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ijad mob attacks graham jail: and is fired upon by One Man Killed and Sev eral Wounded in Battle Following Attempt To Take Negroes. ;. - :OLDIERSFIREil q:i during night Prisoners Spirited" To Raleigh for Safe Keep- ins: ' in Fear of More Bloodshed; :.:UCH VIOLENCE; V :.:uch DISORDER Aembersv of L asks 'on Made Two The Jail. Mob Wore ; Faces and Attacks on (By Alald Preu). RALEIGH, July 20. The .ree negroes arrested , at . Gra in cr.i suspected of an attack i cr.e of the most prominent :: tsa cf that pbce last Saiur ,y evening werfe placed in the it 3 penitentiary here this erring fcV safe keeping, being ;-c vght here by special train in ! .r' of Adjutant General T:',t3 end. accompanied by the ;.: I machine gun company;. 3 v:. an was killed and three -red by the militia men last .1,. when members of a mob . ; 1 cn the 'Alamance county where the negroes were con FIRED ON THE JUOB GRAHAM, July 20. Follow i.Z the killing of one citizen and the wounding of two others here I - st ni.-t 3 the result of an ex - - r cf shots between militia : s.i-4 marked men -who' fired i t1 -3 jarl 'where-soldiers' were ;ir.g three 'nercwS arrested i r-ieion of having attacked : rs. :l:r :3 A. Riddle, a promi- . ..w VZiitc wuiuflU). moo uavui- : y, troops removed tha negroes j i rdal train to the state, pen :. ;ry at Raleigh early today. . : an killed and those in jur t J ,,.) in'no way connected with the n-ob or militX the au thorities say,'; " - ' Captain VFowleU, of the Durham Machine Gun Company, stated to-day: he did not givehlB men orders to fire until after a dozen or more bul lets had been fired at the jail by persons' bidden in a porn field which almost surrounds- the Jail yard. Sev eral members of the mob, according to Captain Fowler, came near enough the rrlson for the soldiers to-.see the mask 4 on their faces. ; K The guardsmen had retreated rto the . machine gun.vPosition when a number of shots were fired at. the jail eeveral of which came danger ously near , hitting Sergeant Robert M. Price, in. charge 'Of . one of the guns who immediately opened fire, directing' bis shots into the , corn field - It ia believed it was one of these bullets that killed James Ray. Innocent Man Killed ' Jim' Ray standing fifty yards, from the mob was killed -while Willie Phillips &nd Clem -Bradsber -are knowno have been wounded. How many mjre were-hit by machine gun bullets is unknown. " ' : v It was at 9:30 that the mob f 'red on" the machine - gun guard n front of the jail. The guard re tired to the Jail-under fire and there the fire -was returned. Fifty ; or mn shots elme from the building, ini' h shooting from the mob whjfh nurrounded the prison en all sides w9 general. t - None of the porri a rY - ? including ; thirty . seven members" of the Durham company, wora w minded. " Jim Ray, it was determined later, w,. vnifid by . a pistol ' bair rather machine gun bullet., Wheth er thi. me from the Jail or from the mob, firing In several directions is not known. , r ' Ait Lights were Out Ahknt nine o'clock, last night Jolly Moser, son pf the Janitor, rushed In to Willie PhilliP" restrurant and told those gathered, there that the lights ii,. tail- had gone out and asked thatsomeone go to the prison and tee 'if anything had happended to w Phillips, ClemrBradshaw, James. Ray the Moser oy Im mediately, started s toward the Jail only a block away. As they; neared a volley of machine gun TulletV tore" through the corn field and Ray - fell mortally wounded. Philllns was Ubot through the leg and Bradsna received a Blight face WCaDtain Fowler is of the opinion -r. - rj h mob were injured, trha of them could be found nf hfl firing. " He says he and his men heard groans from various parts f flld. Altogether two hun dred shots were, firedby the militia men from botn maenme guns ana automatic pistols. v ' ' More ferine on Jail V, After the rder to'eease flring',yas', DURHAM MACHINE GUNNERS TRIBUTE PAID TO AMERICAN VALOR IN CEREMONY AT CHATEAU THIERRY CHATEAU THIERRY, July 20. The battlefield at Chateau Thierry, where American troops fell with the French, waa consecrated Sunday by the presentation of 4he Legion of Honor, and the Croix de Guerre, upon the town of Chateau-Thierry. " The decorations were given in honor of Hill. 204,- where the"" Americans and French under General de Goutte, with the. French army of General Mangin on their left, launched their attack in the second battle of the Marae, on July IS, 1918. ' ' Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, in thanking the French for their tribute to Amercian valor, described the scene as "the valley of victory." The ceremony of presentation, was held on 'the top of Hill 204 at the foot of the monument erected to the men who fell in the battle.' Country people from miles around lined the muddy, tortuous road, drenched by the rainstorm and saluted the arrival pf Minister of War Lefeyre, American Ambassador Wallace, Generals Mangin and De Goutte and other notable personages. .. . : ,' . The storm ceased with the playing of "The Marseillaise." and "The Star Spangled Banitfer." As the ceremony bgan, a ray of sunlight broke through the clouds add fell across the village of Chateau Thierry, lying below. '. . v . . , . ' given several automobiles filled with men ' raced : past the jail and fired volleys into the( building, but the sabots were not returned by the sol diers. : Nobody in the jail was In Jured. ':--i--:T''.xi':C---.', The shooting brougnt- almost ; a thousand persons to the jailv. and whtu -lt" was learned "that, Ray' had been killed the crowd became enrag ed and. openly threatened to , bat tle the soldiers. It wa3 said by some that much talk of dynamiting the prisou in which the troops were quartered, was heard. k ' : .'When the situation became more menacing the county authorities got in touch with the governor's office in ? Raleigh , and Adjutant General Metis and Secretary of Statert Grimes were ordered here ; to take charge of the situation, Mr. Grimes acting for Governor Bickett, who is in Ash evilie. . A hard rain began falling at 11:30 last "night and . the crowd gradual ly cispereed. When General Metts ancf his party reached here about three o'clock this morning the little town was quiet only a few persons being ' f-een on the streets, r ; - " ' Feelings Was Intensive ,' i On account of the intense feeling against the soldiers caused by the killing of Ray and the fact that the mob seemed determined to get ppss ession of tho negroes at all hazards, the authorities deemed it advlsible to remove the negroes to Raleigh. hpecial train was ordered from Greensboro and the negroes, guard ed by the soldiers, were -,taken "from the Jail at six o'clock this . morning. The fact that the negroes were to be- take it from Graham was not known : to anyone here except Gen eral Melts and. Captain Fowler until few minutes before the train . was due to leave. ; '.--j v ' The ; three negroes were taken from the jail, : handcuffed together and placed in a truck with a machine gun and carried to the station with out Incident.x The station was reach ed promptly and the party hastily entrained for Raleigh. . - . , Mob Returns to Assault. -. : After the first assault the mob melt ed from the jail and disappeared. Ksports were current that citizens generally were arming themselves for a- second attack after midnight, and of this the garrison appeared to be fearful. At midnight the jail was fired on again from, a cornfield on one side, but the shots were notreturned. "I have given orders that no more firing shall be done from the jail un u niniiiiinMimnniim itti r mMuninL VfUmUiliu Lll ILL & OVER PRIMARY RESULTS WITHIN ; , NORTH CAROUNAOEMOCRACY Some Sore Toes, But All Will' Rally to Democrat v is Standard in November Elections and Vote" ? " '- 4 For The Nominees- ; V RALEIGH, July 20. That part of North Carolina's demo cracy known over the $tate as the organization, termed by .the 4 Republicans and would-be office holders within the Democratic ranks who are unable to obtain Its support as the "machine, -is finding; very little to worry 'over as the result of the recent primaries, which' would have a deterrent effort on the usual ma jority in the November election. . Number of Senators . . .There are, of course, some sore , toes, in the opinion of old line , ' Democratics " wfio have ' fought - in and out of season with .the minority party and at times when a fifty thousand ma- ' jority was not as easy rolled; up as it was four years ago when T. - "Wi Bickett was made the State's governor; . Somebody had1 to get stepped on before a candidate) for governor was nominated and that there is now somewhat of a polirical hang-over in some '. quarters ' was .to have been' ex - pected, it is pointed : out. But ' leaders. "of the democratic party over the state who have visited the state capital since the second primary on July 3, including k both ormer Page and Gardner -supporters, frankly declare that "ere November election day ap proaches will be decidely diffl- .cult tQ distinguish the Gardner less the mob approaches the doors and we are in imminent danger," said Captain - Fowler, commanding the Durham ' company,' after - the first shooting. , , t ' While some of the citizens of the town are urging against more troops, declaring that additional guardsmen will only Add fuel to the fire already burning high against the negroes and against the militiamen. Captain Fow ler at midnight yas calling for re- mrorcements. "I think the situation is cleared for the night,; but there is not way of telling,", declared Captain Fowler. This morning the mob . had dis persed and the trouble, it is thought, appears to be over. : :, :. ' In the meantime, the Durham Re serve militia of 125 men Is being held in readiness fpr call at the armory. Officiate Go to Graham. .' Adjutant-General Metts last night received instructions from Governor Bickett at Asheville to .- proceed at once to Graham and take charge of the situation, using his judgment as to necessity for additional troops. - The adjutant-general left shortly after midnight in the governor's automobile, driven by William Bick ett, 'son oft the governor, and ac companied by Col. J. Bryan Grimes', Secretary of State. -At the same time, " Attorney-General J. S. - Man njng Jn Mebane, left for Graham. Governbr . Bidkett had no further instructions to' give :s to the troops last night. He liad already . ordered the machine gun company to shoot and : shoft1 straight-1 If necssarr. It was in compliance with these orders that the gunners ; returned the fire when the assault on the jai took place last night.- All day, it is Understood, quiet had reined In Graham., The , question of removing the prisoners to Raleigh had been discussed,, but .it had been determined to keep them in Graham over night for purposes of proceed ing with -identification or investiga tion when conditions should be re stored to normal. - ' - None of .the three negroes held in the. jail, have yet been identified as the guilty man. In fact, consider able doubt is expressed in competent quarters as to whether any one of the three is. the man wanted. Fifty Men in Mob. DURHAM, July 20. The mob thai stormed the Alamance jail was made up of 'about fifty men. They sur rounded the jail and made a con certed attack. Captain M. B, Fowler (Continued on Page 8) men from the Page followers since they will all be chanting democracy's praises with Cam eron Morrison as the j State's standard bearer. . . I Double Barrelled Primary Although the double-barrell-ed primary was expensive, In some sections of the State waxed bitter and personal, delegates to the Charlottee convention which named W. W. Kitchin in the Horne-Craig-Kitchin encounter rember that a delegjited body : has it all over a primary for bitterness and rough treatment. They defend the primary system . after a fashion, admitting its weaknesses freely, but assert - that no matter how a nom is picked it is not .going to be done without drawing back-fire from the vanquished factions.. Considering the . prolonged campaign of 1920 which began with Robert N. Page, O. Max Gardnej and Cameron Morrison as contestants for the governor Hhip and ended with Morrison " the victor, it . is generally con fided that the distasteful after effects are non-existent. With one of the defeateil candidates, Mr. ...Gardner f already ? to . do baitle Urr the party's nominee in the coming campaign and assur ances from his friends that Mr. Page will do likewise, it is point ed out that Democracy will again triumph in the state. SHAMROCK LEADS IN DAY'S RACE BY FULLY ONE MILE Defender Took Lead at Start, But Was Overhauled on the Course TURNS FIRST MARK WITH A SAFE MARGIN Resolute Rolls in Doldrums While Shamrock Kicks Along' Merrily Bt ; Associated Preu) SANDY .HOOK, N. J. July 20.- With ten mUes, of the thirty mile tri angular course covered the challeo get rounded the first mark ahead of the American defender. Resolute, in today's international cup race. Shamrock turned the first mark at 2:28 and was saluted by the excur sion flotilla, which blew great blasts on their whistles. Resolute was six hundred yards astern. Resolute turned the .first mark at 2:32:41. , . - Shamrock Leads the Way. : Shamrock's lapsed time to the first nuuk was 2:12:40 and Resolute's 2:16: 15. , Shamrock's lead , at the first mark in that time was v three ininutes thirty five seconds without taking into consideration the time allowance of seven minutes and one second, which she must give Resolute on the entire course. ' At 3:15 with half of the time ex pired, the yachts had sailed half the course and Shamrock was leading by fully a mile the reverse of : condi tions last Saturday.' Shamrock was nosing along kicking up catpaws while Resolute was rolling about in thedoldrums 1 ' ' : -The . challenger ' sailed over the starting line ahead of the .defender, and breezed away 'on the first ten mile race of a thirty mile tri -angular course and reached out to sea. Although Resolute was second avross the line the- balloner on the Irish sloop woull not drag out and was hauled partly down. Five min utes after the 1. start Resolute had nearly caught tM Shamrock. , "Shamrock Crossed First.' -The starting signal was blown at 12:15r ,-. Shamrock ' crossed at 12:15:48, official time, and Resolute at 12:16:20. At 12:22 Resolute jumped into the lead, passing Shamrock to lee ward after the challenger's crwhad cleared and fouled her jib sail. ' . "- At 12:30 JResolute had increased her lead to two hundred yards. At one o'clock Resplute ran into a soft spot and . Shamrock drew - uj within a quarter of a mile Of her. BRADS ARE NECESSARY TO . PEOPLE OF THE LEVANTINE (By Associated Preas.) CONSTANTINOPLE, July 19. Beads are more necessary than bread to the Levantine. Men, women and children wear .and carry beads to ward off ill luck. Even the horses and donkeys have strands of beads about their necks "to baffle the evil eye" and the long horns of the work oxen are decorated' with blue and white beads to keep them from fall ing prey to diseases. RAILROAD UNIONS WILL SUBMIT BOARD'S DECISION By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 20.- The neW railroad unions which called a series of strikes this ,-. spring after their members had broken away from the recognized brotherhoods will submit the board's decision to a referendum of their membership, John Grunau, President of the Chicago Yardmen' Association, announced today. MOORE DECLINES FLATLY TO MANAGE CAMPAIGN COLUMBUS, Ohio July 20. Gov ernor Cox, democratic presidential nominee, announced to-day that Ed mund H. Moore, Ohio's national com mitteeman and the governor's con vention manager, had definitely and finally refused selection as chairman of the national - committee, with its duty of managing the national cam paign. ., ADVERTISEMENTS Tell You What to buy. Where to buy. When to buy, ADVERTISEMENTS Save You TIMET TROUBLE --MONEY. Read The ADVERTISEMENTS Regularly In The SUN-JOURNAL ..v Yacht Race Is Seen From Air In a Seaplane Boats fXo6k Like Tiny 'i White Butterflies FlaDDine Their Wings in a Gentle "Northwest Breeze. - (By Associated Press) RACIN COURSE, July 20, A thick naze partly obscurred the ' view of the j'.er?i observations high over the international yacht race course just before noon to-day. Viewed at an altitude . of one thousand feet the Shamrock and Resolute, hidden be hind the sheltering arm of Sanday Hook, appeared like two white but terfly? lazily flapping their soft white vnngs in what appeared to be &t gsntle northwest breeze. Ambrose lightship, a yellowish blot on an emerald sea, was likened somewhat to a powerful magnet. Craft of , all r sizes and descriptions were moving toward it from all direc tions, seeking a good location to view-the start, of the third interna tional contest. ... : -; Two . destroyers circled around like water bugs', leaving a slender lacy trail ; behind : them. ' v Most of the other boats seemed motionless, although thin white foam .before the boats and their silvery ' wakes were evidence that they too were in motion. . , , ;, ,; .; U "LOUD SPEAKING" TELEPHONES FOR SUBWAY! TRAINS To - Do , Away With 'Inarticulate Sounds Eminating From Guards In -Announcing Stations ' (By Associated Pfess)-: ' NEW YORK, July 20. "Loud speaking" telephones are soon to give New: York' subway riders relief from the inarticulate sounds emana ting from guards in announcing sub way stations. ' The telephone instrument, which is to be installed on the Brooklyn lines will not Only be "employed to announce stations, but will be used for suchv warnings, as "Watch your step!" "Step lively please!" etc . The phone is operated by the con ductor or guard at the center of the car, who -speaks in an ordinary voice through a transmitter, . his words coming forth in increased volume at each end. The phone is also audible on the' car platforms. .- . ; . Loud - speaking . receivers are in stalled in the ceilings of tie cars near the doors and are hardly. . visible. The openings are about eight Inches in diameter, but screened and paint ed the same color as the ceiling. The phone operator Is provided with a high Efficiency ; transmiter which is small . and can be .carried around in the pocket or held in the hand. It has a cord similar to that on a regular telephone and connec tion 43 made with the telephone sys tem by. 'plugging in." Biltmore Estate Chartered. ' RALEIGH, July, " 20. The Bilt more, has been chartered with an authorized capital of $700,D00. Of this amount $60,000 has been paid in by Burnham Colburn, of Ashe ville; 520,000 by Thomas W. Raoul, of Asheville; $10, (H)0 each by W. A. Knight, of St. Augustine, and Junius G. Adams, of Ashevijle. t TWELVE HUNDRED STUDENTS, . INCLUDING VOMEN, STUDYING ;; - POLITICS AT SUMMER-SCHOOL Are Learning How to Register And to Vote And To Electioneer as Well Preparing For Fu- .. ture State of Political Equality CHAPEL HILL, July 20. Twelve hundred students at the University of North Carolina summer school, including SOQ women, are going to learn how to vote by the practical method of voting itself. Discarding lec tures and; books on the subject they are preparing for woman suffrage by taking part in a po Iitical campaign at the summer school and by going through every step that is required of their fathers, brothers, . hus band, . - and sweethearts from paying a poll tax and registering through campaign meetings, joint debates, and secret politi cal conferences down to and in cluding the actual placing of a ballot into a ballot box. Course in. Citizenship. It is all a part of the course in citizenship. at the summer school. They have lectures and readings in plenty, but Director N. W. Walker, of the summer school, and Miss Gertrude Weil, chairman of the North Carolina branch of the equal suffrage league, have arranged for the women to learn by definite ex perience exactly what they will have to do when they actually do vote.' The question that has been picked as the campaign issue is the livest political question in tiie state today! Shall North Carolina ratify the Susan B. Anthony amendment? The town and campus have been di vided into eight precincts, regis trar and poll holders have been provided, and registration has actually begun.. The books will close at sundown on July 24. The vote Itself will come one Mr. Bryan And "Billy I' Sunday To Form Ticket May Be Chosen as Candidates : For President and Vice-Pres ident by Prohibition Party at' Lincoln Convention. A" Idj AHucinicn x-xemwf o LINCOLN, Neb., July 20.-''' V arrivals among delegates t60ro hibition party's national to-day were discussing; attitude of William Vihgs Bryan should thn convea X'bff&r him the leadership of the prohibition ticket next fall. - Mention of the Rev. William A, (Billy) Sunday, as his running mate, brought the statement from Mrl Sunday that he would be willing to accept the nomination of chosen. The auditorium where the con vention will open to-morrow was re cetving its final decorative touches to-day. Prohibition o Tobacco. - . : DENVER, Colo , July 20. Colora do's delegates . to thenational prohi bition -convention will carry a plank calling fbr prohibition of the man ufacture and sale of tobacco products, it wag declared' at the state conven tion here last night. COMMITTEE WILL ASSIST IN FIGHT FOR RATIFICATION Memorial for Suffrage Amendment Js Presented by Mrs.; Carrie Chap T J man Catt, the President COLUMBUS, O., July 20. The meeting of the national committee, set for. 1 1 o'clock, . was . delayed in starting because of a protracted con ference between Governor Cox- and Committeeman Moore,-of Ohio. The governor said he still had hopes of inducing Mr. Moore to head the com mittee and manage thecampaign. A memorial asking Vx committee to aid in seeking ratification of the women's suffrage amendment was presented by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catts, President of the National Wo men s Suffrage Association.-; The. democratic national commit tee unanimously 'adopted a resolution urging ratification of the federal suf frage amendment by the North Caro liaa and Tennessee legislatures.- - JOHNSON CRQSSES ; . v " ' BOUNDARY; ARRESTED SANDETGO. Call., July 20. Jack Johnson, negro, former heavy .weight champion pugilist, crossed the inter national boundary line t from Mexico near here, 'to-day, and was arrested "by a deputy United States marshall. He is under sentence in -Chicago for Lviolation ol the Mann act. RUSSIAN BOLSHEVDXI REPULSED BY THE POLES WARSAW, July 20. The long awaited attack by the bolsheviki along the line of the River Styr in Volyhenia commenced Monday and has been repulsed by the heroic work o fseven Polish divisions, acording to an official statement from army head quarters today. week la$er, July 31. ; ; - Meantime, botn sides are pre paring for. a hot campaign. t Campaign committees have been appointed, campaign managers chosen (amateur Homer Cum mingses and Will H. Hayeses), and all the machinery of a cam paign and an election has been oiled and tested and declared fit for use, even by folks who have never used such machinery be- , fore and are not exactly certain what will happen to them if they fail to give correct age. Are Learning Politics. - "If they don't learn some thing about voting in this meth od, then I give up," said Director Walker, of the summer school. .But the women have already shown that they, know a thing or two. One sharp politician has . already announced that she is going to challenge the vote of a school teacher who registered in precinct three (the south build- : ing) , whereas she should have rcglflteredin precinct nve( the Cai-r Dormitory), because she has been living in precinct three less than a week. "If those ant is thing they can put a raw deal like that over on us, they have a lot to learn about present day politics," said the would-be challenger, who thinks the world wiU not be fit to live in unless North Carolina lives up to the appeal of the democratic national convention. Several members of the Uni versity faculty have agreed to go on the hustings, joint debates have been arranged,' - and . the campus is- expecting- tlie- hottest political fight in all its century and a quarter of history. n. ntion 9 A ally the RAILVAY WORKERS . GET INCREASES OF wm ilws Are Granted . Approximately pfl- n tj.-'? A . n..4 . a i i r .. AWARD IS RETROACTIVE f ; 1 FROM MAY 1 OF THIS YEAJR President of Leading Brotuer hoods Present When Decision . .Made PubliUlf " By Associated Press - CHICAGO, - July 20. The U: ilted States railway ' labor bw:',rd today awarded the nearly U ' million . organised railway wurkers wage increases totaling i.l ; hundred million dollars, The increase amounts approximate ly to twenty-one per cent of the present rates of pay. ; The' board assumes- as -the basis of this decision,, th award says, "the continuance In full force, and. effects. ; of; the rules, conditions and agreements in force under the authority of the United States.. railway, ad ministration. The intent of this decision ,is Jthat the named irt crease, except aa otherwise stat ed, shall be added to rates 76f compensation established by the United States railroad, adminis tration." ; ; ' . v The award is retroactive. lia May 1 of this year. " '.;'.' The' 5 decision of the .board . granis to." the railroad workerei approximately sixty per cent .of the billion dollar increases which they sought i? r Presidents, . of 1 all the leading brotherhoods ' and representa tives of the - railroad managers were present when the decision was madepublic:r , f . ' ' Increase PreJgh t Rates. ; . ; .WASHINGTON J July 20. Imme diately upon receipt of the announce ment or tne ,' railroad Jabor board, 4. wate award railway -executives here went .Jutp. conference today to frame their recommendation to ibe Inler- state - commerce commission for .ad vances in rates to meet the added ex pense of six hundred million dollars to the carriers. '4. ; 'f" ' l", - ' The commision now has' uiider con- sideration the . aplic&tion of the car-' riera for freight '.rate increase to- pro vide an added income of one billion, . seventeen million .dollars annually but these increases' do not take into account any wage advances. , , -4-- RETAIL FOOD PRICES ARE ' STILL ON THE INCREASE (By Ana1td ; Press) -t.- ... - WASHINGTON, July '20. Retail food prices continue to- shaw.Va steady Increase," according to a -survey of the food budget yf or the v . erage family for June, made public today' by the bureau of statistics 6f the department of labor.- An ad vance of iwo per cent waa noted on June 15 ever prices on, the same day a month before, v ' This was : an ta 1 crease of nine ! per cent since the - first of; the. year.'. . . 1 i 1 BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO; DISPATCH NOTE TONIGHT, (By Associated 'Press) ' ' LONDON, July 20. The British government replying to the note of . Foreign Minister Tehitcherin, of So ; vlet Russia, regarding an armistice ' with Poland, will be dispatched to night. It intimates that if the Ruv sians advance further into Poland - all . negotiations for trade .between -Great Britain and Russia will' J , broken off. , . ' , ' '.. " HARDING WILL NOT CALL!: , FOR A SPECIAL SESSION tBy Assoctafed Prese . HARTFORD, Conn.. July 17. Senator Warren G. Harding, repub- j lican candidate for president, dpos not intend to ask or advise Governor Holcomb to call a special session of ' , the Connecticutt legislature to rti--( ty the federal suffrage amendmentTV A query on these points sent to Mr.'" Harding by- the . Hartford Times brought the reply today: , , : . v ,C Jt "I anawer'no." , Ruth Makes Home Run. (By Associated Press.) '' NEW YORK Jaly 20. 'Bab''S: Ruth, cracfc batsman ; of -.the vNw ' York American League Club, added, mother home, run to his major Iea. Fiie record to-day - when lie knocked . out: the . thirty seventh home run tof ; the reason. The hit,; which jwas .'ob- ' tained off Pitcher Faber, in the first, gun e with Chicago, landed the bU, over the right field, stand. v; There was no one on bases.. .w "'' . Negro Under Arrest. ' (By Associated Press.)' - , ' s." COLUMBUS. Ga., July 20. San Fagan, negro,, said by the pollceto ; have confesed to carying oil to a theatre at Reynolds, Georgia, which was burned shortly afterward, wfts removed to Taylor county today aft er having been, inbarceratedxin Mua eogee county jail here for aafe keep ing. , , Reports- received ;liere ttodiji-fe were that ho additional arrenta had been made and the motive 'for thf crime is unknown. . ' w
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