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'iSf- ilMIMtllWJf .gPJ i .- eth Year-No. 284 OGDEN CITY, UTAH MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 25. 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M I MAYOR MAC SWINEY'S DEATH FANS HATRED i 1 POLICE IN IRELAND FEARFUL OF REPRISAL I ARTICLE TEN HELD UNNECESSARY I MARK SMI Republicans Claim H Cut He Says Cox Has Good Chance There ! DEMOCRATIC CAf DiDATE STRONG WITH UNIONS furthermore, Factional Fights Hurt G. 0. P. Writer Dec lares in Review - National Political Correspondent of the Ni York Evening Post. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct, 86.--OC the thr4 states la this middle western country lying between the Mississippi and the Appalachians iirn) north of th-; )hlo. Indiana Is the one that Cox has the best chance of Carrying. His next, best chain e is in Ohio. in one of the stmts. Michigan, be has absolutely no chance whatever and In Illinois In splt of the faction-1 allam within Hit Republican rank COX has no chance. Also lu Wlsoon kii. although the factionalism then la evep hoisi' Mian In Illinois, with tht Hfl Tegular TtnpubUcans trying ! dcfi .1 Hi- party nominee for governor, and tho La Follette Republicans trying to K defeat the part) nominee f"' senator, Harding will win , Jb INDIANA BAT II. It In In Indiana that Cox has bis . best chance. Tin- Republicans now. and for the past three Weeks, have, been claiming the state bj about 66,-m 000 for Harding, with th Republican 1 senatorial candidate, Watson, less. I think these Figures rep-f, ieaf ni rosily sound Investigation and 1 1 reasonably conservative point of view 1 on the part of the Republicans, But WOO Is not an Insuperable handicap 1 for a stale SS large OS Indiana, and ( there are many factors that work in 1 famr of the Hi First of all, Lake COUPty, which con-' 1 Hf tains the new steel city of Gary, and 1, H! other Industrial towns, is almost a 1 Hl slate In Itself, and the best judgment, Hj Is tli.it Lake county will go strongly Ht Democratic, in conversations with . Hi Democratic Leaders, us well us Kepub-i' H) lb . ins. both groups claim this Indus- : hL 1 ria 1 rcgloi Bui II seems to n B Democrats have the better ground for H) confidence. I 'nlon labor is strong in 9 Lak county, and when er unloi 1 boi I j. IS strong fi Is strong. I us FOR V 1 think it can be stated us n gen eralization, applicable to the country as a whole, that no Other man who 1 ever tan for the presidency will have ils I irgc a union labor vote as Cox. The 1 Ann i U-in I-'ederai Ion ot Lihor Is work- HB 1 have been told that the American I Hl Federation of Labor recently sent . Hr $150,000 into Kansas to lie spent oiiji Hf organization work for Cox. From tho i HL point of view of Democratic success, i I think Kansas la a pool place in which ' Hj to spend that mUOh nionej and that I Hb it could have been us d to bettei hd- HL vantage In a state less thoroughly nun- I Hl ly as an evidence of how thoroughly HI' union labor is devoted to Cox's CaUSC 11 1'nion labor win carry ibis industrial I, 1 ij.aiit 101 Cor. therms re, all the 13 congress- j H men md the two senators from Indl- H)1 -.re K pul'lli ami e erv run D' them voted for tin Cummlns-Esch BB 1 railroad bin. Organised laboi is mak- B ing a fight against the Cummlna-Ksch bill, and the aggregate of opposition 9 BB to there enngi efsnn. n and senators far 1 B t ii If v 1 good deal 'ftBV larly. both these senators and all those ' Bsl II . in the Htrni waj the ai gn . ite position to prohibition throughout the BHJ state must count something. It may BBji be conceded thai support of the Cum- 1 M ins-Km h bill and prohibition M IS J 1 ! a nx riurious thing, but it still re-1 BBI; mains a fact in practical politics BP1 that the aggregate of opposition throuRhoijt the entire Mate to both BBI these incisures Is a I INDIANA I 01; 11 t 1 E Moreover, Indiana, and especially B tb metropolis. Indianapolis. Is, 4 communities go, rather strong pro Is le;igue tirrltory. i;ith tin- great pa- B peis In lodiutiapolis have been strong- Bfl '', ly pro-league. Still further, Indiana is H( one of thus, stales III which the BH wounds o( primary contest last spring BB an- stin needing'. There was a bitter BB state-wide primary In which Wood, BB Lowden, Johnson and Harding all par- BK tlcipated. ilardinK ran a very Pail BH fourth. Naturally, when he turned out BB 11 winner at Chicago, the Indiana sup- Bm poitors of tie other three, who had BB been worked up to u high pitch of loy- BB mty by the bitterness of tin primary BB , TlKht. recanted Harding's success. BB: rhere are miny former adhemnts of let Wood and Jo .1 on peciallj who in Bfr" not v i s loyal to the Republl Bl und many of tank and file Republicans BH ' - who were woiked up Into Intense o. Bj Votlon 10 Wool Ot Johnson wtll QUlell) BH ea press thctr UtterneRs by Voting fi UuilllllUHl on I'airr I wo. ) BBB ROLLING HOME LATEST DEVICE TO BEAT HIGH COST OF COAL AND RENT NEW YORK, Oct. 25 A bungalow oti wheels under construction by a Staten island resident and pros pective inhabitant of Morida, is claimed to be the latest device for beating the high cost of building and railroad transportation. iiliam Ward, designer of the "rolling home," con sisting of a living room, bath and kitchen, reckoned it would be cheaper to build, equip and tow his household, intact, by automobile to "where we shall not need coal," than to si ip his eltccts by train. MANY CHANGES FOR NATIONAL GUARD ADVISED 'i.n.ecJiate Keorgatiization Deemed Advisable By U. S. War Department WASHINGTON, Ottl tb. immedi ite reorganisation ot the national tunrd is Kerned advisable, s;ild an innounoemeni today by the war de partment. The reserve and nntloi nl niiard offi sers ot tne general staff on duty in the I e part men! have been ordered to visit mi oh eorps area headquarters and ad- - with referenee to nrcra nizal 'on of he truard divisions allocated to the va in 1 1 m eorps' areas. The table of tentative allotments has neii p'epailPL', showing the number if troops to be orRiiniiced in each stnte. inder the national defense act. A Tlilllmuni enl'sted strenptb of npprnxi-na'elv- 1 J 7 U00 Ren must be provided s the peace organization of the na ional guard. P,SK COX AMD HARDING PLEDGE LEAGUE ACTION NEW YORK. Oct 24. More than fifty supporters of Senator Harding ind Governor Cox Sunday Joined In 111 open letter 10 them asking tholt' pledge to work, if elected, for the United States' entry into the league of nations with whatever revision of tho Lodge reservation two-thirds of tl next senate may approve. Asserting that the "approaching na tional election may be Indecisive of the dominant Issue Of the eampaien ind have the vital question of our utry into uny league or association .( nations Still deadlocked In the sen- it .i b tween the senate and the a hit- House, with decision more hope less than before," the letter In id? "Whatever may be our individual preference as to the form of the set it merit of the league of nations Ques tion, or whether it is to be i leaRiic ur a new" association of nations Is not the vital concern in this proposal. An affirmative answer tr It WOUld all for no fulfillment until after one sid nhall have exhausted SVOTy li-asonahle r-tfort to enter the existing leujrue it nations with mild or merely Inter pretative reservations and the other dde sh:ll have tried every fair ex pedient to supplant the league withxa new and different world organisatiofl for the preservation of peace or to sit ter it after thorough revision by the idopttbn of other rebervatlna or imendments." ASSURANCE OF VICTORY SENT TO REPUBLICANS NEW Y iRK, Oct 85. -Wfll H Hays halirman of the Republican na tlorial committee. Sunday, sent a m-s-saue to all state chairmen declaring thai we move into the closing dayi of the campaign with an assurance of victory as certain as Is tbe right eottsnsss Ol our cause." 1 uir campaign has been for a re. vlval of loyalty and patriotism in this country." th- message added, "it hns h;'il fcir a main purpose the r -stati-lishment of an economical, efficient, constitutional business administration of the government at Washington. We fight for 'America first ' This tneani not only the preservation of our constitutional independence against super-government abroad; this means not only the protection of constitution al funCtlnS against White House theft of- authorit) at homs, but 'America first' titually means that the score of domestic problems close tn every American household an 1 ,vhioh have been shamelessly neglected, must and shall have the constructive and pio gn SBive attention absfdntel; neces sary if 'America first' is to lag ' ESCMiiS ACT MAY CO TO SUPREME COURT Railway Board Wants Inform ation for Settling Disputes Over Wacjes CH1 .G . Oct Tie supreme I court rna be asked to interpret the: Ksi h -Cummins transportation act as result of the certification to the rail-1 waj labbr hoard of 0 number of vage! disputes Involving employes of elSC-l trie railroads The bond has been hearing argu- msnts for two weeks on the question 'of whether "t not It has Jurisdiction, under the act over such lines. A deVi c'sloi In not expected befwre next ! week BSilher side may appeal to the COUrtfl If r.ot satisfied With the board's1 di'i'i.stoii. inii mi-intn.is .r " I n 1 ln- day thai an appeal would be taken. The board has begun hearing the' cases of employes of more than 1 0 0 1 "short line'' railroads. . Unofficially members of the board J Indicate that the wage schedules laid down in the ? 600,000.000 award last Jul) to the employes of the big raii-: mads will be appled to many of the; short lines. AMERICAN MURDERED AT MEXICAN COPPER MUME j : WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. M T BeV-1 rej in American, was murdered i" 1 C. mane. 1 a-t Wedn sday. the -tale purtiuetit wan advised lodav The American consul at Nogules has I been instructed by the secretary of. state tn te'iuest thf local authorities j then to take all possible measures o apprehend tlo- murderer The qounsul, in his report to the de partment said press dispatches re-' ported that the murder was commit-! ted b Raymondo Navarre without I j provocation and that Nav arre, a mlner,j had been discharged by the CaiWl ' anea Copper company, had escaped. A reward has been offered by th I Cananea company for the capture ofj Navarre and Mexican troops are ei-i gageii in a wide search for him. the consul said. Sevrey was a resident of UIsIh e, An. LUMBER FREIGHT RATE INCREASES SUSPENDED WASHINGTON. Oct. 1'ropo-ed Increases ranging from 2 1-2 cents to I d cents per 100 pounds on lumber , and other forest products from Mis souri river crossings to destinations n Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota. Missouri. South Dakota and Wisconsin, were; suspended today by the interstate com-1 I merce commission until Tcbrujry 2J,i 1 y 1 . 00 TAKE CASHIER FROM BED TO OPEN BANK VAULT, TOLEDO; O., Oct. 25. PlVe banditsj early today forced the cashlei of the bank at Alverdton, O., in WilllamsJ county, to get out of bed. unlock thel safe and turn over to them $3."ofi In' leash and I&00 in Liberty bonds. They ir.iv- tirst uid to his wife who fainted, ; when they forced entrance to the cash ler's home. NOTED ZOUAVE LEADER OF CIVIL WAR KILLED NEW YORK. Oct. 25. Urlgadlcr General Kusa ". Hawkins who won 1 'fame during the Civil war us com Imander of "Hawkins Zouaves," died, at St, "incent hospital here today from a fractured skull sustained last night v hi n In was strut k lv an autonio-J :tiie in t-'ifth avenue. Re was so years old. J "m&UfFK v"' " mmmmm A. NOT VITAL, SAYS PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE GQUNGIL Covenant Just as Effective Without Article 10. Leon Bourgeois Declares STATEMENT CONSIDERED UhHUIAL BY WRIIbKo Says European Statesmen Are Surprised at Furore In the United States : BRUSSELS, Met, 25. Leon Bour-1 Igeois, president of the council of the j I league of nations, talking to American correspondents last night, said that Ar- tide N, of the covenant of the league! of nations is not considered by Eu ropean statesmen-a.- a vital and essen tial element of the covenant. M. UoiirvTeuis -ud ue nad been Mir-j prised that this Article X had caused !sc much emotion in the United States. He Slate, that Article X could be elim- ' Inated without in any way modifying; the effectiveness of the league of ni tlons .M M H y KJRflA'l. Article N said M Bourgeois, "is scarcely inoiv than a na'ial buck-1 ground to thi covenant 11 Is not con sidered so Important by Europeans as by Americans. "There is really no sanction, or pen-; alty, In this article. All penalties pro vided tor in the covenant In order to make the league's action effective, are in oth -r articles." m. Bourgeois' statement was made 111 the course of an Interview arranged for American correspondents by M ' Comert, principal prbsi official of the league of nations. After M. Uourgeols had withdrawn the question was raised among th.e American Correspondents OS I to the effect of M. Bourgeois4 utter-, an. s on the presidential election in the United States. It was thereupon mutually agreed to withhold the state ment until M Bourgeois could pass I upon it as being issued With the lllllesl I authority and approval. ST VXDS BY INTO RVD v M Bourgeois was seen this morning by" M. Comert who then told the cor-1 respondents he had explained to M. j Itoiirgeois the importance of the re-; marks, and requested M. Bourgeois to1 say whether he Intended them to be; published in the I'nited States. M. I ruuigi nls replied M . Comert, that' he understood the Importance of what hi was saying and was quite willing the interview should be printed. i Bourgeois, continuing the con- vernation ol last night, and replying to questions re i riling the prospect of re-' vision of the covenant. n the general! assembly of the league of nations,; which meets at Geneva November 15,' next, said: "The council of the league, being1 guardians of the covenant, are, of course, unable to go before the as Sembly with any project that alters; the covenant, But Individual states w hich are members of the league. ma.N . of course, propose such amendments as they see fit." BOMB HURLED INTO HOME OF SEATTLE RAIL CLAIM AGENT SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 2Z. Explosion of si bomb, thrown through the front window of a house occupied by P. B Shong. general clalnr agent here for the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. J'aul railroad wrecked the lowerfloor of Ihe two-story residence early to day. Four persons in the house escaped Injury. Police found portions of tin bombs near a firepluce in the 111 -Ing room. Nhong was unable to assign any reason for the attack. BO KING ALEXANDER'S CONDITION GROWS MUCH WORSE, REPORT ATHENS. Oct. Ji. Alexander's eondition has become worse, says ! a bulletin issued at 9 o'clock to- night. His heart is seriously af fected and ho is suffering from suffocation. It Is said The disproportion of the kind's pulse to his respiration, with his Increasing temperature, is caus ing the gravest anxiety. OO JAP POLICE DISCOVER TWO BOMBS NEAR SHRINE TOKIO, uct 25. Two bombs simi lar to those which exploded In front of the house of representatives laM I summer, were found here today and removed by the police. They were outside a shrine dedlegied to Japanese soldiers and sailors whu h was being k.-ited by a number of prominent pr ions, including military leaders. .' : " " 1 TERENCE MAC SWINEY j REASONS GIVEN FOR DECLINE OF PRICE OF WHEAT Charges Made by Senator Arthur Capper Answered by Grain Dealers CHICAGO, Oct. 25. Federal trade commission investigators who have been investigating charges by Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas that manip ulation on the board of trade here was responsible for l he recent decline In tho price of wheat has completed Its work here The investigation, it is understood, is to be pursued in all the leading grain centers and lter testimony leading export brokers still b ' i ken at Gulf and Atlantic ports. While the hearings are not public, if is reported thai Chicago grain dealers told the Investigators the four princi pal reasons for the decline were: Public clamor for lower prices, backed up by reduced buying power Which started liquidation in man lines. A wheat crop above the average in both quantity and quality, coupled with bumper crops of corn and oats. Discriminatory ocean freight rates against flour ip favor of wheal which have curtailed purchasers by millers, and keen Canadian competition 00 ; THREATS FAIL TO STOP OPERATIONS OF GINS WASHINGTON-, Oct. fi. The gov ernment's cotton ginning report to day showed a total of f.,712.0riT bales ginned prior to October 18, and Indi ' cated that the sporadic attempts In ! the cotton belt to keep the gins closed . until the price of cotton advanced to ! higher levels had had little effect I The glnhlngs this year aggregate 7,95 I : bale? nioi.e than the quantity ginned I to October is last year when the i crop was 794.UOO bales baleH smelter i than the forecast for this year. On the government's forecast of i crop of 12.1J3.000 bales this year, the ginninns to i . tob.-r IS appeared to be about 47 1 iter cent of the total. Thi is a higher percentage than was ginned I last year to October 18 43.5 per cent but lower than the average '. v.9 for I the last 18 years. oo ARMENIANS DEFEAT TURKS AI FUUI OF Ml. AHARA I CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23. (By The Asosclated Press.) The Armeni ans have defeated the Turkish Nation alists on the plains at the foot of Mount Ararat, near Etchmiadzln. the seat of the chief patriarch, according to advices received here today. Georgia h;us sent an ultimatum to the Turks and Tartars, threatening war unless they withdraw their troops from Georgia's frontiers and also COOSC menacing Batoum. on the east shore of the Black se. PLACED ABOUT PRISON AT CORK Death of Mac Swmey Increases; Bitterness of Irish Toward England I . ; CORK. Oct. 23. i By the Associated! Press.) Feverish interesr in possible developments caused by the death of I Eord Mayor MacSwiney. of this city j which occurred In BrtXtOD prison. Lon-j 'don, this morning, is mingled with the grief In which his death has plunged isouth Ireland Although the people) ,appeared stirred to the highest degree I of bitterness, it is regarded us ex-l 'tremely improbable that thei(- will be any outbreaks or disorderly demon I 'str.itlon In this city. It Is expected, however, there will be a considerable extension and inten slflcation of guerilla warfare against i t he police and military forces, which, anticipating reprisals, are doubling I I heir vigilance, especially in remote districts. I Cork Jail, where a number of lum per strikers are In 0 rrav.- condition. Is guarded inside and out by soldiers equipped with machine guns, and the larpc garrison also has tanks and ar-j j mored cars. The news of Lord Mayor MacSwi-;' Iney'a death, received In private tele- Igrami to his friends, traveled quickly i throughout the city A meeting of the, city council to discuss the situation arising from the lord mayor's death 'was called for this afternoon. The deputy lord mayor announced I that he and several other mpnlclpall offlcers would proceed to Brixton prison today. He Stated that plans ,for holding the funeral in Cork would be proccceled with. SECY. DANIELS PREACHES SERMON ON METHODISM LINCOLN, Neb., Oct, 26 8s retary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, who! remained in Lincoln over Sunday, fol lowing his political address of SntuT- day night, preached at St. I'aul Meth odist EpiSCOps) church at the morning' service. His sermon was on the origin j of Methodism and particularly the ac-I tivltles of that church and other! church denominations during the war. The war, Secretary Daniels said, had 1 sent a challenge to the- shurohos, and) the churches had accepted the chal lenge by going to the trenches and battleships and ministering to the fliThtinu men in life , n I death and establishing a zone In '.raining camps ! f roni which Immorality uid Inteniper-j I ance was banished. . oo JAP TROOPS LOSE 14 IN CLASH WITH BANDITS TOKIO. Oct. 25. Fourteen Japa i nese soldiers w ere killed and nine were wounded in B re-cent flht with bandits it Cheln-Tao. Manchuria, in which the outlaws were routed, say dispatches received here. The bandits lost 1 1 killed and the total casualties upon llhem are said to be heavy HUNGER STRIKE PROVES FATAL 1 ON MTU DA! I Mac Swiney Once Store Clerk, Later Poet. Playwright and Politician PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR FUNERAL PROCESSION Police Tnke Steps to Prevent I Demonstrtaion Near Brixton Prison LiiNluiN, e"ct. 2.V (By The A. SOP" j H elated Press.) Terence SlacSWlnt . H I the lord mayor of Cork, died at Blxton i I prison, this city, at Bi10 o'clock this : morning;, I Ills death occurred on the 74th day I of a hunger strike that eclipsed any I , in the annals of the medical world. I MacSwiney, Who had been uncon- I ! sclous 3U hours, did not recover fa- I Ctlltleel before h- died. Father Io- mlnlc, his private chaplain, and h.s I brother. John MacSWiney, were wirn ! him when the end aim-. T r nee MacSvvinev was forty years old and was one of the most promi t)i nl Sinn Peine rs. He started life as 'a draper's assistant, but ie,:ume .1 , poet, author and a pi tyrighl bsfote , taking up politics seriously. Later he became violently anti-English. j PRISON ROM N l . ' W hile in Wakefield Jail, Yorkshire. j in 1216, he met Muriel Murphy, daugb ter ot ., wealthy Cork disxllier. wlw visited the- Jail, and shortly after they .1 were married, despite much oppJDsi- MacSWiney was elected as a Sin'i I Fein member from Cork to the Brlt- I ish parliament in Hi 18, but never toojc his seat. He was elected lord mayo ;W Cork in 1920. For various political offenses he hi I been in jail, wltii brief Intervals of j liberty, since January. HOC, and In October, 1017. secured his release from DE 1 11 lPPRt ( MUS n John Mai-Swiney and the ehaplaia who had been waiting downstairs in the prison, were told b prison offl Clals at 4:35 o'clock thai they should go to the mayor's bedside, as the thought death was approaching; The brother asked for the privilege of com munlcatlog with other relatives wh'i were not present, but th officials, it ud refused him the use of tin telephone. After the prisoner's death, hn brother and the chaplain Were not I" rmitted to leave Brixton prison un tl 6:16 a. rn. John MacSwiney im -mediate! conveyed word to thi wldo 1 I of the lord mayor who was staying at a West Knel hotel with Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, the former being the- I cuidon executive if the Irish Ralf lieterrntnutlon league. Mrs. MacSwiney, accompanied by her parents and the Misses Ajiitle andB Mary MacSwiney, sisters of the lord I H mayor, arrived at Brixton lirison a' 9.30 o'clock. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS It Is understood arrangements r- be-iiiR made to take the body to Jrc lanel for burial .Vews of MacSwiney s death had not become known in the district around Brixton prison until after 'J o'clock. I Is probabh the Inquest win be H held at the prison today, after which the body will be turned over to relfl LH MacSwiney was unconscious for 3ti hours before liis death occurred, U Is stated Father Dpgftlnlc, therefore. " ,s c: him comi,in,,i H but he administered extreme unction The cause- of MacSwiney's oeatri was h art failure according to a '-it ifl nient issued nt the home office el DOi TOR'S OPINION. This statement U- considered an in- ' IH djrect answer to Dr. Joseph Oldfiehl. the physician and publicist, who had declarer! It was wrong for the lurd mayor's doctors to administer meat Juice and brandy. He said brandy was s poison and that a man at lh' lioint of death was very susceptible to poison. Lr. Oldfield addiwl thnt . when a man fasted a long time the first food he could enduro was frtrt ll SVhen one uf the officials was asked regarding Mrs. MacSwiney's absence from lh- bodsidc when death occun ot. lie replied by saying the restriction: S which w.re recently Imposed upon the visits of relatives were urged by the .-ill-riding physicians as vital to S the prisoner's own Inte-resu PLACE OF lit RIAL. I MacSwiney's grave will be alony side fh.it of his offici;il predecessor. i Lord Mayor Thomas MacCurtuin. wlio I was shot In his own home In Cork on March 20. MacSwiney will be the fourth to be buried in this plot, the others bein: MacCurtaln; Bhearaus McQuirke. who was taken out of bed 1 in his Galway home and shot, and Jt remlah McNesty, who participated in the Faster rising In Dublin In 1916. These arrangements are contingent Upon the possibility of gOVl rnmenta! Interfensnoe, which, however, is n garded as unlikely. The progress of Ihe funeral jmrty from Dublin to Cork w ill be marked by a series of services at all the populous centnrs en route. Final obsequies will be eld in Cork r athedral and interment will be made In St. Fin Barr's cemetery In Cork. The grave in whiehMacSwincy will l, buried Is known as "republican plot," (Continued ou Page Tto.)