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Those who seek to get the best of
It, generally do. The meek inherit
the leavings.
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VOL. 131 NO. 122.
+.
Black and tan police were sup
orted in their raids by patrols of
oops and machine gjm squads.
officer's body hanging limply from a
window while «he newly-made widow
ed Sunday in Dublin When British Officers
are Murdered in Raids by TWo Hundred
A Armed Men,
OUNTER ATTIICK KILLS TWELVE MODE
aylight Reign of Terror Fills Morgues With
Dead, Hospitals With Wounded and
Places City in Panic.
nited Press Leased Wire Service.]
DUB-LIN, Nov. 22.—Strong police
rces today systematically raided
inn Fein gathering places in search
leaders of thfe murder outbreak
ere yesterday.
The number of killed in yesterday's
HOSPITALS ARE FILLED.
Hospitals were reported filled with
ounded, but official reports said
nly eighty had been injured in the
ighting.
Fires along the Dublin Alecks were
xtinguished with
iittle" damage!!ters
eyances were searched for arms and,
II persons were forced-to deliver
Railroads operated no trains. The
1
attacks on crown forices were takef
in the raid on Croke park.
TWO HUNDRED GUNMEN.
persons had gathered to watch 'caitt®r-wa8
I in general had not been told of the raids and the holiday
fired on the approaching police and
|Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.
1
'**4c
IrUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CLEVELAND, OJHio, Nov. 22.—
When Patrolman Xosier entered
Tnofli Krzechi's cafe, the latter seized
a bass viol and started fiddling.
Koaler, a musician, detected a liquid
note. Two gallons of whiskey were
in the
TRAMPLED TO DEATH.
Thi crowd at the first shot was in
confusion. Exits were blocked and
men fought women in their efforts
to avoid the fire of Sinn Fein pickets
and the police. A man and a woman I endangered
were tramoi»H ri»-+u _i„ enaangereu.
were trampled to death as the sbc
thousand persons surged backward
and forward, fighting for safety.*
ims reported in the counter aW of wounds. The Irish office said docu
olice at Croke park. Ten were shoti ments of great value were taken from
ead at Croke park and two were prisoners seized in the encounter.
iiled in the stampede that followed
police attack.
Disturbances continued far into
night. 8hots echoed through "ap
arently empty streets. A number of
ersons were reported killed. Police
nd soldiers on patrol duty had been
nstructed to keep the streets clear.
Seventy were injured there. Most
urder raids on British officials re-jof them were hurt in the crowd's!
aincd at fourteen, with twelve vie- scrimmaging. A few suffered bullet
The officials attacked in the morn
ing raids were ail connected actively
and cl5rka wrth
been
hey" were reported to have been compelled to guide several
I men to the rooms of the intended
ceieental. victims.
All roads were blocked today by KILLED IN BED.
eavy patrols of soldiers and police, captain MacCormack was surprised
acked by armored lorries. All con-
The captain
on quarters of British officers. A ma- between twenty and thirty years of were taken there today.
jor, six captains and five lieutenants
age.
A
in
revolvers. A
in bed_ His wife was
standing
hy.
was shot. (on
The men rushed t0 the
room
of
ny pap«r» i* their jmmtiM. leapt L. A. Wild, -where four .hot. &
were flred_
ocks were Watched as carefully as the floor. kUled at CroL where ^3
the other means of egress. In lower Baggott street the doors'precipitated when Sinn Fein picket*i!?ec!aired
Irish office authorities "declared nu-!to capt. A. P. Newbury's flat were opened fire on Dolice and oalice rei itunity
The Sinn Fein attack was launched by during the shooting. watched for fugitives. Following sup
at 9 a. m. Sunday, when two hundred Mrs. Newbury said the men wore posedly incendiary fires at the wharves
were among the victims. The raiders ment. sixty-five persons were wounded in
gained admittance to hotel apart-j |n pembrook street a gang met I the stampede at Croke park. Of
ments and private residences by sub- Major Dowling and Captain Price as!there eleven were seriously injured,
terfuge. Some of the victims were they were leaving their bedrooms.'
caught in their bedc. Two were shot They were shot as they stood in the
in the presence of their wives. Tho doorway. Three officers in the party
raiders withdrew from Captain A. P. were wounded.
Newbury 6 apartments leaving, the |n Mount street Lieutenants Ames jn
antj
screamed in fright. and shot. Similar methods were e«n-
Six British officers were reported ployed in the murder of» Captain Mc
to have been wounded in these raids. Lean and two judiciary officers in
The Irish office acted at once. Or- his apartment. The murder parties
ders closing the roads were issued quietly left the houses and mingled
and strong forces were sent to Croke with the crfowds on the street.
park, where it was hoped some of the Police captured three men alleged gjoj^
raiders could be apprehended. :to have taken active part in the 1
At Croke park about six thousand raids and a number of suspects were
hockey match. "Apparently the crowd ^"he city was 'shoot every member of the Sinn Fein
that the fire was returned, ten pick, little attention.
ets being killed. I Police claimed the Sinn Feiners
TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS
'FROM FAR AND NEAR
posted pickets fat the various en
trances and this maneuver was re
sponsible for the riot which followed
their appearence in armored cars.
They declared shots precipitated the
panic which followed.
Spread to England Feaeed.
[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
LONDON, Nov. 22—
Spread
gunmen conducted simujtaneous raids no disguises and they appeared to be last night, extraordinary precautions Beach company today joined in a mo- Su"
They did not search her apart-I it was announced officially that
,i ^v/uuiiviio ou»i/cu\iuu iva dcooiuu luuaj
Bennett were roughly treated be-
fore
fairIy qulct after
I .. Oituui eve
outbreak, for it was quietly watching gathering as usual- The match at j.0vd.GeQi*e renlied
[the game. The government version Croke lieved
the
of what followed was that Sinn Fein it the' presem:e of ally control the situation, but that he
pickets at the outskirts of the crowd
th match
match wou a a
Cemetery Goes Begging.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind„ Nov. 22.—
A cemetery here is going begging for
-an owner. It is on the George Wil
liams farm, but George says he sold
It to the city and asks that the city
government clean it City officials
deny the purchase.
Rough on Rats Pain Killer.
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 22.—Alonzo
J. Goostrell complained of a palp in
his back. Friends advised him to
take rough on rets. "I was terribly
sick all night," Alonzo told the police
surgeon vbo was called to relieve
him. ....... *.
at
sassinations to England was Seared
here today following DobUn'8 *ed
Sunday.
Heavy guards -were eatabHAed In
Whitehall and Downing street and
large bodies of troops we» reported
held in readiness for quick dispatch
to Ireland.
The London press called for deter
mined action by the government to
suppress .further outbreaks. Punish
ment for leaders of the raids was
urged. At the same time tbere ivas
criticism of the government tor its
policy of "condoning" police reprisals
and "thus permitting outrages of this
nature -to occur."
The Dally News described the oat
break as the "worst massacre of
British soldiers since the Indian
mutiny." The News insisted on the
firmest action, declaring the empire
Stern and unremitting vindication
of the empire's laws was demanded
by the Times. It declared its belief
the murders had done Incalculable
to:iury
'to
016 Sin
i" .th*J5fs,rch/or '®fder"!questions in parliament aria this dia^
°r Partic'Panta
cause
The Dally Mail blamed the govern
ment's shifty policy which "cannot
and deserves not to succeed." Tlie
gbveirnmert, it declared, "has encour
aged reprisals. Its ministers 'have
untruthfully or -evasively answered
bolical orgy of assassination is the
courtmartials. result. It is the culmination of
Increased activity against the Sinn wickedness on both sides.
Fein movement recently has resulted Reports to the Irish office today
in the compilation of a great mass Detective Thomas Ryan was kid
of documents, and the raj
da were be- napped yesterday as he 1A church
lieved to have been conducted to re-! jn .Cork. Two other officers were re
gain some of that evidence as well ported missing and it wws believed
as discourage further activity. they had been kidnapped., Ryan was
Fifteen men held up the Gresham kidnapped once previously and black
hotel staff. Some of them examined
the register while others covered por-
and tann threw bombs in the city in
reprisal.
City Under Martial Law.
DUBLIN, Nov.
ing its "red Sunday" was under prac
tical martial law today.
22.—Dublin, 'follow- wchTSSl^
T^edealh lisTin^murder raidsj
British officers and the counter at-
tacks of Mlice
total twentv-six. Of I
these fourteen were officers and po-Imany. business failures recently,
They left Wilde dead on streets The others were civilians'the employes, protested
merous important ?inn Fein docu- forcec| open and raiders filled the! turned the fM% shooting into a big^11^6 held that the packers [By Raymond Clapper, United Press
ia I a rtline frt 11
l*t hA .....
a O W a
ers and leaped for a window, but a The streets were heavily patrolled |clianged
bullet stopped hint and as the jnen today and all traffic was watched!
departed the captain's body hung closely. No trains were permitted to
limply over the ledge. His wife stood leave the city ajnd the docks were
Irish Leader Causes Uproar.
LONDON, Nov. 22.—The house of
commons suspended its session today
an Uproar
8jon 0{ the
being dragged frolU their rooms jose-,h Devlin Irish leader was
murders.
th™ter
0^0 disturbanc^ Antr
firing a number of questions at Pre
mier Lloyd-George, he repulsed at
tempts to pull him back into his seat
Others joined in the scuffling and,
the sitting was suspended in confu-
DrGmier
1
lllc
had been asked bv
meml,er' if
thet'^ P^gn.
ly
murier
powerS
iizciUMCi ui uiq ouiu rem
gang" who should be caught,
would attract would not hesitate to ask additional
that he be-
authorities would gradu-
if he thought it necessary,
Devlin made several attempts to
gain the floor while the premier!
talked. Other members howled him!
down. He managed finally to ask why
the premier had not mentioned "the
massacre" on the football field.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief sec
retary for Ireland, answered for the
premier that, no question had been
asked regarding the Croke park
shootings and panic.
Devlin kept his feet, demanding the
floor, and fought off members who
tried to pull him down. The sitting
was then suspended.
Panic Reigns in Dublin.
DUBLIN, Nov. 22 (2:40 p. m.).—
Bodies of several additional victims
of the fighting between Sinn Feiners
and British forces were found in the
streets of Dublin today.
The confusion throughout the city
was so great that it was impossible
(Contyuied on page 1.)
anil Constftutfon-J&emoirat.
KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, NOV. 22, 1920
ASSACRE BRITISH OFFICERS RELAND
Judge Alschpler, Arbiter, WiH Walter
Hold Short Hearing at
Request of the
Packers.
Employes Object to Wage Controversy
Being Brought Up Again as
Asked for by Em
ployers.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.?
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—-Due to the
on greatly lowered scales.
Unemployment has increased rap-
1 repe,ling the
to
000 for the island by a jury decision,
growing out of discus-! £1,000,000 since the island was
taken. August, 1317, the brief states,
Advanced to January 3.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The j,
supreme court today agreed to
t0
Jai\,
Ua7„
t^e
an-iviolating
1!i?,,?aB
appeal of Senator Truman H. neijpjons
Newberry, from his conviction by a!
f.ti®federal,rt
I^1JC0U
,lne premier pag peen asueo py an I the corrupt prac
tices act during his senatorial cam-
he
wiHing
DO YOU KNOW
1. That sudden changes in
temperature are responsible
for many days of preventable
sickness?
2. That modem high school
buildings provide means for
the automatic and unfailing
control of temperature with
in the olass rooms?
3. That the Keokuk high
school building has no such
control, and that there are
wide variations in tempera
ture within the.various class
rooms and from room to
room? iw
vi
i,g»
general business depression Judge trict Judge L. L. Thompson today
Samuel Alschuler, &Vt>iter to the wage sentenced Walter Nelson, Chicago
controversy. between the packers and Bible studept, to five years in the
their employes today agreed to re- state prison at Fort Madison, after
open the hearing into wage conditions, Nelson had pleaded guilty to a
Judge Alschuler said that he would, charge of bigamy.
not permit any prolonged tearing aind I Nelson admitted in court he had
his decision is erpeeted in about two! married Miss Lucille Phipps, 18, ef
weeks. I Boone, Iowa, while already support-
The decision will affect two Iron-! ing a wife and family of three in Chi
dred thousand employes. jcago.
Packers, to support theff petition Nelsen stated he met Miss Phipps
for reopening the heariiig, introduced: at Boone during a
testimony of L. EL Wells, research ex- a*"1
mmtt'
He added, however, that the lack
Chicago and some western cities as in
the east. Wells said there had been
tearinS-
the
Packers
bad
ample oppor-!
Present their case, but:
I WorA Ant 1 1
a a nm im
J""*1"
4-
Avj ilnnju
condltiolls
Motion to Advance. ..
[United Press Leased Wire Service.] ilns
g- pleaded Guilty
FFort Madison
for live
ears.
MARRIED IOWA
With Wife In Chicago, "Falls In Love
During Revival Meeting^at Boone
With Girl
There.
("United Press Leased Wire Service.]
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 22.—Dis-
(revival
th*t
116
pert, for Swift and Company, who told fatuated with her and suggested mar
of decline in business throughout the riage. She agreed and they were
country. jmaiTied in Des Moines.
"The iron and steel business is the I Miss Phipps testified she and Nel
only one which has held up and now jlived together as husband and
it is showing signs of weakening,"
wlfe for
meeting
immediately became Ih-
days-
Wells saiid. denly disappeared. Later, she said,
The witness told of conditions in'he ^ote to her from Chicago, coli
the textile trades, the leather and Messing he was already married and
shoe business and other lines of in-! ®8ked her forgiveness. She refused
dustry which he said were operating
M(1
fl»d
vben Nelson sud-
a
charge of bigamy against
taVen into custodv at 'ever
him.
Neleon ^Rrds .... „. .. vu»w«j
his home in Chicago ten days ago and
returned to Des Moines for trial.
^SERVICES ON
BOARD SHIP
Redmond S. Brennan, attorney, rep-1 President-Elect Hartfing Reads "Lead |or Lithuanian.
Kindly Light" by Request,
and Wife Sings Several
Hymns.
I COITGflpOIldCQ't
ot
ABOARD STEAMSHIP PARIS-
jMINA, Nov. 22. (By wireless via
'New Orleans.)—President-elect Hard-|erg
ca,b,net
J*111
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—The fed-'poscd jepnbhoans and will not be
a
eral government and the Coronado^ ®oalltlon cabinet, accoramg to. matter of organizine alon
P^t
tion asking the supreme court to ad-SJcra? Oregon woSfd be Pected to distribute mandates as pre
vance arguments on cases growing 'med ^tarv of war ^as de
out of the seizure of North island, in:
the harbor of ^an Diego, Calif, for
an aviation base.
CH^b%,afv0
The company was awarded $5,000,- ni' unrrti„„
nt\c\
a
h- partv a
Interest in the award has amounted qUje^_ tropical seas today.
At the present rate of speed, the
de^nrtiV^lT
morrow.
A miniature copy of Harding's
newspaper, thex Marion Star, has
... been printed on the shin and dis-
ad-
tributed as a souvenir Its news is
J^m_en^a that received by wireless each day.!
services were held
day Mrs
°n
chan?es of
„arding
Asks Dismissal of Suit.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Victor L.
meLger\a
0rDf7v
filed a with the supreme court
!3d
£P«ab$SF
-Qouia be abated.
1
1
[By Henry Wood. Untted Press Staff
Correspondent.]
GEMSTA, Mov. 22.—The league ef
nations assembly today debated the
proposition of extending military aid
to Armenia.
There was a marked change from
Saturday's belligerent mood when
immediate military and naval action
wbs urged. Lord Robert Cecil, a
leader in -that move last week, today
expressed willingness to accept the
plan of Senator La Fontaine, of Bel
gium, for naming a commission of
six to seek means of halting hostili
ties between Armenia and the forces
of Mustapha Kemal.
M. Rene Viviana of France, pro
posed the assembly authorise tftrt
league council to reach an under
standing immediately with all the
great powers, governing the strength
of the armed focae to be contributed
by each toward "saving Armenia."
Every delegate speaking en the
Armenian question heretofore has de
manded either the league or the
allies send military aid to the little
t0
^m0 A
Spanish co-operation was assured
I fry Premier Dato, who denied his
country bad refused to contribute
troops to the expedition,
Germany's protest against assign
ing of mandates to her former colo
Inies without permitting her a voice,
was
be
®ntlr®ly
coalition cabinet aceordine to
Senator (^^bef' mandate commission which was ex-1
^^al
««Lx The Parismina, carrying Harding
pleasure trip to
.^n^,Panama- continued to sail through
be^^ reached ^ly
sanR several
hjrinns on deck in the afternoon. At
vespers service at sunset
read "Lead Kindly Light" at the re
quest of several of his fellow pas
sengers.
rece|j^g
^eyTI10Ur
today asking dismissal of the govorn- ^'.r1
pr0Becnt,0n.K«2«
bers of'the diplomatic corps present
ed their compliments. During the
afternoon a concert was held in St
I Damascus court.
Wounded During Duel.
.[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
TRIESTE, Iffov. 22.—Aldo Cassnlo, a
|newspaper man. was wounded in the
1
SIKLJ
forehead and Km in a duel here to
,'dav with Dr. CHovanni Nichelich.
fWFW%
Assembly Decides to Send International
Troops to Vilna at Once to Supervise
Plebescite Being Held There.
THREE THOUSAND JRMED UN GOING
force military action in be- immediately with all the great
Iknl#
Three thousand "international
troops will be sent to Vilna immedi
ately, it was announced today.
Spanish, French, Belgian and Brit
ish soldiers will eomprise fhe force
to supervise a plebescite to deter
mine whether VHna shall be Polish
supreme council had reached a dead- opimon would have no effect
viousiy agreed by the allies.
The use of poison gas in war time
cannot be suppressed, according to
a report from the permanent ad
visory commission on military, naval
and air questions. The commission's
t",
Dr. Nansen, Arctic Explorer, Says it Will Take!
60,000 Men and Ten Million Pounds to
Save Armenia.
AM MM ii« W A wftt
disconcerting to assembly lead-
The demand arrived
1
A"®?
the
any. ,. t» ,1- In all grains, now lows since the.
Sun-,
Sensational Declines Continue
at Markets in Large
Harding! UltieS.
•a
THE WEATHER
Fair Tuesday. Warmer. Lo
cal temp. 7 p. m., 43 7 a. m.,
35.
EIGHT PAGES
Kemalites, he said.
The first
#9
entire report will he submitted fop
debate in the assembly within &>
short time. ...,.vv
Immediate Steps.
GENEVA, Nov. 22.—Tho league of1
nations today summoned the league
council to take immediate steps to
aid Armenia.
Toting unanimously for the first,
time the assembly adopted the reso-!
lution presented by M. Rene Viviani1
of Fiance to summon the council this
afternoon with the committee to
which the Armenian question was
Deferred to determine the scope oft
the league's action.
The action came after long oebate
in -the ^assembly's forenoon session.
The plan 6f M. La Fontaine, of J3el
gium, tor the appointment of a com-,
mittee of six to seek means of halt-,
ing hostilities between Armenia and
Turkish nationalists, received strong
support. Lord Robert Cecil was onei
to approve the plan.
M. Viviani carried over from Sat
urday some of the belligerence that
characterized the debate. His first
nation. The assembly's decision to
dispatch a small force to Vilna to!proposal was that the council be
supervise a plebescite was used as a [summoned to reach an understanding
powers as to the strength of the
armed force to be contributed by
each for the purpose of savingi
Armenia.
Under the plan adopted the com
mittee of six is to be appointed to
advise with the council in determin
ing action.
Dr. Nansen, Norwegian explorer,)
declared during debate that sixsty
thousand men and expenditure of ten
million pounds would he necessary
to save Armenia. He asserted hej
was convinced America would do her1
full share.
America was also referred to by
Arthur Balfour w1k declared an eco
nomic blockade on the followers of
just a.s the MiisUiplia. Kemal would be ridiculous.
eifsential- h«
The first essential, he declared,
would be the finding of a mandatory
power willing and able to act.
Amcrica could have done this, he
said, but it is now necessary to look
elsewhere. The council is convinced.1
(Continued on page 2.)
HOG PRICES ARE LOWER
THAN SINCE WAR STARTED
I day in continuation of declines on
the markets of the country,
ou^ijreak
luark
market opened o£f fiSty
Stei,maVcS aid continued to drop during
earlv
ment's suit against the Milwaukee The average sales were at
socialist for violation of the espionage t11-40
ftCt.
The brief contends that the United KANSAS CITY Mo Iteu. 22 —Hog
States is not now at war with Ger- "on *2
trading. There was little
lea wSire at
City market today At the
openIng
iosses of from twenty-five to
forty cents were recorded, the aver-
Birthday of Pope. !age being at $10.40 to $1L15, a
[United Press Leased Wire Service.
1
new
ROME, Nov. 21.—The birthday of ThlB is a break of S12.25 from the
Pope Benedict was celebrated here,high mark of July 1919—a drop of
today. The sacred college and mem-:
low for the last four years.
more
than fifty percent,
Lowest Since 1913.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Nov. 22.—
Hog prices reached the lowest level
since 1913 on the local market to
day when quotations ranged from
$10.75 to $11-40.
Grain and Hog Prices.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—Grain and
hog prices made new record kyvs to-
jtSmis*
of the world war were re-
corded in the middle west. Hog
—.,. prices also drepped to the lowest
reached since 1.913.
On the Chicago market hogs
dropped about fifty cents with the
I average sales at $10.50. At the other
[United Press Leased Wire Service, hog markets ef the country, similar
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—Hog prices falls were reported. The decline was
cc tinued sensational declines on the due, according to traders, to an over
Chicago market today. With 52,000 stocked market and tight money con-
ditions.
Wheat dropped seven cents in trad-!
ing on the Chicago board of trade!
with December delivery quoted at
1S3%. Corn lost from 1 to 2 cents,'
December selling for 64. Oats was:
off from 1 to 2 cents with December
qvoted at 42%.
Hit (New Low.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 22.—
Hogs hit a new low here today whenj
they sold from $9.50 to $11.35, off 30»
to 50 cents from Saturday's average.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 22—A newr'
low price for hogs on the T3ast
falo hog market was made iOday(
when the best grades eold at $11.50.f,-®
the first time since 1916.
Drop of 75 Cents.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 23.—A drop
of 75 cents in the price of hogs to
day sent the local marfcrat to its
l&Vrest level since 1946.
ranged from $10.40 to flUS.
il
•a'
IvJ
First Since 1916. ,,
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