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1 Shower Wesneiiy, cooler at night I Thnrtdsy fair aad mack cooler. . m tea hhi. ., ta4 Uaml t ars Met rlratlaj tad atMl MMla a stalls ey. ' VOL. CXIl, NO. 119. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N, C, WEDNSDAV MORNING, OCTOBER 27, !92(X)f f t SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY, PRICE; FIVE CENTS ANDREWS REPLIES j ytMeaiiG-? 7 aawaBBaBBnaai aaaaaMBBBH aa nnaBBaBnBeB sawn HpM aaaannaami amstaaas 1 " sahuBaaanr TO BAILEY CHARGE 0?1 INCOME TAX Denies His - Championship , Arises From. Southern Rail ; , v way Connection DECLARES -HE PAID $1.02 ON INCOME OF $8,000 Bealixes ThatJnvestment ' of 5 $107,600 Which Produced Income, , Is Not Bearing . ) Sharj of 'Cost , of State, County and City Oorenu nvent Because h wall that an invert toeht of $107,000 that la 191 yielded an laeom of W.O00 aionld pay mora thia S1.02 ia tx' for att purpose, Mr.' A. B. Andrew, of XUleigh,4 to n ardent advocate of th ? ineoroa ta amendment to th Stat eonttitutioB whichf If idopd,""woul4 draw from the $8,000 incomt a tax of pottibly $126. Setting forth la detail hi belief that. I t preaeat, hvj mot' paying hi fair 312 fiiilrr'i altcntiaa that- Mr.J Andrews championship" of the income tax Tmend- " Most aria from the fact that aa he aayi: "Mr. A. B. Andrew ii aa attor ney and represent tha Southera Sail way U all matter of taxation, Thia ia af foreign corporation and would aot have to pay ineome tax, ehould the " amendment Data. notwlthttandlng it - makes much ineome ia North Carolina.1 "Thia statement it untrue," Mr. An drtwi wrete Mr. Bailer yesterday t "I have advised the Southera Bail Wit Com " pany from time to time aa to the legality - of the taxea paid by them ia several s eountiet ia North Carolin, and repre tat4 them i a few suits brought about - individual' Heme of taxea in eoiniy of- district loTiea. but beyond this fact do not represent them, 'ia all matters ; of taxation.' ' '"' "" . "Whether the Southera Railway Co. , ia opposing or advocating, or igsorinf ' tha tax amendment, I do aot know. War Ha Saaporte Iacamo Tax, "Since you have brought the- matter '. .A t-i.lt. 1 ... J tk. mnntnmoA Mann for my attitude to the attention of the people, and vith a strong auttfettioa of aellUhaeas, if sot vsnslity. H it nothing i but fair, that it should b stated Just irhy I am aupportinr the proposed ia---- come tax, amendment, aad repeat that -my supporting it ia ia spit of the- fact that personally I expect to pay mora . taxes by ita adoption.- , s The 'preaent ionitttutioa givea me , Immunity from taxation ea a large part '- t,t- mr oroDertr. and oa the unearned income from it. : I do aot and cannot feel that any one is entitled to any - euch immuaity wbwo all kaow the tax , burdens oa ' earned , incomes and ' geaeTl .property, x V v ' , i . "At preaeat I am not bearing my fair hare of tha burdens of taxation. : ' "Because the- proposed ; ineome tax amendment makes for justice and fair ess. therefore. X am aupporting it in pita of ita personal monetary diaad Tantart to me. ... ; . "In a eoaversatioE with Governor Bickett oa March tad. last, X mentioned . tn aim theaa reasons for ttlDDofttnc the ameadmeat. At his suncitioa . atatement waa prepared oa that oeeaaioa which ha gave out ia June at tha educa tional meeting at the State Normal at Greensboro, which statement I have later reviied to show my 1J30 taxea ea ua- t amrnea income. a opy oi tnja reviaca ' atatement ia hereto attached and should make clear my motivea ia to. far as they may iatorest yon or the general . public.'' " .; : ... Jaat Matter of Fair Play, ; , The reriaed atatement of Mr. Andrawt v w Oovernor Bickett followt: ' Wtt VIM .W.. IW aeeat authorizing the Legislature ta tai iaeontea front property, which- property ia already taxed, which ia to be voted on thia fall, I bag to say that X favor tha tax and ahall vote for it. 1 - ' fThia decision to vote for theae ameadmettta; waa made months ago whea they-wera originally ..panted by the . Legiilstare, and tha perfonal sppliea- tiot of thia ineome tax amendment to my own case haa confirmed me ia this . epinloa.. No voter waata ta pay any . mora tax thia ho to obliged to pay. yet tor auigiv-oanw spin i nuneaa ia to ingrained! ia our North Carolina peo ple that the? will deeido every matter fairly apoa ita merits when the facta are presented to them; . r "Under my. fatner't wiQ .X aia tha Vbeaefleiary of a trust fund aggregating 107,000, of which 10.0OO to ia North Carolina arato bonds, 10,000 in Lib erty aad Victory Bonda and tSlMO ia - ttockt of Cotton mills, tobacco fac tories, hosiery mills, atreet ear com paalet, power eompaniet, . iaturanee companies, furniture factories and oil ilia. Onlr tM ia in taxable atocka.. "The ineome from thia -fund during the year 1919 waa MJOO. while ia IteO owing to large eash dividends, tha cash . income waa 1)8,000. Besides this, oae eottoa mill paid 400 per cent, ia stock dividend aad a tobacco factory paid a 200 per cent, stock dividend. -"Bow mnch taxea ought' to be paid oa aa investment of $107,000, which yielded . 4,100 ineome ia 1919 aad t&ftOO aaak ineome (betidea stock divi dend)) ia 1820 f What ia fair tax for that to pari In 1919 tha state and county tax la Wake county waa $1,86 2-3 oa each $100 , of property, while ia the City of Raleigh it was $1.75, a total of $3.61 I 8. C . t "This trust fund yielding $4,100 in come ia 1919 last year was taxed by the City of BalriRh $1.32 and by Wak eouaty $1.41, a toul of $2.73, oa which it gets discounts for prompt payment - of cents to the city and 1 cent to the state and county, which left the net tax oa thia ineome of $4,100 from the $107,000. tax-exempt property of 1 1 1 r . j T-a.) , , aj.iUHMII.. ,l II 111 mill I u...pinuii,i il u Mil I II..HH.. . 'J. ,,iin;vy' M'W'liH " ? in l. ') j , : Kt 1 -vv 1 h,'," 'Wv ': . z$i4 ' i : -, rr 0 ' :'A -v.f'v . Is, ( 1 '" iVf'-'1 "e ' I'i t, ' --T I''" L.... , 1 r i i minii i j , lira. Ada Jaeobt, left, waa Ana of tha ejireea, right, the s ma licit ia tha contest at the Cajaga Democratic Club, New York City, to raita money for the campaign fund of the Demoerata. ..Each elijb member paid according to the akeof her waist. Congritamaa Martia Healey it !imaaimttoaTJtat): two. ,waitKfcw - Says Big Eastern States Will Be Won George White Declares Victory Is Coming So Fast That 7 ".We Can See It" SIGNS OF A STAMPEDE TO DEMOCRATIC RANKS Democratic ' Chairman I Claims New York, New Jeney, and Adjoininf; States- New York, Oct. 26 In a statement made public her - tonight, : George White, , Chairman ; of - the Democratic National Committee, declared that "victory is Soming our way so fast now that we cannot only feel it and hear It. bat w can ate it' Mr. White aUtsmsnt, la part fol lows? i- .--.;vrp. 9 ri- XaaCSwiaglng rat. 'Development of the paat two days insure that the Democrat 'will carry Now.! York.' New - Jersey. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Bheda Island. Kew Hampshire we already have. The Demo- eratlo tide hat atruek the East and hat demolished ue lalM barriers erected.hy Bopublieaa propaganda and money. "Ther' hat been almost a revolution wenma . Btampoatet going oa ia the states I mentioned dur ing tbs - last two days. Awakened Snally to the metitodt of the Bepublltaa managers, the people -of these states have beea eoming to the Democratic tupport ia tuch aumbert that I am ad- vivsed : tonight that the Bepublical ttate leaderi confess their inability to prevent a stampede. ' K . Four thousand women REGISTER IN DAVIDSON Democrats Hare Hopes of Win ning; Back Countj Office! 1 -j rrbm' Bepnblicans" 7 Lexiagton, Oct 26. Four thousand er mora womea of Davidson county have their aamet on . the registration books, according to estimates made here by olitipal observer ia receipt of in formation , from -f variout precincts la j the- county. Thit t ia . perhaps at least " - , thousand more thaa the most conservative onlooker would have prophesied a week before the books doted and double the num ber 1 expected. 'at : the beginning of eusrage at nrst was unaouDteaiy not popular in thia county but it appears that it haa beea generally, accepted and tha women will accompany. their hus bands aad brothers to the polls ia great lumbers next . Tuesday. - Both parties made Wrong drive- to xtguter all womea of their party-, tympathy and both met with success, the Democrat making their neatest spun in the clos ing days. . -' - '.;'-:.(";' As- a result of the heavy registration throughout the county the - Democrats are hopeful of .winning -back the county offices now held by Bepublieaaa through out, aa . well as a member of the Leg jalature. Another thing that haAeartcned the Democrat to the turn taken by the revaJuatioa toaue. It it now demonstrated that a great many taxpayer ia the county, .perhapt - a goodly majority, will pay less taxes uaa - tost year. ' Many farmers in particular who had beea told they would pay more taxea now And that they were misinformed. ' Tha Bepublieaa cam paign ia tha county - has laid special emphasis en revaluation and the Demo erata say they have slugged' the Oppo sition's big gup. ;;('; . CATCHES A 'TATTOOED ' FISH NEAR WILMINGTON Wllmiagton, Oct 26. Something new la freaks, a "tattooed 6sh, wa caught below old hiatorie JVrt Tisher by John C. Bandlia, of thia city, when he drew a bluefiah bearing th initials "C 1 H. plainly imprinted xn ita tide. - Us. Kandlia took tha ash home, had it scaled, scrubbed and soaked ia salt, which treatment only brought out the letter more plainly. Old ' ilshermea contend the mor.ornm U only a birth piarl:, but Mr. Sandlln says he will prn. rve tne sa in alcohol f he can. get e ..oiiou ... -,,'- , tpyright Underwood and Underwood) largest contributors aad Mitt Eileen Mul- ,..?wru.wjsS By Democrats MPROVE BUSINESS Roosevelt Says U. S. Should Enter League As a . Matter ' of Self-Preservafion , ... . New York, Oct JftV Speaking at dinner and three 'political ralliee ia Brooklyn, tonight, - Franklin D. Boose- velt. Democratic Vice-Presidential nomt- nee declared tie- United States ought, "a a. mora matter . of telf-prcserratio to-ke part la th' aftrmpfas wbiek r being made to staiilix and,, Imprqva world tnaaee" ttrough th League of Nation.-.'i-jj ;'-.r;v'-;': j.; ""t have beea tremendously Impress ed," he said, "by the great swing of entimsat toward Governor Cox. by mea nd womea in New York who haVe. or are interested ia sommerclal trantae- ttons connected with foreign trade. it a erasn ia roretga parts should occur the United State would be sen ously affected.' If for a other reason than a telnsn one, the United (States must Immediate lytresame her place at th table with other nations in order that economic and Snaaeial diffieultiet resulting from the " war, - may be straightened out and placed in a taf position. It it, of eouxte, reasonable to add that U a eollapee occur becauae Of the United State aot taking part ia world affairs, it i not merely Ameri can who are connected with foreixa commerce who will suffer." 4 ' Beport h haa received from all ever the country during the "taV few, da vs. Mr. Boosevelt aaid, indicat almost beyond any shadow of Coubt that Gov- er. r- Ui j-.-nm be - sleeted - 'resident Best Tuesday. . A vas' . number of voters, though normally affiliated with tha Bepublieaa party, he asserted, will vote , we XJcmocratte ticket thi year. Uno other tendency of thi akin a voter has become Tory apparent to m In tha l.a, f Ammm ; J Vf- velt They are beginning to. realiae that th election of SenatoV Harding doe not mean th conduct af National affairs by th Bepublieaa party during n;wmui in or xour year. Tat reasoa for taia it obrloua. The ttMant leadership of the Bepublieaa - party to aopeiestiy ainpeu. .. . urely for -1 paiga purposes they have held to gether after a faahion.' It ia true that Senator Johnson ha . said that Pro League BepubJlcans who intended to vote for Senator Harding woro. hypo eriter, and it is f lateoma BennhH. ana nava regaraea oenator. Johasoa aa his followers as erarr radieala. Ail thj-.' ing people realir that if Senator xuraing is elected, be is going to hart irom . novemoer s - oat the fmost trying tasa - wunin nit owa . party which hat ever confronted a Presidant-eleet or r-retiaenvr ,. "'.': ,.;..-. GASTON MEANS RELATIVE OF UTEC0L ROOSEVELT Attorney For Means Slakes Am. sertion of.Belationship In . , 'Chicago Court . s.- - ... . 'V " ' - . ' Chicago. Oct 26. Gaatoa B. Uaaaa. wno, wua Mr.. Mary. Jdelvln, ia tuing to have aa alleged second will of John p. King millionaire - lumberman, ad mitted, to probate, to blood relative of the late Theodore Boosevelt Means' attorney asserted today in. court Meant,.-ha said, te a treat srrandsna of Gorereor Bullock, of Georgia, who was , 1 ue granaratner or - iTesldent Boosevelt. r '-.'' " Mean, wha wa acauitted at Concord. N. C of th murder of Mr. Kins; idow af th lumberman, and Mrs. Melvin, litter of Mrt. King, contend the alleged second will, leaving th King estate to Mrt. King, and through her to t er mother and sister, ehould bo pro bated. A will tied several year go left th bulk of th.King fortun to found a home for aged men. with the Northern Trust Company a trustee. The trust company to fighting th Meane- Alelvia rait. . t- 1 NEED OF LEAGUE TO COX DECLARATION FOR COMPROMISE SCARES OLD GUARD Republicans Know That Presi dent Sanctioned The State s , ment On League . COUNTER OFFENSIVE TO , OFFSET ITS INFLUENCE Democratio Candidate So. premelj Confidant of Elec tion I and . Declani That Xrerywhere Peopl Vitally Interested In Freterration of v Leafu CoTenant Intact . The Newt aad' Observer Bureau, - 603 District National Baak Bldg. (By Special Leased Wire.) . -Washington, t. Ci Oct 2. When Oovernor Cox stopped over for 43 min utes in Washington Saturday night, on hia way -to West Virginia, Secretary Tumulty met Urn and to said to.bavo assured him the President had no ob jection to his making the sweeping Statement ea.reeervatioaa en the Leagae givea ia hia speeches yesterday and to- JiuntinftoB, todty, Governor rimiciuos ei isi iieaguev ue aaia that if too much bad to bt rivea in compromise to Insure oar sntranee into th League," the) people could later on correct this, but th executive will mutt give way to th popular will, Th tort of agreement he would be able to make a President-would be determined by .the Senatorial elections, he explained. ' - Thi statement baa greatly disturbed the Bepublieaa, for they know, it baa beea assented to by the President, who to doing all h powibly eta to tecur Cox' eleetkm. It completely , knock into a cocked hat th false statement that the President has stood out stub-1 bornly for the Versailles treaty aa it waa written aad sweeps away th argu ment f Taft that if Cox were elected h could not get th treaty ratified. BepabUcaa Coaater Offeaaivo -. The Bepublieaa ' ia their aaxiaty hav started th report' that Oo-araor Cox teat th Pretident what waa tan tamount to throat that h waa going to make a a weeping offer of reserva tions oa the treaty ; that only thus could-he prevent a landslide suek as th Democratic party- bad' never suf fered ia all it history, ' He would take this ' position whether the President liked it or aot. Th Pmtidwat, of court, did aot like it, but nnder the elreumttanee would stoop to conquer, H kaew that Cox could aot be clotted sad having left him a exeat for hi defeat Mr. Wilsea's frisadt could right witk hope to recover th leadership of th party aztar ta election. ' - Democrat hero interpret thi Bepub lieaa eouater blast aa revealing a great fear ef Cex s eonciliatioa to get th treaty ratified. , They believe th Bo- ptrblletn fear its effect oa pro-Lies gue member of their party at this moment, whea it to known that million of peo ple art yet trying to makt up their minds how they will ot. Cx Bapromely Coafideat. Another thing (at keep the G. O. P. wondering ia Cox' super human eon fidene in hi leetioa. Thi confl denee impeoe itlf on almost every person that meets aad talks to aim. Some of th newspaper men who talked to Cox a other night Is Washington aid afterward, th maa aot only be lieve he will be elected but he makes yoa believ it ia apito f all the tignt to th eentrary. .What la moreHyon eaa aot get away from the. belief, it mat ter! aot what yea read er ksar. Cox will be elected, follow ton. Th above confirm th report of a copyright interview held mith Gov- eraer Cox by a 'Washington Post maa, of which th following extract ar liven! . "The tid I ruaaiag strongly wit as." he (Governor Cox) said. . n How do yoa know that!' Baked him.-: :: W,'.-'. - :v I "Do yoa form your opinion of the progTtt ef th campaign merely apoa the report yoa receive, or do you kaow aaythmg ef your wa knowledge, and if so, how do yoa kaowt" . "Th oiyebologieal chug -; which th people have experienced ouita ra- eeatly has mad an anmistakaU im pression apoa me,"" th ' Governor re plied. - There to eomething, difficult to explain, which X eonld hardly de scribe. Th enmpaiga has suddenly be come an emotional campaign. 1 "I felt thit motioaalitm brooking but when we were eoming out of th West If X should try to put my linger apoa th met geographical spot where I ant felt th new feeling I think I should And oa th ntap a spot ia Okla homa. ' ' f - "Thia ehaag which X hav seated ia th mind aad th heart of th people hat had a tramendoar affect apoa ' me. It to a eorioua thing, but it haa added to my political strength. - X tad myself rising np with renewed rigor and freak ' (Ceatlaaod Oa Pag Two.) mi CAUSES LOSS OF' ' tlHjm AT CAJTALIA t Wlisea, Oct. St-TIro af aade termlned origin" early thia moraiag wiped oat the baalaea district af Caatalla, a thatrlaw ten la Naah cantyr caaalag property loeo otv tlmated a bin thaa 1H 0. . The ' largo mercantile esiablUh meat , of 8. J. Bartholomew aad Comaaay wa dostrwyed, eatailllag a loss af III,. Th geaacal tore of . H. Coppodge aad tha Bank of Casta 11a wore aimed, tha damage being placed at mora thaa tU,na The tehtpaoao xchaaga, a drag atora and aevsrsl ether balldlngi aad their eoateat . were also destroyed by. tha Ssaiea., . Several stare batldlnga ware ea dsngered, bat wera aavad from to Ul destraetioa by the. effort . af local fir flghtera, BIIUINOUSCOAL OPERATORS 10 AID Ill PRICE Pledge Support To Attorney f, a -l fl! A I uenerai in tiiminaung un - - reasonable Prices . . '; ALSO TO PUT STOP TO ANY UNWISE PRACTICES BesolntionOffering To Co.Ope. rate In Brinirinf Prices of Coal Down Adopted TJnanL monily In Open Mettinf of Orer' a-Thousand Coal Ope. J- rators at Cleveland, Ohio - Clevelndt - Oct 86. At ' an open mooting here today of approximately a thousand eoal operators, represent ing 7,000 toft coal operator in ' th country and three.fourrht f th total production, a resolution ' wa : uuanl moutly . adopted,' pledging their " rap port te Attorney -Genera! .Palmer - to eliminate unreasonably high prieea and unwise practice, where suck exist Tbi action wat take following thi 1 , ..'Z MA 1 tuminoui coal. 01 minoui, coal operator of tn country to ao-operate with th DrnartuVat of Justice in bringing about th llmina- tioa of ' inreasonably high pr)ea -for eoaU : .-v -.- . ; ; ; - Today 1 general meeting wa called by Colonel D. B. Went, president of the National Coal Associatibn, to eoa- sider telegram, sent by the Attorney General to th-aaaociation last - week urging that tep be , taken to -lim-iaat exorbitant price for soft coal. . Held Moraiag Meeting. ' Members of th National Coal Asso ciation held a meeting thi morning, considered the Attorney General' re quest and th. soft coal situation ia general and voted to "ma in taia - their fixed policy against taking aay aetioa touching apoa- eoal prieea, because ef restrictions la .their charter. The asso ciation voted to- refer th communica tion from th Attorney General to a second meeting, comprising individual eoal operator from all parts of th country, both iaaud out of th. asso ciation. ' """Tr'"";..;;-"1 JJ This general open sheeting was called to order . Immediately upon adjourn ment of th association meeting and, after a short adjournment,' to give a committee of nine time t ' prepare a suitable resolatioa pledging th Attor- aew General their i-aupoert ia clua laatlng unreasonably high, price and anwiae praetie, wnere sun exist, the following resolution - waa -unanimously adopted, a copy ot which wat wired to the Attorney ueaeral:-. ; ' Text of BeselatleB. - - ' "Whereas, aa abnormal eonditioa for sometime past haa'xited tn -the bl- tunaineus eoal isdustrr f thi coua try, - due to - inadequate- transportation facilities, labor diffieultiet and short- axe and other causes beyond th eon trol of th biruminemt eoal operator of the country 1 and. . "Whereas, , th Attorney Qeaeral haa requested th bituminous coal 4 opera tors of the aonntry to co-operate with th Department of Justice ia bringing about the elimination of uareaionably high prices Tor eoal where such cxiet; aad, - - -i- .- ''- . "Whereas,-, it i th sense of th U tuminoui coal operators 01 tn'pua try that nnreasonably high pricat and unwise practice, whar euch" exist ia th iadustry, b. eliminated. To Condemn Praetie "Therefore, bo it resolved, that th bituminous eoal operator of tnt eou try refute to ask or receive unreason. abl high pries for. bituminous eoal t aad. further, that all .unwits p recti eet ia th- industry, wher any such exist b eoaaenrnea aad eliminated.' t "Bex it further resolved, that it be recommended -to 1 each bituminous eoal district in the TJuited Statet that it immediately; establish' a committee ia it district and that sue committee to established will use every effort to ee- peratt fully with th IMpartmrat of Justice and the Federal District Attor ney ia inch dittrtata to bmg-about aa elunlaatiol -: of " nrcoaaUiy' - kigb Ttrirtm and " aawiae- nractieet. i where tuch exist, in order' that the.- purpose aad th .object sought by th Attorney General, throughout the; whol country may b aeeomplianed.T REPUBLICAN PINED FOR ASSAULT ON REGISTRAR Attorney Thbs. 8. EoDins Ad mits His Client Didn't JJst :.;. Good Judgment 'ffi Aahcvill. Oct f8-B. L. Crook. B. Dublieaa. of West Asherills, end l soldier, wm flned 30.00. aad th-ot thi afternooa by. Magistrate. B. L. Lyda. o charge of. ataaultrng r Earl Uooch, . Dtmoeratio . registrar in - th Basel preelnct for failing to register Crook tost Saturday. - Th ease attract ed much attention and was attended by a large, erowd, many witnesses, testi fying to the facta. Thit it the first ease of Hi kind to be developed daring the present carrfpnign. - ' . ' - While tha ease develoned . into a contest betweea Beoublieans aad Dem ocrat, . with Thomas 8. Bollins, . Ba publioan ' attorney. , defending Crook, whea th trial wa Over Boiling I said to have idmitted that hi client should not hav attempted fore to get hi nam ea the books.- . It was brought out ia avidtae ,tnat Crook approached th polling pise aad asked to be registered.- Gooeh. asked him to qualify aad whea he refused to evea try, th registrar still, iatistcd h must qualify and Crook- knocked Gooah down. Both ar ex-soldisra. . .' . 1 j ..( ' i ' Ksw Sara Easier. New Tork. Oct. 2. Baw sugar sie at. 8.51 duty paid. Demand for refined moderate with prices unchanged at 110 12 entt. ' i - . '. .J URGES SUPPORT OF CANDIDATES LINED UP BEHIND LEAGUE PHOTO Or ALLENBY - v IN, CIVILIAN ATTIRE .' ' ; , t . $ "V ' .u ' c f ( . 1 - i -' A new and exeeBent portrait of Field 4 w and ?xflint ,voitnA ptJiM I rc recent arrival at hia homo in England. Be waa commander of th allied forces that drov the Turks from the HIy land; " V ' ; -.. vPi .w,i..x.- ... ' Cafherdn i Morrison and Hallet HiVard Deliver Two Stirring ' -Addresses a Rally Oatewrflhs, Oct. " SS.'-Wlth , Cameron Uorisbn, Democratic gubernatorial nomi ne m4 .Hallett Ward, Democrat! oa grettioaal nominte, a guests of honor today wa observed in Gate codaty al "Democratic ' Bevirat Jay.? Th Deal- tcracy. of pate to, up and fighting but th eause wat considenibly strengthened byth tw stirring addressee ot thblg wemocrani" oaay - .- . . Mr,. Ward spoke this morning from platform- in front of the - courthouse while Mr. Morrison addreaaed aa audience after dinner that overflowed th court room, i Both speakers appeared ia excel lent eonditioa presenting to their audi ence the- record ef their party ia th 8tatadvatioa ad axpoundng th Leagu of Hhtion abou which th peo ple ox 'ui county ar manueauug maximum of interest ' ' During th interim between th two ad. drCjMe a picnic dinner was served ea th - courthouse . ground. Practically very section of Gate county was repre entrd at th meeting and those present went away with xpresslons of determi- sation to continu loyal Democrat, Caadidato Cat Boaqaet. . Mr.' Morrison was presented with flower representing th only woman who registered to vote in one of th precinct of the county.' The precinct is th nly Bepublieaa preciact f th county but the worn t a who 'registered and asked that th flower b. presented -Mr.' Mor rison to a "dyed ia th wool Democrat" Hr. Ward wa presented with a bou quet of flower a evidence of the attorn W which he I held- in thia county. Mr. Morrisoa'a address waa th Irsi he haa delivered in Gatea aad h made favorable impression npoa all hearing him, 'according to- general . ' comment after th speech. Hi explanation f th Leagu ' Of Nation -clarified tpat great aoenmeni io ine satisraciion oz many, according to' member 'of th audiene. By th. me of illustration, Mr. Ward shw waa hbl to present clearly vital APrtAfJif Jk tk - 1m at tn a " - awe watv we wsaw .svwajuan . Taking amth Leagu of Nation! Mr. Morrison, corrected aa incorrect, state ment attrobuted to him in'artiel seht out from Plymouth to the daily piper yesterday. Kefemng to the etarge of great lawyer lik Mr.' Boot,' opponent of th league," that Article Ten imposes th moral obligation npoa the United State to declare war if aeeeetary to nroteet the territorial Integrity 'of any country, th speaker held, the opposite because th rry next covenant that la Artiel ' Tweiv , to thit then thall - be no war for any. . vntll diipuU bout to remit. ia war tb 11 have been submitted to' arbitration and to . th leagu for determination. , No Pisco Per rote. And all the covenanting countries he continued "agree in .no ease to retort to. wir until, three month after the decision of th arbitrator or the report of the ounciL"' It it further held ia Article Thirteen, Fifteen tend Sixteen that .there ahall be ao war for any inrpot except gaintt a country which eejarea.war against th covenant of tbs leagu in Article Twelve,' xnirteen nd fifteen. , Absolutely th only sug gestioa of th use of fore aaid h to ia Artiel Sixteen -and thit' only to rteom mead fqree against a country which hat already .declared war ia violation of it agreement to artitrat or submit to th - council or against the league. Mr. Morritoa left her thi evening for Wilton, where be tpeakt Wednetday morning. Mr. Ward who ha been go ing in tb by pitht of thit district in the Interest of Democracy nd whose voice ha been heard continually by big audience ha a schedule whiok will keep him buV on th ttump until tha night uvivre die vitcuuu. Mr.. Ward is presenting the issues ef the campaign in. concise manner and hit addretse are proving of inestimable vslu'to the Democrats of thli district, ; s,0 Treop Ia Ireland London, Oct 26. Troops now station ed 1b Irelsnd number 49,000, it wss an nounced in tha House of Common to night , v-. GATES OLlCRAlS HAVE REVIVAL DAY Governor Cox Pleads For Elec tion of Senatorial". Candi-' : dates In Favor. of League Of Nations REITERAhs"STATEMENT . OF INTENTION. TO MAKE v AGREEMENT ON LEAGUE Democratio Nominee Charae. terises Hardin; As One of - . VConspirators? -Who Stran. fled The Ireairu'and Says, " , Senatorial Crowd Would Up. : set The Cons-piracy Through One of Its Uembers ; Doesn't Want His Hands : Tied By Election of Senators Hostile ..To League ; CitesTaffs AlO. ity As a Prophet In Connee. , " tionf With Statement That Labor, Churches and Women , Are 7or Leafuo . . for election of. Selitoriai candidate favoring the League of TTationa were -mad by Governor Cex today ia tri- Stafo tour toUehinfWest Virgiqia sad Kentucky nd closing tonight with ha tddreas her, wher h begaa hia career - a newspaper reporter twenty-fiv yeara ago, - , ' The Democrat! ' Presidential eaadl date.reite rating that he would eonitru . hi election in which h expressed at nioet confidence at a positive mandate) for American entrance into th league, aaked support for Democratio candi date her la Ohio and ia Ken tacky tlto whom, he laid, ttoed "f our-tquarV apoa ' th league iasue. i , '. Dsn'l Want Hands Tied. . "Don't tie mr hand by electing a hostile Senator., he urged, rslteratinr statemsnts made ia hia formal aanonne- ' ment yesterday that ho, believed he would "reach aa agreement with th Senate regarding the league." "I hav fbuad that America to not to much eoncemed ia the word we at ia keeping our pledge,'1 said th gore ra or, " it is that th moaning b dear ad that th only possible tep now available be taken to keep wars from ' baieg in th futar.", - Governor Cox ilf "eeriHiniJ hit U tk-pe'ffca-t hn Btpuii."' lican exponent as a "conspirator against tb leagu by virtu of th Sea ator ' signature to th "round robin." t - Harding a Conspirator. i 3 think yon will agroe." aaid th ' governor, "that a Matplracy wat formed in th Senato to itranglo th Leagu f Katloas to death.' Now we ar asked to upset tb conspiracy aad th Sena ' to rial crowd proposes, as th official ' peetter, a member of th tonspirstort ' himself. . Wbea a eat is triad ia court ' the maa under eharg never ita la th Judge'e chiir, and h aever titt ia th jury box, aad thr America a people, ia their detlr to' overturn this base eon tpiraey, are aot going ta designate on ' f th conspirator himself to carry out uuiobS v,.v,,V-';y- ; SATS LABOR. CHURCHES AND. '. - WOMEN IN PAYOR OP LKACtC ' XUaova, W. V Oct.- 18. Governor Cox. of Ohio, doted hia West Virginia earn paiga tour her today with another appeal for th Leagu af Nation aad a tatamenl that the church, labor aad women www together ia th movent sat, - which he' aaid. wa "tweetjinx th eo it- try." ; ,. : - . , . . i. " . Ia this connection the Demoerstl . Presidential caqdidst called attention to statemeata a year ago of former Pretident Taft which, th governor taid, prophesied hi present . view of th -SitUltioB. ! 'V'wi''--- 4'y;K---.'-,:-S.',': Taft a Prephet- fir; - -"I deiire to pay Judge Taft a tribute," : aid th governor.: "He . possesses a gift which I did not think wa hi. B haa th gift of prophecy.. Speaking jmt -bout a year ago ia Went Virginia k aid that v labor, would ndors the League of Nations because of it Ubor , ' proviaioBi that the ehureb would ea dors it becius it ia right; tnd tha if th womea were give th Tote, they -would all be for it because of their ab- , horreae for war aad ia th last week Mi perfectly apparent that Jjsdge Taft coreetiy visualised the f htare. ' "From pulpit and eongregatioa eeme ' the tarn story of raligiou fervor.' No clsss hat beea reading tha leagu more industriously than labor. Ifound miner in th mountain f thia Btat thor- , oughly familiar with its aad th Ke- publiean are- having trouble with their women't meeting all of which bean eloquent tribute to Judga Taft' for-' . light ! , ' i ' ' ft t . i ' - - Bweeplag The Coaatry. : It to sweeping-th country." . Governor Cox 'declined today to am plify hia statement hut sight at Bant Ingtoa as to hia position "regarding rati, tcatioa of the treaty of Versailles and attendant reeerrationav Th governor motored her early today- from Hunt ington, Later today h waa to makt kit . twenty-first and final speech in Ken tucky, at Ashland. Thia afternoon he waa to speak at Portsmouth, Ohio, and tonight at Cincinnati. - ' - GENERAL BARNETT TO I GIVE EVIDEKCE TODAY Washlngtoa, Oct W. Brigadier Gea- " era! Barnett, forme.- commandant of th Marin Corp,' will appear tomor rw before th naval court of inquiry ivestigattng th Aff.erk-an" occupation of Haiti to give' evidence as to his ehtrge of "indiscriminato killings'' of native in Haiti, which tr"sht about the investigation. The lour, will bee I tonirrow examination of tuch wh ence as are available in th tniirl Btatee- before carrying the inquiry to
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