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WILSON PREPARES PLAN TO ASSIST POLAND; TROOPS OR FOOD THE ONLY ALTERNATIVES
NEW RAIDS ON GAMING ARE BEGUN
Plymouth is Scene of Clean-up Under Direction of District Attorney James
DEVICES CONFISCATED
The town of Plymouth was made the center of raid activity by Kt.ite iio- lice and the Di.-trict Attome's office last night when officers made a tour of the pool rooms in the town. Tho trip was directed agaln.«^ jjambling and the maintenance of g.imini,' de¬ vices. At midnight the work had been practically completed .ind the resi¬ dents of Shawneo went to bed after mpre than an hour's excitement.
The start of the raid was made quietly shortly after 10 o'clock. A tour¬ ing car driven by Harry Owens, a re- Btirve deputy sheriff, three SUale police¬ men, t>istrict Attorney .\rthur James and County Detective Thomas Aller- dyce moved down Main street. At the same time a .\lartz bus traveled along the street as the van into which un¬ wary gamblers were to be loaded.
Of the Ave pool rooms in the vicinity of the town hull, only two were visited. Ill otie of these there were signs that »iome mrn had left by a rear door In somewhat of a hurry. -\t lea.st they left behind an a.>-'.>-ortm<'i;t of straw liat.s. The headgear led the authorities to believe that a group of men had fled wi'ho'U lakint; inventory of their wearing apparji. In the other place there was a table that looked as .f it had been Uf-fd :is a i^ainiiig device and It was confiscated. The straw hats and! the tabi" v.'eie '^iven to the tiu.s driver who would otherwise have been with¬ out a load.
Hiir^e.ss CJeorpe Cwilliitm wa.>f not active in the raid. He wii> al home in bed when it ^tart^d. He was later in¬ fi rmed of it. He hias made several at¬ tempts to clean up eamliliiif: in Plym¬ outh sliiCe becomiOr; burse.s.s. He re¬ cently made a trip through the town V ith the a-risistarre of police whom he directed to confiscate slot and punch boards. .-Vt that time it w.is said that the hor.'iui,'h wa.i tight at'^iinst i;ll i;umes of <-hance.
Speedy Joamey To Philadelphia
The speediest trip ever recorded between this city and Philadelphia wa.s made yesterday bv A. M. I.ay- cock of Marion Heights. Forty Fort, chief engineer for the Shvldon Axle and Spring Company, and Captain Dfiuglass Robertson in a Curtiss Airplane Includin;,' the time spent in making a landintr at .MIentown, the fliers reached Phil.)delphia two hours after leavitig here. Part of the flying time was spent also in circling over Mr. Laycock's home and the business district of the city.
Mr. Laycock called his wife on the long di.staiice telephone al 2 o'clock in the afternoon. He talked from Philadelphia. He said that their trip was made in excellent fashion. The two men arrived in that city just in time to take lunch with .1. C. P.edmond, who had come to Wilkes- Barre Kriday in the machine with Captain Robert.son.
PRESIDENT HOPEFUL FOR ALLIED ACTION
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Italy Withdraws and England and France Bear Brunt of Proposed Interference
MUNITIONS SUPPLIED
Fraud is Charged When Slim Maiority of Five is Returned by Count
Action to declare the votes illegal will likely be taken as the result of charges made last ni.sjht after citizens of Warrior Kun had voted on the pro¬ posed loan of $7.'>.00i) for highway im¬ provements. Th« counting of the bal¬ lots showed th.'it the loan h.id carried by a vole of 9S to 113, but it Wius charged that men not legally entitled to vote had cast the deciding ballots. Question wa.s also raised as to the ability of a borough employe to sit as a member of the counting board.
The   polls   in   the   borough   building
closed  at  7  o'clock after  191  men  had
voted.     Before   the   count   was   started
aome of the property owners who harl
alleged   ihat   the   loan   would   provide
j the  opportunity  for  graft,   openly  an-
j nounced   that   thev   would   contest   the
, result   if the  "aye"  votes  were  in  the
j majority.
A half h:>ur'? wirk .showed th.Tt the j ballots 'Showed 98 to ».; for the making , wcsWanifuf.HHii mww«»"WffWPd' lU-1y the members of tile lioa'-d Were told th it a number pf men from Hanover Township and other pi'ices out.nde of Warrior Run bad been i)orniitt<Ml to vote despite their non residence. The n.ime of one m.nn who moved away from the    bor-
London. Aug. 7.—The foreign office tonight believed the menace of war with Russia had been removed.
Nevertheless, Marshal Foch of B'rance and Marshal Wilson of E^ngland were drawing up a plan of campaign agrainst Russia, which will be oubmltted to Premiers Millerand and Lloyd George at their conference tomorrow at Hythe. The optimistic attitude of the foreign office was based on a conference be¬ tween Krassin and Kemenoff, Russian delegates here, and Lloyd George. After this conference it was learned that Premier Lenine's last note to England was, broadly speaking, acceptable. This primary conference, the Hythe conference, it Is stated, is to give I.loyd Oeorge opportunity to expl.ain the situation to Millerand in detail. It wa.s considered improbable that L«'nine would reject the interpretation placed on his note by Kemenoff and Lloyd Georffe, which was that the Soviets will m,Tke a just peace with Poland, subject to ratification by the proposed London conference to be held later.
The British,  however,  desire  to  im¬ press upon Moscow that the allies will make no more concession.s.    The plan of campaign being drawn up by Foch and   'Wilson   is   for  the  primary   pur- j pose for impressing upon  Moscow the ! seriousnes.o  of  the allies'  intention. j      Kemenoff   was   understood   to   have I advised Lenine to slacken the offensive ! against the Poles and accept Britain's suggestion; that British aid to Poland would be out off when fighting ceaiies.
PLEDGE OF SECURHY" CALLS THIS NATION TO SiET'S DEFEAT
Will Avoid Military Move if Possible and Moral Relief is First Considered
T con BITTER AnACK
Wisconsin Delegation Promises a Vote That Will Make waukee Famous
MARION SENDS ROOTERS
OFFICIAL PLEA HEARD
Washington, Aug. 7.—President Wil¬ son within a few days may take some action in the crisis facing Poland from the offensive of soviet Russia, it was learned tonight on high authority.
With Poland now menaced by hunger, the government at Warsaw has sent confidential instructions to Prince i'asimir Luboinirski, Polish minister here, to make a formal request to the United    States  for    food  supplies  for
Poland, it was learned tonight.    These
were    the    most    important    develop-   speech,   all   political   observers   agree.
ments here in the Russo-Polish  situ¬ ation.
While State Department officials maintain the strictest secrecy concern¬ ing negotiations and deliberations indi¬ cations tonight were that a definite pro¬ gram soon will be formulated by the Allies and  the United  States.
President Wilson is understood to  >€ determined that I'oland, whose inde¬ pendence he was largely responsible for, s.hall not be crushed to extinction if it is possible to prevent it. Polish independence was one of Wilson's 14 points ar Versailles.
The president. Secretary of State Colby and under Secretary Davis are thought now to have    decided    tenta-
Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Governor James M. Cox tonight stands out as the new leader of the nation's Dem¬ ocracy, having formally accepted the presidential nomination of his party here today with a militant speech full of direct campaign challenges to tho Republicans.
Before one of the greatest crowds ever assembled for a notification cere¬ mony, the nominee declared that he favors going into the League of Na¬ tions and pledged ratification of the treaty with non-destructive interpreta¬ tions if these are necessar>' to reach an agreement, as the "flrst duty of the ney  administration."
Both declarations caused the huge assembly to jump to its feet with shouts   and    cheers.      The    nominee's
COX SPEAKS PLAINLY ON NATIONAL ISSUES IN COMING CAMPAIGN
Clear-cut Acceptance of Task of Leadership
Is Followed By Determined Announcement
of Policies Which Democratic Candidate
Will Put Into Force if Elected To the
Presidency.
CALLS HARDING INSINCERE.
makes the peace treaty by government Issue in the big battle for the presi¬ dency.
As outlined by Cox. the Issue In specific terms will be this:
Senator Harding favors rejection of the treaty of peace by Congressional resolution and the launching of an at¬ tempt to form a new association of na¬ tions. The Democratic nominee would ratify the treaty and have the United States join the league with the under¬ standing that Us main purpose is the prevention of war.
With a voice full of flght and a touch of sarcasm. Cox attacked the peace proposals of Harding, reaching his climax when he declared    that    "it
tivel>   on some plan    to    give    United i means but on 3 thing,—-a separate peace
i Slates aid in relie\ing Poland's plight. i The president and State Depaiimenl 'officials are    in    close    and    const£.nt
with O'.'im'in:
Kve:y blow at the Republican noml- r.ee plea.sed the big crowd and the Gov-
louch    on  the problem which  is  being i ernor was interrupted frequently with
Pritest W.IS al>o offered aRainsrt the i presence of    B.irney    .Stortz    on    tho
TROOPERS TO GUARD
TOWN OF DUNMORE
BARN DESTROYED A barn nerir the old cemetery in Ed-
wartsville was destroyed by  flre at 2   ,,,„.   , .,
.,,.., .      ''   ,, „.       ,i   .   „   ouprh seme months .ago was mentioned,
o clock   thi.s   mornirg.     People     living   ,..uii„ „,»,,  „.-. ^      .^   \^
. , u.    .       .u „     1      "(While  other  witnesses were found    to
nearby saw fianu's fho.ting through tho   ,..,,,...,„.<.,,„ ,u i„i_ ...  . „...
roof. An ahiim was s^nt m for the; T^'' '""^"^'^ the claim, that other men boro-ach fir- (ie,artmet,t but the fire-j [^^.j^^^^^™^ P^^'""" had been given men found th.it they tould only protect' aljoi:iin;j proii'-rty     "llie loss >vai5 i'lOn.
'Jll'  or!---!;' was unknowi'.. .i        j      •, .. ..      ,        ,
  |iM.a,-1,    ile I? ..ar.itor of   the    borough
building and as a pubhc employe waa
1 iaimed hy ajiti-loan men to he barred
I from .noting .is a teller or clerk.   Other
memliers    of the    board were    Manus
I tVatei s   Jolin  Prislin,     David   Thomas
I nnd .loseph Comer.
Many  of the  property  owners were , opposed to the plan of borrowing $75,- , 000 on  the  groimd   that   the  highways • of   the  boronsh   did   not   requiie   that i amount  of money  to  lie spent  on  im- ' provements.    A smaller sum could ably i take care of tho w(w'k. they said.   Offi- i cials  of  the  iH^laware.   Lackawanna   & i Western Coal t'omiiany have threaten- 1 ed   to   pi'lition   Hanover   Township   to anne.v their property, in this way tak¬ ing it    out of Warrior    Kun  Borough, should   the   money   be   borrowed.     The company al.so claimed tliat the amount was unnecessary.
London. .\iig. 7s..:.:TUew»i*t'*"***i*«»H.' delegation bore stated it had been no¬ tified from Kovno that peace has been conducted with Russia and that Bol¬ shevik troops are withdrawing from occupied Lithuanian territory.
State troojiers from the barracks .at AVyoming will be sent to Dunmore to¬ morrow to preserve order because of allcired methods of intimidation taken there hy a«ititors to frisliten miners still at work in the collieries of the Pennsylvania ('o.il Comiwny. Cap¬ tain Clark of the troopers went to Sentn;on hL^t niirht for a conl'erence with Sheriff .1. It. .>^ehlaK>'r of Lacka¬ wanna <"ouiity.
LITTLE BOY DROWNED i
IN SCRANTON STREAM'
V.'<» of .> imlniotor failed to revive' Robeif »Jea nscil 9. of 542 Palm, st!"'''»l. Scnriti.-.. ten miriUies after his | body WIS recovered jcsterdav fnun ^ Roarln,^ Brook in Scranton. Sign*: of i life weie foiiiil in tiie bod^ but the, fjuantity of water swallowed by the [ youngster prevented resuscitation. He j was pro'.iounced dead after an hour's work. I
The boy was drowned at noon* when | he and his brother together with! another boy. aped 10. went swimmine ' ir. the brook The victim stepped Into j u hole In the bed of the stream. His j brother, beli-^ving he had dived, waited
MINER MEETS DEATH
IN PREI^/iATURE BLAST
Unable to reach a safe distance. Jo¬ seph Krikscunas. aged 2S, of 338 Main street, Swoyerville, was instantly kill¬ ed yesterday by a premature blast in the Harrj- E. colliery at Forty Fort. His body was found by other mine workers attracted by the explosion. It is believed that the victim used a short fuse.
He is survived by his brother John, for him to come to the surface.   At the i ^l^h   whom   he   lived,   and   one   other
end >jf five minutes, fhe two remaining boys sent up calls for help. Leo Walsh of 527 Orcharu street. Scranton. recov¬ ered th ebody after ten minutes' div¬ ing.
CHILEAN NAVY EXPERT
VISITS LOCAL FRIENDS
Sent to this country by his govem- rcant to make a two year study of mll¬ ltarj' jiiopa>-edresv Lieut. Commander Toume of the Chilean navy, arrived in ***« •••:r Jast nl5ht    He is registered at
'Hotel Red-ng'on. accjir.panird by his wife and young «on. He came to this citv to visit Harry Hirshowitz and his
 brothers. o^\ ners of tlie Hub, to whom he IS related ^
Comriander Tourr.e -will leave this afternoon for Watervleit, X T.. and will then travel south to Fortress Mon¬ roe. Much of hia time will be spent in j;olng through forts and arsenaU throughout the country. The making of ordnance supplies will take up some of his time and he ¦will be stationed at the Bethlehem Steel Works for a per¬ iod. Two years will be used by him In learning about America's m«»thods of carrying on warfare before he will take a report back to his government. His trip was arranged b>- representatives «tf CMie and the United States.
brother William, of PhiLodelphia
The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at S;30 o'clock. .\ mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9 o'clock In St. Mary's Church at Kingston. In¬ terment will be made in St. Mary's cemetery at Pringle,
STATE TROOPS PATROL
HALTS RACE RIOTING
West FYankfort, Ills.. Aug. 7—Eight 'bundled state troops continued to pa- ¦trol t'le .streets here tonight, although , the authorities announced they aatitii- ' pate 1 no ics'jmption of the two days Isporadi-'. race rioting. Scores of Ital- j lans who fled from the town when ' their cofony was attacked by a mob of iforeign-born American    miners    were
.still absent and ;t was believed they ' would mako no attempt to »-eturn. In- j Uiviaual. fighting occurred frequently I todai' between miners and Italians who j remained here. In one of these an I Italian was killed by a blow from   an
axe.
I The whereabouts of the three men i believed to be implicated in the mur- tder of Tony I'^mphill, 20, and Amiel jCanerero, 14. was unknown tonight, j although f hey were believed to have I been held aaaiew here Jn eenoal n'*rM>J*
London. Aug. 7.—With Italy stand¬ ing uloof, the I'remiers of France and England will confer at Hythe tomor¬ row tc -Jecide whether action shall bo taken to halt the Bolshevik Invasion of PoKani.
There was a marked decrease in the tension tonight.    M. Krassin,    one    of the Russian  representatives here,    to¬ day telegraphed the  Moscow    govern¬ ment the result of last night's oonfer- ei.co with  Premier Lloyd    George,    at which the latter insisted the reds show thei? good intentions by stopping    the ad\Ar.ce      Otherwise  the  premier  said the lilies would continue    to aid    Po- ] land  with    munitions.    Lloyd    George j ur^cd  th.'it the details of any perman- unt p?ace pact to be made with Poland llie discussed at the prop<.>8ed    London •conference,  rather  than   In     the    field, I and  Krassin-tentatively agreed. A  mu- itual tendency to compromi.se wa-s dis- j played.
I    -Advices from the front today    were
j inf'ii.irre.     T'le   Warsaw   general     staff
] admitted the Poles    h.od    been    forced
I'ack atruin in the Br/.es<' region, whero
fluy alianiloiud  Mychenec and Teies-
pol, in the Lemberg   area.    L'pon   re-
takin,' Brody, tbe Poles found the Bol-
i sheviki h'jd completely .sacked it,    the
statement Said.
A wireless message from Moscow pick,^". .ip here, said the Russians had leacliei the line of the Stripa river be¬ fore Lembe>g, occupying Meachene and Terpol.
The Poles were defeated in an ar¬ gument north of Brody.    Fierce flght- I ing on the right bank of the river Gug ; before  Warsaw   was  reported   by   the i Ru.'sians.   These   statements  indicated that the Poles were holding the line be- : fore Warsaw and that they were putt- liti? up a sood    defense    of   Lemberg. j There was not much activity on either j front,   fhese   statements   indicated,   as compared with  the fighting earlier in ' the week  when  the red offensive was I at its height.
I Foch  Urgee Action
j Marshal Foch probably will be i present at the Hythe conference of Lloyd (Jeorge and Millerand on Sunday. A I'aris dispatch said he intended to participate. Foch is an advocate of using force against the Bolsheviks. The French are exi>eoted to urge that the Allies get together on a definite pro¬ gram for aiding I'oland with munit¬ ions and by limited naval operations. Lloyd George is expected to say he favors a "hajids off policy provided the Bols.hex'ik negotiations continue conciliatory.
In England there is much opposition to E^ngland'.s assisting Poland.
Italy  has  already    made  Its    stand j plain.     It   desires   peace   with   Russia, I exchange of dipiomatic representatives I and resumption of trade and will not I join in or give its consent to any Al- I lied plans for renewing the blockade. I     There were reports tonight that the ! Bolshevikls were trying to buy off the British     and   Americans     by   offering business firms of those countries im¬ portant oil,  lumber and other conces¬ sions in Russia, providing commercial relations are resumed.
Little  credence  was  placed  here  in
reports that the Bolshevikos were plan-
j ning a major offensive against General
j "Wrangel. anti-Bol.«hevik  leader in the
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shouts "Go at 'em, Jimmy;"    "You trll 'em." and the like.
"It is an admirable speech." said .lo- reph P. Tumult;., secretary to the president. "Covernor Cox has struck the note of true le.idership." Tumully said he was not in position to give the president's views of the speech, but his statement was taken to mean that Wilson will be Kitisfled.
Wilson a Hero Reference to President Wilson drew spontaneous applause from the crowd. One of the greatest demonstrations came when Cox compared the 7'resi¬ dent to a soldier whose health had been broken down by the performance of his duty.
Reliable estimates are that between fifty and sixty thousand people thronged around the small judges' stand of the race track, which served as a speaking platform.
The delivery of the acceptanc*? re¬ quired one hour and thirty-nine minutes. Small sections of it were omitted liocause a few drops of rain fell and dark clouds threatened a heavy shower.
Despite the long speaking time. Cox stood up well under the strain and the militant manner of his delivery was still in evidence .as he concluded the last paragraph.
Preeedin« the acceptance speech. Cox and the vice prc.iiiential nominee. Roo.sevflt. .marched at the head of a parade of approximately 20,000 shout¬ ing Democrats with about twenty-five bands playing. Their appearance in the parade was unexpected and caused much cJieering.
Everybody Happy For an hour and a half the r^raders marched four abreast, headed by their nominees .and th»n marched to the rafo ^i track.. Tne review was one. continued "."^ **!',^,*'I"rt "Toi line oif cheering. flaK wa.vintr Demo- slstance, it was pointed "'''^-J'"d ^o „^t^. ^h- Marion county delegation send troops or materials from this applause from crowds country would take a month.. -rhe A^- f/,j,^"^^^„^ j^ ^^ headed by a band lies can send troops or war materials        ;.."..       „.„ , ,	
considered from every angle.    In    de-
cidinK on action,    officials    yaid,    this
goveroment is being influenced by the
jjjUuaUnB alfwiontw-tvhH'h -«r<nrtd~be''fh-'
Ivolved in supporting Poland.
Ask American Help
I     Popular opini<>n    "..o    this    country;
I constliutiorial limitations to    proposed
r.teps ar.d the practicability of various
plans.
Carrying out tbe instructions from Warsaw, Prince Lubomirski plans to go to the State Department early next week to ask food supplies of the United .States.
Food n;^ now become one of the greatest needs of Poland, it was ex¬ plained at the Polish legation tonight.
With the advance of the Bolshevik armies, refugees of many nationalities fell back on Warsaw. Although It is now time to reap the crops the Polish troops in their retreat have had to de¬ stroy them to prevent their ¦use by the Bolshevlkl. Without outside aid, the Polish government will be unable to feed the refugees, according to advices to the legation from foreign minister Sapieha, at Warsaw.
Ihe fear that lack of food for the refugpies will cause a plague of typhu.s In Poland ..anil that the coimtry will be thrown into chaos by the danger with¬ in, w.'is expressed tonight by Polish diplomats. More than &00.000 refugees are now at Warsaw, the advices to the .State l^epartment stated. It is believed this number will soon reach one millioa
Sending food is the most valuable assistance the ITnited States can ren¬ der, the Polish officiaU here stated today. The sending of troops and mat¬ erials by this country would not be wise, becau.ie of the great need for great haste in any action.
The  American  troops on   the  Rhine j are not sufficient to be of any great as
much quicker than the United States.
Probable action by President WUson was forecast today as:
Calling of a special session of Con¬ gress to authorize sweeping action, such as use of American troops, or ex¬ tension o^ loans to Poland.
Convening of the flrst meeting of the Leaguo of Nations to take up the Pol¬ ish crlsla
Statement of moral support for Po¬ land.
Hxtension of credit to Polish govern¬ ment to buy surplus army food or war materials under the authorization granted Secretary of War Bakex to sell army surpluses on credit to the best advantage.
Neither the State Department nor I the Polish legation here tonight had re- ! ceived a special note, which, accord¬ ing to a l-Yaiice dispatch today, ha-s been sent to the United States by the Polish government.
AUTOIST RUNS AWAY
AFTER INJURING MAN
Run down by an atitomobile, John Horelsky, aged 62, of 5 James street. Plains, was taken to the Mercy Hos¬ pital yesterday afternoon sufftring from body Injuries. His condition is fav¬ orable for recovery. No bones were broken.
The    accident  happened    on  Hazle
and about lOn women, following whom 'were at lea«t 900 men.
Slaps at Harding -vere taken bv a cozen signs in the delegation. An?ong them were: "We're for you. Jim; we're all from M.arion:" "Will the Republic¬ ans stand for Republican bossism? Fool'-ih question." "Marion has a candidate.—D.ayton the next Presi¬ dent:" "It's petting a Leetle warm on the front porch."
The Wiscon&in delegation proclalm- thls' "The vote tbat will make .Mil¬ waukee famou.s,—Cox 99% per cent; Harding one half of one per cent,"
A delegation of miners from Cam- oridge, O., In their working clothes, gave Cox a great ovation. Several signs urged miners to vote for Cox be¬ cause of his labor record in Ohio.
Rocsevcit    w?J    prpfe-!ted      to crowd and wa.=; given a hi.g cheer.
the
Dayton. Ohio,  Aug.   7.—If the fellovkr •who said langnage was invented for the purpose of concealing thought had visited Dayton i this afternoon, he 'would have gone home disgruntled. I TTiere was very little thought-concealment in the speech with
j which Governor Cox accepted the Democratic nomination. Further- i more, for the most part, it fully justified the ad-vance notices inspired ! by its author,—that it would be so plain school children can under¬ stand it. Also the vast crowd that filled the race track grandstand of the Montgomery County fair grounds and spread out across the home stretch far into the grass-grown enclosure, departed con-vinced there was equal truth in his recent promise that this is going to be a real fight.
"We are in a time which calls for straight thinking, straight talking and straight acting," Cox declared, and then waded in.
It took but a few paragraphs to demonstrate to his hearers and readers,—for he had adopted the tmique experiment of permitting newspaper publication of the speech right here in Dayton .several hours in advance of its delivery so that nearly everyone in the assem¬ blage had a copy,—that they were going to have considerable "straight talking," at least.
Cox proceeded to land with sledge-hammer verbal blows on the "senatorial cabal,"—mentioning its members by name,—which, "under a misleading exterior, planned and plotted with bigoted zeal" to obstruct the work of peace and ¦with "political expediency dwarfed every consideration either of the public interest or of the mainte¬ nance of the honor of a great political party."
He characterized Senator Harding's League of Nations attitude as "deserving the contempt of the world," and declared that entirely new projects proposed would be regarded as madness, or attempted international bossism. Harding's claim that the League of Nations "would result in our boys being dra'wn into military service," Cox de¬ nounced as "hypocritical," and his preaching of "Americanism" an "artful appeal to a selfish and provincial spirit"
Clear-Cut Policy No sentences of the entire speech, which was applauded gener¬ ously throughout, met with such sweeping and enthusiastic cheers as these, referring to the Leeigue of Nations: "Senator Harding pro¬ poses in plain words that we remain out of it I favor going in. The Republican proposal means dishonor, world confusion and delay."
alt.ar of our republic is drenched In blood and tears, ^nd he who turns aw.ay from the tragedies an 3 obliRa- tions of tho war. not consecrated to a pense of honor and ot d'lty whicii re¬ sists every baseTmggestion of personal or political expediency, is unworthy of the esteem of his countrymen.
Democratic Platform Clear The men and women who by ex¬ pressed policy at the San Francisco convention charted our course in the open seas of the future sensed tho spirit of the hour and phrased it with clarity and courage. It is not neces¬ .sary to read and re-re<ad the Democra¬ tic platform to know its meaning. It is a doifuinent clear in it« anuiy.sis of conditions and plain in the pledge of service made to the public It carries honesty of word and iiitejit. I'roud of the leadership and achievement of tbe party in wax. Democracy iixcea un¬ afraid the problems of peace. Indeed, its pronouncement has but to be read along with the platform framed by Re¬ publican leaders in order thiit both spirit and purpose aa they dominate the opposing organizations may bo contrasted. On tLo one hand we see pride expres.«ied in the nation's glory and a promise of servi-:- easily iiiideT- Btood. On the other captious, tmhappy spirit and tho treatment of subjects vital to tlie present and the future. In terms that have completely confasetl the public mind. It ¦was clear that the senatorial oligarchy had been given its own way in the selection of the presi¬ dential candidate, but it was surprising that it was able to fasten into the par¬ ty platform the creed of hate and bit¬ terness and tho vacillating policy that po88es.«es it.
Soore* CoaspiratorB In the midst of war the present sen¬ atorial cabal, led by Senators Lodge. Penrose and Smoot, was formed. Super¬ ficial evidence of loyalty to the Presi¬ dent wa-s deliberate in order tinat the great rank and file of their p,arty. i faithful and patriotic to the very core, tnlght not be offended. But underneath this misleading exterior, conspirators planned and plotted, with bigoted zeal. With victory to our arms they delayed and obstructed the works of peace. If deemed useful to the work ni hand no artifice for interfering with our con¬ stitutional peace-making authority was rejected. Ber'ore'the country knew, yea, before these men themselves knew tha detail.-* of the composite imui, formed hi  ir.e peace  table,   they  declared  their
Washington  Viewpoints. Washington, -A^ug. 7.—Political ¦Wash¬ ington tonight geeted the   acceptance speech of   Governor Cox   with hearty cheers, regardless of partj-.
"While Deoioc-^ts applauded their nominee's emphatic championing of the I^eague of Nations, Repubilran.-? seized on It as confirmation of their previous statement that Cox has "sur¬ rendered" to President Wilson on the league Issue. Such a "surrender." the RepublWmns asserted makes ^victorj"^ certain for them In November.
"E'verything is now ready for the campaign," said Clarence B. Miller. sec-
Cox's 3ugi:''sted resorvuiions to the leauue covenant were stated with the same sort of precision, clearness .and force as his denunciations of the Re¬ publican candi(latc-a pl.-in. Bri( fly they cover merely adherence of the league to the fundamental purpose of pre¬ serving world peace and the carrying out of such purpose in strict harmony with the terms and intent of the con¬ stitution of the United States
But he made it clear he would not
I object  to  still  further  reservations  of
I a   purely   interpretative   character.   il»
i order  that a ba.iis of agreement may
I speedily be rea.hed.
I Although careful perusal of the speech fail.s to disclo.se any utterance to whieh the President might reason¬ ably lake exception, and while in gen¬ eral it follows progressive Wll.sonljtn lines, its whole tone iiidlcate.s the can¬ didate's demeanor that ho is the party's leader and re.spcnsible to it alone.
The presence of Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the President, among the distinguished guest.s, added to the pro* ecedlnt,'s very liri'o tnliKhtenment a* to Wilson's personal views regarditig Cox's  speech.
Tumtilty indicated that he had come
j merely hi- a ccnirtesy from the P.-esi-
i dent as well as in hi.s capacity of friend
I and feliow Democrat.
So far as the effect of the speech la
j concerned. Democratic leaders, includ-
I ing the candidate himself, are unani-
j mous  in  the  belief that the  flrst ob-
j jective of the campaign has now been
I accomplished,—the putting of Senator Harding on the defen.sive.
{ The   acceptance   speech
Governor Cox spoke as follows: Chairman Robinson, and members of
¦the Xotiflc^ttion Committee; The mes¬ sage which you bring from the great conference of progressive thought as¬ sembled under the formal auspices of the Democratic' party inspires within me a pride and an appreciation which I cannot voice. At the same time I am mindful of the responsibility which this function now officially place upon me. As I measure my own limitations the task ahead of us should be ap¬ proached with more than a feeling of diffld'.nce if I were not strengthened and rfa£«ured by the faith that one h.as   only   to   practice   true   fidelity   to
con?"ien:c. It is r')C the difficult th^ng i "ppjj'^^^i^n {^ ^^ Before th* treaty waa to know wha: we ought to do; the | submitted to the scrate ia tt. ma^LiMy sense   of   risht   and   wrong   has   been j tlie Const itu"cii  piOviKT"^. tiicy  violat-^4
lE'\en  with Divine equalitv.    The mis-j everj-   custom   nad   evr  y   cor sideration
i takes of >i =-<-orv arp the   -esrlt of weak-   "' decency  by  presentirg a copy  of the
U,„,.ri^ tV;''#r?^,   ^ ,^l',,tf^l ,,,,Z!^tf.    'I'^c-'iracnt,   p.-ocured   unMub'ainKly  from ne.'^'^ in th- fa-e rf tempting inter€.»t!i. I g^g^,,.   ^^^'^j.   ^„^   passed   it   into   tje
I thank God, there.ore, that I take up i printed record of senatorial prooeedlage. the standard of ^'>emooracj- a fre« nian, ¦ From that hour dated the enterpri.se of unfettered *y promises and happy :n throwing tie whole subjeft Into a tech- !the conscionsnes.s of tintramme! d op-' "'<=»! dlscLssioi.. in order ^hat the pub- ¦„,.+,..:,,. ,„ „„„,j„^ .J ..«„-<-.=. i„  K«l"<5 might b« confused. The plan has portu.iity to render a ser^ico In the j ^^.^^ changad ^ it.s objective, but tha name or government that wal hold for ; n-iethoc  has.    At   the  ouf.set  there   was
i street,   Hanover   Township,   near   the
i office   of   Squire   Rowe.     The   driver! retary of the Republican national com- j of  the machine  got  away is  claimed,! mittee, in commenting tonight on Cox's without   the   police   getting   his   name j speech.    "The issue is clear, clean-cut. 1 or Ucense numbec, . ^Continued en Page 2)
jit the eonf.,lfn.c which it deserves. I No Time For Wobbling
I We are In a time which calls for I straight thinking, straight talking and I straight acting. This Is no time for j wobbling. Never in all our history I has more been done for govemmont. I Never was sarriflce more sublime. The ! most precious things of heart and I home were given up in a spirit which j fniarantee.s the oeirpetuity of our in¬ stitutions --if   the   faith   is   kept   with
the careful Insistence that there was no desire fo Interfere with the principle involved and formalized at Versailles. Later, it was the form and not the nub- Btjince that professedly Inspired attack. But pretense wa.s futile wti.f.n proposals later rjtme forth that clearly emascu¬ lated the basic principle of the whole peace plan. It Iji not nec*ssary to re¬ call the details of the controversy Id the senate. Senator Ix)d(re finally cn.-st&Ilized his Ideas into what wer« known *8 the lyxige reservatolna. an<} wb«n Congre.sw »dJourned these reaerva-
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