Fiftieth vcar-No. 170 "GDENCITY, UTAH THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M I
8 & . t
II 7u;o Chicago Murderers Executed
Of JAPS' REGENT
II SEIZURE RICSi
Russian Part of Island of Sag
halin Contains Several
Forms of Wealth
LABORERS LANDED I.N
DISTRICT BY HUNDREDS
HI. American Newspap:; V.-'r ter Is
Forbidden to 1 and and
Investigate
EDITOR'S S&l 1 I he I S
Btte Dcpastmeni Imw repeatedly i
refused lo mala public Its noli .
Kent i Japan l July. rcparuuiB
Japan's - lure ol the northern
(Russian) liall "i W;1 1 ' ,k1 ' 1
w .,- inn-fin n- deellm - to nls
LKH cuss similar ac Ion taken bj other
powers. A dispatch from roklo
i Jul) carrii d it"- offlc nl Japa
nese Inference tlmt America's n u
was mild, (till, i information,
However, warrant the utatemenl
that 1 1 ic- U. S note waa couched in
tiic strongest Inngi igc ever used
bj this counttrj In n ommunlcn
Moii i tin Japanese gov ""
rifc Dlnlomotlc ext'hanges eonttou
ami Important developments mn
in- announced soon-
By .1 R M 184 V
n EJ. i. Staff Correspondent In the
I VLADIVOSTOK (By Messenger
) and Mail.) if the great powers perj
niit Japan to keen her latest loot it
may prove to be .the richest of all her
polls of Conquest. Thn Is the Russian
H j :irt 0f ih island i Pashnlin, with
valuable fisheries, timber, coal and
f Lvlng just north of Yezo (Japa-
I, and i loi h S b l lan
JB v-' mainland. Saghalin Is likewise the
K connectln- link between the island cm-
plre and her other conquests.
.i ) i n 'B M K i S 1005
I'ntii 1875 Hi lower part of Sag
mM halln (called Karafuto by the Japs)
wus Japanese. Then Japan ceded 11
Kurile islands She wrested it back
i however, in 1905, in the ire.;., of
Portsmouth, which clinched her vlc
IV' tor over llussis
H I I '1)11111 V it:--.
I made a great show of sacrifice when
MB) he signed i his agreement But Japan
Hf i has discovered that it was an empty
1 it's the north half, the Russian half,
Bll lhat has the coal belter coal than any
S in Japan and the oil, of which Japan
HhK has none
And Japan wants no curious observ-
HJI ore of her activities there, now that
HB she has occupied it on the excuse of
Hl "Bolshevist uprisings."
Hft I had ample proof of this on the
I It waj back from ill-fated Nlkolayevsk
Hg, to Vladivostok, aboard the Russian
Hlr i ,1 Cross steamer Erlvan.
i Iks: N'EWS OF .it n
Kl' Captain Kargelskoff put In for coal
HlZ at Alexandrofsk the chief Russian
Hjr j '- rt on Saghalin. Some Russians who
PBl! came alongside told us that Japan, on j
UV July 1G, had announced complete!
9H military occupation of Sakhalin" our I
3ni first news of the latest grab.'
Mia in the roadstead were these J.tpj
BIJ warships. One battleship, one battle
HJI cruiser, one armored cruiser, two de
H Btroyers, and seven small naval vessels.,
Hlj Ten Jap merchant nchlps wore busily
Hi discharging cargo.
9JI Captain Kargelskoff sent his second
HJ1 officer ashore to confer about coal. j
Soon .i team launch from the Jap
BtJ Warships brought three naval officers
Hp "l" lnsjject the types of refugees
Bg aboard." They made It clear the visit
IHfc i unofficial The army was in con-!
Hfi tiol on shore, they said.
One of 'he party, B lieutenant, who
i oke r.ntllBh, toi.i me tn.ii rc th.m
HBl 2000 Japanese laborer- had been land-1
h cd In the past few days. Thev were
camped on the beach, awaiting or-
Hl
Bf Scarcely had these visitors departed
HU when a launch from shore brought a
-Tap army officer, Wearing the black I
VN li slgnla of th'p gendarme. Without the
1 i sual prafatorj words i politeness he
, I 1 1 1
ARREST ILL HO LAND
11 "I have called on the ordTr of ..
Hjl Lpeiibr officer, and representing th
II'' secret police, wish to inform you that;
Ml aiyonfl landing at Alexanelrofsk from
Pll (Ms ship will be Immediately arrested
ijl pnrtlcularly an American who is on.
board."
i was at the captain'i aide wheVthls
was spoken and 1 was the only Am-i
HJ erican on board'
M) During the ilay, tried to persuadej
Hi the captain to set me ashore, but fear-
HI tng It might react against him he :
HJ would not do So
HJ About 4 p. m. the Erivan's second
HJ officer returned, lie had spent the
KJ Intervening hours in Jail Fie w lm r-
Hjl leased with th- intimation that ho had
HJH better seek his ship Me did.
HjH On learning this. Captain Kargel-
Hffl skoff decided It was useless to try to
HJH net coal. We proceeded to VladlVos-
Bl ELDING RAILROAD
HB Protn the SSCOnd officer I learned'
Hjw it the Japanese laborers Just land-
Hjl were to be used In Imlkllng a rail-
Hjl l from the coal mines to Alexan-
Hfk He also brought unaulhenlicaled
jHE Lories of individual outrages com-
HJr mllteel by Japanese soldiers ngalnst
HjHR ..u.-.-lail women in . Iea n-1 1 o I - I
Hjl M chilly reception as iiHriated
HHI above, prevented invest Ignition of thefd
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WILSON'S PARDON 1
i SAVES A WOMAN
FROM EXECUTION
WASHINGTON, Ozt 14
President Wilson saved from
trie gallows Josephine Berry, a
young neress, under sentence '
to be hanged here tomorrow for
j the murder of another negTO '
woman. Her sentence was com
muted to life imprisonment.
No woman has been hangtd in
the District of Columbia since
die exc utiorj of Mrs. Surrat in
connection with the Lincoln as- J
, sassinaticn.
Sever?! persons have inter
ested thi res in the girl's
behalf, declaring they were
strongly opposed to capital pv.n
:shmcnt in the case of women.
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HARDING TAKES
e mm
Tfl KENTUGKIANS
Southerners Told to Give
Thounht to Principles of
Republican Party
1 OX BOARD SENATOR HARD
INOS SPECIAL TRAIN, I ct. 11.
j Afte r his one day lnadon of Tenne?
i s.-e. Senator 1 1 r i- I i tr w is on his way
todaj to LoulpylUe, Ky , where he Is
! to speak tonight. The Kepubllcan
nominee left Chattanooga late last
n.u'ht aftiM- delivering addresses in the
1 municipal auditorium and the- over-
flow crowd In the street outsific.
The Republican nominee's train was
I si-heelHd to make five and ten minuto
ipa ,.t Oakdale, Tenn , and Somer
set, Danville, Harrodsburg, Lawrence
i burg and Louisville, Ky He was to
reach Louisville at 5 -2 1: p m
MESSAGE I Mil ;i.
I As in his Chattanooga apdech, the
I nominee today made the record of
the present administration the ba
sis for his appeal for RepUbllean sup
port in the south, lie also emphasised
that Ms party preached no doctrine
It could not apply to all sections wlth-
out discrimination.
To the voters of the Democratic
south. Senator Harding last night ael
dressed an appeal for earnest COnsld
i eratlon of Republican principles anel
gave a promise that Republican suc
cesses In the election would mean
' the same policy of helpful protec
tion to all American pryductlon. North
! or South."
In 0 speech at the Chattanooga an
Idltorium. he suggester "diversified pol
I Itics." as the thing required to re
I move the last trace of sectloml mis
understanding, and said thai hla parly
had no policy for one section that it
did not nreach for all sections alike.
DEMOCR ITS I T VCK1 I;
The- Democratic party he attacked
for Its conduct of affars both .it
home and abroad. President Wilson,
he said, repeatedly had dictated to
congress, even at the expense of vio
lating pledges of his own party plat
form and finally had at tempted to
force acceptance of the league of na
tions covenant hy depriving th- sen
ate of Its constitutional power's.
An ambiguity In the federal con-,
stitUtion, he said, had been respon
sible for the Civil war and he voiced i
0 hope that no similar cataslroph.
would be courted by accptlm? a league
covenant "containing a score of am-i
Dignities "
I KDERSTANDIKG PRFA II,s
"Looking back now into the con
COrd of union," he said, ' we note :
no difference in patriotic love of coun
try, north or south rather a mlsun
derstandlng as to the meaning of it ;
It little matters now ahout grievances
about early difficulties, about the em-'
hlttered disappointment. The supreme '
fact is that we are reunited.
"All .that north and nouth evr
needed was understanding with one
another. We have that understand-!
Ihg now.
"We an- not wholly of one mind in
our party devotion, bill It will be u
grand d.- for America when our par
tisan difficulties are buried in the con-1
cord of new understanding, If Re
pUbliCan policies are good for tli
north, they deserve the earnest Con
sideration of the south.
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SOLDIER AID LEADERS
TO MEET IN SALT LAKE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14, President
Wilson in u letter read at th ope-niiik' i
session here today of u conference of I
the federal board for voe-atlonul edU
cation with members Of the various
state boards, declared the Importance
of vocational rehabilitation of disabled
soldiers "cannot be exaggerated for
the welfare Of the nation anel the de
velopment of Its energies."
The conference was attended prln-l
cipallv l members of bonds from
eastern and central stati. Announce
ment was made that a similar confer
ence would be held at Salt Lake City1
November 4. 5 and C, for the convenl-l
e m e of boards In western states.
OIL INTRIGUE
BUSY DECLARES
! MEXICO AGENT
I
Attempt to Reach While House
Fails, Pasciuiera Tells Presi
dent Huerta
TWO GROUPS OPPOSE
SETTLEMENT, HE SAYS
Statement Denies New Gov
i ernment Will Persecute
Catholic Church
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 13 Charger,
that the petroleum intrigue has been j
unable to reach the White House and
has turned its attention to the depart
ment of state which Is over-run by
lobbyists representing interests work
ing against Mexico In petroleum, po
litical and divers other matters," are
made by Roberto pasqulera, personal
! representative in the United States of
(provisional President de la Huerta, in
ja statement issued l.isl night. This
I statement, said Senor Pasqulera, cm
(bodies a report he will make tomor
row to the provisional president.
I Senor Pasquelra, who also is Mexi
can financial :gent in the United
states with headquarters p New Fork,
has just returned to Mexico City ifter
la two months tour In the United
.States.
OPPOSITION TO MEXICO.
The report made public by Senor
Pasquelra asserts that there are two
I main groups In the United Stales
which are most active in opposition
to Mexico The first of these groups
it dealares. comprises the "coyotes."
including the speculators and money
'brokers who ' have acquired Ill-gotten
gains under the various factions which
( have contended for power in Mexico
:but are now banished hy the new or-
ider of things in Mexico "
The second group, the report al
leges, comprises "an association of eii
Operators Whh h 1ms also tarried on an
active campaign agalnflt Mexico, but
which has shown a willingness to wait
until Mexico decides bee petroleum
difficulties fpiltably "
PR USE I 'OK lLSOi
, Th. r port starts by saying that Scc-
! rctar of State Colby and Under-Secretary
Davis are- "friends of Justice,"
proceeds with a eulogy of President
Wilson, and refers to the White House
as a "fortress which towers above hu
man fallings and m--.H,ses of intrigue"
it asserts, however, that the lobby
ists are "all striving together towards
the same- end of preventing the Wash
ington and Mexico "ity governments
omlng to an understanding With the
hope- of a Kepubllcan victory in the
United States and even precaution of
thai party's administration lending it
self as an Instrument Of their pur
pose The Statement denies rumors that
the new Mexican government intends
to start a period of persecution of the
Catholic church.
1 Senor Pasquelra expects to return te,
the United states Friday A rumor ls
in circulation that he has been ap-1
pointed Mexican representative in
j Washington, succeeding Senor Igleslas!
iCalderon; who is returning here to as-i
sume his duties as senator The re-,
port denle- an friction between Senor
Pesqulera and Senor Calderon
REPARATIONS COMMISSION
GIVES UP TREATY DUTIES
f
PARIS, Oct. 14. Abandonment by
the reparations commission of , the task j
assigned to It by the treaty of Yer-1
Bailies Is the principal feature of the I
compromise adopted during the con-
ferences between premiers de la Croix
and Lloyd George, of Belgium and
Great Britain, says the Petit Parisien
Exchange Of views relative to repa
rations continue between England,
France ami lielglum, it is said, and
Premier Lloyd George persists In thoi
belief that the Germans win carry cnu'
more willingly an agreement In which1
they have had a share In framing.
France and Belgium, it is indicated,!
have acceded to this view and Gei -1
mans will probably be admitted at the
proposed Brussels' conference. The)
may also share in the deliberations of
the. supreme council
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ENGLISH WORKING CLASS
PAYS HIGHER FOR BREAD
LONDON, ct. 14. The English!
working classes and small salaried
people are faced with another crisis
in the cost of living The Londoni
Master Bakers' association has an
nounced that beplnning Monday thei
price Of bread will be increaseel froni
one shilling to one shilling four pence
for a four pound loaf anel h seems
probablo that the rest of the country,
will follow suit.
DEMORALIZED MARKETS
HURT TRADE OF JAVA j
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. General!
financial depression and demoralisa
tion of markets in .lavu to such an e.x- I
tent that failures are expected, wus,
rt ported lo the department of com
merce toduy by Trade Commissioner
Fowb-r ni Batavia. Thc commissioner
said exporters should exercise caution
In negotiating documentary drafts has-'
ed upon shipment of expensive luxu-1
rles and motor cars unless credit has;
been opened In Java to cover the 1
transactions
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MRSrwILSON'S
CHECK FOR $100
j GIVEN BOURBONS
NEW YORK, Oct 14 Mrs ,
voodrow Wilson today contrib- ;
; uted $100 "to help spread what I 1
the league means to us and to
every American," she wrote in j j
a letter to thc woman's bureau
at the Democratic national com-1 j
mittee m support of the league
of nations.
'I am very happy to be one of ;
, the thousand women to respond j
! and herewith enclose my che:k j
for $100, " she added. ' !
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COX LAUNCHES
NEW ATTACK ON
TUFT POSITION
Political Freebooters Can't
Scrap Government, Candi
date Declares
VAN WERT, o , i let 14 A new
line of attack upon former President
;Taffs position on the league of na-
itions was made here today hy Gover
nor Cox in opening a three days' 00431"
Ipalgh In his home state
Referring to Judge Tail's st iieinent
I even In event of Gov ernor Cox's elec tion
there would remain enough He
publican senators to defeat the treaty,
the Democratic presidential candidate
I here today declared this Indicated
plan to dhiregarti the decision In the
league referendum.
WON'T BE PERMITTED
"This can mean only one thing,"
said Governor Cox. "that when I am
elected pti a straightforward platform
favoring the league it is the purpose
of brazen conspirators in the senate
to treat the mandate of the peopie
With contempt anel turn their backs
on the expressed will of the electorate.
This, In the first place, Is utilhlnkable
md in the second place will not be
permitted for after all a democracy
and a will ol lh people is triumphant.
aim I MOTHER ROW.
"On the other hand." the governor
continued. If the candidate of the
senatorial oligarchy were to be elect
ed because he favors staying out of
the league and then his assumption
of office were to turn about face and
propose entering the league wh it about
the popular mandate and the referen
dum then ' What would Borah and
Johnson say and what w ould the vot-1
crs of the country think about such
repudiation of their will'' The time
Is DOW lor us to remind ourselves and i
think seriously of the fact that the I
government of the united States is a
government by the people. Senator,
Harding may be willing to scrap the
league, but the American people are!
not ready to have their government
Scrapped by a deceitful band of po-!
Iltical freebooters "
Governor Cox reiterated that he fa
vored 'going Into thc- league of ua-
Hons with the Hitchcock reservations;
or any othe-r that nre offered in good
faith to further clarify or reassure anel I
that do not have the purpose of de-,
structlon. "
UNION PRINTERS LEAVE
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
OMAHA, Neb , Oct 14. The Omaha I
World-Herald, an evening paper, was
handicapped today after about 20
union printers quit work DlsSatlsfac j
tion ovei failure of arbiters to report:
On agreement on u new wage scale
pending for some time Is said to have
caused the walkout. The day mti
iisk an increase of $1 oh'd the night ;
men Jl 50 They have bi?on getting
$7 for l ight hours of day work and :
$7. CO for night work
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ARMY TRUCK CONVOY TO
DISBAND ON WEST COAST I
i I
BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. Tho
United States army transcontinental
truck convoy pre pared to disband here
today following its arrival yesterelav
from Washington, D. C. the starting
point. The convoy left Washington
June 14, under command of Major
John F Franklin and consisted of
fifty-five vehicles and a personnel of
1G5 enlisted men aud sixteen Officers j
. uu
NEWSPAPER UNION BUYS
WISCONSIN PAPER MILLS
OMAHA, Neb., Oct 14. I'urehase
by thc Western Newspaper Union of
Omaha of the pdpei pulp mills of the
Mcnasha Paper company at Ladysmlthl
and Thornapple, wis., and an eledtrio
power plant at Port Arthur. Wis., was
announced here today
The purchase price Is said to have
been M,ooo,ooo, i
sBsssssssssssssssn sis! .
ONE GOES TO
SCAFFOLD IN
GREAT TERROR
Other Walks to Gallows Unas
sisted and Faces Wit
nesses Calmly
REMAINING SIX OF
DEATH ROW REPRIEVED
Chief of Police Protests
Against Granting Stays to
Murder Gang Men
CHICAGO) ct- Mr Two of eight
men original! se nt, deed to be h mgf d
ii mi' , ook county j;m Luuaj wore ex
ecuted at 8.31 o'clock this morning.
Thes were Frank Champlone, mem
ber of the Cardinel" ' murder trust, 1
charged with six murders and a half
hundred robberies, and John Henry
Reese, negro, convicted ef murdering
his w Ife with a hati hi I
The six who escaped the noose all
of them convicted of murder were
eliminated, one by one, by reprieves,
stays and commutations, as the result
of desperate last-.mlnute lepal efforts.
CRIES OP FRIGHT.
The hanging of Reese and Champl
one was without Incident, though
Champione was assisted to the gal
lows In a frenzy eif terror and moaned
With frirht until the quick drop sil
I enced his cries.
itecse, who professed religious faith
i several days ago, walked to the scaf
fold unassisted and faced the group
1 of vvhnc-sses calmly.
Champlone, with Nioholas Viana,
had been convicted of the murder of
Andrew P. Uovvnian. saloonkeeper,
durfrtga hold-up June 24, l,iy. al
though police connected them wiih
many other crimes.
CHIEF PROTEST 5
The band was headed by Sam e 'ar
dinelli, also Implicated in the Bow
man murder, and likewise sentenced to
hang toduy. but for whom u commu
tation of sentence was obtained.
The wholesale deferring of execu
tions led Chief of Police Garrity to
protest that action of the courts and
the board of pardons virtually consti
tutes "an invitation to gunmen to so
j back to their professions."
CUBAN BANKERS STUDY
WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY
HAVANA Oct 14 Measures to cope
with the financial situation In Cubs
ure being studied hy government offi
cials and business men of th.: republic,
but no definite solution has yet been
lound Representatives of the inter
national national and Spanish banks
conferred with President Menocal and
the BecreMry of agric ulture yesierdav
relative to ihe problems involved at
the present time They proposed it is
reported, that hanks be allowed to is
sue sugar certificates which would be
exchangeable at banks after the sugar
had been deposited with the govern
ment and that the goverment guar
antee approved checks would be paid
from funds held in hanking houses.
UPPE ill TO V iSHINGTON.
WASHINGTO, Oct 14 Cuba has
appealed to the American government
for aid in Its present financial cliff!
cultles. The appeal has been taken
under consideration by officials to see
If some plan of assistance can be
worked out.
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MEXICAN OFFICIALS SEE
STATE FAIR AT DALLAS
DALLiAS, Tex., Oct 14. General
Jacinto Trevlno, a cabinet member In J
the de la Huerta government of Mex
ico, accompanied by his staff and
eighty representative Mexican business
men, arrived In Dallus today whi re
they will be guests of the state of
Texas and the Texas state fair The
party was given an ovation upon its
arrival.
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SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS
FOR KILLING JOURNALIST
GALLATIN. Mo. Oct. 14. Hugh T.
Tnrwater was today found guilty by
a Jury of seconel degree murder for
the death of Wesley L Robertson, a
veteran newspaper publisher, here De
cember L'3, i9iy. Tarwater was sen
tenced to thirty-five years In the pen
itentiary. nrv
S. P. SHOPMEN GO OUT
AS NEGROES REINSTATED
HOUSTON. Texas. Oct. 11. A va
cation strike of 1 C00 Southern Paci
fic shopmen was in effect today, duo
to the reinstatement of four negro
workers by road officials. The men
will meet shortly before noon to con
lsder the situation with union officials.
GRECIAN KING VERY ILL
FROM BITE OF MONKEY
ATHENS. Oct 14. The condition of
King Alexander was reported early to
duy as still critical as the result of
the Infection that set in following the
bite of a monkey which he suffered
on October 1
YOUNG BANDITS
HAVE NEW TRICK,
WOMEN VICTIMS
CHICAGO, Oct. 14 Six
; women, wives of manufacturers
i ind business men, were held up ,
and robbed early today of jew
i sis valued at $4500, and several j i
iiundred dollars in cash. The
bandits, they said, were two
young men who hopped on the j
j running board of their taxicab
I is they were leaving a social
' 'unction at the home of a friend.
Five of the victims managed
I to hide a part of their valu- ,
ibles while the others were be- i
I mg robbed. They said they
j i saved approximately $30,000
1 worth of jewelry in this way.
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POWER SITES
IN NATIONAL
I PARKS TOPIC
Western Beauty Spots Threat
ened With Ruin, Confer
ence Is Told
! AMrTKRST. Mass,. . ; u. The
' federal water power commission has
agreeel to refuse to accept any appli
cation of power permits in exisiim;
national parks until congress has In n
given a full opportunity to pass upen
I the entire question of power deVelop-
' ment within such pdrkS -J Horace
i Mcl'arland of Harrlsfburir, Ps . presi
dent of the American Civic association,
announced today at the opening ses-
. sion of the sixteenth annual conven
tion of that organization.
Mr. McFarland also announced that
Senator Jones, of Washington, had
promised Secretary of ihe Interior
; Paine, a member of the water powei
commission, to introduce a bill with
drawing the national parks and monu
ments from the provisions of the fed-
I eral water power act and to urge its
early passage
( sl'oll, I'NKkV
"The water power people now
have the right.' said Mr McFarland.
i "to file claims on everv drop of fall
ing water in any fe-deral reservation,
j be it park, monument, forest or even
I cemetery,
i The national parks are now in im
l minent peril. The Irrlgationlsts want
i to dam Yellowstone lake- in Vellow
stone National park They want to
use Heart lake, Lewis lake, Shoshone
I lake. In tin- same park. They have
pushed through the senate and have
i poise d on the brink of passage In the
j house, a bill permitting the destruc
, tion of Falls River basin Thev have
already ruined forever the wonderful
Jackson lake just outside the park
CONTROL CONGRESS.
These folks conirol senators and
representatives, some of whom threat
en to block all appropriations, all road
building, all developments in the park!
for your benefits if their clients arc
not given first use."
The convention session was givon
j over to tho discussion of national
parks, Stephen t. Mather, director
of the national parks, laid particular
stress on the increase of visitors to thc
national park this year.
Colonel WlUlarn B Greeley, chief
forester of the United States forest
service, discussed "the national for
ests with particular reference to a
definite national policy for tho devel
opment of the national forests and
I the national parks."
GRADE HORSES OF ARMY
LEAD ENDURANCE RACE
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Ver
mont, eict. 14 The horses competing
In the 300 mile endurance test, swept
out of this town and Into New Hamp
shire today with miles to cover to
reach their goal at Camp DeVenS,
Mass., tomorrow evening Of the -'
mounts that st illed the race only 16
remained, seven remaining in the sta
bles her as a resuK of lameness 01
swollen ankles developed in vesb rdav s
hard drive. Tho. four others dropped
out earlier in the test.
Again today Buhkle and Mile. De
nlse were first on the trail. These-1
two grade thoroughbreds from the
army remount service have thus far
shown the way to horses of other I
breeds and strains in the competition1
to determine of what biooel i bcle
Sam's war horse of the future shall
be Stamping their impatience t.. be
off at 5:07 a. m. they left tho Stables
at u canter that was almost a gallop.
NEW YORK THEATRE MAN
BUYS VIENNA SH0WH0USE
BUDAPEST, ct. 14. Ben Ulumen-
thai, of tho Unite, i piaya corporation'
of New York, has purchased the Gai
ety theatre here for (180,00,0. it was
announced today. The- purchase price
represents ahout i.",ii0(i.Min crowns at I
ihe present rate of exchange. i
HUGE BRITISH I
STRIKE DOE TO I
BEGIN MONDAY I
Coal Miners to Leave Work
After Saturday Notice
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
TO LOSE THEIR JOBS
Government Busy Making
Plans to Cope With Situa- i
tion Soon to Result
LONDON, Oct. 14 Thc United
Kingdom was toelay faced with per.
haps the most ominous industrial 'li
sts in Its history due lo the decision
of the coal miners to allow the strike
notices to become effective Saturday
night following their rejection ot tho jH
compromise offered to their demand
for s two shilling per shift Increase in
It seemed certain that unless the
government or the miners conceded
the demands of the men or mad,.
fresh and attractive offers, more
than SOO.OOn miners would not return
to the pits Monday, thereby throwing
hundreds of thousands of workers in
other Industries out of work anebcaus
ing a critical situation in the economic
life of the country.
REJE4 I lo FAVORED.
Official returns from thc national
' miners' ballot concerning the datum
; line proposal of the owners showed
an overwhelming majority in favor of
rejection. At this morning's crucial
conference of the miners' delegates
who met to consider the deadlock, a,
small minority held out for submis on
j Of the claims of the men to arbitla
tion, but this was brushed aside, u
was stated thai th miners' execu-
' tive committee expected to be sum-
j inonc-d to the board of trade this af
ter noon, hut whether this would oc-
cur. or if so that it presaged, was a,
matte- of speculation.
No sooner had news ,,f the decision
Of the irumcr been received in the
.great steel district of Cleveland. YorU
shire, than the iron aa steel mant fa H
l.turers there- hegan preparations for
ClOSlhg the works. It Is expected that
If the strike materializes most of the
blast aner sted furnaces will become
idle immediately.
GOVERNMENT HI sv
The government while saying little,
i for weeks has been active!) preparing
to handle the situation In the event of
the strike being called.
Official figures of the ballot taken
by the miners to decide upon accept.
1 ance of the basic line- of production of
fered by the owners, beyond which n LH
Increase of wages would bo granted,
, were given out today as follows
For acceptance, 181. 4'JS.
Against acceptance, 635.098.
This m.-de a majority against ac-
I e eptance of 462.670
: it was decided tq send the result of
; the ballot and the conference's d. e
; ion to Premier Lloyd George.
G0MPERS DENIES CONTROL
OF GREAT LABOR VOTE
iH
HALT I MOKE Oct. 14 In an ad
esi yesterday befoie the convention
'of International Brotherhood of Book
binders. Samuel Qompers denied r
j ports that he could "de liver the lubor
1 1 1 I he Democi party," and H
Jsald no person ever heard such au ut
iterance coming from him.
Mr. Gompers s.,i,i that he owned al
leglance to no political party, that he
was partisan to principles and labor.
"We are not Bolshevlkl," coniinuri
Mi Oonipers, "nor have we our hands
on the throat of our government. We
purpose to exercise our rights solely
as American citizens.
"I control only one vote and that
vote Is my own I can only align my
self against the man who has lined
himself with the reactionary Interests
and against th,. interests of the work-
Ing people, i am going to urge all I
can do not to cast their vote for Har
I ding and that police-baiter Coolldge,
but for Cox and Roosevelt. "
M'ADOO HOLDS LEAGUE
ABOVE TIES OF PARTY
CONNESVILE, Fa. Oct. 14. . d.
Me Adoo, campaigning for the Demo
cratlc party, entered the coke court
try of West) rn Pennsylvania and madV
a number of addresses which he urged
; ratification of the league of nations
Mr. McAdoo in his address, describ
ed the document as "one of the great
est ever conceived by human minds"
i and declared that "If James M. Cox
were against the league anel War
i Harding W$PC for It. I as a Dem
ociat. would support Harding, because
1 know that the future rests on a set
tlement of this basic question than any
other. I would break every party tie
mi e. ii t)i ai d stand for thc principle
of I his league."
uv h
THEFTS OF PLATINUM
WORTH $200,000 CHARGED j
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. Herb Roth,
alius Rody Rothkan arrested in Brook
lyn today at the request of Jackson.
Tenn.. authorities, was held in $30 0 "'
bail by a United States commissioner
for examination In connection with
thefts of S2M0.00O worth of phulnupj
from the government during the war.
oo BBS
DADDY PICKS OWN NAMES
FOR NEWBORN TWINS
CHICAGO, Oct 14 Twin girls
were' born to Mrs. Robert Mcl'Ve.
whose husband Is a telegraph oper..'"
on the Board df Trade . There nam'
are Dot and Dash, Mrs. .MclVe said