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VOL. XXV. No. 51
VISCOUNT GLERAWLY
lion'sTord Cocil Bingham, Vtscount
Olernwly, heir , to Lord Annesly, the
HchpKt man in KtiKlund, is-spoken of
as a possible husband for Princess
Mary of England. lie served In. France
with his regiment during the war. He
Is twenty-five years old.' .
THREE NEGROES SLAIN
Lynchings by White Mobs
Montgomery, Ala.
al
One Victim- Had Fatally Wounded P
licemap and Others Were Accused
of Attacking Women.
Montgomery, AJa., Oct. 1. .Tohu
Temple, ti negro, who shot if nd futally
wounded John Ikirhare, a liolicenian.
find who was wounded by tin." officer,
wos shot to death in n hospital shortly
after 2 o'clock in the morning by n
small bjtnd of white men. He was the
third negro to die by lynch law within
12 hours, -Miles 1'hifeV and Uobert
having been shot to death by a uiot
five mll'es from t lie. city. - . ?
Si ill nnother negro, I'.ird Aslor, wlin
flas with Temple wlien Harbare was
. shot, was being sought by a posse and
It was, believed his capture would re
sult in more mob violence.
There was no connection between
the lynching of Phifer nnd Orosky and
the killing of Temple. The first two.
cjmrgod with crimes against whlk
women, were taken from three deputy
sheriffs by n mob of about 25 men. The
Spanish method of execution, "ley dt
fuge," "was used. ' The negroes wore
told to run for their lives nnd as they
started were shot down. The mob then
quietly dispersed.- - , .
PRESIDENT GROWING BETTER
Passes Good Night and Receives Favor
able Report on the Treaty Rati
fication Fight.
Washington; Oct. 1. President
Wilson, after two days of ojilet and
rest iit tlio Whifti House, showed fur
ther Improvement. Hoar Admiral Gary
; T. Grayson, his personal physician, Is
sued the - following bulletin: 'The
president had a good night's rest and
is improving."
Alrhough the president's condition
precludes his taking any active part
in directing the jience treaty" fight in
the senate, he has shown much inter
est in It and received a report on the
situation from Secretary Tumulty.
' Senators directing the administra
tion fight for ratification of the treaty
without amendment reservation ad
vised the president, through -Mr. Tu
,inulty, that the treaty would not, be
. amended and that no reservations
. which would require its. resubmission
"would bo. adopted.
King Albert of Belgium, on learnlnp
if the illness of President Wilson,
4 -sent a wireless message of sy'nipathj
to the- president, and also requester.
that he bo kept informed as. to his con
.dltlon. . ' .- .,
Father Vattman is ueaa.
Chicago, Oct. 1. Rev. MaJ. Ed
wurd J. Vattman, Intimate friend of
Oil. Theodore Ttoosevelt and the oldest
ranking :Koman Catholic chaplain , in
the United States army, is dead here.
He was appointed an army chaplain by
President Hayes in 1S77 and served
through -several frontier Indian cam
paigns, the Spanish-American war and
fne lute A'oi'ld war.
WHITLOCK FOR AMBASSADOh
. .
Minister to Belgium Nominated to G
Back There With the Higher
, ., .. . ' Rank. ,
Washington, Oct. l.-r-Brand Whit
lock of Ohio, now ininister to Belgium,
was nominated by President Wilson to
be ambassador to that country. Rear
Admiral Robert R. C'oontz was nomi
nated to be chief of naval operational
wl-h rank of admiral.
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' 'KNOXVKEJUE,
YANKEE FLOGGED;
APOLOGY ASKED
American Corporal Is Whipped
, by Order of Cossack General
in Siberia. v
GEN. GRAVES TAKES ACTUM
Japanese Major Intervenes, Warning
That His Men Wiide With the
;. - Russians in Case of
). - Hostilities. . ,
- Washii'igton, Oct. 1.- Major. Gen
eral (! raves,- coiiunnnding the Ameri
ca n forces in Siberia, is understood to
have acted upon official liislrue'ioiis
from the war department in deinand
jng air apology from the Cossack com
niMiHler for the Hogging of an Ameri
cart soldier and an Investigation of .lap
anese interference between the Ameri
can and Cossack force.
(Icneriil Craves has-reported the In
cldent'ln detail and army oflicials said
the situation was the most serious
which has occurred since the- Ameri
can forces wont into Siberia.
- ' 'Yank Corporal- Flogged.
Vladivostok. Sept., 39 (Delayed).
MaJ. (ion. William S. - Graves,, com
mander of American forces in Siberia,
has demanded an .apology from Gen
eral Rosea nofl', in command of Rus
sian troops -In Prlaniur province, for
the arrest of Capt. I... P Johns .of the
Twenty-seventh regiment and Cor
poi'iil''Pen.ianiln Sperling of" the Thtr-ly-lirst,
and Hie Hogging of the latter
by Cossacks commanded by General
Kiibnlkoir. : .'.-'i- ;"( ,
An investigation of the conduct of
a Japanese otlicer at Inian, tke'ilace
where tlu arrests took plane, has also
begun by the Japanese high command.
Tint incident, which occurred Septem
ber Ti, Is considered one of I he most
serious since the allies landed In Si
beria. . v i ' ' ; .' '
. t American Troops to Rescue.
on otliclal business, went to . Ilium, a
town 170 miles north of this cfty, on
Hie section of the railroad guarded
by Chinese troops, passports being un
necessary by .agreement between the
allies, r
A'l)il( they were at the hotel there
a detachment of Cossueks entered and
arrested the Americans, claiming they
were .not provided with Identification
papers; Captain Johns managed to
escape, and catching a moving train,
went to SpassUc, where he reported to
the American otlicer In command.
A detachment of 150 Americans from
the Twenty-seventh regiment at. once
entrained anil went toyman to effect
Sperling's release, and on arriving
then took three .-Cossacks as hos
tages. ';' ' - ,; ' V . , '
Japs Side With Cossacks.
They j found General Kalnukoff's
men Intrenched near the station and
were preparing to use force against
them when a Japanese major inter
fered for the Cossacks, stating. It is
alleged, that in thej'veiit of hostilities
between the Americans and Cossacks
the Japanese troops-, at Iman would
side with Ihe latter.
He nt last told the Americans that
Sperling had been taken to Kliabor
ovsk, where 'General Kalmlkoff has his
headquarters. ,
A telegraphic demand for Sperling
win sent to Khaborovsk and a reply
was received Hint he would be released
at once. The Americans returned to
Spasske, taking their hostages with
them. -
A preliminary Investigation of the
incident shows, it is said, that Sper
ling was flogged, a punishment that Is
ifsunlly meted out to recalcitrant Cos
sacks. - :' " .' .. " '
General Kalmlkoff, who Is consid
ered by Americans here as a "Siberian
Villa," has, wfth -his band, been a
constant, source of trouble, It is
charged, his raids being marked Jty
cruelties and atrocities. He was re
cently appointed military commander
of Khaborovsk district by General Ro
zanoff, antV It is alleged this has
brought about an increase In his ac
tivities. Nine Killed in Arkansas Riot.
Helena, Ark. Two white men, Clin
ton Io and J. A. Tappen, of Helena,
and seven negroes are known to have
been killed at Klalne, as a result of
clashes between a posse searching for
the persons who fired upon from am
bush and killed W. D, Adkins, railroad
special agent.- A third white man, Ira
Proctor, and a number of negroes lire
known to have been wounded. , The
situation at Klalne is critical and
growing more so, according to a mes
sage received from Joseph Meyers,
io Is heading the- posse. Meyers Is
quoted as having said that he expected
another clash at any moment, and re
quested', that additional re-enforcements
be sent. Five hundred' United
States soldiers from Camp Pike, Ark.,
are due to reach Klaine.
TENNESSEE,
SERBS PLA1ING
MOVE Oti HUME
D'Annunzio Considers Himself in
' a State of War With '
Jugo-Slavia.
AMERICANS GUARD SPALATO
Marines and Bluejackets Intervene
Between the Rival Forces Evi
dence of Collaboration Be
tween' Italian Rebels and
the Regulars.
Rome, Oct, 1. Dispatches from
Fiume report that Gabriele d'Annun
y.lo, in command "of the insurgent gar-
Barking Up the Wrong Tree J
o.$r tt.k war vrr
ttt "TmriTti'r tr - .....
;Consiilor,hLinsclf M:M tit?';)f 'fiftife
.with" JiIgo-SlavTn
Serbia is planning an expedition
against D'Annunzio's Italilm troops
who are occupying Fiume, the Berue
correspondent of the Idea. Na.ionale
reports. The correspondent states that
confirmation of this report has been
received at Berne from n Serbian
source ':-' . .
' U. S. Marines Guard Spalato.
United States marines and blue
Jackets are maintaining order in the
crty of Spalato, Dalmatia, where Rear
Admiral Phillip Andrews Is stationed
with his flagship, the Pittsburgh, ac
cording to reports reaching this city.
" It Is indicated in reports that feel
ing Is running high in Spalato and
that the Americans have found It nec
essary to intervene between the Ital
ians and .Tugo-SIavs,
Tiie Fhime issue will be laid before
the Italian people at the parliament
ary elections, pet for November 10,
together with the other matters on
which the government wishes to ob
tain n mandate. The parliament was
dissolved and will reassemble Decem
ber 1.
Jugo-Slav Frontier Closed.
,: Orders closing the Jugo-Slav fron
tier led the chief of staff of the Twenty-sixth
Italian regular army corps at
Abbazla to interview Colonel d'Annun
hIo's chief of staff and discuss meas
ures to be taken. This has -resulted
in the sending of some of the D'Annun
zio volunteers to hold the armistice
line, according to the Fpoca, which
adds: -
- "The event shows the cordial col
laboration between' the 1 D'Annunzio
troops and the regulars."
Chance for Agreement.
Paris, Oct. 1. The Homme Mbrc
Premier j Clemenceau's newspaper,
statesthat the latest telegrams from
President Wilson "show that it would
be easy to reach an accord on Flume,
acceptable to the world, if the Italian
government would act firmly." -
It Ls hinted that a general election
in Italy or punishment of the Insur
gents under Gabriele d'Annunzio are
alternatives. - .
The . Homme Libre believes that
d'Anntinzio's forces at Flume could not
stand out against armed action by the
.Jugoslavs for more than two days,
but adds : "Happily such a thing Is still
avoidable." . .
To Put Children Back in School:
In Chicago, as . elsewhere through
out the nation, a back-to-school "drive"
Is going forward, with the hope of re
turning as many as possible of these
children to their school work. There
the Elizabeth McCnrinlek memorial
fund Is Instrumental In the work. This
''drive" Is sponsored by the children's
bureau, which has been co-operating
With the local child welfare organiza
tions of tie council of national de
fense. The campaign has been under
taken in at least thirty states. Anoth
er purpose of the campaign Is to se
cure better legislation for the protec
tion of children.
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8ATUEBA Y. OCT. 4
OPEII WAR OVER
FOOD INVESTIGATION
FOOD INVESTIGATORS DISMISSED
BYONE JUDGE, BUT ANQTHER
TELLS 'EM TO SUBMIT REPORT.
Clash Ensues Between Caldwell and
Dixon Discharge Is Ordered When
Prosecutor Charges Members Ex
ceeded Their Authority.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cincinnati, O. Holding that the
Hamilton County Grand Jury exceeded
Its authority,, went outside its func
tions) arid made, unfounded charges
against Prosecuting Attorney Louis Si.
Capelle ami his staff in a report made
in open Court to Common Pleas Judge
TO. T. Dixon, Coidmon Pleas '-Judge
Jolni' A. .Caldwell,' Presiding 'Judge of
Vf union 1'leas Court, .discharged the
r-iA . ... . . ... i
Uoiivir-y.'Prosenilor Capelle that the
matter was taken before Judge Cald
well following the reading of a
lengthy report to Judge Dixon in which
the Prosecutor and his assistants were
accused of having attempted to influ
ence -and to. "hamper" the grand Jury
Immediately after the taction of Judge
('did- ell in discharging the grand Jury
Judge Dixon sent for Foreman Louis
Zeter nnd Clerk John Dugan, of the
defunct grand jury, "and instructed'
them (o disregard the order by-Judge
Caldwell and to get the grand jurors
together again, to draw any indict
ments they might wish and to report
them to him in his, Court.
This open war declaration caused no
end of a stir about 'the-court house.
Prosecutor Capelle and his assistants
at once called upon Judge Dixon, who
declared that he still was presiding
in Criminal Division, as the joint ses
sion last, summer had designated him
to be the Judge for that division for
September. He said custom held him
over tiniil the heginning of the October
term of Court. In addition, Judge Dix
on declared lie had not been treated
courteously by the Prosecutor in talc
ing the matter before another Judge.
Replying to this Prosecutor Capelle
said the joint session designated Judge
Dixon specifically for the month of
September and Judges Caldwell and
Fred L.. HolTmaii to preside jn emer
gencies. He said that since ' Judge
Dixon's time had expired by designa
tion and the matter- was 'an "emer
gency," he had presented the matter
to Presiding Judge Caldwell. Further,
Mr. Capelle told Judge Dixon that if
lie Insisted upon reconvening the grand
Jurors and attempting', to set aside
their discharge and t(o receive a report
from them, he would.' ripply in Court of
Appeals for quo warrantot proceedings
and an injunction.' '' '.'
TRAIN HOLDUP IS FOILED
Attempt Made Near Hillsboro,
Results in Arrest of Two of
the Bandits.
III.,
. Springfield, 111., ' Oct. .: 1. . - Three
bandits attempted: to hold up the fast
New York Central train a mile south
of Hillsboro and as a result two are in
Jail. A third, who was wounded, es
caped. . ,
. The men In jail are Thomas A.
Thompson of Hnrrisburg, III., and
George Anderson of Johnstown, Pa.
Two other men, Ilarrv Make of
Madison, III., and Frank Smith of Ruf
falo,' N. Y., are In jail charged with
aiding 'the third bandit to escape. -
As the train passed the three ban
dits, running nt a high rate, they
opened tire With revolvers on the en
gineer and firemen..: All, the shots
missed and at -the, next station the
shooting was reported to the sheriff.-
The bandits were, surrounded In a
cornfield and n . gun .battle .started.
Thompson and Anderson "surrendered
after the third man had been wounded
A search Is being made for the wound
ed man. 1
1919.
OPERATORS .GAIN
IN PENNSYLVANIA
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'Elsewhere There Is Not Much
Change in the Steel Strike
Situation.
CLAIMS AT BETHLEHEM VARY
Prominent Residents of Sharon Defend
State Constabulary Against Charges
of Brutality Senate Committee
Is Going to Pittsburgh.
New York, Oct. 1. The ninth day
of the national steel strike showed lit
tle change in the situation generally,
except for a continuation of gains by
the operators In the Pittsburgh ami
western Pennsylvania district. There
conditions are rapidly approaching nor
mal in the principtl plants, with more
men returning to work.
The confidence.of Wall street in the
strikers ineffectiveness was apparent
when Crucible Steel rose to a new high
level find other steel stocks were steady
with slight gains.
The extension of the strike to the
Bethlehem plants apparently has hud
little effect on the situation generally.
The plants continue operation, al
though some departments are crip
pled. Elsewhere In the Cleveland, Youngs
town, Chicago and Wheeling districts,
the situation was unchanged with
plants for the most part idle.
At Waukegan, 111., strikers clashed
with deputies and state authorities
were ready to dispatch state troops to
the scene if necessary.
Claims Are Conflicting.
Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 1. The same
conflict of figures which featured the
Initial stages of the steel strike in
Pittsburgh prevailed at the Bethlehem
plants here. Officials of. the plants
said the situation 'was improved all
around and that many men who stayed
away from the mills to "see how things
turned out" returned to work. " . .
The' strike leader ot this district, Da-
strike w'as approximately 00 per cent
effective In most departments, al
though admitting that the departments
for treating castings, the bridge shop,
ore bridge yards hoists, and crucible
hammer are operated fully.
"Bricklayers and pipefitters are out
00 per cent," -he said. "All the blast
furnaces are out save two. The sit
uation is satisfactory for the men."
At Sharon and Farrell. .
From Sharon and Fu'nvll came re
ports that with the resumption there
of the American Sheet and Tin Plate
company's plants all of the larger
plants in the district are again in op
eration. Only some of the smaller
plants remain closed. -
Mill officials claim that more than
4,000 strikers have returned to work In
the past few days.
Newcastle reported that all plants
are operating now, many of them near
ly up to full capacity.
Defend State Constabulary.
Sharon, Pa. Oct. 1. Fifty promi
nent residents of Sharon Joined in
making and sending affidavits to Sen
ator Kenyon at Washington, denying
strikers' claims that the state con
stabulary here is brutal in handling
steel workers who went out on strike.
The state troops were necessary, the
affidavits said, to suppress disorder and
rioting which had got beyond control
of the local authorities.
Senators Going to Pittsburgh.
Washingon, ' Oct. 1. The' senate
will carry its investigation of the steel
strike directly into the trouble-ridden
Pittsburgh district next Friday. Sena
tor William S. Kenyon, chairman of
the education and labor committee of
the senate, announced that, unless the
League of Nations situation in the sen
ate interferes, his committee, which is
conducting the Investigation of the
strike, will re-open its investigation
Friday in Pittsburgh and continue It
for three days, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
ARMY CONTROLS IN OMAHA
Colonel Morris Commands Police as
Well as Soldiers, and Disorders
. 1 Have Ceased.
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Omaha, Oct. 1. Both the regular
-and special police forces have been
put under' the command of Col. E. J.
Morris, Twentieth Infantry, U. -S. A.,
who is also in charge of Omaha sol
diers. Colonel Morris said the situa
tion was well in hand. Gov. Samuel R.
McKelvIe arrived here to go over the
.situation. He said he would have no
statement to make until after he. had
conferred with city and county offi
cials. '' -: ' .
- Additional military forces, 11 officers
and "50 men from Camp Funston,
Kan., and -0 officers and 550 men from
Camp Grant, III., Joined the federal
troops already on duty here, and Gen
eral Wood, commander of the central
department, also arrived and took
charge o the military operations. .
WHOLE NUMBER 1299
MISS ELIZABETH HARRISON
-Miss Elizabeth Harrison, daughter
of the , late ex-president Benjamlr
Harrison, has been admitted to the
practice of law in the county and
state courts of Indiana. She recently
completed her law course at New York
university at the age of twenty-two.
HOPE OF WETS FADES
Nation to Remain Dry Until!
Treaty Is Ratified.
Attorney General Palmer Holds' That
the State of War Has Not
Ended.
Washington, Oct. 1. Although the
war department declared in a state
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Ifk. rfrf 2t rfVj!fa .. i2 !
ment that "the accidents of war and
the progress of 'demobilization are at
end," the war-time prohibition cannot
be lifted until after the ratification ol
the peace treaty, in the opinion of At-
tortiey ..-General Palmer.-- ..r, - 1
rHf heTroh ib i t mTrTIRnfrtnliltltu r J f" Vl"
shall remain in force until the . termi- j
nation" of the war and the demoblliza-1
tion of the army. )
Mr. Palmer has held that the state
of war does not end until the peace
treaty has been ratified. President
Wilson took a similar position in ask
ing congress early in the year to re
peal the war-time prohibition law in
so far as it affected light wines and
beer.
Tiie war department's statement as
to the end of demobilization was made
in connection with an announcement
that officers of the regular army were
about to be returned to their normal
peace-time rank and that the 10,000
emergency -officers still in the service
must be discharged in order to re
duce the commissioned personnel to
the 18.000 authorized by a, recent act
of congress.
The strength of the army, as report
ed for September 20, showed 3'5,00."
officers and men inEurope, 8,400 in
Siberia, 7,000 at sea en .route home,
and .194,000 in the United States. After
October 31 an average strength of 252
250 will be maintained.
IRISH ISSUE KEPT TO FORE
British Cabinet Refuses to Permit It
to Be Sidetracked by the
Strike.
London, Oct. 1. Notwithstanding
the strike., the government intends to
keep the Irish question fo the fore,
and it is expected the cabinet will
again discuss a settlement of the Irish
problem during the present week, ac
cording to the Mail.
Sir Edward Carson, who was pro
Vented by the strike from nttending :
the Ulster day demonstrations at Bel
fast, sent the following telegram to
his supporters : ,
"The conspiracy against our civil
and religious liberties, backed by cruel
assassination in Ireland and lies and
misrepresentations in America to sop
arate us from the British empire, must
be countered by the organization of all .
our forces. ' ,
"We stand by our covenant, in the
letter and spirit, and, with God's help, ,
will defeat our enemies as we did be
fore." . . ',.-
BRITISH LAND AT ODESSA
Occupy Chief Ukrainian Port on the'
Black Sea,' Says Buda- V
pest Dispatch. ;
London, Oct. ' 1. British ' force' '
have landed nt Odessa and occupied .
rwe city, said a Centra! News dispatch
from Vienna, quoting advices received
there friwii Budapest.
Odessa is the chief Ukrainian (Rus
sian) port on the Black sea. At latest
reports ls was in. possession of the
Ukrainians, the bolsheviks having been
driven northward. ,