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Clesdy with local answers Meadayi, Tuesday talc . m faar aaaae. &mmI nmviI 4ars Mat Mauaaiaa ea4 eveU VOL CXII. NO. 68 TEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH.'N.' C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER. 6, 1 1920. TEN PAGES TODAY, -:M'' I PRICE: FIVE CENTS IIIIIIEE HARDING AIRSE CREW OF SUBMARINE' S-5 HAS NARROW 'ESCAPE BE ESTABLISHED ALL OVER COUNTRY ATTEMPT TO LEVY F Note of Apathy Among the Vol Wickersham Says Harding Wil Passenger and Express Lines to Democratic Nominee Asks Hays ers in Eastern Section k of State : , Not "Wholly and Finally - Reject League" , MAKES STATEMENT AS. Follow Mail Service, It Is Announced . ALL IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE WORLD INCLUDED ADout $80,ooo Assessment - , On Coal Men WIND TAKEN OUT OF. GIVES NAMES OF MEN REPUBLICAN SAILS - RESULT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MAY CALL LITTLE INTEREST MANIFESTED THUS FAR IN CAMPAIGF GOV. COX CHARGES AGAIN ALTERS HIS STAND Oil LEAGU ON COAL DEALERS J - ri Parker's El-AdTiied Attack on Revaluation Leaves Him In a Bad Hole; Democrats Win - Launch Tight in Brunswick , and Johnston Counties This f C Week :t'-T"; ; ..;.:"'-1 The (pedal session ef the Qeseral Aaeambly having take Boat all the wind out ef th Republican party's aula. the pre-election campaign la Bona ' Carolina la setting If to a alow atart ad with a mora promise ef a close Salah thaa th campaifaa ( tha laat four, eight and twelve years. Tha Udepandent visw is that the pres ent trend at political affair ia tha Stat la lamentable aot at all eon dueiv to arousing taa interest f tha rid or tha sew voters. A survey of tha Eaatera Mrt of the State, recently tnida by a ataif eomapoadaat f tha New and Observer, reanlUd ia tha dis covery of a narked lethargy amoag tha voteri generally. - Tha aam survey eonflrmed practically leyond argument the suspicion whleh volitieal leaden have entertained for soms time, namely, that the Bepubli eana themaelTea havent the alighteet hope of increasing their proportionate Tote ia the Bute thia year ia apita of the fact that about 75,000 womea will lor the Sret time express prefereace at the polla ia NoTember. - . r Pukere IU-Advtaed Start. Tha Bepublieaa eaadidate for lie tenant governor, it ia learned oa good authority, doe, not eontemplate leav ing hi home is Columbus to partici pate in the campaign anleaa it be for i rew apeechea within the Sixth congress ional dartriet. The vuggeatioa that John J. Parker, of Monroe, ia going to make the campaign anappy ia generally pooh- poohed. Parker premature ana m ao vised assault oa the ravslustion law ia e longer interesting to the voters th Democratic lawmskers of the State have given the bankers, the railroad owners and the fanner a fair, nones ana jus ystem of taxation". What haa already been accomplished ander a Democratic administration. Parker ia promising to do if elected Governor. Tha BeDublieas aaaaalt oa the called machine ia the Opinion of party met of varied personal leaning, i re acting heavily. What interest there is la th attaak he ia making Senator Simmons and follower of th latter ia aot due to any sympathy he receive from the friend of Lieutenant Gov er ror Max Gardner, who. by the way. are responding nobly, ia every nook aad corner of the Bute, Privately Admit Hopclese right. Although many Bepublieana say pri- rately that the party hasa't a ehaaee 0 dent the Democratic majority, th tartv orramtatioa la frantically work lag to rally some support for ita Stat ticket. While Candidate Parker aloae seems to have faith ia carrying th "cause direct to the people, the badly broken machine is working strenuously to get O, O. P. propaganda in th hands of th people; To thia end, weekly paper are eprSag tng up over th Stat like mushrooms. This line of activity ha been going for ward for aome month and it i just be coming known that a 4iumbr ef email lasers, launched aa independent or gans, are blossoming in full Republi can colors. This ia noticeable in Wil mington, Goldsboro, Albemarle, White- villa and other town. Th Neighborhood Kewa" ef Wil mlngton ia typical of. th lot It front earn ef last week' issue carrie a lead- la editorial written by "Judge" Iredell Mearea. lately State manager for Hiram Johnson, ' ia which th Judge vainly strives to reconcile th Johnson opposi tioa to any kind of a league of nations with the Harding plan to take all the "un-American" planka off the top ef th preeent league building - and carry them over to the Hague tribunal. Bailer's Activity Keaeateg. Much of the faint hesrtednesa ef tha Republican party in the State can be at- tributed to the death of the late E. Carl Dunean, who during hi lifetime jostly held th title of chief ef the more respectable element ef the party. Follower of Dunean resent bitterly the lead which Marion Butler M taking in th policies of th Bepublleaa party of North Carolina. Nothing more than passive support of the National ticket ia expected from tfil wing or the party. .1 ' - While the Democrat are well in formed of the lethargy ef th voter a a rule, they are by no meana mis led because of the turn the eampeiga has taken so far. They are aot under estimating the effort of the Republi cans but on th contrary are ready to launch a vigorou aaaault npon th usual Republican "gum-shoe met ods. Slight evidence of this style of a campaign are already at hand, and as th campaign growe oldet Chairmaa Warren expects to bear more about thia pussy-footing. . j .. A for the Democratie tight, it will be for the biggest majority returned ia twenty year. Party manager look for from 75 to 85 per cent or th woman vote and count upon it to swell th ma jority in November. County conventions in Brunswick and Johnston, to be held this week, really mark th opening of th flint. Cameron Morrison will ad- dies both conventions, attending th first witt hi running mate. Senator W. B. Cooper, of Wilmington. From now on, the spellbinders ia both parties will operate. It is not im probable that in Western North Caro lina th Bepublieana will do aome cam paigning oa th hustings. This la la in red in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Congressional Districts with chief Inter est centered on the J'at debate ia the Eighth between "Farmer Bob Dough ton and Dr. Campbell. For straight forward fighting, th latter is without IConUaaed pjjrn.Tw4 I. Republican Candidate With holds Any Comment on Wick. ersham - Statement, Which ; Sajs Harding Will Take Lead in Beriaing Paris Covenant and Making It Practicable Jtarioa, O, Sept. Bv After aa ex tended coafereaee her today with Senator Harding, George W. Wicker sham. a former Betmblieaa attorney- general and an advocate ef the League ef Nations, issued a statement declar ing th Bepublieaa aomiaee would aot "wholly aad lnslly reject the league, bat would take the lead in revising the covenant aad putting it into practical operation. , Th Senator reootnlseaJ Mr. Wicker sham added, that th league is so inter woven with th fortune of Estop that ita anobjeetioaable features . may be preserved to atabliie Europe peace. mm senator Harding himself, there was bo expreaa! on en' the subject, but it was indicated ia the Bear future be ight make a pnbli statement detail ing hi precise ataad with regard to ac ceptance of any portion ef the covenant a it wa written. It was said in hi talk with the former .attorney-general that tha whnla an Mart ma AlmmmmmA minutely and that the views expressed by th aomiaee net with Mr. Wicker- ham' toil approval. , - . KarasaHv raveia I aaraa 1 earnestly favor the Lea rue of Na Uoas," said Mr. Wiekeraham' state- ent. "I reeonise th imnerf actions oi the raria covenant. Yet J should have been satiened to ae it ratiied a writ ten, beUeviag that th power of amend ment wa ample to eaable it to be moulded aa our aatioaal Interests mixht an aeeeaaary. . "Senator Harding does aot wholly and Anally reject the league. He recog nise it may have beeom so entwined and iaterwevea ia the peace ef Europe ita good work aad it unobjectionable provision mast be preserved ia order t stabilize th peace ef that continent. When Preaident Harding, working in accord ' with a Beimblleaa Centre. takes up th work of placing apea a flna, just and anr foundatioa the rela tion ef thia country to Jb e(her.Ba traaw r in wkl l am ssaUut that the kg!e of aeeomplishtd fact wiU lead to th adoDtion of th lean, so modi. fled a to remove all just doubta aa t ita aaaue effect ape American right ana interests. . -r . Ne SeMtat Peace. ' "Senator Hardiag ha reeocnixed this tact in u eutemeat that he haa bo expeeUtioa whatever ef fading it aee eaaary or adviaoble to aegotiat a aepa- rat peace with Germany. The arst ef- ion or a is administraUoa obviouslyj must ie to secure aa agreement with the parti ea to th treaty ef Versailles for its) modification as aa to remove the objection ef th Americas rovsrnmsnt. aad that accomplished, oar acceptance ei me amended treaty will b th natural eolation ef the international pro Diem. wu will dispute Senator Hard lng'i insistence that the United States may take the lead ia rsviaioa. amend ment or reconatruetioa and be able to count en the cordial eo-operatioa of all nations concerned." Hardiag Decline Cam meat. Senator Harding aot only declined to make any comment tonight on the Wiekeraham tntemeat but he also re frained from discussing the categorical queationa abont th league which were addressed to him by Goveraor Cox laat night in hi Milwaukee apeech. Th Bepublieaa nomine mid h jropoaed to maintain hi policy sf not eagaging ia a debate with hi opponent, aad weald express his view in hi own way aa occasion offered. Another ef the candidate Y caller to day wa Oeear Durante, editor of "IItalta Chicago's Italian daily. He tained with the senator about th Fiume question aad said afterward he waa satisfied that Mr. Harding would "accord to Italian interest th fair aad friendly treatment that haa been denied ander Wilson." ' Tomorrow Senator Hardin will de liver a Labor Day addreaa her aad Tuesday morning h will leave for Min neeota to mak his flrst speech outside Ohio since his nomination. Dctal'eJ plan for th trip, mad publle tonight, provide for a call at Chicago ea Major General Leonard Wood, Who wa ene ef tne leading eaadidate for th presiden tial nomination at th national eenrea tioa. FIVE KILLED AND TWENTY HURT IN TROLLEY MISHAP j nmnsamsiaBaBi . Fairmont, W. Va- Sept. 6V FW per- sons were killed aad abont a score ia- jnred, some of them probably fatally, eariy sousy waea a trolley ear a th Fairview lin of the Monongahala "Val ley Traetioa Company, collided with a freight ear carrying building materMs aear usxtoa utation. The dead are: WUliam K. Donaldson. aed 49 -rs. Newell, Pa.; Baymond, Donaldson, ag 1 a, an sob; Virginia Bigg, aged 7 Graattowa; W. B. Dawson, . aged 45 year. Fairmont t aad David William. agea eu, urayi rail. ROBERT HARRON, MOTION PICTURE STAR, IS DEAD New Tork, Sept. 8, Robert Harron. widely-known motion picture actor, died is a hospital here today from a wound inflicted when he accidentally' shot him. self ea September 1. Hs wae unpack ing a traak at hia apartmeat here whea a revolver, which he wa taking from a eoat pocket, fell to the floor and was lselurged. asrroa, wh roa from aa office boy ia the David W. Grlfflth w to f?1. g1igyll!3u. Photograph e( the TJnited Btatea submarine B-S, the erew of which bad a narrow eaeap from death whea th sub mersible became helplesa whil ia 18 fathom ef water 55 mile southeast of Cap Healopea. Th mea were prisoners for forty-font hour ia th. craft aad were rescued barely ia time to be saved from horrible death, all being near ex haustion whea they were taken from the vessel through a small hole drilled by the engineer aad assistant engiaeer ef the steamer General Goethala, who worked tirelessly for hour with a hand ratchet drill. Th member ef the crew have been landed at. rmiadeipbia. Offer To Do "Crash Dive" To Prove Commander Chas. M. Cook Was Not to Blame Philadelphia, Sept.. 5. The erw of tha rankea anbmarin S-8 wa given a holiday today' aad the mem left -the Philadelphia Navy Yard" to visit friends ia differsnt Metiona of the ity. Befor this they offered to d a "eraah div at th yard to- prov, they aaid,' that their commander wag not to blame for the aceideat One member ef the erew went to New Tork to see hi wife aad a baby that wa bora while it father wa held prisoner under the surface ef the a. Three of the thirty-seven ur- vlvors were still ia th naval hospital tonight, bat Ihey were ' reported well oa the way to recovery from th effects f shlorln ga.n .u The 8-S, which yesterday again brok away from . the battleship . Ohio - and sank la 180 feet ef water oft the Dela ware Cape: waa still at th bottom of tfce -a touigtir and prospect for' sal vaging the craft were said unofficially to be slight. The Ohio was said te have proceeded to Norfolk. Aa investigation board was convened aa noon as the Ohio reached th scene of the aceideat and Lieutenant Com mander Char lea M. Cook, Jr . com mander of th ill-fated submarine, was takes aboard th battleship. ; It was id tonight a formal ' Inquiry board, whleh will mak a thorough invest iga tioa ef the accident and attempt to flx responsibility lor the rail u re of the safety vslv to work when th craft started crash diva." probably will be appointed within a few day. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY Much interest in Senatorial and Gubernatorial right! ; Wo men Not to Vote " ' Atlanta, Gn4 Sept. bV Nominee for tth TJnited State Senate, Goveraor aad other (tat office will be chosen Wed nesday. September S, in th Georgia Democratic primary election. Senator Hoke Smith, candidate to suc ceed himself in th Senate, is opposed by uovernor Hugh M. Dorsey, Thorn. E. Watson, publisher aad author, an John K. Cooper, of Maeoa, attorney. Is th gubernatorial race the candi date ars: Formsr United States Sena tor Hardwiek, John B. Holder, former speaker of the Georgia honss; Clifford U Walker, former state attorney gen eral and W. B. Brows, an Atlanta at toraey. ' Democratic nomination I regarded a equivalent to election and a hard fought rampagia haa resulted. - Women will sot vot in Ah primary, aceordmg to a i uling of tha auo-eoti-mittee ef the strt Democratic executive committee. . . .. . r, , .t MAYFLOWER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN ENGLAND Plymouth, Englaad, Sept.' STbe Mayflower terneatonary - celebration. which will continue until September 11, began yesterday with as historical aad literary coafereaee participated , ia - by British, Dutch and American Mayflower historians. At th eonreiene British and Dutch Breakers " took issu ' with soms American writer who believe that most of the Mayflower historical re search haa been completed;' Dr. Bendel Harris, -chairman of the English-speaking Union, who maintain ed he had found part ef the hull ef the Mayflower used as supports for a barn is England, and Dr. Dploojloa, of Ley den, both said that much of th history ef th Pilgrim fathers remains to be round. - ' . ;.- v r , : ASK PREMIES CKORCB TO RELEASE LORD MATOB Dublin. Rent-- 4 Tha atnndln Ma. mittee of the coafereaee ef Irish mod erates, convened here recently for th purpose of settling the Irish question Kv vTMnint. today ami tha fnl Inwin telegram to Premier Lloyd George i , usee more, wane mere is yet time, wi implore you, in the nam ef the Iriah neaea .which von lavakaa nn mlA to secure and ia the same of eommen humanity, outraged by the spectacle of tha law damaadin Ita tuitma Ami. ta rir forthwith tha mIuu .v. laeutemu Commaadsr Chsrle M..Cook BEPLIIS IN NEGATIVE TO " MATOK HTLANS MESSAGE, Lncerne, Sept. fc (By the Asae eUted Pre.) Premier , Ueyd George, ef Great Britain, haa replied la the negative ta the mesaag ef Mayor Hylan, of New York City, urging the premier to release Lard Mayer Mac8wlny, of Cork, fram prlawn, Th premier In his reply, despatches yesterday atated, pelltaly bat Srmly, that - he , could net Interfere with the eears ef justice snd law. The Anti-Suffragists Announce Plans to Have Supreme Court Act Quickly Washington, Sept 5. Four method to be need by anti-suffragist t bring about a decision by the Supreme Court before the November election on the legality of ratifleatioa of the Federal suf rag amendmtst.irerf. outlined, Jn a tatmat tssned hre tonight by the Americas Constitutional League. Ths anti-saffragista, according te the statement, propose flrst to Appeal, pend lag litigatioa as to Tennsssec's ratiflea tioa, 'to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which meets September 20. As attempt will be made to have the case appealed or eertifled from the Tennessee court to th Supreme Court. ' The second meth od outlined is te bring ia junction and maadama proceedings against election official to keep womea from votisc aad thereby call suffragists themselves to help expedite th case speedily to th highest court. , The third proposal ia to have aa at torney general of oa ef the twelve State which hara sot ratified refuse womea the vote aad carry the ease into th Buprem Court at one os aa origi nal jurisdiction is the aam or a sov ereign Stat. ; ';.' Should these method fail, anti-suf fragists, according to th league, hop to carry to tne oupreme Court the ap peal from th District ef Columbia Bu preme Court' divnissal of aa in June tioa to restrain Secretary- of State Col by from Droclaiminx- the auffrars amenaaent s ratification. INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN MEETS SEPT. 8 Women From Both Ventral and Warrinf Countries Will Be At Keetinf Washington. D. C Sent. I Worn. from countries that remained neutral and from those that took oposit tide ia u late war will assemble ia th flrst meeting sine 1914 at th ouiaauen- nial congress of the International Conn. eU of Women at Chriatianfa, Norway, oeptemoer e, to 177. The object of the aoagrass ia to provide a means of communication be tween womea' organisations -in all countries on question . relating to th weirare of th eommoawealth, the fsm lly aad the individual. Borne 400 wom en, including several Americans, have enrolled to attond. , - , Diaenwions will be held ea sack subjects as nsw lines in ths system of eduaatioa,. International aspects of pnbli health, th housing problem, the . campaign against social disesses, and the League of Nationa. . Delegates will be , received ia th Boyal Plae by Queea Maud of Nor way, tha city of Chriatiania will tender a luneheon and they will be entortind by various ffvie soeietie,. Th meeting of th council r t be held la hte Norwegiaa Parliament building. . - j -. i , "WILD FIRE" DAMAGES THE TOBACCO IN SURRY Mt Airy.' Sept. 6 la'som sections ef this county a new scourge oa th tobacco plants, - celled "Wild Fire," doubtlessly induced snd accentuated by th continuous rain of th laa ecveral weeks, is r causing considerable damag to th tobacco ia the flelds. This new Llight is sppsrently a fungus growth, attacking aad destroying a plant ever nlcht Whr ever th tobacee ha not suffered from Wild Fire, there will be bumper crops, a ta geaerul condition sad color ef the leaf this year ia far superior te any ia reseat years, and el. f.MiasA m na t jslttmtak eauut MiHrnl itw Am a suva sj sMtrsvyosw svvw vv '- - FOUR METHODS TO SECURE DECISION sevSjftsft4ativelr' wa ia command. ' F MAYOR MACSWINEY Bonar Law Says Government's Position Not to Interfere ' Is Unchanged London. Sent. 8 Beplyina- to th La bor Party' appeal ia behalf ef Lord Mayor MaeSwiaey, Mr. Bonar Law, ths government leader, addressed a long letter, dated Downing Street today, to the effect that the government's posi tion waa mad clear In the Premier statement ef August 83, to which waa little to add. Mr. Bonar Law nroeeeda to state that MscSwiney was one ef the leader of the Iriah Bepublieaa army which de clared itself at war with the force ef the crown, aad according to his ews written words is ens of the seditious documents for which he waa convicted, he and hia followers had determined to pom their own end. Baking ao mercy aad making bo compromise. Had he beea taken at hia word aad dealt with aa aa avowed rebel, accord ing to the universal practice amoag civilised nations, says Mr. Boaar Law, he would hav been liable to be shot. Instead, h waa tried by a lesrsilr eon- stltuted tribunal, sentenced to a moder ate term of Imprisonment aad gives all the privilege ef a political prisoner. "Te release such prisoners, asserts Mr. Bonar Law, "would be nothing snort or a betrayal ef loyal effieer ea wnoee devotion to duty the fabric ef ee eial order in Ireland rest." Siaee MacSwiney' arrest. It i noint- d tit is th letter, fifteen officer bay bees brutally aad treacherously done to death without aay chance of uerenaing va em selves. "Barely, continues the letter, "the sympathy extended to the Lord Mayor. who condition ia do to hi owa pri vate act, ia due rather to th bereaved widow aad families ef the murdered Irish policemen. The government fully realise how large a part sentiment plays is all human Affairs, sad it it wsre possible it would gladly have takes the attitude of the Eaglieh King who aaid ef aa opponent. "He is determined to make himself a martyr and I am equally determined to prevent it,? - ' Mr. Bonar Law declares In coneln lon, that th government cannot take a course involving th complete break dowa ef the machinery of law and gov- ernmentAnd that if the Lord . Mayor dies ia prisoa the responsibility rests ia degree upon those who by their re peated appeals have encouraged the be lief that the government would prove insincere is lis aeterminarioa. GREENSBORO PREACHER DENOUNCES SUNDAY GOLF -Greeaaboro, Sept. 5. Dr. Chas. t. Myers, pastor ef the First Presby terian church of this eity, denounced is no uncertain language Sunday golf I laying Delore a big eoagregation ia hia church thia morning. After reading the resolutions to hia congregation adopted here yesterday by the min isterial board of the eity condemning cunday goir, Dr. Myers, made a brief talk declaring thst Sunday was God' day and that if golf were allowed ea Sundays it would eventually bring about the demoralisation of the spiritual lorces of the city. Following the sermon large crowds of his hearers rushed forward aad con gratulated aim ea hia stand. HERE'S ANOTHER KIND - , OF RENT PROFITEER Newark, N. J- Sept. 4-Polie her today were ea the lookout for s new kind ef rent profiteer the kind who accepts deposit but has nothing to rent. Score of anxions would-be tenant com- plained te authorities thst they had made deposits, ranging from 110 to 120, to s maa who strutted aronnd sew apartmeat building posing aa th land lord. ...... . f First Bale of Sea Island. Savanna. Ga.. Sept. 4. The first bale of Hen Island cotton received is tMvss. nah this season was sold to ths Espy Cotton Company Saturday at 41.00 a pound. ; It was grown ea th farm of Mr.. J. M. Wset berry near valdoeta. Oa. It weighed 394 pound, will be ex tra . choice, well matured, and bad a staple of 1 (-I inches.-: Con. Blear Forfeits Beads." San Antonio, Tax- Sept. 5. (ieasrsl Bieardo Gonzales, former rebel during the Carraasa regime ef Mexico, forfeit ed 42.000 is Liberty bead ef the UaiUd State her today whea he failed to ap pear befor Chief Immigration Officer E. W. Smith to aaswer a charge ef vio lation of the passport rulings by eater leg fib country vthout proper par-a St EXPLAINS CASE 0 International Corporation Con trolled By American Brains f and Capital 8aid to Be Be hind Movement; WiU Ont Off Two-Thirds of Time Requir ed Bj Railroads News aad Observer Bureau, 603 District Kat. Bank Bldg. (By Special Lessed Wire.) Wsshingtoa, Sept 5. With th es tablishment of aa air mail service be tween Washington and Atlanta via Hlchtiif.n.l aad Balvigh, it . is under stood thr will ooa follow a paaa gvr and expren service, American bus iness men ar bow cooperating with th gpvarnment aircraft bursas to develop such a service, aot only along th pres ent designated air mail lines, but be tween all th important cities of tha country. Th corporation ha already beea organised, it was stated at the air craft bureau. It Is international in scop aad composition, aad will be fi aaneed by five milliol- dollars, but it will be controlled by American capital aad brain. Wsshingtoa is th headquarter and after having established aa air service throughout America, it will reach eat aeroa th seas t Europe, South Amer ica, Japan and China. It will become a mor gigaatia snterpris than th railroads aow ar for th whole glob wiU vBtuaIly be it field, it is de clared. Contract hav already beea signed for a passenger service between Chicago and St. Louis, aad between Jacksonville aad Havana aad it was stated at th Poatoffiee Btpartment that vry mail lias ea which the gov ernment has advertised for bids in cluding tiie Waahingten-Atlanta line, will probably be operated by this cor poration. Greatly Shorter Rente Th service whea fully established will cut two-third off the time aow re- niilrvt hv tha rnflroail Vnntes; it will cut from four-fifths to nin-tnt& off of many of the ship routes. It vtru a far greater time ssrsr ia travel IhJs th steam engwt had nteamshipp have proves te be ever the (tag coach and sailing vessels. It will pat Bio Jsaelro within four days of New York: " now thirty. It will put London two days from New Tork. bow nearly firs. - A short tims ago a dispatch from Berlin announced that German bnal- am mea war constructing two uper Zappelin to convey passengers be twees Berlia aad Saa Francisco. United State army ffieers read ths dispatch with keea Interest for it seemed to in dicate that ths Germane were trying to wis back th possession of th air they lost is th war. It was believed that aader ths amiss of commercial aviation the Germaas would seek to develop the rreatest war maeUa vr known. But th German lack th capital to develop and control the hug international cor poration for constructing ths great air ship they hav in mind. They invited American financier to cooperate wttn them with ths control still held by them. Th Invitation waa refused and th corporation aow being organised ia Washington is ths result. Th Washington aerial corporation is to be kaowa ss th North American Aerial Transportation company. Its plans are te build immense dirigible balloons big caough eventually to carry IjOOO nemeacers st a time. The en gineer are aow figuring oa ships big aough V carry oa hundred paasen gers with oae hundred pound of bag- gag to each passenger, la uermaay shins of such dimensions havs beea ia service siaee 1919, making a daily schedule without injury or interruption aad eovorina- ixht hundred miles each day. Ia England th practicability oi th serv is haa beea thoroughly demon atrated, thousands of passengers being conveyed without injury. Plan te Land raaaaagers. These big airships will not land ea their routes but will atop ever cities; aeroplanes will meet them and take off and put oa paaaenger ana ireigni Their approach will be notifies to a city by wireleaa message and th aero- tlanot will eome ou from their hangar and soar up to meet th big passenger ilia a it comes tn a hslt. ihey wui tanfl on ths top of its back and by means of elevators six passengers will be carried up snd rlaeed in the plane and transported to the landing fields. Befor two yean Baleigh may be ac tually witaeming inch a (pectael a Lalf doses times dally. It ta mid. It is calculated the coat of paseag ia aa airship will be cheaper tha a by rail. Every mil of railroad In this toantry ha eoat 4150.000. whil uovernmeni sire raft engiaeer estimate that 410,000 will capitalise every mile of air servk Im th country. When the greet ships vr put late service with one thousand passengers aboard with Comforts aad convenience such as are to be found only is great hotels, for many it will cheaper to travel than to stay at boms and risk will probably be lew than it is sow os th railroads. Besides a passenger, express and mail service, a photographic service snd aa advertising service will be developed by th Washington corporatioa with it main central office in Chicago. But the great interest f th government la he aerial commercial service thst this torpors tioa will develop is that it eaa b eoaverted into military servies th moment thi country should beeom in volved in war. . for that reason sll the aeronautical science, all th art ef avi- atios that the government learned in the war and siaee are bow accessible to the corporation. President wiisoa is en er th least, Interests Himself further in Senate Committee Inreitlf a. tion While Spendinf Sunday in Chicago Resting; Before Next Swing of His Whirlwind Western Campaign' Chieaeo.'"8Dt. S. WlilU 8usday here on his Western-tour. Gov. ernor Cox Interested himself hi th Ben. st committee investigation of Bepubli eaa campaign funds and tonight gav cut a itatement Intended to furnish th committee with lead to aubstantlat his chsrge thst a 413,000,000 fund Is b -int raised by tha RennMIa te to "buy the Presidency." .,. Is his statement, made after confer, ence with E. H. kfoora of Timinhai. Ohio, his pre-eonventlon manager, and personal representative at the commit, tee bearines. and other nartv UAmw, Governor Cox eharged that attempt had bees mads to levy a quota of 480,000 on inieago coal deslers and sagges' i th name of parsons whom the cow mittee mixht call to inhitinHnt. hi. charge..'. "Inasmuch aa I could an at t nish th information," th governor ald. I thoueht I wnnM i.... . leads for. the committee." Ia Form ef Qaeatles The governor's statement waa la l.a form of a question directed te Chair man Will H, Hays, of ths Bepublieaa sstional committee, ia whleh he -asks Mr. Haye "whether h knows aaythl-g of a Quota or assessment ea f!hlM ...i men for 480,000 at a meeting here eirlr a iue summer. At this meeting, an. aouneemest of the quota was mads by J. K. Derlng and supplemented by C. M. Modem. "If the etreustaae I not fresh In Mr. Hays' mind, he might call In Georgt MeArtor. E. E. Pvke. Bnhart TT r.ii.. Ja. Forester, of Do. Quoin, Ills., er Ble aimer, or uillsDOro, Ills." Democrats Demurred , The governor stated "soms Democrat were in th meeting and they demur, red." H asserted "that 1 Just one group thst was ssseseed. 1 I thought Z weald just leave a lead with th com mitte. Among others who conferred today with th governor were Senator Thamai J. Walsh, of Montana, tkilmn . SenatorUl campaign' committee, Beprj. arniauve xranx isoremnt, or Michigan l Oonareesmsn Wsrrea (imrA f it.ii. ton. Ohio, and Rolaaal T. T... T.- ' . . director of the TJnited State Coast aad UAMSIU Rttmr. r'nlna.l T. . tlis governor information about reclava tion project under way in ths sorth west, whers he speaks ths coming w sim sy wire sad Baby Governor Cox waa mat hara iim Mr. Cox and Baby Ann and hi sow. in-law and daughter, Mr. aad Mr. J. D. Mahoney, of Dayton. They bad-dinner together this evening nt th horn of Mr. Cox' fsther, T. J. Blsir. The governor left tonight forxSt. Psul snd Minneapolia, where be ia scheduled to mak a number of speeaehe tomor. )W. , t ! .. , I "it.; Mr. Moora went ta Xflr.hlvaa tanlaht. where tomorrow he expect to eoaiVf with State leaders oa, the qneatloa f Republican campaign contribution Is that State. Governor Cos mad refer ence to "quota" ia that itat during hi tour there last week. WILL BATS ADMITS THAT V QUOTAS WEBE ASSIGNED T..I C.n K VXflll xr V . chairman of the Bepublieaa National committee, issued a statement bar to day in reply to Governor Cox's attack oa the truthfulness of his testimony before th Senate committee investigat ing campaign contributions which th Democrat is presidential candidate mad in an address in Milwaukee 'yesterday. The statement said! 'According to . the public reports. Governor Cot yesterday made the fol lowing aectsation against me person ally i . " I charge thst Will H. Hays perp. trated a deliberate falsehood wbea h aid under oath that there were ae quotas.' J "la my written statement read te the Senate committee oa August SO, in Chicago, I said: Tentative quotas wsre fixed by the treaaurer'a office, all tenta tive and rather aa a goal, always high, of course, for th particular Stat te drive for, and changing constantly. . 'At - different periods different quotas hare been suggested by th treasurer's office ss tentative goal is different 8tatei, and the State commit-. tee themselves have fixed differsst -quote. -These, a above suggested, ar changing constantly, aad . always, of course, were made very much higher . thaa ' either necessary or anticipated. The fact is, the quotas by ever sealous solicitors ia their enthusiasm ia differ ent localities, the fact remains that a certain amount wa believed necessary and th budget abov referred to wag indicated, therefore. ' whleh la S3.079.. 037.20 for the as of th National com mittee. Whea this amount was Hied aa th budget, that became th sum fixed for th treasurer to reach and th purpose became definite. The fact at ail time ermaina that th treasurer Is driving to collect enough aad Be mor USB enoaxu so mees sue aeeeaaary ex pense estimated to, b. Something la sx- cess of thre million dollars.' i "These are the fact. Let th pnbli judge aa to th truth or falsity of Gov. sraor Cox' accusation. It has th mm reckless irresponsibility aa kit claim of $13,000,000. , Further comment oa th reliability of hia tatcmeats ia sasss! . - -d
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 6, 1920, edition 1
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