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I r t-.a. u.- sd Sunday, l...i change la tk temper, tar. . t VOL CXH. NO. 101. . TWELVE PAGES TODAYS . RALEIGH,, N. C," SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1920 TWELVE PAGES TODAY.: rmcz: rwz c mm taiid Oil LEAGUE ISSUE HELPS DEMOCRATS Bringing of Republican Nomi nee Out Against League. ' Adds Immense Impetus . PRESIDENT AND BORAH - CLEARED ATMOSPHERE Democrats To Work To Tores Taft and Wickersham Re. 1. publicans To Desert O.O.P. "- Ship. Because of Harding's . Final Stand Against League; ' Spencer Controtersy Niws ud Obeerva3ureu, - j. 03 District NattonalEJhik Bid, (Br Special Leased Win.) ' Washiagtoa, D. 04 Oct v-The J "snipklng out" of Harding has given : aa immense impetu to th Democrat! . campaign hope. Tha lines ar draws, tha leagu is tha only ban aad the credit of clearing tha atmosphere i do to the PrealdcBt oa the ana headland 'to Senator Borah oa the other. Bat Democrat are Bat quite attuned. Tha . Bepublieaa eaadidata man bo auda to .' plumb tha line exactly that Borah aad , ' Johnsoa have laid dowa ao that tha great mastet of Taft, Wiekeraham, Boot i Republicans will be compelled to do am the aid ahip. Ia other words. Democrats fool that Harding aaost be made to say ia substance that he doea aot favor any aort of an auoetatioB, or league, or tribunal or eonrt that politically . biada the United Statee in any degree . with Europe. Borah declare that ia . hia platform aad ao doea Hiram Joha- on. These two Senators are for itandjng aloof; for complete iaolatioa sf'America. Tha Demoeratie manager kare determined to push Harding oa to thia line of iaolatioa for thie eousv try before the eampaiga ia over. They ..are determiaed. to narrow tha fight down betweea leagna aad ao league ia worda. In reality, it to' now that bat the English language shall aot bo made to rover an excuse for any pro-league Republicaa to. vote for Harding if the Demoerata eaa prevent ' Lea K Now Sole Issue. ' - Making the league the tote issue in the eampaiga has made the President ' the leader and director of the earn, paign. - The whole sdmlnistratioa haa now throws itself into the battle with . all of its organ lied force. Every mem . bet af the cabinet ' .with the exeeptioa of Postmaster General , Burleson . and Berretory Wilson, . who are haot cam palavers it either oa the stomp' or ia ' friuff oa la a few day,- The campaign . headquarters, are. bow at tha White House aad aot ia New York so far . "at idea t re concerned, aad thJtrst- ' gy of the P resident ia to make the country forget everything- bat tho league covenant aad the honor of tho onatrv Involved wjtMn the leasT"". - Bepablieana are toeing their abuse tit the ('resident, their clamor for change of administration and all their other issues being swept away as argu ments under , the' irresistible tide of the leagna under tha leadership of the .White House. Bepablieana are pretend ing to aeeept the issue with perfect satisfaction, but their opponents be lieve that they fear the change ia the eampaiga. One thing it haa dona and that iio ehaage entirely the, attitude and mood of the Demoerata. Excuse ' have left their lip and despair has goneTbut of their, hearts. They have put oa their fighting clothes; , ! Spencer Cantroveray. '. Tho controversy . that haa arisen be tween Senator Spencer, of , Missouri, and the President haa eauted many Democrats here to hope that the Pres , ident will pnblieb what he aaid in the peace conference at Paris. If he doea aad the American people are made to understand just what he meant, the Be publieaa Senator from Missouri' will bo made to regret that he brought thia issue into the eampaiga. Senator Spencer aaid that the Presi deat had told the representatives of Rumania and Serbia that "if any na tion invaded their territory, ho would end tho American ' army across tho ocean to defend their boundary lines." What Mr. Wilsoa really did aay, ac cording to the atenographio report of hia speech on May 31, 1919, are thaw worda r '- What Ho Aeteally Said. " "If tha world should . be troubled .again, if the eonditiona which wo all regard aa fundamental are challenged, "the guarantee which will be given to yon will pledge that the United Bute will aend aa army and fleet across tho ocean.'' Thia was bo pledge, according to spokesmen of tho administration. The . President cannot tend an army or fleet anywhere without the eonaent of Con gress. Tho President, in uttering thia - ' speech, was explaining Article X, ia tho league covenant and the promised thia guarantee only if the Covenant of the league wat ratified by the United Statee, But Article X doea not guaran tee that the United 8tatt will aend i an, army or fleet anywhere aa Senator Spencer and other Republican leader 7' allege. Article X only guarantees to advise members of the league what to do to protect their territory. s If the world ahould be troubled again, if the condition, which are all reward aa fundamental, are challenge ed," just as they were .challenged by Germany, the Congress and the country would feel it accessary to send an army to Europe. . v Tho President wired " Senator Spen cer that he would leave it to the voter . of Missouri to decide , which of them was telling tha truth, bat it I un derstood her thst the President' friends are urging him to publish and eiplala what he aaid. Secretary Tum ulty aay thst thete wo graphic report (t the President's word are aot avail able, but Seaatnr Bpeneer'a groat mis construction ! Kd unjm the above report. ' - y ' 'Cental Apportion meat. "; The census report thit morning for tho country haa raised diseutsioa aa ' ' ' ' - - i , (Ceaflaaed oa Pago Two.) I lWahts-Loans To Pay Production Costs Director of Georgia State Bureau of Markets Presents Petition ' to Session of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank; Governor W. P. G. Harding, in Statement, Urges South to Form ' Exporting Corporation to Market Cotton Abroad; Can not Help Keep Prices Up Through Loans. Birmingham, Ala., Oct I. L. B. Jackson, director ScLth Georgia State Bureau of Market, Speaking for fed eral Beeerve beaks ia that state, to day presented to tho directorate of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Baak ia seaaioa here, a petitioa for tho exemp tioa front the normal or. basic line of tho discounting member bank of note for cotton loan where tho money ia to bo used for paying wages, fertilizer, or supply bill. ' . Mr. Jaekaoa contended that the ob ject of many loaaa aow sought 'by cot toa plaatea ia to pay off debts eoa traeted ia producing the present crop, and therefor tho money ia really aeed ed for production purpose. Replying to qu cation from member of the board, h denied emphatically that the planter wanted the money to pa es pouse while they were holding cotton oat of tho market. The board reserved it decision. i Harding Make Statement The federal Reserve Bank ia aot aa Institution for lending money to farm ers ia order that they may hold their crops for higher prices, said W P. 6. Harding president of the board of gov ernors of 'that institution ia a state ment her today.' , ":) Mr. Harding arrived ia Birmingham with D.C Willie, aewly-appoiated member of the Federal Reserve Board for a meeting of directors of the At lanta reserve baak, Hia statement was made ia reply to questions eaeernlng the movement among Southern planter to hold their cotton for forty eeata a Lponnd. . Ho explained that tho Federal Reserve system wu not estabiisnea to ssaiit plana for holding commodities oft! the market, nor ia it at the disposal of speculative enterprises organised V advance-private interest!. . Cotton Exportlar Company Mr. Harding atated that tho boot plan he could suggest for aeoarugement of tho cotton industry ia tho Soath would bo formation by the planters of a cotton exporting company which could supply tha market of Europe direct ly. .: "The idea that has gons broadcast through the country thst tho Federal bank can: help tho farmer of tho South hold hia cotton for 40 eentS by financing the cotton trap, or aid tho farmers of the west get high price for wheat by r EVBATTLE CRY 'No Separate peace With G?r many Slogan of League Ad: . ; vocates; WhittfTalks New Tork, Oct.' -r3eorgo White, chairman of th Demoeratie' national Committee, today announced a mow alo gaa adopted, by supporter of th League of Nations idea for the re mainder of the campaign. , It b: "No separate peace with Ger many."" .- .," Thia rallying cry, Mr. White said. "is echoed in th hearts of all who favor th league. W have written it indelibly upon our purpose her at national headquarters. - The speech of Senator Harding at Dee Moines verifies th proposal ia his speeeh of acceptance and his vote oa the Knox resolution in favor of a sep arate peace with Germany. ' "In the name of dead and living coldiere, sailors and marines, who de livered the finishing thrust to ' th German army, and in the nam of th msa and Women who labored her at horn to support them the Demoeratie party resent this shameful - proposal which eaa arise only from a desire to truckle to the sentiments of those who sympathized with the Kaiser daring the war. '.'.. " "We are for the treaty of Versailles, wrich includes the covenant of tho ean are committed to a separata peace, deserting our ames ana permimng ue German to escape all the obligations which def est laid ' upon them. "In the next three weeka yon will see this country, realize the obloquy of such a tnd by th party of Lin coln, McKlnley nnd Roosevelt. The first prominent .Republican to resent it publicly. I leara, is Herbert Par sons, formsr New Tork Congressman, sad former Bepublieaa national com mitteeman from tho Empire atat. H haa decided to support th league by the .only practical meaaa. Thia doea credit to his patriotism and convic tions. We welcome him, fighting with us for n cause beyond partisanship. There, will be many more.' STATE EXPRESS RATES ADVANCE 25 PER CENT rUe s on iatra-state bntinw 26 per sent to become effective October 88, were approved by the 8tate Corporation Communion yesterday. This 1 advance- ia parallel with that authorized by the. Interstate Commerce Commission for interstate rate and la already been approved in most of ths States, including Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia. " GOV. COX CONTRIBUTES $5,000 TO CAMPAIGN New Tork. Oct. V Governor Cox Democratic presidential candidate, to day contributed 5,000 to tho Demo eratie national campaign fund. It was announced at 'headquarters here. At the same time, it was stated that Gov ernor Cox would speak St Detroit oa the night of October 15 instead of at Toledo. .......:' . ' DEMOCRATS ADOPT For Farmers rushing ': reserves to that section of bolster ap th wheat crop, ia entirely rroaaona," said he. "Many .- people seem to think that all they have to do is to call oa the Federal baak for aid aad the crop of their particular Mo tion saa be boosted up for a high price or lowered oa they might deaire. The Federal bank can 1 do nothing of the sort aad will not, .because it 1 aot its fuaetioa to aid aay eeetioa of tho coun try to maiataia a high price for any part leu is r crop. -,. ' la Banking Bnslaaaa, ' ' ' "It would bo preposteroa to think that tho reserve banking system could go into aay obc section of tho coantry and with its influence ' say that one character of basinets or industry should bo fostered aad maintain sd to tho detri ment of another, or that one particular business la, sufficient for a certain lo cality, and" all aimilar enterprise ahould be discouraged. Tha Federal baak ia ia the banking business aad doe aot deal with the public, it deala with ita met ber baak, rediseonnta their paper, n oarage them to make legitimate loans for the ' i nereis of production aad through this channel has placed ia the oatbeaat more money thia yeas than was diseooatod ia thi section of the country during the panic of 1907, : Desoad Oa , Theaaaelvaa. "The people of (ho South aad other sections most depend first of all npoa themselves, if they would increase the business of their particular section, help th cotton crop, or any other particular crop or industry of a particular tion. Tho Federal, baak through ita member bank eaa help them. Tat beef plan that I know for the encouragement of th eottoa industry of th South was auggeeted by me on my last trip South. Th Southern cotton prodaeer ahould forn. an export cotton company that would aupply tho markets of Europe with tho eottoa they a sea reiy badly. If thia was don thsTSouth eta Cotton crop would find am ample market that through -the prooeaeea of supply sad demaad weald maiataia a fair price for thia staple- Mr. Harding stated he did aot care to go into th . various phase of th cotton aituntloa ia th South aad the demands being made.oa tho Federal (Contlaaed oa page eight) TO DIRECT STATE i. F. MqMahon Returns From coherence witn uniciais of American Federation ? ' , Mr. J. F. McMahoa. chairman of the exeeuUve committee of th Stat Feder ation ofHLstbor, ha returned to Raleigh after a conference with official of th American Federation of Labor cUreeUna th federation' non-partisan campaign, to take charge of the North Carolina end of tho movement ia behalf off the Demoeratie State and national ticket. "The hope of labor in North Caro lina aa well as in tho nation lie ia th Demoeratie party," aaid Mr. McMahoa yesterday. "The aoa-partisaa move ment Of tho American Federatioa of Labor waa inaugurated to bring the full weight of tho labor voten tho United States to a betterment of conditions of laboring men aad womea. Tho Repub lican national platform, like tho Repub lican Btate piatxorm, give labor ao place to stead aad 'its sola hope for oxpressioa is dependent for the next four years in the saeeess of th Demo eratie party in November. In North Carolina, I believe) that the labor force wiU4tieh together thia fall aa never before. Tho effective blow which labor atuek for itself I the pri mary ia evidence of thia. I believe that ia the general election the labor vnte, tho moat independent In the State, will swing almost solidly behind th Demo cratic Btate and national .candidate. Mr.'MeMahon, directing th aoa-par tisaa cam pa lira for the labor fedcra tioa, will visit many parte of tho State daring th next few week and will be in conference with labor organisation! ia all tha center. Coming back from Washington, he bring a meaaage of optimism from the American Federation of Labor officiate, whoi see bright promise .of Democratic victory ia November. TAKES FIGHT FOR PEACE RESOLUTION TO COURT Washington, Oct 8 Harry 8. Meeart aey, Chicago attoraey, carried to. the supreme eonrt today his effort to torn pel Secretary Colby to promulgate the joint peace reaolutioa pasted by Coa grets last May and vetoed by tho President- Declaring that "vital public ia terettt required tho early aa possible consideration ' of tho question involv ed,'' Mr. Meeartney filed a petitioa for a writ of ceritiorari, asking that the ease bo taken from the District of Columbia eonrt of appeals where it is pending. . ' The ease reached the court of ap peals from the district supreme court which Isst July dismissed Meeartney'a petitioa for maadamna to compel Sec retary Colby to promugato the reso lution.. Thro Steamer Prose lav Juneau. Alaska. Oct. I. Three Tukoa river boats, tho last of the acaaoa from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Dawson, Y. T, and carrying capacity list of pasaengers aad mail, are reported froaea in below Eacle. Alaska, according to advices reaching hero today. The passenger steamer Seattle III ia froaea at Ram part, aad tho steamers Kestrel and Washburn somewhere between Eagle and Circle- Ice eoadttlons are aaid t be wotse thaa last year. mwtm STATES OF SOTI At,D WEST TO GAUI .MORE POLITICALLY Examination of Final Census Figures Show Big Increase In House Membership . ' FIFTY NEW SEATS IN HOUSE ARE CREATED ltortlv Carolina Will Get Two Mors Seats If Precedent of ' " Increasing Eiie of Body Is - , followed ; Xepubliean Pppo. sition To Giving South Greater Representation , Waahington, Oct S- Examination of th final census figures of th coantry which place the total population of tho continental United State at 106V 083,108, indicates that the West and th South proportionately '' will gain more in political way thaa the East or Middle West throogS increased membership la ths House of Bepreeea- tauvee, more vote in taa electoral col lege aad la larger delegation to the aarioaal political eoaventioa. r Thia result will obtain whatever bos it of apportioameat is adopted by Coa gross aext winter, fixing the also of th next House, which ia turn ia re fleeted ia tho electoral college aad the convention of th big political par- Fifty New Seats As a result of this increase of 13, TlOU in population during the past tea years, fifty new seat mast be add ed to the House to preveat aay state from losing any part of ft present repreeentatioa. Should th present membenHip or 435 pe left unchanged by increasing the baaia of apportion ment, there will have to be a traaafer of thirteca eeata, now hold by twelve state, to nine other states. ' For tho past half a century the pre cedent ha bee a to increase tho site of tho House so aa to preveat leas of ex isting. representation by any stats. A a remit th House aaa grown from 243 to 435 member with only,' three state Main. New Hampshire aad Vermont losing oa member each in th last fifty years. . Two More for N. C . If this preeendent 1 followed thie year, five additional representative seats must' bo givea to California, four each for New Tork, " Ohio, . Pennsyl vania, and Michigan, aad three to IIU- noia and Texas, two to Maseaehusett. New Jersey and North Carolina, nnd one each to Alabama, Arisona, Cess- aectieut, Georgia' Marylaad, Montana New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, 8duth CnroUna, Teaaeasee, Waahingtoa, Wst Tlrgiaia, Wiaeonsin, Virginia, Arkan saa aad Minnesota. While tho preaeBt basis of apportion ment ia 111,877 inhabitants or its ma jor fraction to the Coagressioaal dis trict, CoBgreo can iacrease the baaia to 219,427 without causing any lose. To advance beyond the latter figure will mean that Maine would loss oae seat whil Moataaa would fail to gala one, with a net rooalt of 48 new seats in Congress. ., . Against Any Increaao Congressional leadera are strongly opposed to aay larger increase in-the House, aa they regard the present mem borahip of 435 as too unwieldly. When th House census committee, headed by Representative . Sicgei, of New Tork, befrtna consideration of the problem effort will be made to hold down the increase, but pressure for the" increase ia expected to come from tho statee which would benefit from a larger house. Qnly once in 1840 haa the sis of the House beea reduced. At oae other time,- just before the Civil War, the apportioameat was held down, with tne reaulting losa of seat falling moat heavily ma tha South era itatc. Dlatrlbattoa of Cains By holding th house membership to 435, gains would be distributed with three to California, two to Miehigaa, aad Ohio, and one each to Connecti cut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Okla homa, Texaa and Waahington. -To off set these gains, Missouri would be for ced to lose two Congressmen, whil Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, ' Maine, Mississippi, Ne braska, Rhode -Island, Vermont and Virginia would lose ' one- each,. All other states would retain their .present numerical delegation in Congress. ' RepabUeaas Against South, At the last sessloa of Congress som Bepublieaa leaders expressed oppositioa to aay ehsngo ia the House that would be of profit to the South. However, the new census does not indicate that the South can be affected without a corres ponding effect en states where the Re publican might not b Inclined to re duce the delegation. By fixing the apportionment basis so thst Maia aad Missouri would eaeh lose a teat, increased populatioa of the country aa represented ia congress can b absorbed by a set increase of twenty, seven atat. The apportionment basis hen would bo 219,593 or major fraction and seventeen states would absorb the net Increase as alao the two oeats lost by Mains and Missouri. These gains would be distributed with California getting four j Michigan, Ohio, and New York, three Peaaaylvania, New Jersey and Texas, two; aad Arkansas, Okla homa, Waahingtoa aad Wisconsin,' on eaeh. By eliminsting Wisconsin from ths states gaining one seat, aad by adding Iowa to those losing oae, the apportioa meat basis might be placed at 2:10,004 or major fraction, and thia would give a net is re a of 23 la th hous mem bership.. , Another Increaao Plaar It may bo decided to hold tho net increase to lea thaa a score, which might bo seeompllshed. by causing Mia- souri to lose two seats, snd lows, Ken tucky, Maine, and Indians on each. The apportionment - baaia would be 234,947 inhabitants to the congressional district with a net Increase of 14 ia the slse of ths house. These aeatt aad those rCeotiaaod oa Pago Two.) Confederate Heroes March In. Parade at Big Reunion Veterans of War of Half Century Ago Again Make Imposing Spectacle, Making Up In Spirit What They Lacked in . rysical Vigor; Many March Almost on Will Power Alone, With Comparatively Few Dropping Out of Long Procession at Houston. Leave For Home. V.- , Houston, Texas, Oct 8 Fatigued with four day of unaccustomed exer tise, whleh culminated ia two-milt march this morning, but with another reanion around which to weave remi niseenees, - thouaanda . of Confederate Veterans tonight start td on their jour aeya homeward. - They' were with all a happy lot, al though occasionally a touching seen was enacted when an old soldier bade good-bye to a comrade whom ho knew he might not see again. " , - ' For most of tho veteran the thirtieth annual reunioa eaded whea the parade diabaaded ahortly after boob today. A grand hall toaight attracted some, but for tho majority ths oae big event of the four days meeting; the march with their comrades of the sixties, was over and they Were ready to return horn. Farad f Mile Long ' Th pared waa estimated at aevea mile in length, although the line of march waa alightly lee thaa 2 miles. It repaired two hours aad tea minutes to pass a given point, ' To tho veteran who marched, how ever& it waa aot a parade, but a mili tary review. ' The gray ' ost wsr marching again before tnetr eoenmta der ia chief and th memory of Rob ert E. Lee straightened many atooped shoulders and carried their owners to tho end with faltering, but determined footsteps. Memory played a trick Bad rolled awsy th years until tney eouia see in ths thousand f women and T sr... Harding's v Kicking League Overboard Insures Cox Vic , ' tory. Overman Says , i By K. E. POWELL, v V (Staff Corresiwndent.) . Salisbury, Oct , si-Ths apparest eageraess of Senator Warren Q. Hard ing, Republican nominee for tho Presi dency, to kick the League of Nations overboard rather thaa let Hiram John son and Bill Borah get to Davy Jones' locker by thcaveelvef it viewed try tev era! Tar Heel statssmaa a th crucial turning point is th National contest - The announcement that - Senator Harding .prefers t atay out of the Leagna, ia sharp contrast with the Cos declaration that he favors going In, ad' mitted by the nominee 'for tho , first time in his speeches yesterday, serves strongly to emphasise the vacillating and innocuous positions which have marked the entire publi career of the aepubiieaa candidate. . ' It will, in th opinion of United Statee Senator Lea 8. Overman, foment such a "Strong reaetioa ia Bepublieaa ranks everywhere a to make, tho elec tion of Cox aad Roosevelt little short of a certainty. ; Hope of party lead' or for party success on November 2 havs beeu: . supplanted overnight by confidence equally aa vigoroua aa that which was behind Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Such i th view of the latest Harding pronouncement on tho League queetioa entertained by Congressmaa Clyds Hoey. Will Be Reflected la State. Tho junior Senator believe with th CoBgreMmans.who expressed hia views to this correspondent in Charlotte today, thst this acceleration of the Democratic fight ia the country will be reflected somewhat ia th Stat wher there hat beea no effort to conceal several cases sf Coxsure blues, A great many North Carolinians havs feared national de feat aow for some time. All the leaders and the sub-leaders, however, are satisfied about tbo State and passing events but increase the prospects of tbo biggest majority Tolled up in tha State ia a couple of decades. Tho vote will be twice as heavy, it appears aow, as it haa beea before with the remote possibility that th wo mea will outvote the men. They have more eligible and if they regieter and vote they will more than double any previous record. . Estimate! of aa increased Democratic majority, of course, contemplate the same ratio of strength betweea the par ties. Th Republleane will, it ia almost eertaia, roll ap a heavier vote, from the mea thaa thej secured in th Stat la 1018 when Senator Simmons was elect ed. A presidential contest tlwsy bring out tho full Bepublieaa strength snd there are ao sitrns oa ths political horl ron that tho coming election is to, be eny exception. , Hardin May Saa Below. ' It ia the eonaensu of opinion among politician in ths State that the National Republican ticket wiU trail tfi State ticket this year, sort of . anomalous tituatloa for North Carolina. The State has alwsys hsd a few voters who were willing to b "National'' Republicans but strong champions of Democracy In the State. There will be little change in this vote. . . c . The tura arouad will come, aa many ether things are bound to com sooner or later, because of the enfranchise ment of the women. There are a great many women in th State, who, ordi narilv. aad because of disaffection over th results of ths Democratic primaries, would aot participate ia the election but for the League of Nations issue. A respectable minority of the women who might be exported to affiliate with tne Republican party come under thia classi fication aad they wll! unquestionably giro their eupport to Cot aad Rooeevth and vote for Parker and Tucker, la addition, there are many of pro nounced religious beliefs who 'bar heretofore cast their lot with th Re publican oartr who will desert tH. da ae- couat of the league issue. They Jtmet CRUCIAL TURNING POINT IN CONTEST (Continued en Pag Two.) girls who lined ths streets cheering and waving flags, thsir hoop-skirted sweet- searta of more thaa fifty years ago who waved farswsll at they marched to battle. .- ' - A th liaee were formiag on, gria sled veteraa remarked , to another i "Well, w're aot all dead yet" "No there's almost eaough of as left to whip tho Germans," tame th retort --,A Laao of Color. ' Tho liao of march, tes thaa two mile in length, led through veritable lice of colored boating. The Stars aad Stripes Sowed from pole aad build ing oa either side and hung from over head, slongsid th Star aad Bar of the Confederacy ', ... " v Tho marchera added their quota to the color achsm with . banters aad flags, .nuny of them battle-scarred, faded, and bullet riddled. '.4 Few Dressed Oat. - Soma of th eld soldiers were forced to drop out of th lis before th march lended. - Other rod ia automobile. I Daly half a dosea had to be taken to th mrgoay hospital for treatment, and many ambulance placed at inter vals in. th precession, all emp 'nil th tory of tho lndomltabl will which tarried th old men through the uarch. Special trains left Houston lit fre quent intervale tonight, fa addition to tho regular traia which wtrt crowded EA MftuitV. . TlMfM Wtvht Ifl peeted to ses practically all th visitors out of tho city. : BROUGHTON SEES ; . INCREASING ZEAL Cox-Roosevelt Chairman Grati- tied at Responses To . .. Appeals "' ,'' . '. . Retpoaaet to th appeal for eontrlbu tion to th Cox-Roosvlt sampaig fund are coming in afa rata that Is vary gratifying to the committees in charge, i according to State Finance Chairman J.- M. Brougbtoa. He fad evldsnse of Increasing interest through out th . Stat tad contributions an being received from very ousrieR- i A notable eoatributlon ia th amount of I3J3 ;w received, yesterday from Chairman W. D. Johnson of th com mitt at St. Patla. Th people ia this section of the Stat included in ths proposed counties of Lafayette and Lib erty have pledged themielvea to con tribute SLjOOO to the Cox-Roosevelt fund. The allotment for St. Psuls waa A3.), and thia amount with s margin to epars haa already been raised by th eater- priaing committee and forwarded to th State chairman. A list of the eoatriba tors appenrs below. ' Miss Louise Alexander of Greensboro la chairman of th women' committee for North Carolina ia th Cox-Roosevelt eampaiga. Reports indicate that th women' committee ia meeting with gratifying responses to its sppesls for contributions. It is expected that a not able showing will bo msde by this com mittees when the campaign ia brought to a close. ' i. - ' la addltloa to amouat previously r ported. Chatrmaa Broughtoa sanounces the following eoutnbutions; J. C. BraswsTl, Rocky Mount.... f J. L. tleott, Burlinaton. .. T. C. Oraham. Rocky Mount..-. ti.tt I. I.0S to.et it.os 1S.SS too 1.0 W. H. MaBryde, Laurlaburg. A. Wayland Cooke, areeneooro. . 8 V. Scott, Bantord ..... .i" Jno. U Hoblnson, Mayavllle. . Mlse Anna Robinson, Dunn.A.,. Jno. W. Ward, Rowland '. . Col. W, O. Utmb, Willlamston. . Clifton W. Ueckwlth. Raielgk... Dr. R. IL Lewis, Raleltrh... i. P. Newborn, Ralla;n Dr. r. M. Realater. Ralelsrh. .. . it.e 10. to 1 ti.tt lt.OS It Mra. T. U. Raglater. Ralelah.... "Democrat" Mrs. C. P. Franklin, Ralelah .... J. M. Cunnlnsrtiam, Raleiarn .... A. Merrill, Raleigh... Dr. J. M. Mannlnc. Durham,... lOt.tt le.st i.t let It.D Ths following is th list of subscrib er to tho fund of t-150 sent in by ths people of tho town of St. Pauls Subscriptions tb Cox-Roosevelt fund, St. Psuls: Nam. A. R. MeEachsra ........ ......I John B. Butler v J. H. Evan .,1 H. T. riahsr , s...... U H. Townsend ., T. K. Cobb t... .......... Ami to.o tits ti.se lt.s lt.ot its t.st 1S.0S !. John D. Caanaoy J. C. Lenta , C. C. Harrington U A. Kin . .... John MoArthur , let i.t MCVootran sirosu .. j. A. D. Svana le.to lt.t lt.tt lt.te l.tt t.tt t.tt !. 1. tl.t t.Ot 1.5 I. I- R. H. Celey Dr. J. Y. Naah .. L. Melnnia ...... H. Holstrom .... J. F. Lockey .... Marcus 8mith ... J. C. LlndaaV . J. M. Butler .... Jo Butler ...... U T. Brltt ...... A. L McDonald . . Jo Suaar 14. xt. inaasraro It D. A. McDutfl . t it Chat. Allen ,. IS J. r. Crane 10 Chaa. Caudell Chae. Fry .............. l.Ct Pat Holder D. A. McQueen Leak McDufrie Jud Dean ..... .1. ........... E1. McCormlo ................. Dr. L. J. Moore i.t i. Lit tot t.tt i. et t.st i.t !- i. LIS l.tt t.tt IS lite 119 ii. i l.St too t.et l.tt ,, t.st J. O. Little ..................... D. B. Lenraeter W. M. Llndaay ...i. D. at. McEachern I. Frank Townsend . T. a. Teaue N. A. McEaokera ..M.r. Stanley Harris . L. A. McUaachr J. A. Johnson .................. W. D. Johnson . ........ ....... O. A Mcitooaan .... ... ..... . Mra. T. L. Northrop ..... Mra. O. L. linrtman Mlta Bettle Downing A. u. jonnaoa J. ci J Caurfall King a ' a" .' i.H Total m Si t:o'..iti'..lt.t0 m ATTACK liilLEHGliZ STAliD OFIIAFIIj Democratic Isominee Sc:l Ingly Denounces Hsrdins's Position Against Leae . OFFENSE TO DECEKCY OF AMERICA. HE SAYS Declares Kepubliean ' CandL " date. Under Pressors cf Threat Troni Senator Bors.li, Prononnees Eimself Tor 'America and America Onlj'; - Speaks To Kentucky Crowds Loaiavill, Ky. Oct. sL-Aeathlav attack waa made here tonio-ht h o. Cox, of Ohio, npoa tho reeeat Leagu preaouBcemeBt of Beaator Harding, hia Republican opponent. Senator Harding' ereed, tho Deme sratie preeldeBUal caadidate declared in na address hen. elnaiB him tr. . tucky campaign, was forced "under prescnr of a threat from Senator Bo- . rah" nd is- "Aaerle and Amariea Bly." To preach such a gospel f sslfish- aea ia aa offease to th daeeau t America," aaid Ooveraor Cox, citing humanitarian and commercial, aad oth er world .relatioaships. "Such a pro- i tarnation or provincialism i littl abort of treason to our traditions. "If wo were to heed tho preachment of tho prophet of Marion," Governor Cox eoatiaued, "we miarht Just aa well auk car declaration f independence , scrap of paper; we might just a well . burn all oar great Americana, past aad ' preaeat, in enigy. - f What Will Tft Def . . In viw of Senator Hardini'a stand against th preeent leagu Ooveraor Cox asked whether former President Taft aad other Republicans favorina? Americas membership- would continue supporting air. Harding. Tho govern or alee asksd whether "Judge Taft' caadidate is giving him aa entirely dif -fereat aesuraace, from hia speeehe ad requested Mr. Taft to tell n front of tho curtate what is going on behind." Th governor' address her to vral th on tend person in a re ligious tabernacle, closed a strenuous day' campaigning la which he deliver ed, thirteen peeebe serosa Kentucky, t. ..... iiM .1, v v ... . . . m mw PIHI HW WW SJBWglifl of Nation and Progreeaiviam and flayed tho "senatorial oligarchy". Ia hia opening speech thia morning at Pa dueah. h reiterated that th "Oli garchy was aeeking to "annex th presidency" and also said that the ''great menace, next to scratminc of tha la- gu'', was ths prospect of for pnoint menta soon to vacancies a ths United State supreme court. - - - , ; , - Regarding " Senator Harding's posU tion, ho aaid to his tabernacle audi- Ct-- ' 4 . ' Rase Hardin PeaUlaa. "Under the pressor of a threat from Senator Borah, th oeaatorial caadidate for the Presidency ia How in th open -aad his creed ia "America and America enlyl" To use his words, "Wo mast consecrate ourselves to tho welfare of l ..j ... ,v - IL. world." . Must ws forget that w are still a part of the world, the dominion over which ia in th hand , of Godt Even tho senatorial oligarchy cannot promise as a asw world of ear own. J "If wo aro to live som mere ially, wo . have to trade with others. If we are to out our products to our owb eoaaump tion, tho mere, adoption of that policy would carry 'aa back fifty year indus trially. But ther i o me thing xoore than, th practical aid. Are we to clot our souls against every thought of sym pathy aad help aad leadership f Aro wo to oay w have no interest in. Ireland, a or Oermtay, nor Austria, aor Russia, aor Polaad, aer the other nations of tho world struggling for democracy! Are w to close our eye to th picture f starvatioa which spreada over half of Europe C we deny the Leagu of Nation which bring aa aad to expen sive armaments, eatabliahe credit aad permit tho wh aro willing to work to have breadt la Moral Iaedatiaa. . : ' DnM ' at nhvakal iaolatian moral iaolatioa I The aeceptaaeo of tho ereed of tho senatorial caadidate is lit tle less thaa a aotie to America to close our ehurces, our schools aad our univer sities, to think only of self, to deny the soul any right ia futur determlnatiosv, Offend American Decency. "To preach such a gospel of selfUh ass is cb offeas. to th deeeaey of America. Such a proclamatioa of pro vincialism ia little abort of tree toa to our tradition. Th spirits of the just men mad perfect, oar Pilgrim father, whi thought they were building oa thia continent a country, dedicated to th practice of th principles , of religion, must hsv turned ia their graves. If our aatloa were to hood th. pagan coanacl of th reactionary caadidate, we might as well onfea ourselves a pagan people, who only god is Beel- sebnb. Oa us would bo the mark of Csia, wl a drivea out of th garden of God because- ha ' denied aay moral obllgrtioa or social respoasibllity. Aro we to substitute ths creed of Cain for the ereed of Christ t Tho fouadsr of Christianity preached th doctrine of mutual service, affirming the duty the strong oneoowe to those wh ar aad ai d to tho wh wffer. - ' - Scrap th Declaration. "If w were to heed the preachment of th prophet of MarionVwe might Juit at well make our Deelatatioa of Independence ' a scrap " of paper j w might just as well burn all our great Americans, post and prrseat, in effigy ws might just as well doss tho door f all our univrsitie wo might just at well make., a bonfire of our Bible and tear dowa our family altars; wo might just as Well begin now to traia our future eitixcat to believe thst great : among us ar these who recog nise selfishness .-.Lr thaa service as) th creed f America. Whst Will Taft SayT . ,'1 am sutious to see what sx-Prest- . (Contused oa Pag' Two.) . --'
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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