The Maupin times., August 27, 1920, Image 2

TENNESSEE ADOPTS
EilSIFFIE
Lower House Ratifies Amend
ment 50 to 46.
FIGHT NOT YET OVER
If Heaiure Stands Approved 17000,000
Women Will Gain Right to
Vote In November.
Nashville, Tenn. The amendment
extending equal suffrage to men and
women was ratified Wednesday, the
Tennessee bouse voting '60 to 46 to
concur in the senate resolution adopt
ed Friday, 25 to 4. The action made
Tennessee the 36th state to approve
the amendment, which lacked only
formal certifciatlon by Secretary of
State Colby to complete its accep
tance. There is still a possibility that the
house may rescind its action. At the
last moment Speaker Walker, anti
suffragist leader, changed bis vote
from "no" to "aye," paving the way
for a motion to reconsider. Under
house rule be can present such a mo
tion within the next two legislative
days.
ed or the house fail to take further ac
tion before adjournment Friday, 17,-
000,000 women will be free to vote In
the presidential election. Only sua
cessful litigation contesting the legal
right of this legislature to ratify the
section would prevent them.
Steps for such a test of the provision
of the Tennessee constitution involved
already have been taken by the Ten-
nessee constitutional league,
Ninety-six of the 90 members of
the bouse were present and the align
ment on a vote on concurrence as
tuken was a tie, each faction polling
48 votes on a motion by Mr. Walker
to table the resolution. On the ballot
for concurrence the line-up was 49 to
47 until the speaker changed bis vote.
The intention to attack the legality
of ratification if the house failed to
rescind its action was discussed. The
clause of the Tennessee constitution
on which would be based the test is
article 2, section 32. It follows:
"No convention or general assem
bly shall act on any amendment of
the constitution of the United States
proposed by congress to the several
states unless such convention or gen
eral assembly shall have been elected
nfter such amendment Is submitted."
The present legislature was elected
In November, 1918, and the suffrage
amendment was not submitted until
months afterward.
The supreme court of the United
States, in deciding a case originating
in Ohio, held void a clause In the con
stitution of that state relating to ref-
erendums on amendments. Based on
opinions by W. L. Frlorson, solicltor-
geuaral of the United States, and
State Attorney-General Thompson,
Governor Roberts called the legisla
ture in extraordinary session to act
on suffrage, declaring he had been
aHsured the supreme court's ruling
in the Ohio case served to nullify
the article in the Tennessee consti
tution.
Suffrage opponents In Tennessee
held that the two cases were not
parallel.
The lineup in the house of the demo
crats and republicans on tbe vote for
ratification follows:
Democrats Aye 35, no 34, absent 1
Kepubllcans Aye 15, no 12, absent
2.
The party line-up in the senate Fri
day was:
Domocrats Aye 18, no 3.
Republicans Aye 7, no 1.
The names of! the 36 necessary
states which have ratified the suffrage
amendment and in the order in which
they ratified follows:
Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Ohio,
New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Mas
sachusetts, Texas, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas, Montana, Nebraska, Min
nesota, New Hampshire, Utah, Cali
fornia, Maine, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky,
; Rhode Island, Oregon, Wyoming,
Nevada, New Jersey, Idaho, Arizona,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, West Vir
ginia, Washington, Tennessee.
County's Population 67.
Washington, D. C Census of the
least populous county in the country,
Cochrane, Texas, was announced Wed
nesday. It has just 67 people, two
more than were enumerated ten years
ago. Cochrane haB an area of 869
square .miles, with one person to ap
proximately every 13 square miles.
Tbe county Is located In northwestern
Texas. It Is unorganized and has not
even a postoffice.
TO PROBE CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Senate Investigating Committee May
Summon Governor Cox.
Chicago. Governor Cox, democratic
nominee, probably will be subpenaed
and compelled to appear! before the
senate compalgn committee which
Monday announced plans-jfor investi
gating the republican and1 democratic
national campaigns, unfcgi he comes
of his own free will, a member of the
committee told the Associated Press.
This member of the committee said
that Its members felt that Governor
Cox must prove his charges that the
republicans were raising a 15,000,000
campaign fund or withdraw them, and
that the committee was prepared to go
to any length to obtain evidence in
the matter.
No official subpena will be Issued,
however, until the committee meets
next Monday.
"If Governor Cox has not given us
a satisfactory reply by that time, I
feel certain a subpena will be issued,"
he said.
The statement was made when
members of the committee were shown
dispatches quoting Gove'rnor Cox as
saying he "saw no use in appearing be
fore the committee," although he
would furnish It with evidence, but
felt "that he should be allowed to do
so when he saw fit."
Included In the matters to be taken
up when the committee reoonvenes
next Monday will be an investigation
of the Oklahoma democratic sena
torial primaries in which Senator Gore
was defeated, and the pre-convention
Kansas campaigns, it was said.
The committee has ordered leaders
In each party to appear before It with
all books, papers and information in
their possession concerning the cam
paign activities, financial or other
wise. Included were Will H. Hays, chair
man of the republican national com
mittee; George White, chairman of the
democratic national committee; Fred
Upham and Wilbur Marsh, treasurers
respectively of the republican and
democratic national committee; Homer
Cummlngs, former chairman of the
democratio national committee; Sen
ator Miles Poindexter of Washington,
chairman of the republican senate
campaign committee; Representative
Michael Phelan of Massachusetts,'
Representative Simon Fess of Ohio,
and Guy Scott of West Virginia, mem
bers of the republican congressional
campaign committee, and Representa
tives Frank Doremus of Michigan and
W. A." Oldfield of Arkansas of the
democratio congressional campaign
committee.
"We are going to find out every
thing there is to know about the work
of both parties," said Senator Kenyon.
"There have been reports that the re
publicans were raising millions of dol
lars; that a ring of corporations was
contributing largely to their fund and
that various persons were offering fed
eral positions as a reward for political
help from certain men.'
"We are going into these things
thoroughly and, while we hope to get
thain all cleared up within about three
weeks, we are ready to remain in ses
sion until election day if necessary."
Will Hays and George White signi
fied their willingness to attend the
hearing and give any information pos
sible. REDS TRY TO SAVE ARMY
Warsaw. The Russian bolshevik
forces Monday were reacting virtually
along the whole line In an effort to
save the remnants of the red army,
but they had been easily frustrated
by the Poles. On the north there
was heavy fighting in the region of
Mlawa and Soldau.
Forced to face two Polish armies,
one advancing from Modlin and the
other from Graudenz, the bolshevikl
were making desperate efforts to ex
tricate their advanced guard, some of
which had ventured as far as Eylau
and Plonsk. The red losses in pris
oners In this region amounted to 11,
000 in two days.
The attempt of the reds to break
the rollsh lines on the Przasnysh-Makov-Rozany
road and cross the
Narew river failed.
Polish troops advancing up the
right bank of the Narew threw back
the bolshevikl to the north. Mean
while the main body of the Poles,
advancing towards Warsaw, occupied
all the territory in the fork of the
Bug and the Narew.
Dancer Ask Church Aid.
New York. An appeal to the Metho
dist church to help improve the dance,
rather than to maintain a ban "which
few church members obey," was made
in a resolution adopted by the Amer
ican National Association of Masters
of Dancing at the opening of its four
day convention here Monday.
The resolution charged the Metho
dist church with hampering dancing
masters in elevating the dance.
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF. I
Salem. The unasslgned surplus of
the state industrial accident commis
sion at the close of business July 31,
1920, was $79,530.74 and the total lia
bilities and surplus $4,592,685.11, ac
cording to a report recently prepared
by the commission and filed with Gov
ernor Olcott.
Salem. The Scripps-Booth company
of California has filed application to
operate in Oregon. The company
manufactures automobiles and will
establish headquarters in Portland.
The capital stock is $200,000 and L.
A. Hannon of Portland has been named
attorney in fact.
Hood River. A $45,000 bond issue,
authorized by electors recently for
construction of a new joint city hall,
jail and fire department and the pur
chasing of a motor fire engine, has
been purchased by the city Itself with
the sinking fund of the municipal
water department.
North Bend. The Bay Park Lumber
company mill at Old North Bend will
resume operations about September
1, after a shutdown of more than two
months. The mill had been working
mostly on fir, and when this lumber
dropped In price and demand fell off
it suspended until a better market
was in sight
Salem. Bids for state highway
bonds in the sum of $1,500,000 will be
opened In Portland on August 24, ac
cording to announcement made by the
state highway commission here. The
money derived from the sale of these
bonds will be used in permanent road
construction work in various sections
of the state.
Grants Pass. The Pacific highway
between Grants Pass and Rogue river
has been opened to traffic, cutting off
one of the worst pieces of road in this
part of the state. The highway has
been hard-surfaced to Rogue river.
This leaves about nine miles of road
between Grants Pass and Ashland that
has not been hard-surfaced.
Marshfleld. Evergreen blackberries
will add from $15,000 to $18,000 to the
wealth of Myrtle Point and surround
ing district, It is estimated by A. C.
Chase, who is preparing his Myrtle
Point cannery for the 1920 crop. The
bushes are loaded and the berries are
tilling well.. The season will open the
latter part of August, it is expected.
Fossil. According to old settlers of
Wheeler county, the temperature of
106 and 107 of the last few days was
higher than it has been for 30 years
and stock has suffered from the heat
and lack of water. There was one
prostration from heat in Fossil, while
In the harvest fields near here there
have been several near prostration.
Hood River. Reports reaching local
apple shippers from representatives
who have been attending the annual
convention of the International Apple
Shippers' association indicate that pre
harvest buying will be nominal this
year. Growers, it is reported, are
holding their fruit at a price thought
to be excessive, and buyers, many of
whom lost money as a result of heavy
pre-harvest speculation last season
are holding off.
Salem. Approximately 1,500,000
pounds of evergreen blackberries will
be marketed in Salem this season, ac
cording to W. G. Allen of Hunt Bros.'
cannery, who has completed a survey
of the local berry situation. Based on
the prevailing price of 6 cents a pound
the berries will net the growers $90,
000. Two million pounds of the ber
ries were handled in Salem last year,
but because of heavy frosts in Jan
uary many of the vines were ruined
and the production decreased.
Roseburg. The Douglas County
Farm bureau Monday received a letter
from W. P. Ellis of the publio service
commission advising the bureau that
the interstate commerce commission
has sent a reduced rate order grant
ing authority to place in effect on 10
days' notice the reduced rate on mixed
carloads of livestock as set out In the
Southern Paclflo company's reduced
rate application. The application was
prepared by the local farm bureau
and spells a complete victory for
them.
Bend. Bend gardens suffered
severely Wednesday morning when
the mercury dropped to 30 degrees,
two notches under the freezing point
The cold was noticed more particu
larly as it came fast on the heels of
a heat wave which duplicated Bend's
previously established record for high
temperature. Only a few of the
hardier plants stood up under the frost
attack. As far as could be learned,
the frost was general in the vicinity
of Bend and some damage was done to
alfalfa, It was reported.
THE GODDESS LUCK.
Synopsis Typical tramp In ap
pearance, Daniel Randolph Fltz
hugh, while crossing a Chicago
treet, causea the wreck of an auto,
whose chauffeur disable! It trying
to avoid running him down. In
pity the occupant of the auto, a
young girl, saves him from arrest
and gives him a dollar, telling him
to buy soap, and wash. His sense
of shame is touched, and he im
proves his appearance. That night,
In a crowd of unemployed and an
archists, he meets Esther Strom, a
Russian anarchist, and in a spirit
of bravado makes a speech. A few
days later Fltzhugh visits Syming
ton Otis, prominent financier, and
displaying a package which he
says contains dynamite, demands
$10,000. Otis gives him a check. At
the house he meets the girl who
had given him the dollar, and
learns she Is Kathleen Otis. She
recognizes him. Ashamed, he tears
up the check and escapes, but Is
arrested. Esther visits Fitihugh In
Jail, and makes arrangements for
procuring legal advice. His trial Is
speedily completed and he Is found
Insane and committed to an asylum,
from which he easily makes his
escape. Fltzhugh takes refuge In
Chicago with Esther, who has be
come infatuated with him, but with
the thought of Kathleen In his
mind, his one idea was to become
rich and powerful, and win Kath
leen. In a fight with Nikolay, Jeal
ous admirer of Esther, Fltzhugh
worsts him, leaving him uncon
scious, and escapes. Securing me
nial employment he learns that
Nikolay has been found dead in
Bather's house, and In a letter to
him she admits the killing, telling
him she did It for his sake and that
. she has gone away. He sees Kath
leen from a distance, and is
strengthened In his determination
to win her. Fltzhugh attracts the
attention of one Qulgg, dealer In
bogus stocks. In Quigg's place of
business Fltzhugh acts as a decoy
for gullible Investors, Staked by
his employer In a poker game for
high stakes, he meets a wheat pit
speculator, Henry Hunt, who be
lieves him to be a New York man
of wealth.
CHAPTER VI. Continued.
"Yon wish to tell me about that
Queen Bee gold mine stock, do you not,
Mr. Partington?"
"Yes, yes."
"I think you said you wanted a thou
sand shares? the last thousand, to be
exact."
"I said so."
Mr. Qulgg shook his large head, his
baggy eyes twinkling. "I'm sorry, Mr.
Pattington, but I'm afraid you can't
have those thousand shares."
"What d'you mean?" snapped the
pseudo-financier.
"This gentleman" with his cigar
Qulgg indicated the colorless man,
who, eyes wide, mouth agape, had
been swallowing whole every word
uttered "Is just about to buy 'em.
You see, Mr. Pattington, I'm on to
you eastern fellows. I know all about
your little game. I was just telling
Mr. Blake here about It. I know you're
trying to get possession of the Queen
Bee; I know you've had your secret
agents assaying her; I know you've
discovered what a fat little chunk- o
fold she really is. But I'm afraid you
can't have her, Mr. Pattington. First,
because the Queen Bee people don't
want you eastern capitalists to own
the "controlling Interest; and, second,
because Mr. Blake here has spoken
first, and, In fact, is just about to nego
tiate for the purchase of the remain
ing thousand shares. Isn't that right
Mr. Blake?"
Qulgg fixed his ox-eye benevolently
upon the susceptible Blake, who moist
ened his lips, fingered his hat, looked
down, then up, and cleared his throat.
"I I guess" He hesitated, licked
his lips and took th plunge with
a rush : "Yes, that's right Mr.
Qulgg. I'll take them thousand shares."
Fitzhugh, keenly awaiting further
cues, searched the grafter's face In
tently, and though he received but a
bare flicker of an eyelash and the
faintest suggestion of a nod toward
the door, It was sufficient, and with
no other comment he turned and left
Indignantly slamming the door behind
him. For the benefit of those In the
outer room he again assumed his mien
of boredom as he leisurely sauntered
through and out In the corridor.
He boarded the elevator and ascend
ed to the top floor-of the building. Be
fore an office devoid of lettering and
apparently unoccupied, he stopped,
took a key from his pocket unlocked
the door, let himself in and locked the
door behind him. He removed his
coat, hung It on a hook, placed his
hat on the table and his gloves upon
the hat, then settled himself in the
chair and rested his feet on the steam
radiator. He lighted a cigar, exhaled
a swirl of fragrant smoke, and took
a magazine from a pile on the table.
He had barely read the table of con
tents, however, before there was a
tap at the corridor door, and he ad
mitted a messenger-boy, who handed
him an envelope and departed. Upon
reading the dispatch he tore the paper
to small bits and hurried into the ad
Joining room, throwing off his vest
and loosening his tie and collar as
he ran.
In ten minutes he reappeared. He was
completely metamorphosed. Instead
of the smart morning coat he now
wore a long tan "duster;" Instead of
the stylish derby hat, he wore a broad
brimmed yellow one; and he wore a
soft flannel shirt with attached col
lar, and rough trousers and dusty
shoes. Under one arm he carried a
horsewhip. In fine, he was a typical
rancher, Just arrived in Chicago with
a load of cattle and a big wallet for
the thousand-dollar bills. Even his
beard was magically changed: It was
tousled and all askew, and against
the "sunburn" on his face appeared to
be that of a man sadly In need of a
shave rather than of one recently
barbered.
A few minutes later he entered the
"customers' room" of Qulgg & Peevy.
Free and easily, as befitted one of
untrammeled life, he strode across the
floor toward Quigg's private office,
with great, awkward movements of
his long body, flicking his whip
against his thick trousers and puffing
like a tugboat at his evil cigar.
Ostensibly, Qulgg & Peevy were
brokers. In reality they were swin
dlers. A superficial observer, visiting
their offices, would have supposed
their customers to be La Salle street
speculators. A rigid Investigator
would have discovered their only
patrons were victims of the get-rlch-qulck
fever. The chief business of
Qulgg & Peevy was the selling of
worthless stock. The rows of chairs
In the "customers' room" and their oc
cupants, the rushing messenger boys,
the long blackboard and the phleg
matic youth chalking cabalistic fig
ures, the chattering telegraph Instru
ment, operated automatically not
twenty feet away, were nothing more
than stage properties and players, em
ployed for the sole benefit of the suck
ers who made them possible.
And upon this opera bouffe stage of
sham and hypocrisy strutted Daniel
Fltzhugh, dreamer and actor. His
roles were many and varied, but he
portrayed them all with unerring ac
curacy and, yes, even art. When he
was Informed that It was time for an
other "entrance," he never knew, until
the messenger came with directions,
what part he would be called upon to
enact. Now It was that of a West
ern millionaire, bluff, ungrammatical,
breezy; again that of a French finan
cier, suave, polite, tangling his Eng
lish ; anon it was some great banker
from Liverpool, frigid and precise.
But the character he most often por
trayed was the "Eastern capitalist."
Peevy was a thin, pale man, of a
drooping eye and a pointed chin, and
was deeply attached to a small briar
pipe. His business was to "round up
the boobs and steer 'em In." Qulgg,
aided by Fltzhugh, did the rest.
After the second week Fltzhugh be
gan to conceive a slinking dislike for
the knavery he was abetting. After
the third he began to hate it Capa
bilities were stirring within him
capabilities which told hlra he was
worth infinitely more than one hun
dred dollars a week, and that every
week he worked for that sum he was
throwing away money. It was near
the end of the first month that he
asked his slippery employer for a hundred-dollar
weekly increase. He was
a little surprised when it was prompt
ly granted him.
"I was thinking about increasing
your pay, Fits," said Qulgg, In his
large, careless way. "You're worth
two hundred a week to me."
But when three weeks later the
grafter was told it was four hundred
dollars a week or nothing, he frowned,
pinched the pink roll of flesh under
his chin with his chubby fingers, and
rocked himself gently In his swivel
chair. "I'll tell you what Fit I'm
about to tackle the biggest thing I've
ever attempted. I'm launching upon
the grandest little mail-order scheme
In America. I expect to spend a cou
ple o' hundred thousands In advertis
ing. If it goes through, as I certainly
think it will, I'll do the level thing by
you "
"That's not the point," broke in the
petitioner. "Do I or do I not get my
four hundred now?"
"You do not!" Quigg's palms de
scended firmly upon the arms of his
chair. His big jaw acquired a bel
ligerent aspect
"That's all I want to know." Fltz
hugh stood op briskly. 'This Is
Wednesday. You therefore owe me a
hundred dollars. I'll take It now."
"Sit down, Fits. Sit down and keep
cool. I believe you're a game sport In
spite of the low way you're acting, and
I'm going to make you a gambling
proposition. Some friends o' mine are
getting up a nice, quiet little game of
poker tonight and I'm going to sit la
The pot'll run high no limit Be
tween ourselves we'll co-operate in
this game. I'll finance the partner
ship with five thousand dollars. If
we double that amount you get half
the winnings and your four hundred a
week. If not you'll still contrive te
stpe along on two hundred."
The poker game that night took
place In a South side hotel. It was a
six-handed game, the players being of
the class commonly known as "men
about town." Two were professional
gamblers, another was a wheat pit
speculator, a fourth was a wealthy sa
loon owner. The remaining two were
Fitzhugh and Qulgg. Playing com
menced shortly after eight. Compared
to subsequent betting, it was modest
at first, a five-dollar limit having been
Imposed. About nine, however, the
limit was removed, and the game be
gan to warm up. Another hour, and It
had reached the point where flve-and-six-hundred-dollar
pots were the rule
and not the exception.
The Golden Goddess, Luck, smiled
upon Fltzhugh from the very start.
Perhaps it was his superior playing
that won her favor. Anyhow, he as
tonished his coadjutor by his skill at
tbe game. He was a hundred differ
ent men. His feliow players never
knew how to take him never knew
what he would do next. And while
they were wondering he continued to
take their money from them as though
it were only a matter of course that
he should.
But as Fltzhugh steadily won Qutgg
as steadily lost When the game ended
at nine a. m. it was noticeable that
of the five men sitting around the pad
ded table beneath the pall of tobacco
smoke and the green-shaded electric
lights Fitzhugh was the only one who
showed no 111 sign of the thirteen
hours' steady playing. He seemed as
fresh as when he started and appar
ently was quite fit for another thlr-teen-hour
session. When he "cashed
In" he was winner to the extent of
some eighteen thousand dollars. The
professional gamblers had won a few
thousands each. The rest had lost
Qulgg, who had left the game, was
not to be found In the hotel rotunda.
While Fltzhugh was walking about
looking for him the wheat pit specula
tor, a jovial, red-faced man named
Henry. Hunt clapped him heartily on
the shoulder and wrung his hand.
"Old man, I'd give a million If I
could bluff like you. Where did you
learn how J"
"It comes naturally," smiled Fitz
hugh. Hunt glanced around and lowered
bis voice. "Fltzhugh, I'm putting
through today one of the biggest
wheat deals I've ever handled,
and I'd like to let you In on It
What time can I see you, and where?"
"Any time at any place."
"Meet me at Burton & Burton's,;
then brokers, you know, Board of
Trade at eleven sharp. Don't fall.
It's a big thing. So long. Must hurry."
Upon certain of the casual acquaint
ances he had made in La Salle street
Fltzhugh had taken pains to create
the impression of being the scion of a '
highly respected family unknown to
the newspaper columns but possessed ;
of wealth. Hunt was one of those thus
deluded. Others he bad Impressed In '
different wise. But every man who
met him believed him to be a person
of means. It was an emphatic point
with him to see to that.
In a secluded corner and a low tone
Hunt explained his project very con
cisely. "September wheat," said he, "opened
at ninety-eight and a quarter this
morning. A gang of bulls have inflated
it till she's like a soap bubble ready
to burst any moment A gigantic bear
raid is coming off here tomorrow that
will send September wheat down like -that"
throwing a cigar end to the
floor. "These bears," he went on,
kicking the cigar aside, "have got mil
lions behind 'em, and they're going to
claw the entrails out of those bulls.
They won't stop clawing as long as
there's a live bull left They're going
to sell sell sell. It'll be the biggest
smash you ever heard of. And the
man who's heading this big bear raid
is none other than Symington Otis "
"Otis?"
"As you know, of course, Otis baa
always been one of the greatest bulls
in Chicago. Has that reputation. Bu,t
all of a sudden he's gone over to the
other side. I found it out last night
Only a handful besides myself know
It It seems he's got it in for a fellow
who was associated with him in a bull
charge a few months ago, and he's
going the smash that fellow If It takes
the last cent he's; got That's Otis all
over. Once you get in bad with him
you might as well jump in the lake."
"So 1 was once given to under
stand," said Fltzhugh quietly.
"You see where we come In, of
course. I'm only an outsider myself
but you 1 Lord, what a pile yon can
make I"
Symington Otis again!
(TO BB CONTINUED.)
Famous American Patriot
In 1832, on the 14th of November,
Charles Carroll, the last surviving
signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence, died at the age of ninety-six.
He studied law In France and England
and returned to America at the age
of twenty-seven, where he soon be
came known as an able political
writer and a strong advocate of lib
erty. Twenty-two years before bis
death he retired to private life.
London's Rapid Growth.
Paris was the largest city In the
world for several hundred years un
til about the end of the seventeenth
century, when London overtook It
The population In Paris In 1680 was
600,000, while London had reached
530,000, the latter figure showing
the rapid growth of trade and com
mere during the Tudor period.