The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 10, 1920, Page N/A, Image 1
TIIK al MTKR WATCHMAN, KetabUaJ
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, U
PALMER FACES
COURTJNQUIRY
Attorney General Called to Indi
aoop?s For Investigation of
Connection With Coal Canes
ORDFR ISSUED BY FEDERAL
JUDGE ANDERSON
Mr. Palmer Says He Is At Loss
to Know What Judge Ander?
son Propose* to Investigate
Washington, Nov 4.?Attorney
General Palmer returned to his office
her? tat? today to find awaiting hln>
a telegram from Federal Judge An?
derten at ladtar pells informing
hiss tftat an Investigation was to be
made ?f Xlr. Paln.tr ? connection
wtta the toft coal eusoa rdr. Palmer
imrr.edtstely went into eonrerence
Wdtet C. B. Amus, former assistant
attorney general, who conducted the
ewurt proceedings at Indianapolis in
the original ratet? at the time of the
?eft coal atrlke After the confer?
ence, which lasted two hours, he aald
ha waa una'de to understand what
"Judge Andersoj Is proposing to in
VtstsjatJw'1
The attorney fcaneial tvld he had
reviews* th? entire record of the
casw in question with Mr. Ames, but
that they sad ih-.l no light on the
matter.
"1 sai at v l\m to kr.iw what
Judge Andsrecq ui proposing to In
vestlga^e." Mr. I ainr.u' said. 'M /
connrv tloa enth this cast hu been
?Imply ana only the coeo'Jction of
the attorney %ennral with any go\ ?
erment case."
Mr. Palmer ha \ net determined to?
night whether ho would go to In
d.tnaw*be person viiy In response to
JuJgn? A niJe. sens v<\Italien.
Torre were .ndtcatlons at the a?
partm*>tit .Hat the controversy Witten
precipitated rec?m.y the resignation
of Den W Hinoma apeaial prosecu*
tar in the ccal caset was being re
Vtsw<*d.
v rreapondenoe bstw *en the de?
partment snd Mr. Sim mi and all data
havirte a (tearing on he proceed?
ings have bean Metib'tt. It was
understood the attorney general
planned to go over the papers dui
lug the neat few diyi
ttMrs "nrnr onVhii* thought <*
possible to-', '-uther act e? b? Judge
Anderson miftlu wan.int the auot
ney general iu making public a v'ate
ment of hla position "dn all phases
of the proceeding*. ' the opinion was
ease "can that .in leas the judge him
salf threw additional light on the
!? opened inquiry. Mr. Palme.* would
remain silent.
Although in no way connecting the
Mamma controversy with matten to
be Investigated by Judge Andereon,
Mr. P&tmei* muutsined that haa posi?
tion with respect to using the coal
conspiracy evidence a second time
was "the only right and proper posi?
tion" to take. He was represented
as feeling that to use the evidence In
the forthcoming case would amount
substantially fo placing tho defend
snte twice in Jeopardy. Compliance
of the miners and operators with the
Injunction mandate of tie court set?
tled that phaau of the proceedings.
Mr. Palmer was sah? to hold, which
prompted him tu I struct Mr. Minima
to exclude such evidence for the' asc?
end prosecution
Officials admitted the expectation
tonight that JuJge Anderson, acting
on h*a own initiative would call for
Introduction of thle evidence. With
that, officiate said, they had nothing
to do. but ths statement was reit?
erated that the government would
net employ ths Information as a part
of Its ceao i
Greenville Man
Killed in Home
Oreenvllle. Nov. & ?As s result of
is robbery and murder early this
afternoon of \aa Fllnkenshelt. age
forty-four, the sheriff has a warrant
fnr Jamil K Salmon, of M<>rg't,nton,
N Gn chsrgtng him with having com?
mitted the crime Salmon has not i> n
found Filnkentthelt hv*d half a mile
t ?? ? i.d ? m{ ? lit ou the Ijaui rna
road, and was a fanner He sas in '
hs hems wbon a young man drove up '
in s csr. alighted, entered the house
sod. demanded money. Wttneeses state ;
thgt after he had talked for a few i
minutes with Klinkersla It. the young; I
msn ired fUe shota st him. killing
him almoet hntanHY Then he went
into the bed room in wht'h Flinken
ahelt'a wife lay ill. M la said, pulled
f.er out of bed and took about $100
In rash which was under the pillow.
Then he ran hack to the ar. in which
s woman awaited him. and drove off.
Sheriff Will?? an I hla deputies are
assuring the countryWd ? tSlight In an
effort to locate the man charged with
ihf murder '
Fahmon la abouOTw? nfv-alx years of
fgf/t, it a avid .and Is a Thirtieth di
vision veterajg Orth eis state that he
rsme to (isfrnvi'...' only three or four
daye ago/*. vid hi iv from Morganton
Papers found in hla personal effects
indicate ?hat he la married
HefOi going to thr Pltnkenahctt
homty "fhVere have Warned, it %m m1
l?g^dy ? u?t yswng mar forced a yn ir
neUssjp to give hint a pistol. P
?aHegeM that h, uaed this idstol \%\
k.d.ni; Fllnkeu?dtelt?
Mrs. Fllnkenshelt ?mim left nncon?
????.o? on the H..??r h? me rumdei<t
rut h*-r condition tonn.ht is r?pori"i
? m i-u.a mipio . d ?'):>? ll i ?. . ll
for some? time
fHHl April, 1850. "Be Just u
181.
JUICY PLUMS FOR
REPUBLICANS
division of the Officiaf Loa\ea
and Fishes by the Incoming
Administration Discussed
NUMBER OF PROFITABLE
OFFICES IN SO. CAROLINA
Partial List of the Democratic
Office Holders Who Will Be
Turned Out
Columbia. Nov. 5.?Already the peo?
ple of South Carolina uro beginning to
look up into the Republican plum troe
to see if the leaves and buds are feel*
?ng the effecti of the winds that blow.
Already there is talk in Columbia of
who'll get th ? Jobs that the Republi?
can admlnistiation will be expected to
bund out.
There are a number of Important
federal positions in South Carolina,
filled by presidential appointment, and
the 11 jetton of Senator Harding to the
preeidency has turned attention to tho
positions. Whether any changes will
be made is a matter of speculation, but
it Is expected th it at least some
changes In office will be put Into effect
after the inauguration next Mnrch. It
is siated that certain shoes in South
Carolina are feeling the shake of feet
that bear the bodies of federal office
holders.
Two of the chief federal positions in
Mouth Carolina rre the two district at?
torneys Ipa 'hat of the Eastern dis?
trict, held by French* Ii. Weston, ,of
Columbia, and that of the Western
lift riet held by Willis ra J. Thurmond
?f Greenwood. Roto officials have
jerved well, and the'jr friends are
hoping there will be ..exchanges.
Vext to the attornr^ehips come the
?.wo i/dices of m-rshall. one for the
court Of each district. C. J. Lyon, of
(Ireenville, is marshall of the Wes?
tern district, and J L. Sims of Or
angeburg, la*cjt>.*k of the Eastern dis?
trict.
Next lr importance on the political
plum tree ui *!:e office of collector of
Inter*:* 1 revenue. Former Governor
D. C. Heyward of Columbia, is the
present collector. In addition to the
loileet - then IB a.'po the appointive
oiflco of Internat revenue agent, in
i harge of the collection of income
cases in the stiie. Thts is now held by
Vge..t UobeitH, of Columbia.
Another office which is filled by ap?
pointment s that ol prohibition
agent, nw held by William F. Robert?
son, of Greenville, charged with en?
forcement of th? prohibition statue In
South Carolina.
The ne: t largest plum on the po?
litical tree is the oftlee of collector of
the port, at Charleston, and under the
eolleetor are .?ppraisers and other
customs officials.
Following those come tho various
postofllcee of the state, the Columbia
post office being among the most.im?
portant, and the Charleston. Green?
ville, Spa ruin burg and other offices
also representing large value in the
public eye.
Each of tho main offices filled by
presidential appointment has a num?
ber of auhaltcrna and employes, and
should the Republican administration
see fit to make a? change in any one
of the??. It would aftert a large num
baf Ol BOQth Carolin.ans.
{ German Treas?
ury Bankrupt!
i Government Faces Deficit
t of Seventy Billion Marks J
By Tiie Associated Pros*
Berlin, Nov. I.?-Germany's
tn.i.sury faces a deflct of sev?
enty bl!li>n marks. Dr. Haf
ferlch, former vice chancellor,
dfi Lire I lnv ?? speech In the
raiehstac. Minister of Finance
Wlrth said he would introduce
a bill for ? sacrlftce tax and ask
for a credit'of a bilpon marks
to buy rereals abroad.
,TVll7TT,rTf 7Tf f e V ? ? l
Tour on Battleship
President Wilson Directs That
Warship Be Placed at Hard- j
ing's Disposal For Trip To
Panama
Washington, Nov. fi. ? President
Wilson has directed Secretary Daniels!
to offer Senator H?rtung a battleship
for his Panama trip and the presU
dential yacht. Mayflower, for the trip
Si Hampton Roads to board the bat?
tleship
Protest Against
Naval Cruise
Texas Congressman Objects to
the Consumption of Coal and
Oil
Washington. \'??v. Representa?
tive Wanton Testa* has addressed un
open letter ??? Secretary Daniels pro
( fvt.tt ; .?;, ?11. h ? thf riiinoutued cruise
of lh?? Atlantic und Par the fleets p?
South America Wrlra, AiiMimhii .
Svw Keulaud nexi summer hccntiNp he
Ml id it Mould r?*<|tit?e ri gleatl) In.
* creased smouut *>f ? ><? i and oil
ind Fear Not?Let nil the ends Thou AI
SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDi
PEACE LEAGUE
NOW DECEASED
President Elect Harding is Novv
Sure Where He Stands on the
League of Nations
MAKES DEFINITE DECLA?
RATION AT MARION
Large Crowd Attends Front
Porch Celebration of Republi?
can Victory?Speech By Hard?
ing
Marlon, Ohio, Nov. 4.?Making his
first speech as president-elect, War?
ren O. Harding declared at an elec?
tion celebration of homo folk hare
toight that the Versailles league of
nations was "now deceased" al?
though the new administration in?
tended to see that the nation played
Its part in a new international asso?
ciate foundod on peace and jus?
tice. t
Mr. Harding also told his friends
and neighbors, who gathered around
the front porch in a cheerihg xon
course rivalling the greatest crowds
of the campaign that lie had come
through the fight without "an apol?
ogy or a regret" and that he would
rather not have the presidency than
to win it "by speaking ill or utter?
ing a lie."
.The celebration In which many
from other Ohio cities Joined, was
characterised by all the carnival fea?
tures of an old politically rally.
Ho great was the gathering that
the streets were jammed for a block
away and! only a small part of those
present could hear tht speech, in a
parade past the Harding residence
there were many special features,
one man leading a donkey on whose
?ides was painted "Jimroie didn't
treat me right," while another group
carried a dummy corpse; silhouetted
against a red fire background and 1&
oelled "The I..-u;u.> of Nations.*'
It was from the latter tableau that
the preaidont-elect took the fcue for
the leading thought of his speech
His reference to it started a laugh,
?nd then he said:
"I didn't see as much sorrow in i
your faces as I had apprehended.
It'e not that you or T quogiton the
desire df America to play its part; its
not that we question the high ideals
of those who were responsible for the
Versalllra covenant. You just didn't
want a surrender of the United States
of America; you wanted America to
go on under American ideals. That's
why you didn't care for the league
which 1h now dcecaacd.
"America la playing a great part
now. America is heating the hoart
of the old world fconigh5 as no other |
J nation. But there Is more to be;
there is a new world relationship and
when the next administration comes
into power we're going to play our
part We're going to ask for nations
associated together in justice; but it
shall ho an association which surren?
ders nothing of American freedom."
I In his short talk the president"
I idect touche d on no other issues of
'he campaign hut thanked the crowd
for its tribute and asked that ho go
.o Washington "with your good
wishes, your confldenco and your
pra>*era"
"It is a solemn responsibility," he
said, "and when Lam through I want
-o ho able to come back and be one
of you again the same as I am now.
? like to stand before you and tell
you I don't come with a single apol?
ogy of rt'gret. liefere I'd become
president by spoakinj' ill or uttering
a lie, I'd spurn the office."
He added that he always had liked
"tho Marion spirit of boosting," and
that he was "going down to Wash?
ington as a booster for the United
States of America."
Hardii^Off 7
On Vacation
President Elect Says He Will*
j Not Consider Cabinet During
j Vacation
j On Hoard Hardlng's Spec!a 1 Train,
Nov. g.?President-elect Harding t.
gan a month's vacation trip to South?
ern Texas and Panama. The presi?
dent elect's moid Is already at work
on the preliminary details of a plan
fo ra new association of nations, but he
doe* not Intend to let it interfere with
his outing. Cabinet appointments, he
announced, will not ho given consid?
eration during his vacation.
New Jud,?e in Jail
Whiteeburg, Ky.. Nov. 6.?Prob?
ably the most unusual outcome o*
Tuesday's election in Kentucky was
the victory of Peas Whltaker, Jailer
of Whltaker, over Stephen Combs,
Jr . in the rao** for county Judge.
Whitaker had been sentenced to his
own Jail for a term of nix months
by Judge Combs on tho charge of
attacking county ,officers, including
the sheriff. Alter being placed in
I he Jail Of which he was the legal
keeper, Whltaker escaped, was t en?
raptured and again sentenced for iuil
i breaking. Following one of the
"H?st ? \< ting (.'impawns known to
the mountains if Kentucky, Whif
aker, though in jail, v. on over Judge
( i.iulis by more than a thousand m.i
Oovernor Morrow three times
i*ei used to pardon Whltaker
- - -
Ims't at be tby Country's, Thy God's a
VY. NOVEMBER 10, 1920
LEAGUE TO USE
MONEYWEAPON
One of the Important Questions
to Be Considered at First
Meeting in Geneva
FINANCIAL BLOCKADE
POWERFUL WEAPON
Memorandum on the Subject
Prepared by Sir Eric Drum
mond For Distribution to
Members.
New York, Nov. 6.?One of the im?
portant questions to be considered by
the Assembly of the League of Na?
tions at \\a first meeting, beginning
November 16, at Geneva, will be tho
preparations required to enablo the
league to use, if necessity arises, the
a'eapon of international economic and
financial blockade contained in Article
XVl of tilt covenant. * I
A memorandum by Sh- Eric Drum
mond, the secretary general, now bev
.ng difitributed to the members of the
league, and received here by the
League to Enforce Peace shows that
.his question will come before the as?
sembly on the recommendation of the
eague council in tho form of a pro?
posal to appoint a bt dy to be kr.owh
is the International Blockade com
nlsslon. The secretary-general sug?
gests that this commission consist of
representatives nominated by tht
jountriee entitled to permanent mem?
bership in tho council, with the addi?
tion of representatives of four other
members of the league elected by the
assehibly, for tho purpose of studying
the problem and settling the genoral
plan of action, the organization of the
' more permanent machinery required
and the principles on which it should
work.
This question is of peculiar interest
to the United States, because one of
the first problems such a commission
would consider promises to be the
method of render.ng a blockade eTec
Mve against states which are no;
members of the league. In a report
adopted/by the council of Ute league
.it the San Sebastian meeting in Aug
ust, M. Tittoni. tho Italian reprcsenta
:ive, stated; "It should be clear that
he stated members of the league of
nations who declare the blockade have
.he right to redder it effective against
ill states Including those who are not
members of the league, but they have
?tot the right to force the states who
lo not form part o^ the league to de?
clare the blockade tht raselves."
j Article XVI provides that, should
any member of the league resort to
war in disregard of its covenants, all
! of Uie other members shall "under
.ako immediately to subject it to the
soveranco of all trade or financial ro?
tations * * * and the prevention of all
lnancial, commercial or personal in?
tercourse between t! e nationals of the
oveuaiu-breaking stale and too na
ionals of any other Btate whether a
member of tho league or not" and that
I the members shall mutually support
j one another in tho financial and eco?
nomic measures taken under fhis ar
'icle.
"The use of this weapon." says the
jecrotary-goneral "is in certain cir
?ur^anei-e a specific duty Imposed by
Article XVI. This duty cannot be cf
tectively carried out without groat
oss of time and efficiency unless there
las been considerable previous prep
iration before the time at which ac
I .ion is required.
i "Situations m;ght well arise in
I wnieh the knowledge that the weapon
\ .a ready for ufe would have a very
I salutary effect. Many people think
[that the league Is founded more upon
I good intentions than upon a cool con?
sideration of the stern realities of ln
I ternational trouble. It is, therefore,
I desirable on general grounds that
, while the first meetings of the coun?
cil and the assembly should givo the
world the positive hope of removing
misunderstanding and promoting in?
ternational cooperation, they should
also show quite clearl) that the mem?
bers of the league as a whole are de?
termined, if necessity arises, to en?
force their will by effective action on
any particular country which In tho
circumstances contemplated by the
covenant defies the general verdict
of tho world."
The memorandum calls attention
?o one important dilTerence between
the two forms of pressure (economic
und military) which the league may
u.so, as follows: "Where a member
of the league resorts to war in disre?
gard of specific 1 covenants, all other
members of the league are by the cov?
enant itself specifically obliged to ap?
ply the economic weapon. They are
not similarly obliged to use their
military or naval forces. In the latter
case, the Article (XVI) only provides
that It shall bo the duty of the council
in such cases to recommend to the
several governments concerned what
effective military or naval forces they
shall severally contribute."
The secretary-general is of the opin?
ion that the article clearly content
plates that, so far a.- possible, "the re?
sponsibility for enforcing economic
pressure shall be decentralized, i. e..
a primary responsibility rests upon
each government to take action so tut?
us Its own nationals and own national
machinery are concerned, arrange?
ments being made b*. each of them
separately and not by a single inter?
national authority."
At the same time, he concludes
that h ?.Mitral coordinating authority
I wW be required if the weapon of ecu
Inomlc pressure i* to be efficiently
i or.I'd.
nd Troth's." THE TRUE SO
OBTAIN CHARTER
FORjCOMPANY
Committee of South Carolina
Organization Meets
A CO-OPERATIVE FEATURE
Chairman Manning Reports Sub?
scriptions Totalling More Than
MuTon Dollars
Columbia. Nov. 4.?The organiza?
tion committee of the American Pro?
ducts Export and import Corporation
met today in Columbia to formulate
definite plans for completing the or?
ganization of the export corporation
with the following members present:
J. lloss Hanahan, Bright Williamsson.
R. C. Hamer. E. W. Duvall. C. W. Gas
ton. B. H. Moss, J. S. Wannamaker
R M Cooper, Jr, R. L. Willcox, J> R.
Fairey, B. M. McLcod. I* I. Gulon.
William Colemim.A A. M. Gibbes, Dr.
George B. Cromer. Richard I. Man?
ning. Others present were Chas. H.
Barron, Henry Johnson, William El?
liott and Dr. W. W. Long.
The committee by unanimous vote
instructed the special committee to
proceed to obtain a charter at an
early date, and it is understood that
this will be done within the next few
days.
Chairman Manning r ported to the
commi toe that subscriptions in excess
of $1,000,000 had been 1 reived to date
Uit! fchf*# large subscriptions were
dally bei, g received, fn showing how
'Aide spread the stock was being sold
in South Carolina, Mr. Manning stated
that moie than 6,000 individual sub?
scribers had taken stock in the cor?
poration. A tentative proposition from
expert cotton men was read and the
committoe referred the proposition to
the directors soon to be Selected.
The committee adopted the recom?
mendation of the special comr.iPf.ae
lr"hiding the cooperative features ofl
the company aa follows: All stock?
holders to be entitled to 8 per cent
ou*nulat?ve dividends on paid-in stock.
After deduction from the total
amount of profits realized during
any year the aforementioned 8 per?
cent dividend, one-half of -the re?
maining profits shall be paid out as
"patronage dividend" to tho individ?
uals* firm*, or association furnifthmg"
business for the corporation, such
dividends to be d'stributed pro rata
In proportion to the amount in money
)t business furnished. The remain
'ng half of the profits in oxcese of 8
per cent sl.a1! be the property of the
stockholders and may be distributed
to them, to be held to their credit as
surplus. No person, firm or associa
? on shall receive dividends Until he
~>r it becomes a stockholder to the par
' nine of $50. In case any non-stock?
holder furnishes patronage, his (pa?
tronage dividends) shall be placed to
his credit on stock account until he
accumulates or purchases stock to the
par value of $5<\ after which he shall
oartlcipate in cash dividends on pa?
tron the same as stockholders.
Mr. Manning stated that the special
committee will at once proceed to se?
cure a charter and a meeting to or?
ganize the corporation will be held
Friday. Novombor 12.
Southern Railway News
Washington. Nov? 6.?The following
executive bulletin has been issued by
President Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern Railroad system:
"Mr. E. H. Coapman, vice presi?
dent, in charge of operations, has been
granted a leave of absence to recover
his health. During his absence the
officers of tho operating department
will report to Mr. II. W. Miller, vice
president."
?I**JmJ*v .j. j. ?h 'l' ?J? 4? ?f's'V*'**J* -J* ?I**IH[?H'
I Military Help J
For Wrangel f
French Are Rushing Sup?
plies, Arms and Ammuni- J
tion to Scbastopol
By The Associated Press
Constantinople, Nov. 6.?
I ?f? French and British representa?
tives here have asked their
governments IT their warships
in the Black sea should sup?
port General Wrangle at Pere
kop and Salxova, where soviet
forces are pressing on the Cri- +
mean peninsula. Meanwhile
French supp ies, rifles and
eartrid?jea are !>elng hurried to
Scbastopol.
e>
New Orleans, Nov. 6.?BunkorH
from all over the south are here to
plan the organization of a twelve mil?
lion dollar foreign trading corpora?
tion to establish hanking facilities to
?market the agricultural products oi
ihe south in Europe.
Washington. Nov. t>.?The sttae and
war department officials .said they had
no knowledge of any official Ameiican
mission In the war zone of Southern
Russia and had no report of any mis?
sion falling into the .Soviets hands.
lyondon. Nov. rt. ? Amerlan miss.on
in South Russia ban lallen into soviet
hands, the Moscow newspaper Prava
da says, according to ti wireless mes
urtge. The miaUon. ihe paper .-ays.
w . y leaded by q? net ;?i Morel
iLTTIROX, Established Jon? 1,
VOL. LI. NO. 2|
CLASH MAY COME
WirH ENGLAND
Sir Auckland Geddes Warns
Americans That Competition
Over Trade May Lead To
Trouble
FAIR TRADE AND EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY THE MOTTO
_
Business Organized By Govern?
ment and Supported by Politi?
cal Action Dangerous to
World Peace
Minneapolis, Nov. 4.?Sir Auckland^
Geddes, the British ambassador, In
an address here said that America and
Great Britain must avoid national
trade competition "organised by tho
government and supported by politi?
cal action." If the United States or
Great Britain began to organise areas
for exclusive economic advantage
there "would inevitaoiy come a clash
of interest that would at teast strain
friendly relations." He said the Brit?
ish motto is "fair Irate and equal op?
portunity."
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Average Prices
Paid For Cotton
*ffltM
Westminster, Kershaw, Dillon
Bishopville Lead List
Clemson College, Nov. S.?Consid?
erably more variation was shown in
tho average price* for c?tton, as re?
ported by 18 official cotton graders
of the extension service and > the bu?
reau of marKcts for the week ending
October 30, than for the preceding
week. There was a?so considerable
variation in the prices from day to
day during the week on the various*
markets. It must be kept in mind
that the quotations given come only
from markets on which there' 1* an
official grader. Average prlc.es .for
the week are as follows:
Westminster: Strict middling 28.CS;
middling 22.83.
Kershaw: Strict middling 22,1 J;
middling 21.85: .strict low ?<fMf.
Lauren*: Strict middling 23.01;
middling 21.70,
Rock Hill: Strict middling 2l.?0;
middling 21.25.
Camden: Strict middling 21.1s';
middling 20.66; stricr low 17.1?.
Anderson: Strict middling 21.50.
Abbeville: Strict middling 2 2.37;
middling 21.37.
Dillon: Strict midCling 22.50; mid?
dling 21.60; strict low It.50.
Bishopville: Mid Ring 21.08; strict
low 16.25.
Edgelield: Strict middling 21.87;
middling 20.94; strict low 17.80. '
Manning: Strict middling 21.62;
middling 20.62; strict low 17.62.
Bennettsvillc: Strict raidd ltng
21.29; middling 20.20; strict low
17.16.
Orangcburg: Strict middling 21.1?;
middling 20.56; 9tr:^t low 18.83.
Sumter: Strict middling 21.58;
middling 20.58; etnet low 17.66.
Blackville: Stric* middling il.itI
middling 20.37; strict low 17.91.
Non-Partisan League
I voses Ground
Chicago. Nov. 5.?Governor Lynn J.
Frnzter t Republican* has been re
elected in North Dakota, with Non
Partlsan League enicrsement, accord?
ing to advices received here tonight.
Frazier had beer reported running be?
hind his Democratic opponent since
election day, but the swing was to?
ward him today by upward of a thou?
sand votes over O'Connor, whose de?
feat was conceded by the Fargo Fo?
rum, his chief newspaper supporter.
John Baer, non-partisan member of
I congress, was defeated by O. B. Burt
i neas, Republican, according to the
1 latest figure.
Candidates endorsed by the Non
Partisan I*ti,Tuo in Minnesota were all
i defeated, the non-partisan vote show
; ing a falling off from the June priraa
j ries.
Reports from South Dakota incu?
lcated that the league also had lost
!by comparison with previous elections
j in the state. The figures Indicated
: the greatest loss had been in the
cities, while rural districts also seemed
to have gone over to the Republicans,
! who swept the state Tuesday.
In Colorado, where a strong flgh?
was made by the Non-Partisan
League, the party elected four mem?
bers of the legislature. wh"e for thS
senate only one candidate was success?
ful. For the house three league can*
didatea were elected and thirty
beaten.
Idaho returns indicated a severs
defeat for the Non-Partisan League
Its candidate for governor. S. D. Fsl
child, carrying only two counties. AJ
other parly candidates went down
defeat with him. Oae candidate
the legislature who had league
Ing was thought tonight to have
i Republican candidates winning aj
state and national offices by
, pluralities.
Washington. Xov 5.?-The
semi-official railroad emj
? recognition by the railroad
as subordinate ortlclal? hat
?lowed by the interstate
? omr.iKslnn. giving; thei
??> place w.?tc*? Investigat
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