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gy E. L. RAINEY
eryERAL WOMEN ARE
B s
FIVE ARE CANDIDATES FOR
GEATS IN THE NATION’S
LEGISLATIVE HALL.
W 0 RUN FOR SENATE
Labor Representative and Newspaper
Editer Among These Seeking Office.
Norfolk Woman Would Represent
vonpartisans. Lively Times.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Upon the
threshold of national participation by
woman in the ballot and on the privi
lege of holding any political office,
five women are candidates for seats in
congress in the coming election, from:
states where the sex already enjoys
the suffrage.
Tiwo of the five are candidates for
seats in the United States senate. The
first to announce her candidacy is Rose
Schneiderman, of New York, member
of the Jewish faith, born in Russia,
and a successful organizer of women
garment workers in her own state.
She will contest the coming election
with Senator Wadsworth, candidate
for re-clection. She will run on an
“independent labor” platform, though
she admist pronounced socialistic lean-
g S,
Rose Schneiderman is president of
the New York State Women’s Trade
Union league. She was brought to
America by her parents at the age of
3. At a little over 30 she is an inter
national figure in the laber world, and
is a platform orator of recognized abil
ity. She was one of two American
women labor delegates to. the labor
conference held in Paris during the
peace conference, and a delegate to
the international women’s labor con
ference at Washington in 1919.
Makes Fight on Labor Platform.
“I am not a woman'‘s candidate more
than a man’s candidate,” said Miss
Sehneiderman, “but thanks to Senator
Wadsworth’s vote against the federal
suffrace amendment and Speaker
Sweet’s enmity to the welfare-bills I
expect to get a good many women’s
votes that would not ordinarily be
cast for a labor candidate. I shall
campaign on the labor party platform
as a whole.”
Anne Martin, of Nevada, who made
the pioneer campaign on the part of a
woman for a seat in the senate in
1918, is again running for that office.’
In her last campaign as an independ
ent she polled 5,000 votes, as against
her opponent’s 12,000, cutting deeply
into the republican strength. Miss
Martin this year will attempt to se
cure the republican nomination,s but
failing that will run as an independ
em.] In announcing her platform she
saia:
“Privilege is making its final fight
against the right by all who labor by
hand or by brai to just returns for
their labor; to a voice in the manage
ment of industry, and to equal oppor-.
tunity for a socially good life.”
Miss Martin led the fight for woman
suffrage in Nevada, and for several
vears aided the campaign for a fed
eral amendment.
In Oklahoma Miss Alice Robertson,
of Muskogee, has announced her can
didacy for the republican nomination
to the house. She was postmistress
of Muskogee during the Roosevelt ad
ministration, and is rated a progres
sive republican.
Norfolk Woman a (Candidate.
Members of the nonpartisan league
of the Third Nebraska district have
nominated Mrs. Marie Weekes for con
gress by petition. Mrs. Weekes is the
editor of a Norfolk, Neb., newspaper.
Shi‘ was defeated as candidate for dis
trict delegate to the democratic na
tional convention.
Mrs, Helen C. Statler is seeking the
fépublican nomination to congress in
He Third district of Michigan. Her
Patform is terse and inclusive:
oNo hungry child in the United
;»ates. Equal educational opportunity
o every bhoy and girl in the United
States. Kqual pay for equal work, and
;{w budget system for the government.
leductmn in the cost of living by a
arge extension of the agricultural de-
Partment, ™
Dr. Esther woveyoy will run for con
gress from Portlang. Ol‘e.. on the
democratic tickete She will be op-
Posed by Clinton N. McArthur, the
"publican candidate. Dr. Lovejoy’s
first public service was as the woman
Public health officer in Portland,
Where she conducte& a successful cam-
Paign for clean city milk. .
When questioned concerning this
galaxy of women candidates Miss
Alice Paul, chairman of the national
“omen's party here, smilingly ad-
Mitted that it showed both republi
‘ans and demoerats were right when
they despairingly asserted that wornen
¥ere natural “political mavericks.
KANSAS PREDICTS FOUR
DOLLARS A BUSHEL WHEAT
Will Be 175 Million Bushel for Rail
foads to Meve From State.
KANSAS CITY.—The car shortage
10t only threatens to bring a coal fam
}ne, but to delay moving of crops and
%d, with serious consequences in
Many citieg,
- '}'he car shortage is today the worst
. %an railroad men have-—ever seen
&6 four-dollar wheat is predicted.
With the Kansas wheat alone
"W estimated at 135,000,'%“"
d with 20 per cent of last ge‘u"s
too? still on thand, the railroads en
-10-0¢ Kansas face the task of moving
2,000,000 bushels of wheat,
LONGEVITY
Surgeon Urges Breeding of Mon
keys to Get Glands for Operations
to Lengthen Life,
NEW YORK.—Asserting that
his operation of transferrihg mon
key glands to human beings would
add 7Q years to normal lives, Dr.
Serge Voronoff, Paris surgeon, on
- Monday urged the establishment
of large farms here for the breed
ing of Simians.
Several operations on French
men have been entirely successful,
Dr. Voronoff said, and one of his
patients is now heading an expedi
tion into the Congo to obtain
chimpanzees for a farm in France.
The purpose of his trip to the
United States, the surgeon” said,
is to try an experiment, in which
the interstitial glands of a per
son, who dies suddenly, will be
transferred to someone in need of
restored vitality. He explained
that this could not be dome in
France, because of a law prohib
iting my “lation of corpses.
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~ SCARE PURE “Bunn
iALABAMIAN SAYS TWO-THIRDS
‘ OF DAMXGE CHARGED TO
| PEST IS IMAGINATION.
~ WASHINGTON, D. C.—About two
‘thirds of the damage done the cotton
!crop annually that is blamed on the
boll weevil is pure bunk, imagination
and attributable to other causes, and
only one-third is really boll weevil de
struction, according to George N.
Watson, a cotton man of Montgomery,
Ala., who is in Washington on busi
ness.
“The annual boll weevil scare is in
full swing in the Southern States, and,
in'my opiniop, at least two-thirds of
the scare is pure bunk,” said Mr. Wat
son. “I have been traveling over the
south for the past few weeks and have
heard time and again that the boll
weevil was ravaging certain districts,
only to find on further investigation
that there was no sign of the weevil
in that section. ;
. “Cotton farmers are too prone to
lay their troubles to the boll weevil,
when in reality in nine-tenths of the
cases the trouble is due to improper
or insufficient fertilization, poor
planting, inferior seed or some other
equally sufficient cause, which the
farmer might have remedied had he
studied the situation before planting.
“At that, the boll weevil must not
be taken lightly. He has been a very
potent factor in reducing the cotton
crop on several occasions, and where
he really appears the farmers lose,
and lose heavily.”
WATKINS WAS THEN NAMED
FOR PRESIDENT. THIRD CAN--
DIDATE FROM OHIO.
LINCOLN, Neb.—Following , the
refusal of William J. Bryan to accept
the prohibition party’s nomination
for president, the national convention
here nominated Aaron S. Watkins, of
Germantown, Ohio, thus giving that
that state the third presidential can
didate in the 1920 campaign.
Mr, Watkins is a professor of liter
ature in a Germantown military acad
emy. He was a professor in Ada col
lege, Ohio, for several years and was
vice presidential candidate on the
prohibition ticket in 1908 and 1912.
Bryan Undecided About Vote
In his telegram to the ‘convention
declining the nomination Mr. Bryan
said:
“My connection with other reforms
would make it impossible for me to
focus my attention upon the prohibi
tion question alone, and besides I am
not willing to sever my connection
with the democratic party, which has
so signally honored me in years past.
“T have not decided yet how I shall
vote thig fall, but whatever I may
feel it my duty to do in this cam
paign, I expect to corftinue as a mem
ber of the democratic party and to
serve my country through it.” |
The telegram was addressed to Mr.
Bryan's brother, Charles Bryan, at
Lincoln, ; 5
Much relief is felt in democratic
cireles over Mr. Bryan’s decision to
remain in the party.
FISCAL YEAR COSTS
U. S. $23,441,383,564
Government Upkeep Is Six Billion
~Dollars, of Which $1,610,587,380
Is Spent on Army.
WASHlNGTON.—Government ex
penditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30 amounted to $23,441,383,564,
of which $6,403,343,481 was in ordi
nary disbursements and $17,038,039,-
723 in payments on the public debt,
‘according to a preliminary statement
liasned tonight by the treasury.
" The war department led in the or
dinag'g expenditures, disbursing $l,-
610,587,380, with $1,036,672,157 charg
ed to federal control of railroads next
and interest on the 6ggblic debt
amounting to $1,020,251, third.
The navy ranked’second among de
partments, expending $736,021,456,
and the shipping board third with
$530,565,649. 3
THE DAWSON NEWS
ANOTHER BILLION PUT
O PUBLIG'S BURDEN
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!TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN PAY
| GRANTED RAILROAD WORK
| ERS BY WAGE BOARD.
Half a Cent a Mile Jump in Passenger
~ Fares Is Also Likgly to Provide. An
~ other Part of the Revenue Made
Necessary by the Award.
The United States Railway Labor
Board has awarded the nearly 2,000,-
000 organized railway workers wage
increases totaling $600,000,000.
The increase amounts to approxi
mately 21 per cent of the present rates
of pay.
- The board assumes as the basis of
this decision,” the award says, “the:
continuance in full force and effect of ‘
the rules, working conditions andj
agreements in force under the author
ity of the United States Railroad Ad
‘ministration. The intent of this de
cision is that the named increase ex-l
cept as otherwise stated shall be add-’
.ed to the rates of compensation estab- |
lished by the United States Railroad
i Administration. .
| Retroactive to May. |
.~ The award is retroactive to May 1
of this year. . |
' The decision of the board grants|
'to the railroad workers approximate- |
lly sixty per cent of the billion dollar
increases which they sought. I
Presidents of all the leading broth
erhoods and representatives of the
railroad managers were present when
‘the decision was made public. i
Brotherhood officials ‘made no -at
ltempt to conceal their disappointment
that they did not get all of the billion
idol]ar increase they asked. Whether
. there will be a nation-wide strike only
' the future can tell. |
The People Must Pay.
Railroad representatives accepted
the award philosophically, and immedi
ately set about plans fer passing the
$600,000,000 addition to their wage
budget along to the ultimate consum
er—in this case the man who pays the
freight. The interstate commerce
commission will be asked by railroad
executives to increase passenger fares
one-half cent a mile to provide a part
of the revenue needed to meet higher
wages. ¥
At the prevalent 3-cent-a-mile rate,
passenger revenues amount to $1,200,-
000,000 yearly. An increase of half a
cent a mile would bring in approxi
mately $200,000,000.
DEMANDS THAT WAR’S
END BE PROCLAIMED
'COURT ASKED TO DECLARE
PEAC7 RESOLUTION VALID.
DENIES WILSON’S VETO.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Harry S.
Mecartney, Chicago lawyer in his ca
pacity as taxpayer, filed suit in the
District Supreme court on Saturday
to compel Secretagry of State Colby im
!mediate’ly to promulgate the joint res
olution of congress declaring at end
the state of war with Germany,
Mr. Mecartney based his suit on
the ground that the president had no
veto power over a joint resolution.
_ The peage resolution has been a law,
the plaintiff contended, since its pas
sage on May 21, Harry J. Bryan,
identified as “editor of laws” of the‘
state department, also was made a de
fendant on the ground that the actual
publication of all laws was his duty.
Failure of the defendants to publish
the alleged law, Mr. Mecartney claim
ed, has resulted in a confused condi
tion which is potent with national
peril to the public comfort and morale
and the normal pursuit of patriotic
ideals of the people of the United
States.
Trade also has been adversely af
fected, it was alleged, the resulting
loss reaching every American house
hold.
Horse Lives on War Insurance His
. Dead Soldier Master Provided Him
KNIPLOW, PET OF TENNESSEE
TROOPER WILL RECEIVE $57.50
MONTHLY ALL HIS LIFE.
Kniplow is a horse, and the only
one, so far as is known, who is the
beneficiary of a war risk insurance
policy of $lO,OOO. '
His old master, Harry K. Thurman,
of Memphis, Tenw., who died in France
in the world war, took out a $lO,OOO
policy, making it payable for the
horse during its life. The soldier’s
aunt was to administer the money, the
balance at the death of the horse to
go to her. Thurman was gassed dur
ing the closing days of the war, and
died in a hospital near the front. Thus
the horse draws $57.50 monthly.
- Shortly before this country’s entry
into the war young Thurman was &
motion picture actor and used Knip
low in his work. When he went, into
the first draft he tried tv keep thel
horse near him in Memphis. This
was difficult, and upon his departure
for the other side Thurman shipped
the horse to his aunt, Mrs, Mary
DAWSON, GA,, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1920
Mitchell, at Buffalo, N. Y., and wrote
her a letter asking her to care for
Kniplow until he returned. Mrs.
‘Mitchell, a former horsewoman, ful
filled the trust.
For some time Mrs. Mitchell tried
keeping the horse in stables about the
city, paying him visits to give him
sugar and the petting he loved. This
spring she sent the horse to a farm
just outside the city limits, thinking
the grass and surroundings would be
good for him.
They were—until the woman farm
er tried to make KnipYfow, a blooded
trotter, plow her garden. There en
sued a skirmish in which Kniplow
strained a tendon when he landed with
a crash against the rear end of a farm
wagon,
A veterinary was called and provid
ed an ideal home for the horse in the
stables of Buffalo Troop 1. There,
under the care of men who under
stand and love good horses, Kniplow
quickly recovered. He has “years to
live, and they will all be full of com
fort through the thoughtful provision
of his dead master. ix
~ DOUBTFUL
. Richard Croker Bases His Politi
cal Predictions on Information Z'i
Given by Barber. |
NEW YORK.—Richard Croker, -
former boss of Tammany, who
embarked on Saturday on the
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria for his
estate in Irela would not ven
ture a guess ethe Cox could
beat Harding.
¢ “It depends omnf the question of
whether the people are sick of a
democratic administration,” he
opined. “I always get my infor
mation from the barber. He knows
more about issues of the day than
any other class of persons. The
reason is that barbers hear the
opinions all day of all classes and
then sum up and hand out the re
sult to their customers.”
MOYE OF RANDOLPH THINKS
THEY ARE ACTIVE AMONG
THE LpGISLATORS
Mr. Moye, of Randolph, and Mr. Cul
pepper, of Fayette, have introduced in
the house a privilege resolution asking
for information regarding lobbyists
who are said to be active among the
members of both the house and sen
ate. Action on the resclution was de
ferred.
The resolution stated that there was
considerable lobbying going on in the
house at present and declared that an
investigation should be made in order
to ascertain how many of the active
lobbyists had registered with the sec
retary of state and paid the requisite
fee. It also carried instructions to
‘the secretary of state to submit the
‘names of all the registered lobbyists
with the amount of money- derived
from fees since the adjournment of
‘the last session. The resolution was
' held over for one day in accordance
- with rules relative to all legislation
requesting information from the exec
‘utive department.
iT
‘COX CHARGES IMMENSE CAM
i PAIGN FUND BEING RAISED
BY REPUBLICANS.
CHICA GO.—The new national dem
ocratic committee met here today and
iperfected -organization for ‘the cam
lpaign. George H. White, a former
Ohio Congressman, was elected chair
man of the committee and will manage
the campaign.
“We purpose to deal with eminent
good faith with the electorate with
reference to platform pledges,” said
Governor Cox, while addressing the
committee.
Big Campaign Fund.
|- A fund of morc than $3,500,000
twice as large as the 1916 chest—
must be raised to finance the vigor
ous battle proposed by Governor
James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roose
velt, leaders of the Democratic com
mittee here estimated today. ‘
campaign meeting today estimated. |
The high cost of campaigning has
loomed up as a question of equal im
portance with the selection of a cam
paign manager. :
. The proposed fund will be the
greatest in the history of the party,
'but national committeemen say it is
necessary because all campaign com- |
Fmodities——-buttons. posters, pamphlets |
'and labor have more than doubled in
?price since the 1916 contest. ‘
Charges that the republicans were |
raising a campaign fund “sufficient to
shock the sensibilities,” were made by |
Governor Cox, who added: “We mean |
to let every man and woman under- |
stand where every dollar for the dem
ocratic campaign comes from and for
what purpose it is spent. We not pnl_y
urge that as a matter of high prmm-'
ple, but in order to guarantee the
triumph of our cause.” '
BUT “SKIN AND BONES”
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SUCCESS IN STARVATION ISI
STAMPED ON FACES OF RE- |
’ TURNING GERMANS.
Haggard Figures, Clothed in Rags,
Discourage Repatriated Men. Many
Strange Sights Greet Them on Re
’ turn after Six Years. ¢
~ BERLlN.—Sovietism’s “success”’—in
!starvation—is stamped upon the coun
tenances of hundreds of returning Ger
‘man prisoners of war, coming out of
Russia and Siberia.
The Russian prisoners going back
to Russia from German camps look
badly enough; but the men for whom
‘they are exchanged are pitiable by
eomparison., In fact, the situation with
‘the men-coming out of Russia is such
that many a Russian who saw them
during the exchange near Narva de
clared, “I don’t want to go back to so
viet Russia; I never dreamed the situ
’ation was so bad.”
As the result of conclusion of the
German-Russian prisoner exchange
agreement, five ships have peen char
tered by Germany to ply between
Narva and Swinemunde carrying war
!prisoners as rapidly as possible.
The 200,000 Russians from Germany
are met by local soviets and started
for their home districts. The Ger
mans are welcomed at Swinemunde
and Stettin and thence distributed to
their homes.
At Narva the sight is strange. Rus
sians homecoming—some after six
years in Germany, gaze in astonish
ment at the Germans outward bound.
Many of the Germans taken in Mos
cow were literally in rags, but the
soviet government sought to improve
their appearance by distribution of‘
captured German uniforms. Some
with the fancy colors of Kaiser Wil-‘
helm’s day—built for substantial sol-.
diers—hang incongruously over bodies |
which now are literally skin and bones. 1
Many of them—notably a shipment
in from Siberia at the close of May—
were positively shocking in their hag
gard starvation. |
The Y. M. C."A. is distributing cig
arettes and candy to the prisoners,
while the exchange is nominally under
the control of the International Red
Cross. Every effort is being made to
send to their homes all prisoners now
in Russia and Germany before cold
weather sets in and makes transfer
impossible.
NEW PROBLEM WILL
RESULT FROM CENSUS
The 1920 census has brought be
fore congress a problem that has con
fronted the body every ten years
since 1790. The matter of discus
sion is whether not the membership
of the house of representatives
shall be enlarged in proportion to the
increase in population as shown by
the new count of heads in the United
i States.
In every instance since 1790, ex
cept after the 1840 census, the mem
bership has increased. In that year
the number of representatives was re
duced from 242 to 232. Following
the 1910 census 44 new members
' were added, making the present mem
[ bership 435.
’ Increase in 33 States
Tha increase in population indicat
ed by the census returns thus far
computed, it is estimated, will re
quire the addition of 69 members
from 33 states, if the present figures
of 211,430 residents for each con
gressional district are retained. This
increase would bring the total mem
bership of the house up to 504. The
estimated increase of 69 members of
the house is divided among the fol
lowing states:
- Alabama 2, Arkansas 2, California
4, Colorado 1, Connecticut 1, Florida
1, Georgia 2, Illinois 3, Indiana 1,
Kansas 1, Louisiana 1, Maryland 1,
Massachusetts 2, Michigan 2, Minne
sota 1, Mississippi 2, New Jersey 3,
New Mexico 1, New York 8, North
Carolina 2, North Dakota 1, Ohio 3,
Oklahoma 4, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania
6, South Carolina 1, South Dakota 1,
Tennessee 1, Texas 4, Virginia 1,
Washington 3, West Virginia 1, Wis-|
consin 1. |
TOBAC€O SLUMPS, BUT
| NOT PRICE OF CIGARS
One Company’s Net Increase In a
Year 27%; Per Cent.
Those who mourn over the disap
pearance of the 5-cent cigar which
actually contained tobacco may be in
terested to learn that the United
States Cigar Store Company’s net in
grease in May this year compared with
the same month last year was more
‘than 100 per cent, although its sales
increased barely 1% millien cigars, or
97% er cent. A Kentucky paper tells
of warehouses filled to overflowing
with native tobacco and prices the
Jowest in 5 years. Many of the to
bacco raisers, he writes, are going
broke, although the price of smokes
was never higher. The clipping tells
how load after load of tobacco had
“rolled into town that day.
WEALTH WAITS
Farm' Hand Refuses to Leave
Tasks While Men Are Scarce
to Go and Claim $3,000,000.
BOSTON.—David Nicoll Cant,
37 years old and a bachelor, work
ing for a farmer in - Boylston,
Mass., who has been notified that
he shares in the $3,000,000 estate
left by his father in Scotland, is
just about the coolest and most
collected individual in Boylston.
David has been in this country
some twenty years, nine of which
* he has put in farming, so is not
easily excited. All Boylston look
ed to David to pack up and start
for Scotland immediately. But
David couldn’t see it that way.
He had hired out to Farmer Stark,
and if ever his boss needed a hired
hand it is just now.
David declares he will see his
boss through the haying season
anyway, then he will pack up and
start for the homeland.
David’s father was a wholesale
liquor dealer.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ORDERS SEGREGATION IN
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
WASHINGTON.—In an effort to
curb the spread of the pink boll worm
in the cotton belt, the department of
agriculture today authorized a quar
antine, effective August 1, which will
be applicable to areas in Louisiana
and Texas known to be infested or
suspected of possible infestation. State
authorities will co-operate in enforc
ing the quarantine, it was stated.
“The growing crop must be under
the full control of state authorities,”
the department of agriculture’'s an
nouncement said, “in co-operation with
federal authorities, who may inspect
fields as often as necessary and may
require prompt destruction of any cot
ton in fields that are found to be in
fested.” =
Cotton Seed Control.
Enforcement of the quarantine reg-!
ulations will include, the department
said, control over all cotton seed
grown in the quarantine areas. State
and federal authorities are instructed
to forbid the use of planting of seed
from such districts, and to require.its
prompt milling within the statawand;
if possible, within the infested or reg
ulated area where it is grown.
All cotton seed mills are to be dis
infected at the mills, quarantine regu
lations provide. All forms of lint cot
ton also are placed under joint control
of state and federal authorities. |
Cotton from the quarantine area of
Louisiana must go out through thel
port of New Orleans, and that from‘
Texas districts must pass through the
ports of either Galveston, Houston,!
Texas City or Port Arthur. |
Other Requirements. l
The new regulations provide that
shipments out of these states can be
made only through these ports. Re
quirement also is made that such ship
ments, if they re-enter the United
States, must come by all-water route
through New York, Boston or some
other northern port designated in per
mits, and on eéntering such ports must
be treated as foreign cotton.
Disinfection of cars and boats used
for shipment of cotton from infested
areas also is required.
(CZARINA AND CHILDREN
'REPORTED BURNED ALIVE
!Former Courier to Empress Tells of
I Her Death after Execution of Nich
; olas. Driven at Point of Bayonets.
| PARIS.—The Russian Empress and
‘her children were burned alive after
the execution of Emperor Nicholas at
Ekaterinburg, it is reported in state
ments attributed to Alexis Dolrovitz,
formerly courier to the empress, pub
lished here today. Dolrovitz said he
made vain attempts to save his mis
tress and her children. :
The empress and the children, Dol
rovitz declared, were taken to a wood
near Ekaterinburg. Brushwood was
gathered and a huge fire made, into
which the royal victims were forced.
Every time they sought to get out of
the flames, Dolrovitz said, they were
driven back at the point of bayonets.
Tatiana, the empress’ second daugh
ter, fled from the fire three times and‘
eventually fell pierced through by a
bayonet. The empress and Alexis,]
heir to the throne, clasped in closei
embrace, walked almost aixtomaticallyl
into the flames and disappeared in a
whirl of smoke, according to Dolro-!
vitz. ; ,
GOVERNMENT ALCOHOL
Thousands of Gallons Have Been
Stolen from Stores and Disposed
of in San Francisco. |
VALLEJO, CAL.—Two employes‘
of the Mare Island navy yard were
arrested today in connection with the
disappearance of thousands of gallons
of alcohol from government stores
wihich, according to federal officers,
was sold as whis;l?' in San Francisco.
William J. Jordan, prehibition en
forcement officer, who arrested the
men, said that arrests had only begun.
The alcohol was disposed of through
San Francisco druggists, h¢ zaid, and
g:::st of those implicated was prom
ised.
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VOL. 38.—N0. 47
GOV. COX DID NOT
NEW VERSION OF CANDIDATE'S .
CONFERENCE WITH WIL
SON IS MADE PUBLIC.
MUM ON RESERVATIONS
His Stand on League Is Expected to
Satisfy All Elements of Party.
Talk With President Was Only on
General Issues,
. WASHINGTON—A new version
of what took place at the recent
white® house conference between
President Wilson and Governor Cox
has been brought to light by the
meeting in Columbus: of Governor
Cox and the men who are to manage
his campaign, ’
When he accepts the Democratic
nomination on August 9 Governor
Cox, of Ohic, will make it clear that
his indorsement of President ,Wil
son’s stand on the league of nations
does not commit him in detail to the
president’s position on reservations.
This was learned on unquestiorw
authority here as influential Demo
¢rats returned from the Columbus
conference,
The Democratic nominee, in other
words, is not. going to leave “out on
a limb” the twenty-odd Democratie
senators who voted for strong reser
vations to the peace treaty. Nor will
he leave pawing the air for support
such Democratic senators as Sim
mons, of North Carolina, who, al
though not supporting the Lodge
reservations, did make repeated ef
forts to get a compromise between
the senate and white house.
In his speech of acceptance Gov
ernor Cox, it is said on high author
ity,. will bring out the fact that at
his recent conference with President
Wilson neither Governor .Cox nor
Mr. Wilson discussed in detail the
Versailles treaty, nor the various
reservations and amendments pro
posed thereto. .
The Democratic leaders just from
the Columbus meeting relate some
of the incidents of the white house
conference which do not exactly
coincide with the reports given
out at the time of the conference, in
dicating that Governor Cox had com
pletely surrenderéd to the President
on the league of nations question,
even to the extent of abandoning the
two reservations which he had pre-
Lpared to safeguard the sovereignty
~of the United States.
. It is definitely said there was no
'surrender upon the governor’s part,
as his two reservations were not dis
cussed in any particular in his talk
with the president.
Did Not Surrender
The men who attended the Colum
bus meeting and whe discussed at
length with Governor Cox his atti-’
tude on the league questions declare
positively that in all the discussion
with the president the Cox reserva
tions were never mentioned. For this
reason, they say, there could not
possibly have been any surrender by
Cox nor could there have been any
departure from the position hereto
fore held by him that the league, if
ratified, must contain strong reser
vations to protect the United States
against foreign interference,.
The presence at the Columbus-~
meeting of many of-the strongest
anti-Wilson men, who made the nom
ination of Cox possible, indicates the
story of the white house conference
being related by the returned lead
ers is told for the definite purpose of
showing that Cox is still the man of
independent thought and action he
was assured to be when the nomina
tion was tendered him.
| . It is stated on the highest authori
'ty that the discussion of the league
|issue in the white house conference
| was of “the most general character.”
| The president was fully informed re
| garding the attitude of Governor Cox
jand his befief that reservations of
an affirmative nature were neces
'sary. On the other hand, Governor
' Cox knew of the president’s unyield
ing position regarding the Cox reser
vations and all others which at
tempted to thwart the president’s de
signs for the entrance of the United
states into the league. Hence, by
mutual agreement, it is said, the
subject of the reservations was not
| brought up.
| - Favors Reservations
. Governor Cox is represented bfv
‘the returning Democrats to be still
'standing firmly for reservations.
Moreover, it is announced that not
withstanding the wide publicity
which was given to his purported
position following the white house
conference his real position will not
be made known until his speech of
acceptance is delivered. ;
“SCARF” WORTH MORE THAN
THREE MILLION DOLLARS
Composed of Nine Strands of Cream
Luster Pearls. .
The Gaekwar of Baroda has the
largest collection of pearls in India,
although the handsome young Haha
raja Holkar of Indore runs him a close
second. The gaekwar has a “pearl
scarf,” which he values at a crore of
rupees ($3,300,000).
It is composed of nine strands of
cream luster pearls as large as mar
rowfat peas that hang from a thick
pearl tassel over one shoulder, across
his chest to his hips, scarf fashion.
Eighteen great pearls, each with a
earat diamond set in it, form the clasp
of the necklace.
Maharaja Holkar has inherited his
father’s peacock turban, another mar
vel of pearls, rubies, emeralds and dia
monds. : -