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I Fiftieth Year-No. 1 OGDEN CITY, UTAH MONDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1920. ' LAST EDITION 4 P. M.
I . TRUNK MYSTERY NEARING SOLUTION
1 NUDE Ili'S
I BOOK BELIEVED
S MRSL LEROY
MP Detroit Policeman Identifies
V Clothing as Property of
A Acquaintance
J LINOTYPE OPERATOR
M FURNISHES INFORMATION
Alabama Man Believes Corpse
Was Addressed to Him
for Revenge
J DETROIT. Mich., July 26.- Detroit
JKi police believed today Hiat the mystery
S surrounding the shipping of the un-
H clad rind mutilated body of a woman
l a trunk from this City to New York
lB was near solution.
JfejC Patrolman Leo Trumbull, of the lo
ll cal police force, positively Identified
clothing found in the trunk as belong
X X t ing to Mrs. K Leroy. who lived early;
if! in June at the Harper avenue apart-
-VI imnt 1,-on, which the trunk was sent I
.4 to New Vork. . ..
f According to Patrolman Trumbull
I ,nd his wife, who were acquainted
fA with the Leroys, Mrs. L roj rormi rjy
, i.s- was misj. Kith. Tin.' Jackson,
I Btarkville, Mlee., and v-"s married to
IffV Leroy here a year ago.
n bSROY.
CHICAGO, July 26; All efforts to:
IM ronncct Roy Milieu. a former army
aviator. With the mysterious Detroit;
trunk murder, failed today when Pa
$Hf trolman Lee Trumbull, of the- Deli oil
'TJK police department, was unable to lden-
tlfv Mlllen as the missing "Eugene Le
ft? ' t lot H i I N ( ; IDENTIFIED.
8x3 DETROIT, July 25 Clothing con
$jy$ talneu In the trunk m which the body
ot a woman was .shipped from Detroit
to Now York was positively identified
tonight as having been tne property
of Mrs. L Leroy, aeeoiding to detec-
lives assigned to the case. Patrolman
Leo Trumbull, a member of the Dc
trolt police force and a close per
sonal friend ot the Leroys was said to
have made the Identification,
sxi Trumbull also y.tated that Mrs. Le-
t roj was formerly Mine Katherine rack-
jM son, a southern girl, and that she and
iM her husband lived it 105 Uarj r ave-
BK nuo, Detroit, the- address ;nven on the
FFf shipping bill to. the trunk
kJaHB Mrs. Trumbull, wife of Patrolman
, U Leo Trumbull, said that Katherine
iftpSS Jacksoi Leroj the
K fall of 1919. Their, married life, Mis
Br Trumbull said, was unhappy and on
HT one occasion Leroy threatened his
H wife with a dagger According to a
story told her bj Mrs. Leroy, Mrs. Le-
loy confided, Mrs. Trumbull said, that,
she had been married before, unhap
pily, and had lived in Birmingham,
Alabama A A. 'latum of Birming-
ham, Ala., visited Mis. Leroy, at her
Invttatlop, In Detroit, Mrs. Trum
bull said, but was unable to give thei
date. Detroit police announced that'
the second trunk, presumabiv shipped
by Leroy from the Harper avenue ad
dress, and believed to Contain c 'i lain
p.'tls of the woman's bo y. had been
liaced as far BS the Michigan Central
slat Ion here.
J A n M is FOUND.
Detectives assigned to identify the
man who shipped a trunk from De
troit on June tenth, in which the muti
lated body of a woman was found lu
New York, were checking up Blats
ttr tuenta said to have been made to f i I r-
& ' mlngham, Ala . liolice by Allen A. Ta-
turn, a linotype operator. The name
:UjK, given of the shipper on the bill was
!H "A. a. Tatum."
iFfT According to dispatches to police,
iJEX lure. Tatum walked Into police head-
' ill Quarters al Birmingham ;.-a.'urdu and
I volunteered u statement. He if -aid
m i have told officers he believed the
p urdered woman wa K therine Jack-
V Hi.' son, who he met in Birmingham, He
;j mf. admitted, the dispatches said, that he
j nan acquainted with Eugene Leroy,
if he name given by a man who icnied
i n apartment at the address given by
t H 'Tatum" on the trunk waybill. He I
) IH ald Leroy was an automobile me-
j -hanlc.
VISITED HER OFTEN,
i II Tatum met Katherine Jackson in
II Hirmingham. lie said In June. 1919.
t II He visited her often, twice in Detroit. I
1 II Police found that "Mrs. Katherine'
J II Jackson. Nashville," was registered at
la the nterurban hotel here October
II 1H19. Tatum said he visited the Jack-
l son woman here In June, 1920, at an-
4wM Other hotol She told him then, he
jlBI said, that she was married and that
WM. her husband was "extremely Jealous ."
III According to Tatum s story th WO-
91 man wrote him every day or two Ho
: last heard from her June 4 or G, he
'Hl said, and gave that as his reason for
J S believing ' something had happened to
II ' Patum is said to have left Detroit
June L'S He Is said to have denied
knowledge of the i ime and Indicated
: iM he was willing to come here to assist
wBBj clenrini; the mystery.
Ills The trunk, shipped here from New
! i Vork, was partially Identified toda
Hl( by Mrs Lettic Urooks, manager of ait
W (Continued on Page Two. I
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l
SOVIETS EAGER
m CONFERENCE
WITH NATIONS
Lloyd George Teils Parliament
He Is Hopeful of Early
Peace
NEGOTIATIONS PLACE
FRANCE IN QUANDARY
Trench Republic to Insist on
Payment by Russia of
National Debt
LONDON, July The pence
confer) nee. between the i'-! Inns
and Poles will begin t Barano
vitchl, sr. mites Boutliwest of
Mi'-K. m July go, ami the armls
Uce will stnrt the same day, The
Vssoc'latOd Press learned l(Hla
The Lloyd George boundar
line l!l hold 111 the north and
llie actual military lino In the
south on July ot) will be observed.
LONDON, July 20. Premier Lloyd
George, in (he house of commons to
day, confirmed reports that tho Rus
sian soviet government had sent the :
British government a note accepting
i.r.-nt Britain's propolfal for a peace
conference In London betwflen the
.0,1,-c and the powers engaged In j
hostile action against tho Soviets or,
supporting such action.
Mr. Lloyd George said the soviet 1
had also suggested that reprssenta
lives of th- leading powers attend the!
conference. The piemler added that
Great Britain was conferring with her
allies on the subject.
Mr. Lloyd Ororge, replying to ques-
.ioiim concerning xiussia. taia.
"I am verj hopeful of peace, and
that is what the world wants."
lie also stated that since the Russian
government had agreed to the Polish
arpilstlce Great Britain had with
drawn her objections tQ the soviet
trade delegation proceeding to Lon
don PREMIERS TO MEET
LONDON, July 26. (By the As
soclated Press.) Premier Lloyd
George will meet Premier Mlllerand
of France at Boulogne tomorrow
(Tuesday) to discuss tin Russian pro
posal that the allies hold a conference
with the soviet government.
Mr. Lloyd George will return tn
London Tuesday night.
DISCUSSION LIKELY
PARIS July 'fi The proposal hv
the Rusnian government, for a con
ference in London with all the allies
as described In last night's dispatches,
will be the subject of an exchange of
virus between France and Great
T'nitain It is po3slrde that Premiers
Lloyd George and Mlllerand will meet
during tho prt out week for a discus
sion of the reply to be made to Mos
cow. As viewed here, the soviet govern
ment has seized the allied demand for
an armistice with Poland as a pretext
for a return to the original soviet
Lmpalgn for official recognition of
the Moscow government, and political
circles Uj Paris regard the maneuver
as a skillful one hich h.n plaoed
some nf the allies, particularly France,
in a dellcatp position.
i R n: is STUBBORN
Franco has not ceased to consider
the soiet government as an Irregular
one. not supported by the tree will of
the people
It is pointed out that r'remlr Lloyd
George sppkS for all the allies, how
ever, when he communicated with the
n- i authorities, demanalng that
France may be forced into a position
which she will he brougnt to recognize
the Soviets, but it Is declared she will
do so only after duly guarantees are
Riven that the Russian foreign debt
Will he paid
MISSION IN WARSAW
WARSAW. July 26. By The As
sociated Press, i Nineteen members
of the special British and French
missions cnt here to lool; Into Po
land's military situation and to con
fer with the covernment authorities
arrived in Warsaw early todav and the
remainder of the day was taken up I
in official rails ami conferences
The missions. Which are headed by
Jean Jules Jusserand, French am
bassador to the I'nlted States, who is
in Europe on leave of absence, and
Lord d Abernon, British ambassador
to Germany, wore met by representa
tive of the Polish government. Vast
crowds who had been reading the
newspaper accounts of the allied ne
gotiations in Poland's behalf, assem
bled and showed they entertained
Krent hopes on the outcome of the de
liberations of the meeting
DELEGATES RECEIVED
The British and Fren h delegates
were received officially by M. Skulskl.
minister of the Interior In the new
tabinet, at the governor's palace,
where the heads of the missions met
Premier Witos. One of the first
questions placed before the missions
BATTLESHIP IOWA TO
BECOME "LIVE" TARGET
j FOR UNCLE SAM'S NAVY
W VSHINGTON, July lifi. The once famous battleship Iowa,
. i which played no small part in the destruction of Cervera's fleet a1
' Santiago is being prepared at the Philadelphia uavj yard for what I
naval officers vn will he one of the most unique target experi
; i ments ever at tempted
I'rorrodinfr i:nmanne. hut under her own steam and eon- j
j trolled by radio, probably from seaplanes, the old sea-fighter will
become the objective of the big puns of the Atlantic fleet super
dreadnoughta in Chesapeake bay late this summer. This will be
the first time thai American warships have used a moving orafl
for a target' except in actual Mar.
Two of the Iowa's coal burning boilers are being converted
j to burn oil so the ship may continue under way ith no one j
aboard once her fires have been started burning and her engine:
placed in motion
It is expected thai the unique practice will pive the gun
pointers of the Atlantic fleet an opportunity to test their ability
under conditions as nearly like those to be expected in battle as
can be obtained. Smoke .-'Teens will be thrown around the Town
during the runs and the course will he changed at yill through
the radio control system, necessitating ;i ehantr, m range on all
the firing ships, exactly as would occur in action.
The Iowa, has already been stripped of some of its guns and
much valuable metal and the practice will be continued until the
M vessel, a mass pf twisted metal, sinks beneath the waves to
join the old Texas, which, as the San Marcos, was used for as a
stationary target years ar"
The battleship Ohfo has been turned over to the bureau of
Bteam engineering for purposes of experiment in radio control
and a staff of expert technical officers has been placed on board
to arrange the Iowa practice.
I
TREATY TROUBLE
FAR FROM NO 11
CONSTANTINOPLE
Piace for Signing Document Is
Decided Upon; French
Hang Turks
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24. (By
The Associated Tress.) Since tho de
parture of Turkey s peace delegates
for Faris with Instructions to sign the
treaty the means of ratification have
hi on eagerly discussed In Constanti
nople. Under the Turkish constlutlon
the chamber of deputies must ratify
treaties. That is ImpoKsible under the
present circumstances as a majority
of the chamber I9 composed of na
tlonallsts, many of whom ar? In An
gora. PL I I K SIGNING
PARIS, Julv 26. Sevres, four miles
northeast of Versailles was chosen
for the signing of the Turkish peace
treaty after a long seatch for a place
which would give the treaty Sufficient
dignified and historical nume. there
already bing treaties named Ver-salh-s.
t. (iertnnln, Purls, Grand Tria
non and Fontalnebh'.iu
Signing of the treaty, it Is said, will
take place In a magnificent building
of the famous porcelain manufactory
AGITATORS RANGED
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24 tBy
Tho Associated Press ) Since July 4
Adana, In the southeast part of Asia
Minor, has been In a stale of siege
The French have brought tanks into
pltt and hanged many agitators pub
licly In an effort to restore order.
Railway communication has now been
re-established between Adana and
Merslna, about 10 miles southwest of
ri:i na
There are rumors In Constantinople
that the Turks are directing a big
movement against Adana.
( T sit.N TOMORROW
LONDON, July 26. The Turkish
delegates will not sign tlie pence
treaty tomorrow owing to their lnabll
ltty to reach Paris in tlmp. A rather'
apologetic note from the Constanti
nople government to the British for
eign office today said thnt traffic ln
Lerruptlans which probably were the
result nf military operations precluded
the delegates arriving within the tinio
limit given Turkey which expires to
was that of the disposition of war ma
terials for Poland which have Just
arrived to unload in order to prevent
Poland getting them. The dock la
borers and soviet emissaries in Dan
zig are distributing anti-Polish pro
paganda v
RED STIPULATION
VIENNA I uiy 24. (By Tho As
sociated Press ) It Is reported here
that the first stipulation in.- Bolshe
vik I will require of th' I'olcs before
entering Into peace negotlona will be
that the l'oles disarm completely so
that the negotiations mljrht not be
userl to g.iln time or to nwalt the ar
rival of French or British reinforce
ments. 1
JACK JOHNSON
OPENS CHICAGO
LECALJATTLE
Many Negroes Disappointed
When Former Champion
Fails to Appear
CHICAGO. July 26 Jack Johnson,
former heavyweight champion, began
a legal fight to escape serving a ono
year prison sentence as a Mann act
violator today when his attorneys ap-p.-iinil
l.otoro Jiifltfr Als'huler. of the
federal circuit court of appeals, and
made a motion that ball bo accepted
for his release pending appeal for
a new trial
Johnson, who has beon a fugitive
for elht years. Is being held In Jail
at Jollet, 111 . pending the outcome of
the fight to obtain ball
NEGROES DIS XPPOINTKD
CHICAGO. July 26 Two thousand
negroes gathered at the depot today
to welcome Jack Johnson back to Chi
cago after a voluntary exile of eight
years, a fugitive from Justice In for
eign lands, but "LI'l Arthur." Idol of
the soulhslde, failed to appear.
Federal officials removed Johnson
from the train at Jollet and hurried
him to the Jail there when they
learned the size of tho welcoming
throng here
When the train reached Chicago the
negroes stormed the gates In an ef
fort to see the ex-champlon heavy
weight. Police reserves were forced
to beat the crowd back with clubs to
clear a passage for Lucille Cameron
.Johnson, white wife Of the former
pugilist, who appeared wearing a
bright red hat and a blue serge suit.
Policemen loaded Mri Johnson and
her eight suit cases Into a brace of
tiixlcabs and assisted her out of the
crowd.
I N DER SENTENCE
Johnson Is under sentence of a year
and a day In Leavenworth peniten
tiary' for violation of th- Mann act.
lie was convicted of transporting Bello
Schrclber, Milwaukee white girl,
from Pittsburgh to Chicago for Im
moral purposes. Etta Duryea John
son, Us first wife, committed suicide
during I he 1 rial and Johnson prompt
ly married Lucille Cameron, the gov
ernment's principal witness.
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THROWS SELF ON TRACK
AND IS KILLED INSTANTLY
OMAHA, N'(b, July 26. William
M Lane of Milwaukee, Wis., met In
stant death here when he wriH crushod
under the wheels of a Pnlon Pacific
engine According to Fireman Walker
of the engine that hit Lane, death did
not appear to be accidental. ' 1 saw
him just before he was struck," said
Walker, "it seemed to mc that he
slopped from behind a box ear and
flunk' himself across the track Just In i
tlnif for us to hit him. lie did not
stagger. It looked like he threw hlm-j
self down" The engine was back-
Ir.g.
'BRITISH REFUSE
TO COIPROH
WITHIN FEIN
Belfast is Quieting Down But
Trouble Is Spreading to
Nearby Cities
POLICE SERGEANT KILLED
AT DOORS OF CHURCH
Situation Is More Alarming
Than in Past Forty Years,
Party Leader Says
LONDON, Juno 26. The British
government has no Intention of with
drawing the bill for home rule for lie
land. Premier Lloyd George stated In
the house of commons today. It would
press the measure forward with all
possible speed when the house reas
sembled after the holiday recess, he
added
Reports that the government was
opening negotiations with representa
tives of the Sinn Fein for the purpose
of reaching n-compromise as to the
future rule of Ireland were set at rest
In the house by the premier. He was
asked by Lord Robert Cecil as to
whether the government was opening
negotiations or pourparlers with any
section of Ireland and answered In the
negative.
LOOK FOR MORE TROUBLE.
BELFAST, Ireland. July 25 Ther
w n B no firing here last night or thli"
morning and tho worst disturbance
was some window smashing. The
death list from the recent fighting be
: nreen the Unionists and Sinn Fein fac
tions reached seventeen today when
two women and a man died
hilo quiet prevailed today, few
could be found who would proclaim
tho disturbance to be completely over,
for passions have been aroused which
are not easily quieted
Many reasons are given for last
week's outbreak In Belfast, which last
night spread to Bangor and Lisburn,
where great damage was done.
The lootlno- of two residences and a
spirits shop tn Ballymacarret, a suburb
! of Belfast. Saturday night, was done
1 by a crowd of youths A baton charge
served to drive the looters home. The
soldiers refrained from using their
firearms
There was a fight between the twe
factions in the Falls road district, the
only sufferers beine: police, two being
wounded.
SPREADS TO SMALL TOWNS.
Services were held In St Matthews
I chapel, one of the stu m centers, this
I morning under unusual circumstances.
Th" church was surrounded by barbed
wire entanglements, soldiers forming
.1 guard for the worshippers
At Bangor, where many workers of
Belfast reHlde saloons and pawn bok
ers were the ' hief sufferers The po
lice and military restored order with
out the use of flremms.
At Ballynahinch there was also an
outbreak Saturday night Windows
were smashed and attempts were made
to burn the houses Thep outbreaks
are considered serious, as they show
that the trouble radiating out of Bel
fast may become general.
Tho military at Derry were called
upon to separate the rival factions
Saturday night which came Into con
flict at Bishop's Gate.
soLDU Ks .irr RFVFNGU.
DUBLIN, July 25. At Newport.
I Tlpperary, last night, a gang of men
Kh ared the hair from a girl because
! she w as keeping company with a po
' llceman, exasperated soldiers and po
lice burned houses of all of the prin
cipal Sinn I-einers, causing them to fly
I for their lives.
I Two coast guard stations In the
I Beahaven district were raided today
In the one at Bally garvene, . hlef Of
ficer Snewin and Petty officer Brown
I were killed.
HULLED AT CHURCH DOOR.
CORK, Ireland. July 25. (By the
.Associated Press. I Police Sergeant
Mulhern, chief of Ihe Imclllgenco de
partment of West Cork, was shot dead
today at the door of a church at Ban
don Ho hod left the pollre barracks In
civilian attire and arrived at the
church Just as mass commenced He
Pitii6ed at the entrance, dipped his
fingers in the font and was killed
while actually making tho sign of the
C ross.
Uulhern s assailants were two mask
ed men.
REPUDIATES CHVRX HMAN.
MELBOURNE, Australia. July 25.
I'retiiiei Moiris Hughes at Rendige to
day vigorously denounced the utter
ances In America of Archbishop Man
nix of Melbourne.
' I w ant to tell the American peo
ple, " said the premier, "that Aus
tralia repudiates him. The Australian
people looi-, 1,, America for a contln-l
uance Of cordial relations We Intend!
to remain part of the British empire
and want to trade with America,
H hose best, interest coincide with oursj
In the Pacific. I Intend to appoint a'
high commission in America who will
be able to speak authoritatively when j
(Continued on Page Two.)
CHARLKS F ADAMS, at
the wheel of Resolute, upon
whoso skill as a yacht skipper
ilepc'iids in preat part whether
America keeps or Sir Thomas '
Liptou wins the celebrated
1 tronli v
4 : H
r iP- m;
POSSE CAPTURES
FUGITIVE AFTER
SHERIFNS SUN
Six Inmates of Pendleton Jail
Escape, Shooting Official
Who Blocks Path
I PENDLETON, Ore., July 2 6. Pos
I ses today captured Albert Lindgrefl
; on of five men who escaped from
1 tho Umatilla county Jail hero yester
day afternoon when Sheriff T. J
Taylor was shot and killed.
Taylor was sheriff eighteen years
I and was one of the principal partici
pants In the annual Pendleton round-
j UP3-
About 300- men with bloodhounds
were searching wooded country east
I of here for tho other escaped prison
ers. PENDLETON. Ore.. July 2S. Six
of the seven men in the Umatilla
county Jail here escaped today after
fatally wounding Sheriff T D. Tay
lor and overpowering Deputy Sheriff
Jacob Martin A large posso of cit
izens was formed to pursue the fug
itives, who boarded a freight train
on which they rode four miles and
then fled Into tho woods.
Tho sheriff died tonight
1
!ex-empress is informed
of joachim's suicide
THE HAGUE. ' July 26 (By the
Associated Press.) The former oi
man empress has been told of tho
death of hor youngest eon. Prince
Joachim, who recently committed sul
1 clde. She took the blow with more
' courage than had boon expected. The
1 former empress had gradually been
I prepared for the news and when def
initely Informed bore up well
Her health apparently was not af
fected by the news and she displayed
' resignation, only occasionally giving
way to grief.
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FILIPINOS THREATEN TO
BOYCOTT AMERICAN FIRMS
-
MANILA. P. I., July 7 (Delayed)
Several Filipino Individuals and busl-
1 ness concerns have taken steps to form
an organls-atlon to boycott American'
, firms here favoring retention of the
provisions of the American merchant
marine law extending the coastwise
navigation laws of tho I nlte.i States
to the Philippines Native newspapers
predict the most serious commercial
conflict In the Philippines since estab
lishment of the American sovereignty;
I will follow formation of the organize-
Itlon,
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SUIT TO FORCE PEACE
IN U. S. IS POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, July 2 By agree-!
ment Of counsel. Chief Justice McCoy
of the 'lialrlt I supreme court, postpon
ed hearing on the application of Harry
A Blecourtney, a 'hicago lawyer, for
lu mandamus order to compel Secro
tjrv of State Colby to declare officlal
: ly that a state of peace exists between
tho United States and Germany. The
I hearing was set for Wednosdaj
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NOTED CHAPLAIN HURT
IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. July 'id. The Rev
Father Francis Kelly, of Albany. X
Y., national chaplain of the American
legion, who was the fighting chaplain'
of the Twenty-seventh division over-i
seas, was Injured geriously In an auto-1
mobile accident here today.
SLOOPS UNABLE I
TO FINISH IN I
T1ESLL01IED I
Next Race Is to Determine
Whether U. S. Keeps or
Lipton Takes Cup
SIR THOMAS TO TRY
AGAIN IF DEFEATED
Sportsman Has Spent About
One Million Dollars on
1920 Contest
SAND'S HOOK, N. J . Jnly 2fl.
With Resolute two miles In the
bad tle fifth International yacht j
race was declared ofl at 5 o'clock 1
today because a dying wind made j
It Impossible for the cup sloops to
finish within a six-hour time limit.
Resolute a six miles rrorn
the outer mark on the first flf- J
teen mile leg of today's 30-mlle
windward and leeward coarse, j
hnvlng covered only nlno miles
when the regatta committee called
off the race tliat will deelde
whether the America's mp Is to
leave its home In the United
twin's lor one in m unusu
Isles.
Tho race will be rc-salled to
morrow unle-s by 0 o'clock either j
sklppi r requests tho regatta com
mittee for a iKtstponenient.
Shamrock lost the short lead
she obtained at the start when. In
a long luffing match during which,
both skippers fought for posses- I
hlon of what wind there was, sho
got too close Into the .Tersey shore. J
In this rambling flcht for the j
wind, which carried the jachta
many mile off their -ourse, the
American sloop secured the lend
which she held and hnd Increased I
during the rest of the drilling
match. J
Bo slowly did the yachts'- lide
over an oiiy sesii that neither of
them had any white water under
their bOW8 Shamrock at one
time even had her sailpTftlMtn
I lercbed along the lee rail with I
their legs hi the water In nn effort
lo bring the I liulh nger to her true
! racing Urn.
ABOARD STEAM YACHT VIC
TOR! on SANDS HOOK, N.
J.. July nr.. (Bj Wireless to The
Associated Prcs.) Sir Thomas
Lipton today stated that If he
failed this year to capture the
America's cup he would challenge I
again next year for ll with a ,
new bout. I
SANDY HOOK. N. J., July 26
Shamrock IV, the big green sloop with I
I which Sir Thomas Upton hopes to
! day to lift tho America's cup, sped
: first across the line today at the start
; of tho fifth international yacht race
I which will decide the 1920 scries.
Shamrock crossed nearly a minute
1 ahead of Resolute according to un-of-
ficial timing ashore. IH
Starting "n the first 15-mile leg of
her 30-mlle course, a run south-by-southwest,
half-west, out to sea, Sham
rock passed over the starting lino at
tho Ambrose channel lightship at
12:80:29 official time, and her rival
followed at 12 31.25. after the start
lng signal had been sounded at 12:20.
DJESIG SI I It COMMENTS.
Charles YV Nicholson, designer of
Shamrock, still insists that the pres
ent races have been little more than
trial races for Shamrock. He also
thinks that in all future America's cup
races, the contenders should be man
ned entirely by a crew from tho coun
try they represent. Resolute's crew
is said to be made up largely of Scan-
dinavlan sailors.
Suggestion has been made that
should Sir Thomas Lipton fail to win IH
today's race and lose the cop that
the Irish baronet enter the challenger
In a series of races with Resolute and
( (isTS LIPTON MILLION.
It has also been suggested that all li
three yachts be sailed by professional
skippers. Some members of the New
Vork Yacht club are said to be still
of the opinion that Yanltie, which
failed of selection for the honor of
defending the cup, is the fastest of
the cup yachts
Sir Thomas Is said to have spent
approximately $1,000,000 in his latest
attempt to lift the cup.
Crossing the starting line about a
minute ahead of Resolute, Shamrock
and her rival broke out big reaching
Jibs and Set their splnnacker booms
to starboard
Shamrock hauled on her wind and
headed to the westward In an effort
to get by Resolute, which was to wea
ther and killing the Englishman's
wind Resolute, however, clung close
to Shamrock, which lost ground by
the maneuver.
MOVE VERY SLOWLY.
The match for positron continued
.-;ml the skippers goi off their course.
They .seemed lo maintain about an
even sailing speed.
At 12.4a the sloops were moving
Verj slowly with Shamrock still out I
ahead. She had failed, however, to
gain On Kcsolute since the start. Tho j
yachts were nearly two mlled to the
westward on the course. Neither
Skipper cared to i;lve way and hold
on the course in shore.
The yachts still held their course
Inshore at 1 10, Shamrock trying to
get closer and Resolute doggedly try- PJ
lng to hold her advantage. Tho big
canvasses flopped at times In the puf
fy breeze and unless the wind strength- I
ens, it was hard to see how the rac
ers could finish within the six-hour j
time limit, especially as the long luf
flng match left them virtually as far
from the outer mark as when they j
crossed the line, !
Huvjs BB K