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YILSOII STAIIDS BY
AMERICA'S HONOR
IH WORLD AFFAIRS
Incurs Wrath Of Republican
Congress By Refusing Jo
Scrap Treaties
TRADE WAR IS AVERTED -BY
PRESIDENTS' ACTION
Old Guard To Try Other Tactics
- . When Congress Convenes la
December; ' Demoeratio Ad.
" ministration Uphold Sane
, tity Of Agreements With
Other Hations
The New mad Observer Barest
etO District National Bank Bid.
(By Bpeeial Leased Wire)
: Waahingtoe, Sept M. Presideat
- Wilson la refutes te exeeut section
34 ef - the Joaee ehipping act kaa af-
: firmed im a strikiag meaner th aaaetity
at treaties between tke United State
aad foreic countries aad kai probably
prevented tta tereest trade war tk
world kaa ever kaowm. But im takiaa
tkis bold stead for the iutaraaUonal
Loaor aad food name at hto
ke kaa drawa apom hia bead the Inteast
fed emerge from tka BepubUaaaa of
brine- a usurper ef Ue poaiboa of Con
tree, a violator af the constitution aad
a traitor to k country. Soma Be-
, rablieaaa art eeyiag ka akoald be im
reached aad that whom Congress meet
UPiee-bar a xeove ia.tbat direetioa
stay ba made. ,
What ia tka Preeideafa crime! la
tka laat day ot the roeoat esasioa of
" Congress the Jones ehipping aet wa
: paaaed with eeetioa S4 which sought to
rave tka Presideat notify foreign gov
tmments that thia aeaatry 'rtev
terminate OTery treaty provision that
leaSSto tk. ribt af the UaiUd StaUa
COTaraateat to tapooa dirimiaatory
toaaaa data aad eaatoas dotiea oa tm
terts. The biU ma bronght to tka
pnaideat im tka eioeiac kouri of Coa
greai aad la the harry ka aifaed It.
T Treaty Bladlac CafJtroeC
Ha aaya ew that had ka aad time to
atadr tka bill ka mover woald hart
aae4 it, for tka eoaatitatioa deaea
atreaty betweem tka Uaited BUtaa aad
a forei aeaatry ao a or T ,
biadiac aeatraet tkaa amy doaieatia taw.
A treaty ia aot a aerap af papw with
tka Preaideaf That ta one of the rae
cat why be kaa bold oat e peraiataatly
'for the ratifieatioa of the Veraaillee
treaty which tka eoaatitatioa empower
ed kn- ia hie pfflaial eapaeity to aagott
ata with f oreifav awearaaMata at tka
mom aoafereaea. . ....
Bat cea bad ba w fait blitod to
pbald the eaaettty af "J,
refaeal to carry eat aeetioa U. he wai
certaia that tta daaaaeiatioa at tkeee
ommereiai treatiea with other aoaa
tie weald iarolre tka TJaited Stotea
i. . .tranla that would ba diaaetroue
to both tabaaiaaaa a -oral ekaraetor
a a aalioa. 1 wwald lateaaify aad
protract the praaoat aareet ,of the
whole world, ft wiifh bring oa a ew
iUtory war. The nestai '
ear that it al;bt remit ia thia Utter
7ZmiT bat eame ef kia frieada My
O. 'A f ' '
' Trade War Awerted.
It ia well kaowa kere that every f or
ga eeaatry whieb would kare beea
tajorad by the ezeeatioa ef aeetioa M
Uthe ahlppiag- aet had prepared a
protea aad aver aiaee it. paaeage bad
beta plaaaiag for the etruggle. It ta
alae weU kaowa- ef aU the greet eoav
mereial matioat ef the world the TJaHjd
Statea ia by tta eoaatitatioa aad lawi tht
ipp-faw.r. Tk.
Aaaeneaa mwinw --
viaioaa ef reprieal adeqaata for aaek
a atranla. - The , eonatitutioa wtt
hJZrtbi m- wke i-toadod tkat tkit
country eheald give the world a.aquart
deal ever the eouater. : ' 1.
Tkia aeetioa ef tka Joaea akippiag aet
U ta tka ettiaatioa af tka preeeat oe
tapaat ef tka Wktte Hoaaa a libel oa
the rwimtatioa et thia eoaatry for koa
eety aad fair deaiiag. Coagraaa, it to
aid, kaa peteed ma aet tkat it kaa aot
tka power to have executed. It aad
mot tka Freaideat ia tka violator et tke
oeattitatiea. ., '
May Try Aeether Tack ,
Bat Bepoblieeaa kere amy wkaa Ooa
(twm re-eoareaee it wiU ttoP
another way to reach the reeolt' aimed
at by the Joaee Uw. It wiU ptaa am met
wa are told, the will remit 10 to tO
per eeat of the dutiae em imported aoav
oditiet wkea brought te thia eoaatry
ia Amerieaa bottoma. Thia move may
evade the eometitatioaal iaeaa raieed ia
tka Joaee law, bat mader aaeh aa met
tke eoaatry eaaaot aaeapa m teada war.
Admiaiatretiom officiala believe tkat
taa ef the aiaat aotoble aad ' dit
tUgaiahed featarea ef Preddeat WU
toaa adaiiaiatratioa im kiatory ia Ha re
prd for tka aaaetity ef aU treatiea U
which tkit eoaatry ia eagaged. It will
he recalled tkat the Preaideat reverted
hiauelf oa tke Eay-Paaaeefeta treaty
at regard tke ememiptioa af tk paymeat
at tolla ot Aaaerieaa eoattwlae ahipe
paaaiag throagh Ue Paaaaim eaaaL Be
toeeeeded ia pereaadiag Cagree to re
pU the lefialatioa ia eouflict with that
treaty. Hie adaaiaiatratioa wiU ataad
oat ia htotory for ita devout obeervaaee
ef law aad tka dietate ef Juttiee arnoag
tk aatioai af tke earth, we are told. ,
HENDERSONVILLE MAY
HAVE ANOTHER HOTEL
Aabeville, Sept. JHopea have beea
raiaed ia HeadenoaviUe tkat aaother
large hotel will be aeeared for the
city by the epeaiag ef tke toariat tea
torn meat taauBer, aaaoameeneat kav
tag beea made tkia aioraiag that CTtad
v v.j iKa Rt Jahu Hotel
orowm Mu - :
the ereeuoa loorw " .
Mr. Browa' baa ttated that U ke re
.v. Mmmnmvmwmmmt Inn
reives F1" - -
the people vof HeadereoaviUe, ke wiU
be able to erect tke betel during the
winter -t -
ville ia aew enjoying the Marlborough
hntel. a largo handsome brick atrneture
. . M a M
which t oeca v
rXATHKB OB8XBVEB TELLS '
WHT BEAT SO OPFBESSnri.
Maxlaaai temperaiarel It degreeat
wind veleeity, three tallet aa heart
relative humidity, per eeat. '
Aagaet meat, ae wind aad aa aa
aaaal aaaaUty ef daaapaeaa la the
ataaeepber predaeee the Uad ef
weather Raleigh people bed yoeter.
day. The Agere were cent piled by
Weather Oheerver t A. Deaeea.'
The temaeretare for the last three
laya ka beea It degreea above aer
taaL Mlaety degreea waa the atasl.
ataat for Satardty, -:. "; ' '
RHODES SCHOLARS
FROM THE SOUTH
Two From North Carolina, C.
P. Spruill, Jr. and W. B.
Bolich, Are Chosen :
Boeton, Mine., Sept. it. The retnltt
of tht annual election of Bhodet eehol
ara to repreteat the Uaited State!
at the Univeraity ef Oxford were an
nounced today by ' Prof OMor Prank
Aydelotte, of tka Maaeaehotetta Inrti
late et , Technology, Amerieaa teore
tary et the Bhodet trustee. The quota
for tk Uaited State tkit year, aa wai
tke eat laat year, wa M laatead ot
the mormtl 82, tknt making np for th
postponement of elections daring th
war.."7'" p-.;
Tk teholara elected a for 1920
will go to Oxford , ia January 1921,
and toot elected at for 1921 will go
im October af that year to bring tk
appointment back to th regular ehe
dule. Kext year th quota for th
Caited Bute will be 32. - i
. The ttleetioa wire mad by eommlt
toea chotea from 600 former Bkode
ekolar bow lMng ia this eoaatry.
About 400 mem were candidate for th
Si appointment, .the competition thit
year being larger than ' ever before.
The inexeeeed intorett im th aeholar
thipa la thit country it paralleled by
the favorable arrangement mow in
foree for their reception ia Oxford.
BoeolaUont recently pasted by tka uni
veraity admit th men to junior or
senior (tending with much less diffi
culty tkaa ia th pact, whil th aew
degree ef PhD ka beea ettabliahed
largely to meet th meedt of Amerieaa
atudeat. ,
Bkode acholan ara ehoesa im accor
dance witk a three-fold requirement ia
the will of Cecil John Bhodet, which
ompritt ekaraetor, intellectual ability
and phyiieal vigor, . No wrlttea exam
ination are held, th mca being ehoaa
em tk bati ef their school or college
record, supplemented by a personal in
terview witk the committee of selection.
The following are the mem thosn
from the South, (abject; to the rati
meatioa ef the Bbodea trait.
Alabama 1031 1 Jaraea S. Children,
(Oberlia College) Birmingham, Ala-
A .V..m. 101 ,' Jnutih T. Rnnt. (VnU
vertity of Mitasuri) Fort Smith, A
V1M. 109.1. Arthur P. Uoare. .John
B. Btotaoa Ualvenity) Atlanta, Oeor-
Florida, 1920, Herbert U. rora. t uni
veraity of Florida) Tampa, Florida. -rUnnria.
1821. Robert Graham Heiner.
(John Bopkin Unirenlty) Fort
Screven, Ga. "
Louiiiaaa, 1920, Arthur vidrin, Louit
iaaa SUt Umivretity) VU1 PUtte,
Lonlnana, 1921, Edward DubutawaJ
109A. lUvarl V. Smith.
Jr, (John Hopkin Cnlrenity) - Bal
timore, Ma. . t
Miwinippl, 1921, Frank K. Mitchell,
(Millsap College) SaUis, Mimiaelppl.
Miatosri, 1921, Oorwla Edward,
(University of MSttouri) Columbia,
Missouri. J 1 ' '
M.l. IWIIm. 1090. C P. RnrulU.
Jr, (Uaivertity of North' Carolina)
Saleigh, North varoiina.
North CaroUna, 1921, W. B. Bolleh,
(Trinity College) Durham, Korth Car
olina.
Booth Carolina, 1920, Edwin T. Mote
ley, (Wofford College) Laurens, Soutk
Carolina.
South Carolina, 1921, Joseph fc. Nor
wood, (Univeraity of Booth Carolina)
Columbia, Soutk Caroline. w
Teaaeaiee, - 1920, W. M. Frierton,
(VaaderbUt University) Nethvill.
Virginia, ioSO, Arthur let Kluwf
vine. (Univeraity ef Virginia) Balti
more, Md. '
Wott Virginia, 1020, Bamnel waiter
Washington, Jr., (Virginia Military In
ttitute) Charleatoa, West Virginia. '
West Virginia, 1921, Henry Harri
son Cook, v(Virrlnia Military Is
ttitute) Charleston, West Virginia.
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN 'lN
WESTERN N. C. GET BU$Y
Asktville, Sept Mr-Th woma of
tke west kava goa into politics, ia tar
meet, at leatt that ia th impresiioa
drawn by a number ef leading poli
tician of thi section. Ia Aaheville,
Marion, Eendertonvllle and Waynti
vills they have organised tkemeelvo
Into political clubs, . sleeted office",
adopted reeolntioa and purpoe to take
a leading part in ths election thi fall
And th part that it most pleerag "
the Demoerata ia that tht Democratic
women are taking the lead la tkia work,
rvea ia the roekribbed Bepublieta
county of Henderson. Tht women are
attending in large number all political
meetinn being held hers aad they dis
ease th issues of th day ia a way
that eaute on to know that they know
what they are talkintr about
PILOT OF TEXAS WILDf T
' 8ERIOUSL TBUBT IN FALL
tasa, France, Sept. tt-BeUad
Rehlf, one ef the Amerieaa en
trants for the George Beatoa evla.
ttoa sap te b raced for here Ties
day, eras' ed te the greaad while ty
ing his Tesss Wildcat airplane la
practice this evening and waa etrl.
eeaiy lajared.
alltt
SAYS PROHIBITION
SAVED NAT! Of! TWO
BILLION LAST YEAR
Governor Milliken, Of Maine.
Addresses Congress Against
Alcoholism
CITES OTHER BENEFITS '
AS RESULT DRY LAVjfS
Declares Two Billion Drink Bill
Wiped Away, And Efficiency
Of Labor Increased; Big 7ea.
tore Is That Next Genera
tion Will Be Untainted By
Liquor Habit
Washington, Sept. 28. Prohibition
waa credited with producing a saving
of two billion dollars for th nation in
th last year by Governor Milliken, of
Mainet in addressing th closing aee
ilon tonight of th fifteenth Interna
tional Congress Against Alcoholism.-
"Prohibition," he declared, "has made
most kin da at baainest better and has
injured no legitimate business except
that of th undertaker. ,
"The three outstanding results ot pro
hibition," h declared, "are th saving
of about two billion dollar of wast
im expenditure, m tremendous increase
in th efficiency of labor snd startling
deereete ia trim with ita attendant
poverty and wretchedness.
Next Geasratloa Untainted.
"From tke standpoint of ' practical
government, however, th meet import
ant contribution that prohibition ka
mad to th welfare of the nation it
to b found in th simple fact that a new
generation will be growing up untainted
by the liquor habit and unhampered by
the conditions of equator and wretched
ness which ths liquor habit bat imposed
upon to many thousand innocent chil
dren la tke past.
Ths supreme importance of prohibi
tion lie in th fact that it give the
average boy and girl ia Ameriea a better
chance te grow Bp into a wholesome,
strong aad clean Amerieaa citizen, aad
because the very existence ef our form
of government depend upon tke devel
opment of that sort of citizenship In
the coming generation, prohibition it
entitled to rank aa on of tk great
safeguards ef national life."
Wiped Oat Drink BHL
' Beferring to the economic benefit of
prohibition. Governor Milliken declared
that the nation t drink bill formerly
amounted te two billies dollar annu
ally, and thi money, ha declared, bow
Snda Its way into tke normal channel
of legitimate trade.
Th grocers, the clothier, smoss
meat proprietors aad ths banks," he
added, "are getting th money that
formerly went for drink. Hotel that
fancied themselves dependent on tht
liquor basinets are doing the beet bnei
aes la their kiatory without it"
Efficiency ef Labor.
"Froklbitioa has net only eliminated
aa enormous waste in expenditure, but
it ha greatly increased th efficiency of
labor. The average life of a laboring
mam 1 longer under prohibition; he
doe better work while h la at it aad
ha work more steadily. A report fr m
on Urge labor ageney in aa induatri '1
section ia typical. It it stated that out
of 18,000 men employed by that ageney
when the country was wet, ths average
length of time that the man remained
on the job was leas than thirty days.
The average more thsn doubled with
the first year of prohibition."
LEYGUES FATHER-IN-LAW ,
OF A NORTH CAROLINIAN
New French Premier And For.
eign Minister Is Father Of
' Mrs. Paul Bockwell
Georges Leygue, tk new Frenck pre
mier and foreign minister ia President
Millerand' cabinet, is ths fathr4n-law
of Paul Bockwell, a North Carolinian,
wko served ia th Foreign Legion daring
tk world war. Toung Bockwell'
mother is Mrs. Lou la Bockwell, of
WliuttoB-Ralem, and k a cousin ef Mr.
William H. Bosemond, ef Billtboro.
Kiffia Bockwell, who distinguished
himself at an air fighter of great ability
aa a member of the femoni XeFayette
Eseadrille, and who wtt killed almost
at th taint tlmt young McConnell, of
Carthage, met death, waa a brother ot
Paul Bockwell. Kiffia Bockwell wai
cited for brovery three time before
th French army. H wa killed by a
German explosive bullet after h had
fought hi 143rd air battle. Hit uni
form, bearing tbt varlons French war
erosees, is now ia ths North Carolina
HaU of History.
Paul Bockwell was to badly wounded
in tht first few weeks of aetivt warfare
tkat k wa rejected for further aetiv
service. Ht had oa abonldcr entirely
hot away.
It waa Kiffia, dying, wko made th
famoui words; '1 give my lit for La
fayette aad Bochambeau. ;
PENSIONS' FOR VETERANS
EMPLOYES OF C. AND 0.
Blchmond, Va, Sept MV A pension
of on per cent average of the wage
da th past tea yean, multiplied by
th aomber of year they hav"ipent
in th service, will be the reward for
life of all employees of th Cbesaa.
peak aad Ohio Bailroad Company,
who have spent a quart sr of a century
or mors with the company. Announce
meat to this effect was mad to 50
member of th Chesapeak aad Ohio
Bailroad Veteran Company Employee'
Association at Whit Sulphur Springs
yesterday afternoon by George W.
Stevens, president of th road.
Want T le-Opea Negetlatlesta.'
Warsaw, Sept 86V Polaad ba re
ceived from Lithuania a aot expressing
a desire to reopea peace aegotiations.
The Bote suggeit that ths Poles and
Lithuanian rctirt to opposite tide of
APPEALS TO NORTH I CAROLINA
; WOMEN, TO REGISTER ' AND VOTE
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MRS. THOMAS
Mrs. Bickett Appeals to Women
of North Carolina to Measure Up
As Much Duty Of Women To
Vote For Right As To Pra
For Right, She Says . .
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OFFERS FINEST FIELD
Wife Of Governor Urges Worn,
en To Meet The Obligation v
Conferred Upon Them
. . ' v-r
Under tht new order it is aa much the
duty ot th women ef North Carolina to
vote for tk right a it it te pray for
th right, declares Mrs. Thomas Walter
Bickett, wife f th Governor, ia a
statement and appeal issued to th worn
sa of the Stat yesterday.
Though never herself an advocate of
Woman Suffrage, and never a believer
that the women of America needed the
ballot, Mrs. Bickett kat accepted tke
new 'day, and with it the obligation
that go with a place ia the political life
of th State. She call upon th womee
of tht State to bt not negligent of th-lr
duty. Tht statement it aa follows i
."The women of North Carolina have
never failed to . answer every call to
service.
"In - the sixties, when the men and
boys in gray marched out to man the
firing line for home and eoaatry, they
left behind them women who were ao
less heroes thaa they. When the thia.
gray Una broke, and those brave. sol
dier earn horn to rebuild a war
strtekea land, th women bore their
part of the fight a gallantly a th
man, until, throagh years of sacrifice,
they made the wast places blossom aa
the rose.
'When, outraged by th barbarism of
Germanyi our great President sound? 1
a call to arms 'that war might be no
more,' th men earn gladly offering
themselves a willing sacrifice on the
altar of a . great eaute. The women
earns, too, giving what to them was
decrer than lit Itself, their loved oaes,
and then, standing with hsnds out
stretched, begged a chance to serve. From
humble eabia and stately horn they
earn, saying: 'Here ar we, use us.'
And glorious wa th service they gave.
A Call Te Service ,
"Today ther comet again te the wom
en a call to service, a call ae lea com
pelling than those call of yesterday.
"Though there ar many of ut who
felt tkat women's place was not in th
political field, but in the no less power
ful precinct of th home, a call ba
com and we cannot fail to answer. Th
women -of intelligence and character,
the women who lova their homes, their
children and their country most meet
th obligation and th opportunities of
th hoar. W mast register early, aad
when the' day for voting come wt mtet
aot fail to vot. Tht ignorant aad the
vicious, tht selfish aad th sordid, will
aot fail to register will mot fail to
vote. , ' ' -
"New eeeaalon teach new duties."
Good women have always prayed for
the triumph of the right. TJader th
aew arder it is aa much their duty to
vote for th right aa to pray for the
right . ;!) "'
"W, wbo ar mothers, have borne
aad reared our children te e them go
out late th world where evil lurk aad
disease destroys. Wkea th prohibition
fight was won, it was said! They are
dead that seek the ysnag child's life.'
True, it i that eaa great' enemy lies
low, bat all along th highway aad
badge, th by-paths and th high-roads,
others, no let evil, lurk te prey apoa
him.. Thia is th day of our opportun
ity. Our is tht privilege te Join witk
those mea who seek bis welfare aad
bury under tht world't eondemnation
those thing that degrade and dettrny.
"Wa ar aot tome to the kingdom to
wrest from mea the reins of govern
ment, mor to be their rival. ia placet
of power, Jt will bo our privilege to
be la the affair ef state as w have
beea ia those of th home bit kelp
meet. Together we will solv ths prob-
s, iCystlnafd en, Fsge Two.),
WALTER BICKETT
IREDELL AND UNION
EACH LOSE HER
Didn't Grow Enough In Last
Ten Years To Retain Two
, " Legislators
NEW
HANOVER AND
FORSYTH MAY GAIN
Col. Alston D. Watts, Figure
Wizard, Beats Sam Bogeri
To It And Declares North
. Carolina WiU Have Popola
tion Of 2,850,429; Edge.
combe Bidding For Member
Both Iredell aad Vnion eouatiea wiU
lose one of their two representatives in
the North Carolina General Assembly
when that body sets about re-appoint
ing the constitutional 120 member of
ths lower hoaee among the 100 counties,
according to Col. Alston I) Watts, who
uadoubtedly eaa figure things political
closer than any snaa ia th State. The
two eoaatie have beea outstripped ia
population, and as the apportionment of
representatives is made oa that basis,
they lose.
Fortytk county kaa already taken oae
of th two members' to be shifted, aad
oa th face ot figures thus fsr givea
out, New HaaOver county is the highest
bidder. for the ether member te be
distributed. Edgecombe county I
holding the matter in ' doubt, aad if
their figures run past New Hanover by
as moen a oae. they get tk repretea
retire. Edgecombe ia one of the til
counties yet unreported by Director Sam
Rogers, but Colonel Watts believe thtt
New Hanover is fsirly safe.
"- Having a leaning toward figures, par
ticularly when the figures appertaia
to politics. Colonel Watts et out aome
time back to ere how thing are going
to tarn oat when all the aoses are
counted. ' He mad a very careful est!
mate of how maay people ther ar ia
North Carolina, ant with M counties
in kind, ke and Director Bam Bogert
are fust a little more thaa 20.000 apart
The official figures give the State a total
Of ZJ0.4!9. '
la a vast majority of the counties,
the n arts estimate vanea from th of
octal count by very little. Ia aome
counties his diverge aciee go as far away
so two or three thousand, bot mostly,
ht was Bear enough to the total to asake
kis list ef eoaatie look almost like the
official list. Cumberlaad county sur
prised him amazingly, but bis estimate
was ealy 1,024 eft tht official given
in yesterday . mornings paper. Some
fei other conaties apset him.
Sine the last centos, Cumberland ha.
beea dismembered, mot oae, but two
times. Hoke county was mad up of a
part of the Scottish ttroaghold, and
later came Camp Bragg aad lopped off
aother sizable aeetioa and tk Inhabi
tants wer forced te. move away. , Tht
Colonel knew tkat ths county kad grown,
but bs did at expert it to recover from
Ha dismemberment ia tke fashion ia
kick it kaa. His estimate wa 33,940 aad
tke official gives it at 35,084.
It ka beea 10 years sine there wai
any legialstive reapportionment, aad
19 years siace the Senatorial district
were disturbed. It seems likely thst
from the face of the reurni that th
next session of tht General Assembly
will have to make ever some ef tke
Senatorial districts aad perkap ,slto
doctor ths preeeat alignment of ' the
Conrrenionsl districts. The Colonel
kssa't figured tkeee matters out yet,
sad hesitated to msks aa estimate.
Negro Gets Deetk Seateace.
Greensboro, Sept. J. Claude More
head, Guilford negro, eoavieted ef tke
marder ef kis wife, wa sentenced yes
terday by Judge Bay to die la the elec
tric chair oa Friday, December S. His
ennnsel took am appeal to tk Supreme
BH .'ear'-j-.'
HARDING, A BRB'ER
OFFERING APOLOGY
FOR HIS HOLDINGS
Governor Cox Thus Character
izes Republican ; Nominee.
In Formal Statement .
DISCUSSES POSITIONS .
ON PROHIBITION ISSyE
Charges Wayne B. Wheeler,
General Counsel Of Anti-Saloon
League, Has "Acted"
To Protect Senator Harding
And Was a Mere "Chattel"
Of O. O. P. Headquarters '
Cheyenne. Wyoming, Sept. ifl Sena
tor- Harding wa characterized aa a
"brewer who ia apologising for his hold
ings ia a statement issued her tonight
by Governor Cox before the latter de
parture to continue his campaign to
morrow ia Nebraska,
Governor Cox discussed tk respective
prohibition positions of himself and
Senator Harding and charged that
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for
the National Aati-Salooa League, had
acted to "protect" Senator Harding aad
was a mere "chattel" ef Bepublieea
headquarters. '- -"''"; (";..
Governor Cox asserted that Question
asked kirn and Senator Harding by Mr.
Wheeler were designed te aid th Be-
pobiieaa nominee and th governor
courted further, but identical question
ing.
Th governor' statement follewti
tree. Cex'a Statement.
"My attention has beea called to a
dispatch from tke East wkiek quote
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of
the Anti-Saloom league, as av'ng that
he hat submitted questioa to both
Harding snd myself and that I had not
responded, hut Senator Harding had.
I'Lst mo direct the notice ef th
public to this aigaiflceat eireumttanstt
I was asked whether I was for or against
any proposal to change tht Volstead
law. Senator Harding waa asked whether
be stood by hit recorded vote oa the
18th amtadment and the Volstead aet
Tkia sharp difference will be noted t Tta
question to me was based oa tutors de
velopments; the on to Booster Hording
was aot. I was asked what x would ao
in tht future; Senator Harding wat
not."
Trickery ef Wheeler.
"The habitual trickery ot Wheeler,
wkiek is obvious ia tke faet ot kia eft
repeated statement that the AaU-Balooa
League wai only interested new In what
might be done with, tke Volstead Aot,
aad yet be mads no sttempt whatsoever
te ascertain Senator tisraing-i ttana on
what he, Wheeler himself, ayt is th
real Istus. Thia would all eeem te be
a enrefnllv devised partisan plan. Ia
fact, en would have expected it from
Will H. Hays, th KepuMiesn en air
man. That it was prepared at a pro
tection te the Republican candidate
rather thaa aa attempt te ascertain, hit
view m perfectly clear.
Coincidence ef Bveate
This idea would seem te bs strength
ened by th coincidence ef event. On
th day preceding Mr. Wheeler state
ment, representatives of tke Prohibi
tion party made publia in Chicago a
letter from George Christian, Jr., Sea.
ator Harding'! secretary, ia wkiek two
striking statements appeared t First,
tkat the senator was interested in tht
brewery business ; and, second, that if
the Volstead Aet was changed by Con
gress, the senator would mot improper
ly impost hit will on tht law-saking
body. Ia face of thit disturbing rev,
lation first aid was a cede from some
source. It it bad beea givea by Chair
man Bays of tks Bepablieaa national
committee it woald havt beea unavail
ing, but Mr. Wbeeler, true to kit adher
ence U tht part to tht reactionary in.
finances of tht commercial wing now la
charge of the Bepubliean party, came
forward with a blundering and un
scrupulous defease. It ia inconceivable
he any sentible person would attempt
to foist such a thing on th public, and
father, how th eonscisntiou member
of the Anti-Saloon Ltagu eaa have any
further doubts a te Wayne Wheeler
being, what I have already charged, a
mere chattel ef tht Bepubliean head,
quarters. ' '
Why Not the BeeordeT
"It Mr. Wheeler ia eh honest man,
why does he not present tk records
of both Senator Harding and myself on
th liquor question and then tubmit to
us thq nm question, witk aa agreement
to . --Bt eur replies thereto .without
deceitful eommenttr I would also like
te ask Mr. Wheeler what ekang ka
come over tkt record of Senator Hard
ing that kaa enabled Mr. Wheeler, at
tke spokesmen for the . Anti-Saloon
League, to withdraw the eondemnation
by the Antl-Salooa League against tht
senator before bit nomination t How tan
he explain to th conscientious mea of
hi- organization hit support for th
presidency ef ths United State, a brew,
or w- is apologising for k holding"
Nebraska Speeches
Nlu speeches la Nebraska ar sched
uled for Governor Cox tomorrow be
ginning at S o'clock. ' The governor It
to make rear platform addresses at North
Platte, Lexington, Kearney, Grand
Island, Aurora, Tork, and Seward. He
to da at Lineola, Willlan J. Bryan'
koB.ii city, about 4 o'eloek for a mor
extended address. At Omaha Senator
Hitchcock home, tomorrow night, tk
governor will speak at tkt auditorium.
Tke Nebraska' campaign open the
last week of tkt governor' trip, which
bogaa September t, aad which close
next Saturday at Kansas City, witk
Soutk Dakota, Kansas aad Oklahoma
te ba toure meanwhile.
- During bit Sabbath rest her today,
the governor attended Trinity Episcopal
Church, hearing a aermoa on world
peace, visited nearby cattle rancn tad
had to with former Governor Ctrey.
MecSwtaey Reported Weaker. '
London, Sept. tftV The bulletin issued
by ths Irish Self-De termination League
tonight say that Terenee MaeSwiaey
vii weaker and mor exhausted at tkat
time Hum dying ths afternoon,
HARDING Hi FAVOR
"GOING BACKWARD"
GOMPERS ASSERTS
President Of American Federa
tion Of Labor Says Cox Is
For "Going Forward"
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM '
TURNED BACK ON LABQR
Oompers Calls On "Irery Araer.
lean worker" To "Strive
Ardently For The fief eat Of'
Those Who Have Turned '
Their Backs Upon Labor And
Upon . People OeneraSr"
Washington. Sent KUmr km
elated Press.) Writing la th eorreat
issue or tao amerieaa rederatiem madar
th title of "Normalcv" va '
Samuel Gompera. president mt . tk. .
Amerieaa Federation of Labor, ssyt ,
Seaator Harding, the Bepubliean eaa. .
didate, hat summed up kia poeltiea at
la favor ef "going bsekward, while,
Gevsraor Cox, the DemoeratJe aaadidat. ,
kaa declared for "going forward."
sir. uompert also ssyt that the Be-,
pablieaa national convention im adopt
lag its platform "tamed ita back em
labor and declared tkat Wv Amart.
an worker, ovary earnest Amerieaa siti- '
aea must ttriv ardently for th defeat ,
ox moss wao turned their beck upon
labor and upon tke people geaerally.
"The two leading candidate for the
presidency have defiaed clearly tksir at
titade toward tht great publie issues ef
tht day, says Mr. Gompere artkks, '
which waa madt publia today, by the
labor federatioa. ' T
"Im a sentence each hat summed ftp'
kit poaitioa. '
Betnrm Te Nerawkry. ,!
"Ia effect Senator Harding atari let at
return te mormaley,'
"Senator Harding data aet met th '
word normal' j ht speaks ef mormaleyV
Tk word ia obsolete and ta im the eta. '
dltioa to which h would return. ''
Unquestionably ia th mind ef 8en
ator Harding a return to ao ratal teeaaa
a return to the conditions that existed '
before ths war e return Ae something
that ia past. It ia clear then that la
keeping witk tkt spirit ef tke Bepub
liean platform Senator Harding per.
tonal desire ia to follow a course thtt '
lead backward and if elected te lead
th nation in suck a course.
Cox Going Forward.
"Governor Cos proclaims a decira t
go forward, aad a determination te lead '
th nation ia a forward eouret, if h Is
sleeted te th presidency. Both of tke
statement! are abstraction aad both t
themselves mean mothiag beyond a defl-"
nitloa ef th general tread ef thought ef
the candidates. The important fact ia,
however, that the platform ef th par.
tie upon which these candidates stead '
aad their owa personal philosophic Uad
iaevitably aad naturally ap to th oca.
eloaioa found ia those two brief ntter
anees.
' "Th denial af say desire em the part 1
ot the American people to go backward
to anything that it past ha beea found
in practically every public express! v
which th people have beea abi to
make in recent months.
Reviews Prlmsry Keen Its.
Mr. Gomper thaa review the results
of recent primaries la a number ef
tate and eontioaect -
"Th interest of th great masse eur
people eaa be beat served ealy by tke
lection of the candidate whose d sclera,
tion and wboss record offer ths best it. '
curane of intelligence and integrity im
tke future. It it vital tkat thsrt be
success for th candidate sad th plat
form which beat understand the needs
of the people aad which meet fully aad '
most honestly pledge their satUfaetiea,
' Tamed Back On Labor.
"The Bepubliean convention turned1
it back upon labor aad la to doing
turned its back upon all of eur people .
except for tkat small minority wkiek
find it occupation ia tkt exploitation '
of tk masses through ipeclal epportamk
tie and special privilege.
"Every American worker, every earn
est Amerieaa eitiaea devoted to tke
cans of kumaa progress, and witk m '
faitk in th righteousness ef the prin
ciples ef freedom, Justice, and demote .
racy must ttriv ardently for ths de
feat ot those who have turned their .
baeki apoa labor and upon people gen
orally and for tka tnseess of those wke
have attempted to meet with mader. '
tending and ia a spirit of constructive ,
progress th problem ef th meedt tf '
tht working people and et tk grvag
masses of all our people." . '
YOUNG WHITE MAN SHOT;
ASSAILANT FOUND DEAD
America, G, - Sept. Mv Following '
the shooting of Kinard Griffin, promi
nent white farmer, late ' last night
the body of hi alleged negro assail- '
ant was found at ths roadside, ssvtm
mile sway. Pursuers art (opposed te
have (hot and killed th negro.
Griffin and a - negro farm head
qusrrelsd last night, according to re
port received here, and a brother of
the negro opened fir. ' Griffin wt
brought to a hospital la thia thy whore
a bullet wai removed from hi tplne.
He ia In a terious condition. Nsmes
of th BegToes hav not beea obtained
by th authorities , uvastigatiag the
est.
iSHI VILLI TKAVKLINC MEN
DENOUNCE THE FURNISHING
. OF NAMES TO REPUBLICANS
Atkevillt, Sept !. Aetlom' of aa
ffleial of tke Uaited Commercial
rrtvelen or ttte editor ef Tke Bam.
pit Cass, their efflctal publication,
rss la giving to tks Bepubliean party
i list of tke member ot th aasoeia
lioa throughout th United State for
tht systematic dissemlnstioa of un
true propaganda against Governor
Cox wa denounced last night in a
reeolutioa pasted by th Ashtvill
Chapter, No. 883, during th regular
meeting. It was considered to be aa
injuetic that should sail for laves
tigatioa. ;. . -
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