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it tofei ms iii yis . VATCULAL-L a swev asm. rwl I ears Mm uMtsim aa are - mis ten Generally fair Friday aad Bat. rosy m4rst UBtperatare, ' VOL. CXII. NO. 65 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C .FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1920 , SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS 1 11 SUBMARINE KEPT I AFLOAT BY VESSEL w , . - I! Navy Vessel With Crew of 30 , Men In Precarious Plight . , Off Coast ARMY TRANSPORT FIRST . TO RENDER ASSISTANCE Submarine Submerged Tor 36 Hours Off Delaware Cape; Not Known How Boat Which - Left Boston Monday Tor Baltimore Became Disabled; V Other Aid Sent ..r Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. J-Twslv ' f tt crew ef tho B- had beea taken, el aad the raat wan being rescued, according t wireless mss aage received at 2 o'clock this B lag at tb Philadelphia navy yard from the steamer General Goethals. Washington, Bept 8 Ths. United State submarine 8-5 waa being kapt barely at the surface of th Atlantic aeeaa, 63 milea eaat of Cap'HBlo peo, tonight by a preea'riou hold ae eured ea bar aten by tha General Goethals, an army transport, while a dosea vessel of the nary are racing from various point to her rescue. WHh ker erew of four officen and 2 men, tha 8-5 bad been aabmerged for M hour, bat through a hole cat in her tern by tha craw of the General Ooe thala enough air la being pumped to keep tha men alive until naval equ'p meat ' rushed ' on tha- - "f astett vessel' available, can get there to complete ker. reaeae. IIow the 8-5 became disabled and how the General Gocthala learned of her plight had not been learned lata tonight ' by tha Ni.vy Department. Cap tain B. T. Hutchinson, aasistant chief f operation, aaid the battleahip Ohio from tha toothera drill groundi waa fender way for tha ipot, aa were two destroyer, from the Norfolk base, a destroyer with aaral ecnatructors and peeial equipment from Philadelphia aa a fourth destroyer and the torpedo ahfp Bridgeport from New York. The rescue reasela arc under ordera to get tha men on first, Captain Hut chinson , said. ' by railing and catting into the submarine. Messages from Central Goethala aaid that sufficient air had beea gotten into tha hull to "reTire tha crew, and explained that the 8 5's position ia the water waa almost-vertical. -.. Cables fromTthi submarine stern to the Central Goethala are pro Ting suffi cient t held her to tha surface, aad mea ware landed who cut the hole through which the air pipe was intro duced. Ordinarily the air supply In a submarine of her type, Captain Hut chinson aaid. would suffice to keep het crew alir for 73 boars, bat. her pe culiar position would indicate that much of the air had been loat. Tha 8-5 has been on special recruit lug duty at Atlantic ports. She is com manded by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Cook. Her present position waa given as latitude 38.20, longitude 74.05. Besides the General Goethala tha atenmer Olanthar also la atandiug by and it la believed she eaa be held aafely nntil the navy boata, with lift ing apparatus and experts and work men reach her. TELEPHONE BUOY TELLS OF SUBMARINE'S DISTRESS New York, Sept. 2. A telcphono luoy, tossing on the waves in the pth cf the s'etunship General Goethals, re vested the plirkt of 'ho erew of the mmi:irii, P-3, ' submerged for more t.'sa 35 hours off the Delaware Capes, r--.ting to information received herj tonight. . The bell on tha buoy was ring isg and a mU boat waa immediately, lowered from the General Goethals. Tho boat reached the buoy, cut in on the telephone apparatus on It and then from the depths of the seas cams .this message: "The submarine 8-5 sub merged for ,35 hours. Air' ia running short. Machinery damaged. Send f or help. I The General Goethals immediately tent out radio messages telling of tho (light of the submarine and then stood ly to render whatever aid waa possible, keeping in communication with the ubmerged vessel by means of the tele phone on the buoy. " An amateur wireless operator lining at his Instrument at Farmington, Conn., UNTIL AID GOMES - two hundred miles from the seen of trouble, picked up the message from the air and made it public. The infor- Biatioa was confirmed later from Phil adelphla which reported that air was i . being pumped to the W men and four (.facers aboard the submarine by two ateamshios. During moat of the afternoon the twe ships rolled Idly in the waves un able to help, waiting for the navy to I send ahlps having th gear necessary ta cut through the steel hull of the sub marine and release the Imprisoned member of th erew. V Shortly before dusk tonight th tele phone operator who had been sittinb all day with hia ear to the' slender wire . that connected the men under the water with th vessel above it received thia message from, th commander of th ubmaiinss "W must have mor air. . Thar was bo other message for some time. Officers of th two ships, resi ding that : something must b done quickly to save the lives of th sub mm,liatnlv hnd aDDaratue rigged ap which was lowered into th sea aad connected witb tne lUDnianne. Through this th vessels pumped air 1tt the underscss eraft. It I presumed th mteblncry for ehsnging th air in th aubmaria was damsel is th ac cident that MOMd ker to submerge under- rVaary e'.-rnmtauces, if th saehina 1 werlir.g prprly, a vessel of tha type of tu fi-5 an atsy under water for several day without Injury ta her crew. ., Stock Salesmen Reaping! i v Big Harvest In This State Millions of Dollars Invested in Speculative Stocks and Notes Given in Payment; Paper Held by Smaller Banks Matures in the Fall and Payment May Entail Financial Distress; Wake County Farmer Signs Up for $ 1 1 0,000 Worth of Se curities and Gives His Farm Aa Security; Must Pay Now Note give la payment for apsea lstive stocks, aggregating millions ef dollars, are held la North Carolina hank and will fall du for payment daring th coming fall, according to Deputy Insurance Commissioner Stacy W. Wade. Most of the maker are pros perous farmer, who have given, ear to the ' radiaat-hued ' propaganda of th stock aaleamaa. ' . j Th Insurance Department, which has the control of the licensing of stock compaaie to sell stock ia North Caro lina, has viewed with growing concern for month paat the increased , activity of stock ealeimea ia the State, aad the wiliingaea with whieh - farmers and ether hav signed a dotted liaea that make their property a aurety for th payment for the stock. , Concern now centers ia th possibility of financial disturbance when th small banks ar called upoa to collect th note givea for purchases of stock, which mafls or may aot b worth th Taper' they are written upon. Estimate differ at to th extent that bank ar Involved in th matter. Some sstimstei run as high aa 475,000,000. At any con siderable figure, difficulty . ia feared when banks mov to collect note for whieh th principal security is real es tate. Wake Farmer Protests. The story of a farmer of Wake county snd his weakness ia tho face of roeeate iiromlse of sudden wealth, coming to the Department yesterday, served to rrystalize- Interest ia the activities of stock1 salesmen In th Stat, nd to mov Deputy Wad to another'' appeal to Tar Heel to b less receptive when stoek wss offered, to them. Last spring th farmer wa visited by a salesmaa for a patent mediein concern. He was offered th prospect of sudden riches, and ho nays, wa ea rn red that the profit from th busi ness would pay for the stock the first veer, aad he would have a clear profit of however much he subscribed for. He' took $2500- worth, acd signed. a aot for the amount. He owned an uneum bered farm worth $40,000. Later another salesmaa came with a like story of easily gotten wealth. This time it wa a railway company. H took $25,000 worth aad signed another not. Later cam sn ail concern. He took $19,000 worth and signed another note. from a fisheries concern aa took am.uw worth and signed another note. Then h took $10,000 worth from another fish eries company and signed another aot. A miscellany of aalesmaa followed, bat th maa wa becoming little conserv ative, aad from th four or five sales men, h took only a total of $13,000, igning notes for payment ia each eaa. Total, $110,000, with hi $40,000 farm for security. E Democratic Candidate Will Open Month's Campaign Trip In Michigan Today ' Columbiis, 6., Bept. 2. Governor Col left her tonight ea a month' awing around the circle through the West. In Miehigsn th Democratic Presi dential candidate starts his speaking to morrowthe most extensive political tour undertaken linee - William J. Bryan's in 1898 which will take him around 9,000 mile through twenty-two State and end October 3 at St. Louis. The govermr expect to reach many hundred of thousands of persons i with the doctrine ef Democracy on th tour arranged ta trtverse th northern tier of BUtes to Bellingham, Wash, back to Utah, thenee to San Francisco and Esst via Los Angeles aad th South end Central West States. The governor started his journey just two months before election day and will spend the last month of his cam paim ia the East and Middle West. The League of Nations, progress! vism and Republican finance are scheduled to be the principal themes of the gov ernor' tour, whieh will include many resr platform . addresses. Through Michigan tomorrow he said h expected to lay weight on Republican contribu tions and possibly, present some new information in support of his chargef that a $15,000,000 corruption fund", was Using raised. '1 The governor will open hi Michigan tr.or early tomorrow morning with five minute resr platform- addresSe at Teeumsch and Manchester. Ha will stop at Jackson for a half hour speech ard, arriving at Lanalng about noon, is to make two more extensive addresses with evening appointment at Battle Creek and Kalamaxoo. Agricultural problems wer discussed by th candidate her today be fore representatives ' of the National Board of Farm ' organizations. Th governor said that he would same "dirt furmer to responsible ' governmert positions, and declared for co-operative selling and purchasing by farmers.. COST HUNDRED MILLIONS TO, RUMj ROADS. ONE MONTH -Washington, Sept. 2. Federal guar- ante of railroad earnings reaulted ia aa increase la the public debt of $101, 755,000 during - August . according to treasury figures issued - today showing th natioa'a grots debt t b $24,324,. 672,000. . " . , , ; .Treasury record eharg th 'increase ia the publie debt to aa Issa ef certi ficates of indebtedness offered August 10, sold ta cover payment to the rail roads under th guarantee provisions RNOR COX OFF ON WESTERN SWING Ojlj th transportation act. Th Bote ar du. Th farmer has aot th $110,000 with whieh t pay them. Valuable though the stocks that he hai may be, they hav aot mad good th promisee he elaima wr mad for them to provide sufficient dividends to meet th Botes. Instead of a $110,000 elear profit, he is faced with the likeli hood ef losing his farmstead H is undertaking to defeat th payment of th notes, but thus far without satis factory results to himself. A aot is a aot, and whea there ia anything from whieh it may b collected, it must b paid. . i : '" Department Geta Letters. How far this state of affaire hold trn throughout the State I problemat ical. Th Iasurane Department has latter front over th entire 8 tat, hat a majority of them from the prosperous bright tobacco belt la the East," all of them declaring that there baa beta a widespread purchasing of speculative stocks and th giving of Bote ia pay meat' No other have beea heard from that west quite so deep into speculation aa th Wake county maa, but specula tion has beea gensraL Every company that i wiling stock haa been passed by the Department, hot aa Mr. Wade pointed .out yesterday, oa every license is stamped the words i "The Insurance Department does aot recommend this stoek to North Carolina purchasers." No stock, of however an questioned worth, is specineslly recom mended by the department and all licenses are. so endorsed. Th lieens haa no authority over the means, verbal or otherwise, which may be used to ia duee . a .purehaasr ta aahesribeV -' : The method usually employed by stoek salesmen is described a follows: Th salesmaa will indue the custo mer to subscribe for a block of stock, giving in payment a not covering th amount involved. Th not is take ta th local banker of the subscriber, and th banker issued to the holder of th note a certificate of deposit, aarrying th i't upon which the Bote 'alls due. The cortifieti is then .carried to in other bank and orpoeited witH a ais coutt. Whea it is due, th local bank ia cblled upon to make it goodi aad) the lceal bank in tura ealia npoa th maker of th note. Th InsurvBC ' Department hs r poatedly called the attention of the State t th vnparallrled prevaUne of .sfrulatiou amorg the farmsra el th Stat, and w -irr.nl tbem to observe eaa Hon,' Msny of the eons panic that hav dona basineaa with tha farmer are re garded as sound and maay ar regarded aa donhtfut- Mr." Wad wai snabl to baaard a gueee a to whether th hold' era of stock wotld eveatually loee, but believes that the payment of many ef tha outstanding note will be met with difficulty, , .-? BASEBALL PLAYERS Republican Candidate Roots For Home Team But Visi-. tors Win The Game Morion, Ohio, Sept. t Dividing his time between work and play, Senator Harding today made two front porch speeches, held asvsral political confer ence on political issue and campaign management and then went ont to see a baseball game whieh wa played la Marlon as a apacial compliment to hi ntnuaiaim aa a fan. Th Chicago Cubs, brought her by their owners to give the aomiaee his first glimpse this season of a major league club, wer matched against an improvised Marion team ia aa exhibi tion that resulted in a S to 1 victory for tne visitors, benstor Harding pitched th first three ball across the plat and daring th gam he and Mr. Hard- ins; rooted with several thousand ef their neighbors for the home team. ' One of the nominee's speeches, de livered earlier in th day, wa to th Cab team whieh marched ia a body to nt xront porea and presented it com pllment through President Veeck i spokesman. Ia a reply phrased ia the lansruage of the diamond Senator Hard ins; declared hi hop! in th campaign waa to develop team-work among the American people so " that th natioa woald still fly proudly "the pennant won ' at borne and held respected throughout the world. T ; The other address wss to a delega tion representing various teacher or ganization and wu ia advocacy ef bet, ter compensation for the teaching pr- fesalon. . Ho declined, however, to aeeede to I request mad by his caller that h a dors th "Smith-Towner bill providing for a Federal depsrtment of education and larger Federal participation la school financing.' Senator Phils ader C. Knox of Pens- sylvaais, former Secretary ef 8tate, aad a leader among th irreconcilable of th Senat during th treaty fight, was one. of those with whom the nomine conferred during th day. The coun try' foreign policy and particularly th proposal of Senator Harding for a new association ef aationa wa th aub- jejrt of their talk, but th1 specif. eon- si4rations or in eonrerenee were aot revealed.'.' '' " , ''' '; - Ia a statement tenlght Senator Kasa declared his conviction that the foreign policy of th Wilton administration would b repudiated at th November election and that Senator Harding' stand would commend itself .to th vot er of th country; 'The en arrest thine: to be hoped for la" th etmuaign," mid Senator KnoxJ "is aa adequate appreciation of lta op- DOrtunitlea for th Berrubliesns of all (Csattneed Fag Tw.) HARDING TALKS TO BOLSHEVIK! SBID RESERVE FORCES TO FIGHTING AREA Efforts To Mobilize Sailors For Land Duty Resulted In Several Riots emam-amnssmwm FOREST FIRES SWEEPING THROUGH SOVIET RUSSIA Uprisings Near. Xronstadt Fi nally Suppressed But Not Until After Disorders Spread To Suburbs of -Petrofrad; General Budennj's Mxmj Beported Annihilated Washington, Bept t All available Bolshevik reserve force hav beea ordered from . Petregrad to the fight lag are in th vicinity of Orodnath State Dpartmat wa advlad today la dispetehs baring th dat ef August SL An effort to mobilize sailors aad t take them from their ships near Kron- stadt -for service ea the Polish front, tba dispatches reported resulted la riot August 5 eat in which a aura ber of fatalities eeiurred. The upris ing wer nally suppressed but aot until after the disorder b. d ay-read to th auburbe of Petrograd. Forest and peat Area sweeping through several province of Soviet Russia wer said to be menaring the winter fuel supply. Th fire, whieh wer reported Jong th eastern aad southern Fia alah border, were unchecked at the tima of th filing of the dispatches.' SAYS BOLSHEVIK I WANTED 1 1 ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY Berlin, Sept. lv (By The Associated Pre.) Dr. Waiter Simons, th for eign minister, addressing th Beichstsg foreign affair committee today, de clared he had beea arged to collaborate with t Ktssiss B-.lsheviki ag.tinst th wester power a a. meant of breaking tba bond imposed by th treaty of Versailles, but that after mature re- flee tioa he had rejected thi course. "If w had followed these exhort. tions," mid th foreign minister, "Ger many would Immediately have become a theater of war. Furthermore tha dis astrous consequences whieh Bolshevism might be expected to bring with it would hav fallea with double fore upon Germaay. . Dr. Simon aaid proposal also hav Been 'BunrTbat Citmssi misii with th western powr against Bum!, wbiea b considered aa equally Impee- slbl eours. 'No power t war with soviet Rus sia, th foreign minister added. ' aeed count upon or support." NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TENNESSEE FIGHT Nashville, Teaa., Sept. I. Governor Roberta had not beea furnished tonight with a transcript of th proceeding f th Hons ia revoking it concurrence in ratification of the suffrag amend' men: nor had the committee which wa nnointed today by th House, formally asked him to certify the proceeding to Washington. Governor Robert aaid tonight h would aot commit himaelt as to what action hs would take when th commit tee called upoa him. There were indica tion that ther wts a divisioa of opin ion among th anti-ratifieationista a to the proper eours of sction to tak next. Th Senat today reversed it action of yesterday and voted to spread upon its journal th record of th House ia refusing to eon cur with the Senate in ratification of the suffrage amend ment. The vote ws Zl to a. Be versa! ef action waa du to th complaint of Hon 'member that the Senat had been discourteous ia declining to re ceive it message. Both house voted unanimously today t adjourn sin di Saturday. ' nnAcriri v enriio isi MAINE TO BIG CROWDS . Portland, Maine, Sept t. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dcmoc ratio nominee for ice Prendent. at a meeting here tonight closing th first of l three day' tour cf th BUt in th interest of th party csndidates ia th 8ttV campaign, toll hia andienee that "the issue of the league of Natioas as sgainst bo Leagu cf Nation or a against soma substituts wholly ' indefinite will appear clear to Amerieaa people. He deplored "blind partisanship1' aad said ha believed it was rapidly disappearing, ''especially now thst the womea of America hav hav been accorded th franchise. POLAND REFUSES PLEDGE TO STAY IN BOUNDARIES Washington, Sept t Poland ha de clined to jeopardize her military opera tions against the Bolsheviki by binding herself to regard the "artificial : bona dariea" laid dowa at the peace confer ence. Replying to Secretary Colby surges tioa thst Poland remain within th line specified by the peace conference, the Polish government state it poaitioa aa follow: ' - "Notwithstanding th sympathetic at titude ef our allies, th Polish nation had ta fac th danger alone, ana po litical event. .' " .': -4 TiiKKK rsausuna ulliu j v IN AUTOMOBILE COLLISION Bntler, Ind., Sept. 8. Mr. and Mr. C Mi-llno. mirrA about SO and their daughter, Ina, 18, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, were instantly hilled at - a grade crdysing, three mile east of her iHt,Hit wh ihelr antomobila was struck by th Twentieth Ceatury Limit-1 ed a th New York Central Use. ' SEARCH FOR FUNDS GIVES DEMOCRATS DIFFICULTTASK Davisons, Rockefellers and Garys Not Contributing Di-' rectly To The Fund "INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT" AGAIN RAISES UGLY HEAD Republicans Get s Control of American Red Cross and Oo cupy Positions of Influence In Other High Places Be cause of World War; Appeal To Foreign Element Th New and Observer Bureau BOS District National Bank Bldf. (By Special Leased Wire) ' Washington, Sept 2. A Democrat high in the admiaistratioa circle gav sa outlla of th lituatioa ia the cam paign as he sees it it thla stag. Govsr aor Cox, he said, ha (howa enough to convince every person wh know th A. B. C. of Republican politic that the Republican party i raising a hug corrupt campaign fund. What will aot be showa but what I nail hnown I that mca Ilk Gary, Davi son. Weed, Rockefeller aad other will through tkair owa agent put im mense sum ia thi campaign. Of such money ther w'ill be ro record. Thsts mca ar th maetere ef th "invisible trpvernment" of thi country, conducted through th agency of th Republican party. It k aot through Will Hay and th Republican National committee that thee invisible force da their work, but through men lik Penrose and hia lieu tenants. If Pvaros could be mad to divulge what he knew aad wkat he Is doinz it would stacrer th country, it is declared. When the war earn on th govern ment was compelled to call to its ami tenee om of the force of "lavlsibl government" master of finaaee, R pablicaas. Great pressure was brought tr. bear on the President to have him appoint a bl-psrttsan cabiaet, but know ing the great danger of the sinister force, he refused to do so. But th war railed for the whole for of th nanoa It knew neither Democrat aor Republi can, but it gave the Republican, Teelally the sinister invisible fore h opportunity to get an tn una. CsBtsr The Red Cress. They captured th-Bd Cross. That to day ia a- Republican organisation and nadar it humanitarian guis it is abl to do most effective work for the party, Tha National Defense Society in th ram ef patriotism i aaother argaal Ution filled with Republic as It it new opealy aad actively aunporuag th Republican party ia th campaign. Tha in thla way th stepubuean war ea (bled to capture through the necessities 01 the wsr two r tars popular sgen eiea by whieh they euld carry their propaganda to th people under the eal cf patriotism. Theaa Invisible fores expected to in fluenee if not control the making of reeee but the President would not hav it aad thst help to explain the motives for th bitter fight that ha been mads to destroy hi prestige before th eoua try. But they would havC fought him anyhow, beeaus h is in both thought and deed th antithesis of thi invisible government He la th greatest fo rhes sinister forces hav hsd to tackle. American Far Cos. Governor Cox teeing and knowing what he has already partly uncovered bnt knowing that ther are darker and more dangerous thing that h will not be able to uncover, ha gone after thla "iaviaible government" It ia evident now that th Democratic candidate ha already achieved one great result. He haa woa th majority of th native-born American people and he ha done thia through hi appeal to the young men of the country. Cox haa th youth and courage ef the people who are Americans. But Democrats should har bor no illusions. The, fact ' should b squarely faced for th ooar It is faced th mor surely it eaa b met. Of th German-American 65 per eent are normally Republicans, but st this moment SO per eent ef them are Repub lican.' Of the Italian-Americana sixty per eent are normally Republican, aad at least eighty-fire per eent ar bow Bepublieana. Of the Irish-Americans, sixty per cent heretofore have voted th Demoeratie ticket but eighty per eent have beea inclined to vote th Repub lican ticket Tha great trend ef these foreign element to th Republican party i what Harding' party is count ing on to win. It is hoped and believed that Gov ernor! Cox will be able to ehang a Urge per cent of th Irish. Th Irish clement ia the Democratic party wa a itrong factor la hi nomination, bnt there i amall chsaee that h eaa tura many nf th German and Italians. Ever tine the close of the wsr the Repub lican hav beea working oa these letter foreign element. Th refusal of the Senate to ratify tha peace treaty snd the refnsal of th President to sur tender to! the flamhouytnt Italian, ele ment oa the Adriatic queatioa hav attached both the German and Italian vot to th Republican party; it is de clared. Now th hop of th Democrat Is to draw more o th. predominant element of the American people wh hav no immediate blood or family tie In Europe. Many of th Immigrant wh hav com to thla country from Eur op within th latt fifty year and many of their children are possessed of sentiments and prejudice that th Re publican party through it opposition ta tha-TenmllLci treaty and League ef Kation has beea abl to appeal te. sue eeMfully. r Bnt it take money to vot these foreign elements and th "invisible government," will spsr nothing to d to. Th Republican' believe they hav never had a greater eportuuity to Be their money' worth. And this is nt to saw that the votes ef the rank and file f these foreign elements ar for fCeatlaaed an Pace Twe.) . TABOO WILL MAKK ADDRESS AT NIW BERN COUNTY FAIR Nw Bm, Beat, a William C McAde today accepted the lavlta lloa af tha New Bern Fair Aasocia tlea ta deliver an address at the fair grenade an September 15th. The fair wtU eaen an the preview day ad Mr. MeAdoe'a visit la expected te draw thee sands af visiters her for the day ea which h speaks. , HOBBS GIVEN TERM III PENITENTLY Fayetteville Negro, Through At torneys, Pleads Guilty To Second Degree Murder Fayetteville, Sept. 2. Georg Hobba, negro, charged with th death of Depu ties W. O. Moor and Herman C. But ler, during a clash between th negroes' family aad th popl ef Victory Mill village, oa May list, pleaded guilty te murder la th second degree whea placed a trial ia the Huprema court today ad wa aentsnesd by Judge O. H. Guloa iat this afteraooa to aa indeterminate sentence af from two to. twenty year ia the State prison. Hobbs wa brought here at midnight last aight from Raleigh, wher h wa carried for safe keeping after hi cap ture. Hi submission followed a two- hour conference with hi attorney when th sase was called thi moralng and put a speedy end to a trial that had pronv ited to trout muck interest, a. u Cook, of counsel, for th defeat a nouaeed to. th court thst titer com investizatioa of th Stat' videne th defendant' attorneys did aot be lieve h could be convicted of first de gree murder while it would be difficult for th prosecution to pros that Hobbs fired tha shot that killed the two officers but that in a detlr to te justies tad fairness to all counsel had advised the defendaat to submit the plea. ' Thi wa accepted by Solicitor 8. B. MteLean aad Judge Guion in a finely conceived deliverance congratulated the attoraeyt both, for the State and de fense on the termination ef th eta while th defendant himself wss com manded for hi actioa ia submitting. A venire of one hundred men hsd been summoned to try th esse. Th court room wa packed with th erowd that had tons to hear tbe trial. The zeneral sentiment ef this com maalty wa favorable to a fair aad Im partial trial for th negro and th pub lie is seemingly well satisfied with th outcome. ' WHOLESALE PROSECUTIONS FOR WAR CONTRACTORS - ' ; " maiaii ri Department of Justice Begrni Campaign of ' Cleaning Up ' Cases On List Washington, Sept 2. (By th Asio tiated Press-. Prosecution of 324 con tractor, making th beginning of a move by th government to clean up It war contract eontrovertlet, hts been ordered by th Department of Juitie. Th proceeding will include both crimi nal aad civil action aad involve 'mil lion of dollar" department officials raid today. Practically all of th eases embraced by the prosecution order wer turned over by th War Department but there nr Indication that aimilar case would be received from other govern ment department. Th Shipping Board is understood to b planning to requeit criminal prosecution in half a dosen cases ia addition to those already ia th hands of th Attorney General. ,. ht contract on which) actioa will be tressed wer (aid to involve amount 'ranging from t few thousand to a fw million each." Official expressed the belief that, al though tha War Department had failed to reach aa agreement, many of the con troversies would be settled out of court. ONE WOMAN FAILS TO GET ACROSS, ANOTHER TRIES English Channel Object of Many Attacks By Daring and In trepid Swimmers ' London, Sept The English Chsn nel, which so long ha flaunted the challenge of It strong current snd rough sess before th world' best swlmmmers with only two defeats re corded against it, is sgain th object of i determined attack. Not only swim, mere but oartmen, hnd even on girl water eyeliat, hav been bending their endeavor towards overcoming th tre mendous obstael of th turbulent water.' 1 Mrs. Arthur Hamilton's failure to swim across last night and r thereby be th first woman to aehtev success ha not deterred Mrs. Hilda Wilding, taother intrepid Englishwoman, from making the attempt tomorrow evening. The America awimmer, Henry Sullivan ef Lowell, Mam., who mad aa nneue eessful effort last week, plan to trv agaia Sunday night Last week two young oarsmen started ont to acull aero from England, but wer compelled to give ap the attempt. Recently, too, Miss Zetta Hull got sl-j most across on a water cycle, out in machln broke down wljea sh wss Bear ing th goal. 1 , Tk only two of the. many swimmers who hav faced thej channel waters snd succeeded were Captain Webb, who crossed ia 1873, tad T. W. Burgess ia 1911. ... ,, . - . - CENSUS FIGURES GIVEN ' FOR TAR HEEL TOWNS Washington, Sept 2. The Census Bu resu today announced th populstion of th following North Carolina towns! Orange county places! Carrboro, I, 129; Chapel Hill, 1,483; Mcbane, 1,351 1 Hillsboro, 11,180. . - Surry County placets1 Dobson, 888 ; Flkin, 145; iMount Alry,;4,T52; PUot Mountala. 707, l! Illliil FF WORK UNI NEXT WEEK Edmund H. Moore, of Youngs town, Ohio, Will Be Next Witness To Testify COX PRE-C0N VENT ION MANAGER TO GIVE DATA Will Show That Georgia Man Raised Twenty-fire Thou sand Dollars and Then Quit Party Because of Harding . Nomination; Blade Plans To Raise $16,000,000 Chicago, Sept 2. Demoeratie wit nesses today were unabl to present to th Senat committee investigating cam paign xpaditnre th date oa whieh Governor Jame M. Cox bated ' his charge of a tlSfiOOflOO Republican cam paign fund, beeaua of the djourameat ef the committee nntil Tuesday. At th request ef Senator Reed aad Pomerene, the Demoeratie member. Chairman Kenyon tonight issued a list of subjoenss for witnesses, chief af whom is Edmund H. Moor ef Youngs town, Ohiq, Governor Cox' personal representative. Mr. Moore wa here today for tha announced purpose af presenting to the committee all tha data ia Governor Cox't hand regarding cam. paiga expenditure, but he was aot call, ed during the brief sesstoa. -. t Several ef the subpoenal issued were withheld from publicities at the re quest of Senators Reed and Pomereaa. , the latter of whom returned to Chicago laisv e.M i... f'l.. Kv.A imrrcA with OfivAff f!n amA U HMorr. Ta 8a samea Repahllcaa Leader. Among those made publie war sit Republican leaders, including Barry M. Blair ef Marios. Ohio, assistant to Frd W. Cpham, Republican national treas urer. Th other ar Dudley 8. Blossom, Clevelsnd; Garrett Kinney, Chicago Walter 8. Dickey, Ktnstt City, Mo. Joha J. Brysoa, Brazil, Ind., and H. O. Garrett of Kentucky. They are chair man of tha Republican way and mean committee in their reapeetiv State, charged with apportioning th Repub charged with tpportoinlng the Repub lican budget within their territorie. Th six Republican wer called at th request of Senator Reed, who announced he wanted to find out how Treasurer Cphsm's fund collecting machinery wa fnnetintng- ia representative State. Jleclsion of th committee to recess Y'irt tpeaklng'eBgngemeot wa az pocted. Mr. Moor had appeared ta tke tha stand, and had told nswspaper mea he xpeetd to present documents ia support of GoverrW Cox' charge that million were floww: into the Re publican eampalga chest. rThs commit tee heard Senator Mile Foiadexter, of Washington and Herman Eeneke, treas urer of the National Young Men' Re publican League, tad then adjourned. Moore Baa Ammaaitloa. Mr. Moore told newspapermen h waiiM tttkmnl fiMa that th BjtnnH. hcan leaders -hsd publicly announced last January that they planned to raise a 116,000,000 campaign fund and had boasted of it. , He also declared 125,00.1 had beea raised ia Atlanta, Oa, prior to June 14 by a man who Inter "became so dltgustfd when Senator Warrea G. Harding waa nominated that he quit the party." Mr. Upham testified earlier In th week that the quota of the entire State of Georgia wa 133,000 tad mid that 2,058 wat all that had beea raised. ' Faitnr to hear all witnesses here to day upset th committee' plan to meet in Pittsburg , next week and inquire into ehtra-et that the liquor interest there had assisted Attorney General Falmcr'a campaign for the Demoeratie nomination for President. That plan, however, has not beea dropped, and Senator Kenyon said before leaving Chicago tonight that the eommittf would go to Pittsburg probably a soon aa it heard th witnesses mbpoensed her. FURNITURE MAKERS IN CHARLOTTE FOR MEETING Charlotte, Sept. 2. The Southern Furniture Manufacturer' - Association adjourned it two day' session here, to meet aext in Atlantis. City. Tbe. con ference was held, according to Seere-, tary-Treasurer J. T. Ryan,- . of High" Point for the purpose of discussing present market snd manufacturing con ditions in the industry. Reports' made at the conference in dicated that normal demand for furni ture may be expected during the com ing fall season, with no reduction in prices. It was pointed out that there has been bo decline ia any of the ar ticles of cost that go into the manufac ture of furalturev-cxcept lumber, which wa aaid to hav declined somewhat from th recent peek prices, but it wss pointed out that:. little furniture wss msde on the basis of these peek prices. LONGSHOREMEN CONTINUE ON STRIKE IN BOSTON Boston, Sept. 2. About three hua- , dred longshoremen and one hundred railroad freight handler wer an strike hor today aa an outgrowth of th efforts of picket to prevent work on, British (teamer st Boston pier a a protest against th detention by British authorities of Terence jMae Swlney, klord mayor of Cork. 1 The men 1 who (truck oa Tuesday. la the Chsrlestown dittrict when th Ni- joined during th dsy by mea who had beea working oa th Caledonian at th Leyland Line pier, and th Anglo-Mexican at th Cunrd pier, both ia Eaat Boston. V; . : :. -. -. ': ; .- Ne Change ef Ceadltlea. London, Sopt 2. The condition of Lord Mayor ManSweney wa announced late tonight tt Brixton prison ss with out chang. H wat said te be extreme ly weak. ., .-.'.y'' PROBE CO KNOCKS 0