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VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 66. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAI
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DEATH IN WAKE (
OF EXPLOSION
EYE WITNESS DESCRIBES
CRASH FROM CLEAR SKY.
Bodies on Sidewalk Discolored With
Blood When Associated Press
Reporter Arrives.
New York, Sept. 16 (By the As- j
sociated Press).?"It was a crash j
out of a blue sky?an unexpected, j
'death dealing bolt which in a twink- j
\ ling turned into a shambje the bus- j
\ iest corner of America's financial;
v center and sent scurrying to places j
* of shelter hundreds of wounded, j
* dumb stricken, white faced men and
women?fleeing from an unknown j
danger."
A reporter of the Associated Press,
, who was an eye witness of today's:
explosion in New York's financial district,
thus described the scene. "I
"was just turning into Wall street
from Broadway," he said, "when I
' first felt, rather than heard, the ex.
plosion. A concussion of air similar
to that experienced on the subway
when a train dashes into one of the
under river tubes was felt. Its force
was sufficient to all but throw me off
my, balance. Instantly following the
concussion, came a sharp resounding
crash which shook to their foundations
the large buildings facing either
sici&of Wall street. With the roar
ofi&e blast, came the rattle of fallin|
glass, and from the junction of
"U7oii Moacon nrtri "Rrnad streets?a
block distant, screams of injured men
and wometa. I
Mushroom Shaped Cloud. i
"I dodged into a convenient doorway
to escape falling glass and to
reach a telephone and call the office.
Looking down WaJt-itpeet later, I
could see arising from the vicinity
of the sub-treasury building and the
- - ,J. P. MorgaQ- & y?Co. ^ank a
luushroom sBiped cloud of yellowish, '
jrreeto smok* which mounted to a
I
height of more than 100 feet, the
. ? smoke being licked by darting
tongues of flame. j
"I reached the scene a few mo- ,
ments after the explosion took place.1
The smoke hacT practically cleared
, from the street, but from the -Mor- s
7 j
gan building there was belching forth
through the broken windows clouds
of dust and white vapor. In the
street an overturned automobile was
blazing fiercely and nearby, close to
the body of a dead horse, was an-,
other fire, evidently from a pile of
wreckage.
"Almost in front of the steps lead-!
ing up to the Morgan bank was the
mutilated body of a man. utner.
bodies, most of them silnet in death,j
lay nearby. As I gazed horror strick- J
en at the sight, one of these forms, j
half naked, and seared with burns, j
started to rise. It struggled, then
' toppled and fell lifeless into the gut-1
ter.
Lifeless Forms Seen.
I
"On the opposite side of the street |
were other forms. One of them was j
that of a young woman, her clothing:
torn and burned away. It was mov- j
ing?not in an effort to rise, but in
, the agony of death. I started to- j
ward her?but as I did, she.became :
still. Glancing down I saw that the
pavement was discolored with blood, j
In plain sight, within a radius of 30 j
to 50 feet, were nine lifeless forms.j
"The body of the dead horse in the
middle of the street showed plain!
evidence of having been in close I
proximity of the scene of tne Diast.1
It was literally torn to pieces.
"The windows of the Morgan j
building were blown out and through!
the -openings could be seen the'
smoke blackened interior of what but
a few moments previous had been!
one of the handsomest banking rooms ;
in the city. Opposite the entrance to !
the newly completed white exterior j
of the sub-treasury annex was bat-;
tered and torn as if having been sub- j
jected to a, bombardment of machine :
gun fire. The doorway, with its mas-!
sive steel grill work, was shattered j
and the stone surrounding the door j
cracked and battered away.
"By this time the crowd was press
ing in, held in check by the hastily i
gathering police. At the doorway ox
the Margon bank was an uniformed
guard, apparently half dazed, but
sticking to his post and holding back
those who soUght to enter the structure.
The crowd was strangely quiet and
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FARMERS ENTHUSIASTIC j
AND DETERMINED IN FIGHT!
Decide to Hoid Cotton for Forty
Cents and to Reduce Acreage.
Quiet and Determined Meeting.
There was a large attendance at
the meeting of the farmers in the
court house on Monday to discuss
the cotton situation and to taKe ac-1
tion. There was no display and no
harsh word said of any one but a j
more determined looking: set of men ['
you rarely see gather. They listened '
attentively at all that was said and
you could very well read in the expression
that their minds are made 1
up that they are not going to sell the 1
cotton for less than the minimum '
fixed by the Southern Cotton association
and also that they are going to ]
reduce acreage. There seems to be jJ
little doubt that they have their 11
minds made up that the acreage will j!
be reduced. They are now realizing !
the necessity of such action and be- !
sides it is more expensive to make 1
cotton now than it. was some years 1
1 ^I
ago wnen wiese met u^o wvm , :
held and resolutions adopted ar.d ; <
then every one go along and plant 1
a big crop. Labor is scarce and costs J1
a lot more than it did and besides the 1
boli weevil is here and Mr. Mills ex- i i
plained that the one way to fight the j'
arrtmal was to plant a small acreage,I i
fertilize it well arid then work fast j
and thus get a fair ciop before the ^
gentleman arrived. j j
Mr. J. L. Keitt as president of the' i
Newberry branch ol tne American i
Cotton association called the meet- i 1
ing to order and explained in some j 1
detail.the working of the association j 1
and what was done at the convention i i
at Montgomery.
The object of the meeting is three-} ]
fold. ]
1. Flans for holding the cotton s
ofr the* market in Newberry county 1
until a fair.-and just price could be j
obtained, together for plans for cooperative
marketing. j 1
2. Plans for fully utilizing exist-'
ing warehouses and erecting aiidi- j
tional warehouses and practical plans 1
for financing the corp. j
3. Plans for increasing grain j
and other crops and red-icing the j
cotton acreage. !
Mr. B. C. Matthews- said he had'
just returned from New York and '
other "financial centers and in reply j
to a question he was satisfied, he said, j
that the crop could be financed if the j
farmers would stick together and j
agree not to plant too big a crop the cominer
year. 4 J'
Mr.. T. M. Mills made a practical I
talk on the boll weevil and what it j is
doing in other places and he said j'
that we had the warning now that j?
we might expect it to do damage to
every cotton fie^d in Newberry coun- j:
ty another year and we had just as j
well take warning and be prepared i ^
to meet the situation. And the one ! ^
thing to do was to reduce the acre-! 1
age and fertilize and work well and !?
make the crop before the boll weevil j
had an opportunity to get in his work ' *
and this could not be done with a'(
1
Dig: acreage.
Dr. W. C. Brown offered a reso-'
lution that the acreage be reduced j J
33 per cent. Mr. Alan Jhonstone of- \1
fered an amendment that this reduc-:'
tion be made and that in no event j1
more than eight acres to the plow!
be planted. Mr. Johnstone made a '1
very very strong appeal to the farm-!1
ers that this was the time to act and !
that in bis oninion the farmers ^
should not only pass the resolution 1:
but should act the part of men and i(
live up to it and if bv the first of I'
j ]
April the price had not increase to j 1
something like the cost of production j"1
the decrease be made even more than !1
that and that no cotton be sold be- j'
low the minimum fixed, 40 cents, j:
The resolution as amended was !1
adopted.
Dr. Brown then offered a resolu-, '
tion that no cotton be sold below 40 1
I'
over it seemed to hang a leeiing 01 (
awe and horror. At the commands of!:
the police, it moved and fell back si-! \
lently. On the steps of the old sub-1 j
treasury building, the spot where ,;
years ago stirring scenes connected ';
with the American Revolution were 1
enacted, stands a status of George J;
Washington. Looking down from its 1
pedestal between the massive granite ' <
columns scarred by missiles from the j I
explosion, the outstretched hand of <
the Father of His Country seemed to j i
carry a silent command to be calm." I
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RIGID INQUIRY
WELL UNDER WAY
HALF DOZEN AGENCIES INVESTIGATE
EXPLOSION.
Government Takes Hand on Account
of Proximity of Sub-Treasury
and Assay Office.
Washington, Sept. 16.?Nearlyhalf
a dozen aarencies of the federal
government were at work tonight in
an effort to solve the mystery of the
explosion in New York city's financial
district and to safeguard government
property from similar damage.
In an effort to bring to justice any
person or persons responsible for the
loss of life in the metropolis, agents
of the department of justice, secret
service operatives of the treasury, inspectors
of the postoffice department
and experts of the department of agriculture
were ordered to the scene
of the explosion.
Investigation of the origin of the
explosion was' ordered by Attorney
General Palmer upon rcceipt of the
first report from New York and William
J. Flynn, chief of the bureau of
investigation of the department, left
Washington for New York on the
first train.
The feeling at *the department as
well as among ether officials of the
government was that the explosion
resulted from a radical bomb plot.
Secretary Houston announced that
the secret service was a4- work on
the case because of the proximity of
the explosion to the United States
sub-treasury and assay office.
Officials of the postoffice departr
ment declared postal inspectors were
ready to cooperate with the other
government agencies and David J.
* * * ^ - ??
Price, explosive specialist ui cuc v*^partnient
of agriculture, left for New
i'crk tonight to aid in determining
uhe nature of the explosion.
The noise of the explosion was
.leard in Washington by an official of
:he treasury who was talking on the
telephone to an office in the Equitable
building in N6w York at the
time. The conversation was interrupted,
he said, by "what sounded
like the closing of a large book."
Connection was interrupted andjater
he was called back, he said, to be told
that he had not been cut off, but that
chere had been "an explosion nearby."
;ents the pound and it was adopted:
It was also decided to set aside
25 per cent, of the best grades of
cotton and hold until the first of
July, 1921.
And the following resolution was
ilso adopted:
Resolved, That we ask all dinners
:o collect 25 cents per bale on each
bale grinned, five cents to remain in
:he county, 20 cents to go to the
state association.
It was also resolved, That the negroes
be allowed to form an auxiliary
cotton association in" Newberry county.
It was also resolved, That the
president appoint township commit;ees
to get pledges signed as to acreage
and other matters before the
novt: meetinsr.
Mr. J. L. Keitt was reelected president
and Mr. S. S. Cunningham secretary.
It was a fine meeting and the court
louse was filied with representative
farmers from all sections of the
county and we feel sure that this is
one time when the producer means
business and the man or the farmer
evho fails to fall in line and cooperate
in the movement will feel the
heavy hand of public sentiment so
strong in his head that he will either
move on or get in line with his neighbors.
There was no abuse of any
one or any corporation and on the
contrary all reference to them were
Df a pleasant and friendly sort of
ivay, but the cotton producer just
feels that the fall in the price of cotton
is not because of over production
and if it is he will reduce production
and hold what he has until he can get
a fair price for it. That is all. And
' i 1 ? ~ * ^ V?o ivifVt t.llP
die UUHKer> seem lvj w iMi..
farmer in this movement and willing
to lend a hand. In fact it means' the
salvation of every interest in the
South and there should be hearty cooperation
of all of the varied interests.
It was also decided to hold cotton
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY
Young Farmer Weds?Eastern Star
Members Visit Saluda Chaper.
Students Going to College.
Prosperity, Sept. 20.?Miss Cera
Summer and Mr. Ryan Feliers were
married Saturday evening at the
Methodist parsonage by the Rev. J.
D. Griffin. Mrs. Fellers is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Summer. Mr. Fellers is a promwrtfeinn
irftiiriop -fdrmfr n f Nn 0
^ V/UiiJ, J.MKUV4 W* w. ^
township.
A number of the members of the
Eastern Star chapter by invitation
visited the Saluda chapter on Monday
evening. *
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bedenbaugh
of Orlando, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Dominick of Newberry have been
visiting Mrs. M. B. Bedenbaugh. s
"Miss Lydia Dominick of Columbia
was home for the week-end.
Mrs. Alice Withsrspbon has returned
from Due West.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Caughman, Mr.
land Mrs. H. Evans of Columbia
| spent Sunday at the home of G. A.
[ Maffett.
| Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise had as
| their guests for the week-end Mr.
j and Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Batesbur?,
. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rawl of Lexing
ton.
Miss May Witherspoon of Winr.sboro
is heme for a few days' stay.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Philips, Mr. and MJrs.
Joseph Sha of Columbia spent Sunday
with Mrs. Carrie Leaphardt, who
celebrated her 70th birthday.
Prof. J. E. McSwain spent the
week-end in Columbia.
Miss Jose Griffin has returned from
a short visit to Monticello.
Miss Celeste Singley of Columbia
i is home for a few clays.
j Mrs. J. J. Gibbon and son. Jack,
left Saturday fcr Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Taylor and
daughter, Miss Erin, of Bachrnan
Chapel visited Mrs. Lois Dominick
during the past week.
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon spent
the week-end in Ninety-Six.
Mrs. J. H. Sease and family were
| called to Chapin Saturday on account
of the death of his mother.
Mrs. J. B. Stockman has returned
from Columbia.
Mrs. Addie Hodges is home after
spending several weeks in Clinton.
| Bernard Stone, Tom Sease, Ernest
j Dominiek, Jacob Kunkle, Mower
j Singley. Olin Long, George Kinard
j Dominick, James Roof, Noah Pat
Shealy, Misses Ethel and Bertie Saner
and Elizabeth May enter Newber'ry
college this week.
Mrs. M. W. Bedenbaugh- is visiting
Mrs. J. S. Miller of Gary's Lane.
Thomas E. Hair of Columbia was
home for the week-end.
? * i
| Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dommjcc ana
daughter of Kinards visited relatives
here on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Mayer of
Newbefrry have been visiting at the
home of P. E. Warner.
Messrs. Frank Thrailkill, John
Smith and Brooks Smith of Leesville
were week-en'd guests of H. L.
Shealy.
Joe B. Hartman has returned from
a business trip to Charleston.
I Mrs. Mary Sitz spent the past week
i irt flnlnmbia.
I "* ~
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Schumpert of
Columbia spent Monday and Tuesday
here.
Dr. A. G. Voigt of Columbia has
been visiting Mrs. C. J. Shealy.
I. B. Nates of Columbia was home
for the week-end.
Robert K. Wise leaves this week
( for Cambridge, Mass., where he is a
j law student at Harvard university.
Horace Dominick has entered
Bailey Military Institute, Green|
wood.
I Rev. and Mrs. Calvin Counts, Mr.
land Mrs. Augustus Padgett of
1 Smcaks are visiting Mrs. W. C.
j Barnes.
! Mrs. Horace Counts is spending a
j while with Mrs. Carrie Me Waters of
j seed for $60 the ton or use them as
j fertilizer. Mr. Wicker and Mr.
J Johnstone of the Farmers Oil mill advised
the farmer not to sell seed at
the prevailing price.
It was a fine meeting and will result
in good for the spirit of cooperation
manifest as well as for the
accomplishment of the immediate
purposes.
COX DETERMINED
TO ENTER LEAGUi
| WILLING TO MAKE REASON
j ABLE CONCESSION.
I Democratic Nominee Explains Posi
tion Fully in Telegram to
Prof. Irvine* Fisher.
Reno, Xev., Sept. 16.?Assertion
that he would "make any reasonabl
concessoin," to secure America:
membership in the league of nation
was made by Governor Cox, Demo
cratic presidential candidate here to
night at the close of the Nevad
campaign.
In his statement, a telegram t
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale univers
ity, Governor Cox said that the Dem
ocratic platform opposed only resei
vations of nullification. The gover
nor announced that he would "en
deavor to meet all reasonable desire
for proper reservations which are ol
feved in sincerity."
The governor's telegram to Profe?
sor Fisher, who is working for rat:
fication of the treaty of Versailles
i was evoked by a statement of Fo:
mer President Taft, it was announce
that Governor Cox's election "woul
mean an unyielding and uncomp/c
miring attitude" on the league.
"I am determined," said Governc
Cox's telegram, "to secure the cai
liest possible entrance into the lea^u
i of nations with the least possible dc
lay and with the least possible rese:
vations to reach that result. Th
platform adopted by the conventic
at which I was nominated permit
reservations which will clarify an
reassure our people, and is oppose
only to reservations which woul
nullify and destroy. I have no doub
that Republican and Democratic scr
af.ovs alike will loyally fulfill th
people's mandate which my elect: o
w:ll * signify;* I cht'll endeavor t
meet all reasonable desires for prope
reservations which are offered in s.r
ccrity and not merely presented a
trumped up for' pol-'tieal purposes
My heart is in this fight and I wi.
v put foith aii effort and make reasor
able concession to win it that we nia
sccure membership in the league to
America."
The governor's Nevada campai r
today comprised a half dozj
speeches. He traveled farther
reached fewer voters and saw les
scenery than on any "day of the t\v
weeks of his Western trip.
J Through the Nevada sage bruS
; and alkali desert, bounded by hi-*
b&rren, brown mountains, the govci
nor traveled today, delivering ac
dresses on the league of nation;
progression and reclamation, at Elkc
Car)in, Winnemucca, Lovelock a:i
1 Sparks. All were brief rear plat
form talks except at Sparks, wher
he spoke at the high school, and her
i tn a l^rirp frowd in a theate
l/V W
after arriving nearly two hours laic
Peace through the league was th
burden of the candidate's Nevad
preachments.
t .
, Columbia.
McDonald Williams has returne
to Allendale after visiting Mowe
Singley.
Miss Lucy Schumpert is a stud en
of the AVoman's college. Due West.
Mrs. J. D. Lorick and Mrs. Walte
Wise have returned from Columbia.
F. J. Black Jias returned to Geo:
gia Military academy, Atlanta,
i j Mrs. Roscoe Snealy of Savannah
j Mrs. J. J. Crooks of Pomaria an
! Mrs. Luc-ile Hardeman of Newberr
i orPov rimrtlfs of Birmingham ar
i anu iiwj v* ? w
J visiting Mrs. R. L. Rankin.
I Rev. and- Mrs. W. A. Rieser of Au
! gusta visited the latter's brothei
! Rev. Chas. J. Shealy, during the pas
week.
Mrs. Kener.th Baker and daughtei
i Miss Mary, of Greenwood are guest
' - - - nr "TTT
ol Mrs. hi. w. vv cms.
! Miss Rosa May Mitchell left Sat
| urday for Sumter where she teache
1 this session.
I Miss Ophelia Connelly returne<
i Tuesday to Columbia, where she i
1 matron at the Lutheran seminary.
Mrs. J. D. ' Bedenbaugh and chil
dren are visitirir Mrs. Birge Wise.
I\Iiss Bess Bowers of Clemson col
j lege is visiting her many friend
j here.
I Mi's. J. P. Wheeler had as he
' .ir.icsts Wednesday Ivlesdames Henr
Parr and James Wheeler of New bet
ry and Mrs. Robert llruce of Florida
'sparks circus will
exhibit here soon i
i
j
Sparks Three Ring Circus Will Show j
At Gilder's Field on Monday,
October 4.
t
Years may come and go, times and i
customs change, 'out a circus is al- j
ways a joy to young and old. So al-i j
I will be delighted to know that Sparks j
three ring circus is on its way and j
will exhibit in Newberry on Monday,!
G October 4. j
n
s Certainly this is one of the greatest
shows that has ever come to New-!
berry, if"includes almost everything |
? i in the way of entertainment from the !
j I
! champion high jumping horse of the |
world, to Madge Evans, a dainty lit
tie miss who puts a herd of monster
. elephants through their paces twice
daily. Then there are feats of!
. strength ana oaiancing tnat seem to |
( . defy every law of gravitation. There j
g is the flaring Kenova, "upside down J
. man," who ascends an entire flight of
112 steps while balanced on his head
and the great Matok^ in his thrilling.:
T slides for lifa on a slender wire ex-j
tending nearly the entire length of i
the "big ten." There are truly won- ;
j derful exhibitions of bareback riding, ,
j post graduate high school and danc-;
a ing horses, the flying earls, the Con- j
nors in tight wire evolutions and fel-;
lowers of the "silent drama;" will;
t find in Miss Irma, a living replica of |
Mary Pickford?in fact her aesocir.t- ;
c es in the termed world acclaim her to
be "the Mary Pickfprd of the h:';h,
wire." Than there will be the aerialj
2 Yorks, the Ezuma troupe of oriental!
n acrobats, the three Guices and the j
s Cornalla's family of European aero-!
d ^IT nfViov in i
i;ai/0 mm un vie ??n?i umi ... ,
"! presenting death defying stunts.
j 1 ... !
" ! The Sparks circus has-ihe reputa-;
" tion of giving more for the mor.ey j
!" than any mother circus in the tei.ceu |
field and all the features will be soon j
n in the glittering, bewildering, two'
0 j mile long street parade at 10:l;0.
r i o'clock on circus day.
i-;
s i Fur man's Opening.
5 I Greenville, Sept. 20.?Furman I
'I j university has liad a most auspicious!
j opening. Three hundred and forty j
y! men have reported, and others will j
r ' or.tpr in the next few davs. The en-;
i "" " '
| roIn\er)t will probably go to 375. All |
n j the faculty are present, among them j.
11! several new members. Prof. Lueco ,
*, | Gunter of Columbia, Prof. W. II.!
s \ Coleman of Mississippi, Prof. R. N.!
o ; Daniel of Kentucky, Prof. F. K. j
j Pool of North Carolina, Prof. Living- i
h I stori T. Mays of Texas, Prof. E. K. j
h J Plyler of Greenville, and Prof. George '
- i W. Wilkinson, also a Greenville :
[-1 county boy, constitute the new mem-;
| bers of the faculty. They are all;
>, j men who have had extensive training j
d J in the leading colleges and universi- >
1 ties of the country and have had ex- i
e j perience in teaching:. Three of the i
e ! former professors studied in North- j
r j ern universities this summer; namely, i
i. | Professors Cox, Vass and Bower.,
e : They are here to take up their wcrk
a i with renewed vigor.
f Work progresses on the new dormi"
| tory and also upon the central heat^
I ing plant. It is hoped that the heat- J
, | ing plant will be ready by the time j
1 | cold weather sets in. If not, the j
t; present apparatus for heating the j
j various buildings which has been j
r ! used for several years will be em-j
' | ployed again, as it will not be re- j
| moved until the new plant is in- j
j stalled and ready for work. A tem-'
^ j porary building was erected by the j
f| j Minter Homes company, in which a '
- - 1 i- J i
"'number of students are locaieu. hk-i
y '
I building is thoroughly comfortable j
J and attractive and the men will be j
; properly protected until the new dor- j
^ j mitory is ready to receive them. This J
' . will be earlv in the vear, as the archi- i
,t . .1
| tect now promises. Tne session
\ promises to be a very fine one.
s I In honor of the teachers of the !
j Trinity-Ridge school in Laurens.
" j county, the Laurensville Keraid of!
3 i the 17th instant says "a lovely re!
ception was given at the school house j
''i last Friday evening by the patrons]
3 j and friends of the school." i'ne pnn-.
j cipal of the school is Mrs. Annie Ox- j
j rer. daughter of Mrs. G. W. Pear- j
son of our city.
s On the opening day of school one i
bright little miss was arguing with :
r her mother on the subject. She told j
y her mother she didn't see the use of i
"- her going to school as she couldn't
l. read.
FIGHT WILL COME
FROM DRY FORCES
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE TO OPFOSE
SOME CANDIDATES.
Prohibition Commissioner Tells
T ti _ i r /
LC?.^[UG 1 nat JLdW ?iiuurwcuicuw
Machinery is Not Adequate. '
Washington, Sept. 16.?Declaration
was made today by Prohibition
Commissioner Kramer that dry law
enforcement machinery is inadequate.
Coupied with this was a statement by
the Anti-Salooil league that the "nation
is confronted by a gigantic and
vicious conspiracy to discredit and ultimately
overthrow prohibition.
.
Mr. Kramer in making his declaration
in an address by the AntiSaldon
league conference here ' announced
that in numerous communities
prohibition cases were being
dragged into federal courts at a rate
of ten to 20 a week. The result,
lie said, was jammed dockets and de
-i-i? uiftlfl.
lays in inc viliti ux uijr jan ?m.
tcrs.
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The Anti-Saloon league embodies
its conspiracy charges in a resolution
which served notice that it would attempt
removal of public officials derelict
in prohibition enforcement. At
the same time, officials of the league
made public a partial list of candidate?
for; ccr.grc-~s whom it will seek
to defeat because of their position
cr. prohibition.
rvrv'.ni?Vn(>r TCramer frankly told
i"he confcrence thr.t his agency in addition
to being confronted wi?h a
shortage of personnel had within it
men who were not "straight." It
would li^ve been a "miracle," hef
added, if there had -not been some
men who had proved to be unfaithful
to the oath inasmuch as the dry enforcement
corps had Jqcen built up
in- about six months. *v 1
Fi;;ht on Official^
While the conference gave Mr.
Kramer's organization a vote of confidence
and a pledge of support,
croakers asserted this stand would
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rJot "soften" condemnation of officials
of whatever rank who did not
observe the letter of the law in
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searching out liquor violators.
The resolution adopted by the confcrencc
also called upon congress toadopt
"some standard for good behavior"
by defining "misconduct" for
which appointees, such as federal <
judges, might be removed from office.
The present laws make impeachment
difficult and impractical, the resolution
said, and congress was.urged toprovide
methods by which those who
"wink at violation of law" may be
dealt with summarily.
The league in its campaign for a
continued dry majority in congress
will support Senator Watson, Republican,
against Thomas Taggart, Democrat,
in the Indiana senatorial race,
and Frank B. Willis, Republican candidate
for senator in Ohio. Included
among the present members of the
house selected by the league as the
objet of its attack, the list showed
Representative Porter, Pennsylvania,
chairman of the house foreign affairs
committee.
List Not Complete.
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the league, in making public
the list of candidates to be opposed,
told the conference that dry workers
would not know definitely the
names of all candidates on its "black
and white lists" until all primaries
have been held. He explained the
league would enter no local fight except
where records of the candidates
show the prohibition to be an issue.
Commissioner Kramer, in addressing
the conference, suggested today
the organization of local committee
' of a hundred or more" to be built
up a sentiment for preservance of
prohibition law.
"We are having a hard and uphill
fight," Mr. Kramer said. "But, on
the whole, it is a winning fight. I
am doing my best to enforce the law
as it was intended to be enforced.
"I am not asking for sympathy; I
am not seeking to establish an alibi.
Nor am I trying to 'pass the buck.' I
knew this job was a hard one and
would require the utmost that is in
me. I say, therefore, that I want
only your help."
If you just will go t'o the opera
house Tuesday you will see "The
Great Sinner." It is said to be "a
corker."
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