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VOL. XXXIX XO. 35
Entered at Portland (Oregon!
Tonoff ice Second-CIa Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1920
PRICE TEN CENTS
WARDS COST OREGON
37 PER CENT MORE
SUSPECT LYNCHED BY
TULSA MOB OF 2000
LIQUOR AND DRUG RAID!
LODGE CONDEMNS
BRITISH LINES TAKE
FIRST BLOOD IN FIGHT
RACE TO WIN NEW
VOTE TO BE CLOSE
BREAKS UP GIANT RING
'5 LEAGUE
PER CAPITA INCREASE SINCE
1914 AXXOUXCED.
SHERIFF AXD GUARDS OVER
POWERED BV MASKED MEN'.
HUGE CONSPIRACY ALLEGED
LONGSHOREMEN ARE SCCCESS
FlIXY DEFIED IX STRIKE.
IX WXOMIXG AXD MOXTAXA.
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REVELATIONS ONLY
BEGUN, SAYS GDX
More Disclosures Com
ing, Candidate Asserts.
WLSON
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Utter Failure With Only
U. S. Absent Charged.
HARDING'S PLAN IS INDORSED
Poland and Fiume Cited to
Demonstrate Collapse.
ARTICLE TEN IS SCORED
Europe Is Declared Sick of Pact
Full of Menace and Would Bo
Glad to Get Rid of It.
BOSTON. Aug. 28. The league of
nations was condemned by Senator
Lodge at a mass meeting of the Re
publican league of Massachusetts to
day. "The league, which has got all
members in it but one," he said,
"has been a total failure. It has not
accomplished anything.
"It may be Impossible to ratify with
reservations," he said. "It may be
undesirable to do so; it may be nec
essary to enlarge and strengthen the
reservations, or It may be best to
put aside this ill-drawn, ill-conceived
league and to take up under the
auspices of the United States a new
agreement, association or league com
posed of all the -nations under the
leadership of the United States. That
is a solution which commends itself,
I believe, to Senator Harding."
The foreign policy of the adminis
tration was denounced by Governor
Coolidge.
Future Discredit Foreseen.
"The policy of the administration,
which their candidate is bound to
continue." he said, "can only result
In a continuation of the discredit of
the nation abroad."
Other speakers included Helen V.
Bpswell. New Tork. and Colonel Ray
mond Robins of Chicago.
Senator Lodge charged that the
league had "never Interfered with the
Invasion of Poland by Russia, had
never interfered to hold back Turkey
from Armenia, had never done any
thing in the matter of FeTsia and had
never done anything to reach a solu
tion of the Fiume question."
"It has done nothing," he said, "and
yet It is full of menace. Europe, I
think, is pretty well sick of it and
would be glad to be rid of it. They
don't feel about our president as they
did. I doubt whether It will ever be
possible to make the battered hulk of
Mr. Wilson's league seaworthy."
Senator Lodge denied that the hopes
of the world's peace were exclusively
in the covenant.
"It is almost a sacrilege," he said,
"to suggest that within the document
the hopes of the world's good are
tied up in a document prepared by
General Smuts and Lord Robert Cecil,
with one article put in bV President
Wilson which, we have from him, is
the heart of the covenant."
"The league is nothing but a po
litical alliance," he added, "all full
of enforcement and very little peace
in it."
He was severe in his denunciation
of article 10, which, he said, differed
from every other article in that it
constituted "an individual obligation.'
Follah Situation Cited.
"At this moment," he continued,
"one of the most gallant and brave
nations in the world is being invaded
by Russia in an attempt to bring
her back and partition her as she
was partitioned in the days of the
autocracy. The sympathy of every
American 's with the Poles.
"But if we were a member of the
league under article 10, and Poland
summoned us, we would have to go."
Senator Lodge said that when he
spoke of Mr. Wilson and his attitude
toward the league, he was speaking
also of Mr. Cox.
"When Senator Harding Is presi-
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Penitentiary With Rise of 130 Per
Cent Is Greatest; Feeble-Minded
Home Lowest.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 28. (Special.)
The. cost of conducting the several
state institutions in Oregon has in
creased on an average of 37 per cent
from 1914 until July 31. of this year,
according to figures compiled today
by R. G. Goodin. secretary of the state
board of control.
The most marked increase in per
capita cost of operation was at the
penitentiary. This was 130 per cent
and was due, officiale said, to the de
crease in population without corre
sponding reductions in overhead ex
pense. The per capita increase at the
state home for the feeble-minded was
only S per, cent, due to the rapidly
growing population.
The following summary shows a
comparison of the costs of conducting
the Institutions, together with the
population of each, for the biennium
ending September 30, 1914. and av
erage figures for the first 19 months
of the present biennium.
Oregon state hospital for Insane,
average daily population 1914, 1529;
per capita cost, $14.64. Average daily
population 1920, 1735; per capita cost,
$19.70.
Eastern Oregon hospital, average
daily population 1914. 346; per capita
cost, $17.65. Average daily popula
tion 1920, 502; per capita cost, $19.39.
State prison, average daily popula
tion 1914, 371; per capita cost. $16.11.
Average daily population 1920, 278;
per capita cost. $37.83.
State school for feeble-minded, av
erage daily population 1914. 235; per
capita cost. $18.34 Average daily
population 1920. 435; per capita cost,
$19.04. .
State training school for boys, aver
age dally population 1914, 99; per
capita cost. $23.28. Average daily
population 1920, 142; per capita cost
$32.10.
-Oregon state tuberculosis hospital,
average daily population 1914, 51; per
capita cost. $32.36. Average daily
population 1920, 80; per capita cost,
$49.36.
State school for bund, total enroll
ment 1914. 47; per capita cost, $35.62.
Average daily population 1920, 41; per
capita cost, $40:64.
State school for deaf, average daily
population 1914, 88; per capita cost,
$24.97. Average daily population
1920, 99; per capita cost, $32.67.
State industrial school for girls, av
erage daily population 1914, 20; per
capita cost, $29.80. ..Average daily at
tendance 1920, 42; per capita cost,
$34.87.
Soldiers' home,, average daily pop
ulation 1914. 175; per capita cost,
$16.73. Average daily population
1920, 129; per capita cost, $29.42. -
HARBOR ACCIDENTS FATAL
Four Men Killed, One Injured, on
San Francisco Waterfront.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. Two
accidents on the waterfront here
today .killed four men, three of them
residents of Oakland, and Beriously
injured a fifth.
While being unloaded from the
steamer Hawarden a crated boiler
broke from its sling and dropped
back into the hold, crushing and kill
ing Charles Riley and Herman Stark
of Oakland and injuring Ernest
Schnipple of the same city. They
were stevedores.
The destroyer Kennedy, backing
from her berth for a trial trip, ran
down a launch containing J. E. Por
ter of Oakland and D. A. Newman of
San Francisco, killing them both.
PROFITEERING IS CHARGED
Complaint Filed Against Utah-Ida
ho Sugar Company by U. S.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 28. Com
plaint brought by the United States
district attorney of South Dakota
charging the Utah-Idaho Sugar com
pany of Salt Lake and eight of its
directors with profiteering in sales of
sugar made at Sioux Falls, was filed
today before United States Commis
sioner H. Van Pelt.
Assistant District Attorney Moyle
of Salt Lake filed the complaint.'
OVER ftlT. THE 5HOWTING-
World Court of Justice as
Basis Is Favored.
NOMINEE PLEDGED TO TASK
Wilson Proposal Branded as
Flat Failure.
ARTICLE 10 ASSAILED
Clause Declared Certain to Have
Involved U. S. in Polish Sit
uation if Accepted.
MARION, Ohio, Aug. 28. Senator
Harding, turning away from the
league of nations as a failure and a
wreck "beyond reconstruction," broke
ground today for a new international
peace structure he hopes to erect
about the principle of a world court
of justice.
As a foundation, he proposed to use
the better features of the present
Hague tribunal and of the covenant
of the "failed league" and he prom
ised that from the day of his election
he would give to the tik his best ef
fort in counsel with the ablest states
men. The senator's deliverance was made
in a front porch speech voicing his
conception of a foreign policy.
Moral Leadership Re-Sought.
The cornerstone' of his programme,
he said, was to regain for America
the moral leadership it had lost
"vhen 'ambition' sought to superim
pose a reactionary theory of dis
credited autocracy on the progressive
principle of glowing democracy."
To Mexico and other western re
publics he declared himself ready to
extend a helping hand, but he pro
nounced' a solemn admonition to the
world that all resources of the United
States would guarantee protection to
American life and property.'
Professing also his desire to aid
the stricken peoples of the old world,
he recounted how this sentiment had
led him to vote '!wllH gravis rhlsgiv-J
ings" for ratification of the league
with reservations.
Conditions Declared Changed.
He affirmed that he would do so
now under similar circumstances, but
added that , conditions had changed
and that the Polish crisis had shown
the league so impotent that its agen
cies were not even called into use.
Had the United States assumed the
obligations of article 10. he asserted,
it would have been called upon to
stem the Russian invasion and could
not have refused without "appearing
as a welcher." He quoted a declara
tion of Premier Lloyd George that it
was impossible to send an interna
tional army to Poland because the
European nations "could not furnish
the troops and the United States had
withdrawn from co-operation."
To support his assertion that this
country could not have resisted a call
for help. Senator Harding quoted the
statement of President Wilson that
the moral obligation of the article
was stronger than any legal obliga
tion. The nominee added that if the
president really wanted to help pro
tect Poland, he easily might call on
congress to declare war.
Peace Resolution Urged.
The nominee- said he had "no ex
pectation whatever" that negotiation
of a separate treaty would be re
quired to put the nation on a peace
basis. Adoption of a resolution .de
claring peace, he said, was all that
was necessary to end the present
"preposterous condition."
Senator Harding described the new
peace association as "an International
association for conference and a
world court whose verdicts on ques
tions of justice .this country, in com
mon with all the nations, would be
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RECENT
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Prisoner Rushed- Away in Autos
and Body Is Riddled
With Bullets..
TULSA. Okl'a., Aug. 28. A mob
estimated at 2000 persons tonight par
ticipated here in the lynching of Tom
M. Owens, white, accused of the shoot
ing several days ago of Homer Nida.
a taxicab driver, who died at a hos
pital early Friday morning.
At 11 o'clock tonight the mob went
to the Tulsa county courthouse with
the avowed intention of "getting"
Owen. Twelve masked and armed
men separated themselves from the
crowd and went to the main entrance
where Sheriff Woolley was covered
with sawed-off shotguns and pistols
and disarmed. The men took the sher
iff's keys, mounted to the Jail in
the top story and forced the jailer to
turn over Owen. His arms wers
bound and he was hurried to waiting
automobiles.
The mob had increased from about
a tousand to as many more and a
hundred automobiles were at .hand.
Into these the crowd scrambled and
Owen was taken to the outskirts of
the city. There he was hanged to the
limb of a tree and his body riddled
with bullets. Thereupon the mob dis
persed. JOHN W. DAVIS TO RESIGN
U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain
Announces Intention.
WHEELING. W. Va., Aug. 28. Two
former law associates of John W,
Davi, United States ambassador to
Great Britain, announced here tonight
that in recent letters to them Mr.
Davis had said he would resign his
post.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature,
65.0 degrees: minimum, 54 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably showers; southwester
ly winds..
1 Departments.
Editorial. Section 3, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page '-.
Moving picture news. Section 4, pasre 4.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 10.
Music. Section 3. page 10.
Churches. Section 'u, page 2.
Books. Section 3, page 3. .
News of the resorts. . Section 4, page 6.
Garden chats. Section 5, page 3.
Automobile news. " Section 6.
Women's Feature.
Society. Section 3, page ".
Women's activities. Section 3. page 6.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Misa Tingle's column. Section 5. page 4.
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 6.
Special Features.
Imported fish thrive in Oregon waters.
Magazine section, page j.
Portland represented at world swimming i
meet. Magazine section, page 2.
Wife of senator Is notable writer. Maga
zine section, page 3.
World' news by camera. Magazine sec
tion, page 4. a
Speed and novelty keynote of modern
travel. Magazine section, page 5.
Beautiful English duchess would adopt
stage career. Magazine section, page 6.
Insanity sho'wn curse of Hohenzollern fam
ily. Magazine section, page T.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page S.
Choir at Vatican is great human organ.
Section 4, page 8.
Noiseless machine gun isalatest war in
vention. Section 4. page 8.
Woman named officer of civil service com
mission. Section 4.' page 9.
Sermon by Dr. W. B. Hlnson. Section 5,
t page 2.
Bee swarming . governed by unknown
causes. Section 5, page 3.
Spirit of the day pictured In cartoons by
Darling. section o, page o. .
Foreign.
Reds try to fight out of Poles' trap. Sec
tion 1. page 4.
Openly revoluslonary party In France Is
organizing for direct action. Section 1,
Page 2.
Domestic.
British lines victors in first round of fight
with longshoremen. Section 1. page 1.
Drug and liquor raid made in Wyoming
and Montana. Section 1, page 1.
Conference between U. S. and Canada rep
resentatives to settle pulp controversy
strongly uregd. Section 1, page 6.
Tulsa mob lynches young white and bul-
lets riddle body. Section 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwctt.
Rain of great benefit to range section of
Oregon and Idaho. Section 1, page 14.
Wards cost state 37 per cent more .than
In 1014. Section 1. page 1.
Auto camping grounds in great demand.
Section 6. page 9.
Road - around Puget sound is completed.
Section 6. page It.
NEWS EVENTS AS DEPICTED BY CARTOONIST PERRY.
THe. VrAFeV SAYS
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nov interfere.
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7 5 Arrests Made and Whisky and
Narcotics Valued at $60,000
Are Confiscated.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 28. Whisky
and drug raids last week in which 7a
arrests were made, liquor and nar
cotics valued at $60,000 confiscated
and scores of stills seized in Colorado.
Wyoming and Montana, were reported
tonight by federal prohibition agents
here.
The men In custody include mer
chants, prominent ranchmen, a justice
of the peace and hotel owners, the of
flclals said.
They declared their investigations
revealed that the whisky was smug
gled from Canada and distributed
throughout western states by mail.
The alleged "rings" were well or
ganized, but operated Independently,
the officials declared. The drug ring,
they said, had its headquarters in
Billings, Mont.
Headquarters of the whisky ring
was in and near Kemmerer and
Evanston, Wyo.
M. C. Wachtel and A. S. Roach,
agents of the federal prohibition of
fice, made most of the whisky raids.
The largest haul, they said, was at
Rock Springs, Wyo., Thursday, when
rive stills, 100 gallons of whisky,. 500
pounds of sugar and 200ft pounds of
frult,alleged to be used in the man
ufacture of illicit liquor was seized.
H. V. Williamson, head of the nar
cotic division of the federal prohibi
tion bureau, directed the drug raids.
Forty-eight arrests, he announced,
were made in Billings. His investi
gation began August 12. Mr. Wil
liamson said containers for shipping
drugs through the mails were found
In Billings raids.
One hundred and eight quarts of
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. Pol It Irs.
Harding pledges self to work for league
substitute. Section 1, page 1.
Close race to win new vote Indicated by
poll of "New York women. Section 1,
page 1.
Lodge condemns Wilson's league as dis
mal failure, but Indorses Harding's
substitute plan, section 1, page 1.
Revelations only begun, declares Governor
Cox in New l ork speech. Section I,
page 1.
Democratic leaders decide to make western
states great battle-ground. Section 1
page 8.
Women under no .party obligation for
suffrage, saya Mark Sullivan. Section 1
page 3.
Pro-Irish women pickets renew hostilities.
Section 1, page 1.
Suffragists in Portland celebrate national
victory. Section 1, page -0.
Harding's stand on league approved by
local leaders. Section 1. page b.
Stanfield declares tariff necessary. Sec
tion 1, page
Non-partisan supreme court fight in Wash
ington simplified. Section 1. page 10.
National.
Sweeping electric railway reforms are rec
ommended. Section 1. page 6.
Sport.
First fight in Milwaukle arena staged for
September lo. section 2, page 20.
Stiff test faced by Shy Huntington this
year. Section 2, page 2.
Trio of Intercity teams bunched for league
nonors. section page JO.
Aggie to start football practice Septem
ber IS. Section 2, page 20.
Coast league results. Portland 2-0, Ver
non 8-0 (second game called at end of
tenth): Seattle 3. Oakland S; I,os An
geles 6, Salt L.ake 5; San Francisco
10-1, Sacramento o-4. Section 2, page 2.
American and Britlsii oarsmen to compete
for Olympic finals. Section 2. page 1.
Ercel Kay defeats Russel Smith for Gear
hart title. Section 2. page 1.
Ralph De Palma hangs up new record in
winning Elgin road race. Section 2,
page 2.
Playground tennis tourney to start to
morrow. Section 2, page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
No export wheat or flour trade In north
western markets. Section 1, page 21.
Wheat options average higher at Chicago.
Section 1, page 21.
Bears attempt raid on Wall street mar
wets. Section 1, page 21.
German steamship chartered to carry
wheat from Portland. Section 1. page
18.
Appeal from channel recommendation of
U. S. district engineers Is taken by
Arthur. Section 2, page 20.
Naming of shipping board Is desired. Sec
tion 1. page 10.
World tonnage cut 3 million by war. Sec
tion 1, page IS. ,
Portland and Vlruiilj.
Mbrarlana of Pacific northwest to con
vene here Thursday. Section 1, page 1G.
Three narrowly escape when seaplane
falls Into river. Section 1, page 12.
Wife too cold-hearted, declares husband.
Section 1. page 15.
Sale of nine-months round-trip railroad
tickets reported active. Section 1.
page 11.
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DAY IN GOTHAM STRENUOUS
Speeches, Parades, Recep
tions, Programme Features.
ENEMY AGAIN ASSAILED
Fire of Governor and Others Con
centrated on Alleged Big Repub
lican Campaign Fund.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. Speeches,
parades, receptions, luncheons at a
hotel, a view of police field day
games at Gravesend race track, where
a huge crowd was addressed, and a
dinner with party leaders tonight
gave Governor Cox the busiest day
of his campaign. The governor's
principal address was at the demo
cratic luncheon, attended by party
notables. A ' brief address - was de
livered at the public library.
In his luncheon address -Governor
Cox reiterated his charges that con
tributions were befng collected by
republican leaders toward a $15,000,-
000 "corruptfon fund" and - promised
further revelations. He also touched
on- world peace problems by Amer
ica's entrance into the league of na
tions and industrial .problems, and
made pleas for Americanization of
foreign-born citizens.
Enemy Again Excoriated.
The governor was accompanied by
scores of prominent democrats, and
tonight he was the guest of honor at
a dinner given by former Representa
tive Fitzgerald in Brooklyn. He
spent the night at Mr. Fitzgerald's
home and will remain over Sunday,
leaving for Columbus tomorrow
evening.
Fire of Governor Cox and other
speeches of democratic leaders was
concentrated on the republican cam
paign fund. The governor was
cheered loudly , as he reiterated that
the contributions involved an at
tempt to "purchase the presidency."
"The enemy has sought to deny
my charges," he said, "but none
makes the same denial. Hays says
the fund is $3,000,000. Upham said
it was about $8,000,000.
Other Revelations Coming.
"We have not yet started the reve
lations."
Governor Smith of New York and
William G. McAdoo, who introduced
Governor Cox at the democratic
luncheon, also assailed the repub
lican financing. The latter referred
to Chairman Hays and Treasurer Up
ham of the republican nat'ional com
mittee as "the gold dust twins."
Many conditions caused Governor
Cox to curtail his address at Grave
send. Arriving nearly an hour late,
he was forced to compete with at
tractions of the police games. Air
planes roared over his head, forcing
Mm to stop frequently, and a sound
amplifying device apparently failed
tocarry his voice to the crowd.
League Issue Emphasized.
The governor remained an hour.
watching and applauding the contests
of the policemen, whom he praised
for their public service.
The league issue was emphasized as
paramount in " the campaign, to be
waged, he said, between champions
of progress and reaction.
"This is a great fight," he said, "for
a great principle, and a fight which
we know will be a victorious fight."
Pleas for industrial peace also were
made by the governor in his ad
dresses at the democratic luncheon
and at Gravesend.
"We cannot have national tranquil
lity," he said at Gravesend, "unless
we have community tranquility.
Public opinion has always settled in-
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ITS A
All Lines Scheduled Out of New
York Get Away "With In
ception of One.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29. British
steamship' lines apparently won a vic
tory today over the 2000 or more
longshoremen who yesterday sought
to tie up all vessels flying the Brit
ish flag by a strike which they de
clared would continue until Arch
bishop Mannix Is allowed on Irish
soil and Terence MacSweeney, lord
mayor of Cork, is released from
prison. All but one of the big Brit
ish liners scheduled to sail today de
parted and the exception, the Cunard
liner Pannonia, will leave tomorrow,
officials announced.
Most of the firemen on the Pan
nonia walked out in sympathy with
the strikers. The crews of other ves
sels remained virtually intact.
Hundreds of longshoremen who quit
yesterday returned today.
Work went ahead well at th
Cunard line and the American and
French ship piers which longshore
men deserted yesterday, but at the
White Star line docks, where the
strike had its inception, no long
shoremen reported.
Most of the ships were late in get
ting away, the loading of baggage in
some cases being done by the of
ficers' force of the steamship line
with passengers occasionally lending
a hand. '
The White Star liner Celtic de
parted at 2 P. M., two hours after
the departure of two American steam
chips, the St. Paul and Finland.' The
Gothland, Belgian vessel, which long
shoremen .had quit loading Friday,
also pulled out. The Cunard liner
Aquitania. with Prince Carol of Ru
mania aboard, left at 4:45 o'clock
and 20 minutes later the White Star
liner Olympic followed.
These two vessels are expected to
be near one another going to South
ampton and a possible trans-Atlantic
speed record is looked for.
SUGAR PRICES UNDECIDED
Beet Growers and Reriners Fai'
to Reach Agreement.
DENVER. Colo.. Aug. 2S- No de
cision as to prices for the 1921 sugar
beet crop was reached at a conference
yesterday between representatives of
the Mountain States Beet Growers'
association and the Great Western
Sugar company, it was announced
here today.
' The company rejected the sliding
scale of prices proposed by the as
sociation's committee and will submit
a substitute proposition to a future
conference.
HIGH FINANCE TRY FAILS
Receivers Appointed for $8,000,
000 Iowa Corporation.
SIOUX CITY. la., Aug. 2S. Promo
tion of the Midland Packing company
of Sioux City, an $8,000,000 corpora
tion, is revealed as a venture in high
finance by the receivers filed in the
United States court last night.
Gross irregularity in. the manipula
tion and selling of stock 'and In the
management of the plant after its
completion are alleged.
WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR
Occasional Showers In Oregon and
Washington Probable.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S. Weekly
weather' predictions for the week be
ginning Monday are:
Pacific states generally fair, but
with probability of occasional show
ers in Washington and Oregon; nor
mal temperature.
TENNESSEE HAS 2,337,459
Population Increase'of 7 Per Cent
for State Announced.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28. The cen
sus of the state of Tennessee today
was announced as 2,337.459, an in
crease of 152,670, or 7 per cent.
The population of Helena. Mont.,
will be announced Monday at 10:30
A. M.
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UTTLE. CAttLV
Poll of Women in New
York Shows Trend.
PROHIBITION INTEREST LOW
Harding and Cox About Even
in Representative Test.
LEAGUE LINES SHARPEST
Most Announce Intention to Vote
Convictions Ldvins Costs Win
Debs Ballots.
(Copyright by the New York Herald com
pany and the New York Evening Tele
gram. Published by arrangement.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 28. (Special.)
The New York Evening Te'-gram's
presidential poll in the metropolitan
district taken exclusively among wo
men today Indicates a close race be
tween Cox and Harding for the fa
vor of the newly-enfranchised voter
of the nation.
The poll showed the opinion of 158
representative women. They voted
as follows: Cox. 72; Harding, 59;
Debs, 7.
No effort was made to obtain a
poll that wouJd be unusual because of
the number of voters, but an effort
was made to obtain a representative
vote, inasmuch es experience haa
shown that polls are important as in-
cicating political trends only to the
degree that they are representative
of the voting elements in the country.
Prohibition Interest Lacking.
A surpo-ising feature of the poll
among th women was the apparent
lack of interest which most of them
showed in the prohibition issue. Each
woman was asked to state her rea
sons, yet out of 158 women who voted
only five Indicated that they were In
fluenced by the prohibition Issue. Of
these five, one was strongly for pro
hibition' wOtile the other four were
against it. The one who was for it
expects to vote against Governor
Cox. while the other four will vote
for him.
On the league of nations issue, the
opinion is more decided. Forty-six
otrs expressed the intention of vot
ing for the candidate of their choice
because of his stand either for or
against the) league. Of this number.
3 were for the league and 17 acalnst
it. Practically all of those who favor
the league were going to vote for
Governor Cox. regardless of former
political associations.
Living Coat Issue Important.
Those Who are opposed to the
league are with Senator Harding re
gardless oT former political associa
tions. In this respect, the women
take the same attitude as the men.
The high cost of living is an im
portant issue with a considerable
body of women. Many of those in the
poll who wete undecided in their
choice said they intended to vote for
the man whom they think will be able
to lower the cost of living.
Dissatisfaction with the futile ef
forts of the old parties to accom
plish this end was responsible largely
for the Intention of three democrats,
two independents and one republican
to vote for Debs In the coming elec
tion. The living issue appeared to
be one in which housewives are great
ly interested.
In general, the women who are en
gaged in business or whose husbands
are connected with business interests
in executive capacities were inclined
to vote for Harding. They expressed
the opinion that a change in adminis
tration would be good for the business
of the country.
Many Are I ndeclded.
A large bodv- of independent voters
declared they were undecided at this
time as to how they will vote be
cause they don't know enough about
the issues. They wanted the cam-
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