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BARGE S
ERVCETO
CONNECT EASTERN
CAROLINA TOWNS
v Senator Simmons and Secre
tary Daniels Aid In Putting
Tha nool ThrAitnh
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HI Nt-W KHKIU KDI K IUN IT
Government Will Operate
Nine Tends Until Corpora.
tion Can Take Them Over
Will Son Between Baltimore
and Norfolk and Several
North Carolina Cities '
I New end. Observer Buress,
03 District Nstiossl Bank Building.
(By Special Leased Wire.) 1
Washington," 8ep 22. With th aid
of Senator ' Simmons' and Secretary
Daniels, Mr. H. E. Barlow, secretary of
the Now Beta J Chamber" of Commerce,
backed by the city of New Ban and
other town, pot through a deal bora
today with the War Department that
meant new million in commerce to
all eastern North Carolina. Tha War
' Department hat agreed through tha Is
land Coaatwiia Waterways Berries' to
operaU nine barge oa tha inland
water route between Baltimore and Kew
Bern. In 'commercial importance tha
achievement ranka with tha expected
ultimata victory of the State over the
Vi.-gmia eitie la tha freight rata dis
crimination ease now pending.
Through Colonel Aabburn of tha la
land eoastwse , Waterway Service' th
contract was signed ana me cargo ser
vice by tha government joining New
Bern, Beaufort, Morehead City, Eliza
beth City, Plymouth emu other towns
along the inland water route directly
wita Baltimore ana Norfolk wiu com'
menee within a fortnight.
Retain Preferential Bate.
Tha New Bern Chamber of Com'
merce was compelled by tha Cummins
seh railroad law to ask tha government
to put into operation this barge service
to '. preserve the preferential freight
rates New Bern and other places along
tha water route must have to live and
prosper. "Our preferential freight
rates are now mada-eeeure," aaid Secre
tary Barlow and it means that New
Beta as a market will be able to com
pete with Norfolk and Richmond. It
sires New Bern, the great advantage
she requires as a Brat class tobacco and
cotton market." "
It is understood that tha government
will operate tha nine bargee ea this
route till a private corporation has tteea
organized totaka aver and operate the
service. Such a corporation is now be
ing organised and to it the govern
ment will sell the barges just as toon
it the service has Veen definitely estab
lished. '
Three of the nine bargee will be self
propelled,, oil being the fuel. Two of
these have already been completed
in the government ship yard aad the
other wjll be completed shortly. The
tonnsge of these barges will be each 350
tons. Each of these three barges will
tow two steel barges of 400 tons each.
The trip from Baltimore to New Bern
will consume from 48 to 60 hours. The
distance of 383 miles. Tha service will
be conducted just as the government
is now operating a barge service oa
the loner Mississippi and on the inland
coastwise waterways of New York
iihu l-.k Eiigla.i'l. Mr. Barlow said he
eipwtc.l the bargee ultimately to be
displaced by light draft ships.
Small's Dream Comes True.
" The service, Mr. Barlow aaid, will so
increase the commerce at New Bern and
ether town ia the territory that the
government will be compelled to deepen
the route for steamers drawing fifteen
and twenty feet of water. Tha ter
minal nt Baltimore, Norfolk and New
Bern have been completed and through
.Mr, F. C. Morris, "tlie acent of the In
land Coastwise Waterway Service, the
tariff schedules ara being worked out.
Mr. Barlow says tha benefits of this
barge freight service will be felt S far
west as Balcigh and that Wilson, Golds
boro aad Kinstoa will be greatly bene
fitted. Norfolk can no longer grow and
prosper at the expense of northeastern
North Carolina, one of tha naturally
richest 'agricultural regions of the
United States. Incidentally Congress
man John H. Small of tha First North
Carolina District, see hi great dream
coming U fruition right at his door
when ha retires from Congress.
With government dredges digging aad
churning tha waters of the Neuse aad
th. Rannd. Youna- Barlow sees New
Bern ontstrip Wilmlgtoa aad become
ultimately rival Of Norfolk Itself. All
that ia needed is cutting away of the
mod ia tha bottom of these rivers and
bays nnd the barge service will bring
the dredges. . -i'.
Mrs. H. E. Barlow aad daughter,
lti. .re here with Secretary Barlow.
Also here from New Bern is W. H.
Headerrsn; cashier of tha Citizens Bar
ing Bank.
VIENNA IS CONTEMPLATING
ML'NICIPALITT-OWNED MOVIES
Vienna, Sept. J. Muhieipality-owned
niovieo are contemplated ia negotiation
sow proceeding between tha aity au
thorities and a German producing con
cern. The coir. puny propose to es
tablish cinemas all over Vienna with
out paying licenses. When a eertaia
l ortiuu of the- Investment ia- recovered
the eity would become a part owner and
. f sally be permitted to buy out the sa
tire -concern? ..
ATTACHMENT OF ISM. '
FOR BREACH OP CONTRACT
Norfolk Vs., Sept. 22 An attach
ment for t-150,000 beeansa of an al
leged breach of contract to deliver
coal was filed in the circuit court yes
terday by " ths Coalmont-Moshaanoa
Coal Company against tha Matthew.
P operation,' laei principal defendant.
aad several r-ifffndants said to sold
property of the' principal defendant
Plant No More Tobacco Until
1920 Crop Is Sold At Profit
T, , , -. ;. . . ,
More' Than 1,000 Tobacco Growers tn Session Here Yester
. day Pledga Themselves To Eliminate' Crop Altogether If
: Satisfactory Prices Are Not Received.' - Permanent Organ
ization of Tobacco. Growers Effected and 'Judge Stephen
C. Bragaw Named President; Will Co-Operate-With Other
States in Efforts To Bring Better Condidons ; Meetings
- in Counties Saturday; weekv
Mora tha lflOQ tobacco growers, rep
resenting practically every 'largo to
bacco growing county ia tha State, ia
meeting hare yesterday pledged them-
selvej'aot to plant any mora tobacco
until they had sold this year's crop of
profit, organised a permanent Tobac
co Growers Association, elected Judge
Stephen C Bragaw, of . Washington,
president, aad passed strong resolutions
calling npoa tha farmers to organise,
and the Federal Beserve Banks to ex
plain why tha marketing of tha crop
connot be financed. - -
As waa tha ease of tha meeting of
tha aottoa growers her a week ago,
ths tobacco farmer war determined
yesterday seriously intent apon finding
ut why the tobacco market ia demoral
ized, and if there be ways 'to bring
soma sort of order out of tha chaotic
stata into which they have fallen. The
meeting was held in tha City Audi
torium, whither it adjourned after the
crowd had grown too large to b ac
commodated in tha Ball of Bepresenta
tives. Judge Bragaw- waa named par:
mane'nt chairman of the jessjfM.
The Association formed yeMarday is
destined to become a part of a National
Growers Association, now in progress
of formation by tobacco growers every
where, alike concerned over tha con
ditions that prevail ia the industry.
Representatives were her from Ken
tucky nnd Virginia, bringing "greetings
from similar organizationa that have
been newly formed there, and assur
ance that those States will stand by
North Carolina in whatever .steps they
msy take toward permaadnt association.
Meeting Hoars Mag.
The meeting dragged somewhat
through its five hour of session. Com
mittees were named first thing to go
on( aad work oat some plans for pro
cedure, and they took a long time with
their task. It waa 8:30 before tha last
of them cam back with reports that
were adopted with unanimous votes.
except for the fact that Judge Bragaw
demurred from the report of tha nomi
nating committee that made b.lm presi
dent aleaawhila tha meeting indulged
in much speechmaking, most of which
was lost ia the vast reaches of the Au
ditorium. Tha crowd was' net big
enough to arrest sound aad much went
to waste through the open doors and
windows. . ..
The first committee to some bsck from
its deliberations was that named to re
port oa the advisability of curtailing
th acreage next year. Tha report de
clared ia favor of 40 per cent redo.
tion, with . special provision for th
small farmer who would not b required
to plant less than thro acres.. The
report was vofed down, and in its stead,
a resolution pledtring tha farmers not
to plant any tobacco whatsoever until
they had sold what they hsd raised this
year, and at profitable prices. ,
Determine Cnrtallmeat Later. '
John J. Barker waa chairman of the
curtailment committee. In making the
report be declared that many farmer
had advocated planting not a hlU of to
bacco, and many others wanted to cat
the crop in half. There wss vociferous
cheering when ha said that some wanted
to not plant any. Opposition developed
to the plan of saying definitely how
mueh the acreage ought to be redueed,
it being - pointed out that it was too
erly,to speak sensibly about it, and
that it should not be dons antil it was
definitely ascertained whether there Is,
or will be, a tobacco shortage in the
world.
Several speaker pointed out the fact
lhat any curtailment now would be an
indirect admission by ths grower that
they had raised too much this year
The general opinion expressed wa that
there ia not too mueh tobacco, but too
much organization of those who boy it.
"Sell the tobacco yon have now, and not
nntil yon get a profit for it, and then
decide if yon ought to plant, any next i
Republican Nominee To Invade
Middle western Territory
and Tennessee
Marion. Ohio, Sept. 22. Two speak
ing trip, circling the Middl West
and dipping as far South as Tennessee,
ara to b mad by Senator Harding
during ths first half of October.
Under plan completed today at least
eight formal addraase will be deliv
ered aad it is expected that In addi
tion tha Republican nominee will max
impromptu speech ee to crowd ia var
ious eitie whor abort stop are ch-
duled. .. .
During th latter naif of th month
other eitie ar to be vlaltsd, but th
complete itinerary for that period has
not yet bean arranged. It wss indicated
here that the tw awing announced to
day probably would constitute th long
est joarueyr to b taken and that pro
posals for n trip to th Pacific coast had
been definitely put aaid.
Th f Irat of the two trips, taking tha
nomine across th Middl Wst, will
begin a week after hla return oa Sep
tember - - 29 from hi excursion into
Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky.
Leaving Marios on October 6 h will
speak at De Moines, Iowa, daring th
forenoon ef October f; at Omaha, Neb,
that evening, at Kansas. City, Mo, en
th evening of October S and at Ok
lahoma City,, Okla- ea th evening of
Oetober .
After a tep ef only a few hour
her h will depart again on October
13, speaking -a, Chattanooga, Tenn-
October 13, at Louisville, Kv, October,
14, et ladianapelis, lad, October 19,
and at Ft. Louis, Mo., oa October 19.
All ef the set speeches ea tliis .trip;
ar, to be delivered ia, Ui svenui
ADD TWO TRIPS TO
HARDING PROGRAM
.
1
year, and how mneh," waa th sentiment
that decided th vote against th report
of th curtailment committee.
Whatever curtailment that ia mad in
tha crop next year will come through
loeal organisation to be formed" Oc
tober 2, in every ' tobacco growing
county. Through thes loeal organi
zations, farmers will b asked to sign
Fledges to stand by tha majority
opinion as to curtailment next year.
Th general call for these local meet
ings will be cent rot by th secretary
immediately,
B. D. Johnson,, of Warsaw, evoked
th moat vigorous applause of the .con
vention when ha mad a ringing speech
in support of the committee report,
emended so aa o provide in a general
way for curtailment leaving it to the
committee to say after an investigation
how much.- "Let the word go out nntil
it sound down Wall 'Street that the
farmer ef North Carolina ara organ
ised to a man," h exclaimed, and the
crowd shouted Its approval. "The trusts
and tobacco companies are listening
out lor what you say,- he continued.
"You have tha Dower in your hands.
Here and now I charge sou to stand
like the boy on the Hindenburg line
aad at Ypre saying to th tobacco
truit you (hall not pass.
' Debate Waa Difflealt,
Th crowd waa too widely scattered
through the building to take part ia
debate, and only on or two speakers
had voices big. enough to reach every
body at on me. About a third of
th delegate "were grouped in th left
dress circle, another third oa the right,
and another third oi. the great stage
and on the floor in front. Th chair
bad been moved from the arena, and
those who occupied that spec stood,
Thcr was much confusion snd moving
about.
T. D. Hill, of Kentucky for th past
three years, but prior to that time, of
Uraaville county, was on of the few
who could be heard by everybody. Be
has 1 been, and ia yet at times, a
preacaer, aad if ha raise tobacco ia
keeping with his abilities a aa an ex
horter, his crop should bring top prices
cut in the Barley belt. He told the
farmer what had been don toward
organisation out his way, vand arged
tli em to da likewise down here.
i J. H. Warren, grizzled but impres
sive farmer from an Danville way, told
at om length of " the -indignation
meeting that have been held np his
way, aad of the ' determination of the
grower to get together and atiek to
gether until something permanent was
dene. He wanted to know if North
Carolina would stick to Virginia, and
amid enthusiastic yells, Judge Bragaw
reminded him that North Carolina got
th nam of Tar Heel for ita, ability
to atiex. .'
Among th hundreds -; of farmers
present were two score eolorej tobacco
farmer. Assurances wer given, and
received with expressions of, pleasure
mat in colored tobacco growers would
co-operate solidly with th whit fat
mar in th prog ram. and would follow
implicitly any action taken to bring
Doner conditions in the tobacco grow
iag industry. ,
Determine Tobacco Coats.
. Both these visitors from sister States
said that th cost of growing a pound
f tobacco in their respective belt had
been accurately determined, and recom
mended that the same thing b done
rere. in tbe Hurley belt, it cost 22
tents a pound, and in the bright belt
in Virginia it costs 35.58 eents a pound
Lik costs will be figured by the newly
organised associations in this State, and
farmer advised as to what they ought
to get for their tobacco.
Th resolutions committee esms in
finally with ita two pages f resolu-
(Continued en Pag Two.)
Says Republican Senators
Broke Faith With Hero
Dead; Discusses Taxation'
Kinston, Sept. 2. Governor Bickett,
addressing a larg audiene her to
night, declared th Senatorial Oligar
chy in choking to death th league of
nations covenant March 9 last, "Black
Friday," brok faith with the American
dead eleeplng in Flander field. ' A
mighty shoot rang through the "regions
of th damned and all th imp of hell
shouted with joy then, he said.
. Governor Bickett then invoked a
"vole, from th dead." H read the
rmrkabl . letter of a JOth division
captain to hi North Carolina mothsr
written two week before but decjh at
th Hindenburg Una, th splstls ef an
unuspeting literary genius. It typified
th spirit of America in th world war,
th governor asserted, saying th nation
had gon into th conflict to nd war for
all time and that th masses knew that
to b it purpo. .
Th Bepubliean Senator imposed a
lasting ear upon their rule by their
conduct," he declared.' " "The whole
world looked to America for guidance
and th Scnste majority mad of Amer
ica millstone hsnging from tha neck
of humanity." .
' Th executive railed upon th women
In th audiene to vote as the American
heroes ia Frsne had shot, to th end
thst war might be ended for all time.
He reviewed tha achievement, of . tht
present state administration ' aad re-
S . v .
1 (Contlsaed .nr Page TwsJ. .
BICKETT ATTACKS
SENATE OLIGARCHY
REPAIRING DAMAGE
CAUSED BY STORM
ALONG GULF COAST
Tropical Hurricane Passes Into
Interior Near Mouth of
Atchafalaya .River
NO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
TO CROPS IS REPORTED
Telephone and Telegraph Serv.
' f- 1 M Yft t 1
low imp -ire a ttj orarm, muu
Railroad Schedules Ee Tiled
Because of Weak Bridges
and Washouts; Gales On
Coast Keep Shipping In Port
WaaMngteu, Sept. L-Nkaot
storm warnings from Cap Benry,
Va to Wilmington, N. C, and
northwest warning at Charleston,
S. C war ordered displayed to.
night hy the Weather Barean. A
disturbance waa reported central of
the Booth Carolina coast and avU
deutly moving northwest. Th few.
roan advlaed caution In predicting
Increasing northwest winds, except
northerly, -on the South Carolina
New Orleans, Sept. 23. With ths
passing of the tropical hurrienn lata
the interior of Louisiana from a point
lust won ot too mouth of th Atcha
falaya river aad near Morgan City,
railroad; wire companies and other pub
lic service corporations ia th vicinity
of New Orleans tonicht were making
effort to restore service.
More than a thousand telephones were
out of order hero tonight, telegraphic
communication other than by trunk
wire to the larger cities' wss practi
cally impossible aad railroad schedulei
wer revised to meet condition made
necessary by weakened baldgea aad
wasned-out road beds.
Available information tonight did not
seem to warrant any great anxiety re
garding sugar and rlee crop of that
section ef the State in the path ef
the hurricane. Beporte ef only minor
damage at Morgan City led to the be
lief 'here that the hurricane waa not
ef great intensity and had weakei
perceptibly by the time it reachedthe
coast.
Along the golf coast thsrs were a
series of gales, causing sonsldsrsbl
alarm in fishing vuiagee.
All outbound waft, held at Part
Eads by storm warnings, steamed to tea.
today. ,
THOUSANDS OP DOLLARS
DAMAGE CAUSED BY STOIM
Bilaxi, Miss, Sept. 22. Biloxi " and
Gulfport, Miss, suffered thousands of
dollars of damage through the hurri
cane weather of last night The crest
est losses ar th Gulf Coast Traction
Company and Harrison county. The
highest velocity of the wind was SO
miles an hour.
15,000 VETERANS MARCH
IN BIG G. A. R. PARADE
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 23. Wsr
time enthusiasm greeted 19,000 veteran
of the Civil War here, today aa they
marched through the street in n pa
rade, forming ths elimax ef the fifty'
fourth annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Bepublie.
Although the route was less than a
mile the parade taxed ths strength of
msny. A temperature of 83 degree
madj the marchers uncomfortable and
before the marchers hsd completed
their parade many were earned to first
sid stations to recover from mild heat
prostrations. No serious attacks were
reported.
The business session will be held
tonMrrow when officers will be elected
and the next encampment designated.
CONVICT NEGROES OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
; Chattanooga,-Tens, Sept.f 22. The.
bearing, the ease of Taylor Neal and C.
J. Jackson, negroes, held for killing Abe
Baron of this-city,, and attacking his
companion, a young woman living in
Amerieus, Ga, this afternoon returned
a verdict of murder in th first degree
against both defendants. Counsel for
defense gsv notice of n motion for a
new trial. Th erim was committed
here on the night of August 21. The
negroes confessed killing Baron, but
later repudiated the confession.
MILLERAND CHOSEN AS
DESCHANEL'S SUCCESSOR
j Paris, Kept. 22. (By the Associated
Press.) Premier Alexandre ' Millerand
was chosen as candidate for tha preei.
deney to succeed former President Dee-
ehsnel, who resigned beeansa of ill
health by the joint caucus of th mem
ber of th Senate. nd chamber ef
deputie in the Senate chamber this
afternoon. ,
gnmiiiHniiiiiHHiHiHiiiiiiimiHmmuitTOiniiimtinii
Dojlqr
Day; .
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24
Every" Raleigh rfterchant
will offer merchandise at
unheard of price redac
tions Dollar Day.
Spend A Profitable)
Day In Raloigh Fri-
GOV. COX'S SPECIAL
. WRECKED A T PEORIA, ARIZ.;
NOMEMBEROF PR TYHURT
r . . , .
CATTLE FOOD
Government expert ef the foreet
of Agriculture in Aladlaon, Wis, have
dost. The photo shows th cylinder
minute cooking in this cylinder with
part ef the wood into sugar and renders
t f: -
Committee Resumes Probe
Into Campaign, Financing
Little Additional Information
Brought Out During Rather,
Jorfny Session -BARNES
i AND CARROLL'
BOTH ENTER DENIALS
Latter Asserts Llvor Interests
. If et . 1-aanelnc ; Oavernar "
' Ooa'e Cra-apaitm .
Washington, Sept. 23. The Senate in
Veatigating committee again plunged
Into the seas of Republican aad Demo
era tie campaign financing today, but
the record had little affirmative informa
tion en party funds nt the dose ef the
aeeaion to odd to what had previously
been disclosed. ..
Two fiat deaial epnnected with
charges that hav figured in previous
taatimonv were nrodueed. however. One
was entered by William Barnes, Jr.,
who asserted thst the book, "Bepubli-
eaniam in 1920, ' published by ku com
pany, the Albany (N. I.) Journal, had
no connection with the Bepubliean Na
tianaJ committee, and was - a private
commercial vesture. The other denial
waa made by George T. Carroll, ef
Elizabeth, N. J, president ef the Na
tional Betail Liquor Dealers of Ameries
and of the Federated Liquor Industries
of New Jersey, Who aaid that such sup
port aa these organisations had given
the candidacy of Governor Cox for the
presidency wss in no wsy connected
with Democratic party financing.
Barnes ChallenM Right.
Mr. Barnes carried hi denial to th
extent of challenging the committee 's
right to demand subscription list for
tha book rmblished by hi concern. He
questioned ita authority to call for an
account aa to a private business ven
ture, contending that the explanation h
made showed the work not to be n cam
paign document. After aa argument
with Senator BeeoVDemoerat, ef Mis
souri, who Insisted that n form of sub
scription contract differing from those
produced- by the witness was already la
the record, completion of Mr. Barnes'
examination went ever antil tomorrow.
Exhibit filed with the committee dur
inr it Chicago sessions will not be
available until then. '.
Carroll Recalls Letter.
Mr. Carroll- acknowledged having
authorized the seadlng ont from-his
office of letters arging liquor ' dealers
in the national association to aid the
Con and Boosevelt ticket. The letter
before the committee, he said, had been
read to him over the telephone for ap
proval, but be said h did not recall
th paragraph specifically- urging that
the Democratic candidate be supported
No official action had been taken by
either organisation, of which he was
head, to endorse n presidential ticket.
he aaid, although it bad been decided
to urge election of "liberM Congress,
regerdles of what party they repre-
eeat. : - ;
A total ef "las than had been
received la response to ths circular let-
tors, Carroll aaid, adding that no cam
paign literature had yet been put out,
although it was ia preparatios.
Senator Edge, Bepubliean, Nev Jer
ey, asked if any Democratic party of
ficial bad ever (ought to hav th liquor
men "desist from this activity In be
half ef the Democratic ticket Carroll
replied ia the negative and the Senator
then asked if the work sad not been
"accepted'' by the Democrats.
Challenges Question.
Senator Domercne, Democrat, of Ohio,
challenged this lsrt question as unfair
end Senator Beed finally broke into the
diseussioa with tbs declaration that the
single subscription , of John D. Rocke
feller to the Barnes book was larger
than the whole fund raised by th
liquor men. He Insisted thst such a
subscription was shown la th commit
tee records and was disputing this with
jCo'ntlaued en Tsge Twoj,
FROM SAWDUST
product laboratory ef the Department
developed A new stock, food from saw
In which th food ia mad. Fifteen
diluted acid under steam pressure converts
th remaining digestible.
MI-SOBS AND POWDEB
PUFFS FOR NKW VOTERS
ttoUle, Ala, Sept. .Wemea
veeess) In Whistler, the largest pre
dace in ' this eeaaty outside ' ot
Mobile, will be provided with mlr.
twee aad powder put at th school
tan election Friday.
REPORT EPIDEMIC
Four Workmen Furnish Only
New Clue To Mystery of
Wall -Street Explosiort '
New York, Sept 22. While the latest
development today in the investigation
of Wall Street' mysterious explosion
last Thursday pointed to aa accident
rather than a plot, news despstches
from other eitie indicated that a mild
epidemic of "bomb threats" had broken
out throughout the country.
Cleveland, Boston, New Bedford and
Trenton were among cities which re
ported anonymous warnings of dire
misfortune. Although authorities pro
fessed to regard these messages as ths
work of come practical Joker .or crank,
nevertheless, in every Instance extra
precaution to prevent outrage were
taken. . Th fact that New York s cus
tom house still stands unshaken after
the fake warning of an explosion to
save occurred yesterday did not cause
either Federal er loeal officials to relax
their vigilance. .
Virtually the only progress msds in
the Investigation of the disaster here
last Thursday came unsought. Whils
various investigating bodies wer track
ing clue all over New York snd New
Jersey four men employed by a house-
wrecking concern working in the fi
nancial district, walked into the muni'
eipsl building ou their owa account and
reported that ten minutes after the
blast the bad been talking with th
driver of the death wagon, which is be
lieved either to have carted c bomb
into Wall Street or to have been hit
there by aa automobile while convey
ing explosives aeross the eity.
The workers said that the driver had
rushed up' to them and declared his
wagon had been blown up while he was
telephoning his employer ,for an ad
dress to whleh h hsd been ordered to
take som building materials. Then he
is said to hav disappeared.
Assistant District Attorney Tslley
indicatsd tonight that ths September
grand jury investigating the disaster
would be particularly Interested in the
story of these four men, as the, jurors
bad been charged to looarfor criminal
negligence as well aa conspiracy. A
hint of the former was given by tbs
workmen, who' declared to reporters
that some contractors frequently carted
explosive In any sort ef vehicle with
out bothering to obtain a permit. Mr.
TsJley aaid he would summon the our
workmen to appear at his 'office tomor
row. When the grand jury adjourned this
afternoon, Its foreman ordered that
subpoeaae be issued for drivers and
superintendent of explosivs companies
ia this eity. Th subpoenas sre re
turnable tomorrow morning. Several
witnesses who elaimed to have auea a
powder wigon .in th vicinity shortly
before the explosion already have been
heard.
Paralysed As Result Basing.
Emporia, Ksa, Sept. 22. Andy Mo
Coy. ef Wichita, Kan, n freshman In
the eolleg of Emperia her is paralysed
below the waist, as a result. It Is said.
ef baring by upper classmen. Be was
Struck with a paddle. , " "J
nnun T nriTO
DUivD mmz
TRAIN
Nominee and Those Accom
panying Him Badly Shaken' .
Up, However; Engineman, ..
and Several Passengers . '
Are Injured . t .
SAYS TAFT SHOULD BE - !
ASHAMED OF FLING AT
LAW AND ORDER RECORD
Oharaoterises Char.es of Zx.
President That "Indlsposi.'
tion To Maintain Order By
Use of The Militia Is Well
Known To Loeal Union
Leaders and Explains His
I Popnlarity With Them" Is
Dropping Prom The Perch
of a Mature Statesman Into
The Realm of Cheap Political
Propaganda; Calls Taft.
Water-Carrier" Por Old
Guard Camp ; Reiterates
League of Nations Argument
and Praises, People of The
West
Phoenix, Aria, Sept. 22. Governor
Cox's presidential campaign train waa
wrecked about 4:30 o clock today, 1
miles north of here, while en route to
Prescott, Aria. 4
Th Democratic presidential candidate
and party were severely shaken when
aa engine and four cars of the special
train were ditched, but all escaped serl-.
on injury. Th moat seriously injured
waa Charles A. Nichols, ths engineer,
of Prescott, whose log wss brdten when
the engine toppled over.
Spreading Rail Cass.
Spreading rails war assigned by
railroad man as the eauss ot th wreck,
which compelled the goveraot and hi
party to return her tonight and can
cel hla evening addreee at Prescott. Bis.
future itinerary also was upset. .
Th accident occurred a half mile
out ef Peoria, a viUsg en the Santa
F rsllrosd. Aftsr dellvsring ssversl
speeches her, th train, consist lug of '
six ears snd drawn by twe heavy en
gines, needed for the upgrade to Pres
cott, left her at 4 o'clock.. About a
half hour later -while ruaalng at a
speed between S and 40 mile an bear
the train jarred suddenly, as if in col
lision, snd then application ef the 1
emergency brakes, bumping ever broken
rails and tiss, and the careening ef '
cars, told psssengers the itory.
The Governor's private ear at the rear
aad the adjoining compartment ear of
newspapermen, except for it forward .
truck, remained en the rails.
A baggage eoaeh jumped the track
about 15 feet and turned evr. Twe
passenger coaches and another compart
ment ear behind also slipped ten feet
from the track and partly toppled ever.
Second Engine Derailed.
Th first sngin ef the double-header, .
Engineer F. 0. Button, of Prescott, mid,
left th rails first and than jumped ea -again,
but the second engine toppled '
over amid a1 aloud ef escaping steam.
All of the psssengers on all car were
thrown topsy-turvey. Some suffered '
bruises and cuts from flying glass. In
ths rush to escape, edversl. women pas '
sengers in th eoaehee wars put throngs
broken windows.
Governor Cox was in th dining room
of hi private ear going over papers
with Dr. Robert C. Gcldimlth, his as
sistant on ths Lesgus of Notion ques
tion, when the crash occurred.
Nominee Help Iajared
"What's that!" he shouted, being
thrown heavily across the car. He -was
shaken up, but rushsd oat to asiist
the injured and afterwards, smoking a
pipe, waited for a wrecking train te
arrive and take him back to Phoenix.
The railroad track was torn up for
400 feet with bent rails, broken- ties
and glass scattsrsd about.
Raiser Not Credited. "
The line is not a main. artery, bat a
branch of the Santa Fa system, nnd ths
rails, it wss said, were not of the heart- '
est typt. A rumor was eurrsnt among
ths railroad people and others wh)
gathered soon aftsr th wreck thai a ,
man bad been seen running along th
road beside ths track just before th
train lsft the trsek, but th rumor lack
ed confirmation and was not credited jf
by Governor Cox, members of his party .
or railroad operativea.
DECLARES TAFT SHOULD BB
ASHAMED OF. HIS CHARGES.
Phoenix, Aria., Sept. 22. A statement
doclarlng that former Preaidsnt Taft
should be "ashamed of himself" for hla
statement regarding uss ef militia in
Ohio during ths Cox administration was
issued todsy by Governor Cox, Demo
cratic nominee, daring his Arisonn cam
paign. i 1 '
Commenting on Mr. Taft 's recent
article, which said thst Governor Cox'
"indisposition to maintain order by us
of ths militia is well known to loeal
anion leaders and explains hi popu
larity with them,' Governor Cox: made
the following statement:
- Is Cheep- Propagaada.
"It has bees spparent for sometime
that Judge Taft's newspaper article,
which wer Intended 0 bo th reflec
tions of a mature statesman, hare been
turned into a cheap political props
ganda. Be ought to be ashsmed ef him
self for the statement that law and
order have not been maintained in
Ohio. I would like to have him tell me
the instances in which hs would have
used troops where I did not. .
"I challenge him to ait the opinion
of a single member of the supreme
court of Ohio, no matter what kie poli
ties might be, la support of his absurd
accusation. I hav no objection to
Judge Tsft's becoming a water-carrier
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