Irish Homance
f Comes to Light
r In Cork Prison
Death " of Hunger Striker
Shows Loyalty of Fiancee
, Claimant of American Citi-
xenship Near Death.
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Vw York HmM-C'hlour Tribune Cable.
loprrignt, iwiu.
Cork, Ireland, Oct. 19.-lVhile
strong military forces held the ap
proaches to Cork prison Monday
.several of the officers inspected the
body of Michael Pitigerald, arid then
gave permission for burial of the
dead hunger striker. Tomorrow
these same officers will coastitute a
court of inquiry into the death in
lieu of prohibited coroner's inouest
J-Owing to tlie grave condition of
the other hunger strikers the prison
chaplain remained at his post all
night. This morning it was stated
that Joseph Murphy, who claimed to
be an American citisen, was not ex
pected to live 24 hours.
i-. During Fittgerald's last hour yes
terday, the priest, Puns and relatives
Vere grouped around his bedside
and just before the end relatives of
pther hunger strikers joined them in
jtrayer. When death came a nun led
the others in De Profundi's.
vVith the announcement of the
death of Fitzgerald there came to
light a romance' which wdfild have
resulted in the . marriage of Fitz
, tferald on his deathbed if permission
could have been obtained to hold the
'.ceremony. . A constant attendant on
Fitzgerald since he began his hunger
strike was Miss London oi rormoy.
3 he was supposed to have been his
sister, but as it turns out she was
Jhis fiancee. Miss Condon nursed
te prisoner devdtedly night and day.
51 A week ago Fitzgerald expressed
si desire that he be married to Miss
Condon befdre he died. He said he
felt that death was ntar. Miss Con
don consented, but permission was
Refused to the prison chaplain to
perform the ceremony. ,
ff The biship 'of Cork was appealed
It, and he is said to have authorized
another priest to perform the mar
riage ceremony. It is asserted that
jwhen the prison authorities leirrted
oi this plan they issued a warning
?that if it was carried out all visitors
would be excluded from the jail in
the future. Accordingly the plan was
dropped.
Fitzgerald had served IS months
ia prison; for three months he r.aa
keen in the same jail in . which he
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lied in solitaiy confinment. He had
been out of the prison oily a fort
right when he was reartrsted. Ho
is said to have been the command
ant of the First battalion of the
Second Cork brigade of Irish volun
teers. The treatment of Murphy gave ihe
physicians their first opportunity to
make a thorough examinaron ot any
of the hunger strikers. "The emanci
pation of Murphy is simply awful
they said. "He is literal'v nothing
but skin and bones. His abdomen i
so shrunken that it is only a hollow
Poles Given Note
By-vAUied Powers
Memorandum Declares Occu
pation of Vilna Is Contrary
, To Armistice.
London, Oct. 19. A note with re
gard to the Vilna situation was
handed to the Polish government
Sunday by the French and British
representatives in Warsaw, acting
simultaneously. The note declared
the allied governments considered
the occupation of Vilna contrary to
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ine armistice wun nnuania con
cluded, through the mediation of the
league of nations, and contrary to
the assurances given by Poland td
the allies and the league of nations.
Ihe note is friendly, but firm in
tone.
Both the governments expressed
the opinion that Poland should com
pletely disavow General Zel!g6uski's
action and thus give satisfaction to
the league of nations, whose authori
ty, it was pointed out. had been
shaken. The. note said if the situ
ation were not quickly cleared uo,
the British and French governments
would have to consider what further
line of action might be necessary.
Harding Spends Day
At His Home Resting
Marion. O.. Oct. 19. Senator
Harding had today his first real
respite from campaigning in several
weeks. No speeches were On his pro
gram, and although he had several
conferences and considerable corre
spondence before him, he hoped to
get away early for a ride and, if pos
sible, a game of golf.
Ihe front porch campaign virtual
ly ended yesterday with a speech to
first voters. .
Tomorrow at 7 a. m. he will leave
on his last campaign trip outside the
state, carrying him to Rochester and
Buffalo, M. y.
Mexican Industries Are
Menaced by Miners1, Strike
Mexico City, Oct. 19. A strike
f 12,000 coal miners in the state of
Coahuila has assumed such grave
aspects that Provisional President
la Huerta is making determined
efforts to effect a speedy compro
mise. nless an agreement is reached by
Wednesday, it is reported, many
smelters and other industries will
close down because of lack of fuel.
This would throw more than 100,000
men out of work. The strikers de
mand a large wage increase and bet
ter working conditions.
Prominent Iowa Man Will
, Fight for Lake Waterway
Des Moines, Oct. 19. John Wal
lace of Wallace's Farmer; J. H.
McCord, president of the Iowa
Chamber of Commerce,- and several
other prominent Iowans are ex
pected to be in New York, October
21, 22, o help in the fight to remove
opposition by the New York busi
ness men against the proposed
great 1 lakes-St. Lawrence waterway
project. i. ;
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. St. Louis
League Letters
Put in Record at
Campaign Probe
Senate Committee Informei
By Attorney That Peace
Body Officials Probably
Violated' Logan Act.
St. 'Louis. Oct. 19. Scores of let
ters from the files of the league to
enforce peace, of which William
Howard faff is president, were in
troduced in the record of the senate
committee investigating campaign
expenditures here .Monday. .Names
of a number of prominent New York
bankers were mentioned ri the cor
responf'ence.
Dom H. Hunt, attorney for the
committee, who investigated the ac
tivities of the league, reported that
"in my estimation." officials of the
league have violated the i.ogau act,
passed January 30, 1899, which pro
hibits American citizens carrying On
negotiations with foreign govern'
ments or their agents regarding dis'
ptites or controversies without the
permission of the United States. The
ct carries a penalty upen convic
tion of fines of not more than $5,000
and imprisonment ct Jrom , six
months to three years."
Five-Day Probe.
The senate committee sent Hunt
to New York several days ago to
investigate ine activities oi ine
League to Enforce Peace.
Hunt conducted an inquiry for
'e days in the league's offices
there, read all the correspondence in
its files and examined employes and
officers of the organization.
His report, a voluminous docu
ment, embracing ' copies 'Of all let
ters which he thought had a bearing
on the campaign expenditures in
vestigation, was presented today.
Ask Campaign Reports.
The. senate committee met here
Monday to complete its investiga
tion of the preconvention campaign
in Missouri and adjourned to meet
again some time alter the election.
Before adjourning, telegrams were
dispatched to the chairmen of the
republican and democratic national,
senatorial and congressional com
mitjes, directing t!iem to file com
plete statements of their receipts, ex-
enditures and pledges at Chicago qn
Thursday. October 28. The reports
will be made public at tha' time.
Ihe report ot Mr. Hunts inves-
igation of the league to enforce
peace proved the sensation of the
day. Dozens of confidential letters
etween Mr. Talt. George W. Wick-
ersham, Theodore Marburg and
others were given.
In his summary Mr. Hunt said
that Herbert H Houston testified
efore the committee that he had
talked to the German chancel
lor: Lord Robert Cecil, and
David Lloyd George in regard to
the UnitCTl Mate entering the league
of nations and Edward A, Filene of
Boston, who has been abroad on a
similar mission is now "in Germany,
on a mission to get Germany into
the league."
Keeps Wickersham Letters.
Mr. Hunt also reported that Will
iam. H. Short, secretary v,of the
league, took from the fifes certain
letters ( between Mr. Short and
George W. Wickersham in .which
Mr. Short proposed a campaign in
the interest of Governor Cox, and
Mr. Wickersham "agreed ia part."
Mr. Short refused to give, up the
letters, the report states! on , the
ground they were personal.,! j
The Hunt report said that the
League to Enforce Peace spent
$2,500 to finance a letter sent by
Samuel Gompers to 50,000 local
unions, asking the union members to
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1920.
bring pressure to bear on senators
to have them vote for the lesgue of
nations. ,
Hitchcock t Matting.
A conldentisl letter from Mr,
Short to President Taft on July 8,
lviy, says that -senator Hitchcock
democratic leader in the fight for
the league of nations, was present at
a conference with Samuel Uompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, when plans wer made to
have labor unions bombard senators
with picas for ratification of the
treaty and league covenant. The let
ter says in part:
"You will be interested to know
the results of a conference I had in
Washington last , VVednesJay with
Mr. Gompers with reference to
bringing to bear the full power of
organized labor on the senate. Sen
ator Hitchcock was present and
fully concurred in what was agteed
upon, '
Chicago Police Head
To Tear Department
Open In Booze Probe
Chicago. Oct. 19. Chief of Police
Garrity last night called a meeting
of all police department heads for
today when he said he would make
disclosures bearing on the liquor in
vestigation which will "tear the de
partment wide open."
"I have learned that certain cap-
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men to guard ,whisky shipments," he
said. "My investigators have ob
tained affidavits from policemen and
others involving whole police sta
tions in the whisky traffic-
"In addition to affidavits there is
a great deal of hearsay information,
which if proven may involve still
Others."
The affidavits will be shown l to
day's meeting of captains, the enfef
said. His statement last night came
as a complete surprise, police of
ficials said. - -
Estimate 60,000 Men
Out of Work in Detroit
Chicago TrlbuD-Omaha Dm laed WIN.
Dstrfiit. Oct. 19. Mayor James
Couzens today issued an open letter
to the board of commerce and all
employers of labor urging on them
a rationing of all work wherever
Possible with the Durnose of keeoins
in Detroit its great body of skilled
workmen, many of whom are now
unemployed.
Ross Schram. the mayor's secre
tary, in giving out the letter,, said
that he estimated 60,000, men were,
now out of work here. The esti
mate was wade, he said, from fig
ures given to him by Chester M.
Culver, secretary of the emoloyers'
association and others. ?
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ort Omaha Balloon Pilot
Leaves for Birmingham Race
Lieut. Richard E. Thompson, oilot
of the. Fort, Omaha army balloon
which took second place in the re
cent elimination contest held at Bir
mingham, Ala., left yesterday for
Birmingham to complete in the in
ternational ballron race held at that
city next Saturday.
His aide, Captain Weeks, who also
was aide m the elimination contest
when they lost first place by one
and one-twelfth miles, is now in Bir
mingham, making preliminary ar-,
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Newspaper Man Dies '
Minneapolis, OCt. 19. E. L. Clif
ford, 46, well known newspaper
man of the northwest and recently
business manager of the New York
American, died at a hospital here,
loiiowing a. long illness.
Visitors corJIfyjnviifd
Jo inspect out plant
Seek Heiress anjl.
Beach Life Savr
Eccentric Chicago Artist Dis
appears and Search Is Ex
tended to California.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leaned Wire.
Chicago, Oct. 19. Search for Miss
Margaret McDougall, an eccentric
North Shore artist and sister of
John D. McDougall, millionaire
member of the board of trade, to
day extended to the Pacific coast
Particular search is being made for
James Griffin, formerly a life saver
at the, Highland 'Park beach, in
whose company Miss McDougall
spent much of her time during the
summer, and who is said to have
shipped three trunks filled with
costly women's apparel to the Pacific
coast a few days, ago. - i
Oriffin vanished from his shack
coincidently with the disappearance
of the young woman. Quite re
cently she came into possession of
a million-dollar estate, shared equal
ly with her brother. Shortly before
shegriropped out of sight she bought
two 'tickets for California.
Griffin's daughter insists that her
father did not go away aith Miss
McDougall. "If he ran away it was
to get away from her," the girl said.
There is a sinister aspect to the I
affair. Miss McDougall was known
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to rarry large sums of money and
her habit of strolling along the lake
shore and through the woods was
well known. There is a possibility
that she fell victim to a gang of rob
bers. The money and jewels she
carried would have made her attrac
tive prey to highwaymen. A myster
ious telephone call sent a squad of
police and private detectives this
evening to explore a strip of lonely
woods at Highwood. They were be
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Miss McDougall eloped with Griffin
and say he disappeared, according to
their best information, 10 days before
she dropped out of sight.
Former eather Bureau Man
Heres Improves in California
Col, L. A. Welsh, former head of
the weather bureau in Omaha,, and
his, wife are enjoying life in their
new home in San Diego, Csl., accord
ing to a letter received recently by
TALK NO. 2
Shoe Dollar
One good thing least has corn'e out of the period of
high prices.
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And, that is, American paople are learning to measure
the dollar by what it buys "IN-THE END" rather than at
How much-to pay for your shoes is your
affair but our business ia to sound a friend
ly warning that "price" by itself is mean
ingless. It's what you get for your money
that counts. .The "STRYKER',' price scale is
at all t times based
upon shoes that can
be depended upon to
give satisfaction.'
We ask our custom
ers to be careful and
Jbuy as 'we do as in
these reconstruction
. days manufacturers .
are trying to see how ,
much they can take"
out of shoes and still -
Ms
make it look like an
honest shoe. i
We can fit your feet
with an honest shoe.
Shoe Fitters to Serte You.
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Meteorologist Robbins. The colo
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health in th balmy southern Cali- .
fornia weather. He states that he
and Mrs., Welsh have found especial
enjoyment in listening to concerts
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