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CTS LLOYD
MEX OPERATIONS
WILL BE RESUMED
American Oil Companies
Leach Agreement With
Government
EMBARGO IS LIFTED
Immediate Movement of Oil
to Follow Final Settle
ment of Questions
HAS OBREGON'S SANCTION
President Calls Arrangement
"Happy Solution" to All
Factions Concerned
Jf v Aaancutert Prcsi.
MKXICO CITY. Sept. 4. Immo
, i resumption of nil operations
li, '.e Taniplco region by American
V '
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I 11m companies and the pay-i
ot postponed taxes, with the I
Z JSSSiS'S !
li -iirage, will result from the
iirage, will result
,- mint reached hy government
ofi lals and the hcartB of five
American oil concerns, which- was
rcfrted last jilght.
Immediate Oil Movement.
There will bo an Immediate move
ment of oil from Mexico and after
minor details have been adjusted
etllcment will be reached of ull the j
gr at petroleum problems which.
ha e vexed the Mexican government
and American development com
panies for yearn.
Th. agreement reachd In the
r inferences, which terminated late
Saturday night, has tho complete
Hiv tlnn of President Ohregon, who
ha deucrlbed It as a "happy und
fatlkfactorj solution to ull con
terncd."' Tho American oil men,
ho participated In thc conferences,
atserted they worn contented with
reaiK's obtained and wern prepared
to leavo Immediately for the United
St.ms.
lVnnal StatomonU
'Conferences between tho Mexl
lan government and flve great oil
companies, looking toird an ad
Juftment of problems growing out
of recent decrees regarding tho ex
port of oil from Mexico, havo been
terminated," said a formal state
ment given out early this morning
by Adolph de la Huerta, secretary
of the. treasury. "Tho result ot the,
conferences nan been satlsf.itcory.
wltJinut damaging the Interests of
thc Mexican nation nor the Interna
tional policy of Mexico, and a de
cision to both parties has been
rtached.
Arraneo Payments.
"It has been agreed that in new
regulations on charges, for export
taxation nf oil, created by the de-cr(-e
of Juno 1 last. It willy be ar
ranged that payments may be made
fp December 21. next. Payment
of "icso taxes will be made every
thrtu months, und not monthly as
was established by tho decree. There
nil" remain a few points In detail
to bo discussed, but which, tho oil
companies hav0 agreed to ,iccpt
atfer studying certain Information
and data after their representatives
Jiave arrived In New York city
When they have done this, the full
dculs agreed upon will bo definite
b a ranged. .
Dccro,, Ilcl Not Suffer.
The decree of May 24 of last
! r did not suffer any modlflca
t and the navment of taxes due
I" a ordanco with that derrep w III 1
le made by the companies repre
senfed in tne ronfrenco on Monday;
next week when they will renew
"oermions. I ran also affirm with
ou' false modesty that the atlsfae
' result arrived at was In ac
""dance with Instructions received
f"m the president, to which I add
el my approval during tho uonfer-'
en ps "
Hurried ConfCrcrtors.
There were many Indications at
" i on Saturday that things were
r ' moving smoothly i behind the
ed doors of the treasury depart
and there were many hurried
nferences between Secretary de la
H .erta nml President Obregon.lfl the
'''r's office. After a, four-hour
' eferenco there w-aa an adjourn
'n' until 6 o'clock, at which hour
nii men appeared propiptlv Thev
v ' closeted with th secretary for
'm .st three hours, and then news
i"ier photographers wore suddenly
'' ed Into the conference room.
e eri a hint that personal relations
'' ween the conferees were cordial.
Oil Men Silent.
few minutes -later the oil men
d out of the chamber, hut m-iin-''-
ned their previous policy of si
nee They said Secretary do la
'jerta had been appointed thc of
' al und sole spokesman The seo
ary later admitted that an agree--at
had been reached and that It
1 ked pnlv tho president's signs
' re to muke It official. The scire
"ry left Immediately for Ch.ipul
'pec castle, anil within an hour he
a joined by the oil men. who
i ed to pay their final tespects to
1 resident Obregon. Kormal an
rnuncement of the successful ter
mination of the conference was de
nycj until after midnight.
Tulsa Pastor Zt
Robbed of Purse
At Frisco Depot
Pickpockets are no reepectors
of persons. W H Duke, pastor of
the Tulsa. Adventlat church, 320
East Sixth street, learned thin
Sunday night when one ot tho vel-vot-fltigered
gentry relieved him
ot a pocketbooit cnntalnlny J 10
In money, somo papers and two
cheeks, drawn fur $B2.fi0 and
12?. 69 on an. Oklahoma City bank
und payable to Hake.
Thn victim of the robber was at
the Frisco passenger depot about
7 JO o'clock bidding a friend fare,
well, and wa for a fow minutes
surrounded by a largo crowd of
persons, lie stated after dlsocv
cry of hU Iosh that he had Veen
Jostled In tho crowd but thohght
nothing of thin until he discovered
his Ions, He said last night he
had no knowledge of the descrip
tion of thn person who Hole his
pocketbook.
COMMISSION WILL
HEAR WAGE-ROW;
Many Miners Out in Mines
of Colorado Fr & I.
Company
WORK IS CURTAILED
ppfncp n Accent Reductions
ueluse 10 cccpi ttcauLUUiib
Made by Operators and
Leave Their Jobs
WAI-SENnUltli, Colo., Sept. 4.
With operations of the Colorado
Fuel Aflron Co. mlncB In Huerfano
and Uas Animas counties virtually
Closed, according to claims of of
ficials of the United Mine Workers
In district 15, and seriously curtailed,
according to admissions by officials
of thc company, both sides were
awaiting developments following
announcement by tho Cotorndo In
dustrial commission that It hail
taken Jurisdiction and would con
duct a hearing here September v,
to decide whether the wage reduc
tions announced by tho company,
effective September 1. are Justified.
Dlse'ie-pancy 111 Iteports.
Announcements by John P. Me.
Lcnnan, president nf district 1R of
tho mine workers, placed the num
ber of men at work In the two coun
ties at 26.
four hundred and thirty-one min
ers arc nt wtrk In seven of tho com
pany mines In the two districts, R.
II. Welusen, manager ot tho compa
ny, announced tonight.
Admission was made by the gen
eral manager that the company Is
short of mmi to operate its mines
at tho reduced wage scale,
PLANE BALL IS FATAL
Pilot Killed mid Pos-enjrer Injured
When Mnelilnc ;es Into
Tnllspin In Tuas.
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept.
Stephen B. Ravcnel, 24, of Charles
ton, S. C, who was discharged from
the United States merchant marine
two weeks ngo In Galveston, was
killed today when an airplane, which
ho wns piloting, went Into tallspln
and fell S00 feet, nandolph H.
Clement, also of Charleston, who,
wftB In the machine with Havenel,
was seriously Injured.
The two youths had Just taken olf
for a flight to Oalvesion when tho
piano fell. Jlav 'iiel was caught be
neath the engine and died Instantly.
Element was In the hack seat and es
caped serious Injury by huddling In
the cockpit.
SLUG AND ROB ADA MAN
ncllote XojrtWK Waited In Ills Jloom
mid Attaekeil When He Kntcred.
ADA, Sept 4. One of the most
daring attempts at robbery here In
months occurred when two, negroes
entered the homo of Otis "n'Tstlake,
100 Bast Tenth, knocked him In the
head with a sandbig and ransacked
the room.
We.itlake had Just returned home
from town about 7:30 p. m. and
was preparing to write a letter. Po
lice believe that thn negroes rwd en
tered tho home before Westlake re
turned from town He wis uncon
scious an hour before discovered by
ntlghhors. t
Senator and Wife WW
Tako Month's Vacation
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 Senator
Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania
and Mrs. Knox sailed Saturday on
tho United States line steamship
George Washington for a four
weeks' -vacation In England and
Scotland. The senator said there
was nothing political m his visit
abroad and that he would He In
terested only In rates for "hotel
rooms, automobiles and meals.''
Senator HoIko Penrose, who has
been HI, lq now In food, health, he
4.414. n -
HASKELL LEAVES
FOR RELIEF WORK
Goes to Russia as Head
of Food Distributing
Commission
IN SPIRIT OF CHARITY
Says There Will Ho No Dis
crimination as to Race or
Creed in Relief
PLENTY OR WORK FOR ALL
Will Co-operate With Any
Other Agencies for Suc
coring Starving People
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Col. Wil
liam Haskell, director of Ilusslsn-
American relief commission, In a'
farewell interview today, emphasim!
tho absolute Independence und dls-'
Interrstednein of tho work to be
done under his direction. Colonel
Haskell and a party ot IB ex
perienced relief workers were to i
sail today on the Olvmple. I
"Mr. Hoover said that the service
wo are about to perform must be
In the true spirit of charity," Hiid ;
Colonel ' Haskell "There must be ,
no discrimination as to race, polities'
op creed. If a man among us falls.
to llvn up to this Rtandard, If he
engages In politics or business, If
he even brings u letter or a pack
age in I'll semi him home."
( "Arc you going to tako orders
from the league of nations relief of
ficials?" ho was asked,
Cdlonel Haskell's blue eyes
bjaied.
Plenty nf Keom for All.
.' I tako - my order from Mr.
Hoover only," hu replied "Hut we'll
co-opcrato with anyboVy. There's
plenty of room In Russia for every
one that wants to do relief work
there. They can have ns much of
tho country to work In as they
want.
"I think that most American or
ganizations will prefer to co-operate
by giving their material support,
leaving the distribution to us," ho
added. "The American lted Cross
is financing the medical side of our
work right up to tho Hutwlan ports
of entry. However, the Quakers
have been given a territory to work
In .and If uny othofs want to como
In they're welcome Tho bulk ot
the relief work done Is In tho Volga
basin and here wo anticipate our
greatest difficulties.
"I can see all sorts ot difficulties,"
ho raid.
"Had roads, run-down railroads,
bad weather and half ntarvatlon.
iton't Anticipate Trouble,
"I don't anticipate trouble with
soviet authorltes and I don't want
to, I exptct them to do the right
thing."
Included In the party that ac
companied Colonel Haakxll were tho
following:
Prof. Archibald of Harvard uni
versity, formerly head of American
relief work In Austria, who will act
as ll.ifnn officer with the soviet au
thorities; ex-Governor Goodrich of
Indiana; Edward Fox of Pottsvllle,
Pa,, Dr. Henry W.' ncukews and Dr.
Walter P. Davenport, both United
States army surgeons; MaJ. Charles
Telford, U. S. A., and John ( A.
Uellards.
Colonel Haskell was a pancnger
yenterday on tho steamship Olvmplo
sailing for Europe, where he will
assume control of tho work of tho
Amerifnn relief administration.
In Iondnn Colonel Haskell will
meet Walter I.vmnn Brown, director
for Europe and will proceed with
him to Moscow, where headquarters
will be established.
Colonel Hankcll was accompanied
by a statr of 14 persons.
Oninls Time Kiteiulnn to Two.
COMMRUS, Kan, Sept. 4.
Judge Frank W Hoss of the Chero
kee county district court, this after
lyion granted Alexander Iluwat and
August Don hy an extension of ttmo
to September SO to f 1 1 an appeal
from the recent conviction of having
violated the industrial court law by
calling a strike.
Adds to Wetness of
Lake at S perry hy
Immersion of Liquor
The like at Sperry Is wet, but
John Washington a negro, several
times convicted In the courts of
Tulsa I'niintv for llriuor poshes,
slon, produred an additional wet
ness when he cached ten gallons
of liquor In the waters edge. E.
S. Macriueen, constable, found the
liquor In a raid made on the
negro's home Sunday afternoon,
hut the owner of the alleged Joint
escaped whilo th officer wa.s
making the search. Macqucen
also found and confiscated two
revolvers and three shotguns
found In the home,
Clilrens of Sperry have roni
pl.ilned to 'ho sheiiff s off'e sev
eral times as m the ham ier of
place operated by Washn gt m but
the negro has operated unmo
lested for several months, Mac
quoen Kiys.
Work, Work, Work!' Is Davis
Panacea for Depression in
Proclamation on Labor Day
WASHINGTON, Sept 4.- Secre.
tary .laiiiew J Dai.li of the depart
ment it labor called upon eery
body to work for the general good
In a I.ibor diy statement, He said
In part. '
"This nation has become the
greatest of all producing nations.
It ban become sn great because It
works bocsusn It alu.iys has
worked.
Work for l'rnMM'iltv,
"Jut now 've urn In the depljis
of a depression. I3 ci ybody Us In
terested In the way out, and wo have
made up our minds that the way to
prosperity 1h to work. Just' now
work Is morn Important to us than
anything else,
"l.ihor day this sear culls every
body to work And thete never was
a day when work n new kind of
work -was more plentiful than It Is
In the day of widespread unemploy
inent, as now. ' '
"The work to be done Is to Ini-
prove tlio present situation.
STATISTICS SHOW !
EMPLOYMENT-RISE1
1.08r' More Men Have
Jobs Now .Than in
July, Says Report
ON UPWARD CLIMB
Improvement Traceable to
Large Agricultural Activi
ties; Building Increases
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. -An In
ereitHe of 1,08 per cent In tlTo num
ber of persons employed In (15 prin
cipal Industrial centers In August
na compared wllh July was shown
by statistics made public today by
tho department of labor.
Thu figures were taken from tho
payroll of 1,128 firms, each usually
cmploylnn 600 or more persons. In
dustrial classifications showed that
Increases occurred in thc number
employed In food and food products,
textiles arid their products, Iron and
steel, lcAthor and lis finished
products', stone, tlay and glass
products, metals und products other
than iron and rtiel, tobacco manu
facturers and railroad repair shops.
All other industrial ciasslfkatlons
show decreases.
While it Is true that tho country
has "ut last definitely n-l out on the
long uphill climb to noimal condi
tions," tho utatement said, "it would
bo a mistake to Vmbun the figures
wllh a significance not strictly In
accordance with facts It must bo
borne In mind that the Improvement
shown 'an be traced. In great mean
ure to the vast agricultural activities
and that hs yet tho tnajo manu
facturing, mining and transportation
Interests have given lean conclusive
evldoncn of tho value and per
manency of such small gains as thy
may havo experienced.
"A happy augury In the very gen
eral Increaso In building operations,
the survey showing that present
activities In this line are greater
than nt any time since the nation
entered thn war."
FIND LO'ST MILLIONAIRE)
Itlch DnietrlM Who IrfiM Identity
and Wandered Pennllivs round.
SAN FltANCIhCi), Sept 1 -A
nationwide search was at an end to.
Iday. according to operative of ,v
natlmial d tei live agent who an-
nounreil that John Hnllnway. mil-1
1 1 "r k t r lic.ul of a wholesale drug
house of Philadelphia. mlH-slngl
since the Closing days nf the world,
war. had been found.
Holloway was gasned and nirrerrd
shell hhock, It was s'ated He lost
his Identity and wandered about
San Francls'o pennilcKi and sick.
Finally he was in rested and his
mental condition nherv.l Thin re
sulted in his being committed to
ihe L'klah Institution
Miss Alice in Slap at
She p par d-T owner Hill
MUSKOGEE. Sept. 4 Launching
an attack on Mliet Jeanette Haukin.
former rn ruber of niigreHs from
Montana, as bavlng wiih others
framed the Sheppard-Towner ma
ternity bill, fur the purpose of
spreading blr'.h control propaganda,
Miss Alice ItoherlRon, congrenian
from Muskogee, has wt fnith her
objections to tho maternity bill In an
address she had written to In print
ed In tho Congressional Heiortl.
TUWWEATHER
Tltt.SA Mailmum 101. minimum, 74,
mj wind, part lmi1
OKLAHOMA M. i lr erlly rlngdy,
coolpr TtifnUy B' it i ally fn'r
I.M'IHIANA M..n,y hii'I Tumtlay
! partly rlnuil mnwhti unr-HIM
AUK' M n.tv ni Tut-Klny
ltx'' -uily
I' MT Tl-.XAe Mnnoav an! 1,. ftlay
partly Cloudy probably cltrrd ahowpra
cfo1er Ijf the northern pnri -a Tuaaday
T(Ml.i)'a I.OCM1 lrlila,
C'viian ilub luiicliton, llotil Tuna. 1!
o clvuk.
"The business leader nut woil,
to start the win els "f in iiniij g 'lns
sgiln ami bid farewell to wartime
p rutlls.
;ihmIIi)c to Deiiiniids.
"The toller must wifk minim; his
kind, fur the iiiiiilnn nt u spirit
willing In bid goodbye to linie.iwin
iible demands.
Tho bankers must work to pro-i
vide credits for thn re-estiibihlnent
of business, Tlio skilled engineer'
must work to rut down i'nsit J
"There Is that kind nf work for
every nmn, woman ami child In thi'i
country.
"Labor day used to he though! of
only as laboreis' day.
"I'lom now on. It Is ocryhody'a
day,
"No man prospers unless his na
tion prospers wllh lit ni 'lh.it h
why labor diy tills your tikes on
this new Hlgnif ie.ince This year it
is no idle holiday It should hn a
day of dedication for everybody, for
the gnnd of the nation ''
MEYER PREDICTS
RAIL BILL RESULT
Finance Board Director
Says Prosperity to
Follow Passage
GIVES JOBS TO MANY
Believes Million Men Would
Benefit From Townsend
Winslow Measure
NEW YOUK, 'jpt 4 Employ
ment of a. million men by the rail
roads of tho United Slates would fol
low the pnsongo hy congress of tho
Toivnsend-Wlnelnw railroad fund
lug bill. Eugene Meyer, Jr , managing
director of the joar flnnnce corpor
ation, asnertetl today In a statement
In which ho considered means to
remedy the present unemployment
problem. He said he believed his
estimate of 1,01)0,000 men was con
servative "A considerable part nf Ihe exist
ing unemployment," be said. "Is dun
to thn position In Which the rail
roads tint! themselves, short of
fluids and unable to make their imr
inaj purehusts and do their normal
repair njid equipment work
Abb) to Go Ahead.
"Not only would the railroads, by
the passage of the hill be put In tho
i)nsltlon of meeting their unpaid ac
counts, already past due, but they
would bo able to go aheml wllh their
maintenance of way nnd repair of
equipment work This would di
rectly employ a large number of
men4"
Mr. Meyer also pointed to tho In
direct labor Involved In producing
ind transporting lumber for tiers,
and Iron and steel used for mainte
nance and repairs.
The enlarged purchasing power
of thc men (i employed the stale,
ment said, would put large addi
tional numbers of men to work and
the number nf men thus employed
In direct and Indirect ways would
eat'lly total the rot I mate offered.
Secit Up Hill Incss.
"I hope that the war finnne cor
poration, under its new powers to as
sist the agricultural Hltuallon may
prove effective In speeding up the
revival of business." he continued.
"The lm rcu.'ilng movement of cotton
ie, both expr. and d"mcftli inn
umrrs "ill permit tb sntithein
hoiks, both large and small, in liqui
date loans and (rorrn ereditn will be
thawed out. The .outh will be able
to eleir UP with reasonable tp'ed
th Indebtedness with which lr has
been Mruggllng
"From now on, the Houth should
be a large consumer of thn corn and
meat pcodticlH nf the central west
of the shoew and clothing from the
hides and wool of thn northwest; of
furniture and nulnmnhllen of fcr
llitrrr and agricultural Implements
and all other forms ol manufactured
goodB."
FOREST FIRES CONTROLLED
Cool ltalnv Weather Saiecl Hltuallon
in Montana, Officials say.
M1SSOFLA. Mont , Sept 4. Cool
rainy Muthei today has ionl til
foreit fire .situation In Montani unit
north' rn Idaho Forii service nt
ficals derlare that fire dang 1 is
practical'v over for this v itr, In
cluding one near Java. Montana, In
the 1 Pithead furcM, which burned
over on area of flvn thousand acres.
No Inm of life has been reported.
Art Teacher Arrhes.
Miss W. Griffith, head nf the art
depaitinent nf the University nt
Tulsa ariivert Saturday fiom her
borne In Hci inltage. Teno. Aftet k
tfihl shlng licifcir in Met V 1,
.iu' c -f resldeu 1 f-r 'lie --,ni re
rear Mits (iriffnh n fi f'.r 'he
Ozarka where she wi'l visit with
frit ndn Until the Ik t, nn cij, of the
tall torn.
FEDERAL TROOPS
ARE IN CONTROL
Armed Bands in Virginia
Mining District Arc
Disappearing
CAPTURES REPORTED
Indicate Hodio.s of Armed Men
Have Hern Taken With
out Known Casual! its
RAILROAD RESUMES TRAFFIC
Soldiers Search for Newspa
per Correspondents Re
ported Lost in Hills
CIIAUUISTON, W. Vu., Hepl. 4 -Federal
troops are In complete con
trol of the troubled mining districts
ot Wont Vliglnla and the armed
hands that hao been defying tho
stale and coiinly authorities on tho
boundary line of llooiie and Logan
counties lite rapidly disappearing,
according to reports received at mil
itary headquarters hero today.
Titoops itF.mi' cAi-nmi;
r au.mi;i hank or mhn,
MADIKON, W. W, Sept. 4. Late
yeaterday the Sharpies post, near
heic, roported to headquarters, ac
fouling to u statement given out,
that a body of mi ll had been round
ed up and disarmed. From llu'se 12
rifles, 1H pistols nnd nbout 1,0110
rounds ot ammunition wan nbtalnrd,
It was lidded. These, with 300 other
men who came down the mountains
earlier In tho day without arms or
ammunition, worn placed upon n
special train and transported to n
destination which was not revealed
hy thn Miithurillis, but described as
away from the disturbed area "
Knew of Ono I'litiillty.
At S' arples a statement was made
to the military authorities by one of
the disarmed men that he knew of
one nian killed In today's firing In
nialr mountain. He added thnt
about eight others were wounded,
but his comrsdiH had found It Im
possible to remove these Injured
men buinuse nf the heavy rain of
bullets.
On the Utile Coal river branch if
Ihe Cliisapeake and Ohio rail mini
regular traffic, was resumed yester
day for the first time In several
divs,
A squad of soldiers spent the en
tire day searching thc mountains
near lleech i reek for five newspaper
correspondents who Had wandered
into the thlcketH ami became lost.
A heavy rainstorm Interrupted their
quesi nnu until a laie nnur uuinori
tles hero said their search had
proved fruitless. Information from
Logon, however, to the effect that
five nnwn rltcrs had arrived there
after a day In Ihe mountains re
stored a feeling of hope at head
quarters that the, objects ot their
starch were out of danger.
Officers Deny Failure
of Graham, Texas, Hank
nilAIIAM, Texan. Sept. 4 Of
ficlals of (irahmo (Texas) Ntlonnl
bank declared that although Frank
M.icDowdl, until reientlv an officer
of that bank, was untlfi- barge of
i m bejsle in -n 1 lecent report!) that
ihe bank had fulled weir erroneous.
MacDowi ll was nrt cut ni in New
York Frid-iy night by department
of Jurtl't- agents and is being held
there t.,r officials of tin. department
nf Jusli e :ii Dallus
Architect I'aiall) nuiidi il.
FOrtT WOIiTII, Texns. Sept 4
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prnliiiblyfntiillvwituriilid.it Mineral
Wells today J It ('hen! nut, pro
prleter of alncl automnlnlr rent
serviie, was lirre-Heil following thn
shunting .No ibaige has been pliu ei
'igalnst him pending tin outcome of
Withers' Iniuries.
Record Shows Tulsa
Was Hottest Place
in Country Sunday
TulKa was t he ' ho'tt i city in
the I'nlleil l-laten eteiduy, ac
cording to reports of temperature
from federal we.itln r' slat). ins
The stations awarded Oklahoma
Ow the p. .e for a tcmpcrutuio
of US 75 degiees, hut the Ileal
weather observer leported last
night a .maximum of 101 degrees
in this city. The temperature
moderated about 0 o'clock Imme
diately preceding a shower.
aiKLAIIOMA CITY. Kept 4
A g'-oilc rain fell tonight nver
Oklahoma Citv, which nida was
the ti-,1 ' ' ! ' It y in 1 1" t lilted
..t ,' wit, , I. t, ,. of
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" ,1 l ,i" ti f 'i I- ml
w-.i'li'i r a'mn bete I'o-eni.
Ar . ate t cxi a' ordmg to tho
otiiir" i .i !M degrees
Kali Sores Fare
Bui Halts Train
Nearly 2 IloursM UNITED NATION
h suse the conductor 'n train
N . .' ,' ruti'iiiis. mi the Kiuv 'ic
' ' i i VI umI, 'igi-e and To1.! '-t'i
dm iXinliig vaiited to urn Iim
, "nil n, Ki i en's If.O 11)1 'lt U nl
panelist I'm weie forced tn lav out
in lb" slliks" fur ner nii hour,
riniil v unlvlng at Tulsa one hmir
and l.i mtniili s bite'
Just arter leivlng llrokcn Ar
row ih.ii official discovered a
youth riding ' deadhead " He
promptly pulled thn nurd, signal
ling to the engljieer In stop. Thn
train enine to a halt, the youth
was ejcited. but the englnt, re
fused to slint ngnln.
"No steam an upgrade -leaky
flues. Tin sn went smile of the
iiiuses uAaiguril by trainmen for
Its (allure to move. However that
mny be. passengers waited while
the ('milliliter walked back to
llroken A now, finally found an
operator, who was out eating Ills
dinner, und wired Tills) for an
engine It came eventually,
SINN FEIN ARMY
LEADER DEFIANT
Denounces Partition and
Appeals for Last Blow
at British Control
'FREEDOM IS CERTAIN'
Commander in Chief Declares'
Nothing Can Prevent Final
Liberty of Ireland
lly ths Asanrlatl-d Preaa.
Alt.MAGH. Ireland, Ban I, 4
.Michael Collins, ennimaiider-ln-chief
of tho Irish republican army
anil slriu rein minister of f nance,
eiinio to his eotiAlltuency lodiiy, the
rirst limn nn nun neen auie to inai
a public appearance hern since
10H, to thank his supporfers for
electing mm to the ii.ui eircann
and, ns explained, for giving him
a inundate "not to sit In the north
parliament."
IH'iioiinty-M Partition.
He denounced tho p art It Inn of
Ireland ami appealed to Armagh to
follow Tyrone anil Feriusniig In de
nnimclng allegiance to the northern
parliament, tliun "striking the last
blow ngaliiht English control of Ire
land "
Mr. Collins touched very gingerly
upon thn peaco negotiations, ex
plaining that at Ihe present moment
lie must chnoso Ills words. "Eng
land," he said, "In handing nut par
liaments like Carnegie gave away
libraries. They are the sort ot med
icine which cures rmlthor tho north
nor the sont,h "
I'hCll IIS KlOHsC.
It was obvious from Mr. Lloyd
George's letter, he declared that the
northern parliament was being used
as an excuse to keep the north and
tlm south asunder, but the Orange
men, who had been used ns tools,
might find that they stood In tho
wnv of an agreement which was In
ErVland's Interests, and then they
would bn thrown aside,
"Freedom for Ireland Is coming;
nobody can stop It," he explained
' Is I'lsler, with her tottering par
liament, going to slay out? We say
tn our people We won't desrt you '
"England," said Mr. Collins,
"wants a truce today because rehn
wants to sivo liei fnen "
More Emphatic.
Owen O'Duggy. chief llason of
ficer for the northern dlsirlit. In
deallnit with l lalei. was more em
phatic than Ms ,mlef
"If I Ister falls to mine Into united
Ireland," he tleclired, "we will
tighten ihe boy nil If that If not
sum c.- fu w will bung lead against
them.''
.urn i i a nil nno mm i iro
VVILLIMIVI lf0 VVILUUU
reiiiner German Emimrnr In Almost
Constant Mini' of Solitude Since
Dentil of former Empress
r'OOIlN. Holland, Sept I Former
Emperor William of dermnnv finds
lilii almost constant stuln uf solitude
in exile since the death of fmnier
Empress Augusta Victoria strongly j
oppressing him. despite his efforts
to gam inversion by reading, walk
ing, rawing wood and earing fro- his
garden The lnits of relatives and
friends have decreised gi cully
At 7 n'( lock this rooming William'
was seen walking In thn park of his
estate. Some minutes litei he ap
peared at the entrance and took a
few stens In thn ilri tluit of the vil
lage He evidently changed h'B
iiilnd, however, niul went back Into
the grounds The only trip tho ex
kaiser, who Mtill walks briskly, but
haH the appearance, of man suf
fering from nerves, over takes Is
to the home of Count von llentlnck.
his former host In Amnrnngon. The
two men pnrtlilpated In the celebri
' Mon ef ihe birthday of l)ur,.M Wll
helmlna of Holland last W'cdncsdtiv.
! When some weeks ago the Duke
and Duchess of llrunswl It spent a
few davs if D-oiii the x kii,srt ex
(reused a deslr- to hive 'liee P'e
with rum. but the duchesii le I I
, The w fe of Williams fi'h f
Oscar is cxpoc ted 'o Doorn sued i
nay a couple of wjeka,
DEVALERA INSISTS
Says Premier's Offer Is
Man to Divide Country
Into Two Sections
SITUATION IS GRAVE
"Inspired" Press Statements
Sure Reply of Irish Leader
Will Create Dangers
ULSTER IS REAL DIFFICULTY
Continued Refusal to Yield
May Bo Rock Upon Which
Peace Efforts Stumble
lly til Aaanelated Traa.
LONDON, Sept. 4. Tho dall
elreanu's reply to the British
prime minister, designed by
Eauionn de Valora, which wan mudu
public In London and Dublin simul
taneously today, hud Jicen preceded
In the llrlllsli and Irish press by a
number of apparently Inspired state
mints that It would create a very
gravu slluittlon.
No IniincdLitii llreiik.
Perusal ot the reply, however, Af
fords little reason to fear the lm
iiiedlutn breakdown of tho negotla
llnnn unless I ho cabinet council
lueiitlui; on Wednesday to consider It
i.hould decide to Imposn a time limit
within whlcih Ireland mut accept or
reject tho government proposals.
Tho reply shows that Mr. du Va
ler.i and tho dall rlrcanrf havo not
i i ccili.'il. In thn slightest from tho po
nltloii Itirmerly udnptcd. It la era
phalr.ed that tho llrltlsh govern
ment's proposals were not an Invi
tation to enter Into 4 free and will
ing partnership with tho nations of
tho llrltlsh commonwealth, but that
on the contrary, tho conditions Mr.
Lloyd Gcorgn weeks to Impose would
divide Ireland Into two artificial und
mutual destructive! mutes.
.Must Ho Untrammeled.
It Insists that thn plenlpoton
Hailcs inuut enter a conference tin
trammeled by any conditions but,
with that proviso, nays that the dall
eireann Is ready to upnolnt pleni
potentiaries. Except that Mr. de
Valer.i is'ems tu Ignore tho prime
minister's warning of danger In con
tinued delay, tho position la much
the rami! as op the urcusluu ot the
list exchange of lvttem and almost
certainly there will bit a further x
chango lief urn a real crisis arises.
The most threatunlnc feature of
tho situation still remains the ro
limal of I'lstcr to yield the slightest
point, and In persistence In this at
titude. It la recognized there Is real
clanger.
TEXT OF IlKPLY j '
TO lllim.NII PKlIMJKTt. ' 5
fly tha Asaoeiaticl Prsai
LONDON, Hopt. 4,-r-The reply of
the Iilah republican parliament to
Prime Minister Lloyd George's latest
ooinmunlcatlon rejecta thn British
government's) proposals for settle
ment of tho Irish question on the
ground that they aro not based on a.
dominion status for Ireland, It
leaves tho way open for further ne
gotiations, however, by offering at
once to appoint plenipotentiaries on
the basis of the prlneiplo of govern
ment by consent of tho governed.
Tho reply, which la addressed to
Mr. Lloyd George and signed by
Eiimnnn do Valeria was glvun out ut
No. 10 Downing street, the prime
minister's official residence, tonight.
II says the cliffcriuiccH between Great
llrllaln and Ireland can only bo
reconciled on the principle of gov
ernment by consent of the governed,
"nnd ou tills basis we ire ready at
once to uppolnt plenipotentiaries"
The text of tho communication fol
lows We, loo, are convinced it Is es
sential that some 'definite and Im
mediate progress should bo nuido
toward a bisls upon which further
lie goil.itlonii, can usefully proceed,'
and i-ecugnlte the futllHv ot 'a mere
exchange' of argumentative notes.
I sluill therefore refrain from com
menting mi thc fallacious historical
refereiii e in your last communica
tion The piesent Is the reality with
whlih we have to deal."
"The icindllloiis of today are the
lestilts of tho past.. Accurately sum
ming up and giving in simplest form
iht essential data ot the problem,
these tlat.i are:
"I. The people of Ireland, hc
kiiow ledglni no voluntary union
with great llrltaln and claiming as
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