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Oibs rlh Carolina r.lr Wed- d ! " - t ms'Vil kfi. IV:, . .,. SM , lassdty aad probably ThaiaJ Su.S . VOL CX1I. NO. 84 i 1 r. :: SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C; .WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 22. 1920 - " SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. , , 'PRICE: FIVE CENTS . STATE WIIIS FIRST SKIRMISH IN FIGHT TO RE-HEAR RATES Virginia Will Not Be Allowed i Jo introduce Further ; y Testimony TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION j SO ADVISED YESTERDAY Artrument WiIl Be Be.opened On September 30, and Final Decision Expected Within Few Days Thereafter; Tar Etelf Believe That New Xatet Will Be In Force Soon Ths Worth Carolina ' Corporation Commission aid tb Stats Traffla Asso- elation won the f rat skirmish whea tha Interstate Commerce Commission declined yesterdey to rs-epea the Virginia Cities Bat ease for tha sub mission ef testimoay, and ordered the re-ergumeat ef tha eass sgreed npoa torn tlma ago to proceed at planned ea September SO. ' Virginia wanted the entire case re opened for the submission of what was claimed .to be new evidence, a'ad for farther argument before the Commis sion. This msva wss opposed by tha Oorporstioa CommUsioa and the Traf fla Association. Virginia's contention that tha TC-adjnitment of ratea Order ad by tha X. C. C. Uat June waa Upset by tha taeiaaaad freight ratea1' by tha Oassmtasio which beeaaie effective August W. Information af Hie Coauaiaeioa' deteralnntioa not to rehear tha eaae am evidence waa brought to tho eity la a telegram from J. H. Ilahback, Washlngtoa eoaaael ,! for tha ' Traffla ation, to M. R. Bcaman, aeeratary af tha Aaaaeiatiaa. Mr. Fiehbaek toted that tha argument would ' be board am tha moraing -of September 80. Representatives of both tho Traf fla Association aad tha Corporation Commiaaioa are preparing to g o to Waahinftoa to ... nphold tha North Carolina aad af it Tha original daaiatoa of tha later- atata Commerce Commiaaioa - granted relief to North Carolina cities from severe discriminations if favor a Virginia aad ardered tha dieerimlaa tiona to eeaae and tha new rate to boeoae effeetiTe September iota. 1980. few weeks trior to tho establish. aaaat af tha new ratea tha railroads aad the Virgi" a Cvrporatioa Commie- . aioa oetitioned tha Iateretat Uo: aaana Commies' to sire thorn a far ' that opgartnaity for armmant aa they fait tha daeiaion af tha Commiaaioa toa draatia, claiming at the aame time that North Caroliaa ha aot noaa a riminatad aarainat and that they had additional aridenea to prora their I aonteatioa. Ia anawer to tho railroada aad Virginia tha Intoratat Commerea Commiaaioa temDorarUy antpenaaa iu original ardor and not September SOth mm tha data for unneit br tha rail roada and Virginia authoririee at the aama tlma graatiag tha North Carolina Traffla Association. uiamDera. ox v;om marea aad North Caroliaa Corporation Commiaaioa tho privileg at offering .'aa aaewering argnmenU ,Withia the part tea daya tha railroada and Vir ginia Corporation Commiaaioa agaia petitioned tha Washington autioritiee aot anlr to re -open tho eaa for argu- eat bat for tha purpoee of taking additional testimony, which aratea briefly meant tha abrogatioa of the North Carolina victory entirely and atartine- anew. Tha Corporation Com' saiaaien of Vircinia aad tha railroada requested tha Interstate Commerce - Commiaaioa to postpone any farther setioa antil December ISln. Jtfsw wnicn aece.iarily meant aa ultimate dociaian ' sou Id aot possibly ba rendered until ' mm tins ia the coming rear. It ku beoa eetimated this .deeialoa maana milliona of dollar! annually to shippers aad receivera if freight ia North Carolina and a delay of aix v aiaht months would mean a eon aid arable losa to tha atata aa a whole and tha North Carolina Traffic Aase- eiatioa through ita attoraeya and ol 8 cm hara resisted thia effort con eiateatly baring tied rariona replica to tha briefa af tha railroada and Vir rinia authorities. CoL Albert I Cox, attorney for the Traffla- Association etated upon re eoipt of information of tha action of . . i . . n t ! tne utaraoiia tomawm muihiwiw that ha Irmly believed .the association would ba able to retain tha full decision " of tha Interstate Commerce Commls- ' aioa previously . rendered and . might '' gaia a little mora aoneesaion la view of tha fact tha increase granted re cently produced a situation that ia hit opinioa might eauee tha Commiaaioa ra a-rant a little more than 80s to the NorU Carolina cities. , Col. Cos , ia X elated at tha actloa of tho Washington - anmoriues. .CONSERVATIVES WIN IN ;f' . MINE WORKERS', UNfON ''.' $ Iadiaaapolis, lad., Vpt. SlTha radical element In tha United Mine , Workers et America baa failed in ita i afforta to via the majority of tho noml aatione for Mational orncera or tna or .intlai. it was announced at the offices af tha anion here tonight. The board of international tj:ctb an ' mii1 that Prealdent John Ik Lewis, aoaaarvaHvef baa been renominated by a vote af 926 to M aver Eobert H. Wssliinatoa. for intemii- tiomal preeideat. Vice-President Philio , Alumy, af PennsylvaBla, defeated ' Alexander Howat, of Kansas, far the aoaaiaatioa for tnteraaiionai vice president 740 to 067. William Green, i-4.H.,ti.Bl . Ajiatutar . mad twneurar. ' w rninmln ited without ODDoaition, reeeWing the endorsement of 1,240 IjumI h(aiis. 1 Each of tho nearly 4,000 local unlpn " af tha organ iaatioa baa the right to arjkke aemiaatioaa, aaia ine anaouneo paa. ' . SECRETARY COLBY REFUSES TOfME SUFFRAGE RECALL Tennessee Antis Will Be Con- tent With Statement From - Hiny They Say . . WANT ACCEPTANCE OF - SECOND VOTE RECEIVED Statement Denies Beqnest To . Beicind Action la Issuing Proclamation; Neither Did . Intis Bequest Batiflcation On Basis of ' Connecticut, . Statement Sajj i, -' -; RATIFIED TBREK TIMES BY . CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE. ' Hertford, "Coaa, Seat. 2L Cea aactlcat, tbvaagh ita Geaaral Aaa.m ry, thai aftaraaoa ratlSed the Nlao. toaata, a aaaTrage aaMadmoat, la a apecial acaaioa coaveaed.by Gaveraor Marcaa H. Holcela for that parpoae. Tho StnaU first acted aa a.ccrtlfied copy of tha Federal ameadmoat aeat from Waahtagtoa, ratifying 29 t t, aad the Boaaa coaearred by a vote of 14 to t. Before It aajearned Ue leglalataro adopted tha reaotatioa paaaed a week ag at a apecial aessloa -ni which actloa tha Governor refaaed ta reeog alse. Thia was done to make oertala tho legality af ratification, becaaae aa Joint reaolntloa accompanied tha certified aopy of tha amendment aeat la today. Tha Ban ate rata aa the raaolatloa waa the aama aa Ita previ aaa vote taday, IS to a, Tha Hoaae adopted tho roaolaUaa It to , and Speaker Walsh, for the third tlma la eight daya declared tho Ittk amend ment ratified by Connecticut. Chaera greeted bm aaaeaacasBt af ratllea tloa oa tha certiflad aopy aad later, whoa he emphasised Ue "thrd rati, flcattoa by CennecMcat" maghtet mingled wHh tha choota af the mess bora aad apectatore. - : ; Washington, Bept, fl. i Having re fused to rescind. Mia 'action ia pro claiming tha suffrage amendment a part af tha federal constitution, 8ee- retary Colby had under consideration V.night .tha request of a.delegatloa of lennesaee aati-auffra gists that ba is aua a statement ahowlni that certifi cation af tha oeeond vote of the Tea- lessee House against the aaaeadment had been received by the Bute Da cartment. j - Tha Tennaaaia delegation, beaded by Speaker Walker af the House af the Xenaes.ee Legislstnre, called oa Sec retary Colby late today aad according to ta members, renewed their request, first made at e conference with. Mr. Colby yesterday, Tha Secretary, jnem bera of tho delegation aaid told Them today that ha would refer their request "to his Solicitor and would announce tomorrow what action' ha, would take Na Bequest to Rescind. t Members of tha delegation in a state ment issued tonight aaid they had not requested Mr. Colby to rescind the suf frage amendment proclamation on the I aaia of Tenneeeee's ratification bufrad- mlttcd preeodenta for each aa actloa tad been suggested. The announce ment made at tha State Department regarding yesterday's conference said that Secretary Cojby had refused to recognize tha second vote oa euf f rage by the Tennessee House and according ly rescind hie proclamation. Tho statement issued tonight by the Tenneesee delegation follows: ' '"The delegation came to Waehlagton to request that the Secretary of StateH lasua a statement showing tha truth of tha action taken by the lower house oi the Tenneesee legislature relative to tha 19th amendment., because ' we be lieved truth nlwaya permissible, aad because we thought Irgislaturea which ware to take action on thia matter were entitled to know what Tenneaaee had done or had failed o do. ' ''We called upon. Secretary Colby yesterday and made this request. It was repeated at another conference to day. 1 ' The proposed statement, in substance, waa aa acknowledgment of his receipt of Governor Roberta' certificate of rati ficatioa and receipt of a second eertifl cation from the Governor, showing thst the lower house had recoualdered Its action and, by a vote of 47 to 24 with 20 members present and not voting had rejected tha amendment. "The Secretary asm red as yesterday that he would gladly tsaua eueh a etate- ment at ones ia order that it might ap pear la tha morning newspapers of to day. He took aur room number nt the hotel, declaring that ha would telephone ua in the early evening and that one member of the delegation would ' be given his written statement. Tha Sec re tary failed to do as promised snd this resulted is tha conference today. . ' Only Suggested Precedents, "Whea tffe proposed statement, - ta writing, was presented to him . today for signature, he said he knew of no reason why he should not sign it, but would refer it to his solicitor and would announce tomorrow what aetioa be would take. , "Secretary Colby was not requested (Coattaaad oa Psga Twa.) ' . i I., - i WARNINGS OF BOMB ATTACKS SENT MASSACHUSETTS MAYOR Bedford, Mass., Sept. 21. An annoy moua warning that bomb outrages in volving the city halia in this eity aad Fall River are planned Tor Thurvday haa been received by Mayer J. H. Kay, of Fall River, Dietriet Attorney Jo seph T. Kenney announced today. - The warning be aaid,' was contained in a communication , which said that simultaneous attacks would be made ea the city halls, banks snd mills la eieh eity. Mayor Kay turned the letter over to tho Fall River police officials aad Mayor Ashley, sf New Bedford. APPOINTMENT THRILLED WASHINGTON V-V ,' - . , , .V.-' J .'v'A - "'. .;-i-v ' . .vi:y'-; s'"..-:,il- . ' y 1 ; , ' -v.; v.t .' i K; '- &i skij.v t . ,-Qr I v i Miss Mabel T. Boardman. who was a member of the Board of Commissioners Miss Boardman ia known throughout the Bed Cross. Her appointment thrilled all . .. a Tropical Hurricane From ' Gulf Striken Orleans Weather Bureau In Close Touch - With . Storm Warns Southwestern' Cities VESSELS KEPT IN HARBORS . ALONG THE GULF COAST Thousands Lot Feople He From Coastal Placet To ' Inland Points Kuir Orleans, Sept. 21. With the wind biowiag a steady gala of M miles aa hour aad gomiag la gusts from 80 to 60 nicrchanta, storekeepers aad. tha people la outlying districts began preparing to meet thi hurrieaaa" fast afroachiag from, tha unit, " ?. Plata glass windows, throughout the easiness section were is-oaforaved aad wherever availabla metal shutters were placed over tho windowsT--la; one aee tioa a couple of houses were unroofed. .With the rising, tide and growing winds residents ' aad pleasure seekers along the shore ofj. Lake Ponehartrsin commenced flocking into the . eity. Drivea by the increasing ) winds the water in Lake Penchartraia began' com ing over the sea-wall at West End and Spanish fort. . From , tha . Mississippi coast resorts every Irain returning to tha city was crowded with vacationists seeking safety from the approaching ttornv ' . ' - All tha hotela ef the city are filled ia overflowing, and refugees are camp ing ia tha postoffiee,' custom house and, other public buildings.. , ' All , shipping remained, ta the rivet today, following the warnings of the weather bureau. At Port Eadea fi targe fleet s anchored behiad tho breakwater and jetties waiting .for the storm to blow over. Several vessels which clear ed Monday did not sail aad soma of those which did put back. Two large tankers from the North Atlantic en route to Port Arthur also put into Port Elide for shelter,, . ' . .. ... At 10 o'clock tonight tho barometer at the weather bureau registered zKXS, a drop of nine points ia three hours. Tha wind velocity here was thirty mile from the northeast. At Burwood oa tht coast at 7 o'clock the barometer stood at 89.82 and the wind from the north cast was blowing S8 miles per hour. At midnight the barometer bad regis tered two poiats from ita minimum af 29.53 to 29 J and tha winds had dropped from -its maximum velocity of 48 to S4 lailes from the South, southeast. . The weather bureau atated that this would indicate that tha greatest force of the hurrieaue would bo felt oa tho coast ta the cast of .New Orleana bat that New Orleans was not out of danger. ALL PASSENGER TRAINS OUT - OF NEW ORLEANS CANCELLED. New Orleans, Sept 21 AU trains scheduled to leave New Oajeans since B o'clock tonight have been annulled. The superintendent of transportation af tha Louisville and Nashville reported at 11 o'clock toaight that tha water waa aver the railroad bridge at Bay St. Louisf Rigoletee and Chef Menteur. A train loaded' with gulf coast refugees bound for New Orleans waa etalled at Chef Menteur and attempta to take pas sengers ever tho bridge oa motor cars failed. The wind at Bay St. Louis and Chef Menjeur waa reported to be SO milca an hoar. - - : - WARN1NCS OF STORM SENT' ; . BROADCAST BY THE BUREAU. Communities i along tho - Calf' Coast from the Florida Paaaiasula ta the Texaa Lagoons prepared last night for emergency of atoms, aad , flood today. -white weather Bureau -. waraiaga told af a verts s af tropi cal harricaae draggfag Ma attend ant clrclea af . roaring galea atowly . ' toward the aaalalaad.' Tha treSc tense la the Calf iteelf were alecs, lag faat aa ahip austere apprised , by tha wlrelaaa or the adveat of high raaaiag. aeaa aad, wksd, raa lata port shelter. - I , ' t i - Swslllag tldea'aa tha Lawlaiaaa- l .. . , . (Coatlaaed aa Faga Tea.) .reecatly appoiated by tha Preaideat aa which runs tha District of Columbia. nation aa aa untiring -worker for tha Washington. . . t ... . . w- MR2 HEW ROLE Democratic Candidate Talks To Fellow Editors From . Southern California Los Aagelea. Cal 8ept. Sl-43avarBor Cox, af Obio.: Demoeratio Presidential candidate, waa aa. tha-way-ta Ariaeaa tonight, after completing hie Southern California campaign which iaeladed oat uneehednled evant the brief appearance et the gaveraor as aa "actor" before a motion picture camera. : Hia program was so crowded that ba waa aaabla to keep some of the last minute engagements made vf or him by the Los Aagelea committee, but ba aun- aged to address two audiences at Loag Beach, twa at Los' " Angeles, ana at Hollywood and' one at San Bernadino before hia departure. He stsrted .tha day with aa address to tba South California Editorial Aseo eiation, ia convantioa here. He told members ef tha organization he woald apeak to them "as aa editor to his fel low editors, aad would aot touch on polities questions. Thea he went to Long Branch and before aa audience which overflowed tha municipal auditorium, made aa ad dress which waa largely a defense .of tho League of Nations and an account of the nomination of Senator Harding as the Republican presidential candi date. Hia aecond speech ia Long Beach was to those unable- ta crowd into tha auditorium.. He made reference to tha Japaaese question ia California and promised that if he were elected Presi dent ho "would bo bound by the con stitution to respect the rights of States to settle their own Internal problems." . Back to Los Angeles, ho spoke to a gathering of club women of Southern California. Tha governor's program, as rearranged by tha local committee called also for three other addresses bare but he waa aaabla to keep these eagage menta. ... r" , . . The governor was able, however, to keep the engagement st a motion picture studio in Hollywood, whero hs "acted" ia a set" prepared especially for his visit. v.- Tha "act" represented the ship af State aad he took ap a position oa tha bridge, while about the craft, ia water which reached their ankles disported number of girls in bathing suits. Ia a brief talk from the "bridge" the gov ernor extolled tha motion- picture in dnstry. He left Los Angeles wkh one mora speech scheduled at Ssa Bernar dino, before catering Arjaona with tha t . r , - (Caatlnaod aa Faga. Tea.) September 24th Is the one best ' day to . come to Raleigh shopping It will pay you to come : prepare to T satisfy your entire season's wants. Probably never again will Raleigh merchants make such, price concession as 'Oil '.' ,". .S f: '.;;. Dollar Day FOR GOVERNOR COX Way! ONLY ONE CHOICE IN THIS CAMPAIGN, , BOB PAGE STATES Former Democratic Candidate For Governor Pledges Supr port To Morrison SERVED WITH MR. COX jN CONGRESS TWO, TERMS Strong- Plea Tor League of Na tions By Former Congress, man; Appeals' To 'Women Voters To Sari Country From Eeactionary Forces of The Republican Banks' ' By H. C HESTER. : (Staf Carraspoadeak) Carthage, Sept. 21. Pledging full sup port to Cameron Morrison, Democratic' candidate for Qovernor la North Caro lina, championing tha League ef Nations aad the revaluation act and appealing to tha electorate to return a Demo cratic administration In the nation and in tha State in November, Hon. Robert N. Page delivered his flrst eampaiga soeeea thia afternoon to a Urge audi enee in the court house of Moajs county, the address being hia first public utter anee since bis participation in the re cent three-cornered battle for tha Demo cratic gubernatorial nomination. Mr. Faga praised Jimmy uot as man aad rapped 8enator Harding for hia many attitudes oa the League of Nations issue, characterising the Bc publleaa candidate as haadpleked by the Senate oligarchy. Ha made aa ap peal to tha aew women voters to sup port tho Democratic party of the State aad warned tha newly . snf ranchiaed voters apt to ba thrown off their guard by tha contention that they are free to vote lor waom tnsy . pwaae. With tha opening of tha tobacco mar ket and court wook as additional at tractions, Carthage was thronged today by hundreds of einsons from au parts of tha county who. gathered ia tha court bouae at 1:30 o'clock to hear Mr. Page. .'" Tha sneaker waa Introduced by Mr. U. L. Bpenee,. chairman of tha Demo- era tie county executive committee. Poaca af World at Stake. Mr. Page asserted ha was sonvtaeed that the issues at stake in Ue nation in thia eampaiga are far-reaching in extent, and . that tha future of civ ilisation depend npoa the result of this campaign. In discussing the League of Nations, ba axplataed that tha aaerifloes ia men and money in wac-ins- tha atraaarla aad tha Saal via- tarr.waa dona because of the Arm be lief that ia making thee sacrifices it would ba possible to put aa aad to war In tha future. At tha peace tanie in Paris this greet purpose that was bora la tha hearts and minds of Americans and thsir allies grew into tba treaty and tha league covenant. It was dona to bring about tha result of that which wa made good and for which wa bad hoped tad prayed.-- : Mr. Paga told of tha submission at tha peace treaty -and League Cove nant toy the United States Senate, stating that before its suDmission were wss little or no opposition tb the pact Tha number of opponents ia tha Sen ate .to the peace treaty and League covenant then could be counted on the fins-era af one hand but tha opposition st ones lost sight of ths merits of tba case and with Snalks aforethought brought iato tha issue parting and nersonsl politics. c ; , The Republican Senators tried to teU tho people that, ths adoption of tha treaty .and League covenant as submitted would mesa the beginning if the end of American Institutions. Tho candidate nominated. oa tha plat' form af the Republican party . has dodged tha issues ta thsir platform did not say what they meant, for they didn't know what they meant. They didn't know what they wanted. Their owa party is divided on this qcustlon Hardina Ia A Dlleassna. Tha speaker said Sentaor Harding wss a haadpleked candidate of the Senate olicarchy aad that the Republi can voters generally had no - Idea of naming Harding, that thers were tve other candidates in tM convention with mora votes than Herding had. Ba was chosen in aa upper hotel room la Chicago . by tho Penroaes and Ltds-ea. Whvl Largely for the reason that he could be need as ths candidate for the Republican party. Biace his nomination this candidate has taken eight different, poeitions p the League of Nations issue. ' - "I ssurs you he has my eympsthy In hia dilemma," said Mr. Page. "Hard ing ia trying to please sll in his seversl positions on ths league. I say the Republican party is playing politics with ths peaes of America and ths neaea of the world. I "There has been no double interpre tation of this Issue from ths Demo rrstis sids snd all its leaders hsve come out in favor of ita raMflcatinn by tha United , States Senate. To fail to do this would place dishonor on the American people aad nation. The Re publicans arc trying to repudiate the Iksus in spits f ths camouflaging Americanism which the Republican candidate mentions in his every speech snd hsvs ndooted tha alogan and par pose to dishonor America In the sight of tha world in Her own signi. AbiwuI. Women Vetera. Mr. Paga appealed to the new ele ments of eitisensbip, especially the mothers, to support' ths stand taken ea tha League by tha Democrats. This brouirht him to ths issus of woman suf frage which ha ehmpioned in no un- miatakea terms. He as id in ueir in experience the new women voters may re misguided and told them to be on their- guard snd aot credit the view that tha aewly enfranchised voters are coming into their own wunout odh gstions to nay party aad thst they eaa nf fnr whom their BO dsairs. I want to remind yoa something of ths debt yon owe tha. Democratic party ia North Carolina," ba explained. "It was due tha Democrats of tha Stats (Continued e Fags Two.). NEW TQRE ASSEMBLY VOTES V .TO UNSEAT THREE SOCIALIST MEMBERS, RECENTLY ELECTED Albany, li. T Sepw ILThree at tba Iva Soclsltsta la tha New Tark Stata Aaasably wore , expelled to aight for tha aoeaad thaw t! la yvsr when tba assembly declared vacant tha aeate af Usii Waldaaaa aad Aagast Classens, af New Tark. aad Charlea Solomon, ef Rings. . 1 Samuel A. Dowttt aad Baas no! Orr, af tha Bronx, ware permuted to re tain thsir aeate.. After Ue vote had been token re. salting la Dewltt aad Orr retaining their aeate, each waa given tho Seer on a point of peraoaal prlvHoajp aad verbeUr resigned their aeate. Raleigh Woman To Sound De mocracy's Call To Women or Her Native County J SPEAKS SATURDAY IN SHELBY TO DEMOCRATS Supporters of Mas Gardner Bally To Support of Demo. cratlo Party In State and Katlon; Sons and Followers of Dixon, Durham and Webb MAlly Around Banner By R. BV POWELL (Staff Correspondent) Shelby, Sept. SL -Disaffected Demo crats ia North Carolina seating about for a tonic to bolster ap party' faith eaa find ia Cleveland eounty tha cure for all primary ailments. If. every other Democratic county in tha State will take the leasen from Cleveland, tha majority la November will go above tho estimate of 79,000 set by. Clyde Hoey ia bis Greensboro speech yester day. v For primaries, aad 0. Max Gardner's friends distinctly remember that he passed through two as heated as Tar Heels aver witnessed, are by gones and ths shades of Plato Durham, Thomas Dixon, the older, ' and George Milton Webb, are calling to cheir offspring to stand firm la tha faith. Cleveland's democracy baa always been. Simon pure and it ia the one county la a tire of eight between Meck lenburg aad Transylvsnia where . the party leaders hsva ao fears of election j rti l ji i. - - i ! t. ordinary times of twelve hundred or thereabouts aad with ths wemea voting this year elghteea hundred has been set aa tha mark. ' -Dr. Carroll To Speak ' The eampaiga will be formally opened hero Saturday by Dr. Delia Dixon-Car roll, of. Raleigh," whose ancestral de mocracy ia traditional for loyalty and belligerency;. The women of the Bounty have been called bero Saturday after aooa by Otis Mull, eoauty chairman, to hear Dr. Carroll, .singularly famous, as a product of Cleveland because aha is a woman, and -the publicity channels of war-time are being employed to stimu late politics into too' new eligibles. : The county has arranged to make tha light here aad get tha majority and St the same time lead, both Max Gardner aad Clyde Hoey to ths State. Both are being flooded with telegrams ask lag them to make apeechea ia every section of ths State end both are pre paring to abandon their law offices far ths rest of ths campaign and take ths stump for Cameron Morrison and the rest of tha ticket. - Some Carpet Bag History There Is aotbing psradoxirnl about ths condition of Cleveland democracy today.' Tha fact that Max Gardner was defeated for tha nomination hasn't helped Republican chances in the county in ihe elightest. The younger generation simply remembers 'a bit of carpet bag history that it will take something mors thsn defeat of favorite son for it to forget and affili ate with the party that keptdMato Du ham out of Congrees when the people voted for bim to so there...- ' The elder Durham, with a spectacular career behind him at ths sga of 8V and an even more brilliant one ahead of him, was selected by ths Democrats ef this-district to represent them in Con greas ovsr ths Republican candidate sad tha majority was large. A carpet bsg 8rertartof State, by name Men. ningcr, refused' ta certify Durham's election and ssat hia Republican op ponent to Congress 'jistcad. The career of .a t omislng statesman was smotn- sred in the youth of glory end Repub licanism hss never flourished hers since. The younger generation doean't pro- arose for it to get a football now. Dis appointment because of the defeat of its own primary choice has been teen but not the creator of insurgency. The women received a double dose of dis appointment, they dldo't get tha vote in time for the prmiary aad they ssw Gsrdnsr defeated, yet there are ao ap preciable number of Democratic woman talking fitber about scratching ths ticket or lining, up with tha Republi cans this Aime. ' ' Thsrs are a few and Dr. Carroll ia coming to make a Democratic speech to them. The rebellious ones are fight ing, though, to the last ditch but about resolved to heed Dr. Dtion-CSrroll. Aa Evangel of Democracy Followers of Plato Durham, who, by ths way, is ths fsther of the aew United States Attorney for this district, are not alone ia their invulnerable allegi ance to the Democratic party. Cleve land, more particularly Shelby, Is where Thomaa Dixon, . the elder, . lived, preached Christianity and democracy sad res red enough brilliant sons and daughters to send the Dlxoa .name around the world. Here lived , also George Miltoa Webb, father of Judge Jam. a L. and Edwla Tata. Webb, aad of Mrs. Ov Max Gardner. ' , ' ; -. , Such Is a skeleton of Democracy s .,' . - i fCeatlaned ea Page Two.) DR. DIXON-CARROLL TO OPEN CAMPAIGN PROHIBITION III AMERICA CLAIMS WORLD INTEREST Sir Auckland Geddes and Sec- ' retary Daniels Deliver' -' Addresses. V- ,; . . FIVE HUNDRED ATTEND ' INTERNATIONAL MEETING . Practically ' AH Xnropean Xa- tions and South Amerioaa . Countries Represented at Catherine In Washiartos ; Secretary of Kary' Telia ef . Leag-ne Advantages Wsshlngton, D. O. Sept. tLPtehi. ' bltioa In 'the United States has at- , trsetsd tba .attention of tha world, Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador, declared ia addressing the opening ses sion today pf the Fifteenth Interna tional Congress Against Alcoholism. In' support of bis assertion,' Sir Auckland '' teld tha Congress that detailed reports , "' ef its proceedings had been requested v by bis borne government and that the governments af ethsr aatioad were un dertaking studies ' of tha sociologies! ' and economic effects of total abstin- ' anee. . " Practically all of the European' na tions sad a number af the South-. Americaa republics wsra represented at the opening , session which, wss held in ths Pan-Ameriean ' Building. After V greetings had been extended by A- ' sistant Secretary af State Merle Smith -and Director General Rows of tho Pan American Union replies ware nude by . the heads of tho various foreiga dele-' gationa. ; f Dinwiddle Named Chairman.' , Much of the first session waa taken np with the welcoming ceremonies, la effecting its organisation the fongrcss -elected Edwin C. Dinwiddle, former legislative superintendent of ths Anti-.' -Salooa League af America, chairman to succeed Premier Do Beercnbrouek of the Netherlands who was made -president of tho International commit tee of ths Congress. ' E. H. Cherring ton, of Westerville, Ohio, wss chosen secretary of the Congress aad af ths international committee. , Delegates to ths Congress tonight saw a pageaat, entitled, "tha spirit of temperance," which wss Beted oa I the front of the Capitol aad which depicted the progress af prohibition . In ths United Rtntes. Later the dele gates were guests st a reception' gtrtaS by the Americaa executive committee . at ths Pan-Ameriean building. , . - . Sir Anekland Geddes made his state-men- -relative ta the attention being . paid by other nstioss to prohibition . in ths United States la responding for Can add, Australia and ' aeveral other British dominions an ths roll rail of the nations' The Ambassador said three departments of bis' horns rTrment were - "intensely interested' In ths work 6f the Congress and named them as the home office, the Board ef Trade, . and the Ministry of Health. I ' Discussing prohibition i from the wrsnd point of a seleatist. Dr. En.Teae Lyman, Fisk, Medical director Of Life Extension , Institute New York, de elsred the homsa rses could not' give a very sati.fsctory account of Its cus tody of the human body despite the development attained "through the, rears. Man, be aaid, hsd reached oalv "the borderland of physical freedom. - .-, LEAGUE COVENANT STANDS FREEDOM FROM ABUSE Washington, Sept. SI. The fifteenth International Congress: Against Alco holism convened in tba ball of ths Psa- 1 American Union building today. There w.ra 600 delegates preseat representing the prohibition sentiment , of every civilised government oa tha globe. No internationsl mooting ia Wsshlngton ever brought together a more distin- . guished audience of men and women' from the four quarters of ths world. On behalf of ths United States Goysra- msnt, Secretary Danisla delivered an address to the Congress to Wsshlngton. Ths Congress will be In aessloa over Sunday. Tonight will be seen one of the most picturesque snd graphic page- Temperance." It exhibited oa the east -steps of ths Capitol. . Secretary Daniels in bis address pointed out thst ths covenant ef the League of Nationa aot only guarantees . freedom of conscience and religion' but . also stands tot prohibition of abuses such ss the slsve trade, ths arms traf fic aad tha liquor. trsflle. The follow ing are extracts from bis address; TravaU of New' Birth "This Con greas meets . whsa ths world is ia tho travail of a asw birth. -We hsvs lived to see emaaslpatioa ef men everywhere so that human slavsry hat passed away forever. But there are other forma1 of slavery whose shsckles fetter, the attainmsat of tha highest of which mea are capable. The fetters of ignorance, of selfishness, of anarchy, of privilege, of iatampcraaee, of abuse of the body these are tho forms of slavery against which men and womea must wage Increasing war. Ths weapons of victory in this conflict. are not submarinss or airy navies or poison gss or belching guns. If these mors insidious and mora 'destructive forms of slavery could be opposed by such Weapons ths victory would come, quicker and easier. Battles ia ths opea with visible wespoas challenged tha ea listment of courageous fighters. '. It Is tha battle against foea who wear cloaks, wbie,h mahe them, often in visible and always difficult of pursuit, who sre tha 'hardest saemlee to con quer. Who may aurely Sad the lair '. tf ths profiteer aad the dea of the ' saarchist, or tha Joints of drunkenness aad licentiousness Aad what javelina or gas will prove thsir aadoiagf Bat the difficulty ef the encounter sdds ta . ths appeal to men snd women who had ths faith to attack and destroy aa- toe racy and militarism. We will tni a way ar make one to successfully wis (Caatapaed aa Page Twa.) I .1
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