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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 112. " n Claaa MittM i a. IW. it OMAHA,. .TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1920. fc Mill (I ynr). IhM 4M . Oillv ana taaaaj, M: Oill 0t. Ui Uwff. H Oattlat 4ta Ion (I hw). 0ll Saaaa. tltH Daily 0.1, 111; taa 0K. I THREE CENTS r, M. anar m at Ban I, llvf. RapPrment sir at rains Admini ton MacS wmey A-fico in j an Of Hunger Lord Mayor Who Expired on 74th Day of Jlunger Strike, To Rest in Plot Reserved For Soldier Dead. Third Victim ' Succumb , By Tka Aaaa rfataa rraea. 'London. Oct. 25. Terence Mac Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, died at Brixton prison, this city, at 5:40 o'clock this morning. - ' His death occurred on the 74th day of a hunger strike that eclipsed any in the annals of the medical world. , . 'MacSwiney, who had been uncon scious 36 hours, did not recover his faculties .'before he died. Father Ucminic, his private chaplain, and nis oroinerk jonn Macswmey, were v ith him when the end came. . Wife Not Present. John MacSwiney and the. chaplain, who had been waiting downstairs in the prison, were told by prison offi cials at 4:35 o'clock that they should go to the mayor's bedside, as they thought death was approaching. The brother asked for the privilege of communicating with other relatives ho were not present, but the offi cials, it is said, refused him the use of a telephone. After the prisoner's death his brother and the chaplain were not permitted to leave Brixton prison until 6:15 o'clock. John MacSwiney immediately conveyed word to the widow of the lord mayor, who was staying at a West End hotel with Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, the former being the London executive of the Irish Self-determination league. Mrs. MacSwiney, accompanied by her parents, and the Misses Annie and Mary MacSwiney, sisters of the lord mayor, arrived at Brixton prison at 9:30 o'clock. Burial in Ireland. It is understood arrangements ate being made to take the body to Ire land for burial. News of MacSwiney's death had not become- known in the district cround Brixton prison until after 9 o'clock. ' MacSwiney f was .unconscious for 36 hours before bis death occurred. fere, was unable to give htm the last j acrament, bat he aamtmsterea ex-; Was 40 Years Old. Terence MacSwiney was 40 years old and was one of the most promi nent Sinn Feiners. He started life as a draper's assistant, but became a poet, author and a playwright be fore taking up politics tenously. Later he became violently anti-English. While in Wakefield jail, York--shire, in 1916, he met Muriel Mur phy, daughter of a wealthy Cork dis- tiller, who visited the jail, and short- i ly after they were married, 'despite mnrh nnnYitinn- MacSwiney was elected as a Sinn Fein member from Cork to the Brit ish Parliament in 1918, but never took his seat He was elected lord mayor or sw in luu. ( For various political offenses he had been in jail, with brief intervals tCottal P Tw, Catalan w.) Uncovered When Two Bodies Are Located Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct 25. The deepest murder mystery with which the police of Allegheny county have grappled in years was presented to day when the bodies of two unidenti fied men, one of them headless, were found in thick underbrush on the tauicarea inai uuui uicu imu. uu i . J .L. 1 .1. UA V.am the police that both had been mur dered, probably in Pittsburgh or Coraopolis, and that their bodies were then taken in an automobile to a secluded spot The pockets of both were turned inside out. Both bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition. Detectives learned that two Coraopolis Italian business men, Joseph Galada and Michael Crevaro, had been missing from their homes since August 13. Both conducted erocery stores. Add ing to the mystery of the case, if it should develop that the bodies found are those of the two Italians, ij the fact that the relatives of neith er notified the police or county au thorities. The theory of a duel was abandoned when no weapons were found. . t First Volunteer of Civil War Dies; Struck by Auto New York, Oct 25. Brig. Gen. Rush C. ' Hawkins, who won fame during the 'rival war as commander of "Hawkins' zouaves," died at St Vincent's hospital here today from 3 fractured skull sustained last night, when he was struck by an auto mobile in Fifth avenue. He was 89 years old. He is said to have been the first volunteer - soldier of the civil war. ' I v Rate Increases on Lumber Are Suspended by L C C Washington, Oct 25. Proposed increases ranging from 2J4 cents to 6 cents per . 100 pounds on lumber and other forest products, from Mis souri river crossings destinations in Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota. Mis souri, South Dakota and Wisconsin, were suspended today by the inter state ' commerce commission until February 22, 1921, - . ,. ' l' , 'cr. '' Lord Mayor MacSwiney Dies on 74th, Day of Fast Senate Vote ton Peace Treaty Is Now Acceptable to Go vernor Cox Democratic Candidate for President Weakens Stand for Wilson Pact "Clarifying Reserva tions" Acceptable, He Tells Friends. Huntington, W; Va Oct "25, Governor Ce ,of Ohio announced today that if elected president he would "sit down with the senate and make an agreement, upon which the league of nations and that his agreement should be determined by the senatorial elections. "The executive will," the demo cratic presidential candidate said, "should not control and it is un thinkable." he declared, that Amer ican membership in the league should be postponed two years, when the next senatorial elections would be held. American membership, he in High Court to Pass j on Railroad Bill; Certification of Wage Disputes j On Electric Roads to Labor Board Causes Muddle. " Chicago, Oct 25. The - suprem court may btf ajked to interpret th Esch-Cummingst transportation act ps a result of the certification to the railway labor board of a number of wage disputes involving employes of electric railroads. The board hai been hearing argu ment for two weeks on the ques tion of whether or not it has juris diction under th act over such lines. A .decision is not expected before next week. Either side may appeal to the courts if not satisfied with the board's decision, and members pre dicted today that an appeal would be taken. The board ha3 begun hearing the cases of employes of more than 100 ' short line" railroads. Unofficially, members of the board indicate that the wage schedules laid down in the $600,000,000 award last July to the employes of the big rail roads will be applied to many of the short lines. ' Old Merc Ttimoles to 36, Lowest This Fall It was chilly yesterday morning, all right Old Merc did a knockout tumble fcr the month, striking bottom only at 36 degrees at 7 a. m. That's ha best he's done this October. Omaha was one of the chilliest cities in the United States at tha hour, with North Platte holding the iecord for the country at 24 degrees. In -the face of this, however. Weather Man Robbins promised warmer weather for last night in fluenced no doubt, by the wealth of sunshine through the day. Calgary Coal Miners Are v Given $1.15 Day Wage Boost Calgary. Alberta, Oct 25. An In crease of $L15 a day in the wages of Alberta coal miners, granted by op erators in conference with represen tatives of the United Mine Workers of America, was announced today. Bombs Found in Tokio. Tokio, Oct 25. Two bombs sim-j ilar to those which exploded in front of the house of representatives last summer were found here today and! removed by the police - i . in dicated,- was the primary considera tion. That fie favored American participation' with "clarifying reser vations" was reiterated by the gov ernor. Hailed by members of the gov ernor's party as one of the most im portant campaign developments the candidate's announcement was in response to an open letter-sent to day to Governor Cox and his re publican opponent Senator Harding by 50 of their supporters urging them to accept whatever revision of the Lodge reservations two-thirds of the next senate might aprove. Larson Condemns Bonus for Factories Omaha C. of C. Commissioner j Tells ' Secretaries Practice Has Been Failure. Chicago, Oct. 25. Bonus-giving to bring industries to a city has gener ally proved to be an unsound, prac tice and has been almost entirely abandoned, J. David Larson, secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce at Omaha, Neb., told the sixth annual convection of the National Associa tion of Commercial Organization Secretaries here today. .taking Commercial Org amza- tions and Industrial Financing" for i his subject, Mr. LarsOn character iz?d the' bonus practice. as a bubble. "Years ago. some enthusiastic soul conceived the. idea of buying indus tries by giving bonuses," he said. I his expensive experiment ap peared in the form of cash, free land, tax exemptions, et etc. Factory chasers, competing and spurred on by alleged civic pride, eliminated more conservative organizations and, of course, the bonus-hunter vent where the bribe was largest "Because of the bribes offered hundreds of industries .were built in towns and. cities .which were not suited for these enterprises and they were flltimately failures, with a loss to the owner and to the bonus-giver. "Even Xanadian cities, where the municipalities, through taxation, of fered liberal bonuses, 'have aban doned the plan as a failure." j High Court Refuses to Take . Jurisdiction in SuffCase Washington.; Oct., 25. TfTe su preme court today refused to grant the request of .Harry S. Meccartnev. a Chicago lawyer, that it assum; original jurisdiction over his suit broueht in the District Of'Columbia courts to compel Secretary of Stats Colby to promiugate the peace reso lution passed last May by congress. President Wilson vetoed the resolu tion and it was not passed over his veto. Student, Alleged to Have Killed Man, Gives Self Up Phi'adelohia. Pa.. Oct. 25. Wil liam Purdon Brines, the University of Pennsylvania student charged with the killing of Elmer C. Drewes, the Dartmouth college senior, sur rendered to the police this after noon and after a two-minute hear ing before a police magistrate, was committed to the county j prison without bail. , Killed Bv Bite of Ape Defense of Pet Dog From Attack Results in Wound , Which Several Operations Failed to Heal. v. - Rule Was Turbulent By Th AwittcUUed Ftet. Athens, Oct 25. King Alexander j cf Greece; died at 5:20 this evening. : His death was due to wounds re- j crived when a pet monkey attacked him early in October, the king be ine badlv mutilated. Throughout last night the heart J action giew weaker, his general de-j bility became more pronounced and pulmonary symptoms were intense. Breathing at times was most difficult rnd alarming, and at noon today it was announced. the king's condition Ruled Three eYars. Alexander succeeded to the throne of Greece in June, 1917, when his father, King Constantine, abdicated in response to the demand of France, Great Britian and Russia, the three powers which had guaranteed the constitutional liberties of the Greek people. Alexander was the second son of Constantine and at the time of. his accession was not quite 24 years old. His elder brother, Crown, Prince George, was considerede in eligible for the throne because of his alleged pro-German sympathies. In any event, King Constantine nominated Alexander to succeed him. The fall of Constantine had been brought about through the agency of the French senator, M. Jonnart, who went to Athens in June, 1917, as a representative of (the three great powers, on the ground that this step would establish unity of feeling among the Greeks and greater secur ity for the entente forces then oper ating in the east Constantine had been accused of . pro-German sym pathies partly on account of his marriage to the Princess Sophie, sister of the then Emperor William of Germany, and it also was charged that he had not acted honestly to ward the aliles. Alexander, on the other hand, was reported to be free from pro-German proclivities. Canstantine left Athens and took up his residence in Switzerland. , Lack of Harmony. .,. -Alexander took the oath of of fice at Athens in August, 1917, and promised. to carry out the policy of his father.. This was said to have shocked the entente powers It soon was reported that he was at odds with Premier Venizelos and had re fused to abandon his idea ot con tinuing his father's program. Some doubts were raised as to the advis ability of permitting him to assume the throne unless he discountinued what was characterized as an ob structive policy. Reports of lack of harmony be tween Alexander and Venizelos were circulated in the spring of 1920, but the premier disposed of j these in a statement in which he ! paid tribute to the king's patriotism, i One respect in which the king and his premier were said to have been at odds was over the king's inor ganic marriage to. Mile. Manos, daughter of a former aide-de-camp to his father, which is said to have taken place in November, 1919. No record of the marriage was obtain able owing to the fact that it was not recorded with the metropolitan of Athens, the supreme eccleciastic authority of Greece. Morganatic Marriage. -The young king and his morgan atic wife were childhood friends and sweethearts. Alexander asserted that he had a right to marry whom ever he pleased and took his bride to the palaqe , in Athens. This aroused a storm of ' discussion which so displeased his wife that in the early part of 1920 she went with her mother and sister to live in Paris, and Alexander visited her there in the following May. It was announced that the Greek "constitu tion did not grant him permission to enter upon the morganatic mar riage and that action by the ureek parliament, would be necessary to determine whether Mile. Manos could become queen of Greece or re main the king's official consort Alexander's refusal to give up his wife was said to have greatly wor ried Venizelos and there were re ports that the king would not re turn to Greece. He did so, however, and witnessed Greek operations in Thrace in the summer of 1920, en tering Adrianople, which had been surrendered to the Greek troops, amid a great demonstration. On October 3 he was bitten by a monkey while endeavoring to pro tect his dog from an attack. His, wound became infected and several operations for the removal of flesh were performed. His condition for several days was reported to be critical. Bandits Force Cashier Out of Bed for Robbery Toledo, O., Oct. 25. Five bandits early today forced the cashier of the bank at Alvordton. O.. in Williams county, to get out of bed. .unlock the safe and turn over to them $3,500 in cash and several thousand in Liberty bonds. They gave first aid to his wife, who fainted when they forced entrance to the cashier's home. Reds Sign Armistice With Ukranians Is Late Report Vienna. Oct 25. (Jewish Tele graphic Agency.) A report received here today from Lemberg, Galtcia, says that the holsheviki have con cluded an armistice with General Petlura. leader of the Ukrainian 1 forces, if : ' 7 - Expected Riots , Fail to Occur as MacSwiney Dies No Uprisings Feared But Ex tension of Guerrilla Warfare Against Police Is Antici pated by Authorities. Cork, Ireland, Oct 25. (By The Associated Press.) Feverish inter est in possible developments caused by the death of Lord Mayor Mac Swiney of this city, which occurred in Brixton " prison, London, this morning, is mingled with the grief in which his death has plunged South Ireland. .Although the people ap pear stirred to the highest degree of bitterness, it is regarded as extreme lv improbable that there will be any outbreaks or disorderly demonstra tions in this citv. It is expected, however, there will be a considerable extension and in- tensification of guerrilla warfare against the police and military forces, which, anticipating reprisals, are doubling their vigilance, espe cially m remote districts. Cork Jail Guarded. Cork jail, where a number of hun ger strikers are in a grave condi tion, is guarded inside and out by soldiers equipped with machine guns, and the large garrison also has tanks and armored cars. " The news of Lord Mayor Mac Swiney s death, received m private telegrams to his friends, traveled quickly throughout the city. A meeting of the city council to dis cuss the situation arising from the lord mayor's death was called for this afternoon. The deputy lord mayor announced that he and several other municipal officials would proceed to Brixton prison today. He stated that plans for holding-the funeral in Cork would be proceeded with. New York Irish Meet. New York, Oct 25. A mass meeting of citizens to denounce British treatment of Terence Mac Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, who died today in London, called for next Saturday afternoon at the Polo grounds, was announced today by a committee on Irish independents. Protests against the "attacking of towns by British police and the treatment of other hunger strikers are to be made in speeches by Ea monn De Valera, president of the Irish republic," and Frank P. Walsh c the committee on Irish independ ence. ' Three Shot Dead Dublin, Oct 25. A sergeant and two constables were shot dead and three constables were wounded this morning when 100 armed men am bushed a police patrol between Grange and Pamlish. countv Slizo. There were nine men in the ambush patrol today in consequence of numer ous military raids throughout the. city. Armed soldiers occupied Manson house and a search followed. Hotels and private houses were raided and shots were fired. One soldier is reoorted to have beeu wounded, Both Important Stunt Aviator to Appear in Court Birdman Charged With Dis turbing Peace in Flight First Case on Record. William C. Brooks, Blair, Neb., the aviator who executed a series of "contour chasing" stunts just over and under the tops of down town buildings Saturday morning, will appear in police court . this morning "to answer charges of dis turbing the peace, littering the streets with paper and distributing advertising matter without a license. Charles E. Foster and C. E. Walsh, prosecuting attorneys, will represent the state. This is the initial case of its kind to be .tried in the United States. There is no law, so far5 as known, that controls the situation and it is expected that Brooks will be ac quitted. The only law that applies in any way is that which defines the control of motor vehicles. If the state is able to prove that airplanes are characterized as motor vehicles, the aviator no doubt will be indicted. However, a vehicle is defined as a conveyance moving on wheels, and an airplane can hardly be classed under that head. The case will be tried at 9 this morning. Strike of British Coal Miners Near End London. Oct 25. Premier Llovd George and members of the govern ment this morning conferred with government experts concerning a tew set of figures for wages of the coal. miners and production in the coal industry. Later the government leaders and revresentatives of the miners met " and continued the negotiations beg'jn Sunday for a set tlement of the miners' strike. Conversations renewed at No. 10. Downing street today, between Premier Lloyd George and execu tives of the miners' federation were confidently expected to lead to a settlement, of the miners' strike, which last week threatened to in volve Great Britain in an industrial crisis. Prominent ex-cutives of the feder ation and government officials are quoted by newspapers here as being optimistic of the situation. Beatrice Man Arraigned On Rug Stealing Charge Beatrice, 2feb.. Oct. 25. (Soecial.) ncroerx Dining, cnargea wun en-y r, C Y(- XI... T ' "n5 iiic iivji.iv vi mi3. miay ictw- rence of this city and 'stealing a number of rugs, was arrainged yes terday in Judge Craig's court and pleaded not guilty. His case was set for hearing on November 5 and he was released on $500 bond. 5,712,057 Running Bales of Cotton Ginned This Year Washington, Oct 25. Cotton pinned prior to October 18 amounted to 5,712,057 running bales, includ ing 138,554 round bales, 14,312 bajes of American-Egyptian, and 340 bales of Sea Island, the census bureau an nounced today Row Breaks Out At Meeting of Humane Society Colorado Delegate Says" State ment in Address Cast Slur Upon His State Leaves' For Home. A row broke out at' the 44th an nual meeting of the American Hu mane association yesterday after noon at the Hotel Fontenelle when one of the speakers in the course of an address, was quoted as de claring that a state tax for a hu mane society section of state gov ernment was a temptation for graft ers.' . "I consider that a personal aftront to ' the Colorado society. f. B F anger, .a delegate from Denver, Colo., shouted. Then he walked out of the hall. "Maybe he didn't mean Colorado," friends said. "He couldn't mean any other state because Colorado is the only state in the union which has an institu tion such as the speaker alluded to," Fanger retorted. "I won't stand it and I am going to telephone to my boss that 1 m going home. Children's Future Discussed. , The future of illegitimate chil dren," was discussed by R. C Craven, manager of the Boston Ani mal Rescue league. He admitted he knew no solution, but expressed hope that continual study of the situation would result b straightening out the social and legal outcast the illegiti mate child. He said: Churches, the law, the courts, sol ciety. organized, each in its turn, has tried for a solution. Each is still trying in its way to bring about a more hopeful condition, but still the cases crop up everywhere, and the results in nearly all cases are disas trous." Three main subjects of special in (Contlnofd o Pg Two. Coliraa Stb.) Bomb Wrecks Home Of Railroad Man Seattle, Wash., Oct. 25. Ex plosion of a bomb, thrown through the front window of a house oc cupied by F. B. Shong, general claim agent here for the Chicago. Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad, wrecked the lower floor of the two ftory residence early today. Fout persons in the house escaped injury. Police found portions of the bomb near a fireplace in the living room. Shong was unable to assign any rea son for the attack. The Weather Forecast: Tuesday fair and warmer. Hourly Temperatures. I a m. . ....! J .. ....4 ....52 ....51 1 p. m.. X p. m. . J p. m. . 4 p. m. . 5 p. m. . p. ra. . T p. m. . 1 . m. . ..11 ..I ..ST ..It ..a . .S4 ra. . a. m. . a. m.. a. ni., a. ra. . 7 I 14 11 m. . li noon G.O.P.Sure Of Support Of People Republican Nominee Scorea Democratic Governmental Handling of Affairs in Final Statement. Explains League Stand Br Tha AftaocUttrd frm Washington, Oct 25. Senate; Harding in a kre-election state ment to the American people made public here tonight, declared the re publican party "goes to the peoph assured that they will recognize it superiority as an instrumentality o admtnistration and that in the elec tion now impending, they will givt it' the certificate of their confidence and trust" ' The republican party nominee criticised democratic administration of governmental affairs, ; declaring "the nation is determined to be done with democracy under the mere guise of democratic forms." The republican party, he asserted, "has proposed in its platform and developed in the utterances of its leaders, a program which contemplates equal opportun ity for all," and "recognizes the vices of exploitation and profiteering." Stand onLeague, As to the league of nations issue. Senator Harding summarized his partv's position as follows: "the republican party proposes such an association of nations as will most effectively further the aspira tion for world-wide and permanent peace without sacrificing any part of the independence of the American nation. It believes America can and must bear its full part in the respon sibilities of the world, but it always believes that America alone must de cide what that part shall be." Senator Harding's statement fol lows: "In asking the suffrage of th( American electorate this year, the re publican party has in mind both the record of service from its beginning, whereof it is very proud, and the vision of opportunity for service in the future which its spokesmen have presented during this campaign. We are asking that a great responsibility be imposed upon us. It is a respon sibility that must be measured br Dotn tne gravity oi ine ensis inst confronts the world and the inca oacity with which the present admin istration has met the problems of the last few years. Onerous as is, lU- ranrhnctHtlitv w cp1r Alir nartV has no thought of evading, for .it never has been guilty of that Only Course Open. "Domestic, economic and ad ministrative policies had brought this country to the danger of disaster before the outhteak of the war in Europe. The vast expansion of out export trade and demands upon our producing facilities, which came with the war, saved US from immediate precipitation of that disaster. But chat phase has new passed, and noth ingbut a return to those construc tive and progressive policies which have always characterized the repub lican administration can save us from rariy realization or danger inai con fronted us at the middle of 1914. " "Fromvlhe beginning of the war in Europe, the democratic administra tion steadfastly refused to prepan for the national defense in case w should be involved. In 1916, when it was apparent to most people that our country was in imminent danger ol being drawii into the struggle, the democratic partv made its campaign on the boast that it had kept us out of war and the promise to continue to keep us out Thus when we found ourselves at last in the struggle, we were utterly unready for it, and our participation cost immeasurably more than it should have cost An administration that, when all the world was in conflagration re fused to realize the importance of preparedness, of course could not be expected to realize while we at war, the necessity of preparing for peace. So we entered into peace quite as unready for it as we had been for. war. Our economies were disor organized, our debt enormous and our foreign commercedevoted large ly 'to supplying the necessaries of war. People Denied Peace. "Instead of settling itself to rem edying these conditions, the admin istration has devoted itself from the day of the armistice to promoting a project of world reorganization in which America should bear the larg est responsibilities of guaranteeing a new scheme of things. Instead of making legal peace as soon as actual peace had been won, the American people alone of all warring nations, were denied by their government, the privilege of a return to the legal status of peace and to the enjoyment of those rights which they had tem porarily surrendered under the cir cumstances of war. "So long as war was on, republi cans upheld the hands of the admin istration, forgetting party consider ations and gave their vote in support of war measures far more generous ly than did their political oppo nents. Yet an autocratic adminis tration repaid this loyalty with the demand, in the campaign of 1918. that republicans be removed from every position of influence and in power. That desnand the country rejected. It was the first time in th history of this nation that an administration had been defeated in the midst of a foreign war. That defeat would have been ample ad mo nition to any administration rot en tirely absorbed in its own peculiar policies and purposes. But it appa (Cautiaued aa Paa Twa, Calnjut OurJ ) ' - 4
