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Hays Says Let
Public Judge
Cox's Charges
?Quotes From Testimony He
Gave Before the Senate
Committee Relating to
Raising Campaign Fund
Told of Tentative Quotas
?{olds Last Accusation Is
as Irresponsible as One
Regarding $15,000,000
Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re?
publican National Committee, yester?
day answered Governor Cox's latest ac?
cusation hy quoting from the testi?
mony given by him before the Senate
Investigation Committee at Chicago.
He said that he would let the public
be the judge of the truth or falsity
of the Ohio Governor's charge of
Saturday.
"According to the public reports,"
ijtid Chairman Hays "Governor Cox
yesterday made the following accusa?
tion against me personally.
"'I charge that Will H. Hays perpe
Srated a deliberate falsehood when he
??id under oath that there were no
quotas.'
"In my written statement read to the
?nate committee on August 30 in
licago, I said:
"'Tentative quota/? wo-e fixed by the
treasurer's ^ffic?3. al' tentative and
tather as a goal, alwnys high, of course,
for the particular state to drive for,
and changing constantly.
"'At different periods different
quotas have been suggested by the
?treasurer's office as tentative goals in
different states, and the state com?
mittees themselves have fixed different
quotas. These, as above suggested, arc
changing constantly, and always, ol
eourse, were made very much highei
than either necessary or anticipated
The fact is the quotas m?=ant little
Furthermore, whatever may have beer
megested as quotas by overzealous
telicitors in their enthusiasm in differ?
ent localities, the fact remains that t
certain amount was believed necessarj
?nd the budget above referred to was
indicated therefor, which is $3,079,
037-0 for the use of the national com
juittee. When this amount was fix?e
,s the budget, that became the sun
fixed for the treasurer to reach and th?
purpose bewme definite. The fact a
?11 times remains that the treasure;
it driving to collect enough and n?
more than enough to meet the nee
tss&ry expenses, estimated to be some
Ihine in excess of $3,000,000.'
"These are the facts. Let the pub
lie j dee as to the truth or falsity o
Governor Cox's accusation. It has th
lajr.e reckless irresponsiblity as hi
iliim of S15.000.000. Further com
aent on the reliability of his' state
Bents is unnecessary."
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Wickersham
Backs Harding
League Pia?
?Ofltlnued from cat? one)
President sacrificed the interests c
the country when he refused to acee?
the amendments adopted by the Senat
er seriously to endeavor to fram
loendments to meet senatorial obje?
tina.
Indorses Hard?ig's Speech
"I am in full accord with what Sen?
tor Harding has said in his address <
August 28, when he expressed his b?
iief in a society of associations <
League of Nations, 'animated by consii
entions of right and justice, instes
of might or self-interest, and m
merely proclaimed an agency in pu
suit of peace, but so organized and i
participated in as to make the actu
?tuinraent of peace a reasonable po
utility.'
"In common with Senator Hardir
such an association 'I favor with all r.
heart,' and I make no fine distinctic
M to whoii credit is due. Let if be ?
ttweiation, a society, 'or a league, ?
*h?t not, our concern is solely with tl
?batanee and not with the for
I thereof.'
"Senator Harding does not whol
ud finally reject the league. He reco
sizes that it may have become so e
Rifled and interwov<7:n in the peace
tarop? that its good work and its u
?hjeetionable provisions must be pi
?erred in order to stabilize the pea
?* that continent. In my opinion tl
a, wise statesmanship. The Pai
???enant is a part of the treaty
Peace executed between the Germ
?*~ernraent and all of the nations wi
*?i?h it has been at war (except t
united States); a treaty under whi
*?** property interests have becoi
?etted rights; a treaty which h
freatly restricted the power of t
Censan government separately to cc
?ttwith any other nation.
when President Harding, worki
J ?word with a Republican Congre
***e? up the work of placing upon
"rm, just and sure foundation, t
relatiens of this country to the otl
*Wions of the world, I am confid?
Ig* the logic of accomplished f
?ill lead to the adoption of the leag
??modified a? to remove all j?
_*?<? as to its undue effect uj
"?encan rights and interests.
No Separate Peace Sotrght
/otnator Harding has recogni;
*? fact in the statement that he 1
?* expectation whatever of finding
****wary or advisable to negotiat?
Jarate peac? with Germany. 1
jP effort of his administration
|**?!y must be to secure an agr
J** "with the parties to the Tre;
Jj**r*?il!es for its modification so
??remove the objections of the Ami
'??<?0Y*'rnment, and that accomplis!
J* ?Mieptance of the amended tre
?it k*.th? natural solution of
"*~?*tionaI problem.
_^* one will dispute Senator H
Jf't insistence that the United Sta
2^take the lead in revision, ame
3pMf reeonatruetion, and be able
W? ?n the cordial cooperation of
"jWM concerned."
?y Wickersham also said that
_*IT*d the Democratic Adminiai
R conducted the war with ur
2?_* partisan thip, waa reck le;
Jwatant, and that executive
_*?7 under Wilson had been
Q*ttt?d far beyond eonstitutU
??Wtttor Harding will apeak to
_*Wy Central Labor Union in Mai
? ?Hirow. Strong; effort? wer? m
2_f>M of th? Senator'? advisors,
_*?< ?S?anator Harry New, of
g*f> in charge of th? Kepubl
g***1*' Bnreao, to bar? th? &<
** awk? ? Labor Day address
2* other town. But th? nom
"?I? wanted to isak* th?a ?p?.?e1
Z2?r> '" Marion, wHere hia attil
Ia? Real ?
Rescuing Submarine's Crew
wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmLmmMmmtmmm
This photograph, taken from the deck* of the steamship General Goethals,
shows the stern of the S-5 held up by chains while a hole is being
drilled to relieve the imprisoned men.
on labor is known by bis fair dealings
with his own employees.
The first real break in the front
porch campaign will come on Tuesday,
September 7, whfn the nominee start?
for Minnesota, where he will deliver a
speech at the State Fair Wednesday,
September 8.
The Senator, members of his staff
and newspaper correspondents will :
leave here in two special compartment
cars on the Erie Railroad at 7:30 a. m.
Tuesday, and are scheduled to arrive
in Englewood, a southern suburb of
Chicago at 2 p. m. There Senator
Harding will be in the midst of a fac?
tional fight of serious proportions.
A Republican group headed by Wil?
liam Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chi?
cago, is waging a bitter primary fight
for control of the state against an?
other group, the titular head of which
is Governor Frank 0. Lowden.
Consequently Senator Harding will]
motor through Chicago without mak- i
ing a stop. He will 'zo from Engl.e
wood straight out north to Fort Sheri- !
dan and call on Major General Leon- I
ard Wood. That trip will require al?
most two hours, and after two hours
on the military reservation as the
guest of General Wood the Republican
candidate and his party will motor to
the Deerfield station of the Chicago &
North Western Railroad and again
board the special cars, departing for
St. Paul at 7 p. m. .In this way only
is, it felt that strict neutrality may be
maintained in the Illinois primary |
fight. If any participants in the tight
see Senator Harding the meeting will I
be of their seeking, not his.
Rivalry of Cities Involved
Arriving at St. Paul at 9:15 Wednes- |
day morning, Senator Harding will
step from his train into another situa- j
tion fraught with possibilities, not the
least of which is the chance of arou?- I
ing the jealousy of one or the other of I
the Twin Cities.
The program provides that the Sen- \
ator will breakfast on the train, motor!
straight to the fair grounds, inspect I
exhibits and himself be inspected by'
the Minnesota farmers, and deliver his I
agricultural speech at 1:30 p. m.
At 3:30 he will go to Minneapolis and
there attend a reception at the Lincoln ;
Club. He does not plan to make any
speech there, but if he does it will not
be of a political character. He will ,
return to St. Paul for dinner, visit
the County Republican Committee and
then start back to Marion at 11 p. m. i
On the return trip he will be in
Chicago only one hour and does not ex
pect to leave the station. He is due
back in Marion to resume, the front
porch campaign at 7 p. m. Thursday.]
On Friday, September 10, there will |
be a big meeting in Marion of colored
Ohio Republicans, including a special
train load of colored Baptists coming
from a convention at Indianapolis.
These will visit the front porch, and
Senator Harding is to make an address |
to them.
Saturday, September 11, a mixed
delegation? from Indiana, Illinois and j
Michigan is coming to see the Senator
and he will deliver a message through ?
them to the business men of the na?
tion.
?
Mrs. Robinson to Aid
Judge Miller's Campaign
Mrs. Douglas Robinson yesterday
offered her services to the Miller
Primary Campaign Committee, which
not only is looking after the campaign
of ex-Judge Nathan L. Miller but the
rest of the ticket designated by the un?
official Republican State Convention at
Saratoga. Mrs. Robinson, who will
depart this week to speak in Maine,
said on her return to New York her
services would be at the disposal of
Judge Miller and his associates.
"I am heart and soul in favor of the
nomination and election of Judge Miller
for Governor of the State of New
York," said Mrs. Robinson. "Last
March I hoped he would tj-.ke this
nomination. I was ready then, as I am
now, to do whatever is is my power to
assist in his 'election.
"I believe we need In New York, as
we need in the whole nation, a swift
return to Republican policies and Re?
publican methods of administration.
I believe the country and every state
in the country has come to the parting
of the ways with Democratic waste
and extravagance.
"As the Empire State goes, so goes
the nation, as a rule, and it is therefore
I our duty to elect to the high office of
| Governor Judge Miller, a man who
j stands for the principles for which
I Theodore Roosevelt stood, and every
follower of Theodore Roosevelt, in com?
mon loyalty to their lost leader, should
firmly unite to bring about a return
to prosperity and to the high standard?
he established. This can only be ac?
complished in tfce state by electing
'Judge Miller to the Governorship of
New York."
Elevator Kills Operator;
Firemen Extricate Body
Henry Wasserman, forty-five years
old, an elevator operator employed in
j the apartment house, at 460 Riverside
: Drive, was killed yesterday when his
; body became wedged between the car
i and a floor landing. He was found by
I a passorby, who notified Patrolman
McCienaan, of the West 125th Street
station.
It was necessary to summon firemen
to cut away the metal work of the
elevator before the body could b* re?.
Iomo?, h
t?
Hope of Salvaging
Sunken Submarine
Is Reported Slim ?
Naming of Board to Deter?
mine Cause of Accident1
Expected Soon ; Rescued
Crew Given a Holiday
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.?The crew
of the sunken submarine S-5 were
given a holiday to-day and the men
left the Philadelphia Navy Yard to
visit friends in different sections of \
the city. Before this they offered to i
do a "crash dive" at the yard to prove,;
they said, that their commander was j
not to blame for the accident.
One member of the crew went to New
York to see his wife and a new baby
that was born while its father was
held prisoner under the surface of the
ocean. Three.of the thirty-seven sur?
vivors were still in the naval hospital
to-night, but they were reported well
on the way to recovery from the effects
of chlorine gas.
The S-5, which yesterday again broke
away from the battleship Ohio and!
sank in 150 feet of water off the Del?
ware Capes, is still at the bottom of !
the sea and prospects for salvaging'
the craft were said unofficially to be ?
slim. I
An investigating board was convened j
as soon as the Ohio reached the scene
of the accident and Lieutenant Com?
mander Charles M. Cooke jr., com?
mander of the ill-fated submarine, was
taken aboard the warship. It was said
to-night an inquiry board, which will
make a thorough investigation of tho
accident and attempt to fix responsi?
bility for the failure of the safety
valve to work when the craft started
a "nose dive," probably will be ap- l
pointed within a few days.
More stories of heroism during their'
long battle against death under the '
waves were told by the survivors to- I
day. All of the men praised their ;
commander and before leaving the ;
deatroyer Biddle. which broupht them \
here, they signed a round robin ask- ;
ir.g Secretary Daniels to keep them
together as a crew and permit them
to serve under Lieutenant Commander
Cooke.
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Two State Primaries in
iVew? England To-morrow
Senator Moses Faces Contest
in New Hampshire; Scramble
for Places in Massachusetts
CONCORD, N. IL, Sept. 5. ? New
Hampshire men and women, the latter
for the first time, will voto at the
primaries Tuesday next for candidates
for United States Senator, Congress
and Govjrnor. Although a spirited
campaign has been conducted by the
three candidates for the Republican
nomination for Governor, the chief in?
terest has been aroused by the effort
of Iluntley N. Spaulding, former State
Food Administrator, to defeat Senator
George H. Moses for renomination.
! BOSTON, Sept 5.?The nomination
? of Governor Calvin Coolidge for tho
Vice-Presidency has resulted in a live
! ly contest for places on the Republi
j can state ticket which will be chosen
at the Massachusetts primaries Tues?
day.
On the Democratic state ticket two
I candidates arc seeking the guberna
I torial nomination, but the other posi
I tions are uncontested. For Congres
| sional nominations there is sharp com
i petition in several districts in both
parties. No United States Senator is
to be elected in this state this year.
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?Malone For Public Housing
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 5.?Dud
! ley Field Malone, Farmew-Labor party
candidate for Governor, in an address
outlining his platform, which he de?
livered at a public meeting.in Conven?
tion Hall after an all-day conference
of the state committee of the party,
advocated making housing a public
utility, in order to relieve the home
shortage.
He also urged the creation of pub?
licly-owned marketing facilities to re?
duce the cost of living, declared that
the United States should keep her
1 hunds off Russia and decried "govern
j ment by injunction," as he termed the
! Administration's part in recent labor
disputes.
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Blackwell's Fugitive, Who
Swims Across River, Caught
Christopher Hansen, twenty-three
years old, who escaped from Black
well's Island Saturday after he had
swum the East River, was captured
last night and will be returned to-day.
Detective Ruddy, of the Fourth Avenue
police station, was informed that Han
sen might go to the home of a girl
friend. He hurried there and ques?
tioned her.
The girl admitted that Hansen was
hiding under her bed. When taken to
Police Headquarters Hansen said that
an Italian "trusty" helped him to es?
cape and that both swam ?cross the
river to 108th Street, where friend?
furnished them with -civilian garb.
Cox Asks Hays
About $80,000
Chicago Quota
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Governor Charges Effort
Was Made to Levy That
^mount on Coal Deal-j
ers; Suggests Witnesses
Calis It Just a "Lead"
Candidate Goes to St. Paul!
and Minneapolis, Where
He Will Speak To-day |
???????__?.?.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.?While passing:
Sunday here on his Western tour, Gov- ''
ernor Cox interested himself in the;
Sgnate committee investigation of Re
publican campaign funds, and to-night
gave out a statement intended to fur
nish the committee with leads to sub
stantiate his charge that a $15,000,000 !
fund is being raised by the Republican ''
committee to "buy the Presidency."
In his statement, made after confer?
ences with E. H. Moore, of Youngs
town, Ohio, his pre-convention man- :
ager and personal representative at the i
committee hearings, and other party
leaders, Governor Cox charged that at?
tempts had been made to levy a quota
of $80.000 on Chicago coal dealers, and
suggested the names of persons whom
the committee might call to sub- I
stantiate his charge.
"Inasmuch as 1 could not stay to fur?
nish the information," the Governor
said, "I thought I would leave a few ?
leads for the committee."
Query Directed at Hays
The Governor's statement was in the
form of a question directed to Chair- [
man Will H. Hays of the Republican
National Committee, in which he asks
Mr. Hays "-vhether he knows anything
of a quota or assessment on Chicago
coal men for $80,000 at a meeting here
early in thi summer. At this meeting
announcement of the quota was made
by J. K. Dering and supplemented by
C. M. Moderet.
"If the circumstance is not fresh in
Mr. Hays's mind, he might call in |
George McArtor, E. E. Fyke, Robert H.j
Zoller, James Forester, ol Duquoin, or I
Rice Miller, of Hillsboro, IJ1."
The Governor said that "some Demo?
crats were in the meeting and they '
demurred." He asserted "that is just |
one group that was assessed. I thought ;
I would just leave a lead with the com
mittee."
Among others who conferred to-day
with the Governor were Senators
Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, chair
man of the Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee; Representative Frank Dore
mus, of Michigan; Representative
Warren Gard, of Hamilton, Ohio, and
Colonel E. Lester Jones, director of the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- i
vey. Colonel Jones gave the Governor j
information about reclamation projects
under way in the Northwest where he !
speaks the coming week.
Governor Met by Family j
Governor Cox was met here to-day j
by Mrs. Cox and Baby Anne and his ?
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Mahoney, of Dayton. They had
dinner together this evening at the j
home of Mrs. Cox's father, T. J. Blair, i
The Governor left to-night for St.
Paul and Minneapolis, where he is J
scheduled to make a number of speeches
to-morrow. Arriving at the Minnesota
capital, he will go diri'ct to the Stete
Fair Grounds, where a number of re- |
ceptions are planned, and where hej
speaks at 1:15 p. m. At 5 o'clock he!
will speak at the St. Paul Auditorium
and at the Minneapolis Auditorium at
S o'clock. He will depart near mid- !
night for Minot, N. D.
Mr. Moore went to Michigan, where
to-morrow he expects to confer with
state leaders on the question of Re- :
publican campaign contributions in
that state. Governor Cox made refer?
ence to "quotas" in that state during
his tour there last week.
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Postmen Organize to
Manufacture Uniforms
N. Y. Letter Carriers to Capital?
ize at $30,000; Shares
$10 Par
Letter carriers, the price of whose
uniforms has increased 125 per cent in
the last three years, decided yesterday
at a meeting of the New York Letter
Carriers' Association, at Park & Til
fora Hall, Lenox Avenue and 12f>th
Street, to form a cooperative company
to manufacture them.
The company is to be called the New
York Letter Carriers' Uniform Manu?
facturing Corporation. It will be capi?
talized at $30,000, the shares, of $10
par value each, to be held by letter
carriers. It is expected that the cor?
poration will be making uniforms by
January 1. If the plan is successful
it probably will manufacture uniforms
for letter carriers of other cities.
Delegates were elected at the meet*
ing to attend the annual convention
of the State Letter Carriers' Associa?
tion which starts to-day in Jamaica,
Queens.
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I Spanish Tenants of English
Duke Threaten Evietion Fight
HUESCAR, Granada, Spain. Sept. 5. ?
? The conflict between the Duke of Well?
ington and his tenant farmers, who
I struck in August, refusing to pay the in
! creased rents which the stewards of
j the property demanded, has been ag
i gravated by a report that the stewards
? have been ordered to evict the tenants
; from the lands. The occupants are
'< threatening resistance If the police at
j tempt to execute the orders.
The Duke of Wellington's Spanish
; title is Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo. Be?
sides this Spanish estate he owns
many acres of land in England, his
j home.
?
19,242 Army Enlistments
In August Sets Peace Record
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.?Army re?
cruiting again broke all peace time
records in August, according to a state?
ment to-night by Adjutant General
Harris, showing enlistments for the
month to have reached 19.242. July en?
listments, which were slightly larger
than the number in June, were 15,821.
Enlistments are expected to go even
higher in September, the statement
said, because of the opening of tho
army schools, which officials believe
will attract scores of men into the
service.
Sure
Relief
6 Bell an s
Hpt water
Sure Relief
RE LLrANS
_Hf F?&?? INDIGESTION
Did yon loor some Tsloahl? keepmke?
_ Try r T^ott and found ad in Tho Tribune.
Poor.? Bcekmin SOW.? Advt. .
Woman's Party to Convene
Plans for Conference To Be
Settled at Meeting Friday
From The Tribune s Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.?Plans and
a date fcr the convention of the Na- !
tional Woman's party will be decided '
upon next Friday by the executive com?
mittee at the home of Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont at Port Washington, Long
Island. ?
Word to this effect reached the Wash- j
;ngton headquarters from Miss Alice
Paul, wl.o has been in New York the
last week conferring with party of- :
ficers.
The convention call to be issued by
the executive committee will describe
the purposes of the convention as a
celebration of suffrage victory, a memo- ;
rial to the suffrage pioneers and an op?
portunity to decide the future of the
party.
Invitations to attend tho committee
mteting have been sent no: enly to j
committee members but also to mem?
bers of the National Advisory Council
t.nd to the state chairmen of adjoining
states.
Notice to Colby
Not Legal, Say|
Suffrage Antis
(Continued from pa?? ?no)
Nielson, and why T?as it not received
the formal approval even of Attorney
General Palmer or Solicitor General
Frierson in the light of day?
"Third. Why is the State Depart?
ment, which has allowed the proclama?
tion itself to be photographed and i
published throughout the country, re
fusing or evading all requests for per- :
mission to examine or copy the alleged
document on which proclamation was,
based ?
"We are informed, and therefore ;
charge, that the so-called first cer
tificate was not an official notice of
ratification, but merely a certified copy
of the illegal proceedings of the quo
rumless House on August 21. Governor
Roberts himself denied, to Speaker
Walker and others, that he had sent a ;
formal certificate of ratification. Rep
resentative Frank Hall emphatically i
denied it again on the floor of the
Tennessee House last Wednesday.
"Speaker Walker warned Colby even I
before he had received this first cer?
tificate that it was not a ratification,
calling his attention, both by lone: dis?
tance telephone and by telegraph, to |
the decision of Judee Lurton in regard
to reconsideration and to the Haire vs.
Rice case (204 U. S. 291).
"In spite of repeated warnings the
State Department called this thing a
'notice of ratification,' yet it is itself |
so uncertain of its ground that it dares
not publish the text of that document
to the world or let our constitutional
lawyers examine it.
Allege Policy of Evasion
"We have called, written, telephoned,
sent special delivery letters, "lawyers
and messengers to the Secretary of
State for three days trying to get a
copy of this first certificate.
"In the opinion of great constitu?
tional lawyers, such as Hannis Taylor,
William L. Marbury, Everett P.
Wheeler, John J. Vertrees, Judge Jo?
seph C. Higgins, Judge R. N. Tillman,
Judge John R. Tyson, Judge Oscar
Leser, etc., the Secretary's proclama?
tion is not worth the paper it is writ?
ten on; and, on the other hand, not a
single great constitutional lawyer in
the land has been found who will say
that the first Tennessee certificate con?
veyed a valid ratification.
"We believe the proclamation was
issued mostly for political effect on the
remaining states, unless it was part of
a conspiracy to scramble and confuse
the comingelection to such an extent
that the United States Supreme Court
would have to accept the amendment in
spite of its illegal adoption, just as the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments
were accepted tacitly in spite of their
illegal adoption.
"The present State Department has
gone to greater lengths than it did in
proclaiming the Fourteenth Amend?
ment. Then, at least. Secretary Sew
ard was honest enough to issue a con?
ditional proclamation, reciting the
doubtful legal points (which were over?
ruled by Congress, not the Supreme
Court), but in this case, after repeated
warnings, the State Department has
proclaimed an amendment on a scrap
of paper which it is ashamed to have
published, photographed, copied or ex?
amined. In any case, tho Secretary of
State has no more to do with th?1 valid?
ity of a Federal amendment than any
othcr Administration clerk."
Roosevelt Sees Confusion
In Maine Over Suffrage
BOSTON, Sept. 5.--Enffanchisement
of women "has caused extreme con
| fusion" in Maine, where state officers
| will be elected on September 13, ac
I cording to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Demo?
cratic candidate for Vice-President,
who passed through this city to-day on'
his way to New York City after cam
? paigning in that state.
"On my ?eturn from three days in
! Maine," Mr. Roosevelt said in a state
? ment, "I find it impossible to make any
estimate of the situation. The passage
! of the Nineteenth Amendment, giving
? women the vote, has caused extreme
i confusion not only in the country dis
' tricts but aiso in the cities in Maine.
; No one has any idea as to the size of
j the woman registration, let alone the
i size oi the actual woman vote on Sep
. tember 13.
"I feel very strongly that if all the
woman vote ?n Maine could be polled
a majority of them would favor the
Democratic ticket. They show the
same tendency to cast their ballot in
favor of a definite and permanent peace
as they do in other sections of the
country." ^
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 5.?More than
24,000 women have registered as voters
in this state since laws were enacted
for that purpose, at the special session
of the Legislature last Tuesday, ac
I cording to estimates here to-night.
Mexico ?olds
Election With
Troops Absent
Soldiers in Garrison to
Bar Military Pressure
From Polls as Ballots
Are Cast for President
Obregon Appears Winner
Revolution Planned by the:
Reds Is Frustrated by
Arrest of the Leaders
By George E. Hyde
Special Cable to The Tribun?
Copyright. 19:?}, New York Tribune lnc
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5.?The Presi- j
dential electicm. called by Provisional
President de la Huerta to choose a suc?
cessor to Venustiar.o Carranza, was '
held throughout Mexico to-day. The
elec'ion of General Alvaro Obregon by
a large majority is considered probable. ;
Conservative estimates to-night were ]
that 500,0?)0 votes had been cast, but j
the results will not be known for sev-1
eral weeks.
Little interest has been shown in the
campaign. The Conservative candidate, i
Dom?nguez, is confident of his ability
to carry the country if allowed a fair ?
chance, but observers feel that he en- :
tered the field too late to obtain a large l
following. His party supporters have
been making an effort in the last few
days to establish proof that General
Obregon is constitutionally ineligible
for the Presidency, but outward ap?
pearances give no indication of any 1
success for this movement.
A touch of humor was added to the ;
Presidential race when the candidacy
of Nielas Zuniga Y. Miranda was reg- !
istered by a small group of friends. ;
Miranda has been a candidate for the j
Presidency at every election in the last
ten years and is generally regarded
politically as a "joke." He is fre
quently referred to in the newspapers
as the perpetual candidate. His ap?
pearance in the race is expected to \
have no effect on the general situation, j
The veal fight for the Presidency is
expected to be made in Congress when j
the legality of Obregon's candidacy is \
fought out. The present indications ?
are that the Obregon faction in the j
lower house has a sufficiently large j
majority to pull * their champion
through, although much animus may j
be developed.
No Quorum in Congress
Neither house of Congress has been
! able to hold a regular meeting since the
; session opened, nearly a week ago, be
? cause of inability to assemble enough
| members to make up a quorum. The
i president of the Senate appealed to.the
i Senators to attend in order to begin
I work, but this plea has been of no
| avail. The Deputies have been meet?
ing as an electoral college to pass on
credentials. Those coming up for con
; sideration have aroused heated debate.
No party has yet shown any par?
ticular strength, although the Indepen?
dents have stuck to the Obregon faction
. in voting on the credentials.
i Disturbances growing out of the elec
? tion to-day were not expected, although
i steps had been taken to provide for
I any emergency. Troops throughout the
i country had been confined to their bar
! racks since 2 o'clock yesterday after
| noon to prevent the military from ex
i ercising pressure on the election^.
Strict, orders were issued Friday by
? General P. Elias Calles. Minister of
j War, forbidding officers to take sides.
Plans which fell in'a the hands of
j the authorities last wcel: revealed that
! a plot was afoot to start a Red revolu?
tion here to-day, but the authorities
. were able to circumvent any disturb
! anees. According to these documents,
! all those supporting the proposed re
\ volt were former Carranzistas. Gen
1 eral Lucio Blanco was named as the
? head of the movement. It appeared'
; from the documents that these per
? sons planned to avenge the death of
! Carranza, with Miss Julia Carranza
? acting as a sort of Mexican Jt'an
i d'Arc. Some arms and ammunition
. were discovered in houses in this city.
! Seizure of them was followed by the
i arrest of several former Carranza
I partisans, but these were soon released,
the government making plain that it
j did not take the Red movement seri
' ously.
Gonzales Refuses to Aid Reds
It. is known here that. General Pablo
! Gonzales was approached by the leaders
, of the movement and asked to assist,
I but he refused, saying that he was un
' willing to become involved again after
! the fiasco at Monterey and the collapse
! of the Cantu revolt.
j Rumors were current that some per?
sons high in the present regime were
; involved, but General Calles said lie
I had no confirmation of these reports.
! Certain officials now \inder De la
i Huerta were formerly close to Gon
I zales, but they were able to convince
I Huerta when they took office of their
?I loyalty to the new order.
Although it is stated that an upris
1 ing would embarrass the administra
I tion internationally, it is generally be?
lieved that General Calles is capable
i of handling any disturbances which
' might come up.
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Japanese Diplomat Shot
; Foreign Office Official Wound?
ed by Disappointed Claimant
TOKIO, Sept. 5. Sectional Chief
1 Saito of the commercial bureau of
j the Foreign Office was shot and seri?
ously wounded in the abdomen yester
I day by a visitor. His assailant es?
caped, threatening with a revolver all
' who tried to capture him.
The man who did the shooting was
j Saroku Nishiyama, who surrendered
j later. He had a claim against the Chi
' nese government for damages as a re
| suit of being attacked and shot by a
| Chinese in Fukien province. He as
j serted that Saito had delayed settle
I ment of this claim.
Saito will recover. He was due to go
to Washington soon.
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Democratic Propaganda
Denounced by Viereck
Wir?es Harding Attempt to Mis?
represent Germans' Stand
On League is Preposterous
George Sylvester Viereck announced
yesterday that he had sent the follow?
ing telegram to Senator Harding:
"Attempt .of the Democratic press to
link the opposition of Americans of
German descent to the League of Na?
tions and their support of your can?
didacy with German propaganda is
wholly preposterous. The German gov?
ernment has repeatedly petitioned the
Allies for admission to the League of
Nations. A powerful body of public
opinion in Germany, led by such men
as Count von Bernstorff, hopes to re
vise the league from within. Every
mail brings to my desk pleas for the
League of Nations from Germany. If I
Americans of German descent reject
the league, they do so not because of,
hut in spite of their sympathy with the
plight of the German people. They
denounce the Wilson covenant because
they regard it as a monument of' in?
justice and as a menace to American
independence. They cannot reconcile
any advocacy of the League of Nations
with their oath of allegiance to the |
Constitution of the United States."
$2,500 Diamond "Fish"
Refuses To Be Caught
Campers Use Hooks and Bent!
Pins Trying to Recover Rings
Woman Dropp?^! Into Well
HAVERSTRAW, N. Y., Sept. 5.?
Fishing for an engagement ring and ?
several diamonds proved exciting pas- |
time for several campers to-day. The
fishing expedition was led by Deputy
Sheriff Carl ton and Miss Olive Smith,
of Highland Falls. ?
While Miss Smith sought to haul
up a bucket at the well of William ?
Redner, near her home, a wrist chain !
holding several rings, valued at j
?2,500 fell to the well bottom.
Fish hooks and bent pins were im?
pressed into service, but the jewelry
was not recovered.
Irish Urge New Pier Strike
Women Pickets Ask Longshore?
men to Break England
Irish women pickets protesting against
the incarceration of Terence McSwiney
in Biixton prison, England, visited Ho
boken yesterday and urged more than
a thousand longshoremen to strike. In
the course of her remarks. Miss M. A.
Keena declared that if the working
men of America would refuse to handle
British goods or work on British ships
England would be broken.
She said that if the men had refused
to load American food on foreign ships
the greed of American profiteers would
be curbed.
She was cheered vigorously when she
promised to hold a mass meeting to?
day at the Lamport & Holt piers and
the docks of the Cunard Line in Wee
hawken.
After the meeting she predicted that
thousands of longshoremen would be
idle by to-morrow noon.
To Honor Lafayette To-day
Battle of Marne Also Will Be
Commemorated by Labor
Observance of Labor Day to-day will
include a double celebration by the
I Lafayette Day National Committee. To
: commemorate the anniversary of the
! birth of Lafayette and the Battle of the
Marne, municipal authorities through?
out the country have been asked to
hoist the tricolor of France with the
Stars and Stripes. Organized labor
has been invited to give mention of
Lafayette and the Marne drive a place
in 'heir exercises.
Five hundred members of the New
York committee will be guests this
afternoon of the Military Academy at
West Point, where a program has been
'arranged by General Douglas Ma?
Arthur, superintendent. The American
Legion, the Sons of the Revolution, the
Society of the Cincinnati, which Lafay
: ette helped to found, and the Daugh?
ters of the Revolution will be repre?
sented at the exercises.
Shibusawa .Made a Viscount
TOKIO. Sept. 5 (By The Associated
Press).- Baron Eiichi Shibusawa.
president of the American-Japanese
Association, has been promoted in rank
to a viscountcy. It is understood the
honor i* baned particularly upon the
practical contributions which have been
! made by the recipient to friendly reia
j tions between America and Japan.
! Hughes to Open N. J. Fight
! TRENTON. N. J., Sept. 4.?Former
! Justice Charles E. Hughes, of New
: York, was selected by tne. Republican
National Commitee to-day to lire the
: opening gun of the campaign in New
' Jersey. He announced that he would
speak in Trenton on September 18.
Absentee Voters
Urged to Register
For Dispensations
Dates Are October 4, 5, 6, 7
and 8; Special Ballot for
Those Unable To Be in
City on Election Day
The thousands of votes lost hereto?
fore through the absence of electors
from their homes on Election Day may
be saved this year if the voter will reg?
ister and then go to the office of tha
Board of Elections in his or her borough
or county and make affidavit of the cir?
cumstances which will cause them to
be absent from their homes on Novem?
ber 2.
"The affidavit," said Lafayette B.
Glea8on, secretary of the Republican
State Committee, "must show that the
applicant is a qualified voter and will
be absent unavoidably on business, the
nature of that business, or that he is a
railroad employee on a road running
out of the county, a commercial trav?
eler, an actor or a Federal employee
having an office outside the county, and
that the application is made in good
faith.
"Upon this application the Board of
Elections determines whether the ap?
plicant is entitled to a vote as an
absentee and delivers a special ballot,
a list of candidates and an official
envelope. The absentee voter, after
marking the ballot in the usual way.
mails or has it delivered to the Board
of Elections not later than noon of
Friday, October 29. If it is delivered
at the office of the board later it will
not be counted.''
Mr. Gleason called attention to the
necessity of all citizens of voting age
registering, aa no one not registered
can vote, either as an absentee or
otherwise.
In New York City the registration
I days are October 4, 6, 6, 7 and 8, from
! 5 p. m. until 10:30 p. m. Outside of
I New York City, in cities and villages
of 5,000 or more, where personal reg
? istration is required, there will be but
? four days for registration?October 8.
9, 15 and 16. On all four days the
i registration books will be open from
7 a. m to 10 p. m.
In New York City those who expect
to be absent on Election Day on busi?
ness, after registering, can obtain the
special ballots and special envelopes
for enclosing them at the borough
office* of the Board of Elections. The
addresses follow:
Manhattan, Municipal Building,
eighteenth floor.
Bronx, 442 East. 149th Street.
Brooklyn, 26 Court Street.
Queens, 62-68 Jackson Avenue.
Richmond, Borough Hall, New
? Brighton.
Ousting of Montalvo Insures
Orderly Election in Cuba
HAVANA, Sept. 5. -Ousting of Gen?
eral Montalvo as a Presidential nomi?
nee and the naming of Dr. Alfredo
Zayas in his stead as the result of the
ConBervative-Popular coalition pact
eliminates the probability of violence
in connection with the coming election.
President Menocffi declared yesterday.
President Menocal also declared the
R.ction demonstrated the impartiality
with which his government proposed
to conduct the election?.
CAKES OF ARABY
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pitcher.
Then they daub a thick batter
upon the outside of the
pitcher.
The batter spreads and bakes;
and when the crude cakes
come off, the Arabs eat them
with relish.
But then, they have never
? tasted the delicious cakes
baked on the tempered steel
griddles at CHILDS.
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