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ftii lour i i:47i aaedarstsly Wan. M for f If 'klU St. Mi., VOL CXII. NO, 74. FORTX PAGES TODAY. 'RALEIGH. N. C SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920 FORTY PAGES TODAY. PRICE: CZVENCRrTD 1 1 TOBACCO GROWERS HOLD MEETINGS TO DISCUSS PRICES Advocate State-wide Organiza tion and Reduction of Acre age For Next Year s URGE CO-OPERATION OF . 1 ALL IN ORGANIZATION Immense Gathering On Court, house Lawn at Henderson - Calls On Fanners To Mar- .'t ket Cron Slowly and to Hake . Preparation! For Other ; , Crops Next Year Henderson, Sept. llyThe aity vat . crowded today wiAh (umii from Vance county to attend" the mas aneeting concerning the . price at tobacco. -- Meetings at tha farmera, merchants. warehousemen and bankers war , aeia .in tba chamber ( eemmere roeme to get together on the aitttr aaa to 10m ' such plan te meet tka aituatioa. - ' Large numbers ( tobacco- growers 1 from tka surrounding counties war era to tad out what tba Vaaea county farmers woald do. Oxford aeal a dele- gatiea of representative business men and , farmers. Representatives from Wake, Franklin and Warm counties er also koto aad alaa from Virginia. -. s There ia a conviction that tho g row . eat of tobacco throughout tka oatiro " bright Jeat belt moat organise, ao if ' the tmyers will aot meet their demaada for a reasonable profit tka warehouses ram, bo closed by a tcfuaal to bring tobacco to them. - '.'- Looking forward to Bert year there la a movement aa foot to reduce the acreage of tobaeeo aad tka farmera will begin immediately to prepare - their mil tnw tJir rmnm- Thia waa offered by maay of, the boat business Jheada aa tka real Way" to Hoot Iko .. lower prieea aad ao - far aa Vaaie i , aoaecraod it ia aaid that aaleaa thing brightea ap a wholo lot ia th tobaeeo liao sever again ami taaro do aa mucn time aad monoy spait 'a properiag the leaf a there kaa bora ia tka paat few years. There ia a unity of later eft ia thia matter betweea all tka business of Vance county and It i aaid that a aolid froatwill be 'maintained throughout the Cerht." Greeat Gathering of Mea. ' Never was there aarh a gathering aa , hrfore 1 o'clock the boar eat for tka . w. Mutrf ma. m All-d with v ii. - ,' mea standing- i-every bit at lpaeo . tbat-fwiM be fund, andjarje numbers " rongrrgatcsfon the": outside clamoring .10 ges lav li was gwv uwnrn m - jsern to th law a ia tba tear of the 1 courthouse, where there finally gitk ercd as maay aa two thousand mea. both black aad white; with that aame . . ... . 1 1 J 11.1 . X 1W -e ;UtniaHna m tbatr faeaa ra ehjnaderiied tko yoang aaea who . vent into tb war. There wro a aumber of talks made ' by leading baaiaoaa mea aad farmer, among whom were: W. B. Daniel, J. 0. Kittrell, B. B. Crowder aad 3. A. Kewelt, eoonty agent of Warrea eouaty. Bono of tho other talker war for taking cxtrrmo" measures, bat the Ural beads prerailed aad there gained tka lmprasaiea that co-operation, with those respoaaibla for the prieea would ae eomplish far more thia radicalism. Sesolutiona were adopted and roeom inendod for adopt ioa by ail tho Tobaeeo Growers Associations throughout the bright bolt, a follows: . - fitroag Raaotatlaaa Adopted. ' "The aituatioa of -the tobaeeo growers of tho bright belt has become serious, yea, absolutely deplorable. Raring pro duced a fair crop of tka weed, though aot a big one, we are aow told that there ia no immediate demand for it ia there appear to be oaly one aeaaible course left open to the grower, aad that ia that if eoaditioaa do aot joattfyf that tho auukete be dosed aatu such time aa a reaaoaablo price ia offered. , "Tracing a poond of bright amokea, sold ea the opoa market, tkroagk the virion stages and proeoaao of manu facture, we Sad tko aame pound of to baeeo banded back to tbe consumer at a price far oat of keeping with tka coat of production. '-" .i "We find tko aame relative disparity of values betweea tbe price of raw ma terials and that of tko manufacture.' article ia aim oat every item of farm prod action. v ' Therefore, we reiterate aad reefina oir first positioa which is the oaly loji- t aal eoarae to paraae, namely i , Vrgo Slaw Marketiag ; 'Tint, that tobaeeo aew ia tbe kands of tbe growers mast be marketed aloWy till each time aa tbe market akall call for it at prieea commensurate with aot only tke high cost of production! bat tk atili kigker level of prieea aow being asked for manufactured gooda of every . kiad. - : ' ' - Second, that to taaare tke thorouith eiecutioa ef thia purpose to market slowly, we mast proceed at once to set ap maehiaery etroag enough to endure the most sever teat that may be ap plied.. ' " " "Third, that tbe growers ef tobacco t a rough out tail market district are kre - by called opoa to pledge tkemaelve to ' eat the acreage for the year IDSt at least fifty per ceat or refuse to grow the weed at all maloaa developments of the pried of tho preeeet crop and the incoming teaaoa shall Justify tke pUat- ' lag of a maximum aalf crop. " 'Fourth, that since the colored farm er of thia section constitute a most Im portant factor we ask their ear neat co ops ratioa ia thia matter to our mutual beaefit. , ; ' , ...'. t ; "Fifth, that we call opoa the business mea of every elaea aad profesaioa to aid aa la every way possible at this solemn hour when the vety eaisteaee ef our farm, life aad welfare of or farm womca aad ehildrea are at atakct - Want State Organisation. v " ."Sixth, that we earnestly beg our brethren, the tobaore growers through- oat tke tobaeeo districts ef tbe country, Continued on Pass TwahreX WIFE OF PRESIDENT , OF MEXICAN REPUBLIC ir , .XI L oasa m smaairi 4 fc .Jaaraeaf Y Madame Obregoa, wife ef General Obregoa, who kaa juat been elected President of Mexico. - General Obregoa ka been a leading figure ia Mexicka affatm for many years, and hi victory t tbe poll wat decisive. . V T Heavy Scores Expected When Target Firing Begins As , Many Have Experience By NATHAN PALMER. ' Camp Glenn, Sept. 1L Lecture on automatic rifles fo rtbe infantry aad in struction a tha care of animal for the cavalry mea made up' th principal work of Instruction of the two infantry com panies, the machine gun company, and the two, troop of. cavalry here- today. To data Jthe weather ia eamg baa been almost ideal and the program ef drill aad Instructions baa gone forward with, no interruption, ; , . ' - Early this -morning shortly , .after breakfast tha battalion sflt for semi circular picture, which included every soldier and oflleer ia camp aad three or more of the camp followers, ahots .. of each of tho t ompatiiea with it offleara were madey etterdoy and the clotures will be on tale iaya.-Mra, Bayard M. Wootcn, th slim khaki-clad camera artist, who wat ia 1914 and be fore a familiar figure to th guardimea, will be in camp next week, her work at present being carried on by Nr. G. Moultoa of tha firm of Wooren and Moultoa of New Bern. . ,. - - 7 ' Telephones, wire and other acces sories have been received and th tar. get range put into shape for th work when "commence firing" will sound Monday morning at 7 o'clock, firing of th Browning gun of th Durham ma chine gun company were held thia af ternoon ia order to point out the com. moa errore oa firing, so that they may be avoided wlfea th regular target work of the company eomes up THonday. Heavy scores art expected ta b mad by practically all of th troop since they have bad much actual firing at real targets ia the recent war, .. Apropoa of the numerous falsa death notices of soldiers killed in action which wert tent to American parent by both British and American War Departments, a Junior officer from Wlnaton-Salem declares that such misleading missives aent to fiia mother and lister by th British war office ia the summer of 1918, canoed the latter to declare when th brother arrived hale aud hearty. that she waa dne H5 from hint aa the aiater took ,th "killed in action" aoti. fieatioa ia good faith and promptly bought mourning with , money which aha had planned to purchase a dream ef a bat for th summer. Guests in th camp oday Included Mrs. J. J. Barefoot, wife of Captain Barefoot. M. C. surgeon and sanitary officer i B. It. Holmes, mayor of Graham, aad P. A. Holt. With- Mra. Barefoot was her email son'. )ill." No pro gram whatever ia planned for today, and th officer and men will have a lot breakfast and b f re to no th day aa they aee fit. " . TO PERFORM AUTOPSY ON - BODY OF. OLIVE THOMAS Paris, &ert. 1L Aa antopay will be performed Monday, oa the body - of OHv Thomas, th .American motion picture actress who died Friday la th American hospital at. Nenilly, it waa announced tonight. f be autopsy will be under th direetiod f the police. The police commissi ry, who made th preliminary lnveetigaMon Injo the mya tery aurroundlng thf death of th ac tress, has transmittii hi finding to th public proseeutoii Aa Investigating magistrate, M. PaniaVt, was appointed today to determine th cans of death and future inquiries Will be held aa der bia direction. ; w:;; FJRST MAIL TO PACIFIC ' COAST TAKEN BY 'PLANE ; Ran Francisco. Bent. " 11. The first United Btate mall to)b -brought to th Pacise coast by air reached her at 1:28 p. m. today. The mail, which left New Tork last Wednesday morning wat brought from Keno, Nevada, today. WOMAN SUFFERING FBOM v AMNESIA. FOl'ND AT MEMPHIS Memphis, Tena Sept. llA w'emaa found here Tueaday suffering from am nesia and after several days identified aa "Mra. Oscar C, Malmberg," ef Wilson, Ark, ia not Mrs. Malmberg, abe told the police today. Aa "Mrs. Malmberg'' ahe was supposed to have been oa her way to Mobile, Ala, te visit relative when 4 aha baaaana 1U ha.. . . . GUARDSMEN STAR PRACTICE InDaY OVERi.1 EXTENDS GIADWEW1 CABARRUS WOMEN v aasasaBsaawaaaaaisn . , First County Convention In State In Which Women Ex- ercise Newly Won Right .? FATE'S LITTLE IRONY ' FOR JUNIOR SENATOR Salisbury Statesman ' Eises ' Hobly To Occasion iWhen .' Woman Is Named To Escort Him To Stage To Delirer ' Address That Opens His Campaigrn For Re-election By K. B. POWWX-' . (Staff Correspondent) , , Concord, Sept JL Cabarrus county Democrats, headliaisg , United' Statee Senator Lee 8. Overman in oonvention bore today, threw the door wide opea to the women and started th campaign confident of redeeming the county from the Republicans and piling up aiaabl majorities for Overman, Morrises, Doughtoa aad th rest of th ticket ea the Idea of November. Th convention, aingular enough be cause ef tho active participation of a half, hundred women delegates, was doubly noteworthy for it irony of fate, teaator Overman had selected thia spot to opaa hia campaign aad this (pot just happened to be th first county ia the State, where women, strikingly con scious of their new status by reasoa of Baiabridga Colby' proclamation, spok cast ballot and hid, ballots for them juat as decorous as any of th late aad lamented chivalves. ,. ' There waa till another noteworthy feature about th convention. What Tennessee failed to do In making peace betweea warring element th fate, working through T. D. Manes, chair man of the convention, accomplished. For when the convention wa ready to hear the junior Senator, it cent Mrs. D. la Boost, Democrat, as ahairman of the committee, to escort tha former "Stone wall of th aatis into the ball. It waa a eight for th God to behold but aot cne to feaze th junior 8enator. 'At way master of tha aituatioa. he nevei looked happier in hi life. - .. . . Federal Reserves Te Help. Moat of tho convention work had been finished before Senator Overman as ried but when he came he brosght good now from th federal Beserv board. Ha also brought to tho Democrats now l:ght on th revaluation ' law and ko bammared home tha political batckery of the Bepubliean Senate' denying to ia--wautrF,lta;rlghtfbhwat arotfnd Utah es)Atiail fraaVllsB an mat ft Altai Vt7Hef thai th council table ef nations. What th council of Stat asked Senator Simmons te look into, benator Overman has el ready done and the verdict ia one that will find a warm place la th heart of ail Tar uoela. - - t - . Briefly, th Federal Beaerve Board is not only prepared to mere the cotton aad tobacco crop ef North ' Carolina, 43ut it ia prepared to go tbe whole hog ia helping tho farmer hold their pro ducts until price get better. He read to the convention a letter from W. P. U. Harding, governor of th federal re serve board, flaying Ignorant critic of th system became ft clamped down oa I peculators aad assuring this Stat that the banking system of th United State a organized ty woodrow Wilson and a Democratic Congress, still has enough money to help th farmer where he need help. ,. . ..v. , ; v, Talka Math to Women. Th junior Senator talked much about the treaty, a little about State poliies, lashed the Bopublieana some and to th women ho talked at length. In fact, there were many little place in hi pooch whore the women were considered lie was proud , that ho was th first speaker to bo conducted to a platform by a Demoerati woman of North Caro lina. It made him happy, he aaid. The womca know what ia right, have always baeai right srtd are not going to get off the track by thia late day. 1 ''Why, a radical woman would be a cariosity In North Carolina th Sena tor skid. Somebody etarted to make response from th rear of th hall but th Senator went ahead. He remindea the older one of tbe battle, of the mnetiee for the- womanhood of North Carolina and declared it unthinkable ..- . -;...:.. (Ocatlaued ea Page Two.) STRIKES CAUSE LOWER' v PRODUCTION OF COAL FaHinf Off In Both Anthracite and Bitnminons Fields : , Reported Washington, Sept 11. Suspension of work by miner in th anthracite fields caused a decrease in production, aa shown la loadings f th aln principal carriers, f more . than K.bOO ears, or fort per coat during th week ended September 4. In making thia report today the geological survey aaid t) walkout, 'which began September !, af fected production only during, the last three day of th week. . . While anthracite production sine January 1 wasshowa to b 58,014,000 tons, or 4.7 per cent ahead of produc tion for the corresponding period of last year, stock held by retailers on June 1, tbe latest date" for which figures are available, amounted te only a two weeks', supply, tke report aaid. Although the general atrike called la tha- bituminous field of Alabama had no yet gone into effect, produetioa of soft coal during the week also showed a alight decrease, to a total of 11,051,000 tons, falling about S per cent below pro duetioa for the preceding week.' The decrease, it ws said, centered ia the northern Appalachian region. Lata shipment! of bituminous coal iotallingg 1154,000 ton fell off 16 per cent, while rail shipment to New Eng land during th week declined more than 1,300 ears, er S3 per sent, the re- cwrt shnwad. JLOKO MATOB OP CORK :,.t IS SINKING KAFTDtT ' toadea. Boat. 1L "The ' krd mayo ef Cork la la very srakaaat od eeadUlea. He la atlll eaaTertag severely la ale bead aad bia body. Be m still eeaacleaa. r This ballotiag was msaod at ton o'clock tonight, ead tke geaeral lav. praaalea from ffllclal aad amohsctal rap its la that Teroaoe Mae8wtar death la expected at any keen. Tke) officials apparently take tats view beeaaae tka police guard a boat tba srtsoa waa doubled saalgkt. Wall a fortnight ago eswvda of irish people hang aboat the prmoa dl day, tke nam her have gradually Iwladled aad tonight aa more taaa dooea peieene eoagrogatod eeaV tde of resmrtora, .' Maaaoa will be aaid la maay Irlsk marekaf tome crow If Mayo Mae Swlaey la alivs. Tba . tar there have keen a an boss fo Mm la tba Bagllsh CataolM charcaoo. v. - v DECLARES FOR ERA Harding Promises End To Gov- ernmental 'Meddling; . Plan ; ning New Campaign ! . Marion, Ohio, Sept. 11 An end of what he termed "Governmental dllng aad. beagling la tha world and a retain to aa era of "aober business'' - waa promised by Senator Harding today ia addreaae to aeveral delegation of business ansa from In diana, Illinia aad Michigan. Charging th Demoeratw administra tion with prodigal wast in tko conduct of it fiscal affair aad dictatorial ;a trusloa in It relations with private en terprise, the Bepubliean nominee v -elared it wa his purpose to wipe eat many wartime government restrictions and to re-establish eo-ope ration betweea government and builnesa. , ' Ia re-ergaaixatioa of the goverameat'a own) finaacial system, he aaid, ho woald seek the advice of the aatioa'a ablest administrators. I s wtvea HI Romodlea - Bevisioa of taxatioa aad of the tariff; curtailment of prolteerlag, ostabliak meat of a federal budget system, reor ganisation of tke postal aervieo and pr motioa of a merchant marine were among the remedies h named apoeifio ally. H declared a "cosaplrec- of pe- feet aecerd'' betweea the admlniatra:!i.i aad tha Demoerati nominee waa aeek in,g to perpetaate the war power ex ercised by ,tb xecutiv ever. private busiaea. ','-."'"".,.." The Senator 'alaa tonehed oa tko league Issue, declaring a discrepancy be tweea the English and Trench testa ef the -eoTssaat wanld hav e4 to pueatou which la the practical work- 1 . . A .L - 1 i.a a, . A lag of the league would have moaat atir abandonment of iko Monro Dee trina. - ,"; -- -.w. . , , . Baalaaaa Mea Preoeat ' . Th visiting crowds of bnaineoa moa who came from Chicago, Detroit, South Bead, Port Wayne, Hammond aad a aumber of other cities, cheered the a am ines repeaedly a he hit at tka baaiaoaa conduct of tho Wilson admlaiatratioa and pronounced his own program of .reform. Several hundred made the pil grimage by apoeial train and automo bile, and th total number who heard the Senator' two (peaches marked th high peak of front porch erowda daring any single day. ; . Talk ef Cae-paga Trip. Tentative plan for speaking trips by the candidates to both eoaata -have reached tha stag, it became known her today, where aa itinerary of eitiee ia an der discussion. As these plana now shape ap they woald carry tba Senator into many State and woald keep him away from Marioa moat of the time from late September to election day. Headquarters officials aaid a decision probably would not be reached for sev ral days, but it waa iadleatod that both the aomiaee aad hi manager were in clining toward the coast to coast pro posal. The Senator himself has taken the position that ahould he go let tke West, at all ha mnet visit every Western State ia which there ia a senators! oao test, aad it understood tht hia wish lav that regard is to prevail. .'. , List of Cities Given. The tentative list of eitiee te be vis ited i understood to include New Tork, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Indian, apolis, Louisville,, Milwaukee or Madi son, Omaha, St. Louis, Sioaz Palls ar Pierre, Biamarek or Fargo, Butte, Beiae City,. Salt Lake City, Deaver, Bean, Tucson, Oklahoma City, Los Aageloa, San Praaeiseo, Portland, Seatttle aad 8pokaae. The Western swing woald corns first, beginning probably aboat September 17, and the visit to Eastern sitie would follow la late October. 1. .k : I The senator mad tw speeches today to the business men. Th first hs de livered duriag tha morning te tjse delegation from Ckieago and tho soeoad late in the day to those from Michigan and Indiana. . The speech af presea tatioa from the Chicago viaitora was made by William Neleoa Psion ae, aad Judge V. W. Vsnfieet, ef South Bond, end Cbaa. B. Warres, of Detroit, eased aa spokesmaa for the Indiana aad Michigan delegations, respectively. The Michigan arowd, which reached Marion an hour late, enaeuneed their arrival by firing a presidential salate of U bombs from a trench mortar sot up at th railway station a mile away from tbe Senator' home. ; After tbe speech they. let off soother series of bomb sad a displsy of red fro ia a farewell celebratioa ea th Hardiag lawn, while a mixed sextette aereaaded the aomlne. A saxophone quartette from South Bend also helped jaxs up the program and a part of tbe ceremonies wa pre sents tioa ef a cornet mad la ' South Pond to the candidate, v ' . - BUcklng to Taaa. 'On ha to blow hit own horn In the world," said the senator in a speech at thanks, "but l4ont like tho man who blowa bia bora too blatantly. When I was a member of th band, w always had to atiek to the tuao. Ia the campaign, I want to stick to the tune, and I want that tuna to bo he one that wa so beautifully rendered jest sow America fiat''.. OF SOBER BUSINESS GOV. COX 111 FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT Democratic Nominee Goes On Record As Being a -Dry Opponent . . RESULTS FROM CHARGES THAT HE IS A "WET "Is a FrofressiTw in Govern ment, I Know ' When - An Erent Has Passed By and Become a Fart of Yester day." ernor Bays Ohio Got- Seattle, Wa, Sept. 1L Ooveraor Cox, of Ohio, Domocrati preaddential candi date, tonight made his first public deela ratien U: regard te prokibiton. ' The govoraor, after aa Introduction ia which his sponsor, Ooorge C Cotterill had deaoaaeed. aeaortioas that th aa didate waa a "wet," made the following declaration to a large nndieneei . "As a progressive in government, 1 know when an event kaa passed by aad become a part of avooterday. Tho reac tionary rarely does. Tha- friend of world poena aad the f rieada af progress win win this election, aad attempts to divide them on any u action not aa fame, will be unavailing.' . The brief statement In tonight's apoach af tke governor, who ha been charged frequently with being a "wot" candidate, was determined apoa duriag eoafereaeee with Mr. Cotterill aad others oa his train today after a day af bombardment opoa klaa in newe- Kipera, telegrams and setters demand g a atateaaeat from aim on tha sub ject, ' . Nowopapor Attacaa. The way was paved fo Govern o Coxa decUratioa by Mr. Cotterill who referred to an attack aaade oa Govoraor Can today by the Seattle Post-la telli geneer, a Bopublieaa aewspapeiv which braaded Govoraor Cos aa a "wat aad demaaded that the governor declare himself and net 'dodge" the question. Tka paper printed an alleged letter of George 1. Carroll, preeideat of the New Jersey Liqaor Dealers' . Association, dated Jnly tz. stating that Governor Cox waa pronounced "wet aad : his Bombutie "a bur victory for our in terest. The Carroll letter also sailed for aid and faads from the liquor dealers in behalf af Governor Cox., ' larllars Wet t a card. r.J Mr Cotterill, waa ia Democratic candi date for Bona tor, praised tka record of Ooveraor Con aa prohibition aad other moral Isaacs ih Okie, declaring that he procured in advance of national pro hibition tha saloon Sunday closing law. Besides shargiag that Senator Harding owned brewery stock, Mr. Cotterill said tha Republican candidate had voted thirty timea on th wot vote, oa matters pertaiaing to prohibitions as against saty two dry votes, aad taeoe sfter Obis has! adopted prohibitioa aad ro- eleetsd Govoraor Cox to oaforee it. Mr. CottariU said that the Seattle newspaper had la tka past "thrown its lafiueuee In behalf of tha liquor la toreata, aad now mad ttn attack apoa tho Ooveraor to farther partisaa ends. Ho added that in view af Cox' record, ho would aapport him witk assurance tkat he would "oaforee tko law la the Catted 'Btate aa he enforced it in Ohio." Asks For Statement. Besides tbe Seattle newspaper's at tack, the Herald, of Bellingham, where tho Ooveraor mad hia first speech to day, sent a telegram, asking a state meat from tho candidate aa prohibition, aad whether he favored Article Tea af the League af Natioae Covenant aa pre. seated by President Wilson, whether he approved the '"blanket endorsement" of President Wilson's admlaiatratioa la tho San Praacieeo platform aad other cmestieaa. No reply waa aaade by Mr. Cox.. - - Another demand for a statement en prohibition and Article Tea, cams from a womaa prohibition leader of Taeoma. The govoraor had bees coatemplating a statement for some time, sad ea his train today after ooaferoaeea witk Mr. (Cawttoeod on Page Twerve.) DAVIDSON REPUBLICANS IN SCRAP OYER ROAD OFFICE Women Take Ho Part In County CoBTention and Old Guard - : Pessimistio : Lexingtea, Sept. llv Davidson oenn ty Bepnblieaas in ooawsntion today lacked oa veto ef Boaainating Beoeher Looaard to the road beard he helped to create whoa he eeeared passage ef tbe new fames $300,000 road bllL This aomiaatloa came at the Close of a long drawn -oat oonvention and pre cipitated a lively scrap. C M. Wall, ef Lexiagtoa, wUniag 61 to SO. Prod C Sink was) nominated for sheriff without opposition, B. H. Biosccker, of Lexingtoa, beat T. B. MeCrary, former eouaty chairman also af this city, for auditor, aad Boa F. Lea, a farmer of Eastern Da videos, won aat over Doa Walser, Lexingtoa lawyer, for the leg islature, F. E. Sigmaa, was reaominat ed for register af deeds, Frank Hulia for coroner, J. 8. Link, sarveyor, P., J. Looaard. N. a Jobaooa. D. E. Hay worth, for oommiasioaera. F. H Sig maa waa re-elected eoaary chairman. No women eat ia th , caavsntien, oaly oa being preoeat in th gallery daring part of tha time. Several peakor declared that aaleos the Bo publieaa women, meat at whom are ia tho ess a try district, eoaae oat and vote the party woald lose thia year. One speaker said aoao waa nomiaated for county effieoa, beeaaae there was as Bopublieaa womea ia tba county want ing aa office. The Democrats st their eoarentifiet aomiaatod Mrs. Charles Toang, of this city, for register of osds. . AS TO PROHIBITION SENATE COMMITTEE WINDS UP INQUIRY INTO COX CHARGES PRETTY MOVIE STAR . VICTIM OF POISON Olive Thomas, whose death occurred at the American' Hospital at Neuilly, France, following an illness of over a weak a th result of taking a poison sotutloa by mistake. Miss Thomas for a nunfber of years waa a star of ths Americas atage and added to her laurels whea aba posed for the "Silver Sheet.'' Her husband is Jack Plckford, also a movie star. , , ,.",',., , HE STATES Congressman Brinson Gives . Facts About Morehead City Postoffice New Bern, Sept. 11. Congrsssman 8. M. Brinson, here Saturday for the' pur pose of addressing farmers wbo war to toks action an tba tobacco situation in Eastern Carolina, asked concerning re cent telegraphic stones from washing ton regarding th postmastsrship at Moreheatj City, la connection with which ho haa been prominently mentioned, aade the following statement i "Mr. ' Wads was .appointed by. tha President ' after . Congreas adjourned without the Senate's confirmation of bis previous aomination. ; I may state' ia passing that it developed ia th lami nation before . th Senate - postoffie committee which was considering Mr. Willis' opposition to Mr. Wade's ap pointment, that all three of the ex amine! who graded tho paper and put Mr. Wada first on tba list were Bepabll cans. Tbe testimony of these thro Bepubliean examiners a to Wade'i right to tbe appointment San be seea la the printed record of the hearing. "Notwithstanding this testimony of shoos throe Bepublieapa who graded tbe papers, pad the -testimony of tha member of their Commission, one of whom wa a Jtepubiieaa that th re grading wa regular aad legal tho com mittee would aot recommend eonfirma- tioa of Wade nomination. but sug' gas ted ' another examination. - After Congress adjourned the President gave Wade a recces sppointment Wade's friends, including myself, agreed to th plan of a aew examination, aad it was held. My claim that Wad had th beat educations! equipment waa coa firmed by this examination held by another , set of . examiners. Wad led ths list by good margin. How over, two new men ' entered the contest, one of whom wss Mr. Morris, sn ex-soldlsr who claimed a preference became of military record. I supposs no opposition would have beea made to Mr. Morris' appointment it bia grade oa examination had bean as high as Mr. Wade's. But Wade's friend did not think should be turn ed out of office be li still filling sfiV ently and satisfactorily aad ths . pises given to one who made n lower grsds. "I received letter stating that Mr. Morris had sought, to avoid military service, asking exemption en the ground (il aupport of wits, and. that tba ship? 1 :i j:.. L.J .-L.J it. rmptioa beeaune they needed him. 1 merely asked tbe deportment to investi grto these mstters ss it waa my duty to do when asked ao to by tha patrona of tko office. The correspondent is also mlstskoa wkea hs say a that Mr. Morria haa beea recommended for appointment and that 1 am opposing him. I suppose the ap pointment will be made after the. in vestigation haa been mads and I ahall aot oppose 'the one who will be recom mended. ' . 'Mr. Morris, 4 hav no doubt ia a worthy young man and waa no doubt inspired by a proper motive In asking exemption because of hia wife' need ot him. His obligation . to his family should come first. It U n matter wholly for th deportment to sav whether his effort to stay out' ot tha army will nullify -his claim ef preference be cause of military service, ,1 understand after hia induction into tha aervice. Mr. Morria made aa exemplary soldier." CHAXGBS VETERINARIAN WITH . MURDER OF SCHOOL TEACHES Frankfort. Ky Sept. II. ff.'o. Win- aer, field veterinarian la the emnloy of tho etate, left her today with a A -imty abeilff for Tlarlan, Ky., near which point tho body of Mil Emma Parsons, Pine Settlement. school teacher, waa found Thursday alght, Word from Har la a aaid a warrant had 1 beea issued (her charging Winner with murder. ! "" i if : t . . . i ' I ' (:;. Investigation Into 'Republics ' Chicago Drive Takes Up' Most or Final Session . - of Committee WILL MEET AGAIN IN ' ; EITHER NEW YORK OR v WASHINGTON SEPT. 22 llnoh . Kridenee Bearlns: On Charges That Democrats - Solicited Campaign Oontribu ' tions Prom Girl Officeholders In Sonth Dakota Also Taken; Professional Money Baiser Tells of Plan Pop Becnrina: $500,000 In CUoago; TestL uony That Chicago Quota Was $700,000 JUso Given ' i Chlejigo, Sept. 11-Tho Senat oom mltto investigating campaign expendi tures today woand tip a two weeks' in. qulry into ehnrges by Governor Cos that . the Bepubliean party la seeking to rata a S 13,000,000 fund. The sessions hers also developed testimony bearing upon charges that the 'Democratic party ao. lieited eampalga eontribntlona from fed era! office-holders aad accented . limited amounts frsm other contributor-!. xno eommttte wll meet again en September 82 in either Washington or New York, Chairman Konyon being em- gowered to ehooss the eity. Senator enyon mid that if Washington waa se lected, the witness as who were to have ' been hoard nt Pittsburg would be called to the capital. Tho eommittoe had planned a meeting in Pittsburg to in vestigate reports that Pennsylvania! liquor lntereeto war helping finance th 1 uemoeratio campaign. , , ,. " Two Bepublieaaa Absent '. j . Today's hearing was conducted br . Chairman Konyon, Bepubliean, and Benators Bead and Ppmsrsae, Dome-' crate; Beaatore Spencer and Edge, Bo-' publicans, were absent, thai atter hav ing left Chicago last sight after issuing a statement deriding the Coa charges. - Bepubliean plan for n aeven-day drive for fund in Chicago and testimony thst ths Demaerate had mnmi vi.l m. - ' I ployes f tha internal revsnue office at ADeroeen, n. lu sack to help finance tho Democratic oampatgn, war tha top : k f today a Inquiry. , , ft , , , . .1 Money Digger Testifies : Frederick Coarteasy Barber, of New Tork, a professional money raiser, In charge ot th Chicago Bepubliean drive, , told tka committee he had prepared a ' card Index- af .about 3,000 prospective contributors, including a preferred list of somt 700 -to 800, each of whom we believed able to give tlflOO. Upwards of 8,000 workers srs engaged la the? one week's drivs, he said, with 50000 s th goal. . V t ; ' Testimony by Caleb Enix, loea.1 newspaper man, that the Bepubliean a a tional committee had sent out publicity matter giving ths Chicago quota as 700, mn ... r n . - il.. 1. . V - .t vw, J.u ar, owufr vo mmj Mai B. nn'4 heard others make ths asm atatement, '' but he "let them rav."" :;- HI goal, he emphaaised, was $500100. "Did yon over discus th amount with Fred W. Upbeat, treasurer of tho -Bepublleaa national commltteef" aaked Senator Bead. . ' - "Yes, sir, that is, thsre wss aot an! awful lot of discussion about it, Mr. Upbam would say something and I would listen nnd not contradict him, all the time with my owa plan in mind.' Mr. Upbam in eome talk with m men tioned 1700,000, but I eonld.net be sure j whether he mentioned it for all of Illi nois or only for Cook county.'' ' Beporter Oa Stead ' ',' ' Miss Eunice .Coyne, n newspaper re' porter la Aberdeen, 8. D, and Miaa Jessie Burehnrd of Mlaneapolis, a clerk1 in tha Aberdeen internal revenue col; lector' effieo, told of th Democratic ef fort to raise money from girl clerks. 1:.. lnV..S ..M .h. W.4.lll(it1 A, anted (K0 from her salary eftl$ I, month after receiving a letter front a Demoeratlo enmpalga fuad ralrtr t-, questing her te call at hia hotel and "arrange this matter About a donenv of tho girl olerk went to the hotel, the testified, and anbtsrfbed 10 each, at that time, v . Copy at Letter Given. ' i A copy of the letter . said to have beea received by ths girl was presented by Miss Coyne., ,- The letter aaidi t t "The Demoerati national OomnVttteo Is raising in this Stats a fund for earn, palgn expenses- nod those who are par-y taking in the benefit of offlos are asked to assist. Ton ars cordially requested to arrange thia matter by calling at tho Sherman Hotel, Boom tlS, during tbe next thro day. Mia Coyne said some of th letters were delayed because they bore insuffi cient postage, aad tka ths girl had to pay one eent on them when they wer delivered. ..' ."Thdy had even to pay poetag in getting duns from. to Democrat, did ' they t'' Senator Kanyoh commented, Mis Coyn asid aba understood tha.. girl who wer asked to contribute wore all dependant a pen their 1120 a month salaries, that most ot them wars living away from homo aad, because rent and living costs wore lugs in Aoeroosn, one "did not believe, they eould afford it." . "Black Jscklng" Girl. a m .rt.n . mtnrw written hr Ml. a ; Coyns referred to the money raising; v smong ths girls ss "black jacking" anli Be aat or Seed requested aa explanation'1 of the term. Mis Coyne aaid it waa a -newspaper word tyaonymoua with black-, mail.: ' '"' " " v .' 'Ton would hav used a stronger word IS win tlMmo-hi nt tt" n-nator Konyon oommeated. If there h any! word too strong to bo need for tht. episode, I do not think the zngiua language eontaia It." - -1 - ; Contnoaior iiiaagTeee. Mlss Jessie Burehtrd did aoUsgree) i (Coatlnned on Page Twelve.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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