North Carolina Newspapers

The News nnd TLIK WEATHER Fslf sad Mack Ceelsr Thers lay I Friday talc. WA TOI LABEL m rsr sense, Stag ssaiwal It esre Mm sxsirtttn w4 mil erve VOL CXII, NO. 120. ..SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28. 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Obs GOV, COX OUTLINES MORAL OBLIGATION UNDER THE LEAGUE Discusses Question of Whether or Not Congress Would Be Morally Bound To A'dopt Recommendations GIVEN GREAT WELCOME BY HOME TOWN PEOPLE DURING STRENUOUS DAY Democratic Nominee Engages In Spirited and Friendly De. bate With Stranger In Audi ence at Middletown, Ohio, His Boyhood Home, Begard. ing Moral Issues Involved In League Covenant; Declares Oreat Wave of League Sen. timent Is Sweeping The Country, and Reiterates His Attack On Senator Harding, Charging Hisv Bepublican - Opponent With Wiggling ana" - Wobbling On The Big Issue . . . 4 vv neuer or Congress would be bound morally to adopt reeommenda- ticni from the League of Nation! wis discussed today by Governor Cox dur ing a demonstrative day spent in his home communities, including Middle town, Ohio, bis boyhood home, and hero tonight in his home city. The question ef a moral obligation was asked point blink by a man in the Democratic presidential candidate's sudienee at Middletown. . Without giv- ing a yes or a yes or no answer, Governor Cox declared thst there would be no legal obligation upon the United States, but that the presumption is the con sirenee of the world will determine some .action which will not only be right, but which will be effective." He added that the Monroe Doctrine had been maintained., witohuf tha firing of a shot and that he favored a Hitchcock res ervation declaring, Congress should bs free to accept or reject league advice as, to employing American military free. . , Greeted By Home Folks. The Governor's home folks turned out , in force today, thousands join ing in giving bim enthusiastic test! 'menials of esteem. ". Discussion Of moral c-bligationr'undsr the league waa the first during the Gov ernor's campaigning and waa breached by a stranger la the Governor's Middle- . town audience. It was said that the man. who stated that at one time he had v taught school, refused to give hia name. He and. Governor Cos held a lengthy and spirited, bat friendly joint debate, which lasted several minutes, 'regard ing the moral obligatioa and several ' ether league questions. " The incident caused the Governor to relate ether circumstances of the cam paign in which he said "hecklers' and " other means bad been used by Chair man Hays of the Bepublican national committee ia attempts at embarrass- stent. . rirea At Harding. Governor Cox also continued fire in all today's speeches against Senator Harding, Ms Bepublican opponent, reit ' crating that the. Senator was "wiggling and wobbling" upon tha league issue - aad trying to secure election ''ander false pretenses." The Governor reiterated that a ''great wave of league sentiment waa sweep ing the nation. ' ' Wbea le reiterated the contention that Congress only had power to de clare war "ia or out of the league, aad that the league council was limited solely te advice, the Governor's ques tioner interjected: ' The President would advise Congress at to the recommendations of the coun cil. Would sot that morally bind Con greeat" . A ' Kaply To Stranger. ' "It ia very distinctly stated, the Governor replied, "in one of the iHtehl eock I eeer rations that we undertake ' nothing which binds the United States to go to war, because it has no power - to Banks such an arrangement in view of tha limitation ander the constitution. This covenant of the league ia based apoa the idea that civilization has had a lesson and this covenant ia simply a net on the morality of tha world. Yea tsy to met "How do I know moral f ores will bo sufficient f I will give you g hlstoris precedent. Isn't the covenant , f tbs league internationally precisely what the Monros Doctrine is on this eonslnentt What is behind: tha Mob. too Doctrine except oar moral forest , ; Have ws over had to fire a shot la oae i hundred years to maintain itf i That doesn't answer my question, the Governor' e questioner interrupted. u -WeU, then, I will answer it U an 1 other way," tbo eaadidate wsomed. - "What yoa nave ia your mind is this: What will lay apea the conscience of the world in the- face of ' grave, world-wide dlaorderl" - ' Thereeujnptioa is that the con science of ovary nition will determine nemo aetion which will not only be right, but which will be effective." , Before Te Article X. ' The governor's questioner deelamd - that Article Ton would sign away Aner leaa sovereignty and the eandidato re pliedt ' ' ' "Who signs with ns I All the nations that go into the league. Them each one, according to year admission, aigas just as much away as the ether oss signs, aad as they are all giving it an, here does it got. Into the airt .If we ' signed away oar sovereignty, wouldn't that bo in conflict with the constitution The 'Supremo Court would stop it as' . quickly as they weald stop burglary." Governor Cox thea reiterated his state ment that aa American, Bar Association : committee had declared the league eoa- (Csattnoed On Pare Two.) ! ' DeyJoTJhio; Oct Zi u i - . not the American DSMP8ET AND CAKPENTlKR WILL FIGHT IN HAVANA New York. Oct. ttr-The fight be. twee Jfack Dempsey and Georges Carpentler for tV heavyweight championship ef the world will be held ta Havana, Cuba, It was an no need here tonight. Selection etf Havana as the eceae f the contest waa made by Tex Richard, Charles B. Cochrane and William Brady, who stated they had received an offer of sack proportion front a syndicate ef Cnban capitalists that It waa finally determined the championship battle weald be staged la Havaaa. Details of the match have been agreed apea and the actaal signing f the article ef agreement merely nwaita the arrival of a repreeeata tlve ef the Cuban syndicate He -Is expected to roach thla city within a week and apoa his arrival definite aaaeancemene the date of the contest will be made. RE Senator Simmons Explains How Democrats Forced Cap ital To Carry Its Share (Special to the News sndV Observer.) Greenville, Oct 28. When the Dem ocrats came into .power after many years of Bepublican control, they found that the wealth of the country was paying practically no part of the expenses of running the Federal gov ernment, Senator F. M. Simmons de clared tonight in an address to a large audieace here. "If the Republican psrty is restored to power, it is reasonably certain it will again practically exempt wealth from Federal taxation by reducing the income and surtaxes 'to a minimum, the Senator continued, "and make up any deflait in necessary revenues caused by these heavy reductions, by the imposition of a gross sales tax on the things people' buy and consume. "The Democratic party does not fa vor aad I do not favor this process of lifting the burden of taxatioa from wealth sad placing it on-the masses. , aet before the adJwirnnrWt of the last Democratic Congress, the Be pub licans in that body demanded and by a filibuster forced a special session of the 66th Congress for the purpose, aa they alleged of reducing war taxes, revising the tariff, etc "This Congress has been in session approximately oaa year and they have made no reductions ia wsr taxes. They did not reduce, indeed did not even so much as attempt to ' reduce these taxes. "The only reduction la war taxes since the armistice, was made by the Democrats and the chief part of this reduction was made agsinst the solid opposition of the Bepublican party. "Whan the Bevenue bill of 1818 was passed, the Democrats on ths Finanee committee insisted that beginning with ths fiscal year 1819-20 there should be a reduction of war taxes, and I offered the amendment which reduced taxes oa the incomes end earnings for ths calendar year 191B aad every subse quent year, about 11,400,000,000. This amendment met solid Bepublican op poaitioa both in ths Committee and in the Senate, and waa adopted in each body by a strict party vote, the Demo crats - voting for it and Bepublieana voting . against it. "Further .reductions turn be aad should be made in these war taxes. The 'etisesa profit tai. should should bo altogether repealed. It is a-tax an suited to poaeo conditions. There can bo and there should bo further red na tions in income taxes aad also in many miscellaneous taxes, Tout the Bepublie- ' (CoaUaaod On Page Two.) jf. WARM WEATHER HELPS GATHERING OF COTTON Conditions FaTorable r During Last Week For Harresting ; -' Som Sain Damage Washington, D. O, Oct. S7In view of the lateness of the action crop, th( continued warn weather in the more Northeastern districts of ths belt has boon favorable, aad the plants are new mostly matured, according to the' De partment of Agriculture's weekly na tional weather and crop bu listing Cov ering conditions during ths week ad nig today. Balny weather delayed picking la States west of the Mississippi aad dam aged opea eottoa in many localities, the bulletin said, adding that to tbs east ward weather was favorable for pick ing, which ' work , made, generally good progress, except for some interruption by c labor shortage. Cotton was nearly all 'gathered daring ths week in Mis, sissippi, 'Alabama and Georgia except in the Northern portions, aad harvest i approaching completion in the costal plains cf South Carolina. Ths .yield in thai central portion of the latter State ia proving, better than was expected. Tha weather was unfavorable for the development of the top crop in Texas, aad cotton deteriorated ia Oklahoma because of exeessivs moisture and de ficient sunshine. ..- i ' Cotton Market Breaks. .New York, Oct t7y Failure et the reported settlement of the British coal strike to' stimulate fresh buying led to liquidation aad a renewal ef local aad Southern selling ia the. eottoa market hero this afternoon.9 January contracts broke to 20.75, making a decline ef 100 points,jreni""yesterdsy,B- closing. PUBLICANS TO re is s s 1 1 iz t iiKiir mi OIIIM mA UUIULM IN RESIGNS AFTER ADMITTING IT Confidential Clerk To Tax Com mission Oenies Great , Slush Fund RESIGNATION ACCEPTED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Sensation Sprung In Adminis. tration Circles When Man Who- Helped Frame Tax Be. form Turns Upon Work With Denunciation; Beasons For Opposing Income Admitting that he is actively opposing the income tax amendment to the State constitution, but making vigorous denial that he has collected a large-sum ef money with which to wage the fight, James 8. Griffin, confidential clerk to the State Tax Commission, which drew the amendment, issued a statement yes terday denouncing as an insult the alle gation that the cotton mill industry of the State is financing the opposition to the amendment. ' Tha t3tnnia.lt w luuxl wttlmit mission, aLwneA.,A..waa..Mlea tdTthe li.UU.. . M T 1 a-v- Ti Tvt L . trirjut.iua vl sjuuKo ueorffo r, xcu, mta only member of the commission in the city yesterday, his only comment wss that Mr. Griffin's resignation had been ia the hands of the commission for sev eral days, and that it would be ac cepted, effective immediately. Kseignation Accepted. . With the announcement of the sever nnce of Mr Griffin's connection with the tax department, Judge Pell declared that certain correspondence between the retiring confidential , elerk and several wealthy intereata whereia the former ought contributions to a fund with which to light the amendment would be given oat today. One of the letters wss received from Winston-Salem. Although claiming in his signed state ment that no man in the State not ex eluding the governor and the members of the State Tax Commission, did mors to make the Bevaluation Act a success, Mr, Griffin declares, that the income tax amendment is ansupportable, .and that he feels impelled to work agsinst it. He objects to the amendment because its provisions arc not submitted separately, because of . the MS-eent limitation on property, aad because the limitation on income is too high. . IV .Avtffla .t.t.i. mnt mums & unu. tion in administration circles yestsrdayj scorning when he gsvs it out to news paper men. - Tarious members , of the official family endeavored . to persuade him to recall K, bit he declined flatly, aad left ths office about noon. He did not return yesterday afternoon, and no Statement was availabje from hint in regard to his resignation, or Jndge Fell's declaration that correspondence between him and monied opposition would be made public. :v Had Xet Been Mentioned. . Mr. Griffia's name had not been pub licly connected with the statemsnt that a large sum of money had been collected for the nurDoao ef defeating tbs amend msnt. It had been intimated strongly that an employe of the State was direct ing the opposition, and there were rumors that Mr. Griffin was a party to it, but no one had taken the report seriously. ' - It wss not until last Friday that idem hrs of the commission ksrnod that Mr, Griffin was aasistiug in the fight. Judge Pell stated thst Mr. Griffin left on the after noea train that-day- for Wsyaes ville for a conference with Chairman W. T. Lea. returning te Raleigh Monday. Tt is understood that Mr. Griffin told Chairman Lee that be, was opposed to the amendment, and that he was ngnt Ug it. Mr. Lee advised him to return to Baleigh ana drop tne ngns. - ODBaatiten Bar rising. ' The resignation was placed in the hands of ths chairman on this visit, it is understood, but all members of the eommiseion were loathe to accept it nntil after several complicated mat ters now pending before the commis sion bad been disposed of, ia view of the fact that they had been handled almost exclusively by Mr. Griffin in his capacity as chief clerk. Teeterdsy's statement brought matter to a head, mm attar telephonic communication with the other members, Judge Pell announced ths acceptance of ths teeif maMita. -. . Members of the commission express deep regret that a man in whom they y.A nlaeed tha atmost confidence in their fight for tact reform in ths, State should turn upon the program upon th ava of its consummation. As confi dential clerk, Mr. Griffin has for months had moot Intimate Knowledge ei every af the eommission. and has as sists ha the wreMratioa of many ef the' documents that have been distrib nted in explanation and support of ro valustioa, and tbo amendments that asako its final operation possible. . ,' Mr. Griffin's Statement. - Mr. Griffin's statement is as follows: "Several of my friends, not connect ed with the Cotton Mill industry, or Mr. Bailey, have, advised ma that mv nam ha been, .linked np wHk the "small but invisible empire that is opposing ths proposed tax amendment, and that X am supposed to bo the msn that raised and handled the alleged 50,000 campaign fund. - r . "I am opposed to ths ratification .of the nrotfoeed tan Amendment to the Constitution. Together withn few friends I have spent, aad raised some money. The money so raised : has beea spent for postage stamps and printing, that tbo public might bo Informed of our views with respect to the mstter. 1 "No campaign fund of $50,000 or $5,000, or say sueh anreeeonable sum exists, or has been raised or spent. The v statemsnt- that suck a sam .or sums has beea raised or spent, or ex ists is a pure fabrication; r , . No ''Hirelings" Hired. ' "Js'e effort has been made te organ ise "hirelings t tn PoUa on (Qontinaed oa Page Two.) AMENDnB FIGHT MORRISON PLEASES DISTINCTIVE FOLK OF WILSON COUNTY Declares. One and One-Half Per Cent Income Tax Will Suffice TRIBUTES FOR KITCHIN AND SECRETARY DANIELS Satisfied With Campaign In The East and Confident Amendments Will Get Oreat Majority In State; Spends Night Here and Leaves For Sanford This Afternoon By R. E. POWELL. - (Staff Correspondent.) Wilson. Oct. 27. Folks hereabouts are accustomed to the cream of cam paign oratory and they were not dis appointed today when ' Cameron Mor rison, Democratic eaadidate for gover nor, addressed a courthouse full of voters in the middle of the day. The Wilson citizenship has heard the foren sic msster of North Carolina, Congress man Claude' -Eitchin, aad such local orators aa W. Atlaa Fin&ueaough to rsaes :1fjW? ins -....,....,...,,, Una, Jt does so demand and won't turn out in big numbera to hen anyone else. The audience that filled the court rcom today pronounced the Morrison deliver ance aa the greatest campaign effort of two decades, barring none. It didn't split hairs over- such mnor things as technique and rhetoric but it followed with the closest attention the srgument of the Demoejafie standard bearer and in the high spots of his speech they cheered as only Easterners know how to cheer. And Eastern Carolinians have a pe culiar way of encouraging a speaker. Over in the West they put on the rouse ments every time the speaker scores s point in favor of their party but down this way he must reach a great elimax before a hand is dapped and when the band clapping gets a healthy start, hats begin to go in. the air and the andienco generally raisea the roof with throat splitting spplaiise. Pays Tribato to KlUhia. Several times today they put on plenty of rousements. Reference" to the Presi dent alwava brounht BDDlause and stir ring tributes to Secretary of e Navy JoscDhns Daniels nnd Congreesman Kitchin aroused the Wilaonites to strong demonstrations. Praise of the covenant of tbo League of Katioa Chw ses stuns Of the greatest Democratic administra tion in tha history of the world, evoked an outburst- that ran well over the average demonstration. Aa in nil his speeches during the cam oaicn. Mr. Morrison made a clear and sympathetic presentation of the income tax amendment aa the main spring of the revaluation machine. He pointed out the great importance of adopting th several constitutional smeadments la order that the coming General As sembly mar go forward with the Iem ocr&tic program- of giving the State a system of taxation without any levy an nronertv for State purposes. The revaluation upon the real property of the State, he emphasised, is tne tran sitory meana of turning away from the old and iniquitious system of raising money to the new ani modern method of acquiring revenue lor su purposes, One and One-Half Per Cent Enough. While many States in. the Union where the income tax is the basic system of taxstion bars no limitation of per centage they may levy. Mr. Morrison declared that it will not be necessary for North Carolina to collect on incomes more than one and one-half per cent to meet nil State requirements, schools- included. This will wipe out eom- iletely any State tax on property and ears to ths counties, the cities snd the towns all ad valorem tax for local governmental needs. Wealth in Wileea county, it was ascertained today, will be called upon to pay much ander the new taxatioa scheme bat it Is not registering sny noisy protests. To the contrary, the sentiment, one gathers from local lead era. is decidedly favorable to the en tire series of amendments. The wells of publio opinion do not appear to have been poisoned by the propaganda from tho "small invisible empire" of which Governor Birkctt most recently spoke. ' Bed Skirts Weald Do, He Says. Mr.' Morrison's ouasi-eerlous discus sion of th fores it would take to quell a war- started by say nation member of ths league proved highly entertaining te his Wilson sudienee. He hsd, in his usual graphic portrayal of the functions of, ths Council and assembly of the Leasne. by process . of elimination reached the point where with tho "ad vise": of the league a member nation may resort to war if it sleets to fight the remaining memDcrsnip. "If one of them should bolt and want to fight," he said, "it would take a mighty small force to stop the war. Ths 'red shirts' of tho old days sad ths military polios cf this country would mighty nearly do tha trick.. , Particular stress was laid by Mr. Morrison on the articles et the cove nant providing for ' ths reduction of srmsmenta for in this section, be ex plained, lies ths hops ef reducing the taxes that are now collected to main tain the armies sad build battleships. Lands Daniels' Adaalalst ration. . - Adverting to ths - large -number ef smelling committees appointed, by the Bepubliesa Congress to hear the griev ances of all the soreheads, Mr. Morri son declared that Secretary ef the New. Joeerthus Daniels, had been sub jected to the scrutiny of a picked Sena torial committee and had emerged from the grilling with glory enough for the entire Democratic aimmut ration, vru- son is ths eld, aorno ei oeeretnry Daniels atd it required no reminder sf this fsH from tha speaker for the. sudieaee , to ' manifest its domestic pride. - T . ' Betters ting a is latin in ue eonunaea (Cewtinsed On Page Two.) " i WILSON IN EARNEST APPEAL' TO FELLOW COUNTRYMEN TO ENDORSE LEA GUE CO VENANT T E "Conscience Appeal" of Presi dent Deeply Moves Pro League Delegation SADNESS WRITTEN ON FACES AS THEY LEAVE Republican Declares That Spec', tacle of Profound Emotion of. Wilson As He Appeals For League Covenant Would Move Stoniest Hearted Han; Democrats To Get Senate The News and Observer- Bureau, 003 District National Bank Bldg. .' , (By Special Leased Wire) Washington D. C, Oct. 17. The League Republicans headed by Hamil ton Holt, of New York, went there aad drew from the President his great "eon science appeal" to the nation to ssve its honor and secure the welfare- of the world in the solemn referendum ef next Tuesdsy. Those men and women came out of the White Houee with sadness written on their faes. They had witnessed the spectacle wrougni oy a great trageay They ssw the President sitting in a wheel chair, hia face lined with ter rible suffering, his body broken on the wheel of war and by hia well nigh superhuman efforts to bring peace and justice to the world. They heard hia voice choke with unutterable emotion as he read his moving appeal. In wardly all of them wept and some of them openly.' One of them -said : "We ssw the great President, the greatest of the Presidents, literslly be ing crucified oa his eross for his coun try. It was n scene that we shsll never forget. I wish the whole American people might see what we saw. I wish they could hear that voice when It broke telling of the losses in the war and What it meant to the wives, mothers, and sisters of .the men who made the Supreme sacrifice. If the profound emotion of the President which we wit nrssed could be conveyed in a picture or a phonograph it would move the stoniest hearted Bepubliesa ia the country.'' Strong Appeal for League.' The President told thess Bepubltcana who have thrown party overboard for their country that "the so-called Amer icanism which we hear so stuck prat ing about now is spurious sad invented for psrty purposes only. The' key note of the President's appeal wss fol the completion of the '"great moral achievement' which he said the war represented, . and a wide publicity of the covenant of the text of the League of Nations. The President told the delegation that the great virtue of Ar ticle X was that it made it so dangerous for sny nation to go to war that no nation would venture ttt do BO. 1 Some of the delegation said after the meeting that the President's appeal must hsve a tremendous effect on hosts of Bepublieans whom this delegation represents. Mr. Holt, it is said, is in touch with many thousands of sueh persons and there is still a' vaster is known element thst neither party has any line en.. It is the Z element of the electorate aad the grester part ef it is composed of women. It should bo frankly stated, said one of the delegates, that no one knows just what ia going to happen at this eleerioa. The etraw votes mar give correct prognoetieatioa, or they may not. One thing we do know. The so called Bepubliesa certainty ia not "froaea." .There is a great flux aad emotional urge in the : bosom of' the American peoplf. Knowing this is our reason for asking the President to make this statement. There are a great many Bepublkans who truly ' admire the President for his superb statesmsnship in ending tho. war ia the way it .was ended, and in focusing the thought of the world on a League of Nations as tbs noblest scheme of Democracy to bring the reign ef peace among the nations. DelegatUsi Expresses Sympathy When the- delegation was about te leave the White House. Dr. Arthur J Brown, honorary vice-president ef the League to Enforce Peace and secretary of .the Presbyterian , board of Foreign Missions, addressing ths President said: ."Mr. President.Jswlll you permit me as a Bepublieaa and as a clergyman to say that a faf larger number ef Chris tian people of this country than yon perhaps realise have yon in- their hearts end pray that tbs blessings of Almighty God may rest npoo yoa and give yu health aad strength for, your many, many burdens.! .. Tbs President was greatly touched at this expression of interest ia him. The conference with these men and, women who have put a party sside f or human ity, eheered him. a nothing has in a loag while, sccording to reports at the Wljit Bouse. . . . . . V ' ; ,-i . Democrats Wit wef Beaate. 4 1 It is .felt hero oven among Bepubli eans that whoever ia the next President, the next Senate will not be Bepublieaa. Two weeks ago Senator Poindexter cam t Washington claiming IS majority xor Harding's party ia the new Senate. Tw days ago this earns Senator admitteo that the - election looked to be - very close. Independent observers ' do not now see how tho Bepublieans caa hope te hold the Senate. They have now only two majority, counting La Follette sad Newberry; t The latter pending bis (Continued on Psge Two.) 1 SOLEMN SCENE A the mm NEW DirriCTJLTY HALTS SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE Leadoa, Oct 2T-(Br tha Associ. vted Press). A new difficulty has sriseo, delsrlag the complete settle, meat of ths coal etrlke, which this sfteraooa was believed te have been attained on the basis ef aa Increase la the miners' wages as set forth In .as earlier aaneeneement. That the difficulty la serious Is Indicated by the fact thst the cabinet teas been summoned te meet early tomorrow morning before the roaference ef the miners sad government officiate reassembles. At the last momeat the ..misers presented a bsw demaad, which com. setled adjournment of the eon foresee with itso representatives of the gov. erament. Nothing has yet trans pired aa te the Bate re ef tlso mlaera asw deSBsne. BUSH EMERGENCY BILL. 'Leadoa,' Oct. IT The gorera eat'a esMrreBcy bill, which pro vides for all ecmtlagsBclesi In the event the Winers' etrlke slaoald In volve ths railway aad . . transport srerhera. wss ranked throngh all Ita remaining stages today and passed the third sad final reading tonight. JMWJM i nil p mn ni r n-iirri m in i n mr. , a ii.i. Charlotte Minister Elected Moderator of 107th An nual Meeting Wilmington, Oct. tit Hopes sre still entertained for Federal anion of the Northern and Bon there branches ef the Presbyterian church, according to a re port of Sr. John M. Wells, North Caro lina's member of the naion committee, made ta the 107th annnal meeting of. the North Carolina Synod ia session nt the Church of the Covenant here, The report of Dr. Wells wna made at ths morning session today nnd was n estnpleto 'report of the action of tbs various committees appointed by the two branches of tho church. Pr Wells told the fiynod of tbs efforts te form the anion bit stated that failure of ths Northera branches to discard some of those things arbJch Bon them Pres byterians cannot tolerate has eaused the committees to be nnable to reach any agreemsat Or. Walls announced that a sub-com mittee Appointed will meet in November st which tentative plans for a Federal union under which the varloua churches would operate ia a sort of res (rue of church manner will be discussed. . He feels sure that this lstsst move wilt be successful. The opening session ef tho Synod was held last niiht st which time Dti J. B Bridges, of Charlotte, editor qf the Presbyterian Standard, waa named mod orator over Sev. W. S. Wilson, of Lin colnton. by a vote of 106 to 90. Rev J. B. Herndon was elected reading elerk without opposition. last night Dr. I. Cochrane Hunt, secretary of the Lords Dsy Alliance, made an- interesting ap peal for eonaeeratioa of tho Babbatb, This morning's seesion eras featured by a reouest for an appropriation' of 100,000 for the Barium Springs Or phanage ia order to make neoessary en largements to tho Institution and to practically double its capacity. The request .wss referred to tho standing committee oa schools snd colleges. Dr. W. J. Martin was heard by the Synod nt ths morning session oa inter racial relations. Dr. Martin appealed for greeter Christian interest in behalf ef the colored race ia every way pos- sibls for their uplift and advancement. Following the report of Dr. Wells on the anion of the Northern and Southern branches, vinting ministers and dele gates were served a luncheon st ths church by the women members of tbo Church .of ths Corensnt srid Immanuel Presbyterian churches. This afternoon various committees made -reports ana these are to be discussed tomorrow. Tomorrow morning's session will con vene nt S d'doek, at which time Rov. B. N. Williams will apeak oa ths work In tha State schools to bs followed by iter. C M. Bif herds, who will deliver sa address en Christian sdueatios and ministerial relief. Bcr. J. C. Garth will speak on the young people's work and Bev. H. O. Gill. D. D will speak on ths orphans' homo. The Synod will ad journ Triday afternoon. There are about 200 visiting members sad delegates present aad all report thst they sre betaa? well eared for by Wilmington Presbyterians. . They were entertained this afternoon at the First Presbyterian church with sv beautiful musical program rendered by the rirst Church cheir.-" ...... . . FISHERMEN'S REGATTA WILL BEGIN SATURDAY Halifax, N. 8, pet. 17, Tho Glouces ter , schooner Esperanto, . flying" ths American flag, arrived here tonight to meet tho Canadian schooner Delswsna in the InterUt tonal - Fishermen's Be- gatts, which begins next Saturday off iths entrance to this-harbor. '- f t .;. r i .' : , ;. " i C..S. To Bo Bsfreaented. ; Gloucester, Uses., Oct. IT- Te Unt ied States will bs rcDirseatnd officially at tho1 International Fishermen's ocean race off , Halifax, 24., 8, between ths dloneester boat Esperanto and' the Ca nadian challenger Delasraaa. - which be gins 8a turd ay. Tho board of trade was aoUfied today by-Admiral U. B, Wil son, commander -of .the Atlantis fleet, that a torpedo best destroyer would bv erderod te proceed to- ova Scotia f or Us REPORT ON UNION HEARD BY SYNOD President Addresses Delegation of Pro-League Republicans From His Wheel Chair at The White House DECLARES NATION MUST COMPLETE GREAT MORAL ACHIEVEMENT ON NOV. 2 Executive Says "Great Moral Influence" of The United State- Will Be "Absolutely Thrown Away" If The Nation Does Not "Complete The Task Which Onr Soldiers and Sailors So Seriously Un dertook To Execute"; Tells . Hearers In . First 8peech Sinoe He Was Taken 01 Orer a Tear Ago That Imperial, ism Is Not-Dead and League Is Only Preventive ; Derides -"So-Called Americanism" Delegation, Says Thousands of Republicans Will Put Leagne Above Party Next Tuesday Washington, Ogt. 87. Presdent Wil son, ia his first speech since he wss '- taken ill mors than a year ago, called on hia "fellow eoontrjrmen" today to endorse the League of Nations, nnd summoned them to ''the concert of peace ' snd the completion, of the great moral ' schlevement" oa their part, which ho, mid the world war represented! Speaking from his wheel chair to a delegation of pro-league BepubUcaae and independents, who called at the White House, the President . declared that "the great moral influence" of the United States woutd be '"absolutely thrown awsy" if ths nation did "not complete the task which our soldiers and sailors so seriously undertook to execute." - - -i .'-i aspwwiiaa no lsaa. Ths Americas people, hfr. Wilson said. 'should not bo deceived -jut suppos ing that imperialistic schemes ended with the defect at Germany." Bs de-y dared there were other nations which V were likely to bs powerfully moved of were already moved "by commercial jealousy, by ths desire to dominate aad to have their own way in politics and in enterprise," and thst it wss "neees- . sary to apprise them that the world would be united against them as it wss against Germany, if they attempted sny similar thing." " ' The President read his address from a manuscript. Bis visitors declared in -s formal' statement after leaving, the White House that it was evident he was "voicing the profouadest emotions -of his heart" and that mors than ones ' "hia voice choked," especially when he, referred "to the soldier boys snd ths, mothers of those who had fallen in bat. - Solemn Occasion. -"The whole occasion wss inexpressibly' solemn snd tender, said the statement adding that the deputation felt that it, wsi "nothing less than tragic" that tha President had been brought "Ho such s stricken physical condition ss ths rs- sulto f bis indefatigable labors for. his country nnd for humanity." "They felt," concluded ths statement, "that this might be the President's -' final appeal to tha conscience of -his countrymen in the supreme moral de- -eliion that they are called apoa to make. Mr. Wilson received his visitors, nf teen in all, including two" women, in a small room off his study aesr the en trance to the White House. Ia Hie Wheel Chair. . Hs remained... In hia .wheel chair throughout the reception, which lasted . forty minutes. Afterwards Bear Ad miral Grayson, his physician, indicated . . . -i : l in . . mas ne naa snown sv pnsia, m feets, saying he. had come through "in . exceptionally fine form," After the delegation was greeted bw the President, Dr. Hamilton Holt of New York, its spokesman, delivered', a brief addrees, declaring that tne Magus of Nations transcended party polities , and was "ths greatest moral issue that : has confronted' the Amerieaa people in . this' generation." He added that tha delegation represented fast number of other Bepublieans throughout . tho United States who sre ready to put patriotism abovs psrty in ths present critical honr," to the end that "our boys whose blood hallows ths fields of Franco . wiH not hive died ia rain." - - Wants Cevsnsnt Broadcast. Ia his reply, ths President appealed, . , t ths xtltnrs and publishers of the country to publish the full text of the . . eovensnt of ths League of Nations,, so that the people might better inform themselves of the Issue involved. Discussing Article Ten, tne rresiaens tmA emnsiott to SST that tne "sO- called Americanism, which we hear , so . much prsting sbout now is spurious snd . invented for psrty purposes only. Ths "true, the real An'"l8m A" elared, is "to ses justice on' inanity protected snd vindicated,- stst ing thst this wss ths purposs ef Article. , Tea." , .' . Article Tea neage. . Describing Article Tea ns the "spev i rfflrrtdewptlon-or-Uie-piea, wnien .....fa nf (he world rave . V to their people when they entered ths nsr,' tns PresideBt declared we hsvs sow to choose whether we will mess good or quit." t j - "" '.- '"' "We have---Joined issue, he con tinued, "snd the Issue is between ths spirit nd .. purpose of the , United . (Caiiaed On Page Twe-1