North Carolina Newspapers

' ;. v . WATCB LACZL , . swor swat. U4 mnd I " " sat mM stasis wr. . Pertly clonuy Friday sad Sat arday, s probably v eceasloaal SIXTEEN PAGES TOD A?. 1 RALEIGR N. C," FRIDAY MORNING,7 AUGUST 27. ' 1 920 "VOL. OCII. NO. 58 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. , PRICE: FIVE CENTS COX UNEARTHS . REPUBLICAN BOODLE FU Secretary of State blby Issues' Equal Suffrage Proclamation For United State m- mm .GAVELS DESCEND : , AT 2:15, ET1DING SPECIAL SESSION General Assembly Completes .' Tax Legislation Required -By Revaluation FIVE BIG MEASURES ' " . COMPRISE MOST WORK Nearly 60O BiHs tad Besolu tions Passed By Eons and " '. Senate In 17 Day Session, , Most of Them Entirely Local In Char actef;, Members De part For The.it Homes Although tli legislative clock itood ' till at a mlaute before boob, it waa Quarter after two Is ths afternoon - before the rotunda doera of ths Boast and Senate chambers were flans imi yesterday and the gavels of the speaker and president of W Sonata fell ia " - u niton and together they declared tha epeeial Session of the General biy adjoarnad aia die. v . Weary Senators aad wearier Bep rcsentatives lud already made ready for tha moment of adjournment, bad cleared their desks, had drawa their pay, aad war ready for tha fall of the gnvsls. - Fiva mlnatea after final adjuramsnt, tha ha 11 a, aeena of boay turmoil for 17 days past, wera deserted, nd the afternoon trains carried Boat rf tha membera away. The aeasioa ia ' brer, and with a record for legislatlos against time that will likely stand for a time. , Altos-ether nearly 800 bllla and Zillions were passed by the House and fcenste during the 17 daya of the ses sion, and relatively few bills died tn committee, or were killed , outright. Borne few there -wore remaining oa the calendar for their third readme, deal .ing mostly with local matters of bond issues fo schools, reads and such like. In the committees, lacking committee action a number of state-wide bills, ia eluding the Brown primary bill, re mained cnattndjdMa4 - forgotten., in .I . . V. . M whi mailt j j . MaJe Leaialatloaw : Taxatioa waa the, basia ef the call for the Special 8eulon,-aad taxation - waa the basis ef every important bill - peuad by the General Assembly, with the debatable exception of that provioV ing for the regiatratioa of women voters for tba November election. Other Than these tha Legislature confined itself en tirely to local ' matters, with here aad . there a aiatntory amendment effecting lemi procedure. The Hve major en actments of the aeasion are aa follows: Submitted amendment to the consti tution of North' Carolina limiting tha taa rate to be levied for State and " C ounty purposes, 'exclusive of school , support to 15 cents on'the"tlQ0 prop ' f rty valuatioBf providing for m tax oa laeomes aot to exceed o per cen; re- esling the "stand or fall together" Woviiioa in tha Grandfather amend meat) and changed tha qualifications cf a voter in the State to one year's residence la she State anoyfoar months in the precinct in wliehjhe ballot ia east, and removed the requirement that a voter must have paid poll tax before voting. .,- ... Passed the, Be venue act, filing tha tax . rate for the year at 13 rents oa prop- " erty valuation, and levying ao tax for btste purposes upon property, and pro viding for new schedule of taxes ea franciss. eta. '-. Passed the Municipal Finance Act, requiring municipalities to keep within tbe 10 per cent limitation promised in the Bevaluation act, and reducing the limit to which a municipality may go - Jn borrowing money to S per cent of . the total property valuation instead of 10 per cent as heretofore. Special pro- jisiea enabling cities to -take care of present indebtedness, aad by a Vote of the people, increase revenaes for gea iral expennea. . i ' rsssed the Brooks Edueatioa bill, putting into law the plan worked, et ij the Department of Edueatioa for the leorganlxatlon of the school system of the State, placing the teachers oa aniform classification aad salary basis tad providing inducements ta teachers to better their equipment ia order , to ' f eeelve hla-her salaries. . : , v- Passed the Scatonrbill providing tm llie reglstratloa of women Voters of the - btate after the promulgation of the 19th Amendment jbf the United States Secretary of State,,-... Passed the Stacy bill authorising the 1 Council of 8tat to raise the salaries of the clerical staff ia the several State ' departmsata, with the previaioa that one receive more, than $1,800. Primary Repeals Die Early. ' .Neither of the font primary repeal bill got farther tnaa the Senate, ana only one of these got past its first read ings The Humphrey bill providing for "the. repeal of the primary by referen dum waa passed ia the Senate had was immediately tabled when it came to the floor ia the House. , The 8eaate also passed a measure providing for the vol untary retirement of justices of the . Supreme court arid ef judges of the su perior court, but the House waa afraid .cf it and allowed it to expire la com- asittee. . -; Sundry commissions ssked ,by the Governor to look into legialatfoa at the general session ia January paaaed ia the Senate, but met with inattention or outright disfavor in the House. The Senate passed the bill providing for a commiaaioa to atudy better laws for negroes, a commission to draft a new -V ' ''i f- , (Contlnaed ea Psge JfJ : Dougliton Hails Inevitable " But Will Not Bend The Knee Legislative Influence of tke susotates Machinery BUI r or New Voters Which Becomes Law After Senate Extricates Poison Fangs of Grier't Amendment; Passage x and Final Ratification of This Measure Regarded As Prettiest Parliamentary. Scrap of .Short Session." ' "'' ; ' " OovernorBafe 'AT'Donghtoy deem ef North Carolina parliamentarians, aad Grand Old Mas. ef the General Assembly yesterday. eztaaded the right hand of fellowship to Old Maa , Inevitable and the General Assembly paved the way for tha women of North Carolina to vote ia the eleetiona this fall. , i The House fairly gasped when Gov. ernor Doughtoa, dyed ia the wool antl, lodoad ai motion dnrinar tha continued morning aeaaioa of yesterday to recon sider the vote by which' the Scales ma chinery bill had failed of passage a few brief minutes . before. Suffrage op ponents, still trembling from the jars that came aeroaa the Blue Bidge, were ao taken aback until at no time after the Doughtoa motion waa lodged were they able to evea hold aa Informal MWfll Prom a parliamentary standpoint, the passage and final ratification of the ma ehinery measure wsa perhsps ihe pret tiest piece ef work turned cat by the soIobs daring the while fifteen daya.' The strategy of Doughtoa, working reluc tantly for something he refused to admit ia here, waa pitted against the strategy of .Bar working against the thing he favors- but believes his people - are againet. , . What the MacBlMry Act Is. . The machinery act amends the elec tion laws. where sex discrimination ap pears, exempta the women from the pay ment, of poll tax this year'and provides for their regiatratioa as voters ia the same manner prescribed fpm, the regis tration of males attaining the age of A. . . . . . . . 1 . mi Dciore ui uaie oi ins election, ii was introduced la the Senate aad paaaed by the upper" body Wednesday. It came no for naaaaara in the Honsa vaaterdar. slightly amended by tne committee, ana oa motion of Bepresentative 8tanley Winberne. foremost floor antagonist of equal rig bks in the lower branch, (sm- Dorarily went t the table to linger Be tween, death and the revitalising Influ ence of the (eatlemaa from Alleghaay. The vote oa the Winborne motion rot- lowed the lines established early la the aeaaioa by the round robin ar devel oped to a majority ef thirty votes against the ratification reaolutioa. Suffrage forces were caught napping and missed the opportunity oa the motioa to tabl to get a record vote, something that several of the members didn't relish. Denghtoa Opens 1st Fireworks. Whea Governor Doughtoa' called up hie motioS for action, he announced with. Characteristic solemnity his well known position oa suffrage. Potting bis name to the round robia seat to tne Tennessee legislature be-appralaed aa one of the proudest acta of his long legislative career. But bow wit tae ratification of the amendment proclaim ed by the Secretary of State it ill be hooved North' Carolwina to stand like the Dutch boy at the dike, one hand agaiaat a mighty tide. ' Bitter enders among tne smis aeciia- ed to follow the governor or to repress flittarinsraatoniahment as something akin to expediency fell from hie lips. Grier. to the arovernor e right, waa nn- wUlintt-tahs-ths-abling-bill-evea as amended by the distinguished Sen ator from Beaufort, VI r. Warren. So it Virtually Certain Now That Senator Overman win Rec ommend Gastonia Man Stonewall J. Durham, of Gastonia, it ia virtually certain win be recommend-'! ed as successor to W. C. Hammer, United States District Attorney for the. West ern District of North Carolina, by Sena tor Leo 8. Overman.' Mr. Hammer is scheduled to resign the district at tornevshio September IS to begin his esmpaiga for election- as .Congressman from the Seventh district "to succeed Congressmsn Lee D. B&binson. Senator Overman said yesterdsy that he waa practically certain that he would recommend the Gastonia attorney to succeed Mr. Hammer. J. C. Bikes, mayor nt Monroe, and nronfinent ia Western Carolina polities, hsa been urged apoa the Benstor for appointment, ana bis name has received very serious eoa- .iu.tion- but Senator Overmsa's sUtement la tahen as sn elimination of Ihe Union county man. Mr. Hammer was namsd - district sttorney at ths beginning of ths first Wilson adminiatratioa, and 'haa held the place for more than eevea roars. He catered the lists ia the Seventh District early last spring when Con- greasmM ' Bobiaeo announced his re tirement and led in a three-cornered race in tha June primary.' Hie nearest opponent, W. E. Brock, of Wadesboro, withdrew and Mr.'. Hammer's nomina tion was certified. Mr. Durham haa been active ia Use- ton coaaty politico for many years, and is a close personal friend of .Senator Overman. Hei, was a member of 'the House of Beprvsentativei the year Senator Overman 'was nominated and elected, aad took aa active part in the campaign ia behalf ef the Salisbury maa. Hia name will not be sent to the President until Mr. Hammer has .sithdrawa from office. - 1 S. J. DURHAM WILL - SUCCEED HAMMER 'Alleghany Representative Re- "- " v A - was that Mr. Grier began drafting aa amendment which some of the eutfirai- ista suspected would invite suits to en join the eleetioa officials of North Caro lina frees permitting the women to reg ister as matter what the effect of rati neatloa by the natioa Is or may be, Victor 8. Bryant, of Durham, followed with applause for the gentlemen of round robia fame craeiqna snough al to face aa actual condition. , Aa the words fell from his Hps, the anti group scattered about the floor aad ia the gal lery behaved much aa the maa patted On the back for something he Un't go ing to do. Not the least sarcastic, but with liberality matched only by his elo quence, Mr. Bryant rejoiced at the breaking down of the opposition lines aad the melting away of bitterness. A Little Tea Macs For Donghtoa. . Qame to the last, Governor Donghtoa Interposed at this juncture to warn Mr. Bryant, that his action was ia ao tense to be eoastrucd as aa admission that the men who have fought suffrage are now willing to concede ratification. Around this the) .whole thing revolved. Maguire, Be publican, announced that Governor Doughtoa'a relenting attitude convinced him beyond a shadow ef doubt that the fight is all ever. This -being true, he wanted to bring the ratt Seatioa ap again aad make North Caro lina a perfect thirty -eevea. The gov: ernor thought he misunderstood the move. ' Debate became rather general. Grant, of New Hanover, heretofore a quiet fig are of the session, rather chided the House for its apparent Irreconcilable attlitude. Brown Shepherd, of -Wake, was perfectly, willing for North Caro lina to remain isolated. He said what several other membera were thinking that he didn't want to be a party to aay legislation, welcoming the women into the electoral Held. ; Setae Farlaauajary Scrapping. Bepresentative Harry Grier offered next sb amendment to strike out the Warrea Bea'ate amendment and sub- stituta in lien thereof a provision that the enabling act should not become effective until all contests ia the courts over ratiaeatioa are settled and ratines tioa "lenllv established. -Before any votings was la order, it was necessary to reconsider the vote by whieh the Scales bill first failed ef passage. Brown of Pitt ranted, about tha floor- awhile and members! tiring of a rasping tirade, appealed to Gov ernor Danghtoa to call the previous question. On this there was a call for tba. avea and noes. ' ' The first vote was 53 to ,34, men like Dawson, Dooghtoa, Grier and Powell of Columbus, antis, voting xor tne vougn ton motion. The vote reconsidered Governor Dotfsrhton moved that the bill be taken from the table and placed upon immediate passage. To thia the antis protested vigorously. J. Frank Kay declared that it required two- thirds. Governor Doughton countered that it did not aad the Speaker eoa eurred. . Then, several members Having left after the tost of.strengtn, tne anus made a jwlnLfilao auorum andjfeeaker (Centinaeet on Page Nine.) ,issassBs"sasaaaa VIRTUALLY ENDS Staff Officers at Marshal Foch's Headquarters Say Bat-i ties Are Over - . . i' - Paris, Aug. (By ths Associated Press.) At Marshal Foch's headquar ters today, etaff offleers were diseuse rns the Polish situation sand agreed that tha "camDala-a of Poland" ia vir- tnsllr anded aa far at heavy fighting Land manuverlDt- is concerned. The i . . 1. 1 . . . . omrers opinion waa iniw, except ir aa expectesr stand V the Bolshevihi before Grodno, as further pitched bat tles are likely to occur. V Bending over large maps of Poland, ths ofljeers'-msin topic of discussion wsa: "Where will the Polish armies halt and entrench. ' , "Ethnographical frontiers are not necessarily ths best strategic frontiers,'' one officer said. Ths opinion was freely expressed that it would be folly for ths Polish commanders to piece themselves in a state of strategical inferiority by baiting withia kilometre of the frontier fixed by the Versailles treaty. It was explained to the Associated Press- from a purely military and strategical point 'ef view, it would be imperative that the Polish center be advanced forty to fifty kilometres be yond the line fired by the .Versailles treaty, to the western edge of the Pripet Marshes. ' . . Central Waygand la sxpocted at headquarters tomorrow and preparations have been - made to receive him en thusiastically. The Junior officers are preparing a poster to place Jjver the fleneral's desk, bearing ths words: "Savior of Poised." - t . , Marshal Foeh, in a' published inter view thia morning, saidt ' "General Weynnd, with great InWs- tice, great activity, great energy, great vigilance and great , precision and accuracy, haa proved ones more his wonderful faculties and . remarkable saowlcdgs of great military questions," POLISH CAMPAIGN HERRICK CONFERS WITH HARDING ON ; PEACE QUESTIONS former Republican Ambas'sa- oor to. Franco Bnnoi Me . sage of Good Cheer , WORLD COURT PLAN TO BE BACKED BY OLD-GUARD , , .. Myron T. Herrick Claims West ern Europe Statesmen Wttnt Return of Sepnblioans To Power; Nominee Talks To ' Marion School Teachers Abont World Peace Program Marlon, Ohio, Aug, 38. Present-day opinions of European statesmen on the part of thia nation should take ia the peace eettlcment. were laid before Sea ator Harding.-todaj for hia considera tion- ia shaping details of a Be pub lie a a peace program. ' . . The report waa brought to the nomi nee by Myroa T. Herrick, former am tassador to France, who has just re turned from a series of conference with the public men -of various nabtoBs-of Western Europe. In a public state ment, Mr. Herrick said ths Western Europesn statesmen now were hoping for a return of the Bepublicaa party to power and would welcome the peace .settlement proposed by Senator Harding. ' The former ambassador also intimated that the world court plan sow being formulated abroad by'Elibn Boot and the representatives of European nations would have a large place in the party's program at finally placed before the country. , , ,v ,-. Talks To Teachers ' That ths natioa moat hot hold aloof but must "play Its proper part" in ths world's affairs was emphasised by the nominee la a snort talk late ia the. day to a grourfsf Marion., sonaty school teachers whs sailed sn him. He declared the positioa of the Be publicaa party bow was fully under stood ia Europe walls President Wil son had , been discredited because the aatloa had not accepted hit peace plan. "If President Wilson had aent a peace comic iaaioB of properly equipped dele gates," raid Mr. Herrick "and they had madethtt bases of a sound peace, aay in January of MU, 'Europe would have agreed readily. For the tragic failure to accomplish thia, the President alone was responsible and all Europe now knows it. . . ', "They persistently inquired whir we aid not submit to them ths reservstlons sdopted by Senate. Without exception thej- insisted that if these had been submitted to them.lthey would instantly have acquiesced in them. I explained t me and again that the Senate has ao ;hannui through which it can communi cate over the head of the President with foreign governments. "As to the military alliaaee provides under article X of the league covenant the Buaso-Polish war has been complete proof Tif itsTrtterineflletiiieT; England could aot aend troops be cause ot domestic polities! condition in England; we could not send Jhem; France was not able to furnish the necessary force. At the first test the military alliaaee proved a complete fail. ure ana an tne statesmen aaa publicists of Europe acknowledge . the fact, in the The people and ths statesmen of westers Europe now realise that their hope lies in the return of the Republi can party to power. They are sure that we will shirk no responsibility and their earnest desire is that aa American gov ernment willing and able to execute the real mandate of the American peo ple snail presently assume .authority r Recalls Hia Own Exnerieaca. Ia his talk to .ths teachers, Benstor Hsrdtnjf recalled his owa early expert; ences as the master of a country school end declared that teachers "should be eompensatsd is liberally, if aot more liberally, than any other profession- .. -"I do not try-to alve you the Im presaion," the nominee continued, 'Hhst the Federal government eaa do that; but we do have a Federal deoartment of education which haa only a relative influence on educational work. , "We have .wrought in our republic one of he marvels, of history aad we have accomplished it because of oar in dependence of ait ion and our unfailing devotion -to the interests of America Those of us who opposed the League of Notions covenant that the President brought home, linked with the treaty of Versailles, are just as ssxious ror America to play its proper part ia the world as all of you are to, play your firoper parts in your own drama of RIOTING BREAKS OUT - V IN BELFAST, IRELAND Belfaat.'ffug. 86. (By The Associated Press.) Serious rioting broke out in Belfast toniirht, during which there was considerable shooting and some incen diarism. A number of wounded per sons were -taken to hospitals. A ANNOUNCE "CENSUS OK, TWO CITIES IS TEXAS. Waahlnrton. Aus. 29 Census figures announced tonight Include the follow ing cities j Fort Worth, Texas, 106 482. iaerease 33.170 or 45 Jl per cent; Paris, Texas, 1439, ineresse 8,70 or 32.6 oer cent: San Josa. Cal.. SW" increase 19,699 or W-S per cent. ' SCHEME FOR WHOLESALE COLLECTION OF IMMENSE SLUSH SB Head of Department of State Affixes Name To Formal , .Proclamation TENNESSEE CERTIFICATE . ARRIVES LATE AT NIGHT Women Planned Tor Big Cere monj But Secretary of State Signs at Home Before Con ing To Office; Much Rivalry Between Two Factions; Cel ebration Held .- - Washington, Aug. fWithout pomp or ceremony Secretary Colby today signed the proclamation declaring the woman suffrage amendment "to all in tents and purposes a part of the 'eon-' stitution of the United 8tatee-" ' The Secretary's signature wss affixed to the proemmarlba at his home st S o'clock this morning, a fe hoars after he TiadTeeeived from Governor Roberta or xeanessce, tne eertineate tnat anal favorable section oa the -amendment had been taken by the legislature of that State completing the required thirty-six. The seal of the United States has been duly affixed to the certificate and the suffrage amendment la now the 19th amendment to the constitution," Seeae tary Colby announced on reaching his office two hours after, he had placed hit signature to the proclamation. Mr. Colby waa awakened at 8:43 o'clock this morning by Chariot L. Cook, a (Kate Department employe, who noti fied him that the Tennessee certifleaHoa had arrived. The secretary the sailed F K. Klelsen, Department Solicitor, to examine the Tennessee papers, slss in strict mf ths solicitor to bring the proelsmatlea to the secretary's hbme at S o clock. ' . "While it wss my thongSt, ths secre tary explained later, "to avoid aadue earerness in signing ths proclamation, I found no reason to -conspicuously loiter. CROWNED WITH COMEDY THAT -KEEPS WASHINGTON LAUGHING. The Newt sad Observer Buresu. . 60S District National Bank Bldg. (By Special Leased Wire.) WstkinvtAn An. SA The nrMlnma tioa of the womaa tuffrsge amendment was crowned won a eomeay uai masa- There are two factions of woman auff rngists. There is the Nationsl American Woman s Hullrage Assoeution. riiia u .nw r.mmA nl tiiirk liMV WAfHIIfl. ill eminently dignified womn of the move ment, ana there art U muijanis, xne women who bad to do what they called H.m 4Ai-m vnMill.lw.' WArlr In AC.tllevine sutfrage. These latter women ire en titled to a great deal of credit xor tneir n.rf tn inlnv th Kat'tla for suffrage. Many a weak-kneed congressman and legislator aaa oeea irignienea sura min ing forward aad voting right by these spectacular " feminine fighters for women's liberty- pv:. M.A.ntn k 1 ikVinelc the eertlfi- 1 - -" - - n.n.i. hni. Nashrilla arrived and were delivered to Secretary of State Colby at nit residence, ne nt once .u.i . vi. miiiiiiM Mr. F. E. Niel sen, solicitor At the Btste department. The two men- set to work to make s thorough examinatioa or tne semoca tioa papers. The secretary retursed to bed with instructions that he be swsk ened at S o'clock- Promptly atS o'clock this morning ths secretary irese and issued hit fsmout proclamation liberat ing . the entire . womanhood of the natioa. . . " ' " ... The secretary wat afraid, to wait to 1.1a offi.a mail maka tha iaana from there, lest hia actios be held up by court injunctions,, but his hurry spoiled a tajiUiau of publicity planned by the militants, headed by Miss Alice Paul IQ DHI IQfl A'anl-aVsMhA Auivgavesaa sv vao.es on Suffrage AwoeiaHoa with Mrs. Carrie l it . trA... I A(Hlaslska.n Wawi m n wool mga. xn muiunii. naa pwu y with 4r.nl ssaanHtlsnta WOtrh ltlaT ' faT that n sbta ts4s wwvw - ss ... II a all a rf-Vll arm, ox uv mm 10 oecreiair vmoj. thAiityti nnndb s thftTtl Ktiri mn ft svenger earry th previous paclug to l. .a,so.4. wmm la AMSlan '-. U1C sFOVSiTMaaj iivv t - sn Titan nari.lUs.nta. aTmthrwfl sUtW ! tfaft corridor bcfort tbt Bcretary't offieo WoUtiitiT wiia larpreista moiions xor Queaiiasw s oimsos VBrif K who. TMiVlnl. t.U tJVjMim J sv myymm smsv s- matioaMist Paul held. ia her hand a gold Vn with the colors of 'the , Na tional Woman's Party.' The Secretary was to sign the proclamation with the pea and the militants would preserve ss a VI lUVIS Viciurj, VHmw was a moving pieturs machino to come. ta at Uo aignai and paotograpa tne tn. .. ThA militant, h. it nl.iinel a tabloflu that waa to take all. ths glory Mil f Mr. P.tt'a nalahratina at Poll's theatre tonight. They would get them- selves pnoiograpncd witn tne oerrw tarv in. the very set of sisning ths proclamation . and - the world tee it. History would, snow every woman in that picture would become Immortal. ' Promptly at 10 o'clock the Secretary of State came dowa the corridors of the State, War aad Navy building with a (Costlaued sa Page Two.) CRETARY COLBY SIGNS DOCUMENT FUND IS REVEALED JUDGE ALLEN TELLE GRAND JURY TO PROBE LYNCHING" AT GRAHAM. ' Barllagtea, Aag. Slr-Jsdga Oliver B. Allen, ef Klastea, whs Is passtd Ing over Alamance ssnnty Sasertsr Cesrt, caJUd ths grsnd jsry to the bos st Use sweatee ef toast this aaora. lag aad addrissid thesa for SS asla Btes sa as eabject sf the tynchlnc sf ths negro who confessed to the crlsas sf aaaaeltlng the ate year eld daughter of Lee Radd, sjar Ehta Cot lege, yesterday meralng. Ths adgo Instructed the trasd Jury to hold a eonereBcs (Varlsg tke prsssnt eseslesy of sosrt aad endesvor to determlnsY the parties respoaslblo for the lye Ing of the crlBdnsX Jeha JcCress, which eccarred two sniUs Soathweet ef Graham yesterdsy aboat 4 o'clock. Nothing Cox Can Will Disturb Equanimity of Republican Leader , New York, Aug. 20. On the eve of Governor Cox 'a speech laf Pittsburg in whieh hs had promised to givs detaila of Bepublicaa, campaign reeeipta and expenditures, , Bepublicaa National Chairman Ha)? mads the following comment here today! N - "It doea aot make any ' difference what Cos may ssy at Pittsburg tonight relative to the ' Bepublicaa campaign contributions. - ' ' . t 'I hope hs divulopa ths source of ths funds which are beins received by the Democratic Kational committee aad by otker agencies ts be used ia aa effort to eject hiss. Every, activity of ths Jto pubtieaa National committee in eda aeetloa with the raising and spending or money will be shown by as (with reel satisfaction before the SenateT invest! gating committee next week. Incident ally Mr. Cox will have to do likewise. "He has ehsrged that millions have been paid into the Bepublicaa Na tional committee by sinister influences to, corrupt ths electorate. That charge he will have to prove. It Is-aa insult to the thousands of good citixent all over the country who are contributing tie Republican party, -The names of every tingle "eontribu- Ltor of every tingle dollar will be given to the Senate committee next week aad the quality of the eitixeaahip which constitutes that list will be aueh a cob demnatiea of the veracity aad judg ment of Cox that ths w'ucle country will know aim, BAYS OFFERS NO COMMENT . COX'S PITTSBURG SPEECH. New- York. Ant. 2d. After readinc Goveraor Cox'a Pittsburg speech whieh tne iomocratic presidential candidate declared ha wss offering ss proof that "sinister influences hsd contributed mil lions to boy an underhold oa the Presi deaey," Will II. Hays, chairman, sf ths Kepublieaa National committee, said hs had ao commeat to make. Mr. Bays said that his statement of the case earlier In the day referring to the "attar falsity" of Governor Gov's charges,- wat all ths reply needed at present. ' SINN FEINERS OPEN FffiE ON SMALL POLICE FORCE OmsB-h! Ireland. ' AnaV. 26. While fain was In progress at Drumquin, about seven milesnorthwest of Omagh, thia morning-, a parry of armed Sina Feiners dashed through ths visage in motor cart and Opened fire oa a email force of po lice controlling traffic, wounding two of the men. - . A sergeant in command wss wounded slightly and a constable received criti cal injuries. 'After the .opening dash, the raiding party turned its attention to barracks which ths remainder sf the po lice were striving to defend. After a long and futile siege, tha Sinn Feiners departed. ... " A large military force was dispatched to the scene from Amagh, but arrived too lat to be of assistance. , " AGREE ON INCREASE IS ' WAGES FOR COAL MINERS Chicago, Aug. 20. Diinois coal opera tors and representatives of ths miners today agreed on an increase of 11.50 a day for 40,000 Coal misers ia the State, The men asked a S3 increase, but agreed to ths -compromise.. SURE Mt-ST BE MIGHTY ' LONESOME DOWN IN CRANE COCNTY, STATE OF TEXAS. .' rVsahlnrtoB, Asg.- 24. Crass ceaaljr, Texas, aapplanta Its nelgh hoCaaCschrsae eesnty, as the least popnlons coaaty In the United Slates, se far aa the 12 ceases has yet sheww. Figares announced to night give Crsne eon at y a total of IT Inhabitants, or It less thsa Cochrane, hsving sustained deeress of ae prexlmately 8S per cent from Its pepalstloa of Ml In Ills. . CHAIRMAN HAYS IN CHEERFUL .MOOD - " Say or Do CA10AIEEXP0SES' OLD GUARD PLANS7 . S . i Democratic Standard Bearer Produces Proof ot Charges " In Pittsburg Speech QFFFCIAL BULLETIN OF ' REPUBLICANS SHOWN Names of Local Subscribers To -Fund To ' Be Kept Secret; Entire Country Organised la ' Drive For Money To Be Used In Republican Campaign; Millions To Be Provided , PUtsburg, Pa.. Aug. 2. Informatioa . to tupport hia chsrgea thst a Bpubli ran campaign fund exceeding 13,000. " 000, was being raised "in. a conspiracy ts buy the presidency,'!, was presented tar Governor Cox, of' Ohio, Democratic , presidential candidate, in addressing a publie meeting here tonight Governor Cox's data consisted almost entirely of matter taken from the official bulletin ot Fred W..TJpham, ef Chicago, treas urer of the Bepublicaa National Com -mittee, but his chief exhibit was t typewritten list purporting to show Bepublicaa campaign quotas imposed on 81 principal cities in 27 States aad aggregating $3,145,000. Names df local subscribers, Governor Cox said, were ordered kept secret These quotas, given as 12,000,000 for Now York City, 1750,000 for Chicago. 1500,000 for Philadelphia, aad rangint -dowa ts tSS.OOO for smaller eitlee like Atlanta, Ga were said by Govsrnei Cox to have boot) announced about tha mlddlt ef July. That Senator Harding, hit Bepubli. eaa opponent, "was acquaiated with ths Uetails" sf the quota plan aad that il was also approved by Will H.- Hays chairman of ths Bepublicaa Nations . Committee, was charged by ths Demo cratie candidate. Many "Go Over The Top" ,, ' From subsequent issues of the official bulletin,. Governor Cox quoted many 1 reports ' from Bepublicaa workers throughout the eountry, reporting go ing "orej the top" aad ia excels of ths alleged quotas. Announcement of the ttiSflOO met ropolitsa quotas, Rovers or Cox said, ! ' wa made qy Harry M. Blair, assistant to. Treasurer TJpham. A meetlnc wu held in Chicago, Governor Cox said, at which Will H. Says, ehsirraaa of tbt ; Bepublicaa National Committee, "spoke y hie blessings." -j 1 The Governor charged that type. written sheets bearing, the 81 cities' quotas were distributed to those as sembled" and he produced one of ths alleged quota lists, but did not state how or where - it-was aequrredrr ' ; That tas reputed attempt to raise aft,- " 145,000 from 81 eities in 27 ef the 48 States it fair svideaes thst ths total Kational fund will.be much- larger, was declared by Governor Cox, who Bail big business men were prominent on the Republican Ways and Meant com mittee aad that ths rslsing of fundi was sa a business "salesmanship" basis. " . Governor Cox also quoted front state ments ia ths Bepublicaa bulletin that. . State and county organisations were aot to be "disturbed or retarded in their activities." Back To Mark Banna Days , Governor Cox standing staunchly ty hit ehsrret thst aa attempt to pur chase the presidency wae being made, declared that "the Senatorial oligarchy and their friends are harking back to the days of Mark Banna" stating that ia the 1894 campaign which Mr. Hanna managed, 1 8,000,000 was spent. ; "It wu this foul thing," said Gever nor Cox, ''which Theodore JWeevelt brought to an end when hs reformed the Republican party. Whea he' wat deing it, Warrea G. Harding branded v him at an Aaron Burr." I tharue again aa assault on ths elec torate,'' said Governor Cos. "It can't be ' hiddea; the hosts are marshalled; the ' ' " . (Contlnaed oa Page Two.) ' HENRY FORD WILL OPEN FORD UNIVERSITY SOON Complete Courses Available Without Charge To More. . Than .78,000 Employes Detroit, Mich.' Aug1. 2& Establish-''. meat by the Ford Motor Company of ta educational departmeat to be knows aa the Ford Technical Institute with university rank, which will grant de- grees In, mechanical, electrical aad -chemical engineering, was aanouneed here today. ' Complete) courses will be msde svsJ- ble to more than 75,000 employes of ths Ford compsny without charge.. An .: aeadvmis department will be.establlshed -and complete Isboratories will bs pro vided, the announcement stated. Ths courses, it wss announced, will eovr every phase of engineering. The Institute .will be formally opened this t TO X. t w