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F.ftieth ve.r-No. 270 OGDEN cTlT, UTAH SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1920. I if
1 FRANCE READY TO HELP FORM NEW LEAGUE I
I PRESS OF SINN
f- FEIN'S ORGAN
H CLOSED 001
Action Follows Raid on Estab
lishment and Arrest of
Its Owner
SiSP
UNIFORMED MEN BURN
I HALL FOR REVENGE
Newspaper Urges Sending of
Trusted Yankee Reporters
to Ireland
Egf j DUBLIN. Nov. C. Numerous raids
1 were carried out In Dublin this morn-
PJAVJ ing. The printing establishment of
BHVf Patrick Mahon. where the Sinn Fein
H ..man "Young Ireland' la published.
Hb v , searched and documents removed.
fcw M ,,f.r, u a-, .rr.-s'. 1 Hl
.iirivintifd :he machinery and ordered
Bf the plant
The district hall "f Gorvah. coun-
J ty Leitrlm. was burned lit dawn today;
H by uniformed men. Yeslt -rd.-iv vacant,
BVJ police barracks In Gorvah wore
H burned.
j )B 1 OR RBPOR1 ERS
HPJPj LONDON. Nov 6 The Nen States-j
.ijjLLn man suggests that n better plan than
H inquiry ino conditions In Irelan I
by a commission appointed In Wash-;
ington would be for the AmerlcflUj
H press to send over an army of Its
most able and most trusted corr
spondents large enough cover evi rj
county In Ireland The British gOV
rrnmont. the newspaper says woulr! ;
then be faced with the alternative
H either excluding them from Ireland
thereby admitting everything or els.
J take effective means 10 secure that
they are not touched or threatened
"for. insane as the svcrrnen;
H will recognize the Impossibility of nl-
lowing nv American cltlns to be
HH1 bundled bv the Ttlnck and Tn-s
i s i i ti!i:k apon
BY C. LYON
N R. . sen r orn p mlen
DUBLIN. Ireland, Nov. 6 AY hen
lfl Irishman complains to the world about
fcflBl British militarj "oppression" It Jsouite
n,- thing for thi military to rail h.m
LlP"' a liar and assassin and to deny I1
So the Irish Bltm Fein poliVc.l or
fl ganlsation Just now Is try!nr to piroVa
j thrlr rase bv usin- t It w-.r' Eng-
I tlons in Ireland
Only a few days ago number o.
flWO well-known Englishmen n-'d---H a
MM statement to their fellow-countrymen. I
through the London Times, urging the ,
necessity of ihe Abandonment by th
British government of its policy or!
J repression in Ireland."
Among those who signed the Btat?
I ll merit were Genera! Hubert Cough H I
G AATel)s the nuthor. John Maacileltl
and Philip Gibps one of Fnslanu's
foremost Journalists.
BYffl BM NOT Jl'fiTICl
J To quote from tbiir statement:
HH "Fey Englishmen have any ''Ira Of
the lengths to which this policy bns
been carried The Coercion Art' pvirr.
the cllma?: of this policy Court mnr
tiaJ Justice will become the rule It is
provided that men may be kept Indef-
Inlely In prison without trial. A court
may sit in secret.
"This Is not a system or justice, it
is designed for the punishment of
IHI political movement I
fH "Every solution or the Irish question t
rT- Bupposes a frlendlj reeling between
! England md Ireland and wi an Btin
M ultinr hatred Thus, onlv by clvuu-i
ng our police can w re it.- thi at-
inosphere necessary to the successful I
HH working of any solution of the Irish
ilCJ'kj R ouestlon
(OVsTAHLl.s HAVE POWER.
HEsfl At present the constables or sol-
3.05 dirrs may raid the home of an Irlsh-
H1JU man at night, drag him away to prison
tWl or stand him up against u wall and
siE shoot Mm without trial and the local
coroner, nine times out of ten a Sinn
2J Felner. cannot hold an Inquest and re-
ififKl turn a verdict of murder against the
Bftid soldiers or constables. The L'.r.:iv-
$8rlt stopped these toques' s be.ause the
i,ifiSTti coroner verdicts rendered were gener-
H ally political documents
SEn After Lord Mayor MacCurtain of
BasMi Cork had been taken f i om his home
IUgB and shot to death some months ago
H the Cork coroner listed Tremie;
;'P Lloyd George, along with the consta
bles, as those RUilty of the murder
Unlimited lstltude Is allowed the
mllltarv and constabulary operating
taJSjy In Ireland. Upwards of 2.0O0 raids
aWr? have been made on Irish homes In a
WH hunt for seditious literature, firearms
and other evidences of disloyalty to
HHl tho king. :'0 Irish newspapers were
suppressed at one time for printing ad
vertisements for the Irish republic
& s loan, some 6000 arrests of Sinn Fein
jEii leaders and sympathizers have been
Vff I 3 1 Sinn Fein numbers of the
V 1 Irish Parliament" were In prison at
Hj the time of their election, 37 more
WPB members have either been imprisoned
since their election or are now being
hunted by the British authorities with
View to Imprisoning them; some I i0 '
deportations of Irishmen; numerous
fairs and other public gatherings sup
pressed: and about 7 Irishmen shot
Hti according to republican goernmeni
Jm " figures.
1 JAPAN WILL IGNORE
SIBLRIAN LAND LEASE '
I
T' -KIO, Nov. 6. In connection with
the reports that WiLshlngton D. Vun
flcrltp, representing an American syn
dirate. had obtained concessions In tfi-
, .i from tiie Russian soviet govcrsr
the Japanese foreign office fo
gave out the followixLg statemi nt
In view of the fot fhat tho soviet
rntucnt has not been recognlzetl
ho powers. It Is unnecessary to
, .-nit out that the Japanese govern -
t .ent Is In no way bound to take cog
nisance of any private agreement, nor
'Ij. prepared to assent to an act or meas-
2" ure which Infringes upon Japan's
treaty rights with relation to R lashl
or affects her vital interests, arising
Hf from geographli uthei on-tderj - '
Bandits Mistake Bags Of
Anti-Skid Chains For Money;
Two Americans Murdered
i
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 Tho recent murder of the two Amer
icans, Arthur L. Mosely of Bay City, Texas, and ius Salazar, a
.naturalized citizen, in the Tampico fil fields u.;s the result of an
; attempt bv bandits t hold up the paj ear oj an American 1
! pany, according to advices from Tampico today. A Mexican em
ploye of the company was s.. seriously wounded that he died soon
fifterw ard
This was the first bandit raid in this region since the over
throw of t'arranza, according to officials. The three men "were
'taking the payroll to the oil fields in un automobile when they
I j were stopped by seven armed men Mosely was killed before he
could n 1 " 1 from the car and Salazar ts be was getting out. Th:
Mexican was dragged from the machine and ahol 'The robbers
I took a bag containing the anti-skid chains which they mistook for!
the payroll which they left behind
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SENATOR WANTS
DEMOCRATS TO
GET ME PEP
Harrison of Mississippi Fvlakes
Wove for Reorganization of
Defeated Party
WASHINGTON', Nov. C Another
rne toward re-nrranl7.it!on of the I
DfJniocrntlc pnrty was made here tod.iyi
hen senator HarT'son of Mississippi, !
chairman of the speaker's bureau dur
big the campaign Issued a statement 1
culling on his fellow Democrats t
"bury all differences and forpc: about
the recent campaign."
Th DemocratU parly is not dead,'1 1
lie Kald, "It has only received a ten:
porary setback ai:d will make itself
felt every day r.f every session of com- j
Kresx until the nert election ndlsi
around
"Governor Cox made a jrallant flffhfcj
He Impressed the countrj s ne-..s:M-j
nj u) In the fullest decree to the)
Important role tn which hr h id . r-w I
assigned. A grateful party "ill hi 1
himself In hlh Ht eyteom for t h .
splendid flirht he hae made and will
copllnue to U .i upon him inc rcu.
lt.u'or '
II VRRISOX'S l W s
As to th- par;y re-organlxa.fion Mr.
Harrison said:
"1 believe thnt there should Pe :i
chgnge In the permanent 0raanizaiI0.il
of the Democratic party I don't mean
by that that Chairman Whlo sho ild
not be retained a chairman of Ihe
national committee; Ho showed
marked ability in the nianaitcmcnt of
the recent campaign which was waged
against overwhelming odds. No one
c ould have done better than he dwl .
under the circumstances
"He has a Keen insight touching fu
ture plans :nd I am sure that when
they are put In force ever element
within the Democratic party will ap-
prove of them.
FIGHTING UNITS.
I want to pec ever)- Democrat In j
the country, no matter what his Views
have been or w hat his course was In I
the recent campaign, l.n.ujclit Into line
and q militant orsranlz.it Ion maintained
to fight tin- reartlonarv policies the
Republicans will assuredly attempt to 1
Inaugurate
"The results of tho re. . nt election I
shiie of course discouraging to th.
Democracy of the nation should Influ
ence Democrats to stand united as
never IWore and work together In a '
spirit of complete co-operation and ac-j
cord.
"I have no criticism to make of,
those Ieniorrat.s who failed to aid the'
party when the 'going was hard I;
want to se complete harmony with1
our ranks "
DENVER AND SALT
LAKE RAILROAD HAS
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 6 A fire
of undetermined origin tonight
destroyed the machine shop, tool
house, stationery supply building
and three locomotives of Ihe Den
ver and Salt I.ak railroad at
I'tah Junction, near here W. R.
Freeman, receiver for the road,
estimated the loss at $1,000,000
Firemen were handicapped by
inadequate water supply. The Chi
cago. Burlington and Quincy rail
road loaned engine crews to aid In
moving freight cars out of dangei
and employes prevented the
flames from tpreadlng to the
roundhouse.
The road has been In the hands
of a receiver for several years
no
GERMAN REPARATIONS
PLAN IS OUTLINED
parib. Nov . (p,y the Associated
F'rewi. ) France and Great Britain
have flnall agreed on the proceoduro
la four stages on tho question of Ger
man reparations. This decision wui
reached after two conferences this aft
ernoon r.etw.-en Premier Le gus and
the Eurl of Derby, the British am
bassador at Paris. The procedure will
ombracw !
First A Brussels conference of ex
perts; second A meeting at Geneva
between the representative oT the al
lied and German governments; third
Consideration by the reparations com
n.issjoii of the findings of the first
1 two conferences; fourth A meeting of
the premiers to consider ihe derision
of the reparation commission.
RUSSIA ILL
LIGHT VvOR LD ,
DEBS WRITES
Message to Clvcaqo Socialists
Praises Achievement of
Slav Masses
I
CHICAGO Nov. 6 I's'ahlishment
I of the "workers' republic" In soviet
Res-da is "a brisrht star In the pnlitl
r..i heavens shall light :h. way of
I he world." Eugene V. Debs declared !
! In a message sent from Atlanta penl
i t.-ntlary to the Cook county organiza
tion of the Socialist r-irty made publ i
tonight The message will be road a'
th celebration tomorrow of the third
anniversary of the Russian soviet rev-
olutlon by local Socialists It follows:
DEBS MESSAGE.
'Atlanta. Ga.
"Greeting, comrades. In our dorK
ous celebration of the third anni-
rfiarv o,' the Russian revolution Thf,,
proletarian werld id fevers cf rrrffrvF
'everywhere nr. thrilled With Joy at the
IttVWS of the irrea'. victory of the Kus
slnn people. The triumph of the work
ers' cnuse In Hns n ts a h'storle mile
stone In the prof res of the wo-ld ari
Its Influence for ?od h"s circled til"
e- rth and shr(M dti-.cf the conrv of!
the future. The encipaf 'en of Rus-'
sin and 'th.S establishment of tho work-!
era' republic is a bright s,ar In the.
political heavens, and sall light the'
wy of te world. It is the rrreat hope1
of the human rice and Us example
will leut to the emancipation of th-v
workers of the world. All hail to those
noble comrade who carved out a
DOOplh'n government on an Impreisnn-,
ble foundation of granite, that shall ;
stand for all time
FIAV1 FAITH. HE URGES.
"Comrades, you have weathered tiie!
storm, the faithful oo-opcrnMon of
Comrades has been able to defeat the'
world wide alliance of capltsll'sm. I
am sure that the same vpMt lhat con-'
Qiiered capitalism will develop the
gehlusen th.-.t will conquer the devas
tating disease you Inherited from cap- i
Itallstic governments who seek to de-1
itroy the nwly omanctpat.'-d p. -op'.- ..f
soviet Russia Faith, comrades your
triumph Is complete, other nations will I
become liberated and together shall
form a brotherhood of the world "
POLISH DfET BREAKS
UP IN GREAT UPROAR
WAR8AW, Nov 6 (Bv the Asso
, ciat'--l Press I The diet broke up in
1 an uproar lonltrht after two hours of
wild scenes created by Socialists who
: were seeking to obstruct a vote on
articles of the constitution creating
a seriate
The Socialists and radicals blew
trumpets sounded sirens and em- i
ployed oiher noise-makers The speak -
I cr. nevertheless, ordered a ballot, but1
the Socialists and radicals rushed on
the tellers, scattered the balloi cards
tossed the baskets into the crowd und
hunk' others on Ihe walls and chande
liers. The meeting finally was adjourned
while Premier Wltos. Foreign UlnlstS '
Saploha and other government offi
dais watched silently
FIGG SEES PRICES
STILL GOING DOWN
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6 Commodi
ty prices have indicated such a down
ward trend that the department of
Justice is "largely content to let the
downward trend carry' on by its own
momentum " according to a Statement
tonlKht by Howard Flgg. special as
sistant In charge of the work and who
has reaiancd effective November 15.
"The department feels that it sane
policy of steady pressure Is vindicated
by tho results achieved." Mr VIkk
said and 'announces its action will
continue along this line to get business
to readjust Itself by popular neces
sity but avoiding endangering the un
derlying sound prosperity of tho na
tion. '
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AERIAL MAIL PILOT
LOST IN WYOMING
CHEYENNE. Wyo. Nov 6 John
Woodward, aerial mall pilot, bound
from Salt Ijike City to Cheyonne was
reported missing by local avlatloji field
officials tonight Woodward was last
beard of at Tidsld Iiik", forty miles vhi
of here, where ho made a landing at
2:60 o'clock this afternon. The avla-'j
tor, according to local aviators, should!
have been In Cheyenne twent minutes I
after he left Tldsldlng. 1
FARMERS SEEK
MEMBERSHIPS
IN EXCHANGES
Pass Resolutions Calling on
Federal Commission to
Take Steps
MONOPOLY PREVAILS
NOW, THEY DECLARE
Discussion of Cooperative
Marketing Organization
Doesn't Lead Very Far
CHICAGO, Nov. t. Request '.hat
the federal trade commission and the
attorney general or other public au
thority be called on to take neces
sary steps to open grain exchanges of
'the country to membership of co-oper-dtlve
companies unless the exchanges
act themselves was made in resolu
tion adopted tudu ut an executive ses
iun oi the Farmers' Marketing com
mittee. The resolutions follow:
THE RESOIil HON
' Whereas, tne p. it.cipal grain ox
changes of the (Jnitd (states bar co
operative companies that distribute
tneir profits In proportion with the
volume Of business handled, from par
ticipating in the buying and soiling of
tarm products; and,
' " Whereas, me tame prevents pro
ducers from collectively selling their
own pioducls on the markets of the
country, thereby creating a monopoly
which is not In harmony with thi spir
it of American Institutions . there
fore, be it
' Resolved, that we call upon the
federal trade commission, the attorney
geoeiui or other public authority to
take such steps as may be necessary
to upc-n the kuI.J markets to the mem
bership of co-operative companies i n
leas the grain exchanges shall volun
tarily do the same ai one "
RI in HIT IN M kRKE I 8
No very strong, permanent, or ex
tetasixe co-operative marketing as
likely to be bu.lt up unlejsl economic
necessity forces a great dumber of
farmers into it, a commltti repre
senting inld-west farm bureau federa
tions reported today to m. farmers'
jm. u- ting 'lUjgYi'' ' ' ' fter an invcR
'fgftirHTr rtr-"'c7eui. r;, r. orgai tationa
on th Pacific coa.it
Tiie Investigation wns un. lei taken
to find whether the Pacific coast sys
tem could be adapted to the co-operu-tive
marketing of grain and other mid-
. si (arm products.
in a lengthy report the committee
analyzes the benefits and disadvant
ages of the various forms of organiza
tions used by the Pacific co:lsI fruit
and provision men. The organizations
cannot fix prices the report says, and
several of the western co-operative as--.oclatl.
ns ir. at Un- pr -. ill time un
strained to accept prices below their
calculated r st of production.
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS
FOR PLURALITIES IN
CONGRESS SHATTERED
WASHINGTON, Nov. t Tho
Republican plurality in the next
house of congress, at cording to
the unofficial list compiled to
night by William Tyler Page,
Chief clerk, will be 17t, breaking
all prevldus records The count
shows 305 Republicans, 124 D'ejmo
crats and one Sor-lallst. .Mr.
Pages list, In which the party
designation is selected by each
elected member shows no inde
pendents or prohibitionists seat
ed. The previous record party ma
jority in the house. Mr. Page
said, was the sixty-third congress,
elected In 1 ft 1 2 when the Pro
gressive, party wns n tho field
and the democrats had a plurali
ty of 1C3.
fct.
FIFTY MEN SEARCHING
FOR UTAH GIRL WHO
IS LOST IN NEVADA
RENO, Nev., Nov. 6. Fifty men
from Battle Mountain, headed by
the deputy sheriff, have found no
trace as yet of Amelia Holm, the
girl who slopped from a Pullman
on a Western Pacific train at
Kampos, a watering station on the
railroad, on Wednesday night. J
Twenty-five square miles of terri
tory has been covered by search
ing parties. Light snows have
fallen and trails are obscured
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PAYROLL ROBBERS
FOOLED BY GIRL WITH
MONEY IN STOCKING
CHICAGO, Nov. 6. Four pa
roll robbers today, knocked down
Hiss Marie Radner. a bookkeeper,
and fled with a satchel containing
$'J Miss Radnor had thoughtfully
placed her employer's payroll, all
oprrency, In her stockings:.
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jJUGO-SLAV TROOPS TO
OCCUPY BULGARIAN AREA
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Jugo-ftlav
troops will occupy tomorrow terrltorh s
ceded to the kingdom of tho .Serbs I
Croats and Slovenes under the treaty
with Bulgaria, according to advices
received from Belgrade today at the I
lugo-siav agency here Those Include!
the towns of Tsaribrod and BrossllJ-l
grad, and the district of Stroumltzu,
and territories on the right bank ofi
j the river Tlmok. The message said I
Immediate stepn for repatriation of all1
remaining Bulgarian prisoners of wari
bad been oj AerecL
J
Harding Assured Of
Cooperation in Working
j Out Association Plan
PARIS. Nov. G. It Miis stated in official circled today that the
French government would be ready to co-operate with the authorities!
at Washington in formulating something different from the covenant
of the league of nations as drawn at Versailles. This statement was
made in official quarters in referring to the declaration of Presidi nt
elect Earding, cabled from Marion to the French press to the effect!
that the Versailles covenant was now "deceased."
1 T'n,., (.,,. i c. ..cr.. I .' O
BODY OF NURSE
FOUND IN POND
AT SALT LAKE
i
SALT LAKE, Nov. 6. The
body oi Miss Frances M Kor
ms, world war nurse, who dis
lppeared, mysteriously while on
her way from her brother's
borne to the Y. V. C. A. here on
October 17, was found today,
I floating in a lake in one of the
:ity parks. Police arc at a loss
o explain the cause of her
death. No water was found in
i her lungs and no marks of io
lence upon her body.
Ml TK IS
GIVEN PLACE II
HULL OF FAME
I
Five Other Famous Men ;uc
Selected for Positions
of Honor
I
xnv york, Nov. c. Following
' a custom lens formally observed
I through all the centuries since the
j works of Anaxngoras were relegated
to the top shelf to make room for those
I of Aesop, the electors of the New
York unlverslt) Hull of Fame ye.ster
I day announced the dedication of a
. niche to Mark Twain Noah Web
! .xt.T. after consideration, was not ad-
mitted.
Along with the great humorist,
i whose 'Huckleberry Finn ' "innocence
Ahioail" and a hundred oth' r liRlit
j hearted tales have endeared them
: selves to the American reader, five
iotlur famous men and one woman
I were accorded places In the collonade
I surmounting University Heights and
I overlooking the Hudson river. The
I were James Uuchanan Eedes, engi
neer; Patrick Henry, patriot and
statesman; Willlasn Thomas Green
Morton, phvsielan, August SalntGaU
dftis, sculptor; Roger Williams,
preacher and founder of the state of
Rhode Island. and Alice Froenian
Palmer, teacher.
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HONORARY DEGREE IS
GIVEN TO AMBASSADOR
CI.WlNN'ATI. Nov ti Sir Auckland
Geddes, British ambassador to tho
United States, made the principal ad
dress at a dinner here tonight which
concluded the centennial observa
tion of the founding of tin medical
college of the University of Cln. In
nat. Honorary degrees were con
ferred on th.- ambassador. President
James Rowland Angell of the Carne
gie foundation, John Barton Payne,
secretary of the interior, and many
visiting college officials and professors.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL
COLORADO LEGISLATURE
DF.NVKK, Colo., Nov, 6. As a re
suit of Tuesday's elections, the Re
publicans win have ;I big majority In
both hOUSefl of the Colorado legisla
ture f the 65 seats in the house, the
R.'pu'.Ii'-.uis 'aptucii and th.-
Leiiocr.:ts seven The other three arc
In doubt. Of tho 36 state senators,
eight Democrats and nine Republicans
are holdover members. Of th- is seats
hi the senate contested for Tuesday,
the Republicans secured two, and om
still is in doubt.
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NOTED HORSE TRAINER
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. C Mike
Daly, noted trainer of race horses,
died here today at Johns Hopkins hos
pital of typhoid pneumonia. While
engag.-d in training thoroughbreds In
Canada he contracted a severe cold
which developed inio pneumonia
For years Daly was a successful;
owner und trainer of stars of the
turf.
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THREE ROBBERS GET
$4000 FROM BANK
KANSAS CITY", Nov. 6. Three rob-(
hers tonight held up ih- Twin City:
bank of RosCdale, suburb of Kansas
cpv. Kiiiee. obtained about 5-JO'jo in I
cash and escaped.
applying to the - ovrnant as drawn at)
Versailles and as indicating that some
oth. r agreement must take its place.
To that end. It was stated by officials :
itho French government Would bo ready J
j tp give its collaboration.
It has been the generally acceptt 'I
I view here that the French government
v. oul.i accept reservations by the
'United States regarding article X and
i tho other provisions of the covenant;
which have been the subject of con-.
tTOVersy in the United States. In this
j connection it was pointed out in Off 1-1
,'cial circles today that the original
French Idea of a league of nations did!
I not contain anything like article X j
N 1MB IMM 'l ERJ I .
Whether ihe amended organization
would be called a league, pr a society!
lor an association, Is Immaterial to i
: France, according to the government
viewpoint The essential tiling, it is
i held, Is to arrive as near as possible!
I to the prevention of war.
The French government considers
I that it would be regrettable to sacrifice;
.the organization already set up andi
that the preferable t rooedure is to.
amend the existing league under the1
, name of an association if that meets!
' the American view
HERRICK MAY M!
j WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 State de-,
Ipartment and White House officials;
;refused today to discuss reports from I
I Faris, published lu lhi.-i country ihat
: Myron T. Merrick, formerly American j
(ambassador to France had been I
chosen as an intermediary In negOtlA'
jt.ons with President-Kleet Harding re.-,
igardlng Mr. Harding's proposal for and
association of nations.
' Officials at the state department
would not say whether the French gov-1
i eminent formally had communicated
to the present admin. stration its de-l
.sires to discuss this or .Oi. r inalters
(With the new administration 'n au-;
vanes of its actual inauguration, nor
: would they say whether there was a
precedent for such a request.
They also refused to say whether
! they had Information that j.lr Har
ding wan to be asked by tho French
! eneva delegation to send a personal
representative to the forthcoming as
sembly of the league of nations-
MO
COAL PRICES TO FALL,
ASSOCIATION DECLARES
j "
WASHINGTON Nov 6 Soft coal
prices are on the decline, a statement I
; tonight from the national coal asSO
I elation said. They have already
dropped 25 per cent in several fields
j and production is now running at more
than 12.000,000 tons a week, it said,
adding that the "immediate soft coal
wants of the nation" have been met
1 and a surplus for storage against
; winter Is being accumulated.
With euro available and a high pro
duction assured. prices in the mar
ket will continue to drop." the state-,
I ment predicted.
"Operators in soft coal fields," the I
I statement continued, "where unusu-
ally high prices existed have within
j the last ten days been setting up fair
practice committees, and working in
conjunction with Attorney General
! Palmer, have put under way a de
i termlned effort to eradicate abuses
I in the handling of coal Coincident
' with this effort prices In these par-
tlcular fields have already begun to
fall '
The association also gave out a
i statement by Its prc.snleiM. Colon. 1
I D. L5. Went, denying "that the bl
I tumlnous operators had sought to
J persuade Secretary Tumulty to In
; flueuce coal priority orders to their
advantage." Through offices of the
! association, he said, the operators
"kept Mr. Tumults informed as to
developments In efforts to overcome
: the serious coal shortage, " adding
that la all they sought to do and all.
that was done."
OO
BISHOP SAYS ORDER
PREVAILS I.N MEXICO
N H Y PORK, Nov. 6. Conditions'
I of peace and order unknown In MiI-
co for many years have returned. I
Bishop w. P Thlrklold, head vt the
Methodist Episcopal church in Mi xi?
co. said todaj While visiting Motho
disl headquarters lu re
In a recent tour of six Mexican'
stahes. Hlshup Thirkleld studied - i
cial, political and educational condi
tions in preparation for an extension
of mission work. He contrasted his
tour to one he made two years ggo
when his train carried a military
guard. He said there were no
dlers to be seen, nor was there need
of military on the trip just completed.
The recent elect ioiiv in MeHo were
nulet and there was no interference
With freedom of the ballot, he said.
He characterize.! President ' ibregon,
with whom he was planted an audi
ence, as "a man of simplicity and s:n-,
oerlty "
POPE GIVES MONEY
FOR GERMANY RELIEF
r6m!S, Nov. 6. Pope Benedict, In
the course of a farewell audience
given to Monsignor Karl Joseph
Bchulte, archbishop of Cologne, today,
handed the German prelate a half
million lire for relief among the chil
dren of central Europe. It is eon
firmed that Monsignor SCh'ulte vvlll
be made a cardinal al nexl month's
consistory when Monsignor Francisco
RagoneSl, pogtolic nuncio nt Madrid,
will receive the red hat.
According to authoritative Vatican
sources, ho American cardinals win
be created at the forthcoming con
aistory D
GREAT THRONGS I
GREET HARDING 1
AS HE TRAVELS ' I
Members of Party Surprised
at Number Clamoring to
See Notable
PRESIDENT ELECT TO ;
I SPEAK ARMISTICE DAY i
I
Successful Candidate Declares
He Will Strive to Be Peo-
pies' Executive ,
FH
u Board President -Elect Harding's I Bal
Spei lil Train. Nov. 6. Crowds rival-
I ling those of campaign days turned jH
I President-elect Harding's vacation trip I
j into a triumphal tour today as he
southwest. ward an outing il
on the Texas coast. f- M
At morn than a dozen cities along jf
; the way in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
1 his private car was besieged by cheer-
ing men. women and children clamor- L-B
Ing for a speech or a chance to shake . M
i hands. In some cases there v. ere
thousands In the crowd and even at H
; the smaller towns wnere no stops were I j I
made the people turned out in force
1 to wave him their regards. H
PEOP1 l ,S PRI SIDNT
In seve.-al plaers he spoke briefly :H
from the rear platform of his car, c-x- BBBBsss!
; pressing his gratitude for the welcomo fl
irded him and declaring that He H
the people's presided! fl
, forgetful of tho partisanship of the
campaign and devoted always to Dm (l
! Interests of the nation as a whole. As ll
in his campaign speeches he preached
la doctrine of common understanding IbIsbbbbbI
and nf f.uthf ulnrs.s to American in- iM
and ideals.
Harding J.-o e.j a greeting
( to every crowd and at every stop there
beers for the n.-xt first lady of mj
md. Flowers and other gifts were
handed up to her at several stops at
she leaned out the window shaking
! hards with all of those within reach. H
i' '.K TI si RPRISED !
I The number who gathered along the VJJJJ
I patli of the special train was a sur- I ffl
to on board, Mr f,.iding' ;
I advisers hav ing declined to make pub- ' H
He his itinerary and also having ar- "''''J
ranged to avoid local stops In order lo l
give him thorough rest. The news II
traveled ahead, howevr.-. ffl
as he saw the first wayside gather- J
;
od that It would be unfair to run past ftfl
waiting crowds f
Mr Harding also a im meed during M
the day thnt he had agreed to break ;
up his twelve days' sta at Point XXXJ
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next Thursday, Vrmlstlce day He will IH
speak under auspices of th- American H
Legion but detailed arrangements hav e H
not yet been made
111 "H
', Marlon at 7:30 this morning will make
I a practically continuous run to its JJJJJ
A stop of a half hour was H
I made tonight at St Louis and tomor-
row there win be a lay over of eq.ua! H
A atonlo but most of
the way It is the intention to travel VJJJJ
on a fast trip. I H
reater part ol the LJH
Mr. Harding was
held behind the iron gates leading -in- 1
to the areaway at union station, so (lie VJJJJ
president-elect left his car and spoke
from a stool placed against the gates. IB
i iits of , B
-.he election In Missouri, which went BBBBJ
overwhelmingly Republican. H
'!USU : N MI' Mi.. M
In none of his rear platform speech- BJJJJ
touch directly on the issues of tho J
of his fffl
tO - tba' b-
pleaching the same doctrine now IS
when be vs ' candidate for offtee.
When he referred, at Paris. 111., to hH 1
campaigning, a lady in th- crowd PH
snouted 'H was a clean campaign. I
ami he replied. "Yos, you arc right an.; H
one for which we need make no apol H
ogles and after it is won and a uxu- f j
jorlty of Americans have spoken It-' H
.favor of a well defined program for I J
our common country, then we cease H
I
and Democrats but we ure all Ameri- t H
cans for America. I B
"While I have preached ;he gospel r .H
p government, that is a govern -
ment through the sponsorship ot parts. H
1 may tell you now iu the reflection H
and sober thought of the aftermath H
donot want my party to be H
serving to keep itself in power or M
'" ssl
ii but I want my party to Mjjjvw H
America for the American people." 1
in his otler speeches he repeated
tie- thought several times in dif-
I
icrom for pj opj i
Wo won our victory for KepuoHr B
can policies and Kepubllcau candi- H
dates." he s.iid at Charleston. Ill."-But
from this time on. it is to be a victory 1
can .eoplo. H
"We ure partisan in our campaigns VH
and after our campaigns are over. H
are all alike, citisena of the republic. H
; Interested In the common welfare of H
'the American people It Is going to be
'the aim of (he Incoming udnilnlstra - H
Hon always, to strive to understand 1
lb.- American people is and lu put It 1
G. B. Christian, Jr.. Mr Harding s iH
secretary was in charge' of the train H
..ml tiie fact that his relations with H
I I- ehie! were being continued beyond
i h end i it..- ia re-
that he had been selected for sec- B
to tho president. Thero was
no official confirmation, however,
members of the party saying lhat any fAVBVJ
formal announcement on thai subject AVBVJ
to come at a later date. .SVftVJ
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