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TTTF( NOT?TTT PLATTTJ 8F,W-WTCEKLY TRIBUNE. PILOT'S SUCCESSOR KILLED ELEVEN SLAIN IN RIOT AT BELFAST SUFFRAGE A PART OF CONSTITUTION Aviator Ferguson Meets Death While Stunt Flying at Santa Roea, California, Terror Reigns in Irish City as Sinn Feiners and Union ists Battle. WOUNDED TOTAL TWO SCORE Opposing Factions Display Great Bit ternessPolicemen Killed In Other Provinces Property Loss In Belfast Enormous. Helfast, Ireland. -Klovon men with killed mill more tliiin two-m ore persons wounded during n most Severe riot between Sinn Folncrs nud Unionists IftKt Saturday night III tin Unionists' quarters of this city. A fenture of tlie rioting wns the ex tent of the destruction of property hy Incendiarism. The lire brigade hud an especially hard time during the night in fighting the Humes. Their work was rendered hideous hy the constant, rattle of machine guns. The Slim Folncrs were In strong force and ap peared to he well supplied with arms and iimmtinitlnn. The greatest of hltterness wns dis played during the lighting. There was u grout amount of wrecking of houses and the burning of fiirniture, hoth In doors and on the street. The yells of the moh, shrieks of women and chil dren and groans of the Injured were atidlhle throughout the lighting. When the tinting was at Its worst, women could he seen, clad In their night at tire, rushing from their hopios, at tempting to load their families from the danger 'one. Throe attempts were made to burn the Independent labor party hall, The building wiin seriously damaged. In hroad daylight Saturday Sinn Feiners entered Hallry castle, County Antrim, barracks and decamped with nil. anus and ammunition. Three policemen and one soldier were killed and live policemen wound ed In dashes between authorities and republican sympathizers In four Irish provinces, Just previous to the Satur day riots here. Two hundred and twenty Helfast houses have been wrecked and looted In rioting between unionists and Snn Kelners In this city. Damage . as es timated at ?2,r00,000, Ships Qall Despite Strike. , New York. Hrltlsh steamship lilies npparently won a victory over the 11,000 or more, longshoremen who sought to tie up all vessels Hying the Hrltlsh Hag hy a strike which they declared would continue until Archbishop Man nix is. allowed on Irish soil and Ter ence MacSwoeney, lord mayor of Cork, . Is released from prison. All but one of the big Hrltlsh lines sailed on sched ule and It departed hut a few hours late. Most of the llremeu on the Pan nonlir walked out In sympathy with the strikers. The crews of other ves sels remained virtually Intact. Hun dreds of longshoremen who ipilt have returned to work. Indicts 33 for Denver Riots. Denver, Colo. The special grand Jury Investigating street car riots In Denver returned twelve liidlotnionts Involving ytblrty-three persons, accord ing to Its report submitted to .ludgo Ifenry .1. Horsey In the district court. Immediate organization of a state con stabulary to take over police powers In Denver when federal troops, sent bore because of rioting growing out of the street car strike, are withdrawn, was i.greod upon at a meeting of rtate mid city olllclals, United States army olllcors and Denver business men. Appeal to Queen to Save M'Sweeney. London. An effort to mllst the aid of Queen Mary In obtaining the release from prison of the hunger-striking Ter ence MaeSwooiuy, lord inuyor of Cork, who Is In Brixton prison, has boon made by ltedmoud Howard, nephew of the late John Redmond, whose appeal to King GcorgoSvns unavailing. Twelve Sinn Kelners on hunger strike at Cork for several weeks arc near dentb. They refused to drink water, because prison attendants at tempted to add liquid food to It. Soviets Modify Peace Terms. London. The Russian soviet govern ment replied to the note of Arthur J. Halfour, lord president of the council, concerning the soviet peace terms to Poland. The soviet government agrees to. withdraw Its condition that the Voles provide arms for worklngineu's militia of 1200,000 men In Poland. It states that In withdrawing this condi tion it Is subordinating everything else to Its paramount desire to secure tho establishment of peace throughout the, world, To Let Bridge Contract Soon. Yankton, S. D. Contracts for tho bridge at Yankton will he let Imme diately and actual construction put under way In thirty days, It was de cided at a meeting of 1,100 stockhold ers of the Meridian Highway Hrldgo company hero. The new bridge, which will bo ready for trnllle by HKEJ, will open up rail connections with hirgu territories of the northwest and south east hitherto accessible only to Sioux City, la. It will cost Jl.fiOO.OOO. Jls length, Including the approach, will be 6,603 feet. Knntn Horn, Calif. Leon Ferguson, nvlator. substituting for Lieutenant Onuer Locklear, daredevil axlator, who recoil ly lot his life while doing fumy flying, was killed when an airplane hi which ho was doing stunts crashed to the ground here. Ferguson was hanging by his tots when the plane suddenly went Into a tall spin. A crowd of fi.000 persons at the Sonoma county fair witnessed the accident. Ferguson's weight , as he dangled from the wings, ovorbalaiieeil the ma chine, causing It to go Into the tall spin, according to experts. Locklear was killed on August .!, when performing a stunt lllghl for movies. fH piano. Illuminated, u supposed to make a nose dive In order to escape aerial 'pursuers, and Lock lear started on the fatal plunge, but was tumble to regain control of his airplane and was killed Inslantly when It struck tlie ground and was wrecked. COX LABOR'S CHOICE. A. F. of L. Makes Public First Prefer ence In Presidential Race. Washington, D. C Organized la bor's non-partisan political campaign committee, comparing tlie public rec ords of Hie republican ami democratic presidential nominees, declared In a report made public that Coventor Cox had "shown himself possessed of a fuller understanding of the needs of tlie working people." The report, signed by Samuel Gnin pers, president ; .Matthew Woll, vice president : and Frank .Morrison, secre tary of the American Federation of Lahor: is tho first ever made on presi dential candidates hy a federation com mittee. Taking up the senatorial record of Senator Harding, the committee de clared that on eighteen measures dealing with labor his score stood : favorably seven; unfavorably ten; paired unfavorably one. The republican nominee's viite on la-, hor Issues during bis term In the state senate of Ohio, as reported by the committee, stood: Favorable, six ; un favorable, none. Reviewing Governor Cox's record the report snhbthut whllo governor of Ohio iiu had "acted upon llfty-nlne measures of Interest to lahor without acting on a single one adversely to la hor." Officer Kills Wife and Self. O'Neill, Neb. Charles Hlalr, fill years old, chief of police of Chambers, slmt nnd killed his wife on the princi pal business street of O'Neill, after which he straightened up, opened bis coat, a(id shot himself twice through the heart. Ills wife was III yeflrs of age. The murder and suicide wore com mitted whllo the st roots wore thronged with a carnival and fair crowd and wore, within sight of hundreds of peo ple. Tlie couple leave four children, the oldest 10 years of age. Jealousy Is said to have been the principal cause of the tragedy. Air Booze Runners Spotted. Omaha, Neb. First otllclal details of wholesale Importation of liquor from Canada to this city and other points In Nebraska wore made known by fed eral authorities, who announced that a well known druggist of Omaha and mt airplane pilot were known to have brought about eight airplane loads of whisky Into Omahu from Canada, aver Mglng two trips a week lor the last four weeks. Police said the Identity of the drug gist and aviator Is known. Child Killed After Seeing 'Accident. Avoca, In. When Uoy Cork, an elec tric wire repairman, was shocked to death while repairing crossed wires on a pole Just outside the city, the acci dent was witnessed by a number of youngsters. One of them, Fred Leslie, aged 5, ran from his father's barn to ward the polo whore the accident hap pened ami stumbled over a hay fork, the tines of which pierced his body, killing him Instantly. Mine Workers Get Raise. Chicago, III. Illinois coal mlnern who work by tho day will receive n wage Increase of $l.f0 a day, retro active to August 1(1, under an agree inent ratllled by representatives of op orators and miners. American Athletes Win at Antwerp. Antworp.-'-Tho seventh Olympiad closed, so far as the track and Held competitions are voneernod with a de cisive victory for the American nthi letes. Although the team Is not con sidered as. good as some that havo come to Kitropo In the past to take part In Olympic games, tho Americans rolled up it total of '-M'J points during tho week of competition, a figure more than twice as great as that of the near est rival nation ICnglnnd, with 103. Anthrax Attacks Oklahoma Men. Tulsa, Okla. Five men, all Tulsa farmers, havo been stricken with an thrax and according to statements of doctors here, all will dlo unless serum for tho deadly dlseaso Is secured at once. Tho entire wtato has been combed In search of the anthrax serum, but none Is to be hud. Tho spread of the dlseaso to humans comes us an nflermath of an anthrax epi demic of cattle' In this vicinity, which paused dentils by tho wholesale among herds. Tho latest human victim Is a 10-yuur-old boy, i .lon.c members in the Legion of I'onsli women who fought bravely agmn.st tlie inwiilin Russians. '1 Senator Harding smoking the pipe of. pence with tlie heads of twelve tribes of Indians at Marlon, O. 3 View of "Toll A via," the prosperous Jewish (Zionist) colony at Jaffa. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENT Defeat of Russian Armies in Poland One 8f the Greatest In History. HONORED THOUSAND CAPTURED America and Allies Warn Poles to Stop at Frontier Britain to Recognize Egypt's Independence Cox Ac cuoes Republicans of Try ing to "Buy" Presi dency. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Tho week closed with four of the five soviet Russian armies that at tacked Poland' practically destroyed or dispersed. The Hods, It was estimat ed, had lost nearly 100,000 prisoners and about 40,000 others had been killed. Many thousands bad been forced across the (ionium border, where they were disarmed and In ternedor were supposed to be, If the Germans did tlielr duty as neutrals. The Husslan cavalry and Infantry that. escaped from the Polish pincers re tired on Grodno and Ossowloo and such reserves as they had were brought up to the latter place. It was expected that the Hods 'would put up a desper ate light' In the marsh country there to presorv'e contact with the Fust Prussia herder and to keep the Poles from forming a Junction with the Lithuan ians. The last real effort of the' Hod army of the north resulted In throe days of fierce fighting In the Narow valley between Lomza and Ostrolonka. the Hussluns trying to force their way across the road to Hlnlystok. The oles captured the river crossings, and next, day another of their forces ad vanced along tho Prussian frontier to Myszynles. The Hods were caught be tween these forces and had to sur render. Of all the invaders of Poland, only onornl Hudenny's forces, mostly onv nlry, appear to have escaped. They were operating In Gallcla toward Leinburg, and when the fate of the soviet adventure w'as certain they made a rush forward with tho Inten tion of destroying the groat oil wells In" tbnt region. . They reached the ont ddiis of Leinburg buF were driven iwny by volunteers and a few regu lars. As they retired they destroyed Tillages and crops nnd carried off all Implements, furniture, clothing and inlmals. Unbiased observers describe the Jefent of the Heds as one of the great est of military disasters and say the -atnpalgn that brought It about was of sui passing Interest. They agree ubstantlnlly concerning the utter rout :f the soviet armies, but In this they ire contradicted by such holshevik 'enders as have been heard frniy and 5.V some Germans. These assert that be retreat of the Hods has boon onn luctod In an orderly manner, that they uved most of their supply trains and ihat the number of casualties has been ireatly exaggerated by the Poles. If now tho Poles can restrain their nthuslasm and ambition all may be ivell with thorn. They have been ivarncil by the United States, France ind probably Great Hrltain that they mist not again attempt an Invasion or Russian territory butVnitist 'stop their idviiuee at the ethnic border of Poland. If they disobey, the anil's will with Irnw their support. The French foi ?lgn otllco, while agreeing that the Poles must not try to seize any Hus dun territory, ndmlts the exigencies it the campaign might make It necos uiry for them to cross the frontier temporarily. Tho entente allies came Into full ac cord concerning tho Polish question Inst week, much to tho surprise of Germany, and probably to Its dismay. They really adopted the policy of Franco and It Is supposed Lloyd George wns brought to this view hy tho persistent attempts of tho Hods against Hrltlsh rule In various regions and by somo of the terms they tried to force on Poland. Theso latter were at vnrl- n nee with the terms which Kainonoff said would be proposed and Included the demand that a proletariat army ho formed In Poland. Naturally the vic torious Polos havo rejected the terms of the Hods, and It was stated hy Tchltcherln. soviet foreign minister, flint this would result In tho Immedi ate rupture of the negotiations at Minsk. General Wrnngel, who hnd been rnther quiet of late In the Crimean peninsula, started a vigorous cam paign Thursday with his reorganized forces. One of his armies moved east ward onto the mainland, speedily tak ing tlie Important Hlack son port of Novorossiysk and other cities and almost reaching Kkaterlnodur, capital of the Kuban Cossacks. At tho same time another aymy occupied the Do notz coal basin :i.r0 miles to the north. The loss of those mines will he an es pecially severe blow to tho bolshevik!. On the borders of the republic of Georgia, an alarming concentration of bolshevik forces Is reported, supposed ly In pursuit of a plan to march through Georgia and Armenia and es tablish communication with the Turk ish Nationalists In Asia Minor. The nationalist movement In Egypt, which has been more serious than censored dispatches made It appear, and which has been increasing ever since '' establishment of the Hrltlsh or fed to rate during the war. peenis about to meet with success. The Hrltlsh government. It Is reliably though not officially roisirted, lias agreed to recognize the Independence of Kgypt and a final treaty and nlli ance wiil soon be negotiated. Funda mental points In the agreement. It Is Mild, are: Kgypt will recognize Grent .Hrltaln's privileged position In the valley of the Nile, and ngrws In case of war to alTord every facility for ac cess to Egyptian territory; Grout Hrltain. will maintain a garrison in Egypt In the canal wine: Egypt re gains control of foreign relations, sub ject o her not making treaties con trary to Hrltlsh policy, and will hare the right to maintain diplomatic rep resentatives abroad. Tho Albanians and Serbs, who are fighting a little war of their own, have been hiiviug some bloody battles ami the Albanians claim' to have driven their foit hack Into their own coun try. The victors halted, at leust tem porarily, at (ho demarcation line fixed In I'Jl.'l. Two deposed rulers of Europe are figuring on climbing back onto thrones. Constantino, former king of Greece, believes that the Gneks will cull him back If they have foil freedom of ex pression at the coming elections, hut he fears Venlzelos will prevent this. Ho was deeply grieved the other day because Lloyd George, on vncutlon In Lucerne, refused to we hltn. The pre mier gave as a reason "the dastardly attempt on the life of Vcnlrelos." fur which Constantino asserts be wu In no way to blame. The, other hnjeful ex-ruler fs ('hiirlex. former mperor of Auftrfn. According to n report circulated In European capitals, the HunpirfrBn peo ple want him to Im their Wns. and Great Hrltain and Franco have aprtrd to permit It. Italy and Serbffl object, hut It Is thought tho Vatican ran per suade the former. Charles has 8Jd he would accept the throne of Hunpirj. Lloyd George departed for tils Swiss holiday In tlie expeetntlon that tho Irish question would n trait his return. Hut Irish leaders would not stand for the delay. On Wednes day tho standing committee of the Irish pence conference called On the lords Justices, representative of, the lord lieutenant, to present resolutions ilcinandlng dominion homo rule, stop page of coercion and the culling of an Irish convention. They also telp graphod the premier asking (hat he receive a deputation Immediately. In view of the urgency of the situation. This peace conference was un as semblage of some 700 representatives of moderate opinion lb all parts of Ireland, nnd In all parties. Most of them were unionists, and among tho conferees were members of the house of lords, Protestant bishops, Catholic priests, prominent business men, und great bind owners. The cnrl of Shaftesbury, who owhr the bind on which Helfast was built, was unex pectedly present, and (old the gather ing: "I am an Ulstentlnn, nnd I'll stand by Ulster, but I am with you In toto. Have patience with Ulster and we'll bring her to the point of self-government as a part of united Ireland." Other Helfast leaders said much the same. It wns believed this conference was a long step toward Irish unity nnd the settlement of the Island's troubles. Meantime Terrcnce MacSweney, lord mayor of Cork, was dying of self imposed hunger In a British prison, nnd Irishmen appealed to King George to save him, and to President Wilson and the heads of all European states, com-piu-IiiR his euse to that of the borgo mnster of Brussels whom the Germans Imprisoned. Mr. Lloyd George said thnt, whatever the coaKeqnences, the Kovominent could not take the resjuoa slblllty of frcelnp MacSircney. Tbe Sinn Fein lenders feared hts ffeath would lend to nn outbreak: that weald play Into the hand of tfa Bcftoh. Efforts of the antJ-aff radTt t pre vent or delay tbe ptiomrofexJifflo f the ratification of the sulfrajfe amcatV mint were foiled, smd an TOrarsrJray Secretary f Htate Colhy. rweipJtrtesr :& dal notlficatfon vf the action tha Tennes lesrfMatnnt, fpmii aarf fa nned the prrxAawuittai. Tft- Dtitrtet of Columbia refused to mnsw a rw stralrtlny order to Kftsratary rtJjy, so now- the only hope rwranlnthrr f nli foes of suffrage ts that lb tlttiltwl Htates Sopreme mart wrffil liarSmit tho Tctukiksw rttU5rtiSflci fi;:iL It Is fmterFtl!jr to tad f.lu ((pin ion of the TMwrahle Cnriffnnl Cflh bon, who has twfen a mastatent op ponent of woman niffcajce. He aniys: "I regret Tery wutti that tJ& women haTe taken the pfrare tiatn the dvtp. I would taiitcb prvsfttr r.hsit things had remained as they wwrw. I uin. how ever, of the epteron that aftwrJifr first election or o only a mall pttBttimtJi'Se of the wamntn iof f.hi itmmtxy will nvon thetntetTittt rf tn pclrQkfjt af voting." Governor Car monsed the Eflpub' Ifciinn by nsserttor thnt thny nre raisin a minfmmn fund of $15,1)1)0,000 for the carapafen. XarJonal ChuJr man WfTl Hays anif Ikia iwhocmJ.iw at once denied tlw truth f thie fftitiuent nnd both they and thw Denmuratli: lenders dcmaruUid that tho niainle- nn mittee on enrapufifn nxpentlVmrtei In vestigate the :hnn?w. The unmmi'ttiMt, which Is In wislon In CMc:rja snb iwenaed National ChuJnni'ii Flays anil Vhfto and CwnsrreHHlonul Chairmen Fes and Pixvrrruw. irnd "InvlrHd,"' Gov ernor C.irx nlo to appitar before tt and present such tevfihiuve as He miiBiit have to snhatantfatit his utatanumts. The Democratic ajiiildiit.tf isUil Ilw weald furniih. what t'ni'onnirrj'ort he. rcid In ttof time, and meanwftUtt hu went aftd with his nealtihjr tour; nrxwitrtrtg hb actfusiat&uw. When he rwriwtf J-ttitnourgA.. ninruniy nlirflt. iw- nvrted up isni mmfc pubOu- tint nl IiTi facts aptna which hit lbuwil his charge ttntt th Kt'janllliriinM ar try iar to "twy the prffi:niy.'' Thv "rarpujw"' rwtEy was not o sen injicfoaial an turret Haw huen itspectuil. Cox. read a Bfttt f Kl fidw ami tflu .EOToant which ibv KvEfmfiOicur nutihniU tturasairiie jM-ujuwwd to naJf- th iimdi, total brfewr SSU-SViXX XMtr nrf, he afipertwi. trad Ewfiki'njf to- fi wiitft "the tary.e anwMmls Swfeg KuWucimif Ih htmdrvd of srawflta- (fttlief. mw unil rural wwwrHenftfis."" He- paw no nunw of runtrltwijurs. wrjirw? taw RujyniVIlli eans talrf prxutrx-v th. Thw gsw nior alo rend liscumMOiW wuJ'vn. ft said pnaTxnl Xluzt Senatwr UaniSnc hud detailed toowtiijcv of tbe ttnuj3fjiic uf his rampixlsu. KetHibllcxn Trwfnrvr ITpham. wtiii had prvrioacsly tofd swnwtWnif uf tQx quota list, says the upawtas. arie nistty larper than the acticit amiocmit. ijjfflj for by the hudRet. antf oisferttil uttiit tbe natloHal (otmmitte bad uD:t6. to date, only SyKTJ62. A rnther wvak wcatfuidt: vras th charge made hy Owayi'WSBMia Ftovtf Hrltten. that tbe Krt;lii pasfitauziwnt bnd appropriatetl 5STJ5UO to fltwc vC (he British auilasrat)or at WaMntva for "entertatnuM'nt psrptss, as! tftat this fund had already fe -hI ltt way to the Democratic natioual oauuiItt This was, of coursae, kuvunwI as ab surd by I Kith AtalKasssuW G&tas and Democratic Chairman White. Gov ernor Cox mid the charz was "too silly for words." rf Ratification of 19th Amendment - Completed By Act of Secy. Colby. CEREMONY WITHOUT FRILLS Leaders In Movement Greatly Disap pointed Over Failure to Make Event An Historic Affair. Signs Docu ment at His Home. Washington. D. C The crownlnc Klory for the women of America, wlu ieu me hitter struggle for suffniKe, came ut 8 o'clock n. m . aihmwi it wJien Secretary of State Colby 'signed. me proclamation officially annoiineiiuc ratification of tho lOtli amendment to the constitution. The secretary's slumiturn wns nf. fixed to the proclamation nt tils hnm a few hous after he had, received from Governor Roberts of Tennessee tho certillcate that tlnnl favorulile iwthn, on the amendment had been taken by me legislature of that state. The unlet manner In which Mr. Colby acted win, a disappointment to some suirriigo workers who had hoped to make a cere mony of Ills act. hut thev eontemlect themselves with their own Jubilutlon cereniRnle.s, Including u mass meeting at night. They united in statements, that nothing now can be done to pre vent the women from voting in Novem ber. "The seal of the United States has; been duly ufllxed to the certificate and the suffrage amendment Is now tint nfneteontb amendment to the constitu tion." Secretary Colby, announced on reaching his office. The desire to avoid the lime light and to prevent arousing the feeling among .suffrage workers as to whom should he present, prompted tbe quiet sitting. Dr. Colby explained nlso that his only purpose was to pursue u sim ple duty. BOLSHEVIK ARMY WRECKED. Mighty Force That Swept Down Or Polish Capital Shattered. Pnris. The destruction of the bol shevik! armies now may be considered complete, according to ndvlces received here. Of the host which -swept down on Warsaw nothing Is left but M.OOU fugitives. The Poles have taken SO.OOO prisoners, thus far, but what is nior. Importnnt, they have captured great quantities of guns and materials.- It Is considered probable that tbe Soviets employed all their available resources, and In their present condition Russian Industries will take a long time to re place them. Consequently, If the sovlets are able to find effectives with which to restore the fortunes of their arms, lack of equipment will make them without military value. "' Holshevikl who havo escaped tin? Polish armies are so overrunning Kast Prussia that the German ' mili tary authorities are said to have "ailed out extra border forces tl prevent further crossing. MOST PEOPLE IN CITIES. Census Figures Show Rural Population dn the Decline. Washington, I). C For the first timo In the history of the Uuilted States the 1020 census returns will show more people live In tho cities and towns, than In the rural territory, olllclals of the census bureau estimate. With one-third of the census tabu lated, Including practically all the larger cities, the olllclals estimate that, fil -or fil! per cent of the population oC continental United States would he shown by the Until figures ns urban residents. Hnsod on the total estlmnte of 10.", 000,000 made by Lr. J, A. II1U, chief statistician of the bureau, the number of people living In cities nnd towns. If tlu percentage Is Til, would be !".',-o.-O.OOO and rl, 450,000 In rural terri tory. Dempsey and Carpentier Matched. .Chicago, 111. Georges Carpentier, French lighter, and. .lack Dempsey, world's champion, will fight at New York hi November or December, Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager, said here. Ponzl's Victims Hit Hard. Hoston, Mass. Payment of less thau ."0 tents on the dollar to the creditors, of Charles Ponzl, If ofllclal estimates of his liabilities are correct, wns Indi cated by his statement of assets ut th& receivers' healing here. Assuring tlie federal receivers that he had disclosed all he knew, Pon.l told of assets which Robert 0. Dodge, counsel for the receivers, declared were "not worth anywhere near 000.000." The otllclal estimate of hi liabilities stands at $7,000,000. Yard Workers Seek Raise. Chicago, 111. Hearing on the peti tion of more than l'JO.OOO stockyard employes who are seeking nn Increase In wages averaging about ?l n day has begun before Federal Judge Alschiiler, who has boon appointed nrbltrator In the controversy by President Wilson. Nearly '200,000 employes will be affect ed. About 80,000 persons employed in stockyards In 11 other cities havo agreements with their employer! whereby they will receive Increases proportionate to those granted work ers here.