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Volume 26; Number 6.
SIX PAGES TODAY
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY. JULY 6, 1920.
ONE SECTION TODAY
Single Copy: Fife Cents
OF
IS DEMOCRATIC NOMINE.
OHIO,
E
! M COIEDES
;.;nison victory
BY BIG MAJORITY
: t arns From . Ninety, - Five
Counties Give Mecklenburg
V Man' Lead
STACY SECURES
TWO TO ONE OVER LONG
:kson Calls on Democrats to
Rally Around The
Nominee
m. July 6. Judge J
Cra- "
Car;;
filial i
1 e no
- i in
:gs, manager for O. Max
the democratic guberna-
ign, la3t night conceded
ion of Cameron Morrl
: lay's primary "by a sub
stantial majority." y v
, Shows Big Majority
IU turns, complete and incomplete,
a ninety-five counties in the state,
-Sled by the News and Observer,
::ve Morrison 63,038 and Gardner,
. s,cr;3. The indications are that
i : urirfon's majority will be well over
t . 8,17 5 shown in these figures.
I L 3 five counties from which no
1 1 1 is rns have been received are Avery,
C 3 m l en, Granville,5 Macon and Tyr
i -i :i. In these Gardner's majority
. r Morrison in the first primary
a j 27. In the. ninety- five counties
! r.l from, Morrison led in the first
I i iii.ary by 384. . - .. ' - ' .
la f fty-five counties, Judge W. P.
; a v, of Wilmington has received
40,171 votes. to the 27,251 for his
c ; . nent, Judge B. F. - Long, of
!':: jtt-.sville, for associate justice of
the supreme court. The same give
I; aster Durham, of Raleigh, a lead
ovt r J P. Cook, of Concord, for state
; ; M or, by a vote of 37,821 to 29.-
llf lot Clarkson, manager for Mor
i n, closed his' headquarters yes
t iiy assured of victory, ' and last
!.t left for his home in Charlotte.
CI jrkson Slakes Statement
! e leaving he Issued the fol
t tatement: ' -'; " :. ..
. ? battle of ;, ballots between
rats i3 over, and H. is now the
;,? "ui all o -forget- differences; ,
i on our armour ,- unfurl our
I e:o forward a united party1
t a common foe, the republican
: rty. The democrats have nomi
l u I its standardbearer by the peo
l !?; she republicans by a coterie, a
t v t J few- one represents the
, the other a political - ob
rchy. We must " maintain the
t principles of the great demo-
r-'ic party- equal and exact justice
to all; equal rights to all, special
privileges to none, equality of oppor
tunity for all these principles are
immortal as the ideal of the golden
rule "do unto others as you would
l ave them do unto you.1; These
principles have been illustrated' in
. pract ice in recent years by the dem
ocratic party, by enfranchising the
monetary system, By establishing all
over the nation twelve regional
banks, thus destroying the monopoly
of the few in controlling the money
of our country; by the farm loan
bank, giving the farmert an oppor
tunity of heme ownersnip ana oy
many other beneficial laws in the in
terest of the people. We have had
no class trouble in our beloved south
land, and we want, none. The time
has come when, in a spirit of fair
ness, we must look into the needs of
the toiler and bread winner and see
that righteous laws are enacted in his
favor. '
Appreciates Courtesies
"I appreciate sincerely the court
esies shown me by the people of Ral
eigh and the Raleigh reporters and
the press of the state. I desire to
express my hearty appreciation of
the courtesies shown me by Charles
Ross, manager., of the campaign of
that christian gentleman and states
man, Hon. Robert N. Page. I de
sire heartily to thank Tbad S. Page,
a worthy son of a noble sire,, for
many kindnesses and courtesies
shown me. V
"The relation existing- between
Juries J Crawford Biggs, manager
for Hon. 6. Max Gardner, and. myself
has been cordial and pleasant and I
. appreciate ' his many .courtesies. I
f have known Hon. Oj Max Gardner
from early manhood, a virile Bplen
did North Carolinian. The contest ia
over. Let us forgive and forget; By
the partisans on both sides I know
much has been Bald in the heat of
the contest that is regretted. I ap
tipbI tn wh sides to make amends
. i - u,- ..ntldTTinn cannoti af-
iiuuurttoie -ru. bcu" z rL
ford to do otherwise. i mans wun
all my heart the supporters of Hon.
Cameron Morrison for the unselfish
RPif-BnpHflrin devotion to his cause.
I never expect to again see such an
army of faithful fighters In any one s
behalf. Their trust and kindness to
triA ran nr he forgotten.
"I believe with all my heart that
it fnr tha hfist interest of North
. Carolina that she is ruled by the
tinma thno-h the aemocrauc pariy
Let us all come together tor r this
great . purpose.
1
'May God bless and prosper North
Carolina."
. -vtl tiv Counties
The vote by counties as compiled
: follows: i
Counties: . xMor.
Gard.
386
203
50
Alamance
Alexander
. . . zo
375
AAA
1,082 f
Anson . :-. ,
986
300
85
Asne . ... . . , .irr;r V." g7
.Beaufont , . s . . lt - r t . J
517
f ".r
Bertie V',!w."f '-
', .(Cjntlnued pa P?g? twa.i
TROUBLE DEVELOPS WHEN
COMMISSIONERS VOTE IN
CRAVEN COUNTY COUNTED
Vote in Gubernatorial
Race and For Other
Offices is Officially
Promulgated. .
. Cameron Morrison, candidate for
the governorship of North, Carolina,
received a majority of five-hundred
votes' in Craven county over his op
ponent, O. Max' Gardner, in v the
second primary held last Saturday,
receiving 1,451 votes , against Gard
ner's 951. . i ' - - r
Joseph D. Williams defeated Rich
ard B. Lane for the office of sheriff
by two hundred and ten votes,, re
ceiving 1,352 against Lane's 1,142,
while for the' office of register of
deeds Garrison A. Farrow defeated
Otis C. Eubanks by a vote of 763,
receiving 1,428 ballots against Eubanks-'
735.
For state auditor Baxter Durham
received 1,158 votes against Cook's
600, and for the associate Judgeship
of the supreme court W. PV Stacy re
ceived 1,266 . votes against B. F.
Long's 636. ; v "':
Trouble Encountered :.'
; It was when the canvassing board,
which met today at 11 o'clocky count
ed up .'the. vote cast for the county
commissioners that the real trouble
of the day began.. There were six
candidates for three seats on the
board and the total vote cast for
each of these was as follows i
'B.R.Warren .......1389 .
J. A. Whitford ., 1035
J. A. Ormond 963
J. L. Bland 967
V ' D. W. Richardson. . ..1111 '.
O. A. Kafer .... .1149
.. ' ' ' Warren Elected , .
Mr. Warren was . the only one of
the six who received a majority of
WOMEN WILL ASK
GOVERNOR CQX TO
FORCE TENNESSEE
Thinks Democrats Now Have' Won
'. v derfnl Chance to Put Suffrage
"Over, The Top."
,; " (Bx AMoehit-'il Vrenuy
' WASHINGTON', July . 6. ; ,
Governor Cox will be asked im-
mediately tQ exert his Influence
to bring about the ratification of
the suffrage amendment byi the
. Tennessee legislature, it was an- '
nounced today by the national
women's party. ' ,
"Governor COxV said the an
" noun cement, "has now the op-
portunity of bringing to his par
' ty the great honor of giving the
final ratification to the, suffrage
amendment and thus enabling
all women to . take part la the
.'coming elections." ; ' '
PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN
MOROCCAN HINTERLAND
(By Aaaoeiiited Preu)
PARIS, .July . 6. Discovery of
large deposits of phosphate in the
Moroccan hinterland may soon make
France the great phosphate produc
ing country of the werld.
, The Moroccan deposits are report
ed by Professor Louis Gentil of the
Sorbonne as being almost inexhaus
tible. One hundred miles, inland
from Casablanca there is a mountain
plateau, 40 miles long and 25, miles
wide which is a veritable storehouse
of phasphate. . A railway is to be
built to this mountain and a monop
oly has been given to the Moroccan
government for the sale of the phos
phate.'. . France already has huge potash
deposits in Alsace.
UNDERTAKE FLIGHT TO
ALASKA BY AIRPLANE
-' '
(By Associated Preas)
. WASHINGTON, July 6. Four
army airplanes will undertake a
flight from New " York July 15 to
Nome, Alaska, and return, a distance
of 8,690 ' miles, it was announced
today at the war department. Their
purpose will be to determine the prac
ticability of commercial air lines to
Alaska and thus expedite the devel
opment of the territory. DeHavalind
planes equipped with Liberty motors
will be used.
BRYAN'S HEART
IN GRAVE WITH
HIS DRY CAUSE
. ' . - Bl N 1 I II I ' . .. "
Thinks Nomination of Cox Was Seri
ous Mistake on JPart Democratic
Convention . i i:
(By Associated Press) :
; SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. "My
heart is in the grave with our cause,
and I must pause until it comes back
to me," said William Jennings
Bryan today in giving his reason for
not making any extended statement
on the work. of the democratic na
tional convention. l
"My views on the convention's ac
tion in reference to the endorsement
of prohibition are known," said Mr.
Bryan. I regard it as a very serious
i inisiaKe iu upeu me uuur iu iiie uuiu-
ination of a wet candidate. I need
. not reDeat here what l nave sala be-
B 'fore in regard to the evasion of oth
' " er issues."
the votes cast, and the question then
arose as to whether O. A. Kafer and
D. W.-' Richardson, the' .next two
highest men, should , be declared
elected. There were several present
who were of the opinion ' that the
Primary law made it possible to elect
them, among these being A. D. Ward.
Mr. Ward stated that he was appear
ing merely as a citizen and that he
was of, the opinion, that a third pri
mary was unnecessary, and that the
two next highest to Mr. . Warren
should be elected. ,, . . "
Among those present were a num
ber who were opposed to this. O. A.
Kafer, one of the high candidates,
was against the plan,, as was A. A.
Kafer, - a member of the canvassing
board, G. A. Whitford and J. L.
Bland, the latter two demanding a
third primary.
" Argument Galore
Col. P. M. Pearsall frankly Btated
that the argument was so mixed up
that he could not clearly understand
every point which the speakers were
endeavoring to make.
Some of those present were of the
opinion , that the vote ; cast for; the
sheriff should be taken j as a medium
upon which, to base : the majority
vote of the commissioners, while
others declared that the sheriff's vote
had nothing to do with that cast for
commissioner.
In order to - straighten out the
matter to the satisfaction of all and
determine whether there should be a
third primary or whether Kafer and
Richardson should also be declared
elected, Col. Pearsall sent a telegram
of Inquiry to the state board of elec
tions, stating the case as it stood
and asking whether a third primary
should be called. , ' . .
At this juncture a recess was taken
until late thisafternooni, at which
time, Jt is hoped, the matter can be
definitely settled.
BOLSHEVIK FORCE
CUT TO PIECES IN
SOUTHERN RUSSIA
Eighteen .' Regiments , Destroyed
Only 150 Russians Escape With .
r -- -- , ': Their Lives !
r LONDON, July 0.-The Brit
Ish war office today gave but a'
message, the source of ' which
was withheld, saying that the
ravalry of General Wrangel, the
anti-Bolsheviki commander in
southern Russia, Tiad encircled a
Bolshevik! cavalry corps, con i
sisting of eighteen regiments, on
which the Wrangel forces cen
tered a fire from armored trains
and airplanes. The message de
clares only 150 of the Bolshevik!
escaped, one thousand prisoners
being' taken, and the battle. Held
covered with the dead. , ..
"HOME FOLKS" TO GREET
' GOVERNOR COX, TONIGHT
(By AMoeiated Press) '
. DAYTON, Ohio, July 6. Governor
James M. Cox, democratic presiden
tial nominee, will go to" Mlddletown,
Ohio.i tonight to receive the congratu
lations of "home folks" there with
whom he attended school and
worked when' a young man. , 1
The democratic nominee began his
newspaper career in Meddleton as a
newsboy, later working as a printer's
devil and teaching night school. It
was there that he met Congressman
Paul Sorg, the tobacco king, who at
the time was a member of the Mid
dleton. board of education.
Later Mr. Cox became private sec
retary to Sorg.
DEVELOP AERIAL MAIIS
, BETWEEN EUROPEAN TOWNS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, July 6. Further develop
ment of aerial passenger and mail
routes in continential Europe is evi
denced by the announcement that
within the next month will be inaug
urated a service between Paris and
Geneva, Switzerland. The trip will
be made in about three hours and.
the planes will fly over the Jura Alps.
It is expected that the new route will
appeal to tourists contemplating a
trip to Switzerland.
WALKER D. HINES NAMED
ARBITRATOR IN EUROPE
(By Associated Press)
' PARIS, July 6. Walker D. Hines
former director general of railroads,
has opened offices in Paris for the
purpose of arbitrating 'the question
of river shipping under the German,
Austrian and Bulgarian treaties, Mr.
Hines was appointed arbitrator for
all this work and expects to be in
Paris several months. He is "accom
panied by two secretaries and an as
sistant, M. Brice Clagett.
RUHR DISTRICT TROUBLES
HURT. GERMAN RAILWAYS
By AsHoclated Press)
BERLIN, July 6. Disturbances in
the Ruhr district from March 20 to
April 6 caused damages to the Cen
tral Railways Administration aggre
gat'ng 20,250,000 mark's,...-, says a
news arency. Of this amount 18,
100.0(10 was the value of merchan
dise looted" from freight trains and
thefts of various pieces of machine
ery, tools and appliances. The rest
of the damage was done to tracks,
bridges and buildings.
WOMAN IS KILLED
WHEN TRAIN STRIKES
BUGGY AT CROSSING
Mrs. Nan Morton Meets Tragic
Death at Point Near
Pollocksville
DAUGHTER IS ALSO HURT,
BUT LITTLE GIRL ESCAPES
Driver of Vehicle is Believed to
To Have Become Panic
Stricken
Traveling at a speed estimated at
being not less than forty miles an
hour an Atlantic Coast Line train en
route from Wilmington to ' NEW
BERN Monday night at a point about
half a .mile south of Pollocksville
in Jones county, struck a buggy in
which were Mrs... Nan Morton, wife
of Alee Morton, of that, section; her
little daughter, Julia Grace, and a
grand-daughter, Elizabeth Saunders,
aged six.A .Mrs. Morton was instant
ly killed and her daughter more or
less injured. The little Saunders girl
escaped unhurt.,: , ,
The train i," was immediately
brought to a stop; and the dead wom
an and her injured daughter were
taken to t Pollocksville " and then
brought on to NEW BERN, where
the latter was placed in a local hos
pital and the remains' of the Jormer
were turned over to a local undertak
er to be prepared for burial, and were
this morning carried tp Pollocksville
for interment.
. ' ' Engineer Saw Danger.
W S. Kelly was at the throttle of
the locomotive drawing the train and
in an interview he stated that he had
just blown a crossing blow and also
the station blow for Pollocksville
when he sawnearing the crossing
just ahead of him a horse and "buggy.
The horse, sensing the danger t at
hand, came to a stop, but Mrs. Mor
ton, who :was"Uriying, apparehtlyhe
came frightened and urged the ani
mal on.i The horse moved forward,
cleared the tracks and left the buggy
and its occupants right in front of
the onrushing train. There was a
crash, ' a scream and wreckage in
which' human bodies were, .mingled
flew about, the locomotive. . . , ; '
' As soon .' as the train " could he
brought to a stop, members of the
crew and pasengers rushed back to
give aid. It was ; found that Mrs.
Morton was dead, her daughter in
jured but the little grand-daughter
had escaped unscathed. All three
were placed on board the train and
taken to Pollocksville where relatives
were notified. The bofly of the dead
was then brought on to NEW BERN.
, Survived by Her Husband.
Mrs. Morton was fifty-four years
of age and survived by her husband,
Alec Morton; three sons: Ebbie, Elva
and Garland Morton all of Pollocks
ville; three daughters: Julia Grace
Morton, of Pollocksville, Mrs. J. J.
Saunders, of Norfolk, Mrs. Luby Sut
ton, of NEW BERN; a brother, Thom
as Lee., of Kinston,' and a sister, Mrs.
B. F. Hooker, of Oriental. '
A report from the hospital today
was to the- effect i that the injured
girl was resting as well as could be
expected and that in all probability
she would recover.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Existing Statutes Must Be Re
spected as Mandate of
The People . - ,
(By Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, July 6. A letter
written by Governor James M. Cox.
of Ohio, democratic nominee for the
presidency, to John H. Pollock, Kan
sas City attorney, stating his position
on law enforcement, was made public
by Judge Pollock today. The letter,
dated Columbus, Ohio, June 23, 1920,
was sent in response to an inquiry
from Pollock.
It says:
'I have read your letter with
interest. The question before us
now is law enforcement. As the
constitution and statutes stand
they are the expressed mandate
of the people and must be re-
spected : by public officers and
citizens as long as they remain.
There is no difference between
neglect of the law by public offi
cers and the attack against our
institutions by the Bolsheviki.
We condemn, and properly so,
that there is any need of revolu
tion in this country because we
have the governmental facilities
to change the existing order by
rule of the majority, but we can
hardly create a proper .attitude
among aliens unaccustomed to
our ways if public officers close "
their eyes t otheir oaths and obligations."
GOVERNOR COX TO
STAND FIRMLY FOR
RAILROAD
IHTY
RECOMMENDED BY
I.C.
Under Some Plan Analogous to
That Created by Railroads
t In 1917
PEOPLES ARE RULERS
- ' IN FREE AMERICA
No. Difference Between Neglect
Of Law and Attack by
1 Bolshevists
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 6. The In
terstate Commerce Commission was
asked today by Clifford Thorne, of
Chicago, representing the shippers
to recommend unified operation of
the railroads "under some plan analo
gous to that created by the railroads
in. 1917." -: :r...:' . ; i -
"In that way only will the carriers
be able to function," said he. ;
While government operation has
been, condemmhed by, both railroad
and shippers as an extravagant and
costly burden, Mr. Thorne said, with
in three months after the return of
the roads to private control they had
fallen down on their operation.
And they are asking for the most
stupendous rate increase ever sought
in this or any other country on the
face of the earth," Mr. Thorne de
clared. "Further, they state they
have reached a place in their , opera
tions which may oe caiiea a condi
tion -of 'saturation," where more
business means a loss in net revenue
instead of a gain. That is the most
astounding, admission ...I,- have ever
heard from the lipe of a railroad
man in recent years."
HIGH COST OF LIVING
IS DISTURBING FRENCH
i .By Associated Press)
PARIS, July 6. A determined
campaign against, the high cost of
living in France' has been inaugur
ated, by the French press. "Buy
nothing but the utmost necessities.
drop in prices is. coming,'.-is caption
which many tieWspapers earry In
heavy' black type in the center of
their news sheets. Newspapers of all
shades and '.opinion, all over the
country, have Joined in . the cam
paign, with the result that a notice
able fall in the wholesale prices has
been realized. This has not yet af
fected' retail prices, however. An
appeal is to be made to the consum
ers ' to organize a week's strike to
bring down the price of fresh vegeta
bles. .
HAD WEALTH HIDDEN
IN SOLES OF HIS SHOES
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 6. A'Pole named
Plctr Talla, traveling from America
to Dantzig, was taken ill recently in
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion hut, Waterloo Road, and re
moved tor an infirmary. . He had only
two shillings and three pence in
English money, but chidden in his
clothing he had 22 ten dollar gold
pieces and paper money to the value
of J990. His shoes were found to
be very "heavy and when they were
photographed by the X-ray, Uwelve
large coins, presumably $ 10 gold
pieces, were found hidden between
the leather "and the soles of each
boot.
MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS
WILL BE BATTLE GROUND
(By Associated Press) .
COLUMBUS, . Ohio, July 6.
Ohio, "Mother of Presidents" among
states, will be the battle ground of
the greatest political campaign in
her history this summer. With two
of her native sons contesting for the
presidency of the United States.
While Marion, the home of Senator
Harding, the republican nominee,
and Dayton the home of Governor
Cox, the democratic standard bearer,
will come in for their share of promi
nence, the eyes of the world will be
centered on the capital citjr of Ohio,
where much of uie work of the cam
paign will be carried on.
AN AVIATOR FALLS
TO A HORRIBLE DEATH
"( By AMSoclated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 6. Before
leaving Boiling field here yesterday
to participate in a fourth of July
celebration at Baltimore, Lieutenant
Pat Logan, said by aviation officers
here to have been one of the best
"stunt?' flyers in the country, fell two
thousand feet at Dunkirk field. He
sustained a fractured skull which
caused his death an hour later.
DETECTIVE POLICE BOARD
SUGGESTED FOR GERMANY
(By AsHoolated Press)
BERLIN, uly 6. What is regard
ed as the beginning of a state police
force in Germany is the establish
ment just announced of a state detec
tive police board. Criminal elements
have been increasing so rapidly
throughout the country that the
local authorities have been unable to
ope witn tnem. various . govern
ment institutions found it necessary
to organize police departments of
their own, but this has led to coa -
fusion. -
0MMB1N
OHIO'S GOVERNOR IS
HAILED AS CHIEF BYT
HOSTS OF DEMOCRA CY
OPIUM GROWING
IS ON INCREASE
IN THE ORIENT
Hundred Shops .for Dispensation Of
Drug Open at Yenping as
"Cures" for Habit
(By Associated Press) : ' r
SHANGHAI, July 6. Opium is
being grown extensively in ports of
Fukien province despite the, law
against it, according to a mission
worker stationed at Yenping." ; He
writes to the Anti-Opium Society:
"At the city of Yungan, the head
quarters of the Southern forces, I
found they were growing opium ex
tensively; even in the grounds of
the yamen,? itself the ground 'was
white with poppy. I was told there
were, over 100 opium shops in. the
city licensed for one dollar per night
marked 'places for the breaking of
the opium habit.' . ,
"The military are forcing the Deo-
pie to plant the drug, and no matleci-
what the value of
they are to be
amount."
OLD WELL'S SECRET;
MYSTERY UNSOLVED
". ' , j- 1 urn Mil . t ;
Day and Night Strange Canine
Keeps Wierd Vigil at
Water Hole , i
LONDON, Out.,. Canada, July $.
The mystery as to whyyf "Buster;" a
playful anL, plfiasanfcdftg half bull,
half hound, whose owner is unknown,
should unceasingly keep vigil watch
over a-deserted well on' the farm of
Thomas Crossan Proof Line road,
Just a short distance .north of the
fourth concession, has . not yet been
solved. '' . , ' ,
About a week ago while Mr. Cros
san was after his horse in the field
not far from the house, he discovered
the dog and tried to get it away. It
was sober in expression and looked
in his face in an appealing manner.
axammaiion or ine covering or me
well, old - planks, revealed nothing,
and a day or two later curiosity had
been aroused to such an extent that
the. covering of the . hole was lifted,
but there was nothing but filthy
water to be Been. '-
Well Long Out of Use.
For , many, many years no pump
had drawn water from the depths of
the brlcked-in well. Years of idle
ness had seen twenty-five feet of its
forty-feet depth filled in with , ac
cumnlated rubbish. Just a few feet
to the south is the crumbling foun
dation of the old Schwartz Hotel,
with weeds and brushwood seeking
to prevent the landmark being obljt-
eratea. ..;
The dog continued to hold its po
sition. By day and night, through
sun and rain, it stayed on guard
Food was brought to it and it ate. So
attached to the dog did the members
of Mr. Crossan's family become they
named it "Buster." v What was In
the well? What should hold the
dog to keep watch with such faithful
ness.; v V
County Constable Arthur Corsaut
was notified of the animal's strange
actions. Finally v the waters were
dragged. , Nothing but rotten pieces
of wood and rubbish were secured.
At this time the planking on the top
of the well was disturbed, and "Bus
ter" did' not seem to like it. f
Companion Found for "Buster."
For the first time, then, did' he
leave his post and, coaxed by offers
of food and a little dog to play with,
"Buster" went to the Crossan home,
At- once he struck friendship with
his black-haired companion, and they
began to romp and play.
But at regular intervals a strange
feeling seemed to grip the animal,
and he would journey to the , well,
which had now been covered with
big logs and limbs of trees to pre
vent any one falling in.
For a moment or two he would
sniff around and peer through an
opening here and there and then
dash back to his foster home, ap
parently believing the secret was still
safe. Those humans would not gain
his secret, even thotfgh they did use
every means at their disposal.
"Buster" Was Still There.
Came a day when two press repre
sentatives journeyed to the well of
mystery and removed some of the
logs and brush to look in. The dog
was there, too. He sniffed the air
. . . ,
and, when near the opening where
he had kept guard so long, an expres -
sion of disapproval spread, over his
countenance. t
"Buster rested, as it were, a mo-
mem, wua ms lorepaws uauB.us "vcl
the top of the well, and then made a
quick dash, skirted around it andno
old foundation and trotted home.
From whence the dog came no one
knows. He is tan and white in color
and has, without doubt, been well
fed. for he is in nrime " condition.
i Buster" will be given a home at Mr.
;J Crossan's until some further ? light
is shed on the situation and possibly
the dog's owner discovered. -
STRAY DOG GUARDS
Cox Nominated as Dem
ocratic Standard Bearer
On The Forty-Fourth
Ballot. ;
DEADLOCKBROKEN
DURING THE NIGHT
J o x Gained Largely
Over McAdoo Upon ;
Withdrawal of . Attor
ney General,' Palmer.
(By Associated . Prss v
DAYTON, Ohio, July 6. Gov
ernor James M; Cox today sent a
telegram to the democratic nat
ional convention at San Fran
cisco, .announcing he would ac- '
cept the presidential nomination
and thanking the delegates for
their action,. X ' h ' i . ' s ' . .
J3AN.FJU NCISCO, July James
P. pavK "'-v. , n.Ted for v the presidency
early this morning hy" the' democratic
national convention in. , the break-up.
of one of the. most prolonged dead
locks in the history - of -national po
litical parties. - - -. -
jilt took forty-four ballots to make . ';
a choice, and ft "was 'not until the
thirty-eighth, -when - Attorney Gen-'v
eral Palmer withdrew-from the race,
that the long succession- pf roll calls '
showed any definite trend. -
In the turn-over -of the Palmer' del
egates Cox gained largely over Wll
liam O. McAdoo,- his rival - for first .
place since early in - the - balloting,
and that advantage never -was lo8t; V
With the choice -made the conven
tion adjourned to noon today to
nominate a candidate for the vice
presidency." -... . r . y . - ' . t
Should it be decided to give" second
place on the .ticket . to .the :east,
Franklin D; Roosevelt,; of .New York,'
assistant. secretary . of the. navy, seem
ed, to-be- a- favorite-, .but 3t,the aomi1 -
nation i goes 16 .the' west, there .tare
several possibilities talked about by
the leaders. , . . ." , "
Was a Wonderful. Fight , . '
i Supporters .of ..Governor Cox won v
the. way to the nomination, by. per-1
sistent battling at the, McAdoo and
Palmer forces . in. many states
throughout a long. series of shit tings v.
and rallies which. left now one and '
then another of the .candidates in the .
lead. ,-;-v:..' i: , I'
On the opening , ballot Friday the -,
Ohio governor, was in third place. H,
soon passed Palmer, . however, and
on the twelfth , ballot .went ahead , of
McAdoo. Then began a see-sawlng
between Cox and. McAdoo, wbicht at,
the end of the thirty-ninth roll call,
at midnight, found the two' virtually
.the same. :.a - 'Jr -'.-''
On the forty-secQnd' ballot the ac
cession of , most of the Palmer. ,
strength went to Cox, and after tfaatr
great and little ' state delegations
went Into the" Cox column lir a pro-- "
cession. , ; 'j -
On the fortykhlrd he got' a ma
jority for the first time' of all , the ;
votes cast, and on the' forty-fourth .
.he was . progressing ' toward the re- :
quired two-thirds '' when', Colorado
Changed to him and made the homl- .
nation obvious. ; V
This was made unanimous on mo
tion 6f Sam B. Amidon, of Kansas,
a leader of the McAdoo forces. ,
Cox secures The News ' '
DAYTON Ohlo, July . Govern- ,
or James M. Cor, who was noraiiiat
ed for the presidency by the demo-y
cratic .national convention early, to
day, declined to" make a statement
regarding his victory until after he
has received notification from the
convention! ' ; ' '; -.'. .
The governor received the news of
his nomination In his newspaper of
fice, the -Dayton News, surrounded' by
fellow newspaper workers and a few
relatives and intimate friends. '
When the Associated Press , wires -flashed
the news of his nomination!
his first actwas to' cross the room'
and kiss his wife. ' He then left the
building nd walked a few blocks to
the home of hia , closest personal
friend. John C. i McMahon. aged
eighty-seven, dean " of Dayton law- :
yers, to whom he wished personally
to give the news..' . ,
Mrs. Cox was highly elated over
the nomination of her husband, and '
immediately sent a telegram to her
father, Thomas P. Blair, of Chicago.
Governor Cox, planned to vlsit the
grave of his mother thlsinorning.'
His mother, Mrs. Gllert Cox, died-at
the age of eighty-five several years
ago. She lived to Bee him tnaugur-
ated governor for the first term- '
McAdoo i Is Relieved .
HUNTINGTON, N. YU . July , 6.
When William G., McAdoo was ih-
rnvmcrl nnnn rlolnir this mornina' fhst
I LUl mini U . U -
Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, had
, been nominated as the democratic
candldate for the v presidency; hh
! only comment was: ' . '. " .-
..j am reiieved and delighted that
the call did not come to me."
Mr. McAdoo -j- showed .. every evi
dence that he was pleased,' and ex
plained that he would have a-statement
to make later in the day.
Mrsl McAdoo, who .Was by ,her
husband's side, said: v . .... ;
"That's great!" ' '.
Before leaving for . his .. office in
Manhattan this morning," Mr: Mc-
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