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I F.ftieth Year-No. iw" Pr.ce Five Cent. " OGDEN CITY, UTAH S ATURDA YVEINIgTULY 920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M. I
I, Detroit Seeks Trunk Puzzle Solution
n mm and
I BURNING MARK
IRISH STRUGGLE
Catholic Club, Parochial House
Wrecked at Dromore; Op
; ponents' Shops Burned
BRITISH HESITATE ON
ACTI0NT0BE TAKEN
Rebels Claim Their System of
Government is Working and
Will Not Talk Peace
, DROMORE. County Down. reland.J
' 3 juiy o4 The situation here nssum-j
ijtM ed an ugly aspect last evening 'ollow-
IGXl ing the disorders Thursday night In
Bf which the house of a prominent Sinn
'(JjjSS Felner was attacked and burned and
IH shops belonging to nationalists were
Jn In turn attacked and badly damaged. (
i i mllitarv reinforcements finally being
AW sent to' aid the police The more ser-,
Vs3 ious development occurred when a
"ipl rrowd burned the Catholic club to the
ground and badly wrecked the paroch-
WW I la) house.
When the police arrived on the
TOM I scene of this outrage they were un-
&S nblo to disperse the crowd bv ordl- .
fiB nary meana and used their pistols, one
I man being shot dead
EXPLOSIVE BVLIiETS.
BELFAST, Jui 24 Beyond a fcwi
1 if cases of Isolated fighting, the city
'VJ was quiet this forenoon, although thiSj
3 was regarded generally as merely a
M lull In the storm. Military reinforce-1
- 1 nienis were expected to arrive toda.j
Tho police have created a sensa
iifc tlon by alleging that the inn Feln-
I ers Thursday night employed explos-
JM Ive bullets which terribly wounded
fa their victims.
BRITISH CABINET n DECIDED
LONDON, July 21. Another change
Bm in the government policy toward Lre-
land Is expected to be announced
JW within a few days But the cabinet
!lHi has not yet been able to determine
JflR fullv what It will be.
WSt Tho cabinet is having difficulty
within Itself. Premier Lloyd-George s
v$0irl friends say that he Is willing to give
'tja Ireland almost anything except a re-
;:iy3 I public, but the Tory elements In the
'--''jy cabinet are reported to be in favor of
( strengthening the military and, if
'"H necessary, declaring martial law in
t2 Ireland
.l MN'.N FEIN SATISFIED.
Notwithstanding the fan that some
' I members of the government profess
tdptM a desire to end the strife through
open discussion, the opinion of the
cabinet as a whole is siid to be that
V the Sinn Peln would Ignore an imi-
tfRrJ tatlon to a conference It is de-
kul clared that the Sinn Feinen hold that
IrMVi their government Is functioning, that
Wjh their courts are working successfully
jkyuSj and the country is policed by Irish
jB9 volunteers and that therefore the
mSS ' have nothing to negotiate
JfJlH i It is expected that whatever changes
gHV decided upon will be announced in a
Inu' statement to the press or by Premier
B ' Lloyd-Ucorge Thus it Is said, Irish-
HB . men will be apprised of what the fOV-
SU eminent Is willing.
SOLDIERS IN CHUR H.
BELFAST, July 83. Although com
HH parative quiet has prevailed in Bel-
K 1 fast today, looting was resumed ;n
HJJsjW, Newtonards Road shortly after B
i o clock this evening, and rloti
ff:' I scenes were witnessed in the vii n '
of Dee street, where a large iplrlta
and grocery store was ransacked The
H police made five arrests.
B The St. Mathews Catholic church in
Rallymacarrel. a suburb, wa-i o
PVB pled b the luililary. At ihe response
W-' jfl of the vicar of the suburb, 200 for-
JtfM , mer service men presented themselves
tonight us special police.
Altogether It Is estimated that foui -
-5B'; teen persons have been killed since
i the rlotireg began.
Lat' tonight a mob attacked St.
f "m Matthews Catholic church It ignored
Ci4T warnings to disperse and the troops
JV fired repealed volleys. There were
-rrS several casualties. The rioting con
tinues.
ROWDS FIRED ON.
; W, LONDON. July 21. A dispatch to
A, . the Central News from Belfast save
fTM 'bat In the rioting on the Newtonards
iK7 r"; i ' nu'hi Hi,' polio,- dubbed the
crowd and the soldiers fired four vol
leys. It la adds that a number of
persons were injured The clash fol
lowed an attempt by a mob to set fire
to a convent.
UNIONISTS BURN HOUSES.
Dromore. County Down. Ireland,
' July 23. Rioting and pillaging by
Unionists occurred here vestcrday ev
ening Crowds attacked' the house
of a prominent Sinn Felner. The oc
j cupants of the house fired upon tho
1 attack. ts, but slipped out before tho
II building was ruptured The house
was promptly burned. Shops belong
II Ing to Nationalists wore badlv dam-
III aged. Military reinforcements were
sent this morning to aid the polit e.
11 CATHOLICS DRIVEN OCT.
II BELFAST. July 23 The Most Rev
I II Joseph sfacRory, bishop of the dio-
;-1 II cess of bown and Connor, today sent
jJl n telegram to the chief secretary for
' Ireland, saying.
f "Tho condition In Belfast is appall
ing this morning. Our Catholic peo
I pie" are being brutally driven from
1 their homes Unless th men cxpell
! ed from Queens Island are reinstated
1 find adequately protected there la no
i umt hP of peace, and the ruffians who
,4 expelled them will only be encouraged
jl to adopt similar tactics lrt the fu
ll air Edward Carson, the Ulster Un-
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HUSBAND SAYS I
WIFE AGREED TO I
BE SLAIN BY HUM
VANCOUVER. B. C, July
?A. An inquest was scheduled
to be held today over the body
ol Mrs. W. G Robbins, whose
husband, a longshoreman, has
confessed, according to the po
nce, that after mortally wound
':ng his wife Monday Dight. the
two discusser.1 a plan to make it
I nppear that Mrs. Robins had
committed suicide but rejected
it ' for the sake of the chil
! dren. 1 '
They decided instead that
bobbins should end his wife's
Jife at once, he is alleged to
have confessed. "Whereupon he
fired three shots through her
head and concealed the body in
underbrush but made daily vis
its to the spot with flowers un
til he gave nimself up to the po
lice The pair had been living
apart and quarreled during a
meeting arranged in hopes of
2ffecting a reconciliation, Rob
bins told the police.
BURGLARS ROB
LINEN GO. SAFE
01NG THUNDER
More Than One Hundred Dol
lars Taken After Thieves
Wreck Combination
Smashing the combination with a
sledge hammer, thieves took $11 F in
( urroncy from the safe of the Ameri
can Linen Supply company on Twenty
Sixtb street last night, according to a
I report made this morning to the sher
iff's office. The theft was not discov
ered until late this morning.
The robbers used rough tactics in
gaining entrance to the building. They
Smashed a window on the east 9lde of
the offirf with the heav hammer and
then pounded the safe combination un
til It was forced off and the door
opened
FRANKIE MAHONE
DEAD AS RESULT
i OF BLOW IN RING
ELIZABETH, N. J.. July 21.
Francis Monahan. of New York,
known In the boxing ring as
Prank le Mahone, a featherweight,
died here todav following a boxing
bout with Willie Pavis last night
in which he was knocked out with
a blow on the temple.
Mahone was beaten and knock
ed down in the fifth round but he
refused to allow his seconds to
throw in the sponge. The boxers
j were In a mix up when .Mahone
fell from a severe blow and his
eeconds carried him to his corner.
When they wi r- unable to revive
him he was taken to the hospital
An autopsv will bo performed
today to determine the cause of
M.ilione's death.
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LEADER OF RACE RIOTS
IN CHICAGO IS JAILED
NEW YORK, July 21. Charged
with homicide as a result of alleged
participation In race riots in Chicago
June 20, Ruppert D. Jonas, E2. who
! claims to bo a Welshman, was arrest
ed here Two persons were killed in
tho Chicago riots, which followed the
i burning of an American flag.
Jonas claimed to hav held an lm
Iportunt position for tho Abyssinian
government here. Ho has been active
in religious work among the negroes,
land; according to the polico, has made
Qia living by promoting various
j schemes among them.
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HOSPITAL AT CAMP PIKE
IS DAMAGED IN BLAZE
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jul- 24 Fire
of undetermined origin destroyed five
units of the Camp Pipe mllllarv hos
pital laut night causinp- 120.000 loss
Th- burned units w.tc the patients
mes. kitchen and threo unoccupied
wards N'o lives wcr endangered.
FIGHT CALLED OFF.
RAN FRANCISCO, July 24. The
; proposed four-round fight hero on
August IS between Pete Herman, ban
tamweight champion of the world ana
bud Rldlev of Sc.ilile claimant to the
const championship, has been caUea
off. it was announced todav.
r IT
HARDING HAPPY j
OVER JOHNSON'S
VIEW OF SPEECH
California Senator Commends,
j Nominee on Stand Taken
on League
GOVERNOR COX AND
SENATOR KING CONFER
Democratic Candidate An-,
nounces He Will Make Three
Talks in Utah
MARION. O . July 21. Senator
; Harding today declared he was well
(pleased with the reception given his
speech of acceptance of tho Republi
can presidential nomination and he
I evinced particular pleasure over the
praise accorded It by Senator Johnson.
of California
I "I am gratified," said Senator Hard-
ing. 'over the many fxprcsslons of ap-j.
J proval which have been spoken. It Is,'
very pleasing to be assured that I
I have correct!) spoken the Republican!
1 interpretation of the platform.
"Of course. It Is good to be assured
of Senator Johnson's cordial approval,
I There never was any doubt in in; own
mind about the ultimate committal of
progressive Republicans to the Repub
lican cause this year. Under the re
committal to part) government it is
our special business to muke the Re
I ubllcan party expressive of the best
thought of the American citizenship
vvhtcn composes it"
JOHNSON STATEMENT.
SA FRANCISCO, Cal , July 23.
Senator Johnson s statement follows:
' ,-st ,-rday in his speech of accept
ance Sell itor Harding unequivocally
took his stand upon the parumount
Issue in this campaign, the league of
nations. The Republican parly stands
'committed by its platform, Us stand
ard bearer now accentuates that plal-
iiorm. There can be no misunder
standing lus eloquent words.
Mr Harding promises forma and
effective peace as quickly as a Repub
llcan congress can pass lis declaration, ,
and after that we may proceed delib
erately and reflectively to a world re-
lationshlp that would hold us free 1
iiroin ii,' :iik I ii v uiv emenis. cxv
describes the Wilson league of nations;
las a military alliance which menaces
i peace and threatens freedom and says
lit "was conceived for world super-gov-'
eminent, negotiated in misunderstand-!
ling and intolerably urged and demand-1
led by its administration sponsors.' He i
characterizes it as tho 'supreme blun
der' and he Btands securely upon thei
l high and safe ground that "it is better!
i to bo the free and disinterested agent
of International Justice and advancing
civilization, with the covenant of con
I science than to be shackled by a writ
ten compact which surrenders our
freedom of action and gives to a mlll
t irv alliance tho right to proclaim
America's duty to the world.' . . .
"Senator Hording Is to be congratu
lated upon his firm and emphatic j
land aali'St tin proposed league. His
, words strike an answering chord with
! ev ery American. We now go to the sol
emn referendum of the people with
I our party pledged, our candidate bold
ly bearing aloft the Btandard of A mer.
icanlsix). Enthusiastically and over
whelmingly our people will respond
Mr, Harding's position has made Re
publican vuci css certain and his elec
tion assured."
OOX AT TRAIL'S END.
COLUMBUS, u . July 23. Guv Cox,
Democratic prcbiuenlial nominee, to
day transferred ms political war coun
cils to Trail's End, ims home. Ho Will
remain there untu he finishes his ac
ceptance speecn lor August 7. He dls
CUSSea campaign iSSUOS and other poll
lh today with Senators Harrison ol
Mississippi and King ol Utah, and t.
li Moore, bis convention manager.
"Wo went over general public mat-!
tors as they have paraded themselves I
through tho senate," said tho gover
nor. Senator King declared that the
governor s stand on the league and
Olhei 1 ual topics would ' entirely sul
lly every Democrat '
KINO SATISFIED.
"As one of the Democratic senators
who voted finally for the Dodgo res-
i a iions to the league after 'advocat
ing unreserved ratiticition," suid the
BOnator, ' I am perfectly satisfied with
the governor's views, ulso With his po
sition on labor and progressive legis
lation." The western situation also was gone
over by the governor and Senator
King Tho governor agreed to make
three speeches in Utah, probably In
September.
During his last day here, the Demo
cratic nominee also interested himself
turthor In working for ratification by
Tennessee of the woman suffrage
amendment.
He saw a committee from tho Na
tional Woman's party and advised
them of work being done In Tennessee
for the amendment.
Thti Woman's party leaders an
nounced that they would establish
headquarters at Nashville. From Qa
ernor Cox cumo the announcement
that the Democrats would make an at
tempt to have their cause presented
before tho chautauquas of the coun
try. WATCH CHAUTAUQUAS.
"Wo are going to watch tho chau
tauquas very close," said Gov Cox.
"Wo are Buro that a large number of
Republican speakers will be filtered
Into the chautauquas."
There was also h-sued from the gov
oi nor a office a statement declaring
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CONFESSES TO MURDER
i OF MOTHER AFTER HIS
FATHER IS EXECUTED
TORONTO, July 24 A srlf-cunfosscd murder of his mother
a crime for which his father was hanged seven years ago Ar
nell Love, 22, a Ceylon, Ont., farmer, lies in jail here today.
Daring evangelistic sen s in his home town Love went for
ward and declared to the evangelist that he had clubbed his moth
er to death because she had reprimanded him for "keeping bad
company."
Young Love was one of the principal witnesses agaiust his
father Henry Love, who was convicted by a jury and hanged al
u,-n Sound, Ont.. for the crime.
While the evidence against him had been most circumstan
tial, on the scaffold the father made what wjs believed to be a
confession of his guilt
The son grew up into manhood a prosperous farmer, and the
tragedy of his life was apparently buried until h'c attended the
evangelistic service He told the evangelist, the Rev. C X. Sharpe,
that when his mother reprimanded him. he was ..tigered and killed
her with a stick of wood, anil hid the body in the cellar, where it
was found later.
On advice of the evangelist Love gae himself up to the po
lice, who are investigating Ins storv
V
SQUALLS CAUSE
COMMITTEE TO
POSTPONE RACE
Final Event of Regatta to Be
Run Monday, If Weather
Permits
SANDY HOOK, N. J.. J'uly 24 A 25
mlle southwest3r under which both
shamrock IV nnrl Resolute stapgered
about the starting line under the
?hortPst possible sail, caused calling
Dff today of ihe fifth and deciding
A coupi'- of earl) morning squall?!
brought up the sMffc&t breeze that has!
Bwept lower New York harbor in two
weeks. The two yachts ploughed their
way out to l In light.-hip win -re tbe
found a terrific sea running and each
skipper notified the regatta committee
that they were willing to postpone the
contest, which now will be sailed next
Monday.
Tins was the first postponement on
account of too much breeze since the
eonte.-t between Reliance and Sham
rock III was called off seventeen years
ago because of a northeaster.
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EFFORT MADE TO OUST
POLICE COURT JUDGES
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 4 Disbar
ment proceedings against Police
Judges J J Sullivan and Morris Op
penhelm, as a result of the disclosure
of alleged irregularities in their courts
will be filed In the district court of
appeals by tho Ban Francisco Bar as-j
BOCiation within n month, It was an
nounced here today.
LIFE INSURANCE SHOWS
TREMENDOUS GAIN IN YEAR
NEW YORK, July 24. Life insur
ance companies throughout the coun
try wrote new policies amounting to
$8,700,000,000 during 1 9 1 y, gccordlng
to figures made public loda . This
shows a gain of 2, 870,000, 000 over
the ear It" 13 representing a percent
age gain of 4D per cent, the report
said.
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BRITISH HOLD VESSELS
CLAIMED BY AMERICANS
I
LONDON, July 23. Tho Judicial
committee of the prh couneil h.ts'dls
mlsse.j the .tppeal of the American
Trans-Atlantic company from thel
prize court Judgment condemning'
three ships claimed by the company,
on tho grounds that the) wen really
the property of Hugo Stlnnes, the,
German coal magnate.
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JAP LINER WITH SUGAR
CARGO ARRIVES IN U. S.
NEW ORLEANS. July 24 Granu
lated sugar was being entenslvely re
tailed at 2 2 cents a pound here today.
One realer announced ho would sell
as high as 100 pounds to a customer
The Japanese liner Yelfuku Maru
arrlTed vesterday from Java with 19,
000.000 pounds of Java raws consign
ed to the American Sugar Refining;
company.
SHASTA COUNTY CITIES
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE
i
REDDING, Cal.. July 24 Four
sharp earthquake shocks yesterday
and last night shook Redding and th'
nearby towns of Eastern Shaata coun-
ty, causing slight property damage. 1
NOVICE DROPS
SHOWER BOMBS
ON CHINA ARMY
Swiss Mechanic Who Had
Never Flown Before, Does
Great Damage
TIEN TSIN, Jul 23 Teace dele
igate3 have arrived at Tien Tsln but
Were coolly and suspiciously received.
former Premier Chin Yeng Pin has
I left for Mukden to confer with Chang
Teuo Eln, governor of Pen Tien. With
a view to bringing about an carl
indescribable confusion exists on
tho railroad at Vngntshl and at the
Feng lien rail head The militarists
are intimidating the railroad men with
the consequence that the lines are liad-
iv congested El rerythlng is becoming
disorganised and with the neglect of
Dltary precautions, an outbreak of
holer. i iv f.-.ireil. unless drastic meas
ures are taken immediately. The In
ternational and military trains went
to Peking today, but otherwise tho
congestion continues.
l 1NCE CONTINUES.
While flsrhtlng to the south of Pek
ing has ceased, the advance of Feng
Tl n troops on their way to Peking
continues The Feng Tien troops are
approaching Rengfa from two dlrec
tiuns and the Anfultes already have
evacuated Rengtai, retreating along
the Kalgan railway.
'TROUBLE DEVELOPS.
Some trouble was expei lent ed to
day near Taku. southeast of Tien Tsin.
Whei an attempt was made to disarm
.'"fin Kw nig Tun troops who had been
quartered there for several years. They
resisted and a thousand of them ea
i iped Into the countrv with their ri
fles while the remainder wore disarm
ed after a light In which a number
of casualties resulted,
Reports that an airplane was used
for bombing Feng Tien troops are ap
proved. It appears the plans was tak
i I) up hy a Swiss mechanic who had
n irer flown before, and that 45 bombs
were dropped from a height of 9000
feet.
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GENERALLY FAIR, WITH
SHOWERS, IS PREDICTION
W A.SHINGTON, July 24 Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are:
I ppr Mississippi and lower Mis
souri valleys Showers probably Mon
day or Tuesday and until the end of
week. Temperatures will average
somewhat abovo normal.
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions: Generally fair, although occa
sional scattered showers probable
Nearly normal temperatures probable.
Southern Rocky mountain and pla
teau regions Fair except occasional
thundersbowers in mountain district,
temperatures about normal.
Pacific states: Generally fair ex
cept occasional light rains on the
northern coast.
JACK JOHNSON TO
BE REFUSED BONDS
CHICAGO, July 24 Jack Johnson,
former world's heavy-weight champion,
will bo refused ball and sent to the
county Jail when ho arrives in Chicago
tomorrow in custody of a United
States marshal from Los Angeles,
District Attorney Clino announced to
dav. Johnson fled from Chicago several
years ago, forfeiting $15,000 ball fol
lowing his sentence to Leavenworth
penitentiary for violation of the Mann
act.
EXPERT TO STUDY
'DRAIN FOR TRUNK
iSTERKLUE
'Removal of Vital Organs!
Makes Discovery of Death
Cause Difficult
CRIMINAL OPERATION
PERFORMED, IS BELIEF
Boarding House Keeper in De
troit Gives Information That
May Help
' NEW YORK. July 24 The mys
tery surroi ndlng the death of the un
identified young woman, whose muti
lated body was found yesterday In a
trunk at the American Railway Ex
press company warehouse here, ban
been shifted to Detroit authorities for
solution, Captain Arthur Carey, head
I of the New York homicide bureau,
announced today.
Captain Carey said that the trunk,
which concealed the woman's bod for
more than a month, together with a
rope used to fasten it and articles oi
clothing employed as wadding, hud
boon sent to Detroit, whence it had
been shipped here on June 10, whore
a search for the owners would be
made.
Andrew J Branic, a local express
man, handed the police a letter signed
"A. A. Tatum." the same as on the tag
attached tp the trunk. The letter ad
; dresned to-Bpanic was dated June 11.
Enclosed in the letter was an ex
press company receipt, showing that a
trunk had been shipped June 10 from
Detroit to New York and gave the
name "A A. Tutum," as both sender
and recipient It asked that the trunk
; be removed from the express ware
house and held by Branic until called
J for.
ANOTHER CLUE.
j Branic is al6o ald to have furnished
1 the police with information involving
a Mr. and Mrs Leroy. these are
the same names is reported yesterday
!by the Detroit police as having occu
pied an apartment at 105 Harper
street In that eltj a few days before
the trunk was shipped here. The Har
j per street addres s was given on the
trunk tag as that of Tatum.
Branic told detectives that in the
summer of 1919 a chauffeur giving the
i name of "C. J Wood" left a trunk in
jhis care and six months later wrote
from Detroit requesting that it be sent
to "E Leroy," la care of the Detroit
Y. M. C. A. Branic said he complied
NO ANAESTHETIC.
Dr. Charles Norrls, city medical ex
amlner. reported today that an exami
nation of the dead woman's brain
failed to show any trace of an anaes
thetic having been administered bo
fore the woman's death. This exami
nation was made to determine il she
had died as a result of an operation.
WILL STUDY BRAIN.
Chemical analysis of the brain of
the unclad body of an unidentified
! woman which was found in a trunk
here yesterday, shipped from Detroit
on June 10, was expected to assist in
establishing how the victim met her
death. The brain of the woman, who
: was said to be between -3 and 30
years oid, was the pnly vital organ
j left; ull other Internal organs having
been removed before the trunk was
shipped to Mr Douglass," New York
City.
If death was due to criminal oper
ation, the analysis of the brain should
reveal traces of chloroform said Dr,
Charles Norrls, chief medical cxami
! ner, who added that If the victim was
poisoned the same analysis would also
Indicate.
HARD PROBLEM.
NEW YORK, July 23 Removal of
every Hal organ, save the brain, from
the body of an unidentified young
woman found hero unclothed ana
mutilated In a trunk shipped by ex
press from Detroit, makes it difficult
I to determine the cause of death. Medi
cal Examiner Schwartz announced.
"Tho cutting waa, perhaps, the worn
of a butcher," he said, "or some one
only slightly acquainted with surgery.
I A largo bladed knife, similar to the
typo used by physic ians in performing
I an autopsy and a saw were used.
Dr. Schwartz expressed the opinion
that the solution of the mystery must
come from Detroit.
I am almost certain that a crimi
nal operation ,vas performed. ' he de
clared, "that can be determined by
finding tracos of choloroform In the
brain."
CLUE IN DETROIT.
DETROIT. Mich., July 23 A young
couple giving tho name of Mr. and
Mrs. E Leroy occupied an apartment
at 106 Harper street, tho address
found by a New York expressman In
a trunk containing the body of a
young woman, according to a state
ment given to the police by Mrs. Lot
tie Brooks, manager of the apartment
house. The apartment was rented to
them on June 7. They left about I
week later without giving notice Mrs
Brooks stated that she had seen .only
tho man leave, taking with him two
heavy trunks. He explained, she said,
that his wife had left the night be
l fore.
RUSSIAN REPLY I
TO POLAND ENDS I
EUROPE CRISIS I
Immediate Negotiations for I
Armistice Ordered by Bol
shevik Government
ALLIES HEAVE SIGHS
OF RELIEF ON NEWS j
Answer Brings in Sight Pos
si 1 Solution of Menacing
Problem
LONDON, July 24. The soviet gov
emment of Russia toda notified Po
land that the soviet army command p
had been ordered to lioln immediate
ly nccotlntions for an armistice, it 13 1
announced In a wireless dispatch from
Moscow today !
The following telegram was dls
patched bji George Jchltcherln, Rus
sfan soviet foreign minister, to Princo j
Sapleha, the Polish foreign minister
at Warsaw, at 1:15 o'clock this morn-
MESSAGE SENT.
'The Russian soviet government
has given orders to the supreme com
mand of the red army to commence
Immediately with the Polish military
command negotiations for tho purpose j
of concluding an armistice and pre
paring for future peace between the
two countries. The Russian command
will advise the Polish command as to
the place and date for commencing
negotiations between the military com- I
mands of the two sides."
Another message, signed by Vas-
Sileff and Khvostchinsky, for the chief
headquarters' staff and the reolution
ary military council, was sent to tho
higher military command In Warsaw,
marked ' very urgont." and acknowl- j
eclcinK receipt of the soviet govern
ment's order to begin negotiations
with tho Poles,
ORDER RECEIVED. 1
The messago read.
"The supreme command of the red
army has received the order of the
soviet government to enter into nego
tiations with the Polish military com
mand on the questions of an armls- '
tics and peace between Russia and I1
Poland. The supreme command will
send representatives furnished with
full powers to a place which will be
Indicated to you by the command of
tho Russian front, who will Inform
you of the place and date when the
Polish representatives will be invit
ed to attend."
Russia's reply to Poland's appllca
tlon for armistice negotiations bring
in sicht a possible solution of ono of
the most serious crises which Europe
a whole and the allied nations in
particular have had to face since th
conclusion of the armistice with the
Germans In November, 1318 j
The official world of allied Eur
ope has been stirred to Its depths and
undisguisedly alarmed over the sweep
of the soviet armies through terri
tory held lv. the Poles to tho very bor
ders of Poland proper with a menace
to the Warsaw and the virtual wip
ing out of Poland as a nation loom
ing up to the allies as possibilities !
If measures were not taken to head
them off by giving efficient and spce
dy aid to the Warsaw government.
REDS PRESS ON.
WARSAW. July 23 (By The As
soclated Press). The Bolshevik thrust
in the direction of Sokolka, west of
Grodno, has carried them past tho
Polish boundary line set by the coun
c II of ambassadors Along the rail
road in this region the Poles are re
ported to be fighting to stem the
momentum of the southwesterly drive
wlil h is swinging the rods toward Po
land's capital, but In many places the
tired Poles are compelled to with
draw, without much resistance, in the
face of overwhelming numbers of
fresh Bolshevik troops
GRODNO TAKEN.
LONDON. July 24 Occupation of
Grodno. SO miles south-southwest of I
Yllna, Is announced In the official
statement on fighting operations re
ceived bv wireless from Moscow to
dav. The statement says:
lur troops occupied Grodno, July
23. We havo started to force the
river Niemoh.
"In the Slonim region (70 miles
south of Grodno) we have forced the
river Stchara, taking 150 prisoners.
lMinri),' the fighting in the Baranovlt
Chi w (i captured seven guns, two arm
ored trains, twenty-one locomotives
and 506 wagons.
In the din ction of Plnsk our forces
ir. engaged along tho lino of the
river Y Ids In the Dubno region
we took 1,000 Poles prisoner."
SON OF COAST PLANTER
IS KILLED AT OMAHA
OMAHA. Neb.. July 2. Phillip
Rystrom, aged 4. son of Henry Rys
trom, a rice planter of Richvale, Cal.,
whs killed here when struck by sn
automobllo truck. I
The accldont occurred Just after the
boy and his parents had returned
from a store, where they purchased
some camping equipment preparatory
to an automobile trip home tomor
row They havo been visiting here.
The driver of tho truck was ar
rested. , nn
GREEKS CROSSING RIVER
DESPITE TURKISH CANNON
ATHENS, July 23. (By the Associ
ated Press) Colonel Jafar Tayar.
Turkish nationalist commander at
Adrlanople. has evacuated the non
combatant's from that city, according
to dispatches from Thrace today J
Tho Greeks are crossing the Marltza
river under heavy fire from cannon
and machine guns, which the die-
patches say the Turks planted on top j
1 of the mosques.
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