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C'.::r.t cf Lcayj8 Covenant
est In Csnpaisn
CLEAH5 UI ATLtQSPHERE
, rnOLI REPU3UCAH FOG
Eeaator Etchoock ..IXakes It
, Clear That Article Tern Wffl
Kot Ptnnit ' Other JTations
Lead America Into War;
Eecretaxy 'Daniel Says
leafarb Principal tome
. Wows tad Obwnr Bares'
SOS District Nstloaal Baah, Bldg.
By Special ImmI Win)" .
Washington, Oct. e-',Tke President
Bag again psvsd Masself.aot only a
Mater wf jUtieel etateisoata but aa
adept U politktl imyehologyT
fill in ths mumiu of oommeat of
Dessoerahs ta Washington today en
Prssideat Wilsos'l drat bugle blast in
the campaign for . the covenant of the
Leans of Nations. It b believed the
Prssidsat eould mat ha ehesea bom
propitioue moment to aatar the can
asnga. Tha whole aatioa ' baa beea
rHrttarrg intently far s fortnight U bear
grw the nana te tka White Houee. The
people bad besoms mora apathetic thaa
waa ever known In previous presidsntisl
emmpalgaav $
"But the people,' ' aaid ' fteeretary
XmsJsis U ooiBmcatiag oa tko Prssi
loafs statement, "hunger for only aaa
thing ia this campaign aed tha is
knowledge af the eevsaaBt of the
Leagoe. Wbaraw I have goaa in my
posting team both aiaa and ..woman
corns to me and nay don tall aa about
tba Federal Keaarra aa4 other domestic
ehisvementa ef rear party. Wa aaow
abaat tbaaa. Vaat wa da ot kaaw
abaat, aa do aot aadantaad, tka
wraaaat f tbaUagM of Natioaa. It
is tka only thing that latere!- m, bat
tka ipeakara ia t&ia aampaiga dp aot
czplaia it aad that to why wa appaar
Claara TJa Atnaatin. .
Ta Piaaideat'i itatameat," aaid tba
Secretary, "aoeeatuataa tka aaa iansa
for.it aarnaa wkaa the paapla are haagry
. fa it aad it amaaa frma tka great
.aaaatet f, tba oabjaet. Tea dya ago
, tka whslo political atmoapkera of tha
oaatry waa deaaa with fog. Tba Ba
. pnblictna bare coadoetad aaea aa af-
j. iraaifad propagaada of : aUarepraaaa
Utioa and falaebeod .-that XtoBuwrata
faarad tbt tkay aoald aot ia time gat
4. Ua trtrth to tha poopla. That fear kaa
. Maaad. , Tka (off ia JifUmg aad bfr.
Wilaoa'a atataamit aenaa dowa like
- tka aaobarraetsd rtya of tba- aaa .
8eaator Hitekeoek, leader of th aght
for tba Praaldaat for tka laagao of Na
tioaa wka 4a aow bora deelarad that
tba Laagao' ia tha amly real iatua ia
. akiek tba poopla are intereeted. Befer
nag to Eeaator Borak'a oonmfnt oa
. tba PraaidaaV Seaatar Hitabaoek aailr ,
'rSeaator Barak pay ba aoTroet wkaa
ha atataa that tba preeideat ia a vary
aiok aua, bat tka Praaident is evi
dently: aot too akk'ttf denounea B
imbUeaa falsehood and' BapubUaaa mia
repreeeatatioa aa tha Laagna .of Na
tioaav Praaidaat Wilaoa'a atataiea(.
thoagh. aMderata, ia kqaaHflad. Be1
vnblieaa leaden aad Bapablieaa aew
pa pen kaa aaid tbatadrtiela Tea of tba
covenant asakes it poaaibU for other
' . aatiana, or for tba Iagna of Natioaa to
decide wketkar, we ahall go to war or
aot. Tbia lio kaa beaa nttared time and
- two again, aad tba giat of tha Pre, I.
.dent'a tatoaMat ia that it ia " a lie.
Comiag front such a high aoarea it may
tndaea '.aoaao r people to read - Artkle
"- Tea who have aot dona aa.' - "
AaMriea Caald Saaa .War. i.
fArtieW Tea aaly ooaaiata. of two
aeateneea, Tbo drat ia tha pledge of
v aek aatioa to Teapeet and , preaerve
- .tba territorial integrity aad political
tedepaadjaeo af all natioaa ia tha
feggna againat oxtamal aggreaaioa. The
aaeoad feateaeo however, limit atha lrat
. aentenee aad acta forth tha only-way
Im which tbo pledge caa be carried ant
or made effective. It eannot ba carried
ant by aa order of tbo leagaa.- It ean
not bo earned oat. byV aaa aatioa ap
pealing to another. Itoaanot ba earned
out by one aatioa volaotarily going to
the aid . af noher. It oaanet ba ear
ried into affeeVla eaae tha niao aatioaa
ia tba eoaneil aaaaimoualy agraa aad
ndvW tka aatioaa of tbo leagno what
ahoald ba dona. They oaaaot order i all
they aaa do ia ta ad viae, aad even the
advice cannot -be given aieept by aaani-
, - "The Halted Statea being oar V tba
, ' naoaabara af the eoaneil. even the advice
eannot bo riven ' ; uleaa tha - Caitca
Etatea agrao ta ft. Haaea tha United
Gtates aot oary kaa tbo fall daeiaioa aa
to whether it will go ta war, bat it baa
a -veto aa nay ether aatioa going to
war to carry tbia pledge into effect.
Before' tha campaign enda a great
many tboneaad people wha bavo bee a
, mia led by tho.falaa atatament that the
TJnitad Etatea aoald bo ordered to go
V'to waf ar oatvoU la tha laagao oa the
"aabjeet af golag ta war will diaeover
' that Preaideat Wileea ia eorreet whea
ha aayat this Im abaolotaly falae.'"
Preaeat RJtaatioa Serioaa.
'.A leading admiaiatratioa Pcaioerat
wkoaa nana cannot ba aaed in tbia eon-
leetioa ia aiaeamiog the Proaident'i
a'atemeot aaid that what arged . tbt
President more than anything elaa to
take a hand ia tha campaign is tha
preaeat eenditioa af tba world.; The
' two forces ia the world which are today
straggling for supremacy are aomewhat
. aimilar in mocivea and aapiratioaa to the
' two ackooh of poiitifil thought that are
battling ia thia country for ' victory
tin tha November election. ' .
i - Ha aaUad atteatioa to the ralatioaa
- bctwaea tta United Htntee aad japan,
; which be aaid tha. President foreeeei
. might beeoma very serious even .'dan
. nwrons if the Bepublieens should wis
. the election aad.refase to allow aa ta
enter the league, u tine ooantry aoea
naS onter tbo leagae. tka lea rue will
fall to p- rva neotiie
Cassiaaod ta fsaw rnerve.)
ciiatiiam cournr has
FIRST WOMAN SHERIFF
Pittsboro, i Oct t 4. The
first woman BheriT in the
history tM North- Carolina
filed the necessary! bond and
took the oath, of office in
Pittsboro today. She ia Miss
Myrtle Siler and is now the
reffular high sheriff of Chat
ham county. '-..:.":'
Leon T. Lane, who has
been .sheriff of the county,
for tea years, and who is the
Democratic nominee for a
seat in the 'North,' Carolina
General Assembly.;' tendered'
his resignation to the board
of county commissioners,',
and same was accepted.
v The commissioners today
elected Miss Siler Sheriff of
Chatham to fill the vacancy
caused by Sheriffs Lane's
resignation, and the job of
officially placing her in of
fice was quickly done.- x.
19th Amendment, Says Attor
ney Generates Not Im
pose This Liability1
The ratifesUoa f tbo 19th amend
ment to the United States Conrtita
tioa i atado aa .change ia the status sf
women, aa" far as their liability, for
Jury duty is eoaesraed aad tka 'only
way U whkh they may become liable
for men duty is, by legislation impos
ing this' duty, upon them, aeeording to
aa opinion aent out .of tba Attorney
C -si's office ; yesterday by Prank
Kaah, ' aasiatant Attorney - Cneral.
"Oar statnte does aot reauire that a
Juror ibouid ba a .voter, iadeed, it does
aot r .ha that at all tta ooaditioa ef
Jury1 aa. . ice. The - board ef county
oommiaaioBOTS for the several, counties
at their regular meeting' on the-drat
Monday of June, year 1005, and every
twa years thereafter shall eauss their
chirks to lay before I them tba tas re
turns of tba preeedilg year for their
county, from which fhey Shall proceed
to select tko names af all suck persons
ran have paid all the auwa aaeeaned
Sgainat them for tka preceding year
aaa an ax gooa mom anarawer ana
I of sufficient intellireneCt etc It . ia
evideat them that tas-pagars sf good
moral ebaraetar aaa intelligence are
tht eosrea from which Jurors are drawn.
On the face of this act, tit would ap
pear that women us-payers are as sli
gible for jury service he male tas
payersV This aeastruetioa ia aot ad'
miaaibls. however, because the tana
Jury st tka time of the anaetmeat of
tbjiai eta tuts had known, and definite
signification, and so the Istatuts must
bo interpreted in the light of this fact.
That definition is as follojrc: A jury is
a body-of men -who are w?ra to 6
elaa the. facta of the eaae after they
are proven from the evidence placed
before' thjsn. - . ,- ' : .
vA jury then, has from the very bo
gU 'ag to the preaeat" day been a body
ef men, bot the right of suffrage hat
aad .ssthiag to do with their liability
to jury earviee.. While the 10th amend
ment is self -eseeating in egard to aU
exercises of the privilege of voting, tt
is aot with refiersaes ti liability to
jury service. ' The. only ' way that
women eoald bel table to such service
now. notwithstanding the 19th amend
ment, ia by act of the Legislature im
posing that . liability upon them. -. Ia
the absence at such statute they are
ao mors ruble to Jury sorties now tha a
they would have been rmm to the rati
fication af that ameadmeht.''
DRASTIC SLASHING OF -
QUOTATIONS FOR WHEAT
All Delireries of Wheal" Droa
' Below 1 2 For first. Time
; ' Since Guarantee
Chicago, Oct 4. Wheat futures de
clined 10 to IS Cents a bushel today in
the principal grain market of the West,
in soms eaaes toueatng low levels not
I afore reached sines the government es
tablished the war time wheat price.
- December delireries closed in Chi
cago sad St.. Louis st 1.95 to tl-95 1-2
and at Kansas City even a lower level
was reached at S1D1. At Minneapolis.
roe December option closed at an even
t2, a drop of 11 1-1 cents from Satur
day. , : ,t. ..I '
htarek options sloeed: . At Chicago
II Jl to 111 1- at Kansae City, $L87
t-4r st 8t. Louis HSi 18; at Minne
apolis S1J8. .
Declines in whest . wer reflected in
sew flour quotations from Minneapolis
where recessions of sixty cents a berrel
tinea Friday were reported by two mills
brincing flour to tlUO and 111.35 a
barrel ia qnsrter barrel sacks.. ' ,
TEN MILLION PEOPLE "
IN NEW YORK STATE
WaebingtoB, Oct. . New fork State,
the moat populoat in the country, has a
populatioa of 102M1U. aa iaerease of
1,270,530, or 13J per cent over that of
tea years ago. Populations of three
other States also were ssnounced today
by tha Ceaeua Bureau. Tcxss hss V
601,027 Iphsbitants, sa Increase of 7A4V
483. or 19.6 per sent ever 1910. New
Jersey, with a populntion of 1,155,174,
showed aa increase st 018,307, or 24.4
per cent. ' Idaho, with a populatioa of
41 26, infroeaed or SJ.g per
cent.. ' ' . ' f ' . . v
New York's growth was tas" acoud
largest i its history, but wai'74.190
below -that of the decade ceding 1910.
Its percentage increase was aext to the
leweat oa record a growth ef 2.9 per
cent being shows for the decade ended
With 1870:. , r. .
VOiMEN WILL NOT
SERVE ON JURIES
BORAH COMES OUT-
HI OPPOSITION TO
' HARDjXS LEAGUE
Republican f!rTcconcHab!ew Is
Against Proposed Assocla-,
. . " tion of Nations ' '.
SPEAKING IN BEHALF OfU
BRANDEGEE'S CANDIDACY
Declares Zrerjf ( Plan7 of a
Lea,jn or Association Leads
: . To Europe ; Wants America
To Be. Tree To Meet 'Any
.Crisis and Throw Xnflnenee
On Bide of justice ;
DanburyT Consv, Oct. 4-America'i
entry Into . an aasoeistioa of aatioaa,
wkeh. has been proposed by Senator
Herding, the Bepubliesa presidential
candidate," as a . aubatltute fpr tbt
League of Nations aa drawa at Ver
aallics, waa .opposed here Wight by
Senator Borah,' Be publican, of Idaho.
Opening four day's speaking tour
in support of the candidacy of Senator
Brandegee, another of the Bepubllean
"Irreconcilable opponents ef the Ver
sailles league, Senator Borah declared
that the thing which made the ..United
Stats "powerful 'for good is its com
plete freedom and . its unembarrassed
right to threw its influence e the sids
of justice and peace ia "every great
crista of affslrs." 7
"There is today la ths world," saVi
Senator Borah, 'no influence for peace
aaid for eiviliaitioa equal to the free
and - untrammelled America, aad ths
best eitisenship of ths country, regard
less of : arty, i will . preaerve that ia
fluence, nneoDipromised aad antamisli
ed." - ' i
. ; ,Kight of Detarmlaatioa,
, ,lOur right ss a people, anembarrass-
sd by alliances, leagues or associations,
to determine lor ourselves, la every
crisis said la the face of every confront
ing situation, what it is our duty ttf do
and what it ia in the interest of
humsaity and eiviliiatioa to do, in
volves ths whale question of self-gov
ernment, the whole question af an in
dependent republic, .and J venture to
say that the voters of the Bepubliesa
party will never eompromiae this right.
'The' voico of Maine war the choice
ef Lincoln sdeaking through the sturdy
aad patriotic . men and women , wha
havs kept tka. faith.. rH
Baal Lsagao of Nstleoe.
: fThs real- question. wb'h this whale
league schema presents to the rvorage
eitrsca iS this: hsll we go into furope
aad take upon ourselvss as a people
and as a part f our hardens aad ob
ligauons ,tbs turmoil, tka strife, tne
racial ' conflicta vand the -Unperisliatle
schemes of the Old World or shall wa
stay Outf . Kesp that, plaia fusda
msatal proposition before you,- ' , ' '
'All these schemes lead to but ons
doatinstlon Europe; Whether yea havs
it with or without reservations. It. alt
leads to eaiopt and joins you ad yoar
children tad yout children's ehildrss
to their eou-eils, the. ' settlements,
their atandardr of living. , their eon-
reeption of governmeat, their wars and
their eternal ulplomstlc ' Intrigue just
bow tormenting Europe as it bat rot
three hundred years.-. .''),...". t
, All Lead Ta Eareoo. '
- 'Whether . you call the seb'emo . a
league, a concert of powers, aa alliance
or aa aasoclatioa thsy all lead to Eu
rope and plsci upon the alrsady bead
ed backs of Americas tax-paysrs their
scheme of exploitation and waste sad
upoa ths shoilders of the American
youth the military burdens which must
eventually grow out of this Scheme.
Thi is the reason why Lloyd 0eorge
is perfectly willing for as to 'home in
on our own terms. . This ia the reason
why Viscount Grey Is willing for as to
fik. our awn .method) gratify ear own
vanity as. to the. method ef going in.
For they nnderstaad, aad have so de
ting -in is immaterial. Ones there, we
must seeume sll ' ths Obligations and
deal with aU, the sltust'ons ahieh our
presence toers inevitably incurs. -aceaas-At
Vsrsaittaa.
'Witaeas' sons of ths sccaef at Ver-
niller. each as ths betrayal of China
ths deal by which 8hantung was barter
sd away to aa tan friendly power.
America sst in the settlement and was
silent.. If not silent, then: by reason
of her sasociation, powerless.; This1 is
ths flrst time ia all ber history thai
aha connived at ths betrayal of
friendly, people and broke every pledge,
legal sad .moral, which a people eoald
tasks. And that is ths flrst time that
the United Stsiss ever sat ia ,a, a
Europesa sattleBnent"- ' -
WILSON INTERESTED IN
COMMUNICATIONS MEETING
Washingtoa: Oct. 4. Preside'ntWil-
aoa is understood to 'fee taking 4 per
sonal, interest in problems to be ,eoa
sidersd at the preliminary eeesioa of
the International Communieationa Con
ference to be held here October 8.
American claims for a shsre ia the Oer
mss cables 'seised by Francs, Orest
Britain aad Japan in 1914 are to be
takeVup-but it was said today that
Mr. iWlsoa was particularly anxious for
improvcmeut.ia eommnniestios of press
diapstches as a means toward promo
tion of international comity-and good
Will.'. ' . '. ;
Ths American commissioners were ia
conference today , with reptesentstives
of various press assoeistions which re
ceive and transit news dispatches by
cable. Tha meetings are for the pur
pose of 'getting the views of varioue in
terests for the Informstioa of .ths
Amerieaa delegates. '
Lamber t'isat ShaU Uowu. ,
Savannah, Oa., Oct. 4. Because of
lack of demand for lumber' at this tims,
ths Port Wentworth Lumber. Company
aaaeuaees it will shut dowa its mill st
Savannah this afternoon for as indefi
nite period. Six hundred mehv will be
throws out of employment. - .
' . ' " -,' '; "" "
Gov. Cox Tells ; Women
." jShpulcl Support; The League
' - - rn
Declare Wrath f Women Who Were Made to Suffer Will
Pursue Those ho -Caused War. .Through All Eter
rtiry 'Outlines Social Service ancl Justice Program
Which Members of ISations of League Will Endeavor to
J X Caxrf Out.' t' -.'V, '.'" ",!': 7 if :
Daytoa, Ohio, Oct. Ia aa address
a body of womea today, Goveraor
went into senaldcrabl detail why
woteea should support! the League sf
KnUoaa cans - assorting that throagheot
the years they have been "leaders of
progress fa ths .world aad declaring
that wrath of tka women who were made
to suffer ia the war- will pursue Frsns
Joseph, WyJmni Hohenaollera aad Nich
olas BomsnoS "trrough aU eternity.'
, Women . Know Baal CeeC ...
Though asserting that ths monetary
east of ths wsr, direct aad indirect, was
300.000,000,000, it was the women, Gov
ernor Co declared, who know what the
war-really art "for Ihey paid the pries
la . personal, suffering to - provide ths
ruin, ef ths earth with 10,000,000 mea
which were throws into -the gauges sf
battle to placate the anger of tko gods
of war.. -' .-; T-- -''..;,, t
The leagae, Governor Cox saidr aot
only will prevent war, which ke asserted
ia its .primary , purpose, but sis will
promote progress, and -will '"set up, sr
itself become a clearing bouse for is-
ternktitnat justice aad social serries."
"Thoae who waat to keep ea dream
ing of 'a aew heavea and a new earth'
csa perhaps afford 0 stay oat ar tas
iesgua" the candidate aaid, "but those
who really waat to maks -their dreams
come true aad make thia world a St
habitat for human spirit.rwlll waat to
join ths leagae without delay." ,
Social Sarvlea Prosraau
The governor- detailed ths following
social serves aad - justice . program,
which ha asserted member aatioaa af ths
leagae will eadeavor to carry out -
Supreme Court Finds Docket
Crowded With Important
, . Cases On Reconvening
i Wsahington, OcfT4 President Wilsoa
received today ths Justices ef tha Cat
tsd States Supreme; Court, who called
ta psy tteir, respects.. , The court oos
Tsnsd at aooa after Ua summer roeam
and immedintsly sdjonrnsd . until to
morrow so tbt Justices might visit the
White Souse. , ,7
' The annual visit to the FresMeat was
omitted last year because of Mr. Wjl.
sen's UlnSss. ""..' '.t.'f? . :
The Supreme Court reeoaveaad - to
lad a docket crowded with Important
eases. Besides half a doses anti-trust
knits,' mattcra pending included farther
fsttseks oa -the prohibition amsndaaent,
suits -td test ths eonstituttonallty of tte
anji-proflteerisg section . of the food
control act of the Federal Farm Loaa
act, appesls- la the Newberry election
MM . I,H I.,, AtllAM ' V
With the rederal sufi" ragd amsadmeat
ra tided and proclaimed ainea the court
adjourned early ia the cummer, court
(Oelsis expect (hat eases fleslgnea to
test ths eonstitutionslity of that amend
ment also will reach the court during
the present seasloaw. '
Ths flrst ease to be argued at this
tons) will be government appesls ia ths
dissolution suit agsinst the Lehigh Val
ley BsUroad- Company, part ef tha al
leged anthracite eoal trust. This case
is set for tomorrow. By sgreement of
sounssl argument of the other Sve anU
trust suits will be postpoasd temporar
ily. These suits are those against tas
Eastman Kodak Company, ths Associ
ated Bill Posters and Distributors of
ths Halted States aad Caaada; Amett-
ess Caa Company, SontBera Pacific Com
pany and the Keystone Watch Cass Com
nssv. - ; .
Ths prohlbitioa amendment will
reach' the court again through petitions
asking for a reeonaiderstion of the do-
aiaioa of last Juae T eustaiaing tne
amendment end portions of the - en
forcement act, rendered ia appeala of
Christi aa Fngenspan, brewer of New
srk, N. J, Bad-Oeorge C Dsmpssy. a
Boston liauor wholesaler. ;AdeeiaioB
on these petitions is expected witbin
a fsw weeks. A aumber of other eases
involving interpretatione of the enforce
ment act still srs pending ansd further
decisions smplifying ths court's original
opinioa are looked for at this term. -.
Other easea of sonseqaeaee before the
court are those iavolving toe constita-
tionality of provisions ia the 1919 war
revenue act levying aa eseiee tsg oa
profits derived from child labor; the
boundary dispute between Oklahoma
nnd Texaa andmhe case of the Uaited
Shos Machinery vCospany which somes
up from proceedings originally insti
tuted by the government in Bt. Louis
under ths Clayton act.
GENERAL VAN ZANDT
TO SEEK RE-ELECTION
Houston. Texas. Oct. dEAsnouaeo-
ment today by General K. M. Vss Zaadt
ef Fort Worth, Texas, -eommsnder-ia
chief of 1 fhe .United Confederate
for reelectios prsetieally sliminstes all
Veterssa, that he wnuldben a candidate
probability 'of a contest for, any ef ths
major offices of the organization, ae
etrding to officials already in the city to
attend the reunion of the-vetersns.
Two cities. Ssvsnnnh sad Little Bock,
it wss stated. will contest for ths honor
of entertaining the veteran at aext
' .(!... . lrte BaprsaontaUre. '
Brusaels.' 0t." 4. Ofllcisl ssnounco-
msnt wss mads, todsy thst Belgium's
representatives oa the League of Na
tions will be Paul Hymans, minister of
forslga affairs! EL Carton Pe Wiart,
former: miniater of Justice, and Jules
Sestrss, . miaistsr of arts.
iHSTjCT
Tr yts seen re and malatsia fair aad
humaae eoaditiona ef labor for men.
womea aad ehildran thus lifting the
standard af living everywhere.
"Try to seeare just treatment of ths
native Inhabltanta ef territories aadsr
their sontroL .. -
Try to seen re and maintala freedom
of comaaaieatioa aad of traasit, aad
eqaitsble treatment for. tha eommeree
of members af the league. y '
"Labor together ia the effort to aoa-
trot sad ultimately eradicate disesas.
rrevent Illicit TraJB.
Bet ep eommiaaions for tko preven
tion ef the illicit truffle in arms, ia
daagsrous drags a4 ia women for im
moral pnrpoeea."
- Aaserting that the Issue is not fuada
man tally a legal or diplomatic'" one, bat
a aaoral one, aad deeUring it fortunate
that womea for the flrst tims hold ths
balance ef power aad the deeidiag veote,
tha goveraor said he has ao doubt la
his miad bow the women's vote will be
east. Be continued I ... .
: , 'Kea Oar Pledge.
"Tha womea af America -win vote to
keep oar pledge ta el ,000 heroes whose
blood hss crimsoned the poppies ef
riandera fielde. They will vote for the
limitation of armameata, the arbitraUoa
of disputes, the public tioa of secret
treatiea, the amelioratioa of distress
sad ths slsvatioa of labor eoaditioas
to higher standard. Ia a word, they
will vets for a leagus which will eon-
vert Christina idealism Into ths statutes
of sooad stateamaaship aad bring to
tka sobs of 'mea a peace that shall
sever- ths earth as the water cover
taaasa,""-V---- '-."' ' ' :':
Floreen Zelenko, Arrested With
suitcase of Dynamite.
; May Furnish Clue' ,
New York, Oct. Ay-Agaata pf the.Do-
partmeat at Jnstieo spent today cheek
ing np the Hf history of Tlorosa Ze-
lenko, srreated in Pittsburgh witk
eaitoase tllsd with dynamite, ta deter
mine if he bold, tte key to the mystery
sf tha Wall Street sxplosiea last nuath.
Assistsd by the police, govs mm est in-
vestigstors who have been workiag oa
tha esse uader.the dirocUoa of WiU-
a 9. rlynjs. chief ef the rederal Bu
roaa, ef taveatication. sousht word of
Zekeaka't doings both at his former
lodgings ia Brdoklya aad at head
quarters st tha Communist Party there.
This actios was takea aetwUhataad-
Ug that earner ia the day rederal ef-
teiala who quisxod Laos Kookel. ths
Kew Tork steam fitter whs brought
aboof Zeleako'B arrest, ' had asserted
Koakei told them sothing which would
diraetly connect the priaoner with' the
New Tork cxploaioa. . ' : :- '
Konkel, arriving here this morning
rrosa nttiDargn, waa subjected yx
maar exsmiaatioaf daring which he I
eonated the soaversatioa he said he had
with Zelenke oa a traia goiag from
Cincinnati ta Pittsburgh. Koakei is
said to have stressed tte point that
Zelenke gloated aver tte Wall Street
disaster.
UNABLX TO Accouirr FOB
, , MOTIMKMTS OK OTNAJflTB
Waahiagtoa. . Oct 4-Departmsnt , of
justice ageata at Pittabarg reported to-
kigbt tkat rioreea . Zeteaaxa, arrested
ss a mupset ia eoaasetioavwith the Wall
Btroet sxplosioa ia Nsw Tork, had besa
a sable to socouat for, hia movemeata
sb the day ef the sxplosioa or -for
ssvsm sticks of dyaamito which he ad-
siitted haviag had ia hia possessioa.
GEORGIA BANK CASHIER
: TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Tennille. Gs- Oct.. A, The body of
S. H. Areall, cashier ef the Teaaille
Bsnhina. Campaay. waa fsuad ia ths
rai.lt sf thst compears- baaking kouss
whea the doors were opened this mors
lag. There waa a bullet wound ia km
ksad aad a pistol ia his right hand in
dicated mat he had killed himsslf, ta
tha oninion at aincers. . -
Mr. Amsll waa last sesa Buaday night
whea he left hie home to attend church.
OCeials ef tko bank ssy thst a hurrisd
uveatigatisn shows that his eeouata
were all right. Worry over aa illneea
sf hie spa, H ia believed by AraaU's
fneads, uabalsaeed hie mUd.
ALASKAN PLANES NOW
:7 ON HOMEWARD FLIGHT
. Haneltea, B. C, Oct v Plaae number
. ,k. IT.itl fttataa im'i Alaska
serial expedltioa bopped off at lt:t
s'eloek this altera oon tor mnea ueornw.
British Colambia, ea the return flight
frosn- Nome, Alaska, to New Tork. Plan
lumber oat, - piloted by Captain 8t
Clair Street, developed a leak ia the
tMaAlin talk and waa delaved ia start
ing. Csptsis 8treet sxpeets to resums
the flight uter toasy. ,
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. VH.llu. Mav FalL -
Waakingtoa Oct. dv-rallure ef peace
negottatioss betwoea the Poles mad ths
Bolshevik st Buta was lorecasi in oui
ial advices received here today. Con
ti.n;. Pitli.h nsllitarv aaeeesees and
ths Increasing strength shown by Gen-
srsl Wrnnfel. aaU-BoIsbevia leaaer in
fi.,,K tiiBii. ware aaid to be la-
flneaeing the Poles not to make pesos at
ate ttwie. . , : V
- 'Bedaco Betsll Prices. '
Waskingtoa, Oct. A All clothing and
dry goods msrehnnts sf Washington this
morning as aoa need reduetioss sf from
M to SO per cent in aU departments ef
their stores, . -
Of BOMB SUSPECT
Uillli PEOPLE
LIKE'LlOlSOil'S
Democratic Candidate Opens
Second Week of Campaign.
.. For Governorship-
YANCEY TURNS OUT A
AN IMMENSE AUDIENQE
From The Hills Sound About
Host of Jolki Oatler to
Hear Doctrines 1 of Demo.
eratio t f arty Preached By
("- 8tate;;. Standard ' Bearer;
Cheers interrupt ' Speaker
; J ,;;r By K. K. POWILL -
V . (Staff Correspondent) ' -BarasvUls,
Oct, 4v Cp here where
mouatai; ranges are majestic, apples
blushing red aad outside communi
cation aot far removed from tko era ef
stage coaches, the pojitleal parties "a
bite tte baHlss ef essdidstes rags
with a fury strsuge to most political
sectors of ths State, and into the heat
of it all Cameron Morrison came today
Bis flue deliverance waa cheered round
ly by a great gathering of folks Wko
swarmsd into town from all parts of
tne county aad tta neighbor eouaUee.
The sddress hers waa the opeaiag of
his second week's can rasa of the State
and the beginning of a campaign tour
tnat win extend to the capes aad sonnet
of Carolina before tt reaches its crest
ia 8halby and Charlotte oa Monday.
oa November 1st. A masterly presen
tation oi tne League of Natioaa aove-
aant, aa appeal for ths income tax
amendment aad a warning to Democrats
to bestir .tbmsslves, wers the high spots
m his speech. Ellis Gardner presented
him. '. .-'-" J -
Local fighting is intense ia Tsncey
sad ths Democrats have, been expecting
hlorrisoa to stimulats their foreesat
with his eloquesee. He vu equal to
the occasion, and ss his great thunder
ous voice polled out the virtues of hia
party the battle scarred veterans of har
der campaigns gavs sigas of satlsfaetioB.
from hia initial clarion call to Demo-
erstis womea to hia final airheal to in
dlvidukl voters, hia speech sommsnded
rspt . attention . and .-drew frequent
demonstrations of approval. The womea
for ths most psrt weremore decoroni
fa t their applause than ths mea. Mr.
Morrison' renewed jils cbsrges ef Re
publican distortios of fasts about re
valuatioa and asssiWd Parker's derna
gogid, sry for. better schools aad lower
taxss. - ' i - .-.
Hs knghod Bt the Bepubllean talk ef
sow eat elections end declared that such
4 cry eomeg friths prof grsee from a
party mat oenitu K u ewa eenawats,
Hiram Johnson, the strength, be woa in
the. June primary. The . Democratic
ssadldate, Insisted thst ths Republican
-ecord ia North Carolina will aot stand
the searchlight of decent public opinioa
rad accordingly the State hss bees lit
erally, flooded with propaganda elreu
Istod to catch, Dsmoerats ,off thsir
guard. . i j ;, ',-.. . --' -'-.--
"It is the same old crowd bidding lor
restoratioa, hs declared. "They have
picked out candidates who hsd ao psrt
ia thsir devslopms nt and expect yea 1e
believe they have been elecnssd in ths
voice of Psrksr and Tneker but ths
hands srs ths hands of -Butler and
Morehead." ' ' " 1
Ths force of the Morrison speech here
will pat tba' Democrats to work. They
have been backward ia registering ths
womea white the Republican! havs been
rolling them fast. Ths county i
ordinarily safe but there is room for
a lot of missionary work. , The League
hasn't besa ia high fsvor and the Morti
se speech will help wonderfully.
PUZZLING VtKUIUI IN
NEGRO DIVORCE CASE
Although Wife Contests Action
of Husband, Jury OiTSS Both
.' v'Y' DiTorce ;;,''' x''-
Durham, Oct. 4-Judge Ofivar H. Al
ias, who is holding a alvil term ef the
superior eourt is Durham eounty. ksi
just bad' a case ia which the verdict
is oae that is pussling ths. lawyers.
Judge Allen, himaelf, declares Hhat is
his long experience en the bench and si
a superior, eourt judge, be has asvsr
heard of a similar ease. He ia doubt
fuLia fact, if there has stct, been a
similar- verdict . rendered. '
It grew out of the divorce eaae of
Miles McCoy agsinst bis wifs, Luis Mc
Coy, both colored. Ths wifs did ssk for
a divorce,. but contested the aetioa of
her husband. The jury rendered a ver
dict giving both of the MeCoye a
divorce. The jury found that the eoa-
Suet of oseh McCoy hsd made life la
lemble for 'ths other, v .
Admittedly pustled over tha verdict,
Judge Alias M of ths opinion that tech
aleally aetther of the McCoys can. ob
tela a divorce. He believes ths find
ing of the jury will put their status
back to a starting point. Hs stated' thst
during the . present week he will givs
the nttorueys in ths esss aa opportunity
to elucidate oa the law govering ths
verdict. Hs will thea reader a definite
decision. " - - y... ' ' ,
CHARLOTTE CITY CLERK
NAMED FOR MAYORALTY
rL..in.t. w.i a JTv- ir vxrn...
for IS years cosneeted with the, itM
flrst as tax collector nad then ssv city
slsrk, wss this afternoon nnmsd mayor
by the city commlsaioners to fill out the
nn expired term -of Frank B. MeNines,
who resignatioa became effeetie .Octo
ber 1..
. Mr. ' Wilaoa'a familiarity with - ths
city's flnaaeial affairs is believed to hare
figured largely ia his appointment. Ths
mayor Is by Isw ths commissioner sf
flnsaee aad Charlotte's chief responsi
bility just st this tims is In a financial
way. Mayor MeNineh leansd heavily en
Wilson throughout bis administration It
is said, ; 7 '
Emm g
FOU FlilAL BATTLE
Governor Cox, Ccorgs , White,
senator Harrison and E. H..
Moore In Meeting ,
NOMINEE SPENDS DAY .
AT HIS DAYTON HCE
Remainder "of Campaipi Tight
- To Be Waged la Eastern
- and Stlddle Western States;
" nr. a . mm .
Mf : usxaing xeiegrapts He
r. Is Tor The Democrats ;
' Daytoa, Ohio, , Oct. A-Plsns for
eompletloa of the Deraoeratte national
aaMVtatana smansms J aula. aa. M fL M
Si" " " wyvil ivm wj SCmUBII . MP f
be entering Its hut stages, wers being
formulated hare ' today by Goveraor
Cox, National Chairman George White, ,
Senator Pat Hnrriaoa, chairman st the
aational apeakem , burssu, aad E. H.
Moore, the govsrnor's pro-eon vsntiea
manager. Ths eoafarense waa held at
Trail's End, -ths governor's country-
aome. ; , - -- -j-
Indiana, IUinois, Wsst VirgUUi New
York, New Jersey and Marvlaad nrob-
ably will be tte chief battle-ground
until election, aeeording to Senator '
Harrison, though all detaila have aot '
yet beea worked out. . Goveraor Cos
will Upend four days campaigning ia
his boms state, three days ia Indiana.
ens day in West Virgiais, oae ta New
Jersey, and most of two Says ia XUia
ols. Night meetings havs beea ar
ranged- for Indianapolis for ths roth
aad Chicago ths 80th. It iko wax aa
aonneed that the governor will speak
ia Baltimore, the date for the meeting
not saving Deea decided.
-To Speak la Ohio. '
iThs governor's firet soecehes la hie
horns state will be October IA Bs will .
speak first at ,TSa Wsrt, Lama aad
Bellefoatslns, with a night meeting
either st Springfield or Dayton, his
horns eity. Ths aext day will And him
at Detroit aad then again into Ohio
with a aoon spssek , st Akroa ssd a '"
night speech in Clovelaad, ' spending
Sunday there. From! Clerelasd hs will
go into New Tork State, jwhers on
tte 18th, he will epesk st Rochester
st aoon and Buffalo at night. . Two
days Will be spent in New England,
it .eras-said. He will spesk at Madison '
Square Garden in New Tork oa ths
sight "of the f3rd- t- ,. -, iri
. Oa 'next ' Wednesday - evening the '
Swing into Kentucky, fennevsee, In
disns, and Illinois , will begin, resek-
ing ths most sxtrsme western point nt
St, Louis, where tbo governor will
speak on ths Bight, ef October llthu.
swinging back toward Ohio through In
diana and Illinois - oa tba , 12th sad
,1.1th., - ".. -. . .
Takee Bay Of Bast.
r Ths Democrstis eandidats spent most
of today resting st his country horns
st Trail's End. During ths day h re
ceived ft delegation of womea headed
by Mrs. Florence Kelley, general sec
retary Of 'ths ' National Consumer's
Leagus, ssd Mrs. Mssds Wood Ptrk,
chairman of tte Notional-' League sf
Women Voters, who discussed with him
questions pertaining to. child wel
fare and other subjects In which -ths K
two organisations srs interested..
Ths governor also talked to- them ea
phases of ths League of Nations, par
ticutarly why womea, should be inter
ested ia Its sdoption.
fm m si.t .f Ik. mimIIaMi niMiifil
by ths women, especially ehHd welfare '
and ths Kenyoa - cold storage bill, ,
Goveraor Cos told them he bad stood
for such reforms for twelve yean sad ,
thst Ohio hsd Isws similsr. to those y
they, sought nationally. . .;,,
Bran Per Democrats.
mm connection wun aaseniona ny ine
Demohratie campaign directors that ;
a , reaction toward the . Democratic
tieket hss est ia and thst ths IrU :
Monla. who have haan 'althae nnnM4 -H
. . . . t i.
to or only lukewarm for tko Lea rue
or nations, aow are lining up iqr cox
nnd Boosevelt. Governor Cox aaid ha
had received s telegram from Edward
A. Bran, who wss arrested at Balti
more whsa hs sought to ssk Senator
HmmAin mm(Im mrimm V a mi fmm '
tha Demoeratia eandldatei Tha tan tit
the telsgram wss not made public,;
CASE AGAINST BAKERS
FOR TRIAL POSTPONED
" Charlotte, Oct 4v Cases pending la
the Federal Court against bakers, charg
ed with violating ths Lever Act, wsre
eontinued by Judge Tstee Wsbb Mon
day upoa applieatioa ef Charles W.
Tillett with tte approval af Diatriet At
torney Stonewall Durham.
' The fourteen mile stretck ef the
Wilmington ..Charlotte AshevUle , high
way lying between the Charlotte town
ship Use oa the Moaroe road aad the
Union County line will be completed
if plans sgreed to Monday by the board -of
county eommleeloners and two mem- '
bers ef the incoming board are carried
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MASKED BANDITS R08::
: CUSTOMERS OF CAFE
New . Tork, Oct' 4. Six, niaaked
bandits entered a cafe ia Lenox avenue
todsy, lined up 49' patrons against the
well sad escaped with cash and jewelry '
estimated a)t mare thsa 3,000. . Four of
ths robbers covered the patrons with
revolvers while ths others emptied the
victims' pockets. .-K j v
All of ths bandits sscsped 'by fleciug
over several roofs snd dowa a Are es
cape, exeept oae who went directly late
the street aad whea confronted by a
polite officer ran into a subwsy etatiqa, '
jumped to the roadbed aad raced ahead .
of sa oncoming train. ' , , .
77. S. A. L. Safe obbed.
Athm, Ga, Oct. 4. The safe la the
ticket office of the Seaboard Air Una
Railway was robbed ef 12,000 last night -Detectives
are conducting an iavestiga- -tloa.
Ths combination was broken ap-
jerently with sledge hammer.
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