Ms Mews ervir a fee . SM'rMwst f avs kefor sxplrtttt tiU em aUstias tail ever. , Probably tela Ycday Wednesday Not much change I the temaoretar. lie VOL. CXII, NO, .18,- Declares That Every Working . Man and Woman Should : Support It . ' GOVERNOR CARRIES FIGHT WEST FOR CLOSING WEEK Commissioner Pen Decline! To Give Out 'Evidence of Con. spiracy " Without l OoncTir. .rence of full Commission; Collector Bailey Discounts "KleventlLEonr . Sensations" A select elsss of wealthy eitixena re cruited from betk parties upon whom the burden of taxation' ha always rest ed lightly U working for ths defeat of the constitutional amendments, aad ' eecry wan -and'-womaa who work for a living ought1 to be folly infoamed ' of the fact, declares " Major W. F. - Moody, president of the State Fedeta ' tioa of labor, ia a letter issued to - the head -of local -naione yesterday. ' Major Moody arget every working ana . awend-; f "ggitii -- f- : development following ' the Governor's, broadside into the ranka of the "email, but powerful, invisible' empire of plutocracy"-who are fiithting the amend ment. Collector J. W. Bailey, who ia taking a leading part la the campaign against the amendments leaned a sUte ment during the day deemrong that "old voters will discount the eleveath hour sensations calculated to distract . attention from ' the merita of ths is sues." ' Decllaee lafermatloa. Judge George P. Fell, of the State Tax Commission, declined to add to what has already been said by the Com mission ia regard to the organisation of eertaia groups of eottoa mill men and the collection if a campaign fund for hiring workera'at the polls against the amendment. He etated deSnitely that the Commission waa ia poeseesioa of full documentary evidence that there la such aa organisation ia ezistenee, with lists of contributor, aad other information, but declined to give it out for publication 'without the con currence of other member of the Com mission, who are out of the city. - - Governor Biekett left the city yester day morning for the final week of the campaign through the western eonntie. He declare hi intention of doing some very, plain apeaking ' in- behalf of the amendment daring 1 the rest of the weeksnd will leave ae atone unturned toward counteracting the work that has beta done privately agaiaet the emend meat all over-the State, .;. - - Saw Where Ballet Bit. v. I knew they were at work against It I have been seeing where . their bullets hit," he said before leaving. . The income lax amendment is the cap tone "of the Governor' , taxation re form program and he ia going to put hi whole strength, into the fight for 'the remaining week - of the 1920 earn paign, the hut in which he ever expect to take .a personal . interest. With the amendment safely disposed , of, he expect to reach the end of the no- 'table array of thing that be ha work ed for and wKh the eloae of hi admin istration, return definitely to private life." --: . President Moody Letter. ' President Moody's letter to the Union head throughout the Stat a fol- "Find enclosed copy of the proposed eonstltutional amendment to be voted upon at the coming election, November S, 1920. - -V.: The laboring man ahonld vote' for the income Uxataendment for aeversl reasons: "L He i already liable for aa income tax while hi employer i aot. The engineer aad conductor and alL em ployee are liable for the tax if their income to ever $2,300, but the railroad itself pay ae tax. Thia applies to all other corporation. ' - 4 "2. It reduces the poll tax dowa to 1.00 tor 8Ute, 11.00 : for County and -11.00 for city. Ia some places the poll tax I as high aa 9,00. Vote for the tax ameadmcat, snd it . ean never be more than $3.00 all told,', and removes the necessity of paying tax a a pre reauiiite for voting. . : ;k.;-T ' Tote for the tax, amendments and yon win aever have to pay aay tax a. your property for the support ' of the State government.- ' . "These amendment place the bur den of taxation npoa wealth, remev- ,jng It from the shoulder of the poor. For ' this reasoa a select class, from both nolitieal vartie. are secretly " working for their defeat therefore. every member of your organization should 'b fullyformed. V ' : -Thmta amendment were endorsed by the 8tate federatioa of Labor at the convention us Aujrnsx. - s Collector Bailer's Btatemeat Following 1 the statement issued yesterdsy by Collector J. W. Bailey; " "Thia is the last week ef -th earn- paiga aad old voter -will , discount eleventh boor sensation calculated to distract attention from the merit. of issues to be decided aezt Tuesday. I believe the aew voters will likewise naderstaad thia sort of thing. The women are, very discerning voter. . 'T do aot believe the report emaa ating fron the State Tax Commisaioa that any apeeial group of voters ha famed aa organization to fight the tax meadmeat aad raised a 150,000 foad. The only organisation I have heard of are two. One, the organisation of eiti en formed at Borky Mount after hearing Mr. MaxwelL It appear that he eonvlneed many eitiaen there that ha tax amendment ougac to D ue- "The ether orgaaizaiioa i the "Cen tral Committee oa Taxation Amend meat, announced ia The New t and (Observer Sunday, composed of Messrs. Clarence Poo, J. M."Breuir6ton, A. B. Andrew, B. W. Kilgore, H. T, Beasley ("en ?stf-i e Ti r t'-i) " SIXTEEN RAGES TODAY. I RALEIGH N. C. HARDING HAS WIGGLED -; OFF LEAGUE PLATFORM Vice-President Marshall Sayi ' O.O.P. Should Ht HomL- nated a Trnst Company - , Bmswnsaai -'''' ' , Chicago, Oct. 25. Senator" Harding ha "wiggled aad wobbled on! - the League of Nation platform aad conse quently there ae longer ia aay nneer taiaty a to a Pemeeratie. victory elee tioa day, Vice President Thomas B. Marshall said ia aa addrwa today." "Senator Harding doc not stand for anything aad doe not area say what he will try to do except to call together a board of wise men," continued Mr. Mar shall. "The Bepablieaa should . have nominated a trust company for Presi dent; then we would know who. these wise men are oa it board of directors." Widely Known Cotton Mill Man and Public Spirited Citi zen Passe rahiirOce"-m"Xyal Btaks Holt, oae of the leading eottoa mill op erator aad business mea et the State, died at hi home here this afternoon. 1 He -waa TS year eld. MMMff.)i-, Holt, and a Dora-It ou tiun i homestead, near Graham, Alamance county, June 28, 1842. " Whea seventeen years of age Mr. Holt entered the military academy at Hillaboro and peat hi spar time aad' vacation ia working ia hi father1 cotton mill. Ia thia mill he learned the leasona of industry, frugality and fidel ity to -duty under the careful teeehing of bis father, laying the eoraerston npoa which hi fame aad fortune were snbstaatially built. Was Gallant BeUler. Before he had completed bis conn at the military academy Ir. Holt )lig wered the call of arms to fight with' the force of the Confederacy ia the War Between the States. '"He entered the ranks aa a private ia the Orange Guard, aa eld company which rushed forward at the first goa of Ue war aad eeixed aad held Fort Maeoa for the State. 'Because of hi efficient serv ice Mr. Holt was promoted ia 1881 to the rank of second lieutenant aad as signed to Company. I, of the Eighth Kegimeat, North Carolina troops, late winning the rank of first lieutenant.)' The deceased served tueugn. many fierce, engagements) during the strag gle and at Petersburg he received a flesh wound ia the face. Ia the famous assault Oa Fort Harrison lieutenant Holt wa among the wounded And cap tured, fighting with his face to, the enemy-en til he was shot through the thigh, suffering a fractured bone. Be cause of the. wound he wa confined at Point .Lookout and Fort Delaware pri sons ffinUl he wa released .la Jaae, irr ' " - .. AA - Yv.Y.y,.v. V,'V Noted Cettea Mill Maa. V Beturnioc "to Norm Carolina after the struggle, he entered the &amaaee Cotton Mills, again, aader the guidance of hi venerable father. From that time on hi incessant efforts were re warded and h la due time became one of the leading "eottoa - mill operator aad busintjs mea.ia the State. He wa also enthasiuti in agriculture, ewaed aad operated the fameu Alamaaee aad Oak Grove farm,- aear Graham, and raised much blooded livestock. - Ul UCMoer so, jooo, nr. nwt waa happily married to Mis Mary C Mebaae, the daughter of the "Hen. Giles Mebaae, of Caswell, lie is survived by hi widow and foa daughters, , Mr, George A. Mebano of Greeaabere; Mrs. John a Prewry, of Baleigh; Mrs. James K. Mebaae, of - Washington, D. C aad Mr. Virtor M. Graves, of New York City. His youngest , daugh ter, Mrs. Paul H. Norcross, lied . re- eeatly in Atlanta. -''- With the death of Mr. Holt there Is left surviving only on of the eons of the late E. M. Holt, he being Mr. Lawreaee & HoltTef Waahingtoa, D. G. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. J. N. Williaauoa, of. Graham. He waa a brother : of the prominent : anaaafae rarers, former Governor Thoma M. Holt, Jame H. Bolt- and W. E. Holt. , Faithfal to Charch aad Stat. In addition to hi success and prom inence "ia the busines world. Mr. Holt waa deeply interested ia the welfare of his church aad km Btate. ue served a aa elder for many year in the Presby terian church at Graham. The- Dem- eeratie party wished to honor him. est many occasion by aominating aun xor high public emcee, bul he preferred remaining a ' private citisen. Probably the most eharaeteriati fact regarding the life of Mr. Holt ir that be was de voted to his family and made' both his private and business life exemplary for uprightness aad parity. T He was a liberal contributor to the church,, to charity 'aad to movements for the betterment ez community uie, sad was ia particular a substantial supporter of the cause of education. Mr. Holt' funeral will take place Wednesday moraing at 11 o'clock at the Prssbyteriaa church here. DRY VICTORY IN NOVA v SCOTIA IS INDICATED Halifax, N. fL, Oct. 2& Beturns re ceived p to 8:30 e'eloek tonight from various sections ef Nova Scotia" indi cate a dry vietory ia today plebia- cita upon the question of prohibiting importation of liquor from" other pro vinces. Thus far Halifax is the only place which chew a wet majority and returns here are not 'complete. J.:.u P0HZI IS F0HMALLY T ADJUDGED BANKRUPT Boston, Masa Oct 23. Charles Ponsi vWa formally adjudged a. bankrupt- br the Federal district eourt to day. Tie court accepted the report of tfae referee in bankruptcy, wbe eon ducted aa inquiry into several phasee ef the quick-rich scheme oy which Ponii obtained million from inves tor. f ,.,.. . MR. L BANKS HOLT APPOIHEIJIS 0 CONFERENCE CLOSE Western N. C. Methodists Pro pose To Erect Church at - ; - State University : ." 1 ' ..... WANT ASSISTANCE OF J : EASTERN CONFERENCE No Treacher Will Mot Until After Election In Order That They Kay Vote; Cloiinf Set. . aion Taken Up With Bearinff Seporta . Prom ' Different Boards 'i' ' Salisbury, Oct 5w The Wsotera North Carolina Methodist Confer ae adjourned at aooa today following the announcement of appointmen.ta for the year. The morning aessdosr waa taka up principally with the submission and adopting- of report -from the different board aad eommittees. A motioa pre vailed that ae preachers ehaag to their ja orde that ttey maT aew charge antu after X.ovembef sna privileg of. Voting. . ... tti i- . vti. r tha North Carolina Conference to. help ia thi enterprise.- The appolatmeat follow: r.- .', AahevUI District. Preaiding ldei-W, H. Willis. Aaheville Asbeville, B. P. Shor BUtmore, B. P. Bike; Central, E. X. MeLarty; Chestnut Street, W. F. Can a; Haywood Street, H. J." Bradley. Mt Pleasant H. B. DeaL West Aaheville B. fV- Fox. Asbeville circuit D. E. Atkins (oae to be supplied). . - Brevard - A. 8. Baper. Black Mountain J. i. Uray. Fairview G. A. Bold by. Flat Boeh ard rieteher . H. Brea- dalL Hendersonville M, r. Moor. . Headersoa-eirenit Jj 'W. Hollo- way. ;. Hominy circuit H. I. Fowell. ; Hot Bprings Marshail, W. I. Hughes, licester-C "4L Carpenter. - i Mars HillX8. MitcheU (supply). Mill BWct-ITM. Folgef. , Boamaa -W. Thomas (supply). ";, Sahida Tryon, J. O. Cox. ,t" ,; Spring Creek B. U Beasley (supply). .Iwaananoar-D. A. Lewi.',,. .'' " .' Walaut Aatiech, a. M.- FlWa (on t be supplied). ; - Weavetville Statioa O..P. Adler. ,Weverville eirtttit--M. V. Imrgaa. Missionary to Cuba--aVl, Parker. ' General evangelist Kay mend Brows ing. ; , : ;-;('. : t . - Student at Trinity B. . Harris. tjmrlette District , . Treaiding Elder H. K. Boyer.' f AaaoavUle-A. B, BelL I Charlotte Belmont' Park, tf. B. Davis j Brevard Street, W. K. Bhsltoa; Calvary, J. A. Sharpei Chadwkk, X. U Forbis; Dihrorth, I A- Falls; Duncan Memorial, J. A. Smith (supply) Haw thorn Lane, I I Thompson; W. L. Nichols, super numerary; Beversvill, B. F. Hargett! fpcieer Memorial, J. H. Ambruat j Trinity, V. As Jenkins Try en 8treet, H. G. Hardin. w -Hickory Grove Ebeaeser Myer. . IileeviUe W. & Cherry. -V . I'arahvUls J. J. Edwards. r , Matthew S. M. Needhsm. . - . hfawniA f!aatnL ti. fi. Waava. lJorth Moaroe Ice-Morlee, J.- Warrea,'(stipply).rrJJ u Morven ii. Baylor. Pingville T. -J. Hoaek. ' y. , Polkton Xk H. Orifdtk. . Y P.wspeetB. K. Brady. - , Thrift Moore, CI MoCaia. "'' -Vnionrville T. J. Huggins. Wadesboro C. A. Wood. f '',' Waxhaw D. C. Ballard. ... ' ( -Weddiegton-J'. E.. VoSwaia. Missionary to Japan 8.. A Btewart, Missionary to Jpaa N. H. Ogbum. Professor Caadlar School at neology h. J!of erencftuia et4neti-4 x. . atarr. ' - 4 -" President l: dr-9V Industrial .' Ia-du-trial Iaititute-J.JL Baldwin, - - -. - jfsabre Dia4rie. - Prcddl f El;ir A. W. Plyler." t Aaheboro A. C. Gibb. ; Cokridge . W. Cook. -' ; ,; Deer Biver T. A. Ptylyr. . .' ... Gibson ville a BJ. Bos.' f- GreensborL Carraway Mieasorial, C, P. Goodea Cca'aary, 0.flprinkle Gleawood and Bethel, sH.M. Blair; Pari: Place, W. G. Goods,' W. P. Insn in, supernumeran Bpriag Garde Street G. T. Bond, J. W. Long, junior pre sen er 1 v. ainut Htreet, A. Burgess; West Market St re t,' J.. H. Bernhardt, no. A. Lesh, Junior preacher; .Bast Creeajbore, D. B. Proffettj , Wept Greeaeboro, T J. Bojirs. jllj ' "'. Higk' Point Bast En d, A. L, Local ; Maia Street, B. T. Barber j, Wesley Jiemonal, W. A. Lambeta.- 1 , Jamestown and Oak dale W. 0. Joss. PUkSaat Garden A. G. oftia.' - . meenr aad Franklin vUle MM: Smith, E. t. Harbison, junior preacher. . Baadlvr i- A. Cook., v i v , i :. - Bandolph J. E. Wooeley. - - ' ' Beidaville Main Street, B.' B.. fiber rUL " V - -'- : Bnffin 5.' F Starr (supply). ' . TJwharrieW. B. Thompson, - V. 'ectwarthC F. Sherrill. . , Pyeeident Greensboro College &i B. Tarrentiae.' ' K Treasurer Gruubore Collee W. M. Curtis. 1 ' Editor North Carolina Christian Ad vocate G. T. Row, q r '!' Student Trinity Colleg-D. M. Sharp . i- u . ' Student Emory University E. ' Pf Billup. - i Student Tl Divinity School J. H. Lanning. ... - Marlon District. . i Presiding Elder D. M. Litsker. ' Bakersville To be urplied. .' '. All f4i4eBaowl (Continued en T$s TwsJ TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 26, 1920., ' SlXTEEft PACES TODAY. : f DEMOCRATIC HOPES BRIGHTEN AS TIME DRAWS HEAR NOV. 2 Reported President Wilson Is . Assured of Election of Gov ' ' ' ernof Cox EVIDENCE OF A GREAT MORAL CHANGE GROWS Sepokti Indicate Great Under. current Swinfinf To Demow Jlcrata, . ZapeciaJly In 'Middle and far Weatenf States; League of Nationi Ifow Pir. otal Taetor In The Campaign - -; -News and ,Obeerrer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. i ,-: (By Special Leaked Wir.) Washington. ' Oct. ti. Democratic- prospect ' eontinu -to brighten. rJt' is reported that President Wilson told some member of tb. cabinet, who vis ited the WhH House today, that lie now. feltvery snre ef the eleetioa of Governor Cox. Beperta,' it is said, have been .pouring thte - the White Emise Sal active ia Missouri. Kansas nsas, Nebraska,' Colorado, lows, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio. The. Middle West is aflr wtth desire for the Lesgn of Nations, come the report. - . ' ' ; , . The f resident is said to be ia posses sion of a great deal of concrete evidence that the revolution in sentiment is very similar to that which' took place ia his own election la 1916 four weeks before the election occurred aad it is going on the Middle states ef the West that he swung into the Demoe ratio column with such immense majorities. It la moral ehaage ia tha viewpoint ot the people. ,. . ' Do Moines Bpeeen raw. It 4s pointed eut .here-that not antil Beaator Harding, made his Dee Moiaee speech rejecting outright the League of Nation. did the masses of tht people begin to understand what was ths real iasae between the two parties. Thea it waa that tha President urged. Governor Cox to drop everything bat the eerhaant of. the leaan aad collateral ideas in kla'anaeehaswAlt is also felt hers that Hiram Johnson's speeches in the. East are doing the Demoeratie cause almost as much, good as the speeeae or we vem auntie candidate himself. Johnson and Borah are, classed a ths only two honest- straighiforwaad epeakera an the Bepubliean side in the tcampabra. They are miserably wrong, say Democrats, but they are hoaest anV maay Bepublicaaa who want the league aa tnat tnese iwo men .will, have, ta be reckoned wtth if Bardiag Is aloeted. , ''k'u-) t-7 . . Tk Two Candidates. , 7 .-. Pro learue Keoublicaas everywhere are asking this quostioat Jast what do we set if Harding ia elected I Johnson is telling them they will get no league of any kind snd hosts of them la fear that ha la telling the truth will take no chance. On the other head. Governor Cos baa broadened ths scope of the reservation. that be' will accept, la the ratine tioa ef the covenant of ' the league. Ia his New York speech en Saturday night . he was more- speetfle and direct tn his reservation on Article Tea thaa ever. If Cox is eleeted the people .will know just what they will get. .If Harding is elected they don't knew and that fact is producing the revelation the Democrats claim is on. On tha other hand, ths Bepnbliedaa per aisteatly deny there is suck shsng In sentiment lnf en te peaioerals are pointing to. Senator t Borah said her this morning, in-sn Interview, that the overwhelming sentiment of the country was "f rexea against the loagu. He went farther. He said" no sort of fraternity o society of nations aa wanted. Democrats say the Beaator is so dearly mistaken ia .this latter ststemsat that his judgment as te whet will happen ia the election. Is ef little rain,.;.. . Will Har Ceeatera. s -w 4i s - Htaw - vst xi n ran a? ma miiisviifi iu "?!LTSi!S?M!JE3 eerata for the learue, ha ordered "America'' snag by every Bepublicaa aathcnnx throughout the conntry this week. Democrat call it the cheapest mockery of patriotism ever engaged in by any political party. There is no seal in "America except the soul of selfishness, littleness, meanness, slander aad nhariaaism. - ' - ' Ths Demoersts are depending more aad mere ea the Middle aad the Far West to elest thsir caadidatev While it ia beUkved that Governor Cox has won' back most ef the Irish aad the Jews, Democrats her do aot hop that any ef ths Atlantis aeaboard states north of ths Potomac with the exception of Maryland ean be carried by-the party. They would be glad if ths election eould be carried without New Jerk aad HU- foi a it waa four years ago. These two tate have immense masses of foreign element in them elements that are not American in sympathy that every elec tion woa wilhout these States is a fain for American independence. Ne Heeca la Tsaasaay, . President Wilson from the beginning has. shown ao favors to Tammany and Governor Cox, whose- aominatioa was aided , by Tammany at San Franeisco, has oa his two visits te JNew Xork since he v became eaedidat shewn lndif fere nee te the erganiaatioa. Hi greay meeting en eatarasy sign ,ws spon sored by the independents and not by Tammany. Democrats here ar confi dent that the .rank aad file of Tammaay hall will veU Bepublicaa Just as it did ia 1910. They frankly wipe New Tork off their slate is a possibility.' , ; It will be remembered that Goveraor Cor visited New York before b mad his Western tour, fie is said to' have told a friend be found it all Bepabli ean and It would coot him a great deal te win the State. , Whea he atopped ever. in Washington Sunday night eomo one asked him about New Tork and he aid if ths Stats should go Demoeratie (Coatineed On Fare Two.). AFTERFm OF OVER 73 DAYS Lord-Mayor of Cork, Chief of Irish Hunger Strikers, Dies i In Brixton Prison HAD BEEN UNCONSCIOUS FOUPASJ-SEVERALDAYS Hq bemonitrations Ontiide of ' priao'n FoUowinf Learnin'f : of Kewa of Lord 1 Mayor's Deah Jtefitut-of Abiii. ..nenoe From food Aa Protest Af ainit Priaon Sentence London, Oct. 13. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Terence MaeSwiaey, Lord Mayor of Cork, the most prom inent ef the Irish hunger strikers, aad said to hsvebeea-the brains of the Bepublicaa army ia Ireland, died early toTlay'ir' Brixton wnr--- The end1 was aot unexpected, for. the Lord Mayer Vad been unconscious for several -day. H - wa -enuring npoa the Mxenty-foarth day of his huager strike aa a protest against a -sentence ehrsinvonayi altious documents ia sis possession. Only ' km . brother, John MaeBwlney, knd hi . private chaplain. Father Dominic, were with, him whea h died. Mr., 31aeSwiny and the; -prisoner' two (later, Aanis aad Mary, were at nearby .hotel ,' . , -X'v t :. Vacoaacleaa at Sad.' . The Lord Mayor, . who was . terribly emaciated aa a result, ef his losg ab stinence from food, had been delirious for maay hours aad was .aneonscloo whea death cam. It .wa several hour after the Lord Mayor died before his brother was permitted to' tell Mr. MaeSwiaey ths sad aew,. Sh imme diately went to the prison, accompan ied by .her parent aad the Miases MacSwiney, and ' the family ' group, stoical aad dry-eyed, prayed ever the body as ft hy on tha cot I.-. , no ratsnruww. There were aa untoward demonstra tion outside the prison after the new of MaeSwiaey' death -became .gea erally known. A large -fore of police had been concentrated to' put down any disorder that might occur. It wa said at ths priaoa that' the reasoa. for withholding perausaion o Joan aiae- Swiaey te in form the ' dying man' relative f hi condition was that it sa In the prisoner's ia tercets. - Just before MaeSwiaey died Father Dominie aad -Joke MaeSwiney knelt at the bedside aa offered ;Ua prayer. The priest sdmlnitered. the. rite . ef xtremc unction. . t, , Tk Bedr To Cork. It i well within the posaibiliUes that ths body will b taken te Cork secretly ia order to avoid rnapleasaai; result from whatever demeasi ratios might be trranged ia England aad Ireland aloag the route traversed by the train bear ing the body. There la no intimation that aay official advocates, refusal te send it to Cork. " - f A " Tke home office, in charge of prisons, which would control the movement of ths body ia England, said that ao plan for the removal of the body had been officially considered. At the Irish office it wa declared that no plan had been formulated for the transfer of tb body to Ireland sad that iaal decision oa this poinl would rest with Dublin Castle. It is within the powers of the home office te giv up th body of a prisoner ia whatever way is deemed meat xpedi eat. .It is pointed out that, it could legally transfer the body" ia secret to some out-of .ths-way port aad later to a government vessel aad deliver it at Cork. ,' JOSEPH MVKPHT, COBK v , HUNGER STRIKES, DEAD, Cork, Oct. K. (By The : Associated Preas.)Woseph Murphy,- oae of the hunger strikers ia Cork Jail, diedto- aithC - .-; - ' - !." ' f The death of Murhpy Occurred at 8:33 p. bu H waa twenty Ive years old aad anmarried. Murphy was a member of the Irish Volunteers snd was wU- ORDERS DEMONSTKATIONS . SUNDAY POK MACSWINEY New York, Oct SS-Dmrmuld Lynch, national seeretsry . of . the J rienda ox Irish freedom, tonight telegraphed all SUte aad local bran the ef the organ isation calling for organised "manifes tation et indignation aad sorrow," next Sunday - ever th . "murder ef Lord Mayor MaeSwiaey of iCuft,, tad Michael ritxgerald, who died recently after a banger strike in a Cork Jail. The demonstratloas are to be nat form throughout the country, with fu eral services in ; cathedra la and prin cipal churches aad corteges. SDJTEB OP MACSWINEY AT ' r ASHEVILLE BECEIYES NEWS Asheville,' Oet. 83. First nsws ef tb death of her brother was coaveysd to Bev. Madam Margaret MaeSwiaey fol lowing receipt ef Aseoeiated Press diar patch here. . 's " ; "t.' '..v. ;.' Madam MaeSwiaey is ptiacipal ef the Academy f St. Genevieve, opera ted bv Sisters ef Christian Education here. The college I expected to ebeerve theJ death ef the lord meyor, niinoaga ae nit plan bar not been announced as Madsm ltseswiney wa oeepiy cow eeraed yesterday with report that JteijgliMt kiM Ceeehi took si pirited part ise had 'instituted a-aunger mnae whea refused permission to visit tneir brother. , .' i ' - Ms For MaeSwiaey. ; Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 15, High requiem mas for Lord Mayor MaeSwiaey, ef Cork, who died today la Brixton priaon, London, will be held in 8t. Brigade' church her next Wednesday. Service will be under th auspices. of Thomas Davis, Ottawa, branch ef the Irish Self Ue termination League. . - . GOVERNOR ABBDE BY PEOPLE KING ALEXANDER. Of . GBEECK, PASSES AW At Athena. Oct. XS. (By The elated Prase.) Kiag Aleaaader, ef Greece, died at l:U p. an. today.- Hie death wea dae to wwasida received whea a yet ateahey attached hlas early In October, the king being badly saatUated. . ' - ThreaghMt last aight the heart action grew weaker, baa general d blllty became mere yreweaacsd and aabneaary arm steam mere latsao. Breathing at tlsset 'waa anset dim. celt aad alarmlag aad "at aeon day It wa aaaeaaewel . that the Uag a conditio wa bopelses. . MAXWELL DOUBTS II State Corporation Commission er Thinks Amount of Fund Raised Over-estimated , - aaJtsaajstteaa thi moraing oa his way to Lenoir fof.il aa-suidFesa tonia-ht. was laelised to lieve that the aews story from Baleigh about n large campaign fund ergaa ised by the manufacturer vof the State to defeat the income tax amendment everestimated th amount aad cxteat ef thi defeatist movement. " Mr. Maxwell ha haewa for om days that a movement of thia kind was aadrrway, but believe tnat n is ess to the sctivHie of tboee who would "work" th maaufaetarein for their ewa eelflsh purposes rather than te any deep- seated oppositions ea tb part ef the manufacturers themselves. "I believe the manufactnrers ef the State are willing to have) a tax system that baa ne discrimination la it nv whsr, and that maay ef them will eo-operte- to remove t the shamerni d aeriminatma that now tnxe ta in come ef -their employee) and exempts their own" said Mr. Maxwell, -no ciasa of people In the Stat is snore interest ad thaa . the , manufacture that we have a modem, iust and ednltabie aya tern of raising public ' twvean that inmm ant AiwrrimlnaU at SST Miat- "I have tried . to gt every kind ef discrimination in our tax. law and in tha administration af our tax law. I have fought propasaadn Intended; te areata a dlrimlsata arainit cor porate inveetmeata. It would be the meet abort-sighted policy for the cor porate interest in the State te defeat the tax amendments. It would leave ao llmitatioa en the tan rates that may be levied for general purposes sad general expeasee en the higher valaation of their vroinrty. aad even if the income tax amendment 1 de feated, the next - legislature can tax aad tax without limit tb income ef eornoratioBa as a franchise tax. The present constitution gvne ths right to tar aad tax without limit corporate franchisee, and there could be ae legal objection te basing this t tax upon ths set Income ef the corporation. This has aot - been -advocated heretofore be cause . that would still leave a dis erimlaatioa as between Incorporated aad naineorpo rated busineas. W want te ret rid ot every discrimination but th State must have more revenue from promts, aad if th corporation, by or ganised aad. financed opposition te the amendment msks it ira possible ta do thi wit n out discrimination they need ot be surprised if it should be don with n discrimination. - , , ' The ineomo tax smendmeat Is a conservative meaauri : tt would limit th amount of tax that nay be imposed so that it eould never be burdeasome. It is essential te the . perfection ef our new and incomplete tan system aad aught to have the support of all classes ef our people." . , , , . TWO DEAD AND SIX HURT AS RESULT OF. ACCIDENTS Maeoa. H Oct. 15,'-Two persons -tare dead and els are seriously injured aa a -remit ef automobile accidents near 'here' todayr;'::"''"."V-:; At Dublin, Mrs. : Emmitt Davidson was killed whsa aa automobile ever. turned. Her hasbaad is sot expected to live. Their little child, Cleoa, escaped Injury. . At MIlsr, Bnrmsa Thomas, 18, was killed in a Similar accident, and Eugene Harwell, Herbert Presley, Eraett Willi, Max Mart aad Eugene Hartwall were badly hart. PLENTY- OF CANADIAN -WHISKET BEINQ SHIPPED ' Spokane,' Wash., Oct fSj So plentiful is the leeai supply of "high grade Ca aadiaa whiahey that the price has been reduced te 17.50 a quart, or ly S2JS0 . quart abov th "pro-prohibition" price, Captain ef Detective martin 3. Bum declared ia a newspaper , Inter view today... , .'. , ' .' i ' He said that also Canndiaa whiskey is being received her, "by tha ettload." The police arc powerless te stop the trsflic . '..' . Cacehl On Trial Agnla. ' Bologna, Italy, Oct. By the As sociated Press.) Ths trial of Alfredo Ceeehi for the mflrder at Buth Crnger ia New York la 1917, commenced this nnraiiia, irtth neltal of th evidence 1 1. ,fc. nrnrn proceeding, Indulging ia oaatori- cat flourishes. Hs argued that ao ens had denounced him and ' that only hit. owa words were available against him., ! '. ' . . Call Off Ministers Visit, j New York, Oct ZSiaas for a pil grimage of one ksadreJ clergymen to Senator Harding' home at Marion, Ohio, have ' been abandoned because of th candidate's press of ether enrsgements, it was announced today by Bepablieaa National headquarters. . ' 1 IIICOIIAXSIORY PIlICE: FIVE CENTS COX TO WILL OF ON Democratic Nominee Declares League Agreement Would ' Be Determined By Sen atorial Results SAYS "POPULAR WILL" v AND NOT "EXECUTIVE" WILL SHOULD CONTROL porernor Cox Says It Is 'Viu thinkable" Thai The Leagme j ,.' Should Be Postponed Two Years, When The' Next Sen. - atoriai flections -Will Bo Held; Asierts He Would ' "Sit Down With Senate" If Booted . and. "Hake An JL4Teement'-Upon Leafne To ,Bo Determined By The Sena. - torial Elections j Declares Some .Agreement Must Bo Beached, jAnd That People 0a MaJ&raJorrectiona Later i'rirt'.i'.'fW!'''j!i''' WILL BE OVERWHELMED T Beaten, Mssau, Oct. tSv-The pre. dktlen that the Kepabllcaa party ill be overwhelmed la the election waa 'mads hy - sjoversier Cos In a telegram to Michael A. O'Leary, chairman ef the Pemeeratie state essmmittae, which wee made pehNc tealght. - v "The greaad swell for the Isagae aad Dsmecratlc ticket,' the tele, 'gram said, "Is abent te overwhelm the Bewnklicans. The meet sepra. heaaible aad aatrathfal eampalga la political history Is at the brlak ef defeat Now la the time to rc. deable your effort. If such great effert ea yen have naade can be ia doubled. . Let an auk wverwhelae Ing the vlctery which m eertaia. I haQ ever he grate fal fee the patri. etl off art yen have pat forth In be half ef a caaee grwaUr thaa any' ereenallty af aalna, bat I maet aL ways feel aader a personal debt to yen fee what yen have den In any ' Huntington, W. Ta-, Oct SSz-Oererv nec Cox, ef Ohio, announced today jkhal if elected President he weuld "sit down with tie Senate and maks aa agree meat npoa the League af Nations and that his agreement ahooldbe.determin- Led by the Senatorial elsctioas. .: The "exscutiv wiU," th Demoeratie Presidential candidate ' said, should aot control and it is unthinkable,'' hs declared, that American membership in the bags should be postponed two yeara, whea th next Senatorial elee- ' tiena would be held. . American mem. bership, he indicated, was the primary sonaideration. That he favored Amer lean participation '; with "clarifying reservations wu reiterated by the Gov. mor. . v Hailed by member of th Governor' party aa one of; the most Important -of campaign developmenta,' the eandi data's announcement was in response te aa open letter sent today te Gover nor Cox and his Bepublicaa opponent, Senator Harding by fifty of their supporters, urging them to accept what ever revision of the Lodge r seer rations t we thirds ef the , next Senate might approve The governor's statement,' Issued dur. ing a rushing West Virginia tour to day, read: i ''(..';:. Governor Cos's Statement, ' ' "The aitoatloa is this: r favor going . into the existing league with clarifying reservations. Senator ' Harding has said that hs was aot interested in clar ification, but in rejection. I have every expeetatioa that after ..November 2, much ef the psrtisaa spirit that has been visited upon - diseussion af the league, will have subsided One-third ef the seats ef the- Senate are to be lied thia year. The people understand -ths issue sad we will accept their x pressioa at fsee value. I will, there fore, nit -dowsr-witlBTthe Senate ? and -reach an sgreemeat . about . our going iato thia league: There : is no ' other, ' sad aay talk of a new sssoeiatioa to but idle phrsse. Th important thing ia to get a start and help to stabilise world conditions; which vitally affect the interest aad welfare ofs America, For aa te remain ont el the league for two years or an til another eleetioa eould be held would be unthinkable. If too much has to be . given in com, promise now tn order to insure our an trance into the league, the people them selves will have an opportunity te modify aad correct later. It cannot be a matter f the exeretae of merely th executive will. Th popular will, Sh voiced at the polls, must control. The sort of agreement which I shall be enabled to obtain will be determined by the Senatorial elections.1. - ; Fellow New York Speech. ' Th Governor's announcement ,. fol lowed .npoa ths heels of his statement i his Madisoa Square Garden speech but Saturday in . Now York that he nwald "compromise : the reservations controversy. Attention also wa called to th eircamstanee - that it : followed Elihn Boot's statement that Governor Cox was as "unyielding" regarding Ar ticle Tea as Presideilt Wilson; - More thaa a doaea - speeches were msd through th Wet Yirgihia moun tain conntry today by Goveraor Cox sad the state gave him one , of the " moat Mthnsiastie receptions 1 of the . campaign. Miners, railroad men and , other toiler were prominent among , fie thousands which cheered the eaadi- , date vociferously. . ' s Harding Get His Again. ' . Senator Harding' learue statements came in for special attack by the Gov ernor. Denouncing Senators HA Lodge, of Massachusetts, an, e' s (Continued C T. LEAGUE .1 .-

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