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; H ATCH HILL a rrnur pmm. rwil t . aan Mar plratia aa4 a'oia imIm ul nrr. F claady Wednesday! , YaSiwday fair wilb rials peratara. ' , VOL. CX1I. NO. 77. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. , RALEIGH. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 15. 1 920 . , SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. .PRICE; FIVE CENTS COTTON GROWERS FACING A SERIOUS CRISIS IN PRICES Chadboum Farmer and Busi ness. Man In Washington ; For Important Conference SITUATION THREATENS '.. . ' . TROUBLE, BROWN SAYS Democrats View Maine Eeiult With Concern nd Eealixe ? That Intensive " Campaign ' . Mnit Be Waged Against Be publican Organisation With Its Oceans of Money ' The News snf Observer Bureau, 803 district National Bank Bldg. 4 (By Special Leased Wire) . ; Washinc-ton. Sent 14. Mr. J. A. , . . mi n V f L to Washington to attend a meeting of the executive board of the American Cottoa aaaoeiatioa when the claim of - th Southern eottoa farmer will be pre sented f the federal Heserve board to morrow. After tnis meeting Mr. mow will hurry back to Baleigh to meeting ..A " W VV..VA AW..A.... V " Carolina oa Thursday, Be i very, de- . ii . . . C . . . - A ,11.. sirous inns we oiaio hkiui ui u ' Am.tA. AttA. aantatlnH Via 4r.11 at tended a the purpose of th meeting u to perieet tne organisation at time when th eottoa, grower muit act tor hit protection or go to the wall. ' Mr. Brown aaya th eottoa farmer at fse t fae with perbap th moat serious crisis la th history of eottoa cultivation. Tbii eriaie aa he tee it Jnay Involve the whole economic and oeUl fabri of the aouth. Th aouth has reached a stags in ita development v. here it eaa ao longer grow eottea un der the condition of eeeaemie alavery that ha perevailed nine Appomstox. Within the last tea year four million f th tort of laborer that cultivated eottoa aav emigrated and eottoa can not now be grown at a profit for lees than forty to fifty cents per pound. , Lea Control of Price. . Last year for the first time In .th history of eottoa th planters of the Booth were able to eontrol the price and cotton went to a point where the termers eould ' asak ends meet. But thi season they have agaia lost eon trot of th market The price ofeot tea i now find on th New York eot toa e change apd as a consequence the bottom haa dropped out of the mar ket sad th farmer faee ruin . -Ha aaid th labor of tit South had got the taste of high wage with th aar. and th people who cultivated cot ton were- a longer satisfied - to he slave to th eottoa manufacturer and merchant. , At 40 cents a, pound the production of cotton is alavery and Mr. Brow exhibited soms figures to illus trate his claim. . Take a eottoa shirt tr seven ounces In weight. Th raw cotton in that shirt at 40 cents pet rewnd cost 17 1-2 eenU. The whole lale price of a doaea auch shirts is $36, , srSa aeh.,The retail prieoi $4-50. k ahirt with 17 1-S cents of cotton in a amounts to 14.00 when u is pot oa the back of th wearer. So it is seen (hot the manufacturer and merchant get ill toe Dronts in cotton ana uw mn tremendous profits while the farmer ret a pittance and this season he will sot get vea that Now if something is 'lot done to remedy this situation the - scopl ia th eottoa belt of th south slier it does not -pay to raise food iropf will -emigrate. Th great cot ton belt,. -the richest section in this lountry, will b ruined. .. Farmer toss Money. The labor of the South will eon- Kt bo longer ..to be ground under the' 1 of th manufacturer and merchant bo have gotten rich oa cotton. Cot ton production will - be abandoned. It tow costs 2& to $30 to pick a bal of Th... a. 1M . half million Bale kf low grade cotton that i half vottea , , La th field befor it eould be gathered. Fhls,eotton brought about 12. cents per sou nil to th producers. It cost the farmers S5 cents to produce It It is icing mixed with tb, best grade of lotton by th manufacturer and pnt into ahirU at $3 to $4 each. . Such eot toa ia a dead loss o farmers but it ia rnriching th manufacturers. . "I hav torn to W'ahtoStOB ,hsw b "Bsoney ofBeials of the government Km figure that I think will open their lyes said Mr. Brown. Last week 1 . presented some of these fignres to the thamber of eommewe in .Chicago. 1 Uiowed the people of th west who have keen making a great -fuss about allowing lie' aouth to hav forty cents cotton pat at that flgur w wer still slave. Th result of th Main election ha fonvineed Democrats her in th Capital that th party , ret a atrong organisarioa behind It to kin th eleetioa.7 Ther is no blink ing th aituaUoa. It is atera ia its meaning, uemoerew - iwm atratlon- drelea and outside ar em ahati la axpreeaing themselves. .Th Bepablican went Into Main with un Imitwd money and agent paid enorm us aalarie to organise and train the lectorate both- men and womea to rot for th party. ' s Vote Women Against Leaga. ' Th point with th Eepnblieana was I scor th biggest possibl majority kgainat the Leagu of Nation In order So prevent th possibly serious split ef th party oa thi issue at th November election. The point especi al! r stressed was to vote th womea against the Leagu a ft object lesson lo th masses of th womea of th Sou n try who r knowa to be for th LeagaeJ Th Republicans r howling with jubilation today that th alleged fiction- that 'th womea ar for the (agu has been thoroughly exploded, fhey assert that the women will do tn.t a. tiia men in polities. With sufficient organisation and money they tan be voted for arty cause. Main has lifted the nightmare of the -women la politics from the should- a, i .i.' LmMlAu itutv. The strongest proof ef the fact 1 that Connecticut has ratinsa ia - iCentlaaed a fage Tw4 AIR MAIL PILOT AND X - MECHANICIAN BURNED Veteran flyer Walter Stereos V and EtueH Thomas Vio y - time of Accident izjri T Cleveland. Sept 14v Air Mall Pilot Walter Btsvena and Xeekaakiaa Bus- sell Thomas, both of Cleveland, burwd to death at S o'clock today whea their plan eaugh. fir at aa al titude of C ) feet at Pe-nbervills, O, fifteen mUt aouta ot-rolodo.' Steven and Thosaaa war flying a 1-1 'all-metal moaoplan. They left here at 13:20 p. m. for Chicago with 400 poanda of mail, which they wer relaying after an accident ia wtich a mail plane waa wrecked here today and Pilot William Biddleebargar slightly injured, shortly" after taking off . - V ; - v ' Stevens was a veteran of tl air mail service, having been a mmber sine ita iaanguratioa. Be earn her from Croewell, atieh. Befor depart! x - day he told? friends at th flying Sold thst this would b his last trip, a h had reaigned. . , " ., . Thomas leave a brid of font days. Substantial. Majorities For Or - ganization Candidates of Both Parties . New York, Sept 14. Early retnrns from th Neir York Bute primary held today gave -substantial majorities t both Bepublieaa and Demoerati organi zation candidate ia all State-wide eoa- testa. ' : : " Nathaa L. Miller, of Syracuse, former judge cf th Stat court of appeals, wh received ths endorsement f th naofll- eial Bepublieaa State eonvtntioa f or governor had a lead of S to 1 over State Senator George T. Thompson whoa returns from ifiqa districts out of 7,274 ia th Stat had been tabulated. Th vote wag: Miller, 45.515; Thorn peon. 22,630. ': ... ' United States . Senator James w. Wadsworth, Jr- who ia a candidate for renoQinatioa and haa th sndorsement of the State organixatioa bad a lead at more than S to 1 ever th combined wet of two opponents, Mrs. Ella A. Bool, president of the Stat branch of th Women s Christian Tesaperane Union. and George Henry Payne, New York tax commissioner. The vote ia 1,321 districts was! . Wadsworth, 3815 j Bool, 9,164; Payae, BM1..- - . f .w. In th . JJemaerati ' party, Governor Harry C Walker, organization, eandi- .V. IB. iVIWAMIAI. AW. State Senator bad a lead ef mor than . - AA. II. AA.t..tAA A S to 1 over Mayor 6a orgs B. Lena, of ecaeneetaay, a former Hyetaiist - ILLINOIS PRIMARY TO Y . FURNISH HOT CONTESTS Lowden and Thompson Bepnb. lican Forces Lined Up; Jim Ham Lewis In Eace , Chicago, Ills., Sept 14. Illinois Be- publican and Democrats today closed their primary campaigns and tomor row the voters will select party nom inees for United State senator, gover nor. Congress and approximately ninety state office. . ' .' 1 Oa th Bepublieaa aid th campaign just dosed ha been one of the bitter est in recent yean with a factional fight between th force of Governor Frank O. Lowden, and Mayor WUliaxn Bal Thompson, of Chicago. In this city, the storm (eater ef th fight campaigning, continued Bp to th last hour with sneaker af both aides. aid by bands, gathering 'Stseet cor ner crowds to hear the issues expound ed. - Governor Lowden Is backing a com plete state' ticket headed by John G. Oglesby, of EJkhart, the present Ilea- tenant-governor, and son of Illinois' mvil war governor. Th Thompson organisa tion ia supporting a ticket aaid J by Len Email, Kankakee, former speaker af th house and state treasurer. On th Demoerati side, former unit ed State . Senator James - Hamilton Lewis and Barrett CHara. of Chicago. ar contesting for th gubernatorial nomination. ' SENATOR SMITH WINNER IN, PALMETTO PRIMARIES Columbia, 8. C Sept 15. Betsrns to Th Stat this morning from 44 of th ft South Carolina counties aeeeantiag ror tw,wu ox a posmbl . total vote of 100,000 ia today s second Democratic primary ia South Carolina, ahow that Ellison V, Smith senior Senator baa been nominated for th third time, defeating his opponent la this ntimary. George Warrea of Bamptoa, by a ma jority that oa th face fo .the incom plete returns 1 ia xeeea 'of 17,000. Th vote is a follows t Smith, 6344: Warren. 56.503. Wilson G. Harvev. of Charleston, waa nominated for Lieuten ant Governor over Oscar K. Mauldia, ureenvllle, uarveys vote being 48.047 and that of Mauldia SO J 40. Frank W. Shealy, of Lexington, now a member or tne state railroad eommusioa was renominated, his vote being 50 ll while that east for his opponent D. L. Smith, ox r alter ooro, waa pevatt. SCHUYLER LEADING IN .RACE FOR SEN ATORSHIP Denver,- ColJ- Sept :14r- Barl CL Sehayler, of Denver, was leading ia the Kepublteaa contest lo aomtnation for United 8tatea Sena'or la th first re turns from today? Btate-wlde primary. Samael D.i Nieholsoa, Leadville and Denver banker, . was second. Flrurea for the first 85 precincts oat ot til in th city of Denver gave Nicholson 1.047j Schuyler 1411. , Governor ' Oliver H. Bhoua waa wa- opposed en th Bepublieaa ticket Th following candidates lor Congress war wtrhont apposition for remauajaatioB ia tr wa parties: , orn hi adc lUMULnfiU IN THE PR RIES BICKETT OPEIIS III SPLEIIDID: STYLE AT HEW BE Competes Successfully With . Airplanes and Trotting . Horses at Festival ; LEAVES NATIONAL ISSUES ' - FPR M'ADOO TO DISCUSS siate'i Chief Zzecntrre' Tires Biggest Shells at Collector J. W. Bailey; Advocates T voomo Tax Amendment; Cra - Yen County Folks Celebrate '? Grandly , By BL B. POWXLL, SUsT Crrspenaeat New Bra, Sept 14 Craven County's eighth aaaaal fair waa opened bar to day by Governor Biekett who In tura opened tb administration guns oa th taxation critics aad fired hi biggest thells at Collector Joalah WUliam Ballsy. Th ity aad th acres of folks from th eonaty aar her dress ed fo? th gayest week of fun-making in th hiatory ef a sonnty that Gov ernor Biekett proved rich under re- valuatloa ia aplt af a paper record be fore. -.. ... ; A dassliag parad with 70 fanelfol fioata, embracing th four queen of th Soata's awriealtaral deck, preceded tb formal ceremonies that took plaes at th fair grounds. The Governor held th spotlight today, although h had to do battl with alrplaaee aad fast trotting horse for th hour that marked his first political deliveranes af th campaign. He took t -atioa for a text aal Bailey for a sla aad hewed to th State, leaving National issues for William G. MeAdo tc talk about whea he comes ia th morning. Not aa af th little niceties of poll ties did th Governor omit today. . He gav plenty ef evidenee of having di vided bis week ff the shores of the At laaU between revampiBg aia revajoa tioa sermons aad pulliag ia aheephead from th forward -deck of th State ship. His arms aad hands war taaad Just as bad ar good, according to th Plt of view, aa a expect-the bides oc soms seiasa politicians to be befor th vote ar counted sere a weeks from tonight ' , CsanpHsBoata New Beta. ' " He said many ale thlnra abont X. Bern asu Craven County, -and just' as nie thlag about Simma aad Brla son.' So long a th twaia vatcb th legislative, interest of th asctioa it aigh safe. Th Senator ia bom today resting for tomorrow, whea he will d thj honors for th Stat ia wet eosolng its convention favorite as th pig card x It bis-trest week. That part of the Governor's speech written ia premeditation aad delivered with a Biekett poach concerning Mrw sauey aeait mainly with th latter's argument that th State doesn't need tb revenue it proposes by patting a tax oa iaeomes. The maa who makea auea aa - argument Governor Biekett said, is either a aaatral bora fool r a desaagogua. : , A mUnte r two before thi he Identi fied Collector Bailey aa th chief target for kia taxation fir when b declared that so far as hs knew, only on maa haa opposed th adoption ef th income tag amendment Th argument against it is th sams that th plutocrat saads when Alexander Hamilton proposed separata source of revenns for th Mate aad nation. Little time did th Governor devote to John 3. Parker, Bepublieaa candidate for goverao- Anyhow, Parker la for Cie income tax program but just can't get the vital relation of thia modern ays tern ef raising revenue to th revalu atioa law. Oa ia the principle of honest assessment th other machinery" for making complete th difference be tween th state aad sonnty. , Befates Bailey's Argamaata. Having spoksn his mind about Collec tor Bailey th Governor started out to refute th Bailey argument. Th Stat i ia distressing need, of revenue. Hav in sa (rendered $3,300,000 of State taxes at th two sessions of th 1919 legislature ia favor of th counties. It must hav income from other source, to mates. Ita trowing demands, Th crippled, the blind, th unfortunates at Ssmarand, the insan at Morgaaton, Raleigh and Ooldsboro, must oe eareo. for, he exelalmsd. "I eaa hear th shriek ef mad men and womea because of ao plac to keep them continued th governor "I can are th young face of sevea hundred thousand children la North Carolina for whose edaeatioa tb State ia paying less per capita tbaa any 8tate ia th Union aav South Carolina. God know we need th money for better schools aad for th better roods." ' "Neediag it why shouldn't th State eolleet it, he asked. North Carolina ia the richest State per capita of any Stat ia th Caloa. Ther m mor money ic the Stat ths ia any com moawealth from tha Potomac t the Hie Grande. Th foundation of good government is a just system cf taxa tion and for th first time ainee Gov ernor Tryon surrendered in favor of Oeorg Washington the State ia beaded ia that direction. . ) - . Net a, Parriaaa Speech. -Mosi impressive about th Biekett speech was his ewa solemnity aa he unfolded the story of th writing of th revaluation law,.: It caught bis audi. eaee and held them while distracting aoisee went on anderneath th grand stand. It waa aa iatimat talk la which th Republicans wer' mor th objects of pity than ef blame aad Biekett per haps better than any hustings talker ia the State, eoae pathos ia a finished way. . i ' v .' . 'They joined ia heartily with the Democrats, aaid be, "not a Single member mentioned polities in th dis eassioa and I was ia th midst of all. Whea they 'mm together, th atmos- Coatraaed aa page Three-) RN FAIR Governor Names Next Monday, Nortk Carolina Cotton Day Proclamation Calls Farmers in Every Cotton Growing County To Assemble 'At Their County Seats To Perfect Plans For Financing the Holding of the 1920 Cotton Crop Until Fai and Just Prices Are Offered for It; Recommends Pledges , For Reduction of Acreage and Substituting Grain Crops. Cotton grower la every county ia th State where eottoa ia grown ar called to meet at tbir reepeetiv eona-ty-seats at 11 o'clock next Monday morning to perfect plans aad organi xatioa for holdi-tg the .resent eottoa crop until fair and just prices ar of fered for H, and, to mor fully utilise the present cotton" warehouse aad build mor' ef them. ; Th call for meetings eon.es through a proclamations issued yesterday . by Governor T.i W. Biekett at th in stane of th Cotton Growers' Associa tion. Similar proclamations will be is sued by the Governors of all other cottoa-growing States aad next Mon day will probably . see more cotton growers, la meeting throughout the South than have srer been gatkered befor. Th Governor's proclam.tion ia aa followsei - "Whereas, North Carolina Is pri marily aa agricultural State and the State a eottoa crop ia on of ita chief sources af wealth; and "Whereas, th recent astonishing de cline in the t rie of cotton pr-senta a situation which cannot be properly dealt with by inllvidual cotton tow ers, each maa t Hing for himself. Ther must be united effort oa th part of th men who grow t'-j cotton, and a tha part of business men and bank era whoa prosperity depends ao largely upon th fanners' prosperity; and, "Whereas, the Amerieaa Cottoa As soeifttloa at - - its ' recent meeting ia Montgomery. Ala., asked that Monday, IP. SLUSH FUND TOTAL Says 'From 25 To 30 Millions Being Raised To Defeat Him; - Eight. Speeches Boise, Idaho, Sept 14. A fund of front $25,000,000 to WflOOflOO is be ing raised to defeat him, Governor Cox, of Ohio, Demoeratie presidential can didate, declared today during his tour ef Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Although the governor's charges heretofore were that th total opposition fund would be not leas than 15,000,000, ha raised that figure today. Tb governor's atatement was mad during an hour's speech from tb second story veranda of a Nampa, Idaho, hotel, and ia response to a ques tion from' his audience asking how he expected to return conditions to normal, "when 80 per eent of the . wealth ia held by two per cent of th people." 'If 80 per eent of th people will forget their polities," the governor re plied, "and help me lick th two per eent that ia raising a fund of from 25,000,000 to $30,0011.000 to beat me, w will make government an agency for the .100 per eent ' and not tha two per eent ' Make Eight' Speech. Eight apeeehea, dealing mainly with the Demoerati doctrines of "peace and progress," wer delivered today by Governor Cox. , Disregarding his physician' orders, banning outdoor speeches, the governor, bsllcvingh im attack of speakers laryngitis" on th wane, delivered a string of rear platform and other open air addresses, and elosed his day with a speech to a large meeting her to night nt Cody Athletic Park. Bis voice still waa hoarse, but be weathered an other strenuous dsy of campaigning In good ahape, h aaid. . v Uaasaal Coincidence. Th leagu of nations waa preached by tha' governor in all speeches, ' and was emphasised her In th home city of Senator W. E. Borah, , Bepubllean "irreconcilable," foe of th league. By a coincidence. Senator Borah was said tj b speaking tor ' at Dayton, Ohio, Governor Coxa h Governor Cox told hi audience ti.t oppositioa to the leagu wa "a political plot" against America well as world civilisation, designed to continue disorder, ' to in' crease feeling against the Wilson ad ministration and to win tha present election. "History will writ it as th most reprehensible ia all time," be aaid. Disarmament provisions cf th league also wer praised by the candidate aa a means of reducing taxes a well as DreeludinaT war. "Stop building battleships," he said, "and we will na that money ia th main for reclaiming arid lands. ' Contribution Charges. Th candidate repeated his charges and ovidene ia their support regard ing BeDublican campaign contributions. Referring (to alleged promises by William M., Wood, president, of the Amerieaa Woolen Company, ttf the Be publieaa "hand-book enterprise . of .... ..ii I. - 1 (Continued aa Pag Two.) CONTRACT FOR RALEIGH AIR MAIL BOUTS AWARDED - Washington, Sept 14-Coatraets for three new air mail routes, at a total coot of $8S,00f a'year wer awarded today by the post ee department to the Lawse Air Line Company of Chicago. - The contract esll far airplane mall service from Flttsbarg to St Leal by wsy of Columbus, Cla einastl aad Indianapolis, at a cost of $117,00 a yean between New York aad Chicago, via Harrtburg, Plttabarg aad Fort Wayne, Ind., for tzSM a year, aad for service betweesi New York and Atlanta, via Wasalngtea. Raleigh, N. C and Columbia. S. C, at , a eM of !S,Mf. ' ' OXRAISE September 20th, 1920, be observed la all th cottoa growing counties ef th. South aa 'Cottoa D y, the farmer aad lttere-ted business teen of each count b asked to sssemble at their county seats at 11 o'clock oa th morning of that' day to joia farmer aad business men from all other parte of th tot toa belt ia a Southera campaign for fair-priced cottoa and for all that it means to our people. . "Now T ere fore, I. Thomas W. Biek ett Governor of No.th Carolina, la accordance with th wishes of ths cotton grower of the South, and acting ia co-operation with other Governors of cotton growing State, do issue this, my proclamation, sailing oa th cottoa growers of eaeh eottoa producing coun ty in North Carolina, ' together with ether citizens interested la their Wel fare, to assemble at their eeaaty-seats at 11 o'clock next Monday, September 20, 1920, to discuss ths following -subjects! "L Plans for holding the cotton ef the county until fair and just prices eaa b obtained, together with jtlans for co-operative i irketing. "2. Plans for fully utlliiing existing warehouses and warehouse facilities of th county, and for erecting additional warehouse with special emphasis in this connection on practicable plans for financing the crop. - "3. Plans for immediately increasing the aereags in fall sown small grains, as th on wis and certain plan of ef fecting a-t ductioa ia eottoa aereage, pledge to this effect to be taken.1' . PRISON CONDITIDNS IN STATE IMPROVE So Says Head of Prisoners' Re lief Society at Washington . ' ' LUi Statement - Washington, Sept 14 Dr. E. E. Dad ding, in a statement issued tonight, de clared conditions in th North Carolina State penitentiary at Baleigh and. la various road camp throughout North Carolina "aJ great!. improved atae ths iavestlgatioa by th society Into th penal institutions of that Stat at. . . Th condition ovsr th Stat gen erally show improvement," Duddlng's statement said. Whipping oa a small scale continues ia aome of tha carps, but ia most instances t'. ls condition is less aggTevated than a month ago. Con ditions were especially Improved, it was noted by our investigations, at the mala Stats prison at Baleigh, and in all but one of the road camps, ths supervisors, who apparent! havs been cautioned by Governor Biekett to go slow, ar treating th convicts better, A full report of th conditions which the society found ia' North Carolina will be mad ?ob)ia at a later date." MAYOR BEHRMAN BEATEN IN NEW ORLEANS PRIMARY New Orleans, la., Sept. 14.-Practi cally complete but unofficial returns from all of th 157" precinct in th city tabulated by the Times-Picayune up to 11:30 toaight give Andrew J. McShaa a majority ever Martin Bohr man candidate for renomlnation of i 600 for mayor of th city. McShane a victory has probably ear ried into office his ontirs ticket of city and parochial officers nominated br the reform movement to oppose the regular Demoeratie organixatioa headed by Martin Bebrmaa, which haa been ia control of city affair for, twenty year Mayor Behrmaa has held office for 18 years a continuity of service equalled by no other mayor of the larger cities of the Valted States. McShane, the winning candidate and his .ticket had in support oi ail ins newspapers or the city. Ia the Senatorial primary returns r re scattered and indefinite bnt on the face of incomplete returns J a red T. Sanders, now Congressman from the Sixth district haa a small lead over Edwin S. Broussard and Donelaoa Cat tery. In twenty-five pariahe in the northern part of th State oa very mattered return give Sanders 1,903, Broussard' 1,245 aad Caffery 455. Owing to the city primary vary little eennting haa been done in th city pre cinct in th Senatorial race but It is expected thnt Broussard will poll th majority of th votes.. NO ACTION YET FOR ENDING MINERS' STRIKE Haxleton, Pa, Sept. 14. Th policy committee of the anthracite mine worx era adjourned ita second dsy's aesaioa here lat today without taking any no tion toward ending the "vacation" strike la the hard coal region. When th committee meets tomorrow it expects to hav before it informa tion from Secretary of Labor Wllsoa ss to whether the Department ' or Labor will consider claims of the ' miner if they resume work. ' ' 1 - .- ATTORNEY ILLNESS CAUSES - ( POSTPONEMENT OP HEARING - Newport News, Sept It. iBeeeuss of illness of attorney interested in the case, C. 8. Commissioner Stephen son today granted a continuance in the ease against three members of ths firm of Robert Hasaler and Company of Norfolk arrested ia connection With th federal Investigation of bunker coal at Hampton - Boads porta. Ths commissioner named ' September 17 as tha dst for resumption ef th hear ing. Threw member ef th firm ar bailed la the sum af 2,300 each. LEAGUE GIVES OUT TEXT OF PROPOSED COURT OF JUSTICE Project For International Court ; . As Adapted By Commit V tee of Jurists , t ELIHU ROOT AIDED IN DRAWING COURT PLAN Would B Permanent Court of International Justice As Pro. Tided For In Article 14 of Tha League of Nations ; Text To Be Submitted To Oorern- ments Concerned London, Sept 14. The headquarters of th Leagu of-Nation today made public the text of th project for a per manent court of International justice, ss adopted by Th Hagu committee of jurists, of which, Elibu Boot was a mem ber, together with a letter' front the souacil of the leagu to all govern ments which hav entered the Leagu of Natrons. Th eoaaeil of th leaga ia" It let ter to th governments say a: "Th eoaaeil does aot propose to ex press any opinion on the merits of th scheme aatil they hav had a full, op portunity of considering it" ' It states, however, that th project waa prepared by a most compete at tribunal representing widely different national points ef view.. It sddsr "Th eanneil weald regard a Irre concilable different of opinion oa the merit f the solum as an international tnlsfsrtun of the gravest kind. It would meaa tint tie leaga wa publicly compelled to admit it incapacity- to carry out on of th most important of th tasks which it waa Invited to perform. Th failure would be great and probably irreparable for, if agree ment proves lm.Mesibl under circum stances apparently so favorable, it is hard to see how and whea the task of securing it will be - successfully .re sumed. , ' i " ""u Babmlt It to Aasembly. "The eoaaeil states it will later submit its reeommsadstioas t th assembly of tha Leagu of Nation. , Soms of th feature of th proposed world court already hav been sanv mariced from Th Bagaa, but the draft given eat today gives 4b exact terms of th entire project, consisting ot elxtv-two article .divided into tar chapter oa orgtnizatioa. eompetenea of court and procedure. - a preaasDie states th general pnrpoae of the court aa follow t - f , - Caaaral Parse af Ceart ' "A permanent court of International juatiee, t which psrtlee shall hva di rect aeeesa, ii hereby eauDuanea, in accordance with A Kiel 14 of th cove nant of th League of Nations. This court shall be in addition to th court of arbitration organised by Th Hagu eoavcntioa ef 1898 and 1907, aad to the special tribunals of arbitration to which state ar alway at liberty fo submit -their dispute for settlement.' Membsrshla af Ceart Article. S aad 3 give th membership of the court as follows t "The nermanent court of international justics shall be composed ef a body of independent judges? elected regardless of thsir nationality, rroia amongst per sons of high morsl character, who pos sess the qualifications required, in their respective countries, for appointment to tha highest juaicuu omeea, or are juris consults of recognized competence in international law. The court shall consist of fifteen members! Eleven judge and four deputy judges. Th number of Judges and deputy judge may be hereafter increased by the assembly, upon the proposal of tha council of the League of Nations, to a total of fifteen judges and aix deputy judges." Manner af Cheesing iadgea. Th manner of choosing the judge by th different national group ia pro vided. Th member of th court ar elected for Bine year. The president and the vie president of the court serve for three years. The seat of the court Is established at The Ha rue. A session shall be held eaek year beginning June 15, and an extraordinary session may be called whenever necessary by the president of the court who must reside at The Hague. The full .court of eleven judgea shall ait bat if rlevsn sre not available, nine judgea ahall suffice to constitute the court , Threw judge ait ia chambers annually' to , hear and de termine aummsry procedure. Salaries of th court are , fixed and expense borne by the League of Nations. - Jarlsdictlon af (Joart ' Article 81 gives the court jurisdiction over suits between states. The court is open by right to states belonging to the lesgue. Other states may have aeeess to it under conditions provided by the league. ' Artiel 33 provides: TVhen a dis pute has arisen between states, and it haa been found impossible to settle it by diploma tie means aad ao agreement has been mad to choose another juris diction, t"e party complaining may bring the ease before the court The eoart shall first of all, decide whether the-preeedinr fon-litions have been corn plied with; if .so, it shall bear aad de termine th dispute seeording to the terms and within the limits of the next article. Question T Be Determined. The questions which th court is com petent to determine .between members of the lesgue, are given aa follows: ""Ths -interpretation of a treaty. "Any qucation of international taw. "The xistone of sny fact which, if established, would constitute a breach of an international obligation. , "The nature or extent of reparation to. bo made for th breach of aa inter national obligation. ': ' Th interpretation of a sentence passed by the court" The court also shall take cognisance of all dispute of sny kind which may b submitted to ft by a general or (Contlnned a Pag Tw4 ' 1 CONNECTICUT GOES IHTOSUFFCO litlit DESPITE ,1RI!I!!G Legislators Defy Governor Hoi- comb and Adopt Ratifica tion Resolution HAD SET TUESDAY FOR ACTION ON AMENDMENT Although; Legislature Ratified Suffrage Amendment Tester ' day, It Will Again Do So at The Special Session Tuesday Next For That Purpose) Ac. tion TJnlooked For . Hartford, Conn, Sept 14. Ia defiance ot Governor Marcos H. Holeomb, who ia a fnesssg hsd said that it might aot pass aay measures sav those which it had beea specifically railed to consider, th Connecticut General Assembly today , tn STteeinl luilns. mAnntmA - muWU. ratifying the nineteenth amendment to me unites ocaies constitution. etlll In defiance, it adontaA In Mmmt...,. two nieces ef sr.anr.l . ljurl.l.Hn al though the governor had given warning ina n wouia ' poeKet" any measure so adopted. . Goverasr Gav Warning.. Tha aovarnor. taking tha rultita Mo th right of women to vote legally at the November election may be jeopar- uisea uy a oeciaioa in Tennessee which would nnlllrV ratifleatlni. Ii th-. St.. th 36U to ratify personally gav A - i . . . " sismwn oy a proclamation, read by hint after his messsge to the Seaelon Which had 111 at nnmn-A a special session to b hld Bext Tuesday HniBcuir n sn mil inr mn Mmenii. ment " r- ' , -4- ; :-- . AllKntlak S1.A. l.iri.l.ti... 4-- -a - .va"-.w hua .a.i Ated tha inndttML tha tnm. aMMtal session will again do this. Today it raiinea on a reaolutloa offered by Be publieaa House Leader. King, Immedi ately following a conference of severs 1 leaders with the governor who declined to sanction action today. PRESIDENT WILSON REVIEWS VETERANS First Parade Eeviewed By Him Since He Became HI; Sec. ' Daniels SneaJca - Washington, Sept lav-President Wit. son lata today for th' first time sine he became ill nearly a year ago, re viewed a parad. 4 Seated ia ' a wheel chair oa th oast portiao of the Whit House, th President saw members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars march in' their annual encampment parade.' The President reached the pise offer ing th best view of th llns of march early and whila waiting for th parad to msks it appearance, hire. Wilson read to him. The executive responded to th salutes of ths veterans and lifted his hat aa ths standards passed, a After passing the White Houle th parad continued down Pennsylvania avenue to the east steps of the Capitol, where 1t waa reviewed by General Pershing, under whom-, many of th marchers fought in France. Secretary Daaiela, with Major-General Lejeune, commandant of the marina corps, also wera ia the reviewing stead and th latter addressed, tb veterans at th eon elusion of the parade. . A company of marine yet in th service,-another of the regular army and a small detachment of bluejaeketa marched at th head of th Jine, but th remainder of the parade waa mad up of thoa who had come for thia occasion andt knee more marched to .the muaie of military bands. Mora thsa 500 posts were represented, and while a great majority of th marchers had earned their right to membership ia , the -organization by their fighting against Germany, ther wer many who had fought ia Cuba, ia th Philippines, China, and the minor military ngage aeuta between United State troop and thoa of foreign countries. Hundred l.sd put on the eld aniformrand cer tain distinctive costume characterised others, notably a touch of Chines dress fur those who participated ia tha Boxer campcign. ,- Th wounded rod Bear th heal of the parade ia automobilea and trucks while near the end of the proeessioa wer nurses who hsd worked in the hosDitals of France. Floats eommemo rating the work of the Red Cross an a elf are organisation were th last li. line. ' . ' ; Secretary Daniels told the former sera ice mea that America sever agaig. ton Id liv in iaolatioa. ,-. . "Shall w lead in safeguarding, the r-eaee our youths woa ia the wart" Bf ssked. "Or shall we by withholding oar. moral, power in a shell-shocked world. invito futurs wars from whioh we eaa no more escape thaa w eould fait tr do our part ia the great war ia 1914- 18." " Mr. Daniels declared that 'history would give the highest place for altru Istie service ' to Americans who served their eouutry ubroad in war "for"break- ing chains and opening doors to men denied their freedom am their rights." LARGE WOMAN'S VOTE IN VERMONT PRIMARIES Montpelier, Vermont Sept 14.Ia - the scattering sarly returns from the Vermont state primary todsy James Hnrtness, of Springfield, was leading for the . Bepbbliean '; nomination f ot ffovernor ever three other candidates. Congressman Porter H. Dale waa run- I A A Tv mi - r....A- . , Barre, ia the record congressional dis trict, and Ernest W. Gibson, of Brattle- . boro, trailiag. Senator . William P. Dillingham and Congressman Frank JU Greene, in the nut district, were re nominated by th Bepublieana without opposition; Ther wer no contests oa th Demo eratie ticket Vermont has beea solid ly Republics sine th party was founded. The women's vote was irg.