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Ofose i III irver en " nd r - J f I SSS. . ,' VOL. OCH, Na C3 , v THIRTYLX PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. R C SUNDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26. 1920 THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. . PRICE: FIVE CCfD "Warm aad probably hlr Weather Saada emd to. !ME ASYLUM EllliGEREDBY : COuFLAGRATION ' Fire and Explosion Completely k - Destroyed Laundry Build-, . Ing Yesterday THOUSAND INSANE ARE THROWN INTO WILD PANIC Lois of Approximately f 100, 000 Entailed By Blaze Oriff. isatiof In ' The Boot ' of Laundry; Firemen Confine - It To One Building; Lives of Hundreds Endangered Fir breaking out in the roof of tho , laaadry ut tht Stato HoipiUl for tho Issans Dix Hill, tof ether with as ' oxplooioa of tank of gasoline within tho building, completely destroyed tho structure yesterday morning between n tad 4 o'clock, entailing a losa estimated by Dr. Albert Anderson, superintendent of tho institution, at more than 100,- 000.,... Mora than IjDOO insane patients eoa. flood at tho institution were throws Into a wild panic, bat none, woro in v jured, although there woro numerous , narrow escapes whoa tho sxplosion hur led wreckags through tho throng that had anembled to wsteh tho spectacle of tho barning building, and to aieiat la earing- for tho frantic inmates ana in fiehtinr the Ire. ' A favorable wiad aad heroio work of tho Baleigh Fire Department confined the conflagration to tho laundry bnild ' ' ing, which abutted closely apoa tho large otorehouse, joining it to tno mam building where a majority of tho vio lently insane are confined. Throe hourt sustained labor were required to remoTO ' the throat of tho fire's spread, and last night tho ruins of the building were till smouldering. - KcdIscc It Immedlstely. v The building will bo immediately re ' plaeed with a modern strueture. , Bo fore noon yesterday the State Archi tect, J. A. Salter, had conferred with Dr. Anderson, and had begna the prep aration of plans for tho new building. . Work will begin tomorrow ' morning "toward clejring tho rains, and within three months, Dr. Anderson - expects to have tho new building in readiness for gw. It Is estimated that . S12S.000 will bo required for tho new building . and machinery, and an additional largo ' - sum to replace thai - great quantity of HoJDhib , and bed linen mat was aa troyed with the building. O1"'" The flr was discovered by Engineer ' T, A. Holliday at 3:15 yesterday mora Ing. no immediately sounded tno siarr snd betaa laying linea of hoso from the f iro pumps in tho institution power house to the burning' laundry. Three alarms wrero sent ia to tho Raleigh fir i department, and the ' equipment . re- aponded immediately, . reaching , tha scene at 3:30. Two heavy streams wero shot into tho heart of the fire, waiek by that time had enveloped tho entire building. Tht laundry is a two story structure, of 40x10 feet dimensions. Inmates Are Lib rated. -Hundreds of people had arrived on Iho scene la the meantime, and in .tho excitement, aa attndart had liberated (00 womoii confine! ia the Irwia Build ing, tha heme of the cnnvaleeeeM In ' ,sane. At. the time U appeared that spread of lie flre to tho dormitories was imminent. Tho liberated patients mingled with tho tbrug, adding to tho general contusion. Half a hundred of ' them waadared off through the wide ' grove that surrounds , the institution ad lent a hand to helping the hook and " ladder track of tho fire department oat f a ditch into which it had skidded in Its haste to reach tho scene. I) .in tno main ouiiaing oi ins insu- ration, whore tno male ana remain u cnrahlea are kept, the wildest . panic prevailed, and the screams of the frightened mental invalids eould be heard as far away as the heart of the city two miles away. Attondaats stay ed by them, and with perfect ealm, saw to it that nothing happened that would farther complicate a dangerous situation. .Explosion Caaaed Paaie. ' The panie among the patients spread to the spectators aad fire fighters when there was a torrifle explosion within - the barning furnace of the laundry. The sooth wall of tho house wont dowa like a plummet, dragging after it the second floor. Pieces of the flaming - roof of the building Were hurled hun dreds of feet away, and the tank-Ja which the gaaoline was stored, was split, one half of H going entirely over the mala building aad landing in tha grove la front, and the ether several hundred foot away in the field to tho wat of tho institution.' . The fire fighters rallied from a momentary demoralisation and renewed their battle with the flames, which by ' this time had converted the laundry into a roaring furnace. Presently the fire tracks arrived, and the battle was then only to keep the flre from spreading. By shortly after fl o'clock all the equipment had returned to town aad life began to flow normally at the institution agsln. t . The excited patients became quiet, ad those who were liberated wore re turned to their quarters. Only eae was an biting when morning came, and she was found wandering in the woods a short ways from the building ia whteh aha belonged. Defective wiring in tho roof of the building is the theory that ia advanced aa the origin of the flre. It was bant ing briskly when the engineer dis covered it, snd had already gafned too much headway to be checked. The chief aim of the fighters was the eon trolling of tho (lames and keeping them , confined to the building in which it originated. ' Dr. Anderson highiy complimented the firemen yesterday for their admir able work ia fighting: the flre, and the firemen in tnrn spoke very highly of the work of Dr. Anderses in handling a most difficult situation. Both were l constantly moving throughout the. in- LIBERTY BOND PRICES ' SHOW UNUSUAL STRENGTH Aativity and Strength of UK erty Bonds Beainring Tea . v tnro of Week Hew Tork, Sept. tfv-The activity aad strengthr of Liberty bonds constituted the most eonspieaons aad i laasiiriag feature of the week in the investment market, those issues aad Victory notes in several instances recovering more than half of tha - severe loeaes sua tained in the early months of the rear. The vigorous rebound of quotations for those issues occasioned surpriee ia many quarters, where it was thonght that the latest price cutting wave asight enforce liquidation. It waa this awndi- tioa which caused heavy selling and consequent price) depreciation , last spring. - ' - ,. v. -' Mueh of the roeeit accumulation of these war flotations ia credited to the larger banks, industrial corporations and insurance companies, torn of which found it necessary or expedient to liqui date their holdings in part daring the more stringent credit condition several months sto. -.. . i liberty 2d, M and U 4 l-ts have shown the greatest activity and reeaper. tive power, although all these iaooea still remain front about to 11 pet cent below par, while the second 4a are lowest of the group at ass-'O. TO FIGHT LEAGUE Roosevelt Charges Republicans Turned Against League To " Defeat Democrats Ogdensburg, K. T- Bept tS-WiH H. Hays, chairman of the BopnbUean tional committee, "forced Lodge, Hard ing and other BopnbUean Senators to tarn against the League of Nations in order to injure the ehaneee of Demo cratic success in November, rrankua D. Boosevelt, Democratic Tiee-proei-dential candidate, assorted here today. ' "The change of mind" of the Bepeb lieaa party, Mr- Boosevelt said, took plaos during President Wilson's second absence in Fiance. It waa at thia time, Mr. Roosevelt charged, that Mr. Hays summoned Senate leaders of the Be- publieaa party to "secret conference' in Washington where program of op- e.i . ... w - m .t .J pesiuoa vi turn mpn i niww any terms' was mapped out. "This was the taming point of the whole Booabliean poHey the wiee- presidential candidate said. "Presides Wilson returned -to Europe and . tt be came obvious that he would be able to incorporate tha ehaages suggested by Senator .Lodge and - othetey-Bslniiag that of definite "recognitloa of the Men- roe Doctrine. The Presideat waa taining in Paria a League of Nations satisfactory not oaiy to the 8eato, bat to the whble American people. ? This is the nnwritten history of what really happened: Will H. Eas hurried to Washington and called Senators 'Lodge, . Borah, Brandegee aad others into secret con ference. Be pointed out to them that a successful outcome of the Preedent'e efforts to restore peace and to gain the greatest object of the war, perms rent peace through the League of Na tions, would spell inevitable Bepubll esn defeat ia the coming presidential election, then about a year and a half away "He pointed oat that President Wil son would be acclaimed throughout the world, as he was being acclaimed ia the United States, as the man who had at last been able to accomplish the world's ideal of patting an end to wars. Will Hart delivered ia effect an ulti matum to the Bopablican Senators that they mast choose between n surrender of power to the Democratic party and a deliberate and carefully planned cam palga , to throw over the treaty of peace-and. to discredit the Presideat of the United States in erder to secure a political victory. 'The choice was mads. Partisan ad vantage was plaeed flrst, aad tha res toration of peace to civilisation waa thrown deliberately into the discard. This is recognised no longer bore bat throughout tho world- : Mr. Boosevelt said he expected this disclosure to arouse howl of protest from BeputHiceas la the senate, who were responsible for, what I consider a crime against their owa country and against the peoples of ether aationa. ' "They will seek to befog the issue," be added, but the essential fact re mains that Mr. Will Hays waa employed for the purpose of electing a Bepabli- eaa President tha methods mattered not" - REPORT MACSWINEY TO ' BE MORE REFRESHED London, Bept. 25s Terrenes Mae Swiaey, lord mayor of Cork, paaeed Mtter nlgbt at Brixton prison last night and, consequently, wss mere refreshed this morning, said n bulletin issued by the Irish , Self-Determlnatloa Leagne this forenoon. MacSwiney had n few hoars of sleep, but was said to be in a state of extreme weakness, aad able to whisper only a couple of words to relatives who visited him. The severity of the pains la his bead, 'front which he suffered yesterdsy, was decreased, it wss said. " . MUNICIPAL FLEET TO MARKET FRUIT CROP Chicago, Sept. 25. To save flSOOjOOO worth of fruit and vegetables that lie rotting on the ground in Berrien conn- ty, Michigan, city , officials today or ganised fleet of cummer eaeureion steamers 'to move the crop to Chicago Sevsa boats will bring the food to Chicago for the coot of transportation. 1 The boats will be gives free dockinc pises at the mualeipal pier. : roaches, which are aow selling ia Chicago, for tSM to $3.50 per bushel, are a drug on the market at Beatoa ff"lnrn at 75 eonta to L18. Ths Miehl- t wi U she resdy to pick . - J iv- i.i i m ... vj. ui municipal 1 1 WW liees wui DriBf a iares abitra of it here. - FORGED SENATORS SIXTY THOUSAND MAJORITY. LOOKED ELECT! Col. A. D. Watts Makes Fore cast Based On Careful Study ' Of Situation GRAPE VINE EFFORT TO GET NEGRO WOMAN VOTE Appeal From Colored OrfioL. "xaticn, Pnbliihed In Char, lotto Paper, Ironies Demo. 'crats To Xenewed Elforts To Cany State For Demoe. racy By Seeord Vote , xBrB.1. POWaXL. . (Staff Oorrespoadent : Charlotte, Sept. tL-The political sitnaHon la Western North Carolina for the first active week of the campaign has been entirely satisfactory to the DesascTsts aad no leas aa aataerity than CoL Alston D. Watta predicts that Cam eron Morrison and the entire State tick, et wOl be elected mi November t by a majority of sixty thousaad. The aetata Colonel arrives at bis fig- area after receiving-preliminary reports from every seetfaaof the Stato with par ticular close attention petd to the eon testa is the seventh, eighth, ninth aad toata congressional districts. The Iredell wizard estimates that 120,000 women will vote in tha Novem ber eleetioaa ant of which the Demo cratic party will get a majority of twenty thousand. It is his opinion that W per cent more men than wnsoea will vote and that of 180,000 votee cast by the males the Democrats will receive 110,000 and ths Bepablieaas around T0, 000. Tho eloeest fights are expected in the ninth aad tenth districts and it is apparent to any observer that the Dem ocratic problem ia to make the State ticket carry the eongressional nominees in this districts. ' The State and Na tional ticket appears aafs enough at this time bat the flchts between Newell and Bulwiakle ia the district aad be tween Weaver and Jenkins next door am already reeking with talk that de tracts from the issues of the campaign tar personalities. -Weenea Win Sanaert Leans. Soma of the close political students in thia swnaty, ia Forsyth, ia Cleveland, in uaaton aad la Jtatherford are con fident that tho National ticket will this year probably receive n majority greets thaa the Btate ticket. Thia ha, ef course, strange talk for north Carolina bat the outstanding rea son assigned for -the paradox bj'thsH tendency ef Xhe women to swpport the Leagne ef Nations candidate no matter what their political affiliation in local eoa testa may be. roll owing - the pub lication ia a' Charlotte paper today' of the Bepnbliaan appeal to ths negro women ef toe State there baa been a stirring ef party workers aad the Dam oeratie banner ass been flung higher in the air that mere oratory can seed it. Tno expose ef the shrewd clan to corral the veto ef the negro women, carrying ell tho ear marks of ths Boyden Pugh piaa to mis the mill vote with the negro vote and septan tha Stats for the Be pablieaas, bee just about dissipated waat reasaiatag apathy there was la Democratic raaks. Ths result will be, accord lag to the seasoned politicians, that the rank and file of the party will nsw tabs np ths fight and carry tt en astil election day when counting votes may find that Col onel. Watts made his eetimate toe small. Anneal To Nearo Wensssu The letter, laden with tha devotion of the Bepnblicsn party for the negroes, is signed by the "Colored Women's Bights Association and Is being mailed out from Greensboro, where it - msy be eary n coincidence the stato hesd qnartera ef the Be publican party are looted. . . . The appeal to the negro womea to get them as demand that thsir names be enrolled aa voters and the caution to them ia to make n fight in tha courts for their new privilewe. Ther are asked to seek eat Bepablienn lawyers, if they (Oanttnned em Pegs Twev) VARNER IS NOT SEEKING DAMAGES FOR HIMSELF Lexington Kan In Cage Judf- tnent Found JLgainit Negro Would Giro To Charity ' Leadartou. Sent. CSi-CamnUiiit la the suit of EL H. Taraer against Bax- - maT-n a . rr acoary aas oeea Bleo. He answer has yet been made The amount of damages demanded is. $100,000, which is io cover carnages for the diarnption of aome in panianmeat of the defendant for tha deplorable thing that baa hap pened. It ic generally naderstood here that Mr. Varner does not waat for his swa benefit one cent of any amount. Mr. Taraera attorneys whea ashed about this stated: "Mr. Varner will not take eae cant ef aay Judgment rendered against Baxter MeBary for his own persona nae, bat will donate the amount immediately to seme worthy ehsrity, either n hospital ev orphsa ssylam, ia the event he recovers damages, aad so positively stated before he Degas cult" Taeee attorneys ferthsr stated that ia the ODiaioa of their ellast tha sol. lcetfea of paaitiva damages, however much might be awarded, would not be sdequste redress. However, it was stated, thia was the only way withla the law to secure aay redress. At the time the tree facts came to light the plain tiff was away ia New Tork. When the plaintiff returned to Lexington, Mo- fary sad fed aad would have disposed of his property, it is asserted, and was in fact, eoatemplating disposing of the asms for aome Northern aegra college. Mr. Yaraer s beakers hers ssy that he hss been in flee easels! shape - for a long time aad that the eae debt he owed was to asms New Tork friends for aid in erecting hie office building here, which obligation was paid' in full test NATIONAL BALLOON BAO - . STABT8 AT BIRMINGHAM Birmingham, Ala, Sept. IX The first ballooa to take tha air la ths aatioaal races was released at I o'clock this after noon. It wad pilot ed by Warren Bason of Brookficld Ohio. Ths second bag ascended I minutes later. A strong brseac was blowing and the balloons drifted rapidly westward. . . ,'.'..,. CAMPAIGN IN FOREIGN U1S Foreign Delegates of Alcohpl Ism Conference To Start Prohibition Drives . (. Washington, Sept tfv-Anned with Information on tho victory of prohibi tion in ths United States, foreign dele gates to ths ; Iatorastlonal Congress Against Alcoholism' wore ready tonight to return home aad conduct amoag their own peoples drives against intox icating liquor. Business aad seieatifis sessions of the congress wero eonelndod todsy. A "field day,'' ef entertainment remains for tomorrow as n f smal ending of the fifteenth congress with Governor Mil liken, of Mains, as tha . principal speaker. -. Richmond Pearson Hobson placed before the eongreea at today's session resolutions intended to aid tha advo cates sf ths world prohibition. The congress, being unauthorised to set. referred the resolutions to tho interna tional committee which governs its ses sions. " , Mr. BTobsoa in his resolution urged tha stoplleatlo' of ths "serum of edu cation" to the nnti-prohlbitionlsts f countries where the opea 'jar room still holds sway. He declared that the cam paign of education employed to bring about prohibition In ths United States was ths beet method for drys in other countries to nae. Introduction of ths resolution followed their adoption by the executive committee ef the world prohibition federation whlclj met hers in connect ion wita the congress, com mittees from tho Women's Christian Temperance Union and ' tho World League Against Alcoholism, Mr. Hob son said, also wore give a the proposals considerations. Ths world federation also adopted resolutions demanding that Congress deny eltixsnship rights aad privileges to 'brewers and others whose business hss been outlawed in thia country," If uey attempt to invade foreign torn tpry to eoatiaae their business. Thar resolution bitterly, .denounced ths reported plsns of several Urgs Brewing ana gistUUng interests to en gage in the brewing or distilling of in toxicants elsewhere. , i . Delegates to tho 'congress aad re lated conferences spent a part ef the day in visit to the tomb and home of Washington at Mount Tenon. JACOB H. SCHIFF, WIDELY KNOWN BANKER, IS DEAD New York, Sent U. Jacea H.T Bchlff, widely known banker aad philanthropist, died at ha home hero tonight. ' Mr. Schlfi-'s desth wse daa to arterla sclerosis. Be waa et riches six meatha ago, members ef the family esld, hat bad aet entered to aay extent until August when he was compelled to retarn heme from a oajeem in the White Moss tains. Bis condition gradually he. same worse sad be waa confined to hie home ten days age. Mrs. Felix Warbarg, wars called to timer U Schlff, and his daughter, Mrs. Felix Wsrbag, were called to his bedside thia afternoon whea phyaiciaBsi gsvs ap hops of recov ery. Two brothers. Philip aad Ladwtg chlf, merchaato of Frankfort-a. 'Main, Germany, also sarrivo kirn. GEORGIA DEMOCRATS CHALLENGE THOSE IN S. C. Columbia, Sept. E3. The Democrats of ths Stats of Georgia have issued a ehallengs to the Sooth Carolina Demo crate through C. J. Hadcn, flaanee chair maa for Georgia of the aatioaal Demo cratic committee. Ths Democracy of tha entire Btate has stated that mors mosey will be raised in that Bute for tho national campaign thaa ia South Carolina. Mr. Hadea, ia a letter received at soothers headquarters by Joe Sparks, assist ant treasurer ef tho national commit tee, says. Just a word in haste to my that yon eaa send n challenge to South Carolina that Georgia will, lead her in the matter of financial assistance to the national committee.'! , TOBACCO GROWERS OF VIRGINIA ORGANIZE Daa vil Is, Va, Sept li A state-wide organlation of tobacco growers was formed here today at a mam masting at teadtd by more than five thousand growers. It will be known as ths Vir ginia Growers Association and Us aa aouaeod ' a!rnls to obtain corns satis factory explanation for the depression of the market, to aid small planters financially when the eron la marketed slowly sad to get united erder ia crop curtailment next year. The local to bacco market, auapeadrd since Tuesday on eeeount ef its demoralisation will re sume Mondsy. , EVENING JOURNAL CHANGED TO DISPATCH AND JOURNAL Richmond. Va Sent iS-The Ev. Suisr Di match snd Jnarnal. nnaui to the Evening Journal, which ceased puDiieauoa under the old management with today's Issue, will be published Monday afternoon, end dsilv. scent Snaday, thereafter by the Times-Dispatch Company. Ths Evening Dtrpsteh snd Journal will sell an ths streets for DEMOCRATS IN OLD SAMPSON TURii OUT TO HEAR GOVERNOR Bickett Glad To Find Many of Democratic Faith In Repub lican Stronghold PREACHES DEMOCRACY TO BIG CROWD IN CLINTON Congressman Brinion Backs : Up StaU'i Chief. ZxecutiTe With Stronr Speech; Wo. s men Attend 'County Conven tion and One of Their Sex 'Nominated For Office Clinton, Sept 25. Governor .Bickett in opening ths Democratic campaign in old Sampson today expressed peculiar pleasurs ia flndlng that sack an animal aa a Democrat still kaaata. ths recesses of this good county, who, like Daniel in captivity, etill pray with their faces .to ward Jerusalem, still hoping for . re demption aad though surrounded by sinasrs still cherish their faith In the perseverance of the saints. .. . Ths Governor, despite ths sweltering heat and the passing of the dinner hour, bold his audience in, doss attention while with ths orator's art.' ths state man's vision, and nobleman s hetrt, ha portrayed America's part la the ajar, declared ths high aim and ideal that impelled her participation, 1 and con demn sd the partisan bate and infamy that cost her dowa from her high place, aad later discussed ths aims aad con sequences of the new tax program. The court houss waa comfortably Ailed when the Governor began hie ad dress. . Es was introduced by Mr. Henry tu Falcon, of the Clinton bar, wha pro claimed him the second groat war gov ernor of North Carolina and ranked kirn aa a chief magistrate only second to ths immortal Vance. Briason Mahee Address. Congressman 8. M. Briason, ef Now Born, following the Governer in a strong speech, mods n fine immpression en flrst appearaaee before a Cllntoa audi ence. Be thoroughly refuted Senator Marion Butler's elaim of Bepablienn credit for the Federal Beserve aet. . The occasion of ths two addressee was ths ' Democratic county convention, which nominated Miss Mamie Ashford for register of deeds aa J other candi dates as follows Sheriff, Joha B. Moore; coroner. Dr. H. 0, Tnrlisgtoni surveyor, L. C Kerr legislature, L 8. roaeov' a strong platform was adopt ed, which was wildly sheered when it was read to the convention. Governor vTeleemea Women. The1 Governor declared ka felt peculiar pleasurs ia speaking to tho Democrats of Sampson county, and pleased to And that such aa animal still I.. .- .1 - AVI- J Au.- MHIBH HI IIWIH Ul Mftt m WUI, and who, like Daniel in captivity, still pray with thsir faces toward Jerusalem, still hoping for redemption snd though surrounded by sinasrs stui encrisn thsir -faith ia ths perseverance of tha saints. He welcomed the women aad do- el jred that whila hs bad f sit no grest aseeaslty for the women to participate la tha polities of ths Sooth, yet if they were ever to vets, it seems a gift from above that they should vote thia fall whea the League of Nations aad the ending of wars is ths issus at stake. Wants War riedgo Kept, His review of America's part in Wis war, his belief ia the sincerity ef pledge to enter the war for ths eae high and noble purpose of overthrowing militarism, and his condemnation of tho infamous conduct of tho Bepublleaa Senate were eloquent, effectual, and brought forth' frequent rounds of ap plause. Declaring that not only hs be lieved ia tho sincerity of President Wilson and tha country's pledge, but that the soldiers who risked all believed it aad were cheered in the thought of their suprems sacrifice that it would not be la vain, he read a letter from n captain written to his mother two weeks (Coatiaaed en Page Two.) ARMOUR SAYS PRICE OF MEAT ALREADY BEEN CUT Declares Downward Movement Started As Soon As The World War Was OverT; Chicago, nis Sept. SCJ. Ogdsn Armour, president sf Armour and Com pany, meat peckers, today. Issued the following ststsmssti "Ths pries catting movement that haa started ia the aatomoblls, textile aad metal induct liss bgean in the most Industry as toon as the war was ovsr and livestock today are at lower price levele than at aay time daring ths last three years, Thst the Jowsr levels have not been reflected to greater degree in the retail price of meat ia due to the tremendous drop ia the value ef variona by-products. Both hides sad wool, which arc big credits toward ths sort ef cattle and sheep, are sailing at tremeadous discounts oa - the prices which prevailed a, year ago.' Even so, meat at wholessls is nearer pre-war levels today thaa most other .essen tials. ,.' "There are no immediate prospects tor further reduetioa in, wholesale prices in wheat, but tha excellent corn crop, now ia the making, promises cheaper production and will probably make possible lurtner reaueuoa aext year. "Getting' back to aormal Is highly desirable, but in the ease of food, the original prodnosra hsvs - already suffered heavy losses aad, if adequate production Is to be maintained these VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN MILLERAND GOVERNMENT Vote Comes . In . Chamber of Deputies After Debate Over A . . Nation's Policies " ; . Psrls, Sept kX-By Tha Associated Press) The chamber ef deputies, after a debate on interpellations concerning the foreign aad domestic policies of the goverameat, voted coafldeaeo la the government this afternoon, 607 to 80. Premier Leygues thea read a decree adjourning tha extra-ordinary session of parliament. '. M. Milleraad in an address declared the present foreign and internal policies of the goverameat, approved by the chamber ef deputies aad tha sonata dar ing ths last sight moaths, would bo con tinued. , He said hs bad accepted the presidency in order to eontiaae those policies with mors strsngth and con tinuity. "The nation ia forever attached to a republican administration," President Millerand asserted. "Parliament will choose the most opportune mom sat for mod ill cation of the present coast! tn f.oaal lsws. Bsfors startiag these modi Seatloas, however, we must carry ant a more important task that is, total execution of tho agreement entered into and signed by our advernariee at Ver sailles. Ths treaty ia a new charge apoa Europe and the world. French diplomacy, invariably loyal to alliances cemented forever by blood shed in common, win take car that the Interests aad rights ef the nations re suscitated by tho allied victory shall be respected.' Senate Committee Informed That Daniels Paid His Way . To Convention The News and Observer Burcao, 603 District Natfoaal Bank Bldg (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, Bept I5v Edward K Britten, Secretary to Secretary Daniels aad & O. Curtis, gsnsrsi elerh to ths Navy Department west beAre tho Sen ate Committee lavestigating campaign funds and nailed tha lie going nrcmnd tha country that Secretary Dnnkla and Assistant Secretary rraahlla D. Boose velt had attended the Baa PTaaehsee eeavsation at tha expense of tha govern msat and that Secretary Daniels' trip to Alaska in July had cost tha country fl5,000. Thia report waa started by publication in tha providence Journal a few weeks ago, a copy of which was sent to Chairman, Keayon ef tho Senate committee. But tho committee did not see It to subpoena Secretary Daniels aad Mr. Brlttoa aad Mr. Curtis went to the committee aad insisted ea giving their testimony to spiha thia falsehood the Bepabliean party had sent ant to make votes.- Mr. Brittoa, wha waa eaa of the secretaries of the Democratic con vention at San Francisco, testified that both Secretary Daa is Is aad himself bad paid their owa -fare to Ban Traneireo. He further mid that both of them bad a perfect right to have demanded the Navy Department pay their ex peases aa they both, were serving the Navy on thia trip. Secretary Daniels ex tended bis trip from Son Francisco to Alaska on a destroyer to make an in vestigation of coal aad ail deposits for tho government. Ths Providence Jour nal alleged that the Secretary of the Navy employed six destroyers to make thia voyage. He employed only ens and Its nsc cost the government lees than had it been at anchor in sosss har bor. Carers' A boat Expeiwee - Mr. Britton's testimony also brought sut the fact that Secretary Daniels had often paid his owa way on tripe whea he eould have legitimately ached the Navy Department to pay it Tho com' mlttee evidently had corns knowliije of kow careful tha Secretary bad been in this respect aa it had shown na de- sirs to Investigate his expense aceennt When ths Secretary ef the Navy or aay naval ameer invites Meads to dine with him oa board a naval vessel it is always at his own expense, aaless the entertainment ia na official affair. Sec retary Daniels dlnsd some of the North Carolina delegation to the San Fraa elsec convention on board of tha battle ship Nsw Mexico bat he paid for the dinner out of bis swa , pocket ' The Providence Journal had Uncle dining the Tsr Heels at a Democratic convention at $9 a plate. Thia bars- faced canard haa booa copied la many ef the Bepnblican papers North ef the Mason and Dixon line. C Bog den Before Committee. There was also another North Caro lina man who testified before the Sen- ate investigating committee today. Bat hs wss Bepablienn and had been sub poenaed to appear. Thia maa waa C. R. Pugh, a lawyer af Elisabeth City. His testimony provoked both the com mittee sad the spectators ia the room to ripples ef anghter. Mr. Pugh ia vice chslrmsa of the Bepabliean State committee for North Carolina aad be mads the aaaonaeemeat that on next Saturday he wonld take charge of the fortunes of his party la the Old North State as State ehalrmsa, that is hs will turesed State Chairman M ore h sad. ; Mr. Purh said hs hsd been summoned befors ths som mlttee because ef a per- nonal difference betweea two humble Republicans In North Carolina, meantag Col. Iks Meeklns, of ElUbeth City, aad himself. Mr. Push is a much younger man than Colonel Meekine aad be al leles that ths solonel is displeased dc- esuss hs has been outclassed by Pugh in msnsglng ths Interests of the lie- pub lira a psrty in Pasquotank scanty and other places in ths Stste.- Fsrn Telia His Btery. It wss Colonel Meekine jealousy. aided by the pen ef W. O. Bauaders, editor of the Elisabeth City Independ ent, that caused the Senate committee to demand ths appearance of Mr. Pagh am! ia his testimony he paid his re- recta to both - these gentlemen ' in a BRlnONSPIKES REPUBLICAN LIE TO PROBE ClLfd.QES REGARD n,w AT imwi DAYTOII OGTODEfl I Sub-Committee Composed tj enaiors tcge ana rcma- , rene To Conduct Inquiry i COMMITTEE ADJOURNS -TO MEET AGAIN OCT. 13 final Dajs Inquiry t Wash.' faiftoa Xanres Over Wide field. With Stalled Qnad. ttanial Sow Between Xe ', publicans In K. O. Broufh Up ; Britten Testifies Washington, Bept tA With the exvj septiom of a sub-committee Inquiry ! Into charges iavolviag the flnaaeing' ag tae campaign af Governor Cos in Ohio In ISIS and comoletion of ita i. vesti gutions into eenditions in Missouri. ths Seasto committee lookias? into ores-4 ij .1 , , . . - . avwues campaign xnnas and political iaflaeaoeo had cleared ita auto today whan tt adjooraod its sessions to reeon. vena in St Louis October 18. i Tha Ohio inquiry will bo conducted by Senators Edge aad Pomercae in Dayton, beTia-i alng October 7. Lacking the tostimoay of I. H. TaU oec, ai imytosv Ohio, who bad bee summoned in aeaaeetion with tha im lUod charge ntads before tha aommiu tee yesterday that tha Dayton Metal Prod acts Company bad taksa up a Sy 000 note for Governer Cos in IMS, the committee conducted n hard drive to ward clearing np loose sads of pros vioaa bearinga . . .. Mac Bvidenca Heard. ' Tha hearings today were devoted tu ranaar inquiry into the activities of tha League to Enforce Peace i the coanl aeeuon oetweea Btara and Stripes, weeary newspspsr for former soldiers, and the Democratic camnaiaw sraanimu tioni the) inter-racial council, aad tha juvxiauoa or roreign Language Now, papora with T. Coleman Da Peat Bee publieaa natioaal somatittosmaa from! De-'awara, on the standi nnd into tsina at Navy Department effleials and snvj l J wHfc.ww MINSt SW the Pseina aoaet during the time osT tha Demaerntia convention in San1 rranctaea. - Northi CaraBaa QonWreemlal lev. Incidentally, the committee heard das tails of what waa described aa a "quad ...1.1 Vl B ... . I w,ww stvpwuucan sac Ueaa In North Carolina aad aooloeriaad for having awmmoaed Clareaee B. Pugh tram xuxabatn .ty, that State, for axasaiaatJen. It fanwJ mUmm s any tXflOO fund provided . by Chair-j maa Hays af tha Jtepwblieu natioaal' committee) to Organize North Carolina1 textile week era, as a polities! opponent ef Mr. Pagh bad charged. , Another wita em told ef n Bepablicaal fend of $SJSOO thaa far raised ia Penn sylvania, bat denied sh knowledge of any auroa ejnoca, aitaouga prossed close ry by Benator BeedVwao drew oat tha admiasioa that s second organisation. a maraing ana uoeuage USD, alee was rstsrng roads la Jfsanasylvania, Stars and Strtnea mattes. Considerable time waa devoted to eawi ssatantion ef Bkhard H. Walds of New: lor, sad tt was from thic witness thai a statement waa ebtained that hs aader steed B. M. Bnmeh and Secretary Mares dltb hsd helped flaaaee publics Uoa ef Stars snd Stripes, having bean "assess ed aa leading Demoerata through thg inflaenea of members af the Democratic national organisation. Walde said Bat men bad eeeae through v aader wross sure wita wijmn ana Beeretory Mcreditl with 92,900. ,. EarUer in the day Mrs. Ethel MU reran, secretary to w. v. JamlesonJ Snaneial director et the Democratic naVl tional eommmittee, aaid that aha had flaaneed the paper e her awn aeeoanfl sad borrowed sseaey, hut refused WH give the names af tha men from wbei she obtained the funds. She teetiflecT that she had pat a total af $4flt Intel the publication nnd held SI per cent its stock, gar which aha and mads paymeat - Waldo aaid bis Information came front Hr. BctTernaa, tho yonag lawyer w! grabbed tha name Wars aad Scrip.' ueirernaa taetiaea yesterasy that had pat through the organisation ef paper and ebtained tho backing af M Psrks for It Wbat do yon moan by assessed sued Senator stood, rsfsrrlne Walde e stotomsat aa to tha partieip Hon of Secretary Meredith and Barncb. ' n moan that they wero advised theft it wonld bo agoed thiag for them tsj vWaJeo KxpUlne PewlUee, . 'I Explaining hie connection with tbd matter. Waldo said be bad been eari ef tho "Stars nnd Stripes" orgaaiatiosj when that name wss oriainnted for the Kpor pablished ia Fraaec by the Ames, ia Expeditionary Forces. Oa his res tarn to ths United States, hs mid, h hsd been prominent in American Legioat werk and had fought executives of ths) legion by eppoeing soldier bonus legisi latkia. To carry oa tnat flght, he addede. hs ha-1 soaght to purchase the Stasa aad Stripes.' aew pablished in this city, but bad found it to be in bis opinioat so sloeely sffilinted with tha Democratic political marhiaery that he believed fa) waa being built ap for 'ultimate'' par-, tisaa political purposes. Walde saidj hs hsd dropped the deel for thst reason, Asked by Bans tor Seed as to his own) politics, Waldo said ho was a "non-parti nan Democrat' ' -v -h , 'Nea-FartlsM Demecret f "What is n nen-pertiren Democrat fi ashed Benator Beed. ' . ' '! "A Democrat who will vote for Hard ing, suggested Chairman Keayon, That states my care exactly, said Waldo. - - T . . 4 Waldo denied that bis attempt tsH purchaee ths paper had aay connection I with Bepobliean national politics nndj sddsd that ho did not ksew thst it had! thus far been need by Hs present wa4 era for any partisan purpose. He elsejj denied that he sought to- pwrehass tan;