AMERICA JUDGE OF
HER OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THE LEAGUE
President Points Out To
Senator Harding How
This Is Possible
SEEKING INFORMATION.
CANDIDATE GETS IT
WiUon Cleared Up Situation in
Ragard to “Moral Ok%a
tioo»" in Colloquy With Re
Publican Candidate When
Latter Attended Conference
at While Houm.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 17.e—Korn
M * remarkable colloquy between
President Wilson and Senator Hard
ing In which the President *how«
America li> be the sole judge of her
moriil obligation! if the becomes a
member of the League of Nation*.
The Preiident clearly point* out that
thi« country doe* not «um odor 'hot
right io deciding what u and what is
not her duty a* a member of the
League. He also ihowr• 'whd*■ *rt»*
great value uf th« league would be to
to os and to the world.) , i. , .
Thl* colloquy too place' on August
19. 1918, when the Senate Koeciign
Relation* committee of Which Sdda*
tor Harding ia a member went to
the White Houm to confer, with thv
I'renident on the League. 1
w ll.eelian TL _ D_|J_.*
cx|irrw»d a while surprise that I
i aired a question as to'the value of
this compart because of the moral
obligation feature l.et me promise
by the statement that 1 look upon a
moral obligation as that which the
conscience of the contracting party
impels. The conscience of any nation
in Europs, for example, may be war
ped by it* prejudices, racial, geogra
phical and otherwise If it be true
that any nation may put aside or (tv
oeinv iti judgment as to thn pthrml
obligation In accepting any rettn'
inundation of l.sague, really what do
w* g*U out of this international com
pact is tha anforcemeat of any de
gree?
The President—Wo get the center
ing upon it df'fhe deTtnlte OpTWTSff 6T
the world oxpieseed in the anthorito*
tive organs of the responsible govern
ment.
Senator Uarding--Another ques
tion: That in surrendering the sug
gestion of a moral obligation for this
Republic to the prejudices or noee^
The Pvcaideat—I do not . ondUe
sund that wa make suoh a aurreodOr.
Senator Harding—Would you not
understand a- doerow br-the conned
to bo a saggqation el jbi*.a«in%i ui*
ligation?
The Plvsident—Certainly I would,
but we would have to concur in that
before it had any force of any kind.
Senator Hard:ng--Would it not be
<t,! !•' s moral for this Republic it
self to dctfiminc its tporsl obi at*
lions? < ’
Tho President —»' Undoubtodly
Scnato-: But In the nfcantime
world would not have the knowledge
b' fore it that there w|ll be concerted
rct.on by al! tha responsible govern
ments of the world in the protection
of the *veace. The minute you do sway
with that aaauraaec to the world yo„
have reached tho situation which pro
duced tha Cerman war.
flenatdr Hardmg — What becomes
of our mndiig rmong r.a'rons If the
co.ioc'i ifxc i a mo_al .obligation upon
us aiiA we reject U»n Judgment of tfck
council a* to the moral otjlixutiqa?
'rhe Pn-a'dont—Pardon me If I: r*j
mind yon that we always have to
ror.mi* iw
3'0 lar Hn"ding^Pr*cisehf.' but
the council states whs* vjam.tilutas
ih- met si obl'gat:on. if agro^j. Buf
>f »» "<Jt. «■**«. then. In the eyes
of ih ..’woc.d we have rejected its
judgme/u s,. i* a moral obligation.
The President—Coftaluly: And I
h;,W i»0 thil.
,f ,,or m!> ? J«dr»>unt diffash. Irons
ff."g£2n.,’*,u' “
The .PronSdent—The L .
nwnortl T»lu« if the point that I w
raised. We are ueumlng that the
United 8tate» will not concur i Sr
g. ncral moral Judgment of the world
1.1 m* opinion she generally will If
(• had been known that’Olie wnr wnt
•.uniri on har moral Judgment would
have concurred with that oth.
iltfstss Surbu
xyv-irsusjnB
ro'i of cotlCU'’*n<V** *<>jW never
hevt (ijred to do what ehe dld. With
ss srfySftKS
SuCmS f»r MscjfatfSF*
neVtJwr know beforehand that there
w« b. C concert *
tho.c 1» the const tromonnou* guar
‘"‘inator H.rdieg- B^ ^ J^^
dent, nobody expresse* JJJ]
moral *)ligatipn to rn^4r r,„^,n
war. But It wki eur own eaprtemoa
waa It not? . ,, wai
The Praaident—Certainty' ,
oar concurrence In the Judgtn*T>f
the world _ .tit;
Senator Harding — One *
point! I am getting at, tf I «*J"**2
it clear, ’la the neceaettv of a comP**
for tMh’ropahllc to MflltHf
tionn t» ’ehrlllfatlao. _ ' ' .
Thw, President—Sir, thla RrpablV
If I interpret H rightly, doaa not nj*|
a saggaOtinw from any quarter to fal
All Iti moral obligation!
let^thr Harding—I quite agre
V' 'r . ^rtiMiir
t
Canadian Prices Take
Big Plunge Downward
1 Montreal, Oct. 'll.—Th* retail
pi ire of Canadian woolen yarn madt
a scnaational drop this weak whet
'ithe priea of the cheapen grade com*
I down from 13.26 a pound to 11.86
'Thin in the Aral manufactured article
to rnflkct the Very low value* of raw
wool, although it ia thought by wool,
ra manufacturer* her* that good. b>
tnc yard will ivoo be brought down
*1*0 by the action of American man
ufacturer*.
linig* are al*o following the down
ward trend. Camphor, which during
the war coat 15: a pound, cpn now
be bought for #T.*6. turpcnUhc'ha*
dropped $1.25 ■ gallon wholooolo.
while coctint it now only $6 »n
oUnco. * . T ¥
“COW-BELL" BOY IS
NOW CARED FOR
After1 Many Years Wan
. dering Boy,Will, Re
ceive Attention
Atlanta, Ca., Oct. 18.—The ‘Vow
bell boy" of Manon ,«
like any bean of the.field:
Par lorib th* eaw4,a,tey «a>!be*.
aUonce the ply and the terror af hlf
ISSSfeX&SiiTSSlA,®
dren to aupport.
Th* cow-bell boy 1* only a Utile ne
gro, his mother only on* of those
many black tollorn of the south who
ckc out a slender existence on corn
pones and tornip grr i n* from the lit
tle money they can pick up washing,
cooking, doing general housework for
the white folk*.
lie, her eldest, was horn an epllep.
tic, an uilot- Vet she '"“-d him. And,
b<caoer\*he must ui nil day and
sltoiJsaE
ing, before she l*f( for work, she
Ucd the bell around his neck. Beery
night, after she came home, she took
to the streets, the wood* and fields,
listening for tho bell. Always she
bio tight him home who could not
;t»e way*- ittth*. It* was the only way
ahe knew how to keep him. .
Bat the trouble of tho, cnw-bell
boy grew, upoiai him -that, and his
loneliness.. Ms 1 nanrtmfb|s Us filifil
ened tho mbhar. -ehUduam la tho a«gb
•bothood. He bdeaas iuo; labgor r»
liSSSWRSSBf
Into tho. has it- M. faniUUdda,.
Thera, might hare 'coma a .night
wham tha mothoc, list ruing tor, -tho
ife r
;lle boy. But kind heart* discovered
I tha? thing in lime. It wat the secre
tary of the Marion chapter of the
R*d Ciosa, Mia* Jessie Rose, who
came soon the cow-bell boy and re
ported his case.
.Thera was db'
*3* W
C*od«J
But
C m to help the helpless crorywhem.
The Morion -ohaplur. hat. Lakaa. -the.
c irs of the cow-bell boy into It*
charge. Whether he can be cured,
I whether he can be placed in an insti
tution for such persons, it not known;
but one thing It sura, tha ehaptar will
tee to it that the hell la ne longer no
; cotsary,- that some on* cares for the
1 boy, Ih it the mother does not haee
to tMrcfr.fcr.fry plyfllfr
HtJNtfl STRIKER1 (
•' IS 'AT CORK
I liliw_„l|i/iiait ,,
First of II Strikers ia Cork Jail Dies
1 Aft*1 tToVg-OeW ‘z'Modlht ••
Without Pood
% _
Cork. Oct. 18 —The death hut
night ot M.chad FitmianiliJ, tint at
the tlnfflrt hangar ItMdH *MV >th^
paehably wvil.besf Mn, ef JfeA
< ITfct upon th« uthyr hunger strikers,
efcewdlnir toi'the'^nlP' doOtors ■ Psthlyv
«»W!k'faWsiiaS'ffls?«
What.j^.baypaitlg*., .IfOto. rpMhlng
them.
Joseph Murray, Zaae Hennesy and,
seveial of the other fasting prisoners
srs now so low that ths end n aspect*
c^ishortly. .« J „n, ,
Ilcnnessy'*, father Was visiting the
nelson yraUrMay ■ salt hernad!si tufin
ocr of etheri relatives an learning that
ikge+iW S»Mrd>lAt i betwn Tatung
the Kosary, hut bsfdrp tbw bad fin
ished Fltagerald' was US ' l“. ""
Washington, Oct. 18.—Bituminous
*eal production has rcaehsd ths 12.
000,000 ton weekly total which the
National Coal asaoctatian recently
declared was necessary to Insure
■gainst say shortage of ths winter
•“ttjy.
. /he geological survey announced
^>Mhat lha output during tbe week
•"ded October 8. Was 18,078,000
««». an iacreasa of 708,000 tent ov
•^^greduction the week before. Ths
I'Srs-s-i £r3E££
, srAvz txm “ —
gen.-veen m,, c-rs W: ran-imi—,,, v
j GREAT STATE FAIR
WILL OPEN TODAY
(Large And Representa
tive Crowd rilling
Raleigh Hotels
Raleigh, OcU' IP.—The largett and
moat representative crowd of North
Carolinian* that ever aa»-mbln at
th« State-Capitol once each year la
gathering in Kalvigh th:., week in at
tendance on the Stato Fair. Thm
tmek . i hr crowd la mj.x •vpr ar: In
t > ii. <nual- !-e ••«<.> ,• • the year
*>f i tf iirral eli . >-r »'-i tire big
rampna *•»! ■ • 1^*4
Ator*» 01 pmn'n»-„t 'mi n c*«u b«
V 1 «ut on th* fire rr<»ond# ■**!
10 ;cur rotol )vb> *nrt tilfV urr
t«kint »^*ntigd ;j tht f;r» r urion
ZTo.?%r,*ni‘V; m-°‘ heir per
rJJ«ii<rien w frora ■" ov« North
^'d Suil.,M,ny *rrtVrd
Th* ocraflon pr*eenti a fine oppor
tunity al»o to new (paper mm to learn
the humor af th* people of the varl
oo* diatrlcU and roaptlee with regard
to Ut* political partica and their can
didate* It It being embraced by
your eorroapogdent aad' he ha* boon
rtruck with the repeated atatrment*
by visitor* from all acetion* of the
SUtp who eaiphaehe the aaarrtion
that the prospect* of the national
Dtmoeratic, candid*tea have, been
vaatly imjlrovt-d within the '!a»t two
or three weak*. That the league of
M rjete to the henru of the
great majority of North Carolina peo
ple nnd; that Candidate Hording ha*
alienated many'voter* frotn hi* party
iy hi* trior* recent attitude pf open
mgitiliij tn the league and opoaition
to the ratification of a peace treaty,
A* u> Moiruon and the StAtc tic
kat, the* all, with one accord, acclaim
their admiration for the Democratic
candidate for ffovornor, who moat of
them have come to know better than
they did In the daya proceeding tho
State primary. It la the eoncetirut
of opinion that the Democratic ma
jority will ha, proportionately, the
large* ever (lolled for the 8ute tlc
k^u TkrlX ; 1| but one qualification
dwreedoir and that 1* that it
■AfiRpwW 'Aumet Lai gely on the
registration of the Whit* women, e»
prcinlly in the ea*crn and central
count!ec. Tho women of the we*
arc l..r*ely leguured already.
Got Familiar With Aantaiala
^AWF^OYWdad'i^rMaoi'.
ahouid fawiliaria* himaalf loot her
•df) with tbf morita of the flea pro
posed amjindnftntf to tho cenrtitu
Upn anp* votefAr '(halt'. adAptloa.
Tie ftrpt ftreb'^gutocbtheV.” add arc
atadlaCely peeeaeirj td the' revalua
tion ]adt proritfona 'Tht othor two
'•"I." OM adthbrfty-w the ItaU to
fUr bet income frAm all aonreea a
DOTO exemption of aot leaa than 12,
000 for married man or Widow or
wtdawwr fcgviag dependent (Die or
child or children and to oil other por
tion* not leu than ft.00.
2 To limit poll tax to aot exceed
ing $2 for State, and for municipal
itiea. fl.00.
3. To reduce rata of tax on amp
*■ To robetitut* a rule of ono in
»tc«< of two year* rcaidmcc in 8tate
and four month* in pracinet, aa qual
ification for voting.
s. To aboliah payment of poll tax
*• Qualification for voting.
Parker and Nanro Waaan Circular
Candidate Parker, Republican
nominee for governor, had a good
alar- crowd to hear him in Raleigh, a
bout half of them. Democrat*, but he
'lldappdinted them AMde from his
tUawaion of the taxation xubjcct. m
v/hicp he exalted tho in tome tax and
bqlittfed tht »** of the - Democratic
: evaluat’op program, there wet little
reh* mcgl'ia'htt epeeth.- -Ho did not
fuimithe hope* «f roqny p.eient by
bvlfc teftfring » •Jdecjih William
Uailey'i declaration tint Parker
was "Ibe mo* densely Ignorant nun
in public life ih North Carolina on
Ihr Uxatlon y»bjecu” Out he hue
oUit qadtlng Joaldht utterance* on
rVht^AbJnok iwn* month*, back in an
attempt to boUter up hi* own argu
Candidate Parker, with much ru
<*; repeated that* old threat which he
th* 'itit,'att»ilbe'»fgio, woman oc
curred, la the nope that he could be
tlaOd ■ the ‘ Issae of negro tretaea vote*
in this election.
“1 have not located the scoundrel
yet/* he detlared, H>ut 1 have evl
dance, and as soon as I can .fasten it
Mt Itffd * will Brand the' Writer of
whym he apegk* toijon th* subject,
•net no “white Democrat" had any
thing to do with it. He knows that
he V? 1)1 NEVER bu able to FASTEN
rp on 'day each' nthn. He kaowa
perfectly well thet be Is making this
hind ef threat la the hop* of fooling
disgusted white Republicans, who re
fused to applaud his threat. Par
ker will make the same statement In
the last speech of the campaign, the
day before the. election—for the
unto on Worthy purpose. And be will
still he compelled to any he kaa NOT
YET- fastened it an any white Demo
crat. Another display of eheap pol
ities whieb Parker Is at.ni indulging,
is his lias words for Gardner .and
Pago, aad denuapialton of Morrison
gjj JyU-jajt kriwsl why he docs thal
Aaeaymees RepobUcaa Headers
One ef the certeia sign* of IIh
waning ehiqcat'^f thy Republican!
Is the feel that homewut enonymou
slander* against prominent Dam*
crats la the farm of "letter.” kav<
recently been received by voters o
both sea*a. The coward* who at
tempt to dpIU this kind of slow poieoi
».JW< *tr;*m»my*VRAr*c>* *"*.•: W • ’
Blame* Senators For
Instability Of World
Secretary DaaMa |®Me lk* **a*u
Majority RaaptAt Par Past
WvllAW
Spring:field. Me., tot 1»—Respon
sibility for tie "blA of *»ery man
killed breauar of •dd instability"
following the warjwaa upon the
hand" of thcac NSk* ®*o hare
sought to "tcrap tlSMwtal docu
ment of V«raaiilea,V>0*t*ry Dani
cia drilc.rcd in mSMt*1* here to
ni -ht. The world tVJ would be
" cable and (ruiptrSr if the senate
majority "had netored up to ita
duty," aa did Aaftn aoldlrnt in
tbc trarchcc ha ad9
A “fundaiBentaltofttagui-ijin of
fplrlt" underlay thtoubont of tha
two piectdential i ■ ■'**'" on the
league of nation# Aa. Daniels
declared Governor (to. *• anitl, stood
for “devotion to pritopl*" •• against
Senator Harding5# varieties of
compromise.” B
“President WiUoi|> *• socretaw
•aid, “had been aUW*d by oppon
•nta of the Uagoelutply because
he is not a comproto*r> aarl would
rot “surrender hit cto*Rutl°nal duty
to senators and be A** t8°- "
la tlicir utlrranA on •!*( “su
preme Issue of the <B»pai*n,'’ it has
been clearly present®** **»•• Ameri
can peip'e, the nt JUT concluded,
that “Harding *t»nd®*r compromiaa,
world unrest and to11nrial mpar
government. rlfraaSr* stands far
P- Inciplc, world pa a® a*1*1 constitu
tional government."®
Will OrparidT"
Odd Fell
The writer of thl#»rticl® l* a
X°“"6 who waS*5*** at the
Odd Fellow*' fl i linijl— in Gold*,
boro. North ClMllMp who know*
the benefit* to the ■Udren of Odd
Fallpwe of North who are
receiving training gt»*JHome.
I . am particularly '•eetroea of I*,
terming a number m A® b®*t ann
ln Ihl* rom-oorrity I | or.Taoizieg a
t-idge here If there * any who are
ntereeted In thle, pi >* drop me a
po<tai card in care • Perriah-Driver
Company, idgntfyijig *r wllUngnraa
to meet me and we w a speak
er heic who will arpli in an addrwaa
thn f'.indameotal wot K* of the or
der and Hll aid In d effort* to or
tranie®.
A aoce.al efllclentl I®**1 *faa Do
ge, r Team from Go bwio protniaee
to hclji in any !njtl *B work that
»» mipnt have oftar id 1-odh* war
organized, and contin thl* aid on til
»» arc able oura*hm#e do
woik.j ■'
-I “it:
Youra very truly,
, L. THO MA8F
• »
Five Men Are Killed
By Boiler Explosion
Two White Mao. Indian aad Two Ne
groee the Vietim* of AreUeat
lo Rehceoo Ceuaty
Lumbrrton, Oct. lb.—Fivo Men,
Henry and Jew* Bracy, white, Aron
Oxepdine Indian, and two negroeo.
malo and one homo, wore killed at
Bracy, Robccon county, early thla
morning when a boiler exploded at a
cotton gin.
The explosion broke * plate glam
door and a number of glam window*
:n Rowland three roller away. The
b-iilor had boon repaired- the day be
i for* and it u supposed ora* left in an
un*afe condition. The whit* men
euro all well know*. citieena
. ;
a i evind will not eve* riak a poet mark
on their envelopes, mailing them on
i ho tram*, so that A* recipient* can
not toll where they ware mailed.
The elat'd ore,* win aot Influence any
votes, bat it U to bo hoped they Will
break into thv penitentiary ere long.
w Ottn k«w uyw
In upholding lb* constitutionality
of'the absentee voter*’ lure, tho State,
Suppose Court was unanimous Ths
argument of the ceanavl for tho He
publiran candidate Cor State treas
urer who brought the suit, waa
that the aoldlon hud returned and
there was no longaf Bead of the l*w.
Chief justice Clark. In hie opinion,
knocked ft eold when he rtiowod that
forty-three states n*w have eeetiau
od'the statute In euietunce U pro
tect dtlaona ncesuarUy absent from
ihtlv home prccl/i^* M election. He
sidled that the f*4* that only seven
ty per cent ef tl Chile men of this
State had boon "g of Into years,
wdrpartly due l M failure of tho
aukhnriliea to pn « an absentee vo
ters’ law sooner, none of the other
<?ata» has ropeeled'the law, and the
coufticaw no rcadf why North Car
oiaa should do ee* It it fair la Ha
operation and provWsns to every par
ty.
' 1
AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION
Changes In The Organic
Law As Proposed By
General Assembly
Chapter 6, Public Law*. Extra Sec
tion of the North Carolina General
Atoembly, 1920.
An Act to Amend Chapter 129 of
the Public Lawa of 1919, and to fur
tho: amend the Constitution of the
State of North Carolina.
The Grnaral Aaoambly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter one hun
dred and twenty-nine of tho Publir
lava of nineteen hundred and nine
teen be mpd the tame la hereby a
mended so aa hereafter to read •»
followa. '
Section 2. That the Conatltutlon of
the State of North Carolina bo, and
the WH I* hereby, amended in man
ner and form a* follows:
I. Amend article five, section three
by repealing the provision in said sec
tion. "that no Income shall be taxed
when property la taxed," and substi
tuting in lieu thereof the following:
■Provided the inle of tax on Income*
mall not in any ea»c exceed six per
cent and there rbali be allowed the
following exemption* to be deducted
frem the amount of annual income*
to wit: for a married man with a wife
living with him or to a widower lmv
inf minor child or ehlldroa, natural
or adopted, not loss than 12,000; to
aO other persona not lam than $1,000
end thi re may be allowed other de- [
ductiona (not inrlodlr.g living expen-1
sc*) so thst only not income* arc lay
•4."
II. By striking out section one of |
article five and substituting therefor
the following:
“Section I. The General Assem
bly levy a capitation tax on ovary
null Inhabitant ef the State ever
twenty, one and ander fifty years of
age. which said tax sfasll not exceed
two dollar* and riba* and town* may
levy a capitation lax which shall not
exceed one dollar. No other capita
tion tax shall he levied. The com
missioner* of the several counties and
of the citina and town* may exempt
f’om the capitation tax any special
cases on account of poverty or infir
mity.”
HI. By striking out auction six
of artlcla five aod substituting there
for the following: “The total of the
State and county on property shall
.net axcosd fiftari cents on tha one
bunderd dollar* value ef
eo,?ty **•
lie seheeli
required by article nine, section three
ef the Constitution: Provided fur
ther, the State tax (ball not exceed
five ce>'U on the one bundled dollar*
value of property."
IV. By striking out that part of
the first sentence of section two. of |
article six ending with the word “el
ection” before the word “provided.”
*"d substituting therefor the follow
ing: “Ho shall reside In th* State of
North Carolina for one year and ia
the precinct, ward or other election
d strict in which hr offer* to vote
fern month* next preceding the elec
tion."
V. By abrogating the following
requirement of osebnn four of article
V: “And before he ahall be entitled
f vole have on or before th* first
day of May of tha year In which be
proposes te vote, his poll tax for the
previous year as prescribed by article
v', section 1, of the Constitution”
ar.d hv abrogating the following pro
' *o »t the and of section 4 of article
VI: “Provided such person shall have
pxM his poll tax as above required."
Section 3. That amendments I,
II and ni to the Constitution shall
hi' co vide red as one amendment and
amendment* IV and V shall be eon
tldoted as oiu amendment, and shall
be submitted te the qualified voter*
of the whole Bute at the next general
election.
ftA. Thit tv mlrn/lArt fit
orlng the adoption of amendment* I.
It, and III ahall vote ballota on which
«hall he written or printed, “For
amendment* to Limit Rato of State
and Coanty Taxes and Amount of
toll Tone* and to Authoriaa Income
Tax,” and thoee oppootd. ballot* oa
which ho Written or printed, ‘‘Agmfnat
Amendment* to Limit Roto of State
arid Coanty Tax to. and Amount of
Foil Tax, and to Aathortao Income
Tax.”
gee. 5. That the elector* favoring
the adoption of amendment* TV and
V shall vote ballot* on whieh ihalt
bo prittrn or printed, ‘‘For Amend
ment* to Chang* Requirement* of
Two Tran Roaidane* In tho State and
Payment of Poll Tax a* Qualifica
tion for Voting," and Uioa* oppoavd,
ballota on which ahall be written or
Stated, ”Again*t Amendment* to
tar.ge Requirement of Two Year*
Reaidence in the State aad Payment
of Poll Tax a* Qualification far Vot
ing.”
See. I. That the election anon
the amendment* ohall be conducted la
the aai meaner and andor tho mm#
rule* and regulation# a* provided by
tho law* governing general election*
and If the majority of the veto* earn
bo la favor of the Amendments or
nay of them. It Stall he »*•
tho Gevataor of th» State te «*™y
the omendmonte neelvtog » amjorlty
of vote* ea*t and r the oral of two
State to the Secretary of State, who
•hall an roll the tr'd amendment# m
certified among the permanent roe
orde of Me o®ee, and tho aamo dud
ho In fore* and every part thereof,
from and after tho date of rorh cer
tification.
Sec t. Tbit art Stall ha la fare#
1 from aad after It* ratification.
Ratified title tub day of Awgaot,
A. D., mo.
Textile Worker# To
Accept Reduced Pa>
Mark., Oct Ml.—Chooa
ir-r b«.*A.c:. an Indefinite shut dowr
:n:l u d.'i '. ua In « mat, a boat 2,00<
• ■ oipbyoi of the S. Slattr and Bona
| Ineo.-pwrctfd ?.T«h Villa#* would
(asd vo.-;tvd mill*. will . eturn t«
lwork er, full lime Monday, acr-ptirx
}n IS pc • cent cut In pay. The prat
••t>: iftlt hoc !»»»•* in force tinea
: anno 1, when a 1 . per coat incrow
<*i.a clTm and wh n the alii/ went or
, half lime. The nil! wat clom-d Tuoa
da: nii-h’t htraiuc nf "/lark b train***'
and operative* vvfo told to look for
work olrcwbcro.
.Today, howover.1 the new proport
ion war pot up to th'BJ individually
at they dryw th«l. ptiy ard. with
few t ircptlont. they aequiercod.
DROP IN PRICE SOFT
CO/l PREDICTED
(Recent Decline Will B«
Followed by More
Decided Drop
Now York. Oct. 17—Prediction
that the tocont decline in the price
of bilomnoiM cool w to bo follow*
by a "wach arorr docidad drop with
in a rhort time," waa made harp to
night by Chariot 6. Allan, »*crotary
of the wholoaalo Coal Trade aatoeia.
tion, of Now Yack.
Mr. Alien raid that hit ttatonent
, waa “baaed upon a contor.aur of opin
*r. of aiumbora of that aatoclatfoa,”
mx warn nl*v W inC ■C"
lion ihit w««k sf Attorney Genera]
™mt In calling upon the coal oner
•Utl to lake atop* “to reduce pr.es/
*1*1 eliminate profiteering.”
Making public a telegram sent by
Attorney General Palmer to the coal
operator* of northern Wtg Viigjnia.
anting them to asc their Influeaee
in other district* to reduce price* and
thus “lighten the work of the depart
ment of justice by reducing the non
her of prosecution* Is be instituted
fo‘ violation of the Lever act in
chancing unreasonable prices.” Mr.
Allan Hid:
“Among the New York wholesaler’
the opinion i* genera] that Mr. Pal
mer ha* decided to give tha operator/
an opportunity to remedy roadMoni
at tb* source ef supply, arid If thii
aetion la net fo: Ihcoealn* they see a
veiled rugged ion in the last line* o’
the trlrgrapm that prosecution to cad
high pi ice* at the sourer of pro due
lioD win follow.
Tho northern West Virginia oper
at a asioMag ban this week
tfU
goal association to taka similar *e
(ion. aad the asjoclatloa bad refer
red the resolutions to its federal re
lations committer, and they will pro
bably "aoon become a reality.”
The national association number/
among It* members more than 3,(WW>
jpomtoia," Hid Mr. Allen, “includ
it g th* biggest producer* in th/
rcuntry. and tf adoption of the rraoln
lions has aa effect similar to that it
northern We*. Virginia, a atuup de
elfne in prices throughout the country
will follow.”
Sola* $30,000 Worth of MarpMnn •
Mi tmi. Fla. Oct. IT—Morphine
valnrd at more than fSO.OOO waa seis
»d by Federal agent* brr* this morn
ing when M. A. Decastro. a Cuba/
claiming Key Was* as hi* homo, ws
arrratrd at th* local railway stalior
Just as be was about to {cay* for th*
No th with a suitcase full of drug*.
MAYOR McSWINEY
IS STILL WITH US
Has Caught Slight Cold, Bat Dwtler.
Tab. Evatw PrseautiM ta P»*
Tout Its Derelopsaswl
London, Oct IS—Terence M*e
Hwincy. lord auurer of Cork, pormd
a veiy good night at Brtatoo prisoa.
according to a ball*tin bused early
today by the Irifb Self-Dctermlentloa
Lca-se. It is mid he rlept well bul
wn, lo have caught a riigh; cold
F.ve.-y precaution however. ia being
taken tu prevent itt development.
In a later bulletin the league says
a doctor ha. told JdacBwtney tha;
bia condition la becominp more prr
carious When he becomes unconsci
ous the doctor ia sold to have declar
ed he would feel hound to do all b«
could to mvo the lord mayor’} life
uM would feed him all be eouH
while he was unconscious MacSwin
ep Is quoted a* saying that if an;
attempt was road# to fend bun undei
each conditions ho would begin kli
Hunger strike as soon aa ravived.
"In bis present excitement el
weakness," Ike bolietin says, tha lori
mayor naturally fecU ouch action o;
feedlax him would prolong hit tor
1 turn. Ho wishes it known, however
' that he ia parfoeUy happy If thnr<
• ia any nttrmpt to land him while hs
1 !p unconarlous he will racommenei
his bunrar stidke as soon aa revived,
i and whether life er death for his ant
i bin comrade la the ou*»me of tht
' a eoent atruggle. Ussy have won thah
battle and avacaallon of Ireland by
the .-army will follow very soon.
MUCK! OF PRINTED PERCALE*
IS REDUCED FIFTY PEE CENT
Mew York, Oet H.-A flat *0 per
cent, reduction la the prioee of print.
' cd percales to the cutting and Job
i bin| trades was announced by telXng
- agents of a well known line here to
I day. TWa was said to be regarded
. in the trade aa oven more radical l
- rtadjoetmeat of pricas than that a*
noonced for bleached cottons lag
» week. Tbe slosh lg printed perea*
price* I* to a hasw od II coals
; 4.-4 44*80 goods tad IT coota for 4-1
ekxTTs.
I
FRIENDS OF LEAGUE
PULL AWAY FROM
SENATOR HARDING
Over 100 Men~And Wo
men Wont Follow Re
publican Nominee
MAKE PUBLIC ARTICLE
STATING THEIR REASONS
Thu Ust oT Sicaara Indnslo
Prunkirtt of Oharlia, Vu.
•or, Smith, Brya Mawr And
Mount Holyoke College. Put
Patriotism Abovo Party Af
filiations.
Kr» York, Oct 17—Jt tolst mtr
»y “scar Me hundred npw
tantativa mm sad win who have
usually supported tka BcpoMicoa and
t’rarraaaire tickets" anaoaneiaa
their I a tendon ta rata far Caa and
laiai-dt asd tkaaa Boootorlal caa*
WdMaa “who stand boaaaUy and
f«r ratification af the treaty
and adherence ta .the League" was
"M-?,*!“k,k kern tonight by Hamll
ton HoA amtattoe ,dJter.^ "U
This statement sat faith that “It ,a
now too tote ta tolk «f a new "A«I
elation of Nation*’ Vo be created T*
auspices”
~2j2* RonubJieaa UwJ
twt (lhai pumitM ilia IU
■toriea tmrty " urged all Bapablitant
and Progressives to “not patriotism
Lbt U lMn.ni
Thi* list, according u Mr. Holt ia
n'7',V*«r daily. An analysis rlv.n
*Hh the f&atrmant aald that it in
■ladog 16 Republican officers of Um
•*■**»• to Enforce Peace; elcrgyatoa
e presenting all the principal deoom
nation*; the presidents of Oboriia,
*•»«»»■, 8m Rh, Brya Mawr and Van!
Holyoke colleges; trier*] wetesans of
;hc great war and tha former Repub
lican or Prsgraaslve party managers
tnd office-holders. Ia the jail class!
lcet^ort were listed Charles P. How
and, of Mew York; Violet M. Larwy,
few York; Theodor* Marburg, Haiti
a»rw; V. H. N ckais. Bennington,
• turnout; Herbert Pineal, Mow
York; Elia* D. 8aleabary, ladiaaapo
ix; Edwin E. Slosaon, Mow YaSriL
Richard Whaailng, Not York aS
kliee White. Wells day, Ma«.
G O p.(TUtem.
A ?mrtlag that they hold a* brief
'or Uu present administration and
lid *ol Insist “an .any particolar
•ord’ng of reserrations to any arti
ler cf the treaty.’' the signers ate
Vth that they 4'd not desire that “a
srss wlitcb should hare arrrsd to
ia*te «n parties ia the same spirit
I common ssnucc which wat maal
rt«d tn the great war thould bo
-.ado a bids of pa-ly diffsrsneo ia
'ho pisscrt campaign.”
••finch Rcnooilcan staUsmsn aa
tndraw y. White, Joseph M. Cbsate,
iad El'hu Rost labored for tbs do
•e'opmnct • of the International law
•nd fo* the oigantiation of the world
•.brooch the Hague eonfarsness,**
■cad the statement “Wo waold con
tinue in the path they indicated.’’
Not Trim kgsUmahaL
The statement than cited aa proof
hnt “natioral isolation has never
“cn a Republican watchword” ia
rc^dwatMcKJnley'* nttltode townd
•“*"•! Tkoodore Roosevelt's late•<
snlion ia the Rusae lspas.se war;
• .ft ,f w'0i»» Howard Taft
****** of Nations: tha Pres
I*'?*' ^»»d.dac> of fcha-ie, K.
» Potest against what bo
J*'* *• tad iff
administration tn oar
iorie policy of narrow nattenaftan M
nme Republican stataomanah n
would bnvt welcomed and supported
-be meet*ant.” continued tha atai..
meat. “It would have teen in the
eagus that one practicable aaaana
>f restoring and lacroaalng the aa
hoitty of tnternationsd law sad |ta
dcriyicd u'tlmataly to oup
dr.pt srar."
Declaring uai nanny me lave way
•-cry ear agreed that it wna (aper
itive to adapt soma mdartre* to pm
rant !li raeorrmee," the raatement
contiiord:
Qae.tlea Before Paapla.
“The <poat ion topfronUng Amer
ce la whether we *all accept the ex
jting laagae or rtuiat apoa a pew Ip.
•►rnaf'nral agreement karfr-g *ho
; aeie abject-” _
Dlrmineing the tbaaght of a new
“aatmtatfa* ef eetieea” the etou
merit eald: “The propeeal to a ah «g
maeahor natioaa to wrap th> eXIat
(ag leagne, enter another peace pep.
frrenee and agiea oa tome oadedln
«d experiment ran no longer bo tak
aa aartoedy.” _
The etatemeat then reviewed the
work alread. ender way ef varioae
aganaiaa and aald:
t y*" jy k*newala
Isj‘SSTLS*
ancea that the Repnbllean_•7?"?
will nao their
the Unite* {Rate.
with fueh n nervation* u mar hTmt
ggfSf,^?. a—& T2pu! m
I gw. 3 ‘{.,*tS"h;S?2s
dldataa who Hand honeatly and frndk
>y for ratification *f the treaty pad
adherence to the tmgno.”