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SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. : 5 RALEIGH," N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, - SEPTEMBER 28, s 1920
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CDJT3
VOTE OF LABOR TO V
DECIDE ELECTIOiI
OVEMBER SECOND
Headquarters xof, Both Parties
" Convinced Labor Vote To-,
- y Be Deciding Factor ; ?
"; GOMPERS WORKING FOR
ELECTION OF GOV. COX
i Powerful Committee of A. T. of
i L. and Plumb Plan Commit.
' Aee :. ProTisf Great Factors
' i ' la Democratic Campaign;
j John ,. Wanam Jser Praises
; Daniels
' Newt and Observer Bureau, '
' ' , ' 03 District Natl. Bank Bid.
(By 8peeial Laaed Wire) '..",t
, , Washington, Sept 27. Th labor wot
will decide tha Presidency for th Drat
tim ia historyThat la "reported to bo
( tha, conviction, at the, headquarter- of
both th groat parties.' -Th situation
;i without precedent U a presidential
'.' campaign; for - Barer before ha labor
'k entertained ' aueh a daSnit political
' elate consciousness. ', .:
i It wa nerer - strongly ' aligned.
There wer sever offered each, eon
. tt viaeing reason why it ahoald rot as
.': it is cellared it will rot oa November
- 2nd. -. , i .' . " " '"v. "
To be aure, labor la divided between
Cos and Harding, bat the division is
heliertd to be very.aaequal and the
.. Demoerais are counting on their belief
la this ; aaepual divialoa in - their
- favor to pall then 'through. They any
that . aeither straw vote aor betting
odds, 1 neither ' Bepublieaa eoaSdeae,
.' nor the hae and cry that the country
wants to change to a Bepublieaa ad
ministration are taking into account
( tba way the labor vote will b east.
' t Te Caat ., Vote.
1" Labor, it 1 estimated, will this year
post 9,000,000 votes, 3,000,000 of them
Jielng women and the force of this vote
lie la the fact that the great majority
will aot vote for the on or the other
" of the great parties, but for or against
tbe attitude of those parties on que-.
tions of labor. "
Two -ye ago Will Hay had sensed
'this situation.. H perceived that the
Republican party had mora and more
alienated the labor 1 elements of the
, coantryv or rather that the Wilson ad
; mmlitratioB Bad ' captured thee - ele
" meat by it friendlin to labor ia
both legislatioa sad tha admlnistratioa
v-at labor Jaw, Bay aetaasrtei tha Be
' publics Labor Bureau at Chicago- and
- put ia charg of th barea Harry U
. Fidler.va member of tev Brotherhood
: of Locomotive Engineer. . N maa ha
vrtckld a harder task than this
1 maa Fldler, for MeAdoo had won over
' for the Wilsoa admlnistratioa th host
of railroad workers. Democrat ay
- Fidler ha don sll that any maa eould
do under tbs circumstance ia winning
labor over to th Bepublieaa party, but
that he ha aot do it, they are ur,
when th work of th national non
partisan campaign eommltte f th A.
' P. U, under th kdrbip of Samuel
;6omper ker la Washington, la x-
amind. ; ' - -v-"
' . Capr Wrkig for Cox
The Oompcr aational oa-partiaB
committee i penly working for Cos
id i a campciga organisstioai it 1
; far better equipped and has tea time
more money bck f it thaa has th
" Demoerstie campaign committee ia New
fork. It ia waging it campaign -al-!
moat entirely en th Ech-Cummin
railrad law. , Harding voted ia th
' Senate for th passage of this leglala
: tioa d ti batU tha th Oompers
' . commute i waging 1 for th right to
' itrik. i ; . ' ' .
' With thi eommltte th election J
. ' regarded a a life and death battle for
v the eaisteaee f . organised labor.
: Shmuel Oompert view th eleetioa of
Harding aad a BepubUcaa Coagrae
with perhaps va greater eoneern in
determining th destiny of organised
labor thaa President Wilsoa doea la
. deciding th fat f th Lgu of
Natioas. Oomper ha . said that he
looks upon Bepublieaa victory a aa
untold calamity to labor. 1 . ,
Beading Out Lltoratar. -
t Hi com mitt e 1 flooding vry or
' ganised center of labor in the country
.with literature and ia 4he big cities
Oompers baa far mor speakers oa oap
baxee and oa th tail-eada of carta tha
has Will Hay. Hi bureau ha thous
and! of personal worker ia the neld
and th Bepublieaa admit that th
Oompers A. F. I workr ar giving
i ham a far stiff battl thaa organised
,' Uemoeraey i.' , ' .
Behind th Oomper' committee ia an
other committee that ia aid to bo va
"stronger ia Tganisatioa4h . Plumb
Plan committe. It i aot lets ardently
' working for th eleetioa of Governor
Cos. Th Bepublieaa labor bureau un
der ridler, it is admitted, hu woa over
a coasiderable element of th labor
Tota. but it 1 a match ia efficiency to
the two labor committee working for
Cos. Th Democrats have at their New
' York keadquartera a labor bureau of
their owa, but it ia doiag nothing mor
tha keeping tab oa th battle going
, oa betweaa th Oomper tad Plumb
bur and the Bepublieaa bureau.
- Thi battl twill furniea a teat of th
labor rot a it ha vr bafor bee
- tatted. If the Republicans wia it ia
believed they will take less heed, ef
organised labor thaa they hav ever
yet dared to do. If Cox ia elected labor
wljl become a dominant factor in th
government.''"'
i Waaaauker Laada Daalel.
' Oa f th most angrudging tribute
e'vsr paid to Secretary Daniels' admin
istration of th Navy Department and
tha huHdiat of a treat fleet of dread-
naught, destroyers and submarine,
come from th pa of John Wna
. maker. Everybody knows that John
" Wanamaker is toe kin a or neputuiea
who prefer th Republicans la power
at Washington, but h ia a maa who
recognise truth when ha mm it. Oa
on of hi (hop program he wrote and
distributed among hi customers of hi
' jContUatl t faga ImA
f , w''. FAR KOM MISERIES OF WAR ': . 1
r
r : '
' The refugee arrived la New York on the (teamer Lai Tourain front
Poland, om to b greeted by frieads and other to atart Ufa under tha pro.
tection af Old Glory without a aiagle acquaintance. It took aome three afonth
to get to th Tjnited State from Poland. All fled their native land when th
Russian Soviet foreea threatened Warsaw. , - .:'.(. c:..-
CRQVDS THREATEN
CHIEFJF POLICE
Strong : Resentment Against
Dunn Officer Because of
- His Hitting Man.: ".
Dunn, Sept. 17. Resentment over
the alleged ' action of Chief of Poliee
IT. B. Pag ia kitting Enoch Wilson,
young whit men, over the head' with
hi billy brought a (crowdof eeveral
hundred men here tonight., tt was
feared violence might result and aa
precaution Mayor 3. I Wade aaked th
Stat authorities to': hav troop ia
readinesa after he had failed in aa at
tempt to reach, Sheriff W. H. .Coving.
ton, who live in th country. ,
: Fifty Camp Bragg soldier ware held
subject to orders . from Mayor Wsdc
but their service were aot needed as
the eroird dispersed about midnight.
Friends of Officer Page .took him out
ef the eity.. t'. - '
' Friends of Euochv Wilson claim that
the aoncealcd weapon he wa arrested
fcr carrying wstv in his automobil.
Whea the officer started with Wilson
to th city hall, i it is ssid that the
young maa asked to" b allowed to
atop ia a store to arrang for hia bond.
Intnd wf permitting him to do so, it
i said that th officer hit him ovw
th hed with a Wily.." X - '
. Wilson' father live In Sampson
county aad some of the mea in town
tonight wcra from that county, it ia
aaid. Wilsoa 'was released oa bond
shortly after his arrest.
Early ia th evening thing looked
threatening and ' Mayor Wade " axd
other thought it wiae to provide pro
tection for the officer. They got i
touch with th governor' . offic I
Raleigh. Governor Biekctt wa aot ia
the city but Col. J. Bryan Grime,
ranking Stat officer, aad William
Bickett, prrrat secretary to th gov
ernor, arranged to hav ' troop sent
from Camp Bragg if Beaded.
CUMBERLAND MAN SHOT
FROM MIBUSH ON ROAD
Sansom Pope paid , Been
' Threatened Became of Tak.
in; Part In a Said
Fayetteville, Sept. 27. Ransom Pop,
who took- part ia a raid oa a moon
shine outfit a couple of weeks ago when
on of the mea at the plant was killed,
was tonight (hot from ambush ia Cedar
Creek township and lie dangerously
wounded ia local hospital.
Pop wa deputized to go with the
party whea Joe Hall wa killed ia the
raid oa a still la cedar creek town
ship, and it is stated that shortly ftr
ward Ueorge us it, a brother or th
dead "maa,. told Pop he' had' better
leave th community. Pope 1 said
to hav taken up th matter with an
other brother, who told him that prob
ably be had better go.
However, Pope itayed oa, aad to
night as h wa driving aa automobile
along a country road, a load of buck
shot waa emptied ' inta hi back. A
dozen buckshot holes were found in th
curtain of th car. The extent of the
men' iajurie could not be ascertained
tonight. ; V ,
Officer with bloodhound left Imme
diately for Cedar Creek, which i IS
mile southeast of thi eity, ia aa effort
to' locate the assailant. Pope waa
brought to town ia his ear by his
father-in-law.
MONTENEGRIN TROOPS
SUFFER MANY HARDSHIPS
'Washington. Sept. J7.(By the Asso
ciated Pre.) Terrible torture and
hardships war Inflicted upoa th Monts
aegriaa by th Serbia army of occu
pation according -to aa offlelal report,
of a eooimiaaioa of investigation, ap
pointed -by the Montenegrin a foreign
office ftr th withdrawal of th Ser
bia troop. Copies of th - report
hav ba transmitted to th Europe
government and on also la understood
to hav been ubmitted to the State
department. . - '
EXPORTS OF GASOLINE
.SHOW LARGE INCREASE
Washington, D. C, Sept 17 Ezports
of gssolin during August - aearly
doubled in quantity and more that
doubled in' value compared "with th
am month a year agOk according t
th foreign trade summary Issued to
day by th Department of Commerce.
During th month S,M1,1M gallons
f gasolln valued at 16,093(iU were
shipped out of th country as airninst
29,'58.,000 gallon worth 7,S31i)2 in
August, 191?, -
mi-
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National Committeeman Here
Yesterday Optimistic Over.
' : . Campaign ' '
No doubt rest ia th mind af Na
tional Committeeman A. Wilton Mo
Lean aa to who is going to b th smxt
president of th United 8 tares, aad th
next Governor of North Carolina,, Th
former i James M. Cox, aad tha latter
is Cameron Morrisoa. Mr. MeLeaa waa
ia th eity yesterday tor a few hour,
and. bring word front Washington that
th National . Committe i ear that
four week from today another four
yeara Democratic adnalaistmUoa ia -as
sured, ia Washington aad ia.Balaigh.
-"All along thers ha beea surprising'
ly little interest ia th atUoaal cam'
paiga." Mr. MeLeaa aaid, "aad .it la
vary much like it -waa four year ago.
Th Republican hav ben th peak
of .their ' enthusiasm' for. thro - week
now, and it is waning, 0 th othr
hand th Demecratio cmplga ha
beea a little alow ia 'getting away, but
from mat wek oa up to the election,
you u aea it pick up. , . " ;
''Four week bfora - th let!a la
1918, it looted lis Bothing could av
wuaon; nt KepuMieaa had vrr
thing their way, bat w woa oat that
year, and thia year X predict u aai
tort of outcome. Th Democrat hav
saved their enthusiasm until there waa
some interest aroused ia th country.
aad ar prepared now to tak advant-
ag of it. ' Th BepnbUean ar wan
ing, ' aad the Democrats are gaining.
Things look-good; to us."
With th aituatioa la North Carolina,
Mr. MeLeaa wa also 'vary well Meta
lled. It ia only a questioa of th sis
of tha majority," he aaid. "Th woman
ar going to vote and a vast majority
with th Democratic party. I think the
majority ought to be 25,000 greater
thaa it waa last election, or aroaad
68,000. Our main problem her is to
get th womea raregiater aad than get
them out ta voteV
Mr. MeLeaa left at 4 o'clock ia th
afternoon for hit horn ia Lauabartoa
where he will spend a few daya with
hia family before returning te Wash
iagtoa. ; . ' -
LOWER TRADE BALANCE v
FOR U.S. NOT A BAD SIGN
' i . AtakwtstaiaiB
- WaahiagtoB, Sept. S7v Th decided
reduction ia aiz of th favorabl trad
ha lane of th United State a evi
denced ia th foreign trd af th eoaa-
try during August, baa bee atxnected
for month and ia bo way reflects aa
naound eeonomle condition ia th
nation, according to a ummsry of trad
condition tonight by O. P. Hopkins,
acting director ef tha Buret of For
eign and Domctti' Commerce. '-
Several factors hav beea working to
reduce th previous enormous excess ef
export, which fell from tUt.DOO.000 In
July to ; 5,000,000 ia August, Mr.
Hopkins aid foreign eouatries,
well a' America, h continued, hav
been waiting for a general break ia
commodity price and order hav beea
withheld. B adjustment of prie levela.
h added, would aadoubtedly mean in
crease in vrea shipments, m quan
tity if not ia value. ,
FURTHER EXCITED BREAK
IN PRICES. OF COTTON
Nsw York, Sept 17 Th etioa mar
ket was ander continued pretenr f
southern offering during today a early
trading aad there waa a farther ex
cited break la price.
Beport of weakening 8oothern mar
ket and rumor that aottoa wa to b
ahippad bar for dalivery a eoatract
led to particularly activ atlliag of
October, which brok to 24 A), or mor
than a cent a pound below th doeing
Dries of Baturdar. . v ,
Later months showed' loose of 70 t
89 point, geaeral aentimeat anaettled
by th report of further prie cutting
and a run oa a Bostoa trust company
TO CHARGE "DEATH" CAR
DRIVERS WITH MURDER
AtlanU, Oa, Sept 27. The death t
W. W. Moon ia' aa automobile aeeident
today, making thre fatalltlej la - a
many aceldentt la th past 36 , hour '
purred city aad county offichtla to ac
tion to end reckless driving of autor
mobiles ia this 'dty.- - - . i ' .
Rolicitor Boykin declared h would
tak th grand jury to indict oa the
rlinrpo nf murder vry driver f a
"dth" tor, -: f
GOV. COX SAYS HE
WOULD HAVE GIVEN
SUPPORTTO
bra
Would Have Supported The
Commoner Had He Been
Nominated For Presidency
MAKES STATEMENT IN '
REPLY TO AN INQUIRY
In Speech at Omaha; Ooyeraor
Cox Saj He Does. Not Ap.
. prove of Some "Matters" of
'Administration of AttyOen.
eral Palmer and Poatmaeter
- Oeneral Burleion -
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 27. Governor Cox,
Democratic preaidential candidate, ; to
night gav out a statement that he
would hav supported William S. Bryan
for the presidency had th former Sec
rotary af Stat to aominated, aad
added that ha waa fostering progressiva
idea gained nder Mr. Bryan'a leader
ship. . .' ; " - . I :
Th statement of Ooveraor Cox waa
ia respons to aa Inquiry from a local
newspapermsa regarding th poaitioa
ia the campaign of Mr. Bryan, who has
withheld support from Ooveraor Cox.
SapBrtd Him Thro Time.
1 have known Mr. Bryan politically
aad personally for many years,' said
th governor's atatemeat. H ha beea
aa influence for good. I supported him
thre time for th presidency with my
newspapers, say voice and my vote, aad
would have doaa so again thia ysar had
he beea. the candidate of th Democratic
party instead f myself. A a matter
t fact, a a young maa, gained from
Mr. Bryan' leadership many of th
wrograuiv ideas which I ainca hav a
deavored to propagate.''
Disapproval af "matter" f th ad
ministration of Attorney Oeneral Pal
mer aad Postmaater Burleaoa waa ex
pressed by Ooveraor Cox ia (ddressing
a larg audiaaea at tha auditorium,
where a streaaona campaign was lo
d. . '
Aa T Palm Aad Barleaea.
- Th Damoeratie candidate) aaid that
although h believed th two cabinet
officers had performed 'their duties
''wholeheartedly' and , war conaeien
tlou men, ha did aot indors matter
la both their administration. No pee
ill affair were stated by th governor.
. Governor Cox replied to vral ques
tions published I local , newspaper,
a repetition of recent experiaaeet f th
oaadtdate . with Western ppotioa
press. la respoaaa tea question bar
ss to whether ha endorsed th Palmer
ad Burleaoa administration, th Gov
rar replied i . j i .
' Ooveraor Cot'a Kly.
1 arved la CwBgresa with both ef
th gaatlem. I snow them ta b
high-minded, eonaeientioo men and b
liev that their administrations were
whole-heartedly performed. Yet there
ar matters ia Tooth of their adminis
trations which ' I do not endorse.
Neither do I aadors th policy of
Frank Hitchcock a postmaster general.
Mr. Hitchcock, you will remember, is
th gentleman who ran tha road roller
over Boosevelt ia the convention of
1911 aad organised tha Southern dele
gate ia 1920 for General Wood.
"Neither de I aadors th admlnistra
tioa of Philander C. Knox aa attorney
general. Mr. Knox, while an able jurist,
is a af th foremost resetionsries in
th United State aad hia decision were
colored by hi partisanship. Thia is
merely a matter- af difference ia per
sonal opinion aad pertain to things
that belong to past administrations."
Th governor' speech her wa the
eleventh ia Nebraska today, on of th
busiest af hia Western trip. . I a. all be
stressed the League of Nation. Late
today ha spoks to a larg crowd at Lin
coln ia tha auditorium aad aa overflow
gathering outside.
Boacttoaary Press Biased.
Here aad at Lineola th governor ex
panded oa hi charges that tha reaction
ary pre wa biased. Be declared today
that titer waa "a deliberate and cor
rupt purpose to keep the facta from th
people," and referring to Bepublieaa
contributions coming, h said, from "big
business, he declared there wa aa
"attempt to buy up newspspers every
where." ; .-': " 1. :,
' Th leagu waa presented as a mea
ar for peace aad prosperity and Gov
ernor Cox reiterated that it wa en
dorsed by ."leader of every ' church,
p rotes tost and Catholic, Jew and Gen
tile, ia form, ia principle And ia sub
stance." Be repeated attache upon th
"Senatorial Oligarchy."
BcpabUcaa "Scents." .
Question la tha .local newspsper re
sulted la another criticism by the Gov.
eraor a alleged Bepublieaa "scouts"
who, th esadidat repeated, wer sent
ahead oa hi itinerary under order
from Chairman Hay, of the Bepublieaa
National Committee, to embarrass the
Democrat! campaign. .
Nebraska gav th Ooveraor a warm
weleom, with baads, ira . whistles,
aad decoration. At Liaeola ha wo
paraded to th capital aad tonight
through crowd at Omaha. . ,
Leaving her late tonight th Gov
ernor had another (trenuou day ahead
tomorrow la South Dakota with sixteen
pehe scheduled during the day.- A
special traia waa to tak th Ooveraor
over tha aonthrm and eastern part of
th State, with main tddresse scheduled
at 7snkton, Mitchell, and a Bight meet
lag at 8ioax. Palls. . .
VST LEAGUB ARGUMENT
IN NEBRASKA CORN BELT.
Grand Islsnd, Nebraska, Sept. 7. In.
terest af American farmer In having
European market ior their surplus, by
establishment of th losgue of nation,
was th basis of leagu argument given
by Governor Cox of Ohio today, through
th Nebraska corn bait. Th leagu, the
agriculturists by stabilizing foreign nnd
presidential candidate argued, would aid
domestic market, by increasing Euro
pean credit and purchasing power and
by turning armament fund into com-
' tCatlaacd pa Pag TkrJ '
MIITY IHOUSAIID
i VETERA? IS OF VAR
MARCH IN PARADE
JUIonster Procession ,of- fc
service Men f-eatures open
ing Day of Legion Meeting '
CLEVELAND CROWDED BY
- FIGHTERS AND VISITORS
Enthusiastic Cheering Greeted
Statement of ? Lefionaire
. That , Franoe 1 Was One ' of
Host Loyal Friends ' of
'American Legion; ' Marshal
7ooh Sends Greetings
Cleveland,. Ohio, Sept. ttt A parade
of 10,000 ex-terrifi mea, witnessed by
approximately - S001OO peopl, includ
ing about 00,000 out-of-towa visitor,
eioaed tne orat day of th second annual
convention of th Americas Legion her
today. The day started tt Convention
Hall when th oavatioa waa called to
order by Commander Franklin D'Olier.
After the routine report had been dis
pensed with, ths Credentials committe
nd th committe oa permanent rules
snd regulations retired to begia their
li;kn( . - ' - .
Whea the report af tha permanent
committee oa rules and regulations was
submitted to th convention, it recom
mended tha adoptioa of the anit rale
ol voting- , .
Woman Wlaa Oat.
At thia point, Mra. Julia Wheelock
of New York declared tkat ah "insisted
oa retaining her. inherent right
to think and vote as shs pleased." 8b
waa supported by many men delegate.
A member from Minnesota presentted a
minority report, Which asked that th
nit rul b defeated. The miaority
report Wat adocted. -
Th eredentitls aommitte had for it
priasipal question th matter of dele
gation from th State and Territories
of the United Bute. Th report a
abmltted reeonmeaded thst each de
partment b given flv delegate at
larg aad oae additional delegate for
each one thousand member or fraction
thereof. ,
Whea tha morning session of ta con
vention adjourned at 1:49 p. m th
aational commander directed that, all
committees meet at 6 p. m., and remain
ia session until all business had bee
completed for presentation to the con
vention whn it mt tomorrow mora-
big at o'elock. U .. - .
Fraac Lya Friend.
On feature which tended ta liren
th aoasioa cam whea - Colonsl J, X
McQaigg. ommander of th department
of Ohio, ia replying to the address ef
welcome by Msyor W. 8. Fitsgertld,
stated that Fraae wa one of tne most
Icyal friends of tha American Legion,
cheering started snd sries lor r. E.
Drake, commander of Legioa Tottfta.
On, Pari, brought him to hia foot At
tnu junctor everybody aro ana
cheered for tereral minute. Mr.
Drak ia representing th legioa post
of France, England, Belgium and the
Bhlne. .
Bvery traia arriving todaw brought
many member of the legioa aad it is
xpeeiea lomorrow wiu see many innu
tsnds mor visitor ia th city. Phila
delphia sent on hundred aad twenty
Ave member ia thre box ear, painted
th ear were In Franc: ""Homme
i-orty Chevcsnx Eight-
Parade Big Feats rs. V
A rainstorm which begaa about boob,
threatened to Interfere with the parade,
but th grand marshal aanouneed that
th parade would tak plsee, rain or
shine. Consequently, wnea tne legion
sire marched, th nt!r rout wa
packed with ' people. The inaignia of
each dlvlaion wa in evidence ia the
parade, practically everybody march'
ing ia uniform. There were also sett
or! hundred Americans la th uniform
of Canada, England and France, thi
contingent having a KUU Dad to fur
nish their music. ,
Marshal FeVa Greeting.
Greetings from Marshal Foeh '
Fraae wer read to th legioa conten
tion today, . E tent thi message:
"To tha American Legion ia coavea
tioa assembled, Cleveland, Oty. -''BiHrrettina
mv lnabilitv to And my'
self among th former combatant of
th glorious American army, my heart
Is with them st the .moment of the
second anniversary of th fighting they
went through by th aid of th allies
for th common cause of right and lib
erty. I again render homag to th
valor and to th tenacity which they
unceasingly showed oa th battlefields
of France; in th day of misfortune
and th day of success: th aisgnlS
cent enthueinsm with which they on
twered our call: the greet pert they
took in the sacrifices of war j th glori
ous remembrance of tnose wno fell on
our oil will remain a token of th pro
found gratitude aad tha indestructible
unioa of our two countries. I send my
cordial greeting toXleveland, the "steel
city," nd.to the great tste of Ohio,
which hss furnished to America so
many illustrious atatesmea and to
France (o many faithful friends.
' T. FOCH,
"Marshal of France."
' Collect Rsla laaarance. '
As .result' of th rainstorm, th
American Legioa expect to collect flS,
000 rain insurance. Bom day ago tho
management of th ptrad took out In
surance against rain for 115,000, Te
collect thi lniurane, it wtt necessary
for' two-tsnthi of a inch of rain to
fsll during ths dsy. The weather bu.
read reported that th rainfall for the
day was 37-100 of aa Inch.
Th delegation from Centrelio, Wash
inwton. carried in th parade th flag
which waa fired upon by th L W. W.'sJ
oa Armiatlc Pay.lPlB. Th iwg was
carried by J. E. Murray, the same man
who csrried it hen it wss fired upo.
Four men msri-hlnr by Murray's side
wer killed st ths time.
; Th Belles Wood Gift Bos.
Th Belleau Wood gift boa U ex
pected her tomorrow. This box eon
tain contribution! to b used for build.
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NEW STYLE CREATION
FRESH FROM EUROPE
. . i f ' i '. , -
Mia Audrey Carriagtoa Norman, f
Richmond, Virginia, who returned te
tho United Statea from Earop oa the
teamthip L Too rain a, wearing : a
striking Angora suit of blu silk aad
dockings of Scotch heather. Her hat
ia of Angora and i trimmed with gold
braid. . . : t .
Warding Promises Big Mer-
chant Marine and a Protec
tive Tariff System
' lUttimtr, Md., Sept. 87 A msrclsnt
marin poUcy insurlog aecaasibility
to all th-market of th world, Mnktd
with a protectiv tariff system ta foster
produetioa "at horns, wer promised by
Senator Harding tonight ia a speech
at th Baltimor Armory.
The Bepublieaa1 pridntil nomine
praised th merchant marine bill enact
ed last session of tjpngresi and as
sailed the Democratic admlaiatratioa
for "unpreparedness for peace' ia its
policy toward Amtrieaa shipping and
other factors of flnsncisl sad industrial
rehabilitation. With a new chipping
act framed by Bepubiieans now oa th
statute books, a said, a aew jtepubiicaa
admlnistratioa proposed ' to so admin
ister it ts to give th nation It proper
place as a aea earner.
i React From UaarpatioB.
Senator Harding also replied to
charge that th Bepublieaa platform
aad policies are "reactionary, declar
ing it was true that his party wanted to
"react' from aa era of executive us
urpstion and to rs-eatablith orderly,
constitutional government under for
ward looking, progreeaive'' policies.
Ia his speech tonight the nomisee
sounded a warning agaiatt "a flood of
imports from debtor eouatries'' whleh
hs said might undermine American
production by. stimulating a competi
tion American industry could not meet
without tariff protection.
"It is of the grestest national eon
eem," he added, "that this changed
International position ahall aot work
to th injury of our Industrial and
agricultural life. W ar not prepared
to wipe from our book Europe' debt
to ua, but it would be incomparably
better for our credits to remaia un
collected and our balances to . be
waived, thaa for liquidation to taks
tho form of aa undermining flood of
Imports thnt would cripple American
Industry, degrade American labor and
weaken our whole eeonomle fabric.
Merchant Maria Beratdy.
"From ap Invasion we har a right
to be saved. Our new merchant. marine
will do much to avert it., Supplemented,
now and whenever oecasina require,
by a cautious revision of our tariff,
the new thlplog development wil be-
(Continued oa Pag Twlv.)
CONDITION OF TERENCE
MACSWINEY UNCHANGED
Lord Mayor of Cork Still Con.
scions; Is-Miracle To Arch,
bishop Mannix
London, Sept. 27. Th conditioa of
Terenc MacHwlnry, lord mayor of
Cork, wtt anchanged tonight according
to th bulletla latued by th Irish Sotf
Dcterminntloa Leagn st 10 o'clock.
"He is very much exhusted,'-TSyi
the bulletin, 'but still conscious,"
Archbishop Manniv, of Australia, who"
recently was refused permission by ths
British government to visit Ireland,
called o the lord mayor today. ' When
th prelate emerged from the prison,
accompanied by Mrs. . MacBwiney, he
wss besieged by newspaper men, who
requested an expression of opinion con
cerning Mr. MacBwiney. i."
Tha -archbishop unbent from his rs.
tent taciturn mood long enough to sty
to tho newspaper men: "
"l And him a veritable miracle. To
m it 1 a miracle.'
Further trtan-rfbit th srehbishop
jtouM say nothing.
crp ;rv
, i
' ;' ;
TO MAKE TRADE OF
WORLD ACCESSIBLE
II ItlUUlt Irtlll ILUILL il
hear nil i;i
ELOQUEJIT APPrjfl
Democratic , Candidate Fcr
Governor In Fine Fettle it
, Opening of Campaign - ; (
PLEADS FOR LEAGUE OF : 1
. NATIONS IN ADDRESS
OoTernor Enfe". Doothton
latrodnees Candidate
Crowded Courthouia As Man
and Statesman , Amply tit
Tor OoTernorj v 'Tanner
Donfhton Beans ' Campaign
Bf LI. FOWKLL.
' (Staff Correspondent.)
Sparta, Sept ITCameroa Morrisoa, '
peaking for tw hoar and foarteea .
minutes, aad a Joiat debate, betwoea
"Farmer Bob Doughton tad Dr. Ik
Campbell, today gtv Sparta ita blggstt '
Mlehiatloa aiae tha late Saek Kites in .
time with Olivef Doekery. .. ' '
: No political gathering, of year ha
brought aa auay folk to tha court
hous which wouldn't begin to hold the 0
BWBjwh earn ta hear Morrisoa, mock
leas ths womea. Voters 'riding horse-
back iato tawB all tha momjng gave
th appea ranee of a cavalry parade, tad -court
whleh convened at 10 a'elock, ad.
journed 80 minutes later, the ameer '
eould sttend th speaking. - -
Th Demoerstie saadidate tadar wa
ia da fHU. He kasnt been half so
loqutot aiae th primary campaign
aor has h poka to a mora ympa-
thsti audience, Alleghany, aarreund-)'
ed ea all aid by th host af rror,'
i u ummiter MmoeratM aoaaty ia
Westers North CaroUaa, bat it ha
rpetabhi minority. . '
dueedMr. Morrisoa ss a sUtesmaa !
blatng aA tha qnaliUe for holdiag tha'
of lie of Ooveraer ef a great But. Th,
Grand Old Mat paid tribute to' the
militancy aad 1oquac of Morrisoa ia'
07 and 8, aad prcaaatcd him , a th
Ooveraor to rry a th great aural ,
add educational aehsevsmcnt af da. I
moertcy. ' ,,. . , -....
Congremsoaa Tughtoa aad hi B
ptblica eppoaeat also- draw s goad
crowd ia th eourt hou; After dinner
. t . . . . .
vogaion..BumB sn . euensiv seal
pok for aa hour. Campbell followed "
for tb tarn lenrth ef tim aad eaokl '
aaa a tea aaiaur rejoinder.
. a ,- - Felka From Bvwywhara. -
Th folk wer ker from all
rouading eouatte for both eventa aad
a fw Virginlsn (traggled over to
hear th etamp thndr. Wilke. T
kia, Surry aad Ash all Wat rapresea
tatives front both partie. Mr. MarrU
oa was mor belligeiant her fhaa at
Smithfleld. H talked aot aa much
about Bepublieaa si a as h did Demo- i
crati rlghtoousnes. ; Th truth, how
ever, kad to b told about th eonditiea
tha State wa ia when it went ander
Demoerttl control ia 1900. The Stat
w demoralised thea, ha aaid, ita d
eational life was a source of hame, IU
read wer muduolcs aad the sols ktp
of a patriot vu tho corner bar-room,
wLers sorrows of good itiseaa might
be drowsed.
Parker' attack a revaluation la Ilka
th joint eow thst used to belong to tha
tariff. Tha Democrats and Republic as,
ha mid, bought It together bat , the
Democrats are feeding the front half t
la order to give the State a Just system t
f fsiatloa, whils th Bepublieaa r
milking vote from th hiad halt . Mia. -repretcatstioB
sad rhtrical - trickery
are th keyaote af th Parke easM
paiga, h iaaiated. - j ,
Beeard Of Two Psrtloa. . '
Th Deaocrti , . candidate fired
another volley of big shells at th Be
pablicaat aad put ia a few grape seed f
for th puny Democrats. , a nerlea f ""
voter no atve Hitherto received soma
notice I th campaign. - j . ,
irir wis for the voter to a
elder the record of tho , two parties
well tt th promise of fvtur aetioa,"
Mr. Morrisoa insisted. "Thi should
be doaot only to reward th psrtv
which, has erred the country well
snd on4ma iht party-; which haa ta :
jurcd th Stat bnt -in order aba to
ascertain tha inherent probabilities ef
good or bad government from m party
seeking . power' or eontinuane f ,
power. ..'!- , i ..
"History, repeat Itself 1 political
parties,'' h stid, snd whil th B
jniblicaa party't record in North Car
lina may disclose a few good thing
upon the whole It aot oalv ravw' North '
Carolina had government but it ontrsg-
ed ana kumihated whea ntrusttd
with powf. .
Th DcToocnti part ' may hav
do few bad thine in Its loar his
tory of government ra this 8tnt,,rha
continued, "bqt upon tha whole it ha
olwtrs give th Slat, whea strutt
ed with power, good government, f.
flcenf tnd progressive, ,- yet ' tha most
iaexiicnsiva goverament la tha wrld.
"The Bepublieaa partv record la
the But i e bad that th Repablieaa '
leader ia th Ptate, a well a aom
tender hearted Democrats, , have beea
demanding thst ths people of North
Carolina thould cease . to study it
history, or at leant to talk about it,
because te do se kept aliv "bad blood
and a inflamed th scenic thst it
oiiiiii sew us none. -
I sm very maeh opposed ta Mrtoatl.
Ill win tad birtrrnesa la eolitiral con.
trove riy tad yet I bhlievt 4h peopl
ought to kaow th record of th tw
rartlr ia thia Stat and whea they do
know tt I am ur ' th Demoerstie
ritiseni will And a hope for goad d
.rogresiv government at tha haads ef
th Republican party.
"Th Republicans are bow insisting," ,
he Continued, "that their entire record '
should b disregarded and that they
should be entrusted with the govern,
went of this BUtt notwithitaadinw they
hav never don anything to merit it
ron fldeiic but beetua,. they claim, th
j(Centiaed a Pa far