Wisconsin Will Cut Down
Its Vote For Native Son
Fighting Rol? Likely to Ct?l Fur Fewer Vote* in Pre?*i-_
denliul Kuce Thun When IIIn Name Wa*
, J on the Republican Tieket
" tly DAVID LAWRENCK
(C??VTl|kt. IIH. By Tk? Atfvanc?)
(Till. I? Ihf fifth t4 ? ?rln i4 itl'MMim lit k- wiin-n <Uilv until iliv In- liniil
UvapM*. who Iibh Ik-?ud a W.UOO iute Juu.ti*? frvn coatf ??> c-uaal ilmxith virtually all ib*
X fWem ?uin lu ?-?nail luminal imliuinit.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 18.- Any one wha Kinaplj.- -crosses
Wisconsin olT the political map of doulitful status with tliej
confident assertion that Senator LaFollotte will Ret the elec
toral vote is missing much of what is liapponinK in these
pa lis.
which, -when the ballots are
counted, will tend to reduce
the vote cast for Robert M.
LaFollette in his home state.
One is the Democratic party
which mysteriously enough is.
displaying more activity than
is customary and the other is
the fact that under the Re
publican .eagle where thous
ands of voters have marked
their ballots traditionally
they will no longer lind La
Follette as of yore. ^
The senior Senator from Wis
consin has been runnliiK for ofTlc/'
in thin state for .ft generation. He
has always been a Republican.
His enotnious vote two years ago
was due to the fact that he won
tho Republican primaries and
there were thousands* of regular
Republicans who disliked LaFol
Ittte but voted the straight Re
publican ilcket. AUo In those
primaries there w.'ie thousand!*
of Democrats and Socialists who
helped La Follvtte capture the
machinery of th**- Republican par
ty.
Rut today the voter faces a
different situation. Thr regular
Republican has Coolldge and
Dawes, Many voters who are not
particularly perturbed about? L?
Follette 'a radicalism and who at
the tamo time have the life-Ion^
t*blt of voting ft Republican tick
et. wili, vote for Coolldge.
Unquestionably Senator La Fol
lotte will poll less of a Republi
can vote by a good deal than he
did two years ago.
To offset hiB losses ho hopes
for some acquisitions, jm be will
have Socialists and Democrats to
draw from. Rut, It is difficult to
' conceive that there were many vo
ters who failed to vote for l?a Fol
lette two years ago who would
vote for him this year. He reached
his maximum in 1922 and un
doubtedly bus lost some sifice
then.
As if in confirmation of this,
these Democrats have taken on
hope and behave as If they think
they had a chance. For the first
time In a long while tiny have
nominated complete ticket*
throughout the counties and that
is significant. Their strategy evi
dently is to hold the Democratic
vote In line and to regain much
of it that has been in the habit
of nsHlstlng La Follette. Tho
question is whether such tact lew
will help Davis or Coolldge. It
purely doesn't help I41 Follette
and If cannot be of much aid to
the Democratic national ticket for
by subtracting from La Follette's
vote, the chances of 1'resld nt
Coolldge carrying the state ar?\
improved. The Democrats have
not been polling enough votes to
assure thqjn of anything hut thlfd .
place In a Three-cornered race;
such sh the Presidential contest
this year. If, therefore, they make ;
tan active campaign they will take;
,'away votes from I * Follette.
I'rlvately. there are regular Re- 1
publicans who are happy over
what the Democrat* are doing.
Th" regulars are not well or
ganised and they have division In
tlwlr own ranks, but they have
little influence with the large In
dependent body of voters wttlch
has been the main pillar of La
Follettes strength and If tho
Democrats can tempt |hcm so
much the better for Coolldge
prospects.
Wisconsin presents an unique,
situation. The Republican state
machinery Is In the handa of I,s
Toilette. The Republican state
niafWhefy Is In fTfe hands of T*a .
Follette. , The Republican st'at"
convention has Just fulfilled the,
promise of the La Follette mana
gers that they would play fair by
b avlng th ? Republican label to
Coolldge and by seeing to It that,
jhe requirements of the statute
<i-(Sr" met In selecting electors who
fir rally Coolldge men. For a
./I in It Wis thought the I .a Fol
lletie 1 roup might take advantage
of the situation snd confuse the
Lisue by sticking to the Republi
can label. Rt)t, as if to make
matters worse, th? L? follette
msnsgers have aejegted Coolldg"
electors and handed them to the
regular Republican party- a hu
miliating situation In polities. The
electors chosen are Coolldge men
sll right but their very names on
the ballot In some casts will only
make some of the La Follette vo
ters. especially some of the Oer- 1
inaat, somewhat irrltsble. Some:
of the nsmea will maks cogtrover-1
. sbs that otherwise might havo
1 been glosaed over had Us Repub
GERMANY MAY BE
ADMITTED SOON
(fly Thf larrwl
j Si. Paul. Minn., Sept. 19. ? The
admission of Cermany to the niem
! berth i p in tho Inter-AUled " Vet~
eruns Association to "promote
world ponce" will likely be grunt*
od soon, according to a statement
niado to the American Legion con*
vcntlon today by CoL Ernest ]
Thompson of Amurillo. Texas.
BANDITS IIOI. I) IIP
PAYMASTER TODAY
Newark. N. J., Sept. 19. ? Two
armed bandits today held up the
paymaster of the Hlnnchard Broth
er* nnd Lane, leather manufac
turers, nnd escaped in an automo
bile with *0.000.
licatiH been able to sel? ct their
I own electors.
The speech of Charles r:. Dawes
may have created a good deal of
J comment outride of Wisconsin
; but in Milwaukee it didn't fit. The
.people hurt; am uot receptive tu.
i talk about, the horrors of t.o
, cialism esp* dally after they huve|
,just re-elected by nn overwhem
I ing majority a Socialist mayor.
Socialism is popular with u large
.lenient lu Wisconsin. Henre ut
: tacks on It in more or Ic?r yen- 1
? ral tor iua are not so very effec
tive. Nor has the Dawes plan
bm-n received by many of the
I tlerinan voters as yet as anything
but a new burden for German*.
Senator I?n Follofte will get n
hip vote in Milwaukee as usual
and present Indications are be
surely will carry the state but by
a reduced plurality over previous
years. i
. They're Sentenced to Hang
? ? I. I
Thewe youth*, who at the tim? of th*>li uriest were no older than N'athan
K. Leopold Jr , and Klrhnrd A !?oeb. conf^Mtd slaver* of RolK?rt Prank*,
are en<lMVorh*u to tara'pe il>e pallo -vu on th** ground they arc too young
lo hang. Chief Juatk-c John R. Cuvt-rly** i1r i>ion in thi? I.oopoli1 l/K'h
t-ttiMf ha* brought considerable attention to their own plight Lioth aie
?cntence?l to It hum:eU m-xt month. ?
POVERTY MEANS
BOY MUST HANG
Hcrnjrd Grant of ( liira^o
?Sol S? Furlunal^ hh llw
Sons of Millionaire*, It
- Serins.
Chicago, S?pt. 19. ? I^ack of
? mon-y may handicap Bernard
; Grant. agr?.l 19, in his plea for
' comminution of the death sen
! tcnce imposed on hiin with Wal
1 ter Krauser for killing Policeman
Souders, according to Grant's at
torney.
The boy's family expended Its
, funds on the trial of the Ron and
I how to pay expenses of 20 wit
nesses to testify before the gov
?pnwrlB now the family's problem -
Meanwhile letters from many
' sections of the country have 1>een
received the belief that since Loeb
and Leopold, millionaire!!' tons,
jturc Ki ven- life Imprisonment for
I murder. Grant should not be
, hanged.
CONFEDERATES MEET
IN WILSON IN 1925
Charlotte. Sept. 19. ? The Con
federate Veterans encampment
adjourned here yesterday after
re-electing all officers and select
ing Wilson for the 1925 encamp
1 ment.
Week-ends Responsible
W eakManagement Charge
Ru?inrsH Executive Returning from Europe Sav? More
Work uikI I -en* I'lay Needed to F.nahle Am
erica lo Heliuliilitate Europe
Bjr J. C. ItOYLE
c??rri?M. m?. b Ik*
, -New xorK, Sept. 197? Week
end:? and weak management* arc
the two greatest (Iuiik'th faced by
American industry today. That is
the* opinion of one of tlio fore
moat business men of the United
j States who haM Just returned from'
nu Investigation in Europe look
ing toward American financing of
European rehabilitation.
Foreign competition nml thp
high settle of wages now obtaining
In the United States are not dan
gers to he feared he maintains,
and his opinion carries weight In
banking and business circles. In:
efficient and careless management
he regard* as responsible for nine
tenths of the difficulties now be
ing encountered by various llnet' '
of industry.
"The trouble with this country"
he said, ''Is that there are too
many golf courses here. We are'
beginning to fall Into the pit Into
which Hritinh industry slumped,
some time back. We are com
mencing to look forward too much
to the week-end. Not. only that,
but business men and executive*
are starting It on Friday and fin
ishing It on Tuesday.
Wh?'n I came home. 1 found mv
sons hurrying to the golf links on
practically every week day after
noon. The excuse was that they
had to take customers there and
that by thl*/ means they could
close business which could be had
in no other way. The customers
had a similar excuse to offer,
maintaining they could . do busi
ness more advantageously on th<- :
links than In the office. Euch de
luded himself Into n belief in
what he wanted to bcMeve. The
same error used to obtain in the
boom mining camps In the West
where It was the theory that It
was Impossible to buy or sell .n ,
mine or?conclude a business deal
elsewhere than In a saloon
"It Is a strange thing that WllIU ;
American manufacturers cry con- 1
tlnually that they want Europe
rehabilitated, they seem thor
oughly unwilling to see Europe's
debts to the United States can
celled or to sts the countries of
Europe in a sufficiently prosper-'
cms condition to pay them. Theyj
harp on the fear of huropenn
competition. Any time a lino of
Industry with the advantage of
fered by this country 'fear*" Eur
opean competition, It ought to
go out of business. What the
business executive# really fear Jh
that they will lose not their mar-'
ketH hut their Saturday after
noonN off.
"The clear headed, competent
business executive- ia.
not ufraid of our high acale of i
wages. He wantH It kept high,
realizing that If he can utilise thin
highly paid labor to Its maximum
efficiency through proper man-'
ag-nn-nt and Improved machin
ery. he need fear no low paid la
bor competition.
motored one day 211 miles
through France. 1 did not aee n
single golf course, but I did nee
a lot of m?*n and women working
In the fields, not until the whistle,
blew but until long after the'
moon had risen. However. If the!
trend la continued, estsbllehment '
of continuous golf courses across
the country msy tend to solve
curtailment of over-production of!
agricultural products."
Of course this Investigator, J
whose name In not mentioned Sim-"!
ply because the character of his
mission to Europe makes It inad
visable at present, spoke figura
tively with regard to golf, but his
statement assumes decided Impor
tance In view of the frequent
charges of labor leader** that the
move to reduce wages n New Eng
land Is the fore runner of a de
termination on tb% part of man
ufscturers to force a lower wage
scale Immediately after election,
no matter what |>arty Is success
ful.
As to efficiency of management. ]
the statement finds a ready sec*
onder In Samuel Oompers. presl- 1
dent of the American Federation |
of I/*hor who declares that labor ]
la entitled not only to a living
wage according to Amerlcsn stan
dards. but also to the utmost ef
ficiency of management machin
ery and equipment, and that each
efficiency would Insure equal Im- j
provrment of the condition of ;
employer and employe. , i
BRUNT OK BATTLK
IS ON FIRST ARMY
lIlT Tti? Aivrlitnl l*rr*i)
Shanghai, Sept. 19. -Th? re
miU- **f the l bird ti'h--h M^nft army
deft nding Shanghai has thrown
the brunt of the battle "today on
TTiC ftT*T army inutrr cnnrmrndtrf
General Ho Feng Lin. defense
commisloner, whose army was
holding the lines went of Shang
hai aguinat the Kiangsu forces
fighting for possession of thla ci
ty.
JAMES DRAIN CHOSEN
LEGION COMMANDER
llty Thr AawrltlMl l*rr**?
St. Paul, Sept. 19. ? James
Drain of Washington City was to
day elected National Commander
of the American l<cglon at the
cloning sens Ion or its ttixin- annual
convention.
Drain's election came on the
first ballot and lie had a majority
of all accredited votes before the
-Toti? ratt was two thirds complet
ed.
Only two other names were
presented. John McQuigg of CI *ve
land and B. K. Spafford of New
York.
WII.L PLAY SERIES
IN CASE OF A TIE
Chicago, S.-pt. 19. ? President
JoliDHon of the Ann rican League
said today thnt in the event of a
tie between Washington and New
York at the finish of the nea:w>n
a three game series would be
pluyed to decide the champion -
htlip.
TOKMER CONVICT IS
IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Colored Youth of Miinfeo In
Charged With 1Vcs|MU?%iiiK
at .Midnight
Mantei), Sept. 19. ? Charlie
Gregory, Jr.. colored, ex-Convict,
was placed under a $30U Justified
bond here Thursday "by Justice of
Peace, L. I). Tarklngton, and the
cas?- was turned over to the next
term of Superior Court, Young
Gregory was charged with tres
puslng and trying to get Into the
house of Watson Drinkwater. no
one helng there but Mrs. Drink
water and her children.
According to Mrs. Drink wa
son" and asked h?r why she would
not let her husband come In. She
told him that she knew who It was
hut it was not until she had made
an alarm and her nearest neigh
bor. Hoy Ktherldge, was on Ills
way over to her home that he left
tho home.
They Are Grant's Parents
lTt*re ore Berflffl'd Cll'lint Sr nnd wifp:-Tnm*nlx of-Bernard-Grant, 20 y?Ml
old Chif-nRo Ik>v. awaiting cx^i ution r<u* the munltr of a policeman
Clergymen, lawyers, clubwomen ami other* have entered ifre flfht to bum
I'"" fi'im the r. allocs __
INVITE TOURISTS
COME THIS WAY
Klizulx'tli C.ily Cusiiii^
i Mi'ii llrgrj to -Add Xlii?
IN?flsrript to Kvrry Ixlli'r
Th??y ^ rili*.
| C. It. I?ugh has received the
I following letter (rum l-'rod 11.
[Wtmie of Brunswick, Georgia,
! general sccrctary and ' treasurer
of the South Atlantic Coastal
! Highway Association. iukIu^
J Elizabeth City business ni' ii in
,ev<ry letter they write to add a
'postscript inviting tourlMi lt?
conn' by way of Elizabeth City a*
.Ulicy kj tu-uud from ttuuth tru
| resorts this fall uml winter
! season.
j Air. War do says:
| "I load quarters of Iho South At
lantic Coastal HIk1iw;?> a mm
|lIon l? making a special priori to
Insecure a large volume ?>f the com
ing ' winter tourists traffic from
'the North to all points in the Slate
of Florida und w?* are inaugural
lug in co-opt ration wit-h al>
Hoard of Trades, Chambers of
Commerce, Hotary Chilis, Klwanls
Clubs. Automobile Clubs, adver-;
itiR Clubs and others a publicity
campaign with this end in view.
The plan that we liuva In mind Is
one that has already been agreed
upon by the cities of Richmond,
Norfolk, Wilmington. (Charleston,
Savaniiuh. Brunswick. Jackson
ville and Miami ami is as f ?llnwi;
at th? bottom of every business
letter that your bu'edness nr n
vend out hereafter, regardless of
where they may be going, you
have written in capital letter* the;
following:
"The South Atlantic Coastal
Highway from Wauhnlgton. I). C.
to Key West. Florida, via Eliza
beth City will lie thrown open to
the public Junuary 1, 1925.
"We figure that if this plan is.
carried out In every city and com
munity between Washington. I).
C . and Key West, Florida', that
one million letters per day will
carry this news Item going to ev
ery section of the I'nlted States
and cost no one a single cent In
money. You can readily see what
a splendid advertising medium
this plan in and how successful it
will bo If you are willing to do
your part In helping to carry It
out. ? f
"Brunswick is absolutely sold
to this idea and the business
houses of this city an- confident
that the tourists coming over the
South Atlantic Coast ii I Highway
will spend in Brunswick one-half
to f l.OOn.fiOO In new money'
this coming season."
They're Krauser's Folks
Iter# la lh? family of Walter Kraua*r tl-yaaroM gray hnir#?l you'H.
tmrad to hang Oct 17 for ?h* murder of a imli'-rmnrt during i? hol""*>
Kmiiwi plaaded guilty to th?- ?laying A Aghi to *iv?- hin. ami Uvrm . I
Grant. to dl* with him. la now to-tog mad# lit lllinota. Prom
left to right gr? Krau??r*a teih?-r. Charles Krauaat . hia iXrtlu, l?
?nd bis mother.
VSh. TEACHERS MEET
"NEXT AT BESTCITY
The Northeastern division of
l lu> Ninth Carolina Teachers' Ah
rTrpj?tian- w4U h?T-n?krf|-ttriiold tt?
Oclohor niM'tlni; in Kllzabeth
? Cilyi . , ? ? ? ? ? ? " - 1 ?
A. It. Combs, principal of the
KlixabclhClty High School, und
M. P. JcninKK, County Superlnten
drnt of I'nhlic Instruction. will
l?-ave Friday nluht for Washing
ton, where t !???>* will appear be
fore a Meeting of tile ?>\ecutive
committee of the NorthejiHtern di
vision of the Teachers' Associa
tion and ask that the teachers
rim Ice- Elizabeth City their next
it k place.
Mr. Jviihlng* and Mr. Combs
[ar?* nil j Kd witli invitations from
the Chamber of Cumruerco, Mer
!? hunts' Association and the Ko
tarv and Klwanls {^nba.
This teaeh?*rs* nhioclullon met
last fall nt (treenvllle with about
1.200 tcMchem present. The meet
in:; this fall is scheduled for two
days.
BOMB l? DROPPED
BETWEEN SHU'S
(III IV* A.?-I?l?l f,n.i
Peking, Sept. 19. ? An airplane
aflHched to the forces of Chang
Tso Mn, Manchuriun war lord, to
dny ilroppi?d a bomb between two
foreign ships anchored near the
br .'ik water at Chin Wang Ton but
neither of the vas<>Is whs damaged.
Coolidge Loquacious Now
President Seems ill Fine Fettle and Good Spirit* and
| Silence and (.autioii of Karlirr l>:ivs
Seem Breaking Down
Bj ROUKItT T. RMAI.T.
(C??jrrl#ht. I #34. By Th? Ad*?n?*>
Washington, Sept. 19. ? President Coolidge is getting posi
j tively loquacious. He may not be dointt much talking in pul>
t4ie,-but callprs at the Whit# House hflve-fottfld httTi
| but "Silent Cal."
LARGE DISPLAY OF
CAROLINA FRUITS
Ashevllle, Sept. 19.? The prod
] ucta of the farmers of Western
North Carolina who specialize In
fruit* will be given much boost
ing. when they are placed In the
large display and sales booth,
which has been reserved for them
at the Made-ln-Carollna Imposi
tion. opening in Charlotte on Sep*
! headquarters of the Western
i North Carolina Fruit Growers' So
j ciety which is co-operating with
, the Western North Carolina tn
, corporated in the carrying of the
produce of this section to eyes ef
, the world.
II. R. 'Nlswongor, secretary of
the society, will "be In charge of
the booth during the entire expo
, sttion and tlie.. fruit will be Hold
at that time as well as in the fu
t ture for which orders will be tak
en. Many growers have already
signed up for exhibiting and sell
ing their fruit on the co-operative
'basis, it waa aald. and numbers
, of others are expected to register
before the time limit expires on
September 20 next.
MANY STATES HAVE
POUT TERMINALS
Raleigh, Sept. 19. ? Thirty-one
states of the Union have 6 'J port
terminals that wero established
by a state bond Issue. It was an*
noun Jed in a statement issued,
from headquarters of the Port'
.Commission bill campaign here
'Wednesday. .
I All of these <8 port terminals
were declared by tb* atatemont
to be self-supporting, some to be
retiring their bondti and others
i making a clear revenue. Tho re
| suits of the highway bond Issues
were offered for comparison hh
an example of what could be done
wfth the establishment of port
terminals and facilities.
?North Carolina was Raid to h*
the only state In the Union with
ocean or lake frontage that did
not have port development*.
Tidewater Section Lags
In Port T erminal Interest
Only Wintoii and Manteo of All the Albemarle Towiik
Arc liepreitented in Keport to the Stale Com
iii isMion on Ship and Water Trani<portutioii
Httifigh. Sept. 19. ? ((Special.)
? The towns und elites having
water fronts In I ho Tidewater
country are greatly Interested In
tli" State development of Ptfbllc
I'ort Terminals and Water Trans
portatlon. If Washington. Kden
tnn. Kllzahcth City, and other cl
tles and towns in the Upper Tide
water region want public port
termliiulH they must he deeply
concerned and promptly alert.
I lie State Commission on Ship
and Water Transportation sent
out (|uestlonnalres to the various
Tidewater town*, caltjng for in
formation about the State port
trrjiilnatn that might he establlsh
? 4 in these varioim plaros. ?Nine
responds were received as fol
lows: Fayettevllle, Wilmington.
Soiithport. Morehead City. Beau
fort. Cape lookout, New Bern,
Mnflteo. and Winton. The Infor
matlon furnished by these places
nppears on pag<*a 41-iO of the
Commission's report. Only Win
ton and Manten of nil the Albe
marle towns and cities arc repre
sented In this report.
The report of the State Ship
und Water Transportation Com
mii*ion Mates that docks, wharves
und landing places are available
nr *wntnr 2& ot- 30 town* In the
State, that the Commission has
heen tendc^d sites through gifts
ni Sonthport, Wilmington. New
Bern, Morehead City, and MantfO.
land that others are promised.
It is not too late for the Cpper
Tidewater country to get into the
game. if the hill now before the
people for npprovsl on November
4 CJifMef, It will he the duty of
ih" I'ort Terminals and Transpor
tation Commission named In the
[Act to employ experienced, com
petent engineers to survey the
nfAftlVlf sites, locate the public
ports on the oeean. sound and rlv
r?r water* of the State, and build
the terminal facilities geo? wry.
Iloth the Commission report
und the Act to be approved by
popular vote concern the whole
our Tidewater country It any
Tidewater town or city ml sees ?
?hance. It ought not to be due to
any mdlffprence on Its part. |
At present such ports as we,
have on the Inland waters and
orcan front* of tho State arc pri
vately owned and operated. They
I need to be 8tate-owned. publicly
operated, and open on an equal
1 footing to all private boat linen
j whatsoever.
There are 68 public port ter
minal* In 31 atates of the Union,
many or moat of them created In
the laat 26 years. There U no
way to control rail rate* except
by water competition; and then*
.is no way to haw ? freedom in
water rate competition . except by
public port faclfUleH open and
1 equal to the commerce of all the
world.
Private port terminal** are built
to create profltH for private own
er*. Public port terminals are
built to develop communities and
Htateii upon a bunlnean basis. The
| Upper as certainly a* the Lower
! Tldewator needs public port ter
? mlnals.
"The right of free men is an
open trade; It seems an if we stood
and looked with llstlens gaae.
while our neighbors, after their
wonted manner, are scrambling
for our spoils." said Dr. Joseph
Caldwell nearly a hundred years
ago
"North Carolina is still looking
hut she in no longer listless." aay>
a statement from tho publicity
committee of the Port Terminals
,and Water Transportation Com
mission.
SEE SOLUTION OK
JEWEL MYSTERY
?fcew Yor*, ftopt. i?. ? For the
Aral time nine* Mini K.liih Bob*
? nil bar wealthy eaeort. Robert
Ha*u*. ware held up and robbed
of a amall fortune In )?*ela In
the faahlonable modlate'a apart
manl Monday Bight. datertlvea In
VMtlRallol lha raaa today hinted
that a solution of th? mralir; wan
at hand.
following a conference between
Inspector C'ounlln and Ml? lren?
Flaherty, necretary to Mla> Bob?.
the inspector propheel.d that an
arraat would 1m made noon that
would ?nd the search for the rob
ban.
' The President seems to bo
' feeling in particularly fine
fettle these days and the ef
jfcct-of-thr Wjrh-stririls is IIO
jticeable in his irreater froe
jdom of speech.
There was a time whe n eallffl
iftt the W title House had to drt Vir
tually nil tin* talking. Mr. Cool
lid k>' sat sphvnx-like nt liiK bit;
* mahogany dank with its American
? flag flying at niu1 corner. H:?
listened, listened, listened without
| a smile or without a perceptible
change of facial expression. Now
adayH the Priwidi'iit leads in ths
j conversations and punctuates his
point* with anecdotes told in his
own dry a a ?
The, President -ev ?*u iiouiuao-tar-*
, us t ?> jlet into friendly arguniltil
with the newspaper eorrespon
I encps with them. In \ the "old
| days" it woh the L'oolldgu custom
to answer only such Inquiries on
were submitted In writing and
."puaed by tin* <vw?or"? Secre
tary I la. in Sleinji. President
Harding first adopted tiiat policy.
|He found that Home of the oral
(questions piit to lilni were per
l.aps unfairly or unfortunately
phrased and that wrong infereji
Icea were d-?wn from answers giv
en in such circumstances. Mr.
Harding explained tin- necessity of
his move by quoting the question
of the lawyer who demanded a
.yea or. no anawur to -th^-query? -
' have you stopped beating your
| wife?"
But Mr. Hardinu modified the
j rule eventually so an to permit
discussion wltli the correapon
.take up fr?mi the written question
I all pa. President Coolidge now
I ban done the same tiling a*d
I whereas the newspaper conferen
j c*H used to last five or ten min
utes nt the outside, the more re
cent ones have extended to halt...
an hour or more. w the last
one the President ami (he news
paper men had such a long hps- *
jalon together that at the
j end of twenty minutes or ho. Se
cretary Slemp came derhlng from
his own office Into the sanctum
i of the President' with a startled
look on his fact*. Ho thought some
thing mud b?' wrong. Hut when
ho found Mr. Coolidge, entirely
surrounded by the reporters and
with a real grin playing about bis
mouth, the secretary stopped and
looked and then remained to lis
ten. He got ?n I'll mil:
I It Is liocomliiK and more nppar
jent. that the President will use
! his Interviews with the newspaper
j men as an Indirect means or itn
hworlng sortie of the statement's
made upon the stump by his po
litical adversaries. This was evi
dent Iri a discussion of naval mat
ters which followed a speech br
John W. Davis 1n the West, ac
cusing the administration of let
ting the Navy ko more or lea?<t* i
pot. Without seeming to enter
Info any sort of a controversy
with the other candidates and
without referring specifically to
anything they may say. the Presi
dent nevertheless has the means
accurately what hta position ts
whenever and whatever subject
he cares to reveal If.
CONKKHKNI K IN
JUNK NKXT YEAR
<l?* Tb? a.^.ihmI |*rrw>i
Geneva Sept. 19. ? An interna
tional conforeilM for the redtic
tlnn of arinamannts provided for
In the draft of thf protocol sub
mitted l?y Foreign Minister Bene*
of Czechoslovakia to the disarm
ament subcommittee of Che League
of Nut Ions will be summoned by
June 1 r?. 1025, according to state
menta by delegates of the Hub
committee this evening.
F1RK K\TlN(il IMHIII
An alarm from llog 3 4 at 11: JO
o'clock Friday morning called thft
fire company to the home of Joe
Mono on Duke street where a roof
fire cauaed by a spark from tho
chimney was promptly extin
guished with little damage. A ntlll
alarm was gjven at 0:50 o'clock
Wednesday evening because of a
chimney firs at the home of Mrs*
Anna Overman. 1 06 Fast Church
street. Theni was no dnmagft. |
COTTON MAIMCKT
Netr Yof*. Rfpt. J a ?Cottnn
rmnrea oiwnf.l to<!.tjr an fnllowa:
October 12.11. IWh-cmher 21. H7.
January 1I.91. Murrh 21 II, M?r
II 00.
N?w Tork. Hopi 1?. ? flp?| <.0|.
ton ttoaod it "ml jr. Mlddlln* 21.90.
an adrnno* nf 40 tiotnia. Pvtst***
elotlnx liltl, Ort. It.ll. |*C 22.0*.
Jan tl.H. March J2.4J, Ma/
11.11.