The Ogden standard-examiner. [volume], October 05, 1920, LAST EDITION, Image 1

About The Ogden standard-examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1920-current

Image provided by: University of Utah, Marriott Library

                
F.n.eth Year-NoTi QGDEN CITY, UTAH TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 5, 1920. LASTEDITION 4 P. M" I
CLEVELAND CAPTURES FIRST GAME 3 TO 1
1 JOSEPH HENRY MARTIN SURRENDERS
m GIVES UP TO
mm AFTER
VISIT TO WIFE
: yw
Confessed Blackmailer Returns
to Prison After 15 Months
of Liberty
SORRY HE VIOLATED
STORRS' CONFIDENCE
m Martin Saves $500 From
W7W ' Work as Carpenter for
His Family
Ml Joseph Henry Martin, Ogden icon-
Vif -fessed blackmailer and burglar, lias
Fk?lit returned to the Utah state penlten-
HV ' tiary. After a freedom of fifteen
Wipl months, following his escape from thv
V prison where he was serving a lift
Tf'iwlu urin, Martin arrived in Ugden last
:iyWEKjf Thursday night and yesterday tele-
'-'jj&lt phoned from hero to Warden George
?3rf L Storrs, that he was ready to give
himself up.
TiisHfr Martin, according to his story, spent
K$H$j four days and nights in gden and
tyffiWB went to his family, where a surprise re
fflBMp. union was held He sptnt most of the
jSrWw1 lime In the house and by appointment
IB&K met Warden Storrs, here last night
nMH and was returned to prison.
VflH During his fiftpcn months of free-
KjlB dom he roamed th" west and spent
BB time In Canada where he worked.
LEAVES PRI M
9HH Martin, who wan considered one of
gjB the most notorious and desparat?
jXB criminals of the west, walked out of
the gates of the prison as a trusty on
WH July 8. 1S18, and until September 20
H, the 1 lah authorities were without a
ffiHV lew as to his whereabouts, lie wrote
to Warden Storrs on that date exprest
HJ :,ig -,t : sir- " tunj to prison and
JorrlSr make amends for ills acts.
SflSgHj Last Thursduv night he arrive, i In
H Ogden and yesrterduy telephoned (
HE Warden Storrs. making an appoint-
HH ment for yesterday, when he later
ISl surrendered himself. Martin met the
aJAjyup warden here late yesterday and was
fglHlj taken back to the prison.
HHI Desire to oxidate his past misdeeds
Hfl for the wake of his family and his ow n
BB conscience were the reasons Martin
Hfflfl gave for giving himsHf up after haying
U elude i i iftl urc
HOW HE ESCAPED
WB According lo K is. siory. Martin madt
HKWI straight for Emigration canyon w hen I
HK he walked through the prison gates
H last July. From the canyon he made
H hie way over the hills to Morgan and
B there caught a freight train Into g-;
H debl That night ho hid tor an hour'
H in the igdf-n railroad yards while de-
H tcctlves and police throughout the
H country wore being warned to look for
him
1 From here Martin rode trains, most-,
jH ly freight up through Idaho lo the
jl Pacific northwest and on into Canada. I
H There he was a carpenter and got a
B job with the Canadian government j
B Later ho drifted east and worked down
T1?W through the Mississippi valley int'i
HRfflP I iklahoma. There he met some of hlsj
'ikrfJW Jf former kinsmen,, who advised him to
HBpl come back and give himself up
SAVES miMi: COLM
RgVtj .Meanwhile, through a friend of his ;
wife's he had sent her 60 for herself
EfjVjJjj and the children. hen he met the
jjjffSB warden yesterdu.v Martin had saved'
fefl $560 with which to make life a bit
MMb! more comfortable lor his family ami
tSL-Kff ho gave himself up to the warden
without regret Indeed, he Beamed
iR$l happy to relieve hie mind of the evcr-
present ft or of ap prehension to find
tS himself once more where his crimes
liltff had brought him.
uWtii How Martin escaped recognition
HgF-f during his wanderings could not in- ex-
:BgH plained last night. His pictures had
aHEm boon sent broadcast through thv coun 1
pJVHl try at the time of his trials and con-
I'jIbS v n tions And on his escape hi prison
measurements and photograph were
again sent out.
WRITES LETTER To WARDEN
'k'ii!'- Martin's decision to give himself up
IcSvIn was announced to Warden Storrs in
zjgHJ the following letter, written September
ijRj "You no doubt will be a little sur-
igflw prised to hear from me. I have been
thinking of doing this for the past fynr)
gj months, but somehow or other I could :
6HKfJ nt fully make up my mind Just what
Hp- was the. best course for me to pursue
Hv-tb For the sake f my wlft .nut children,
Hi , I ,,in going (.. return to your Instltu-
WW tion of m ovm tret will In ' i . - hopes
lijjLl that you will forglvo me for my action
Ju'' last a year ago. Man is the
Kfntf time I have regretted my acts of leav-
sjBa ing you as did At the time I was un
der great mental stress, worried and
disappointed al. the conduct of others
toward rn- the newspapers In partb u-
Believing at that time that I had
CS13 been double crossed led me to do what
I did in July 1 am truly sorry for the
Bi worr' I haxe -aused you and yourj
XdnB family, and expoct to rectify my mis-
WHH take be returning in the very near fu-
Jx9 ture. I will promise you faithfully, if I
BHH am alive and well, to meet you not
nflR latter than November 15. 1920. On re-
45&1 celpt of this letter I hope you will
kffBI have the reward withdrawn, as 1 shall
feel freer and aafer making my way
i " I'. Into that part of the country and
Hi In case I am picked up on my way
home that it shall not be held against
Bl me as I am perfceth safe where 1
HJB urn at present.
Mb READY TO l IKE PUNISHMENT
BH "I am working every day and am
lining '. per day, al the present time,
pjcSS and have for over seven nionths past.
V' I lias.- worked hard Since !:aii'K ' tab
hJH and shall be able to give you a full ac-
( Continued i I'nge Two.)
SHORT LINE OFFICIAL DIFS III HOTEL FIRE
INDIAN
' f
SEX TRAGEDY
I DETAILS MAY
: BE STARTLING
Only White Woman on Ship
Perishes: Negro Men
Are Saved
NEW oKLKANS. La., Oct. 5. re
lalls of the sinking during last week's
tropical hurricane of the Steamship
Spc dwell in the (Julf of Mexico w
i expected today from (he sfcamer Lake
Superior, due .it Santiago, Cuba, and
the oil tanker Sunoll, reported near
ing Tainpico. Mexico.
Interest was added to th- case last
night when George McDuff, father of
Mrs i;dward M. Richardson, believed
to have boon the .only white woman
aboard the v ssel. telegraphed to Sec
retary of State Colby reijuestln? ;in In
vestigation of what he suspected was
foul play among the members of the
crew.
fcTUL PI M SP1 l KD.
Mi McDuff stati-d he was unabtS to
reconcile himself to the. fact thnt ne
gro and Mexican members of tin ( rev.
were saved while the only White
woman aboard probably perished.
Captain Charles Johnson, niastei of
the American steamship Speedwell,
lost in last week's tropical hurricane,
went down with his jhlp. according to
a wireless message received by the
naval station from tho steamship La ke
Superior, now nenrlng Santiago, Cuba,
with 13 survivors of the Speedwell
LASRED TO BRIDGE
f'aptaln Johnson, lashed to the !
bridge of the Speedwell, refused to !
take a lifeboat, according to the wire
less message, and expressed his de
termination .to -go down with the
ship."
'J he first mate of the Speedwell.,
Frank Uomoneur, of New Orleans,
was among those dead, according to J
the wireless message, leaving four un
named dead, two of them women
OO I
Big Sunday School
Meet Homeless as
Result of Big Fire
TOKIO, Oct. 5. (By The As- I
OCiated Press.) Tho building In
which the world's Sunday school
convention here was to be held
was burned Ju.it before the open
ing of the convention today The
building was crowded with the ,
delegates, but the doorkeepers ex
pressed belief that all escaped.
Many Americans went to Toklo
to attend the eighth convention of
tho World's Sunday' School asso
ciation. The convention program Includ
ed more than a score of confer
ences on various topics with rd-
dresses in four languages by about
134 speakers. Sessions lasting ten
duys, concluding with an outdoor
pageant had been planned.
Playmates Set Fire
to Five-year-old
Boy They Dislike
NEW YORK, Oct &. Edward
Pillar, aged 5 years, has an even
chance to recover at the city hos
pital from burns. lnflloted by
playmates who "did not like him."
I'hyslHaiiK thl.- morning said tho
bOJ Diaj pull ilir(.iiK,
1 1 rd and ol her . hlldren were
pla; ng In front ol lit borne v, bclS
a quarrel arhie The older boss
selzod him and held him while
another throw lighted (hatches
in his Qlothes. His mother saw
the deed ami rushed lo her son's
assistance. She tore the burning
clothing from the lad's bod and
summoned the police ambulance.
Police aie searching far ihe
other boys.
0
I
Dodgers Helpless Before
Mystifying Slants Sent
Over By Indian Hurler
HBHETH FIELD. Brooklyn. X. V.
( let 5. The Cleveland Indians, cham
pions of the American league, toppled
over the Brooklyns In a .score of ihroo
to one today In the first game of the
world series. The National league
champions wore b-dpless before the
mystifying slants of the big spltball
pitcher. Coveleskie He was given
sterling support by the Cievelands.
especially Speaker, who ranged far1
and nettr. robbing the hapless Brook
lyn! of seeming nits. O'Neill starred
it the bat with two doubles. i
Attendance figures showed that 23,
S65 persons attended today's world
series game, the gate receipts for
I wmcn w ere S7,B0y, exclusive of war
tax. This uas announced by Charles
11. Ebbets. Jr , secretary of the Brook
lyn club.
i IHST INMM.
Cleveland: Evans up. Ball one Strike
one. 1-oul. strike two Evans out, Ol
ison to Koney, Wa m hsga nss up- Foul,
I strike one. A'amby bunted out the
ball rolled foul. Strike two. Wuniby
flew out to Uheal. who had to conic
in fast to make tho catch. peakcr
up. Speaker got a hand when he came
Up. Strike on. Ball one. Eoul. strike
two. Speaker and the crowd gave
Marquard a big cheer. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
Brooklyn. Olson up. Olson filed lo
Wood, hitting tho firt pall pitched.
Johnston up. Strike one. Foul, strike
two. Koul. Ball one- Johnston si ruck
out. Cuveleskle's 8pitb.nl being too
much for him. orlfMh up Swoli
threw out Griffith at first. No rubs,
no hits, no rrors.
M INMM.
Cleveland Burns up. Burns sent
up a By which fell behind Konetchy.
Wnd picked up the. bail and three
to left field. Burns scored Gardner up
Strike one. luul, strike two. Bill one
Olson threw out Oardner ut first.
Wood up Ball one. Ball two. Ball three
Ball four. Wood walked. .uuiquaici
temporaii!) lost control- Sewell up.
Fhe man who look Chapman'. place
got a Cheer. Marquard trlod to at h
Wood oft" first. Strike one. Ball one
Sewcil singled into right field. Wood
goiiiR lo thud O'Neill up. Strike one.
Ball one. Ball two. Wood scored on
.eii; s double to left field. Sewell go
ing lo third. Mammaux now warming
up foi Brooklyn Coveleskie up. strike
one. i oei. ki.. grounded out to Kuii
etchy and Sewell attempting to run
home, was run down, the play being
Konetchy to Krueger to Jobnston. Two
runs, three hits, one error.
Brooklyn Wheat up. Ball one.
Eoul. Strike one. Wheat filed to
Speaker who made a wonderful catch
of Wheat's seemingly safe hit Mers
up Strike one. Strike two- Ball one
Myers filed to Wood who picked up
the liall off the wall. Konetchy up
Konetchy out, Sewell to Burns. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
THIRD INMM..
Cleveland Evans up. Ball one.
Ball two Ball three. Ball four. Evans
i ;.lk.-d on four pitched balls. Wambs
ganss op W.i tnl. sgaiiss sacrificed John
ston to Konetchy. Evans taking second.
Speaker up. strike one. bull 1 ball 2-!
Speaker find to Wheat. Burns up.
Ball one. Ball two. Strike one. John
son took Burno' grounder and Evans
was run down between second and
third. Johnson to Klhluff No rum.,
no hits, no errors.
Brooklyn Kllduff up. Strike one.
Sewell threw out Kllduff at first. It'
was a Ins, phiy at Ihe bag. Kruegei ;
up. Ball one. Strike one Boll two. i
Strike two Ball three. Krt.eger was'
out, Gardner to Burns. Marquard up.
Strike one. Gardner threw out Mar
quard at first. No tuns, no li 1 is. no
errors.
I )l KIM INMM.
Gardner up. Ball one. Ball two
Ball three . Strike one. Kllduff
tossed out Gardner at flrsl Wood up.
Wood hit a long drive Into left c ut. r
for two bases. The ball hit the bleach
er fen.Ce on the bounce. Had It struck!
six Inches higher It would have been
a home run. Sewoll up. Bali one. ,
Strike one. Sewell filed to Myori
Wood held second. O'Neill up. it. ill
one. Ball two Strike one. Wood
scored on O'Neill's two-base hit. It
was O'Neill's second two-base hit ml
the game. Coveleskie up. Strike one I
Ball one. Kllduff threw out Cove-1
leskle at first. One run, two hits, no
errors.
Brooklyn Olson up. Strike one.
Ball one. Strike two Ball two. Ol
son got a slnjrlo over second, the first
hit for Brooklyn In the game. John-
ston up. Eoul strike one Ball one.
Johnston forced is..n. Wambagahsa
to Sewell. Griffith up. Griffith sin
gled Into center, Johnson going to sec
ond. Wheat up Wheat fliod to
EvanB, who knocked Speaker down In'
' BOX SCORE
!
The official attendance was 23,894
The following official box score tells
I how Cleveland snared the anie
CLE V I A N 1
Alt K II. I'D. A. E.
Evans, If 2 0 0 1 0 U
Jameison. It .... 1 0 ' 0 v
Wamhsganss, 2b . .3 a " 2 a
Speaker, cf 4 0 0 4 0
Burns, lb 3 I 1 'j I 0
Smith, x and rf . . . 1 o o u o 0
Gardner, 3b 4 a " 1 3
Wood, rf 2 2. 1 4 0 "
Johnston, xx and lb 1 0 a o I 0
.Sewell. ss 3 0 1 3 l
O'Neill, c 3 0 2 I 0 a
Coveleskie, p 3 ij 11 0
Totals 30 3 5 2 7 13 0
BRI " KI.V.
AB. It. H. PO. A. E.
I 'Ison, ss 3 0 2 0 3 0
J. Johnston. 3b . . . 3 0 0 1 3 l
Griffith, rf .4 U 1 1 o 0
Wheat, If 4 1 1 4 0 0
Myers, cf 4 0 0 1 0 0
Konetchy. lb . .4 11 0 12 1 1
Kllduff. 2b 3 0 0 1 3 n
Krueger. c 3 " 7 1 0
Murquard, p 1 0 a 0 a
Lamar, x 1 0 a 11 0 0
Mammuiix. p 0 0 0 1 0
Mitchell, 7.z 1 u 1 11 a 0
No is, xx;: 11 o a n a 0
Cadore, p .v 11 rj 0 1 n
Totals 31 1 5 27 13 1
xBatted for Burns In seventh,
swatted for Wood In ninth Inning.
! zBatted for Marquard In sixtb In
liing. z.Batted ,'ur Mammaux in eighth in
ning. B.itt'd for Mammaux In eighth
tssKofi for Mitchell in eighth Inning
I nnlnps
't.'leveiand .020 100 000 3
.Brooklyn 00o 000 100 1
Two base hits O'Neill (I); Wood,
'Wheat. Sacrifices Wamhsganss,
Johnston. Double play Koncti In to
Krueger to Johnston. Ieft on bases
Cleveland 3; Brook ln I. Base on
ballsOff Bfarquard 2 off Coveleskie
1. Hits off Marquard 6 In six In-
Jnings; off Mammaux none in 2 Innings,
off Cadon- noil in one inning. Struck
oue By Marquard four, by Mammaux
3; by Coveleskie 3. Losing pitcher
Marquard Time of game 1:41. Um
pire Klem (National league!, be
hind plate Connolly (American league
at first base; O'Daj 'National league)
at second base; Olnecn (American
I league) at third base.
making the catch. Myers up. Ball
one. Myers filed out to Wood. No
runs, two hits, no errors.
HI III IN N I M ..
U veland Evans up. Evans filed
out to Wheat The high wind bothered
th.- outfielders. Wamhsganss up
Strike one. Ball one. Bell two. Foul,
strike two Wamhsganss struck out
Speaker up. Ball one Strike one,.
Foul, strike two. Speaker filed out
to Griffith, who leaped up against the
wall and speared the ball with his
gloved hand. The catch cut off a short
two-base hit. No runs, no hits, no er
rors. ,
Brooklyn Konetchy up. Strike one.
Konetchy fliod to Speaker. Kllduff
up. Strike one Klldufj 8Cnt up a
high fly to Wood. Kruwger up. Ball
one. Gardner loss., I ,,ul Krueger at
first base. No runs, no hits, no er
rors. BIX i ll INNING
Cleveland Burns up. Foul, strike
one. Ball one Foul, strike two. Burns
was a strike-out victim Gardner up
Gardner filed to Wheat. Wood up. Ball
one. Ball two . Foul, strike one
Strike two. W ood struck out- No runs,
no hits, no errors.
Brooklyn Lamar batted for Mar
quard Uunar up. Ball one. Strike
one. F.-ul. strike two. Lamar lined
out to Sewell who mad.- a prettv bail
ing catch. olson up. Olson singled
Into center field, his second hit John
ston up. Johnston bunted but Cove
leskie throw him out at rirnt. Grif
fith up. COVeleSklb threw out Grif
fith al first. No runs, one hit, no er
rors. SI A FN Til INNING.
Cleveland Mammaux went into the
box for Brooklyn Sewell up. Ball
one. Ball two. Strike one Strike two
Ball three. Sewell struck out. Mam
maux' speed being too much for him.
' Neill up Ball one Sti Ike two.
I ' Neill ulso struck out. Coveleskie up
Ball one Strike on,- Foul, strike two
Ball two. Coveleskie fanned and the
crowd heered Mammaux who retired
4
REGISTER! REGISTER!!
If mi have Mdi registered you cannot vote Cengull the rasp
hi Page 9 tins issue, locate ydur district, then jo and register.
RegistratLyli offices open from s a. in lo 'J m, today and tomor
row Do IT TODAY. DON'T DKI.AY
, ,
t f
I DODGER 1
BORAH SENDS
STATEMENT TO
G.0J. NOMINEE
Idahoan Says He Wants Hard
ing Elected and League
Defeated
MAKluX, U.. Met. 5. In answer to
frldSl) published reports that Senator'
Borah, a leader of the treaty Irrecon-1
I ellables, soon would quit the Repub-.
Mean campaign. Senator Harding'5
headquarters here made publl today
a telegram In which Mr. Borah de
clared he would continue to wor; fa
Republican success.
The message, addressed to Senator
Harding, was as follows:
"In view of reports I wish ou to)
know my speeches In future will be'
I along same linos m at Dayton and in
the senate. I xwint to see you win
and I want to see the league sohemo
I defeated. In my own way I shall de-
IvotS mj time to the achievement of
I both propositions"
i Senator Harding already has de
i clared that Senator Borah's lcclara-.
tions in campaign speeches met with
his approval, and he renewed his pre
diction today that throughout the re
mainder of the campaign he and Mr,
Borah would be found speaking in i.c
i cord. The nominee also revealed that
I In his next public address, which is I
to. be delivered Thursday ut Deoi
I Moines, la., he expects to develop a I
I step to further his position on the'
i league Issue.
Mr. Harding would make no CQnV
i ment today oh the statement of I'resi
j dent Wilson appealing for support of
the league, but sold In his Ies Moines
address he "would devote some atten
tion to the matter."
: 1
I the side on strikes. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Brooklyn Wheat up- Strike one.
Strike two. W heat crashed a hit Into
right field for two bases Myers up
Strike one. Sewell threw out My i
at first. Wheat going to third. Kon
etchy up. The Cleveland infield play
ed back Foul. 'strike one. Ball ono
Wheat scored while Burns was throw
ing out Konetchy at first. Coveleskie
taking the throw, Kllduff up. Ball one.
Koul. strike one Ball twor Koul,
striki- two. Kllduff struck out. i 'no
run. one hit. no errors.
EIGHTH INMM.
Cleveland Jamleson batted for Ev
ans. Jamlcson up Strike one. Ball
one. Ball two. Koul. strike two. Ol
son throw out Jamleson at first.
Wamhsganss up. Koul, strike one.
Mammaux took Wambsgans-s' bunt and
threw him out at first. Speaker up.
Ball one. Ball two. Koul. strike one.
Johnson knocked down Speaker's
grounder and threw him out at first.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Brooklyn Krueger up. Jamleson
went Into left field for Cleveland. Ball
one. Speaker robbed Krueger of a
three-base hit with a wonderful catch.
Mitchell batted for Mammaux. Mit
chell up. Strike one. Ball one. Mit
chell got a single hit to right field.
Olson up. Ball ono. Ball two. At
this point Nels ran for Mitchell Ball
three. lon walked Johnson up.
Mi Ike one Johnson popped to i;. mi
ner Griffith up Ball one. Griffith
forced Olson, NVambsganss to Sewoll.
No runs, one Int. no errors.
NINTH INNING
Cleveland Cadore went Into the box
for Brooklyn smith batted for Burns,
Smith up. Kllduff threw out Smith at
first. Gardner lip. strike one. Gard
ner grounded out to Konetchy. John
ston batted for Wood. Johnston up.
Ball one. Bull two. Cadore tossed out
Johnston at first. No runs, no hits
no errors.
Broklyn--Smith went into right
field and Johnston played first buse
for Cleveland. Wheat up. Ball one,
Koul, strike one. Strike two. Wheal
was thrown out at first. Johnston to
Coveleskie. Movers Up. Ball one.
Meyera filed out to speaker, who made
another nice catch. Konetchy up.
Koul. strike one. Koul. strike tWO,
Konetchy struck out. No runs, no
nit-, no srrorsa
TWO DEAD AND
MANY HURT IN
RAGING BLAZE
Division Engineer and Motor
Car Machinist Perish
in Fire
THREE JUMP FROM
WINDOWS; ALL INJURED
Salt Lake Man. Proprietor.
Among Those Seriously
Burned at Robmette
HUNTINGTON, 0pe.t Oft :.
William Travis. i)iviinu engineer
3f tin- Oregon Short Line, ami Roy
Cornelius motor oar machinisl r
tin- same rood, both it' Pocatellb.
Iilalio. were Domed to le-ath last
night in a fire which destroyed the
bote ai Robinel te, Ore.
P. K Parsons, Napipa, Idaho, an
h-opon simrt Kin,, superintend
nt. was severely burned and fs
;apt l immediate death bj jump
ing ffom an upstairs window. Hit
londfition was reported critical;
Patrick Brennan, Wedaer Idaho,
and Mrs- 0. White, whose home
is near Cambridge, tdaho, also
jumped and Buffered injuries
.1 B. .M'- Hue, Formerly of Salt
Lake city, who operated the hoet,
was seriously burned. Several
other persons suffered burns ami
minor inj o it t
A large dwelling bouse near tin
hotel was destroyed bj ihe fire. A
special train was made up here am1
.loetors and nurses were taken to
Robinette. .Mrs .While whs taken
to a hospital at Weis- r and the
injured men were taken to a hos
pital at Boise.
oo
CIVIL GUARDS PUT DOWN
RIOT AT BULLFIGHTING
MADRID. Oct. 4. Civil guards
wen- forced to draw their -words to
quell an Incipient riot at Sunday's bull
fight. The trouble began when an of
ficial refused to give LuLs Kreg. the
famous Mexican, un ear of one of the
animals he killed.
Freg had been horned by his sec
ond bull, receiving a long shallow
wound In the abdomen. When ho
killed the anllll.ll be .-cele. .ill ,..-
tlon and demanded that he be award
ed an ear.
The official at first refused and
the spectators surged Into the ring.
To keep the peace the Official finally
gave Freg the ear.
oo
COAST EXCLUSION ACT
JROUBLES JAP PEERS
TK1'. Oct. . Arrangements have
been made by the standing committee
of the opposition parts of the house
of peers for a general meeting to be
held on October 11 to discuss the antl
Jupaneso movement In California
Among those who have taken part
In making plans for the meeting Ij,
BfarQUil Tokugawa. a prominent mem
ber of the Japan Red CrOM society. It
has been decided to require the pres
ence of Masano Hanlhara. vice for
eign minister, to make a detailed re
port on negotiations with the United
state.-, relative to California.
on .
SUSPECT NOT CONNECTED
WITH BLAST, SAYS FLYNN
NEW VuHK, net. 5. William J
Flynn, chief of the bureau of Investi
gation of the departme nt of Jusllce, to
day expressed tie belief that Florlan
Kelenko. held In IMttsburg, had no
connection with the Wall street ex-1
plosion.
Mr. Flynn said he believed none of
the real conspirators would have left
himself as open to suspicion as had!
the I'lttsburg suspe, t
DISSOLVES INJUNCTION
ON BALLOTS IN TEXAS
AL'JsTIN. Tex., Oct 5. District
Judge QraVCfl today dlssohed the tetn-j
porary injunction restraining the ec-
relary of slate from placing names
of American paitv candidates ,,n the
ballot The petition of A T. Morris,
of Bastrop counts , for I be permanent
Injunction was dtfmlaeed Notice of
an appeal was glc-u.
LABOR COUNCIL - I
OF ACTION IS I
LONDON WORRY I
I Some Think Britain Is Threat
ened With Beginning of
Soviet
GROUP REFUSES TO
PERMIT WAR THREAT
Lloyd George Declares Move
Is a Blow at England's
Constitution
B MIl.TON BRONX EH, j
European Manager, X. E- A. j
LONDON, i id. 5. Is Great Brltat.i
; with a labor "Council of Action"
.threatened with the beginning of soviet
government?
"No," say the sober labor leaders.
"Ves," say the excited newspaper or
; gans of the Tories.
Labor's lew i that it has said to
'the goernment:
"When labor does not believe In a
war. labor will not dig the coal, oper
ate the railroads, load the ships or
i un the machiner'. necessar for a na jM
tion making war."
And it is true that to enforce thH
view upon the government it ha
formed a committee with the onvlnou
Ml.- of "Council of -Action.' which i
to sit constantly and wutch the man
euvers ,.f the government. The com
mittee has been clothed wttlj power?
to call either local or general or trade
Strike to make sure that the nation H
shall not be plunged inUb a fresh war
over the Russo-Polish uuarrel.
vioitv i n rtii.n
lb- cables probably do not
to Americans the sensation;.;
of the whole thing the un
feigned delight of the more revolutlo;
iiun.W , workmen in. i , - ""fTL 4.
of til'- - S
leaden, the fear of those Knglishmen
ho believe in constitutional govern
ment and the blind wrath of the junk
Friday. AVig. 13. 1920. 8 pretty cer
tain to be written large in the history
of England.
Le me recount what happened Just
before and after that date. Bolshevik
Kusnia was smashing Poland Premier
l.lod Ueorge had made the statement
that the allies could not stand by and
Poalnd wiped off the map as an
rOKIl U W i l li W LR
i"be Tory press at once showed an
r itlon for war. Arthur Henderson.
secretary of the labor Party, wired to
every labor leader in every district and
town in Great Britain to hold meetings
f protest against more war.
The response was marvelous Noth
Ing like it was ever seen here. Hun
dreds of meetings of protest were held
These declared the nation was war
weary and determined to have peace. J
The "Council of A tin" was formed.
Composed among its membership
The parliamentary committee of th
Trades Union Congress.
The executive committee of the La
bor parly and the Labor party in par-
J. R. Clynes. a member of the parlla
ment and of the King's Privy Coun
i il. who had been a cabinet minister.
i'. ii. i nomas, ol me KaiiroaO mens
R, B Walker, of the powerful Ag
i icultura I Laborers' I'nion.
Miss Margaret Bondlleld. of the Na
LlonaJ I'ederatlon of Women worker H
Roheri Bmlllie, president of the re- jH
doubtable Miners' Federation.
Krnest Hevln, of the dock workers.
and many more like them.
Th. v b id a meeting with the pre
mi' r and told him labor would nol H
stand for a war with Russia over the H
Polish matter, that Poland had been
the aggressor and must take her medi-
The premier's reply did not satiaf)
: the labor world. Conseiiuently, on the H
morning of Aug 13 there was held a
! conference of 1044 delegates repre-
sen tins a" the labor elements of Ens
land. Scotland and Wales. They un
lanlmouslj approved the formation of
the "Council of Action."
Conservative labor leaders like W.
Adamson, J. R. Clynes and J. 11.
Thomas, all members of parliament.
were at one with radicals like Ruber
Smillie, Robert W illiams and A. G.
Cameron.
mi in IMBAST ABOUT n
There was no bombast about It. ,.or
empty rhetoric, nor politics, nor even
class feeling. But there was a tremen
' dous emotion and earnestness. There
w.i - i passionate determination to have
The speaker par excellence was Ern
est Bevln, whose short, squat figure
and rough hands showed that he not
only led the dockers, but had done
hard work as a docker. He is a natui -al
l. ader of men. Bevin told the pre
mler what the "Coun. II of Action"
wanted. He is a wonderful orator. He
held the crowd In the palm of his
But it was the cold unemotional
Thomas of the Railway men s Union
who made the couference realize the
true significance of Its action- This
regular opponent of sensational action
in approving what the conference wai
"Do not think your action mean
mere strike, a mere down-tools polio
1 1 is nothing of the kind. It mean- I
challenge to the whole constitution of
the
Labor ha announced Its determine H
tion not to recede from Its position H
I ' claims ii ha" performed a great shi ZJH
for Die peace loving people of