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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
MACS WIN EY NEAR
DEATH IN PRISON
QUAKES TERRORIZE ITALIANS
MOVIE ACTRESS
DIES OF POISON,
Series of Shocks Devastate Territory
Extending More Than Hun
dred Miles.
Hunger Striking Lord Mayor
Reported as Having "Com
pletely Collapsed."
SLOWLY DYING, FRIENDS SAY
Sinn Felners Notify Secretary of State
for Ireland He will Be Punished
If Mayor Dlea Conditions of
Cork Prisoners Serious.
London, Sinn Fein headquarters
reports Unit Lord Mayor MacSwIney of
Cork, wlio has been on a hunger strike
In ltrlxtou prison slnco August 14 has
"completely collapsed," and that his
mind Is growing dull.
Prison physicians admit Ills condi
tion In serious, but say men bnvc lived
ten or fifteen days longer than Mac
SwIney lias so far without food.
MacSwIney's body Is virtually dead
mid his mind Is dying, his family and
friends say. The next development,
they believe, will be unconsciousness.
Sir llniuar Greenwood, secretary ol
state for Ireland, has received notice
from .Sinn I'VIn leaders that If Mac
SwIney dies In Jail ho will bo sentenced
by Irbdi republican courts for murder.
A high ofllchil of tho Rrltlsh cabinet:
Enid :
"Appeals from all over the world,
urging us to release MneSwiney, were,
based upon the promise that this would
be a humane act, calculated to concil
iate tin; more extreme Irish elements.
It will be urged that death would bring
still greater outbursts of crime In Ire
land." In Serious Condition.
Cork, Ireland. Seven of the eleven
hunger strikers In Cork Jail appear
to be In a critical condition. They aru
Sean Ilonnesey, the 10-year-old youth;
Joseph Murphy, whoso status as an
American Is being Investigated; Thom
as Donovan, Michael llurkc, Upton,
Power and Kenny.
Heunesey still remains unconscious;
the others are so weak that they urn
hardly able to articulate. Murphy has
a troublesome cough for which he re
fuses treatment, either by tho doctors
or the nuns.
M E SSAGE TO MINE R S.
President, In Emphatic Terms, Turns
Down Request.
Washington, D. C President Wll
eon defined the federal government's
attitude toward the "vacation" strikers
In the anthracite coal Industry In a
message to union leaders In which he
declared that "we could not look tho
World In the face or Justify our ac
tions to our own people and our own
conscience If we yielded one lota to
the men In the anthracite coal fields."
The message was address to Philip
Murray, vice president of the United
Mine Workers and other union leaders,
and contained nn uutualtlled refusal
by the president to accede to their re
quest that he bring about a renewal of
negotiations with the employers over
wage scales.
Landslide Wrecks Train.
Grand Junction, Colo. Denver &
Rio Grande passenger train No. 1 wns
wrecked near Do Roque, Colo., killing
the engineer and fireman and fatally
liUurhig Russell Ilager of Dayton, O.
The accident happened at Nigger Hill,
n great oil shale mountain nbout forty
two miles east of here. It started to
slide Just as the train was passing and
hundreds of tons of rock and dirt, were
idled on tho track. Uoulders weighing
many tons crashed down the hillside,
bringing much loose dirt with them.
Plan to "boycott English Goods.,
San Francisco, Calif. Plans for par
ticipation In a proposed boycott of
English goods In the United States In
behalf of Terence MacSwIney, lord
mayor of Cork, who Is on a hunger
atrlke In Hrlxton prison, wero dis
cussed and adopted at a meeting horo
of the California state council of the
Friends of Irish Freedom and repre
sentatives of tho American Commission
on Irish Independence. The stato
touucll claims a membership of 500,000.
Throat Troublo Hinders Cox. .
Portland, Ore. Governor Cox, whoso
throat ban been giving him troublo
during the past few days of his cam
palgn tour of the west, was examined
by n specialist horo, who declared tho
governor'u throat was In hnd condition,
and advised him to cancel some of his
(peaking engagements. This Governor
Coxvdeclnred emphatically ho would
not do. The trouble was diagnosed us
speaker's laryngitis.
Japan Still Arming,
Toklo. According to estimates by
the Japanese press, Japan will havo
20 submarines by 1027, when It Ih ex
peeled eight battleships and eight bat
tie cruisers on tho naval building pro
gram will have been completed.
Farm Tenantry Increasing.
Tnnnl'ii Tfnii' Fnrm tiouintrv In In
..mielnl) rnlllrllV In lvnilRMR flfHt M,
V I - 1 1 s . " " -
ports of survey by the stato board of
agriculture Indicate. Scott county, the
first to report, showed (V7.4 per cent of
Its farms being worked by tenants, nn
nt !tfi 1 nor cent since initv
IIIIICHOU - v- . " . " .
The trend In tho stato for a number of
-
yearn baa ucen away iroin mrm owner
ship, census bureau statistics reveal.
3n 1880 tenantry was 10.! per cent and
in 1010 It had Increased to iiO.8 per
. , I , ...1 ft HAll II III ... . Ih
jviv was -jh.
Home. Italy is again Buffering from
an earthquake disaster, the extent of
which has not yet been entirely ascer
tained. It Is known, however, that
hundreds of people have been killed
and thousands Injured. Many small
towns and villages have been wrecked,
and altlio assistance Is being hurried
from all parts of the country to the
aflllcted area, there Is much suffering
for want of food, modlclnes and shel
ter. It Is reported that hospitals at Spe
,7.1a have already received about live
hundred Injured and three hundred oth
ers have been taken to other hospitals
nearby. Improvised hospitals com
posed of tents are caring for many
others. All classes are combining la
their efforts to render aid.
Survivors describe the first shock
as terrific. Tho air was filled with
choking, blinding dust, so black that
the sun was lost to view.
"It seemed like the end of the world,"
terrified peasants say.
The great towers of medieval cas
tles were shaken or partially destroy
ed. The ducal palace at Massa Car
rara which was the summer residence
of Nnpoleon'H sister, was seriously
damaged,
The territory violently disturbed
sootus to be lozenge-shaped, with Flor
ence at the southern apex and Modena
at the northern end. It extends along
the AppcnlnoK eastward for upwards
of one hundred miles.
A dozen additional shocks have been
felt In the aflllcted region since the
tlrst one, further Increasing the terror
of the population.
Found Guilty of Lueken Shooting.
Fremont, Neb. John Olson wns de
clared guilty of attempting to murder
illnrm II. Luekeu,, May 12, by a district
court Jury, two and one-half hours af
ter It retired to deliberate.
As tho district court Jury retired to
consider tho case, Mrs. Florence Ol
son, wife of the defendant, tiled a suit
for $25,000 damngos agnlnst Mrs.
Sophie Lueken, alleging alienation of
her husband's affections. She accuses
Mrs. Lueken, whose testimony, when
hIio turned stnte's evidence, admitted
nn intimacy with Olson over several
years, of writing letters, causing Olson
to visit her, sustnlulug Illicit relations
with him and deliberately seeking to
win his love from his wife.
Miners' Vacation to Continue,
Scranton, Pa. That there will be no
change In the miners' "vacation" sit
uation, throughout the nnthracltc Held
until President Wilson or Secretary of
Labor Wilson makes dellnlte answer
to the request ofthe general scale com
mittee, of the miners' union for an Im
mediate reopening of the case, was
stated by leaders of the organization
In threo districts comprising the an
thracite field. The situation In the
Scranton district Is not changed, It
was stated by uidon lenders.
MacSwIney to Be Fed. ,
London. The moment Lord Mnyor
Terence MacSwIney lapses Into com
pleto unconsciousness from his hunger
strike, he will be forcibly fed, llrlxton
Jail physicians have announced.
"Wo would feed him by force now.
If It weren't that It would kill him If
he struggled against It," one physician
said.
Reports Wrangel Army Destroyed.
Loudon. An olllclal Husslan report
received In Berlin claims the occupa
tion of newly forfeited positions on
tho IMg river nnd the almost total de
struction of the forces of General
Wrangel, the antl-bolshevlk lenders,
say a dispatch from llcrlln.
Seven Killed In Auto Accident.
Tarry town, N. Y. Seven persons
were killed and ono seriously Injured
when an automobile In which they
were riding crashed through a railing
during a thunderstorm nnd fell twen
ty feet to the New York Central rail
road tracks at Dobbs Ferry.
Esch Defeat Pleases Railroaders.
Washington, D. O. Officials of the
railroad labor organizations' political
campaign commltteo were Jubilant
over news of the defent of Reprosontn
tlve John J. Ksch of Wisconsin for re-
nomlnatlnn to congress In tho ropub
llcan primary.
Bureau Partly 8elf-8upportlng.
Washington, D. C. ltecords of the
committee on public information, war
time branch of government service,
headed by George Creel, show It spent
$8,2 ir,U-10, but cost tho government
only $4,054,200, becauso It was partly
self-supporting.
Officials Shot Down In Ireland.
Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland,
Armed and masked men attacked four
police olllcers here. Two of the con
stables were shot dead and another
seriously wounded.
Sugar Drops to 15 Cents.
New York. Sugar has taken nnoth
er tumble of 1 cent to in cents n
pound retail. A short time ago sugar
was hard to get at 'm cents u pound.
One-Tenth In Three Cities.
Washington, D. C. About one-tenth
of the people of tho United States live
In tho cities of New York, Chicago nnd
Philadelphia, whllo moro than one
quarter live In slxty-elghteltles having
a population of 100,000 or more, anal
statistics of tho fourteenth census are
I expected to show.
L Police routing a truck load of New York street car strikers who were about to attack u street car. 2 In
valided soldiers In Iterlln taking part In a demonstration against further warfare. 3 Dr. L. S. Itowe (left),
new director of the Pan American union, and John Barrett, whom he suceeds.
EWS REV EW OF
CURRENT EVENT
Attempt of Communists to Run
Metal Industries of Italy
Likely -to Fail.
TECHNICAL' MEN HOLD OUT
Lithuanians Open Hostilities Against
the Poles British Won't Release
Irish Hunger Strikers Dectruc
tive Earthquake in Italy De
velopments In Politics.
By EDWARD J. PICKARD.
Soviet rule In tho Industrial region
of northern Italy came rather, sudden
ly, but It wns not unexpected by those
who wero watching developments
there. The experiment of the workers
Is of great Interest, but the Indications
are that It will be a failure.
Employers In the big metallurgical
works of that part of the country un
dertook to head off a threatened gen-
ral strike for Increased wages by put
ting a lockout Into effect. The linmo-
llate result was the seizure of the
plants by the workers, who put them
under the management of the sovlets.
and are trying to operate them on com
munistic principles. The owners did
not resist, but the technical and ad
ministrative staffs unanimously "re
fused to Join In with the others, and
consequently the Intter are having a
hard time In making good. They have
no one capable of directing their ef
forts, and thousands of them are drift
ing away and refusing to work at nil.
In tho plants that are running the
waste Is said to be appalling.
So far the communists have gener
ally refrained from vlolencl Indeed,
there has been no occasion for It.
Therefore the government has declined
to Interfere, trusting that the employ
ers, and men will finally adjust their
inferences. The government of Italy
is In a more precarious position than
any other of the great powers and
cannot afford to antagonize the labor
ites and communists. If the soviet
movement spreads to other Industries
and Interferes with tho public services
and the provisioning of the people,
Premier Glollttl may be forced to In
tervene, In order to meet that event
uality, It Is said, the employees of the
communlzed automobile factories at
Turin are building armored cars and
tanks, and the airplane makers at
Hroscla are mounting on planes a num
ber of machine guns that were secret
ly removed from the arsenal at Ven
ice. The situation mny be cleared up
by two conferences that opened near
the close of tho week.
Italian manufacturers declare that
the wage Increase demanded by the
f00,000 metal workers employed by
them would add at least 1.000,000,000
lire to their pay roll, and that this
burden could not be sustained, They
point out that Italy pays 18 Uies the
pre-war price for coal, while England
pays only threo times, America only
SI.B, 'France six, and even Germany
only 11. As a result foreign produc
tion Is replacing Italian.
Polish troops. In their operations
ngalnst the Russians, have run afoul
of the Lithuanians, and hostilities have
broken out between the two countries.
The hone of contention Is tho province
of Suwalkl, which' Is Inhabited main
ly by Lithuanians and was given to
Lithuania by Ilussla when the Poles
were driven out recently. Attacking
suddenly, the Lithuanians defeated the
Poles" In the region of Selny and then
by forced marches advanced beyond
the city of Suwalkl, with the evident
Intention ol' assaulting the Augustowo
fortress, to which heavy Polish re-en-forcemeats
wero rushed. Poland pri
tested to tho League of Nations against
the action of Lithuania, but that cnuti-'
try refused to nccept the blame, stat
ing that It does not recognize the lines
of demnrcLttnn fixed by Karl Cumin
and Marshal Koch, but Is ready to
cease hostilities and negotiate a new
Hue.
Of course, the Russian reds took
advantage of this complication ami re
newed their attacks on the Poles, hut
with small success or utter failure.
General llttdenny, It was reported, was
gathering large forces In the Prlpet
marshes with which he Intended to
move against either Lemherg or Lublin.
Prediction! that the Germans would
he unwilling or unable to disarm and
properly Intern the many thousands
of Iliissluns who were forced across
the East Prussian border have been
fulfilled. Several times lately large
bodies of these reds have reerossed
the frontier nnd 'attacked Polish po
sitions. They were captured or re
pulsed, but Poland naturally Is peeved.
She has sent notes to the allied pow
ers, demanding that Germany be com
pelled to follow the rules of warfare
and keep these bolshevik forces In re
straint." The Poles allege that the en
tire Third bolshevik cavalry corps in
East Prussia has been neither dis
armed nor Interned nnd their horses
have not been taken away froifi them.
They say these troops are In a posi
tion to chnrge across the frontier
whenever they wish. The Germans
reply that they have Insufficient relehs
wehr troops to guard so many reds.
The In'dependcnt Socialists of Oor
nuiny lmvo turned against the Lenlne
regime In Ilussla. and In conference at
Merlin they declared against union
with Moscow, prof. Karl Rnllod. one
of their wisest leaders, who has been
In Russia for several mouths, told them
the Ktisslnn soviet chiefs have failed
to show that they can establish social
ism In their country ami have proved
themselves wholly Incapable of effect
ing an economic restoration of Rus
sia, lie pictured the food, transporta
tion and .Industrial conditions there as
deplorable. The Gerutaiw were high-,
ly displeased with the nntl-soeliillstie
policies adopted by Lenlne and Trot
zky. Reports from southern Russia dur
ing the week were contradictory. One
day Jhere would he a story of the tle
feut of Ititron Wrangel's forces, nnd
the next day dispatches telling of vic
tories over the reds. At this time the
latest report Is that Wrangel's troops
hud surrounded the holshevlkl nt Kach
ovka and that a Herce battle was In
progress with the bridge over the,
Dnieper river as the Immediate prize.
The town Is of great strategic value.
The Russians are using, innst of their
reserves In combating Wrangel. The
Polish general staff has declined to
undertake a Joint offensive against the
reds in combination with Wrangel,'
pointing out that peace negotiations
at Riga are imminent and that the al
lied attitude prevents the renewing of
the campaign unless the soviet gov
ernment refuses equitable terms.
At this writing Terence MacSwIney.
lord mayor of Cork, wus still alive, hut
very weak, and there wns no prospect
of his relief save by death. This may
he delayed a considerable time as be
Is fed during his periods of uncon
sciousness. Sir Hamar Greenwood,
chief secretary for Ireland, on return
lug from a visit with Lloyd George In
Switzerland, announced ! "The ilecl.
slon of the government Is tin n I and Ir
revocable. Neither the lord mayor of
Cork nor any other Irish hunger striker-will
be released. It would be a
monstrous thing If any prisoner, po
litical or otherwise, could secure his
release at will by refusing food," '
The British government has made
It clear that the Irish need expect lit
tle, leniency as long ns. they continue
their campaign of assassination" against
ilu constabulary ami military in Ire
laud. It was reported from Rome that
the pope had Interceded In behalf of
MacSwIney, and the mayors of a num
ber of American cities' sent cable
grams asking his release. Dispatches
fmiTi Loudon said Archbishop Man nix
of Australia might be permitted to go
to Ireland within a few days, having
convinced the authorities that he Is op
posed to extremist measures and seeks
to act as peacemaker.
Earthquake shocks In northern Italy
killed several thousund persons, made
many more thousands homeless and
did tremendiffis damage to property.
The region, affected lies between Flor
ence, Milan and the Adriatic coast.
Numerous towns and villages were
wholly or partly destroyed and edl-
flees famous for centuries were laid
In ruins. The grent Carrara marble
quarries are about In the center of the
shaken region, and It was reported
that hundreds of workers were en
tombed there. Jtellef agencies got Into
operation quickly, and King Victor 15m
mauuel hurried to the scene to do what
he could, directing the efforts of the
rescuers, and feeding nnd consoling the
survivors.
Later In the week there were new
quakes, In the Emilia district, caus
ing further loss of lives and destruc
tion of property.
in matters political the presidential
candidates and' the campaign fund In
vestigation had to share Interest last
week with some Important primaries.
The results of these were not satis
factory to the upholders of President
Wilson's draft of tho league covenant,
for their opponents scored In three
states, widely separated. In New
Hampshire United States Senator
Moses, who Is one of the "Irrecoucll
ables," was renominated by the Re
publicans, hnvlng n majority of 12.000
over II. L, Spauldlug. In a total vote
of 45,000. Spauldlug advocated a
league with the Lodge reservations;
what may have counted more, he was
opposed to woman suffrage.
Georgia's Democratic primaries re
sulted in the nomination of Thomas 15.
Watson, former Populist, for United
States senator. His opponents were
Senator Hoke Smith and Gov. Hugh
Dorsey, the latter making the race as
an administration i.-nudldutc and ac
cepting the league as submitted by
President Wilson. Watson has been
an open foe of the administration and
opposes the league in any form.
A third test was In Wisconsin, where
the Republicans renominated Senator
Irvine L, l.enroot, a Lodge reservation
1st, Senator Rrandegee was. renominated
by the Republicans of Connecticut, and
Senator Marcus Smith by the Demo
crats of Arlzonn.
Perslstent digging by the senatorial
committee on campaign funds brought
our facts favorable to both sides.
Among the witnesses beard was larry
M. ISIalr, assistant to Republican
Treasurer Upham. and the author of
the now famous "Form 101" plan for
larger cities. He said that ho had 2f0
copies of this circular ninde, locked
most of them In a safe, but took sev
eral to New York, where his Idea of
raising the limit of subscriptions wan
rejected by the Republlcnn committee.
Consequently the circular was never
Issued,, but Mr. Hlalr admitted some
copies might have got nut and thus
come Into the hands of Mr. Cox. Dud
ley S. Blossom of Cleveland gave evl-
deuce In support of the Cox charge
that special quotas were fixed for the
larger cities, admitting that the Cleve
land quota was $400,000. and that he
was In charge of 20 teams named to
raise that sum. He said that ouly $74,
000 hns been raised or pledget!.
Other evidence heard by the commit
tee established the Cox charge that
within the Republican national com
mittee there was a volunteer as well
as n paid organization for raising
funds; and refuted the Democratic
candidate's charges that the Republl
can fund was to be $10,000,000 or any
thing like that, and that subscriptions
of more than $1,000 were sought.
The fact was developed that state
am) local managers all down the line
expanded the quotas they were asked
to raise. In order to get the amount
asked by tho national committee.
A man from Augusta, III., produced
letters to the postmaster of that town
soliciting contributions to the Demo
cratic fund. Those bore the signature
of Charles Booschenstoln, Democratic
national committeeman for Illlonls,
The Republican members of the Inves
tigating committee asked that Roes
chensteln be summoned to explain.
One Important event In the world of
sport took place on Labor day. That
was the vain attempt of Hilly Mlske
to take away from Jnck Dempsey the
heavyweight championship. The fight
was staged at Ronton Hnrbor. Mich.,
nnd was witnessed by some 20.000 men
and a few women. Mr. Mlske wns
game, but he never hail a chance. In
the third round .Mr. Dempsey knocked
hi ti down and, us he arose, shot n right
hook to the Jaw thar put him ou the
mat for the ceunt.
Olive, Thomas, Famous Filrrti
Star, Succumbs in Hos
pital in France.
TOOK FATAL DOSE BY MISTAKE
She was Known Throughout Entire:.
United States By Picture Show
Patrons. Death Attributed to
Orgy of Dissipation.
Paris Olive Thomas, formerly wide
ly known on tho American musical
comedy stngu and for several years
past u motion picture star, died In tho
American hospital at Neullly, aftor
bavlug swallowed u poisonous solution
Recently Miss Thomas, who came to.
Europe with her husband, Jnck Pick-
ford, had suffered from nervous depres
sion, It was said.
The fatal illness resulted from an
overdose of "medicaments" prescribed
for her for a breakdown occurring af
ter a "too strenuous seeing of Purls,"
according to friends.
Several nights prior to her death nn.
merlcnn millionaire gave n big party
and all-night dance for Miss Thomas..
He refused to say anything following
the party, but It Is understood that
the strain of repeated galties brought
about the breakdown for which the
"medicaments," the exact nitture of
which Is undisclosed, were prescribed.
Olive Thomas was once hernlded by
the late Raphael Klrchner as the most
beautiful girl In America. Her real
name was Olive Elain Duffy. She was
22 years old, having been born October
20, 1803, nt Cbarlerol, Pa. She began.
her career as a motion picture nctress
In Los Angeles nearly four -years ago.
"Accidental death by mercurial pois
oning" was the verdict at Neujlly of
Police Commissioner Catron, after an.
Investigation of the circumstances of.
the death of Miss Thomns, which he
insisted should be conducted heforo be
would grnnt a death certificate.
MEANT TO KILL ALL ABOARD.
Confessions Made by Foreign Com
munists of Murderous Plot.
Springfield, 111. Confessions, from-
the eight conspirators said to be di
rectly connected with the plot to wreck:
the "dlnmond special" of the Illinois
Central railroad nenr here, were ob
tained by Chief of Police Morris und
federal agents. Ofllclals declared their
belief that had the plan been carried
out not one passenger on the train
would have escaped alive. Nineteen
foreigners nre under arrest and all uro
declared by ofllclals to bo communists.
The track, according to the confes
sions, was to have been torn up nbout
800 feet from n bridge nenr the vil
lage of Bissell, so that the train would
be plunged Into the ravine, about fifty-
feet in depth.
Whatever passengers remained alive
Chief Morris declared the confession.
said, the plotters intended, to kill and
then "to kick In the teeth of the rich.'"
The dlnmond special wns selected 'be
cause only the rich ride on It, poor
people don't ride In sleepers."
Conspire to Boost Prices.
Washington, D. C. Judlcinl proceed
ings should be Instituted against asso
ciations which have been restraining:
trade In farm Implements, nnd the In
ternational Harvester case should be
reopened to effect a plan of dissolution
more drastic than tho one already
agreed to, the federal trade commis
sion states In a report In response to it
senate resolution adopted last spring.
The commission says farm Implement
manufacturers and dealers advanced
prices In 1917 nnd 1018 by amounts,
larger than their increased cost and
expenses warranted, nnd that they
made unusually large profits.
Flu Still Ib Mystery.
Washington, D. C. A recurrence or
infiuenzu would find medical science
with but little more Information on tho
scourge than when It first appeared,
nccordlng to the public health service.
The disease remnlns a mystery. Scien
tists believe Influenza will appear next
winter, but perhaps not In epidemic
form. No "cure' hns been found, the
germ has not been Identified, aniL
nieans for combating the disease are
little better than before the war.
Predict Record Crop.
Wnshlngt'on, D. C. A corn crop of
3,131,000,000 bushels, tho greatest In.
history, Is forecast In tho department
of agriculture's report on crop condi
tions existing on September 1.
Tho spring wheat yield Is estimated
at 2J17,000,000 bushels, and all wheat
770,000,000 bushels, or 171,000,000
bushels less thun In 1010.
New Uprising In Mexico.
Mexico City. Revolutionary activity
by followers of Felix Dlnz, nephew of
former President Porllrlo Diaz, bus
begun In the vicinity of Mlsnntla, stato
of Vera Cruz, according to press dis
patches from Jnlapa,
Prizes for Air Mall Pilots.
Washington, D. C. Pilots driving lit
the transcontinental air moll, Inaugu
rated Sept. 7, have been notified that
$1,000 will be distributed In prizes for
the best mileage at the end of the first
nix months.