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. . ...W.. .... ' , ' . I 1 .; -r r - , . -' t Kir and ' '. i , ' v- I :. I . ' v A . I i V - v t i TNir. N abut ta th, " : '. i , -.'I i ' I f - I ; 1 Yi f V " -, -I'M 'Jb Mi.. evfr, t TO? PAGES TODAY. .WeIGH. N. C MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1 920 ? TEN PAGES TODAY, 1 V PRICE:, FIVE CUTTZ VOI- CXI I. 0.75. 0L0 GUALO LIES SKIUOUS FIGIII rTO CAPTURE MAIIIE Democrats Will Be Satisfied If , m Majority Under 25,000 In n-1 . Today's Election . REPUBLICANS FLOODED : STATE WITH SPEAKERS '- Only ' One-Fourth of ' Women . .Registered and MoitvOf Theie Believed To Be Repub lican Sympathizer! ; Prohlbi. tion Congress In Washington i This Week of World Scope . Ths News aad Observer Bureau, .' 6J3 District National Bank Building. - (By 8peeiul Lesscd Wire.) Washington, 8ept, 12.KPolitieal event that will occur this week, it ia believed. 'v will shed new light an the course "of the campaign. ' The unusual lack of gen : ?. ami interest in tha election withia seven week of voting day and the: port that V ' i-.. .1 --- .till a ah hm - ' - nerclexity to both parties aad more t Z, ctecially tevthe Bcpublicana who fear , they mn be living In a fool'a paradise aa they lived ia 1911 - ! ; ;v . The election in Mnine tomorrow niy -or war not forecast that result of tha , elect ion pa November 2. There ire two or three reaaoaa why ia Maine goei the V nn nipv tvnM ' mflV nnt o . thia Mi V. s Only almut one-fourth of the women .( publics n have tha nott Complete. ar . . vhad. Thvy have pet money withpnt limit and have put na tha hardest fight ' ' in the history of tha 8tate. They have mannnxtl to register the close of women f" - they believe will vote with thenl. . " ' ' Oa the other- hand tha Demoerata have 'not even the ihidow of aa ef 'feetive organizctioa outside of the la dustrini city of Lewlstoa and one or r t' two other . plaeea. ' They hare ipent no money ia the Etate for the good reason that t.hry have aoaa to spend, la the tnwna where women would have ' voted with the' Demoerata they are aot revisteredv v, t- '' . j - V ' ,',' T. a ., , Him Kmahllesa Soeakers. " 'Tha Republicans hive flooded . the -, State with many of the best speakers they have, while the Democrat have K aont int tha State only three or font iwnkers ef National- repntatloa; The Demoerata have aot audi the fight for . the State that -they are making elao - where, ' They have friediowly U keep the Bpuhliran majority under S5.00Q dt r . Jioldiiig tight to the alcroeeta tlit.ui. t. normally Demoeratie. v ' -.. If - the BepuMieaa malority f ttndei ' Mhe elreurostancea does aot exceed IV O0 Demoerata will eeunt the Mala elee tinn a a moral Victory tor the Lesiroe t of Ketaina fortha has bees the ehiaf Issue in aa election where 8tate officers 11 and niembera ef Congress art te be Demoerata are watehing tor itgaa or reaction on tha parr of all detent and lionest Ropnblteane ta the elinehlng-ef the proof of the charges by Goxernor Co of the.Bcpnblieini big corruption ( : fund. uemoeraTS' sve saymf ion i there is not a revulsion or tne eounrry agaiust such a corrupt state of affsira as has beea sliowa to exist in one of the two big parties it will demonstrate that there is something wrong ia the moral character of the people." The general 1 attitude of the Republican pT" ar to these revelations is aot calculated ta inspire one with pride in- the present ' state of hia cooatry'i f politieal , K science, ; -i- "K. H- v. ' To Held ProhhlUea Caagrsa. -The greatest event thia month 1 ' , 'Washington will be the meeting of the International Congress against alcohol Ism on September il-2. Thia sssem blage Wilt bring llere noted aelentista from all over the wold wjio hsva ba ' come prohibitionists and tha meeting ia ' expected te influence the course of tha t battle that ia now going on in thia ' eonntry to uphold prohibition as it ia vrittea.ln the constitution aad statute . law. ' V ":n . .' i One pt the mot promlnpnt membera of this congress to Dr. & W. Salesby, ' British scientist aad engeBlst Dr. ' Salesby has already arrived ,ia Ameriea ' ' and he says aa a result ot prohibition ' . ' here, Fngland will be dry within tan years. Tha moment the United State ' v uit ahlpping grain to Englsnd the v HritUh people trill be compelled ta f ' ' 'Our people are told that prohibition j has mlaed the hotel business in the I'nited States," aaid Dr. Salesby. -'.-' mrm told that everybody baa M" " t ta ken ta cocaine, that one result ef pro hibition has been me rapia sprcaa, w X tha use of drugs by your people. We are told that tha Italisas aad others who da the bard work ia your mlnea un4 fsetorlea are Waving tha eoontry U t great masses and nobody to left to do the heavy work. Ths facta seem ta be 1 anite-the contrary. v ; . "Some first class seoandrtli are bread ing bad blood between the 'two eouav- i tries and Include American prohibition in their attache. One baa aecB this ' ramnaiaa frow to tall flower since the "Xice. rd Artor told me that the brewera in England were spending 115, 000.000 aaaoally on advertising. 1 ' "The truth about prohibition 'In, the ' TJaited Statea to not admitted In the " pres with eome honorable exceptiona. DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE t , OPPOSITION IN ALABAMA Montgomery, Sept. li-A full 1 ticket of praaiaeni vmwn -1 .Hio. t. tb. no-is- of th. Darno ,Ntii (tarty, baa beta eertiflsd to the ;ie,.t.?7f iWt. by both Republic. and SoeUllpt parties, which else have nominate eandidatea for the long and i short term aanstorisl saaU to which ' Pcnator iOsear W. Und.rwood ind Con greMmitt J. Thomas Berlin have been ' . 5ominatfa.br the Pemocrats of the "th two parties also have certified ' randifl.ntes for ConprrM in elit ef the tea Congr-ioni i -'ru-ta cf the r -' AllESMANlS 3. C. Thornton, of Fresno, California, be has no- arms, He ia shown here seated flight- Thornton , operates ' tha r maehiae grips the driving "sticks." ' Thornton ia a train wreck, several years ago. . Col. Don Scott Hears'. From Negro" Cook, Who Reads N:, News and Observer V ! t : By NATHAN PALMER, V1 ' Camp" Glenn, Sept. 12, Officers at the infantry and cavalry organixatioa bare whose stay in tha present -eamp baa been neraly half af tha allotted fifteen day training period forgot routine, tactics, eloaa order and discipline Satur day night and made themselves fit for another. week's strenuous work by en joying n dance at the Bedswortk) Hotel aa "Ihe Beach," v-.V - V , . ' With three negra musieiana, a eon siderabla contingent of tha younger set af Morehead aad Beaufort, end a floor excellent for thia part of tha eoontry, the affair was one of the happiest ia the social life of the eamp to date. Tha dancing pavilion to -directly oa the water and after each aet numerous win dows afford access to n.hreeae that to known only te eueh a location aa bare where tho direct force of oil. eeeaa's sweep i felt. . . r' Among, those present were Colonels Scott and Scales, Lieutenants Simpson, Kline, Owens, Tandy and Smith, Misses Marv ' IJnvd Bardr. Alice nnd Nell WUlis, Grafton Haxel and Kathleeni Davis, lira. J. A. Barefoot, airsxundex ten and Captain Barefoot.' . - Compliments have been handed t Lieutenant Harold F. T. Pfoke, United Statea navy, commanding) officer of the coast guard aviation station here, for the excellent aad efficient work ha had doas shortly before tha eamp opened in making the place ready for occu pancy as ta waterworks, sewerage, elec tee lizhts and mess facilities an nn appropriation of $3,700 when the aatM mile CB Ilea lor UfVW. aeeommenua- tiuna were made by Col H. B. Eamea that tha work be donaT Since Lieuten ant Pfoke was on the ground and knaw the conditions ha was asked to make the estimate. . .'-'""- - - ' , - A letter was received Friday by Col. Doa Scott from David Sampson, hia negro eookvia 1910, , asklag that he be allowed to eome down, see the colonel enee more "In tha life" and gat some "Good old fish." -j- ; Sampson was well known ta tha offi cers ef the. eamp in Ml 9 aad before. Be to also a great admirer af Irvin Cobb for Whom he cooked when the latter made k hia hunting tripa in the South. ; He ' never tirea ef relating stories of the Kentucky writers. Samp son who lives at Bivsrdale, writes that he saw tha colonel's name in the News and Observer and since he had aot aeea nor heard from him since 1919 when the regiment left for the border nnd he waa left behind, ha to taking the lib erty ef coming dawn any way.- Work in .the range will . eommenee early thia morning with Durham Ma chine Gan company, tha first up. Much, but. not all,' of the aecumulaUona af grass and debris that accumulated since 1819 has been removed and the eon ass is in aa good shape aa nacassary for the short stay which the troops have been here. Soma pistol ' firing will be done hut the work mainly devoted ta teach ing the elemeatala from the small arms firing manual. . " ' - The latest play on an army institu tloa was told at mess several daya age. la franca army postoffleoa were known se HV P. O. so aad so. One man de clared that they should have been A. P. 0. D. T. ""Ain't putting eat daasn thing," f or ila efficiency was far from that of ' the diapatch aad acumen of the New York - Citj poatofflce aa de scribed by the New York postmaster ia a recent number af a popular magasiae. BOLSHEVIK CLAIMING v - MILITARY SUCCESSES London, Sept. Xf. An affietol Russian report received in Berlin claims the oc cupation of newly fortified positions ea the Bug. river aad the almost-total destruction ef the forces of General WrangeU the anti-Bolshevik leader, aays g wireless dispatch from Berlin.' The dispatch adds that the Polos have retreated near Brest-Litevsk before a aew Busslaa offensive. - FORMER EMPEROR WILLIAM 1 TO FENCE HIMSELF Ort Doora, Hollaed, Septl IS. -Former Emperor William has decided ta fence himself off Completely from lis neigh bors. At a few plsces about hia house, where persona walking oa the grounds eonld be aeea from the road, the for mer emperor has ordered the erect ios of high fences.- The workj to now being carried out. , SOCIAL ACTIVITIES r : FEATURE WEEK-END EXPERT ABATOR ;.iistV'.i.'o- an operate frying machine, although in hia 'plans and about to start on a be means ef hooks, with , which he had the. miafortaaa) ef losing' both arms .- , ... LYNCH ID HELD E Taken From Mississippi Jail r-rand Shot To Death-by. . ,v' - Small Party ot Men Meridinn, ICaa., Sept. 12. Will Echols, a negro, wha waa 'convicted at a recant term of tha circuit court bora had aenteneed to die on tha gallows September 10, for the murder ef Henry W, Davis, an aged night watchman nt a kleai lumber plant, but whoaa execution waa stayed at tho last moment by an appeal to the supreme court, waa taken from the Jail at Quitman at t o'clock thia morning by a small party ef man, carried two milea from Quitman aad shot to death in tha publie road, hia body being riddled with ballets. . Made Prwvtwaa Threats, ' Following; the haaaina: of Henry Lloyd Friday for the murder of Jsmse A. TyrelL a merchant, wha waa killed -oa tha same night Davis met death, and the stay of exeewboa of Lloyd a com panion, chola, because of the eoafee siea ef Lloyd that ha aloao had killed Davavatnsob gatbeied at "the county iail hero wheee JBchola waa briag held ant, throats af lynching made bat no overt act committed. . ; Nearo Spirited Away. Lata la tha night after Ue mob bad dispersed, Eehola waa spirited away to the Quitmaa jail for safe-keeping. However, hia whereabouts leaked out and early today one riff Martin waa noti fied by Sheriff Evans, of Clarke county, that at t o'clock thia morning ho wns called to tha Jail nt Quitman from hie heme. Oa- arriving at tha Jail ha waa overpowered by a number of men, who took the Jail keya from hm poeketa, nn locked tho Jail, seised Echols, placed him in a waiting automobile' aad dashed away.. Hia body waa found later rid dled with tuBeta. ' x r , i -: stS TWO SISTERS KILLED BY-MAN IN UNIFORM llike MarakoTitcb Apparently - Craxed, Captured by Posse; - Badly Wounded ' New Brnnswiek, N. J, Sept. IS. Two sisters, tha Jniseea oadie aad Budia Salter, were shot to death ia aa auto mobile near here early today by a erased man in a United State army UBform. r . 4 Soon afterward a military posse cap tured Mike Marakovitch, tfi year old, after ho had boon ahot and badly wounded by one of its members. Mara kovitch, who wore aa army uniform, waa recently employed ia the Raritan arsenal. - He to ta a serious eosdmon in n hospital here. A aiagle bullet killed both sisters, tha police say. , - Th sisters were being driven home ia nn nutomobilo by Frank. Wbitlnek, who said they wre accosted by a man wha carried, a rifle aad swemed undei th influence of liquor. Whitloek eald ha tried to persuade tha man to go away, bat that he refused, fired a ahot at tha ear aad ran. -Whitloek rushed the sisters ta a hoe- f ital, where they died. Hospital physi cians said tne ballet passed tnroogn both the gtrto bodies, striking 8adi, who was in the froat seat, aad severing her spinal cord, aad then piercing the breast of ' sr eieter, who waa la the rear af tha ear.'.- v v "CURED OF BOLSHEVISM ; SENTIMENT tOF GERMANS . Bwincsnnnda, Prussia, Sept ll-(By tha Associated Press.) "Cured af Bol shevtom" waa tha unanimous sentiment ef seventy German workmen constitut ing part af a company which migrated to Soviet Bussia two months ago aad who have arrived her aboard' the steamer Begiaa. The ' mea . returned from. Kolomna near - Moscow, where tbey were r'asaigacd to factory Jobs. Tier were expected to eubjeet them selves to a rigorou oommuniatia mode of living, including a diet of broad, which .they declared looked like peat, nnd contained chaff and annulled graia. , Other Germans in tho original party were obligvd to remain behind as they were too ill to travel. '. I - - Legsliao Diverevo tn Pern, Lima, pt. 13. The . chamber of depuUee yesterday approved a law which would legalize divorcee la Peru. The measure new gfea ta the Senste. The ' u"-' iiithorities are bitterly opposing . tin. .-. MURDER CHARG f,lSI!EY MUCH WORSE: SUFFERING VERY GREAT PAIN Lord Mayor in State of Ex treme Exhaustion But Is i Still Conscious SEVEN OTHER STRIKERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Are Among; Eleven f Hanger Strikers in. Cork Jail, One of - Whom ClaimavAmerican Oiti - senship; Father of Striker Consents ' To Allow I'tdioal Treatment . t" London, Sept. U-A. bulletin issued early thia evening by the One Ue League aanonneed that Lord Mayor MaeSwlney of Cork, wha to ven a hunger strike In B rex ton jail, was mack wbrse and In very great pain. j - Tha bulletin Issued at noon aaid Mr. UaeSwiney had passed a slightly better night, 'daring which he had a little sleep. He waa described aa atill being in a state af extreme exhaustion, but aonsWons. .At o'clock thia afternoon it was announced that th patient had taken a turn for tha worse. ,. 8 EVEN OTHER STRIKERS .A IN SERIOUS CONDITION. Cork, Sept. 12w-(By Tha Associated PrenaJ Seven of tha eleven hanger striker ia Cork jail appeared today ta be ia a critical condition. They are Sean Hennessey, the l-year-old youth; Joseph Murphy, whose status aa aa. American to being investigated! Thomas Donovan, Michael Burke, Upton, Power and Kenny. iv.-- Hennessey atill waa aneoneeion to dsjr and the there were ao weak that they ware hardly able to articulate. Murphy has a troublesome cough, for which he refuses treatment either by tha doetora or nana. ,;" .'. , Physlcuua Near Breakdown. Tha correspondent of Tha Associated Press again waa permitted thia morning to enter the Jail and talk with the government's phyaielaaa. He found the phyaieiaaa themselves . were Buffering from the effect af tha a ever (train they are under. -Also, ha learned that four anna, who ln pairs are en duty day aad ala-ht, and the prison chaplain are aa tne point af a break-down due to their nneeaaing vigils at tha bedside ef tha hanger-strikers. Dr. Pearson, If waa taaraed, had had no sleep for forty eight hours.'"'- ' V';v 'Father Altera Deetotesv Th phyaieiaaa today confirmed that John Hennessey, father ef Young Hen neasey, had altered hia decision to per. mii the -nan to endeavor to keep his soa alive. Hia ehaag of mind came shortly after he had granted permission ta allow the nuna to us th mean sug gested by the physicians. It appear young Hennessey regained eonaeieua- aeea for a short interval directly after the father had reluctantly consented to the plea of Harold Barry, former high sheriff of .Cork, nnd that the father waa fearful ef being put ta the attitude technically of disregarding hi boy's last eoaaeiou injunction, - Mr. Hennes sey , hnd placed tha greatest hope ia 'the effort Mr. Barry waa making to ebtain hia eon a releaae, aadY laat even ing when a reprieve waa not forthcom ing ho became hysterical. Th prison doctor nra treating him, '. - ' :- f WARNING DP REPRISALS AGAINST REPUBLICANS. Cork, Bept. IS. Michael Heaaeesey, brother of Sean Hennessey, the hunger striker, today showed Tb Associated Preea eorrespeadent a slip 'of paper, apparently made by a mnltigraph ma chine, which he aaid he had taken from a lamp poet an a street loading to the Jail early thia morning. v Tha paper reads: - - - ' "Da some districts Loyalists and mem bera of His Majesty' fores hsvs read aot ice threwter ng the destraetioa ef their house . tar certain eventualities. Under these circumstances It ha been decided that for every Loyalist house so destroyed th hoaae af a Republieaa will be similarly dealt with. It la Bat- araUr to bo hoped that th necessity for such, repriaale will not arise, and, therefor, thia waralng of punishment, which will follow any destruction of Loyalists' house, to being widely ir ulatod." - -. . - v- : - According to youag Hennessey simi lar warning wr posted during th early morning In various fart af, Oori on lamp posts, sign board and dead trail. :., ,: ( v r?..--.--; ELOPES WITH WIFE AND CHILDREN, IT IS CHARGED Wilmington. Sept, 11. Charles Wee- ley Harvell aad Mr. Ague Gsiney, at Lclnad, Brunswick sounty, nave beea ar rested ia Baltimore oa warrants sworn out ia this city, charging thm with unboeomina- conduct aad Harvell with bdaetion ef tha wife af Will Gataey, a prosperous I planter ef Brunswick county. Th sou pi are alleged ta have left their homea at Leland last Wednes day aad to have carried with them the four ehUdrcn of Will Gaiaey. The two defeadant are being held ia Jail awaltiag tha arrival of a Brunswick county officer and tha children am be ing eared for by autboritiee ia Balti more. ; ' ' '' "s Harvell ha a wife aad aevea ehlldrea who are ia Leland. Harvell and Gaiaey war former partaera in tha mercantile bnaiaess, but ot late Harvell ha beea a rural mail carrier. He aad Mr. Gaiaey will be brought here tomorrow, it to stated. ' Leonard to Boa Brlttoa. ' Cleveland, Sept. 12. Benny Leonard, welterweight champion aad Jack Brit toB, welterweight champion, have beea matched to box tea reuade here early next month, it ha been- announced here. Kick baa been guaranteed 30,000 aoeorduig to th promoter. If MAINE TO FURBISH TEST OF STRENGTH II POLITICAL RING Biennial Election In That State Today to Attract Unusual ' . Interest v REPUBLICANS CLAIMING A MAJORITY OF 30,000 Enfranchlslnj of Women, How ever, Injects Dement of Un. certainty Into Battle of BaL a lots. Which is Considered Important inJ Connection With November Section Portland, Me, Sept, 12. Th blknnlal State election in Maine, ta which mneh importance Is attached in the -action in presidential Election years because af tho tradition that "Aa Maine goes, to goes the country," will be held tomor row. A governor nnd state auditor, four member ef Congress, a state legis lature aad , county ffieer will be chosen, : There will be ne election to th TJaited Statea Senate this year. ' Tie Republicans, who hav conducted an aggrcsslv and well-orgaalsed cam paign, predict that they will carry the State by at least 80,000. The Democrat hav quoted no flgurea, but claim vic tory by a small majority." j ; Element of Uncertaiaty ' An element of uncertainty haa been added in the entirely new factor of the women's vote. It to estimated approxi mately 90,000 women have registered and that about oaa will vote for every two men tomorrow. The Republicans claim that they will have a majority ef tho womea's rota, but Franklin D. Baoaovalt, : Democratic candidate for vice-preaideat, after a spanking tour af the state, aaid h waa convinced the women were for the League ef Nations and for that reason would rapport th Demoeratie candidates. y ' DenaeerBtta- Poverty Tho Domocratto State organisation haa aot waged ao aggressive a aampaiga aa tha Republican and in explanation ha pleaded lack af fund, but Ilk th Be publican a, it ha had tha speaking serviae of soma of tha ablest members ot the national orgaulaatioa. Among that have beea Mr. Koosevelt, Secre tary of the Navy Daniels, former Secre tary f -th Treasury MeAdoo, and Homer 8. Camming,- of Connecticut, forasr national aommltta shairraaa. Tha Republican apeakara hav kaelnd-l candidate for Vice-President. Senator Lodge ef Massachusetts aad Senator Frelinghnyaea of New Jersey. .... Many Coagronmaa and political lead er from other Statea alee hav stump ed too Btat fortbota parties. r National Iaa, ..Tho aampaign haa been waged upon aational issues, with chief (mphaaia oa th League of Nation.: The Be publican poaition on the leagu haa been , in support of tha Seaate'a refusal to ratify tha treaty "without reservations design, ed to protect the aafety,' aevereignty and independence ef tha United States. - Tha Demoerata hav declared-, for prompt ratification without reservation "destructive of tha spirit and effective operation ef the treaty. ) v l '. ' Heavy. Tote Expected. . Tho Importaneeof tho toeuee and the prominence of the speakers kav attract ed largo aad serious aadianaea -and all indleatioaa point to a heavy rota. Tho Republican candidate for Gov ernor to Frederio H. Patkhnrst of Ban gor, i Hia Democratic opponent ia Ber trend G. ' Melntire, of Norway, whom Governor Uiiukea dereated u tho elec tion two yea re ago. e IMPORTANT CONTESTS ,T IN VERMONT PRIMARY Fonr fiepnblican Candidates For Governor and Three - . Tor Congress , Montpslier, Vt, Sept. 13 Contests among the four candidates for th Be en b lies a nomination for coventor, and thro for tha nomination ef th earns party for Coagross in th ascend dis trict will be decided at the Vermont primary on Tuesday next Th four mea eeeklng the nomination arer Frank W. Agaa, of Ludlow i bed H. Babbitt. of Rockingham t Curtis B. Emsry, of Newport, and Jsmrs Uartneas, of Spring field. - : -Oonrrsssmsn Porter H. Dale to a can didate for renon-.lnatlon In th Second district. Senator William P. ham to anopposad ' for renomiastion. There are na aontesta for leading places on the Demoeratie ticket. Fred C Martia, ef Beaaiagtoa, will be the nominee tor governor. , Of tha Bepttbiicaa gubernatorial aspirants Agan ha baaed his camptiga on opposition to th prohibition amend ment and th Volstead Act. Babbitt haa advocated what ha terms i "ressoa able modlfieatioa" ef the Volstead Aet: Emery haa emphasied that he to a ""dry'' candidate aad has always favored woman suffrage, aad Hsrtneae haa wade hip eampalga chiefly oa a plea for in dustrial expansion. - POLES EXTEND LINES' - NEAR BREST-LITOVSK Warsaw, Sept. 12. Th Pole hav extended their lines southeast of Brest Utovsk along the Kevel railroad aad hav occupied Wialkoryts, Maloroyps aad Mielnikt after aome fighting. The Belahevikl in attacking the Poles ia this sector . used aln armored ears, ahicb were eaptured, according to to day's official communication. . Eighty drunken Red also were eaptured. , Southeast of Iicmbcrg Fulish cavalry, co-operating with the Ukrainians, ad vanced nnd occupied Bursieya, Buka ezowee aad Nsstatry . i The eommaalcatioa doc aot mention the Lithuanian sector. . ,! -j OVERMAN ADVISED ENOUGH MONEY TO MOVE ClPS NO FAMOUS LEANING : TOWER IN DANGER $ 4 i I -it , : 'I I Th leaning tower of Pisa, the famous liinaniarK , & mh, imii ' "vwwi to have been endangered by tha recent earthquake ahock in that country, aad to aaid to be liable to topple over. The tower to among th remarkable struc tures of the world aad one of the big eenters ef interest to tourists of Italy, Do,ie t rinral Amo-Ad4JU ;, Speaking Dates; At Port- M. iana loaay " " - J in, Portland. Ore- Sept. 12. Governor Con. whose throat haa beea giving him trouble during th put few day af hia aampaign tour of tha WeeVwae ex amined today by a specialist, who de clared thai Governor' throat waa la bad condition and advised him to cancel some of hi peking engagements. This Governor Cox declared emphatically ha would not do. The trouble waa diag nosed na speaker a larynx-ma. The nhysieian. Dr. Charles T. Cham berlain, a eon of Senator Chamberlain, waa eailed in this morning after Gov ernor Coz arrived from Seattle and pre scribed massage treatment aad obtained a massaurer, whe agreed to aeeorapaay tha Democratic nominee on hia trip to morrow and possibly continue further on tha tour. ' r- i '- -. '. A erowa of about a hundred persona, Including many women, wa at tne station when the governor'a train nr rived at 7:40 o'clock thia morning, but Dr. J- 0. Smith, state .Democratic ehairman.v after eoafcrrina with mem bars of tha candidate' party, aaid tha governor desired mor rest nd would meet th reception committee at hi hotel at o'clock. Governor Con had announced he desired a quiet Sunday awd 'wonld attend church services. Sev eral churches xtadd invitations, but at until th rovernor aad Beaator Chamberlain started for Westminister Presbyterian church waa aay intimation given a to wher ' th visitor would -,.hln. At ths church the governor refnaed to bo ushered down the aiale and eat near the door. He ustenea so n aermon by th Reverend Dr. Edward H. Pence. - - " ' " ' Tha rovernor I to pelr to th armory at Salem Monday morning snd will return to Portland in speak at tha auditorium her Monday t noon nnd at 1:30 p. in. ' Th governor is to leav Moaday night fi.it Tk Citvr but owinr to the condition of hi voieo it wa pee ted GOV. COXTROUBLED VITH SORE THROAT 1 ho would not make aay rear platform Dilling-T.DeM.ei for two or three days. speeches for two P.ARniNAL GIBBONS TO !: SPEAK AT ASHEVILLE Ai,.m V.nnL IS Cardinal Gib bons, of Baltimere, head f the Catholic church in America, haa accepted en in vitation to -be present and speak at th e.nerat!on services nt St. Lawrsnee ehuteh on October 13, it is announced h.r. Tha church expect to have itt A.ht nald off br that time,, the an nouncement aays, and the cardinal, with other high dignitarie of, the church. Will VlfcVllU, iiw Cardiatl Gibbons to said to have held the first mass west of- th Blue Bidg la North Carolin, 60 year ge, U Chann Cove, 'just outsid th city limit ef Aihevillc - , EUGENE DEBS CONDEMNS TREATMENT OF M'CSWINEY " Dublia, 8ept. 13. Arthui Griffith, founder of the Sin Fein, haa received a eal leg ram from Eugerfe- V. Debs, the American Socialist leader, wha ie serv ing d tea-year term in Atlanta prison for violating ths espionage artu con demning the treatment of Lord Mayor MarSwiney. Debs say ia hi message tluU "Britiih labor should not halt at mere protest, but should compel the mayor's roltase." i ' , of Federal Reserve lzz:5 Furnishes Illuminative Fig ures On Financial Situa- . tion of The Country, RAISING REDISCOUNT RATES TO SHUT OFF SPECULATORS, HE SAYS Banks Are Prepared to roster and Care For - Legitimate Businegs, But TakiBf; Steps to Prevent ia Orfy of Beck less Extravagance Dnris; the - Next Pew . months to Come; Hardinj's Letter . . By R. R. POWELL , . (Staff Correspondent) . Salisbury. Sent. . IX 8eaator T Slater Overmaa today , anade publie the text of the letter he received yesterday, aad to which ha referred in hie speech at Coaeord, from Governor W. P. G. Herding, of the Federal Reserve Board, pouun; out grapaicaiiy me , money , situation la the country today -aad its relation to tho movement ot crop in the South aad slsevker. Governor Hardin a-oca lata ml.Bt detail to enow that instead ef there baviag been,, at aay time during the Ma, 1 .1 . , . . -- muH,. 7 eiiaiioa ex credit or anrreaey there haa beea a steady and contiauoae expansion. "The yuiirvwv ia so promote- good bcuiaeaa, aot te hamper it," Governor Harding aays in aaawer to critic ef . the systsm, 'and it poUcie are shsped , with a viw of making good business coaditioue aeat year aad th next and ao ea indefinitely.' . Be diaeouatratee, abont which the big howl haa been, were advanced not only to shut down speculation ia tho eoua-' try aad thereby predate good basin but also boeaasa of ta advaae in ia- ' tomatioaal oxehaag. Interest rates at th Bank 'af England, the Bank at Franc aad all central banks of Europe 8r Bator Overman ia informed, r higher than current market rates. . aasvsmsnt I to StoUUse. The annoaneaaMat from the Federal Reserve Board, through Governor Hard ing' letter, that th Federal Bererve bank ar now ia pes! tion to render tho bank all reasonibl awiataaee aeees aary to enable them to move crop is taka to mean that member banks will bo abl to discount the paper af est. ton farmer aad tobacco , a-rwer tthrosgk the asaistane . of tha iedoral raswrve bank in ether Metlon of the country beside th South. V f It will, when the nsuai banking pro cease hav been gone through, amount to relief ia the asm way a whan Sec retary MeAdoo permitted money to flow into tho South two -year ago for tho movemeat af cottoa. Not oaly has th Federal Reserve , system fortified itself agalnat any immediate storm, bat it haa. prepared to weather tha storms that may break in tha years to coma. Expaauaew May Continn. , It to tho opinion of the govern ef tha Federal Rceerve Board that tha ex pansion af earreaey may eoatinue for several months. Higher discount rates hav not served to cheek it eatirely. But, la explanation of th sours f th reserv board, Governor Harding aays: , Th Fdral Beearv Beaks are tha gnardisas of th banking rssoaree of tha eoua try j they moat bo managed pra deaty if tha aolvsmer of tho baaka ia to bo maiatained. . Tho inUreet ef the depositor a well those f th bor " rower mast b considered. If th members of the Federal Raaarva Board ar intelligent nnd cwsuKientioua, they, meat heep la mind thoir respoasibilitie to tho eoontry, hey must think ef th " future aa well ss of the present. -Copy of Harding' Letter. Below 1 quoted In full Governor Harding's letter to Senator Overman. Several daya ago .tho junior Senator brought sharply u tho atteatioa ef the Federal Beeerve Board tha oomplaiata af prominent North Carolinians, the seriousness of which were aggravated with tha alamp In th price ot toheee ia eaatera Carolina, aad tha junior Sen-'. atot immediately mad a personal la veetigation. . From bin horn in Balis .. t bary aad through hia office in Washing ton, ha kept ia touch with th itaation. . - ih imtrieugsii ai Ttfy Dwar Saaatori x . '" , ; k. ..' ' I hav received your letter of the ' flth laataat enclosing letters from two of your oonatitaeatB, which I hav road, aad also the editorial from tho Char- lotto Observer. It he evident that yen two eorrpndta and the editorial writer are net at all familiar with, the facta. ; "Thinking men know that the eondU tion which prevailed during the war aad np to a few month ago war ab ' Bormai aad eonld not be expected to ooattnua. " Commodity price reached anheard of levehj duo to th war tim demands aad the argeat aeeds during L . k M , f A . I. I . , I hum oms v& imgavwm waica im- mediatery followed tho war. A glance at oar trade statistics, hewever, will show that tha wide difference between our export and import to being nar rowed month by month and tha steady increase ia volume of imports shows . that the foreign eovntriee which were . meet affective by tho war are becoming their own requirements, but that many , of them are producing a surplus avail- - able for Bale to tho United States aad ether eou atriea. Reserve Beard Wa Blamed, The Federal Beaerv Board ia being ; blamed for the effect of conditions which it anticipated month ago and ver which it has ao control. lou may remember the overall movement early last spring. This ww merely aa ex pression of the remlaioa of feeling en the part of the people against h :gt j pricea It was followed by reduce i prices at retail stores n many partt of th country, by cancellations ct order for silk, woolens, and e&ttoa goods. , Tha effect of this change of (Ccb tinted ea Pag TroJ ' ' '
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1920, edition 1
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