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OFFICIAL CONSTITUTIONAL
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For Amendments to Change Requirement
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Votlnr.
VOL. 15. NO. 81.
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SALISBURY, N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1920
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Amendments:
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iMEIBHI
REVALUATION AT.
ANXIOUS TO JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Parker Was Wise in Declaring Against Reviving the
t i r i r' i r :
xtace issue uiiu Vuauucicu uuwi iuinpuigu.
(Dr MAX ABERNETKY)
Raleigh, Nov. 1. While no po
litical sagacity is necessary to
predict that today the Democra
tic party in the State will be vic
torious a review of the campnign
from an independent standpoint
may show why the Republicans
will lose.
Unlike the national campaign
in some actions of the country the
Democrats in North Carolina have
managed to make the league of
rations the outstanding issue be
fore the voters. This fact coupled
with the well known prejudice of
' the masses of Tar Heel Democrats
against the Republican party
which dates back over a period of
years to the Russell administra
tion leaves no doubt in the mind
of the average North
.Y"ruiu"'"
'
that today's election will not un
cover ' anything unusual. The
State having gone Democratic for
oyer 20 years it would be foolish
to predict a Republican victory
today because the facts do not jus
tify It.?
Claims made by the Democratic
leaders outweigh those from the
opposition camp because past po
y" lltical events, are decidedly ono-
, sided. Back of the Democratic
Ky claims there is a long list of vic
fl tories. and North Carolina is a
A part of the "Solid South."
V Under the leadership of John J.
Parker as nominee for .governor
the Republicans have conducted a
radically different campaign and
with much better effect than at
any time in the State's history.
This is admitted by Democrats
and Republicans. His declaration
when accepting the nomination ut
the Greensboro convention that ho
had no desire to revive the race
question in North Carolina politics
undoubtedly strengthened his par
ty. .
There has been, however, no in-,-'
dication at any stage of the;cam-
paign that a break was imminent
in -the Democratic ranks. ' Mr.
Parker's speech making -tour ha
revived interest in the Republican
x strongholds and 'has also had the
, effect of cementing virtually all
Y." factions of the minority party.
I But even if he has done this the
PxintiKl.iaria cfill fnA Halanf. lip.
cause Democracy united cannot be
interpreted otherwise. There cer
tainly is nothing on the surface to
indicate that there is a rift in
the Democratic cloud.
Where the Republicans blunder
ed in the State, admitting that
they had an opportunity of re
'' ducing the Democraitc majority,
was in attacking revaluation after
'the measure was passed by both
- houses of the general assembly
; without a dissenting vote from Re
publicans or Democrats, It has
been known for weeks that some
of the leading Republicans object
ed to their candidate making his
v campaign against revaluation be
Acause they favored the law. For a
f time it was feared by Democrats
' that the next taxation system was
going to cost the party votes par
ticularly among the farmers. This
. was early in the year but at the
special session of the legislature
(the objectionable features were
eliminated.
t This having been done the Re
publicans found themselves at sea
and were forced to change : their
tactics somewhat, substituting the
original opposition charge to "The'"ss W1 )Sei aimosi continuous
plan is all right but the law is
being administered ' unwisely."
That the act is not perfect is f ree-
ly admitted but there is not arg.
oment enough to convince the
voter that the system of listinz
1 1 (property at its true value is not a
i forward step.
.With the league of nations held
: out to them as the only possible
means of preventing future wars.
the covenant having been accept
ed by 40 free nations of the earth
- and only Turkey, Russia and
Germany of the big countries on
the outside, the women of North
Carolina are anxious to go in. Re
valuation also appeals to them be
cause they think it is "honest, just
and fair.' It is not believed that
revaluation will lose any women's
votes for the Democrats; it may
gain some.
" Although the Republicans be
lieve that they will win in three
western districts, the seventh,
ninth and tenth, there is only one
that has given the Democrats
worry. That is the tenth, and
they are predicting that the wo-j
men vote win save it for the
Democratic nominee. Democratic
strength in the legislature will
not be materially changed, the
Democrats think and while they
a m . htr vnair iAmA aaiiv
.ties they claim victory in others
which will not reduce their repre
sentation-. ' -
Delawanna Leading Esperanto.
':. Halifax, Nov. 1. The Canadian
smack Delawanna was leading the
Esperanto, queen of the Glouster
fishing fleet today by approximate
ly five minutes when the stickers
had finished more than one-quarter
of the second 40 mile race.
AMD PEOPLE ARE
m i a
E
Those to Europe and
South America Make a
Small Increase Report
on Exports and Imports.
(By Th Associated Fmil
Washington, Nov. 1. Exports to
Europe and South America showed
n dlitrhf nvnvrv fnr Suntpmhpr
. .-": :
i from the slump noted in August
but there was further reduction of
shipping to Asia. Imports from all
three countries showed a sharp de
crease.
A statement today by the depart
ment of commerce placed exports
to Europe for the month at I'll',
412,825 as compared with $293,
034,388 in August; imports from
Europe were $91,048,291 as com
pared with $114,751,701 in August.
This left a balance of trade in fa
vor of the United States of approx
imately $212,000,000 for Septem
ber. Exports to South America in
September totaled $54,447,362 com
pared with $46,643,282 in August
while imports were valued at $62,-
499,922 compared with $63,301,491.
There was thus a balance of trade
of approximatey $8,000,000 in fa
vor of South America during the
month.
STATE PRESS ASSN.
MEETS IN JANUARY
A Mid Winter Meeting of the Ed
itors and Publishers to Be Held
In Charlotte on January 4th and
.,6th.
The North Carolina Press Asso
ciation is to hold a mid-winter ses
sion in Charlotte on the 4th and
5th of January. The meeting was
decided on at the regular summer
meeting in Waynesville last sum
mer and the date for holding the
meeting was decided on in Greens
boro on Saturday night when the
executive committee held a meet
ing in the O. Henry hotel. The
program will be arranged later.
Mr- E. B. Jeffress of the Greens
boro Daily News was reelected
President of the Association of N.
C. Daily Newspapers at the meet
ing held Saturday afternoon and
night. J. L. Home, Jr., of Rocky
Mount, vas reelected secretary
and A. W. Burch, of Charlotte, was
elected, vice president.
RETURNS' AT COURT HOUSE.
Still:' Another Pcittt , Added to
Number ;to Receive News of
Election Tomorrow Night.
Chairman J. D. Norwood of the
Rowan county Democratic execu
tive committee has made arrange
ments to receive election returns
at the court house tomorrow night
and the public can hear from the
country at large. Also the returns
are-to be received at the Peoples
Drug Store and will be .thrown on
a scseen across the street on the
wall of the Pa-Ma cafe and this
will also be for the public. The
news over its leased wire and bul
letin this. The Old Hickory Club
has a special wire run in its club
rooms and will get returns there
for the members, while the Elks
have' likewise and all. ' Elks can
hear the news in their club and the
Elks are also to serve a Brunswick
stew supper during the .progress
of the receiving of
election re-
turns.
WALES COLLECTED
MENAGERIE ON TRIP
Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 19.
The Prince of Wales collected a
varied menagerie in the course of
his trip to the United States and
British Dominions. The pride of
his collection when he reached
Bermuda on his way back to Lon
don was an ugly little customer
about eight inches long, part liz
ard and part toad and called
"Horace."
In Australia whence he ' came,
they call him "mountain devil."
.though he and his family life on a
not, dry plain. The strange
thing about him is htat he never
drinks. His family have dwelt so
long in their arid land that nature
has enabled them to absorb dew
through their pores. Some of the
1 newPP.er 'board the Re
nown expressed the fear that when
Horace encountered a London foz
he would absorb so much moisture
that he would drown.
Other components of the royal
menagerie were about 600 canary
birds, an equal number of parrots,
four laughing jackasses and , a
small kangaroo. Most of them
were destined to become residents
of the London Zoological Gardens.
HALLO WEGENER USED
VERY POOR JUDGMENT
One Hallowe'ener will use more
judgment in selecting a costume
for future hallowe en celebratons
We refer to one waitress in the
city whose impersonation of a man
was so realistic that she was taken
for one of the stronger sex, and
received a black eye as a result.
This waitress after her work
was completed Saturday night was
imbued with the Hallowe en spirit
and attired herself in a man's cos
tume and sauntered forth to join
the numerous wierd fiugres' parad
ing up main street. In the course
of her hallowe'ening she accosted
a man attired as a female who was
not in the condition in which one
should be, according to the master
piece of Andrew J. Volstead, it is
claimed.
Something was said that the
"female attired spook did not like
and not knowing that he was tak
ing advantage of one of the weak
er sex, he immediated delivered a
wallop that developed a blackeye,
and had several more in store had
some who knew the facts not in
terfered. '
Moral Don't make your hal
jowe'en impIPnl'0.n- P
State Department Issues a
Statement Regarding
the Proposed California
Alien Land Proposition.
(By Th3 Aunt is led Pr)
Washington, Nov. 1. Reassur
ances have been riven the Jananeap
ambassador by the state depart
ment, it was revealed in a formal
statement today, that no anti-Jap
anese legislation in the state of
California "will be acceptable to
the country at large that does not
accord with the existing provisions
of law and with the national in
stincts of justice "
ihe state department declared
today in a formal statement that
no matter what the outcome of the
movement in California to recast
the -state laws affecting land tenure
it will "not be acceptable to the
country at large if Goes not ac
cord witn existing and applicable
provisions of law and what is equal
ly important with national instincts
and justice."
The statement was the first is
sued on the California land ques
tion which has long been a matter
of conversation between the depart
ment and the Japanese ambassador
at Washington. The fact that it
waa issued on the eve of election tn
California at which the proposed
new rtete law will be voted on was
declared by State department offi
cials to have no political sign:r;
cance. The impression of the gov
ernment fs that the chief purpose is
to convey an assurance to the peo
ple of Japan that the American
government would see to it that
.heir legitimate interests are safe
guarded and will have the consid
eration to which they tre entitled.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. HOKE AT LINCOLNTON
Raleigh, N. C, November 1.
Funeral services for Mrs. William
A. Hoke, wife of associate Justice
Hoke, of the Supreme court, will be
held at Lincolnton today. Mrs.
Hoke was found dead at her home
here Saturday afternoon late, death
being due either to a Bevere attacK
of acute indigestion or heart fail
ure. The body was taken to Lincoln -ton,
Mrs. Hake's old home, yester
day afternoon. She had not been
ill and Friday was apparently :a
good health. For a year her health
had given members of the family
concern, however. Mrs. Hoke was.
prominently! idenl!i,ed in' church
circles and was well known and
loved over the state. She was Miss
McBee of Lincolnton. Surviving is
a daughter.
GOVERNORS TO CONSIDER
THE HOUSING NEEDS
Madison, Wis., Oct. 31. State
governors will consider housing
problems and ways to promote
ownership of homes in their 12th
annual conference at Harrisburg,
Pa., Dec. 1 to 3. Other subjects
coming before the governors, this
year, as announced here by Miles
C. Riley, secretary of the confer
ence, are:
Decentralization of governmen
tal functions and activities, in rela
tion to the developing tendency to
ward centralization in the national
government.
The Kansas industrial relations
court.
Sources of income and the dis
bursements of the state govern
ments. The general agricultural situ
ation. Reports will be presented to the
governors from the commissioners
on Uniform State Laws and the
National Organization of State
Railroad Commissioners.
"The coming conference prom
ises to he one of the most largely
atetnded and important gatherings
of governors of our states that has
ever been held." according to Sec
rets ry Riley. "Not only will most
of the present governors be in at
tendance but a large number of
new governors, to be elected on No
vember 2.
MIS AGAIN
GIVEN ASSURANCE
I IIU MLUIIULO ILLLU. IIIUUII riMUM I
DESTROYED IN NIGHt RIDERS' SPREE
First Spree in the Black
Belt of Alabama, Ne
groes Fire White Men's
Property and Fire on
Sheriff Two Killed and
Ten Arrested.
(By Th Aaoclatd Prm)
Mongomery, Nov. 1. Two ne
groes arc dead, two white farmer'
homes, two negro cabins, two gin
houses and 10 bales of cotton and
much cotton seed, one saw mill, one
grist mill and a quantity of corn
were destroyed by fire late Satur
day night as a result of the first
"nightriders spree" in the Black
belt of Alabama
Negroes variously estimated to
number 20 to 50, most of whom
were, mounted applied torches
simultansously to valuable proper
ty of white farmers in the lower
part of Montgomery county, 20
miles south of this city on
TERRIFYING NIGHT
IN AND IRISH TOWN
Result of Reprisals Following
Wounding of a Constable During
An Attack On Officers.
(Br Tba AnoeUUd rrrm)
Dungannon, Ireland, Nov. 1.
This town, located in central Ulster
spent a terrifying night as the re
sult of reprisals following the
wounding of a constable during an
attack on a police patrol by civil
ians. Disguised men visited tiie
town and discharged bombs and fire
arms and attacked many business
houses owned by members of the
Sinn Fein. Numerous places were,
wrecked and many families fled the
city for safety.
Attacks on lrinh Police. '
Dublin, Nov. l There were at
least 14 separate attacks on the
police and militia in west and south
Ireland Sunday evening. In these
six policemen were killed and eight
others wounded. One member of
the militia and one naval man
was wounded. One civilian was
killed.
PRESSURE ON BOSTON -r
- HOTELS BRING CUT
IN FOOD PRICES
Boston, Nov. 1. A reduction in
the price of food served at hotel
dining rooms in this city was an
nounced today by the Boston Hotel
Association. United States At
torney Daniel J. Gallahger, who
has been presenting to the Grand
Jury evidence in support of charg-
es that extortionate prices were
being charged, said that the re
ductions were "larger and more
extensive than any that have been
made in any other of the large
cities of the country."
The reduction in prices an
nounced by the hotels ranges from
10 to 20 per cent, on fruits, vege
tables and some other articles, and
from 10 to 15 cents a portion on
fish and several kinds of meat.
NEW
EMPLOYMENT
POLICY ADOPTED
Pari-Ttime and Special Jobs For
Women Arranged
New York. Nov. 1. 'Because of
the mcny calls for women who will
do part-time home work on special
tasks such as mending, looking
after children for short periods and
knitting, Y. W. Cv A. employment
bureaus in several cities are adding
service sections to handle suoh
calls. These bureaus are develpoirig
a directory of women willing- to
undertake various small jobs and
are beginning to fill some of the
requests that have been pouring in.
The calls for full-time domestic
helpers cannot be filled.
Plan League Demonstration.
Washington, Nov. 1 The demo
cratic campaign committee 'of the
district of Columbia is planning to
hold a league of nations demonstra
tion in front of the White House.
It plans to have groups march up
Pennsylvania avenue to the execu
tive mansion where patriotic songs
will be sung ad probably several
Drier addresses made.
LAST DEMOCRATIC RALLY THIS EVENING
THE PLACE THE COURT HOUSE
A big Democratic rally this evening will wind up
the activities of the campaign. The next step will be
that which leads to the ballot boxes and the final
count in the 1920 campaign. Democrats will, hold
their last rally and speaking at the Court House this
evening. There will be bands and speakers and en
thusiasm for the voters. Mr. Walter Murphy and
Mrs. Lyman Cotton are to speak and it is expected
that the overflow will be greater than' the seating
capacity of the court room.
The campaign ended last week. The last few hours
of today and tonight will be given to details that come
up late or which were overlooked. The rally this
evening will be the final speaking, the last word of
the battle in Rowan.
The rally will be at 8 o'clock. LA brass band will
furnish the .music and the two speakers mentioned,
Mr. Murphy and Mrs. Cotton will speak.
tations owned by J. T. Davis, M. S.
Houlton and Dr. N. II. McCrumin.
Early Sunday night negroes
charged a barn on the Houlton
plantation near the scene of Satur
day night and the last fire occurred
on the Mose McLemore plantation
several miles from the scene of
Saturday night's outbreak.
An appeal by telephone to the
sheriff's office and the police de
partment sent automobiles of offi
cers to the scene. Arriving on the
scene of the disturbance the sher
iff's car was Ared upon from the
right.side-of the road the car being
peppered with shots from close
range. A1J occupants of the car
escaped by leaping from the car to
the opposite side of the road from
where they brought down two of
the blacks and put the others to
flight.
A dragnet was quickly thrown
and 10 negroes were arrested and
brought to the county jail here.
Thruout Sunday night a strong
force of deputies patrolled the af
fected MCtlPIlS
EXECUTED FOR AN
ATACK ON MILITIA
Young Irish Medical Student Put
to Death for Participating in
Attack Resulting in Death.
(Br Th Aiaoclated Prtu)
Dublin, Nov. 1 Kevan Barry, a
medical, student, was executed at
Mt. Joy prison this morning for
taking part in an attack on a
military escort here the past sum-
imev. Barry was charged with
4 j . n .u. L 1 ii
muraer as two cruisn soiaiers
were killed during the fighting.
When the hour of execution ap
peared nearly 1,000 prayed outside
! the prison, continuing until after
the young man was pronounced
aeaa. Armored cars guarded ii.e
streets before the prison.
Barry' mother declared last
week she was proud that her son
was "dying for Ireland."
SHOOT MESSENGER,
FLEE WITH $50,000
Chicago, Nov. 1. The -boldest
and most successful of many, raids
by automobile bandits jwsji stagtd
today at 16th street "and "Archer
avenue when a bank messenger
was robbed of $50,000 in cash. The
messenger was mortally wounded.
The money was in transit from
the Continental and Commercial
National Bank to the Southwest
Trust and Savings Bank to meet
! the Saturday payrolls of manufac
turers in the Brighton fark dis
trict. Policeman John Leonard
was detailed to guard Jacob Yano
wicz, the messenger. The money
was placed in an automobile be
tween the two men.
At ICth street Yanowicz slowed
up for a stretch of bad pavement.
Before he could sput on speed
again a blue car had slid up beside
the bank machine and the chauffeur
and the policeman were staring
down the barrels of two auto
matics. Yanowicz dropped the
steering wheel and reached for his
revolver. One of the pistols bark
I ed and the chauffeur crumpled up.
Leonard also reached for his gun
and a bullet struck him in the
chest, glancing off a nail file in the
breast pocket. He replied, and he
thinks he hit one of the bandits. By
this time the two others had se
cured the $50,000 and the blue mo
tor car was again under way.
CRIPPLES ARRESTED
Five Men With a Total of Seven
Legs and Eight Arms Found
Gambling at Rocky Mount
(Br Tb Auoctaicd Prcn)
Rocky Mount, Nov. 1.- Five
men who possjesed a total of only
seven legs and eight arms were
arrested at a local hotel last night
on a charge of gambling. The men,
according to the police, made up a
party of professional beggars on
! their way to Tarboro where a fair
is in progress this week. They gave
bond in the sum of $12.50 each,
paid in pennies, nickles and dimes.
They failed to answer in police
court'when called this morning.
WORKING HARD TO CONTROL SENATE;
CANDIDATES PLAN QUIET DAYj NOV. 2
COX CAMPA GN
ENDS
TONIGHT
AT 1ED0, 0.
Will Spend Tomorrow on
His Farm Harding
Will Spend Quiet Day at
His Home. -
Dayton, Nov. 1. After a day of
rest at his home here, Governor
Cox was to leave today for Toledo
for his last campaign speech. Tho
the campaign virtually ended . at
Chicago on Saturday the Governor
said he had agreed to make the
formal close in Toledo on election
eve because his "party followers re
garded his appearance there as
good luck, asserting his only time
of defeat when he failed to end his
campaign with a special engage
ment in that city.
Preparations were made today
at the governor'e newspaper .of
fice for the receipt of the results
on election night. The Governor
will return to this city early elec
tion morning and expects to vote
as he goes to his. farm from the
train. He plans to spend the day
at home and go to his newspaper
office as the first polls in the coun
try closes.
Harding On Election Day.
Marion, Nov. 1. His campaign
over and his final analysis of the
campaign issues made in a pre
election statement, Senator Hard
ing took a rest from his long and
arduous labor of a presidential
campaign at his home today.
' The Senator smiled when asked
for a prediction of the outcome of
.tomorrow's balloting and -in- the
place of answering specifically he
called attention to his public ut.
terances of the past few weeks in
which ne declared that he fully
expected to be inaugurated as the
nation's chief executive on March
4th. Details of the forecast of the
results the nominee left .to his
campaign manager, saying he bad
made the tight to the best of his
ability and was willing to abide
by the results.
In the precinct where he has
voted for more than thirty years
the Senator will record his vote
tomorrow amonir the million that
are to decide the complexion of
the next administration in both
executive and legislative branches.
He and Mrs. Harding plan to go to
the- polls early tomorrow afternoon
and spend the remainder of the
day quietly at home.
SOME LIQUOR FOUND
Revenue Officers Make Several
Trips Into Cabarrus County
With More or Less Success.
Revenue officers have within the
past week or ten days made sev
eral successful trips into Cabarrus
county. The first trip was made
by Deputy Marshal II. C. Trott,
Officer F. C. Talbort and Mr. John
H. Kennerly, and on this raid a
quantity of whiskey bottled in pint
bottles was located under a lumber
pile, also many empty bottles with
nsew stoppers in them. No arrests
were made in this connection.
In another place five gallons of
whiskey was found hidden in a
clump of pines on the place of a
prominent citizen but the officers
are satisfied he knew nothing of it
being there, but that it belonged to
another party who lived nearby. No
arrests were made in this case.
Messrs- Talbort, Kennerly and
Officer S. P. Dry (finished up a raid
in Cabarrus last week by taking a
blockade still and ; 200 gallons of
Beer and all paraphernalia, which
showed signs of just recently be
ing used. In this case a warrant
was made out against one man.
TWO FIRES IN.
EAST SPENCER
(Br A. W. HICKS)
Spencer, Nov. 1. East Spencer
had two ifires during Sunday, one
about midnight Saturday night
when a dwelling occupied by Mr.
James Gobbel and owned, by Miss
Phenie Sowers was destroyed, and
another late in the day when a res
idence owned and occupied by Josh
Smith, negro, was burned. The
family of Mr Gobbel had retired
for the night when the fire was dis
covered in the garret The house
burned rapidly but most of the
household effects were saved: By
good work of the East Spencer
firemen other dwellings in the vi
cinity were saved. The loss is about
12,000 partially insured. The home
of Josh Smith caught about the
stove flue and the building was a
total loss. Again the firemen saved
several dwellings close to the burn
ing building while a large crowd
looked on.
PREDICT VICTORY
WEATHER FORECAST
FOR THE ELECTION
1
.(By Associated Press.) .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.
--Raiiui on election day in
the North Atlantic States
and the Ohio Valley and the
region of the Great Lakes
with a strong probability 'of
snow in Northern Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota
are forecasted by the weath-
er bureau today.
Clear , and much cooler in
the gulf states, Tennessee,
lower Ohio and central part
of the Mississippi Valley.
Fair and cool weather is
promised over the plains
states, the Rock Mountain
states and all far Western
states.
OLD ENTHUSIAM
ENDS CAMPAIGN
Ticket Scratching Expected to De
lay and Create Uncertainty In
Many Districts.
(By Hm AMoclmUd Pim)
Chicago, Nov. 1. Claims and
counter claims with ashes of old
time political enthusiasm marked
the conclusion of the campaign in
the states of the Central west to
day. Mystery as to the tide of ;.e
tremendous women's vote reflected
many eleventh hoar discussions on
the general situation.
It is stated on all sides that the
women's vote together with the ex
pected ticket scratching in numer
ous districts is very likely to delay
and create uncertainty wnere con
tests are close.
Reports from various states Indi
cate that in practically all dis
tricts unusual steps have been tak
en to guard against fraud and curb
quickly any attempt at intimidating
women voters, in many instances
the usual number , of workers and
watchew ? will -' be "tfcrutrtstf Jtw
tripled. - -J . ..
N. C. SOCIALIST
ENJER -CAMPAIGN
Raleigh, Nov. 1, North Caro
lina Socialists burst into tho poli
tical field at the eleventh hour
with a complete state and national
ticket. Their excuse for writing
the newspaper boys is to say that
it is apparent that the supply of
tickets will not go round and those
with Socialistic inclinations art
urged to strike out the names of
"Cox and Roosevelt" (of course
their names do not apear on the
ballots and write Gene Debs.
Free speech, free press and sev
eral other "free" things are offered
those who vote for Debs, who Is
not by any means a living example
of things "free" since he is spend
ig the winter in Atlanta.
CUBAN ELECTORATE
VOTE FOR RULER
Campaign Just Ended Regarded
As the Most Bitter Since the is
land Secured Its Independence.
(Br Th AMoeiated Prm)
Havana. Nov. 1-Cuba today
voted for a new president nd the
outcome is awaited with consider
able apprehension.
The campaign just ended is re
garded as the most bitter since the
island gained the right to govern
its own affairs and found old par
ty lines broken with right about
shift in leadership. Platform is
sues were apparently forgotten in
the fight for control of the govern
ment by Jose Miguel Gomez nomi
nee, and Dr. Alfredo Zayas, candi
date of the old conservative or
coalition party. Gomez was for
mer president of Cuba and Zayas
served under him as vice-president.
-
The vice-aresidential candidates
were Miguel Arango, liberal, and
r rancisco Carrillo, coalition.
Soldiers were on duty in ell pro
vinces when the first voters reach
ed the polls.
Mission to South America.
(By The Aaaoeiated Pre)
Washington, Nov. 1. The Sta
department is considering sending
an official mission, possibly headed
by Secretary Colby, to South Amer
ica to return the visit of the South
American officials, Including Presi
dent Pessoa of Brazil to the United
States.
Y. W. C. A. TRAINING
SCHOOL IN INDIA
New York, Nov. 1. A training
school for Y. W. C. A, secretaries,
the first thing of its kind in the
country, was opened in India, Nov
1, directed by a secretary from the
U. S. Eight young Indian women.
the same number as started in the
first class of the association train
ing school in the United States in
19204, are in the first class, study
ing administration of association
activities, club work with girls and
organization of girl students. . Y.
W. C A. workers 1a India at pres
ent and 161 centers ox wor ,
AT POLLS; I
F
Trying to Pull Doubtful
Senatorial Nominees.
Over What Will the
Women Do?
(By Th Anoclatcd Prow)
New York, Nov. 1. With the
opening of the polls less than 24
hours away both Republican and
Democratic headquarters early to
day took up the stride which will
carry them into the final scenes of
the presidential contest tomorrow
either to victory or defeat .- . -
Both major parties began . the
last day of he campaign By reas- '
serting their confidence in the elec
tion of their candidate- ' ij -
"Cox and Roosevelt will win,''
George White, Democratic chair
man said. v . , ;
Will Hays, leader of the Re-
mihlican fnrM trannntA Vila a,.
pectations into figures expressing
the conviction that Harding ' and
Coolidge would have no less than
368 rrnhnhlv HQfi Wtnral vnfoa
out of a possibility of 631. ' v
The number required to elect is
26ft. '
Interest in the last day of the
great fight centers in a Anal des-.
perate attempt,- to bring over
doubtful states with a large elec
toral vote to deliver, or saving a U.
S. senator in other doubtful states
where the electoral vote is not
large enough to be indispensible.
A salient example in the first
category is Ohio, home state of the
two principle Candidates . with' 24
electoral" voteey while the cuts tand
ing case of the second class is Ne- ,
vada with only three electoral
votes. ' ,: v
Other states where the 11th hour
contest intense with both parties
claiming success are: Arizona,
(Maryland, Kentucky, New Mexico,
Tenneslee, North Carolina and
Oklahoma. All of these as well as
the Buckeye state are claimed bv
'both Republicans and Democrats.
Second only to the outcome of
the voting is the subject "What
will the women do ?" i .
Leaders of both 1 maior narties
disclaim any possession to advance
information of what is to he ex
pected by the new class of voters
In the election, enfranchised " for
the first time in all states. x"
The socialist party makes claims
for a large proportion of the' wom
en's vote. The Socialists predict
vote of at least three million with
the non-Socialist who ' will . vote
their ticket in protest against the
imprisonment of that party's pres
idential nominee, Eugene V. Debs.
In 1916 the Socialist vote was less
than 600,000. .
If any of the six national parties
strike out to break the electoral
college record tomorrow, it must
aim at the mark set up in the elec
tion of the ticket headed by Presi
dent Wilson. In 1912 his majority
of 3J was the greatest In the
course of American elections, v ...
White's Statement. !
New York. Nov. 1. Victory f or ;
the democratic presidential candi
date maans that "militarism iroes
to jail forever" and a Republican
success means that "militarism- is
free to murder and pilage again," ,
George White, chairman of th
Democratic national committee, ie
clared today in a final campaign
statement He asserted that "the
democrats have fought an absolute
ly clean fight." .r'
Mr. White's statement said there
was "one great decision before the
American voters tomorrow tY Shalt
this nation join ihe league -with
safeguarding reservations and.thua
assure world peace or unall the na
tion reject the league and let mili
tarism continue to run at large.
"The peace of the world and thi
prosperity and progress of the' Uni
ted States depend upon the votes
of Americana tomorrow. The issue
is clearly made.- Senator Harding
no longer denies he will not re
submit the treaty and covenant to .
the Senate and return to a program
of seperate peace with Germany at
whose hands 81,000 American so
diers lie dead abroad. The only
way to obtain the league and peace
is thru a vote for Cox. This propo
sition is no longer even disputed."
Hays Certain of Victory ... ;
New York; , Nov. 1.WU1 31.
Hayes, chairman of the Republican
national committee, reiterated to
day that the- Republican ticV: :
"was certain of obtaining 363 el -
toral votes' In tomorrow's elect;
and there was a strong possibil.
the total would reach clos?;ta t:
400 mark. Mr. Hays did nofrma'
a formal statement, resting on f 'i
declaration of last night that
dences of an overwhelming Rr -lican
victory hourly increases,''
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FOR CLOSE STATES