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F.rt eth rear ris ffit OGDEN CITY, UTAH MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 3i92o7 LAST EDIT1QN4 7m, ft
BRITISH REGULARS GUARDING RUINS OF CORK I
Ogden To Get Temple, Mormons Are Told
" BOARD ADVISES
Hi POLAND
BOSS IN DANZIG
Report Concerning Military
Control of Free City to
Be Referred
senator Mccormick
interes i ed observer
I
Dangerous Situations May De
velop in Final Week of
League Meeting
hi
GENF.VV Oec 19 (By ir. Asso
ciated i'n ' i Milium control of
Danslg by Poland hn been recom
mended to the i-ouncll of in league 01
niitlonn. In a report from the military
rommliMilon. This recommendation,
should It be adopted, would be In line
with ii request from the polish gov
ernment somo time .urn. It being hi- i
leged at th.it URIC that military con-,
trol of the port of Danslg was nercs-
nary to Insure the transport of food.
munitions and raw materia la to Po-
LLLV Tlio council ha decided to refer the
H report, along with . suggestion by Vls-
LLT .mini iMhlt. of J.ipun. that mlliUn
HHI commission study the host means to
LLH defend the town, to the high coiumls-
LLLW sloncr. Who will be asked to send In
IH 'i
sil iRP COMM1 M
LLH Separate action by the premiers Otj
pLH boforc the oasemhly of the l if:"--
LLLS nations arc made the subject of Sharp
"jl comment by the committee on admin-,
(ajH toon of dow atatea, Lord Robert Cecil
flflflfl reprew ntatlvc of South Arm i. N. W j
HH Rowolla of Canada, and it. Naosen, i
H 'oi-way. ngre,. In Criticising the action.
K of thoiie government in announcing
- policial regarding mch rruestlona .
ptptfijfl the ndmlsln of Armenia through
I w
LLLS ttvgS at the assembly meeting hero
H j ho are oharged with such problems
si RAP I I! Kl I M
HH Rene Vtvtanl. of France, who has
y j been said to be mosl particular!)
LvL noyed by the declaration of Brlt-
i, and French premiers th ef-
")j W' feet that Armenia should not be ed-
mlttod to the I i not present
; ' lodaj Comment on theT Incident con
tinues to he one of the predominant
LLaH features of the meetlnf. the opinion'
LLH bains expressed that If t tie powers de-,
LLH ctded to continue such questions In the
LLH old form of diplomatic action they are
LLH not ready for tin- b ague of nations.
LHH ICOn Bourgeois, of France, has pr -
LLpS scnted a report from the committee
LLH an International court. The plan fin-1
LLH ally adopted by the committee differs I
LLM from RIhu Root's plan chiefly In the I
HH fact that Jurisdiction of the tribunal
ILLx would be voluntary instead of obllga
Lsssssa M. RM H R PRJ si S I
BH, United Elates Senator Meillll McCor-
91 ml ok watched proceedings during
I I this mornings from the press
IMF ll- had refused an In.itatton from
SB the British delegation to occupy n seat
jsrv - 'in
LV the press section a i'..i re.l to attract
HLVJ utile attention Thi senator followed
HH closely the debate on the International
3B court project.
After leaving the assembly Senator
Jl McCormick had luncheon In private
jH and left for Budapest si 1:30 o'clock
3 in the ifternoon, Th dinner given In
W H Hon. . i last night bj j Balfour,
1 of tbe British delegation, failed to tie
's 1 velop any extensive political discus
J -ton. the seuator adhering to bis de-
IH elslon not to speak In Europe on polltl-
cjiI subjects
BAXGKROl'S SIT1 VTIOA
While the ui'viiilil) tlu;i far has
IH weathered its most critical phases.
theer la a feeling that the last week
may develop a very dangerous situa
tlon. A suprome effort Is being made
in the general committee of the asesm
bly to avoid an Issue on the BoUVBBe
i n nty quectlon
jSu In order to put the question on the
PH order of the dny a two-thirds vote of
the assembly Is required After a
question is inscribed on the order of
the day. four days must elapse before
the question piny be brought up
consequents thi n is Intense effort to
kobtMin immsdlate sctlcn in the com
nttttee of th- sasemblv. which will
--pV. meet AIoll..i .,11
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EXCITED HUSBAND FINDS
'BURGLAR' IS PET BEAR
U ikmi:k li 1 1.
BlrkharJt and his wife were roused
from their Slumbers lat night l y the
i t-ash f a wln,loW win, h 1 1 at'rln
utd to n slumse burglar.
Blrkhardt seised a gun and went
dowmitnlrs. He found a big black
boar. He knew- her. It was "Nellie,
one of the attractions at an amue
no nt park She had broken out or her
n Inter homo on the Hlrkhardt place
and gone hunting for her maStSl
Mrs. Blrkhardt coaxed ' Nellie'' back
to her quarters by giving her cookies
other sweets.
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K SON WHO KILLED MOTHER
WHILE DRUNK, CONVICTED
B9 stkvkns POINT, win.. Dec 1S.-
Rt John Busa was yesterday found guilty
H of first degree ms ilaugbtei
Jury In connection with the death Of
his mother last January following a
drunken debaucn The verdict car
ties R prison senteni e of from five
to ten ears.
MOTHER BURNS BEFORE HER CHILDREN
AIRPLANE TO CARRY
I 300 OVER OCEAN IN 1
36 HOURS PROMISED
ttO.UK, Dee. 12. -Kino; ', tor Etnantiel was keenly intcrttl
I el toila irhed h- vrai tnlil by Gianni Csvprbni, the airplauc in-1
entor. of a projoctotl gianl plane which would carry 300 per-1
suns aoriiss tle Atlanlii- in about hours
Hams for the machine arj rlorti being completad and provi
sions jtrc being made for dining and sleeping accommodations on
board the aerial liner. A smaller airplane designed bj 8ignor Ca-i
proni will make its first trial trip in January near Lake Maggiore
I Tliis airplane will be capable of carrying H0 persons a distant' j
ol 500 mile, it is said. Work on the trans-Atlantic plane will b.
started aa soon a s this smaller liner baa been tested During his
eonvt r-aiiou with the king Signdr Caproni told him of his plan to
ireturn to New fork aex ipring and begin the conltructioo of
nen aifplsne near New Y rk CStj
Several interview between Siprnoi ('aproiii end Colonel dames
Chaney, aerial attache at the American anvbaas here have been
held and the inventor has met other officials of the embassy. j
Tli REFUSES
T3 GIVE GREEK
CROWN TO SON
Plan to Borrow Money in U. S
to Keep Con tantine on
Throne
U'CERNR, Swltacrlurd. Dec. 13. !
(By the Associated Press.) Constun
tlne of t'reere lod.ty persmilly ileelur
Sd he would not SbOlcatS the throne.
Professor Qeorgioa Ptreit hl confi
dential advlSOt. la.st wek denied re
ports that Constrmtine might abdicate
In favor of Crown Prince Oeorge, but
today's utterancs w.- his flnt direct
statement on the subjoet.
"1 will not uhdie.ite and never had
uny Mich Intention." said C'onstantlne
in his farewell interview with the cor-
respondsnts preliminary to his depar
ture for VenlCS tomorrow, en route to
At hens.
REAm i m in i:
iTiirw 1 ... I 't l n ill, SflMAnl-
ated Tress. Tho flnnl details for the
ptlon of King Constantino and his
family hav been arranged. The royal
family will P .vve V. nice Wednesday on
the Qreek battleship Averoff. which
I will be met Sunday off the Inland of
Milo by Prince George. The king, it
I 1m expected will arrive In Athens Sun
, dtiy afternoon and will proceed to the
I old palace, from the balcony of which
ho will read a message It Is said to
be among the plans to borrow money
in the United States to keep ConKtan
tlne on the throne.
Prlnoess Anastasla t formerly Mrs.
WllUam B. I'eds of New York) hnx
moved from the Tatol PalaCa to th"
palace of I'rlncc Nlcholao In the i en
ter of Athens.
Ul ss PROT1 3 I
LONDON. Dee. 13. The Russian
soviet government has taken part In
the Greek troubles by sending a .strong
note of protest to tlrent Britain.
Prance and Italy age.lnat their brutal
Interference In the affairs of the Hel
lenic people, according to a Moscow
, dispatch to the Daily Herald.
The soviet does not threaten any
action on behalf of Greece, but It pre
dict P.. t the '.reek lai.onr.g -i..i
"soon will fti themaslVSS from the
unsolicited tutorship of Imperialist
powers."
M. TchltCherln, the Bolshevik for
eign minister, in a note as quoted by
:h Herald, says.
' 'I he soviet ha no sympathy with
monarchies or kings, but it has a good
deal with the people, which, like Its
own, has received, though in an ln
adeqUatt manner, against the policy of
war for Conquest Imposed upon it by
un Imperialist regime with lneald ot
foreign bayonets."
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LEAGUE MAY REVISE
SOUTH AMERICAN TREATIES
HI KM S AlltKS, DsC. 13. It Is
pos.-llile the requests of the Teruvian
tut Bolivian Kovernment for a re
lion of the treaty of Ancon and the
treaty of li04 between those, nations
and Chile by which Chile came into
, possession of I he district.! of Tacna
and Arlca may come before the league
of nations, says a Geneve dispatch
to la Naclon. The petitions were re
f rred to Itumond Tolncaire. former
president of the French iepublle, who
has consulted the Peruvian and Bo
Illun minister in Paris and has pre
sented his report to the league.
EX-EMPRESS VICTORIA
. OF GERMANY IMPROVES
lxMiKN. Holland, Hec. 13 (By The
Associated I'ress. Former Empress
August Victoria, of Germany, con
tinues to improve in health, bat her
condition xtm u orltloaL Forme.
Prlnoess Kltel PrederlCk and Augusta
William have returned ' Oermany.
MS FIGHT
wf Sits
Wyoming Coal Operators De
clared They Are Virtually
Barred From State
! WASHINGTON. Pec 13. Hearings
on the refusal of the r.i lway com
missions of seven state. to permit rall
rotds to Increase Intrastato freight
and passenger rates to the si m- level
as interstate rates were begun lodu;.
by th'- Interstate commerce , oinmls
slon. The states urc Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana. Michigan, Nebraska. Utah
and Florida.
The I 'tab case was the first taken
up. J. G Mcllurrey, counsel for the
railroads, told the commission that
1 the failure to Increase passenger rates
In Utah beyond th 3 cents j.er mile
schedule already had resulted in a
! 2. 000. 000 loss under the 6 per cent
I return guaranteed to the roads b
! the transportation act.
Mr. McMurruy also said that the
failure to raise eo il nnd ore rates
had recoiled n i lie Iri i 1 1 barrlnR
I from Utah of the products of Wyom
I Ing mines which, he said, had been
In active competition with 1'tah mines
I for many yean The W yoming op-
eratore, Mr. Mclfurray said, were
' forced to pa a higher freight rate
! on their products and that as a re
; suit the t'tah operators could ell
cheaper.
H. W. I'rlckett, appealing In be
half of the Salt Lake City chumher
of mniniiTi i', presented data Intended
to show that nn freight rate increase
I would destroy the mining Interests
: of I'lah.
AMERICAN VESSELS LEAD
ALL IN HAMBURG HARBOR
HAMBURG, Dec. 12. (By the As
sociated Press) Ten American ships
were counted today by the correspond
ent In S general tour of Hamburg as
ig.ilnst -, f. ing the f.ritisli flag, four
the French, four the Dutch and one
the Japanese.
Of the American vessels, most of
which were unloading grain, include
tho I'hlcomlco, of Seattle, the Belle
land the Ftosce of Kearney, the Beat
ern Breeze and the Victorious, of San
Francisco.
Small shipments of print paper,
-pasteboard, artlclflclal flowers, pianos
I and other miscellaneous cargo. IncluJ
ilng olrplunes. which the entente Is try
ling to prevent Germany from export
ing, awaiting shipment to the t n it - I
I States, are In the giant warehouses
Of the Hamburg-American line.
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IOWA PLANS ORGANIZATION
OF STATE CONSTABULARY
PISS MOINES. Ia.. Dec. 13. Iowa
will have n slate conitabularv similar
1 to those In New York and Pennsylva
nia and to the northwest mounted po
lice, If a bill to be introduced early
i in the next session of the legislature
H passed. Those who hale drafted
the bill expect that it will cut down
th Ion In stolen cars to a great de
gree, and will lower theft Insurance
premiums by more than 12,000.000 a
i year.
REFINED SUGAR FALLS
TO NEW LOW RECORD
L NEW YttflK Hec. 3. New low
reoord orlces were established for
refined sugar here today.
Tho Pederaj sugar Refining com-
1 panv reduced Its list price another
half nt to th basis of 8.25c per
pound for fine granulated
'thee refiners, who had maintained
'hell li". DliCSe of nine cents, ic-
iduc i '.heir quotations to S 75c.
III! PERISR
USING KEROSENE
TO SW FIRE
Mother, Wrapped in Flames,
Flees to Her Husband
For Assistance
HE IS UNABLE TO
SAVE WIFE AND ESCAPES
i
Sister Trapped in Burning
House Receives Injuries
Which Prove Fatal
Kl'RI-INGTON, la., Dec. IS. Mrs.
Hai ry Lanianvky. aned 2 " p-ars and
I her vlster, Miss Anne Kaska, 25. are
, dead o.i the result of burns suffered
Sunday morning in a fire that de
stroyed the Lamansky farm house
; about five miles south of Brighton.
Ia.
Mr Lamansky also was seriously
burned but will recover. Mrs. George
! Sook of PleaSapt Plain mother of the
i two women. Is at the point of djaatb,
j having collapsed when Informed of
the tragedy.
Mrs Lamansky started th.- kitchen
j fire with kerosene and the oil blazed
Sup. Enveloped In flames, -die rushed
upstairs where Lamunsky and their
i children were sleeping. Lamansky not
being able to save his wife, rushed
! out of the house with bis two children,
but vet urned o make another titruipt
to ..vc Mr. Lamanaky. In th- mean
time the flames communicated to the
house and spread so pilckl that they
I trapped Miss Kaska In the burning
I house. She managed to escape but
j was so severely burned that she died
biter in the Fairfield hospital.
MUTILATED BODY OF
MURDERED WOMAN IS
FOUND IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 13.
Police Investigating the death "t
i a woman whose mutilated body
was found yesterday under a
bru:ih pile in the suburbs, were
today endeavoring to establish
identity by clothing. Jewelry and
other articles, discovered In a
suitcase near ths body
On the clothing was the
letter "B." Several of the
articles bon the name of
Chicago stores. Tho woman was
shot to death about five days ago.
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IMMIGRATION BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE BUT
DEFEAT IS PREDICTED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 The
Johnson immigration bill, as
amended, prohibits ull Immigra
tion for a period of one year,
was passed todav in the house.
It now goes to the 'senate where
lbs defeat Is predicted by senate
leaders.
The vote was 293 for the bill
and 41 against. Six members
I voted "present."
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FOE THANKS AMERICANS
FOR WORK IN EPIDEMIC
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Credit for
I saving the lives of 1.S00 Austro-Hun-I
gar Ian prisoners of war in a prison
Icamp near Chabarovsk. In eastern Sl
I berla, during the fall of 1918. Is given
ito officers of the 27th United Btates
infantry by Lieutenant Colonel Ferdi
nand Redder of the former Austro
, Hungarian army, In an open letter to
the press of Austria and Hungary.
Colonel Redder's letter, forwarded to
the sbite department by the American
mission at Budapest, says an epidemic,
of Influenza had threatened to convert
the camp into "a vajt cemetery" when
personnel of the American regiment
i took charge and "transformed thi
wretched hospital accommodations pro
vided by the Russian authorities Into
la model establishment."
Colonel Redder declared he felt it
hi mod faithful and sacred duly"
Ion returning to his country to let the
world know that he and his comrades
I owed their "lives, health and happl-
less and power for good in the world
I o the noble American officers .f the
' 27th regiment of the gTcat American
I nation."
INCOMING STEAMER HELD
TO PROBE THEFT REPORT
NEW V ' R K . Dec Hi Investiga
tion of reported theft of large
amounts of money and valuables from
United Statea mall aboard the Norwe
gian steamer Hegre will be made !
t fore the vessel Is allowed to berth r
i any of Its crew or passengers per
mitted ashore, it was announced here
today by government officials,
i The Hegre, under chatter to the
: Five Continent Steamship company,
was due here today after g royafft
I from Cuba and Columbia
ADDRESS MADE
AT TABERNACLE
IS SIGNIFICANT
Presiding Patriarch of Church
Sees Temple and New
Tabernacle for Ogden
SUPPORT URGED FOR
WEBER GYMNASIUM
Completion of That Project
Will Mean Bigger Things,
Speaker Declares
Ogden is very likely to have a;
temple and new tabernacle In the near
future, according to n statement mads
by Presiding Patriarch llyrum G.
Smith, who wee one of the speakers
at the quarterly conference of Die
North Weber stake Sunday afternoon.
Alluding to the . b. r college gym
naslum Patriarch Smith said perhaps j
the people wondered why the Lord re
quired them to go to such a big S
i .is B In erecting the building.
i will venture n prophecy," in
- id. "it nui be a le for do
ing bigger tilings' Your present
labcrnacli le i wonderful building
mid lias a wonderful history- But
you ma h ceiled upon to build a
new -take bouse, Tlc Ball Lskc
temple crowded at all sessions
every ia ami other temples must
be built. These two bulltlingss
will bb pi-j iiin-ii uf you in the near
i stare."
Congregations that filled the laber
inacle to overflowing wire In attend
ance at both sessions of the confer-,
am c which was presided over by
President James Wotherspnon assisted
,by his two counsellors. Prank W,
Stratford and John V. Bluth.
N i W SOLOIST, sist.s.
The labcrjiacle choir, under the di
rection of Joseph Ballantyne, rendered
musical programs at both sessions. A
new soloist. Miss I., on. White who
made her flrn appearand at the
, morning session, created a favorable
Impression by the rendition of the solo.
"Once Did the Skies.'' She was as
sisted by Jed l'.illaiit ii..', W aiter
"Stephens, Jesse Lund ami Mrs. Ms rile
Htglcy. '"tier selections included. 'BreSSl
the Wave Christian." Jed BaUantyne,
Walter Stephens and choir; duet und
chorus, -is This tho Messiah. ' Mildred
Ware and Mrs Hlgley. "Blessed Re
deemer," N. J. Brown and Git Klomp.
"O Lovo Divine." Mildred Ware and
I choir; "Then Let Us Joyful lb "
INephl J. Brown and choir; 'The
Ninety and Nine," .Mildred Ware. .Mrs
Hlgles and choir. "Fear Ye Not u
Israel," NephJ J. Brown and choir.
I vsi ri i XI PR USED.
In presenting the quarterly report
.President Wotherspnon alluded to the
recent leadership institutes held here
, .stating that It was one of thai finest
i things that had come to the people
'and urged all to take advantage of the
opportunities that It offered. He com
mended thu members or the Relief So
loietyt for the recent successful bazaar
and urged ward teachers to be more
dellgent In the discharge of their
, duties.
Referring to the Weber gymnasium,
, President Wotherspoon called atten
tion to the hopes expressed by Apostle
, David O. McKay Just prior to his re
cent departure on a missionary trip
around the world, that he might see
I tho gymnasium built and ready for uhc
;upon his return President Wother
spoon urged upon the people tho nc
CeSSlty Of donating to the building fund
declaring that the gymnasium would
prov to be a salvation" to the young
people of "Kdi'n and Vobtr countv.
V WA I Ol MISSIONS.
Fred Berg of the Lynn ward, re
cently returned from a mission to the
Southern States. In a brief address as
serted that many young men are not
'converl-'l to the gospel until they go
on missions. That was his experience
and since applying the principles of
the gospel to his dally life the work
, of the lxrd had become very dear to
him. The attitude of the world toward
"Mormonlsm" Is changing, he said.
: stating that many people are now
willing to listen to the message of th?
' elders.
That the message of "Mormonlsm"
,1s that for which tho world la long
ing was tho statement of Apostle i.irsop
IF Whitney, w ho related a story' of two
young missionary girls saving the life
"f a despondent woman In Chicago.
Tin two girls called at the house' and
presented their message to the woman
H ho Bald It was the message She had
sought but could not find. All other
I religious were unable to glv her aat
ilsfuctlou. but In "Mormonlsm" ahe had
j found the message that filled an ach
ing void. The woman told the girl
he was Just preparing to take her lire
In cans the wan depressed and the
visit Of th. missionaries with their
message had resulted In both her tem
poral and spiritual .salvation.
Apostle Whitney uild he had always
been Interested in the work of the
I Lord and stated that the only way
to keep alio testimony was to be
ictlcely engaged in the work. He be
ll, ..d with Elbert Hubbard that If a
i i . mi In Bed "ii Pag.- fWO I
TROOPS ORDERED T8 1 1
SHOOT ALL LOOTERS; I
FIRE LOSS MILLIONS I
CORK, Ijcc. 13. (By tho Associated Press.) More than thrcj IbsssI
hundred buildings are said to have been destroyed in the tires which rsssssl
irdaj laid waste .1 greal pari of iins city. Must of il" fires , I
have been extinguished, but there are occasional sporadic onihuriiSii til
V military patrol v.;ts nmbuslwd ;it Cloyne, seven miles - ;i -1 bf liH
QueenstowiL yesterday Tin.- attackers threw bombs from twu
houses, but were defeated Two of the attackers were killed, several
Wounded and two itpt nr-' One soldier ;is wounded. The houses J
from which the bombs wore thrown were burned.
CARUSO UNABLE
TO GET POLICY
I FOR HIS VOICE
NEW YORK. Dec. 13
Enrico Caruso, who rup
tured a blood vessel in his
throat during a perform
ance Saturday night, will
sing in the Metropolitan
opera house tonight, rnd
physician announced today
Friends of the tenor were
surprised to learn through
his secretary. Bruno Zirato,
that he has carried no insur
ance on his voice. He said
Caruso had been unable to
find such a polity.
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TIA JUANA TOO
WICKED, CITY OF
SAN DIEGO SAYS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 Ke
newed protests against vice con-
ditlons alleged to prevail at Tla j
Juana, Lower California, reached
the state department today but
then- was no lndteatlon that the
previous attitude ol the govern
ment, that It could not put Itself ,
in the position of censoring Mexi
can morals, would be altered.
WA8HINQTON, Hec. 18,-r-ThS
stato department today wa-s peti
tioned to protest to the Mexl. an
government against alleged "vice
conditions" in Tlajuuna. Mexico,
across the border from .Sun I 'lego.
Cal., and until such conditions
were corrected, to deny passports
to Americans desiring to go. Th--petition
was signed by the mayor
and officials of twenty-four civic
and publii welfare organizations
of San Ulego. and was presented
hy representatives of the Metho
dist board "f temperance, Ameri
can Federation of Labor, Antl
SalOOtl I Sag lit and other national
organizations who declared San
Diego was "suffering seriously be
cause of Tlajuana's misbehavior." !
Asking the department to "t Lka
cognisance of conditions which al
low practically freo passage be
tween San Ulego and Tlajuuna."
the petition declared "fully ninety
per cent" of arrests made In San
Diego were traceable to evils In
Tlajuana." I'ntll these conditions
are corrected, the petition :ald. It
would !, "Imp. slid. n I '.. k'o
to free Itself from prostitution I
and traffic In drugs."
Discussing the passport situa
tion the petition said:
"One day permits are granted
free of charge anil may be obtain
ed without difficulty, and accord
ing tO reports, the passport Offices
have even been kept open on holl
dayi in, Sun day a at certain times
to accommodate applicants for
passports."
WRANGEL'S FLEET SAILS
TO NORTH AFRICAN PORT
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 12 i
'General Wrsngel'B fleet, which aband
lonej Crimean waters with the recent
defeat of tho W'rangel forces by the
soviet armies, mailed from Constanti
nople today for Uizerta, Tunis. The
(fleet comprises one droadnaught, two
cruisers, four submarines, seven dsr
styoyers, four sloops, four ice break
ers, three school hlie and three tugs.
General W'rangel remains here on
board the cruiser KornllofT
Reports that the ftu ilan destroyer
Llvoya had been sunk In the It lack
I sea with the lose of all her crew hive
'. . n confirmed.
OAKLAND ARMY OFFICER
DIES IN TURK CAPITAL
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec i:.
Captain J. Robinson. V. S. A., of Oak
land, died in the American hospital
here yesterday. He was in charge of
grain distribution for the American
ommisslon for relief n the Njr
i Bast.
LONDON. Dec 13 British regn- H
lars stood guard today over twisted H
i el blackened mlna laft'after the fires 1
whicli SatUrdaj night and yesterday
swept virtually unchecked through the H
city r cork. Ireland Charges sre H
tnade that police auxiliaries, madden- - H
ed b the killing and wounding of H
ambushed by Sinn Kclnct- H
'on Saturday, loosed ths fire demon on
it he city. Estimates of the loss run us H
high as $15. 000. 000. H
Hours of terror were s.ient by the 1
ot Cork during Saturday night, I I H
the wlldes' disorder prevailing H
throughout the city, it i said several H
lives were lost and dispatches deOtaj
I two brothers named DelanS) H
called from thslr homes and .shot, on H
ihcm fatally.
I - DISTRIt I S 8W1 PI
Two dlatrlcta of Cork wen' swept H
'the flames. ti the buslneas BdCtlon
along St. Patrick's street, from Cook H
;to Max lor. hardly a shop was left mi- H
v the shopping . ' H
of Cork. South of St. Patrick's H
the fire apeard along Wfinthroi H
Street and other narrow thorough-
fates as Car old George street. Tni H
an area of throe idocka In this part
of the town was reduced to dubrK HH
1 no I d . I
jthat the loss of the fire was centered.
CI i ii m.i. 131 in is
The magnificent city hall of Cork H
..ii southern end of lh H
I'arneM bridge that spans the river H
Iee was also laid In ruins. In add I- H
tlon. the Carnegie library to the' west. H
was Durneu, and tin- corn exenange. H
to the south, was partly destroyed. H
Reports say Albert Quay, lying along H
the southern bank of tin- river, Js u
mass of desolation. H
W II. I. SHOOT t.ooi l RS if
Dispatches reaching London t
say that Cork xvas quiet and that ot - H
ders had been given the regular sol-
diers to ho,i i.kii. is on sight. Dnm-
aged premises had been plundered in H
some Instances, it Is said.
AH dispatches received here Indlcaie IH
the disorders and fires had a direct H
ids
the lorry carrying police auxiliaries
Sbme newspapers, however, are frank-
I skeptical of these reports and SUg- gH
gest the flrer might have been caus I
by explosion of stored explosives. H
Others indbate their belief the fires H
were n reply to the establishment of H
martial law In southwestern Ireland
and it is remarked that dispatch. H
were set b) men bent upon reprisal. Bl
of Cork, Is said to have announced in K"
tlon to excommunicate anyone partlcl- H
patlng In further ambuscades of
crown forces In thlt, diocese.
B Utlt Kg vn , lv) ,,
BALLINDLjSE, County Ixngfori. H
Ireland. Dee. 13 The ,,.,liio harrael..
here was attacked this morning, A
wall was blown after a five hour ba' LBSSSSW
tie, but the police held the building
constable was killed and thsee
severely wounded. I wM
MOKK li M Ms REPORTED
BELFAST, Ireland. Dec 13. (Bv I
the Associated Press) All was quiet I H
In Cork last night but the fires wer
smouldering H
After dark the streets were almost
deserted. The military took charge. H
r hour patrols of tin Roj H
Si Irish Constabulary took up the duty
after which neither the military nor H
the auxiliary police appeared on the 1
Armed Sinn l-'elnem last night at- H
tacked the police barracks ut Cam- H
tough, south of Armagh. H
Military forces were hurrlod up
from Newry and a fight ensued in "H
which it Is known one civilian was IH
killed. Several other deaths are re-
ported to occurred. H
oo skssssm
REGISTERED MAIL FOUND
ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS
DES pi
authorities and police here QontlnU' d LLLV
their efforts early today to learn more sLLLS
about a number of registered letter LLLS
found along the right of way of thl LLLH
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad LLLLw
hen afternoon. LLH
The letters and packages were found LLLH
b a man walking along the tracks. LLLLv
A large part of the mall was post- pLLH
and addressed to Kansas City, Colo- appH
rado, Wisconsin and. Nebraska st:i LppH
lions. No report of mall robber- ban pLLH
nv-en received here up to an early houi pLLLv
today. A number of checks and monev LLH
orders for small sums were found in
the opened envelope. pLLH
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