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VOL CXII. No! 73.
TEN PAGES TODAY
RALEIGH, N.C, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1 1, 1920
TEN PAGES TODAY.'
TRICE: FIVE CCJT3
V
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C0L.DAVEMILT0I! '
"'RMS
AS HEAD
OF SOLDIERS HOuiE
His Retirement Culmination of
, v Controversy of Four.
J ' .Years' Running .
WILL RETURN TO HOME
- - ' IN GUILFORD COUNTY
rindi Compensation For Bur
dens of "War! In Lot of
. lien Witl Whom Ee Eaa
' Been Thrown; No Suggestion
of Suocessor Board Meeting
Probably Next Week
." "A aoatroveny of four year running!
culminated yesterday when Col. Iter
. MUtoe, Superintendent of the Boldian' l
t Hone, tendered bit reiignsGoa to the!
Board of Director, ' th lame to take I
; affect oa tba S rat day of October aext
fretting personal buiinee i tba rea-
bob Col Milton anient ia hit reeaest to
be relieved ef tba charge of tba homeJuw," isye Joha F. Kramer, Federal
a-responsibility which baa beea bit for
four yean ending tba data he, expects
, to retire. Hot back of .the Official
reaaoa for bia resignation lie a aerea ef
quarrel probably wthout a . counter
part ia the multiple wriagle that have
Marked the administration of govern
mailt la North Carolina,
ui auinv tin? ii iKct ivi m g-eriuui
Vt nearly three year a minority of thai
board of directors hat been after the I
For tome time ia fact for a period
viiu Kaip- toj. union. xne lani
i meeting held here, a week age tba past
Tneeday, taw the old fight reaewed and
vol. Wilton victor by a tie vote. Gen
oral Juliaa S. Carr, Chairma of the
Board, eonld not break the tie vte at
v la poMible ia tome parliamentary tan
glea became State inttitutiona do not
come within the tcope ef ralea govern'
Uf deliberative bodica.
HOW THE DIRECTORS STAND.
f- Col. W. P. Wood, Vlce-Preeident of
: tba Board of Directora of the- Home
and a member of the Executive Com'
mittae. baa beea the eonmtent ehara
pioa of Col. Milton. Voting with him
alwayr ee the propoeitiona relating to
tbf retention of the Superintendent have
, beea aire. - Wary' Bennett kittle, of
Wadeeboro, and Capt J. it Fleming,
of Balelgh, while J. N. Kelly, of Clark-
toa, baa beea aligned oa thia aide, but
1 en account of ill 'health baa net attend
. ed a meeting of the board ia tome time.
Voting with - General Carr to remove
Ruperintcndent Milton have beea Mite
Martha. sHaywood and Col.
Armistead
Jonca, -Mtli of Raleigh
"The "war" aa 'rated hot at different
v time and Col. MUtoa haa remained alt.
ebarge ior the pant year ia epite of a
determined oppotitioa to. bia aervieet.
The inception of the fight on the Colonel
. who it at fan-out for bia pert ia 6oc
holding Bobceon and aaving the State
at he U for weathering the etonnt that
have beat abont the home for aeveral
monthly date back to the time when
Col. At H. Boydea employed Mitt I,
Irvin Pavlor aa an entertainer aad com.
tunina fr lb. Vetemna. .
Mm Paio atmrt fUmctMma-1 I
"When'Sliaa Paylor came to the Home,
i i .i . jj ... -m r- w:i. . .v. I
afarted aomething.. She told' the veter-1
ana that the State ef North Carolina waa I
rich enough to give them anything they I
wanted, and the proper procedure wa I
to apply to the Colonel. Aa a reault, one I
hundred and eixty-aeven mea out of the I
eame aunibe of inmatca beeoaght Col. enforcement of the law. Congraaa re
Milton for different reaaona. Some fmea to appropriate eutBeieat moaey
wanted meala aerved la- their rooma, t0 gud ttU Mqaor ,ld ,T
.hmivw"te mn,'ltt ttel' bnadreda of gallona ef it are beihg
111. UIDCH Yuriw- ucuioumi TT tbl, ILUtt'
wood Hoore and rich Peraiaa nigt
attached to handsomely tiled bathrooma.
- None of theno thinga the Colonel bad
and the State had provided ao amy for
him to to favor the eoldier. A careful,
thnh an-nahat l.winn.. nlantln
nf the a tuatlon eat aficd noat of tha I
one hundred and eixty-eeven. -Some ntT . 'ape puauhmeat.
twentrdve believed Mite Paylor, how- ' , : Klaety Per Coat Efldeat.
i aver, and aa a result. : ther determined to Kotwitbataading the-fact that Co
tight it out oa tboee linea if it required I
aeveral win ten. , " 1
Some are Stilt Fltbtiat. ' I
While none of thete luxuriea have I
beea afforded, aome ef the veterana are
atill fighting. It ia, partly, becauae the
battle ia too long drawn out that Col.
MUton prefer to move back oa hi old
.mea ana uae up aeaoquarara u.
I0ra. v I
Ti..l 1. A V-.L TU! 1.Mla. tiv I
It ia aaid. aommunicated oftea with Mia
meat Of the Hotae. Boo. Governor
Biekett appointed MUa Haywood ea the
Board of Directora to eueeeeed CoL
Boyden, the venerable Bowaar eoldier
vreferrlnt to paaa the reine to othera.
General Carr, who ahared hi aympa-
thiea. became ebairmaa, . and Col.
Armlrtead Jonea went ea the board.
Tha mm of fur beat abont the
abore of the Home and at timee reached It -fill be recalled that tha Senate
into State officialdom. CoL Milton had committee aow laveatigating aad verl
atrong defeadere. State Treaaurer lacy, fying iti Chicago Geveraor Cox'
- who part the billa, pronounced him aa I
ana a Baperintenaent aa any maia -1
atitutioa could elaim.- But the luxu
riea and the thing Mia Paylor told
the eoldier they eught to bar sever
got t the Home. , ,
. Reealla Lincberry Fiaht.
1 So Col. Milton, weighed down with
dUnjlon,dddedto letomeoneel.
"When he ineeeeded Superintendent
I If. MO - "-'
Lineberry, the booka thowed that there
- were 167 inmatea, but CoL Milton de
clare he waa never able to cheek ap
more tbaa It. Thi number haa grown
to on hundred and aixty-aeven, and
thoae not away ea vaeationa eaa be
found at the Home, th Colonel aaya. I
A recant inaDCctloa of Ue Home by I
ea iunector ef Ue Bute Health
nartment reaulted la, a eleaa bill of
health for the Miltoa management of
affair. Ia addition, there ia a Beat,
well kept record of every eoldier beaid
which it jotted dowa Ue aoldier'a to-
aueita to be carried out after death.
Th creaent auperintandst leave, be I
. explained yeiterday, with vo bard feel-
! Inga. Ee feela that bia taik haa beea a
, trying one, but that eompentatioa ia to
(Cotitlnacd en Par """-ly
BOOTLEGGM III
CITIES CAUSE OF
SERIOUSTROUBL
Enforcement of Prohibition Law
Least s Difficult In Rural
i Mountain Districts
BONDED WAREHOUSES IN
COUNTRY PROVE NUISANC
Congress railed To Appropriate
Sufficient Money To Guard
Adequately Liquor Supplies
Drastic Laws By State Prove
Great Help, Says Prohibition
Commissioner
..
The News and Observer Boreas, 4
601 Diatrlct National Bank Bldg,
. (By Special Leassd Wire.)';.
Washlagtoa, Sept 10. The greatest
domestic task before tba Halted State
government at tbla moment ia the efll-
I eleat enforcement of tba prohibition
prohibitloa eomataaioasr, "and tba re
markable feature of tbla tank' ia tba
fact that ia the ratal mountain die-
tricta of tba eountry where tba iataraal
revenue department baa bad to flgbt
the illicit atill, tba enforcement of the
Volstead act ia far Iota difficult tbaa
- .
1 tb towaa and eitiea where tba liquor
smuggle and bootlegger hava, baaoaie
im
"It ia far eaaier to aaforee probibi
tioa ia the mountaina and valicyt ef
North Carolina and Teaaeaaeev where
men for three geaeratiana have made
Dooaahiae liquor, thaa bara la the
eountry'e eapital,' Baltimore, . Pbiladel
phia, Nw York, Chicago, or New Or
leana. There are twe 1 ontatandiag
eanaea 'for thia eituatioa. There are
50)00,000 galloaa of wbiakejr ia t50
bonded warehoueea la the TJaited
Statea. There ia no way la which
i provide prompt court triala for viola t
or of the law ia theee atatea eepecially
where the ' big eitiea are located. Ia
deed the effort ef the Federal gov
ernment to enforce the law ia theee
I eentert eonetitute a writable battle ia
wntcn many ex ua ao-eaiwa rea pact
able elementa, latr-abiding la ether
reapecta, are arrayed againat tba pro
bibitioa law. Ia none of theea atatea
there are ko etate lawa to bach ap
or aid ' the Federal onlcera and the
Federal eourta are clogged with easea
ox Tjoiauoa.
Jfecd Draatie Bute Lawa. f
Now take a atato like North Caro-
1Ut wMeh kM , 8ut, Uw minwk the
manufacture and : aale ' of . liqaar. It
aharea with Ute Federal government
the enforcement of the law and pro
hibitioa there ia a far ampler problem,
What ia needed are draatie atate pro
bibitioa lawa la MaryUnd, feanayl.
vania, New York, Bliaoia, Ohio, Mia-
N,r ,OTr Kentaeky. Pab-
Ue ecatiment ia thoae ltatee ia aot
behind ' the Volatead act. Probibitioa
foltted npoa them by the Federal
.i..4..l V IW Ilka. V.-rfk
Carolina and, a doxea of other atatea,
where the atatea. themaelvea adopted
prohibitloa . before the federal amend-
anent waa ratified.
"The 80,000,000 galhma ef bonded
liquor ia a etanding menace to the
atolea and aold by bootleggera ia the
big eitiea. Thia anlawfol t raffia baa
attracted .thoutande of profeatiaaal
eriminala. Hold-up mea and burg Lara
have gone to bootlegging aad emug-
fUC- They eaa make more money at
4 w jwrv vi
frreaa appropriated only about 3,000,-
imp to enioree the voitteaa act aaa the
aareotia law. that public loatimont ia
the big eitiea ia aot-yet educated to
enforce tba law, that the Federal eourta
are lax arith offendert, and that the
agent of tha government are elaader-
ad at grafter aad are the victim ef
. iyiBt vnnt thf) tnforeemcnt of Ue
l.w. daclai-aa Mr. Kranar. la OO Mr
' . "
,1emw.t j, -Ick u wou(,
h''Pi! - :
Tbe proof ef Governor Cox'a ehargea
that the Bepublieaaa were raiaiag
vaat lloab fund to eorrnpt the elec
torate and buy the preaideaey haa aow
made pertinent , the lat act ef the
JM eiomng aour oa vune ara
I1"'
I Probed Weed Kxaeaditu
chargaa - M tbaraame eonautteo that ia-
Teetiguea aaa prdved Ue ehargea Uat
General .Wood aad Governor . Lowden
ware pending million ia trying to
purcha the Bepublieaa aomiaatioa for
Preaideney at Ue Chicago ee a van tic a.
The . revelation brought out by thia
committee defeated both ef theee mea
eommittea'a, Hfe would have tor-'
ainated with the extra aeaaion ef Ue
Senate ea June 3rd. bat for the fart
that Senator MeKellar, a Decaoeratia
Senator of Tenaeeaee, arged that Ue
eommittea'a life be protracted aver Ue
eampaiga,to meet jutt neh aa emer
gency a ha aow ariaea. SeaatoT
Pomereae, f Ohio, anoUer Democrat,
ana one oi me memoer ex ue corn
De-lmittee la responee to Seaaotr McKel
lar, moved Ue following resolution!
To iuTeaugate, after Ue adjoura-
ment of the Democratia eonveatioa
aad- before the November eleetioaa.
1920, the receipta aad expeaditure ef
the aeveral poltieal committee, aad U
receipt aad expenditure f the earn.
f aiga conducted by, aad ea behalf ef,
It agalntt, Ue eleetioa ef U aeveral
eaadidate for Preaident aad wke-pree-
' V--,---l HT"iJ"
1 . I . n 1 1 1 1 1
f" GENERAL WOOD GREETINGrSENATOIi HARDING
F"S"8W
iiawgtWUUIlLu,UJlUl
General Leonard Wood, who aa
Senator Warraa 6. Harding oa the caadidato'a arrival at Chicago aa rout from
aeuverea aa aaareaa oa agricultural laane at th Hinaeaota State rirn Mra. Harding ia also ahowa la the photo. Thia
waa tt aeeand meeting between General Wood aad Senator Harding line th Chico convention, where the former
waa vanttntahad and tha latter aama ant viMariAna. . ' :" '
Appeal to Senator Simmons
:,' n -'. .:n ' ' v:f-
Behalf Tobacco Growers
GUARDSMEN KNOCK
- OFF FOR HOLIDAY
Gov. Biekett Guest of Honor a
National Guard Encamp
merit During Day
( By NATHAN PALMES.)
' (Staff Correapondent.) '
Camp Glena, Sept. 10. With Ua ex
eeptioa af bitting for picture Ui after-
nooa work ia' Ua camp waa at a tand
atall today, practically all af the mom
ing being tikea up with th iTlw of
th troope by-Oavtar ft 'W.bkkeU,
aad abwat a4draeWiTn Tiftwwsra.
xne uovernor wa pieaeed with hie aol
diera aad iid ao. Ha wa introdaeed
by Colonel Don Scott, cams eo-nmaailar.
who wasted a worda ia hia apeech ef
laneaaeuoa, praeeatiag kin (imply aa
Ueir Governor aad commander ia chief.
The Governor began, try aayiag that
he did aot kaow what the Governor
would do but for the fact that ha ia
ale commander ia chief and while he
did aot make (pacific mention of H, hit
hearer had' ia naiad aeveral iaeidenta
of hi admiaiatratioa whea but for Ue
timely aaantaaeo of U -Natioaal
Guard there would have beea aerioa
trouble. 5 .-: - '' -
He told Ue mea that H waa their
high privilege to be Ue etrong arm of
th law, a asighty bulwark agaiaat Bol
aheviam aad anarchy without, whoae
ecrT.ee th eourta would often be pow
erleaa. It waa their, he aaid, to ee
that nothing waa dene , la violatioa of
Ua atatatoa made aad provided for U
peace aad dignity ef tha State. -
He paid high tribute to U valor
of the National Guard ia time of war
aad welcomed the veterana ef .the world
war back into th armed foreea of Ue
State, praiaing them for their intereet
maintaining the civilixatioa ' that
ttey fought for. - '4.
The Governor recounted in humoroua
Tela hi owa txperieneee ia Ue State
guard back ia tha eightiea whea every
guardamaa bought hi owa uniform,
paid hia part of U cook a wagea and
Ua ceet of rationa, aad enjoyed the
annual encampment - at Wrightaville
Beach joat aa maeh aa the boya are
enjoying Ue encampment here. All Uat
Ua Stat furnished ia Uoae daya waa
a railroad ticket from Ue hom ttatioa
to Writhtaviile aad return. There wa
on. compeaiatioa, h admitted, ia the
aaiform they were permitted to wear la
Uoae daya, with ita helmet aad chining
tpik, Ua long double breaatea ' bin
(Coatlnned aa Pag Two.)
LORD MAYOR MACSWINEY
WEAKER, SAYS BULLETIN
Suffer Much -Pain, But Mind
Is Clear; His Sister He-'
: fused Hearing
London, 8cpt 10. Th Gaelic League'
balletia iaaued late th-a evening aayi:
"Lord Mayor MaeSwiney grow weak
er He euffera morb pia, but hi mind
ia perfectly dear."
Thia waa Ue 2SHh day of the Lord
Mayor' hunger at tike. Mary Mae
Swiney, aiater of Ue priaoter, when
leaving Ue priaoa Uia afternoon told
Ue aewapaoermea Uat her brother wa
abb to apeak to her thi morning. He
asked her what day it waa.
"Whea I aaid it waa Friday, Ue
tenth," aaid Mica MacSwiacy, Terence
id. It M the beginning ox ue aim
eek of my hunger otrike'.'
Beferrina to her visit to Portamoutb
yeaterday, Mi MaeSwiney aaid th la
bor official! at the Tradee Union uon-
definitely refuted to give her a
hearint. E'i waa told by aa official
Uat the congress could aot help her,
aad ah laid the thought ttey were
afraid of her urging direct actioa for
the purpose ef obtaining - Ue Lord
Mayera release.
"I.did not want to arte direct ac
tioa," aha declared, "t oaly desired to
hare Ure minute of plain talk with
Ua representative of elx and a half
milliona of working people ef England.
waa told that U a atnke -wa called
tomorrow they would not be able to get
t r-;T"" rn to leav w'.J
one af Ua leadin eaadldatea far Ua VonnhlUaa riMiiaatial tl. 'I.t:..
'it u:
Council of State Asks That He
Take Up Matter With
Treasury Department
BUYERS CLAIM MONEY .
. STRINGENCY TROUBLE
Want Duplication of McAdoo'
Action When He' Poured
Money Into South To Sate
' Cotton Market From- De
' moraliiation; Farmers More
- Optimistjo Orer Situation
The Council of State yeiterday aaked
Senator f, M. Simmon to exert hi
Influence with the , Secretary '-'of' Ue
Treasuryto aato fh aepattmat duplj
sate ita actioa efwa year age -when
Secretary . MeAdoo pouted eny Into
8oathera banka to save U cotton crop
irom a aiaaaetroa arop in price.-
f Thia time it ia tobacco. The memberi
of U Governor' official family arc
erlously concerned aver the aituation
la eaatera Carolina tobacco centers and
tha impending diaaater from demorallxa-
tioa of the market. Bnyr elaim Uat
they are unable to pay for tha tobacce
Means tney are anabl to aeear Bron-
er flaaneiai accommodations. ,
Bememberlng the memorable nromot-
itud wHb which Secretary McAdoo
directed that eredita be diverted south
ward during a atriageacy ia banking
eirelea at a time whea the eottoa crop
waa coming to market, members of Ua
Council of State hope that Senator
Simmons will be able to leenre favor
able actioa from Secretary Hoaatoa. .
aigm money lease. .,
Money- stringency and over-Drodna-
tioa have beea offered the grower a
reasont zer Ue laadalide of prices this
year. Buyer claim that they are un
able . to . secure financial accommoda
tion! ia local banka lo handle th arop,
and for Uat reaaoa are compelled to
oner lower price. The eame erplana.
tioa haa beea offered all over the entire
tobacco belt, and member of th ad-
misiitratioa are looking for a remedy,
Production ia estimated by the De
partment of Agriculture to be 60 per
cent greater than last year's crop, with
Ue added produetioa of newly opened
up tobacco growing territory la Georgia,
where millions of souadi hare, beea
growa oa laid that never produced to
bacco before. Total figures thia year
are" expected to be 100 per cent over
last year a agurejw
But va with production at each St
are, growera are anabl to Sgure out
reaaoa for each price ee Uey are
receiving for the loaf ea Ua eaatera
market. They expect lower prieca, and
ara prepared to accept them, but the
present price paid are declared to be
not equal area to the cost of tradint
tha leal and placing it ea Ue market.
Ca-ald Take Half. -
"We would be willing to take half the
price -we got for it last yearrde
tlared a promWajt Pitt county fariner
who was in the New and Observer office
yesterday," but we cant aell it for let
Uaa that. It coat a that much to mak
it, aad a good deal ef it wt raised oa
credit. If we have to sell it for lets
Uaa it coat aa to rait it, I doa t know
where we ll be.. , - .
"Eastera North Carolina went sort of
tobaee wild Ui year," declared aa of
ficial of the Department of Agricul
ture yeiterday, "aad it ia only natural
to expect a conditio a ef Ui ort I am
rot one to aay 1 told you ao,' but tt
iHipartment early ia the year warned
the farmre agalnst ever-pradnetion.
and th danger of planting tobaeco aad
nmuing cue. - ,t . i-
Visitor ia Balelgh from' the bright
tobaeo belt bring wiht - them , mora
hopeful tiding thaa emanated from Uat'
section of Ue State Ue day marketa
opened. Farmers are aaid to be taking
less Impulsive view of the aituation
and are holding their crop from market
until it elarif ie to a degree. Sufficient
tobacco ia being brought to market to
keep Ue market open, but aot mutk
more. Prices are rising slowly aad th
belief ia expressed that before many
weeks mora reasonable price will be
offered.; -...: - - .'. ' V,
Near Interest Areaaed 1
Tobacco haa had every this -' else
backed off the tnap ia' so far aa public
interest i concerned ever since the sen
sational flop ia prieee Tuesday. Where
ever one rurna there ia anally but on
' n.r J. y
Marioa to St. Paul, Minnesota,, where he
i'SEflATMRDI
Five Delegations Stage Several
Hours oi Demonstration
9-1 and Oratory .
NEGRO LEADERS AIR
. GRIEVANCES OF RAC
- . .
With Camp; Meeting Spirit Pre
Vailing; "Amens", and "Hal
lelujaha'l Float Hearenward
: ; With fOh,s Boys"? and "Toft
TeU ,'Im'fi"; Homines Be
spouds, In 2 Short. Speeches
Marion! .Ohio, Sept.-10. Five delega-
tioaf btt Hepublic, reptesCtting
drioui organisation of Ue race ia Ue
North and Boutk, gathered. at Senator
Harding' Xront porch. i today aal
pledged him Ueir aupport la several
oara ef ebaraeteriitie demoaatratioa
and oratory.. ,; . ., j ,.;
Ja rsiponae the Republican, nominee
made two apeoehe. praiaing tb loyalty
and attainment of U aatioa'i Bear
eitisenship and promising that the fed
eral govertment -will aot fail the Ameri
can .negro.; . He aaked that they, make
services to eountry Ue everyday itaai
ard of. Ueir citiaeaabip aad . declared
hi abherraae to th use of .'"brutal
and unlawful violence" against Ue black
race or any other alas., .
. Ia several private eoafereaeea. Bsna-
tor tisrdina; alto heard the grievanje
of various aegre leader and aaurd
Uem k' would mak a careful atudy
of the aituation. Lynchbit and aturo-
gatioa of negro Federal employn were
two 01 the thing for whoa euppreetioa
tne visitors made a partienlar plea.
- raraay at Hymn rr Hardlat.
Convantieaa of aegco Bapitota ia a
oa at Columbuf and ladianapoli seat
th largest delegation!, and a camp
meetiag apirit ruled ue day eelebra-
tioa. The xl rat group cam up ting
ing; Harding will ihln toaiaht." in
parody of a revival hymn, aad "Amaaa"
and "Hallelujah" floated beavewrd
wiU "Oh, Boya," and "You Tell "EmV
aa the (ueeaaaioa of oratora poured out
Ueir professions of loyalty to th nartr
oz JLaneoia aaa urant, " .' -
Henry Lincoln Johneea Thtra.
Henry Lineoln Johnaon, Bepublieaa
national , eommittemaa Jl or i Georgia,
headed Ue group from th national Bap
tiat convention- at Columbue, which ar
med during th morning and wa th.
firat to bt addrewed by Ua aomlnee.
The afternoon ipeech wm to reDresent-
ativee of th National BaptisfC"'
tioa, laeorporated, which ia meeting la
(Coatlaaod aa Pg Two.)
STATE-WIDE MEETING TO
DISCUSS TOBACCO PRICES
Wilson' dhamher of Commerce
Takes Initiative In ;; Move.
' ment To Reduce Acreage . '
; Wilton, Sept. lo. Th Wilaa Cham
br of Commerce is thi day eendlng
a penonal letter to U owaera aad pro
prietor! of every tobacco warebeute ia
North Carolina a well to prominent
tpbaecohiat urging them 'to attend
meeting to be held ia Wilioa aext Tue-
day, September 14th, at I o'clock. The
Chamber of Commerce realixea Uat Ue
present price paid for tobieeo ia below
the coit of produetioa aad that aome
thing aiutt be done, and for Uat reaaoa
they trs ' requesting th rarioa ' in
terest ia the Bute to meet wfth Uem
aad work tha matter out aa a business
basis. Soma plan must be formulated
to redaee tha acreage next year aad Ue
Wilson Chamber of Commerc haa a
plaa to offer, but it aeeda the eo-oper-ntioa
of the .entire tobaee force ef
North Carolina. Thi I aot a loea prop
sition, but effect the entire State aad
a. large attendance ia expected. ,
EEPRESENTATIVB LITTLE "
. DIES IN WATAUGA COVMTT
Rv-.t RmL 10. Dr.' McD. Little.
repreienatiya for Wautaga County, died
at hi boma in Boon thi afteeraooa.
He wa takea aick ia Baligh bat ral
lied aaotth to be brought home. He
grew worseTuneral arrangemeat have
yet tie meje, " '
COaiMITTEEPLANS
T6 WIND UP WORK
AT CHICAGO TODAY
V
COXSPEAKS
AT SPOKANE FAIR
Nominee ' Declares , He Is
Preaching Progress and
. - ' Gospel of Peace
CONTINUES ATTACK ON
G.0. P. CAMPAIGN FUND
, ... 11 am i
Beplies To Question In Spokane
newspaper Regarding Quota
, of That City By Oirlng Facta
0a Money .Raising Tactics In
Washington State; Outlines
Progressirelsm"
Fair Groaada, Spokane, Wah, Sept
10-Speeking at Ua. Iataratate Fair
today, Governor Cox aaid h had .,m
to know U people. - 4
"X m a Progressive. X am a Demo
crat U U broadest en," th Gover-
aor eoBtlaaed. ' .
(I com to preach progress aai th
gospel of -peace," h aaid.
I ask you to forget that I am a taa-
dldate f a politieal party," he
"Lt a aatemble aa American aai ait
a nartlaana"-
Goveraor Cox reiterated hi attack
ea tt "Senatorial Oligarchy." Th
candidate also vent ever hi charg
agaiart th. - Bepublieaa eoatributina
plaa aad tb Bepublieaa leader. . Ha
produced aa hia information Ue Be
publieaa treasurer's "official bulletin"
aad Ue copy of aberiptioaa t Ue Xe-
publieaa hn book of William Bar
Jr of New Tork. whom he dubbed "t
Saint Paul af Ua Bepublieaa party.'
ad the author of the "BepabUeaa Bi-
oi - tor ukso. -- i r,
Dlecaaae Ck O. P. Qaetae.
Goveraor Cox also discussed hi
charge ef Ue Bepublieaa eontribatioa
quotas. Assistant Treasurer Blair, the
eaadidate said,, testified yesterday that
tb aumber ef cities alloted quo taa waa
04 instead ef 01 aa named by the
ctaor la hia Pittsburg address.
Baerrlng to denial tt hi ehare-ce
before tha Senate eommtttee, Gorar
Cos deelared that he ?had Ue r'eht
la. itulit apotr eafercement af law
agaiaat perjury.' : ,
The geveraor replied to a qaeetioa
ia a local aewapaper regarding Spo-
aaas quota. .The loeai , Jtopablicaa
chairman, Th add sea 8. Iaae, waa em-
ed at declaring that Spokane quota
wa $5400 aad aot 15000 a aharged
by th governor at Pittsburg. . Tha
candidate produced a' copy ef aa al
leged letter wrlttea August S by A. D.
Btewart, tte tat , ehairmaa. atatint
taat wasningtoa -probably eoeld aead
90OSXQ to Ue Bepabliea natioaal
mitte, af $300100 a ceded la tt atato.
The, goveraor asked ale if aeveral
UouBtad dollar haa aot beea subscrib
ed st a breakfast her attended
W. H. Cowlss, a local publisher, aad
E. T. Oomaa, Bepublieaa candidate for
goveraor. Also, Goveraor Cox said he
would ask hia representative at Chicago
to have Mr. Cowlea and Mr. Comaa and
oUm aaid to have beea" at tt break
fast ubpond before Ua Seaate ecaa-
mlttee to teatify regarding U
Watbiugtoa ejuota.
Pregreaelvieat OatHaed.
PTogreeeivism waa euUiaed by. the
governor aad he reiterated that Radic
alism would hare beea avoided
North Dakota if iti Itgiilatur had pro-
roc rea mo termer agaiaat being "rob
bed by Xaatora graia interests."
Qoveraor Cox wa iatiedueei bv
former United Statea Senator George
w. Turner, vr. llxabtt D. Chris
tian, aatieaal eommltteewomaa from
Wuhingtoa, introduced Senator Tura-
Th raia had atopped by the time
the goveraor reached the fair groaada,
bat he'epok) ia a sweater aad aver-
coat. ,;- !,-, , .v ..
SATS BEPCBLICANS HELPED
,' . TO DRAW UP LEAGUE PACT
Walla Walla. Washa. Sent. 10-Da.
fB of the league of aatioaa ahared
with diacuaaiea af Beanblicaa eamnain
method th attention ef Goveraor Cox,
of Ohio. Democratia eaadidate for Us
presidency, ia hia addreeCtoaitht.
ia governor arrived aboard a pedal
traia from "Spokane, where ha ;ntiJ
the atato from Montena today, aad de
livered here th third let addreoe of Ue
osy. a had ipokea twice Uia forenoon
at Spokaae, once to a crowd f Bret
voters and agaia at th latentate Fair
aad late today at Paaeo.
Uovernor Coa declared that Ue leeme
CI aationa laatead of being a British
league- or a "Wilson league," a he aaid
Ue Bepublieaaa have charged, was
leallr the product of certainly "aa lea
than 600". of U best mind la all Ua
eivilixed aatioaa." '.
He declared that eeveral ef tte lead
era ef Ue Bepublieaa party had aa aa
(. part ia ita formation, mentioning
ia, Uia eoBBeetioa former President
Taft, former Justice Bnghee aad Eliha
Koev ' . '
BepabHcaaa Gave Aid
"Ex-President Taft offered four
amendments, all ef which were adopt
ed." he declared. "Jndae Hnahe of
fered aevea amendments, Ave of which
were adopted 1 Eliha Root aeggeeted six
tmeadmenta aad th aubataaca ef Br
of Uem found Ueir way into Ua Baal
covenant, la aeveral instas Mr. Roct 1
exact worda beia introduced. .
"Mr. Boot area approved Ue laeiaalaa
ef Article Tea, for a period of Bve
year. Doea any Bepublieaa hontatly
think Uat if Mr. Boot believed Article
Taa. would 'sacrifice our sovsrr'gnty'
h would have advocated Uat wa a II
CnlBad aa Pa Thaws-)'.
Investigation . of . Republican
Campaicn Fund Raising h
Chicago To Complete Prcbe
t; .:r;-; Into Cox' Charges ,
COMMITTEE WILL" MEET
AGAIN IN AN EASTERN
CITY ON SEPTEMBER 22
Yesterday's -Session Brought
. Out Practice of Bepuhlicana
t : of Boosting Quotas In Cities '
! Zdmund H. Moore; Oorernor
' Cox's Personal Bepresenta
C tire, Questioned Aa To St
i ports ' of Aid Oiren Demo
1 crate By liquor Interests;
, Dirergent ;TIews As To Be.
Bolts of Hearing of Zridenea
Bearing On Cox Charges;
' Senator Edge Says Charges
' .TrresponsiDle," While" Sen
' ator Beed Says Any Com
ment at This Time la "Inde
- eent" l-. -.
ChUago, Bept. 10 lavwtigntioa tt flk
Bepublieaa mpalga to raiee fuaia U
Chieaga tomorrew will eempleto Ue Sea
ate oauittea'a Uqairy bora into th
ehargea ef Governor Cox that Ue Be
publicaaawar aeekiag to eorrnpt U
electorate by aolidUag tUfiOOfiOO.
Tha aemmittea plan t meet agaLa
September SS la com eastern ity to
be aeleeted by Chairaua aEaaya. Tha
Dsmeerati msaabers want to go to New
Terk aad pareue th invtetlgatlea ef
the Cox ehargea there, while th Bepub
lieaaa faro removing to Pittsburg to
look Into reports that liquor iatereot
ara taking aa aetiv aart la th Deute-
rSratie aomiaae'a campaign. v
Widely Dirergeat Tlaw.
The widely divergent view ef th
committee membere aa to Ue result of
the heariag here was ahowa today whan
Senator Edge, Bepublieaa, af New Jar-,
aey, issued a formal statement, asserting
the Democrat had failed to eabarsatiate
Govern er Cox' charges, aad Senator
Beed, Democrat, af Miiaourl, asserted
Uat aay express low af opinion at thia
time Ta ladeceat.M -
Senator Beed today asked that Charle
Pica, former preaident of tha Emergency
Fleet Corporation, aad aow ehairmaa
of Ue Bepublieaa way and matn com.
mitte ,1a Ciicago, t cubpoenacd to
morrow to tell of the fuad drive la Chi
cago. Th Missouri senator aW asked
Uat William Wright, Jr, and Frederick :
Courtoaay Barber, th latter of whom
la th S000 a week director af the Chi
cage drive, be summoaed. ' . ....
Beoatlag Practice," . . ,.
Today teetiasoay chewed . Uat tha
praetie ef Bepublieaa State worker
of boosting Ue quotas assigned Uem by
the aatioaal eommittoe waa general la '
many sUtes. A quota," Charlee Mavity
former director af Wert Vireinla cam
paign explalaed, Ts a target at which
we snoot, bat we doa t expect to hit It
Mavity aad other witneasea told hew
Uy eometimea doubled Ue Bguie aa
(igaed Uem to raise. They stated Uat
Goveraor Cox'a flgun ef qaotea fee '
many eitiea war correct, but that Uea
figarea were thoae Uey orsoaally had
jet, aad aet Uoae en pp lied by Fred. W.
i pnam, aauoaai treasunr.
Upham Takea BeeaaaafhlllCy.
Mr. tlnham. recalled to taa ataa aaM
h took full responsibility for th de
fuaet plsa outlined ia "Form 101" to aet
aaide Chairmaa Will ' Hare Halt mf
l-000 a eoatribatioa aad aabetitat a
itmn t siojwo. Tb aatioaal way aad
meaaa eommittoe. however, wto4 ta
propoeal, he aaid.
Mr. Cnham defeadsd tL, mA m
Barry M. Blair aad sthsr former T. M.
C. A. secretaries. Wh ara bin aaaktaata.
Yoa assume rnanaihiiit i'
Psalm eiagera'P ; Seaator Pemeraa
Baked. :.- - ,y
T it, aad lam peeed f U week mr
. A. eaBigaM w dotag,
aid Mr. Vphaaa. "I hH tka I.
shewiag here af reaalt I aoald, aa a
baaiaa Haa, get Ue job f wiaiag th
Demoerstis camTmiga fund, aad whea
they reortaaiaa their flaaaaaa I u.i.k
Uey will adopt ear ytm."
- rrsag Jfew Paying Blue.
He pointed eat Uat hltharta v- ma
baa always paid Ua bill ef bott parties.
"But ap to date two-third af ear fuad
have come from what New Tm-k aaa.
aider the West'," he said "That fact.
I taut, ia a pretty good argument that
e are gettiax away from what la aalia
the Mffall Street influence' about which
we have heard s mnek her.
. ee sTeeamsa Stead.
Edmaad H. Moore. . Goveraor Cn'i
personal repreeeatative. wa raeallaA a "
the etoad and aaked concerning report
that liquor interests ia Ohio had sup
rorted Us Dane rati aomiaee in Ue
gubernatorial eamnaiea four wsai-a bm
and charges that Ue New Jersey liquor
" -vrs raising ronas to aaeist th
Dsmoeratie caadidaato this year. Mt. -
Moore dealed aay kaowladva at tha '
ehargea aad aaid tt ass ef hia Bam
a prospectus of tte Assoeiatioa On-
poaed to Natioaal Prohibition was aaau
thoriaed. He aaked if Senator Bpeacer,
hi ameetioaer. waa "attsmDtins to In.
ieet a wet and dry iu into U presi
dential eampaiga." -. ,
"The fact Uat I am kaowa as a strona
anti-prohibitionist hi of ao more tignifl
aaaea Uaa th -fact that Georg Whit,
chairmaa ef Ua Democratia aatioaal
committee, advocated aad Toted for s
probibitioa whea ia Coagreea," Mr. 1
Moore aaid. '
Ha characterised Ua Anti Saloon
League as a Republican org asisa tioa and 1
aaid'.Wayae B. Wheeler, it general
coaaeel, aad aUe leader were Be
rablicaa. . i
- ' -. Sea. Ed go's Btatoateat. ' . '- '
The atatement iaaued by Senator
Edi
age tonight declared t
-I am
eoaviaeed Uat tha eommittoe
aimpy becoming th vehiel for all
. , ,, - I
raM-w a pga Two.)
t