The Topeka Daily Capital from Topeka, Kansas • Page 1

Total Circulation Yesterday 35,242 Total City Circulation Yesterday 9,521 fill Weather Forecast Showers Thursday and probably Friday; not much change in temperature. VOLUME XLIV NO. 184 TOPEKA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1920. FOURTEEN PAGES WOMEN COME INTO OWN; GIVEN SUFFRAGE AT LAST; TENNESSEE IS 36TH STATE "Equal Partners Now, Ma HE AIID II. S.

THE MORNING SMILE Wherever ther a mis ma ted couple tiler's alius a revolver in th bureau drawer. We kin all pt in the campaign this year, but Debs, and he's barred. Abe Martin. TOPEKA TODAY Ml I mm mi i ROLL OF HONOR Ton.tr's iTin Mcetin of to th Amrlran (Ion vial convention lion Pot iie W3T Sixth. tonlht.

Meriiur of rumlnn tnr finer famtiien conmi of th Free Flr lto Hoard of health off.ee. 1 o'clock thin tnorning. ONE YKAR AGO TODAY. City, county and atate announced bik in tax levy. AMCsKMEXTS.

Noeelty Vaudeville. t'ozv Kathermo MacDonaid. Orpneutn "Mra. Taiupla a Telegram." tla Hieorees Carpenuer. Gem "The Man Who Forgot." Cryata) Louise Olaura Government of France Sends Note Expressing Complete Accord With Statement of American Position Set Forth in Message Sent to Italy.

TENNESSEE HOUSE I COMPLETES WORK IK 50TOJ6 VOTE Victory Comes After Bitter Fight in Lower House Senate Already Had Approved by Overwhelming Majority. RATIFICATION ENDS BUTTLE BEGINNING IN COLDNlflL DftYS Woman First Raised Her Voice in Asking Equal Representation in Colony of Maryland in 1647. WF.ATHF.R. Th hnurlr temoerat urea reaterday a. m.

to aa turnlstied by lha wcathe bureau, were 7 a. n. 9 a. 10 a. 11 a.

Niwn 4 from normai. 0. .71 1 p. m. 5 p.

tn. 6 m. 4 p. m. i p.

n. 55 I minimum. departure The aun riieo olay at a. m. will wet at 7 -13 p.

m. TBo moon I wtn set tonight at IS 1 p. m. For Kan mm Koad (niltlnaa fee ra S. AFTER RAIN SUNSHINE sj Resumption of Clear.

Warm Kind Or-; Washington. Ang. IS. (By the As-dered for Totlay. isociafed Press) The American and I Folio inir the shower which fell res- French guvernments are in entire iterday afternoon and thruout the night.

Topeka is due for pome more of I IIP .111111111.1 11 W'l weather whit ich has 1 made Kansas famous this summer. The temperatures this afterntion will below degrees, and a ctHl breeze will fUow the rain. Showers may continue over various pHrts of the. state. but it is not naeiyjtion to the dismemberment of Russia, additional chowers most gmtlfyUig.

Mr. Colby uid, and i FOUR KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS MOTOR GAR AT ELMO HUIO UraggeU UUarier Ul IYWeln the state 1 where it will do it the Qafnra Qrnn -most good, and the corn crop has been DclOre OlOp. materially benefited in many psrts I of the state during the last twenty- Hedge Hides Track From View of Fanv ily Traveling Rack to Jlerri- Oklahoma. Elmo, Aug. is.

Special Four persons were instantly kil ed here5Jf HAPPY BAREFOOT BOYS The names of the states which have ratified the suffrage amendment and the rder in which they raitified follow: Wisconsin, 10. 191D. Michigan. June 10. 1919.

Kansas. June Iff. 1919. Ohio. June li, 1919.

New York, June lfi, 1919. Illinois. June 17. 1919. Pennsylvania, Jiuie 24, 1919.

Massachusetts, June 25, 1919. Texas, June 28. 1919. Iowa, July 2, 1919. Missouri.

July 1919. Arkansas, July 28, 1919. Montana, July 30, 1919. Nebraska. August 2.

1919. Minnesota, September 8, 1919. New Hampshire, September io, 1913. tan. September 30, 1919.

California. November 2. 1919. Maine. November 1919.

North Dakota, December 1, 1919. South Dakota, December 4. 1919. Colorado, December 12. 1919.

Indiana, January 6, 1920. Kentucky. January' 6. 1920. Rhode Island.

January' 6. 1920. Oregon, January 12. 1920. Wyoming.

January 1920. Nevada, February 7, 1920. New Jersey, February' 10. 1920. Idaho.

February 11. 1920. Arizona, February 12, 1920. New Mexico. Februarv 19.

1920. Oklahoma, February 28. 1920. West Virginia, March 10. 1920.

Washington. 22. 1920. Tennessee, August 18, 1920. THE I'NGALLANT NINE.

Nine states refused to ratify the suffrage amendment. They are: Alahama. Georgia. Mississippi. South Carolina.

Virginia, Maryland, Delaware. Louisana and orth Carolina. 4 THE SLACKERS. The governors states refused to call the legislatures together to vote on the suffrage amendment: Connecticut, Florida and Ver-mcnt, 1 1 -nat ond roll call, which showed a tfe of 4S to 48. and the speaker declared the motion lost, for want of a majority.

Republican Saves Day. Instantly the anti-suffragists deV manded a vote on the original motion to concur in the senate action. If another tie resulted it meant rejection of the amendment. When the speaker put the motion, hundreds of suffragists regarded the battle as lost. The vote at the outset was on partisan iines.

but when the name of Rep-Harry T. Burn. Republican, of Me- Minn county, was called, he voted "aye." The opposition then virtually -oneded defeat, for Mr. Burn had voted with them to table the resolution and his change gave the suffragists the needed majority. HARDING MUCH GRATIFIED.

Marion, Aug. IS. Word that the Tennessee legislature had completed ratification of the Woman suffrage amendment was received by the nominee with expressions of satisfaction, and he immediately issued a statement declaring his gratification that women would W. given the ballot in the November election. Since the fignt in Tennessis liega n.

he had been in dose touch wit!) the situation there, and several times had sent telegrams to Republican leaders in the state expressing hope for ratification. Tonight Senator Harding received several telegrams from suffrage leaders thanking him for his part in the Tennessee fight, and a grup of officials of the National Woman's party came from Columbus to present in person their congratulations. Among the messages received by the nominee was one from Alice Paul, head of the National Woman's party, saying: "On behalf of the National Woman's party, representing women in every state of the union. I wish to express our deep appreciation of your co-operation in the campaign for the ratification of suffrage. Your aid has been of great help in winning the large Republican vote" in the Tennessee legislature." COX TAKES SOME PRAISE.

Columbus. O. Aug. is. Governor Cox and his associates joined tday in hailing Tennessee's ratification of the woman suffrage amendment.

That the enfranchisement of women would help the Democratic presidential and also local Tickets was predicted universally by the governors advisers, who said they believed a great majority of women stood with tiovernor Cox on the league of nations iue. Governor Cox. upon receipt of the news from Tennessee, issued a formal statement, declaring that "the mothers of America would stay the hand of war." and also that the ratification was a promise of performance of Demo-eraiie platform pledges. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK, Nashville. Aug.

Is. The suf- i frage victory "means opportunity for more work and added responsibility" for women in national service. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Woman Suffrage association. Jeclared.

The women, she added, are ready tor the work, before them. i I I i I 1 RUSSIAN PEOPLE NOT REPRESENTED Soviet Regime Is In Power by Trickery and Force Independence of Poland and an Undivided Russia Are Urged by Both Governments. In principle an future of roIani 8nd to the Rusxia. m-i it 1 uxmy in a formal statement interpreting France's rejoinder to the American not to Italy. His Matemont aerompanitpd.

publication of a translation of the French note, which was delivered to the state department on August H. by Prince de liearn, the French charge. Strengthens SS. Position. France's iecK ration of its "onresi- added "The response is a notable declaration from every viewpoint, and brings to the rwwifion taken by th United Sutes a striking emphasis and powerful position." The secretary of referred to French recognition of Wran-gel in Sonth RusNia as "a divergence'' tM-tween the two governments on one point, but KSid the United Htates wss "disposed to regard the declarenl agreement of France with the principles of the United States as of more significance thuu any divergence of policy Involves! In the jpecific action of France in this single reapect." ISolfthrviks Are Condemned.

The French noe declares that the Frwh government is of the name government. "Concerning the present ntlers of and pr's--i to condemn the Boisheviki in language almost Identl ical with that employed hi the Ameri-i can note to Italy. Asserting that France ia "In complete accord" with the United States. "as to the necescity for an independent i Polish state." the mite add: "Thin i why there is agreement ('tveen the French government and the America 11 government to encourage all effort made with a view to bringing an armistice between Poland and RiiKklH. while avoiding giving to the negotiation, a character which, might retiult in the recognition of the Bollic.

vist regime, and In the dismember mctif of Russia. Opniei NcotialioriM With Reds. By thin declaration. France a re-gardetl here a joining with the United States in opjiosing any negotiation with the Boisheviki audi as had bee a proiKrMxl t.y Britain the nre projs-til coiifernce. Following is the translation of th nt of the French govertiment.

given out by the state department: "Mr. Secretary of SSnfe. "The preahJcrit of the council and minister of foreign affair, having taken cognizance of the note relative to Russia, addn by His FxceUenry the S4H-refary of State, to Hi Kicel-lenry, the Amltodor of paly, hm me to Inform Your Excellency that he has ieart)Hl that the government of the repiblie i in entire agreement wfth the fcieral government as ri'gards the principle 'formulated In this d-a 'imenf. No lUmnr, No (ronl Faith. "The government of the republic i of the am opinion as fbe fwleral gov- eminent concerning the pr'-wnt r'ii-r of Rnssia, As Vour Fxcei-ency hiru cf expreoaed if.

tlie-y are r.t't in power ti.r fh the evnent a rttun-A-r-rabie ortin of the ffpi. nit reprewnt a Miutil minority of the raficn. Tlsey have Mdxed uy fone and by rri-kery dnruig trie two and a years that flwy have tineii pover. the country to aavae tiey ye floe; On the ti.ey Lave pr in the way of the r-rcarion of 'a tpular rfiverntuer! 'n unlveril miffase Even! 'have prove-J fhjf fie prewtJt ayafr'ni of gtvm rurnt in Knoa on the denial of erery honor and god faith and of ait -e ieag- and '-onrerirtou tiii-b are rfw- of r-i iatHins twMn ntinti and The lieaiis of thim regtme have and perdy boei of Jjeing rtidy t- Igti merit and eot.tra-t ai' a fariga power without baring tl.e inten-) tiwi of tU-m. Titer that no rfraef or' axreeay-nt w- Intled -with noti IlolsUeTist gijverrj-menta can bind them Imfwwhle Keeogn'Jum.

After having f.r'ar.ni i'rine, they have Ii. hare ri uu-y wnwi Kuwsa f'. awtemesu other coimfrie br ASSURES A VOTE NEXT NOVEMBER Only Hitch Can Come in Favorable Action Today on Speaker's Motion to Reconsider Action. Nashville, Aug. 1.

The 1 amendment extending djual suffrage to. American women was ratified toiiay for inclusion in the federal constitu-; tion. the lower house of the Tennessee legislature voting to 40 to concur in the senate resolution adopted Friday. 25 to 4. I Action of the house made Tennessee the thirty-sixth state to approve the; Nashville.

Aug. 18. The party line-up in the Tennessee house today on the vote to ratify the federal suffrage amendment was as follows: Democrats, aye, nay. 31; absent. Republicans, aye.

15; nay, 12; absent, 2. The line-up in the senate last Friday, was: Democrats, aye, 18; nay, Republicans, aye, nay, 1. a nionde.hich lacked tonight oniy 4 formal ccrtiTTcatlon by Secretary Colby to complete Its acceptance by the na-j tion. Speaker Keeps Up Fight. There is still a possibility that the bouse may rescind its action.

At the last moment. Speaker Walker, leader of the anti-suffrage forces, changed his vote from nay to aye. paving the way fo5 a motion to reconsider. I'nder house rules, he can present such a mo tion within the next two legislative days. Should today's vote be confirmed, or the house faii to take further action before adjournment Friday, millions of women will be free under the amend- ment to vote in the presidential elee- tion next November.

Only successful litigation contesting the legal right of this legislature to ratify the section could prevent them. Prepare for a Contest. Steps for such a test of the pro-j visions of the Tennessee constitution) involved have already been taken by the Tennessee Constitutional league. Ninety -six of the ninety-nine mem- hers of the house were present today and the alignment, nntil a vote on con- currenee was taken, was a tie. each faction polling forty eight votes on a I motion by Mr.

Walker to table the I resolution. On the for concur- rence. was forty-nine to forty-seven, nntil the speaker chanced his vote, This apparently would give the suf- fragists an advantage of only two votes, but their leader declared to- night that members in favor of suf- frnie who were absent today, would arrive probably tomorrow morning, i Plan to Prevent Surprise. The motion to reconsider may be i carried by a majority vote of the mem- bers present, and since Mr. Walker can I act without a moment's notice, the suf- fragists planned to be on hand in full force during the next two days.

Suffrage leaders said they expected i no defections from their forces, but! as a precaution, were tightening their lines tonight, while opposition leaders were waging an active campaign to; increase their strength for a final ef- fort. 1 The end came suddenly. Icbaie on the motion to concur had been in prog- ress little more than an hour and there was ru indication a vote wa imminent, when Speaker Walker called Representative Overton to the chair; and took the floor to reply to a snf- fragist who had charged that, special interests were at work to defeat rati-; firation. Chamber in an I'proar. "The battle has been won.

and the measure has been defeated." Mr. Walker said. "I resent the iniquitous remarks that special interests are here alone against this measure. I recent this on lehalf of the womanhood that is both for and against suffrage. "I move that this measure go where it to the table." i Instantly the chamber was in an up-1 mar.

Suffragists olamoml "for recog- nition. while a chorus of "second the motion" came from the antis. Overton, however, refused to recognize anyone and ordered the roll called. The result was in doubt on unofficial tal-j lies. An appeal to the clerk developed that his tallv also showed a tie, 4 -S to -js.

Pandemonium reigned. Members do- manded nnoiher roll call. Mr. Over-i ton. who occupied the chair during the i remainder of the session, ordered a sec- LONG UST OF HONORED CHAMPIONS Miss Susan B.

Anthony, of Kansas, Author of Amendment Before Congress 42 Years and Finally Washington. Aug. IS. Ratification of the suffrage amendment to the eon-'stitution ends a struggle which began in this country before the colonies declared their independence. It will ally enfranchise women.

Woman suffrage first raised its voice in America in Maryland in 1H7 when Mistress Margaret Brent, heir of Lord Calvert, demanded a place in the legislature of the colony as a property holder of wide extent. And in the days of the Revolution. Abigail Adams wrote her husband. John Adams at the continental congress which was framing the Jaws of the infant nation that, "if in the new laws particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not hold ourselTes liound to oliey any laws in which we TUtve uu voiee." First Meeting in 1848. Organized work for woman suffrage began in she I'nited States with the Woman's Right convention in Seneca Falls.

N. which was -called by Lucre tia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, early leaders of Massachusetts and York, in response to the indignation aroused by the refusal to permit women to take part in the anti-slavery convention of 140. From the date of that convention the suffrage movement in the United States began the fight that lasted seventy years and ended with victory. Another convention followed in ls'2 at Syracuse. N.

at which delegates from Canada were present, and if was there that Susan B. Anthony assumed leadership of the cause to which she devoted her life. In the National Woman Snf-i fragc asoclation. with Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton at its head was formed in New York, and in the same year the American Woman Suffrage association was organized in Cleveland with Lucy Stones and Julia Ward Howe as its leaders.

At first differing widely in policy, the national association working to put suffrage amendment thru the federal congress and its sister organization bending its efforts to convert the country state by state, the two associations later united nn-; der the National Woman Suffrage association. The association's drive for the vote was led in turn by Mrs. Sfan-l ton. Miss Anthony. Dr.

Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. Carrie Chapman att, the latter of whom is now its president. Woman Drafted Amendment. The nineteenth amendment, which bears her name, was drafted by Miss Anthony in and was first introduced in congress in 17S by Sen. A.

A. Sargent, of California and it is in the same language that the new principle of the national law reads: "Article Section I. The right of citizens of the I'nited, States to vote shall not he denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. "Section 2. Congress shall have power, by appropriate lesislation.

to enforce the provisions of this article." The amendment holds the record of being before the country longer than any other successful amendment xf) the 'constitution. It was introduced as the sixteenth amendment, and has been suifessively the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth, and has been before every session of congress since its initial appearance. During the first thirty-five years after its introduction into coneress. the amendment made practically no progress and until seven years ago it had not been debated on the floors for thirty years. But thi campaign for the movement was slowly but steadily gaining ground in the states.

Miss Anthony First to Vote. Meanwhile. Miss Anthony made a test of the right of women to rast the ballot by going to the polls and voting. She was arrested and and. tho she refused to pay her fine, was never jailed.

She became, however, the forerunner of the "militants" who adopted the forceful tactics of the latter days of the campaign. State after state gradually enfranchised its women citizen. Beginning with Wyoming in by 1'JIO sixteen states had ziveu women the right to vote, and fourteen states bad (Continued on Page Coluam wm reacn lopeaa during the day. Topeka got of an inch up to o'clock last night. Saltna and Plainville both scored 1.01 inches.

i An area of low pressure moving in the east, caused general rains lover tb.o western part of the state Tuesday night. Smi'h Center had an inch; Coldwatcr, inch; Dodge City. .42 inch; Hays. -4 inch, and Mackn- hi llle A'2. Reno, which has been the Iryest i-ounty in the state, reported inch of rain at Hutchinson.

By (this afternoon this shower belt should the past Kansas. Much of the corn four hours. temperature recorded the highest locally on August l'J was degree. i in r.tl.5. FORM HARDINCS SMALLEST FRONT-PORCH DELEGATION Marion.

Ang. IS. Senator Harding most diminutivp front Prcli delegation It consisted six barefoot Marlon urchin, who marched up in military dignity under a mg aiorr an American nag ami a naming picture nailed to the Imck of a now shovel. They serenaded the senator with a campaign song and were rewarded with a handshake and a smile apiece, and the privilege of having D.t-ir pictures taken with the nominee. GIRIJS AS STQWAWAVS xnir at San Francisco From Hawaii Tmiwim- on Arm Transport.

San Francisco. Cat. Ang. is. Mod- ishly attired, but listed as "stow-jaways." Miss Mildred Magruder.

of a Missouri town, mid Miss F.va A. nr the territorial -or- er ernployetl hy the eminent of Hawaii. arrive 011 army tninspirt Mieridan the HIS CONDITION SERIOUS SEN. AIXERT B. CUMMINS.

Iiea Aug. condition of United State Wen. A. Ii. CnsBin.

wN ha in por health. re- 1 day. He i anfferiruc frota aa ra I yst HEDS ARE NEAR A RDUT POLES DEFEAT IPiVAQERS Several Divisions Are Almost Fall Back at Points for Ten Miles or More Poles Advance Along 20-Mile Front. Paris'. Ang.

18. (By the Associated Press) Warsaw now seems to le saved from the Bolshevikl. Pilsud-ski's armies no longer are obliged to fight a defensive battle and the bold offensive on both wings has reached the first objectives and the Poles appear to be pausing before attempting to develop their success. The offensive on the left wing is being personally led by the French Generals Henry and Billotte and already has yielded important results. It has once more put the Poles in possession of the key to the Warsaw defeases the fork between the Narew and Buff rivers, while the forces advancing toward Mlawa.

which have reached Tsiechanoff. twelve miles to the south of Mlawa, will force the Boisheviki marching toward Tlock and Thorn to beat a hasty retreat and consequently reopen the direct railroad line to Danzig. But the maneuver on the right wing, along the line of (larvolin and Tarat-choff. between the Vistula and the Bug is the more interesting of the two from the strategic viewpoint, because it threatens the communications of the main Bolshevik forces. Swelled by troops freed by shortening the front in the Brody region, the movement already has gained rapid headway and driven the Boisheviki laok all along the line toward Brest-LItovsk for distances varying from twenty-five to fifty miles.

London. Aug. 18. The Bolshevist recoil from Polish counter-attacks in several sectors had begun to assume proportions of a rout, according to latest advices from various sources today. Only stubborn resistani at critical points had enabled the Russian forces to prevent annihilation of their retreating divisions.

Bolshevist withdrawal measures more than ten miles at points and In the vicinity of Cierchanof fifty miles north and west of Warsaw the Poles advanced fifteen miles on a 20-mile front. Brussels. Aug. The Belgian State Itailwaymen's syndicate has decided tit prevent the transportation thru Belgium of troops or munition intended for Poland. This decision follows similar action by the Antwerp dockers.

Paris. Aug. la. The Polish counter-offensive, with Thorn as its base, has successfully cleared the Danzig corridor of Russian troops, according to a report received from the French mission in Poland today. Washington.

Aug. 1. 4 By the Associated PrTss A declaration that the American government would support Polish independence "to the fail extent of the tnstirntional power confided in the executive." was made today by Secretary Colby. SALAZAR SUCCEEDS CANTT. MesieslL Lower Cal Aug.

1" Oen. Luis M. Salazar succeeded Col. Etehan fcintn as governor of the northern district of Lower California at ti o'elock tonight. SUES FOR DIVORCE AFTER 57 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE WIFE WON'T COOK MEALS Jefferson City.

1, Aug. is. After fifty-seven years of married life. AmmouVWolfe, S4 years old. yesterday filed suit in the circuit court hen4 asking for a divorre from his wife.

Mary Ellen Wolfe. Is his petition. Wolfe alleged his wife refused to cook bis meals for him ami left him without cause in July, They were married August The couple have ten children, all of whom are married and living. BANDITS HOLD OP TRAIN STEAL 4 Loot Consists of Valuable Registered Packages. Rode as Passengers.

Then Entered Car to Stage Act, Pulled Bell Cord and Jumped. St. Louis. Aug. IS.

Two men held up Missouri Pacific passenger train No. from St. Iouis for Little Rock on the outskirts of this city, shortly after o'clock night and escaped with four pouches Itelieved to have contained registered mail. The two men boarded the train at o'clock, when a stop was made at Tower .1 miles from Union station, and took seats in the smoker, next to the mail car. After the train left Tower tJrove.

they entered the mail car with drawn revolvers and forced the clerks to line up against the walL Ah the train eared the outskirts of the city, one of the bandits pulled the signal cord, stopping the train. The mail sacks were thrown out and the bandits jumped after them and disap-pea red. The robbery was reported when the next sub-station was reached and police were sent to the scene in automobiles. The loss sustained in the robbery will not le known until the mail clerks have had an opportunity to check ir up. it was said by special agents of the railroad company.

Police are combing the district where the bandits left the train. FIND GOLD IN WALL STREET. New York. Aug. Engineers in! rJiarge of an excavation in the heart i of New York's financial district tonight were treasuring some tiny yellow metal flakes that one of the engineers scraped from his muddy shoes.

Test' of gold seekers had been applied to the1 i flames and indications pointed to the discovery of gold in the very shadow of the sub-treasury building. The find was not yellow mica. fir, under the knife Made rest, the flakes would have flippe-d off like tiddJedywinks. Neither could it have been iron pyrites, for the same reason. DAY'S AUTO ACCIDENTS Hnmboidt.

Aug. IS. Special 1 Willie ffll off the hoard of a truck here lasti night at i o'clo-t and was killed, the weeis cmsfttng aim. Four perwr.s were instantly killi-t and a baby seriously injured ar Elm. Kan, yesterday afternoon wb-n their automobile was hit by a Missouri Pacific pasenser train.

1 at this arternoon when a motor i car in which they were riding was! struck by a Missouri Pacific east-j bound passenger train No. 14. The dead are M. L. Oowing.

of Mara nice. his wife; his son. Everett, and his daughter. Mrs. Pearl Fugate.

Ungates babv was seriously injured; and is not exts-cted to live. i The parfv had been visiting Mr. Rowing's sister. Mrs. C.

I. of Elmo. They started at noon on their return trip to Oklahoma. After driv-i ing ten miles they encountered a rain storm and turned back to Elmo. They were hit by the train, which was running an hour and a half l.ehind schedule, as they entered the town.

A hedge partially hid their view of the track. The engine hit the car so, ua rely and dragged it a quarter of a mile lefor coming to a stop. The child was thrown dear of the train by the force of the collision. The crossing at Elmo, has been the scene of several other accidents. i TOM WATSON IN JAIL Democratic Candidate for Senator Charged With Possesfcing Liquor.

Atlanta. Aug. IS. Thomas E. Watson, a candwlate for the Democratic nomination for United States senator from Georgia and former Populist nominee for president, was placed in jail at Buford.

tonight on charges of "public indecency" and or "having liquor in his possession." according to a statement made over the telephone tonight by J. R. Shadbum. sheriff at Buford. The arrest grew out of an alleged di-turrmnce in a hotel at Buford.

where the candidate, had eiigazed a room. It was barged by the sheriff that Mr. Watxu. after having prepared to r-tin for the night, appeared in the hallway of the hotel, and accuMti -v-eral men in the lobby of disturbing him. Watiton hr.r'ed a Ns.k at one the men.

according to fl.e sheriff, anil made srrme rmark atwiut their being "paid" by his political opponents to disturb his ret. ORIENT TO CIiE SHOPS Retrenchment AUo Includes Laying Off of 400 Track Worker. Wichita. Aug. 1 bo of fle Kansas City.

Mexico it Orient railroad here, employiug 2- men. will be closed Sepu-mrs-r 0f. it was an-nounced tonight by A. I Rernanfi. general manHger for th railroad under its r-ivership.

nUcrpm will remain closett liwlefinitefy. he At the same rime. 4W) track workers and lCs offic men in Kansas. Oklahoma and Texan will be dcjipeied from the psy rrIL it was TTe closing of the shops and th" lay ing off of the track and ofn men i a retrenebment measure. Mr.

De ivr- 1 1 nard! said, ami was necessary if Supported rioi among hi trtenA nu'roaj to continue to operate at iL Iarse4 aorta, it is a id. ua Paje.