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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPEK i' a T'HAor: swoiin sr.r iaid Ill 101 t 'itCt'LATtON CQ (f( VOL. XV, NO. 22. TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1020 20 PAGES PRLE 5 CENTS. 1 n mmwmwm m m TO FBIIIIRF III 1 1-NIP 1 mm m n mam mwmm m m mi Enai h ei h h mm Elihu Root HARDING DENIES SEEING DE KOBRA French Journalist Sought Interview But He Was Turned Down COX'S TRAPA FAILURE Charjre That Writer Was French 'Spokesman' to Op ponent Is Boomerang EXPOSURE OF 'CONSPIRACY' JiuLin Wellivcr, Republican Publicity ISTan, Tells of Meeting Paris Scribe MAT loN. Ohio, Oct. 10. An un-!.- rul attempt by Governor Cos t) t p Senator Harding was i1, i In a statement Issued from 11a u a headquarters heru tonight In r - n'.i to suggestions by tho (It i iti nominee that Mr. Hani I. g hu conferred with Mnurico ilo K a French Journalist. regard if, I T! ';' he flu fa 1 1 i had aiV llllJUi . 1 French atiltud toward the f nations. atomcnt, Issued over tho of Judson C. Wollivor. irtcrs director of publicity, t Senator Harding never ird of do Kobra until today, 'i tho. latter had mucin nn sful effort to seo him In , ills last Friday. n nator Declines to Talk. - Hnrdlng hlmelf declined i the Governor's references O (115 n d" Kubrn or to say anything fur ther n regard to His utteranco nt r.rfprcistle. Ho Indicated that with lin r plv to President Wllsoii'a let ter nr 'he subject last night ho wan Ir 'ir.eel to regard tho Incident ih of ,l and that ho did not Intend t- rev. ;il tho Indcntlty of lilu rti ff mjr'i or any other details of the "'if -i .al" advices he delved from M Wolllvor's statement follows: Co. Dnrcil Harding to ltoply. "In hij speech at Itoehesler, N. Y 'M evening. Governor Cox Is Q I as saying In referenro to Srfn..r Harding's statement that a imnn of France' had Inform er '-.oil that America should lead tK- iy for an association of na t ! T dare Senator Harding to tell A' r. i r tr i Ii. c' a' i publicly whether or not tho ititlvo of Franco was Mau- Kotjra of Paris. If this be rd I have strong reasons for ir it in I wish to remind you itr Harding's oft-repeated -e tha,t ho Intended to take i always with others. We n an Instance cf tho Kind of ' he will reek In conneotlpn international affairs. Mnn '' Kohra appears to be a fine an. but he Is a humorist and .vn behalf 1 doubt If ho f .y ho is iirofound In Interna nf fairs. vrnor Cox has fallen Into a ite trap that has been set for r Harding. Senator Harding MW M. do Kobra and nover w flour p. n, i b h tl r. n ,v Fen tlr. h i) f him until today. Tho facts it n tiis pleasant llttlo conspiracy a'o i. n. riy tlieso: l"acw About "Conxplrncy." l'rldav evening last, a few m tr M tb Be Ii h after Senator Harding's ml arrived nt Indianapolis, Kidvra came to meet mo at -'in hotel, introducing hlm- s tho correspondent of la of Paris and asked that nn with Senator Harding he il I declined and M.yle beeamn Insistent. He said ' brno traveling with Oovorn- party, nnd having secured x vlowpolnt on International I'o was now desirous of an a with Sonatnr Harding, In ' 't he might present the re n ldo of tho matter. He was '""stent upon 6eoIng Senator : .and seeing him Immcdlate- m i;d ii.v pacii; ki.uvi;.n Ih. vcv It A'ij7 Alexander Dead, Says Rome Dispatch rniN, oct. 19. Tho Central Ho ne correspondent says to r 'l at tho ainrnalo d'ltalla pub ' a report obtained by wireless ' 'ho Orcelt steamer Hrlmllsl Kir.g Alexander of Groero Is Ur u 1 Tl o last bulletin received by uts Limited from Athens. me i 1 1 o'clock this morning said ' 'if i inq's condition was unchanged. New York Life Insurance Co. Farmer & Duran Sl'KCI.M, AOUNTS !03 Palaco nuig. I'liono 151 Doubts 'Infallibility' of Quartet Who Duck Students Who Put Bets Pji Rival Team NMW OltLLANK, Ult. 1.--I'lt) 111 I ail ltd Tulano university ftudcrts bolted classes toda, captured four of 16 classmates alleged to have bet Oh ltice lu Htltuto in taxi S iturd.'iy'x Tiiiiuii -lUco football gatiie. londiMled them In Au.louon Park lake, aciss fiom H campus, und threw thorn, fully ilothed, Intu tho wato". y Two city policemen and a park wat'-hmnn at first disputed tho lights of the btudents to ad minister tho duckingt, hut yield ed to force of numbers and al lowed tho affair to lalte place. After being ducked, the .-.Ueged ltice support"!.1?, wcro imnltted to adjourn to the gymnasium, ehango clothes and resuino their work. Tin oo of those djcl:cd aro freshmen medical fc-.udenls. Tho other is it "leuloi' In the ari.s and u lence college. Twilve more students, s.ild to have backed with money tin Ir convictions that Klce would win, an- now sought, It was hald. v Tulano and nice plnjM n score less tie. EPOCHAL SESSION FOR PARLIAMENT Questions of Gigantic Im portance Confront Brit ish Legislators BOLSHEVISM MENACE Red Spector Seen in Demon strations; Industry Tied Up by Mine Strike Pv T'Aia.K r 'IKHVHH I. N. 8 Htaff Ccrriiuii lout. I.ONOtjN. tict. l!- Ilrltlsh parlia ment reassembled today after a nine weeka holiday for u session that promiFcs to be one of eplo Import anco. Xot since the ""war pesslon" in 19H havn (iiic'stlons of such gi gantic Importanco confronted the nniiKo or commons. The nnrllament- arv-situ Ulon wiim made more acute rv a great unemnloyment demon stration In Downing street when more Mian to persons were wound ed In fls'htlng will! the police. Premier l.Iovd fleoigo promised a deputation from the army of unem ployed to make a statement suggest ing roty'f measures In commons this afternoon. 'Following an- two of tho big Is sues' up to parliament: 1. -Tlio national ronl strlko. which N stagnating Iniluxlrv :inil Iirw linolrcil more than I.OllO.non men and ttoinen in oliintiiry mill enforcod iiucmpIo.wii''iit. 2. Tim Irl-h elluallon, hleh N tnoro lueunrlng that nt nny tlmo hi tho uounlrj'H hlstorv. Ap tmil nr prcvuIN In Ireliiuil mid tin- temper of tin- Sinn IVIncrH hn been furtlier luriamod by I lit dei'laratlon of tli premier that povcrnmeiit will not grain home rule, nnd the ilrath or .'Mlchai'l niitnriek. one of the Sinn IVIu hunger li IKcim In th Cork lull. J.eailert of tho libot elemen' which Ins entered the labor troub les brings an acute new mnnace to the problem of Industrial unrest confronting the lawmakers. Prltaln's gigantic dotntln prob lems have overshadowed, for the time being, the international Issues Since parliament adjourned thi following Important dovolnpmonts hnvo taken placo. New l)eelopiiifiit.. 1. Premier I.loyd George an nounced that tho government will not grant dominion freedom to Ire land nnd the Sinn Fein declared that a Mate of war existed In Ireland 2. Tho military pollro In Ireland began n systematic search of reprisal attacks, destroying whole towns. 3. Moro than 1.000 000 minors went mi otrlke and tho strike threat ens to spread to the railways and docks. 4 More tbnn 100,000 unemployed men nnd women have, united In or ganized agitations against tho gov ernment. 5i Trade negotiations between Otrat Hrltnln nnd soviet Iiussla wore suspended. 0. Soviot Russia and Poland signed peace. On August lfi, after davi of tense ness, parliament adlourned, leaving Iho speakers empowered In rocall the members nn IS hours' notion If the Itusflo-Pollih war demanded Ilrltlsh Intervention. Since then tho war clouds have been dissipated but their placo has been taken by homo promems or first magnuuuo. tho anxiety of tho authorities has been Increased by the sympathy for Hol shovlam evinced In certain labor quarters and tho fart that tho un employed carried red flags when they marched on tho premier's official residence yesterday. There wcrJv ro now developments CONTINUED ON I'AOB SIXTEEN. CAPTURE 163,738 DRAFT EVADERS That Many Arrested and Cases Disposed of by U. S. Authorities 498,033 DESERTIONS Hut a Third of These Joined Military Forces Later On and Proved Patriotism INJUSTICE IS DONE TO MANY 15ut Many Names Are Being Cut Off List of Deserters; Task of Checking Tedious WASHINGTON,. Oct. 19.-)rnft evadors who hail been apprehended up u duly 1G and their cases dtsl posed of by the rnilltnry authorltle:) numbered 163,738, It vwis announced today at tho war depnrment. TIim total number of draft desor tlons which had been reported to the piovost marshal general. ,wat 4DS.033 but examination of govern inent records showed that 161,364 men classed as deserter had en listed in tho nrmy, navy or tunrlno corps, or In the armed forces tif tho allle., so that the total number of desertions still listed now numbers 163,911. Culling Many From l.lst. The department's announcement said that as the examination of thu records progressed, tho number who served lfi the, armed forces and who consoiiuontly wero crroneousl to ported ns wilful deserters was bullig aJVdcd to from day to day. It was added that probably sev eral thwiuand men had been nppre hended and their cases dispose! of before .Inly 1 ii. "Tho number of desertions 1.1 be Ing reduced and will bo furthei re duced after tho examination of the recorchi In nil cases has been cum pleted." s.ild tho depiu tmenf-i an nouncement. "A number of n.im-i will bo eliminated through tho re celnt of information now being ob tained from the adjutant general.i of tho states to whom lists of deserters from their respective stntcH were sent. "Tho information has been re ceived within the last few days from two smaller states that enabled thu department to elimlnat 040 names from the list of deserters. ('Iiiiiice to Clean thu Slate. "Ono of the reasons for giving publicity to tho fact that ttin list of deseiters. to be published woi to cause all thoo persons In whom mind there existed doubt as to their final status to wrlto to the war de partment in order that their .-o-ords could ho investigated. "Tho task of eliminating tho tinmes of those who iuo not wilful deserters Is a difficult and tedious one, but tho work is being pushed as fast as tho limited clorical forco will permit.' CAPPER COMING FRIDAY Senator From Kansas, Former Gov ernor, SM'lll.M for i. (). 1. lit 'Contention Hull October i!i An angorr-ntn have been complet ed, according to the officers of tho republican county committee for Senntor Arthur Capper's mooting nt Convention hall In Tulca, Friday evening, October 22. Senator Cap per will arrive during tho day and will bo given an opportunity to men foimir Kausaiu i.ud ecu sonii l'tng of 'ho city. Senator Capper come to Tulsa to speak In behalf of tho republican national and Btnto tkket. Those v. ho hnvo read Senator Capper upon natlonul questions will bu delighted at the opportunity to hear him speak. Convention hall will bo opon nt 7:30 and tho spoaking will begin at S o'clock. MacSwincy Near End; Develops bcurvu and Also Has a Bad CiHd LONDON, Oct. 19. Physicians at JJrixton jail Infirmary doclared th.i afternoon that thoy bellovod Terence MarSwlney tho Sinn Fein hunger striking lord mayor of Cork, was nearlng tho end. They said fresh signs of weaknesn had developed which apparently, foro shadowed death. Itulattvcs and friends of Mac Swlney woro today usked to pur suadoHdnito take orango Julco and KrapfNuIco, but they declined, saying It wits useless, A specialist wan called In today to help earn for tho lord mayor. Ho plans to nilmlnistor food whllo MacSwlney Is asleep. Relatives of the mayor object to this, saying MaeSwincy will start a ntw hunger strike when ho regains consciousness If this Is done. MacSwlney has developed curvy and also has a bad cold, It w;ih Announce-! by tho attending physic ians today. Will Hays and Make Predictions of Victory Republican Chairman Pivdjcts Harding and Coolidgo Will Carry at Least 150 States, Possibly H5; Democrat Chief i Just as Optimistic the Other Way Uy SCOTT IIONt: Ullrn-lnrn of Publicity. Itc-rutiUmn N tlunnl . i in 1 1 1 I . (Wrlti.ii for Will IIh)s, c li.ilriiiin lonubllc-Mii iihIIiiiihI ccm ii . 1 1 1 pr . i iiiri'inly fur tin Inlii nKtlminl New ."r U ) MOW VoltK, Oct. II'. -ILilllIng and Cooltc.rfo, In my opinion, Will iirrj- it) UiteM at least .vi.cl there Is muni tl. .in a pniMHilllty that the Lumber will reach 35. This means the republicans will eniiy nil the north ami break Into tho south. 1 I use this lnidli tleM oil acl' ic . tr im ticwspapjrs and newspaper men all over the country. As n matter of fact, many demo cratic neWKliapc-, espee.ally mono tthlch licloti); t what is called thu 'lountry press ' are tt holly out of hjmpnthy with the aili,ili,lslratinn at Vaslilnglcin, ami tlieiefore, taking but a pei fiinetory luteicst In this campaign. This Li true, north and -UIU. t It Is conservatlW'; to say that for very repiililiean who b.is declared for ''ox on the Wilson le.iguu of na tions Issue, five democrats aro for II. inline on the general Issue of thu day. Tlic; supremo Issue Is Wllsonlim, as the people undoubtedly under stand it, and WIIhoiiIsiii iiivoIvcm the high cost of living, burdensome taxa tion, p.-iclilil payrolls aud ii lint of extravagance at Washington, collos sal waste since the armistice and too little biislniM.j tn government and too much government in business. The "solemn referendum" hcheilulo for Tuesday, .Nov. 2, m hui!' d find uc claln-ed and the overwhelming ver dlco is foiord Mtied. COX SARCASTIC IN NEW ENGLAND Attacks Senator Lodge; Ridicules Harding in All His Speeches hisses fofTgovernor Concord and Manchester Peo- pie Jeer -Speaker Who As sailed "Native Son" IIOSTON. O, t HI Scathing at tack upon Senator Lodge of Massa chuftetls and sarcastic criticism of Senator Harclli g ttre made today by Governor Cox dining his Now I'.ngland tour embracing Massachu setts and New Humnsfilro cities and setts and New Hampshire cities and ending with-a largo meeting tonight on Huston oommou. Senator Harding wa heaped with sarcasm and ridlculo by Governor Cox In v.ituallv every address of tho day, with the incident between President Wilson nnd tho senator regarding the letter's slatomejit of French ovcrturni for a new associa tion of natlona ns thu IiuhIs. "Tho facts Justify tho conclusion that Senator Harding has stupidly though deliberately, attempted to dccelvo tho people of tho fulled States,'' Governor Ccs dei-mrcd. ".MIsiindcrMood Again." Expressing belief that a Froneh nuthor and humorist was Senator Harding s sourcjo of Information re garding Fruncli sentiment upon a new association of nations, .com menting upon Senator Harding's letter to President Wilson, Govern or Cox said sarcastically. "Poor Senator Harding has been misunderstood again. It Is a pa thetic thing that he suffer:! so much from tho- dullness of tho American people, Jncjudlng newspaper edltorn und lenders among partisans und opponents." The leagun wns virtually tho ex clusive theme today of ioveriyir Cox, and his Hoston common ul dress tonight mado a total of 10 speeches. Tho governor's denunci ation of Senntor Lodge was followed by hissing tfrom his Concord and Manchester audlc-nti n. Tho heights of liU attack upon Senator Lodge wcie reached by tho democratic? candidate tonight on the common. l-.xpr. ssing h.ippintsi over spoaking on "the first forum of America dedicated to froo speech and free assemblage," Governor Cox said hti diuilroil "to remove clouds nnd eonfuslotv' regarding the leagiio. These, the governor assert ed, were "set up In a partli-an Plot, Instigated and led by tho arcli con spirator of tho ages. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massac husotts, Stating that Governor Coolidgo UONTI.NUKl) C1N 1'ACii; HIXTUI.M THE WE ATI! Ell TVLHA. cic-i. 19 -Minimum. 79 tnlr.l mum 11 'utn''H(.t winiicc. clour. OKLAHOMA W.MlnciUy. Im ul rln. cooler in n t'ii fr.i e ynrU"i Thurn elav rr rirchly fner nilic c cel ptiectn i-v Jerai ra'hhV. ixjii?. day iinu Tnircly wltjt probably ihawcri, CDiucr an -aay TcmIa)' KTent. notary club lintel Tulict, It It. uurcbulrii' .titTe' p-. latlcm of Okla bema, inuolclal uuJUurluui, 7 10 i, m. Designed Peace Treaty George White iiv ononoi; wiiitis trimii nifin cif ilo iinieoriiilt' ruliiiiittlrFl. ttt'rltuti rirly iiaIIcimaI (ur lliu iiio-rnuiiiiiiHi ,-,.wil nrrticc-.i COl.l'.MIIUS, Oct. in. Tburo wn nec r a great Issue presonted to Un American people so one sided as the leugii" of nations. Thero wns never a groat lsuo subject to see so much mlslirtei pi elation and mlsunder- Ktnnillrr Tho lenttue Ws bum out of the determination of an exhaustl ed, bleeding world, tli.it no future csar or kaiser should be able to plunge I In. human race Into war as Wllhelm did in 1911. It Voiced thu aspirations of tho world and It de sire for peace. Pai'lsan Jealoury on the part of a group of lepiioliciiu senatois was supplemented bv the partisanship unci the peison.il envy of the pres ident on the part of Ilent? Cabot Lodge ami thero began a course of nh.Uructlon mid party politics In the rioted rnaici itcunie t,nni delayed peace and threw the woi Id Into tin im II. As soon as one concession was miiilci the partisan senators In a picked committee demanded an other, until a parliamentary situa tion .irose, which enabled the Irre concilable gioup, though In u minor ity, to defeat tho entire treaty. This tlnew tin- treaty Into tho campaign and It Is that campaign which we are fighting today. llnihiii rass"d "by divisions In his party niid by his own record ns a seinitnr, Mr. Harding ha faced II different (Unctions on tho league,1 Issue until the public lias lieconie I'ONTINJ'KK ON I'AfIB KM.VKN FERRIS MEN DENYJ HARRELD CHARGE Declares Their Candidate Never Was Republican In Missouri Home GET SIGNED STATEMENT Chairman of Democratic Com- mittee in Neosho County Addresses State Voters Democrats Request Help of the World In view of tho following tel. egr.im Tho World takes the lib erty of stating that It belli'Vos. In complying gracefully. It shows more generosity than has been m.inifc't c! during the U"'1"'"t campaign by tho Ictders of the democratic press opposition to republicanism over tho stute: "OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Oel. 19. Kdllur Tula tVcirlil, Tulaa, Oklie. "Am armllnl- you atntemnnt rrlittfi to lfarrcld'a chargo that Mcott Kcrrli wna republican In Mlaiourl. Altliouun you dirt not publlali our flrat atieler mont I truat In falriicaa you Mill glva aam prominence !, mlnn aa you elbt to Mr. llarrebra whtcli ai'poarod In your lvaua uf Tuec.il.ty (icttib.ir Nlnelc-rnth. '.CAM CAMl'lir.LL" Absolute denial of tho charge of Congressman J. W. Harreld, repub lican candidate for tho annate to the effect that Scott Ferris was nt one time n fuU-flcged republican I" .Miiepnurl and that Ferris was candi date at one time for office on the republican ticket, are contained In verbose statements wired The World from agitated I-Vrrls campulgn man agers In Oklahoma City Included In tho U IcgiapMo denial Hs a transposition of what tho Ferris campaign mo.wigfrs ci.iun ih a eigne 1 statement from tho chairman of rmoralo eongrosslorsHl nnd county commltlees of Nco.lhc oouutj, .Mi It Is prcscnUd in full; "NHOHHO. MO.. Oct.' 19. To lh vc.ttra of oklali'tm, wee omphaaUa cttnlal of any i.tateme.nt lni,lltiK ttiitt Holt Pcirrla waer ever a republican or ran fur ofrtra aa auch In hla county hern or 111 Mlaaourl lie waa alwaya clean, atralKht detnocratlo voter, from 31 up, wtthti Mlaaoun. Hlielnniii.t lu tlm contrary la ubeolutnly fnlaa "Hlsnecl, K K. Mllrbell. c-balrmin ISth cintfreaelnnal ctlatrlct of Mo , Kmcl COXVINfKP O.V I'AOK SIXTEEN. Wants Jury of Women to Pronounce Her Pale CLHVKLAND, Ohio, Oct. 19 Men. ICathcrlne Mlkullc must stand trial for first degree murder for slaying her 6-year-old daughter Ufa whom she drowned In i luke Inst inc. nth when she tried to lalcn brr wn !?.. .siu not wii. v."' 0.. nild to tno rnarlty of mends, An indictment charging first degree murddr wait returned by tho county grand Jury today. A Jury of women will bo demanded for the trial, at tocnuytt for Iru. MikuUc tuliX. WHITE MAN SHOT! qqqr QF HOME Negro Makes Mscapc Aft er Attack on Alec ( un ningham, Age 57 EXPECT VICTIM TO DIE Hospital Attendants Hold Small Hope for Landlord; Motive Not Found RENTED HOUSES TO NEGfl0ES Wounded Man Lived as Re cluse Since Wife Died; Did Not Recognize Negro V Aleo Cuniitngham, f7 yenis old, wlilto lnudlorcl with a number of negro tenants, was shot through the abdomen add probably mortally wounded by an uuldyiitlfloit negro assailant In the rear of Cuiiuliig- liain's home al 112 North Jackson about 9:30 o'clock Tuesday night. The negro first rapped Cunningham over the head with his gun, and thcif shot him as he wan fulling, and escaped. Cunningham, childless and luoro or leas a iocIuhd since his wife died last winter, has lived alonu at Ills homo on .lacksou street which Ii near a city block of small houses owned by Cuiiuliigha.u and rented to negroes. CiiiinliiKhum'M homo Is in Die negin section. "Not Ktpcctcil to Lite. Cunningham, who wits reported in a serious condition at a late hour last night from loss of blood, In pot expecteii to uvo itccoi cling to at tached at tho Oklahoma hospital. Accoidtng to his Incoherent story, told from his bed III the hospital be fore he lapsed Into line jiiHclousnes, Cunningham wan attacked Just as bo wns about to enter an outbuild ing In rear of li In resilience. Cunningham Tells Story. "An I was going Into thu building a yellow negro wearing a dark suit unci dark cap Mopped no to mu and said, 'Is Oleen here?' fjeforo I had time to leply I was struck arros.i the heat and nearly knocked town. Then the negro shot I no, turned anil ran afound thu house. I did not know lilin." c-coi ding to hospital attache'", the bullet, that of a heavy caliber revolver, passed through Cunning ham's abiloiiK n and cciihci out of the right side. Police wero completely nt loss ns to tln motive or Iho assault. Jo c Inn ns to the Identity of the nssiill ant could bo found. Several ne groes who Uvo near tho wlillo man's ie.Mldenrn heard tho shot fired and i unlied to the scene Just as Cunning ham entered his house. Police were notltleil and C. o Oavls and L Yoakum nnswered the call. .Mollto I iiclcici'iiiliiccl. Itobbery as a possible motive was scouted by tho police who snv Cun ningham carried no runds. tho vic- Im told tho police his nssullnnt made no attempt at n nenrCli for money Pour bllltlrn of a grilelpo ly llie negro against Cunningham aro also llHcredlted by tho pollro Wlio say the fact that Cunningham did not reengnhto the hlae k gives no credence to this theory, officers Intimated however, they will ciucmIIoii I'uunlng liam's tenants closely unci conduct a thorough search for thr negro In tin neighborhood. Cunningham Is not employed hove so far us could bo learned Inst night deriving his Income from properly toveniies. lie ha" been a resident of Tills, for several ve.irs and has been living alone since the clealh of his wife last J-Vbriitry, It Is said. Two relatives '.he "here. One I Mrs 8. K Walker, Bun South Trenton avenue. CORE TALKS AGAINST LEAGUE Senator Line l'p Willi Pciimht.iiI". iill.l('(igiun Orgiiiil-.illiui. World i iipltAl inireail WASIIING'IX. N. O. t. 19. ScRtor Gore will spe-ak nt Ilndgepcirt, Conn Thuisday iiocni and ,it Now Ilntec. Thursday night urging rejection of the league "f na'ionb In Its present form. Ills speeches aro being made under llio auspices of the democratic an tl-league orgiulzutton. ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP HILL Arkansas Negro "I.tllcd" In Kansas Got Attay from AssallanlM. TOPICKA Kan., Oct. 19,-Itobert HUI, negro, wanted In Aikansns on a charge of Inciting to riot as a re suit of tho race riots at Klaluo, Ark last October, reported to the Topoka police today that an attempt had been made by three men to kldn.ip him Monday night lie er.caped b breaking away and running. Chrlatlufi II lerirn I.e' ure at Convention Hull 'lltuiadky Oct .1 nt f is The public la cordially Invllect Actvt I'ltAVLIl MLLTl.su 10MOIIT, " and League MLSIIN Root Points Out Sections of Covenant Objectionable to American People; Remedies Are Suggested. NKW VOHK", Oct. 19 l.llhit lloot, 111 his only nddrens on tho"1enguo of nations (luring the pre sldenllal campaign, tonight declared that the treaty of neaeo with Germany would have been ratified and Amerlfca. would Heave been a member of the league "J!r.Wllson, however, was not witling. Ho Insisted upon the treaty absolutely uuehnnged," Mr. Itoot said, adding later on In Ills spnoch: "I do not etucstloti Mr. Wilson's beliefs that tho disposition of tho treaty for which ho was conlendlng on May 31, 1910, woro Just and fair: but, without disrespect, 1 do eiuestlon Mr. Wilson's Infallibility, I do ques tion the complete control of abstract Justice tn the processes by which tha lour men who dictated those treaties, which undertook to make over east ern Kurope, reached their conclusions. "I have no impression but tliat morn wnn tnn accommodation or con fllttlnir Intercuts: the glvlni; of something hero to got something there: iho yielding of some things In order Justice by expediency will. Ii lias cnnrncterixcu suctt conrerences since nis tory began. I 'have a strong hnpresalun that Homo of their conclusion)! were mistakes. "And 1 think It most objectionable that tho American people shall cuter Into a solemn and positive agreement to guarantee) and mulntntti by force of arms for tilt time the dispositions of territory and uovorclgnty, which these four men luado lu tho year 1919. "That Is n part of v. lint AHlelo lu undertaken to do. It Is nn nlll unco to enforce' M-rH'iiinlly, through Iho operations of lite league, tho iIccInIoiin of Mr. Wilson nml his nssoelatcs III tho year of 1010. It Is u lliiciu-lmcl, to Iho old cllsc'i-c clllc cl nlllniicvs or the) least. It sM'ii)M a language of power mid mil lliu spirit of progirhs, It Is nil attempt In tin what Iho Holy Alllauco bought IUO yeeiix ago (with Just ns noblu cprcKloii of put pciie) -lo bullosa bv forco tho Judgment, of tho rulers of the pri'HClit generation upon nil future' generations." Mr. Hoot declared that "wo shall promote tho peace of tho world" by electing Senator I Un cling, wtiose stnncl on tno league, liu haw, was un changed from the time ho voted for ratification of tho peace treaty find league of nations with tho nenato reservations, Tho election ot Governor Cox, ho said, meant tho effort to have the Lulled States Join thu league of nations without change as It wiib brought buck from Kuropo by Prsl- denl Wilson. ROBERTSON PLAN PLEASES MINERS State Operation of Mines Would tie Uoon Lo Men Wilkerson Says FEARS IT WON'T WORK Political Graft and Govern ment Red Tape Drawbacks Shown by Study Ml'HKOdKH, Oct. 19. "If Clov ornor Itobertson can work out tho plan ho has In mind, It nut only will bu 11 benefit to tho mine opera tors, hut will bo n bnlm for all thu Ills that aro visited on the mlno workers." That Is the nlatement made to night by John Wllklnnou, president or dlstiict 21, United .Minn Workers of Amoricn, whou 1 o learned that Governor ,1. II. A. J.lobortson had an nounced that ho Is considering a plan of stato operation of tho coal mines of Oklahoma, to Insure fuel through the winter. "The minors are forced to remain idle many days lu the year. Their earnings for the year nro barely enough to meet their oxpenseie, be cause) of their conn coil Idleneiti. If that sltuatUiji can bo solved by our governor, I lie mine workers will ni prec lale It," Mr. Wilkinson said. "Thero are more Ills than the dis putes hstwceri tho mlno operators and the miners for thu governor to cure, however, there Is the situa tion of tho shortage of c ars, which nlono has forced the mines to bo cloned down for many days, with tho eci.NTI.Vt'mi (IN 1'ACIK SIXTKKN. No 'Race Equality1 in Creed of Successful Atlanta Parmer Slave ATLANTA, Ga . Oct. 19. Iloin a slave and now reputed to bo ono of the wi'iclthlest and most respected negroes In the south, David T. Howard, 71, today cole bratecl his golden wedding mini vet nary anil made it the occa sion to give soiiici advice to mem, hers of his race. lleglnnlng on a legacy of MfiO, left by his former master, How ard now owns a business rated ns the fourth largest of Us kind tit the city and financial Institutions readily inako loans on his name. "I never wnstod tltne: I never went In for wild oats; nover saw a baseball game and never danced n step but always at tended to my business," suld Howard. "No social equality for me; no sano, thinking negro wants It." Tho negro today, Howard said, wints better Justice In courts, lienor uc. omodatlnnn on railwiy ii.uc:; nod more schoo :i for his . hi Iron. Too many silk tdilrts nnd too miKh of n good time ho tald. "aro tho tauscj of racial unreal." of Nations KILLED LEAGUE STUBBORNNES: If Prsldont Wilson "had been willing," lo avoid losing others; tho shading of Changes Wero AcwiiUiblo, After restating tho sltunllon of Iho league, Mr. Iloot declared that It was well understood In 1919' and "is well understood now, that tho Dther parties to tho treaty would have been content to accept" the senate reservations, adding: "Several Kuropeati nations nl- rrady havo given notion of half a dozen changes In tho covenant which they propose lo urso nt tho meeting of the assembly or tho league next month. Tho only rea son why thn clinnges necessary to meet American objections havo not already been considered la that Mr. Wilson simply would not nogotlata for them." At tho nutsot of hln address, Mr. lloot saldt, "I think a largo majority of tho American pcoplo .earnestly wish for an organization among rlvlllied na tions, thiough which tha natlona shall co-opcrnto to prevent future wars and tho United States shall do her full share In tho organization. I certainly desire this very strongly." The plan of thn league of nations rolled upon tho effect of four things taken together to prevent war, Mr. Hoot asserted. Four Points Itcllcel Upon. "First, upon" delay to afford time for Investigations and for piiM.iImis to cool, and nob or Judg ment to prevail. "Second, upon having the fnots ascertained and determined and made public to all the world, bo the misunderstandings nnd decep tions under which tho pcoplo of a country nro so often led to con sent to war may bo obviated. "Third, upon having a fairly representative body, not a party to the dispute, expresn publicly a responsible and matured opinion as to how tho controversy ought to bo settled, nnd thus bring to bear upon the action of the par ties, tho well Informed opinion of tho civilized world. "Fourth, If any party to the agreemebt wero to violate It by making war by tho stipulated de lays, necessary for arbitration or Investigation nnd report, or woro to make war In violation of tho unanimous opinion -i the other nntlons then upon tho practical outlawry of that party from tho advantages of trade, commerce and customary Intercourse, with the members of tho society of na tions, wltli all tho conseciuenceia flowing from such nn outlawry." The principal objection to tho league, Mr. Itoot said, "may be roughly classified after: .Mr. Hoot's Objections, "First, objections to tho general defensive alliance with nil mem bers of the league established by Article 10. 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