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VATUJtAl. Partly cloady Wed. probably . local ehewera la . Interiors Tkarsday showers. - a vw mm. r nr 1 I , mnJuw VOL CXII. NO. 70. : i v SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY; RALEIGH. N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8. 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. "PRICE: FIVE CENTS . v . - ' '" - 1 , - ' . , , , r i ii - 9 a- TOBACCO FARMERS VP IN ARRIS BECAUSE OF : FIFTY PER CENT SLUMP Opening of Eastern North Caro- lina Markets Finds Millions ! of. Pounds of Weed ,i Ready For Sale Vj REDUCTION IN PRICES 1 BRINGS STRONG PROTEST FROM ANGRY GROWERS Warehouse at Greenrifte, Ay den r nd ' Paraville Closed ' When r Indicant 8eHen " Stop All Sales; Mate Meet. , tags at Wilson and Smithfleld Pledge Support - To : Move . ment For Organisation Back, ing Up The Holding of Weed For Better Quotations; . Heayy Sales at Kiniton and Ooldsboro But Eocky Mount Light ' -"' ' . - " Tebaee grower la caatera North Carollaa ara n la arms because of a !fty per caat redectlea II price far th opening day aa eem ' pared with bat yar. Greenville warebense wara closed shortly after opening yesterdsy when It la r. . ported . th angry fanaara re . fased to allow th sale ceatlaaed. Salaa wara alao discontinued at Farm villa and Aydea, bat. tha larger market reniained open . though tha price slump caaaad. a lot of tha weed to ha hauled hack hoaia aad many Indignation meet- lags wara held. L -Tha-asovsmtnt to ergania lot holding for fat price eontlaaa to gala headway and yesterday John . atoa eoaaty fanaara Jolaed Wllaoa aad Vance eoanty tobacco grower ia tha ergaaiaatioa of a State-wide aad South-wide organization to take atepa for holding tobacco off the markets. ' ' Wllaoa, tha largest bright leaf market la tha world, opened with a million pound oa hand la ta all wanheueea. 'Seemingly the price has dropped oat aad at aoea the growers bald a maso-meetlag la the eoart boas aad adopted resolutions calling oa the tobacco farmers of the State to keep their tobacco at homo until price Improve. -The average for the Smithfleld ' market helsg (beet oae-thlrd M , last year, brought eonstoraattoa to both farmer and business men, aad here agala meeting waa quickly called. Congressman Ed. ward Po aad other leading eitl ' lens promiaed their aapport of th movement to secure fair price for - tobacco- or else keep It at home. With a quarter of a million poaadt marketed at Rocky Mount', ule were th lightest oa record, the average being aboat J, to St cents, which was th averag far the ' east era markets, a compared with had dropped out aad at neon th to M eeaU bat year. Kiastoa took oa alt ' hundred tboasaad poaada aad Goldsbero a million aad while grave diasaUafae tloa was expressed ever th price paid, thar were ao rejection re ported. Leader counseled discre tion with the hop that eeadlUoae '. will Improve. SRIEN VILLI WAREHOUSE CLOSED BY THE SELLERS Green villa, Sept. T One of th most 1 axtraordinary situations that hat vr develoDad In th toba&o industry ia (hit tecUon of th Stat, occurred, at th DDninc of th Aafket here today wnea . tandred ofyfarmers boeam dissatis fied with prevailing prices, completely sobbed th warehouse and absolutely i erased to permit th sales to be eon tinned. Th movement developed uddenly and unexpectedly that sale forces, buyer and warehhousma war momentarily paralysed and responded to th request without questioning th ontoom of th action. Th sales had only continued for a al.ort tin when it beeam evident that prire war about fifty per cent lower l La oa th opening day bst rear and a th auctioneer continued dowa th loaf row of brigbj loaf lining th aarahonao floor, discontent beeam . reueral and spread rapidly until email band of farmers fathering ia various taction cf tobaeeo tows indicated that something was ia th air. A short while later th storm developed ia all it xary aad brought abeot condition that are without parallel ia this section of th Htat. Th bottom or nign prices d roped out completely aad throughout th ntlr sales prices averaged n- wea IS aad 20 cent per pound, about fifty par ent under last year's figures. It b estimated that there waa aboat 700KK) pounds of bright leaf oa th floor of all even warehouse at th opealng of th sale this morning aad while it wss not xpeeted that prior would b highar thaa those but year , It was blived they would be fairly rood and a a ooasequence, indignatioa became ao general among th farmer . that it developed into a veritable' flam it th sales continued without a enang '.n th low flgure ia evidence when th lrst row war auctioned off at prices that would hardly pity th cost involved a nroduetioa. Th actio of this market, o far at tnowa, was th most drastic and de- isiv of all other market ana tt la eon Idea tly believed by those well acquaint ed with condition that th aeotimeat . ain spread o rapidly it will embrace '.h anure tobacco growing district. Tn lituatioa b without precedent la East' n Carolina and the flnal outeome of th movement at thi time b merely problematical. A meeting of the tobte- lo frowlnf interests gad warenouaemea will be conducted her tomorrow mora Inf tt 10 a. m. to devise meant of bring- " Cpatlaued pa f.ag IJ - I CAMPFORTROOPS North Carolina National Guard Finds Itself Well Fixed Up For Encampment ' By NATHAN PALMES (Staff Correipoadeat.) . ' Camp Glenn, Sept T With th ar rival here thb morning at 10 o'clock of Troop A, North Carolina cavalry, ( Iineolaton, aad Troop C, Nofth Caro lina cavalry, of Hickory, th camp of th flv aaita which compose th flrtt ncampmeat ainc th mobilise Uoa of troop hsr ia 191 for servic oa th Mexican, border, I' complete. Th fouowtag unit arrived at tn camp Ut lfoaday afteraooat .lfaehln Gua Company, First N. C infantry, Durham! Company Ar Rrst R. C in fantry, Wiattoa-8alem; Company B, First N. C. infantry, Burlington. "CoL Don. E Scott aad staff war busy today arranging aad tyatematii ing headquarter, supplying th ma ith rations aad having th grounds about , th new barracks policed, this camp being the .flrs. tim th troop bare bees ia th wooden quarters. The new barracks, whie ar modern and comfortable ia every respect, are lo cated oa th edge of Bogue 8ouad aad diagonally across from th parade grouads on the opposite side tK th Southern track. . Th new quarters ar well fitted np. have electrie light and mnalng water and altogether th North Carolina Na HonaT Guard troop of post-bellum days ar much more fortunate thaa their brothers, who . were her ia 1918 la preparation for the Mexican border lad bter fo. th World War. The following staff b announced: Major J. A- Leonard, range and mess officer; Capt. J. J. Barefoot, aurgeoa and sanitary officer; Capt A. L. Fletcher, supply offUerj Lieut.. W. A. Bimpcon, adjutant , Tb following calls will be observed: First eall for reveille, 5:45 a. m.; reveille, 5:55 a. m.; assembly, a. an; mesa eall, :13 a. ji.; sick call, 6:35 a. m.; first call drill, 9:55 a. m.; assembly, II. a.; officers' call, 11:40 a. m.; meat call, IS aooai flrst call drill, 12:55 p. m. assembly, 1 p. a. mea eall. (:30 p. na.t first sail rUt, 3:55 p. m. as sembly, e p. m.; taps, U p. m. - Through tb iaitrumentslity of Mr. 8. K. Hunt county work secretary at the T. XI. C A, aad Mr. Miasr Maria, f. M. CL A. secretary, plana ar oa foot to initiate aa later-company athletic program for th diversion. f th camp aad Governor T. W. Bickett oa th day th latter visits th camp. Elimination contests will be held aad a real pro gram, of boxing, baseball aad volley ball wiU be fivea. PRESIDENT WALKS TO HIS AUTO UNASSISTED Washington, Sept 7 President Wil son, without aasistanee, aad leaalng lightly oa his can, walked briskly through th front entrance of the Whit Hons today aad stepped lato hi automobile, while a crowd ia Feaa- sylvania s venue looked oa wiU. aa uaual interest It wss th first tim sine his illness that the President had started oa a motor trip by that rout, all trip heretofore having been started from th rear -rounds. After entering the ear with Mrs. Wilson, th President wearing a, cap, waited severs 1 minute until aa at tendant could bring his straw hat Meanwhile, th crowd increased , aad mad a rush for th gat oa th aweaue at th car approached. Th President lifted bis hat and smiled. RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN MASSACHUSETTS CLOSE Boston, Idas, Bept 1- Early returns from th Stat primaries today ahowe4 a very close contest for th Democratic nomination for Governor. The vot in 161 preeineta out of 1505 ia tb 8tato, representing 30 eities and towa outside of Boston and 100 Boston preeineta. wert For Governor, Richard B. Long, 7.4S8; Joha J. Walsh, 7,830. RETURNS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY A: lfanehtr, N. IL. Sept. J. Keturni from SO ont of CM precineUi at today' sum primine gave: For United Bute Senator. Eepubli can, Senior George H. Moees, 3,402; Huntley N. Bpauldiag, , For Governor, Republican, Albert D, Brown, 1,573; Windsor H. Good now, f 687; Arthur P. Morrill, I5- SHERIFF EDWARDS GIVES I UP OFFICE IN WAYNE Ooldsboro, Bept Tv Sheriff JL H. Edward of Way, h haa held th office until a refused to staad. for r aomiostion ia the recent Democratic primaries, resigned kis office today aad th board of eoaaty eommisaioners at their regular monthly moating today appointed th Demoerati noeaiaee, Mr. Bill urant, to air th unexpired term aad h immediately took eharg of th OfflC. MCCK LIQUOR CONFISCATED ' IN BAIDS MADE 4T MIAMI Miami, JT, Bept 7 Approximately 150 bottle of intoxicating liquor of vmriona brands wm iiatJ , la three raids by prohibitioa officers her nmj. oevernt ooouegger were oouno over to u next term federal ep.ur her, - . THREE IREDELL : MEN TO DIE Iti . ELECTRIC CHAIR Ed. Alexander, White, Septem- ber 17 and Two Negroes , , September. 20, H , . SECOND EXECUTION OF BROTHERS THIS YEAR Alexander Kfflad Jim Eylw la SUteiTQIa Pool Soom Lai t December and Sinclair He- rroes Shot Olosnincer at Negro Camp Meetinj Pre Tiova Anfut Death warrant for thro Iredell eoanty men, U , under sentence for murder, war signed by tb Governor yesterday moralng after he had declined to sonsider further their plea for eo mats ti on. Edgar Alexander, white, trill di Friday of next week, and oa th following Monday, two, negro brothers. Ralph 'and Sinclair Conner, will follow him to th death chamber. ' Alexander waa tried last January for th murder of Jim Bayl ia a Btstesville pool-room a th night of Dccembef '23. and found guilty of murder in the flrst degree. The Sinclair negroe were tried last October for th murder of Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Cloaaiiiger at a eamp meeting In August of last year. Both eases were taken to th Supreme court, nd both wor denied rehearing. The execution of the Conner will mark th second doable electrocution of the year, aad ia both eases th pris oner ware son of the tarn mother. Jo aad Gardner Cain, brothers, from Yadkin eonaty, were executed ia March of thi year for murder. Another double eleetroention on the day that Alexander is to di was set, but plea for further time to perfect aa appeal to the Supreme court in th ease of Tom Johnson, a Oreensbor negro un der sentence for rape, was granted by the Governor a few minute before he eifi ed the warrant for the death of th other three men. Governor Leath Te Sign. "Every human l impulse impela, and almost drive me to sav th lives of each of these mea," declared th Gov ernor in shutting th door of hop to tt doomed murderers,, "but after aa aoaixinr study of all three ease. eajaaot And ia th record any ground tbnt would Justify me in sett in r ssidc tb verdict of tin Inrie and the iudg- SLcnt of th tourt. . r Desperate ffortt hav been mad to sav th life ef Alexander. Some weekt aro. after th Supreme court had de clined to interfere with tha .death sen tence passed by Judge 8haw, the case u appealed to th Uovernor ana om mutation asked for, oa th ground that Alexander waa mentally irresponsibl at th time th erime wss committed. Ptronff petitions were filed with th ap peal, among them latter from th four associate justices ox tn euprem court, recommending merey. Claimed Mental Defect. An alienist testified before the Gov ernor that th prisoner wss abnormal i hi mental development, and Irreipon aible, and perhape not conscious of th erims when he committed u. TH uov nor was inclined to grant th petition for Ufa sentence, but a re-reading of tb records of th evidence, and the faet that neither Judge Shaw, aor th olieitor who tried th esse, would rce- ocmead th commutation, he determ ined to let th Judgment of th court stand. Alexander killed Rayle after a qnar rel ia th pool-room. He was drinking at th time, th testimony states, and want ont after the quarrel, returning a little later with a pistol. He opened fir upoa hi vie tit. without a word and hot him to death. He was found later wandering in a dsxed condition in the rear of th building in which th killing occurred. He professed to remember nothing of tb tragedy. Hi mother told the Governor that he had always beea irresponsible, and had beea guilty cf snnrderou assaults upa every mem ber of th family except herself. ' Bine coming to th prison last Jaa uarv. Alexander haa show but little in tsrest ia hi esse. For th moat tim ha lies faces dowaward oa th cot in hi cell, speaking to ao on. Several time h ha said to keeper that he wiabed they would kill him and hav it over with. H I a ene-crirled man, in hi 30. He lost hit arm wall working oa a railroad. Hi mother end several brother and sisters live ia Btateavill. Hi appeal was presetted to the Gover nor by senator Dormaa Thompson. : PUaitod Shrir Death. Th killing of Deputy Sheriff Cloanin get occurred at a negro camp meeting aom mile cast of Moorasville, in Ire dU county, on August 8, 1919. Cloanin ger had gone to the place with wamut for th arrest of Sinclair Conner and Boixy Conner. Tb negroe opened fir a him when h attempted the arrest. and in th firing, Boity Conne was mor tally wounded. - Then Ralph Conner cam oa tb scene and th buttle was r opened. Th deputy wa : shot through th body twice, and died a few b urs later. -Evidene was brought by many wit ee at th trial that th three ne groes had three ened to kill tb deputy when he arrived at th camp meeting ground to make th arrest. -. These threats were mad several hour before th hilling occurred, an H was upoa tbia testimony that th prosecution asked for a Verdict of murder In the first degree... The aegroea hav beea in th prison ainc th latter part of October af last year., They ar young men. with but. a littl mor thaa year's different in their (. TOWN 18 COMPLETELY ' - DEMOLISHED BT QUAKE. Loadoa. Sept T. The town of livl. xaneo, thirty-four miles aorthwest of Lucca, hat beea completely demolished b an eartbijr.. ke, aeeordlog to a Spexia desimti-b to the bxenaag Telegraph The drnntch' nddrd that the Bolero aad Alontf jtj j41jr necked, - ABSEMTEE VOTERS W IS ATTACKED : BYi REPUBLICANS Suit To Enjoin State Board of Elections and Others . y " Started KERR ISSUES ORDER . UPON DEFENDANTS J. Jenkins;, Candidate For Treasurer, Spomori Court Aaianlt; Injunction Befmed But Hearing WIU Be Held Here On September 1 6 To Determine Matter . Th Kepnblieaa party yesterday open ed fir a th absentee voters' law when attorney representing J. J, Jeak Ins, of Chatham, Bepublicaa candidate for State treasurer, appeared before Judg Joha H. Kerr at Louiaburg and asked for aa injunction againat th State Board of .Elections and against tb Btate Auditor and th State Treaa urer to (top distribution of ballot for these voters. Judg Kerr declined to grant th in junction but upon th complaint of the plaintiff mad an order directing the member of th Board of Elections, State Auditor, W. P. Wood aad State Treasurer B. B. Lacy to sppesr before him in Boleigh oa Thursday, Septem ber 10, and (how eaus why th in junction should not be issued. Jenkins I Candidate for Treasurer. Jenkins, th plaintiff, ia a candidate for .State Treasurer on th Republican ticket and it ia ia hi capacity aa th nomine of hi party that he seeks to enjoin the.Bosrd of Election from disj tributing absentee certificates and votes in th Stat. Th complaint ' against u auditor ana treasurer i mad in hi private paeity-of-tx -payer und ia for th purpose of enjoining tb audi. tor from issuing warrant and th treas urer from payinf the warrants for the printing of th certificate, envelope nd be Hots. , Candidate Jenkins It represented in hit auit, filed ia Wake superior court, by Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, Judg B. C. Strndwick, of Greensboro, snd 8. 8. Alderman, of Pittaboro. The St&'. was not represented before Judge Kerr yesterday but Attorney General Manning will appear for tha State of. fieiala involved at th hearing nest Thursday. Caconstitatlenal Jeaklna Save. The auit for aa injunction ia based oa th alienation that tha absentee voters la, passed st th regular see sloa f th Gnrl Assembly ia ,U17. hi unconstitutional. Th previsions of th absent law of 1917, as amended In . 1019, art, Mr. Jenkin complaint .'.'nacoBttitutmnal with,, rspugnant to aad in violation of th proviaionj of the jonttitutioa hereinbefore referred tn acd are void and of no. affc Tti pUlntiff Jtnkin also tllugo 'thHi the vote east by authority of th said pro vision of th said act of th legit- lstura and in th manner thero'.n pro vided would b and ar illegal vote and ahould not be counted or taken in to consideration in determining th re sult of th said election. . Th complaint cites th dsns of th constitution dealing with the fealdenc qualifications of voters and afterwards assert that th officials of th Board of Elections ar "threatening'' to carry into execution thi abatnte law in th general eleetioa of November S, 1920. How Jeaklna Wool Be Hart Then the attorney for Mr. Jenkins proceed to show how he will be hurt if this U done; "Th plaintiff, is a candidate for tb office of 8tat Treasurer oa th Bepub licaa ticket, duly nominated by the aald party and certified by th defendanta, constituting th said Stat Board of Election, under th requirement of law, with his nam to ba printed upon th Bepublican ticket and to be voted for at the ssid election for th said offle of this State i that th plain tiff will tnffer irreparable injury as said candidal by ti easting of th said illegal vote in said election, pur suant to the said Told and unconstitU' tional provisions of, ssid act of 1917 aad 1919 1 and tb plaintiff 1 informed and believe tnd o allege that a large aumber of vote will be east and counted at th said general election In the illegal and unconstitutional man' ner hereinbefore referred to, unltss the said act be declared unconstitutional and void and of n effect and unless the ssld defendanti, constituting th sild State Board of Elections, b re trained and joined from carrying into execution th said provisions of th said acta of 1917 tnd 1919." Political Stroke, Simply Candidate Jenkins, in bringing his suit, i merely th modus operandi for th Republican party in newly turned assault oa tb absante voter la They flrst asked for Its repeal at the 1919 session of th General Assembly they next sought to unseat State Chair man Warrea beeaua h reminded th registrar and judges of election that It fforded a convenient ballot for voter not tt bom on election day they cam back at the special session with a bill to repeal It and now, at a last court, they ar going into th court with It Leading -Demoersta in Raleigh yet' terdaj were only mllding impressed with th injunction suit begun ia ' Wake court yesterday. They look for th suit to bo dismissed when it is heard her next week. Such a result would probably mean that attorney repr- ttnting Jenkins will appeal to the Su prams court ia tim for that tribunal to hand dowa a decision befor th date for th elections la November. Aa Te Ceaatltatioaallty ' . Whjl North Csrolina wat among th flr.t State of th Union to pass aa absentee voter't . law; H hat tine spread to other part of th Union without being halted by attack oa It constitutionality. Other States, it it true, hav constitution slightly differ. iCoatlaMl fage jw.) LEADERS WORRIED OVER SHIFTING OF GROUND ON LEAGUE Prominent Republicans Dis turbed Over Uncertainty of Harding's Stand FEAR DEFEAT IF HE ' KEEPS CHANGING STAND Member! of Party at Capitol Say Harding la Tor What; ever Last Han Who Inter viewa Him Standi For; Sec retary Daniels Takes Stamp In Indiana and Maine ; Mwt and Observer Bureau 603 District Nstl. Bank Blag. (By Special Leased Wire) . Washington, Sept 7 Prominent Be- publiean of . every shad of opinion in Washington ar not a littl disturbed ever 8entor Harding's complete shift- tg of ground oa th leagu of nations. They say that tb candidate is for what ever th last man who hat aa inter view with him stands for. If Wiekar sham, Taft or Hughe visits th front porch, to tenttor it for a league and linds much of value in th Wilson league which both Mr. Wickersham and i-President Taft would hav ratified. If Polndexter or MeCormick, or com other member of th Johnson-Borah erouD of irreeonsilables goes to Marion th eandidat; i for killing th leagu outriiht. Bepubhcant are frankly admitting that this attitude of all thing to all men on the part of th preaidentia! candidate ia doing incalculable harm to Bepublican prospects ia November. ' Agsln Strips Horse. For Instance, this morning Senator Barding -cornea out praetiellyTepudi' ating what ha had said in favor of the leagu to Mr. Wickeraham. lie says: We do not writ statement .for our visitor, aor eensor; their words. I hav tpokea in the speech of acceptance and (ignis on August 28 on th manner of th leagu and th purpose uttered la thes addresses vll not be altered. That wss this nfurning and that hasty tetreat to hi position of no leagu ia his speech of acceptance waa due to th effect th report of tb Wickersham in terview hid on the Johnson-Borah ac tion on Mondsy. , Telegrams of protest ar said to hav rained on th eandidat tnd aom of them contained three ta. according to th private reports reach ing Wtshington. - , Y --O; o. r. Realise mistake. It dawned upon th Bepublieaa lead' r torn weeks ago that they had mad a serious mistake ia th position taken by the party at Chicago on th leagu of nationa. They had alienated many church people, college professors. teachers and other moral trader who had always beea staunch Republicans, 8cnator Harding most be made to eome out for a league and preferably for he league now in existence. Only by hi so doing could th party be saved from defect. The visit of Mr. Wickersham was no accident. 1 Harding had tent for bun and Harding had him favor league which wat wholly meant to conciliate and placate the vast aumber rf Republicans that demand a league. That li th conclusion that both Demo- crate and Bepublieana reach in their view of Harding' ahlft on position Some oMhe Republicans who favored th change exclaimed: ' Good, h I now coming around. We ar to get a league with him in." Senator Borah wa in Washington last week, and aaids "I am going to support the Republican ticket by advocating no leagu of nation. J think Senator Harding la opposed to thi leagu of rations." Harding Not Dependable. Both Pro-League and Irreconcilable Republican are' anying that Harding raniot b depended on. The Pro- Leaguers are certain there will be league. It matter not what Harding aya or docs, while the Irreconcilable are equally emphatic that there will be no league, Harding or no Harding. But what troubles both factions It the fear of defeat with Harding for a league today tnd opposed to t league tomorrow Dan Iris Takes Slums. Secretary Daniels has taken the stump for the Democratic ticket and will be gone for a week, dividing his time be. tween Indiana and Main. H will spend tha latter part of the week in Maine The Secretary in his speeches will point to the fsct of Charles E. Hughe as proof of hi contention that the Ameri can people would never consent to i reactionasy program. Mr, Hughes pltrY ed hit campaign in 1910 on the astenish ing reactionary demand that the whole program of Democratic accomplishment should be wiped out. Governor Hughe would throw into the disenrd r gressive achievements that the Demo crats had put on the statute book fn.Ti 1913 to 1916. That was large order rmd it proved hi undoing. Avoiding Hughes' Mistakes. On demoestic questions Senator TI ing is avoiding the - '.ikes of nover nor Hughes. But In his pronged for ign poller i is s equally inVnt I fatuous as wat Governor Hughe, gen fitlly. There is assurance th American pspple will no more fonaenV e- - Harding's foreign policy thnn they did to Governor Hughes' reactionary policy, Seereary fieaman, of the North Cnro lina Traffic Association, has filed the brief of the rate eae with Ihe ' Commerce Commission. Accepts Landing Field Before leaving for I-tt-foh t- ' V , visited th nostoffic depa tmeat, and wa informed that the proposed air mail service from Washington to, Ataats by wav ef Raleich n.,nld bo onnefl . hi.r dert by th .department September 15 and not th. 10th at advertised. Mr. Beaman was also advised that th land ing field north of tb city prepared by the Mnlniirh Chamber of Commerce wtuld b accepted for tending by the ir tervlc. Mr. Beaman aaid as yet hiils for earrvlne- the mail had be received bv the department. It i hit E:H. MOORE EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN CHARGES MADE BY COX GOV IN NORTH DAKOTA Democratic Nominee Rays Big Business in Speeches To : Eight Audiences Minot, N. D, Sept. T. Big business wat flayed aad progTeaaiviam advo cated by Governor Cox, of Ohio, Dem oerati presidential nomine la a tour today of tOO miles ia North. Dakota near th Canadian boundary. Tht issues, together with th league of nations, wsr mphstixed to eight audiences composed principally of farm- art, laborer, small business mea, womea and children. Besides tw , regularly scheduled sad xtndcd speeches at Grand Fork early today aad her to- nigoi. uo canuioaio spo.se as unrmoiw. Devils Lake, Leeds, Rugby, Towner i . . . in... . . nd Grsavills, making brief talk from th resr platform ef hit train, which wit run at a special through th Htat, Big business i seeking nl defeat. Governor Cox declared, by contributing largely to th Republican funds. Large interest, h asserted, ar arrayed almost solidly againat him and are "leagued with th Senate oligarchy." To hi udienee here tonight and also others en rout. Governor Cox recited former President Roosevelt' Sght la 1913 sirsinst alleged "reactionary R -ku... i..a. 'H led th crusade againat vested interests aad political booses, wh served them," said th governor. "H called th roll aad specified peraona by nam. H named Boa Barnes, af New York: Penrose snd Bmoot aa connect ing link between crooked business and crooked polities." Referring to testimony before th Senate campaign fund investigating committee of alleged subscription by laraa corporation and Wealthy individ ual to Mr. Barnes' Bepublicaa book, Governor Cox continued: . "The name eld crowd is back la th front line. Barnes, who in Roosevelt's mind wa th Judaa of th party, ha been mad it Saint Paul and ha beea deaisnated to writ th faith of th nartv far thi eamDaiffn." Reading th name of tb Barnet book list, th covernor added t "Largs sums wr pledged to Mr. Barnes to instruct th electorate.. That it was don with th kaowledge and consent of Senator Harding, th ran did! for the Mm interests, il shew br hit letter directed person ally te Mr. Barnes. It is also commended by Bole Penrose, th Pennsylvania boss. .This is ef interest thi year because th tarn ' voice have defied th vie of th primaries aad aoml nnted a member of th Senatorial Oil garehy who did not receive a majority vot in a ingle atnto primary." Governor Cox told bis audience that h earn at "th preacher of peace, progress and prosperity. ' "Tha kind of prosperity," he explain ad. -that will ensble the farmer, the business man and th laborer to gel his share, but with 'no reserved seat In the government for big business or eneelal nriviletee." Besides eeklng aa "underhold In gov ernment," Governor Cox declared large industrial interests desire an adminis tration which Would us fore ia In dustrial disputes. He reiterated . pleas for the Golden Rule, not the bayonets in settling strikes. Nan.Partlsan Territory. Tha territory viaited today by Gov. rnor Cox i th stage of ihtrp fighting between the Non-Partisaa League and ita opponents end "radicalism" wat dis cussed by the eanaiaat. urging pro are rather than reaction, h snidt "Wherever yoa hv despotism you ar going to have revolution. If you don't plow yosr corn you will bv weeds." If you don't cultivate th pro cess of government you ar going to hav radicalism. There sr some peo ple in thi country who bellev that when radicalism assert! itself they should lav th hand of fore npon it. the hsnd of oppression. My creed entirely different It i te cultivate the principle and tb practices of good government, aad yon wont hav radt ealirm anvwher in the world." With all r hla audience Governor Cnx nlesded for an "independent" vot and declared he was going to th "peo ple's front porch" instead of naking them to hia. H emphasised that his fight waa against Jh' "Senatorial Oli garchy" and that he had "no quarrel with the rang and ni or enner pinj, Cera I. W. W. Llteratar. During hla trip today through the wheat eonntrv th governor received less applause thaa usual. Some of his rear platform audiencea. including many brought by automobile, stood in a light rain. Th rear platform speeches were! orgsnired hurriedly today la eeverai town by scattering hand bills sad tntny, towns where tops wr mad wr (aid to be strongly Republican. At one point I. W. W. literature wat thrown en the Governor's train. The most applaus given today to th can' dat, followed rtatem.ntt for peace and dlaaramment by means of ue Nam of Nations. H repeated state ment that th league would bring world peace and stability and that dis armament would reduce taxes. Th candidate also emphasised th argument thtt th treaty wtt eeurd by American soldiers' and that the Be publicaa policy wa to "scrap" it through a eparate peac with Ger many. Governor Cox declared that the leaaue waa similar to th Monro Doc trine with yrovleion for prevention f "bully lo of week nesona ana ne dded that "not a irvi bot" ver had beea fired to maintain tht Monroe Doctrine, Governor Cox't schedule called for hi departure rly tomorrow for Mo, tana, with speeches tomorrow after noon at Havre, and sight at Great PRESENTS Personal; Representative of Nominee Causes Stormy Ses sion of Committee Probing Campaign Expenditures ; eauBsasnssaan CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF. INFORMATION FROM DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMEN Senatorial Traditions Strained To Breaking' Point On Sere . ral Occasion Aa Bepublican and Democratic ' Members Wranglo Oyer.Valna of.Zvt. dence; Beed Announce! He , la Preparing Por War; . Ini tial Testimony Intended To Furnish Leads Por Commit-' tee, Says Moore, and 'Tald Employes" . of Bepublieana Can Oira Pacta On Stand; Three Bepublican Chairmen ' Abo. On Stand ' .: ', Chicago, Sept T. Edmund H. atom, I a personal representativ of Governor Cox, today presented to th Seaat om- j mittee investigating eampaiga expend!- i tun part of th document aai in for i -asatloa upoa which th Demoerati ' Presidential eandidat based his charges) J v it Acpuujfcn piasi so raise a nnsnB paiga fund of 113,000,000. Th testis atony was. not finished, but tt presea tatlon caused stormy aoadoa f the rommlttee. "' . - n ... t . - f . ' Seat torial tradition a to aoartoty wer ttrained to th breaking point oa avral oeeashsas aa Bapublicana audi Pamocrstl members wrangled ever thf valu of the evidene aad at oa tgi just before- adjournment Mr. Moore started to leave th stand, xelaiminf ( that Senator Spesesr, Bepublicaa, of . UMVill, ' UWOUIIN ' lUIVrj VJ questioning th uthority of a circular ( letter which he had offered aa furnish-. ing a lead to further information. -. . I Bsencer and Mor Clash. ; . . Xo man, area though he be a United! State Senator, can make such a eharg '- that agaiaat me," said Mr. Moore. , . Beattot Spencer's disclaim ef such ' a charge brought hi Demoerati o)-l league, Senator Reed, to hia faet with ( protest against "bully-ragging." H ' ld th sntir incident waa 'disgrace- ful," and aaaouttotd that he proposed -to see that th witaes wss treated lik a gentleman. . . . i , , . . Tb xehng wit th elimat ef v-1, ra) similar ooeurreace and aot ava Chairman Kcnyoa't plaint that h "could aot keep peace ia Missouri," , served te settle th stmcsphere. v , . . , Reed Deesa't Want Psace. . -l dont want peace t I am prcpariag for war," pronounced Senator Reed. Contiderabl of Mr. Moor' lata tot timony consisted of informatioa glened from telegram received from Demo erati it to, chairmen ia weatera (tat He told Senator Keayoa h had sent for soms of this information aad that ether parte of it had been-volunteered. "Don't ion expect -to give u other leads beside telegram from Demoerati ctate chairmen f asksd Senator Ken- . yon. Sir. Moor aaid th messages were la . tended merely to suggest tvenuet cf . inquiry tnd be said th "paid employee of the Republican national committee t-pght to be abl to furniah th commit te with th facts." ' Get Mea en Stead, "The object is te get those mea . th Hand here nd if they li, prose cute them," declared Mr. Moor. "You must expect to keep th attorney general busy," suggested Senator Ken yon. "Of course, if perjury is committed before this committee, th guilty should be punished." - Senator Kenyon continued thtt ia ewspaper interview Mr. Moor had criticised th work of th committee, aad added: "Governor Cos wired Senator Seed that be would produce th evidene and lead to support hi charge. But through you he sends nop of thi evi dence tnd you (tart a Un of vidsnc which it would take us a year to run down." i Bulletins All "Ball." '"Senator," replied Mr. Moore, "Gov ernor Cox had th official bulletins of th .Republican committee (hewing that eertain quota existed tnd that wide spread plan wer being carried out te eollect them. Yet th Republican wit nesses get on the .stand her and tell ' us these bulletin wer only bull.' Then h had a copy of what h bad vry reason to believe waa a true quota list. The day before th list was publiahed the Republican said thar were only ftur copies of it in existence. Now, they testify that th list ne'er existed, ft i the nam way with 'form ' 101,' and w bellev w have got to get this evidene if th committee really want Civ Testimony. Besides Mr. Moore there wa testi mony today by Walter 8. Dickey, of -Kansas City and Claries MeNider of Maaon City, Iowa, ehairnua of th Be publicaa way aad mean committee for their State, and by A. B. Paxton of Wheeling, who holds a similar positlo-k for Ohio county, West Irginia. Front Messrs. Dickey and MeNider th com mittee learned of the plan to rait money' In those State, Missouri I shsr aZ th national Republican fund being Mr. MeNider said that oa hi ewa ini-. ttttive he tet th Iowa foal at 200,-; 000, believing that th figure atked by th notions! committee waa too low to cover 8tate, congressional and natloaal ticket needs In his But. B aaid that 432.000 bsd been raised. Mr. Moor told thi committee h thought thi testimony tended to sup Pv.t th Dmorati charge that th 13,000,000 budget of th Hepubliea nan , l 1 . a. - .1 ..1 .-J M aatlnued rag Tw) iCjatlai fag TwA, " f- I "