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RAILROAD UNIONS
• MET Dll CHICAGO
TODISCUSSWAGES
"Concerted Action” Is Plan
ned by Brotherhoods If La
bor Board Award Proves
Unsatisfactory
CHICAGO. July 19. —The first
grand council for more than a year
of executives, general chairmen and
general committeemen of the sixteen
recognized railroad brotherhoods,
opened in Chicago today to pass
upon the wage award of the railway
labor board. The board’s decision, it
has been announced, will be made
public tomorrow.
Approximately one thousand union
officials are expected to be present
when the countil takes final action
on the award, and more than half
that number already have reached
Chicago. Preliminary meetings were
held yesterday by early arrivals, but
no statements were given out as to
what work had been done.
According to union rules, all ques
tions of a wage increase must be
submitted to a referendum vote of
the entire membership of the unions,
but union officials pointed today that
the call for the grand council stat
ed the purpose of the gathering to
be “to consider and pass finally
upon the award made by the board.”
Under these circumstances it was
not known whether the board’s
award would be submitted to a ref
erendum or whether final action
would be taken by the union chiefs
in session here. Leaders today de
clined tp comment on the latter.
Samuel E. Heberling, president of
the switchmen’s union of North
America, declared last night that if
it was decided that the award was
unsatisfactory "concerted action
would be taken by the sixteen broth
erhoods."
The wage increases asked by the
railroad workers, of whom there are
nearly two million, would total
more than $1,000,000,000. The de
mands range from 25.3 per cent for
shopmen to 66.4 per cent for main
tenance of way employes.
UNION POINT MAN
KILLED SUNDAY IN
AIRPLANE CRASH
TULSA, Okla., July 19.—Albert W.
Newsom, of Union Point, Ga., and
Robert F. Midkiff, an adopted son of
Madame Schumann-Heink, and son
of a minister at Decatur, Hl.,
instantly killed in an airplane fall
near here Sunday. Newsom, pilot
of the machine, was maneuvering
for a landing when one of the wings
suddenly dropped off and the plane
fell about 3,500 feet. Newsom was
manager of a commercial flying field
at Okmulgee, about fifty miles south
of Tulsa. .
One of the wings dropped off tne
machine as they r were engaged in
“stunt” flying preparatory to “’2*s"
a lower level to land. The
machine had successfully looped the
loop and had gone into a “barrel
roll,” .turning over and over on its
side, when the accident occurred.
Both men were former army air
pilots. Newsom had been connected
with a local airplane company for
about a year and recently went to
Okmulgee to take charge of a field at
that place. The men formed a
friendship while serving as instruc
tors at Love field, Dallas, during the
W Midkiff is said to have graduated
from college at Galesburg, 111-, this
year, and he had been visiting Mad
ame Schumann-Heink in California.
It is said she was attracted by his
splendid vocal attainments during
one of her tours of the army cat
tonments during the war and adopt
ed him as a son.
Midkiff came here Saturday and
was to have been connected with an
airplane company here. He went to
Okmulgee to visit Newsom.
TWO AIRMEN BURNED
TO DEATH IN ’PLANE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 19.
Lieutenant Rollo Browne and his
mechanician. Sergeant George Burle
son, both from Post field, J ort faill,
Okla., were burned to death here
Sunday when a plane piloted by
Browne fell about seventy-five feet
and burst into flames immediately
after taking off from the Chamber
of Commerce field. .
Browne and Burleson left Post
field early in the day and flew here.
They were beginning the return
journey when the accident occurred.
Both bodies were charred beyond rec
ognition. .
Friends of the dead airmen, who
were at the field to bid them good
by jokingly remarked upon the fly
ing qualities of the ship which was
to be used on the return journey.
Burleson is said to have replied:
“This boat is nothing more than a
coffin without handles.” Ten minutes
later the shi pwas a blazing mass
its two passengers were being
a crisp.
France Protests on
; Hun Officers Conduct
BERLIN, July 19. —The .French
charge d’affaires has protested to the
German government against the ‘se
rious incorrectness” of th© officer
commanding the reichswehr company
at yesterday’s ceremony of saluting
the French flag, in permitting the
soldiers to sing “Deutschland über
alles” as they marched off after the
salute.
The protest points out that the
conduct of the troops evoked dis
agreeable demonstrations by the
crowd.
Bolshevik Emissary
Is Ordered Deported
I LONDON, July 19- —Santeri Nuor
teva, who recently arrived in Eng
land as the emissary of L. C. A. K.
Martens, Russian Bolshivik repre
sentative in the United States has
been ordered deported, according to
the Evening Standard and is now
en route to Russia.
Shoots Owl Attacking Law
FREDERICK, Md.—Judge Glenn
H. Worthington shot a large owl that
had become a menace to pedestrians.
About two weeks ago two owls took
refuge in the tree in front of the
house. A few nights later one of
them attacked a young man and broke
his straw hat. Another time the cap
of Policeman Winpigler was nearly
knocked from his head and several
times later the birds attacked pedes
trians, ;
Little London Messenger
Who Crossed Atlantic to
Deliver Several Letters
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Sidney E. Richardson .
Crossing the Atlantic to deliver
several messages didn’t even raise a
ripple in the young life of Sidney E.
Richardson, a London district mes
senger boy. Sidney, twelve years
old, took his trip to New York as
a matter of course, just the same as
though he had been sent around the
corner from the office in London.
He bore a special message from a
London contractor who wished to
beat a business rival to the Ameri
can customer. Young Richardson
also brought several letters from
members of the New York City ad
ministration from London officials.
Another was for the president of
Yale from President Walton, of Man
chester university.
SHIPPING PACT
IS MOMENTOUS
FOR GERMANY
HAMBURG, July 19.—(8y the As
sociated Press.)—As further particu
lars come to light regarding the agree
ment between the Hamburg-American
Steamship company and the Ameri
can Ship and Commerce corporation,
by which the former German trade
routes are to be opened to Ameri
can shipping, the belief is deepening
in shipping and financial circles here
that it constitutes one of the most
momentous events for Germany since
the war. Through It the Germans
see the means of regaining touch
with the putside world and an oppor
tunity for Hamburg to re-establish a
semblance, at least, of its former
position as a great port.
But apart from the commercial
benefits expected, the Germans at
tach much political significance to
the agreement. This was emphasized
today by Wilhelm Cuno, general
manager of the Hamburg-American
line, who In an Interview with the
Associated Press, declared:
“I call your especial attention to
the fact that the agreement must
not only be considered from a busi
ness viewpoint, but must be regard
ed as a trial at re-establishing good
relations between the two countries.
The way we have taken will be the
only possible one to resume relations
between Germany and foreign coun
tries in the near future."
Herr Cuno stated that the Spa
conference supplied the “best proof
that co-operation of nations cannot
be effected by a victorious govern
ment dictating decrees to a beaten
government.”
"The experience of our negotia
tions with the United States con
firms this,” continued Herr Cuno.
“From the first day we took up dis
cussions with the full knowledge
that this first renewal of friendly re
lations on an Important and vital
point would have to be sincere and
binding.”
Herr Cuno said he was satisfied
the agreement would prove a success,
believing It would be the re-openlng
of peaceful working relations be
tween the two countries.
It is understood there is no found
ation for reports printed in German
newspapers that American ships
I would be placed at the Hamburg-
I American line’s disposal.
That a huge shipbuilding program
is contemplated not only by the
Hamburg-American company but by
other German lines is evidenced by
preparations now in progress. It is
learned a meeting will be held this
week between the principal shipbuild
ing concerns and steel manufacturers
to discuss the amount of material
available in Germany for new con
struction.
It/ is believed if the conference
discloses that sufficient material
cannot be had, arrangements will be
made to import American steel,
which at the present rate of ex
change, can be laid down cheaper
than the German product.
Meantime, on the lower end of
Hamburg harbor, a new shipbuilding
plant, which, it is said, is destined
to be the largest in Europe, is near
ing completion. The Hamburg-
American line is one of the principal
stockholders in this concern, which
will begin operations within eight
een days and facilities for quickly
doubling its capacity.
Cuban Senate Passes Bill
For American Nations Hall
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Passage
by the Cuban senate of a bill ap
propriating $200,000 towards '"the
cost of a special hall o f the American
nations to be built In connection with
the permanent office at Havana of
the international trade mark regis
tration bureau was announced here
today by Dr. Mario Diaz Irizar, di
rector of the bureau.
BIG PBLITIML WEEK
FOB BOTH PARTIES
HIS BEGUN IN OHIO
Members of Both Commit
tees Arrive for .Session.
Harding to Be Notified of
His Nomination Thursday
COLUMBUS, 0., July 19.—Ohio?
home of the two presidential candi
dates, today entered upon Its first
big political week of the campaign.
Several members of the Democrat
ic national committee arrived during
the day for their first meeting hete
tomorrow with Governor Cox and
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
nominees. Tomorrow’s meeting is
expected to develop preliminary
plans for the campaign.
Members of the executive com
mittee of the Republican national
committee will meet here Wednes
day preparatory to going to Marion
Thursday for the Harding notifica
tion ceremonies.
Thousands of persons are expected
in Marion Thursday when Senator
Harding will be officially notified
of his nomination, and to listen to
his address, which is expected to be
the keynote of the Republican cam
paign.
Members of the Democratic state
committee will meet in Columbus to
morrow morning to fix a date and
place for the holding of the Dem
ocratic state platform convention.
COXIS ASKED BY
HARDING TO STATE
LEAGUE POSITION
MARION, 0., July 19.—Assurance
that the League of Nations will lead
all other issues in the campaign, is
seen by the advisers of Senator
Harding in over-Sunday develop
ments around the camp fires of the
two big parties.
The announcement in Washington
that Governor Cox stands in perfect
with Presdent Wilson is tak
en here to mean a straightout plea
by the Democratic party for vindi
cation and perpetuation of the Wil
son foreign policy a poll,cy against
which Senator Harding and all of
his lieutenants here are ready to
make the fight of their political
lives.
Even before yesterday's White
House conference was concluded,
Senator Harding had conjectured
this significance and outcome and
had taken the aggressive in a public
statement demanding that the “mys
terious foreign commitments” em
braced in the president’s program be
outlined in detail so the American
people might know what they were
asked to support. AX the same time
he gave assurances that the Repub
lican party never would acept that
program.
Challenges Cox
The senator’s statement called di
rectly on Governor Cox to put him
self on record in regard to Article
ten ,the Armenian mandate and
other subjects on which Mr. Wilson
has found himself in conflict with
the Republican senate and with some
influential Democrats. The feeling
in the Harding camp today was that
the next move was up to the Demo
crat nominee.
The alacrity with which the league
issue has come to the fore has caus
ed manifest surprise at Harding’s
headquarters here. Many of the sen
ator’s close associates had not ex
pected Governor Cox to take counsel
wit hthe president at the outset of
his campaign, nor to take any ag
gressive measures to hold up the
hands of the present administration,
with which he has not been closely
asociated. In that event they con
sidered it possible that the league
issue might be thrust more or less
in the background for want of a di
rect point of conflict between the
two parties.
So far, however, the other ordi
narily important issues have failed
to supply a paramount point of
conflict and that circumstances is ex
pected to help keep the league con
troversy in the spotlight. The Hard
ing managers are not unmindful that
within their own party there is some
division of opinion regarding the
league, but they believe that on a
direct issue of acceptance of the
Wilson policy without the dotting of
an “I” or crossing of a “t,” they can
count on a united Republican front.
They also are confident that such an
issue will drive a wedge through
Democratic solidarity and they do
not propose to overlook any oppor
tunity thus to carry the fight into
the enemy’s territory.
Senator Harding’s statement
Senator Harding's statement fol
lows:
“The president and the Democratic
nominee for his successor are. in
conference today, and at the (con
clusion it will inevitably be an
nounced that they found themselves
in complete accord, that harmony
reigns and unity is established in
the Democratic party. The signifi
cance of that announcement will
not be missed. There is just one
way that one can establish accord
between himself and the president
—that is by yielding his own opinion
at every point to that of the presi
dent. When the nominee establishes
accord with the president, it means
that the latter is in charge of the
campaign and will be the real force
of the next administration, it it is
Democratic.
“Therefore, in connection with the
announcement of harmony between
the president and the Demcratic nom
inee it will be pertinent to inquire
the basis of the agreement.
“The country is very anxious to
know if an unqualified acceptance
of the League of Nations program is
agreed upon.
“Second, has Governor Cox pledged
himself to ratification of the treaty
and league without essential modi
fication?
As to Article X
“Third, has Article X been ac
cepted? It has been repeatedly de
clared that Article X is the heart
of the treaty, and that to cut it
out woujd ‘break the heart of the
(Continued on Page 7, Column 4).
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1920.
HARDING COMPLETES
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH;
TO TIKEJOBE REST
Republican Nominee Will Be
Formally Notified at His
Home in Marion on
\
Thursday
MARION, Ohio, July 17.—Senator
Harding gave his speech of adcept
ance its final polishing tonight and
then prepared for a day of complete
rest from the arduous task of a com
position which has occupied his at
tention almost exclusively for a
week.
He planned to spend tomorrow very
quietly and in the early days of
the coming week to take more time
for recreation. Since he began work
on his address he has been out of
doors scarcely at all, and the con
finement has tried his nerves and
taken away his coat of golf links tan.
He said tonight he was feeling “tired
and cross” from want of exercise.
During today the senator worked
again as in days gone by in close co
operation with the composing room
of his newspaper, the Marion Star,
where his speech was put into type
by installments for printing the ad
vance copies that w’ill be distributed
to the press. A relay of messengers
carried copy and proof between the
newspaper offices and the senator’s
residence, and once he went downtown
and paffi a visit of inspection to his
composers.
Speech Is Quite Long
The speech, which will be delivered
here next Thursday at the formal
notification of his nomination for the
presidency, exceeds in length the
candidate’s expectations and will run
well beyond thy? four-column limit he
originally fixed. It has been pre
pared with particular care, because
he regards it as an important mile
stone in his campaign and has en
deavored to have it express compre
hensively his stand on all of the im
portant issues.
With the speech out of the way
the speculation of those close to the
Republican nominee swung toward
the possible significance of the meet
ing tomorrow between his Democrat
ic opponent, Governor Cox, and Presi
dent Wilson. It was a persistent
topic of conversation among the local
Harding managers tonight, for they
expected it to put the spotlight again
on the League of Nations and per
haps to show up more clearly what
lines the campaign en tiwkt issue will
follow.
Senator Harding himself had noth
ing to say about the conference,
though he did not conceal his inter
est in it. It was said that any public
expression from him regarding the
league or other important campaign
issues probably would wait now until
notification day. His close advisers
are said to have counselled that
course, especially regarding the
league, urging that he stand on his
recent statement that President Wil
son had forced Governor Cox to take
his cue on the treaty issue from the
administration.
Result of Conference
The Harding partisans argue that
the logical result of the White House
conference will be to develop defi
nitely whether Governor Cox will
stand with the president regarding
the league or with Democratic sena
tors and others in the party who
have advised ‘ acceptance of the Re
publican reservations. They count
on Mr. Wilson to use his influence for
complete vindication of the adminis
tration, and they take it for granted
that those who disagree with the
president, many of whom supported
Governor Cox at San Francisco, will
bring pressure to bear in the opposite
direction.
Whatever the decision, the Harding
men declare, the result will be to
widen the breach over the treaty
within the Democratic party. They
assert that the Republican candidate
would profit if the Democratic nom
inee either broke with the president
or disappointed his advisers of op
posite convictions.
WILL HAYS TO ATTEND
EXECUTIVE MEETING
NEW YORK, July 17. —Will H.
Hays, chairman of the Republican
national committee will attend a
meeting of the executive committee
of the national committee at Colum
bus, Ohio, next Tuesday morning, it
was announced here today at the
headquarters of the national com
mittee. After attending the Senator
Harding notification ceremonies in
Marion, Mr. Hays will spend a week
at Chicago it was stated.
Chicago Man Shot by
Woman Who Afterward
Kills Self With Pistol
CHICAGO, July 19.—Julius Jonas,
brother-in-law of Leo Feist, New
York music publisher, was near
death here today, the victim of a
clandestine lov ewlth Miss Pauline
Meglitseh, thirty-six years old, who
committed suicide after shooting
Jonas while they were in her home
Sunday morning.
Jonas early today was reported in
a critical condition. The bullet sev
ered his optic nerve.
“He said he loved his wife and
family more than he did me and
that he was through with me,” Miss
Meglitseh explained in a note ad
dressed “to the public,” explaining
her act.
Jonas left his home Saturday os
tensibly on a business trip to Kan
sas City. He paid a “farewell” visit
to Miss Meglitseh before his train
was due to leave. He intended it to
be his last visit with his “soul
mate.” Jonas explained he was de
tained until after train time and ar
ranged to spend the night in the
Meglitseh home.
Early Sunday morning Miss Meg
litsch' came into his room, fired a
bullet into his head as he lay asleep,
and turned the weapon on herself.
Jonas’ outcries aroused Miss Meg
litsch’s sister, Helen, and her moth
er, and they notified authorities.
Mrs. Jonas kept vigil over her
husband all last night. “Os course
we will stand by my'husband,” she
said. “He has been good to us.” Be
fore he was taken to the operating
room, she forgave him.
Jonas and his wife were recently
reconciled after Mrs. Jonas sued for
separate maintenance.
SKETCHING CLIFF DWELLINGS ACROSS canyons in Zion National park, six miles wide, by
means of high powered field glasses, is the new form of art introduced here by Miss Dora Mon
tague, local University of Utah girl, former war nurse. Miss Montague is seen posed on an abyss
1,506 feet deep. Six miles away from her. as reproduced by the telephone camera, in a niche of
the rock is a cliff dwelling which men of this age never have been able to reach. The pretty artist
brings it near to her eyes with her long-distance glasses and by her skill reproduces on her can
vas the ancient ruins in the cleft of the rock.
ST' ■
CITIZENS OF CORK
ATTACK SOLDIERS;
60 TO 70 INJURED
CORK, July 19. — (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Two militarf lorries
loaded with soldiers, which passed
through the streets of Cork at 3
o’clock this morning, were attacked
by civilians with boijibs and blown
up. Between sixty anfUseventy sol
diers were injured. The civilians
threw twenty-nine bombs.
This city was in a state of
terror last, night as a result of
street fighting, which broke out
after a bayonetting incident in
the street, in which a former soldier
was killed. About 10 p. m. indis
criminate firing started in virtually
all sections of the city. The casual
ties reported up to this morning were
one dead and fourteen wounded.
The firing, which was participated
in, it is stated, by military patrols tn
motor lorries and armored cars,
caused consternation. Frightened
women and children hurried into
side streets and doorways. Volun
teer patrols went to their assistance,
but several young girls and former
soldiers already had been hit by fly
ing bullets.
The rush of civilians from the
principal streets was followed by the
volunteers, who warned the people to
lie down while the volunteer guards
watched the movements of the ar
mored cars.
After midnight the streets were
comparatively quiet, with the milita
ry patrolling them. There was occa
sional firing up to 2 o’clock this
morning, however, the patrols once in
a while letting go a volley.
Publishers Elect
68 New Members
At Asheville Meeting
ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 19.—Six
ty-eight newspaper men were elected
members of the Southern Newspa
pers’ Publishers’ association at the
opening session here today of its
eighteenth annual convention. This
number is equal to the total mem
bership of the association at the time
of its first meeting in Asheville eight
een years ago.
Aside from election of new mem
bers, the main business on today's
program was the address by Presi
dent James H. Allison, of Fort
Worth, Tex., this morning. „
Following the hearing of reports,
the convention was addressed by H.
N. Kellogg, of the Associated News
paper Publishers’ association, who
spoke on the labor problem, and Wal
ter G. Bryan, publisher of the New
York American, who led a discussion
on five-cent dailies, ten-cent Sun
days and nine-column paged papers.
Discussion of the wood pulp situa
tion was scheduled to follow an ad
dress on the subject at the afternoon
session by E. A. Sherman.
Belgium Consents to
Exhume Americans
WASHINGTON, July The
Belgian foreign office has informed
the American embassy at Brussels
that the Belgian government has
consented to the exhumation of the
bodies of American soldiers buried
in Belgium. The exhumation is to
begin not earlier than October 1,
1920. Some of the bodies will be re
turned to the United States while the
others will be placed in the perma
nent cemeteries in France.
Scentist Isolattes •
Yellow Fever Germ
SAN SALVADOR, July 19.—Dr.
Salvador Peraita Lagos, a prominent
Slavadorean bacteriologist, who has
been conducting a series of investi
gations here- on victims of yellow
fever, has isolated the micro-organ
ism of that malady, according to an
announcement.
Memphis Union Is
Trying to Settle
Strike of Firemen
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 19.—With
300 state militiamen barracked in
the city, Memphis entered the fifth
day of the firemen’s strike today
withj interest centered on a general
meeting of labor union leaders call
ed for tonight.
Talk of a general sympathetic
strike has been growing for the last
few days and it is believed this will
be the chief topic of discussion at
tonight’s meeting, which will be at
tended by officials and business
agents of every union in Memphis.
The two companies of local
guardsmen, which have been held in
readiness since the firemen walked
out, were reinforced yesterday by a
company of 100 infantrymen from
Nashville and a machine gun com
pany of fifty men from Knoxville.
Soldiers marched through the
streets with fixed bayonets and slept
last night in temporary at
the courthouse.
Thus far there has been no trou
ble in connection with the stride and
local union leaders have shown eag
erness to end It by compromise.
These leaders declared today that
they do not believe there will be a
general strike.
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MACON PASSES
AUGUSTA IN NEW
CENSUS FIGURES
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Revised
figures given out by the census bu
reau this morning give Macon,-Ga.,
a population of 52,995 against 52,525
as previously announced and which
was*ju»t 23 less than the 1920 pop
ulation of Augusta, Ga. The gain
for Macon under the revised figures
is 12,330, or 30.3 per cent. Unless
revised figures for Augusta virtually
equal those for Macon, the standing
of the two cities will be reversed.
Other figures given out today fol
low : i
Henderson, Ky., 12,169, increase of
717, or 6.3 per cent.
Millville, Fla., 1,887.
St. Andrews, Fla., 1,310, increase
of 635, or 94.1 per cent.
Huerta Has Authorized
Committee on Petroleum
MEXICO CITY, July 19.—Pro
visional President de la Huerta has
authorized the formation of a con
sulting branch of the department of
industry, commerce and labor for the
Handling of matters relative to pe
troleum.
During May and June revenues de
rived from the exportation of pe
troleum were the highest ever record
ed in this country, amounting to
nearly 4,000,000 pesos.
WILSON IND CM
ARE IN ACCORD ON
LEAGUEOFNATIONS
President, iwminße and
Roosevelt Issue Harmony
Statements Fo 110 wingThei r
Meeting in Washington
WASHINGTON, July 19. —Unity of
opinion on the League of Nations in
particular, and the Democratic plat
: form in general, was acclaimed by
; President Wilson and Governor Cox
I in statements published today treat
. ing of yesterday’s conference at the
I White House.
President Wilson’s statement said
’ he and the party nominee “were ab
; solutely at one with regard to the
great Issue of the League of Na
tions” and that Mr. Cox “is ready
to be the champion in every respect
of the honor of the nation and the
secure peace of the world.”
Governor Cox, in summarizing the
results of the conference, said it
brought out that hv and the president
“are agreed as to the meaning and
sufficiency of the Democratic plat
form and the duty of the party in
the face of threatened bad faith to
the world in the name of America.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Demo
cratic candidate for vice president,
who also participated in the con
ference which lasted about an hour,
said “splendid accord” was shown in
the conversations between Mir. Wil
son and Mr. Cox.
Party leaders here expressed sat
isfaction today over the results of
the fifty-hour visit of Governor Cox
to the capital. In addition to the
conference with President Wilson,
the nominee saw a number of sen
ators, representatives and other offi
cials .before departing for Columbus
late yesterday. ,
Text of Statements
The statement issued by the presi
dent follows:
“The interview was in every re
spect most satisfactory and gratify
ing. I found what I indeed already
knew and what Governor Cox has let
the whole world know in his speeches,
that he and I were absolutely at one
with regard to the great issue of the
League of Nations and that he is
ready to be the champion in every
respect of the honor of the nation
and the secure peace of the world.
Governor Cox will have the vigorous
support of an absolutely united party
and, I am confident, also of an ab
solutely- united nation.”
Governor Cox’s statement said:
“From every Viewpoint the meet
ing was delightful. The president
was at his best, recalling any detail
inquired about as bearing upon the
international situation and*enliven
ing the whole conference with a hu
morous anecdote now and then ia his
old-time characteristic way. We-are
agreed as to the meaning and suffi
ciency of the Democratic platform
and the duty of the party in the face
of threatened bad faith to the world
in the name of America. His
thought is still of the war and the
pledges we gave to those who sacri
ficed. One easily sees that as the
leader of the nation who asked for
our sons and our resources upon a
very distinct understanding and ob
ligation, he is resolved that the faith
shall be kept. To this his thought
and life are dedicated. ’What he
promised, I shall, if elected, endeavor
with all my strength to give.”
Mr. Roosevelt’s statement said:
“I wish that every American could
have been a silent witness to the
meeting between these two great
men. Their splendid accord, and
their high purpose are an inspira
tion. I need only add that my re
gret in leaving my post under Presi
dent Wilson is softened by the
knowledge that my, new commander
in-chlef will be his wholly worthy
successor.”
GOV. UOX ARRIVES
IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19.—Gov
ernor Cox, who conferred with Pres
ident Wilson yesterday in Washing
ton, arrived in Columbus at ‘7:45
o’clock this morning, prepared/ to
work on matters of state business to
day and to meet with the Democratic
national committee tomorrow.
Massachusetts Mayor
Will Seek Reopening
Os Woolen Mills There
LAWRENCE, Mass., July 19—Due
to the serious industrial situation
here, William M. Wood, president of
the American Woolen company, will
confer with Mayor William H. White
today in an attempt to work out
some solution.
Fifteen thousand employes «
American Woolen company Ji-v
--been out of w-ork for several weeks,
following the shutting down of four
plants here. Mayor White
terized the situation, as “grave.” He
planned to ask Mr.'Wood to reopen
the plants on a part time basis, at
least.
The city council was to meet today
to consider the situation and try to
find some means for ralief of fami
lies suffering from lack of funds.
Lightning Causes
Disastrous Blaze
MERIDIAN, Miss., July 19.—Dur
ing a thunderstorm today lightning
struck the furniture store of F. A.
Hulett & Company, in the heart of
the business district, setting the
building on fire and entailing a loss
variously estimated from $35,000 to
$50,000 to building and contents,
flees in Charlotte, N. C. An August
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