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COX SCENTS DANGER
IN SENATE CONTROL
OFSUPRM COURT
Nominee Sees Real Peril if
Reactionaries Are Named
' to Places on Bench.
the Associated Tress.
PADUCAH, Ky^ October 8.?Effect
"Antont nnon nros
peetive United States Supreme Court
Vacancies was declared by Gov. Cox
of Ohio, in an address here today, to
be "the real danger of a reactionary
Victory, next to the scrapping of the
league of nations."
The democratic presidential candidate
stated that at least four vacan- i
cies on the high court were in prospect,
and referring to the Senate's
control over confirmations to Senator 1
Harding as the "reactionary" candidate,
he added:
"Besides, it would naturally follow
that a reactionary President would
Appoint four reactionary members of '
the Supreme Court."
The governor's declaration was one 1
?f the reasons he gave, he declared. 1
Vrliy "the senatorial oligarchy" should 1
be defeated.
"There are several reasons why the
Senate oligarchy should not be per- 1
Initted to win this election," he said.
Throughout the years the Senate
bas trespassed on the authority of
the House of Representatives. The
Constitution provides that all legislation
providing for the raising of
revenues shall be initiated in the
House. Yet there has probably not
been a tariff measure in the last fifty
years which was not changed in its
every line after the enacting clause
?nee it reached the Senate. By the
nomination of one of its own members
as the reactionary candidate for
the presidency, it now has the opportunity
pf annexing the executive de- i
partment.
in Retire.
"If the senatorial ring should win
the election it would in addition to
controlling the President also possess ,
the constitutional right of con- |
Urination of members of the Supreme
Court appointed by the President.
Four members of the court being now
eligible for retirement, there will,
beyond doubt, be at least four vacancies
of this court within the next
(our years.
"It will be seen at a glance that the
Senatorial crowd is playing for big
stakes, which are no more nor less .
" than absolute control of the three
constitutional branches of our gov- i
eminent. No President of the United i
(States will appoint any one that he t
deems unworthy of a place on the t
highest court In the land, but wo must t
* be reminded that the senatorial nomi- c
tree for the presidency has confirmed 1
bis faith many times in the theory c
of plural government, which means r
that he will not only confer with the
group around aim. but that this s&m? J
group has the constitutional right to 2
apply Its check if the President 1
Should show any signs of independ- c
ence. Besides, it would naturally foi- t
low that a reactionary President would [ r
appoint four reactionary members of t
the Supreme Court. This would bind
the country to reaction for the bet- 1
ter part of a generation. t
Judiciary Change Difficult,
"It is a simple matter for the peo
ale to make a change in the execu- t
live and legislative branches of the ,
government, but not in the judicial. ]
Ab I see it, this is the real danger of (
the reactionary victory, next to the ,
scrapping of the league of nations." \
rsnv. Cox spoke here upon arriving
from Nashville, Tenn., where he addressed
a large tabernacle crowd last
Bight. His Kentucky campaign was
to end after a dozen rear platform 1
speeches from his special train to- '
Bight at Louisville. 1
y. s. bMoppose !
price kiting loans!
_ i
Federal Reserve Head Says ;
Cotton Men Should Join J
]
f in Export Company. !
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., October 8 Cby ]
the Associated Press).?The federal ;
reserve bank la not an Institution ,
for lending money to farmers in order
that they may hold their crops for
higher prices, said W. P. G. Harding,
president of the board of governors i
?f that institution,, in a statement '
Jiere today.
Mr. Harding arrived in Birming- ,
ham. with D. C. Wills, newly appointed
member of the Federal Re- 1
Berve Board, for a meeting of directors
of the Atlanta Reserve Bank.
His statement was made in reply
to questions concerning the movefnent
among southern planters to hold
their cotton for 40 cents a pound.
He explained that the federal reserve
System was not established to assist
plans for holding commodities off the
market, nor is it at the disposal of
Speculative enterprises organized to
Advance private interests.
Mr. Harding stated the best plan
he could suggest for encouragement
of the cotton industry in the south
Vould be the formation by the planters
of a cotton exporting company,
which conld supply the markets of
Europe directly,
SENT TO ALABAMA.
MaJ. Harry F. Cameron, Corps of
Engineers, in this city, has been assigned
to duty at Florence, Ala.
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ARMISTICE SUI
DESIGNATED b
Executive Order Calls fc
at Half Mast as a
American Dead
Sunday, November 14, has been c
designated by President Wilson as '
"Armistice Sunday," and an executive
order has been issued by him n
calling- for the display at half-mast ?
all flags at all military posts, naval t
stations, on vessels and on all build- a
ings belonging to the United States, *
as a token of the nation's partlcipa- r
tion in the memorial services which s
will be held throughout the country t
on that day. c
The President's statement regard- s
ing Armistice Sunday follows: a
"There has been transmitted to me v
the suggestion that I name Sunday, s
November 14, as Armistice Sunday, in
order that the religious services held tl
throughout the country on that day a
may be given an especial note of re- o
ineinbrance for the heroic service and s
sacrifice of those who died for Amer- d
ica in the world war. tl
"The selection of a formal day v
which shall annually be set aside to ti
commemorate our participation in the s
world war will some day doubtless be s
effected through legislation, and already
Memorial day, rich in heroic S
memories, has required additional sig- ti
niflcance as being appropriate also to j tl
the commemoration of the heroes of h
the world war. I tl
"I am, however, so heartily in favor e
G.D.P.TRENDSEEN I
IN NEW JERSEY AS
WOMEN TAKE PART
^ ..
PlnmnApeliA I aqrlare Phonn. V
ISdllUI/l OLIO kCrQUWIQ vaaung t
ing Tactics in State, Says
David Lawrence.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
TRENTON, N. J., October 8.?New ?
rersey, which was confidently counted
ipon to cast Its electoral vote for Cox
>ecause of his supposed friendliness s'
o the wet side of the prohibition con- t,
roversv, is today more republican
han democratic, though the demoxats
have at lastsbegun to work efectively
and may reduce what might 1:
itherwise nave been an overwhelming ?
najority.
As it is, the chances are that New 9j
'ersey will go republican by 50,000. 11
4a}orities this year should be cut in B:
lalf or doubled, as the case may be, P1
in account of the woman vote, and
vhile 50,000 is a normal republican f jj
najority in New Jersey, the woman "
rote could easily bring it to 100,000. ?
New Jersey, it will be recalled,
>ressed the wet movement In the
iemocratic party. Gov. Edwards car- t>
led the state two years ago with his
itatement that he would make Jersey
*' Kilt 1
"as wee as me aumiuv wca?, ??.
imes have changed since then. "Wit- .
less the 'spectacle of the same Gov. t]
Edwards presiding this week at the ..
lemocratio state convention, while a '
vet plank offered for the state platform
was rejected on the grounds of .?
expediency."
Woman Suffrage Has Effect. a
Woman suffrage is responsible for a
the tactics of the democratic leaders. C
The women in the democratic party d
forced a change. Moreover, the wet a
elements had been the unoompromis- t
ng foes of woman suffrage. With ?
:wo such causes for disaffection, it h
vas essential from a political viewpoint
to forget the wet question and
sndeavor to muster the woman vote
for the democratic candidate on the t;
league of nations issue. t
Gov. Edwards himself is quoted as c
laving explained the situation thus: ^
'The platform of the democratic
party of New Jersey ignores the ?
liquor question as a matter of policy. c
t didn't vote on the resolution be- ?,
pause as presiding officer of the con- ^
vention I was not called upon to. ],
Those who opposed the resolution :
[favoring a wet plank) had a majority
of five in the convention. As
presiding offioer I gave them all and tj
more than was coming to them. Ig- tj
norms' tne ary issue cannot De in- p
terpreted to mean that the party in h
New Jersey has undergone a change n
Df heart. The majority simply believed
it was good policy to leave
9uch a plank out of the platform this
year." *
o
Fear Public Misconstruction. c
The same reporter who interview- o
ed Gov. Edwards asked him how he v
would have voted on the Nugent ree- a
olution had he been called upon to "
make a public expression before the [>
convention.
"If I answer that question," he "
said, "I will be misconstrued by the j
public." .?
Gov. Cox did have a chance to repeat
what Gov. Edwards did two .
years ago?win New Jersey on a wet .
issue by a narrow margin?but the
enfranchisement of the women has
made that impossible. The demo- *
cratic nominee, who spoke dry doctrine
in Portland, Ore., and began '
getting more and more arid on the
prohibition question as he faced western
audiences, evidently must have
been told about the ground swell in p
the east coming from the , feminine
voters.
Not Voting ou I/Cagur. ^
But with New Jersey trying to sidetrack
the wet question, what are the
other issues? The democrats privately
concede that the republican press is
more influential in the state, and that
it has said many things about the K
league of nations which have appealed
to the prejudices of the dlf- J
rerent elements in mo electorate, ror
Instance, the Irish have been alienated
by talk of "a llritlsh league." And ^
many woman voters cherish a grudge
against the Nugent machine for Its
opposition to woman suffrage. Put *
on top of that the undercurrent of
restlessness which is prevalent in C
New Jersey as elsewhere in the coun- j
try; consider, indeed, the discontent
over the high cost of living and the
irritations which are inevitable in a c
reconstruction period following a war
of such magnitude as that through
which America has passed, and your I
conclusion cannot but be that the democrats
have about as much chance to j
segregate the league of nations to
the exclusion of all else domestic as
the proverbial snowball. New Jersey *
Isn't voting on the league of nations.
Home elements undoubtedly will vote
pro and con. but fundamentally New C
Jersey Is reverting to republicanism,
not with much enthusiasm, but as a ]
matter of unemotional expediency.
(Copyright, 102O. I y
CRIME LAID TO MONEY. *
(;i;KKNVir,l,K. K October ft ?
Increase fit criminal cases in many C
cities of the south Is attributed to
plentlfnl money by the annnal report
of r? ml Thompson, clerk of the city 1
conrt. a
WAY, NOV. 14,
*Y PRESIDENT
)rDisplay of All Flags
Memorial to the
in Late War.
>f the sunyrestlon that has been made
hat I take this occasion to express
>ublicly my approval of the idea.
"November 11, 1918, will always be
nemorable as the beginning of the
ml nf th#> most nnH Hf?strilC
ive of all wars. Our beloved country
ook a noble part in hastening the
.rrival of the day hailed by the whole
vorld as the dawn of peace; but close
ipon the day of victory followed the
ealization of loss, and the anniverary
will bring with it solemn
houghts to the mind of every Algerian,
memories of brave men who fell,
ympathy for their living relatives
nd those religious reflections in
. hich nations, like individuals, must
eek hope and consolation.
"That November 14, this year, being
he Sunday immediately following the ,
nniversary should be observed in all
ur churches by suitable memorial
ervices for the heroic American soliers,
sailors and marines who gave
heir lives to their country in the
rorld war seems to me eminently fit-*
ing and proper, and I commend the
uggestion to those who conduct such
ervices.
"I shall direct the flag of the United
tates at all military posts, naval staions
and vessels and on buildings of
he United States to be displayed at
alf mast on that day as a token of
he nation's perticipation in the exrcises
elsewhere held."
1ANGING DECREED
FOR JOHN M'HENRY,
CONVICTED SLAYER
1 I
'outhful Murderer of Detective
Armstrong Smilingly
Receives Sentence.
John McHenry, twenty-two years
Id, convicted last June of murder In
le first degree for the killing1 of Dejctlve
Sergeant Armstrong at Union
tatioD December 14 last, was sen;noed
today by Justice Gould in
rimtnal Division 1 to be hanged at
ie District Jail Friday, December 17.
920. A motion for a new trial was
verruled.
"Make the time as short as you
m," said the youthful prisoner, when
le court asked if he had anything to
iy before the sentence of death was
renounced. McHenry then complained
f his treatment at the Jail, saying
e bad been Strang up by the hands,
ad been deprived of a light in his
HI, and had his food out down.
calmly Hears Doom.
When the court had promised to see
Sat he should receive better treatient,<
the boy, without a quiver, stood
>okingr Justice Gould in the eye while
he ominous words of the death sensnoe
fell from the court's lips. As
tie justiae concluded with the words
And may God have mercy on your
oul," a smile played about Jhe prisner's
mouth, and he said, calmly.
Thank you."
Attorneys Hawken & Havell had
dvised the court of their intention to
ppeal the case to the United Supreme
lourt, so Justice Gould, in fixing the
ate of the execution at December 17,
dvised McHenry that was the earliest
ime in which an appeal might be preented.
He advised the prisoner to foljw
the suggestions of his counsel.
Reasons for Asking New Trial.
Besides pressing the legal points emraced
in the defense of insanity, which
bey raised during the trial, counsel for
he prisoner asked for a new trial, beause
the court had permitted the jurors
d be at large during the progress of
he trial and had not kept them "locked
p," as required at common law, which
ounsel claimed had never been repealed
i this jurisdiction. Counsel also urged
he boy's case had been prejudiced by a
eadline in a newspaper account during
he trial.
Justice Gould decided that the quesion
of locking up a jury was one in
he discretion of the court, and that
here was no evidence that any juror
ad read the alleged objectionable
eadline. He denied the motion for a
ew trial.
Brief History of the Case.
McHenry late in the afternoon of
lecember 14 last appeared at the store
f Wallace W. Mulcare, near Thomas
lircle, and asked to be shown a pair
f gloves, when Mulcare attempted to
rait on him the boy drew a revolver
nd demanded the contents of the
loney drawer. Mulcare shot at the
andit, who returned the fire, killing
he merchant. McHenry in an attempt
o escape went to Union station,
rhere he was located by Detective
.rmsirong, wrio anempiea lo arrest I
im.
McHenry opened Are on the officer,
inflicting wounds which resulted in
irmstrongr's death a few days later.
Today's News
in Paragraphs
?ds want peace with Poland in order
to 8tart drive on Gen. Wrangel to save
oil and coal lands. Page Xgents
uncover alleged plot to overthrow
U. S. government by force of
arms. . . Page. %.
ox scents danger In Senate control of
Supreme Court. Page 1
epublican trend In New Jersey a? women
take part. Page 1
ohn McHenry, youthful slayer of Detective
Armstrong, was today sentenced
to be hanged. Page 1
Phlte marshals democratic forces on
league issue. ' Page 3
resident quoted on alleged promise of
aid to Europe. Pafe 4
las raise plea arouses citizens. Page 10
larding carries G. O. P. standard across
Missouri. Page 11
lolby says democrats are apprehensive
over country's desire for change.
Page 13
iecemeal payments to railroads under
guaranty forbidden. Page 16
Imil Berliner declares District leads the
nation in light on tuberculosis. Page 17
tepresentative Dallinger protests to
Secretary Baker on parole of "HardBoiled"
Smith. Page 18
lut coming in prices on shoes is retailers'
prediction. Page 20
tealty brokers' committee agree on
housing plans. Page 21
loosevelt talfes league as real issue of
campaign. Page 23
intire government personnel may Join
"T,ow Cost (Hub." I'age 9
lensus bureau reports total population
of U. B. and estimates 113,000,000 under
American flag. Page 36
oday'a golf scores In fall tourney at
Uannockhuu, Page 23
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CENSUS CALLS FOR
FIFTY NEW SEATS
IN in HOUSE
Big Increase Unless Apportionment
Is Changed?West
and South Gain Most.
R.v the Associated Press.
Examination of the final census
flftures of the country, which place the
total population of the continental
United States at 105,683,108, indicates
that the west and the south proportionately
will gain more in a political
way than the east or middle west
through increased membership in the
House of Representatives, more votes
in the electoral college and in larger
delegations to the national political
conventions.
This result will determine whatever
basis of apportionment is adopted
by Congress next winter fixing the
Size of the next House, which in turn
is reflected in the electoral college
and the conventions of the big political
parties.
Fifty New Seats Involved.
As a result of the increase of 13,710,842
in population during the past
ten years fifty new seats must be
added to the House to prevent any
state from losing part of its present
representation. Should the present
membership of 435 be left unchanged
by increasing the basis of apportionment
there will have to be a transfer
of thirteen seats now held by
twelve states to nine other states.
For the past half a century the
precedent had been to increase the
size of the House so as to prevent
loss of existing representation by any
state. As a result the House has
grown from 243 to 435 members, with
only three states?Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont?losing one member
each in fifty years.
If this precedent is followed this
year five additional representatives'
seats must be given to California,
four each for New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Michigan, three to Illinois
and Texas, two to Massachusetts,
New Jersey and North Carolina, and
one each to Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut,
Georgia, Maryland, Montana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia,
Arkansas and Minnesota.
Maine May Loaf Seat.
While the present basis of appor
tionment is 214,877 inhabitants or its
major fraction to the congressional
district, Congress can increase the basis
to 219,427 without causing any
loss. To advance beyond the latter
figure will mean that Maine would
lose one seat, with the net result of
forty-eight new seats in Congress.
Congressional leaders are strongly
opposed to any large increase in the
House, as they regard the present
membership of 4SS as too unwieldy.
When the House census committee,
headed by Representati**--Stagcl *of
New Tork, begins consideration of the
problem effort will be made to -hold
down the increase, but pressure for
the Increase is expected to come from
the states which would benefit from
a larger House.
Oitly once?in 1840?has the else of
the House been reduced. At one other
time. Just before the oivil war, the
apportionment was held down, with
the resulting loss of seats falling most
heavily on the southern states.
Distribution of Gains.
By holding the House membership
to 435 gains would be distributed
with three to California, two to Michigan
and Ohio and one each to Connecticut.
New Jersey. North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Texas and Washington.
To offset these gains Missouri would
be forced to lose two representatives,
while Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi,
Nebraska, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Virginia would lose one each. All
OLner siatco wuuju reuun loeir present
numerical delegations in Congress.
y
At the last' session of Congress
some republican leaders expressed opposition
to any change in the House
that would be of profit to the south.
However, the new census does not indicate
that the south can be affected
without a corresponding effect on
states where the republicans might
not be inclined to reduce the delegations
By fixing the apportionment basis
so that Maine and Missouri would
each lose one seat, the increased
population of the country as represented
in Congress can be absorbed
by a net increase of twenty-seven
seats. The apportionment basis then
would be 219,583, or major fraction,
and seventeen states would absorb
the net increase as also the two seats
lost by Maine and Missouri. These
gains would be distributed with California
getting four; Michigan, Ohio
and New York, three; Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Texas, two. and Arkansas,
Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois,
Massachusetts, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington and
Wisconsin, one each.
Another Way to Cat Number.
By eliminating Wisconsin from the
states gaining one seat, and by add
ing Iowa to those losing one, the apportionment
basis might be placed at
230,096, or major fraction, and this
would -give a net increase of twentythree
in the House membership.
It may be decided to hold the net increase
to less than a score, which
might be accomplished by causing
Missouri to lose two seats and Iowa,
Kentucky, Maine and Indiana one
each. The apportionment basis would
be 234,947 Inhabitants to the congressional
district, with a net increase of
fourteen in the size of the House.
These seats and those lost by Missouri.
Iowa, Kentucky, Maine and Indiana
would be distributed as follows:
California, four; Michigan and Ohio,
three; Texas, two, and Connecticut,
Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New
York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and
Washington one each.
Regardless of the apportionment
basis the swing in political power
will be first toward the Pacific coast
and the Rocky Mountain states, followed
by the south, the east and the
middle west. California's big gain in
inhabitants In the last ten years accounts
for most of the swing toward
the coast.
Few City Member Changes.
While the census showed for the
first time in the history of the country
that the farm-to-clty movement of
population has resulted in the last
ten years in the cities gaining the
majority of population, the Increase
of strictly city members in Congress
probably will not be great Confined
strictly to the city boundaries, only
four of the big centers of population
?New York, Chicago. Philadelphia
and Detroit?seem entitled to more
members in the House than at present.
The problem of individual districts,
however. Is not one with which Congress
concerns itself. The congressional
apportionment is made by
states, and when completed the fight
over the district boundaries witnin a
state is shifted to the state legislatures.
There, it is expected, will come
the controversy between the city and
|0ie rural districts for control of
house seats.
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SCHOOL FINANCING
BEING WORKED OUT
BYBQARDOFTRADE
Three Plans for Obtaining
Funds Will Be Submitted
by Committee.
Emergency methods of financing a
building program to alleviate overcrowded
conditions in the District
pnblio schools are going to be worked
out by the committee on schools of
the Washington Board of Trade. Roy
G> Cl&filn, chairman _qX. t!ie school
committee, stated today that within
ten "days he would call a special meeting
to consider a feasible plan of obtaining
funds to meet a building program
which would afford a seat in a
suitable school for every pupil.
Three plans for pbtaining funds for
the erection of new schools are suggested
by Mr. Ciaflin, and they will
be submitted to his committee at its
special meeting next week. One calls
for the use of the District govern- t
ment's surplus fund, which amounts '
to approximately 14,300,000, and is
lying idle in the United States Treasury.
The other is to ask Congress to
grant a lump sum appropriation for
new school buildings, and the third
calls for floating a bond issue.
Most Feasible Plan.
Mr. Ciaflin is of the opinion that the 1
plan for using the District's surplus <
revenues is "the most feasible of any ,
of the three he suggested. However,
he will lqjtve it to the school com- c
mittee to decide the method for rais- <
ing the necessary money. - 1
The District's surplus fund of $4,300,000
has accumulated since 1916, 1
when the revenues received under the J
half-and-half system of taxation were r
larger than required. This money,"al- ]
though deposited in the Treasury to
the credit of the District, is not rec- .
iognlzed as belonging to the municipal
government. Special legislation by
Congress only will make it possible
for the use of the schools.
Therefore, it is the intention of Mr.
Claflln to have the school committee
of the Board of Trade approve of the
use of this surplus fund. Then the
attention of the entire organization
will be attracted to the school committee's
plan, and a campaign started
to impress Congress with the vital
necessity of using this fund.
"Congress should take some action
to give Washington the necessary
schools,'* said Mr. Clafln. "Present
deplorable conditions should not be
allowed to exist. We are absolutely
in need of more schools, and something
.should be done to obtain them
as soon as possible."
Bond Issue Scheme.
Although Mr. Clafln believes that
the use of the District's surplus is the
most feasible plan in an emergency,
if the Board of Trade will not approve
it he will ask the organization's
support of his other schemes?floating
a bond issue, or the appropriation of
a lump sum for school buildings.
Flotation of a bond issue to meet
immediate needs of the schools was
recommended by former Superintendent
of Schools Ernest L. Thurston in
his annual report. Mr. Clafln favors
a bond issue, if it is underwritten by
residents of the District. Congress,
however, would have to approve the
bond issue, and Mr. Clafln is doubtful
if it would take such action.
A lump sum appropriation of $5,000,000
or $6,000,000, said Mr. Clafln,
would "go a long way in providing
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DW1UC UL IfilQ <1 Ci<COOai J D^IIUUI UUUU"
ings." If the use of the District's
surplus fund Is not approved by the 1
Board of Trade, ft is likely that Mr. ]
Clafln will ask the organization to <
consider asking Congress for a lump <
sum appropriation for this amount. ]
LEPER EARLY
HE WILL NE
John Early, the leper, who formerly i
was confined in the health department '
cottage on the Eastern branch, will ]
never return to Washington, he told ;
Health Officer William C. Fowler, in a I
letter -received today. 1
Early is now an inmate of the lepro- ;
sarium at Carville. I>a., which the gov- i
ernment is arranging to purchase for
a national home for lepers. Early's
letter evidently was prompted by re- '
ports that a man named Early had f
registered at a local hotel recently.
The letter also sets at rest rumors 1
that Early was planning to come to
Washington with a number of other t
lepers to plead for a national lepro- 1
sarium. His message'to the people of t
Washington follows: 1
"Well, I see by the papers that Wash- e
ington has had another fit of Early- C
Sbobia. .which bean witnesses that tie- .
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THWARTED.
HIGHEST COURT
ASKED TO FORCE
PEACE ACTION
HorT-T7- fi TWonarfnov PhinJie-ft at
torney, carried to the United
States Supreme Court today his
efforts to compel Secretary Colby
to promulgate the joint peace resolution
passed by Congress last
May and vetoed by the President.
Declaring that "vital public interests
required the early as possible
consideration of the question
involved," Mecartney filed a petition
for a writ of certiorari, asking
that the case be taken from
the District of Columbia Court of
Appeals, where ft is pending.
The case reached the Court of
Appeals from the District Supreme
Court, which last July dismissed
Mecartney"s petition for mandamus
to compel Secretary Colby to
promulgate the resolution.
NEW STYLE LIQUOR
BLANKSPLANNED
Afater Mark in Forms Expected
to Eliminate
Counterfeiting.
A biff contract for specially waternarked
paper upon which to print 11senses
for physicians to prescribe
vhisky and other alcoholic "medl Ines"
which might be used as bevirages,
and also the prescription
)lanks themselves has recently been
iwarded through the congressional
oint committeeon printing to paper
nanufacturers in the Springfield,
dass., district, it was learned today.
The congressional committee was
ippealed to recently by the officials
>f the internal revenue bureau to
telp them out in suppressing a big
jusiness which appears to have
gown up in the matter of counterfeiting
prescription blanks. These
ilar.ks are issued by the internal
evenue bureau to the physicians,
ilong with the licenses to write and
ssue such prescriptions. It was represented
to the committee that a trenendous
number of these blanks were
jeing counterfeited. They were not
minted on a distinctive kind of pa>er,
which would make counterfeiting
lifflcult. One report had it that as
nany of these spurious prescription
>lanks were circulating as there
vere bona tide Dianas issuea Dy me
nternal revenue bureau.
These blanks are printed at the
government printing office, and the
congressional committee purchases
ill the paper for the printing office.
The paper for which contract has
leen made will be specially water- i
narked with the words, "Internal
Revenue Prohibition." The contract
calls for 110,000 pounds of this spe- j
cial paper. This will supply 500,000 ]
_>ooks of 100 leaves each for prescrip:ions,
to be issued to the physicians,
md 1,000,000 physicians' permits, givng
them the right to issue prescripions
for a "wee drop o" the cratur."
It is reckoned that this supply of
laper will be sufficient to run the
lureau for six months, and that the
lew watermarked prescriptions will
lid greatly in putting an end to the
jale and consumption of liquor on
murious prescriptions.
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TEXTILE INDUSTRY CRISIS.
LILLE, France. October 8.?The textile
industry in this city and in Rou3aix
is passing through a serious
:risis. During the last two months
jrders have diminished by about 40
ler cent.
TELLS D. C.
VER RETURN
jpite our educational bravado we are
still quite spooky on some subjects. And
low in regard to the notorious John
Early, should there come a .rumor to I
rou that he is 'lo here, or lo there,'
to not after them, for I tell you he
will give you no more trouble, since he
low sees the prayer of his heart materiilizing
in that of a national home for
epers.
"Therefore, you may tell the patient, >
trave people of the District they can 1
to to lied with their doors open so far
is the dread presence of John Early
will ever more jeopardize. <
"Furthermore, you may convey to '
hem the said Early has their safety
jigger at heart than they are disposed f
o think. Trusting the District popu- <
ace will now settle down to serene i
quilibrium, and wishing friend and foe it
Jodspeed, I am as ever, yours truly, I'
rolin l^ly."
CANDIDATES JOIN
ON MAKING LEAGUE
ISSUEIMPAIGN
HarHinn noohroc Cloth/ Ho
I IMI Vlllljj WVIUI VO I IUIIJ 11V
Opposes Paris Plan?Cox
Supports It.
The issue over the Paris league of
nations has been finally joined between
the republican and democratic
candidates for the presidency.
Senator Harding, the republican
nominee, in an address in Des Moines
yesterday, declared that he was
against going Into that league?that
he was seeking the rejection of the
Paris world league, not the entry of
the United States into that league
with reservations.
Gov. Cox, the democratic standard
bearer, on the other hand, has announced
unequivocally that he favors
"going in" the Paris league, without
reservations, except those that are
merely clarifying.
In the opinion of some political observers
in Washington today the
question has resolved itself into the
single proposition ? shall the United
States go into the Paris league of na
tions or shall it stay'Cut of any league
or association of nations?
Predicted by Johnson.
This is what Senator Hiram Johnson
of California. Senator Borah of Idaho
and others of the irreconcilable group
in the Senate demanded months ago.
and what they predicted would come
about. They strongly urged that the
republican party take its stand squarely
against the entry of the United
States into the league of nations, with
or without reservations.
While the public speeches of Senator
Harding since his nomination for President
have been to the effect that he
was opposed to going into the league
of nations as presented by the President,
the democrats and some of the
irreconcilable opponents of the league
among the republicans hitherto have
not been satisfied.
The charge was made that Mr.
Harding was carrying water on both
shoulders, in an effort to holfl the
votes, of both the irreconcilable group
in the party, represented by Johnson.
Borah and ^others, and also the votes
of Taft, WickerSham and others who
believe that the United States should
enter the Paris league with safeguarding
reservations, or should I
frame a new association of nations,
which should differ radically from
that negotiated at Paris.
In fact, about ten days ago, shortly
after Elihu Root, former senator, had
returned from Europe, where he
worked on the formation of the international
court, which is to function
under the league of nations. Senator
Borah was so dissatisfied with the
situation, and feared that in the end
the republican candidate might be
persuaded to support the league with
reservations, that he notified the republican
national committee not to
make any more speaking engagements
for him.
Efftrt Remains to Be Seen.
What the effect of Senator Harding's
address will be upon the republican
voters who desire the United
States to enter the Paris league with
reservations or to negotiate a new
league or association of nations remains
to be seen. Many of these men
do not-admit that the issue is cleancut
between entrance by the United
States into the Paris world league
and American isolation. They believe
that the issue is merely for or
against the particular form of world
league negotiated at Paris, and they
hold that in the event of the election
of Senator Harding as President, the
United States government, the executive
and legislative branches co-operating,
will take up the question of
peace treaty and world association
and dispose of it on lines that will
recognize all International obligations.
And the only question they concede
to be determined by the election of
Harding as president is mat there
must be no American participation
In the particular league negotiated
at Paris.
HUNGARY ABUSES JEWS;
ALSO ORDERS EXPULSKM
VIENNA, October 7.?The Hungarian
minister of the Interior has ordered
Lhe immediate expulsion from Hungary
of all Jews who have arrived in
.hat country since 1914, according to
i Budapest dispatch today.
Reports from the Hungarian capital
state that during the last Jewish holiiays
soldiers entered a number of
ynagogues and ill-treated the worshipers.
A numbe of Jews also
vere beaten 1a the streets, thfi rejarts
say. i
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ALLEGE REOS PLOT
REVOLUTION IN U. S.
BY FORCEOF ARMS
Officers Arrest Radicals and
Find Half Ton of Fiery
Literature.
By the A seriated Press.
E'HTr A fl O C T
vast amounts of radical literature in
<he possession of Nicolai John Jazzinski,
and John Holoeny. declared to bo
two of the most dangerous radicals in
America, who were arrested here last
night by agents of the Department of
Justice, was announced today.
In Jazzinski's possession was found
nearly half a ton of communist articles.
including samples of a new
pamphlet advocating armed revolution
by foreign elements in this country.
One hundred thousand of these
pamphlets, it was said, were shipped
out of Chicago yesterday by Jazzinski
via the American Express Company.
They were traced and are being held
for the authorities.
The agents said documents were
found in Hoioeny's possession which
gave evidence that he was associated
with a radical Kussian anarchistic
group in America. It was said virtually
every anarchistic document
ever printed in the Kussian language
was found among his effects. Chief
among these, they said, was the
proclamation of the Union of Kussian
Workers, calling upon all its members
to rise and overthrow the government
of the United States by force
of arms.
Complete Plana Revealed.
This proclamation was printed in
Russian, the agents said, and translation
of it revealed a complete plan
for the revolution.
Holoeny, it was said, is thirty-four
years old and unmarried. He has
been under surveillance in New York
city and Waterbury. Conn., for some
time, tbe authorities said.
The Department of Justice agenta,
who made the arrests, said they were
now on the trail of the "mysterious
I anarchist Drintshori" helieveH to he
located here and which they declare
has been turning out millions of anarchistic
pamphlets.
Sew Bomb Plot Mystery.
HUTCHINSON, Kan., October 8.?A
bomb plot mystery engaged the attention
of local authorities today, following
the finding last night of a
cylinder containing a powerful charge
of explosives under the approach to
the Main street viaduct in the center
of the city. Officials are at a loss to
understand the presence of the bomb.
Early today the police had no clues
to work on other than the story told
by boys who picked up the bomb
while fishing, and the possibility that
an examination by experts of the
construction of the cylinder might
lead to the identity of its maker.
The bomb, which C. M. Knowlea,
chief of police, declared oontatned
sufficient explosives to destroy the
viaduct, the Convention Hall and
other nearby buildings, contained r.o
timing device, but had several fuses
attached.
Black powder constituted the principal
charge contained in the cylinder.
Other pieces believed to te hign
explosives lay '<bout the fU39.
The cylinder measured fifteen Inches
in circumference.
FIXED SUM URGED
TO SAMMY
French Envoy Recommends
Reparation Action Sought
by Teutons.
PARIS, October S (by the Associated
! Press).?Germany has reiterated her
; request for the naming of a definite
j sum of reparations, and a new proposal
has been brought from Berlin
to Paris this week by Charles Laurent,
French ambassador to Germany.
The correspondent learned this today
in German official circles, where
lit also was pointed out that M. Laurent
had emphasized the necessity
of immediately fixing the total indemnity
to prevent the economic and
political collapse of Germany.
The French government, it now ia
believed in German circles, is considering
the latest request, and a decision
is expected with'n a few days.
The German proposal also asks direct
negotiations between Germany
and France on all reparation questions.
Recent proposals relative to reparations
made to France by Germany
are about the same as those presented
at the Spa conference, according to
a statement made by Georges Leygues,
premier, to the Petit Parisien.
The newspaper remarks:
"Germany is trying to bring us back
to the project of Hugo Stinnes, German
industrial magnate, which consisted
in an effort to colonize northern
France with a real army of German
workers under a pretext of reconstructing
the devastated regions.
The plan contemplated the ruin of
French industry by a great invasion
of the products of German factories."
"CONFLICT" DELAYS U. S.
Lloyd George Tells Why Covenant
Is Not Signed Here.
LLANDUDNO. Wales. October ?.?
Premier Lloyd George, in a political
speech here this afternoon, declared
that "the conflict of parties in America
has led to the result that they
have not yet signed a treaty of peace
with Germany." He asserted that If
there had been a conflict like that in
Great Britain the latter would have
had no peace and there would have
been no treaty.
"There are some who criticise the
treaty of Versailles." the premier declared.
"Better that than a state of
war should be going on for years and
nothing done."
Mr. Lloyd George added that there
were some people who imagined that
to ignore disagreeable facts was proof
of exalted principles.
20 KILLED^ 30 HURT.
&
Venice-Milan Express Figures in
Deadly Crash.
LONDON. October 8.?Twenty persons
were killed and thirty others injured
in a collision, in which the Venice-Milan
express was involved today,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Rome, based on M
jyicaa to the Giornale d'ltalla. ^
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