Local ikttm and th sneer- "
Ufini Saturday aad ia4ajr
Hot math change temperature.
a aT (n4 tnl (
: Say ! lraii,a) ec sfaal
aialil etaeM ava.
'VOL Oai. NO.; 59 FIVE CENTS
BLANKET INCREASE
i HI FREIGHT RATES
l!
Corporation Commission Al
lows 25 Per Cent Raise
' Petitioned For
EFFECTIVE 15 DAYS "
. ' AFTER FILING TARIFF
Commission Retains Power To
r La tor rlteiasr- and - Gemot
1 Tariffs;, Argument In Peti
tion Heard By Commission
' Last Monday; I. 0. 0. Briefs
Used By Railroads
'.Blanket lucre of 25 per .cast m
GRAfJTEO RAILWAYS
j all existing iatrufaU freight rale wit
..greeted the ateara railroads of. North
CaroHna" yesterday 1 n decision haad-
4 down by tb Stat Corporation Com
. miaaion on th petition of ths railroad
... , tied In July and hoard before the com
mission last Monday. 'The increase be-
comet effective lfr days after tae pact'
tionera hare Sled new tariff a.
, . In presenting i their esse before the
commission, the railroad Sled-without
'argument the .briefs used in their eaae
before the Iateratate Commerce Com
,- mission'., usklng for an increase in ia
' teratate freight rates. The State Com-
. - mission retaiaa -the right to-investigate
Mhcaew .tariffs to determine whether
V they comply fully with the 85 per cent
. allowed. ... 4- A '
The margin of increase duplicates the
Increase- allowed by the L C. C. for
iateratate rates. An iaereas of SO per
cent, is made in excess baggag charges,
the eureharee' on passengers in sleep
ing ears ia raised JSO per cent and the
1 - rate on milk and cream earned pas
senger trains is raised 20 per cent. The
. . full . order or the eommjasion is
k" ''.', The Commission's Order
- "is - tho- above - entitled proceeding
authority is sought by all steam rail
road lines operating -within the Btate of
North Carolina to inereaae rates aad
. charges to the same exteat in the same
proportion as authorised for Interstate
transportation .into ana out of the
State of North Carolina by the Inter
state Commerce Commission in Er
Parte 74, the said1 increased rates and
charges being as follows:
- "Increase in all freight transportation
tatee aad charges S3 per- cent.
.. "Execs bacgng rate 20 per cent.
Surcharge -upon paaaenger ia eleeo-
' Ing or parlor ears Of 60 per east of the
. charge . for space ur such ears, such
- eharge to. be collected is connection with
the charge for space and to accrue to
the rail carriers.'.' '.- '?.' ,-,.
- "Inereaae ia milk and cream rate
: carried la passenger trains, 20 per seat.
. - "The ' foregoing rates aad ; eharge
have been aothoriaed ! in iateratate
transportation by 'the Interstate Com
. meree Coin miaaion after a most eompre
hanaira investigation made for the pur
pose of providing for the carriers tho
amount of return upon' their property
required by Act' of Congress of tho
United States. - . f , .
Joint Investigation Made I
Tho Investigation by tho 1 Interatats
Commerce Commission wss made joint'
ly with representative of tho National
Association of Bailway and '. Utilities
Commissioners to tho end that such in
crease as- was' found to be aeces-
sary to . comply with . the Aet , of
Congress might be made uniformly aad
contemporaneously to apply to all rates
Tor iateratate and intrastate traatport
: ation, , ." , "' .,. 'v.
"The North Caroling Corporation
Commission attended -.meeting of the
National Association of Bailway aad
Tj'tlities Commissioners , when , repre
seatatives of the Stat Commissions
wer designated to participate with tho
' Iateratate Commerce' Commission, in
making thin investigation. The Cor-
poratioa Commission ' was represented
at the principal hearings held' by tho
Interstate Commerce Commission in
Eg Parte T4, and n traasaript of the full
record in that proceeding is made a
. part of tho record in the pending ease.
. T " j Increase UneHcial s - ,
, ''A publie hearing before the Cor
i . porstien' Commission ' npon tho pending
application of tho carriers was held In
n the office of tho Commission- in Baleigh
oa Aaguat 23rd,-1920. At this hearing
' no objection was mad by any shipper
to granting tho inereaae in rates in
line with the increase ia interstate
ratas.'.terf protest was mad by the
North Carolina Traffle Assoelation to
. 'granting the inereaee in intrastate
rates until final disposition was mad
of the proceeding now pending before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
involving interstate rates into and out
of North . Carolina. ' The Corporation
--- Commissioa ia party to thio said pro
ceeding and in full sympathy with ths
allegation of diserimlnatiow'in existing
interstate rates,' but in n matter in-
- volving official reepoaaibllity ws oaa
not accept th view that w ehoald take
the responsibility of setting np n dia-
- crimination in intraatate rate, by re-
fusing to permit n percentage inereaae
in rates equal to the percentage in
' - eroaso' made uniformly in interstate
rates and generally authorised by other
Btate Commission In intrastate rate.
"Th proper procedure 1 seems to. us
U bet
' -To giv aathority for-the oqaal inv
areeae in intraatate rates and eharge
and to look with continued confidence to
tho Interstate Commerce Commissioa to
provide each rate for interstate traao
portatioo a will remove existing dia-
. eriminatloa in th rates. . - -.
."Section 8630 of the North Carolina
. Statntea require Sfteea days' aoties be
' for inareaaed rate may be made ef-
feetive. . It iei -, ,V....'.V'-.
Fito TarlaT riret.
Ordered, that all the North Carolina
carriers, parties to aad oa whoee behalf
' this application, ia made, may tie with
the Corporation Commission general sup
plement in blanket form to existing
rate aad charges increasing sueh rates
QBtln4 n In tr'-lL'' "
DEMOCRATS JOYFUL
OVER EXPOSURE OF
REPUBLICAN PLAMS
Pittsburg Speech One of Mos
Sensational In Political
; Annals In U. S.
THINK COX'STAHACK
, OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Republican Sanction -. From
Crave Charg-es ot Knonnons
Slnsh Tnnd ltoted With In.
terest; Mrs. Catt Delirers
Remarkable Address at Cele
. bration of Snffrafe Victory
' New and Observer Bureau,
SOS District Natioaal Bank BuDdlng.
- (By Special Leased Wife).
Washington, Aug. 27 Cox ha "mads
good. ' Administration Democrat and
ova a independent slapped one another
on th shoulder with th above joyful
exclamation this morning on reading tho
governor's Pittsburg speech. Many
Democrats war nrveu with fear thatL
th Governor had overstepped the line
of safety in his allegation that Bepnb
lies as were raising $15)00,000 to carry
the election. Bat he showed 98,000400
and he quoted from th Bepublieaa Bel
letin, "get- tho money." v
Governor Cos speech at Pittsburg,
a Kepublieaa stronghold, was naquaa-
tionabaly one of ths most sensational
political speeches ever delivered ia thi
country. Tho audience, many of which
were Bepublieane, ia reported to have
gone Into a freasy of emotion when the
governor held before its eyes the Bul
letin printed by the national Bepublieaa
campaign committee containing tho act
ual figure of assessment of 61 eltie
in 27 State. Th Governor, road to
bin audience tho endorsement by Sen
ator Harding himself of this gigantic
financial scheme to pnt Harding. iathe
Whit House. .
. - Beoabllcan Beaetiesu
What every Democrat hero has boon
interested in observing i th char
aeter-of the reaction of tho Bepublieaa
candidate : and ' campaign manager to
the grave charge- All Mr. Harding
would say in reply when questioned was
to shake his head- Be, who had en
dorsed the scheme, could not Ttlesd'ia--
aoranee of it. Chairman Will Hays said
he would ahow that Demoerata too wore
collecting a vaat fund and we are not
going to li down to Governor Cox
InSUltS. ; V :-: -" ' "
Treasurer Tjpham of the Xepablican
Lnntioncl enmpafarn .-eammitto retorted
that hi committee had not received
ill ttat money. It was n joke torn
oa had played on Cox.
Th Bepublieaa managers hav eom
forward with the apparent innocence
of n babe and they sayt "Well, sup-
Doee wo are raising this gigantic sum
yon allege, yon do not show w got it
from sinister interests. We claim we
got it from the people aad that w win
spend it honeetly." .The outstanding
fact is that the Bepublieaaa are raising
n campaign fund so - great that they
do not themselves know how big it
ill be. . They are collecting it from
sinister end non-sinister sources snd
from every source that' will yield it. ,
i G .0. P. Saye "Get the Money.
.Gt the money, get .tho money,1
reads the . bulletin. Ia almost every
community in th country there 1 n
corruptible"' element ia the electorate.
In, the doubtful trtatee the peesessioa
of n big eampaisgn fund furnishes nn
overwhelming temptation to corrupt
veters.
What Governor Cox is aimiag at ia to
check this rushing How of money into
the coffer of a party ttat is corrupt
ing the conscience of the people with
false prdpsgnndn and dulling its tens
of honor nnd duty. Thst is a far
worse sort of corruption than th net
aal bribery of a comparatively small
n.rt of tie electorate- The J publi
cans will put turfy thousand speak ere
oa the hustings for that work- - The
party learned from the war th power
of propaganda to change th thoughts
aad actions or men.
Big Propaganda Machine.
Two years aio thevBepnblieaa be
gan th organisation of tho machine to
kill the popularity ox nuns aaa uei
the Democrat.
Na country in th groat war, not oven
Germany, bad built np n more perfect
propaganda maehiae than th Bepubli
eaaa are now completing. Governor
Cox in attacking the method of raising
and th amount df money needed to run
thi maehlns Is aiming n (hot right at
tho heart of Bepublieaa hope. "Stop
th flow of this meaeyr he cries to the
American people. "Ton are putting it
Into the hands of men who are attempt
ing to debauch year mlads with sinis
ter propaganda. J -r-'-'-. i
Cox' attack at th heart of this
propaganda organisation has begun well
aad Democrats ar confident that if he
has only time he will cripple it for
lack of fuel. . It takes a deal ef. money
to make n .success of evil propaganda,
a tho German i can testify.
g. Mrs. Catt'a Address.
'Mrs. Carris Chapman Catt, head of
the Natioaal League of- Women Voters,
delivered n remarkable" speech at the
woman suffrags victory celebration la
Washington last night. It was th fea
ture ef the greateelebration. She out-
lined ia graphic language the opera
tion of the "invisible government in
fluences which gave such a, desperate
battle to the ratineationlsta. (.
"It wss th flrst time in- the history
of our long battle thst this invisible
government, which w knew existed,
and whose power we felt ia every suf
frage battle, was unmasked and forced
out ia tho open." said Mrs. Catt, amid
tumultuous applause. -
"W were pussied at flrst a to where
this mysterious it-iiuenea came from.
We had more thaa enough votes pledged
whea tho fight began, hiving 62 votes
for as ia the House. As we felt our
men slipping away from as, we were
mystified snd looked about to see from
wheaee this influence came. Then we
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MONSTER LOCOMOTIVE IN PERILOUS PLIGHT cx ! '
ON BRIDGE WHICH CRASHED UNDER ITS WEIGHT
This bridge near Greencastle, Indiana, crashed with a roar when used, for
ster locomotive's full weight waa upoa
wheels on ths bastion of oa aide of
engine can be saved.. ,: L
Irish
Sympath
British Ships At New York
EIGHTY-FIVE NEW
lAVYERSjN STATE
Women Applicants Are
Successful
n Bar V
Examinai
ion
Eighty -five of the ninety-eight appli
cants for ' lieenso to practice law in
North Carolina were successful 1 the
examination held Monday aad the name
ef the new lawyer were made publie
by the Supreme Court yesterday after
noon. '
Th eighty-five include thirteen Bal
eigh men, aad twelve of these thirteen
were students of the law class ef Judge
George Pell. They are: A. S. Brewer, .
K. Culbreth. & H. astmaa. W. Bailey
Jones, H. A. Keen, Edwnrd Vtnrrsy,
nobis r. Fhiuips, B. U Price. W. H.
Pittmaav J. H. Bawls, T. U Webster.
and Jaui K. Smith. The thirteeaU Bat-
eigk man, wa Mr. Eugene Mills, son of
Mr. Jno. A. Mills who attended the law
school at Wake Forest. -
High honor, it is understood, goes to
Katharine McDiarmid Bobiason.
of jrsyettevllle, whose paper waa char
acterised as considerably above the or
dinary. The only other woman applicant
for license was Miss Ixuiae Brevard
Alexander, -.who, also, was saeee
faL . .
The eighty-Sve laew lawyers licensed
in North Carolina are:
Clarence Moore Austin, Charlotte.
Louise Brevard - Alexander, Greens
boro.
Boeeoe Butler, Clinton.
Alfred Smith Brower, Baleigh.
Frederick Oscar Bowman. Berea, By,
Francis Hamilton Baldy. Hartsville.
South Carolina.
Graham Arthur Harden, Burgaw.
Jesee Vernon .Baggett, Balemburg.
Hector Clifton Blamkwcll, Lumber-
ton. . i
John Morris Blaekmon. Kershaw.
South Carolina. -
John 'Moor Brit tain, Aaheboro.
Robert Paschal Burns, Bozboro.
Leonidas Martia Chaffln, Lilllngtoa.
Eugene English Culbreth, Jlsleigh.
Zebuloa Carter Csmp, Butherford
ton.
AOoert inrsson uronry, 4t Wilming
ton. . - i -
Louis Heyl Clement, Jr Salisbury,
Irving Edward Carlvle, Wahe Forest.
Hugh Dorteh, Goldsboro. ' .'' '
Charles Bufus Daniel, Weldon.
Charles Henry Edwards,. Goldsboro.'
Winfred Swain Elias, Asheville. v.
Biehard Henry Eastman, Baleigh.
Harry LerFagge, Leshsville. "
Wesley Luther Ferrell. Winston-
Sslenu '
George Kirby Freeman, Goldsboro.
Walter .Connor Feimster, Jr. New
ton. :'".- ' -;i . -
John Marvin Glaaee, Leicester.
Wiley Frank Harvey, Littleton.
Charles Baymond - Hamrirk, Buthf-
fordton. - 1
EUias feott Hale, MU Airy, t
James Spear Howell, Asheville. -Matthew
James Hatcher) Mount Olive.
John Bright Hill, Warsaw.
Robert Lee Humber, Jr., Greenville.
William Bailey Jones, Baleigh.
Mack Murphy Jerulgan, Dunn.
Ferdio Talmage Johnson, Delway. ' "
osen M. Jsekaon; Clinton.
Alton Luther Jordara ShUoh. '
George Watts King, Charlotte. '
John Brame Palmer, Warrenton. -Odio
DeWitt Ingram, High Point. :
Harvey Allen Keen, Baleigh.
James Connor Kennedy, Moltonvillev
Brye Little, Mnrshvillo..
Sila Bow Lucas, Wilson.
'Edward Murray, Baleigh.-
William timer Matthews. Clinton.
Linville Kerr Martin, Winston-
Salsm.-. .'''."' 'u-y f-..-f--:",-f '
Eugene Mills, Baleigh.
Boberf Allen Helntyre,- Lumberton.
Benjamin Augustus McDonald. Park-
ton. ..','..' '' -
Jams Wallace Mason, Atlantic. " 1
'Theron Burt Mnuncy, New London.
James Bslph Pattirr Jr.i7 Durham.
-Robert Fletcher Phillips, Baleigh. . ,.
Frank Caldwell Patton, Morgan toa.
Joha Hill Paylor, Laurinburg. '
Frank Wylie Orr, Charlotte.
Raymond Lee Price. Baleigh. "
Wiley Haaaell Pittman, Raleigh. ' ,
Julian Guton Roberta, Chapel Hill.
Marvin Stanford BevciT Kenly.
Katherine MeDiarmid BoMnson, Tay-
stteville.
Henry Clay Boysls, Trinity. ,'
Joseph Hinton Buff, Durham. .
: (Ceatinsed on Pago TweJ - '
Tw6
it. The center epaa fell twenty-ilve
th bridge and tho rear .wheel on 'the
, f -. : (Copyright, Underwood h Underwood.)
izers Tie-Up
Longshoremen Say Britain
Must Release MacSweney
and Let Mannix Land
WOMEN PICKETS BRING
i ABOUT SURPRISE STRIKE
Strikers Bay They'ro Not Ooiag
, Back To Work Until De
mands Granted
URGES COLBY TO ACT IN
BEHALF OF MAYOR OF CORK
Aaaevllla. . Aug. T-8ecretary
Cat by baa keen asked to act in be.
half of Terence MaeSweney, Lord
Mayer of Crrk. aad endeavor to ob
tain hie release fma priaen, where
ho Is on a hanger strike. His sister.
Rev. Madam MacSweney, principal of
tho collegiate department of a eok
leg here, yesterday aeat a telegram
asking him to wee hie efflce la seek
ing the release of he bre4or. '
No dlroet reply haa beea received
New York, Aug. tSV-By the Associ
ated Press), Elated by their tie-up of
virtually every British, ship in New
York, 1,000 or more longshoremen who
suddenly quit work today expect to
sprsad their walkout to every port ia
th Unite States la tho hope of forcing
Great 'Britain to release from Jail
Tereace MacSweney, tho Lord Mayor of
Cork, and permit Arehpishop Mannix tp
land on Irish, noil, The womea pickets
who inspired tho unexpected walkout
of longshoremen, aad the marina fire
men, water tender and' oilers who
joined them,' feel thesame way about
it They are not going back to work
en British ships, they, said, until Great
Britain meete ' their wishes.
Irish sympathisers working oa Ameri
can, French aad Belgiaa steamships
also quit, work during th . whirlwind
campaign th strikers waged along th
North Biver thi afternoon. Although
not en masse, longshoremen ef various
nationalities rushed from the holds of
vessels st the command of their Irieh
comrades. More then M0 negroes who
were anloading th cargo of n Cunard
liaer fell into lino with the (peed of
the historic 'minute men nnd received
a big ovation (from the other strikers.
Womea Inspire Strike. . -
A little band of women piekets in
spired the strike during the noon lunch
hour. They stationed themselves out'
side the White Star Line pier in the
evening to await the arrival of the
Baltic
. During the lunch hour the longshore
men who had started work on the Bal
tic decided not to go back, and aecora
Denied by the women piehets, they went
into th holds ef the other nearby liner'
Caaopie, Olymptie and Celtic, whvere
they quickly Induced hundreds of other
-longshoremen and allied workers to join
their walkout.
- Forming outside tho Whit Star Line
pier, inside ef which were offlcials call
ing for police reserves, the strikers be
gaa a parade that swept up West street,
leaving in its 'wake more than a dosen
steamship, with loading schedules bsdly
disrupted.- r -. . -r.
"A Sornriss Attack.
It was all ia ths nature of n surprise
attack, but persuasion- was not necessary
to lore the men away from New York..
Stunned by the appearance -of the pa
ratlcrs ji they hurried into ths piers
andvout again with new strikers trail
ing' behind them, steamship officiate
were aasbla to state what they will do
to maintain their schedule la the unex
pected situation. -Nor were lingshorej
mea union leaders, who declared the
stik unauthorised. . Chiefs nor steam-
chip officials could estimate tonight the
number of men who quit work. -
Several .British . ships are .scheduled
to arrive tomorrow and early next week,
but the longshoremen 'declare they will
not unload them, except for mail, until
MacSweney is freed snd Archbishop
Mannix is allowed to' go to. Ireland.
IMMIGRANTS MCST PAY J
HIGHER RAILROAD FARES
Washington,' Aug. 27. Ths 1,000 im
Igrants bow at Ellis Island most pay
Increased railroad Tales to complete
their Journeys. Answering an Inquiry
from Immigration Commissioner Wel
ti, 'at New Yok, the Interstate Com
merce Commissioa today ruled it had
as suthority to permit immigrants to
proceed at the rates in effect whea they
jpooktd their passsg abroad. 1
lU
-
the first time, giving away shea the mon
feet, leaving the engine with its front
other. The wrecking crew doubt If th
NEW RAILWAY BILL
Tells Audience of Rail Workers
Esch-Cummins Act Is Great
Forward Step
DELIVERS ADDRESS TO
BIG CROWD AT GALION
Senator and Sereral Score of
' Marion Women Celebrate
Ratification of The Suf
. fraff e Amendment; Expresses
Pleasure at Victory of Suf
fraglsts
Gallon, Ohio, Aug. 87. Facing an an
dlence of "railway employes, soma of
whom ho recognized aa hostile to hi
position, Senator Harding made
speech hero today mllitaatly champion
ing the Cummins-Each Bailway' Act,
passed at th last session of Congress.
Deliberately, bat without driving ges
ture,' h proclaimed his stand for "a
Just government, for all th people, not
a government yielding to class, ' and
declared his faith in n governmental
policy that would insure to railway men
ue Dest .ox treatment and, compensa
tion, but would also givs to the people
"a continuity of service."
"Some of you' do not approve," ho
sua, pointing xoreonger at those near
est him. "Borne of - you wished the
Plumb Plan. Let me look you ia the
face nnd let me tell you I think the
Cnmnrina-Esch Aet is ths expression of
th conscience of a Congress Which
sought to give highest ' service to the
MRMW. . V' -
" J
Some day, maybe not this year, you
railway workers will hsil -that law as
the greatest forward step in all ths
history of railway legislation."
- The Bepublieaa nominee'a declara
tion started frequent bursts of hand
clapping aad after the speech he was
congratulated by many of the railway
mea as they passed by to shake his
hand.
Making his second sddress of ths
t campaign away from Marion, Senator
Harding spoke at a park hero where
employee of the Erie eyatera were ia
the midst of aa athletic field day.
The twedty-mile trip to Gallon was
msdo by motor, tho senator and Mrs.
Harding going directly to the park aad
returning to Marion immediately after
me apeech. i
CELEBRATE RATIFICATION .
OF SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Marion, Ohio, Aug. 17. Ratification
of the auffrage amendment was cele
brated nt Senator Hrdings front porch
tonight at a meeting ia whieh the Be
publieaa nominee and several score of
Marion womea took part.
Tho senator expressed his pleasure
st tho success of the suffrage cause and
also, urged that there be no segregation
of women ia a party founded on sex
prejudice.
Tho evening celebration brought to a
close one of the nominee's busiest days.
la addition to a aumber of imoortant
conferences hs nfotored to Galion,
Ohio, to speak to a gathering of railway
men nnd completed preparation of his
.11 . . V . 1 1 ' '1 . i
saurese to oe ueiiTcrea nere tomorrow
elaborating on his stand on the League
of Nations. --
Tomorrowf address is expected to be
one of the most important of ths cam
paign and it has : been prepared with
great care.
Today- brief calls were made . oa the
candidate by . Henry P. , Daviaoa.-
partner la the Morgan banking house:
Fred. D. Underwood, president of the
Erie railway, and Gutson Borglum, ths
sculptor, . who figured prominently in
the aircraft Investigation of . some
months ago.' ' , '
. . Several Make Speeches.
-i'At- the -suffrage- celebration tonight
short -speeches were made by Henator
Harding,-CoL George Harvey, Former
Senator George i Sutherland, ' of Utah,
who . has -been a guest at the Harding
home since yesterdsy, snd Charles
Warre, of Michigan. - Colonel Harvey
described himself. as the-"one, lonilv
Democrat left east of the Allegheny
mountains and tailed on his - sister
Democrats , In the delegation to vote
for Harding. "'
The nomine told th women that h
believed they would vote according to
principle . and conviction rather 'than
prejudice aad would not be unduly in
Adeneed by the argument that it was a
Continued oa Psge Three ) -
HARDING III FAVOR
GOV. COX CONTINUES
FLAYING CAMPAIGN
METHODS OF GT O. P.
BIAYT BAINS FALLING '
IN UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA ;
CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE
'! Charlotte, - Aug. 27 Beets were
aeed to convey employee of the tex
tile mills at Bock Hill, S. C, near
hero, to work thie nsernlag when
are families awoke texfiad their
homes iSooded aad arreaaded by
See feet of water follevU'g the
dowaooura of. Thursday night. All
tho etream la that vicinity were rhv
lag rapidly today;- Many train wore
dalayed aad . several waahesta wer
reported. .'
Special School Tax; Election
Is Called For ".'
October 2
Baleigh women 21$ bo the irst of
the sex to cast tho ballot ia North Caro
llna. Tho Wake County Commissioners
paved th way for thi yesterday when
they called n special eleetioa for Octo
ber t that the voters of ths township
pass oa tho proposal-of a special tax
ef ten cents on property nnd thirty
eeats on the poll for the purpose ef
granting school teachers adequate sal
aries. Ths bill authorising th special elec
tion went through tho General Assem
bly during its closing' hours aad yes
terdsy ths To mship School Board lost
so tim ia presenting the exigencies of
the situation to th County Commission
ers. That body in special seas ion called
the election for Saturday, October t,
and ordered n new registration for the
purpose.
The proposed tax) it wa pointed out
by Mayor T. B. Eldridge, chairman of
ths school board, will afford b etwees
forty or forty-five thousand' dollars
with whieh the school board ,caa mak
good it pledge of higher salsriea to th
When th teas hers of th school
aided and supported by virtually al
th eivU organisation in Baleigh, asked
th board to allow thorn a salary ached-
ale with n $1,409 maximum based. oa
Stat classifications, th board entered
the plea of iasoffleieat fund nnd mad
the maximum $1,200. After consider
able agitation, ths board lot it
known that it was in thorough sym
pathy with th demands ef tho teach
ers and that if legislative authority
could bo secured, -nnd tho people of
Raleigh would stand behind tho board
at the polls, tho additional salary would
be forthcoming. '
he move of the board toward the
special election is by way of putting
ue eaae np to the votnr of Baleigh.
EXPRESS COMPANY ASKS
FOR FURTHER INCREASE
Wants fifteen Per Gent fiaise
In Sates To Offset Recent
Wage Award
Washington, Aug. 27. Testimony in
support of its application for aa addi
tional increase of IS per cent in oxDress
rates to cover InCreaaed wages wss nre-
sented or representatives of th Ameri-
can Bailway Express Company, today
to examiners or th Interstate Com
merce Commission. The hearing de
veloped virtually no opposition on the
part ot shippers.
Th exsmiaers stated at the conclu
sion of th bearing that th ease would
be. submitted without delsy to th com
mission, which will expedite its consid
eration, although no decision is expect
ed before Heptember J. when the in
crease of 12H per cent already allowed
the express eompanay will become ef
fective.
FURTHER DETAILS ON
NAVY TARGET PRACTICE
Washlngtoa, Aug. .87Further de
tails of -Navy target practice conducted
during the past year, made publie at
the Navy Department, shew thst while
the short range battle practice scores
were aomewhat lower that a year ago,
the efficiency of the major ships at long
range practice under stimulated battle
conditions was greatly improved. Firing
by divisions at ranges np to 20,000
yards, the battleship scores as Anally
tabulated showed aa average merit of
33.76 this year as compared with 6.56
a year ago: i ! . -
Ia day firing at long ranges for indi
vidual ships ths average merit thia year
was 44.46, ths snnouneement said,
againat 33.07 last year, aa improvement
of 139 per cent. The short rsnge di
rect or eentrailiied control firing also
showed aa improvement of IIS per cent
this year. Th most progress in gun
nery wss msde during the year by th
battleship, the announcement aded.
CAT HIKES SIXTY-SEVEN .
MILES TO FIND MASTER
Bloom field, N. J- Aug. 27. Bed
Bloomfield' champion tom-eat pedes
trian, today curled up on a bag of braa
nd purred contentedly while Lawrence
Blarney, hie ' owner, proprietor af th
feed store, patiently applied soothing
salve to his paw, Beds claw were
worn down to the quick by n hike of 67
miles from n farm, wtilch Mr. Blarney
sold a year ago.
Thinking his pet eat would prefer
field mice to those of the feed store
variety, Mr. Blarney left Bed on-the
arm but yesterday the exhausted feline
succeeded la nding the' new bom ef
RALEIGH WOMEN
MAY VOTE FIRST
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master. , .s, ;-
Democratic Nominee, In Open
ing New England Campaign,
Declares He Has "Proven '
Charges As To Cor- . .
ruption Fund ;
SAYS SECOND BREAK IN :
RANKS OF REPUBLICANS
OCCURRED AT PITTSBURG
While TaJkinj; ef Leafn of 9a-
tions 1 Issue, ' Governor ; Cox
Made His First Eeference
To The Irish Question, Saj
inf League Wot Intended As
, Instrument To Diseonrage
Emotions of a People , For
Freedom; Nominee Sepeats
- Assertion That Xepublicans
Are Assembling a Campaign
Fund of Not Less Than Fif
teen Millions; Comments On
Bepublieaa Denials
New Haven, Cona August ST At-
- .j;uiic campaign centrum
tions was renewed hero today by . Gov
ernor James M. Cox, Democratic preei.
dsntial candidate, in opening his New
England campaign. He asserted thst bo ',
had proved his ehsrges, in his Pitta- y!'
burg address last night, of the assem
bling of a $15,000,000 "corruption fnnd
by the Bepublieaaa. : ,
The first "break la .the Bepablieaa
line," Governor Cos declared ia oa
of four speeches here, was th Bepub.
heaa proposal for n separate peace with
Germaay. ,
"Ths second break la tho lines cam J
last night nt Pittsburg," bo continued.
"They have beea going along gathering
th largest campaign fund aver known
in the history of government in all the
world. No one ever dreamed of getting
such a sum."
' Republkau Variation
Governor Cox said that Will H.
Hsys Bepublieaa natioaal chairman,
hod denied tho charges ef n $13,000100
fund snd declared that the fuad would
be only $3,000,000, whilo a few days
later, tho governor said, Fred W. Vp.
ham, Bepublieaa treasurer, "multiplied
Mr. Hsys by two and one-half times'
by Mating that th fund would bo $7
; COSy00V'P'i 'Wev -r-'- !. --. ' .
In my Pittsburg sneeeh bet night,"
ths eandidste added, ''I have demanded .
to the astiafaetioa of every nnpreju
diced voter in tho country that we worn
justified in multiplying Mr. Vphnm '
figure by two. "' . f
Repeats HI Aesertioa.
"I repeat that the Bepublieaa fund .
the corruption fund will . be aot lee
thaa $15,000,000. Wa will not attempt
to match their dollars.' 1
Governor Cox also made a statement
commenting on Mr. TJpham's denial of
his charge.
Ths Senate committee can find out
perfectly well," be said.
Besidss his criticism of tho Re publi
can eontributore, tho governor urged
tho entrance of America into the league
ef nations nnd to his audience at Savin
Bock he made what hi auditors regard
ed a a reference to the question of
Irish freedom, the irst of his enm-
psign. . '
The league or nations," the govern er
ssid, ''does not nbrldge the right of say ,
racial entity to determine its own dee
tiny. Tho league was never intended '
to be and under its ndminiat ration it
never will be aa agency that will re-
atrain er dlaeoarsgo tho aame kind of
emotions of aay people emotions like
those thst stirred th colon its to scaler
thsir independence in 1776."
Cheers From the Irtatu
The statement wa cheered at length
by the aadleaee, many of them tt was
ssid, being ef Irish blood. - '
Th Irish cmestion alee entered Into
the arrangement for tho speakisg pro
gram of tho governor. An-aaaouaeo-
ment that Professor Irving Fisher, of
Tale TJniveraity, n strong league ad
vocate and one ef n group which eaoe
memorialised Congress to refrain from
acting in tho Irish freedom dispute,
would speak tonight' brought objections
from Irish sympathisers. - Professor
Fisher offered to strike his ad drees
pleasantneee. -f-J'-i
. Professor Fisher aaaouseed. how
ever, that many college professors and
other "progressives aad independents" -soon
would organise to work for th
league and for everaor Cox s - elec
tion.
Baying the Presidency : ":
"Men are trying to' buy tho Presl-
dential , election in order that a fa
vored few rather 'thaa tho average maa
may have ; his interests considered
first," tho governor eontinaed in aa- -
other speech. . , . ( ,
"I have hoard names of mea la Ohio
who have cent contribution aad it haa
beea a singular coincidence that many
who have written largo cheek are tho
asm mea who visited the governor ..
office at, Columbus and wanted m to
order out our soldiers ia strikes aad
industrial disputes.-. These men ar
seeking to buy aa administration fa
vorable to tho sac of the baronet in
strikes."
Bankers seeking to "emasculate" the
Federal - Reserve- Aet Governor Cox
also asserted , are eontributiac to tho
Bepublican fund.
No Patriotic Motive
Don't think that these contributions
are being made because of patriotism,"
be said. A great many ef the men
who are writing the mrgeet checks re
mained at home, making fortunes whil
the American boy were overseas-" -
The world s ' eiviliation aad safety.-.
Governor Cox declared, "depend npon
success of the lesgue."
The time has come, he continued.
"to put tho house of civilisation in or-
der. The mothers ef -America ere- going
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