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AUGUST 23, 1920
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TWO CENTS
In iirrater X?, Y,
THREE CENTS
Mithin 1(tn Milr?
roiR CENTS
Rl_mrl__r_
Irish Police
Chief Killed;
Riot Follows
Among Those Indicted
for Murder of Mayor of
Belfast; Shot to Death
on Way From Church
Sinn Fein Attacked
Bv Lisburn Crowds
Seven Constables* Slain,
Several Are Hurt in On?
slaughts During Week
BELFAST, Aug. 22.?Police Inspector
Swanzy, against whom a verdict of will
irdcr was given by a coroner's
Jurs in connection with the assassina?
tion of Mayor MacCurtain in March,
, ot dead to-day while proceeding
to his home from church nt Lisburn, to
which town he had been transferred
iftei the finding of the coroner's jury.
Rioting is in progress in Lisburn as
* result of the assassination. An at
?iem] * was made to wreck the shop of
? Sinn F?in lender within forty yards
cf the scene of the crime, and only
intervention by Ulster Volunteers pre?
vented it.
The crowd then attacked the resi?
dence of a Nationalist Republican, who
-, ni a window. His assailants
returned the fire and wounded him.
Too crowds were out to burn the
house of every Nationalist in Lisburn.
v.cro wrested from windows
thai previously liad been smashed and
li 'v entered buildings calmly to
-, ?' eir destruction. The local
? ? hrigade declined to interfere and
the Belfast brigade showed reluctance
ills, as seven hundred
I sburn travel daily to Bel?
fas) ? ork in the shipyards. A re
troubb here is feared.
': g of Inspector Swanzy was
nost daring of a long series.
rotions were leaving all the
Protestant churches at the time and
conv< rging on the scene of the shooting.
T; ' officer hod been with his mother
coo r ?r attendance upon the serv
I hrist Church and had reached
1er of Railway Street, where he
resided.
Assassins Fire Into Body
Here three men, armed with ri?es,
confr rvt?d Swanzy and fired on him in
thi presence of his horrified family.
Swanzy fell, but to make doubly sure
thi assassins discharged their weapons
again into his body.
T rning, the assassins ran along
Cas . treet. The congregation was
jusl emerging from Lisburn Cathedral.
: . \V00d3, commandant, of the
1 rn branch of the Ulster Volun?
teers, made a dash for the assassins,
althougl ' nl; rmed with a stick. The
fired or, 'Woods, a bullet shat?
tering the stick in his hand. He was
?ured.
lerers then fired at other
1 had joined in the pursuit,
il effect, and jumped into a
waiting taxicab and drove off toward
\l\ the roads converging on
the city were promptly patrolled by po?
li1'' and military, but the assassins
escaped.
Seven Constables Rilled
The verdict a* the MacCurtin in?
quest found Premier Lloyd George,
} "?'-. French, Lord Lieutenant cf
' ' and others, including Swanzy,
guilty of murder. Applause followed
thn mention of Swanzy's name and it
was deemed advisable to transfer him
! burn, an overwhelmingly Union?
ist centi '
lai ters bore the belief is
expressed thai the shooting of Swanzy
was an attempt to intimidate the gov?
ernment in connei ion with the incar
on of I ord Mayor MacSweney of
Cork.
Offic ' ? rrams received at Dublin
> '- indicate that there have been
organized I against the Irish
constabulary and that thus far during
the week end seven have been killed.
A patrol sergeant and three men
ot Dundalk were suddenly confronted
arn ed men, who fired. Constable
Brennan fell dead and Constable [sbell
and Witherden, recruited from the
English army, were badly wounded.
Sergent Maunse I was shot dead last
at Naoroom, County ('ork. A
P? '? patrol was ambushed near Naas,
1 intj Kildare, Saturday night. A
constable was killed and' a sergeant
ly wounded. Two constables are
r- - ng. Constable O'Hanlon was shot
dead at Kilrush.
I rges Hunger Strikers' Release
DUBLIN, Aug. 22 (By The Associated
J' s physician of the Cork jail
h;o; recommi nded the release of the
jnen under arrest there who are on a
hunger strike.
It ?a reported here to be extremely
probable that lord Mayor MacSweney
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River Craft Endangered
By Runaway Houseboat
Harbor Police Vessel Captures
It in Time to Avert Collision
Vi ith Tramp Steamer
John Hanson went on deck after din?
ner yesterday and discovered that his
home, the Charles C. Collard, formerly
a ca lalboat, had broken loose from its
Moorings off West New York, N. J.,
end was floating down the Hudson in
? diagonal course which took it out
to'o the channel.
Piping all hand, on deck, a call that
Mrs. Anna Hanson ami the three little
Bausons responded to promptly, Mr.
Hanson instructed them to do as he
did and proceoded to yell and wave his
"fma, not having intended to move be?
fore October 1 and not desiring to
to a state which levied an in
come tax, anyhow.
"1th two larga Hansons and three
?mall ones waving and veiling the
vitarles C. Collard drifted majestically
jjuwn the river while tugboats, ferry
Boats and tramp steamers made way
Before her and a flotilla of motor
dout? chugged to the rescue.
Motorboats had no influence what?
ever upon the determined houseboat,
?owever, and the harbor police of New
*ork were appealed to. The police boat
"et out from the Battery, met the
Charlea C. Collard off Seventieth Street
<Us!- in tune to avert a collision with
? tramp steamer and towed the stray
fcoai back to We.st Now York.
Great Britain Reported to Have
Agreed to Restore Freedom to Egypt
LONDON, Aug. 23.?Tho Times says this morning it understands
that Great Britain has agreed to recognize the independence of Egypt.
The decision, according* to The Times, resulted from recent con?
versations hero between the Viscount Milner mission, -which visited
Egypt recently, and an Egyptian delagation headed by Said Zagloul
Pasha, former Minister of Jstice.
Among the fundamental points of tho agreement are: Egypt will
recognize Great Britain's privileged positron in the valley of the Nile
and agree in case of war to afford every facility for access to Egyptian
territory; Great Britain will maintain a garrison in Egypt in the canal
zone; Egypt regains control of foreign relations, subject to her not
making treaties contrary to British policy, and will have the right to
maintain diplomatic representatives abroad. Capitulations will be
abolished.
Great Britain has been the dominating power in Egypt since
1882, when troops were landed in Alexandria after a bombardment.
Th control of the Sultan of Turkey was weakened in 1873 and disap?
peared entirely in 1914, when Great Britain declared a protectorate
over the country. This was recognized by France, Russia, Belgium
and the United States.
. The British government attempted a conciliatory settlement of
the Egyptian question last year, but met only bitter opposition from
the Egyptian Nationalists.
Two Arrested
As Slayers of
Whisky Runner
Hackman and Proprietor
of South Beach Hotel
Suspected of Killing
Eckert, Alleged Gangster
Two Held as Witnesses
Victim's Wife Aids Prose?
cutor, Who Says Mystery
Will Be Solved Soon
Four persons were held yesterday by
the Stapleton. S. I., police in con?
nection with the shooting of Frederick
' Portius "Robert" Eckert, an alleged
whisky runner and automobile thief,
who was found dead in an automobile
on Old Town Road, S. I., early Satur?
day morning. >
Joseph Molloy, District Attorney for
: Richmond County, said yesterday that
he hoped to have the case cleared up
in forty-eight hours. He expected last
night to question a man who could give
important information as to who was
in the automobile beside Erkort. When
the case is cleared up Mr. Molloy said
it would disclose a whisky smuggling
ring that has been working Staten
Island, and may implicate revenue
agent?.
Two Charged With Homicide
Two of the four persons held yester
? day are Charles Kane, 233 Jewett Ave
' nue, S. I., and William Moloney, pro?
prietor of Moloney's Hotel, ^at South
Reach. Kane is a hackmart and the
owner of the automoV>ile n which
Eckert was found. They ar>. held on
a short affidavit, charged vith sus?
picion of homicide.
The other? are Mrs. Moloney anrl
Frank Ponohue, an assistant at the
hotel. They are he-lel as material
witnesses.
The most important source of infor?
mation, according- to Mr. Molloy,. in
Eckert'? wife, Florence. She was founel
Saturday night by the police.
Mrs. Eckert had telephoned several
times to Moloney's Hotel to find out
where her husbnnel was. She did not
know he was dead. That was about 6
?o'clock Saturday night. She and her
husband had been staying at the hotel
for about a month under the name of
Mr. anel Mrs. Bob Hayes. Hayes is her
maiden name. Mr. Molloy was at the
hotel and intercepted the call. He told
?er he wanted to talk to her.
She came to Moloney's and Mr. Mol?
loy asked her about lier husband's af?
fairs. She would say nothing. Then
he said: "I suppose you know your
husband has been shot."
She screamed and mentioned the
name of a man, Mr. Molloy says.
Then she talked. What she said was
not given out. Eckert, however, was
one of what the police term "the mob."
He had enemies. ?
Mrs. Eckert was at the Stapleton
police station yesterday and was ques
tioned by detectives. She is about
thirty-five years old, of medium height
and has dark hair and several gold
teeth. She is said to have married
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Sheriff Guards
Pastor in Pulpit
Tit us ville Clergyman in
Fear of Reprisal for
Criticism of Bathers
TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 22.?The Rev.
Frederick Kopfman. pastor of the Meth?
odist Episcopal Ghurch in Titusville,
near here, delivered his sermon this
morning with Sneriff Rees standing
guard on one side and Detective Ste?
venson on the other. The clergyman
was afraid that he was going to be
tarred and feathered because he had
said that members of the vacation col?
ony at Washington Crossing, a commu?
nity near Titusville. wore improper
bathing suits and '?spooned" on the
benob.
He told the Sheriff that some of, the
residents of Washington Crossing had
suggested ducking him or applying a
coat of tar and feathers and that he
feared the prospect of administering
such punishment might be sufficient in?
ducement to bring some of the Wash?
ington Crossing bathers to church.
If any of them were in church they
heard the Rev. Mr. Kopfman declare
his opinion of abbreviated skirts and
decorum in frank language. But. there
was no tar and feather party and no
ducking, nor was any attempt made by
anybody to pull the pastor from his
pulpit.
After the sermon Mr. Kopfman took
a train for New York to visit his sister
in Brooklyn, saying that his health
already had been impaired by tho re?
marks that had been made about him.
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Train Throws
Bus 50 Feet;
8 Are Killed
Six Also Injured Near Cam
den, N. J. ; Three Women
and Three Babies Among
Seven Unidentified Dead
Crossing Gate Is Blamed
Watchman Asserts That He
Waved Red Lamp, but
Driver Ignored Warning
From a Special Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.?-Three
women, three babies and two men were
killed and six others seriously injured
to-night when a northbound West Jer?
sey & Seashore train crashed into a
motor bus at the Morgan Street cross?
ing, near the Fairview station, Camden,
N. J.
The train struck the bus with full
force amidships and hurled it 60 feet
through the air, so that it landed in a
crumpled heap beyond the Fairview
station.
Of the dead, one man has been iden?
tified by a 'card found in his pocket.
He is Percy Dunn, thirty-five years old,
of 1528 Ceilings Road, Fairview. Tho
bodies of two others of the dead, a
woman about thirty-five years old and
a young baby, are in the West Jersey
Homeopathic Hospital, Camden.
The bodies of a woman about eigh?
teen and two babies, ranging in age
from ten to eighteen months, lie un
identived in the Cooper Hospital, Cam
| den, where the six injured are. also.
List of the Injured
The injured are:
James Dalton, twenty-six, Flatbush,
N. V., broken leg, possible fracture of
the skull, lacerations of head and
body.
John Myers, twenty-four, Fairview,
lacerations of the head and concussion
of the brain.
Robert Stafford, twenty-five, Fair
view, cut about the head and legs and
internal injuries.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Stafford, body
bruises and lacerations of the scalp.
Kenneth Stafford, their son, frac?
tured right arm, lacerations of the
face and body and possible internal
injuries.
Nelson Herold, seventeen, of 1417
Ceilings Road, lacerations of the face,
head and body and a fractured collar?
bone.
Explanation by Gateman
The collision occurred at about 9:30
o'clock, when the motor bus of the
B. & 0. Transportation Company, en?
gaged in the business of carrying pas?
sengers from the Federal Street Penn
I sylvania Railroad ferries crossed the
West Jersey Railroad tracks at the
Morgan Street- crossing.
According to the gateman, he saw
the bus coming and tried to lower the
gates. Finding that only one of the
gates was in working order, the one
on the Broadway side beinc out of
commission, he did not attempt to
lower them at all. Instead, he walked
out, into the road and waved a red
lamp. In spite of this warning, he
said, the bus crossed the tracks just
as the electric train from Millville
was clashing along toward the Camden
terminal.
The dead and injured were immedi?
ately rushed into passing automobiles
pressed into service to the West Jer?
sey, Homeopathic and Cooper hospitals
in Camden.
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Bandits Rob American
Consul at Vladivostok
Mikado*? Troops Seize Militia
Who Fired at Thugs, but Hit
Japanese Postoffice
TOKIO, Aug. 22.?-Bandits held up
and robbed the American Consul at
Vladivostok, says a dispatch received
to-day from that city by the Kokusai
Agency. The consul and his wife, ac?
companied by a British officer, were
walking through the outskirts of
Vladivostok, when they were accosted
by the six men, who took their val?
uables and escaped.
On the same day Russian bandits,
riding in two automobiles, entered the
city. They fired upon the militia, who
attempted without success to capture
them. In the confusion the militia
directed their fire upon the Japanese
postoffice. This brought Japanese
troops, who captured the militia. Thajr
were released, however, when the sit?
uation was explained.
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Kolehmaineii
Sets Record
In Marathon
Finnish Runner Defeats
Big Field at Antwerp,
Surpassing 1912 Mark
By More Than 4 Mins.
Three Americans
In First Twelve
Dissatisfaction Reported
Among U. S. Athletes;
Eby Departs for Home
By Arthur S. Draper
f.;irela' Cable to The Tribitn
Copyrlght. 1920. New York Trlhune Inr.
ANTWERP. Aug. 22.-Hannes Koleh
! mainen, of Finland, to-day won the
Olympic marathon. He ran the course
of 26 miles and 385 yards in 2 hours
32 minute? and 35 2-5 seconds, estab?
lishing a new world's record by beat?
ing by 19 2-5 seconds the mark set in
1912 by McArthur, of South Africa.
Three Americans finished among the
first twelve runners. Joe Organ, of
Pittsburgh, the first American to cross
tho finish line, was seventh, while Carl
Linder, also of Pittsburgh, and Charlie
Mellor, of Chicago, were eleventh and
twelfth, respectively.
The trio from the United States
gained lots of ground in the last two
miles, after running far in the ruck
through tho early stages.
Finn an Easy Winner
"Koly," as the Finn is known to his
friends in America, where he has made
his home since 1913, ran a superb race.
He took the pace of Gitsham, of South
Africa, who was second in the Stock?
holm classic in 1912, and when the
latter tired at the half-way mark tho
Finn went to the front and was never
i in any danger of losing the race. His
nearest rival was Loosman, of Es
thonia, who finished second, 100 yards
back.
Loosman is a clerk in the Esthonian
Foreign Office and a leading figure in
his country's athletics. He is a short,
powerfully built man, slightly over
thirty, and does not look the least like
a runner.
Arrie, Italy, was third: Broos, Bel?
gium, fourth; Tomoskoki, Finland,
fifth; Sofus, Denmark, sixth; Organ,
America, seventh, and Fatu Koleh
ni?inen, a brother of the redoubtable
Hannes, eighth.
The first three stood the gruelling
race wonderfully well. Both the win- i
ner and Loosman, the former wearing !
a laurel-covered Finnish flag, jogged !
around the track, cheered wildly by the ?
crowd, which numbered less than
10,000.
The race produced some odd results. |
For instance, Japan placed two among
the first twenty, and England only one. |
Kanakuri, the little Jap, finished before
the first, Swede passed through the arch
of triumph. Arrie, the first Italian to
finish, turned a series of handsprings
to show his delight at getting third ;
place, while the Belgian, Broos, who I
was fourth, supplanted King Albert for j
the day in the eyes of his people.
A field of fifty started in the mar?- i
thon, which will be memorable because j
of the wickedly bad weather. It was
the worst day of the week, and that is
saying a great deal.
Course Deep in Mud
Part of the course was deep in mud,
and most of the rest was over cruel
cobble stones, only a small stretch be- ?
ing even passably fair. The sky was j
full of rain and a deluge fell at fre- I
quent intervals, while a gale blew i
across the Belgian plains from the i
northwest. It would have been im- j
possible to have arranged conditions ;
offering a more severe, test for the half
hundred athletes drawn from every j
part of hte globe, including India, j
Chile, Japan. Australia, Finland, South !
Africa, Sweden, United States, Den- ;
mark, England and Italy.
Perhaps the heavy showers refreshed
the runners, for nothing else explains !
the fine condition they were in after,;
the long grind.
Three miles out Gitsham, of South
Africa, was leading with Mills, of Eng
l?nd, second, and Hannes Kolehmainen,
third. About two miles further on. '
Blaisi, of Italy, moved into second
place, Broos, of Belgium, took third, ;
and Mills fell back to seventh. The |
Americans were bunched about 300 j
yards behind the leaders.
Kolehmainen Takes Lead
When the thirteenth mile mark was
reached, Gitsham, who had been con
tinually dogged by Hannes Koleh
mainen, became distressed and the lat- ?
ter took the lead. Mills could not;
stand the killing pace of the Finn and j
dropped into the ruck. At this point, j
Loosman was running second. From ?
the fourteenth mile on it was a race
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Harding Calls
For Proof of
Fund Charge
| Senator Challenges Cox to
Substantiate Statement
That Republicans Seek
to Raise $15,000,000
Limit of $1,000 Said
To Be Still in Effect
Welcomes Suffrage, but
Says It Won't Change
Result in Any State
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION. Ohio, Aug. 22.?Senatoi
Warren G. Harding denied to-day thi
charge made in recent speeches b;
Governor James M. Cox that the Re
publican party was attempting to bu;
an "underhold" on the Presidentia
election with a campaign fund of $15,
000,000. The Republican nominee chai
lenged the Democratic candidate to pro
duce any evidence he can of the exist
ence of a fund of such proportions.
"There is no foundation whatever fo
the $15,000,000 campaign funds story,
Senator Harding declared with hea
"It is perfectly ridiculous. I've go
the impression somewhere that it i
going to tak*> two or three millions t
run the campaign. I do know this:
is a matter of a good deal of difficult
to carry on the campaign the way w
want to with the means at hand.
"So far as I know, the rule limitin
contributions to $1,000 is still in fore
At the time of the Chicago conventi?
the national committee actually had
borrow a Quarter of a million dolla
to go on with the campaign. Of cours
it is true that campaigns nowadays co
more.
Silver Issue Swelled Fund
"In the national campaign of twent
four years ago, when money was t
paramount issue, the late Senator Ha
na told mo bankers and others pour
money in on the national commute
At the end of the campaign the P
publicans returned $1,000,000 to t!
donors. The expenditures in that cai
paign totaled $2,000,000. On the oth
hand, in 1900, when the money issue w
not involved, Hanna had to cot doi
on his knees and scratch for mom
The Republicans spent a little over $
000,000 that year."
Senator Harding was asked about
Democratic campaign assertion that t
$1,000 limit rule was being evaded
men of wealth who gave $1,000 in th
own names and multiples of that si
in the names of employees and fr?en
"I haven't heard that story,'' Sei
tor Harding replied, "but I do not 1
Heve. it. Chairman Hays of the I
publican National Committee \
called upon the opposition candidate
any one else to produce evidence
the 'truth of the $15,000,000 char
I second Mr. Hav/s motion. We cm
the fullest investigation."
The Republican nominee made t
denial of the Cox charges on the poi
of the tiny white bungalow that 1
been/ built in the rear of his he;
quarters, next door to his home, a;
workroom for the newspaper cor
spondents here. He stroller! back th
late this afternoon with Captain
seph Medill Patterson, one of
editors of The Chicago Tribune, v
spent the afternoon with him.
"V'ou know," said the nominee af
? bit of thought, "when I was elec
to the Senate the total Republican
penditures were $42,00Q. When I m
the unfortunate run for Governor
total campaign fund was $38,000, i
when we finished we had $20,000 ',
in the treasury."
Discusses Effect of Suffrage
Another phase of campaign exper
tures was touched upon when
Senator was asked about the efi
that ratification of the Susan 13. .
thony suffrage amendment to the C
stitution would have on the campa
"It won't make any change in
plans," he said. "Of course, it me
increased work to reach these i
voters with literature. That me
more literature. It adds to the w<
I am very glad to have it." Tl
smiling, the nominee said: "You kr
I don't think suffrago is going
change the political complexion o
single state."
The Senator dropped a hint
evening that his speech on the Lea
of Nations is to be delivered Augus
to a delegation from Indiana, and '
he will employ the Polish situatioi
illustrate how Article X would have
volved the United States in a war i
Russia had this nation ratified
Treaty of Versailles without rese
lions, as President Wilson demand
"I won't anticipate that League
Nations speech," the nominee
when he was pressed for informa
regarding it.
Colonel George Harvey, a week
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Galli Will Renounce Italy
And Its Strikes fop America
Miss Rosina Galli, premiere danseuse
of the Metropolitan Opera Company, is
through with Italy, and some time to?
morrow will apply for her first papers
of American citizenship. She arrived
here late last night from Genoa on the
Italian liner Dante Alighieri, accom?
panied by her mother, who had been
with her on a journey to Milan to visit
her father and brothers.
Her beloved Italy is now a land of
strikes and trouble and her journey
was made so unpleasant by labor dis?
sensions that Miss Galli has decided to
make America her permanent home.
"Strikes. Nothing but strikes in
Italy," said the dancer. "I have been
going home every year for the last
four years, but now I nm through with
my visits for a long while. If my
father anel brothers want to see me
they will have to come to America, for
I have decided to live here for all time
and become an American citizen.
Wherever wo went we were held up by
strikes. I grew very tired of it.
"We went aboard the Dante and were
to depart within a few hours, but we
did not sail for three days. The reason
was?strikes. They had a beautiful)
strike in the stoke hole. The firemen
did not like the fellow that had been ?
sent out as their labor leader by the,
seamen's union and they struck. It
took them three days to make up their
mind to accept another traveling labor
leader, anel they cared nothing about
the delayed passengers.
"I brought back with me the score
of a new ballet called 'The Magic Music
Box,' which will be presented at the
Metropolitan Opera House this season.
I have with me also the score of a bal?
let by Boito, which will be introduced
in 'Don Carlo.' I brought along some
pictures of the Palazzo Pitti, in Flor?
ence, where the scene of the opera is
laid, to help the artists in painting the
scenery for the production."
Miss Galli and other saloon passen?
gers on the Dante were brought up
from the vessel at Quarantine by the
tender General Putnam and landed at
Pier 25, North River. She was met on
arrival by Signor Bonfiglio, of the
Metropolitan ballet, and Miss Florence
Rudo"lph, her pupil and understudy.
The dancer confided to her friends
that she had to submit to vaccination
at Quarantine because a case of small?
pox was discovered in the steerage.
This she said was imperative, although
she and the other cabin passengers had
been vaccinated when leaving Genoa,
August 8. Miss Galli expressed hope
that the wound of vaccination would be
all healed before she appeared at the
forthcoming season of grand opera.
Poles Press Reds Hard
On All Fronts but One;
Take 35,000 Prisoners
League Aid at Danzig Asks Allies
For 20,000 Troops; France Protests
TARIS, Aug. 22 (By The Associated Press).?Sig Reginald T.
Tower, High Commissioner for the League of Nations at Danzig, has
requested the Allied nations to supply him with 20,000 troops before
he will feel justified in permitting the unloading of munitions intended
for Poland now being held up at Danzig, according to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
The government believes that an additional 5,000 troops will be
the maximum required by Sir Reginald, as 2,000 are already there and
the extremists among the population are not numerous.
The French government considers that Sir Reginald is acting en?
tirely contrary to the spirit and letter of the Treaty of Versailles,
which, it is declared, specifically gives to Poland free use of the
port of Danzig. The government takes the attitude that the action
of the Danzig Council in voting in favor of neutrality is withoutu effect,
as the Council has no such powers.
Roberts to Use
All His Powers
For Suffrage
?Tennessee Governor Holds
Ratification Complete
and Will Resist Efforts
of Antis to Nullify It
| Waits on Action by Court
_
j Attorney General to Ask
for Dissolution of the
Injunction This Week
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
NASHVILLE, Aug. 22.--Governoi
t
? Roberts in a statement issued to-night
; said that, as he had been informed by
'Attorney General Thompson that the
?ratification of the suffrage amendment
^by the Tennessee Legislature was com
; plete, he would countenance no attempt
! of the minority to nullify the ratifica
I tion and the will of the majority by
: flight or otherwise.
! "I will exercise and bring to bear al'
the legal and legitimate powers of the
office of Governor to cons?mate in an
orderly and legal manner the certifica?
tion of the action of the Legislature tc
the proper Federal officials," the state?
ment said.
Governor Roberts feels that he ha?
a legal right to sign the certificate and
forward it to Secretary of State Colby
without delay, but he told friends to?
day that out of respect to the courts
he would tiefer action until the in?
junction had been dissolved. Several
decisions of the Tennessee Supreme
Court have held that a Governor is nol
subject to the mandate of any court.
The Attorney General will appear be
-fore the Chancery Court early thii
week to seek the dissolution of the
temporary writ of injunction grantee
Friday restraining Governor Roberts
and other state officials from transmit
ting to the State Department in Wash
ington the certification of Tennessee';
ratification of the suffrage amendmen
to the Constitution.
Bolters Still in Alabama
The anti-suffrage filibusters of the
House, who ran away early yesterdaj
morning to Decatur, Ala., just aeros:
the state line, in order to break ;
riuorum and prevent the tabling of the
motion to reconsider the ratificatior
resolution, are still there. They havt
declared their intention of remaining
until the end of the special session, i:
necessary, in order to enforce their de
matul that the amendment be postponee
until the next regular session of thi
Legislature.
Their eleparture is not regarded seri
ously, however, for without the jour
nal of the House showing the absence
of a quorum, through parliamentar;
tactics, the motion to reconsider wai
tabled and the resolution sent back te
the Senate, from which it will be trans
mitted to Governor Roberts.
Final Action Taken by House
In other words, final action by thi
House has been taken, the resolutior
is out of its hands and it cannot b<
recalled, in the opinion of manj
authorities. These persons say tha
there is nothing for the- recalcitran
anti-suffrage members to gain by stay
ing out of the state.
Both suffrage and anti-suffragi
forces are beginning to leave Nashvilh
and return to their homes. Only thi
leaders are remaining to watch thi
further developments of the fight
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Police Chief, Fatally
Shot, Kills Assailant
Third Man Seriously Wounded
in Row at North Carolina
Carnival Dance
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Aug. 22.?
Chief of Police Matthews of Walnut
Cove, N. C.|, and Walter Martin, of
Madison, are dead, and a negro whose
name has not been ascertained is seri?
ously wounded, as the result of a battle
in the road near Walnut Cove to-day
between a sheriff's posse and three
Madison, N. C, escaping prisoners.
The shooting was the result of a row
at a carnival dance, hall at which ob?
servers assert the negro insisted on
dancing with white girls. A disturb?
ance started and several Madison men,
including ?Martin and the negro, were
arrested. On the way to the Mayor's
office they escaped in an automobile.
Chief Matthews formed one of a
posse summoned to pursue the fleeing
prisoners and they were overtaken near
Walnut Cove. A summons to surrender
met with a fusillade, and Matthews was
shot through the stomach. Crumpled
in his seat, he shot and killed Walter
Martin, while the negro escaped. The
negro was trailed for a couple of mile's
by blood but was lost in a swamp.
Bloodhounds have been ordered to the
scene.
Ransom Likely
Of 6N Americans
Held in Mexico
i Mining Company Raising
Money to Procure Release
of Seven Persons Kid?
naped by Zamora Rebels
Troops Pursue Bandits
Huerta Promises Every Aid,
but Anticipates Official
Queries From Washington
By George E. Hyde
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22.?Unofficial
advices to-day said that the six Amer?
icans and one Briton kidnaped several
days ago by the bandit Pedro Zamora
and held for ransom were still un?
harmed, but all information was ex?
tremely vague. Official advices failed
to give details regarding the persons
captured, but lack of definite informa?
tion was regarded as reassuring, since
it is believed that serious developments
would have been reported immediately.
The Americans who escaped from
Zamora are still in to\;ch with the
movements of the rebels, and are re?
porting to diplomatic officials.
Measures were being taken to-day to
effect the release of the kidnaped per?
sons.
Hansom May Be Paid
All the prisoners are leading figures
in Mexican mining circles and consid?
erable ?anxiety is felt here for their
safety. Charles Hoyle, who with his
wife is among the captives, is manager
of the Esperanza Mining Company at
El Oro. He h*d come to Jalisco before
the Zamora revolt to inspect some
mining properties there, and, in view
of the quiet which had obtained
throughout the country, had no hesi?
tancy in taking his wife along.
Several of Hoyle's party were cap?
tured and later released by Zamora
The fate of twelve diamond drill ex?
perts who accompanied Hoyle tc
Jalisco is not known here.
It is expected that the ransom de
I manded by the outlaws will be paie
j by the Esperanza company, a British
concern, but, failing this, the monej
j will probably be raised by subscrip
i tion here.
A diplomatic report from Guadala?
jara to-day indicated that the militar)
! campaign is progressing more favor
j ably than was at first expected anc
j troops already are in close pursuit oi
the rebels. Military observers wer?
! extremely hopeful of the outcome ot
j the campaign in the next few days, ir
! view of the large number of govern
? ment troops employed and the natur?
! of the terrain.
The fact that the rebels are heading
for the coast will, it is believed, en
I able the troops to force an engage
! ment without carrying on a complicatec
(Continued on next page)
Hopes to Telephone
From Italy to U. S.
Marconi May Greet Next
President With Anthem
Transmitted by Wireless
NAPLES, Aug. 22.?When the next
President of the United States is
elected in November he might be
greeted by the strains of "The Star
Spangied Banner," transmitted by wire?
less telephony from the cabin of the
yacht of William Marconi, the Italian
inventor, in the Mediterrean Sea. This
is believed possible by experts who
have investigated the experiments
conducted here by the inventor on
board his yacht, the Electra.
Senator Marconi's guests recently
danced on board the Electra to the
music of an orchestra playing in Lon?
don, so distinct was the transmission
by wireless telephone. The inventor
daily receives the latest news from Lon?
don by this medium, giving in exchange
Neapolitan songs by applying a phono?
graph to the telephone.
Senator Marconi is now engaged in
perfecting a "direction finder" with
which to locate ships at sea. By the
use of this instrument, it is said, Mar?
coni discovered and reported from Lon?
don to the Italian Minister of the Navy
that an Austrian submarine was threat?
ening the Italian coast between Trieste
and Pola.
The inventor to-day told The Asso?
ciated Pr^ss correspondent that he ex?
pected to proceed to the Adriatic Sea
late this month to continue his experi
I meets. He said he would visit Ancona,
Venice arid Trieste and would like to go
to Fiuiae if tha political situation per?
mitted.
i *
Soviet Army That Sought
to Cut Off Danzig and
Warsaw in Complete
Rout; Losses Enormous
Budenny Aims to
Encircle Lemberg
Polish Troops Continue
Advance in Northeast;
Germans Among Dead
WARSAW, Aug. 22.?A War Of?
fice communication issued to-day re?
ports Polish successes on all parts
of the battle front, excepting on the
extreme right, where General Bu?
denny's detachments have crossed
the Dniester River and the Red ad?
vance guards have reached the Stryj,
on the railroad south of Lemberg.
Fighting is reported northeast and
east of Lemberg. Budenny is using
cavalry and infantry in an encircling
movement against Lemberg. At sev?
eral points the Reds have been re?
pelled.
Military authoritis here announced
to-day that the Poles have captured
35,000 prisoners to date in their
counter attack. Many guns, thou?
sands of rifles, hundreds of machine
guns and munitions carts and a
great number of horses also have
fallen into their hands. Thousands
of Reds are thought to be cut off in
the forests, awaiting the opportunity
to surrender.
Germans Found Among Dead
Among the 300 Bolshevik soldiers
killed in the fighting at Mlawa were
found, it is asserted, a German officer
and several German soldiers.
On the northwest point, according;
to the War Office communication, the
Reds who designed the capture of
Thorn and the cutting off or .Warsaw
and Danzig urj> in full retreat. The
, Bolsh?viki are reported to have suf?
fered tremendous losses and to be en?
deavoring to escape along the Prus?
sian border in fear of the Polish drive,
which is clearing Poland of Reds all
through the northwest. More than 10,
000 prisoners were captured on this
front Friday.
Advances northeast of Warsaw art)
announced. The Toles have reached
Ostrov, Czyzow and Bransk. At Mie
tezyrzec 400 Cossacks surrendered.
Red:i Repulsed at Brest-Litovsk
The Bolsheviki have attempted to re?
take Brest-Lito\*8k but were repulsed.
In the region of Dubienka, where the
Poles pushed the Reds across the Bug,
the communication says that on the
Bolshevik side was a Jewish volunteer
detachment from Vladowa. The Pole?
have captured Hrubieszow, which was
taken after an hour's hand to hand
fighting in the streets of the village.
The Poles ar* stilt holding Hrubies?
zow, notwithstanding the efforts of
the Bolsheviki to recapture it.
The Bolshi'vik armies northwest of
Warsaw, between the Vistula and
Prussia, are sending wireless appeals
for help. Whether these troops realize
that the Polish northern drive threat?
ens tlieir communications is uncertain,
from the intercepted messages, which
repeatedly have asked Bolshevik head?
quarters for ammunition and supplies.
The Bolshevik wireless apparently is
not functioning proper'!/, aa headquar?
ters repeatedly has requested informa?
tion concerning the location of these
troops, the rear of which is endangered
by the Polish advances.
The vanguard of this Red army ha?
reached points about 100 kilometers
south of Danzig, in what is known as
"the corrridor" and so near the Camp
Grappe region around Graudenz that
the French officers advised the Ameri?
can typhus expedition to move to Dan?
zig. This the Americans did.
American Consulate Moved
The American Consulate, which
moved from Warsaw to Graudenz when
Warsaw was threatened, also has pro?
ceeded to Danzig on the advice of the
French.
The Allied military observers con?
sie'er that the Poles already have won
a victory in their present offensive, but
they say that the danger has not passed
entirely by any means. The Poles have
advanced rapidly at various points
where the Reds have retreated. Some
times the Poles are out of contact with
the enemy. In some sectors, notably
northwest of Warsaw, the Bolsheviki
are reported to be showing more of an
inclination to fight.
The observers say that advancing
armies, especially rapidly advancing?
armies, always have difficulty in mov?
ing artillery and other heavy material
to keep pace with the constantly shift,
ing infantry. They assert that upon
the rapidity of the Polish advance
north and northeast depends the fate
of the Red forces who have reached
the "corridor." These Reds are roughly
estimated to have between 20,000 and
30,000 cavalry.
Strategy Becomes Interesting
The observers say that if the Polish
drive continues and carries the Poles
to the Prussian frontier before it !s
possible for the Reds to withdraw from
the Thorn region, a most interesting
situation will result?that the Reds
will be compelled to surrender or, if
they have sufficient supplies of ammu?
nition, they may endeavor to .itand off
the Poles indefinitely, meantime at?
tempting an encircling movement
which might take them across the Vis?
tula i.n the Posen district and threaten
Warsaw from the west.
The Foreign Office Saturday evening
issued the following communication
with regard to the negotiations be?
tween the Poles and the Bolsheviki at
Minsk:
"The Foreign Office received Satur?
day a cipher radio dispatch sent by
way of Moscow. This was No. 2,
and from ;t it appears that a first tele?
gram had been sent, which has not
been received. From ?h?3 telegram it