North Carolina Newspapers

frr - WATCniALZL sa wir nmt Bn wj tn , a Mars' niraM ead vmd ' srisstam e siasw mot. ' VOL CXII. NO. 86 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, K C FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 24, 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.' : I ! PRICE: FIVE CENTS TZ2 XTLATHZn Unsettled, probably oaowar Friday aad ; Sates. day. v '.- ;.'- PRESIDENT Vf SOU for secretary of sJ1IIVEII8I1Y1)PEII5 TO AID DEMOCRATS - f-- IH WAGING BATTLE 11 1 l i BODY; OF SI Has Been Working behind The , Scenes of Campaign Stage! . For Some Time TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN . CENTER OF FIGHT NOjrV President Preparing Bombs Tor Bombardment of B. publican Camp; Has Been Keeping Oox Advised On League Issue; MeAdoo To Stump Country Nw and Obreer Buresu, 1 80S District National Bank Banding. , (By Special Leased Wire) . Washington, Sept. Hi-Democrat! ar delighted that th President kaa enter .ed'the campaign. Indeed, it ia aaw known that tha President baa beea working behind tha scenes in the earn paign for several woeki, and that be fore another ten days have, passed hs will hare taken his place in tha center ef the stags with the Democratic can didate, Governor Cox. . Word comes from the White Hones that he is aot only planning to throw a number of bombs directly into the Bepnblicaa samp himsslf, but that hs is preparing bombs for other mea to throw. His activities will be) confined to statements to tha pnblie, to letters to candidates, and to interviews with the leading Democrats on bow to carry ea the fight. Advising Governor Cox. It is aaid that ha has beea advising Governor Cox by post and by wire for some time. . It is nnderetood that when the Governor came hero to call oa the President ia July, hs reqaested him to advise him especially oa the League ef Nations. Tha statement of Governor Cox to a California audience to the ef fect that he would permit any reserva tions except nullifying reservations ia oroder to get the league ratified, is said to have beea authorised by the Presi dent. The President ia reported aa saying that-Senator Harding's speeches are without weight or force. He ia aaid to regard them aa of. good Democratic doctrine,- thst is that they will make Democrat of Republicans. MeAde at White Hons. . former Secretary MeAdoo spent yes tsrday at the White House. Whan he left it was announced that ho would stamp the country from the . Atlastiel to the -Faeinev Thar ana was me President has urged MeAdoo to get out and that aa a result every MeAdoo Democrat in this country will take ef his -eoat for Cox, ia making a fine campaign. Next to Governor Cox himself and tha President there is ae . man in this country who aaa do more " for the election of the Governor thaa William 0. MeAdoo. He carried to, suc cess three great Liberty bond earn figne. He-i no-ofthe laoatr eoa Tineing speakers who have over ad dressed an American audience. A Political Gsstare. Harding's scheduled visit to Chatta nooga is what the French call a political " gesture. Tennessee can no snore be " carried for Harding than ean North Carolina. Wilt Hays is claiming both Rtates. If his claim for Ohio and In , diana are no better founded thaa they , are for North Carolina, tha Democrats should not worry. But Democrats in Washington say thst Tennessee is aot ta a healthy condition 'for the Demo crats so far as the State ticket la con cerned. Beth Walker, 8peaker of the House, and his anti friends who ran over into Alabama to best suffrage, have got their knives out for Governor Rob erts and may possibly defeat him. This has caused' the Tennessee State Repub lican committee to urge Harding to visit tha Bute. But despite the course of Senator Shields there ia so real opposition among Tennessee Democrats to the League of Nations and Governor Cox. To Break the Seat. Bepublieans here are taring .that if the solid South eannot be broken by Senator Harding's visit to Chattanooga, the Republicans will break it by sot ting down Southern representation in Congress and the electoral college ahould they win the elsctioa. Of the . two, Democrats declare they ' would lather lose half their representation thaa to ace the South become Republi can. For in the latter event 'it would toss its political honor a quality that has made tha South great Simmons Dae Credit. The eredit for securing the barge service ander the inland coast wine water division of the War Department from Baltimore to New Bera belongs chiefly to the untiring efforts ef Senator Sim mons. For msny months the Senator bsa had this , project "la mind. Whea the operation of the inland waterways was placed ander the War Department, Senator Simmons had conference with tha officials and suggested tha atiHxa- ' Hon of the Inland waterways of Mary land, Virginia and North Carolina by the establishmeat of a barge line be tween Baltimore aadJJew Bern, but he expects the line to bo extended farther South. ' The Senator was told la his aonfsrr noes with General Frank Hineo, bead f tha transportation service. General Connor, General Hines' sueeeseor, aad ' Colonels Ashburn nnd Anderson that the War Department was ready to aid the people in eastern North Carolina by fur nishing the bargs service. Ia the mean time the people ef New Bern, to main tain their preferential freight rates, were trying to organlaa a private com pany to buy barges. At the ngges tioa ef the Senator they dropped this plan aad gave him their hearty lo ops ration in presenting the need of the bargs line to the government. Virginia Civea Aid. ' When Mr. Williams of Virginia was appointed Assistant Secretary of War, the Senator found in the department , man who understood tbs -whole pros- Continued on. 'WfJl, V. - Miss Harriet May Mill ia running for the office of secretary of New fork state en tha Democratic ticket, being tha first woman aver nominated for this office. It la exported aha win poll a largo vote. i -..,, Copyright Underwood aad Underwood. ' Democrats ta liaise $500,000 "Match the President' Fund One Thousand Friends of The League To Be Asked Tg ' Match The President REQUEST NEWSPAPERS TO HELP IN CAMPAIGN Pleasant A. Stovall, former Minister Tp Switserland, Tint To Respond Xew York, Sept S3. George White, ebairaaaa ( the Democratic aational committee, .aaaoaaeeol bare today that the eommiltee wesJsV twtor WONO national "Match the President" earn paiga fund. Mr. White said that a thousand friends of the League of Nations would be naked to follow the example of President WUsoa aad aabseribo SSOO each to aasurs the success ef the Cox Roosevelt ticket and the League itself. Tfewspaaera To Aid. ' Mr. White aaid also that newspapers favoring the League of Nationa would bo naked to aid ia foraatioa of theH MLoagne Thousand Club" to bo com posed of contributors to the fund. "Lees thaa $130,000 collected by as provided a contrast before the Senate committee investigating campaign fund contributiona yesterday with millions In tha hands of the Republicans" aaid Mr. White. "Since the fata of the League aad the peace of tha world de pends oa the Bueeess of Cox and Boose velt, I intend to call for a thousand frieada of the League all over the eouatry to match the President's aub scriptioa of $500 recently made ia tha same cause. Paad of ttee.M. "This will provide a special fuad of $500,000 to put the truth about the League before every voter. Btato and eoaaty chairmen will bo asked to as sist, and wo feel hopeful there are at leant a thousand mea ia the United States who will give aa $500 each for the League. - "This plan will provide tha xaoaaa for a heavy aasault against miarepre- station ia the interest of mere partisanship.- - Stovall First To Give. The first response to the "Match the President" cam paiga fund was received at Democratic headquarters lata to day from Pleasant A. Btovall, editor ef the Bavaanaa Preea aad former United Stateo minister to Switzerland. He aent a telegram to Cbairmaa White pledging a contribution of $500. : ROBBERS SECURE $10,000 FROM BANK AT STANLEY Charlotte, Sept tS-Xobben entered the Farmers and Merchants Baak at Stanley, eight miles from Gastoaia, thia morning at o'clock, blew opea the aafe aad escaped with tea thou sand dollar ia sash aad liberty bonds. Deputy Sheriff Fespermaa, of this city, went to Stanley, ' but returned this afternoon after an aaoaoeosafal effort to apprehend the robber. Blood hounds trailed the robbers to a point where they apparently entered aa automobile. - The door ' of the aafe was blows epea as was also the doer of the vault People la the vicinity wore awakened by tha Soise of the explosioa aad gave the alarm. A eitisea who is re ported to have sses the robbers ia their get-away says there were three. Up to thia boar they have aot beea apprehended. STORM IN LUMBERTON " SECTION DOES DAMAGE Lamberton, Sept ti. A strong south east gale, accompanied by a downpour of rain, visited this section Wednesday night. It is feared that epea eottoe was damaged considerably by the wind, much of the staple having beea scattered upon the grouad. Many telegraph aad power lines were blows down aad Lumbertou was .without lighta and electric power dor several v -m H v- r.nso? CANCELS TVfl ENGAGEMENTS Severe Cold and Bad Weather in western Carolina Cause; f Next Week's Propram j , By K. K. POWELL, V " (Staff Correspondent) Charlotte, Sept iA-Handicapped by sharp sold sad bad weather in the mountains, Cameron Morrison, Demo era Us saadldate for Governor, tonight cancelled speaking engagements for Friday aad Saturday at Boone aad Jefferson. Annulment of these dates was announced here after Mr. Morri son conferred with Dcrnocratia leaden ia Watauga aad Aahe. While his condition la aot serious, the Democratic stapdard-bearerT has beea uncomfortable for two or three days and for the meet part haa remained at bis home beeauss of - hie hoarseness nad the threatening storms in the moun tains. Mr. Morrison 'a physician sug rested that the trip Into western Caro liaa be delayed until Monday. rPesent indications are that he will leave here Sunday for Sparta. Governor Bufe Daughtoa a home town, and open the fight ia the west there. Sparta also draws oa alondsy the opening of tbs Doughton-Campbell joint debate, a blen. nial forensic scrap to whleh the eighth district always looks forward. Ia eouatiea surrounding Charlotte, the an terrified Democracy ia planning to wage tna. most aggressive campaign maae ia ue Bute In many years. (Jon gressmaa Clyde Hoey opened the cam paign la Gastonia tonight while to morrow night ths fight will be . for mally launched in Forsyth by Lieuten ant Governor Max Gardner. Democrats ia Rutherford are planning a great rally there next Thursday whea Secre tary Daniels opens the campaign. He will come to Rutherford from.Ashe- ville, where be win address ths veterans of the Thirtieth Diviaioa oa Wednes day. All la all, Democracy la this part of the woods haa no fears of November. The ninth district leader feel confi dent of increasing the majority ef last year by three or five thousand. Women boro ia Morrison henna town are claim ins; the Democrat! party ss a political homo Just aa strongly aa veterans of ths nineties and It is the new vote that sounds the note of optimism ia all elos counties. NORFOLK POSTMASTER : GETS BOMB WARNING Korfolk, Va, Sept. S3 A cordon of roiice haa beea thrown around the Norfolk postoffiee as result ef a mya- terioos communication received through tha mails by John A. Lesnej post master, thia morning, warning him that the building would b destroyed by a bomb Fridsy at noon. While postoffiee hffleials aad ths police arc inclined tP believe that the letter was written by a oraak or a practical joker with a per verted sen ef humor, they are over lroking ae precaution for protection. TWO INJURED WHEN WIND WRECKS DWELLING HOUSE Wilmington, Sept S3. Mrs. W. F. Popper and her ten-year-old daughter, Liluaa, ar la a hospital here today as the result f painful Injuries received during th storm last night, when a heavy blast of wind tore apart the home of J. J. Melton, Mrs. Pepper aad her daughter being struck by to Dying timbers. ' They were la the house, with a young daughter of the Meltons, the Istter esesping with minor cut aad bratae. Floor Prices Seduced Portland, Ore, Sept 3. A reduction of SS cent a barrel to $13.00 on patent flours was pat In effect by local mill era today. It was the first clisnge ia GREAT DENTS First Two Days of Registration Show 1,122 Students Af; ready Have Entered OPENING EXERCISES IN MEMORIAL HALL Largest Number of Students Ever Gathered at Chapel Hill Por 126th Opening of The Institution; Congestion Worse Than Ever Before; ' President Chase In Address , Ul. By LENOIR CHAMBERS. Chapel Hill, Sept. S3. Swinging for ward Into ths second quarter of the sec ond century of its existence, the Uni versity of North Carolina today flung wide opea It doors to receive the lar gest number ef students who have ever gathered at Chapel Hill. Although classes wsrs started thia morning and the formal exercises of the 126th opening were held today, line of incoming students were still besieging the registrar' office and the T. M. C. A., was still busy finding rooms for 1st corner, who could aot crowd their way into the college dor mitories where many room already are housing four students. Over 1,1M Registered. The first two day of registration President Chase said today, ahowed that 1,122 students have already enter ed the university. Of these 390 are freshman. The figures in both in stances are higher thaa at thia time last ysar and the final total figure ar ex pected to surpass the record-boating session of 1919-1020. Student organizations, beginning to function even before the university was formally opened, have joined bands with the authorities to rslievs congest ed conditions. The campus cabinet, ia its - first meeting, projected - plan whereby class rooms will be kept open at night and especially fitted so that student may have quieter place for study than in the crowded dormitories. Member of the faculty and eltixens of Chapel Hill who have never rented room ar thia year, turning over spsee for students. "The congestion 1 worse thaa ever before," said President Chase, "but we hop that no student wiQ be un able to find, room." ...-(,., . The formal opening exercise were held this morning in Memorial Hall with addressee of welcome by Presi dent Chase and Francis Bradshaw, ths esw deaa of students. "The age is fae to face with the ter ribly aimple and yet absolutely fun damental question," President Chase told the students, "whether the de structive forces created by modern civilization shsll gain the upper hand over ita constructive achievements. Bolshevism and Industrial unrest and moral confusion and Red radicalism and city alum ar just ss truly crea tions of modern civilisation as are tha achievements of science, or good roads or public schools. "Ton are, then, going out Into an are whleh will be concerned with prob lem which involve the very foundstioa of our social structure. Ton and young men like you must evolve the answers, four elders have, I think, beea too much given over the philosophy thst holds that the problems of the world will settle themselves la the end. If only- they are let alone strictly enough and long enough. It haa been a com fortably philosophy, but it 1 not a philosophy thst your ag will tolerate. The march of events will be too swift, the situation too critical, for drifting and temporizing. Philosonhr One Of Action. "Tour philosophy will necessarily be on ef action, not one of passivity; and It will either, according aa your action la well on badly conceived, raise humanity to a new level of achievement or involve mankind ia a wreckage and a chaos ia comparison with which the havoe wrought by the world war will be ss nothing. "It 1 ths faith of this university that with men ef your year and at tainment character develops beet ia sa atmosphere of freedom. A msa who lives ss the opinion of this campus .holds that a Carolina man ought to live i 'exhibiting and developing pre eiscly those moral qualitiss, precisely the sort of character that the world outaide this campus standi mast la need of." Welcome To Stadenta. Tonight the new student were wel comed to the campus by the old stud' enta In the annual celebration ef "Col lege Night." President Chase and Prof. Frank Graham welcomed the new mea Into th college activities and campus leader outlined some of the chaaees around them. William H. Bobbttt, of Charlotte, intercollegiate debater and Phi Beta Kappa honor man, discussed studies; Bailey IJipfert, of Winston Salem, basketball and football man talked on atheistic: and W. B. Berry hill, of Charlotte, president of tht senior class, described the honor r tern. Daniel E. Grant, editor of. The Tar Heel, presided, and "Scrubby" Rives, varsity . cheer leader, led In song and cheers. MACSWlitTYslNDITION CONTINUES UNCHANGED ' London, Sept. 23. Lord Mayor Mae Hwiney, of Cork, had a few hours of restful sleep last night, but waa suffer log severe pain ia hi head and was very weak this morning, according to a bulletin issued by the Irish Self- Determination . . Leagu at Brixton prisoa. v. Report to th bom office by th prisoa physician stated there waa ao apparent change ta the condition of MseSwlney. This is th ilnS. day f the lord mm package FOUND IN BROOKLYN ELEVATED STATION Incident Adds To Task of In vestigators of Explosion In Wall Street . POLICEMAN ON STRIKE DUTY FOUND PACKAGE Meanwhile, Detectives Work. in On Explosion Mystery Are Without Any Definite) Clue To Its Solution; Omi. nous Warnings of Bomb Plots Continue New Tork, Sept 23. After a week had passed without investigators : be ing able to solvs th mystery of th Wall Street explosion they war pre sented today with aaother mystery who placed a paeksg of dynamite la th Reld Avenue elevated statioa ia Brooklyn thia morning. Th paeksg was found by a policeman doing strike duty on the Fulton Street line, which is operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He soaked It in a bucket of water and then carried it to his headquarter) la Brooklyn. Later it waa taken to a laboratory la Manhattan for analysis. Accounts diffsr as to whether a splut tering fuse waa attached. Some officials reported that Patrolman Bantelii, who found it, stamped out a ruse. Analysis Of Package. At the laboratory, where the package waa taken, it waa aaid there had been found two tripe cleaners impregnated with nitrate. These pipe elsaasrs, it waa ald, eoald have served a fusee, but it bad aot beea established whether either had been lighted. Authorities seemed to agres that ao percussion eav bad beea found. Meanwhile, detective investigating the Wall Street explosion reported that through the health department they had been able to identify tha tag found Bear the bono attached to the death cart, which ia believed to have beea the center of th blast. This tag. it was learaed,' bad beea Issued in 191S to the Bold lee Cr Comnanv of Brooklyn, to certify that oao of Its horse waa aot afflicted with glanders, bat sine then th boras bad beea sold thrs time. Th nam f tha fast owner, If known, was aot made Tfubllc . , Chief William J. Flyna, of the bur eau of Investigatloa of the Department of Jnstles, bad this to say of ths latest slusi Chief Flyaa' Comment It look good, but Ilk any due, it may blow ap at any thus." Meanwhile, ia additioa to discovery ef the bomb at the B. R. T. station. New Tork and vicinity were to receive more bomb scares today. Aa anony moaa warning that the Grand Central statioa would bo blowa up it I p. a, caused detectives to bo rushed to th terminal aad also to th Pennsylvania statioa and the postoffiee. Nothing happened. Iar Brooklyn, ssixure of a . rickety buggy by Federal authorities caused a little) excitement because of almost pre-htstorl vehicle that figured ia th Wall Street blow up. The buggy, whleh drew ap alongside th federal building, was found, however, to contain li bot tles of whiskey aad aot bombs. The liquor was seised aad th driver ar rested. Find Suspicions Tabes. Ia Bogota, New Jersey, two doaea suspicious looking tube wsre found In a freight ear. Aa investigation was started t determine whether they were bomb or bomb aaalng. The grand jury investigating the ex plosioa of last Thursday eon tinned to day to bear witnesses. Ziegler, Kessler and- Dulehin, ' bard war dealers, testifying befor th grand jury, described a man who they said bad appeared at their store ask ing for nine pound window weight, which they were anable to furnish him. Bawad ap weights ef this aatur war found after the explosion snd are be lieved to have been part of the bomb. - A surlous Incident ta connection with the explosion came to light tonight when a representative of Pennsylvania Railroad appeared at police headquar ter with part of a window weight, found on the company' ferryboat, Washington, when it lay at ita slip at the foot ef Cortlandt Street, many blocks from the explosion. To reach the boat it had to hurdle many sky scraper. BIG MAIL ORDER HOUSES REDUCE THEIR PRICES Sears Roebuck and Montgom ery Ward Announce Bedue. tions In Many Articles Chclago. H1V Sept fS-Prie cut were announced today by Sears Roe buck and Company, and Montgomery Ward and Company, two of the largest mail order house in the country. Besrs Roebuck' reduction range from fO to 00 per cent snd those of Montgomery Ward and Company, are from 10 to 20 per cent. . Some of the '"Bern Roebuck cuts! flheeting 43 per cent; standard mnslin, 60 per cent; automobile tires, SS per eent; women's shoes, 20 per cent; men's overalls, 40 per cent; jumpers, 10 to 20 per cent :. . , Although ao radical cuts in foods wsre announced, prices in sugsr, rolled osts, prunes snd a fewa other article were reduced from 5 to 10 per cent Ia discussing ths price reductions Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck, said: "Material reduction whleh manu facturers have made within th last week 'or so sr being passed on to our customers. We do thlse gladly beesuse it may be a means ef. lowering living cost sU along the liny," . - COMMITTEE TAKES ' UP CHARGES MADE AGAINST GOV. COX ONI DEATH AS RESULT . OF HURRICANE IN PITT. EJaatesv Seat. Uv-tJol Jacbsoa, ago SO, waa billed and a asmber of savweaa lalsred by a.herrkaae la Pitt county today. . At Wlatervtlle a store bslMlag, cotton oil mUl aad other kalMinga war damsgwd. One mil from Aydea (to atefo and dwelling ef Roland Can Ma waa wrecked. Young Jacksea wVs killed aad aev. oral aeeple, inc lading mast of the seessber of the Canaan family, wore Injured at Johaaoa'a M11L The dweU Uag of James Smith was completely wrecked, several member of the f eas ily receiving Injuries. None of the Injured will die. It m believed crepe escaped aerioaa damage except la a few places. E Successor of President Dgs chanel Given Great Ovation at Versailles Palace VsraaUlos, Sept. ISv (By ths Asso ciated Proas.) Alexandra MUlerand was invested with the executive powers of the eleventh President of the third republic today before - the assembled Versailles Congress ten minutes after Leoa Bourgeois, president of the Sen ate, bad proclaimed aim else tel. without the usual formality of receiving ths powers from the band of the retiring President atElyeee Palace. The illness of M. Desehaael, ths for mer Preaideat, aaade Impossible the customary ceremony at Fans, but M. Miileraad received the greatest ova tioa at Versailles cvsr given a Presi dent Tbs tenth eov-gteej, which bad beea rather s pathetic, gave vent today to all the pent-up enthusiasm of the past five days and cheered for several minute. - - M. Millerand, surrounded by 'depu ties aad senators, was greatly moved. Ho replied to the congratulations of M. Bourgeois with the assurance that he would discharge th duties of hi post la accordance with ths eonatttuuou. "Victorious France must rebuild Ita rains aad repair ita wounds," be said. Wo-ast -oeatinao a xoroigw policy worthy of our victory and our dead. The republican whom congress haa just designated aa President will bring to the discharge of bis duties all 6 is ia telligcaco aad energy and try to be worthy of the confidence of the people' representatives. M. Millerand Insisted upon shaking hand with all tb deputies and sena tors assembled ia ths conference ball of Versailles Palace. He then caught eight of a group of French and foreign correspondents aad walked over and spoks to each la turn, ahaking band with them. T a query a to th state ef his health, be replied:' "Splendid. I am net the least bit tired or downhearted." Somnolent old Versailles, which throughout the day seemed hardly awake to the fact that a presidential lection was going oa, suddenly assumed a holiday spirit. The magnificent Place d'Armee was filled with cheering crowds aa the cavalcade of euiraaslers, eeeort ingg the presidential party, left for Pari. Alexander Miileraad haa long been one of the foremost figure ia th political life of Fraaee, hi entry Into parliament dating back to 1885, and hia cabinet experience to 18S9, when he became a member ef the Waldeek Rousseau cabinet Hia early affilia tions war with the radical socialista, and be always baa beea keenly inter ested in ' labor questions and has fathered aumeroua measure for the betterment of th working world. notably th old ag pensioa act, which beeam operative la 1905. It wss M. Millerand'a eerviee to bis eouatry during the great war, how aver, aa minister of war la the Vivianl cabinet, and hia notable conduct of Francs s foreign policy aa the succes sor of Clemenecsu la the premiership after "The Tiger's" retirement last January, that raised him into pre eminent eligibility for the presidency, compelled his reluctant eohsentfto' quit the premiership and stand aa a can. didate to aneeeed President Dcechanel. M, Millerand was . bom in Paris February 10, 1859, and was Vdneatod for the bar. TOBACCO GROWERS IN FORSYTH IN MEETING Porrn Organisation To Affiliate With State Association; To Hold Tobacco Winston -Salem, Sept. 23. Following addresses by connty farm agent F. B. Walker, M. D. Holerby and W. & Me hTinney, ef Rackingham esonty, to more thsa ens hundred tobacco growers here this sftsraooa aa organisation of the growera waa formed to affiliate with the btato association. A resolution was also passed endorsing the purpose of the Htate orgaaizatioa and urging cur tailment of the tobacco crop !rit year. County Agent R. W. Pou ia chairman of the Forayth association. An execu tive committee will bo appointed and ef forts wilh be made to organize every township in the county. It ie also pro posed to organize Btokes, Surry and other counties' wher tobacco ia grown ia large quantities. Th Rockingham delegation acnt here to confer with the narehousemen found thst sentiment waa strong against closing the wareH house ia view of ,the fact that many farmers have ao provision for storing aad holding their crop of leaf, . , MLLERAND NAMED FRENCH SIDENT Robert ; P. Soripps Denies Democratic Nominee Urged ; Draft Exemption In Be-. half of Himself or '! ; .His Brother. . ; CHARGES THAT FEDERAL. EMPLOYES RODE FREE TO FRISCO ALSO TAKEN UP Son of Publisher of Chain Newspapers Declares Send, ins; Out of Propaganda Sheets Supporting Cox By, 1 N. E. A. Purely "Public In .terest"; Committee Calls' f or Becords of Departments of Justice and Agriculture' To Show What Employes , Went To Pacific Coast at' Time of Prisco Convention; Vouchers Submitted During! Session Examined In Detail? Navy Department Also Meiuj tioned i ' i Washington, Sept SB. Charge thai Governor Cox, Democratic presidential nominee, urged draft exemption " for one of the two sons of E. 3. Seripps, head of a chain ef newapapera, and that government employes went to Be. Francisco at public expense at th Urn of the Democrat! National cW ventlon there, were Inquired into to day by the Senate committee Investi-J gating campaign expenditures. . I. Robert P. Scrtppi, one of the twS brother mentioned la the draft ex! emptioa charge, told th committee that beyond recently publiahed reports he knew nothing of any interest shown by Governor Cox in behalf of himself or hia brother during operation of ths draft Hs acknowledged that the New, paper Enterprise Association, which he ' said was an "allied organization" of th United Preea News Berviee, ia which he asserted hia father owned the t majority stock, had sent out Cox props ' ganda sheets along with its asws mat,, ter to eeventy aewspapers. , Purely Public Interest , - The interest show by himself, ' sdltor of twenty-ene Serlpp asws. papers, and by his family ia bringing about Governor Cox's election, he said, wis purely "public interest." Th inquiry into alleged travel at government expenss tf Federal em ployea to San Francisco will bo pur sued by th committee oa the basis of th Information received todays the committee calling for record from the Departments of Justice and Agriculture to show what employee bad gone to the Pacific Coast alty about the time of th Democratic convention aad who had expenses paid by the government Several vouch era ahowing neb trips were examined ia detail at today's ses sion and Chairman Kenyoa indicated that all department of the government might be called upoa for informatloa ', of thia character. Navy Department Mentioned "Do yon know of any trip by efl eials of other departments, the navy, for instance T" the chairman asked Don O. Feea, aa employe of the Department of Justice, who bad presented voucher of Frank K. Nebeker aad R. P. Stewart, assistant attorney general ; E. J. Hoover, assistant to the attorney geaeral, and George M. Montrose, sa examiner of titles, whose expense a. eouat howd h had traveled "with th sttoraey geaeral." "Were there any official saeetlagi held oa battleships f Seaator Keayea continued, and the witness answered that he did aot know. Feea was directed to supply by Bator. ' day morning a list of all employe ef the Department of Justice who bad turned in voucher covering trip to Ban Francisco duriag th convention period' and also say vouchor submitted by Attorney General Palmer himself. Previously voucher dealing with th Baa Franeiseo trip of Floyd B. Hani ion, assistant to Secretary Meredith, of ' th Department of Agriculture, h4 " been ' obtained from Almorleo P. Zap. pone, a disbursing officer of that de partment There was ao record, Zap. poa said, that th secretary had sub mitted eipsnss accounts for bis own a ' trip to the convention city and Harri son' paper were certified to as cov ering a trip ea official business. Mr. Barnes agreed to telegraph his 1 office for the data required and ssid . be hoped it eou'd bo furnished to th " committee by Satuidsy. ' The agreement to investigate ub seriptioa lists for the book was reached by the committee at a conference which preceded the hearing. Senator Edge, of New Jersey, aaid It had beea unani mously decided that the publication was "Republican propaganda aad ahould be Investigated on that account Mr. Barnes hsd testified that none of th fanda derived from the transaction bad gone to the Republican national com. mittce. The witness could not state the total amount of subscriptions received and said he had never seen th list ef subscribers. Subscriptions were ' ob tained, he aaid, by a Mr. Young, a solici tor for "special editions" who received from SO to 65 per eent of the amount collected aa hi commission for this work. ' - ' -' Mr. Barne denied he had any confer ence with Chairman Hays of the Repub lican national committee, ia regard to th book, but said h believed Mr. Young . bad talked with Mr. Hays. Before the, committee ruling was an. , nouneed, Benator Reed questioned Mr. Barnes. He read from the committee's . (Ceatlaaed oa Pag Tea.)