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■®bt Manta SrMWtWa lournal VOL. XXII. NO. 131. WALKER DECLINES TOMEETHARDWICK IN JOmEBATES Candidate for Governor Says Such Debates “Add Neith er Dignity Nor Profit to Political Campaigns” Clifford Walker, candidate for gov ernor against Thomas W. Hardwick in th® run-over primary, has address e dto Mr. Hardwick a letter declin ing his invitation to meet him in a series cf joint debates. Th® letter was made public Sat urday afternoon for publication in the Sunday papers. In it Mr. Walker declares that political joint debates "add neither dignity nor profit to political campaigns.” He quotes Editor Mclntosh, of the Albany Her ald, in a recent editorial, as saying a dog fight would be preferable to a joint debate as a means of draw ing a crowd to Albany, if a choice had to be made between the two per formances. Upon receipt of Mr. Walker's let ' tar Mr. Hardwick issued a state ment in which he declared that "the • reasons upon which Mr. Walker bases his refusal are wholly spe cious and entirely insincere. Mr. Walker knows full well that in a few joint discussions, well located through the state, we could give the people of Georgia an opportun ity to judge fairly of the issues be tween us, after hearing us both dis cuss them fairly from the same platform, face to face. He knows that in this way the public would get the ’fullest light and be able to form the fairest judgment between us, but that above all else is 'what he wishes to avoid. Duty to Public “It was peculiarly incumbent up pn him to accept my invitation and .0 attempt to maintain in person, face to face, the false and scanda lous charges he has made vhrough- JUt the state against me, in my ab sence and to my back. If he lacked the courage to do that, then he at least owed th® duty to the public to make full retraction of the state ments hp has made in his speeches. As far as I am concerned. I would never make any statement about , any man in his absence and to his back that I lacked the courage to make ,in his presence and to his face. If l did I would not expect any decent man to have any respect for me, and 1 would certainly have none for myself.” Along with Mr. Walker’s letter the Walker campaign headquarters gave out a statement claiming the support of Garland M. Jones, cam paign manager for John N. Holder in the first primary; William H. -—Burwell, former speaker of the house and a prominent supporter of Mr. Holder; Dr. J. C. Bennett, a brother-in-law of Mr. Holder and chairman of the Jackson County Holder club; W. W. Williamson, bus iness manager of the Jackson Her ald, of which Mr. Holder is owner \nd editor: State Senator Boyce Ficklen, Sr., of Washington, a prom inent Holder supporter, and of num erous others who took an active part n Mr. Holder's campaign. , No Fraud The Walker campaign headquar- fers statement characterizes the Hardwick complaints about the conduct of the first primary in Bartow. Decatur and Walton counties as a "desperate effort to beclopd the real issue.” It says there was no charge of fraud In either of these counties, and that none could have been substantiated if it had been made. The third point of the statement is an extract from the Congressional Record show-ing that Mr. Hardwick, while a member of the United States senate, voted for the passage of the espionage bill. The statement ac cusses Mr. Hardwick of the "most brazen effrontery” in denouncing in Georgia the espionage bill as an in vasion of free speech and free press, while voting for the bill when it was placed upon Its passage in the senate. Kelloy Sentenced to Hang October 29 for Murder of Leroy Trexler, T.axiDriver GRIFFIN, Ga„ Sept. 18.—Found guilt/' by a Spalding county jury of the murder of Leroy Trexler a week and less than one day after the crime was committed, Isaac Laurence Kel loy. known as “Jack” Kelloy, was sentenced Friday night to be hanged October 29. The case is regarded as constituting a record in point of time. \ The attorneys for the defense at once filed an application for a new trial, and the trial judge, W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., set the hearing for Sep -mber 23 and signed a writ of su persedeas. Kelloy was taken from k the court room back to his cell in the county jail. The trial progressed with a dra matic swiftness that seemed to cor respond to the' desperately quick ac tion of the death ride and tragic end of Lerov Trexler, the murdered taxi cab driver. Within six days from the hour fixed by the state as the hour of Trexlers death, Kelloy was in court and on trial. Within the week, all the evidence was before the lury. Less than a dozen hours later, the speeches had been made; the jury had been pharged; its delib erations ended, its verdict of guilty rendered; and Judge Searcy, summon ing Kelloy before the bench, sen tenced hini to be hanged by the neck until dead, between the hours of 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock, on October 29. An odd touch was given the grim scene by the summons at the same time of a negro slayer. Whit Bailey, who was in the Spalding county jail after convection last Wednesday for killing a negro woman. verdict tn the Kelloy case had been V given and received in a tense silence bv the hundreds who packed the court room. Judge Searcy sent for the ne^g. ro Also sentenced “Stand here,” said the court to the r nncrrn q he WHS bFOUght in. • tm motioned Kelloy to stand beside hi “Have either of you anything to say’ why sentence should not be passed?” inquired the court Kelloy said nothing, but John R. Cooper, of his counsel, said: "This boy has already said all he Judge Searcy looked questiongly at the negro, who looked up at him appealingly. .. , . i _ “Please, sir. be as light op me as you can, Boss,” said the negro. “I can give you only one thing under law,” said the court, "and that ' S Then he pronounced the sentence formally on both, fixing the execu tion on the same day. Kellov showed no trace of emo tion. He said nothing, but turned and accompanied his guards quietly from the crowded room back to his i cell The spectators, who had be haved with exemplary regard for strict order, seemed rather relieved when the court ordered the room » cleared. The crowd occupied every IFULLBRIGRT PLANS REASSESSMENT DE PROPERTY WES Tax Commissioner Will Urge Next Legislature to Adopt North Carolina System of Financing State Remarkable results obtained by the state of North Carolina by means of a complete revaluation of all real es* -te and personal property, as well as property of public utilities, will be used by Henry J. Fullbright, state ’tax commissioner of Georgia, as an argument in favor of the passage by the next legislature of a bill provid ing for a similar revaluation in this state. In 1919 the aggregate value of all the property on the tax books of the state of North Carolina, including real estate, personal property and public utilities—was $1,099,120,380 This was slightly less than the ag gregate value of all similar property on the tax books of Georgia at the present time. - It was not enough to provide the revenue needed by the institutions of North Carolina. The legislature accordingly in 1919 pass ed a bill providing for a revaluation throughout the state. Tax assessors were appointed in every country. Their work was su pervised by a board of examiners in every congressional district. The whole revaluation was reveiwed by a state tax commission sitting in Ral eigh, the capital of the state. The work has recently been completed and the figures are published in a most interesting report issued by the state tax commission. From an aggregate value one ye'ar tgo of $1,099,120,380, as shown above, the property on the tax books of North Carolina was brought up to a value of $3,129,423,234. In other words, the assessors appointed to act for the state increased the valu ations nearly 200 per cent. The state tax commission, in its report of the work, lays particular emphasis upon the fact that the new valuations will afford a revenue adequate to the needs of North Carolina institutions. The state, in other words, can meet the growing needs of its people along all lines. Two States Compared Tax Commissioner Fullbright has prepared the following comparisons of area, population and tax values in North Carolina and Georgia, using the new values produced by the North Carolina revaluation: Georgia has an area of 58,725 square miles, as against North Caro lina s area of 48,740 square miles Georgia in 1910 had a population of 2,609,192, as against North Caro lina s population in 1910 of 2,206,287 of 1920 ? ad . a P°Pulation of 2 890 601, as against a population in North Carolina which has not yet been announced, but which in all probability will \be considerably smaller than the population z of Geor gia. Georgia in 1920 has an assessed valuation of city and country real estate amounting to $640,000,000, as against North Carolina’s similar val uation in the present year of $1,981,- 563.494. Georgia in 1920 has an assessed valuation of public utility corpora tions amounting to $165,393,453, as against an assessed valuation of similar property in North Carolina amounting to $250,587,158. Georgia has a total mileage of rail road track amounting to 8,824, as against a total mileage ~of 6,194 in North Carolina. Georgia in 1920 has a total assessed valuation of all property for taxa tion—including real estate, personal property, railroads, street car com panies, electric light and power com panies, gas companies, etc., of $1,340.- 000,000, as against a total assessed valuation of all similar property in North Carolina amounting to $3,129,- 423, 234. Georgia Needs Revenue In other words, the state of North Carolina, though i smaller in area, population and miles Os railroad track, has a total assessed property valuation on its tax books nearly three times as great as the state of Georgia. available inch of space in the room, and the hall outside was packed. ■ Testimony in the case was fin ished at he noon recess Friday. The state had introduced nineteen wit nesses. The defense put only Kel loy himself on the stand; and the defendant, after a long and detailed narrative of his life, told the story of the death-ride in fewer than 300 tt’ords. • without mentioning Trexler, the slain man; or that he had a companion in the automobile. "Woman Stands by Kelloy The afternoon and early evening was taken up with the speeches. Mr. Cooper spoke for two hours and a half, opening for the defense. W. H. Connor, special attorney retained for the prosecution by the Atlanta Taxi cab Drivers’ association, followed, speaking an hour. Solicitor-General E. M. Owen then spoke an hour and a half, until the adjournment for dinner; and H. A. Allen closed for the defense, speaking an hour and three-quarters. Mr. Allen frequent ly brought forward the idea that the defendant was irrational. The other speeches were confined mostly to the evidence. While Mr. Cooper was speaking- In the afternoon Mrs. Frances Roche, the woman friend who has stood by Kelloy ever since his arrest, came, into the courtroom and sat beside him. She was not in the room in the morning, and the defendant seemed to welcome her return. The court’s charge to the jury lasted ten minutes and the jury re tired at 9:40 o’clock. It was out 50 minutes. During this time, the packed spectators maintained strict order. Kelloy and Mrs. Roche spoke occasionaly «in undertones. They appeared very serious, but showed no marked anxiety, either while awaiting the verdict or when it was given. Kelloy was perfectly un moved while - hearing the verdict and listening to his sentence. Mrs. Rqche said after the sentence that she still believed in “Jack’s” Innocence and would fight for his acquittal with all the means at her disposal. STOPPED HER FITS Mrs. Dellia Martin, a resident Os Wurtsboro, N. Y., writes that she stopped her fits with a medicine that she read about in the paper. She says she has not had a fit since she took the first dose and that she wants eveijy sufferer to know about this wonderful medicine and what it did for her. If you. a friend, or relative, suffer from these dread ful attacks, you are advised to send name and address at once to R. B. N. Lepso, 895 Island avenue. Mil waukee, Wis., who is generously of fering to send a bottle of the same kind of medicine he gave Mrs. Mar tin. free, to any sufferer wjio writes in.—(Advt.) SCENES ON WALL ST. AFTER EXPLOSION .WWWwiny!■ . MEI ■ . , 4 •< » He l dwfISLA « ! t JI - -jr J K gJI lb® SB I! wiol i I rt.; ■ 11131 ~sift ' WO Ji | ®M w *- -- - - -- - -- - -- - nr nr First photograph of Wall street, New York, at the exact spot where last week’s explosition occurred, snapped a few minutes after the terrific blast had scattered death and destruction. x M’SWINEY, NOW ON 39TH DAY OF FAST, IS WEAKER LONDON, Sept. 20.—Terence Mac- Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, had a bad night and was very weak this morning, according to a bulletin is sued by the Irish Self-Determina tion league. The bulletin stated that Annie MacSwiney, sister of the lord mayor, had just left Brixton prison, where he today began the thirty ninth day of his hunger strike and declared his condition was un changed, except for the weakness incident to his long fast. In his report to the home office the physician at Brixton prison re ported that the lofd mayor’s condi tion was virtually unchanged. Lord Mayor MacSwiney last night wrote a message to IrfsKmen through out the world on behalf of himself and the hunger strikers in Cork jail. After thanking them for their sym pathy and prayers, the lor£ mayor said, according to the London Times: "If, this cold-blooded murder is pushed through it will leave a stain on the name of England which has no parallel (even in her history) and which nothing will ever efface. It will rise before the English peo ple whenever they offer another peo ple friendship. We feel singularly privileged at being made instruments of God for evoking such world-wide expressions of admiration and sup port for the cause of Irish inde pendence and recognition of the Irish republic. If we are to die, we are called to that even greater V n 'ileg e and happiness of entering the com pany of those who died for Ireland. "We forgive all those who ore compassing our death. Thjs battle is being fought with clean hearts, mirelv for our country. We have made our peace with God and bear ill-will toward no man. 4fter evoking God’s blessing upon all who prayed for the prisoners, MacSwiney concluded by saying. •I believe God is watching over our country, and by His div.ne ae f £ r^ e ;ve er tw e S S Ts re her n iast battlefor liberty anA S tbat h God will crown it with complete victors. Hint at Secret reeding The condition of Lord Mayor M * Swiney of Cork, was reported un in three bulletins issued to day by the Irish self-determination league although he appeared some what refreshed by two hours sleep diiring the night. This Evening s bul fetin ssl?d "He is „ extremely weak, but still conscious. - Considerable talk was occasioned today by a paragraph appearing in the Sunday Times under the head, “Who Is Feeding Mr. MacSwiney. It says: “Everybody is asking who is feeding him. There is ™ doubt at all that the government is not giving him food, or any of the prison officials. It is suggested that his visitors, priests and relatives are giv ing him sufficient food to keep him qll yp 99 Pointing out that Mr. MacSwiney and the Cork hunger strikers have virtually equaled Dr. Tanner s forty day fast, the newspaper asks now. the first twelve men to be found MacSwiney and the eleven in Cork when they tried to go without tood could equal Dr. Tanner’s record, which excited the wonder of the W °ln d reply to this Art O’Brien, of the Irish Self-determination league, said tonight: "No nourishment or food of any kind is being given to the lord mayor. , S4O(T subscribed FOR DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FUND The invitation by The Journal to Georgia Democrats to contribute to the national campaign fund of the party has been accepted by two prominent Georgians—Senator Hoke Smith and Hollins Randolph, a well known Atlanta attorney—each of whom came forward with ?200 as a starter of the Georgia fund, which is expected to set the pace among the southern states. The Journal’s invitation was is sued at the request of Wilbur Marsh., treasurer of the Democratic national committee. The party has no machinery for raising campaign funds by direct appeal to the indi vidual, and solicitations for contr’’- butions thus will be made through the press. It is confidently expected that this solicitation will meet with a gener ous response, and that the Geor gia fund will not be permitted to lag. Contributions received by The Journal will be promptly acknowl edged and forwarded to Treasurer Marsh. Never Met Before Wedding SOUTHEND, Eng.—Mrs . Ernest Snell applied to the court for a sep aration from her husband who de serted her. She said she never met him until the day of their wedding, their courtship having been carried on by letters while he was in the army. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920. Unfavorable Weather Has Cut Cotton Yield In Georgia This Year Reports from various parts of Georgia relative to the condition of the cotton crop indicate that the yield will fal at least 25 per cent short of normal, more in some sec tions. The cool weather in the spring caused late planting, and the crop generally is two yveeks to a month late, these/ reports show. Three or four weeks ago, it was thought that the yield would ap proach the average, but a prolonged rainy spell setting in about that time caused the cotton to shed its fruit and go to weed. This rainy spell also accentuated the activities of the boll weevil, and the reports generally agree that the late crop will be negligible. Opinions differ, however/ as to the degree ot destructiveness of the boll weevil, some- farmers holding that litle damage has been done by the pest, while others charge heavy losses to it. Farmers generaly seem to be de termined to make the best of the situation, although those who plant-- ed extensively of other crops, such as corn, grain, velvet beans, peavine hay, sweet potatoes, peanuts and to bacco are in the more cheerful frame of mind. Indications are that these crops will command larger acreage than ever next qeason. Un favorable conditions, including the high cost of fertilizing materials and labor, are giving impetus also to hog and cattle raising in the KAINS SPOIL GOOD CROP IN ELBERTON SECTION ELBERTON, Ga., Sept. 18. —The planters of this section of the state are not so optimistic over their cot ton crop now as they were four weeks ago. The situation in north east Georgia, including Elbert and adjoining counties, may be summed up practically as follows: The crop was planted from 15 to 20 days late. It got a godd start, there was no damage from boll' wee vil last year, but they showed up here during the late fall after the crop was made. The farmers figured this would be the last crop they could make without weevil damage, and so planted the largest acreage ever. This crop grew off with the prettiest weed of the last several years and fruited up well during July and the first part of August. It looked very much like then that this section of the state would make another bump er crop. However, along about the middle of August, or just a little prior thereto, it began raining throughout this’ section and raiped incessantly. The blooms were filled with water as they opened and soon dropped off. There was a good crop of bolls right at the bottom of the stalks, but when the heavy rains started, the bolls stoppped coming, while the stalks began growing. There is now very little middle and absolutely no top crop on the cotton but a fair crop of bolls around the bottom, and every one has about the prettiest weed ever grown here. The wet weather seems to have hurt the crops on the Federal Reserve Bank Pledges Cotton Growers Aid in Financing Crop J. J. Brown, commissioner of ag riculture, has received a letter from M. B. Wellborn, governor of the Fed eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta, di rectly and positively informing him that the bank this season is follow ing its established custom of ac cepting notes of merchants and farmers secured by cotton ware house receipts. Commissioner Brown regards the letter as a document of the highest, importance, for it corroborates,' offi cially and for publication, the pre vious assurances given him by Gov ernor Wellborn and other officials of the bank. There appears to Commissioner Brown, he i tated, Saturday, to be a widespread propaganda among bankers, merchants and farmers to the effect that the Federal Reserve bank in the present crop marketing season would heavily curtail the re discount of paper secured by cotton warehouse receipts. He believes the statement made by Governor of the Federal Reserve board in Washington, to a committee representing the Amer ican Cotton association, and pub lished in the newspapers all over the country, has been misunderstood in some quarters and misconstrued in others To Commissioner Brown’s mind the language used by Governor Har ding by no means indicated that the Federal Reserve bank intended to refuse re-discounts of paper secured gray lands more than the red soils The boll weevil nas infested some thing like about 25 per cent of the farms of the section, the more southerly counties bearing the brunt of the weevil infestation. Ogle thorpe, Lincoln and Wilkes are hit harder than Elbert, and Elbert is hit harder than Hart, Franklin and Mat - ison. While the weevil has done damage on possibly 25 per cent of the farms, still that damage is lim ited in scopp. Some of the farms where the insects have been found show an infestation over only a very small acreage: others show pretty general infestation. In Etotfrt Coun ty, the weevil will hurt a few farm ers pretty badly this year, will hurt some others slightly, anfl there are about 75 per cent who have been i n able to find any weevil at all. Tak ing Elbert county as a whole, the boll weevil damage this year will in the entire county not cut down the crop more than 500 bales. It is the consensus of opinion that ..the real damage has come from the wet weather coming right at the time the blooms were opening, and at the very rime to cause the fruit to shed. From the very best Informed peo ple of this section, the opinion comes that the section will make around a 65 per cent crop, as against what they thought along about the first of August before the rains began, would be at least an 80 per cent crop. Elbert county in 1919 made 25,673 bales. The most reliably Informed of the county now think there is not a bare possibility of going over 20,000 bales on the same acreage of last year, or 22,000 bales this year on the larger acreage in the entire countV. This shortage is in spite of the fact more fertilizer was used than ever before. The above estimate of 65 per cent is not only the estimate of local peo ple, but only last w-eek a prominent oil mill man of middle Georgia was touring this section for the purpose of obtaining first hand Information concerning the crop prospects. He went into this and adjoining coun ties and went into thp melds and ex amined the plant. It was his opin ion that 65 per cent would be a very liberal estimate indeed. Had the weed fruited up all the way as it started out during July and the first of August. Elbert and adjoining counties would be in the big yielding class this year, but with no fruit left from the middle of the stalk up to the top, there is not a chance of making a normal yield. HALL COUNTY EXPECTS 60 PER CENT GF CROP Ga.. Sept. 18.— Cotton in Hall county is about three weeks to forty days late, on account of too much rain and too little sun shine in the past two months. The farmers of Hall county, for many years, "have been in the habit of planting other crops, such as corn, wheat and oats, to say nothing of growing fruits, such as apples, (Continued on Fage 7, Column 4) by farm products, whether cotton or what not. Commissioner Brown three days ago addressed to Governor Wellborn, of the Atlanta Federal Reserve bank, • the following letter: ‘.‘l am receiving many inquiries from citizens of Georgia as to the present policy of the sixth federal reserve bank regarding the re-dis counting of cotton paper. Will you be so kind as to write me if there is any hesitation on the part of your bank toward re-discounting a farm er's six months’ note, or a mer chant’s three months’ note, either of which is secured by a bonded cot ton warehouse receipt? Your prompt reply to the foregoing question will be very much appreciated. Governor Wellbdun’s reply was as follows: “This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of September 16. In re ply. Iwish to say that we are ad vising our member banks in reply to their inquiries that they need have no fear that the Federal Re serve bank will not function prop erly and accommodate its member banks in re-discounting their cus tomers’ notes secured by cotton, for the orderly marketing of the crop. We are following our custom of the past in accepting from member banks notes of merchants and cot ton shippers for 90 days, secured by cotton, up to 80 per cent of its mar ket value. insured and properly stored, aiyi notes of farmers having a maturitv of six months.” FAIR HAS BEST , 1920 PROSPECTS IN ITS HISTORY The Southeastern fair, which opens October 16, has the best prospects in its history, according to Secretary R. M. Striplin, who has just returned from a ten-day trip through the east, where he inspected the free attrac tions he has contemplated offering to the Southeastern fair visitors, and completed final arrangements for the grand circuit meeting. "To my mind,” said Mr. Striplin, “one of the best indications of a big fair is the demand we experience for privileges and concessions. The talent in that line seldom ever miss their guess on the character of such a fair from the standpoint of busi ness, which they gauge by the. pub lic interest they find in the event. We have had every foot of available space sold In our buildings for the past two weeks, something we have never done before and we are now selling ground space to demonstrators who will provide their own shelter for showing their wares. “The same demand for space inside the buildings has been experienced on ,the outside. We have just moved the big steam shovel and will spend the rest of the time between now and the fair filling in to make room for-the greatest midway the south has ever seen. "Our machinery exhibit will be the most comprehensive that b»s ever been assembled in the southeastern states and one that every Progressive farmer in this section will want to inspect if he keeps up with the de mands of modern farming. Every thing in the shape of a tractor that is right up to the minute and suita ble for planters will be on eX "The national hog and cattle show will exceed all the expectations of its nromoters —the southern live stock breedeX We will have cattle and ho"s from sections far removed from ?he southeastern states; . breeders from other states appreciate that the live stock industry of Georgia rnd surrounding states is in jts m fancv and the national hog and cat tle show will, in my opinion, jump into first rank as a great live stock Ca “We er feei r sure that the grand cir excitfng 6 experienced B-jss s a Henry, Sir Douglas Haig and lusa- the free-for-all classes will also be participated in by all the best entries of the grand circuit. Two Men Killed in Shooting Affray SEVILLE, Fla.. Sept. 20. —Lester Faircloth, of Uvalda, Ga., and Charley Edmonds, of Chadbourne, N. C.. were killed here Sunday by J. B. Ramer, who claims he shot in defense ot his family while a shooting affray was in progress in front of his home. Two of the men engaged in the shooting were arrested at Crescent City, while they were attempting to escape in an automobile. “Wilful Ouija,” Amazing Serial, Begins Saturday The Tri-Weekly Journal takes pleasure in announcing that be ginning with next Saturday’s is sue, a new, absorbing and amazing serial story will be of fered to readers of the paper. "Wilful Ouija” is the title of the i tory and Ruth Neely is the author. One generous install ment will appear in each issue of The Tri-Weekly- until the whole remarkable chronicle is unfolded. Everybody has heard about that marvelous little device known the world over as the Ouija board. In some myste rious and unaccountable way, it answers questions and writes messages beyond the ability of the operator to. explain. "Wilful Ouija,” The Trl-Week ly’s new continued story, centers around the queer workings of this twentieth century riddle. Mystery, romance. surprises, humor and sensations fairly jostle each other in every para graph and every reader will be on pins and needles before the unguessable climax. Don’t forget! “Wilful Ouija.” .he best serial every published in The Tri-Weekly, will begin next Saturday. COX IS DISTURBED mifimiDE DE PRESS OF WEST Splendid Impression Made by Governor in California Raises Hofres of Friends That Tide Is Turning BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Leased Wire Service to The Journal.) (Copyright. 1920.) ON BOARD GOVERNOR COX’S TRAIN, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Sept. 20. —Riding through the state of California for a day with the Democratic nominee for the presi dency afforded, not merely an ap portunity to the warmth and enthusiasm of the crowds, but between stations Governor Cox talk ed frankly to the writer about the status of his campaign. The Ohio governor is most dis turbed by what seems to hiim at any rate, an unfair attitude onXfhe part of many of the newspapers of the west. He said he didn’t expect Republican newspapers to vommend his speeches editorially, or to hand him bouquets, but he did expect a square deal. Again and ..ga n he de clared the newspapers in some of the large cities on the coast had deliberately suppressed the news of his speeches. In one instance the newspapers failed to announce correctly the time of the governor’s arrival or to give any prominence when he came into their vicinity. Also‘the gov ernor was advised that one large newspaper never published his speech of acceptance. The governor said that he did not expect the newspapers to print par tisan reports in his favor, but he had believed they would at least give space to the dispatches of the As sociated Press and other press asso ciations. Forced to Bepeat “The most sinister thing I have observed on my western trip,” he said, “was the rebellious attitude of the, people whenever I make any reference in any speech to the press. Can it be that the people are losing confidence in the press of the coun try? As a newspaper publisher I think it hurts our profession, and as an American, I think it is a dan gerous tendency. For the people of the country expect the press ,to be fair and to give both parties a square deal. That is the only safe way to retain confidence in our in stitutions.” . x- The governor having J>een advised by local leaders that Very little about his campaign in other states had been published in coast cities hag made it a point to repeat many parts of preceding speeches. His approach to southern Cali fornia was a continuous reception at the stations along the coast route. Even though he made no speeches on Sunday and the people evidently didn’t expect any, folks .came out in large numbers to greet the Demo cratic nominee. California is hardly considered a doubtful state by Republicans this year, many of whom insist that the majority of Harding will not be less than 100,000. But, while some of the Democrats are inclined to agree with that estimate today, they decline to admit it will be the final decision of the state. Hope Tor Turn In Tide California can turn itself upside down in a week and the splendid impression made by Governor Cox en route through California has raised the hopes of his friends that the tide has begun to turn. The enthusiastic welcome given Governor Cox in San Francisco by the business men and at Oakland by a crowd that was plainly in sympa thy with his League of Nations argument has stimulated the hopes of even those Democrats who were inclined to despair of the outcome before Governor Cox got here. Followers of Hiram Johnson are friendly to Governor Cox. They see in the Ohio governor points of sim ilarity to their own idol. Indeed it is whispered that Senator Johnson will confine his disagreement with Governor Cox chiefly to the League of Nations as he is said to feel a keen admiration for the progressive record of the Ohio governor. Several Johnson men told the writer that if it were not for the strong fight made by Senator Johnson against the League of Nations as an issue in this state, that Governor Cox would carry California easily on the issue of progressivism. Certainly the rank and file of Johnson supporters are leaning to Cox and some vpeniy characterize Senator Harding as a reactionary. How much of this is due tq disapointment over the fail ure of the Republican party at Chi cago to select Johnson as standard bearer, and how much it reflects a friendly feeling toward a progressive is hard to say. Stat® Hot Certain For G. O. F. Certainly as one travels about the state, observers point to the large Republican registration in the pri maries and sav that there will be a big vote in the senatorial contest, but that a surprising number of peo ple will not vote for either Cox or (Continued on Fag® 7, Column 3) “ Farmers Have Whiphand, Don't Sell Your Cotton," Declares Har vi e Jordan The following statement was is sued last week by Harvie Jordan, secretary of the Amerioan Cotton association: “Again the ’bear’ dopesters are confronted with facts which under mine their house of cards. For weeks the presS and numbers of market letters have flooded the south with statements that mills were either dosing down or run ning on short time, and that mills well supplied with enough cotton to last them well into next year. Uncle Sam’s agents of the census oureau have just published some reliable statistics which knock all such ‘bear’ dope into a cocked hat. “Listen, here are the facts: The census bureau says of American consumption, the following: Cotton consumed during August amount to 483,193 running bales of lint as against 497,319 bales of line in Au gust 1919. A difference of only 15,- 003 bales in favor of last year. Only 1,130,000 bales on hand in consum ing establishments this year as com pared 'with 1,133,000 bales last year. Not over a sixty day supply 5 CENTS A COPY. $1.50 A YEAR. POST Cl OK SHIS SECOND BLAST IS DUE ON TUESDAY / Police Fail /So Far to Find Missing Wagon Driver, Shortage of Explosives Is Reported NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—A post card, warning that an attempt would be made tomorrow to blow up the customs house, after the Wall street explosion last Thursday, was re ceived in the mail today by William B. Edwards, collector of internal, revenue for this district. This postcard signed “a citizen” was turned over to the custodian of the building by Mr. Edwards, who also notified Postmaster Thomas G. The department of justice, too, was informed of receipt of the postcard. The warning said that the cus toms house, already under heavy guard, would be blown up at 2 p. m. Mr. Edwards said that a preliminary investigation had shown no evidence of a pldt and he was inclined to re gard the warning as a hoax. Officials of the department of justce regard the- warning as the work of a crank. They said that a person intending to caus® such an explosion would hardly warn the authorities about it hours in advance. Fischer to Appear Included among those to be exani- Ind was Edwin P. Fischer, arrested in Canada, who arrived here this forenoon in custody of detec tives. Fischer has testified to hav ing sent warnings of the disaster to a number of friends here, but au thorities attach little significance to his story because of his recognized eccentricities. Attorney General Palmer was ex pected to return here during the day and resume personal charge of the investigation by the department of justice. Efforts to identify the owner of the horse which drew the wagon supposed to carry the infernal ma chine were continued. Although John Haggerty, the farrier, has identified the shoes of the dead horse as those he had attached two weeks ago, faint hope was expressed of being abl® to trace the owner of the animal, since Haggerty could recall no unmistaka ble identifying features of the own er. He identified the shoes simply -because they bore a certain mark common to all his handwork and not distinguished by this particular job. Body Identified The body of the one victim of the Wall street explosion, which had re mained unidentified, was recognized at the morgue today by Mrs. Oliver Kehrer, of Brooklyn, as her son, El mer Kehrer, twenty-one-year-old chauffeur. Kehrer had been out of work and looking for employment, Mrs. Kehrer said, adding that the youth had made his home with her at 422 South Fourth street. Considerable importance had been attached to the fact that Kehrer had remained unidentified so long,, offi- • cial opinion different over the theory that this lack of identification might signify fear to recognize him by persons of questionable character. Federal agents today were inv'"- tigating a report/that the fire de partment had learned, by checking up all stores of explosives lawfully held in the city, that there was A distinct shortage in one of the ex plosives magazines. Fire department officials gave no hint as to the lo cation of the reported shortage, but claimed this new clue might have an important bearing on the discovery of the suppposed plotters of the dis aster. Fischer Arrives Edwin P. Fischer, who warned his friends to keep out of Wall street before the explosion there last week, arrived here today from Hamiltoft, Ont., accompanied by detectives. Fischer picked up two cigars from the floor of the Grand Central sta tion, but they were taken away from him by detectives, who said they might contain poison or notes. “They look like pretty good ci gars,” commented Fischer with a smile. Fischer was not handcuffed and he led the procession of police and newspaper men, stepping briskly into the subway train which convey ed them down town. He is a big man, and was the most conspicuous figure in the group. At headquar ters he was taken into the office of Chief Inspector Lahey. Had a Permonltion When posing for camera' men, Fischer was asked to remove his hat. This brought an exclamation. “Have a heart!” he cried. Requested to talk, he said: "Oh, talk my eye!” "I’m in the hands of my friends (Continued on Page 7, Column 8) where in the mills of this countrv. The exports are less, due to the ' treme lateness of the crop and to the shortage of good grade spin nable cotton. “The farmers have the whip han dle of the situation in their own hands right now. Sell no cotton for sixty days or until the mills get back actively in the market as buy ers to fill th'eir needs. Let the short sellers walk the floor for their Oc tober commitments. You can’t spin yarns out of tissue paper contracts and that is the only supply they now have on hand. No farmer is under any kind of obligation to sell his cotton at less than cost, plus a rea sonable price. That price now has been fixed by the American Cotton association at 40 cents, middling basis. Store your cotton. Borrow money on the warehouse receipts if funds are needed and stand pat. You won’t have to wait long and the waiting will pay a big profit over present artificial values. “AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIA TION > ’‘By Harvie Jordan. “Se Cretan*’-'