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VOL. LIX XO. 18,(563
Kntere-d at Portland (Oregon)
Postoffice as Secon1-Cia-"w Matter
Portland, .Oregon, Friday, September 17, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WALL -STREET DEAD
LIST LONG, GROWING
31 KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED
IX EXPLOSIOX.
HART
HIS BIG LEAD
SEATTLE TRAILS CITY
IN BANK CLEARINGS
LABOR LEADER GONE;
FOUL PLAY IS FEARED
GOTHAM JARRED
BY GIANT BOMB
ARMY OFFICER KILLED
1U, S. SOVEREIGNTY
no niiTn uiTO Dnnr
no muiu nno rvurci
FOB
PORTLAN7D SEPTEMBER FIG
URES REPORTED $99,249,536.
HORATIO A. SIX ART MISSIXG
AXD SEARCH IS BEGCX.
ACCIDENT HAPPENS FOLLOW
ING DINNER AT VANCOUVER.
TAGGART IS TARGET
FOR FIRE OF DRYS
Watson to Get Anti-Saloon
Vote for Senate.
GO i
Financial Center Scene
of Catastrophe.
23 DEAD, HUNDREDS HURT
Buildings Battered, Windows
Shattered, Streets Convert
ed Into Shambles.
PLOT EVIDENCE DISCLOSED
Message Giving Warning of
Blow-Up Is Known to Have
Been Delivered.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (By the
Associated Press.) A mysterious
explosion in Wall street, near Broad,
believed by, trained department of
justice and police investigators to
have been caused by an infernal ma
chine, rocked .the heart of New
York's financial district at noon to
day, leaving death and destruction
in its wake.
At least 29 persons were killed,
more than 200 were injured, the
banking house of J. P. Morgan &
Co., the United States sub-treasury
and assay office were partially
wrecked and property damage esti
mated in excess of $1,000,000 was
caused.
Bomb Theory Doubted.
Thomas W. Lament of the J. P.
Morgan firm expressed the belief,
however, that the explosion was
purely an accidenb caused by a col
lision between an explosive wagon
and another vehicle. The firm had
received no threats of any kind, he
said, and there was no real reason
for the planting of a bomb outside
the firm's office.
The noon hour had struck and an
endless stream of office workers had
just started pouring into the streets
from buildings in the neighborhood,
Suddenly a cloud of yellowish-black
smoke and a piercing jefc of flame
leaped from the street outside the
Morgan office.
; Blast Deafening One.
Then came a deafening blast. A
moment later scores of men, women
and children were lying prostrate on
the ground and the streets were cov
ered with debris from thousands of
broken windows and the torn facades
of adjacent buildings. Two minutes
later the stock and curb exchanges,
the financial pulse of the world, had
closed.
Panic and confusion reigned in the
heart of New York's financial dis
trict. Thousands of clerks and sten
ographers fled in terror from adjoin
ing structures. Scores fainted, fell
and were trampled on in the rush.
Meanwhile the noise of the explosion,
which was heard throughout lower
Manhattan and across the river in
Brooklyn, brought thousands of the
curious to the scene.
Police Are Helpless.
The few policevon duty in the dis
trict were unable to cope with the
crowds and a hurry call for police
reserves was sent to all downtown
police stations.
Sub-treasury officials, fearing that
an attempt might be made to rqb the
building, all the windows of which
were broken, requested assistance of
the military authorities at Govern
or's island and a company of sol
diers was sent to guard the insti
tution. Hurry calls were also sent to all
hospitals in the downtown section of
New York and scores of ambulances
were soon speeding through the nar
row streets. Dressing stations were
established in the lobbies of build
ings nearby, where the less seriously
injured were given treatment.
Queer Fragments Found.
Evidence tending- to confirm the
theory that the explosion was caused
by a bomb or some other infernal
machine came from several sources.
Chief Police Inspector Laney re
ported late today that he had found
evidence to justify the conclusion
that the explosion was caused by a
hage bomb loaded with T. N. T.
trinitrotoluol reinforced with iron
elugs fashioned from window weight
i bars. Pisces of these slugs were
CoDClyded on, t . 2. Column 1.1
Several Victims Xot Vet Identified.
Others, Seriously Injured,
May Die.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. A partial
list of the dead resulting from the
Wall-street explosion today follows:
William T. Joyce, clerk of J. P.
Morgan company.
Charles H&nrahan. Brooklyn.
L. L. Roberts, New Tork.
Batholomew Flannery, New Tork.
Reginald Ellsworth, West Orange,
N. J.
Joseph Areaburg. Brooklyn.
Alexander Leith. New Tork.
Benjamin Soloway, Brooklyn.
- Jerome H. McKean, chauffeur.
Ludolph Portong, bank teller,
Jamaica, N. Y. .
Colonel Charles Neville, U. S. A.,
New York City.
Alfred Mayer, New York.
Mildred Alexander, New York.
E. A. Sweet, address unknown.
Mr. McArthurs, address un
known.
Mr.
Ellsworth, Brooklyn.
A man, about 40, five feet ten, brown
hair, at Volunteer hospital.
Robert W. Day, 16, messenger boy.
New York.
Bernard J. Kennedy, 30, messenger,
employed at 115 Broad street.
Mi-ss Carolyne N. Dickinson, 40,
Elmhurst, N. Y.
Colin B. McClure. 23, Yonkera.
Mrs. Margaret Drury, ID, stenog
rapher, Brooklyn.
Charles Llndrothe, about 25, em
ployed at 25 Broad street, address un
known.
William Furman Hutchison, about
30, Insurance broker. Garden City,
N. Y.
John Johnson, 66, porter, employed
at Bank of America, 44 Wall street.
Joseph Schmitt, 30, clerk, Bayside,
N. Y.
Joseph Aurebry, 27, married. New
York City.
Lewis K. Smith, New York.
Thomas Osprey, 18,. Brooklyn.
Raymond Miller, address unknown.
Among the Injured who live "out
side of Greater New York are:
Worth Begley. Washington, D. C;
Arthur J. G. Cole, North Arlington,
N. J., condition eerlous; Leo K. Drury,
Washington, D. C. ; A. B. Jessup, Jeddo,
Pa.; John Markle. Jeddo, Pa.
WOOL PROFITS NEAR CUT
Montana Growers Plan to Give
Consumer Cost Product.
HELENA. Mont., Sept. 16. Mon
tana wool growers, through their
organization perfected at a meeting
held here tonight, will deliver
finished blankets and cloth for men's
and women's clothing, made from
virgin wool from Montana, to the
consumer, at a price which will
eliminate the profits which now pre
vail between the grower and tile ulti
mate consumer, it was announced
after the meeting.
The Montana growers through their
association have gained a liberal and
substantial financial support of the
adopted plans.
LEGION TO FIGHT PRICES
2 Million Members to Be Mobilized
for VUal War.
NEW TORK, Sept. 16. The Amer
ican Legion announced today forma
tion of plans to mobilize its forces
for a war against the high cost of
living.
In every community where there Is
a post the legion contemplates organ
lzlng retail dealers into an ass-ocl
ation, prospective merchant members
of which, it is said, have pledged dis
counts approximating 5 per cent from
the current selling prices of all com
modi ties to the 2,000,000 members of
the legion and their families.
CORVALLIS MAN IS SLAIN
Lee C. Fones Killed Following
Quarrel Over Wages.
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho, Sept. 16.
Lee C Fones of Corvallis, Or., was
shot and instantly killed Wednesday
evening by F. A. Young, a bookkeeper
of Grand View, Idaho, as the climax
of a quarrel over wages, according to
reports reaching the sheriff's office
here.
Fones, who had been working in
the Young apiary, was killed as he
sat at the wheel of a light motor truck
entering the Young premises.
YOUNG SERENADER SHOT
Arm Broken by Bullet Fired
Newly wed of Xear Dufur. -
by
THE DALLES, Or.. Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) George Harvey McAllister, 21
of Dufur, shot and broke the arm
Jack Norton, 20, Wednesday night,
when the latter, in company with
party of young folks, attempted
chiravarl party at the home of Mc
Allister. McAllister was married
week ago to Miss Lucy May Winslow
of Dufur, and had just started house
keeping ten miles west of here.
No arrests have been made..
HARDING'S TOUR LIMITED
Proposed Trip Not to Take Him
Far as Denver.
MARION, O.. Sept. 16. Official ad
vice was received from the Chicago
headquarters today . that Senato
Harding's proposed western trip will
not take him as far west as Denver.
Dates and cities in which the senator
will speak were not announced.
It also was stated there will be two
other short trips.
2114 Out of 2366 Pre
cincts Report Vote.
JONES HEAVILY SUPPORTED
Democrats Make Poor Show
ing for AIJ Offices.
C0YLE RUNS GOOD RACE
Talman, Holcomb 'and Bridges
Prove Three Highest Candidates
for Supreme Bench.
SEATTLE, Sept. 16. With but 252
precincts to be heard from out of a
total of 2366 in the state Louis F.
Hart, governor, late tonight was
maintaining a lead of 7631 votes over
Roland H. Hartley, his nearest oppo
nent for the republican gubernatorial
nomination In Tuesday's primary elec
tion. Figures complied from 2114 pre
cincts gave Hart 60,846 votes and
Hartley 63,215.
Other candidates stood: Stringer
414. Coman 19,259. Gellatly 18,204,
Lamping 32.017, McEachern 3135.
In the democratic race for governor
Judge W. W. Black was leading with
a vote of 5105. Other candidates had:
O'Hara 1416. Judd 3059.
United States Senator Jones in the
908 precinctd tabulated had 83,566
votes and Colonel W. M. Inglls, his
nearest competitor, 36,342. In the
race for nomination for supreme court
ustice, three to be nominated. War
ren W. Tolman, O. R. Holcomb and
J. B. Bridges received the highest
votes, Tolman being the highest can
didate. Other democratlo candidate polled
as follows: I. G. O'Harra 1146 and A.
Judd 2549. Republican votes for
he nomination In the 2087 preclncts:
were: Stringer 4277. Hartley 52,430,
E. T. Coman 17.434, Louis F. Hart.
59,860. John. A. Gellatly 17,392. George
B. Lamping 30,123, Anna MacEachern
2966.
For lieutenant-governor William J.
Coyle poiled 44,173 votes In 1773 pre
cincts for the republican nomination
and his nearest opponent, Edward L.
French, had 35.329.
Votes for republican nomination for
other state offices follow:
State auditor (707 precincts), Clau
sen 35,146, Bundy 17,676.
State treasurer (1794 precincts),
Orton 25,379, Babcock 34,833, Murray
27,501.
Attorney-general (1244 precincts).
Thompson 57,473, Hunt 30.477.
Insurance commissioner (1379 pre-
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Has $91,088,0-18; More Than
$5,000,000 Behind.
Bank clearings In Portland for the
month of September are running well
ahead of the clearings for Seattle, ac
cording to latest figures from the
banks here and in the Puget sound
city.
At the close of business last night
total clearings for the 13 days of busi
ness thus far this month for this
city were $99,249,536. Telegraphic re
ports from Seattle yesterday after
noon gave the Seattle bank clearings
for the same period as 891,088,048.07,
showing Portland thus to be ahead In
the record for the first half of the
month by over $8,000,000, gr 8500,000
a day.
Each day during the past week
Portland has been consistently ahead
of its sister city in bank clearings.
On Monday Portland registered 89,330,-
504 to Seattle's $7,819,287; Tuesday,
Portland $9,181,307 to Seattle'.s $8,907,
602; Wednesday. Portland $11,141,180
to Seattle's $7,780,334; Thursday,
Portland $11,341,412 to Seattle's 89.
306,656. TWO ASSASSINS TO HANG
Hungarians Convicted of Killing
Count to Be Executed.
BUDAPEST, Sept. 15. Stephen Hodo
and M. Sztenykowskl have been con
victed by a court-martial of the as
sassination of Count Stephen .Tisza,
who was shot and killed November 1.
1918, and have been sentenced to be
hanged.
M. Huettner has been sentenced to
15 years' imprisonment for his con
nection with the crime, and two other
men accused during the trial have
been sent to jail for three months.
MINE MANAGER IS SLAIN
Official of Alabama Coal Company
Shot . From Ambush.
JASPER. Ala.. Sept. 16. L. M.
Adler, general manager of the Co
rona Coal company, was shot from
ambush and killed today while riding
In an automobile. Deputy Sheriff Earl
Kdgel, who was In the car with him,
probably was fatally wounded and
Deputy Sheriff Brown was badly In
jured; A coal strike has been in
progress in Alabama for 10 days.
Sheriff Guthrie of Walker county
has asked for troops.
ROBBERS DYNAMITE BANK
$10,000 in Bonds and $1000 Cash
"Taken In Iowa Town.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 16. Rob
bers dynamited the Pierce bank of
Linn Grove. Ia., 100 miles northeast
of here, and stole $10,000 in United
States bonds and $1000 in cash early
today.
Police are scouring the country here
for the bandits, who escaped In a
motor car.
Efforts Being Made in Labor Cir
cles to Get Trace of Well
Known Union. Man.
Horatio A. Stuart, former secretary
of the Portland metal trades council,
has mysteriously disappeared, it be
came known yesterday and a nation
wide search in labor circles has been
started to gain trace of him.
He has been missing eince July 13,
last. Yesterday officials of the metal
trades council declared that shortly
after his disappearance an examina
tion of his books was made and less
than $200 was found missing.
Fellow labor leaders express the
belief that Stuart has met with foul
play. They point to the fact that
he owns property In Portland and feel
certain that he would have communi
cated with his union long eince unless
such were the case. He was also con
nected with the mechanics' union and
was employed as a solicitor by an
insurance company.
Last word of the missing man came
from the Ryan hotel, on Fifth 6treet.
where he stayed. His clothing, as
wess as expensive mechanics' tools,
were left here on July 13.
Stuart is described as about 50
years of age weighing between ISO
and 190 pounds. His nearest relative
here Is a stepdaughter. Miss Celeste
Anthony. 174 East Forty-ninth (street.
When last seen he wore a black
derby hat, dark suit, pink shirt, black
shoes and a Masonic emblem on his
coat lapel.
CONVICTS TO BE REMOVED
Action Taken Following Brutality
Investigation in Maryland.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. All fed
eral prisoners In the Maryland state
penitentiary will be removed to other
institutions as a result of an investi
gation of charges of brutality in the
Maryland institution. ,
This was announced today at the
department of Justice.
DES MOINES SHOWS GAIN
Polk County, Iowa, Has Increased
89. 5 Per Cent in Ten Years. -
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Polk
county, Iowa, which includes Des
Moines, shows an increase In popula
tlon of 43,591, or 39.5 per cent, ac
cording to 'an announcement from the
census bureau today
The 1920 official population of the
county ia 154,029.
TRAINS COLLIDE HEAD ON
300 Sheep Killed In Smashup on
Southern Pacific.
DUNSMUIR, Cal., Sept. 16. Two
Southern Pacific trains collided head
on at a siding near here today. O. B.
Merritt, a conductor, sustained minor
injuries.
Three hundred sheep on one of the
trains were killed.
STATISTICS PROVE RECORD
Cantrill, Cox's Manager in
Kentucky, Flayed by Drys.
GLYNN WARNS DEMOCRATS
Former New York Governor Says
if Present Tactics Continue
Bourbons Are Lost.
OREO ONI AN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Sept. 16. Officials of
the Anti-Saloon league. In session
here today, decided to concentrate ell
possible opposition on Thomas Tag
gart. one of the four bosses who, sit
ting at French Lick in June, picked
Governor Cox for the democratic
presidential nomination, subject to
ratification by the San Francisco con
vention. Taggart is the democratic candidate
for United States senator in Indiana.
His republican opponent is Senator
James E. Watson.
The anti-saloon league leaders were
prompt to agree today that Senator
Watson was entitled to the most en
ergetic support from the enemies of
the saloon because, whatever else
Watson Is for, they admit that he
fought the saloon long before prohibi
tion became popular.
Watson, as the republican candidate
for Governor of Indiana In 1908, lost
the election to .Thomas Riley Marshall
on the wet and dry issue. Watson
ran on a platform promising county
option. Taggart, on the other hand,
has a wet record that is Just as open
and consistent as Watson's dry
course.
Dry Forces to Fight.
There were hints today that the
Anti-Saloon lea-gue will soon be active
along the entire political front. Cox's
statement in the north that the liquor
issue is "as dead as human s'avery"
is regarded as a dodge by leaders of
the fight on the saloon. So long as
the liquor interests in New Jersey and
three or four other states are rais
ing money to fight prohibition they
say the liquor issue certainly has
seme life in it.
"The American Issue" organ of the
anti-saloon league of America, Is
wrought up over the selection of
Representative Cantrill of Kentucky,
as one of the active managers of the
Cox campaign in the place of George
White, new national chairman.
Commenting editorially the paper.
saye:
"George White, of Ohio, chairman
of the national democratic commit
tee, is reported to have dropped out
of the active management of Gov
ernor Cox's campaign, and James
Campbell Caitrill of Kentucky suc
ceeds him. .
"Mr. C'antrlll's record In congress Is
that of a consistent wet.
"On every occasion he has voted
with the liquor interests, against the
Webb-Kenyon bill, against the Hob
son amendment resolution, against
the District of Columbia prohibition
bill, against the Shepherd-Webb
amendment resolution and on the
Volstead act he was a slacker and
refused to vote.
"White, as chairman, can talk foe
censumption in the west and south,
and Cantrill can be quoted as alwet
democrat, in the supposed to be satu
rated east. Thus they can catch the
voters coming and going."
World Discover Moonshiner.
But all of the cnai ges as to the
liquor issue are not In one direction.
The New York World, leading Cox
supporters, discovers through Its news
columns today that all of the 'moon
shiners in the mountain districts of
New York have lined up for Harding
on the ground that Cox's election
means the return of the saloon, which
would seriously interfere with those
who distill for a living.
Since the Maine election much of
the criticism of the republican cam
paign management has died out, but
there is violent outburst among dem
ocrats against the leadership of Cox's
fight.
Democratic newspapers are express
ing dissatisfaction with the way
things are going, and former Gov
ernor Martin Glynn of New York
who nominated Wilson at the St
Louis convention in 1916, "speaks
right out In meeting" in his paper.
the Albany Times-Union. He says:
"It is quite useless to minimize the
result in Maine or to sidestep the situ
ation it presents. New life and
greater power must be Injected into
the democratic campaign. There must
bs more pep, more energy, more en
thusiasm demonstrated In its conduct
In order to arouse the electors of the
country to the absolute necessity of
electing the democratic candidates,
and not only by the result in Maine,
but also by the results in Georgia and
New Hampshire.
Women Oppose League.
"New Hampshire proved, as Maine
proved, that the women who were ex
pected to- make the league of nations
were against it to an amazing degree.
This fact may be hard to understand,
but there it is and we might as well
lace It.
"So far the democcats have con-
(.Concluded sa Page 4, Column i.j
Windshield Is Shattered, Fcllinj
Lieutenant Jay M. Fields of
First Infantry.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 16.
(Special.) Jay M. Fields, first lieu
tenant In th first infantrv taHand
lot the first infantry, slightly Injured.
when the automobile in which they
were riding crashed into a rope
stretched across Esther street at the
intersection of Eighth tonight at 7:45
o'clock.
The three, as guests of the Fru-
narlans. had attended a dinner at the
Del Monte restaurant earlier in the
evening. They were the first to
leave and, entering the car, started to
drive east on Eighth street.'
The rope, which was used to bar
the street from traffic and was
marked with a white cross, apparently
was unnoticed by Lieutenant Fields,
who was driving. On the rebound the
rope shattered the windshield to bits,
then caught on the steering wheel
and tore It loose. The impact felled
Lieutenant Fields and the machine
careened drivcrlcss into a telephone
pole.
The lieutenant was taken at once to
the post hospital but he never re
gained consciousness, dying at 8:30
o'clock. He was 2S years, old and
received his commission In 1917.
Mrs. Fields suffered most from the
shock, while Chaplain Fisher sus
tained cuts about the face from fly
ing pieces of glass.
$3,000,000 DAMAGES GIVEN
278 Plaintiffs in Cloquet Win
Against Hines.
DULUTH. Minn., Sept. 16. The
Great Northern Railway company was
held responsible for the origin of the
forest fire that swept the Cloquet dis
trict, October 12. 1918. and the dis
trict court today awarded to 278
plaintiffs damages approximating
$3,000,000.
The verdict is directed against W. D.
Hines as wartime director of rail
roads. ITALIAN REDS ORGANIZING
Plans for Recruiting Soviet Army
In Cities Under Way.
ROME, Sept. 15. Preparations for
recruiting an Italian soviet army are
going on In Milan, Turin, Rome,
Naples and other large cities through
out the country, according to the
newspaper Epoca, which prints a
statement to this effect by a superior
officer of the Italian army. -
It is said that one of the leading
chiefs of the soviet organization is
Enrico Malatesta, the anarchist chief.
PULSES GRADUALLY FALL
Hunger Strikers In Jail Conscious
With One Exception.
OORK. Sept. 16. With the excep
tion of Sean Hennessy. 19-year-old
boy, all the hunger strikers In Cork
jail were conscious today.
Peter Crowley. 18, youngest of the
11 hunger strikers, was reported to
be in a critical condition, as also was
Kenny.
The prison physicians today reported
that there was a gradual falling in
their pulses.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
7S degrees; minimum, 5- degree.
TODAY'S Probably rain: southerly winds.
Foreign.
French president resigns becAus.1 of ill
ness. Pie 4.
Polities.
Governor Hart of Wannlngton has Ms lead
over Hartley In primaries. Pa3 1.
Cox Inspires clamor, Harding respect of
people, says waiter J. looze. rage &
Thomas Taggart. democratic candidate for
senate from Indiana, Is center of vig
orous fight by ary lorces. rate i.
Hayes seeks to get Into race for senator.
Page 13.
Cor Is desperate In effort to win and
agrees t concessions in league. Page 4
Dorarwtir,
Wall street financial center turned into
tl,amb!cs by terrific explosion, lain 1.
Twenty-six persons known to have pei-
lslied in rsew lors. explosion, i-sge i.
tiirl stenographer sees bodies burning after
death, rasej'.
Paw-uie Northwest.
Injunction to halt highway commission
'dissolved. Page 3.
More light sought on street car relief
opinion. Page 7.
Prunarlans crown queen of fejt'val at
Vancouver. 1'age o.
Sldncv Vincent elected secretary of North
west irrigation consreas. Page 3.
Sports.
Alex Trambitas matched to fight Harrey
Thorp. Pag 1.
Coast league results: Portland 1. Sacra
mento T: beatue v-a. :s.ni Jiitfl, ll-J
Ear. Francisco 4, Oakland 0; J -oh An
peles 3, Vernon 6. Page 1-.
Biff Hayward returns and roasts Olympic
conwnM-tee. rage x.
Commercial and Marine.
Wool trade continues in waiting attitude.
Page XI. .
Whvat heavy at Chicago with lack .of sup
port, lage 21.
Stock nicrket closes following Wall street
explosion. lage -1.
Bond Issue of 2.0O0.000 for port improve
ments r.utlioi Ized. Page 20.
Ill will for port denied by Benson. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Committee of 15 files report. Page C
Portland S. 000.004 ahead or Seattle In
September bank clearings. Page 1.
Secretary of Portland mrtal trades, council
mysteriously disappears. Page 1.
Acting fire chief gets highest rating In
examination for head of department.
Pago 14.
Teachers protest principals' p'.aji in dis
tribution of $ 1 1,000 surplus fund. Page
14.
Armenian republic forecast In speech by
Dr. lac Yoman. Page 10.
All counties in state to be visited by salary
survey committee. Page 13.
Warning sounded b-y lumber official. Page
20.
IS HELD MENACED
Constitution in Danger,
Says Harding.
SINISTER AGENCIES ABROAD
Worth of Organic Law Reck
lessly Challenged.
DOCUMENT PEOPLE'S FIAT
Supreme Law of Land, Says Sena
tor, With Which Others Mutt
Coincide or Fall.
MARION, O., Sept. 16. Intended t
usher in the observance of "Constitu
tion day" in his home state. Senato
Harding tonight issued a statement
asserting that "if by some tragic dis
pensation of fate this constitution
should cease to be. the door would no
longer be closed against the stealthy
appropriation of autocratic power and
the gradual absorption of the people's
sovereignty."
Tomorrow Senator Harding will de
liver a front-porch address on con
stitutional government to a delega
tion of central Ohioans.
His statement follows:
"There is abroad In the land a spirit
which seeks to weaken the adherti.ee .
of the people to their constitution
and which recklessly challenges Its
worth. It is well, therefore, to have
one day In the year set apart for the
clearing of our vision and the re
generation of our faith.
DorDmrnt Klat of All.
"To assail or belittle the flag is
to Invite and incur the just and
passionate resentment of all country
loving men, but the constitution may
be attacked or disparaged with Im
punity, and, all to often, with ap
proval. And yet the one is but a sym
bol while the other is the very warp
and woof of our national existence.
"It has Bometlmes been asserted
that the constitution was Imposed up
on the many for the benefit of the
few. On the contrary, it Is the one
thing, above all other things In our
polity, which both ir origin and ex
pression is universal in Its democ
racy. A statute rests upon the del
egated authority of a small official
group but the constitution Is the
direct fiat of all the" people. It is
their mandate expressing not their
wishes, but their will fixing the im
movable boundaries of power beyond
which their servants who administer
their government are forbidden to
go. It is declared to be 'the supreme
law of the land' with which every
other law and every official act must
coincide or fall.
Americans Must Decide.
"It is an ever standing proclama
tion of the right of the people to
speak as the sovereign power of the
nation whose body and soul they are.
If by tome tragic dispensation of fate
this constitution should cease to be,
the door would no longer be closed
against the stealthy appropriation of
autocratic power and the gradual
absorption of the people's sovereignty.
"So long as it endures the people
will never have a master, but will
rule themselves, subject to no com
pelling force, but their own author
ity and the will of God.
"Whether It shall endure will be
for the men and women of America
to determine. Our people must set
themselves to the task of ending the
attempt to subject the legislative
power to the control of the executive
and of restoring the substance of con
stitutional government under which
the several departments are separate
but co-equal, answerable not one to
another, but each to the people from
whom alone ii derives Its power to
be or to act at all."
HARDING SPEECHES ARR..GED
Senator to Deliver Address at Bal
timore September 2 7.
MARION, O.. Sept. 16. Official an
nouncement was made at Harding
headquarters here today that the re
publican presidential candidate will
speak in Baltimore on the night of
September 27; at Wheeling, W. Va,,
the night of September 28, and at
Ashland, Ky, the night of Septem
ber 29.
That the real strategy of the demo
cratic campaign is to hold the 138
votes of the "solid south." and cap
ture enough of the northern states
through espousing the wet cause in
their large cities and industrial cen
ters, was declared in a statement
issued here today by James R. Gar
field, former secretary of the interior,
after a conference with Senator Hard
ing, the republican presidential can
didate. "The democratic plan is to concen
trate efforts in carrying the big cities
of these states, through controlling
their worst elements." Garfield said.
Taft Volunteers Services.
NEW YORJC, Sept. 16. William
Howard Taft has volunteered his serv-
' ices to the republican national com
mittee and will devote two weeks to
campaigning for Harding and Cool
idgc. it was announced at republican
htadnuarters today.