared. He went
tpnewhnt into the fight over "these
plseea an ths county ticket in the las)
election, declaring that ths opposition
to tha present board wns fostered by
the undemocratie "Good Government
Leafuc," organised by Captain Mo
Krill. ,
Shakes peareT said oas good thing ons
time" Mr. Cooper continued, but his
quotation was lost in a general snicker
thst percolated among the spectators
nt the - unuuslnees of bit expression.'
Bs sat down nnd H. T. Drake, moving
picture owner and large tax payer of
Fayetteville, waa asked to speak for
ths bill." Mr. Drake didn't want , to
talk, not being a spesksr, and be eon
tented himself with saying that , ths
county books ought to, be sndited nnd
that he waa in favor of any measure
that- would have it done.
They Am Factions.
These preliminaries bad consumed
abont three minutes. Mr. Breese took
the floor, and within two minutes ,had
precipitated a very seemly hearing in
to a general fight. Mr. Breese was in
the lower bouse of the General Assem
bly ia 1917. Ha brought op his record
which he said waa a great satisfaction
Is him, ia that ha had sever been be
fore a committee that did not. agree
with him about whan, be desired done.
Bs remembered ' pleasantry - severs!
smners wf the present commutes.
"Gentlemen, we hive two factions In
Cumber land county, nnd they nre fac
tions," he continued. He described the
fight that was mads aver tha nomlnntion
for representative in the recent primary
and declared that the McNeill faction,
having tost, wan Inking it out la apite
by urging a bill to andit the books of
the topmost faction. "It la the minority
(Continued oa Page Two.)
Lloyd George and Giolitti
Statement Criticizing Pol
icy of Bolshevik!
In
Lucerne, Switaerland, Aug. 13. (By
the Associated Press.) An ' official
statement issued regarding ths confer
ences" today between Premiers Lloyd
George nnd Giolitti says ths premiers
screed to the vital need of tha re-
vetablinhment of the peace of ths world
. .i i . 1 1 . .
a uiw esriien poeaiDiv nvmiii suu
that the first guarantee of snch a peace
is to be found in the various treat
ready concluded.
"Tha vietera in war,," continues ths
statement, "should display a spirit of
moderation in their enforcement of
terms, and the . vsnquuhed a spirit of
loyalty ia their execution.
"Before peace ia fully established,
however, there are a number of im
portent questions to be decided, a ana'
jority of which are' indissolubly eon'
netted with the march of events in ter
ritories of the former Bnssisn empire.
Until pence is fully established be
tween Bamia nnd the rest of the world
ah atmosphere of disturbance and nn
settlement will continue to menace the
world.
Coveramenta Take Siena
Therefore, the British sill Italian
governments hnve been taking steps, in
tar face ef much miarepresentntipn, to
restore communications between Kus-
sin and the world outside. Therefore,
with profound regret they hnve Just
heard that the Soviet government,
despite repeated assurances to the con
trary given, officially on their behalf in
London, hare sought' to impose on Po-
I . , aIii i.t
iaaa vtmuiuoBB invoiupeiiuis wuu nn
tional independence. 1
"The government of Poland is bused
on the choice of the whole adult no pu
is tion of the country without distinction
of class, sad this so-called civil army
to bo drnwa from one elsaa only, which
is referred to in ths fourth condition
f the Soviet terms, is only s indirect
method of ergnnixlng a force to over
throw br violence this democratic con
Ktitution and substitute fori it the des
potism - of. n privileged ew who may
hnve absorbed ths doctrines of Bolshe
vism. ' , '
"We cansot help apprehending that
when the detailed conditions sf the com
position of this force kept beck as tbey
are now ere revealed later en, they will
he found ta bo moulded en the plan of
the Buaaiaa Bed army. For one nation
te insist it a condition . of peace wits
PREMIERS AGAINST
SOVIET PROPOSAL
SHIPPERS REQUES
RATE PETITION BE
Railroads' Attorney Says They
May Be Forced To Resort To
COL ALBERT COX MAKES
; OUT CASE FOR SHIPPERS
Thinks Request For Belief In
This State Comes With Poor
Grace After Petition To Be
. bear Virginia Citiesj Case;
Asks Oomniissioa To With
hold Action!
If the Corporation Commission with
holds astioa oa ths railroad petition
for aa Increase) la the Intrastate rates
ia. response to the petition of the
North Carolina Traffic Association un
til ths railroads obey tha order af the
Interstate Common Commission re
moving discriminations agslnst North
Carolina ia favor ef Virginia cities,
the railroads will resort to ths federal
Commission. 'for relief.
This, without trimmings; was tha re
ply of C. J. Bizia, counsel for the rail
roads joining in ths petition in ths
argument of CoL Albert It. Cox, coun
sel for the North Carolina Truffle As
sociation in a hearing before tha Cor
poration' Cognmlaaiea of the State
yesterday; Tha Commission, st tha and
of the hearing, announced that ao as
tioa would be taken pending legis
lative aetioa oa railroad rates.
The railroads' representative laid
bis ease for an Increase ia intra-State
tatcs before the Commission briefly,
asking that the record before the fed
oral body ia the interstate rata ease
bs msde a part of the procedure ia
this Stats, looking townrd the squall
cation - ef intrnatate nnd interstate
rates." CoL Cos sited the petition ef
ths ros for rehearing of tha fa
mous Virginia cities esse, in which the
decision of tha Interstate Commerce
Commission recently obliterated discri
mination -or forty-two years' stand
ing. Hs further called attention to
ths faet that at ths snd of the thirty
cava allowed the roads for ths vnba
ttion of tariff, they filed a petition
for .a reopening of the esse, re-attacking
the . basic principles of the
court's relief to ths shippers of North
Carolina. Accordingly? bs asked ths
Corporation Ceunmlssioa ' to withhold
action , on iko petition until the rail-
toads obey -laor-oasr ef the Inter
state Commerce Commission. ;.
Will Basset ts L C. C
"If yon should take tha course de
sired.", retorted Mr. Bixis. "We art
then forced, .arnder tha transportation
tet to resort to ths Interstate Com
merce Commission' for relist ' I ssy
that, not ia the attitude of a threat
( hope I have snore respect snd courte
sy to resort to that"
Mr. Biiie. at tht first session of ths
'Commission yesterdsy morning at 10
o clock recited the needs of tha. rail
roads for additional ravenus. in sup-
rort of tha petition for an increase of
0 per cent ia interstate passenger
fares and S3 per cent ia intrnstats
freight rates. This is particularly
necessary, now, he pointed out, ia the
tsee of the fourteen million dollar de
velopment program af the Southern
Hallway, the asvsn million dollar
equipment program of the Atlantis
Coast Use and J the Seaboard Air
lane's proposed addition ef two thomv
and freight ears.
CoL Cox, repressnting the North
Carolina Traffic Aasoeiatioa, then ask
d the commission for a ontinnaace
of the hearing until the afternoon at
three o'clock, by which time directors
it ths sasocintlon would be in the city
for a conference.
Ia agreement with thin request, the
bearing was resumed, at three o'clock
whea CoL Con plainly indicated that
the shippers af North Carolina are
very weary or freight rats aueruni
nations.
The shippers and receivers of freight
In North Carolina, h ssid, "hnve no
disposition to handicap ths railroads if
ths increase is just and have ao dis
position to prevent proper inerenss of
Stnts rates." : ' " -"
"In view of tht fact," ht continued,
"that in the oaae lasting nsarly seven
teen months before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, in which the com
mission, in its report, determined that
for more thnn forty-two years rates in
(Contlmmcd on Pegs Two.)
SEARCHING FOR SOLDIER
WHO KILLED FARMER
former Service Man Slays Man
Who Married Girl
' He "loved : i
( T i - l ',
Durham, Aug. i3. Posses tin Durhsm
ssd Person coantles nre tonight search.
i 11 -m n i
ing lor Vlaua uvnmi hb w-wmwii
who late Sunday sfternoon shot nnd
killed Thelbcrt Ellis, n prosperous
young farmer of Person' county, who
wooed and married the girl hs loved.
The shooting took place near. the home
of the girl s parents, Mr. nnd Mrs.
Pomp Pay, two miles northfthe
Dnrhsm-Psrson county linerwitn Mrs.
Ellis ths only witness.
Mr. snd Mrs. Ellis, nccording to of
ficers, hsd stopped their machine to
insneet a tobacco barn. Beturning to
ths ear. Mrs; Elljl, eing thst Bowlss
sp." Almost simultansously Bowies
aross from a wood pile, drew his gun
and shot Ellis. Ellis fell underneath
the car. Mrs. Ellis, .seeing that Bowles
waa abont to firs a second time, fell
screes her wounded husbsnd. Bowles
roughly threw her sside sn4rt eloM
range dred ' a second and fatal shot.
Ellis waa dead whea help arrived, nnd
Bowles had made his escape. -
After the shooting, Mrs: EIUs ran to
a nearby church and rang the ehureh
bell to call aaslstsncs. vynen neip nr
rlved shs swooned, fibs is prostrated
HELD UP FOR TIME
MAVPM'r
LGOV
iiiri
COX TO APPEAR TO
IE
Senate Committee To Delve
. Thoroughly Into National
. . Party Campaigns
SUMMONS CHAIRMEN TO
. GIVE CAMPAIGN FACTS
Oeorf e White and Win Hays
and Many Other Propinent
Officials and Leaders of
Both Great Parties Ordered
To Bring AH Information
Oottoernins; Activities
Chicago, Aug. tX-QoTarnot James M.
Cox, ths Demoeratle presidential nom
inee, fIU probably be subpoenaed and
compelled to appear before the Senate
committee, which today announced plans
for iavsstigatingv ths Bepnbliean nnd
Democratic national campaigns, unless
no comes or his own free wilL n mam.
bar of the committee told The Ass
einted Press tonight. ,
This member of tb committee ssid
that it members felt that Governor Cox
must prove his charges that ths BepaV
licans were raising a at3.000.000 cam
paign fnnd or withdraw -them snd that
the committee was prepared U go to any
lengtn to ODtaia evidence in the matter.
No offieisl subposna will be issued, how
over, until the committee meets net
Monday.
-It Governor Cox baa not gives us a
satisfactory rsply by thst time, I feil
certain a sibpoesa will bo issued," be
said.
No -Keply Prom Cok.
Senator Beed said hs had not received
an answer to hia telearam t Governor
Cox up to o'clock tonight when he
ion for a short trip ia to Wisconsin.
The statement was made when 'mem-
bora of the committee were shown des
patches quoting Governor Cox ns ssying
ho "saw no use in nppearing before ths
committee, adding that he would fur-
nlsh it with ths evidence, but felt thnt
ho should be allowed to do so "when
he aaw Ht," -
. i Included in the matter! to be taken
np when the committee reconvenes next
Monday will be aa investigation of the
Oklahoma Democratic scustorlal pri
maries, in whleh Senator Gore waa de
feated, and the pre -convention Kansas
campaign..
Chisago, Aug. t3,The Senate cam
pai-n v. investigating committee today
mads -plans for what it announced would
bo a tboTCurt and svbsostivt invetti
gat ion into ths Bepnbliean and .Demo
cratic national campaigns. The invest!
gatioa, it was snnouneed, would not only
deal with methods of obtaining and ex
panding money in the campaigns, but
would cover reports of nlleged offers ef
federal position as aa inducement to
political activity.
Governor James Cox, of Ohio, Demo
era tic nominee, was sent a telegram by
tha committee requesting Vim to nppeir
befOTt it next Monday when it will re
convene to pressnt nny evidanes hs may
havs to aubstantiat his charges in cam'
paiga speeches that the Republicans
"wars raising a campaign fund of $19
000,000.-
Order Leaders To Apnear,
In addition the committee ordered
leaders ia each party to appear before
it with ail books, papers and informa-
tioa in their possession concerning the
campaign activities, Snnneinl or other-
wise, of their party. Included in the
liat summoned were l Will Hsys, chair
man of the Republican national commit
tee; George White,, chairman of the
Democratic national committee; rred
TJpham nnd Wilbur Marsh, treasurers,
respectively, of the Bepnbliean and Dem
ocratic committees; Homer Cummings,
former ehuirman of tha Democratic a
tidnnl committee: Senator Miles Poin-
dexter. of Wsshingtoa, chairman of the
Bepnbliean Senate campaign committee,
Representative Michael Phelan, of Mas
sachusetts; Congressman Bimeon Fes,
af Ohio, nnd Guy Scott, of west vir-
ainin. members of ths Republican eon'
gresalonal campaign committee, and Rep
resentatives Frank Doremns, of Michi
gan, nnd W. A. Oldfield, ef Arkansas, -if
the Democratic congressional campaign
committee.
Will Sammon Others
. Several other witnesses will bs sum
moned before, the committee sessions
begin. Chairman Kenyon, of Iown,
aid. Each witness -summoned todsy
waa instructed to bring any other per
sons who, might be able to furnish in
formation . concerning the campaign
aetlvitlea of either party.
Wi nre mint to find out everything
there-1 is to know abont the work of
both psrtles," said Ssnntor Kenyon to
night. "There have been reports that
the Republicans were raising million
of dollars, that a ring of corporations
wan contributing largely to their fund
and that various persona wars offering
Federal positions as a reward lor po
litical help from certain men.
Ta Investigate Thoroughly
We are going into these thing -
vl. ..i . !. A m! 4ttm
nil elenred np within about three
weeks, we are ready to remaia ia aes
sioa until sleetion dsy If neeesssry."
Wl" Hay and Gcorga-JfhJtcjig
gnl-
fed their willingness in New York to
day to attend the henrings and give any
information possible. Senator Kenyon
said he talked with Hays by telephone
this sfternoon nnd that ths Republi
can chairman told b im "he welcomed
tha Investigation. Pred Upham, Be
pnbliean treasurer,' also is understood
to bo .in New xora.
FORME K SECRETARY WILSON
- IS NOW CRITICALLY ILL
Trssr. lows. August 13. The condi
tion Of James Wilson, former. Secre
tary of Agriculture, who ia critically U
at his horns hare, showed . ao improve
ment todsy, hi physictsns said. Mr,
Wilsoa ia unconscious a part ef the
1 MI UUI
BOLSHEVIICI TRYING
TO SAVE REMNANTS
OF DEFEATED ARMY
LI
Amending of Injunction Re
straining Certification of
t . -Suffrage Only Move .
SETS FORTH ACTION 0E
HOUSE NULL AND VOID
Insurgent Legislators at Deca
tur, Ala., Issue Statement
Setting Forth Their Seasons
,. For Learing State and Pro
Tenting Legislative Quorum;
1 Legislature at a Standstill
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 13 An amend
ed order' making W. M. Carter and John
Green, chief clerks of the senste nnd
house, respectively, parties to the tern'
porsry Injunction restraining the gov
ernor, secretary of stats and speakers
of the senate sad houss from taking any
action with regard to certifying ratinea-
tion of the woman suffrage amendment
to Wsshington, was ths only important
development todsy in ths contest over
Tennessee s ratification of the measure.
The original bill filed Saturday waa
baaed largely on ths contention thnt
aetioa oa the amendment by this legis
lature wss forbidden by ths stats con
stitution.
Action Null nnd Void,
The amended bill sets forth thst the
aetioa of ths house Ssturday in defeat
ing a motion that ths house reconsider
its ratification of tbs amendment and
in orderlns- thst ths msssnre be trans
mitted to the senate tor engrossing, waa
anil and void beeauss "the house was
not nt nny time during saidday legally
snd,. constitutionally organised f0T the
transaction of business.
- Mora than a score of house members
opposed to ratification went to Decatur,
Alabama early Saturday in order to
break a quorum and prevent future no
tion. i
No data yet has bee sst for srgn
msnt on the restraining order, bnt it wns
expected this would take pines Wednes
day or Thursdav. i
Absence of the bolting colons has vir
tually brought to a Standstill ths leg
islative machinery.
IS8UB STATEMENT SETTING
FORTH REASONS FOR FLIGHT
Decatur, Ala., Ang. 23. Members of
ths- Tennessee House of Representatives
here todsy fanned a' formal statement
addressed to the people of Tennessee,
settina forth their reasons for break
ing n quorum in tha House and leaving
the State. The statement bears the
signatures of 37 members of ths House),
of vrhonr STarSr Democrats -una-teer te
publicsns. The statement follows:
'l. ' 7 are absolutely convinced thnt
anr action by us ratifying -the smend-
ment would bo ia violation of the con
stitutional right of Tenneaaee and
would make all of ua guilty of a failurs
to live' up to the rath which we had
taken ns members of ths Legislsture,
and being of this opinion we eonld not
honorably east onr vote to override the
constitution of the State, nnd were nn
willing by our pnsenee to permit it
to be done. 1
"2. We sr convinced thst tbs
methods which were adopted to secure
the passags Of ths resolution wers im
proper nnd not justified.
"3. We believe thst the majoritr of
ths people, of Tennessee do not favor
ths ratification of said amendment.
SnrrSnder Sovereign Rights.
"4 We felt to hsve1 ratified the
smendment would have been to sur
render the sovereign rights of the Stnts
en the question of suffrage, which is
ons of the most important nnd sacred
rights conferred, and the only defense
thnt the people of Tennessee hsd nt this
juncture jested In our hsnds, nnd the
only way that' we could, servs wis to
taks ths conns thtt ws neve taken
We fully understand thst our sction
eould only bo Justifled by the tremen
dous issues involved, which went to the
vcrv foundstion of our government;
that the ratification of ssid amendment
would be destruetivs ef our sovereignty
ss a State1 nnd a negation of ths deal
form of government created by its
founders. It seemed1 to us -thst under
conditions existing st Nashville, snder
the pressure of a lobby and the de
mands Improperly mods by ths sgeneiss
which should not bars been employed,
tha only proper course for us to tske
was to absent ourselves from ths Stnts
for a psrlod of tims sufficient for tht
people of Tennessee to express them
selves is sueh msnner as might bo
adopted by them to the end that the
(Continued on Page Two.)
ANOTHER HEAVY BREAK
IN PRICES OF .COTTON
y'
w Tork, Aug. 43. Unsettling re
ports from LirerpotrT, including rumors
of failurs in ths Fsr East, apprehen
sion of a British coal strike and n big
break in futures led to a renewal of
heavy general selling in the local cot
ton arketthia -morning. August
shewed a break of 10 points nt the
start nnd Inter ail active deliveries
msde aew low records, with January
selling nt 24.54, or more thnn a cent
below the cloning prices' of Saturday.
Tha market showed continued weak
ness during tha afternoon. No further
salsa of August wers reported, but that
month alosed at ZS.73, or S73 points bo
low tha quotstios of Saturday, whils
later months showed losses ef 100 ta
105 points for ths day, with October
selling aa low as 13.95, and December
S4.7S. ' , . r.
ASSEMBLY C
ERKS
PARTIES TO ORDER
Polish Encircling Movement
That Threatens To Block
Escape of Reds Seems
Well On Way to Success
GIVE U. S. ASSURANCE
POLES WILL NOT OVER
STEP ' BOUNDARY LINES
State Department Sets Forth
Views That Poland's Victo
rics Troops Should Hot Go
Beyond Natural Frontiers of
Be - Constituted Republic;
Polish Legation Officials Say
ITo Offensive Warfare Into
Kussia Is Contemplated;
Snoeess of Encircling Move
ment Will Make Escape Of
Bolsheviki Into Batt Prussia
Only Alternative; Fall of
Bialygtok Reported
REPORT RkCAPTtTRR OF
BIALY8TOK BV POLES
Copenhagen, Ang. -The Poles
have recaptured Biaiyetok after
desperate resistance by the Holehe.
viki. aayo a despatch to the Berlla.
(aha Tidende, from Warsaw.
Warsaw, Aug. 23. (By The Asso.
ciated Press,) Buseiso- Bolshevik
forces nre rescting virtually along the
wnoie -una--lav an -af ort-4e sa ve- the
remnants of the Bed army, but they
hsve so fsr bees easily frustrated by
us roies.
On the north there is hn f;i.n
In the region of Mlawa and Uoluau.
Forced to face two Polish armies, one
advancing from Modlia and the other
from Graudens, the Bolsheviki are
making desperate efforts to extricate
ucir aa ranee guard, some of which ad
ventured ns fsr ss Eylsu snd Plonsk.
Ths Bed losses in prisoners in this
region nave amounted to 11,000 In the
past two day.
Tha nttemnt af tha H-,1. t..v tv:
Polish Unci on the Pnasnyn-Makov-
uwany roaq ana cross the Narew
river hsa completely failed. Polish
troops advnaeiag ap the Tight bank of
the Narew threw back ths Boisbevlki
to the north. Meanwhile, the main
body of the Poles, ndvsnelng from
Warsaw, oceunled all tha Wrttnr
the fork of the Bug end the Narew.
letting u Had Retreat
The anly chance of the Bolsheviki Is
to ODen a namnm In tha rfiraatln
Oatroleaka and Lomzn, so as to get
urouga to Uialystok and Grodno. Tha
Polish troops, accordingly, are bas'eii
ing their march toward Ostrolouka and
Lomxa, while the Polish cavalry, which
has reached the upper waters pfthn
Narew. ha, alreailv ut h I I
tween Lomxa and Binlystok.
The battle now beginning on the
middle Narew ia likely te decide !te
fata of all tha Red fnraea k.t... ! .
Narew and the Prussian frontier. Red
troops, comprising infantry aad
earalry, are making a bold thrust in
the direction of Brody and Lrmbcrg.
farther north Bolshevik detachments,
debouching from Lutsk nnd Vladimir
Voliaskv. tried tA fnn-a a mhim nf
the Bug before Prubreszov, but were
nunea one wit heavy loss. The same
fate befell the Beds who appeared in
the region of Lemberg.
Ukraittiunu Repel Attack
The Ukrainian regiments, which are
Still SB their old nnairian, alnnip tha
Strypn, have successfully repelled sll
sttempts of the Reds nnd mnintained
ineir origins! lines on ine extreme
right In the center the Polish troons
hies aaenniad Rraat.TJtnv1- . a:..
ging in on the enstern border of Po-
tesia. ii is expected tost taj usring
nils of tha ItnlaWavihi aotainf-t T.m.
berg .will be definitely frustrated in
ine nenr luiure. :
crrk assv raxces poland
. WILL NOT INVADE RUSSIA.
Wsshington, Aug. ' 23. Complete ss
suranes will be given the United States
it wns stated today in Polish official
eirelesv thst Poland's victorious armies
will not pursus their advance beyond
the natural frontier of the reconsti
tuted republic An early, communica
tion from Warsaw to this effect was ex
pected by thess officials. ,
Representations setting forth the
views of this government hnve been
msde through the legstion st Warsaw,
the State department announced today.
The Polish yeply, legation officials said,
would1, eet nt rest nny. suspicions thnt
Polsnd was eontemplnting the prolonga
tion of bostilitiee' into nn offensive war
against- Russia.
' No Formal Exchangee.
No formal representstioas hsve been
exchanged with the allies by the United
8tats regarding the possible transition
of the Polish operations from a de
fensive to nn offensive character. .
Ureas Britain, noweTer, tnrougu rre
inier Lloyd - George, already has n. .
nonneed her opposition to any trans
gression by Poland of Russian terri
tory. Both Sir Auckland Oeddcs, the British
ambassador, and Prince Lubom Iraki, ths
Polish Win IstericoTifwred iodny-with
ment. It in understood that the Rus-
sisn and Polirh aitnation were ander
discussion st tha two respective conferences-
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ENCIRCLING MANEUVER OP
. POliES N EARING SUCCESS
i London, Aug. - t3 Ths mansuvet
whereby ths Polish, Possnninn and
Fomeranlan troopo are drMng the
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with grief, it is ssid,