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NUMBER 11,620. 1li:?? WASHINGTON, THUBHDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920. THBEE CENTS EVERYWHERE.
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Todayli
Should Be 1,000,000 to 1.
U. S. Passenger Service.
One Week to Live.
Soldiers and Heroes.
?By ARTHUR BRISBANE?
t Copy rig hi, ? ! )
In Wall Street the betting ia 6
to 1 on Harding. The question it:
What ganeroua soul is putting up
the ana without the slightest chance
f getting it back?
The issue in this election is the
War Laague of Nation*, which
would take from the United States
the independence that it won in
177S, and hand it back to a group
of foreign nations controlled by
England.
That the people of the United
I States will not vote to give up their
f independence is a 1,000,000 to 1
(not ft to 1) bat.
Thanks to Mr. Burleson, Goveminent
ownership of passenger
service has begun?in a small way,
it is true, but in the right p'&c?
Contracts have been let to a Chicago
firm, and flying cars with
wicker chairs, enclosed in glass
and stoel, will carry passengers as j
well aa mail, and the United States
will be the owner of the transpor,
tation.'
? As
soon as the thinjt is * 8UC"
cess, "private ownership" will step
in and tfndly explain that the Government
is not able to do anything
well. It ia to be hoped that thoae
aoon to be in charge of the Government
will have tne energy, once
started, to keep on.
The most weak-kneed thing ever
heard of waa done by the Democratic
Administration in handing
back railroads to private ownera,
. after spending billions of the peopie's
money rebuilding and re- f
equipping the roads and paying
the highest profit to the private
ownera.
Mayor McSwiney has gone without
food for thirty-four days. His
mental courage and interest in the f
fight that he ia making may keep
fc:m alive ten days more. He probably
cannot live longer than that, i
He probably will die in the t
course of the coming week if Eng- <
land's attitude does not change.
Meanwhile, the Irish correspondent
of the London Times, owned
by the son of an Irish woman, says u
that if McSwiney dies it will make t
it Impossible for the Iriah and ?
English difficulty to be success- 11
fully arranged or compromised. j b
That, undoubtedly, is true. Every , e
Irishman feele toward McSwiney , h
now as though he were his own |
son or brother. When he dies, i
every Irishman will feel that he
has been murdered. 1
The harm that will be done to n
England and to English reorasen~
tatlves in Ireland, should McSwiney ^
t die, is. clear to everybody. What | E
good England hopes to achieve by i a
allowing him to die is not clear i 0
here. There must exist an under- ! e
current of hatred in England not ; t
understood in this country.
"News," so-called, from Russia I
tells of serious rioting against the I
Belshevik government at Petrograd
and "six of the Bolshevist I
commissioners" drowned. This is I
a variation in news of that kind. I
Usually Lenine ldlls Trotzky, or
Trotsky kills Lenine. Neither has
done that for some months. /
Another kind of news, represent- ?
ing facts more closely, says the
Russians are getting together an
army of four millions and threequarters,
and that General WranK?l,
who was supposed to restore
ancient conditions and force payment
of Russian bonds, has again
been kicked out of the place where "
he most recently was. l
' All of this does not affect the
United States much, as long as we 1
keep our men out of Siberia and t
our country out of the League of <
Nations. r
But when you read about that '
Russian army of four and three- 1
quarters millions, you understard '
how glad other countries would
ha if they could trap old Uncle i ,
Sam into the league of Nationa, ! i
and make it his business to take
care of that Bolshevik crowd and <
finance that war. ?
Two more flying men in the Gov- t
ernment mall service are killed
?burned to death. This fills with 1
horror thoae that learned to read
quite calmly about death in war. '
Friends of the dead flyers have (
the satisfaction of knowing that <
they were aoldiers and heroes in
th* truest sense, men fighting to ^
achieve progress for all time?not 1
fighting against other men, in !
quarrels to be renewed indefinitely.
Evary tunnel built, almost every c
p. great building, means one to a a
hundred workmen's deaths. Per- (
haps occaalonal dramatic death i
In the flying service will cause y
the public to appreciate the heroes
of Industry killed every week in
hlaat furnaces, tunnels, railroad
'destruction, with no hands playing
and no newspapers to praise
than.
HARDING TO SPEAK IN
BALTIMORE SEPT. 27.
NEW YORK. Kept 1ft. -Senator
Wardlng's oampalgn speech In Raltlmora
wan fl*ed for September 27. by
his Itinerary min?*en today. On
September 28 the Republican nominee
will apenk In Wheelln*. W. Va . and ,
the day following In Ashland. Ky. (
The Henator'a New York visit has ^
bran tentatively scheduled for Ontoher
J3 or 25. though arrangement* ?
for the leasing of Madison Square f
Garden, where he will make his main
apacch. are atlll pending. ,
It waa atated at Republican na- |
tlonal headquarters here that Klihu
Root, and Charles Kvana Hughes r
SB would apesk hi th< s in tieeiln* If r
the tentative date provea feasible. t
BOH
mi
IS. PLANT IN
ITALY SEIZED
I
iebellious Workers in Charge
of- Factory Which Supplies
Government Phones.
MILAN, Italy, Sept. 16.?Italian
evolutionists have seized the works
lere of the Western Electric Italiana,
ill of the stock cf vfhich is owned byhe
International Western Electric
Company of New York.
MAKES (iOVEItX?l!NT PHONICS.
The concern. which is Incorporated
nder the laws of Italy, manufacurcs
a large portion of the telephone
nd telegraph apparatus used by the
talian Government. It has alwaya
ieen supervised by American repreentativea
of the New York stock olders
and uses many of the procesea
of manufacture that have been
eveloped In New York for manufacuring
American transmission equlplent.
.The Milan .factory of the Western
llectrlc Italiana wai opened in 1 05?.
t employe more than 400 Milanese.
! C. Rlchardaon. Ita Ameilcan man-I.
ger, is at present in New York for'
ne of his conferences with the ex-jl
cutivea of the International Weetern I
llectrlc Company.
I! S. JURTTOlUDGE
RELAND'S'WRONGS'
)nc Hundred Persons Accept |
Villard Invitations to Sift
Charges of Atrocities.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.?Ireland's
vrongs. with evidence to be presented
>y both the Sinn Fein and British
[overnment. factions to the centuries'
cng dispute, are to be probed and
udged by Americans.
The American Jury will comprise
00 prominent persons, including Senitors,
Reprrsentatlves. judges, may
>rs, and leaders in professional, buslleaa.
and labor circles. Oswald (Jar ison
Villard announced today that
he Jury already had accepted the Invitation
of his magaxine. The Nation,
o ait in the case and sift the charges
if atrocities in Ireland made against
>arb other by Sinn Fein and the Brlt?h
government.
The Jury will slmpiy render an
>pinlon aa to the respective merits of
mcli charges, and will not recomnend
how the Irish question might
>e solved.
The committee of 100 will Itself seect
a smaller committee, which will
nake an Impartial Investigation, berlnning
sessions at Washington early
n October, when the two sides to the
lispute will be asked to offer such
evidence aa they may poasess.
Mr. Villard said that Kamonn dc
,'alera. president of the go-called
rlsli republic, was re?dy to appear
?efore the committee, and that Mrs
Terence McSwIney. wife of the hunter-striking
lord mayor of Cork, will
:ross the ocean for the same purpose.
"The project does not contemplate
my recommendations in regard to
uture political relations between Ircand
and tha British government," Mr.
Hflard said.
IMS CONSCIOUS.
BUT IN(M PAIN
Begins Thirty-fifth Day of His
Hunger Strike After Restless
Night.
I,ONr>ON. Sept. 16 ?Terence Mc.
iwlney. Winn F?ln lord mayor of
*ork, was In great naln whan he
legan the thirty-flfth day of his hunter
strike In the Brixton Jail Inflrmiry.
Hi* condition wss officially ra>orted
"unchanged" at 4 o'clock.
McSwIney was still conscious He
pent a restless night, but dozed at
ntervals
Kalends who visited McSwIney at
loon said he had spent a very had
light. He was very weak and comilctely
worn out.
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.I1LLIAN Itl'HSKI.L, notrd
actress, who announces
that she will tour (he country
for the national Republican
committee to expose the "falaitjr
and misrepresentation of the
League of Nationa." She ia
now on her way to Marion,
Ohio, to confer with Senator
Harding.
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VETERANSOK.
ARMYTRAINING
^
Bonus Resolution Favoring Per
Diem Payment Considered
Today.
A resolution endorsing universal
military training was adopted by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars at yesterday
afternoon's session in Central
High School.
At this morning's session a resolution
was adopted urging the various
States to extend the franchise
to American Indians. The resolution
was Introduced by Lafayette
Post of Brooklyn, which has five
American Indians in its membership,
all ot whom saw service overseas
in the war.
Bonus resolutions, of which there
are a number from posts throughout
the country, may bp reached this
afternoon. Mnit of them are for :t
per diem payment to men based on
the length of time in service, wl#h an
additional payment for time overseas.
This is the p'en fir which the H'?'"t
par>eis have fought tor many month^
and which pan ? d the House ai l..e
Inst session, but was prevented from
passing the Senate by pressure of
other business.
It is certain that the Veteran* ot
Foreign Wars will take vigorous action,
demanding legislation at the
next session and calling on the posts
throughout the country to use their
(Continued on page"!3, column 8.)
MINERS RETURN TO
JOBS MANTON
5,000 Take Old Places in One
Day?Other Workings
Active.
SCRANTON. Fa.. Sept. HI.- Five
thousand miners In the Hcranton district
resumed work this morning, and
Indications are that the majority of
the T0.000 men Idle In the local .district
will be back at work before the
end of the week.
At a session of the Insurgents last
night a large number voted to g?
bsck to the mines and the general
sentiment expressed by the diggers
was for a full resumption of work.
"We are ready to go back If the
men of districts 7 and 0 do," said
Kaoch Williams, leader of the Insurgents,
Minim employed at the Pipe Prrt?U
mine, one of the largest In the city,
and workers at the punmore collieries
of the Pennsylvania Coal Company
resumed work today.
IECK
OHM
ILLINOIS VOTE
IS UNCERTAIf
Outcome In Doubt on Contesl
for Governor and
Senator.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.?The resu
of yesterday's primaries in Illino
wu still in doubt early today, so fi
as the major candidate* are co
cerned.
Nominations on the Republiei
ticket for Governor and Uniti
States Senator will not be definite
known until more complete retun
are available, and the tight for tl
Democratic nomination for U.
Senator is still uncertain.
The only sure winner is form
Senator Jame* Hamilton Lewis, wl
unquestionably has won the Dem
cratic nomination for governor.
LKK 9*1 A I.I. I.EAD9.
Returns from 2.255 precinct* out
5.737 In Illinois, give Len Small 12'
235 votes to 12A.828 for John <J. Ogle
by In the fight for the Republic*
gubernatorial nomination. ?aa
man William B. 'Mckinley took -tl
lead In the race for the RepubJIci
nomination for Unltad States Senat
early today when returns from 2 I
precincts In the Stale gave him 111
082 votes to 117,069 for Frank
Smith.
It is certain the so-called "Tar
many" faction of the 'Republics
party, headed by Mayor Wlllia
Hale Thompson, of Chicago, ovt
whelmmgly defeated the "Kegula
Republicans, headed by Oov. Frai
O. Louden, in Chicago The Thom
son ticket, headed by Small for go
ernor and Smith for Senator, appa
ently has carried Chicago by appro)
mately 100,000 votes. Leaders of t
Lowden faction, however, predict th
the "down-State'' vote will wipe o
j this advantage and. with more thi
half the precincts still to be hea
from, refuse to concede defeat.
The Thompson ticket carried f
all Chicago and Cook county office
but the result In most of the flgf
for State oltlce* is still in doubt.
In 058. precincts Robert E. Bur
has received 18,001 vote* for t
Democratic nomination for t'.
Senator while his opponent, Peter
Waller, has 18.151.
Four Republican members of Co
gtess and one Democratic congre
rr.an apparently have met defe
The Republicans are Nell 8 Juul. Ci
R. Chlndblooni. William W. Wil?<
and Ira C. Copley. The Democrat
Congressman Thomas Gallagher.
The fate of "1'ncle Joe" Canni
former speaker of the House, is
doubt on the face of present retun
as Is also that of Congressman W
liam A. RodenberK, of Ka*t St. bou
WARSHIP SAILED,
GUM RADI
Navy Meets With Success
Tests Conducted Off Chesapeake
Capes.
Test* to control the movements
battleships by wireles* telegrap
have been successfully completed
the Navy Department.
The Iowa, former flagship of A
mlral Rnmpson snd one# the pride
the pavy. but now sadly out of da
left the league Island navy yard Is
last month and ever since hss be
maneuvering off the Chesapea
Capes, and undergoing radio test*
direct Its movement* by means
wlreleaa telegraphy, the *hlp ltd
being without a crew of any kind.
The Ohio, a cruiser, has be
maneuvering with the lows a
acting as the controlling *hlp. sen
Ing out radio Impulse* to be cau*
and acted upon by the electrical a
paratua on the Iowa.
The originator of this method of i
reeling ships by exterior control.
Invention that may rnvolutlonl
naval warfare, I* John Hays Hai
mond, inn of the noted mining <
glneer. He experimented with llg
motor boats, controlling them
radla Impulses transmitted fr<
shore.
FRENCH ENTER ALEPPO
IN SYRIAN CAMPAIC
PARIS, Sept. 1(1. General floursi
lyminilir of the French force*
S ia. has entered Aleppo, accordl
to advice* from Damajcu* today.
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i Debris
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13 JUNIUS HPEJfCEB XORtiAK,
who wis rat kbout the head
by flying kIim in an tiplosion
whicli nr?k?l the tanking
house of hla father, J. V. Mor.
lit gun. In Wall Ntreet today,
is i
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FIGHT ENGLAND
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n. Islamic Oelegates Attend Asiatic
;at; Bolshevik Congress?Gigantic
"n' Upheaval Predicted.
>n.
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By SIR PERCIVAL PHILLIPPS
jn* International S?-w? Service.
I1". CONSTANTINOPLE Sept. 15.
'i via Ixjndon, Sept. 16.?A gigaritk
*' upheaval against the British
throughout the Orient was foreshadowed
by speeches at the Asiatic
Bolshevik congress at Baku, according
to information received her<
0 today.
The Turkish nntionaist regime
which had large representation at th?
meeting, Issued an official announcement
that more than 1.000 delegatei
were present. representing the entlr?
Islamic world.
in The. nntlonalUf . communique . emphasised
She IlK-t Hint the apeechei
foreran! "serious Intention* at a
rent movement ikhIiwI British rwli
In the Orient."
of The Moncow government had rephy
resentatlves at the congress.
by - *
In a recent exclusive Interview with
j. the International News Service, M
0j Tchltcherln. the bolshevik forelgr
(f> minister, said that Soviet Russia
would reserve a free hand for actlor
against Rritlah Interests In the Orlenl
. nntll Moscow and the Rritlsh govern.
ment entered Into a direct agreement
I O
f BIG CASUALTY LIS!
i; AFTER MOVIE
? BATTLE
I-O SANGELES, Cal., Sept. 16
m* ?A recent movie battle resulted
f" In heavy casualties, a* shown by
bv the filing of 160 accident and in>m
jury claim* with the Workman'*
State Iduatrial ( ommission.
The battle scene was filmed near
here taut week, aereral hundred
actors and actresses taking part,
tat The heaviest casualties rn^ear
ill to have b rn suffen ii i?v the Worn||rl
en'a Battnlion of Death, hv far the
in larger number of claims for comng
penaation being filed today by
women.
I
IRGAIT
nil si. I
iy Blast to i
s and Injure
j NEW YORK, Sept. 16.?
to have been caused either by c
handling of high explosives, wi
gan & Co., foremost internatioi
actly at noon today.
Thirty minutes after the ex
teen were known to be dead an<
lieved that the death list would j
Two theories were held by 1
attempted to wipe out the Morg
planting a time bomb in a waj
the firm. Another was that a F<
Jersey, loaded with explosives, <
and Wall streets.
xND tffURF 10
KILL FINANCIER ^
I The
of Morg
Frank Holt, Former Cornell Uni- was a
versity Professor, Shot the othe
Morgan in 1915. into fla
The explosion which this morning ?j?
wrecked the hanking house of J.
Pierpont Morgan, on Wall Street, hides C
marks the second attempt made on been in
'the life of Morgan plosive
i On July 3, 1915, Morgan was attacked
and shot by Krank Holt, a BirUCXlOi
former professor of modern language Moi
, at Cornell University, who forced .? .
' his way into the Morgan summer "1? VOli
home at Glen Cove, N. Y. Hying c
MORdAN SHOT IK UHOIN. mi
Holt forced hi* way into the home
at the point of two revolver* while j Rrnfllcly
the financier was breakfasting with ;
his wife and f** Cecil Spring Rice,
| British ambassador to the United ,
States. | Tile
! The intruder fired twice as he en- TM
tercd the room, after forcing his way 1 ^
1 past the butler. Mrs. Morgan threw WPTP be
" herself upon the assailant, holding A|.
him until she was thrust iy<ide by her All
. husband. With the aid of the Rrltish Sr?r>nc
> ambassador Morgan disarmed the " **|" "C
man. then collapsed. tllO hani
Servants subdued the man. A stick
J of dynamite was found in his pocket. The
Investigation showed that one of the .
, bullets had struck Morgan in the triaflS 11
, groin, the other piercing his leg. Tllf
"I shot him as a service to humanity."
ss.ld Holt, following hi* arrest, CXt]
j "I i.m willing to die for It because r ,,
the war muil be stopped. Morgan In tllO
, was the man who started It, and he
could stop It at any time." rumors
nEPRKssKi ?tock market. high as
The Immediate result <?f the attack
on Morgan was a depression In the
1 stock market. Traders awaited more Tlif
details of the attack and Information 1
' as to the seriousness of Morgan's front O]
1 wounds before venturing upon com!
initments. The total sales for the horso V
' day were scarcely more than 21*0.000
shares, and thoAs of the aeeond hour, <>00.
during which the news of the attack bfCn Jill
reached the floor, were under 7B.OOO. '
, When the attack was made the only flOUT of
thing that saved Morgan's life was m,
hla quick action In attacking his as- * '''?
sailant. As soon as the first shot pxplodowas
fired he sprang for the man. *
thrusting aside Mrs. Morgan and over- Am
powering him. i
After the man had finally been se- "'ffl P5
cured by the servants Morgan sue- Kfroot it
ceeded In making his way to a tele.
phone. He called Ms office in Ne>v WfTP t'C
York. . ,
"I. have been shot through th- HTltl Hot
stomach," he said. "(Set the best doc- Tin
tor you can." '
He was then placed on his bed and IjcPllHP 1
a preliminary eaamlnatlon made. Two
, New York doctors soon arrlvd. after WflH Vl*0
a wild dash from New York by aut>>- _
mobile After examining the wounds cHlOllKT
they directed a Search for the billlets,
which were found In the hall
way, thus assuring the phy?lclnns W0!*P ('(
there was no need for a difficult i,nd
dangeroua probing ,111(1 |)OS
Ilue to Morgan's splendid physical
condition his recovery waa rapid.
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Anarchist
d Block i
A mighty explosion, beli
i time bomb o( terrific i
ecked the magnificent of
rial banking company o
plosion the police annoi
j more than 200 injures
jo much higher,
the authorities. One wa
an Mm and assassinate
;on in front of the Broad
jrd automobile, license 1
:rashed into another aut
I
BOMB THEORY STRO
nbers of the bomb squad of \
id the belief that the explos
They say they have found
from one to four inches ii
They believe that these sluj
re were two vehicles on the W
an's bank that were caught i
horse-drawn vehicle, which
r was a small touring car, wh
mes.
BOTH VEHICLES DES
i police do not know which
tarried the explosives which
the form of a bomb or may
for use in excavating work <
q in the vicinity of the Mor
re than forty persons have s<
nnteer hospital. Several of tl
ondition.
( force of the explosion is indi
n bridge was seriously shak
BLAST CAUSES Pi
- blast caused a panic throug
le New York Stock Exchange
>th closed.
the members of the Morgan f
>er Morgan, son of J. P. Morj
ds by flying glass.
Morgan offices were complel
i the streets were hurled from
>re was intense confusion am
losion the cause of the blae
meantime Wall street was f
of every description. The <
sixty by some rumors.
BLAST OCCURRED A1
? police learned that a hors<
F the building when the exp
;aa killed and the wagon w
One theory of the police was
*ced in the wagon to go off al
the day when Mr. Morgan \
r>ory received support from tl
rl exactly at 12 o'clock.
other theory was that a small
tplosives, collided with anotl
ninediately in front*of the Mor
'rtnin that the explosion was
inside.
e Ford ear was said to have
plate. According to the police
ssiug the street diagonally at
machine crashed into it.
terrific was the force of the ex
srtain it had been caused by
sible a mixture of both,
waa definitely establihhed In
INK
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IN
Is;
Streets
eved by the police
wwer or careless
fices of J. P. Morf
the world, exinced
that sevenbut
it was bes
that anarchist.
J. P. Morgan by
street entrance to
So. 24,246, New
omobile at Broa'
NGEST.
the police department
ion was caused by a
dozens of iron slugs
i length, along Wall
fs were parts of the
all street side in front
n the explosion. One
was annihilated, and
ich immediately burst
TROYED
one of these two vethey
say may have
have been a high exm
some building congan
bank.
> far been brought to
hem seem to be in a
/
icated by the fact that
en.
\mc.
hout the financial disand
the Curb market
I
irm escaped, but Junijan.
was badly cut on
:ely shattered. Pedestheir
feet.
i thirty minutes after
it was still unknown,
llled with sensational
leaht list was pnt as
P NOON.
} and wagon were in
losio noccurred. Tho
as blown to kindling
that a time bomb had
: noon, the most likely
vould be in his office,
lie fact tha tthe bomb
motor car ,filled with
ler automobile in the
pan ofiioes. The police
ontnide of the offices
i borne a New Jersey
version the automobile
Broad and Wall when
plosion that the police
dynamite or T. N. T.
r a close examination
f