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L. CJL 1,0. 93 nAixicn. r c rniD.w moaning. ccrcDni u 1923 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. r . :.:siyjp:;.:iT;: -''-rr. to iif ' Thrcj Urga Aud'.cnccS In. . t yestcm Carolina; : v H EJECTION OF. LEAGUE ,VOULD BE DISHONORABLE 1 Af tails' - Keputlican V Cry of ' ' ;jtxaerlcnini Am Appeal To ' -UaLlxaerican Hypnenite; ' Cabinet Offlcer' - Bpeaki - In "i atherfordton, ,( Snelby and V.-: Gaitonia During Busy Day f ... By R. K. POWELL '. i ' , V ' .(Staff Correspondent) - ': Gastoala, Sept 30-ertary Denials, ' continuing 1 campaign for thi Demo ervtle natty, mad ;thee, peeehs la th Wait today beginning at Buther- fordtoa aad concluding bar tomgn. Every aodienea addressed by , th 6ewtary . ws a capacity house aad mar tmildinr that he (Poke la :w oversowing,-, evea at Shelby where crowd Of five hundred inea ana women vara mobilised within half hoar of th 1 annnancament that ha would (Peak. '-' He oatleued hia pica for a atudy of tha Leagu at Nationa covenant by tha ' voter. Ha ' aeorcd tha fataona aad Jnept campaign bt Senator Harding hica M not. despite a great enang n 'world condition ao vary different from tha Ull Hughe program of wiping tha lata elaaa of progressive aenievemeiw. - r r.raataa B Rabat YclL ' Jit Eutherf ordtoa, whara tha Soera tary apoka arrt, Mr. Daalela found ia hia audience CoL Pegleg Graham vet eran of the Civil war, who arose aa the rpeakcr entered tha eourt ' room , ana gave thraa rebel aheere for "The Old War Dorse" . "The League," Secretary Danlela aald, ia a document that from beginning to and eatchea ita inspiration from tha light that akone Bethlehem and if : I were t oppoaa it I would go homo " and tear from my Bible tha word 'Peaea aa earth, good will to men If do not ratify th'- covenant wa v i (honored eurselveta aad ev,ery man who fonght ia that great aad holy Ha availed tha Bepublieaa ary of Amerieaaiaatiaa, aad declared that In atead they are making an unpatriotic appeal to too umAmeriaan nypbenat ! tha aoaatryi beating - tha tom-tom ef Jaolatiea and eelftsh Nationality 0f til ia tha alia aad noiae, tha people . cannot pay ' heed to tha clear and in ' e:atel will ef National duty and Na " tional hone... iitr"' . ... - Aaaaai i nypnanaHa, n ; - . -; ' "They talk about Aaaericanlriaa tha v eoranant," Secretary Daaielf aaid, a their" only hope of winning' tha coming election it by tha votea of tha axa who love aoma other aonntry pet tar thaa they do America." "If we elect to ttay oat of tha League," ha added, "it meana that wa M 11 at Imm a' tFaininv Minn 4a avara town big caoogh to prepare armies to protect aa from tha eonatriea jealoaa of oar proeperity.' .i , , r The addreaa ia Clereland this aftar loon waa made apon invitation ef Lieut. Gov. Uax Gardner, who learned that Vir. Daaiela woald drive through Khelby to Oastonia. Be drove to . Cotherfordtoa from - Aiheville - this ., morning aad left Gaatoaia tonight for Itcidsville and Greensboro, where ha apoaka tomorrow, ",';;,''.. i Mora thaa two thousand people . crowded into tha eourt room at Gaatoaia , tonight to hear Secretary Daniels. It waa tha beat looking and the moat at tentive aalianee of this campaign. It - waa furthermore a record breaking po litical erottd for Gaatoa, - i . ... Mr. Daniela awumed hia old time of- feaaive flghtiag tonight aad ha kept tha mi ew cflnnsf urougDous nil au- dreaa. Haj got a long and loud : re sponse when he declared that the Be publieaa majority ia tha last Senate woald bo la the penitentiary had the courta acted apaedily ia hia ease. He ' digreaaed from hia treaty speech in ,Gatonla totalk taxea a little. "If aay maa ia the country ia paying V mora taxea thaa he ought tor Mr. Iwalele aaid, "it la because Bepubll i caa Coagreei failed t keep : iu premises. Aa eoon as this "do abth ing Xngrem" met, ha added, tan ma . Jority were aalxad with violent attack! . ..ef rieeDins! aiekneaa." . the opposition to the President's foretfa policy," aaid Mr. Daniela ia hie Bathacfordtoftv addreaa, "grows almost -V;.".- .,. . - , ,'. 1 ntire eat ot nostfllty to him, bora out o rage beeaaae ha has out gener ailed Republieaa ' leadership ia every moveinrat for eight years. It ia either 1-eraonaL hostility, aa ia eafortnnately tba ease is aoma Instances, or political hostility, which b very largely the ease; o that eipceitioa to what be baa done ,ia regard to the iraarv of peace, em- . braciag thi League of Nations, ia made the pretest for a tnppoaed aeeeaaity of reversing Jh foreisra poliey of the country. Mbea the Presldeat aaaouae- - rd hia deteiyiinatioa to go to the great conference tf the Alllea ia person, U wae a novel Mep, but there waa ae ob jection to ealh choice of methods of dealing wit a. the govoraments of the world aa AUiia aa by the Constitution aad precedent! he has exclusive power to negotiate peee treaties ia the high eit aad idestsense ef the rant It can be seen ow,how expedient it wa to have America t4roMnted ia as plenary a way as Great VBritaln, or rranee, or Italy, or Japan Waa. These countries, wra repraasntd by the keada of their ' voveramenta and the heeds a.' government of those eouatries vepreeent the enure power of the efontry. 'Witaj is tha premierahlp of the Secretary of1 State la a action ia trms, and hs derVes hia power only from the ProaidealV "' graat ohjeetca waa raised to U's step until the ikmease stature ef America's ..abief Anted naeaaineos among the Senate alWarehy, and they fc'-san the s - y -lining ef hia . .(tOauaaed aaage JwaJ ' ) Declares Loivcr rccj jlo Conciimors To Cg;:z3 Soon Fecleral Reserve Board's Business Review Saya Price Cutting In Wholesale World Must Be Manifested In Prices To Con- aumingr Public: Exactingr Demand Of Buying Public and -T Increased Production Through Labor ECciency Guef Fac ; torg In Bringing Readjustment,'' .4 i ""''l WaahJngton, Sept. 80. (By The. Asso ciated Presa.) Price cutting has takaa bold of the wholesale trade to aa ax tent that aooa must be felt inbstantially ia lower' prioaa to the consumer, 'ac cording to tha Ted oral Beaerve Board's monthly, business review made public tonight, " -i ." v ; 'v' , ' 4 J i . : t Berival of the wave of price redac tion and ita spread , to many, retail lines waa attributed to more exacting de maaC by the buying publia aa to price and quality." Betail -. purchaaera - are showing - eontinued t determination . to await a move by dealers to meetr those demands while foregoing .luxuries aad eeml-lmuriea, reports to the board de clared. f V .; ;. yo -Jt- . j ..; Pradactian' Increase. : . -4 - Although the hoard believed the bay ing publia waa largely dominating the market aetr, it aaid that labor and pre duetioa were Jtaving a marked effect oa prices. . There was tvldenee 4t said, of inereaaed efficiency on tha part of labor and as a .result production waa oa tha ineraasa aad faetory opera.tion . begin ning to approach normal. r . . -- "-Summed up, the board's findings were that 'busineaa.conditiona bow are deft altaly on the road toward stability of as groat 'and eon firmed a nature aa the disturbed position of tha world at large permlta," ..'- .' ;-'. v'.i'.A .. "Xlontinuaaeo of the process of read justment ia-busiaeaa and Industry has been aa outstanding feature of the last month,! the review aaid. "This has been accompanied by price reductions and by the resumption of work in branches of inauatry where hesitation at to future outlook, baa led to ausponsioa. ' . ' ' , . Boaetantlal Prlea Cata. - "After an apparent slowing down in the price reduction -movement during mid-summer, it has ,: agaia reappeared and the month ef September aaw sub stantial euta. in well-known makes of Harding Takes Note of Demo tcratic Charges of . Fnctioij . In Ranks of G. O. P.,; Marion, Ohio, Reft 3P).Taltfn; note oi Democrat! charge Uai Progressives and the teagde- ftf Katton have ratd frietio'a among Bfpublican leader, San atoi1 Warding aaid tonight that ae was satiated ef the support of a united party oa both issues. '. ;' '' - f' Be characterized aa 'Absolutely .aa. true" published report that Senator Johnson and Borah; of the treaty Irre-I conrllable, had Informed him they ool would withdraw from the campaign aad at the same - time he announced that former . President,- Taft and Herbert Hoover, two leading Bapnbllcaa advo cate ox ratification, aooa would be taking aa active part in the light for election of th Bepubueaa ticket Commenting oa the appeal of Gov ernor cox tor Progressive support, the Republican a em -UaWred he had in formation ooaeta earn '- aVat "the rank and file of the suppsiisai of Koosevelt are putting their full faith ia ' our cause. He made. Publia with hia en dorsement a telegram to. the' governor from Charlea Sumner Bird, of Massa chusetts, a former loader of th Boeee velt Progreaaive party, declaring' that known . Progressive sentiment waa "a complet refutation," of Democratic claim. r .' . ." . . .- ' v , .Diseussiag informally the League ie nes, Senator . Harding ' (aid ha never had givea privately in letter or ether wis . to any Bepublieaa leader any statement of his position ea the League which had not been. contained also ta hia public ' ntteraneea. : Hia aaaad, - h riid, wa known ia every iHiui. 1 the ubli and wa eommandiag -Jaw anited support of Bepublieana. , Aakad specifically about the report ef a joint letter from Senator Johnson aad Borah refusing to take further part ia hia campaign, th nominee replied 1 "There ia no each letter. Th story i absolutely untrue." 1 - , , - Have yon had any recent communi cation with Mr. Taft on that eubjeet!,' he waa aaked. -' - - r, . -' 1 have had no direct conmuaieatloa with Mr. Taft,bat I have heard from those eloeest to him and I aaderstand he will be In the eampaiga working -heart. 11 y for th election of a Bepublieaa president by, the middle of October. So will Herbert Hooter." Commenting en th Bird telegram, senator liar ding said: "I only wish toy the1 facta aa to the position of the Progressive of th country aa he state thm are borne out by the information which la aeat to me voluntarily, that the rank and file ef the supporters cf Bootevelt i.re putting their full faith iu our cum." Tomorrow Senator Harding will speak from th front porch to a gathering of women, aad officials at hi headquar ter todsy said Me address would be one of the moat important ia the eamr paign, ' . .. -f ..'. - -4 A headquarter announcsmeat aaid that five thousand womea ware expected to attend. Bpeeial frarns will come from Chicago, Columbu and Diytod local faetorte employing womea will close their door to permit atteudaaee. Womea ef all political faith have been invited, and th candidate's managers aaid every effort woald be mad to auk th meeting a noa-partisaa one. Balletlaa Oa MaeSwitwyT ' London, Eng 8ept 30. Th bulle tins issued by th Irish . 8elr-Detennt-natioa Iicagne show that after a bright er day. Lord Mayor MaeAwine? suffered from sudden weakneae at eight o'clock tonight, after which h slept SAYS REPUBLICANS ura on issues automobiles, varioua elaese ef textiles, ahoea aad leather aad other "wholesale prieea. Beductieaa bave eeeurred la a variety, of ataplea, - including : wheat Change! ia price have tended to make business mea and bankers, cautious about future commitment. - ... -..t Drope ia prieea have featured almost all of the textile Uses, ageata f th various reserve banna re ported, ana they added that due to reduction al ready - announced by . wholesalers aad Jobber, the retailer are baying care fully and not in lare cuantitiea. The retailera' attitude waa depicted aa nee saruy conservative for the , roaeon a market with a downward trend leaaaa him the alternative of taking a lose at keeping hi shelve atocked with, hick prieedood.: - -s -- j ; ; . 1 'Similar Influence war shown to b bearing on the hoe and leather ladus- Irv. . Ia these lines, oartlcularlr. the report Of th board disclosed the tnfluj. enee ef the demand leaaoned by higher price' i strong aad rives ao iadiea- boa of weakeaing. Because ef this ap parent sen times t, the review stated, re tailers are- poet poo ing baying or are buying only xer eurreat requirameata. While housing conditions were) rep resented 'at being acute' in all ao: raunities, th hoard'a Agarea held out hope for aa early renewal of const rue Uoa. Material prieea ahow the effect ef priea cutting ia -other commodities aad 'certainly hat passed the peak,' th review aaid. ' -.,:vs -, -' ; - .. Chleac) Maa fararaaL 'Chicago aad environs har been most favored with reset to- price redue- tlona ia building materials and con struction'; where, - according to the board' report, prieaa fell between 18 tad 15 per cent during the hat thirty dcya. The feeling waa aaid to prevail that price revision ia this, like ether line of trade, waa daw to spread. Oil GEIJ. PERSK!!!G '- .3-' -. , v --' -'- .3. rHsh$t French Military Medal - To E9 Awaresd Ams . A lean Commander j . Wahingb)n,. Papt ,?!rrwrnl Pa. Uiiig will be decorated tomorrow, with the McitailU .MUitaire, the Algheet military disUnetioa which' it bj within tha -power ol the Prone govtramrat to bestow.: Geasml . TayoUa, ef the Frcnek army,' whe attended1' Che aa. fcoal eneampasnt af ' th Amercaa legioa thl wek, wia besto tae deoo- ration aad- -the eeramonie at rort Myer, Va, will be attoadol.br full military hoaora wita troop at n post- paraded. . '..-1 ... The ,Medllle Militair,' created ia U52, can be awarded only to enlisted maa who have earned high honor, er to army commander who ar to coa ider, the Preach regulation say, that it is givea ia reoogaltioa ef the re cipient's eminent service aad also ia "acknowledgment ' through hia person of th valor of tha troop which he ha commanded ia combat.'' Secretary Baker, Major General March, chief ef staff, aad allied military attache ia Waabuigtoa ana attead the eeremoay. 1 General Fayoll Oa Saturday,- In company with Becratary- Baker, will visit ..Wellington' --tomb . at Mount Varaon.- ; " , Among ofleiala to whoa th Medaill Militaire have been' awarded 'are Manhala Joffra, Poeh, Pstaia, General Payollo and thirteen other - Ireach aenerala. Marshal Sir Douglaa ' Haig and Prince Alexander, of Serbia, also were recipient of the award., FIRES BACK AT WOMAN , REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN Mrs. Oddrsrt Bin Declares Mrs. LiVennorw Perrerted ' ' Meaning of Lanffnage ' Kew Terk, Sept-JO Mra. George Bass, ehairmaa ef the Woman' Bureau Of th Democratic National committee, in a- statement issued at headquarters here today; asserted that Mrs.' Arthur U Uvermore, eBairmaa ef tha-Btab- lieaa women's itat cxeeutire eommit- Ue, had deliberately and wilfully per verted th English languag la her at tack at Somerville, N. J, hut night apon the League of Nation and its provisioa ia relation ta traffic ia womea and ehlldrea. - - I am aa profoundly aoocked at th expressions attributed to Mrs. livar more that my Irst thought is that ah doe ' not underttsad tha meaning ef the word Vognlzant',". aaid Mrs. Bam' statement . .-j--' "'.'' , "But upon examining tha repeated at tack upon paragraph S of article S3, I can have a other conclusion bat that shef haa wilfully perverted the meaning of 4he English language. " would hav preferred thinking tbt she 'misunderstood th meaning ef the word rather thaa to realise that ah ha permitted the Bepablleaa wemea's eampaiga to link to ueh a low level of aegradatioa as to charge th Learnt of Natioaa with being a party to traffic la women aaa children. "Oa the contrary, the League' ef Na tions ha taken cognizance ef all con ditions affecting women aad (hildrea as well as opium and ether dangtroa drags and will remedy them. . To Indicate otherwise to aa lasutt to the stateemenship aad moral char acter of th premier ef th great pow ers, and th intelligence cf the voter ef th Cnited Elates." -' J TOBESIOITIOR fee mm TO ADr.ilT JUSTICE OF REGEfJT ORDER Virginia Citlcs-Ncrth' Carolina . Freight Rats Cases Again Presented ;t u riTERSTATE COMMISSIO,'!.-' HEARS ATTORNEYS ARGUE Lawyer Jlslibacic UnaWo To - Tiniah la Allotted Tims But . mowed To m 3rif ; Tar ' Jlsel Shippers Well Satisfied yrHh Bhowinr : Made , sad , ThinX; Decision WiU Stand - ' Now aad Observer Bureau, - 60S District National Bank Building. (By Bpecial Leaaed Wire.) 4 " Waaiagtoa. Scot SO. The Interstate Commerce Commission today heard th reargnmenU of the attoraeva for both tldee.ia tha North Cuolina-YirgiaU eitiea rata case. The ease waa ordered reargued aa the groaad that the advaaee ia latcrstata rate which went into af fect ea, th railroad of the. country ia August made it neeeasary ia th cpinioa of the commission to hav all the ehaigea ia conditions d reseated. The argument was opened by the de fendant the carriers, the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and the Virginia city- chamber of i commerce. Mn 0. J. Bikey, eaa of tha counsel for tae Boutaera railroad, argued for th carriers ea th northern rate to North Carolina. Be aaid that If the co nun le sion woald iaaoe an order to the north- era earriera to insreaa their rate to Biehmond and Norfolk that Ao, snoak tag for the carriers, had ao objeetioa to tha removal ef discriminatory rate gainst point in North. Carolina. Ia other wordav ha did not object to the raising ef the Virginia rate to take ear of differentials of North Carolina under Virginia sitie. , . Wouldn't Seeriaee Bcveaa. , Further anawariag queatioaa from th eammimioa he admitted that if all rail, road ratee from the East to Virginia eitiea were advaaeed, water linea from Eastern porta would also advaaee their ratee ia eoaal proportion, thua ah o win that under existing conditions tha rate g water line are not ezpected t bold down all rail rata. He. therefore, ad mitted that the contention of the rail road that ' establishing the rata of SO cents to S3 cento to North Carolina ever Virginia eitiea rata would cause a Menace ef revenue waa without found- aatioa. Eo aba admitted that tha car nor eaa - inerea tha Biehmond ; and Norfolk ratee la part aad, redaea, th North Carolina rate aad establish, a aamaalaoav adjustment , wtihout sarrV actng revenaoe at all, vrYx-.- -Thes admiaaioaa ia answer to ouea- ftioaa ef eosnmiasloncr howed that the contention ef the earriera had aa merit It showed that North Carolina was en titled to the reduction in the difference that h aaw pay over to th carrier ia rate from New Tork aad Philadel phia as compared ta Biehmond and Nor folk. From Now Tork aad Philadelphia North Carolina pay 78 1-t cent mere thaa Biehmond and SI I t cent more thaa Norfolk. Tha eommisaioa la its recent decision ordered that North Carolina pay only 37 1-S cent over Biehmond aad Norfolk. -' Mr. Bixey stated that the Northern carrier were also defendant la thl ease and woald adjust their rate to comply with th reduction for North Carolina, if the eommiMloa ao ordered. f - Orirlnal Dadsloa Vaheld. " Mr. H. T. Thurtell, another attoraey for the Southern Sail way., argued the eaae for the raUrada from the stand- point of rate from th Virginia Cities to th South. Ia hia-effort 46 defend th existing rate he wa forced to ad mat that tha rate from North Caro lina aa a general propoeition should be materally lea than from. Virginia eltie to th outh and southwest Bat ho la siated for eomewhat lower differentials from North Carolina aad Virginia cities thaa the ordered by the commiaaioa. These admiaaioaa by oonnsei for the earritfra wt regarded aa damaging to tneir contention and praobeally upheld the original decision of th aommia- aion. Be laid omphaais on a system of rate-making based oa diataacoa. ' ' ' Mr. Edgar WaUins of AUaata argued the ease for th North Carolina Cor poration Commission, which - iatcr ested in the ease as regards the rate north, Mr. Watkiaa agreed that th relief, th commission had ordered for North Carolina waa not exactly scientific but a good etart had been made , and te expected the order to stand. . ' ; Mr. t, W. Fiahbaek doaed the argu ment for the North Carolina shipper with aa ochaustlr argument of more than aa hour and a half. Th teak fell ta aim to prceent practically the whele eaae though he ia employed la the-ease by the Baleigh Chamber of Commerce. He waa aaable to Snieh hia argument ta th time allotted aad the commiaaioa granted him permission to Ale ia tea daya brief covering what he could oot pre at- Th earriera are ale granted th right to fll a brief ia twenty day ia reply. The main noiata in Fish- tack's argument will be preeeated to morrow. I . . .- TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OFF NEW JERSEY' COA$T Whington, D. C- Sept 30 .Th tropical diaturbaac first noted by th weather bureaa a centering in th Gulf ef Mexico wa reported toniicht aa having travelled northeastward with chief disturbance off the New Jersey coast The galea circling it, the bureau aatd, extended , along the entire At lantic from New England to Cuba. whiU .wiad continued high in the Gulf. . The lowest barometric pressure reported tonight waa at Atlantic City. Weather condition along the track of the disturbance were anutual. The bureau reported that the temperature la a number cf toe Gulf states Thurs day morning waa lover thaa recorda. ia any pravinu September. Thar were frosts aa far South aa Oklahoma il tha pl&l&a Uti, . . UriDAfl POPULATION SHOVil BY FIGURES Cities, Growing, Seven 'and a Half Times As Rapid Af , ,:Th3 .Rural, Districts;! OYER HALF OF PEOPLE ;. .KOV UYJNQ.IN PITIES ' - Appro xima.te Inures ot Census Bureaa Show Thai Popula. tlon or Continental United Btates is 10'5,000lb00r;1 S Gain of 19,000,000 ; Sural Section Crowvh Least A , VhliiBgtoa,T). C Sept- SuVCiti arc increasing ia popula Coa seven and a half time aa fait aa the rural 'dis tricts, the Ceuau Bureau diseloaed to night la a eompilatioa of fguro ovr Ing "approximately eighty-five per cent of the new census. The figure indicated that the complete eeaana -would, ahow the majority, of th ' population to b city dwell-. j-.: . v.'.;-,;.-. ' Tor th last tea year rural growth wa but one-third aa great hi it wa in th previou decade, - but the eitie abnoat maiataiaed their rata of growth, getting sv aew Inhabitant from 1910 to Vtttf tor each six added during th preceding year. All population cen ters, even the small country., hamlets aad. town, ahowed a greater propor tionate inerea than . th' purely rural district. The greatest increases, how ever, were by cities of tea thousand or mora inhabitants, r, - . : , It While the bureau attempt, no expl nation of the reason for th inereas ing migration to the eHio each year during th last decade, presumably higher wage, ahorter working day and home convenience attracted th rural population especially -during- the war when wagea In big. industrial center went up npadiy. . " , Fetmlatle Total 1SS.SS6.SCS. . Although ahowiag a cheek la tha rata ef populatioa growth for the country a whole, the bureau' figure indi cated that tha complete census would place the total number ef Inhabitants of the continental United States at approximately 108.768,100, a gala cf 13,783,840, er 13 per cent Cities woald absorb practically all this Increase, It being estimated that 18,172803 would reside in town of 2,500 or more, while 1,828 SHO, would be id- ded to the farms - aad email, hamleta. For the eouatrysidc itself th- Increase would be approximately a million aad -ouarwr. w- . , - y,k Qt yapatattaa aS.eM.oafl.' ,';' t.8ueh a movement of th people will place th vrbna-populatioa t approx imately 9,n9,ivn and tna rarai popuia Ua at 5072,000., Ia ,1010, . th rural populatioa outstripped that ef the eities by almost Seven -million , peopl, there being i9,348,K83 ia the country and 4V 0X1.383 In the attic. - , ''For several ten rases,", said the bur eaa aanouneement" the country ha not been 'growing . as rapidly a th eity, bet the difference 'appear to be greater at thia eeasu than ever be fore." r -V V -..V 1, The urban population, the aOune ment added, inercaied at a rat of 236 pef cent while that ef tha rural district. Including - th village nd towns under 8,500 japulatlon, wr 3.4 per cent. , For th strlctlv farm, terri tory, -the rate vraa J and that of th village was 4.7 per cent ...I-.,.'.. Big City Inerea. a J ' Amoar the urbn center, eitie ex- ceediag 50,000 increased - at S8.4 per cent, those of 10,000 to 60,000 t 0.7 per cent and then of 2,800 to 10,000 at ISA.- From ' 1800 to '" U10 th - per centage ratea. of . increase for ' these three eiassifleatien of eitie were S0.0; S3.T and 17a, respectively. Cp to ten day ago, the announce ment aaid. the eouat of population es timated IB pc cent com plot, had reached pv.oosisl. For parposea " of comparisoa between city and eouatry, the bureau reduced the Bgurr to BO,- 5M.743 by elimlnsting the population of - the insnlar pessessicn and place in tfe United state. , Of thl total ponalatloa that li led ar urbaa wa rcrmrted a 52,494,749, the eitlee ever 501)00 pormlation having 32.533,0SS inhabitants, those of tea to Bfty thousand, having n,771,224, and thoec of tflOO to 10,000 having ,190,487. The rural population was ; 32125,961 in the eaaatrT district, and 6,000,081 in th .village . under 200 In popula- tioa. - .'- -' , MUST FILE CHARTERS WITH SHIPPING BOARD Waahington, Sept M. -Fnder a ruling adopted today by the Bhiprrtng Board. co pie ef all charter or freight con tracts mad oa all American and foreign vessel are required te be (lied, with the chartering executive ia New Tor. It waa framed, to further th purpose of th Merchant Marine Act the board announced, and th cuitom division of the treasury ia to 0-0 pe rate, Under the ruling, the offleial ex plained, the government will, obtain in formation regarding rate, term and shipping polieie which It is th func tion of th Shipping Board to admin, liter. - During the war, offleial recalled, th trading with the enemy sot re quired all American or neutral owned resaele to sic charter under powers fle.)lft,ctatli- Shipping Board by the president ' Under ' th tew - hferehnnt Marine Act however, it wa sajd, the board would require tl charter to b -' ' 1 1 ' 1 - : '...' 1 COTTON CONDITION REPORT 3 WILL BI ISSUED MONpAT. WaihingtonI Bept ' JO". Th st!mat of th condition of cotton ss cf Sep tember 25, wil be issued Monday, Oc rrber 4, at 11 a. m, instead of Saturday, October I, the Department f Agricul ture aanoanod today. The change was mad to conform to the change to Oc tober 4 of the date for the issuance of the monthly eeaou report ea aottoa giaacd. . , , A - ... 1 - . fati!7cd Stents ChctTTiurt " Fcr ' Ccx-HccSevelt ; Fund L - : i - - .1 JU. BEOUGHTOXv 10 COLLECT FPS Raleigh Man Chosen As Chair - man of Cox ' and Roosevelt i , Committee For State .r ! . f. ,Vn ,m,: .- . U : , Th Kational -Detaoeratlo axteutiv e'ommittea last sight ahnouncod the ap pointment of J. M. Broughtoa, of Bal eigh, aai chairman of th Cos and Boo 1 financ aommittec for' North Croliaa.T Vt.. Broughton aweptad th appointment had sledged his best effort from: now Until the election la the raising of fund. H announced ; hi purpos to try t caliat th fforta of every : Democratic paper in the State. Mr. Broughtoa will report to "W. W. Marsh, treasurer of the National com mittees' Grand Central Palace, New fork. Kamee and addressee will be sent Traasursr Marsh- with the remit tances aad each subscriber will get a re ceipt from headquarter. "Despite th opposition of th Repub lican million of dollars, w eaa win," declarea Mr. Marsh, ia nrginar th start ing of the campaign ia North, Carolina. COaSdeat at Liberal Support In accepting th chairmanship Mr. Broahtou Issued the fouowmgi' ' a , la accepting , the eoaiima-vrhip .- of th gnaa oumltte for North Care- Una' In . th Cox-Roosevelt eampaucn fund, I am 'relieved of any miigiving by. tlie eonvif tloa tha 4be .Democrat of '.ear' Atate' tjUrtIa. the--past, do their . full share toward 1 insuring - ibe success of th National Campaign. The nationwide enthusiasm, that bat result d front th nomination of our standard bearers. Cox and Booaevclt, ha givs riae to a spirit of optimism among the party leader throughout the country. North Carolina share thia feeling and the friend ef the party ia the State will set be alow to Jiv evidence of their loyalty and genuine ;interet.U" "Tha timaji .abort aad a thorough canvas is - Impracticable. The, com mittee will . count largely' apon the Democratic paper of the Btat to lend their aasistane ia obtaining eoatribo tioaa. Thes papers will be .asked to epea .their column ' for subscription nd to publish the subscription list. Their full cooperation in every particu lar will make eertaia th suae ess of th eampaiga for fund. ..Many of th lead ing Democratic dally paper and week ly. paper hav already, don Una work fn taia"diretloa. ,;,.' W V."" Particular effort will bo made to secur la the Btat a considerable num ber of subscriber te 'mstch the Presi dent' with contributions of 150 8ev ral uch vubacriptions : and om for larger amount have already beea re eeived. Moreover, popular subscriptions in smaller amounts will be invited. The committee ia confident of a gratifying response to it appeal. " " I t Among the subscription , already made to the Cos-Boocevelt campaign fund in North Carolina are A. W. Mo Lean, VfiOOi Oea. JulUa B. Can, 1500 Ma j. E. J. lUe, tlOO. . ' ;;i . PREDICTS BIG DRIFT - i ;T0 DEMOCRATICJICKET rranklln Eoosevelt Says Many Bepnblioani ' and IndepenrL ', . ( ents Dissatisfied " Perkersburg,' W. Vs., Bept. 30. A tig drift of Republicna and Indepen dent voters to the Democratic ticket in Weat Virginia on the league, of nation lasu wa predicted by Franklin- D. BooMvelt, ' Democrat is griec presMantiat candidate, la aa address before a large uooa-day crowd here, today. . "On thi trip through Vst . Vlr rinla, he said,' "I hav talked with hundred of Bepublieana and Indepen dents, who, until the -last few days, had been Inclined to Cast their ballot for the Bepublieaa candidate for the presidency, but they hav beea coming to me of their own accord, all of them expressing the (am general . thought. Ud to recently ahey hid assumed that Mr, Harding wis only waiting for the brapcr moment, to make really clear his own position in regard te a foreign policy for th United State. ' - ''It wa. therefore! with -a distinct shock that thes Republican and lade-, peadent read cf Mr. Harding' state ment in Baltimore that ha ia' without any speeifla constructive program, aad that- he hi no clear plan to offer aa a substHtrt for th ntraoc of the rnited State' into the League of Na boas." w' MB". ROOK DECLIJTM TO ' ' V v TARE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION Cbarlottel Sept 8d Political hoaar r bring showered upon Mrs. O. C. Hook today. A committee ef Republi cs n called apon her with request that he b a candidate for th Senate on th Bepublieaa ticket Eh declined. ft t s Ought Not "Jo. Send C ' iWith. Adventurer C:in :.. . h a "Hornet's .::;" ? " : amplifies Discii:::::: : OF:PR0HI3tTIC;. I. H -, ' i'- - H"ominee: Saya Ca TToriij n Vqted Dry" t7here Zz tor Harding Voted VT7eVUa t fienatA lleasureg ;Ciain; i;r A.eayne or zrations; Zssa L . Addresseg' To Kansans VicWta-Bjw,, .Beptlia-lrMmiMtlJ and international object were sin gled, with tha' Loegn of Hation hmnJ by Govrno Cox In nih addresses to- day in Kansas, with, the Anal, speech of, the ( Democrat ia candidate' atsta cam-i paign at a large meeting bar eon-t'-t1 taw f araau...-. - v. v, - -v v- Beside- th''jeagne, - At governor! gave hia view oa th Moxtaaa quct-l tioa, th' BuftsJaar. problem, aad ampli-i aed his dlcuaiof prohibition. j an reeponii to a question oa Mexico the governor referred , to tha atata menU of Senator Harding, hit.Bepub-i lien Opponent, jeeardinr fSnUtinv; American eitiien end : interests, and added? '. '.w'",', .j j -,". w taut ooui . pro', tecting American aitiaen, aa matter; where it. might be, Jbut-, when aa ad-1 venturer goea. into a hornet'e neat an il knowa . where ho 1 going th Unitc t State ought not to cad a brigade , soldiers with Wnt . J , 1 - Hardlag'a Wet Record. ' - 1 Governor Cox waa cmixxd nnU,-' prohibition at Hutchinson and Newton! and agaia characterising Senator Hard! ing as a "brewer," declared that thai senator had, npoa Senate prohibition; measures, voiett wet S3 times aad dry; twice. The governor added that ander similar eireumstaneee . ha would havai duplicated tha a actor's dry vote. A' maa - aaia way - iTesident Wilttm vetoed th Volstead aforement lai aad the governor replied sharply 1, ) f v Wihwa No Aaaalng. . ' j .He gave hi awn reasons. Ml 1 k ma 'add, WUson ia net nnnlrg 1 ', president thia year; Cox is tuus , for .presidcat" ' r " f . 3Vha app'u from lis Kcwf 0 nudienc ubaided. th governor a'' .' that h intended no diareepect " . t; man who will take hi fUem ia t witA $'iioma? Jaffaraosj si abi. Lincoln." - ' " - - I Biimia, - the candidata declare ,' should be admitted to th League oi Nation a soon a ita requirement could be wet Aked regarding th league's attitude toward Jtussia if th nation wa a member, th governor re-1 plied -.. ' - " -f - - .. I Hand Off In Roaaia. - I ' "The league would be compelled ta( keep hands oil Russia aad permit Uaw Kussiaa people to work- est her own" alvatioa. Aad Buasia will. Germany, Turkey, aad ail other non member nation, . the speaker added1 should b iavitad in when possible. To hi audience in Sanaa agricul tural Communities,' the governor re iterated hi plan to place agriculturist ia more governmental- position ; semis defended -tha caoies for tha Noa-l'r-tisan icagu - government adrocatc l repeal of many war taxea and modi fication of "most other and prom ised federal -regulation of th meat I packer and cold atorage interest, i The governor agaia denounced the! "Senatorial Oligarchy," aharacterixing Senator Lodge,, of Massachusetts, aj "th arch conspirator ef the world," nd "a nisrrowmlnded bigot the maa who Wrote the hyma cf bate- against Woodrow Wilson, P alio flayd tha! arrest of a man who interrupted 6na, tor . Harding's Baltimore epceeh and! asked: "la, this America or Russia r Ia urging the league Oevernoc Cox again discussed, the question of moral or physical force in ita, operations.- i "The moral influence" ia there," he said, "but there must be physical fere behind 'th door, if necessary," ,. ' Asked how. the league would be mora effectual than The Hague tribunal 1 preventing war, . the governor aaid : -r ' Th four greatest war iw" history happeaed under it (The Hagu tribunal l and it lasted only fifteen years th Boer war, the, Balkan war, th War Be tween' Busaia aad Japan and the World War.'. r,7 - -.V : ' .v .... , Tha governor eontinued 1- , 'Somebody had sen enough to look It up during the war. I will tell you . why it failed. Theodore Booser) called attention to It that there wa ao polic power behind ita decree." Beside hi m'aia ipeeche today at Hutchinson, Newton and here tonight, when lie waa Introduced by B. B. Ami don, Kansas aatlonal aommitteemaa. Governor Cos - made - rear - platform talk at Borrtoa and Sedgwick, Brass band paradea were feature cf the governor' reception and - he waa a dinar.- guest ef Wichita' Democrat. Several Demoeratio . atat candidates accompanied the governor through the Kin Itinerary. " - r . . . rt Leaving 'here early tomorrow morn ing, the governor wa billed for aunt bcr f speech c in Oklahoma tomorrow, including Enid, 1 Oklahoma . Uty, -Sapulpa aaj Talac-S -' .-. , The crowd that heard Governor Cox here tonight, packed every available pace ha the large auditorium and many : were turned, away. It applauded fre quently as the candidate charged Sena tor Harding, his opponent, with being h sandidot ef 'reaction,' aad recited how he had sponsored the enactment of progressW laws in Ohio. . Governor Co declared that h (tool for a "new order" of thing, not only in the nation, but also ia the world and urged ratification ef the League of Na tion a a mean of promoting nch a new order. H erted that Scnn! r ' Harding is th candidate of mctina and thst reaction and "Mg bnaim -1" ah i ax te b fouad walking haul la I '..