i
1
THE WEATHER
.lr east. Increasing cloudiness
.d cooler wast "rt ion; moaer
otttherlr,Vlnd3. . w.t 1
itre report J t f Jnd o.t re
liable pre59 so , . -
world."
MM
SEVENTIETH YEAR
,10,000 IN
THIRD DAY
Rail ia AH Directions Are
Congested With Travel
r Ccnine to Attend
v . ' " .
Ortzca State r airw
thousands witness
Battle of argonne"
YuitiagEIkiFrca All Over
State Cavort cn Campus
and in Grandstand
j-'itl
estimated by Ute fair of-
that 4O.O0 persons were
In attendance Wednesday, the
third day ot tie 59th Oregon state
fair, tbe date being set aside as
- galcm day and EIU day,
i These figures exceeded by a
good many thousand any previous
rent In the matter of gate re
eeiDtj.1 Long before daylight
ewry I highway, by-way, motor 4
tad steam line Jeading into tbe
capital city presented a congested
appearance, automobiles lining up
for miles along the ; falrgroirnd
road, and Highland avenue. Traf
fic officials . were stationed - at
tbe most Important street and
road intersections, signalling tbe
cars to move on at snail pace.
Klin From Everywhere. .
The schedule of events proved
a better program tban was given
daring; the two Initial days, and
veciher conditions could cot have
Urn improved. Visiting Elks
from si) over tbe state came in,
' thoroozhly Imbued with tbe cele
bration enthusiasm. The p'irple
and white of their uniforms made
vivid punctuation of color in all
buiidiaM and over the entire
rrounii. ' i ' ;
Between 9 and 10 o'clock In
the morning the local lodgemen
met the incoming brothers, ex
teodxt informal welcome. -At
18.il 1L"X. Stoudenmeyer's band
" rendered Us second open air con
eert, the blue-clad figures of the
, Grand Army men.' forming an im
-! presslTe group later, "when they
rv.l?.ra tn front of the old pa-
Kicn in their famous fife-and
Irum eorps.,; :' "' ' '
I Stock lodging . Attract! ;
Judging of live stock continued
. the coliseum, claiming the in
- terest of the big crowds until the
noon hour. Awards were being
placed la many of the other de
partments. Judges elbowing their
way among the throng. t
At 1 o'clock members! bf the
Jntlered herd, representing lode
throughout Oregon, formed in
frriU of the main entrance. In
f atade for marching to the grand
stand, where special races In their
noaor. Including the Elk's handi
t9. fire furlong run,' was pro
grammed. Here the spirit of the
IwJgemen manifested itself In
r!iv songs and burlesque stunts,
. Awards In the livestock Judg-
, mr contests held the first of the
week In the Boys' and Girls' club
of the counties were announced,
'"4 highest fcnnnra hon flo
twecn 'two Linn county boys.
mpn Mai son and Harvey Mc-
.. vuuocu, me results being 410
. Fwnu out of, -a possible 500.
- ' Youths Entertained.'
Th -hoy-and girls of the vari
a i winning teams throughout the
e who arrived for tbe three
Mr camp v Tuesday night were
( Presented, with passes for the
Borse show wn., ta.
wywmg folk will be taken for
w me various state Institu
ion tt -the noon bour in the
a1 coventor , Oicott. to ad
incm in their permanent
inera In this building.
.jromDCT of flower lover
""'""e anditorlum of the
rr.J'."'"TJ, ! afternoon.
' hear tt- in IlcIn vnt to
, Jd,0,' -trowers of the country.
thl nflke oa the Production of
In?er ta Oregon, i
wm ki T UIk of enaMnterest
went i,,lT.n ,n th rt dePart
R? ,srfftr'on at 4 o'clock.
Swi . ;i,id' wh0 pbabl
flaw . m"Ch r moro b0lt
iform.i,luct,on' tw discuss In ah
wormal way the possibilities 'of
in fT n5 ,n Orecon lllustrat-
l!neB 1 0pgon-Brown flax and
lha ?.' trt,cle made up ' of
ou whiKil Product, which are
to. be Included In the show-
tej.
tST??1'R "little." '
r ih- Ule, of the Argonne. un-lln-
1l"l,,e of the American
dsDi.l nd ,mlI' pyrotechnic
feati.il W!re. amon th bJKKst
forth a tremendous crowd
t,' JjandRtand In the eve-
8fJ." overflow filled the
.v.,
Mai ga1"' P'endld ovation
the i beautiful
and
their riders and
W .n . l.he b,Kh Jumping arid
v .upanta were II. M. Kerron,
rne W. Keycs, Tacoma;
"l UKDnmo. Pnrt anil-
r. ri . .
Auuraea, tsaiem; James
ATTENDANCE
COULSON BREAKS HIS
WAY OUT OF PRISON
ESCAPE EFFECTED HY PRYING
BAR FROM IKK) It OF JAIL
Man Awaking Trial on Charge of
Dynamiting Fish Former In.
in Ate of Penitentiary
Sharif f ; Needham reports that
yesterday luorninc h din hv
i one man In Jail, but that now he
naan i even that one. After a
vain attempt about thre weaks
ago to break Jail, Harry Coulson
at last succeeded, and made his
getaway , yesterday afternoon
about 3:30.
Coulson was arrested four
.weeks ago on a charge of dyna
miting Ush in Slrver creek and
was awaiting his; trial. Ha suc
ceeded in, prying; a bar off the
front door of the Jail and thus
made his escape. .; At the time of
nls arrest Coulson was on parole
from the penitentiary. He is de
scribed as being about five feet
eight inches tallj weighing 145
pounds, of light complexion, and
wearing a blue coat and cordurov
trousers. ; Having no hat of his
own, he appropriated a light sum
mer hat belonging to the sheriff,
which was lying conveniently at
hand in the corridor. He evident
ly ussd part of his bed to -open
the door, t I
Sheriff Keedham has fully
made. up his mind that Cpulson
must return with hia hat
PARK TOURISTS
VISIT IN SALEM
Commercial Club and CHer-
rians to be Hosts to!
Travelers
About 5 members of the Na
tional Park to Park Highway as
sociation wilt arrive in Salem
this morning at 11:30 o'clock on
their official tour for the dedi
cation .of the National Park to
Park highway. They will be
met north of the city ijr the of
ficials of the Salem Automobile
dealers association and escorted
to the Marion hotel.
The tourlst3 will be the guests
of the Cherrians while in the city
and the Cherrians and the Com
mercial club will tender them a
luncheon at the Marion hotel at
1:30 o'clock. Invited guests vrfll
also .include members of the
Pheasant organization from Al
bany, where all Will . pass . the
night. ! .,. - ; ... " '
The party representing the Na
tional Park to Park association
have been.: tendered enthusiastic
receptions in Washington and
yesterday . in,. Portland. At Al
bany the Commercial - club will
act as hosts and at Eugene Fri
day noon, the Commercial club
will entertain -the travelers. "Med
ford is preparing a big reception
by the chamber of commerce of
that city, as the party will re
main over Sunday in that clty.:
The Park to Park official tour
began August 26 at Denver. All
the National parks; In Wyoming,
Montana. Washington, Oregon,
California, New, Mexico and Colo
rado trill be visited. Tbe mam
object of the tour Is to call pub
lic attention to tha fact that one
of tha great tourist ; possibilities
of the west Is a highway between
the great national parks. Oregon
and this part of the state Is Inter
ested In the annual Park to Park
tonr as the' itinerary Includes the
Willamette 'valley and a visit to
Crater Lake.
"f " .- . i .'
France and Germany
Restore Diplomacy
, - 1 i
PARIS. Sfpt." 28. Wllhelm
Mayer von! Kan rtoeuren. German
mbanBador to France today pre
sented his credentials to President
Mlllerand at lbe Elysee palace.
thus restoring the diplomatic re
lations of France and Germany to
the pre-war, basis.
Nine ArelSaccessfttl in I
Statesman Pazde Contest
L There were nine successful con
testants, among all wnonierca.
In the state: fair farm yard putzle
contest of Tbe Statesman, ending
at 5 o'clock p. m. yesterday.
Their names aad aaaresses 101-
IOT W. Walton.! 1675 South
Church street, Salem.
Hubert Iewla. sz iMona
tol street, Salem. ,
Harold B6sebraugn, n aui
strret, Saltfm. ' ;
Gladys m Walton, 171 South
Commercial street, Salem. .
Mrs. F. D. Klbbe. 695 South
Commercial street, Salem.
H. A. Cupper, 16& xsonn iai-
teenth street, Salem
Miss Marie Haberiy. &nverion.
C F- Bates. Salem, Route 5,
Box 58. . J . ,
Frederick: Rosebraugn, j
1422 SUte street ,em.
' ah thoao t nine contestants are
entitled to two tickets eactr to the
state fair, and to tne KrauuBi
iThe tickets will be ready, at the
bisiness office of The Statesman
by noon today; earlier If possible.
:The true answers w 1 r"
ttte puwle Page follow: Holstein,
Plymouth Rock. Red Polled. Bel
gian. Black Orpington.
Shropshire. Leghornj Dorset Hfrn.
Ayrshire. Jersey. Shetland. Buff
Cochin. Shorthorn; rejeheron.
ukrofnrr! It will DC noted tBal
iWb w one catch puxile; two
Jerseys, which was taxen mw
slderation in some of tbe answers
KANSAS IS
RIPE FIELD
Governor Declares Safety
of League is Bound in
Moral Influence That it
Will Create
COX WOULD REDUCE
WAR TAXATION
Reclamation of Arid Lands
Advocated for Service
Men's Homes
TOPEKA, Ka3., Sept. 29.
Force as an element or tha league
of nations, was discussed today
by Governor Cox in his travels
which embraced parts of Kansas
and Missouri and closed with a
meeting tonight at the auditor
ium. "I believe that the moral in
fluence rill be sufficient." , the
Democratic candidate declared,
but Indicated that behind moral
f ores it was necessary to have
armed force and he paralleled tha
case to tha county sheriff whom
he said, is seldom called upon to
use physical force to carry -out
decrees, but has it if necessary.
The governor also said that Colo
nel Roosevelt . criticized The
Hague tribunal for lack of force.
Pointing out that in 100 years
of its existence the Monroe doc
trine had never required a' shot
for its maintenance. Governor
Cox said:
Arbitration Necessary
"Bear this , in mind. First,
that matters must ba submitted
to discussion and arbitration and
then if any nation violates it (the
league recommendations) they
are going to Impose the commer
cial embargo.. It is th Judgment
of men like Elihu Root and
Judge Taft that the commercial
will be an effective preventive of
war. It is tbe judgment ot tbe
most profound students of the
whole question that the commer
cial embargo, will be sufficient.
Besides two afternoon speeches
at St. Joseph, Mo., and . Atchin
son, Kaa., the governor made a
few rear platform talks at Mered
lan. Kas., and other towns en
route. ' .
i Refers to Reactionists
Arrest of a man , at Baltimore
who interrupted Senator ' Hard
ing's speech there Monday night
was a. subject ot cajustic criticism
by Governor Cox in all of his ma
jor speeches today. The gover
nor said it was not a '.'trifling
circumstance." tint ' waa sympto
matic of more serious conditions
and Hi this connection he en
larged upon bis charges that the
"reactionary press" was supprass.
ing Democratic hews , of the
leame fight and buying or ab
sorbing Democratic and indepen
dent newspapers. -
Governor Cox found Kansas a
fertile field for discussing the
league, many questions concern
ing its operation being asked
him. . , - , . i i-
Snmmtng up his argument for
the league, and in answer to
many of th questions asked him.
Governor Cox asserted that the
moral obligations it imposed up
on member nations was in Hslf
surricient ;to make It the Instru
ment for prevention of war.
: i x To Iteducw Taxes .
Asked about taxes and sold lar
bonus plans, thek governor replied
that ha was going to reduce tax
es by doing away with many of
tbe "oppressive war taxes" and
reiterated his former declaration
that he would divert money now
being used fo armament to rec
lamation of western arid lands
for "a home and a farm Tor for
mer service men.
Replying to a qneptidn as to
what lie thought of the Kansas
court of industrial relations. Gov
ernor Cox also reiterated his po
sition that public opinion was the
best arbitrator of industrial dis
putes and told how it had sattled
such diinute in Ohio in conjunc
tion with the application of the
golden rule.
Governor Cox left here s ns!fl
night to continue his Kansas
campaign tomorrow with a morn
ing speech at Hutchinson, an af
ternoon address at Nwton and a
night meeting at Wltehita with
several rear platform speeches ar
ranged cn route.
Planes on Last Hop ,t f u
of Alaska Flight
HAZELTON. B. C Sept. 3.
Three United States army air
planes, returning from the Alas
ka flight, arrived here late toaay
n of the planes broke a pro
peller nd Its landing gear in
making landing, andthe party
will be held up here for repairs.
The planes encountered strong
head 'winds beteen Telegraph
Creek, B- C.. and this city and
were unable to average more than
CO miles an hour, during the day.
Capt. St. Clare Street, comman
der, said they had been held at
Telegraph Creek by unfavorable
weather.
FOR LEAGUE
SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920
OREGON CITY WOMAN
VISITS 58 FAIRS
im. XI MRS. HO EVE SEE
STATE (atOW FROM IXFAXCV
In Comfortable Cottage on
Ground Pioneer Couple Keep
Oien House Each Year
Once again the historic camp
ground at the state fair has come
to life ' "and blooms with pio
neers," that rapidl;i thinning
group of Oregonians who crossea
the plains in '49 or thereabouts.
Each year these folk look tor
ward to the state's foremost an
nual event, as a time when old
friendships may be renewed and
new onjs made. Holding honors
in the record bf years of contin
uous attendance are Dr. and Mrs.
George Ho?ye of Oregon City,
the latter having attended every
stata fair in Oregon, but one, this
year being her 58th trip. Both
of these pioneers aro a'.ert and
vitally interested in evry depart
ment and feature of ! the fair.
Mrs. Hoe ye well remembers the
first state fair she attended with
her father and mother, the fam
ily nama being Gilmore.
With her parents, Mrs. . Hoeye
came across the plains from Mis
souri lii 1854, when 3 years old.
Tha family having a trip full or
exciting incidents. After arriving
at St. Helens, they s remained
there for a short time; later go
ing to what is now Forest Grove,
where Mrs. Hoeye's father took
up a donation land claim. Later
he moved with' his family about
five miles from Salem, taking up
another claim.
As years rolled by th Gilmore
family watched tha steady growth
of Salem from a mere village to
a large and thriving city, the an
nual visits to the fair of Mrs.
Hoeye " reviving many happy
memories of days passed In this
vicinity. The growth and devel
opment of the state fair has been
equally notable, and i they tell
many interesting stories of by
gone years, when the yearly event
was a mere handful of vegetables
and three.' or four h?ai of live;
stork. i : '
Five years ago Dr. and 'Mrs.
Hoeye erected a comfortable lit
tle' cottage on the camp ground,
and here during the six days each
year they keep open house. They
nlan to see many more state
fairs. I
Unestimated Thousands
See "Battle of Argonne"
' . i ,
The moon and Its family of
stars pouted and were jealous last
night when the great pyrotechnic
display and the spectacular repro
duction of the Battle ot the Ar
gonne were In progress under the
auspices of Capital post No.: 9,
American legion of Salem. The
event took place at the reenter of
the Lone Oak race track oval.
Unestimated thousands saw the
spectacle. -and those who had read
the advance Information about the
display were not disappointed.
The display - with the "battle"
which, looked, very . real, " with
clouds of smoke, illuminated by
star shells and rockets.: drifting
over the field in many colors, and
with the rattle of small arms and
the deep Intonations of mimic big
guns giving every, effect io battle
but the carnage. i '
Rare Seafowls Found
by Naturalist Dailey
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept.1 29.
Many rare specimens of seafbwl
seldom seen along the coast were
obtained last week at Netarts,
Ore., by Vernon Dailey, chief nat
uralist of the federal biological
Survey, who made the announce
ment upon his return here today.
A heavy storm raged far off; as
wen as aiong me coasi last wee.
and drove dose to the mainland a
large number of birds that seldom
approach the coast. Dailey said. A
number of these birds were killed
and preserved by the naturalist.
OFFICIAL STATE FAIR
i PORTLAND IXAY.
Morning.
9 a. m. Livestock judging con
tinued and awards announced.
Prize winners to. parade in arena
of livestock coliseum.
. 9:30 a. m. Announcement ot
county awards in agriculturar pa
vilion. ' ' !
"10 a. m. Canning team con
tests between members of Hood
River boys and girls' clubs in ed
ucational building. t
10:30 a. m. Open alii concert
by II. N. Stoudenmeyer's band. .
10:4 5 a. m. Demonstration by
tractors, actually plowing and per
forming near race track 'grand
stand. :
11 a. m. Grand army fiTe and
drum corps appearing in front of
old pavilion.
ft 11:30 a. m. Arrival Of .Port
land delegation. t, i
111:45 a. m. -Free trip to state
institutions for" members of win-r
ning teams In boys' ana gins
camp. i-'
12 a. m. Governor Olcctt to
address boys' and girls club
members in dining room In sta
dium.', i' ... I -
Afternoon.
'1 p. m. Eugenics clinics in cd-.
ucaOonal building, under auspices
of Marion county children's bu
reau. Examinations to continue
Until-3-o'clock..
PERIOD OF TERRORISM
IN NORTHWEST IS PLAN
AXXOXYMOCS LETTER SENT
TO SEATTLE IOLICE
Congressman Johnson Charges I.
W. W. With Inaugurating Rad
ical Plots
TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 29.
A well defined plan of the In
dustrial Workers of the World to
inaugurate a period of terrorism
in the northwest within 20 days
is charged by Congressman Albert
Johnson of the third Washington
district, in a statement today
commenting on anonymous letters
received today by the Seattle po
lice and federal authorities bear
ing the warning that radicals are
planning to blow up financial in
stitutions and big buildings in Ta
coma. Portland and Seattle. Fed
eral secret service operatives were
attempting tonight to trace the
source of the letters which were
signed "A Friend of Workers."
? The I. W. W. organization Is
taking a referendum vo,te of Sts
membership as to whether legal
defense shall hereafter be pro
vided for those of Its members
arrested for sabotage, murder, ar
son, and other) crimes, Congress
man Johnson's statement asserts
and agitators are urging the rank
and file of the race to vote
against further legal defense.
The votes are to be counted in
Seattle October l 5. and after that
date reprisal?, threats and other
acts of terrorism are likely to be
authorized secretly, he declared.
Congressman Johnson's warn
ing calls attention to the threats
sent to t several citizens of Cen
tralia on the day of the Wall
street bomb -explosion notifying
them that they might expect as
rassination on or about October
15. He also disclosed the text of
the secret ballot which it Is al
leged Is being employed by the I.
W. W. in casting the referendum
called, for by a general conference
of the reds of the northwest in
Seattle Angust 10, 11 and 12.
REPUBUCANS
TO HOLD SENATE
t V H - -
Indications Give Republi
cans a Larger Lead in
Senate
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. Republi
can national ': committee ' head
quarters tonight, issued a" state
ment prepared by John T. Adams,
vice-chairman of the .committee.
Senator Harry's. Naw and Con
gressman M. B. Madden, claiming
that of the 34 senators to be elec
ted in November 'the Republicans
arevkure of 15, reasonably sure of
eight others and have a fighting
chance for still another two.
Present, indications, they , said,
were that the Republicans would
elect 23, showing a net gain of
eight. j
The present senate stands 49
Republicans and 47 Democrats.
A net gain of eight would make
the Republican strength 57 and
the Democrats 39. or a Republi
can majority of 17. the state
ment showed. Ot tha 435 con?
gressmen to be elected, the Re
publicans expect to make a net
gain of 25. the statement said.
The present Republican majority
in the house is 46. The Republi
can majority in the next congress
would not be lass than 71, they
estimated.
The 15 Republican senatorial
candidates rated as certain of
election are in California. Con
necticut. Idaho, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, New Hampshire,
New York, North Dakota. Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Ver
mont and Washington; The
statement adds:
"Of these states California.
Idaho and South-Dakota are -expected
to elect Republican suc
cessors to Democratic senators,
a gain of three. In the following
states the Republicans have more
(Continoed on page 6)
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
1:30 p. m. Harness and run
ning races on Lone Oak track,
featuring 2:12 trot tor purse of
$2000; 2:20 pace, purse $300;
2:15 pace, purse $1000; mile run.
purse $500; six furlong run.
purse $250. Music by II. N.
Stoudenmeyer's band.
2 p. m. Elimination canning
team contest by Douglas county in
educational building.
3 to 4 p. nr. Demonstration of
home , nursing by local trained
nurses in educational building.
4 p. m. Free moving pictures
in agricultural building auditor
ium. 4 p. m.r Address in art depart
ment by Mrs. W. P. Lord, on pos
sibilities of flax raising in Oregon.
Illustrated with splendid exam
ples of linen from home grown
products. .
, 5 p. in. Playing ot Old Sol
dier's fife and drum corps in
grove at entrance to grounds.
, E'enIng.
7:30 pw m, Chariot races. Sa
lem council, American Boy Scouts
In stadium arena. ,
8 D.m. Second night perform
ance, of horse show In stadiunr.
music ; by IL.N. -Stoudenmeyer's
8 p. m. Meeting of. Pure Bred
Livestock association in agricul
lural building.
FIXING OF
1920 SERIES
EXAMINED
, i
Investigations of Baseball
Framing Are Being Held
in Three Cities to Purge
Game of Gambling
TWO PLAYERS CONFESS
THROWING OF GAMES
Approaching World Series
Upset by Big League
Scandal
NEW YORK. Sept. 29. While
a Chicago grand Jury was investi
gating charges that the 1919
world's series was "firad" New
York authorities today started
an Inquiry into reports that the
same clique of gamblers planned
a crooked series for 1920.
Acting on a newspaper story
that members of the Brooklyn
Nationals, winner of thsir league
pennant, were to be bribed to
lose to the Cleveland .Indians,
District Attorney Lewis of Kings
county Summoned all members
o' the local team before him
Friday. At tha same tima he tel
egraphed to Chicago for any evi
dence available there.
Is 103O Series Fixed?
"If there is anything wrong
with thli world's series, we are
going to find it out before it is
too lato," said Mr. Lewis. "I in
tend to investigate fully certain
ugly rumors which have come to
my attention. I feel this is a du
ty I owe to the followers of base
ball. If the games are to be on
tha leval, wa will establish that
fact and if there is crookedness
we will prosecute the crooks to
the limit." I
The district attorney was pro
mised full co-operation by
Charles E. Ebbets, president of
tha Brooklyn club, who said he
would personally ' request his
players to visit the district at
torney wlthouf. the formality of
subpoenas. While . expressing
confidence in the integrity of his
players. Mr. Ebbets added that if
any ware found to be involved
they would be suspended.
Manager Wllbert Robinson of
the , Brooklyn team tonight said
he was reluctant to have District
Attorney Lewis question his play
ers unless the official has soma
special grounds for doing so. Mr.
Robinson sad he does not believe
that anyone of them is involved
in the baseball scandal being
aired , in Chicago.
World Series Open Tuesday
"My players have been through
a lonr and strenuous pennant
fight," said Robinson, "and I
want them to take things easily
until the opening of the world
series Tuesday.
"I have been Informed that the
district attorney has no special
grounds for calling tha players
but just wants to question them.
If this is so. I will request Mr.
Ebbets today to ask the district
attorney not to call tha players."
nHICAGO. Rent. 29. Con fes-I
slons from Claude Williams and!
Uscar reiscn admitting that they
"DIC UllUCU IU 111 I U IT MM
year's wprld series wero made
public today and at the same tima
the grand jury investigating the
baseball scandal took its first ac
tion against the gamblers wno
are said Ho have engineered the
deal by indicting two. man whose
identity was only partly revealed
"Brown" and "Sullivan" were
the names under which the true
bills were voted against the al
leged gamblers and ;both were
said to be from. Boston or New
York. Later, however. It came
out that the jury believed these
names to bo mythical and used
by the man when they discussed
tho series 'throwing" with the
players. Possibility that they ara
two men whose names already
have been brought before the
Jury and who - are nationally
known, was expressed by an of
ficial In the state's attorney's Of
fice. w n a .itn.1 Ins,
The statement by Williams and
the newspaper repdrts of Faith's
confession tallied with those
made yesterday bjr Eddie Clcptte
and Joe Jackson. They revealed
that .last year's world series was
Fettled in a tiny, room in a small
southside hotel. "
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 30.-
Horace S. Fogel. former presi
dent of tha Philadelphia National
league baseball club, 1 1 quotad in
an item published today by the
Inquirer as declaring' that two at
tempts were made to "fix" play
ers here in recent yaars and that
the avldence is in the archives
of thTmajor league officials and
club owners. v.
The first attempt, according to
Fogel's r.tory, was made In lt0.
wh?n a trio of New York gam
blers "headed by Little Tim Sul
livan" approached Rube Waddell.
star pitcher or tha Philadelphia
Americans and offered him $17.
O0 if he would not pitch In the
world seriei against the New
York Giants., who won tha series
ch!efly through the masterly
work of Christy Mathewson.
Connie Mack, -manager of tha
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HOUSTON SAYS PUBLIC
DEBT IS DECREASING
SENATOR HARDING SEEMS TO
BE MISINFORMED r '
Prophecy of Lower Outstanding
Gross Debt Will be Ful
filled WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.--Criticisms
of the treasury plan, of
war and post-war financing in
recent speeches by Senator Hard
ing draw a statement tonight
from Secretary Houston In which
he accused the Republican presi
dential nominee of "a partisan
attempt to deprive the American
people of their legitimate pride
in financing the war."
Statements attributed to the
senator relative to " increases in
the public debt under the pres
ent administration likewise wero
'attacked by Mr. Houston. They
indicated, he said, that Senator
Harding "knows little of the sub
ject himself and that he is being
badly advised."
The senator's advisers, Mr.
Houston added, appeared "not to
have taken tha trouble to ascer
tain the facts or are willing to
misrepresent them for partisan
purposes."
The statement declared that
not only was the public debt not
increasing but that it was de
creasing, adding that the , treas
ury's expectation of alower out
standing gross debt on Septem
ber 3,0, compared with June 30,
"woul4 be amply fulfilled." Mr.
Houston has placed the reduc
tion aik $325,916,000 since June
HOME
OPPOSED BY ALL
Viscount Grejr Says Hope
of Peace Lies in Plan
From Irish
LONDON. Sept, 29.-Vfsconnt
Grey.' former : ambassador to the
United States, in a' letter . to the
Westminster Gazette . today puts
forward new proposals for the so
lution of the Irish' problem. He
said "the government, of Ireland
has never been, such a reproach
and discredit to British states
manship as It Is ."today. He de
clared .the present home rule bill
was not accepted by' anyone and
says: ' ' .'-.--,;
"The - only - i practicable -' policy
that offer any prospects of suc
cess seems to Jme to have three
cardinal points, first, a ' definite'
announcement that for' these tiro
islands of Great Britain and Ire
land, there can be only one for
eign policy one army and navy
and that we cannot stand separa
tion in these matters any more
than the north could stand the
separation from the south In tbe
United States.
"Second, with this exception.
Irishmen must be as free as the
people of the great self-governing
dominions to settle for themselves
how their country is to be. gov
erned. "Third, to give time for them to
come to an agreement with each
other and draw up their own
scheme, the British government
will continue to perform as best it
can tbe operation of government
in Ireland ton a period not to ex
ceed two years, but at the end of
that period, or .sooner it Ireland
la readr. it will withdraw " '
"The government of Ireland has
never been such a reproach ana
discredit to British statemanship
as It is today," he said.
"It has been unable to punish
or prevent the constant murder of
those who serve it; in parts of Ire
land its authority has apparently
ceased and been superseded by
Sinn Fein courts, from which
alone can any redress be obtained
for ordinary crime or wrong do
ing, and some, if not all, of the
once Unionist minority in Nation
alist Ireland, hopeless of, protec
tion from the Britfsh government,
Is now advocating dominion home
rule, or looking to an agreement
with the Sinn Fein.
"The British administration, in
fact, is exhibiting the helplessness
of an extremely feeble government
while incurring all the odium of
one that rules by force. Ireland
Is more discontented than ever
and there is no prospect of a set
tlement or Improvement.
"Faulty as all governments may
be and as many British govern
ments In Ireland certain have
been, the Irish question would
have been solved before now but
for one thing the difference be
tween Irishmen themselves, that
is, between Ulster or part of Uls
ter and the rest of Ireland. And
the lesson of past years Is that
this difference is en flamed and
not composed by the British pro
posals for the government of Ire
land. "The present home rule bill
now before parliament Is no ex
ception. There Is much to say in
the abstract for the lines on which
it is drawn they could easily be
expanded Into dominion home rule
for a United Ireland. But, appar
ently no one wants trouble, no one
accepts it as a solution and Irish
men will refuse to put it into op
eration. We must therefore look
to some other policy for relief.
"Nothing that is in the nature
of a bargain between the British
government and one part of Ire
land has any chance of success. It
the Sinn Fein accepts it, Ulster
will denounce It; if Ulster .accepts
it, the Sinn Fein will reject it.
REEBILL
HARlifS
SPECIAL IS
Seiiator'tces Jlis
doned5Ccsxh;vto
Ameriean ;Car cf 5Ule
Which Derailed in Pans
' V
WILSON IS LISTEIIItTGT0
VOICE FROM ABROAD
One-Man Dictatorship in U.
S. is Likened to Ger
many '
ON BOARD SENATOR HAR
DING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, Sept. .
29. Senator Harding's .. special
train escaped a serious wreck by
a hair's breadth today as it was
carrying the Republican nominee
across West Virginia on the last
leg of 'his last campaign trip. "
His private car "Ideal left the
rails near Millwood, ; a small
mountain ' village." ahd with its
trucks banging themselves ' to
pieces over, the railway ties was
dragged across a high and nar-.
now trestle at the rate of 30 miles
an hour. The . train came to a
stop beyond the chasm Just as the
rear wheels of the "Ideal" veered
off the ties entirely - and buried
themselves in the gravel. . v, --
The other cars of the train did -not
leave tbe rails and no one was -injured;
-
-Cr Bounces" 30O Tarda
'A defective' casting in the front
truck, which jolted to pieces as
the car crossed a switch 'was
blamed by train officials for the,
accident. , In Its perilous career. ' ,
the. heavy car splintered ties and '
snapped off rail , bolta for more
than 300 yards and : two of the
ties In the trestle-it crushed, en
tirely.' :w : !. . - - -Tonight
the ' special, minus the ,
abandoned "Ideal": turned north- .
eastward for, Marlon, the senator'
completing his three-day .trip with
two - evening addresses in Ohio.
During the day he had'spoken 4n
a halt ' dozen; West Virginia cities .
and had addressed a big afternoon ,
meeting at Ashland. Ky - -'A
merle anism, representative
government : and governmental
economy featured , the : nominee's -speech
and. he also touched on ;
most of the other Issues of the
campaign. At 1 Ashland he con-.
demned "pork barrel" river and...
harbor legislation and asked for a
more efficient development ot the V
nation's inland waterways. .
Campaign Brings Cheers. ; i
Speaking to a crowd at 'Mason
City. W. Va he compared i his
abandoned private car to the
American car of state. ,.
"The great car of state." he
said, "going forward to the ful
fillment of national engagements;
somehow. got off the track last
year over, in Paris and. it left ,
things in very bad. order ahd I -think
maybe in crossing the tres
tle of Internationalism in the sen-'
ate to prevent us from completely . -leaving
the track, we might have
had a very serious -wreck for the
United States. (
"So I am telling you that in
stead of trying . to . put a, broken
car back on the track let ua. cut ,
it loose and ' go on and keep our '
engagements with all . the world."
' . The allusion .. aroused a cheer. -Another,
shout of approval came',
during a speech at Parkersbnrg. ;
W. Va., when, in referring to Gov
ernor cox's discussion of the
"America first" slogan in South
Dakota, last bight, the Republican
nominee said: .
Refers to German Policy..
"I note by the morning papers -that
some one has taken up that
slogan and tried to compare it
with that used by the Germans .
during the war. . ' '-
"Somehow or other the eompar-' ,
Ison appealed to me. And I noted
in a colliliquy between the Demo
cratic candidate and a citizen ot .
German origin that it was at
tempted to make the slogan
'America first appeal as one of '
selfishness and an ultimate men
ace for us in our relations with
the rest of the world. I do not
know thai I can pronounce cor-
rectly the well known solgan ot
the Germans, 'Deutschland Uber
Alles. From this, I understand
that they were thinking of Ger- , ;
many first. . '.
"And I beg to remind my coun
trymen that under the spirit ot 40
years practice in Germany, under
that slogan, Germany became in
dustrially the most eminent, the
most notable, well known in the
accomplishment of, art and most
conspicuous in widened commerce
of any people in the world. '
"You know what 'rended all.
The arrogance and autocracy of
one man who turned the influence
and popularity of a great people
Into the, one tragic spectacle of all
history. And so I take the lesson
from Germany and I warn you, my ;
countrymen, let us not have one
man dictatorship in the' United
States." ' ' v '
Introduced by Mrs.' Sooth. ; -
At Huntington, W. Va.. the sen- -a
tor spoke from a stand erected i
near the railway - station v to a -
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by the Judge.)