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T OGDEN CITY, UTAH THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. ML
1 FOES OP SUFFRAGE LAUNCH NEW FIGHT
II POLES WIPE OUT THREE RED DIVISIONS
If RUSSIAN
m FLEES III PANIC
1 SLfli FRONT
Poles Use Tanks, Airplanes,
Armored Cars and Artiliery
Tjl in Attacks
MJ FIERCE FIGHTING IS
CONTINUED AT WARSAW
U Soviet Prisoners Arc Pouring
y A Into Capital in Great
jtM Numbers
J WARSAV, Auq. '0 the 57th
' THM 58th and tfl bolshev.k divisions
flH on the Warcaw frcnt h.-we been
flfl annihilated nd thousands of SO-
n(H vlet soldiers made prisoners, to-
ifl n.ght's official ttatement 6ayc
WM. LONDON, Aug 19. The Russo
Polish peace nerjutlat ons at
Hi Minsk were not continued Wed
til nesday as agreed, cvwing to the
. fM fault of the Polish deiegjt.cn, ac
HI cording to a mesjage dispatched
IIV from Moscow Wednesday by
V George Tch.cher.i, aoviet tureinn
Jjfcf minister, to Leo Kamanefi, the - .
1 viet representatives In London
.H WARSAW. Aug. 18 (U I lie Asso-
elated Press. ) Kuaaian soviet force
g? I arc fleeing In a dlssTderlj penic along
H th frontostween the Vistula and Bug
it WP rivers, whoro the Poles me advancing
gM vpith success, t..i an ofu- la stati mi nl
CI lo Might. Ill til. II 1 " i-
B H Hove pressure upon Wariww the Poles
fv.jH i.re using tanks, airplanes, armored
Cains .'ill' I ( in KM' '
f 1 1 .v., ,, aftnah - oat of hi 1 e, and St -
X'jE rock 10 lho norihaasL -000 prisoners,
seven cannon, hundreds 61 wagons
LaBKH and vast quantities of supplies
1 ' H
BBm ru0t ot Warsaw, while the soviet
LaHI lorees were closely driven by the
KB a some places, the communique
IHH uii the extreme left, however, and
LH In the region of Lemberg soviet ad-
Hl recordi d
VLH Northwest or Waraaw, uusstim
,fl DO
DJH lawak, when- they had designed 10
cross the Vlat " 1 1 ' deil lie lea n
BEHl for hours, the shells damaging the
I 1 1 dra I and 1 he bl ih p palace,
! til ui 1 1 IGH 1 in-
LONDON. Aug. 19. Fierce Fighting
jjHl region W
VIRH 1 He 01
B saw at the confluence: of the Vistula
-9 and Bug rivers, ruing 1 - Wednes-
JaJ day's statement bj the sovlel govern-
HM in the Crimea sector engagements
LaVh r re going on with Indecisive results.
1 the statement says.
H The official r port follows
H "Our tioops have crossed the river
H Visla and have occupied Sotslaak. In
H 1 he Novo Qeorglevsk and VTaraaw re-
"In the Lrmli. ik icglon we forded
hc Hug and occupied Hunk and Zlo
4j? choff iii:.. Bu region flgl
HH" along the Strypa In the .11 -
HEB ton. In the hi. knoll leplor. w en-,
U iii. 1 ' -
HBM ccaa along therl ver Karaehekrax."
POLES TAKI rOWJi
J PARIS, Aug 19 I
rd by Polish troops In their counter,
attack against the left wing of the
3
fl respondent of Escalator, tila dispatch
sent out Tuesday night declares the:
HB Bolshevik right wing altto s in a bad
rtSUVSC sxaouLed b the 1'oiea
i.riiifr one, the oorrespondsnt
.'. It consisted In concentrating
"J columna of troops and deliver-
1 I H it r .1 surprise attack against the flans
B of the main Bolhevik arm. it was
k completely successful because of the
LI'Sb lnt Mi- Cdh :rr m
; I 9 hlng, .".1 he uaaerta that "-iy
Important coneeduancoa' 1 ai- expect
f
mi M PRISOXCRS,
V WARSAW, Aug. 15. Uy the Asso-I
',v ituted Press.) Soviet prisoners are'
POI ring Into Warsaw In such numbers
that it Is becoming a problem how to i
kaa 00
I COAL MINERS AGREE TO
NEGOTIATE SEPARATELY
CLEV BLAND, Aug. 19 Miners at
tending a conference of the Joint scale
committee of the central competitive
field held a pollcv meeting today fol
lowing failure laai night of the Joint
conference to ak'ree on the mines" de
mands for Increased wages and ad
journed sine die after voting unani
mously that miners In each of the
tOUr states concerned will aeok to
make supplemental ami separate'
agreement .with operator in the field
This practically disrupts the central I
fl-ld as a basing point.
L- IDAHO FALLS GAINS 3,237
BY NEW CENSUS REPORT,
It WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Idaho!
T Kails. Ida.. 8.064. increase 3.237. or
ll tiT 1 per cent.
IIS Webb City. Mo. 7.807; decrease
I 4.410. or 33. per - Ql
U NOMINEES HURL VERBAL SHAFTS
'thousands to
i ATTEND FUNERAL
OF BALL PLAYER
i
CLEVELAND, Aug 19
Many people prominent in the
baseball world arc corning here
to I '.tend the funeral of Ray
Chapman, which will be held to
morrow morning in St Philo
mene s Catholic church, East
Bdaad Among them is B
B. Johnson, president of the
American league, who will re
04i . e from Manager Tns Speak
er, of the Cleveland team, a re
I port of the accident which re
sulted in Cliapnian s death.
; Early today approximatelj 15,-j
,000 admirers of the dead ball!
player had donated 10 cents I
leach for a flower from a fan, a;
part cf this to be turned over
for a memorial for Chapman at
League park.
TERMS OF PEACE
WITH MTU
All Acts of Administration in
Lower Canada Forgiven by
Government
MEXICALI, Lower California. Auc.
19. Details of the agreement wbicn
brought to a peaceful end Ihe n;ot
njHnt of CiOernor Esteban t'antu of
the northern district of Lower Cali
fornij, agsingl the central government
of Mexico, were made public here to-
day.
I'ndrr the agreement, all Etts of the
Cantu adnilnistr.iMon are considered as
sanctioned by the federal gowrninen:
and ull Cantu employes are relieved
from responsibility in connection with
them, other stipulations include re
tention In office of certain Cantu eui-n!o-3;
re3lcnatlon of Cantu in a "de-i.-ri'is
.ind dlghifled manner"; grant
ing to Cantu soldiers the choice of re
maining in the territorial Berries or
enlistment in lh federal forces, nomi
nal ion and acceptance of General Luis
M Salazar as governor; guarantees of
freedom from all political prosecution
to all inhabitants of the district; and
amnesty to all persons who participat
ed in whai til central Mexican gov
ernment classed as " rebellion '
signature to the agreement yesler-1
djl3 by Governor Cantu and Genera!
Salasar ended difficulties which began
about the tune of the oerthrow of the
government of the late President Car
ranz;. TALK BY WIRELESS
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 19 President J
I if La Hue: (a and Kstr-ban t'aniu of
Lower CaiHornia conferred yesterdaj
by wireless, saya the newspaper Uni
versal. GoernoT Canto declared he v. as wil!
ing to surrender to the government.
BS the newspaper, and will come to
Mi xiro Clt m xi week
AWAIT ITALY'S MOTE IN
RUSS0-P0USH SITUATION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Informeu
of th- Preni h government'! newi on
the Kusso-Pollsh situation the xinr.
department today was awaiting ror
mitl reply from Italy to the note re
cently sent to the Italian am basMtfQ r.
The French rejoinder, made public
yesterday, shows, Secretary Colhy de
clared, that France is "In entire agree
ment with the principles set forth in
'.he American note."
An Informal reply already has been
received frbm the Italian government.
Secretary Colby announced, with tho
promise that a completo reply would
bo made soon
Secretary Colby said that the de
claration of France of "its opposition
to the dismemberment of Russia" was
"most Kratllylng."
The French nolo condemned the
Boishsvtkl In terms similar to those
used In the American note to Italy.
IMPORT OF LUXURIES IS
FORBIDDEN BY NORWAY
CHRISTIANA. Auk. 19. -Importation
Into Norway of articles of luxury
such aa automobiles, diamonds, lace.
Pointings, pianos, and phonographs N
forbidden ry a government order ef
fedixe today.
GOVERNOR COX
UTTERS STRONG
PLEA FQRLEAGUE
Economic Readjustment Bound
Up in Issue, Candidate De
clares to Throng
AGAIN ACCUSES G. 0. P.
I OF BEING REACTIONARY'
Senator Penrose. He Said,
Held Up Move to Abolish
Tax Burden
I BOTJTH BlSND, Tnd . Aug. 19 Na
tional and International financial and
itconomical readjustment us well as
the lilffh cost of living, are bound up
In the success of the league of nations.'
Governor COS declared today at a,
I i.,, Klin u 1
i.uuiiu t,uilivi lllK
"Our safety, our economic readjust
ment and our prosperity," ull are In
volved in America s making the league
Of world force, he asserted iiiariiinj
the Republican senate oligarchy in
economic progress and helmed reduc
tion living costs. The Democratic
candidate will ypeak tonight ai iho
.Indiana Democratic editors' bamjuct.
"With the least possible delay alter
March 4. 191'i, our pledge is to enter
the league, making such additions as
utrc reassuring mm helpful," Governor
C6j added
LKG llil V END H
This will legally end the war; it
win lulp t o establish credits, A call
in be made upon our wealth ami oui
productive skill We wilt have the
& ui i to sail every sen; th aupply of
ii . s essentiala will be eopaj io the
demand; living costs win o reauced,
What vi aouid otherwise be apend
i"i iin.s ami powder wouid be
l pplled lo our war ilobl and above all
hn Win be nappy in the consciousness
Uiiat war la practically impossible
OFF! ,KS LONG in i , .
j "Th.- opposition otters, at uie best.
ysr long ilelay. Wliat project li
J.as as a suostilute for the league of
Illations, no one knows, or at least no
:'ii- has ever attempted to describe it
or to name It. The o,uestio:i of the
league of nations, theietore. becomes
Increasingly the laaue in thl.s campaign
,;or the very leaaon tnai it nulves our
scfety, ou;- economic readjustment and
our prosperity. The air is clearing the
i...im a ret o of hypocrisy thrown out
; by the senatorial oligarchy has been
I pierced and ever) uaj between now
and November win witness the grad
ual retreat of the forces ... reaction,
'there is not enough money m the
! .rld lo slop U."
ReitL-ratliiK his charge of reacting
uiit the K. publican UaLleis. Jo -
''nor cox added;
t 11 IRUUfi KI CKAII.I)
"If they should lollovv ihclr own
steps baikwuril. and thes are so usf-d
'o moving In that direction thai they
would noi need a compass, tiiev would
f.nd that every condition against which
they inveigh is of their own creation.
Ihey discuss the high cost of living
v, ltnout apparently realizing that in a
large measure they are responsible fdr
the beiated aettlmg dowp ot condi
tion! whim have continued the hlKh
t c.t of living.
"If the le.igui- of nation, had bern!
K.tlflf-d montlis uko, exchange would1
have been stabilized. Europe could
hae Mtarted Its work of rehabilitation
,U countries would not have made a
drain upon our tood euppllea in fact
Lnrope would be buying tho things
Which we can spare 1 be result of thi
wouid bo self-evident. War taxes
which should have been modified or
repealed when the war was over were!
not touched and the Republican oil-!
i n i in- mwh w Birscily respon-1
jslble."
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania. I
Governor Cox declared. was lnstru-1
niental in preventing reduction of war
I taxes "on the theory that the people
would blame the executive ether than
tll congressional administration," for'
failure to abolish bUrdehSOOM toxa-l
lion.
Much of the national debt of all
countries. Governor Cox said, wnsi
caused by the race In armament add-1
! lng:
If the world does not proceed to
arm itself to the teeth, if the cost of
armament is diverted to the payment'
Of Interest and slnklnK fund on the'
bonded debt, then there Is more than1
n hope that civilization can work Its
Wag out to a sound footing financially
and socially.
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800,000 ALIENS LANDED
HERE DURING PAST YEAR
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. More
than C.ooo Immigrants are arriving
dally at Ellis Island, the department
of labor announced today. Despite
unfavorable conditions approximately
fcOO.OOo Immigrants arrived .luring the
twelve month ended June 30, aa com
pared with 141. 13: during the cortes
pondplng period the year before and
the record of 1,119.149 In 1907.
Foreign steamships have reported1
all av.-ulable accomodations for a year'
in advance have been booked. 1
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CHINESE MAIDEN j
I AND ITALIAN IN
1 MIXED ROMANCE
i
Ogdcn police today received
a telegram from China Jim of
Tecoma, Nev., in which the au
; thontie3 here are implored to
capture a tall, lean, smooth
faced Italian who has eloped
with a Chinese maiden.
The Chinese maiden, it seems.
I was the sunshine cf China Jim's
I life and he is broken hearted
now that his jewel has fled with
another. Police here wore un
able to locate the romantic pair
and added that even if they had
seen the two there was nothing
upon which they could be held. !
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CANDIDATE II
NIGHTIE SPENDS
NIGHT li JAIL
Nominee Shocks Landlady by
Dashing About in
Scant Attire
i
BI'FURD. Ga.. Aug. 19. Thomas E.
Watson, once Populist candidate for
I president, and now candidate for the
.Democratic nomination for United
Btatea senator from Georgia. tOgethSI
with his traveling companion, E. H.
Miller were released today from the1
GWynette county Jail where they spent
the night as the result of a disturb
ance In a hotel.
Watson was charged with "public
1 I mi.rrrirv" n-hila- Millar ml i h:i rirod
With carrying concealed weapons. W at
Fun's bond was placed al B&00 and that
oj Miller at $100".
-Mr. Watson In n slalemen' Bald that
since his nervous callapse in Florida
, two years ago. he had, on advice of
l n physician, taken small amounts ot
stimulants after extraordinary gel -lion.
took SOMt. naiVks
"At Windsor Wednesday 1 addressed
oa enormous crowd, speaking directly
under a heavy warehouse loof.
"Almost all of the speakers at Win
der were overcome with th..- heat. See
ing this a friend of mine at Wlndei
gave me B small bottle of whleky
from which I took only two drinks,
one at Winder and one at Bllford, as
I went to bed.
t Itoil 1 TOO NOlsV
"Tho noise of the gentlemen who
were playing cards In the lobby came
directly into m room. I stepped out
of my room to the lobby rail ami ioss
e a book down to attract tm-lr atten
tion, saying that the loud conversation
ot the card players made It Impossi
ble for me to sleep. During tn:a con
versation I did not see the propi letress
at any time. I returned to my room
T'. my utter astonishment I was seized
bj two powerful policemen with whom
I struggled for my liberty, as they (
did not tell me my offenr-e and did not
exhibit any warrant. 1 was not aWaro 1
that the landlady was anywhere near.
In the struggle with the. policemen.
rr. underclothing was torn and dlsar-!
r nged. Of course, when I was being;
treated that way. I used some pretty
lough languaK' . having no idea the
landlady was there."
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FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
HELD CAUSE OF SUICIDE
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 19 Financial dif
ficulties are believed to have prompted
the suicide of Otto F. Stlfel, former
brewer and horseman, tho Republican
congressional candidate from the eh v
enth district, who shot himself at his
home near Valley I'ark today
A note Stlfel left was prefaced by
the statement that It was for "the
benefit of the public and my credi
tors." "It is a brief review of how I came
to get Into a financial Jam." the note
continued "Prohibition Is the main
." Here the writing became indis
tinct. Stlfel went out of the brewing in
dustry before prohibition became cf
feetive, converting his establishment
Into an oleomargarine plant. He was
one of the chief figures In the Federal
League and lair acquired an Interest i
In the St. Ix.uls American league club. J
G. 0. P. GREETS
WOMEN VOTERS
HARDING SAYS
Great Mora! Reform Is Now
Menaced by Opponents. As
serts Harding
CITES RECORD OF PARTY
AS REASON FOR CHOICE
Democrats Notoriously Against
Social industrial Betterment,
Adds Nominee
MARION'. Aug. 19 Senator Hard
ing declared today that the grant of
suffrage to American women would
he especially welcome to the Republi
cans in tho coinln campaign because
"8 great moral and social reform re-;
cently achieved is menaced by the co
vert purpose of our opponent to at-!
tack It "
He predicted that voting women,
would stand with the Republican part J
through realization that it had Id
In achieving social betterment while
the Democratic1 p arty had notoriously
n ins. d" :r .-ninrce r- form polli ies
COMES 18 Hi w Altn
"American women," said Sonator
Harding, "have won the suffia tight
Their victory is dramatic becat'sc
comes as th rAWjrrd- of n grc-at flfl Hi
drive that now hus Insured lo all
American women a full participation
In the most crucial national election
in many years. Vet Important as are
the issues in this political conrosi, w
may well doubt if history Will recog
nize any other phase of It as equal
in Import.-fnce to the fact that In this
'ear the women of America for the
first time took their full "art in de-1
Lerminlng the national destinies.
'However much some of us may be
phased with the congratulations that
some of us receive, that we helped to !
brihg about this, the fact remains that
women won their own battle. Yh-ir
!..nr Btruggle against disappointment
h.i- been a splendid action for the
duties Imposed upon thMn They will
be full partners in shaping national
problems and policies However, they1
may divide politically-, their moral
stnse. their social instincts, their pn
mary concern for home 'and family
and health and education, will b a
constant inspiration to an insistance
upon higher and better alms In our
national life.
-Kl VI ( 1 1 LPTEK IN HISTORY
"Whoever will consider the practi-
i! contributions of woman to nation
al adancenient must recognize what
It means to enlist, now, the full power'
of womanhood in public affairs. I look
upon the enforcement of women as an
accomplishment to be rated along with
lour achievement of Independence ,
our preservation of the union, our
emancipation of the slaves nd our'
: contribution In tho world war to the
rescue of civilization Itself.
I "An to immediate political effects. I
we Republicans may and do feci se
1 cure. In this campaign w- fa.
situation on which we may be con.l
j dent that the voice of womanhood will,
pronounce for us Once more the real
Independence of our nation is Involvi d.
A great moral and social reform, re-'
cently achlcvod, is menaced by the
i covert purpose of our opponents to
I attack It. Lnfranchlsed women will
maki- no mistake in choosing between
i the Republican parti which has led
in every movement for social and In
dustrial betterment, and the Democra
tic parly ablCh has notoriously refused
to enforce these enlightened policies m
the south, where it completely domi
nates Nor will women forget that
more than four-fifths of the ratifying
states are Republican states."
UPPER SILESIA IS QUIET
AFTER FATAL DISORDERS
BERLIN. Aug. IS Negotiations
,' were begun some time apo by the Ger
man government with the allied com
mission at Oppeln regarding the main
tenance of the plebiscite district of
upper Silesia. It is declared the com
i mission has given assurances that it
Will prevent any assistance being sent
t0 warring powers through those t(-r-l
ritorles. A dispatch from Kattowitz
stated the town was quiet and that a
strong force of security police was on
.patrol. Tho allied commission has de
clared an Intensified state of siege as
a result of the fatal disorders Tues
day when -'7 persons are said io have
lost their lives. Another telegram
quotes a statement from the allied
commission averring that the security
police tried to protect the French
troops. Ono allied soldier was killed
and eight wounded.
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'MODERATE' IRISH TO MEET
ON DOMINION HOME RULE
LONDON. Aug. 18. irishmen of
moderate dominion home rule will
meet at Dublin next Tucsdav. This
meeting. s a Dublin dispatch to the
Dalb Mall, has been endowed with
i considerable Importance by the :
I chang" in policy in Dow ning street. I
Tjir AJOK JOHN T. AXTON
is the first chief f obgp
I lains to he appointed by Socre
! tary of War Baker He will
i rank as colonel in the new job.
MA J. JOHN T VXTON
PACKERS' PUN
ON STOCKYARS
FILLD WITH U. S.
Big Five Must Dispose of In
terests Pursuant to Com
promise Agreement
WASHINGTON A:z. 19. A plan
under which the big five packers
would dispose of their stockyard In
terests has been submitted tc the de
partment of justice for approval and
probably will be filed in tiie district
of Columbia supreme court by Aug
ust 31.
The plan was drawn up it. accord
ance w-ith a decree entered in the lo
cal early In the year and under
which the pickers within two ears
must disassociate themselves from un
related lines of business and confine
themselves to the wholesale meat
trade.
The plan for selling the stockyard
Interests was to huve been filed today
but the court extended the tlmo until
August 31 In order thut Ihe depart
ment of Justice might hae t'mc to ex
amine It thoroughly.
The decree agreed to by the pack
ers am! the department of Jistlce was
tho result of a compromise- between
tho pai ken and the government grow
llig out of the anti-trust action begun
by the department of Justice last summer.
ERWiN DERCD0LL GETS
4 YEARS FOR DESERTION
NEW york, Aug. 19. Erwln R
iBergdoll, of Philadelphia, has been
found guilty of desertion from the
army by evading the draft and sen
tenced to four earg hard labor at
Fort Leavenworth. II was announced
today al Governor's Island.
Lieut. Col. C. C Cresson) trial judge
advocate, who made the announce
menl. said that Rergdnll was also giv
en a dishonorable discharge from the
army and forfeited all pay and flluw
unc: s.
The court martail reported its find
lacs io Major General Bullsrd com
mander of the eaStaH department, last
Thursday, and they were appro ed to
day Bergdoll received his sentence calm
ly, it was stated, and made no com
ment, lie will be taken to Fort Leav
enworth within a few days under
heavy guard
Erwin and his brother. Grover Cleve
land BergdoU, were known aa the "mil
llonaire draft dodgers.'' Grover is now
sought by the military authorities, hav
ing escaped from an armed guard at
Philadelphia, after being convicted by i
;an army court martial for draft eva-
; slon.
After successfully eluding a nation
wide search by military authorities for
many months. Erwin appeared at Gov
ernor's Island several weeks ago and
'voluntarily surrendered for trial.
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PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS
TO SPEAK AT OHIO FAIR
COLUMBUS. O, Aug. 10 Three
presidential candidates, all Ohloans,
may speak from the same platform at
the Ohio State Fair here August 3 1
Governor Cox and Senator Harding
have both accepted speaking Invita
tions for that dato and fair officials!
Wired Dr. Aaron S. Walking, prohibi
tion party candidate asking that he
also deliver an address i
US
JUDGE ORDERS I
GRAND JURY TG I
PR3BJJ0TING I
Mass Meeting Called in Nash
vifle to Influence Legislature
to Reconsider j
ONE VOTE STANDS IN
WAY OF CLEAR VICTORY
Suffragist Workers Insist They
Will Be Able to Keep
State in Line
n ISHVn li. nc to The
I nn IOC house adjourned nt I
' until ten o'clock lunmrrou
morning vtitimm an effort being '
made haTe u reconsider Its a - j
Hon t yesterday in ratifying the !
-nffrfife nniendnient.
RALEIGH, Aug. io. The fed-
tuI suffrage amendment wa de- j
f rated bj toe North Carolina
bouse of roprescntatlvefl today bj
a v nti ui VI tO SI, I,
I NASHVILLE, Aug 19. Echo e
from the bitter suffrage fight In tho
, Tennonsec legislature' came today,
.thick and Cast Judge DeBow charged
! the grmd Jury In the Davidson countv
criminal court on the subject of efforts
to improperly Influence or corrupt the
j law making body of the state; two
Nashville newspapers published affl-
davits' 'barging that undue Influence,
had been brought to bear on reprc
Isentatlve Burn, Republican, of Me-
j Klnn county to change his vote In fa
vpr of the federal amendment and
Mr Bum, in a communication to the
house, declared the charges utterly
Talse.
The affidavits were purported to LH
have been made by C. C. Wallace.
Judge of the city court of Lewjsburgj
Tenn., and Bnnlfl E. Murray of Nash
Mile, general agent for the Federal
Land bank of Louisville. Ky.
CHAIfGE HIS VOTE I
The alleged they had heard several
persors, including Representative Jo
Hanover "f Shelby county and Major
I Daugherty, s'-cretary to Governor
fKoberts. Insist to Burn that he change
his vote. According to Murray's
I affidavit- Burn was told "that they
I would glv- him anything In the world
In wanted and that it would m. ike
I him the biggrst man. in Tennessse and
I understood Hanover to say it would
be worth $10.uuo to him."
The affidavit attributed to Judge
"Mr. Hanover mrde the statement
lo Mr. Burn that if he would Change LH
I his vote he could get anything ho
j wanted and In the moment of excite
men! there was made mention by Mr.
' Hanover words to this effect that it
I wo-ibl t c worth 1 ii. i l. vdii.'
1 .1 U B 1 I 1 I Mi I
Representative Hanover described
I Ihe charge as "no more than a Clumsy
effort to embarrass friends and sup
, porters of the rights of our women.
He declared he had only urged Bum LH
I to vote for ratification and that Ma
i Jor Daugherty also lld no more than
Representative Burn, In his com
mimical Ion. declared that he had
changed his vote In favor of suffrage
because Of his conviction that Justice
demanded It.
Malm- de tared that he heard the
I conversation between Burn and Han
(over aiiJ thai Hanover "did not at
any time Intimate to Mr. Burn that
j he would be paid any amount of
money or that he would be given any
other consideration for his vote."
NASHVILLE, Aug. 19. Announce
ment that opponents of woman suf
irage would hold n mass meeting to
night to discuss steps "to save the
south from the Susan B. Anthony
'amendment and federal suffrage force
bills' was taken as an Indication that
Speaker Walker would not attempt to-
day to force reconsideration of the
'action of the Tennessee house yester
1 -1 1 In ratifying the nineteenth amend-
Senator Oscar t'nderwood of Alaba
j m t and former Governor Pleasant of
I Louisiana have been InVltsd to speak.
OXE VOTE IN WAY.
NASHVILLE. Aug. 19. One vote
cast in the Tennessee house in favor
Ol i Ltifylng the suffrage amendment
tQdi stood In the wuy of certification
: to the secretary of slate that Ten
nessee was the necessary thirty-sixth
state had completed ratification' of
the amendment in time for women of
i the country to vote in November.
After voting against ratification.
I Speaker Walker changed his vote from
i i io aye for the purpose, antl-suf-f
ra gists said, of moving a reconsider
al!on of the vote either today or to
morrow. Suffragists', confident of their ability
, to hold their majority in the house in
'line, were planning today to move re
consideration of yesterday's vote at a
! lime when their entire strength is on
the floor.
' Ipponents of ratification declared
bday that if efforts to secure a re
consideration of the house vote fails
steps would be taken to have the
courts declare the ratification uncon
stliutionnl on the grounds that the
amendment was submitted to tho
legislature after its members had been
elected.
Suffragists contended that tho su
prerae court's decision in the Ohio
referendum case nullifies this section
of tho Tennessee constitution.
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CANADIAN VETERANS MAY
UNITE ORGANIZATIONS
TORONTO. Aug. 19. Amalgama
tlon of Canada's two ex-service men's
organizations to present a united front
in favor of gratuities to former sol
diers was proposed today by William
J Morrison and J Harry Flynn, pres
Idem and dominion organizer, respeo
lively, of the Qrand Army of L'nlted
Veterans. Id -i letter to J. O'Neill, sec
retary of the Great War Veterans.
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