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MEBFOTm MATT! TTUT1TTNtK MRDFOrtT), OTtFfONT. VIM PAY. OV KM P.l',1.' X T 01ft HERALD POLLS t4 Drift Towards President Continues Unabated Middle West for Presi ' dent Normally Republican States Swinginy Toward President Sil ent Vote for Wilson. SHOW WILSON LEADS NNATION Thi' New Vnili llemlil uill, publish- eil Oelnlier '.'II, uives I'rcsiilcnt Wil son tlu lend in the popular liuilut lie injt conducted over Ilic I'nilccl States liy the flernlil nuil associated news papers, "ivillj; t In" president XM cloe tornl votes. Tlic I'lillnwint; is taken from Hie copyrighted summitry published In utile Peoria Journal-Transcript, one of the papers co-opcratim; with the Herald, and prinliliur the full poll. Jl'he Sunday Herald lias nut lieeu re ceived here, but Imtli papers publish the same figures: "President Wilson has much Hie best el' il as the. final week of I lie campaign iipcns, and unless lliere is a radical change in sentiment of vot ers in ilic next few days there seenfs little or no doubt of his re-elcctiou. Drift Towards Wilson. ''Ti'epublieiins everywhere thai is, the campaign managers anil the ard ent pal titans are claiming that there lias come a cliamje in the drift that ij if no Inn-ier Tlnwin:; in the di-rei-lion of Ihe president. There is nnlhirii: In iiidie.ile that there is any ilimiiiiiliiin whatever in Ihe drill lo- i p..,..;, I, .1.1 U';k,.n The straw lallnls put l'lesiilcnt Wilson aliead in I lie popular vole fur , the lll'sl nine since ine cimoeiiou was inaimuratcil. Had the California Mite been cut down to its proper pro portion hist week it is true he would! .have been abend at that lime. The sixth week of the presidential poll make these lads sliind out in bold relief: President Wil-mi is leltinir a steadily increasing; percentage of lioosevelt supporters of jour years ll.lJO. Ku-oeniiiK Middle 'West. The SUntv l.allols indicale the pos sibility of the president sweeping the middle west. . Ohio. Wisconsin and Nebraska, nnrinnllv republican, seem certain for him. Tremendous gains make it easily possible for him t carry Michigan, Minnesota, Montana and Washing ton. These rains of Mr. Wilson have added several normally republican states to the doiiblfu! column. The women's vote seems- likely to give Illinois to Ilic president, despite the i'acl the male voters-will give a reduced plur.-ilily for the republican nominee. Theic is mi indication that labor is not standing as solidly for the presi dent as al first, and neither is there any indication that the tide for the president, which set in from the wes tern farmers, has stopped. President 'il-"ii will be the gainer from the silent vote, bill it is not yet Apparent what figure it will cut. Herald' Predictions. The following are conceded by the Tlernld as the certain Wilson states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo rado. Connecticut, Florida, Georgia. : 1.-........1... M....1.....1 i; ' sissiiipi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, K.mlli I !l l'i il ; (111!,. I't'lllll'SSce. jt Texas, Virginia, Wr-t Viiginm, Wis ! consin total, 2IS. ', The followiii!; are given as sure for Hughe.-: California, Inilian'i, Iowa, : Kansas, .Maine, Massachusetts, Min ', ncsola, Molilalia, Nevada, New ; Hampshire, Xorlli Dakota, Oregon, 'Pennsylvania, lihode l.-lniul, South Jlakola, I'lah. Vermont, Wyoming Intnl. 1 UT. The t'uHiiwitig- are classed as doiibltul: Delaware. Idaho, Illinois. liehignn, New .Irr-ev, New Vork Washiir.-lnn total. J 1 7. Of these doubtful states, Ihe Her ald poll shows the pre-ideiit Iciidin: in Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Xcw York and Vtishington. Of the states given Ihe republi cans by the Herald, the poll shows the president lending-' in Minnesota, Jlontana, and tied in South Dakota and Wyoming. - All told, the poll -jives Wilson ."..Il electoral votes, with, -lit! necessary 1o elect. (imrci M Wlin , i. i.. i. .... ,i...-..j " . uti i n in h j uu nil I Itl i " too mucn lor groceries why nol kk prices at Touts Grocerv Co.? We have no hookkppplns. Xo delivery hills to pay. no hfnh rent, no bad ac counts to rollrct from you. Only two classes of people can afford to run an acrount. Ouo has bo rmuh tnonoy thfy don't inijR a few extra dollars. The other nevr pays. ASK HUGHES 10 (Continued From Page One). the war. Even the most experienced R. leaders of business and finance in j (;eore V, Johnson, of lllnghnm your own iarty admit this. l,on y president of the Kndlcott- "As against theso conditions v'e;jginSoii ramiiany, lurscsl shoe niiinu need, and we feel we have right, to fac-lurers in the world, know what you are Tor. What will you Charles It. Crane, former president do to conserve and further advance tof t1(. crane company, Chicago, the. legitimate business Interests of j Kdward A. Klleno, president of the the country? What will you ask con Kress to substitute for the construc tive legislation that has been passed by the Wilson administration? Insist on Definite Answei's. "You are reported in the daily newspapers as declaring in your re cent speech in Milwaukee, 'that the whole Democratic legislative nccoin-j plishiuent must be wiped ofr the books for the good of the country.' i In view of that statement, we Insist' that definite answers be given to the following questions: First Would you repeal the fed eral reserve act, with Its insurance against panic and the facilities It has given us lor making credit accessible to the deserving smaller business man, as It hitherto has been available to the largest business men? Second Would you repeal the Un derwood tariff law. with Its income tax. and abolish the nou-parllsnn tar iff commission? Would you restore the system of tariff tinkering and po litical trading, which has always caused business disturbance and in vited European retaliation, or would you await the public presentation or Ihe facts by the new tariff commis sion as a basis for scientific changes whenever changes may be necessary because of new conditions? I'edora.1 Trade Commission. "Third would you discontinue the federal trade commission, which is helping us to establish just relations ; between business and government and aiding the development of thousands of smaller enterprises by giving them practical information of the highest value? Would yon go back to the old condition under which a single com missioner of corporations, a political appointee changing with each admin istration, would again be entrusted with tire-enormous power of regulat ing the entiro business of the coun try? "Fourth Would you repeal the rural credits law, which for the first time has made proper credit as free to the American farmer as It has been to the business man and has put him on a business footing and given to our agriculture the stability to ensure its, further development as the necessary basis of domestic prosperity?" The Child I.uIhic Ijtw. "Fifth Would you repel the. child labor law. which for the first, time nationally protects helpless childhood and establishes somo equality of working conditions between compet ing manufacturers of different states and at the same time makes for ef ficiency and progress in our relations with our employes "Sixth Would you repeal the fed eral shipping bill, which lays the foundation of a real merchant marine, of value to farmer and business man alike, and gives the nation ships, which can he used in times of war as auxiliaries to our navy, Tor lack of which the navy Is now seriously handicapped Adanison Uiv Prevented Strike. "Seventh Would you repeal the law providing for an honest test of the eight-hour law on railroads? The transportation companies -being con vinced that a strike was inevitable,. as proven by their embargo on freight, would you have permitted the precipi tation of that strike, with Its millions of dally losses to business and its burden of human suffering, rather than favor the passage of tho law enacted? "Klghth Would you Intervene In BREAKS A COLD IN Fl HOURS-TRY IT! First Dose of I'ape's Cold ( iniioiilid Itcliews All the firlpK- .Misery Contains No Quinine, Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! A dose of 'Tape's Cold Compound" taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grii luisory and break up a severe cold either In the neno, rnesi, uouy or inmis. H promptly opens ioKed-tii) nos - trilu nnH itir nnsen i'ih' stnitu nnttv " ' ui-Muai ' n luiuim, ininrc istck hartarii, hneezing. soreness and stiffness. 'Tape's Cold Compound" in the qufekest. surest relief known and costs only 2.'. cents ul drus stores. It acts without assist n nee. tastes nice, and causes no Inconvenience. Ion't accept a substitute. Adv. Mexico, destroy the confidence of our Pun-American neighbors In the hon esty of our Intent ious, and by mnk i)K war on Unit republic Justify a nieuitciiig hatred of American enter prises lot- generations to come? Tluvjit uf .Mnllc.1 I'isl. "Ninth Finally, would yon substi tute the threat of the mailed fist. with the terrible proof of what it has 'brought to Kuropo. for the process of diplomacy, which have Kept for us peace with honor?" I Tho letter is aligned by the follow- William Filene's Sons company dry goods, lloston. W. I,. Saunders, chairman board of directors, Ingersoll-Uand company, and director of tho Americ an Interna tional corporation. Charles II. 'Ingersoll. of ltobert. II. ingersoll & llro. watch inanufnctur- ers, Saw York, ' Calvin Tompkins, formerly commissioner of New York. Josse Isidor Straus, of It. II dock Macy & Co., dry goods. New York. Charles II. .Tones, president of the Commonwealth Shoe & Leather com pany; lloston. ! John II. Fahey. publisher, Wor rhestor, Muss., Fvenlng Post. Isidor Jacobs, president of the California Onnnerles company, Sun Francisco. Thomas II. luce, president of tho Triangle Film corporation, l.os Ange les. Welding Iting. or Mulller Que rcnu, dry goods. Now York. Humphrey O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan Rubber Heels, Lowell, Mass. W. A. Julian, president of the Jul-ian-Kokenge company, shoes, Cincin nati. Frederick F. Ingram, F. F. Ingram company, perfumers, Detroit. II. II. Fndleott, of EndicoU-.lolin-son company, shoes, ningliampton, X. Y. Holla Wells, former mayor of St. T.ouls William Solomon, banker, New York. Julian S. Carr, banker, Durham, N. C. C. D. lialsell. of the C. D. Halsell cotnpauy. wholesale grocers Okla homa City. ! H. Ij. Nunn. president of Nunn & Hush, shoe manufacturers, Milwau kee II. F. Nelson, president 11. F. Nel son company, Minneapolis. Deafness Cnose Pioneer Suicide r.i.ijP,.oui'nii, asu., ;uv. o. i , ... , , . , , , , , .'the principle nl ended bun, he vetoed Frank Martin, a pioneer merchant of ; ! ', . 1 ,, ., .. ,. F.llonsburg and formerly postmaster at Cleeluni for eight years, committed suicide tonight at his home here by j The income lax low is now in suc shooting himself through the head n-essful operation under President with a pistol. He had been despon - dent for more than a month because of growing deafness. , . I lure, boss-ronl foiled though '1 was, Choice of fat young steers. Public ' favored Ihe ratification of the ill Market, llooth II, Saturday. come tax constitutional amendment, Last f t t y T f t ? T f ? f f t ? : t f ? ? ? ? ? ? .X. PAGE THEATRE Tonight, 8 o'Clock Sharp COME EARLY AND GET A GOOD SEAT MRS. L. J. ALMING former State Supt. of Public Instruction of North Dakota, and the' first woman elected to a state office in the United States, will address the women voters. PORTER J. NEFF and E. E. KELLY will discuss the National issues and reply to republican arguments. Will also answer the Morning Sun's questions. MISS BRYAN will sing "Who's the Man," composed by J. V. McPhee of Medford, music by Fred Alton Haight. ; ; J 1 J V , T V ? ? ? 1 NEW YORK STATE (Continued From rage One.) after thousands had been squander ed, it came to light that the proposed piisnii site was bog and ipiieksand. Four long veins during which dis ease and insanity ravaged Sing Sing, yet not one helpful law, not a step toward prison reform, and the only ell'orl for a new Sing Sing made fruitless by niiiilcssness iind grnft. This was Failure No. "i. I Aided the Itoilronds. Spurred lo netion by the increas ing number of railroad disasters, due to inadcipiatc crews, Ilic legislature passed a full crew bill. (Invernor Hughes vetoed it. This was Failure No. (i. For years the people of the f'ily of New York had been tanking a fight for a ."i-ceul fare to Coney Island. The ln ppincss of thousands hung upon tho victory, fur nickels are of prime iiepi nance in the lives of those tenement dwellers to whom Concv Island appeals, liy some iiiuizing' trick of foitiine the bill managed to get through the gauntlet of the bosses and went to (lovcruor Hughes for his signature, lie veto ed it. This wits Failure No. 7. All through the west slates were forcing 2-eent passenger fare bills through their legislatures. New York awakened. A 'J-cents-n-mile passenger rate measure was intro duced ul Albany, public sentiment, jammed il through, and again (lov cruor Hughes came to the rescue of the corporat ions. He vetoed it. This was Failure No. 8. Sex Favoritism, One of the best and must satisfac tory laws on the statute hooks'' of New Vork today is the eipial pay for equal work measure, expressing, lis it docs, the obvious truth that when women do the same labor as men they shall receive the same wage. This bill was first pressed to successful passage during the administration of Governor Hughes. It went to him fur his signature, ami he returned it .villi this comment: "It is proposed by legislative en actment to establish- I be proposition thai fur the work of a given position women shall receive uqiial pay wilh men. It is for this principle lial the supporters of the hill contend, and not for lucre increased pay. I ean ! lint improve, this bill." And because it. '1 his was l ailiirc No. !). Opposed Income Tax. 1 Wilson, and not a man in public lite today dares lo quarrel with it. At Ihe tunc that the New l ork logislu- Big Wilson COME OUT AND tloveruor Hughes tent In a message tory gained by lloveinor Unfiles was urging its defeat. This was Kuiluro jin connection with the race track bill. Nti. Hi. jit took another of his fretpient ex- It was w hile Mr. Hughes sal In Ihe traotdiiiary sessions of the logisla govcrnni's chair that pensions I'ntjlurc, hut he did manage to get the aged teachers came to the front nlnw. a decent and progressive idea. A - teachers' retirement pension bill was -REVOLT SWEEPS OVER 'jpassed, but again it was n principle that wovernor Hughes could not ap- i prove, mid he vetoed it. 'I'l,; ,. ,K, Failure No. .11. ; The state highways department ; i was organized under Clnvemor Hughes wilh a .frll.nOil,lltl(l bond is sue behind il. Politiciniis were ap pointed, not roadbuildcrs, there was waste and scandal, and the average life of a highway was three and a half years, instead of the fifty that bad been promised. This was Failure No V. F.xtravngiint Administration, lie promised economy. His admin istration was so extravagant that it wiped out n surplus of $1(1,(1110,000. The cost of oiieraling- stale depart ments increased $10,000,000, and the ost of conducting the executive de partment went up $'.'0,000,000, nil without visible return to taxpayers. This was Failure No. 1.1. lie promised financial reform. His blunder with regard to the stale sink ing fund locked up $:lll,000,IIOII, a loolish and unnecessary hoarding ihat lias worked loss, confusion and debt. This was Failure No. I I. lie promised civil service reform. During bis four years he ordered U1S civil service examinations, as against. H'J in the four years of (lovemor Odell, and, not content wilh this, pro cured 'M5 "special exemptions" Hint guve appointments to henchmen with out competitive examination. NainiHl - Many l'plif(s. As a matter of fact, bo named more mcdiocrcs and unfits and mis fits than any other governor. Not a single appointee stood out. except when called before Ihe bar of public opinion to answer charges. Whip ple, his forest, fish and gnuio com missioner, and Hell, counsel for the comniission, were forced to resign lis Ihe result of newspnper exposure. This was Failure No. 1". With regard to public utilities, nil that Governor Hughes bad to do was to copy the laws that passed in Mis souri and Wisconsin, both accepted models. Instead of this, be stood for nn net that excluded telegraph and telephone companies from the control of the public service commis sion, and was forced to admit at a laic, date that Ihe bill -was "unsatis factory." The men Ihat lie named to lio Xcw Vork city commission were notoriously identified with cor- noration interests, and it was under their adininistintion that the plans were laid for the later subway scan- stipated bowels a thorough cleansing dal. jand straighten you out by morning. Only One Victory. They work while you sleep a 10- . For chairman of the up-state pub- cent box from your druggist will keep lie service commission he nained;you feeling good for mouths. Mil Frank W. Stevens, a railroad allor-, lions of men and women tnko a Cas ney, who served the corporations so; caret now and then to keep their well that be was given a ifim.OOO a year position by Ihe New Vork Cen tral at the expiration of his term. This was Kailurc Xo, 111. As a mailer of fact, Ilic one vic- HEAR THE GRECIAN TERRITORY .1 I tll-,.3, via l.OUUOU, AUV. ,1. Klng Constiintlue Issued orders this morning for the royalist troops to prevent the advance of the rcvolullon- land fifty loyal troops had previausly I evacuated Katerlna before 800 In Isurgents armed with machine guns, j withdraw ing to l.arissa to join rein forcements. Tho evacuation of Kate rina is confirmed by the general staff. OVER $2,000,000 SPENT (Continued From Pago One.) Coitlandt, New York P. .1. liynn. t'bicago. $;i000, William Solomon, Martin Vogcl, New York: George llrenncn, Chicago. $'J."i0ll, Frederick llol'f, New York; Hugh C. Wallace, Tncoma. $J000, William I!, llust, Taenmn ; ('. 1.. Morgentlinu, New York; V. A. Curtis, Chicago. I Among Ihe $10110 contributors were Adnlph 0. .Miller and Daniel C. llopcr of Washington, 1). ('.; William V. Osborn, John S. Morgenthni!. K. J. Lynch, Gordon Aiiclnncloss, Herman Hcrnstein, Thomas H. Lowo of New York; T. II. (liven, Pillsburg; Sena tor Wdlnrd Snulsbury, Delaware; Sam Lazarus, SI. Louis; Louis llain bcrgcr, Newark, N. .1.; V. O. Hurt and A. D. Dunham, Hartford, Conn.; .1. ,1. Hughes, Council Uluft's, la.; ,1. I!. Dooling, Alva, Okln.; Lynn II. Dinkins, New Orleans, and Arthur Peter of Maryland. CEARETS" FOR A BAD BREAIH Best foe l.Iver and Dowels, for 1111 lousness, Sour Stomach anil Constipation. Get a 10-cent box now. Furred Tongue, Dad Colds, Indiges tion, Sallow Skin and Miscrablo Head aches come from a torpid liver and clogged bowels, which cause your stomach to become filled with undi gested food, which sours and fer ments like garbage In a swill barrel. That's tho first step to untold misery Indigestion, foul gnses, bad breath, yellow skin, mental fears, everything i that Is horrible and nauseating. A 1 Cascnrnt tonight will give your con stomach, liver and bowels regulated and never know a miserable moment. Don't forget the children their Ut ile Insldcs need a good, gentle clean sing, too. Adv. ? ? T ? ? i ? ? i ? ? f Rally t f ? ? ? V FUN DOUBLE ITS BEAUTY Try Tills! Hair (iets Thick, fi lossy, Wavy and Beautiful at Once, , - -, , y Immediate? Yes! Certain r'rt.hat is the joy of It. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant nnd'au pears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl s after a Danderiiie hnir cleanse. Just try this moisten cloth with a' llttlo Danderiiie and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small Btrand at a time. This will cleanse tho hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil. and In just a few moments you have doubled tho beauty of your hair. A delightful surprise awaits those whose hair has been neg lected or Is scraggy, faded, dry, brit tle or thin. Besides beautifying the hale, Danderiiie dissolves every par ticle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invigorates the scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair, but what will please you most will be af ter a few week's use, when you seo new hair fine and downy at first yes but really new hair growing all over the scalp. If you caro for pretty soft hair, and lots of It surely got a 2!i-cont bottle of Knowlton's Dander ine from any drug store or toilet counter and Just try it. Adv. 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