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MR WES! SHOWING
UTILE ENTHUSIASM
FOR CANDIDATES '
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people Disgusted With Pol- \
itics?Cox Allows League <
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' Flame to Flicker. ;
BY X. O. MESSENGER. 1
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. September .
87.?Who remembers when about this I
ttime before election and you were |
traveling on the train how the pests. I
regular boll weevils, as Joe Tumulty
?alls them, would come through the 1
"train taking a straw vote, and how. I I
in the smoking rooms you couldn't i |
Jiear yourself think for the loud j
"wrangling over politics? i ,
Well. I dropped in here last night I
After thirty hours on the Overland I
IL.imited and some four days and even- I
1ngs prior thereto on other transcon- I
tinental trains, and so help me, never
ieard politics mentioned.
As for a straw vote taker."he would
have been looked upon with amaze- (
went. In smoking room or observation
car or wherever men gathered to
smoke or gabble or ask "Where be
iyou from, stranger?" they discussed
luearly everything else under the
shining sun but presidential campaigns.
Which furnishes the text for a few
observations in general on the whole
state of the Union west of here,
"before taking up the Utah situation tl
later. The truth of the whole affair i<
is the people of the far west are disjusted
with politics and not enthused
over the personality of either of the P
candidates. "
Cox Short of Expectations. y
Gov. Cox, in my candid opinion, the
result of close observation and as- j,
siduous inquiry, has not come up to c.
expectations of him nor measured up CI
to the ideals of statesmanship set by CI
the western people, who have pas- l\
sionate political ideals when they c:
have any President Wilson was their
ideal of a statesman and Roosevelt of 01
a politician and reformer. President P!
Wilson set a portion of the democrats 13
of the west aflame over his league of
rations, and Gov. Cox has not fanned
that flame, but, if anything, has al- ^
lowed it to flicker while he blew the ?
bellows otherwise. Those democrats
who may have changed their minds
on the league have not heard Gov.
Cox offer them any engaging policies s
to intrigue their interest. la
Senator Harding is unknown in the bi
west, beyond the introduction pro- o'
vided in his discussion of national si
and international subjects meagerly o
reported in tne press, ine prevailing p
impression ot him among republicans d<
would probably be that of a dignified,
statesman of the old school and iden- tl
tilled more prominently with the con- tl
servative wing of his party. There ia N
' no enthusiasm for the candidate, per- t<
sonally. The republican promise lies t<
In the fact that progressives and reg- v
vlars. so long apart, are united at this *
time to turn the democrats out. If h
Harding ia turned in. it hfjfatifg he U
Is the head of the ticket they want to o:
elect, and not because he la endeared o
to them. ji
Drift to Luiillde.
Even democrats admit, when talk- I;
Ing sincerely, the great undercurrent '
of drift to the republicans, talk of *
a - republican landslide. Now that J1
situation presents an element of dan- 1
ger to the republicans and of corresponding
hope to the democrats.
Democratic leaders are counting j
heavily on the republicans overplay- t
Ing their confidence, and many of t
them staying away from the polls, j
ss result of confidence coupled with t
apathy. They say that the prevail- t
ing spirit of desperation among the r
democrats will, on the other hand, .
drive every democrat to the polls on ?
election day. Democrats out this t
way are relying upon this considers- _
tlon as a drowning man clutches at a t
straw, together with the hope that i
between now and election day "some- v
thing will happen" to turn the tide. Jj
People Talking Business. 1
Tou ask what people are talking r
about, since they are not interested tl
in politics; they are talking business,
the drop in prices and the outlook t
for business in the near future. No- 1
body fears a panic. Many big bust- c
ness men are glad the drop is on. I
figuring that the sooner it is over d
the earlier we will get back to nor- t
mal. a
One heavy California manufacturer
told The Star correspondent that he
and his friends realize that a drop
must come, and are preparing to take
a loss for the time being, and until
readjustment sets in. This manufacturer,
who sells as far east as Buffalo.
says that from now on it will
be a "buyers' market"?that is to say,
the seller of goods cannot dictate
prices, while the buyer will look
about him. They also are talking
crops and prices of food commodities.
If the farmer gets hit pretty hard
which political party will he blame?
the politicians ask. The business men
say they give it up. ,
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Today's News
in Paragraphs j
Harding greeted by crowds on way to 1
Baltimore. Page 1 1
c League funds dwindling as nations !
wrangie. Page 1
' Far west showing little enthusiasm in j
either nominee. Page 1 j
Senator Kenyon predicts drastic action >
by Congress to stop rent profiteering I
in Washington. Page 1 <
Poles capture Grodno, taking prisoners J
and war material. Page 1
Idaho is for Harding, says David Law- ]
rence. Page 1 .
Explosion in Cork wrecks department I
store front. Page 1 1
/rnm onmmitnief no ntv rannrtn/1 3
"?'? VVIIIIIIUIIIOV F"' I C^UI Ltu (
to have aided reds at Baku. Page 2
New Jersey to hold primaries tomorrow.
Page 2 .
Baltimore mecca tor local G. O. P. i
Page 2 :
Racing balloons forced to land. Page 3 '
Air leaders abroad charge foul tricks in '
Bennett race. Page 3
Sixty-four American students awarded
Rhodes scholarship honors. Page 3
Gov. Milliken of Maine tells anti-alcohol '
congress "dry" law has proved immense
saving to V. S. Page 4
More Army appointments. Page 4
Run on Boston bank begins again.
Page 7
Bituminous operators seek to avert
famine by increasing output. Page 12
Pennsylvania motorists in license
tangle. Page 12
Cox discusses league and farming.
Page 13
Coolidge advises against vindictiveness. ! '
Page 13
Cox for progress, Gompers writes.
Page 14
White denies Baruch is "democratic
angel." Page 14
, V. S. gets no new idea* from captured
German subs. Page 16
} Great Interest shown as debate opens <
at world financial conference In Brus
V sels. Page 1? ,
i Reports Jews are outraged. Page ZW1
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MOTHER POSTAL STATION
flew Office to Be Opened on October
1 at 5510 Colorado Avenue.
The first contract postal station to
r?e established in the District since the
ivar is to be opened for business Octo>er
1 at 5510 Colorado avenue. Charles
rnrner is to be the clerk in charge.
Several years ago druggists and
tthers holding postal contracts with
he Washington city post office began
o give them up. so that during the
var the number of these stations was
educed.
To make up for them the local post
>ffice within the past year hat. estabished
many classified stations, culninating
recently with the inauguraion
of the central station in the
Southern building.
DAMMING.
YANTSANY CHANGE
U JtnMIMKTDATinM
ii numiniuiiiniiun
Jlean-Cut Fight Promised in
State on League of
Nations Issue.
BY DAVID LAWRKVCE.
BOISE, Idaho, September 27.?Not that
hey love Harding more or Cox even
ss, but because they want a change,
hat's the way people who know Idaho's
olitical habits analyze the drift toward
the republican national ticket this
ear.
Dissatisfaction and unrest are due to
variety of reasons, some of which
ave nothing to do with the Wilson
ibinet. But, just the same, the demo-atic
party will suffer because a demo atic
administration happened to be
i power when these ills and irritations
ime upon the land.
"They will be voting one man and
ne party out." said a republican editor
rivately, "and they haven't any particuir
promise that the next administration
.-ill be any better, but they want to
jrn back. We will have to educate
lem up afterward to understand that
ney have chosen rightly, and we hope
Sat events will justiry their votes."
Harding \o Means Popular.
The foregoing opinion indicates that
enator Harding is by no means popu r
ir. this stronghold of Senator Borah,
t that the republican parte is. More
ver, Senator Borah made about twenty
leeches in this state against the league
f nations, and all factions of the reublican
party are united behind that
oc trine.
So it's a clean-cut fight between
liose who favor some league and
(lose who favor no league. Senator
ugent, the democratic candidate for
e-election voted every time he could
i ratify the treaty of Versailles. He
oted for it without reservations and
'ith interpretative reservations and
e voted for the Lodge reservation^.
Se made his record on the principle
f a league of nations, and took every
pportunlty to try to get America to
>in.
The press of the state Is predomlnantT
republican. Out of about 140 pubcations
only twenty are democratic
nd four or five independent. The
ulk of the newspapers are against
he league and behind Senator Borah.
Nugent to Rail Ahead of Ticket.
Nevertheless Senator Nugent is conident
that when the democrats get
heir organization perfected they will
ie able to swing the state to Cox.
lugent himself will run far ahead of
he presidential ticket and unless
here is a landslide for Harding, even
epublicans concede that he has a
rood chance to win the senatorial race
.gain. He defeated two years ago for
he short term the same man who is
unning against him now. Practically
he same influences are lined up on
oth sides. The Non-Partisan League
las withdrawn its candidate from the
enatorial race and indorsed Nugent,
'his strengthens the latter rvery
such and the democrats think it also
telps the presidential ticket.
To this the republicans answer that
he Non-Partisan League vote consists
argely of farmers who are republian
on presidential issues. The Non'artisan
League newspapers openly
leelare thev will not take Bides in
he presidential contest. So it would
tppear that as a league, the nonlartisan
membership will be left to
ts own devices and the bulk of its
rote is republican for agricultural
easons. Similarly the Mormon
Church membership, which is the
ither large factor in Idaho's situaion,
is not being instructed in this
itate how to vote. The leaders of
he church in Utah, who are for the
eague of nations, kept ands off, and
mless something unforeseen occurs
.he Mormons who have been im>ressed
in Idaho by the Borah argunent
will vote the republican ticket.
Uphill Fight for Democrats.
As matters stand today, even the
iemocrats are not over sanguine,
hough they admit they have an uplill
fight and that it all depends upon
;he effectiveness in the next few
veeks of the speakers and organizers
vho are just being put into the race.
The Mormon elders and the Nonpartisan
League leaders could swing
he state to Cox without any trouble,
iut there is no sign of extraordilary
interest on their part in the
iuccess of the democratic presiden:ial
nominee.
The republican papers have fed the
people practically Borah argument
ind nothing else and the people in
nany sections have been led to believe,
for example, that the league
if nations means America must dig
Into her pockets to pay Europe's
>ill&
Gov. Cox made a fine impression.
People liked his campaigning. They
applauded him enthusiastically and
;ave him a reception that was termed
? loo /I i n cr rpmiKl ioo n o CJ 4 rrt '1 cr
niflcent." But the effeca of the. Cox
speech was to hold wa j ring- democrats
and proselyte scattering votes.
All the straw votes taken in this
vicinity show Harding to be much
stronger than Cox. The most conservative
estimate in republican
quarters is a majority for Harding
of 14,000, which was about what
President Wilson got four years ago.
Borah Finishes Campaign.
Among the democrats the estimate
af a few thousand majority for Cox
indicates how closely fought they
hope the contest will be. Senator
Borah has finished campaigning here,
but will come back if his friends
think the state is in danger. They
haven't sent for him yet and say
they will let the east have him.
The state of Idaho would cast its
electoral vote for Harding by a large
majority if the election were held
this week. As with other states, unless
some sensational development
occurs to switch public sentiment
everywhere throughout the country.
he result will be unchanged on
November 2. Idaho is inclined to be
republican.
(Copyright, 1920.)
WAGE DISPUTE DELAYS SHIP.
HAVRE, France, September 26.?
Sailing of the steamship France,
scheduled for today, has been held up
5wing to a wage dispute raised by
Mr firemen.
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DM ACTION
ON PROFITEERING
IN RENIUIKELY
Senator Kenyon Says Washington
Pluckers "Make Capt.
Kidd Look Like Piker." '
Members of Congress are aroused
over the rent situation in Washington,
according to Senator Kenyon of
Iowa, and unless there is a change
he predicts there will be drastic legislation
aimed at the profiteers.
Before leaving Washington yesterday
for the west, where he is to take
part in the campaign, the Iowa senator,
in an interview, said he intended
to act in the matter himself when
Congress reconvenes in December,
and added that many other senators
would join with him.
It will be remembered that Senator
Sherman, chairman of the District
committee, before Congress adjourned,
issued a similar warning to
the agents and owners of rental property
in the capital.
Rent Raining Arouse* Ire.
"There is a good deal of feeling
among members of Congress as well
as others who returned to Washington
this fall to find that their rents
have been raised in most cases to a
point beyond all reason." said Senator
Kenyon. "People who are connected
with the government to a
large extent are compelled to live in
Washington. They seem to be regarded
as worthy objects of plucking
and robbing by the apartment house
owners. The extent to which this
robbery is going on would make Capt.
Kidd and his band of pirates look like
pikers.
Sees Way to Meet Situation.
"There is a way to remedy it. Probably
the capital will never be moved
from Washington, but various departments
and bureaus could be
moved, reducing the number of peo- |
jpie wno are compelled to live in |
[Washington and pass through this [
I process of being plucked for the bene- !
fit of grasping real estate owners.
During the war a portion of the Shipping
Board was moved to another
city. There is no reason why the Department
of the Interior should not
be moved to the middle west. That is
where it belongs. Likewise, the Department
of Agriculture.
"There is no particular reason that
I know of why the Treasury Department
should remain in Washington,
and it might be a good idea to have
the War Department moved farther
from the coast. So if these four departments
could be moved from
"Washington to other cities?and there
are plenty of cities which would be !
glad to duplicate the buildings and i
relieve the government from expense
in the removal?it would lessen by
thousands the number of people required
to live in Washington. There
is no reasoni why the Interstate Commerce
Commission and Federal Trade
Commission cannot be removed to
other cities.
"Might Have Beneficent Effect."
"That might have a beneficent effect
in holding rents to a fair return
on the investment. Of fcourhe, the
heads of these departments could be
[in Washington, but the great mass of
employes would be by this process removed
to other cities. Practically
every member of Congress who is
compelled to rent an apartment is
going to return to Washington with
the idea that he has been the victim
of unconscionable robbery. Of course,
he may attend some banquets here to
promote good feeling between Congress
and real estate robbers, but he
is going to have a feeling in his heart |
that' there are things needing
remedying, and I predict there will
be some drastic rent laws passed by
the Congress, and I predict further
that a very substantial move will be
made to remove many of the bureaus
and departments from the city of
Washington. I shall certainly do all
I can to help in such a movement,
and other members of the Senate have
told me they would assist.
Score* Alleged Combine.
"People can have respect for those
who hold you up at the point of a
gun on the highway, for that requires
courage, but for a combination of
real estate men and owners of apartment
houses to unite in a plan of
robbing the people does not arise to
the dignity or respectability of high- I
way robbery."
NEW LEADS GIVEN
CAMPAIGN PROBE
Senate Committee May Hold
Session in Washington
Prior to Election.
"Leads" presented to Senator Kenyon,
chairman of the Senate commit
tee investigating the aampaign expenditures.
after the hearings here
had been closed Saturday, may bring
about further hearings in Washington,
Senator Kenyon said before leaving
here for the west. If he and
other members of the committee can
so arrange, the hearings may be held
prior to the elections in November.
Bat if not, it is his intention to see
that these "16045" are looked into.
They have to do particularly with
activities 1n the government departments
in Washington.
Senator Kenyon Talks.
"Had these leads been laid before
me before we adjourned Saturday i
| afternoon." said Senator Kenyon, |
] "there would have been no adjournment
until the matters involved had
been investigated. If my committee |
has no time to take them up. when
Congress reconvenes I shall recommend
to the various Senate committees
on expenditures in the executive
departments that they investigate
them."
An investigation of campaign expenditures
in the southern states,
where the fight has been for the democratic
nomination for office, may be
undertaken also by the Senate investigating
committee, if it can find the
Alabama Charges.
The attention of the committee was
directed to the published charges of
Senator Underwood of Alabama that
$250,000 was used in the primaries in
Alabama to defeat him for renomination.
The committee is thinking of
looking into practices in Virginia. !
Georgia and Oklahoma, too. Senator ]
Gore of the last-named state, who was
defeated for renomination, was in
Washington Saturday and talked with
Senator Kenyon briefly.
PRICELESS COINS STOLEN.
LISBON. September 25.?The numismatic
room in the National Library
was entered last night and more than
1100 gold coins of inestimable valne
were stolen.
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POLES WIN GRODNO,:
V ! #% IK MTI Aft I A
IAIK UNIIK
MANY PRISONERS
i
Concentration Point of Red j
Forces Falls?Victors
Pursue Russians.
By the Associated Press.
WARSAW. September 27.?Grodno,
an important city in northwestern
Russia, near the Lithuanian frontier,
has been captured by. Polish troops
after heavy fighting, says an official
statement issued here this morning. i
A large number of prisqners and '
much war material were taken by the
Poles, It is said.
Per "some days Polish "forces have
been gradually working their way
around the city, which has been the
concentration point of Russian bolshevik
forces on the northeastern c
Polish front. t
"North of the Niemen," continues ,
the statement, "our detachments are
pursuing the srattered enemy. Re- '
peated enemy attacks on Lubisz were t
repulsed with great losses.
"In t'.e region of Rozany and Vol- j
kovysk (southeast of Grodno) the (
nemy has begun a gradual retreat r
beyond the Sznazare river. ]
"North of Rovno (Volhynia) we de- .
' 1Q + V? Srtviot Rritrnrlp
etruyeu luc i?vh .. ^?.-c.??, e
which had instructions to retake 3
Rovno. ,
"North of Volochysk (on the old Galician
border, east of Tarnopol) we j
took Medyn and Toki, forcing the en- t
emy to retreat to the northeast.
"The Ukrainian army is enlarging
its positions east of the Zbruch river."
Retirement Admitted. J
LONDON, September tl.?A retire- i
ment by the Russians in the Grodno 1
region is admitted by the Russian 1
soviet war office in Sunday's official f
statement on military operations, re- 1
ceived by wireless today. An advance i
to the southeast of Grodno, however,
where the capture of Volkovysk is t
claimed, is recorded by the statement, <
which reads: 1
"In the Grodno region, after a num- 1
ber of battles, our troops were with- 1
drawn to the right bank of the Nie- !
men. After fierce fighting we occupied
Volkovysk and a number of vil- j
lages seven miles westward." J
Conference Today.
RIGA. September 26 (by the As
t-??"Rn Rao-Polish
SOClSleu i , too J. ?uw ?
conference will be resumed tomorrow.
The Soviets are expected to an- 1
swer the Polish counter proposals,
M. JofTe having agreed to this at M.
Dombski's request, in spite of the '
fact that the Poles are not ready to
answer the Moscow declaration presented
on Friday. ]
The conference will begin working
out the details of the preliminary
peace proposals with a meeting of
tho joint boundary commission after 1
the plenary session on Monday, both
the Soviets and Poles considering it
necessary to dispose of the question
of the line of demarcation first.
The boundary commission is the '
only one yet appointed, M. JofTe informing
the Poles that the Soviets
would appoint their members of the ]
other commissions later.
Trotsky Upholds Terms.
LONDON, September 27.?In a statement
to the Moscow correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian, regarding
the peace terms offered by the soviet .
government to the Poles at the Riga
conference, Leon Trotsky, the soviet
war minister, declared:
"If the Poles refuse peace on those
terms this will convince the most ;
backward peasant in the darkest cor- j
ner that it is impossible to obtain
neace without a fight to a finish." | '
Trotsky declared the bolshevik military
situation was not so bad by a
great deal as military circles in west- '
ern Europe imagined.
WARSAW. September 26.?Poland
has received from Lithuania a note
expressing a desire to reopen peace
negotiations. The note suggests that
the Poles and Lithuanians retire to
opposite sides of the Foch line.
Prince Sapieha. Polish foreign min- :
ister, in a reply which he intends to
send to Lithuania Monday, accepts
generally the Lithunian proposals.
DECORATED BY POLES.
WARSAW, September 26.?Edward
Noble of Boston. Mass., a pilot in thej
Kosciuszko Aerial Squadron, has been i
awarded the Polish medal "Virtuti !
Militare" for conspicuous bravery, j
and at the same time has been "promoted
to a captaincy.
A dispatch from Warsaw last month
said Noble, then a lieutenant, who
was wounded during the Kiev campaign.
had been promoted to a captaincy
and awarded the highest Polish
military decoration. Previously
a dispatch from Paris said Noble had.
arrived in the French, capital to have
a wound treated.
M -. .
DECEPTION FOR JUSTICES.
President Will Act in Accordance
With Custom.
President Wilson will receive the
rull membership of the United States
Supreme Court at the White House
next Monday at 12:45 o'clock. This reception
is in accordance with the custom
that was established many years
igo. An arrangement for the visit
R*as made today when Chief Justice
tVhite and Associate Justice McKenna .
"ailed at the executive office.
Upon leaving the officf the two
jurists stopped long enough to pose
for a. picture.
EXPLOSION IN CORK |
RAZESSHOPFRONI
Main Street Littered With
Glass Today?Rifle Fire
in Business Section.
CORK, September 27 (by the Assodated
Press).?A violent explosion
ihook this city about 2 o'clock this
norning. It was followed by the
attle of rifle fire in various parts of
he business district.
When the townspeople ventured
'orth later in the morning, after the
urfew had expired, they found the
nain thoroughfare, Patrick street,
ittered with glass, and the front of
i large department store, which is
laid to employ a large number of
roung Sinn Feiners, completely
vrecked as if by bombs.
Windows were smashed in the upjer
stories of almost every store in
he vicinity.
Four Dead in Belfast.
BELFAST^ September 26.?The Falls
nstrict or Belfast was seething with
ixcitement today as a result of the
nurder last night of a policeman,
he wounding of two others and the
tilling of three civilians, who were
shot down in rapid succession by
lands of men who visited their homes
n acts of reprisal.
All day Sunday large crowds con- I
;regated at the place where the trag- |
;dies had occurred, forming lines to
new the bodies. Few police were
>een on the streets, but armored cars
vere patrolling the Falls section, and
i large body of military was on duty.
As a result of a conference, the
nilitary authorities decided to restore
:he curfew law, which had been susjended,
but twenty-four hours' notice
s essential.
Sunday Night Panic.
BELFAST, September 27. ? The
Bhooting by snipers and others which
occurred in the center of Belfast last
night caused a panic among the
crowds promenading on Royal avenue,
the city's main artery, after church
hours. The disturbance followed the
shootings of Saturday night and early
Sunday, In which one policeman ^vas
killed and two others were wounded,
followed by the assassination of three
civilians in reprisal by parties of
masked men.
The opening incident of Sunday
rticrHt'.e Hisnrdprs nmirrpd urhon cnin.
ers in side streets of the Sinn Fein
quarter fired into North street, which
crosses Royal avenue. A tram car on
North street came into the line of
Are, and there was great alarm among
the passengers who, with the driver,
crouched on the floor until the car
had turned into Royal avenue. The
tram car traffic later had to be diverted
to another route.
The rush from the side streets
caused the crowd in Royal avenue to
swell to large proportions, and a
stampede was created in this throng
when volleys suddenly rang out apparently
from the Sinn Fein side
streets at the top of North street, the
Bring rapidly increasing in volume.
NATIONS WRA
LEAGUE
BY WILLIAM E. NASH.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1920.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 27.
?The league of nations is in financial
difficulties. While its budget is not
large, serious questions have arisen
as to who is to pay it. In accordance
with the covenant the expenses are
to be borne by the members of the
league on the basis of the apportionment
established for the Universal
Postal Union. In practice, however,
this arrangement has proved unsatisfactory.
It appears that there is no
definite system of apportionment in
the Postal Union and that Canada and
Australia pay as much as Great
Britain. The total sum of the expenditures
has been so small that no nation
heretofore has raised objection to its
luota.
For the first semester of 1920 the
league expenses were ?260,000 (normally
$1,260,000). For the second
semester they are estimated at ?500.-000
(normally $2,500,000). and a good
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HARDING GREETED
BY CROWDS ON HI!
JOURNEYTD EAS
Candidate Will Speak in Ba
timore Tonight?Talks
From His Special.
By the Associated Press.
OX BOARD SENATOR HARDINC
SPECIAL TRAIN, September 27
Traveling eastward on his seco
?>pe<iKiiig trip ui me L-<uupaigu, orn
tor Harding, republican nominee 1
President, was greeted by cheeri
crowds today at the stations wht
his train m*4e short stops on its w
across Pennsylvania.
The first leg of the three-day ti
will be concluded at Baltimore, whi
the candidate will arrive late tl
afternoon and will deliver tonight 1
second important speech of the cai
paign away from Marion. Tomom
r.ight he is to speak in Wheeling,
Va., and the following day at Ashlai
Ky.
Running on a slow schedule, the si
cial train traversed Pennsylvania
a speed which permitted stops 1
rear platform speeches at several
the larger cities. A still greater nu:
ber of stops were scheduled for t
other two days of the trip, howev
and it was expected that the nomir
would make numerous short speed
in addition to three formal address
| on his program.
Speaks Without Collar.
Senator Harding made his fl:
speech of the day at Altoona, F
where he told railroad employes tl
the Cummins-Esch railway law
"the best piece of legislation for t
railway workers ever placed on t
statute books." He was obliged to t
pear without collar and necktie, o
ing to the fact that he was not call
soon enough.
The nominee also told the Altoo
crowd that he loved Pennsylvania t
i cause it was a stanch republic
state, but added that when the repc
Mean party made mistakes the peo]
should correct it.
"It has been reassuring." he cc
tinued, "to know that if we of c
party have been unmindful, you ha
turned to another party to corn
i things. I am glad you did it. becav
I when one party has failed you shot
turn to another to put your wist
into execution. I have a strong noti
we are going to do something of tl
kind very soon."
Later the nominee made a short tj
at Lewiston. Pa., and greeted still a
other crowd at Harrisburg, where 1
train stopped for more than an ho
Engine Swipes Car.
As the train passed through Pit
burgh during the night a switch t
gine side-swiped one of the cars <
cupied by newspaper men and jolt
the senator's private car. Ideal, whi
was directly behind. No one was i
jured and the only damage done w
the shattering of the vestibule wi
dows of the newspaper car.
The special was running slow
when the impact occurred and few
those on board were awakened. Trs
officials said the engineer of t
switch engine has misunderstood t
signals.
In his Lewiston speech the nomtn
expressed confidence that the repu
lican party would be put into pow
at the NovetpJjer election, and told t
crowd that it should oonsider t
guvcx uuiciil ao juui unu, cuiu si
look at It from a distance or rega
it as something apart from th<
daily lives.
Necessity for some slight repairs
his car gave Senator Harding an o
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NGLING AS
NDS D WIND Li
average hereafter, according to an oi
eial in touch with the situation will
?1,000,000 (normally $5,000,000). Ev
this may grow larger as t
league's jurisdiction extends. Just ps
tition of this burden, therefore, is co
sidered indispensable. The allocati
committee met in Paris September 18
consider the situation, and it decided
refer it to the congress in Brusse
which represents the expert flnanc
opinion of the whole world. Natlo
which have not yet Joined the leagi
like the United States and Germar
may retire from the discussion.
M. Gluckstadt of Denmark seems
favor a system based on area and pop
lation.
The scheme that seems most ratior
is one reckoned on national budge
States with excess of revenue over e
penditures would pay the most a
those with the smallest deficit next, a
so on. Finally a plan has been broach
and, as I learn, has been received wi
favor to make countries spending t
most for military and naval armamei
contribute the most to the league e
Dense*,
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WILLFLASHTALKS
OVER CONTINENT
BY RADIO PHONE
XEW TORK. September *7.?
Speeches by widely known engineers
will be transmitted by
radio telephone to gatherings of
engineers in various cities of the
United States during the celebration
November 5 of the fortieth
anniversary of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, it
was announced at the society's
headquarters here. The observance
will be held in forty-two
cities.
T* 1? /> nnonoVioe 1* i c nlonnn/1 * t~t
Ix lie opcci-iirsj- iv. w
flash by telephone, will be heard
in Boston. San Francisco. St. Paul
and New Orleans. The plans contemplate
the use of the stations
at Fort Leavenworth and Annapolis.
the only two powerful enough
to accomplish the feat, it was
said.
Alfilil LEGION
OPENS MEETING IN
QLEVELANDTODAV
50,000 Visitors Will Witness
Parade of World War
? Veterans.
CLEVELAND, September 27.?More
than 1,000 delegates were In their
seats at the Hippodrome Theater this
morning when Franklin DDller. na|
tional chairman, called to order the
second annual convention of the
| American Legion, equaling in impor
' tance ine national sessions 01 tne
t)Fg political parties. The floor of the
on theater resembled one of the national
I conventions, state standards and penI
nants designating seats allotted to
S the various delegations.
1 Commander D'OIier presented Rev.
Francis J. Kelley of Troy. N. Y., the
"fighting chaplain." who delivered
the invocation. Mayor William S.
,|- Fitzgerald welcomed the visitors and
delegates in behalf of the city.
Then, in order, came the report of
the national commander, the report
of the executive committee on the
convention program, naming of convention
committees, announcement of
the time and place of the meeting
of these committees and the reports
"S of the national adjutant ahd the na
tional treasurer.
The convention prepared to adjourn
nd at noon to witness the parade this
ia- afternoon of approximately 20.000
>or former soldiers and ex-service women.
the feature of the three-day conns
vention.
sre Questions Still Undetermined.
*y Ob* of the flrst important mat tars
to be presented before the convention
after the preliminaries was a re>r?
P?rt of the credentials committee. The
r,? committee was in session early today
?J? to decide two questions, whlcn, after
protracted debate, failed to end in
a solution at a meting of the execuir
tive committee last igbt.
These are: Shall each department
n<1' be allowed only Its five delegates at
large and one additional delegate for
each even 1,000 paid-up members, or
at ghall it be allowed one additional
'?J delegate for each 1,000 paid-up memof
bers or major fraction thereof?
Shall the posts in foreign countries
ne be allowed votes in the convention?
cr. The credentials committee comlee
prises one member from each recogies
nized department represented at the
ses convention, including all states, the
District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii.
rst A'omber of Votes Involved.
lat Whether an additional delegate
is would be seated by states having a
he majority of a thousand paid-up memhe
bers affected twenty-three votes.
IP- The question of the seating of delew
gates or their proxies from foreign
iea | countries or outlying territorial possessions
of the United States involved
naj86 votes.
>e- ! Pending decision of these two quesan
| tions the voting strength at the conlb
ivention ranged between 1,047 and
?le 11,156.
Legion organizations in Mexico,
>n- | Panama, Philippine Islands, Porto
lUr!Rico, Argentina. Belgium, British
ive i Isles, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba,
ect | Prance, Guatemala, Japan, Poland.
Ise Samoa and Santo Domingo were
lld among those involved.
les The executive committee decided
on last night that representation in the
lat I ir,n okm.M , V, ? 1 1- -?
I paid-up natioal dues August 28 last,
llk| which on that date totaled 818,680.
J"- .There was strong objection to this
"ls ruling by many states, National dues
ur- for more than 1,000,000 men have
been received now, it was said.
R. G. Greviston. director of organ,n_
ization for the legion, said more than
)c_ two million men have joined the lee(j
jgion. He explained that the disparity
ch between that figure and the number
! of national dues received represent
delinquents and unacknowledged payn_
ments of national dues.
Marshal Foek'i Homage to Valor,
fly Greetings from Marshal Foch of
of France were read to the American
iin Legion convention today. He sent this
he message:
he To the American Legion in convention
assembled. Cleveland, Ohio:
ee Regretting my inability to find myb
self among the former combatants
or of the glorious American Army, my
he heart is with them at the moment of
he the second anniversary of the fighting
they went through by the side of the
rt allies for the common cause of right
5'r and liberty, I again render homage to
the valor and to the tenacity which
t0 they unceasingly showed on the batPL
tlefields of France in the days of misfortune
and the days of success; the
? magnificent enthusiasm with which
! they answered our call; the great part
| they took in the sacrifices of war; the
! glorious remembrance of those who
fell on our soil will remain a token
?-| of the profound gratitude and the inly
destructible union of our two coun1J
tries. I send my cordial greeting to
Cleveland, the "Steel city," and to the
great state of Ohio, which has fur_
nished to America so many illustrious
?" statesmen and to France so many
"e faithful friends. F. FOCH,
en Marshal of France.
Dunri of rnmmaniipr DOIier.
n- The greatest single service Amer- 1
on Mean Legion members have rendered
to their country is their "virile stand for
to the maintenance of law and order,"
is, I Franklin D'Olier. national commander
ial of the American Legion, told the secns
ond annual convention of the legion
ie, at its opening session here today.
iy. "We quickly served notice in no
uncertain terms upon those wild radito
cals who would by force attempt to
u- injure those very institutions we had
risked our lives to protect," Comial
mander D'Olier said. "We stated
. plainly we were ready for them and
' could meet their force with far
greater force sufficient to stop them
nd instantly.
'j "During these present days of unth
rest and readjustment the American
he Legion and the stand of the ex-serv
t. ice man for law and order is the
greatest possible Insurance policy our
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JOINT COMMISSION
SOUGHT BY JAPAN
LACKSUIFAVOR
Suggestion to Date Merely
Unofficial, But Believed
Unacceptable.
By the Associated Preaa.
Administration officials continue to
decline discussion for publication of
any of the phases of the negotiations
with Japan growing out of the proposed
anti-Japanese land law in California,
but the impression has gone
out that a proposal from Tokio that
the question be referred to a joint
commission for solution would be unacceptable.
The conversations regarding the
California law which have been going
on between Ambassador Shidehara
of Japan and State Department
officials are continuing, and so far as
has been learned the proposal for a
joint commission has not been formally
communicated to Washington by the
Japanese government.
Seeks to Prevent Alarm In P. S.
What progress, if any. has beerf
made in the negotiations has not been,
disclosed. The attitude of the State
Department is described as one calculated
to prevent the development ri
a feeling of alarm in the Unite ,
States that might approach even a A
proximately that which appears to ^
growing in Japan.
Conflicting opinions of both Amer.r
can and Japanese authorities on irf
ternational jaw are said to have m.--4
the tasi- of the State Department ot cials
and the Japanese ambas.atl
more difficult. Proponents of the Cai. *
fornia law say that California. f
enacting a measure barring the Jar^
nese from owning land in that sta m
would be refusing to the Japanese W
this country no rights or privilei %
which are not refused by Janant \
law to Americans in Japan
Japan contends that the Califori
law which is to be voted on in Novel .
ber is discriminatory because it dc ?
not apply to all foreigners alike. V
does the Japanese law The sugg> a
tion has been made in Tokio t'oa.
after the law is enacted it be teste'
in the United States Supreme Court.
Some Japanese authorities on international
law doubt that this would be
effective, as they state frankly that
the proposed California law conflict^
neither with the Constitution nor witn
the terms of the American-Japanese
treaty.
Think Legal Procedure Futile.
Dr. K. Kobayashi, writing of the
proposed law in the Japanese Review
of International Law. says It is futile
to attempt opposition by legal methoda
"Neither the present California
alien land jaw nor the proposed hasty
and cruel initiative law," says Dr.
Kobayashi, "can be dealt with as leral
questions. All that mb bo done is to
saftun them by political and diplomatic
methods."
Dr. Sakuye Takahsshl, the loading
editor of the Japanese Review, writing
in that paper in March. ISIS, and
discussing the present California land
law enacted in 1913, declared there
was no basis for hope that the law
could be set aside by appeal to the
courts. He explained that the treaty
between the two countries contained
no "favored-nation" clause applicable,
and that even if the treaty did concede
the right of the Japanese to own
land in California it would not be
legal, since such rights lie not with
the federal government, but solely
with the different states.
TOKIO WILL ASK JOINT
COMMISSION WITH U. S.
Action Said to Be Dependent Upon
Developments in California
Referendum Measures.
TOKIO, September 26.?The newspaper
Tomi Uri. in an article today
I on the Japanese-American situation,
says it understands the government
will propose the appointment of a
high commission to deal with the
problems between the two countries
if the anti-Japanese referendum
measures in California are passed.
The newspaper quoted Viscount Shibusawa
as saying he believed the extension
of the naturalization privilege
to the Japanese in California would
be the best solution of the difficulty,
as they and their posterity would escape
"further persecution" by Americans.
TOKIO. September 25 (by the Associated
Press).?An attack against secrecy
in connection with Japan's diplomacy
In the California problem is
made in a statement by Marquis
Okuma, former premier. He demands
that the government respond to na
i ATI O 1 nnlninn nrhinVi ekmilrl ? 1*
ened to the gravity of the issues.
The presence of 100,000 industrious
Japanese is no menace to America,
says the marquis; the real menace
is from the anarchists and bolsheviki
who are flocking to the United States
from Europe.
WORLD SERIES TO OPEN
IN A. L. CITY OCTOBER 5
CHICAGO, September 27. ? The
American League won the toss at the
meeting of the national commission ,
today, and the first world'. series
game will be played October 5 in tjie
American League city winning the
pennant.
The first three games will be played
in the same city. October 5. 6 and 7.
; On October S the teams will travel.
J and on the 9th will open a four-game
I series in the National League city.
I On October 13 they will travel again,
to play in the American League city
on October 14. If a ninth game is
necessary it will be played in the
National League city, October IS.
The commission also decided that if
the American League race results in
a tie between Chicago and Cleveland,
a three-game series will be necessary
to decide the winner. In that event
the first game will be played in Cleveland.
the second in Chicago and the
third on neutral ground.
SHIPYARD UNDER LEASE.
Corporation Takes Over Plant at
Wilming-ton, N. C.
WILMINGTON. N. C.. September 27.
?With the payment of {37,500 to the
city today the Liberty shipyard here
will be turned over to the Newport
Shipbuilding Corporation under a
five-year lease.
The company will retain Its plant
at Newbern. but will put 500 men
here, with an annual pay roll of a
million dollars, to rush construction
of three concrete tankers and four
river steamboats for which It has
' contracts.
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