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f Second Edition 4:00 A. M. VOL. XLYI.-XO. 14,310. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1906. TRICE FIVE CENTS. IV I. i V I I DEMOCRATS HELD UP BY LEAGUERS Murphy Openly Attacks Hearst's Chiefs. CALLED BEFORE GRAND JURY Money Demanded for With drawal of Ticket. JUDGE PAID HARD CASH Jerome Takes Vp Tammany Chief's Charge That Independence League Managers Blackmail Candidates Without Hearst's Knowledge. NEW YORK, Oct. 1. The moet start ling development in the present political campaign in thfa state came today, when Charles F. llurpny, the leader of Tam many Hull, publicly charged that money had been demanded by representatives of tho Indcieiidente League in consideration of the withdrawal of their candidates in certain diHtricts. This was' followed by tho serving on Mr. Murphy of a subpena to appear before the grand Jury in John Poo proceedings and testify as to his charges. Judge Pays for Indorsement. The subiena was issued by District At torney Jeromo alter a conference with Judge Otto A. Ilosulsky, of the Court of General iessious, who, Mr. Murphy in timated, had given up money for the in dorsement of t he league. Mr. Murphy charged that certain Independence League managers had demanded money for the withdrawal of their candidates in Con gressional, Senatorial and Assembly dis trict, but a third ticket had been put In the tield. He added, however, that W. R. Hearst, the Independence League and Democratic candidate for Governor, knew nothing of this. Kefused to Give Up. "It is a fact," Mud Murphy, "that many of- our candidates for Congress and the Legislature have been approached by rep resentatives of the Independence League and money has been demanded of them. Our men refused to give up, and it was only then that the league put up opposi tion candidates. Then men who demand ed money were not ordinary individuals belonging to the league, but representa tives of that organization. If we had paid what they asked, there would bo no league ticket In the Held against us." llimsen Denies llold-Vp. Max t liimsen, who lias p barge of the Independence League headquarters, gave out a formal statement denying Murphy's charges. The statement says: "The managers of the Independence league, tso-called. are not 'holding up candidates for cash. If any one even re motely connec ted with the league has at tempted such a thing, we shall be glad to know the facts. "1 doubt if any candidate of the league h;is as yet contributed one cent to the league's campaign fund. llcar.st's Two Tickets. TIih Independence Ijcasue, which was promoted by W. R. Hearst, held its state convention here September 11 and named a full state ticket, Mr. Hearst heading it. 9ubseo.uertly the league named a com plete judicial ticket for the iinst judicial district, which comprises New York City and County. At HutTalo, September 26, the Democratic State Convention nominated Mr. Hearst for Governor. Hearst's can paign has been made under the joint man agement of tho. Democratic and the Inde pendence league state committees. Law Applying; to Charge. The law under which the District At torney will act in making an investiga tion of the charges of the Tammany leader contains the following para graph: Any person who makes, toiub-ry or offers to impure or to cause any nnminutian or ap pointment for ai:y public of. ;c or plate, or accepts or rotiutv-ts any puch nomina;i.n or appointment on the vnynnr.t of contribution of any valuable eoosuioraiion, or upon an uni'.enstnr.illnp or promise threof. !s punishable by Imprisonment for not more than two years, or by u line of n-n more than $;ttuo. or both. Tinier the head of "judicial candi dates not to contribute," the section contains another paragraph as follows: No cariaitl.ite for a judicial office shall di rectly or itniirectiy make any contribution of ni'-noy or other thins of value, nor shall any contribution be solicited of him. Mr. Jerome will conduct an exami nation of Murphy before the grand jury and Judge Kosalsky will probably be present. KusuNky Denies He Paid. Judge Kosalsky's connection with the case is merely incidental. Accord ing to the published Interview with Murphy, it was brought to the atten tion of the Tammany lender that the Independence League had tiled a nomi nation petition with Otto Roalsky for Judge of the Court of General Sessions, and Murphy is said to have explaimed: "Well. I suppose they got his, money. ' Judge Kosalsky. who is a Republican judiciary candidate, indignantly denies that he was a party to any arrange ment. A subpena. has also been served upon Francis G. Shober, Independence League and Democratic candidate for Congress in the Seventeenth District. Shober is reported to have made the statement that he knew of one case 'here a Tammany senatorial candidate had offered to defray the expenses al ready incurred by the Independence League nominee of the latter would withdraw. Beyond admitting that subpenas had been issued for Murphy and Shober and that ue would personally conduct the hearing tomorrow, Mr. Jerome would say nothing. ONLY "CAMPAIGN FALSEHOOD Hearst Says Old Parties Try to Dis credit Independents. GOLDKNSBURG, N. Y., Oct. 18. W. R. Hearst was tonight shown the As sociated Press dispatch setting forth Charles F- Murphy's statement that cer tain representatives of the independ ence League had demanded money for the withdrawal of the league candi dates. . Mr. Hearst said: About as much weight should be given to thie statement by Mr. Murphy as would be given to a statement by Woodruff. In many instances the League has Indorsed Dem ocratic candidates. On the . other hand In many places the League has nom inated independent candidates for the Senate and the Assembly and in some places for Congress. It has made in dependent nominations where Democratic candidates did not appear to be of a char acter to carry out the principles to which the League Is pledged and In some other casee to give adequate representation to labor, the in dependence of which neither one nor the other of the parties has satisfactorily rcognized. Where these Independence candidates are In the field, they are likely to be elected, and consequently it is nat ural that the managers of either one of the old parties should seek to oppose them by every campaign trick or dis creiii table met hods. For Instance, Fitzgerald, the lettercarrier, who to running for Congress in Brooklyn on the Independence League tick et, has been informed by the Administration that he must retire or be discharged from a position that he had occupied for years and In which he has won many service stripes for long and faithful work. I Imagine Murphy's vague charge Is a cam paign roorback. If he has any reasons to eutstain any such ' charge, it is his duty, as of all American citizens, to administer the most stinging rebuke possible to the guilty parties. But if he has no such evidence, the statement should react on its author. I sincerely hope the grand Jury will investi gate fully eo that complete Justice may be done. I have complete confidence in the in tegrity of the Independence League and I consider this attack a campaign falsehood. CALLS HEARST TAX-DODGER Hughes Exposes Opponent's Preten sions as Reformer. TROY, N. Y.. Oct. 18. After spending a greater part of the afternoon in his na tive county of Warren, where he addressed a large audience of his fellow-townsmen in Glens Falls, E. Hughes, the Repub lican nominee for Governor, came to. Troy tonight to receive an enthusiastic wel come. Mr. Hughes took up new points in his .speech tonight and was constantly inter rupted by cheers. The meeting did not be gin until after 8 o'clock. An hour earlier it was found necessary to close all doors leading to the balcony and gallery, and many hundreds remained outside to catch n glimpse of the candidate. Ex-Governor Frank S. Black presided and introduced Mr. Hughes. , . Mr. Hughes asserted that his platform is broad enough to hold all good Demo crats wno may be dissatisfied with the undemocratic Buffalo convention. Refer ring again to the "Hearst corporation," he said: Mr. Shearn, in a rather belated effort to straighten out this corporation tangle and to do something to make plain the reason for this intricate corporation organization, said there was Bomothing In the by-laws of the Associated Press that made it neces sary for the Hearst papers to have several corporations, but the members of the Asso ciated Press who are familiar with the by laws came out this morning and last even ing and denied that there is any such by law. But it is certain that there Is no bylaw of the Associated Press which makes it necessary to dodge taxes. There Is no pro vision of the Associated Press which makes it impossible for my opponent to contribute to support of the New York City govern ment which protects him, and. when a man champions corporate reform, when he poses to the people as the apostle tf pure cor porate administration; when he comes be fore the people asking their suffrages on the ground that he represents fidelity to the law, it Is an important thiryr to show to the people of the yatc that In his corporate activity under his control he represents an evasion of the law. GOVERNOR, THEN PRESIDENT Hearst Boomer's Prediction Hearst Says Distribute Wealth. OGDEXSRURG, N. Y.. Oct. 18. The City of Ogdensburj? tonight gave an en thusiastic welcome to V. R. Hearst, Dem ocratic and Independence League candi date for Governor. The city has for sev ei al terms elected Democratic city offi cials, and the sympathy of the big crowd waiting at the station when the Hearst train arrived, and which packed to suffo cation the opera-house where he spoke, was evident. As the procession of car riages passed from the station to the hall, the streets were lined with cheering peo ple. D. B. Lucey, who was the choice of the Democrats in this section for Attorney General this year, presided at the meet ing. A storm of applause followed his declaration that Hearst would be elected Governor of New York State and that later he would be President of the United States. Hearst was greeted with continued cheering, while hundreds of American Hags in the hands of the audience flut tered in greeting. The most striking part of the address was Hearst's demand for a more equal distribution of wealth. He sa id : I do not want anyone to believe that I am opposed to a legitimate accumulation of wealth, but I believe In labor unions and farmers' granges and all organizations that tend to distribute wealth and promote the general welfare. Mr. Rockefeller does not deal at your store and the richer he gets, provided he continues to take his money unjustly from the masses, the poorer you get. I say this as a newspaper man and no business Is more sensitive to the gen eral prosperity than the newspaper busi ness. With the Ogdensburg meeting ends Hearst's tour of this "north country'-" He declared himself well satisfied with the reception he has met throughout this tour, which began a week ago. At Sara toga, Hearst expects to rest all day to morrow and most of Saturday and to close the present state trip with meetings Saturday night at Glens Falls. Saratoga and Schenectady. He will return to Kew York Sunday. Bryan Speaks at Sioux Falls. SIOUX FALLS. 9. D.. Oct, IS. W. J. Bryan, on arrival here today, was enthu siastically greeted by a large crowd. He delivered an address from a platform in the business district STANDARD OIL IS GUILTY- OF CHIME Ohio Jury at Last Agrees on Question. ARGUES ALL NIGHT AND DAY Judge Refuses to Let Twelve Weary Men Go. VERDICT REACHED AT 4 A.M. Singing: of Hymns and Earnest Ad dress Precede Call for Judge. Convicted Trust Will Ask for Sew Trial. FINDLAY. Ohio, Oct. 19. After de liberating: 32 hours the jury in the case of the State of Ohio against the Stand ard Oil Company, of Ohio, returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of con spiracy against trade in violation of the Valentine anti-trust law. The verdict was rendered at 4:35 o'clock this morning, the Jury having announced its readiness to report ex actly at 4 o'clock. The court and at torneys arrived in a half hour, when the verdict was rendered. When the jury came in and had taken its place in the jury box. Judge Banker said: ; Guilty as Charged. "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?" "Your Honor, we have," responded Foreman Bailes. "What is that verdict?" To this the foreman sent to the court a typewritten form, which had been filled out, and the court read it as follows: "We, the jury in this case, find the defendant guilty in the manner and form as the defendant stands charged on the information. (Signed) A. L. Bailes, foreman." There was not a spectator in the room aside from Mr. Troup, attorney for the defendant. Prosecuting Attor ney David nd several newspaper men, and no demonstration resulted from reading the verdict Jury Not Polled. "Do you want the juryl polled?" queried the court of Mr. Troup. "That Is not necessary," was the an swer. The court, then addressing the Jury, said: ' "Gentlemen, you deserve all the credit and thanks which are due you for your patience and close attention to this case, and I want to thank you, and by that word I express all there is in it and all I can express. You may now be discharged and go to your homes." Applies for New Trial. As the jury was leaving the room Mr. Troup stepped up to the court and said he wished to make a motion for a new trial of the case. Judge Banker assured him that all such motions would be en tertained, as a matter of course. The court at once adjourned and five minutes after the verdict had been rendered the building was dark and deserted. FINDLAT, O.. Oct. 19 Shortly after 2 NEW ffmAWB -jJCaG M j , ni Mill 1 1 ' o'clock the jury in the Standard Oil Com pany trial began singing religious songs. This was kept up until ten minutes to 4 o'clock, when the echoes of an earnest speech came frame the jury-room. But a few words had been spoken when there was a burst of hearty applause from the Jurors. The speaking continued for a few min utes more and just on the stroke of 4 o'clock there was a rap on the inside call ing for the bailiff. When that official ap pearea he was told: "The jury is ready to report." The bailiff at once summoned Judge Banker, County Prosecutor David and Attorney Troup for the defense. The 12 men, locked In a small room fur nished only with chairs and ventilated by a single window, have wrestled with the problem before them since 8:30 o'clock Wednesday night. Throughout the night they argued, throughout the day they ar gued. At 2 o'clock this morning they . 1 "Hy X i Marvin Hughltt, President of Chicago Northwestern Kailroad. asked for the written charge of the court. At 2 o'clock this afternoon they asked an audience with the court, but were sent back. Tension Relaxed, All Laugh. This was the public record of the Jury today. The men went back with halting steps. After they had returned from their evening meal at a nearby restaurant they were for a few moments allowed the free dom of the courtroom, which was cleared to allow them to exercise. It was during this exercise that the tension from severe deliberation was broken. Someone laughed. Then all laughed. They walked and ran around the room and for a few moments forgot their trou bles. Then back to the jury-room they were ushered and the key turned from the outside. Once more was heard the voice of persuasion. WILLIAM SCULLY IS DEAD Greatest Landowner In America, Worth $50,000,000. LINCOLN, 111., Oct. 18. William Scully, formerly Lord Scully, of Lon don, England, died in London yester day afternoon. He was a peer until 1900, when he became a citizen of the United States and resided in Washing ton, D. C. His fortune Is estimated at about J50.000.000, Including 200,000 acres of land in Illinois. Kansas and Nebraska. His first land was bought in Logan, Livingston and Sangamon Counties, this state, and the remainder in Kansas and Nebraska. William Scully was the son of Dennis Scully, prominent in the Irish emanci pation cause, and the first Irish stu dent in 200 years to be admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied law in a Dublin office, later, on the passage of the corn law In 1846, sell ing his estate and coming to Illinois. Traveling the country on horseback he commenced to invest in land and by urging progressive farming continued to acquire property up to the time of his death. He leaves surviving two sons, residing at Washington, D. C, where the remains will be taken for burial. FIELD FOR CARNEGIE'S BENEVOLENCE CYCLONE STRIKES Bl Miami Under Waterand Houses Ruined. COMMUNICATION IS CUT OFF Key West and Jupiter, Florida, Suffer Much. NO NEWS FROM HAVANA Storm Struck Cuban Capital, Par alyzing Cable and Land Wires. Seventy-Two-Mile Gale Along the Coast. FORT PIERCE, Fla.. Oct. 18. Tha con ductor on train No. 93, Just in from Miami, reports terrible destruction there by the hurricane today. Fully 100 houses were blown down and the city is in a demoralized condition. The handsome churches of the Episco pal and Methodist denominations were both blown down. The concrete jail was leaning, with dangei of turning over, and the prisoners had to be removed. The rear sheds are down and the top was blown off the peninsula and Occidental steamer sheds. A two-story brick building collapsed. WIRES DOWN, DETAILS LACKING High Tide Covers Streets o Miami and St. Augustine. JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Oct. 18 A severe storm has been blowing today on the east coast of Florida, but the wires went down early in the day and it has been impossible to obtain details. Just before the wires failed the operator at Miami reported an unusual high tide with water two feet deep In the telegraph of fice and lower streets flooded. At St. Augustine the tide was the highest in ten years and streets along the bay front were inundated. Miami Is about 300 miles south ofjadc-' eonville, on the east coast, ana it Is supposed the Cuba cyclone has struck the place with full force. HOUSES RUINED AT KEY WEST Hurricane Sweeps All Through Flor ida and Cuba. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Oct. 18. Fre quent messages have been received at the wireless telegraph station here today giv ing the progress of a severe hurricane, which' swept from Cuba to the lower east coast of Florida. Early this morning the storm was re ported in the vicinity of Havana, doing great damage there, but details are lack ing. Later the storm reached Key West, blowing down small houses and trees, be ing particularly severe along the water front. As the day wore on, the storm reached Jupiter, where. It is said, the wind blew 70 miles an hour. Wires are down south of Jupiter, and no wireless reports have been received from the Miami district. The storm is moving in this direction. ifllDFLOni Residents on Anastasla Island have been warned, and some of them have moved to this city. , STORM PASSES OUT TO SEA After Raging Through Cuba and Florida Strikes Atlantic. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. The tropical hurricane which swept over Cua, break ing cable communication, and passed on to the southern and eastern coasts of Florida early today, cutting off communi cation south of Jacksonville and flooding various places in its course, is tonight apparently safe away from land and head ing toward the Bermuda Islands and the ocean beyond. The storm swept with terrific force, but its path was hardly more than 70 miles in width. It raged last night In Havana, leveling the inland wires in that neighbor hood, passed over the west end of Cuba, its vortex crossed Sand Key and Key West, with winds blowing at least 72 miles an hour, tipped the east coast of the peninsula and swept on northwestward over the ocean. The Weather Bureau tonight announced that the storm has evidently passed northeastward through the Florida Straits and is now over the Atlantic some di tance east of the Georgia coast. HAVANA TOTALLY ISOLATED Land Wires Connecting With Cable Down In Cuba. NEW YORK, Oct. lS.-At 2 otlock this morning cable communication with Havana had not been restored and the Western Union Company was unable to get in connection with Miami or Key West, the land lines throughout Southern Florida having been prostrated. It is impossible to get information that will give any basis for an estimate of the damage in Havana. The cable lines on the western Cuban end are connected with Havana by land wires and the pre sumption is that these wires have been put out of commission, a single dispatch received by the Associated Press from Santiago de Cuba stating that the weath er there is clear. This dispatch came by way of Bermuda, but Santiago de Cuba, which is nearly 500 miles from Havana, reports that all wires to the capital are down. STORM STRUCK CENTRAL CUBA Eastern End of Island Cut Off From tho Capital. SANTIAGO, Cuba. Oct. 18. Telegraphic communication with Havana is interrupt ed. Every effort to get word from the capital has proved fruitless. Neither the land lines nor the coastwise cable are in operation. There has been no storm here and the cyclone which has broken com muriication with Havana evidently was confined to the central and eastern part of the island. JOHN BULL NOT WORRIED Capital Safe in Cuba Now Uncle Sam Is There. LONDON, Oct. 18. At a meeting of the stockholders of tho Western Ha vana Railroad today tho chairman an nounced the approaching issue of $4,000,003 of -new capital to provide funds for the purchase of additional rolling stock. The chairman said there is every reason to hope that with the advent of the provisional government of Cuba there need be no further anx iety in regard to the government of the Island. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Foreign. Sunken French submarine located and all on board are dead. Page British warship Dreadnaught stands test of flrlng broadside. Page 1. National. Taft reportti to President, on Cuban affairs and forecasts future. Page o. President soon to appoint Vice-Governor of Philippines and Supreme JudRe. Pape 5. Splendid target practice of the Maine. Page 5. Politics. Murphv accuses Independence League ' of blackmailing Democrats and Is sum moned before grand Jury. Page 1. Hearst and fcis managers deny charge. Page 1. Hughes and Hearst speak at up-state towns. Page 1. Gov. Vardaman opens campaign for repeal of negro equality. Page 1. Rival tickets of Democrats and Indepen dents lose Hearst many votes. Page 2. Domestic. Terrific storm in Florida and Cuba does great damage. Page 1. W. C. T. 17. convention asks nations to combine against liquor trade. Page 4. Jury In Standard Oil trial agrees. Page 1. Mining Congress has warm debate on smelt ing charges. Page 5. Northwestern Railroad doubles stock Ready for Pacific extension. Page 4. Pythian and Rathbone Sisters consolidate. Page 7. Ex-Snator Burton ready to begin sentence. Page 7. Sport. Sutton defeats Slossnn for billiard cham pionship. Page 12. Pacific Coast. Wlllard Moody, wealthy Pine Valley rancher, murdered as reFult of conspir acy ; woman in case. Page 6. Two men held at Spokane, suspected of murder of Reno Hutchinson. Page 7. New Irrigation code for Oregon will be dis cussed next Monday. Paga 6. Labor Commissioner HofC discusses tne do mestic help question. Page 6. Harry Bennett found drowned in Yamhill County crek; his companion. William Hill. Is missing. Page C. Tom Myers killed by an old man named Heronomus on the Umatiiia County Range. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Senator Fulton criticises policy of Reclama tion Service officials. Page 4. Portland Scotsmen entertain Sir John Leng at luncheon. Page 10. Portland Chinese lose faith In Joss worship. Page 10. Allle Cramer tells queer story on witness stand in arson case. Page 11. Ben I. Cohen boosts Oregon before bankers' convention In tit. Louis. Page 7. Harbormaster Blglln puts up strong defense before police committee. Page 18. Portland Celestials seek to undermine Moy Back Hin, new Chinese Consul: Page 11. New theory advanced in Hutchinson murder case; religious black sheep suspected. Page 30. Heirs of "first families' try to collect dou ble damages for construction of Burnslde bridge. Page 10. Arbitration of grainhandlers strike virtually abandoned. Page 3 2. Seventh Ward citizens celebrate public Im provements. Page 12. Board of Trade condemns harbor grab. Page 16. Irishmen banquet Father Murphy at Hotel Portland. Page ii. Railroad officials hasten to Chicago, where a Hill-Harriman conference may settle present tight. Page 12. PUCE THEM IN TRUE POSITION Vardaman Would Take Away Equality. WILL MAKE FIGHT IN SENATE Call on Nation to Repeal FiN teenth Amendment. CRISIS IN RACE CONFLICT Governor of Mississippi Declares Purpose In Running for Senate. Negro Becomes Worse and N'ot lutes' Equal. CHICAGO, Oct. 18. Announcement of a carefully planned campaign to secure the rtpeul of the fifteenth amendment. to the Constitution of the United States, that which gives, tha negro equality with the white man as a citizen, was mado by Governor James K. Vardaman, of Mississippi, who was in Chicago today attending the railway surgeons' convention. Mr. Vardaman, who la seeking elec tion to the United States Senate, de clared that, if he won a membership in the upper house of Congress, he would make his tight on the floor of that body, believing that he had tha support of the entire South. He in sisted that a crisis in the relation of the races in the Southern States was at hand and that the problem of white supremacy or black domination should be settled at once. Only Practical Settlement. "I favor unqualifiedly and without reserve the abrogation of the fifteenth, amendment to tho Constitution." said the Governor. "It is my hope througu the United States Senate to demon strate to the Nation that there' is only ono practical way of settling this mat ter, and that is by plainly showing the nejjro his proper place in our sys tem of govcrnjucjitw- - "The race question must be settled and that very soon. It cannot be dis posed of, however, until the Nation as a whole has been convinced that there is a distinction between the white race and the black. "The laws now specifically recognize the difference between the white man and the Indian, the Chinaman, the Esquimaux or the Malay. There is Just as wide a gap between the whitu man and the negro. Negroes Becoming Worse. "The negroes in the South, notwith standing the millions of dollars we have spent in attempting to educate them, are becoming more irresponsi ble, more disrespectful of law and mor8 animal-like in their characters and de sires." "How will the abrogation of the fif teenth amendment change conditions?" was asked. "It will simply place the negro where he belongs," replied the Governor. "Tiie criminal instinct which is daily becoming more rampant Is an outcrop ping of the desire to attain social equality fostered by the present legal equality which the amendment compels. Will Speak to Whole Nation. "If I get to the Senate there will be an opportunity to speak to the entire Nation. The North will know what the South already knows that the cli max of the situation Is at hand. It will come to appreciate that Thomas JefTer son was not speaking of the negro when he said that all men were cre ated free and equal. He knew then that the negro was a mere chattel." "How soon do you expect this crisis?" "It is nearly due," said the Governor. "The matter of white supremacy or black domination In the South Is at fever heat and the sooner the North and the West realize this the better it will be for the Nation."' DREADNAUGHT NOT SHAKEN Fires Huge Broadside Without Dam age to Structure. PORTSMOUTH. Knglanri. Oct. IS. The British battleship Dreadnaught carried out her trials in the open sea today with satisfactory results. After the tests of the lighter guns had been concluded, tho Dreadnaught fired her 10 and 12-inch guns, first singly, then in pairs, and finally all eight simultaneously. Each gun was load ed with the full service charge of 25 pounds of cordite and an 850-pound pro jectile. The vessel stood the strain of the enor mous broadside splendidly. There was not the slightest disturbance to her struc ture, and only slight damage to the light er fittings of her superstructure. FAMINE IN WEST IRELAND Bryce May Keep People Alive With Public Works. DUBLIN, Oct. 18. (Special.) In view of the failure of the potato crop, famine is threatened in West Ireland this winter. Chief Secretary Bryce received a delega tion from Sligo today pointing out that relief measures will surely be needed and urging prompt action by the govern ment. The secretary is considering the institution of extensive public works to furnish employment for sufferers. 1