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\1 I AT d - / ■- -r- '•-■'V-B ^0tttb W Heflin pee - 1 VOL. XXIV. NO. 27. SOUTH NEW BERLIN, CHENANGO CO., N. Y., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1920. TERMS.!— $1.50 PER YEAR OOX NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT ON 44TH BALLOT BY DEMOCRATS Ohio Governor Wins by Acclamation in San Francisco Convention When Palmer Withdraws From the Race. JAMES M. COX. COX'S CAREER A RAPID RISE Began as Farm Boy, Turned to Teaching, Reporting and Publishing. PASSED McADOO ON^ THIRTY-NINTH BALLOT. Convention Hall, San Francisco, Tuesday, July 6.—Governor James M. Cox of Ohio was nominated for Presh 4ent by the Democratic National Con- yention at 1 :89 a. m. The nomination came on the forty- fourth ballot. When the night session began, the thirty-seventh and thirty- eight ballots were taken. Attorney ■General Palmer then released his dele gates. In the succeeding ballots Cox gained steadily, until on the forty- fourth he had secured 699 votes dnd It w§s apparent that before the ballot was completed he would obtain njore than 729 votes, the two-thirds majori ty required to nominate. Vice Chairm an Amldon of the Demo c r a t ic N a tional Convention, manager for McAdoo, interrupted the voting -•and moved to make the nomination unanimous which was done amid up- Toarions applause. It was 1:43 o’clock a. m. when Cox was declared the nominee. ’ Thereupon the convention adjourned until noon to complete the work by nominating the candidate for vice president. Cox was nominated by acclamation before the finish of the ballot. He bad 699 votes at that time and Mc Adoo 270 when the motion was made fo declare the nomination unanimous. Forty-Fourth Ballot. San Francisco, Tuesday, July 6.— The voting by states on the forty- fourth ballot was as follows: Alabama, 24 Votes—Davis, 3; Mc Adoo, 8; Cox, 13. Arizona, 6 Votes—Cox, 8; Mc Adoo, 3. Arkansas, 18 Votes—Cox, 18. California, 26 Votes—McAdoo, 13; Cox, 13. Colorado, 12 Votes—Cox, 9; Mc Adoo, 3. Connecticut, 14 Votes—^McAdoo, 2; Cox, 12. Delaware, 6 Votes—^McAdoo, 8; Cox, 3. F lorida, 12 Votes—Cox, 12. Georgia, 28 Votes—Cox, 28. Idaho, 8 Votes—^McAdoo, 8. Illinois, 58 Votes—^Davis, 1; Mc Adoo, 13; Cox, 44. - - -Indiana, 30 Votes—Cox, 30^ Iowa, 26 Votes—Cox, 26, Kansas, 20 Votes—^ISIcAdoo, 20. Kentucky; 26 Votes—Cox, 26. Louisiana, 20 Votes—Cox, 20. Maine, 12 Votes—Cox, 5; McAdoo, 35; absent, 2. M assachusetts, 86 Votes — Colby, 1; Cox, 35. Maryland, 16 Votes—Cox, 13%; Da vis, 2%. “ Michigan, 80 Votes—^Passed. Minnesota, 24 Votes—^McAdoo, 15; Cox, 8; absent, 1. Mississippi, 20 Votes—Cox, 20. Missouri, 36 Votes—Cox, 18; Mc Adoo, 17; absent, 1. Montana, 8 Votes — McAdoo, 2; Cox, 6. Nebraska, 16 Vqtes— Owen, 9 ; Cox, 5 ; McAdoo, 2. Nevada, 6 Votes—Cox, 6. New Hampshire, 8 Votes—Cox, 2; McAdoo, 6. New Jersey, 28 Votes—Cox, 28. New Mexico, 6 Votes—^IVIcAdoo, 6. New York, 90 Votes—^McAdoo, 20.; Cox, 70. North Carolina, 24 Votes—^McAdoo, 24. North Dakota, 10 Votes—Cox, 2; Mc Adoo, 4; Owen; 4. • Ohio, 48 Votes—Cox, 48. Oklahoma, 20 Votes—Owen, 20. Oregon, 10 Votes—McAdoo, TO. Pennsylvania, 76 Votes— Palmer, 1; Davis, 2; McAdoo, 4; Cox, 68; ab sent, 1. Rhode Island, 10 Votes—Cox, 9 ; Mc Adoo, 1. South Carolina, 18 Votes—^McAdoo, 18. South Dakota, 10 Votes—Owen, 1; McAdoo, 3; Cox, 5; absent, 1. Tennessee, 24 Votes—Davis, 24. Texas, 40 Votes—^McAdoo, 40. Utah, 8 Votes—Cox, 8. Virginia, 24 Votes—^McAdoo, 2%; Davis, 2% ; Glass, 1% ; Cox, 18% ; ab sent, 1. Washington, 14 Votes—^Davis, 1; Cox, 13. West Virginia, 16 Votes—^Davis, 16. Wisconsin, 26 Votes—^McAdoo, 3; Cox, 23. Wyoming, 6 Votes—McAdoo, 8; Cox, 3. Alaska, 6'Votes—Cox, 6. District of Columbia, 6 Votes— Cox, 6. Hawaii, 6 Votes—Cox, 6. Philippines, 6 Votes—McAdoo, 2; Cox, 4. Porto Rico, 6 Votesr-McAdoo, 1; Cox, 5. Canal Zone, 2 Votes—McAdoo, 2. Nomination by acclamation before ballot is completed. \ Like Senator Warren G. Harding, James M. Cox has achieved the emi nence of a nomination for chief magis trate of the United States from humble b e g in n in g s on an Ohio farm. In com mon with the Republican nominee, he is a newspaper proprietor,, who for many years has made politics his avo cation. His home is in Dayton. Senator Harding represents the state of Ohio in the United States senate, whUe the nomination for the Presidency has come to his Democratic rival ia his third, term as governor of the Buckeye state. Governor Cox was born on March 31, 1870, on a farm near Jacksonburg, Butler county. He is just past the half century mark. The early years - of the Democratic candidate were similar to those of any farm boy. He spent his spare time selling newspapers and working as a printer’s devil in a newspaper office. *His yearning for an education had t o , be satisfied so far as regular courses were concerned with several years in the high school at Amanda, Butler county. At first he became a school teacher, studying all the time and con stantly fearful, as he has since con fessed, that some of his older pupils would stump him op some question. In the -small town of Middletown John Q. Baker, brother-in-law of the candidate, ran a daily newspaper, which was not noted for the snappi ness of its news columns. Cox told Baker what he thought the , Signal lacked.. Baker’s.reply was: “Join the staff and do the job yourself. I’ll give you $10 a week.” The next day he was on the job and began to hustle. S g long as Cox re mained it was the exception when any item of interest escaped his search. One day three years later, in 1894, he resigned to become secretary to Representative Paul J. Sorg of the Middletown district. Later he repre sented this same district himself. In August, 1898, Mr. Cox returned to the newspaper game. • Through the finan cial assistance of good friends he was able to buy tbe Dayton News, which at that time was on “its last legs.” Inside of ten years after,a hard strug gle, for his capital was limited, he had paid off his iebt and had a paying proposition. Manages His Papers. m 1905 Mr. Cox added' the Spring- field (Ohio) News to his holdings and formed what Is known as the News League. On the day of his purchase Mr. Cox changed the name of the pa per, Its politics and the time of Issue. It has been successful financially from the start. In spite of the fact that he has Been in Congress and the gover nor’s chair a considerable time, Mr. Cox has always been known as the personal manager of both newspapers. He has also become connected with a number of other business enterprises. Having reached the point where he thought he could afford to satisfy his longing to go to Congress, Mr. Cox In 1908 accepted the Democratic nomina tion in the Third district. There was some dissension in the Republican ranks and Cox was elected. It was while serving his second term as a congressman that Mr. Cox was nominated for governor of Ohio. Those who say that Cox has luck point to the defection from the Republican party due to the Progressive movement when Cox ran in 1912. He had been placed in nomination prior to the Republican split in Chicago. A month later Judge E. B. Dillon, Republican nominee for governor of Ohio, withdrew from the ticket. Cox practically bad the gov ernorship presented to Mm that year. ■ Beaten for Re-electicfti. Two years later Governor Cox was defeated for re-election by Frank B. Willis. But in 1916 Cox came back again and was returned to the state capital as chief executive of the state. He, was chosen for a third term in 1918. ' During the first term Governor Cox had to deal with the extraordinary floods. ]^e was a war governor in his second term and has since had recon struction problems to deal with. In his first term the workmen’s compen sation law in Ohio was passed, and Governor Cox has always taken credit for its passage. In 1917 Governor Cox got into a wrangle with H. A. Garfield, the coal administrator, when he seized a .lot of coal bound for points in the North west and turned to over to relieve an acute shortage in Ohio. Dr*- Garfield denounced this as an illegal proced ure. The governor replied that he had appealed to the President, and intaking the coal had simply carried out an order' which a subordinate of the coal administration in Ohio had refused to obey. In handling the situation brought about by the.many strikes incidental to the post-war period Governor Cox removed the mayor of one Ohio city because, as alleged, he had failed to take proper steps to protect the rights of both sides. Favors World League. Governor Cox is an advocate of the League of Nations. In an article pub lished less than six weeks ago he predicted that the Democratic conven tion would Indorse the vital princi ples of the covenant as brought hack by President Wilson\. Governor Cox was married to Mayme L. Harding at Cincinnati.on May 23, 1893. Three children—a girl and two boys—were born of this marriage. In July, 1909, while her husband was serving in Congress, Mrs. Cox filed a suit for divorce in Dayton on the ^grounds of extreme cruelty. Bight years later Governor Cox married Miss Mar- garetta Blair, daughter of Thomas S. Blair, Jr., of Chicago and New York. The wedding took place on September 15, 1917, at Elmhurst, Rl., the Blair summer home, the ceremony being per form ed by the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden. The governor had met his present wife at Virginia Hot Springs about a year before their engagement. He has built a beautiful country home near Dayton for her. It is known, as Trailsend.\ Governor Cox is a member of the Episcopal Church. CONVENTION VOTE ON WET PLANK. Teas. Na: Vote. 24—Alabama 18—^Arkansas 26—California 12—Colorado __ 14—Connecticut “)elawa: 6 —DeL 12 —Plorids Ida 8—^Idaho . 58—Illinois 30—^Indiana — 18 5 21 — 12 13 1 1 11 — 28 37 i l 4 26 1 .25 1 19 1 11 20—^Kansas .......... 26—Kentucky . . . . 20—^Louisiana . . . . 12—^Maine .............. 16—M aryland . . . . 36—^Massachusetts 80—M ichigan ............................ 2 26 24—M innesota ......... 3 20 20—M ississippi . ......................... — 20 36—^Missouri .............................. 9 ^ 25% 8—M o n tana .............................. 5 3 16—^Nebraska ............................ 3 13 6—N e v a d a ................................ — 6 8—^New H a m p shire .............. — 8 28—New Jersey ........................ 28 — 5—^New Mexico ...................... — -6 90—^New York .......................... 78 12 24—N o rth Caro-’ina ................ — 24 10—^North D a k o ta .................. — 10 48—Ohio ............... 28 20 20—O k lahoma .......................... — 20 IrAe-nu 1 0 .0—South D a k o ta . 14—Ten , Tennessee to—^Texas . . . 8—Utah ----- 2 8 .... — 24 ----- — 40 ^ V e r m o n t . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . ” . I 7 1 24 —Virginia ................................. i' 23 14—^Washington ...................... — 14 16—W e st V irginia .................. .3 ‘*JL3 26—W isconsin .......................... 7 19 6—W yoming ............................ — 6 6—A laska .................................. 4 2 6—^District of Columbia......... 3 2 6—H a w a ii ............................ 6 — S^Philippines ............... — 8 6—Porto Rico ..• ...................... — 2- voting, H % ; Iowa, 6%; D istrict of Columbia, 1; M issouri, 1; M in nesota, '*• ---- -■ sas, 1,092 No Statement, Says Cox. Dayton, Ohio, July 6.—“I have no statement to make now,” said Gover nor James M. Cox early Tuesday morn ing when he learned over the Associat ed Press wires that he had been nomi- fiated by the San Francisco conven tion, e “I think you will understand why,” he added to newspapermen. UPWARD TURN IN USINESS SEEN Federal Reserve Board Says Money Situation Has Shown , Distinct Improvement CROP PROSPECTS ARE FINE. Control of Credits Has Produced Gradual . Good Results—Agricul ture and Railroad Situations Better. Washington.—Control of credit and discrimination between * non-essential and speculative borrowing has produc ed gradual results, according to the re view of business conditions for the month of June, Issued by the Federal Reserve Board. “Considerable variation in business conditions, taking the country as a whole, is reported by Federal Reserve agents,” says the review. “In agricul tural production there is a perceptible improvement in prospects, due to sea sonable weather, good distribution of moisture, and the replanting of crops. In manufacturing, conditions are in some districts reported as chaotic, ranging from extreme optimism to equally extreme pessimism. “The railroad situation has been somewhat improved, but as yet not sufficiently to warrant a belief that the effect of the breakdown has been over- come._- There is still gl^at congestion of goods. “In retail trade thero.is evidence 'Jf a decreased volume of demand in many parts of tbe country, altHougb some of this decline is seasonal. Quite gener ally there is a tendency to settle down to a readjustment basis and to proceed with business upon the new level of prices and demand. “Control of credit and discrimination between non-essential and speculative borrowing is producing some results, although these are reported as devel oping themselves slowly and gradually. The present price situation is unset tled and is being closely watched. While some price reporting agencies show reductions, others, including among them the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics, show increases in prices, due perhaps to the different characters of the commodities used in making up in dex numbers and the methods of con struction, rather than in discrepancy in prices themselves.. Foodstuffs and essential commodities except clothing and shoes, show little indication of re duction. Luxuries and ‘unessentials’ have been in many lines distinctly cut. Business Is-passing through a period of readjustment and, in many direc tions, of depression. There is, how ever, every indication that this transi tion period will not last long—indeed, that the turn toward new conditions has already been taken. “In District No. 1 (Boston) the out standing features of the situation have been more spectacular during May than at any time since the armistice for tbe force, which have been operat ing to produce liquidation of commodi ties have culminated in an unmistak able manner. Cancellation of orders has been an important factor, while price reductions, although not believed permanent, have been important, <In District No. 2 (New York) specu lation has been depressed, although the bond market has been more firmly supported than for some months past. Exporters report a softening in the for eign demand for American products. Immigratfon is increasing, prices have fellen in some lines quite decidedly and retail trade has been stimulated by recent reductions. Building con tinues inadequate.” The Board bolds that tbe money situation has shown a distinct improve ment during June. The opinion of bankers, not only in New York but in various other finan cial centers, is to the effect that the money situation has shown a distinct Improvement during the month, and this view is borne out by reports of various Federal Reserve agents who state that the Federal Reserve bank policy, aided by co-operation of mem ber banks, is convincing would-be bor rowers that there must he a revision of their applications with a view to elimin^ing all unnecessary or imes- sential'^ requirements. N. DAKOTA NON-PARTISANS WIN. Governor and State Ticket Supported in Primary. Fargo, TT. D.—^The Non-Partisan League in North Dakota has won an other primary election, emerging vic torious with its entire state ticket, with its candidate for United States sena tor and with two candidates tor Con gress. . • ~ . Lymt J. Frazier, for governor, has been.tibmlnated In the Republican pri- m a r l^ defeating William Danger, the ind^l^ndent candidate. WILLIAM 0. THOMPSON. One of the Commissioners to Settle Anthracite Dispute; W illiam O. Thompson, of Columbus, president of Ohio State University, has been named by President Wilson, to represent the public on the com mission of three to settle the wage controversy in the anthracite coal fields. The other members of the com mission represent tlie miners and oper ators, respectively. CfifTONG^^ OR TAKE COUNTRY’ Allied Diplomats Hear Spa Con- ferenoe Will See Repetition of Old German Bluff. Geneva.—^The German delegates to the Spa conference will be instructed to insist on important territorial, finan cial and military modifications of'the Peace Treaty and, in case of refusal, to invite the Allies to occupy and ad minister Germany themselves—such ?.>?i the plan adopted at a meeting of the new cabinet in Berlin^ if irfformation received here in diplomatic quarters is to be credited. It is the old German bluff over again that was tried after the armistice and again last year be fore the ratification of the Versailles treaty. If the Allies remain firm and united, there need be no fear that Ger many will carry out hei; threats. The principal modifications the Ger man statesmen decided to demand a re: First. Upper Silesia to remain Ger man, as its loss would involve a cataSr trophic coal shortage definitely frus trating Germany’s economic recon struction, on which her ability to fulfill her financial obligations^ to the Allies depends. Second. The strength of the Reichs- wehr to be left at 200,000, as a further reduction would infallibly precipitate a Spartacan outbreak and the triumph of bolshevism. Third. Assessment of Germany’s total war indemnities at an amount not exceeding sixty billion marks gold ($15,000,000,000). As regards the strength of the army and the payment of indemnities, the Germans know that the first can al ways be camouflaged and the second eluded, and they therefore are prepar ed to satisfy the demands of the Allies on these points after some show of re sistance. But loss of Upper Silesia the new Berlin government is determined to prevent at all costs, and it has au thorized its ^representatives at Spa to declare that if this rich coal country be awarded to Poland by plebiscite or otherwise, it must decline all further responsibility for tbe fulfillment of Germany’s economic obligations and that it is up to the Allies to come and govern Germany and get what they can out of the country. Tbe German hope is that, of course, this invitation to the Allies to extend their military occupation in Germany will sow further seed of discord be tween England and France. l a t e s t EVENTS } a t WASHINGTON | Counsel for the carriers and the ship pers, and also Glenn E. Plumb,dn be- half of the railroad employees, pre sented arguments to the Interstate Commerce Commission\ In the rate case In which the carriers ask ap proval of applications calling for an annual increase In revenue of at least $1,017,000,000. This applies to freight rates only. A resolution protesting against the Smith-Towner bill, which is said to have the backing of the-National Educational ^ Association, w a s . tnade public by the Catholic Educational - Association. MOVES TO CRUSH IRI^REVOLT Policy of VIKholesale Arrests and Imprisonment .Without Trial to Be Extended. SOLDIERS HHP^ORANGEMEM Carson Prepared for War If Govern- ment Falls— Declares He Will “Or- ganize for Defense\ Unless London Shows It Can Handle Situation. London.—Prem ier Lloyd George had a further conference with Chief Sec retary Greenwood, when extremely drastic measimes in Ireland to check the Sinn Fein progress were decided upon. Already wholesale a rrests with out w arrant and imprisonment without trial are being resumed, and it is be lieved that this policy is to have a wide” extension, every. Sinn Feiner of importance being m a rked down for capture. Viceroy French’s appeal to Sein P e iners to present their demands was devised as a preliminary to these new measures of repression sc that the government- can say that they gave the Sinn Feiners a chance before acting. Of course, Premier Lloyd George knew the Sinn Feiners will-never enter into negotiations, especially wtth him or with any British government, having before them the invariable fate of pre ceding Irish politicians who trusted him or them. The prediction of the coming trou ble in Belfast, which will reach a cli max on July 12, is being fully borne out. Orangemen, as now, always be gin these disturbances by smashing and looting saloons in the Orange dis trict run by Catholics. Until long aft er the penal times Catholics were not allowed to have any shops In Belfast except public houses; and \they still own a large proportion of them. As In Derry, when Sinn Feiners reply to Orange attacks, the miiltary and po lice will fire upon the Sinfi Feiners. Sir Edward Carson himself is get ting anxious about the spread of the disturbances to Belfast, because he knows how fully armed and equipped bis followers are, and they are in a position as'well as in a frame of mind to effect a terrible massacre once they get on the warpath. Instead of ap pealing to them, however, he asks the premier, for more troops, who will con cern themselves, only with Sinn Fein- Robert Lynd, the Daily News spe cial correspondent in Ireland,'says that the government has obviously decided to blockade Ireland by closing down the --railways at Dublin and other places and is preparing for' food difli- culties in case ~of a complete stoppage of the railways, and food committees are being organized. In a letter to the Ulster Unionist Qouhcil Sir Ed ward Carson says if the government “cannot carry out the essential duties of a government” he will not hesitate on his own responsibility to “organize tile people for defense.\ A Dublin dispatch to the Daily News says no trace of the place of deten tion of Brigadier General Lucas has been discovered by the military au thorities, but it is stated' that the au thorities In Cork have received an anonymous intimation that the gen eral is “in safe confinement” and that he will receive the, care and respect due his rank while he is a “prisoner of war.” ^ Newbridge, County Kildare, is' the great military center serving Curragh, the Aldershot of Ireland. For the first time it was sought to dispatch soldiers -thence by a train^ passing from Kil kenny to Dublin. Tbe driver refused to carry them and the soldiers remain ed on the train, blocking up the line. ' PRICE . OF COLLARS CUT. Reduction Announced by Two, Largo Manufacturers.\ Troy, N. Y.—^The price of collars will be reduced to 25 cents each, according to annouEcement made here by Cluett Peabody & Co. and George P, Ide & Co., two of the biggest manufacturing plants in ^ e world. The change in price is effective immediately. . The '.collars are now selling for SO cents each. ■ SUGAR WORKERS’ STRIKE ENDS, Hawaiian Employers Say No Cohces^ ^ slons Were Granted. . Honolulu,—The strike of sugar plan tation workers^ of the HawaUan lands, which began on January ly last was officially declared ended by tho Ha^^iian Labor Association, -formerly the Japanese Federation of Labor. Abont-5,000 Japanese anfl, Ffflplao labonera are affected by ffle decl- Sion. Hmployers announced they had returning men no <^nce»
