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- . - ' t VOL. LIX .NO. 18.530 Ente"? Ponima oreSon .w. j Posiofflce as Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS FOSTER IS BRAINS OF OUTLAW STRIKE STRIKERS LOSE JOBS AFTER 11A.M. TODAY PRESIDENT GILMAX ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO SWITCHMEN". STRIKERS MAKE LOWDEN LEADS WOOD 74,813 IN ILLINOIS PERSHING SAYS CALL IREBELS OFMEXIGQ SEATTLE BOYCOTTS - HUNGER STRIKERS ennui n nr APPCDTcn HIGH-PRICED 'SPUDS E FOPACE OPEN CIVIL FREED IN IRELAND iOHASOX'S JfAME WRITTEN IX PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, HOWEVER, IS UNSOUGHT. RESTAURANTS REFUSE TO IN BY 46, 09 VOTERS. . CLUDE POTATOES OX MENU. ' MOV WAR I. W. W. Leader of Steel Fiasco Tries Again. GOVERNMENT EXPOSES HAND Effort to Disrupt Unions Is Shown by Special Agent. PAPERS REVEAL PLOT Courier From Russia Bearing: Ad vice as to Method ol Carrying On Class War Intercepted. "WASHINGTON, April 14. (By the Associated Press.) Department of Justice investigators report that evi dence in their possession proves that William Z. Foster, leader of the steel strike which failed, Is the prime mover behind the "outlaw" railroad strike. The government let this be known tonight, feeling that when the strik ers learn what influences are behind the movement they will align them selves with their recognized organiza tions. Action by the government in the direction of prosecution of strike leaders, therefore, will be held in abeyance pending the expected re action among the strikers on receipt of information showing the directing Impulse of the strike agitation. Cabinet Sees KreMdrnt. The evidence in the hands of At torney General Palmer shows that Foster was present at union meet ings which were adjourned to meet in other halls, not as organizations, but as individuals. Mr. Palmer also said that Carl Pierson and A. K. Reese", both of whom the department's investigators have placed iu the cate gory with Foster, were both engaged in attempts to expand the strike and were definitely connected with plan ning it. Both began this work in Chicago, Mr. Palmer said. "President Wilson met his cabinet for the first time cince last August. The whole story of the strike crisis was related and it was understood a decision was reached to seek a solu tion through the publication of the motives behind the walkout, the strikers being assured at the same time of early consideration bf any wage demands they may have by the railway labor board. Government to Wait. This must not be construed to mean the government has adopted a policy of hands off, it was said, but rather that officials believed the time has not arrived lor direct government action. The senate did not confirm the nominations to the labor board. They were considered in executive session and the president's selection brought sharp criticism in some cases, it was understood. Leaders asserted tonight that probably they would be con firmed with little delay unless' def- I Suite ground for opposition developed ! from inquiries some senators were making. Air. Palmer made public evidence of plans prepared by Foster and his ad herents to disrupt the four great rail road brotherhoods and to organize all railroad workers into one union. Seized documents also revealed that a similar course was to have been followed in various other industries where crafts aligned with the Ameri can Federation of Labor would be urged to reorganize under one name. Other Strikes Plotted. "We have positive proof of the plans for this expansion," Mr. Palmer said. "I know the dates fixed for nation-wide strikes in other indus tries and our investigators have dis covered that the fomentation of these outbursts has gone on exactly as in the railroad strike." The whole programme was one phase of the plans of the Russian rad icals "designed at the ultimate cap ture of industry, the overthrow of the government and the setting up of dictatorship like that in Russia," Mr. Pulmer said. Workers were being led unwittingly into the trap set for them, he added, through the Indus trial Workers of the World andthe communist Internationale headed by Lenine and Trotzky were attacking America's industrial life. Federal agents had intercepted a courier from' Russia on March 1, he fcaid. bearing messages to American locals of the communists, detailing methods of organizing a class war. The radicals were instructed to di rect their utmost efforts toward drawing the proletarian masses into the pathway of revolution. The or ganization's first goal, the message said, must be the wrecking of the American. Federation of Labor, and it sought to establish direct and close relationship with the I. W.. W. and the "one big union" of Canada. The 1. W. W., the message continued, was to be the tool employed and it was to establish the basis for uniting all unions under the one big union idea. All Aaritatora uatrkrd. As a result of these disclosures the sovernmertt has broadened its inves ligation and agitators in all labor organizations are under surveillance. Funds used are closely watched and all clews to the source of the finan cial support are being followed. Following the collapse of the steel (Concluded oa rage U, Column i) O.-AV. R. & Company Expected to Make Similar .Demand on Former Employes Who Quit. An ultimatum to switchmen who walked out last. Friday was issued yesterday by President Gilman of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway company, notifying the men that the names of those who do not return to work by 11 o'clock this morning will be struck from the rolls and they will only be able to return upon applica tion for work as new employes. Their seniority will be lost in the service of the company. Three crews" were at work in the local yards of the North Bank, two on. the day shift and one on the. late afternoon shift. This was the same number of crews as on Tuesday. The Southern Pacific had an-unex pected defection at Ashland, when the switchmen there were reported to have joined the strike. The strike of the force at Dunsmuir, Cal., re ported on Monday, had interrupted through movement of freight between Portland and San Francisco, but the .hland tieup further closes that line for freight movement of a local char acter. A similar ultimatum to the men from the Oregon-Washington man agement is expected today. One more crew was at work on this line. There were also some additions to the crews in the terminal yards at union sta tion. According to reports of the com bined lines entering Portland, there was a total gain of three crews in switching service, but the number of men out remains practically the same. Additional crews have been made up of jiew employes and officials of the roads, or of members of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen. WILSON JOKES CABINET President Enjoys Conference Which May Be Repeated. WASHINGTON. April 14. Rear Ad miral Grayson, the president's physi cian, said the president had enjoyed meeting with the cabinet today. "It did him good," declared Dr. Grayson, adding that meeting people was good for Mr- Wilson. s Cabinet officers declared the presi dent had been In excellent humor and had laughed and Joked with them. They expect that meetings of the cabinet will be held weekly in the future. This was the first cabinet session called by the president since he be came lil last fall and it was the first to be attended by Secretaries Colby, Payne, Meredith and Alexander, who have been appointed recently. SALEM EYES SKY IN VAIN Showers Soak Crowd Waiting for Coming of Hoover Hydroplane. SALEM. Or., April 14. (Special.) Nearly 800 persons attracted by an nouncements that petitions indorsing Herbert Hoover for president would arrive in Salem by hydroplane at noon today, gathered at places of vantage along the river bank where they stood in frequent showers for more than an hour awaiting the coming of the aerial ship. Finally word was received from Portland that the flight had been called off because of the unfavorable weather and. the disappointed crowd dispersed. In the absence of definite InfApmatiAn t n n i o- Vi . It Km . K a opinion of officials that the Hoover petitions will be brought, here tomor row by train and filed with the sec retary of state. JAPANESE LOSE 84 MEN I Fighting at Khabarovsk Costs Rus sians 4 00. Killed. TOKIO, April 8. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The Japanese casual ties in the fighting between Russian and Japanese forces April 5 at Khab arovsk in the Amur region totaled 84 killed and 183 wounded, accord ing to an official statement issued today. The Russians lost 400 killed and 1500 men taken prisoner, the I statement says. Reports from Vladivostok says that city Is quiet. The foreign office today summoned the representatives of the press and formally denied a report that the Japanese were fortifying the South Sea islands. SEATTLE GASOLINE POOR City Plans to Raise Standards of Fuel on Market. SEATTLE, Wash., April 14. Carl H. , Reeves, superintendent of the Seattle i public utilities department, today no-I tified Walter F. Meier, corporation counsel, that the city chemist is work ing out a set of gasoline standards which the corporation counsel will Incorporate in a city ordinance to regulate the quality of gasoline sold in Seattle. Many complaints alleging the sale of gasoline of Inferior quality have I been made at the city laboratory, the i superintendent stated, and tests of I samples submitted showed an ineffec tive residue averaging 16 to 17 perl cent. Former Minisctr Convicctd. CALGARY, Alberta. April 14. Dun can Cameron, was found guilty here today on a charge "of having forced and cashed checks totaling $7000. He will ba sentenced tomorrow. Services Labor Board to je Sought. BIG LINES REPORT BREAK Insurgent Leader Denies Re port of Weakening. UNION CHIEFS BAN REBELS Trainmen Announce List of 50 Cities Where Strikers- Have . Returned.' NEW YORK, April 14. The first overtures- of peace on the part of the striking railroad workers, who hive disorganized the railroad transporta tion facilities of New York and north ern New Jersey, came tonight. Ed ward McHugh, chairman of the strik ers' committee, gave out a statement that "now that the railroad labor board has -been appointed, we de sire to avail ourselves of the oppor tunity provided by it for a consid eration of our grievances." Mr. McHugh declared, however, that the strikers "would not go back un til they had received a substantial wage Increase and that they are not going to permit politicians in their ranks to lead them." He denied em phatically that' the ranks of the strikers were weakening here and de clared they were "stronger than ever." Restoration of passenger train service on the principal railways in New York made headway tonight. The rush of volunteer students and business men eager to substitute for the strikers evidently has had an Impressive effect and is believed by railroad officials to be responsible for another meeting of the rebellious workers in Jersey City tonight. . Chanced Attitude Reported. Their defiant attitude toward the roads was reported to have undergone a change following optimistic reports of the. movement of trains ' without their assistance. It was expected that tonight's meeting would find many advocates of a more conciliatory stand. - . ' Ferryboats plying the Hudson river from Manhattan to the Jersey termi nals were able to handle the heavy traffic Increased by the shutdown of the Hudson tubes. Lehigh railway officials announced tonight that through passenger serv- (Concluded a. Page 2. Column 1.) , . t , : : , I J I VM-K VOU, . L ; f " ,-.- ! 'vNlll I .iiwLi,f ' Jl i : . - : 1 U : ; f tTH rr t T'M Jilt m B y - - a fc,' r7 . " J . - 111 I -":- a -o 9 m m ---. a a a a aaaaa4 Mayor Thompson Wins Control of Cook County Organization for Four Years. CHICAGO, April 14. Governor Low den's plurality over General Leonard Wood In yesterday's presidential pref erence primary tonight stood at 74, 813. With 63 out of 102 counties com plete and with only 249 precincts out of 5690 in the state missing. Governor Lowden's vote was 234,239 and Gen eral Wood's 179,426. . Senator Johnson of California, whose name was written In on the ballots, polled 46,909 ' votes, of which 40,881 were cast in Cook county. Johnson votes were recorded In 1056 precincts outside of Cook" county. ..General Wood, the only candidate to make afcampalgn in the state, carried McDonough, Alexander and Pulaski counties, in addition to Cook, but all the other 98 counties went to Governor Lowden. There were no .democratic candidates-on the ticket, but a 'number-of names were written in by a. few hun dred voters. William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago, republican national commit teeman for Illinois, carried every ward except -one for committeeman, thereby gaining complete control of the Cook county organization for four years. While less than half the vote in the state was cast and only a sixth as many women as men went to the polls, feminine thrift added to the pluralities by which four bond issues for 134,000,000 for municipal improve ments were defeated In Chicago. On the primary candidates, the propor tion of women to men was about the same for the two leading candidates BOX FACTORY SHUT DOWN Car Shortage Resulting From Freight Embargo Felt at Klamath. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 14. (Special.) One fox factory shut down today on account of car short age resulting from the freight em bargo consequent to the strike, and others reported they must close down within two or three days unless the embargo Is lifted. The busy season is just starting and a general shut down would throw hundreds out of employment. Saw mills will not be affected immediately as they can. haul their product in the open, but deliveries are stopped. SESSION'S BID IN SIGHT Mondell of Wyoming Believes Con gress Will Adjourn June 5. WASHINGTON. April 14. After a conference with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Representative Mon dell of Wyoming, said he believed congress would adjourn June 5. All appropriation measures will be ready for approval by May 15, he said, and other Important pending legislation will be disposed of by June 1. HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED! General Declares Any Patriotic American Should Serve if Peo-. pie Are Insistent. WASHINGTON. . April 14. While General Penning is not seeking a presidential nomination, he told fel low Nebraskans here tonight at a reception given in his honor by the local Nebraska soicety that "no pa triotic American" could refuse to serve if called "upon by the people." The statement followed references by other speakers to a movement in Nebraska to name General Pershing as the "favorite son" candidate from that state for the republican nomina tion. . "It seems fitting that I should say to you, my friends," General Pershing said, "that my whole life has been devoted to the service of our country, and while in no sense seeking it, I feel that no patriotic American could decline to serve in that position it called upon to do so by the people." SUB-TREASURIES MAY GO Agreement Reached to Abolish I n- . stitutlons on July I, 1921. ' WASHINGTON. April 14. Agree ment to abolish the sub-treasuries at San Francisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago July 1. 1921, was reached today by senate and house conferees on the leg islative, executive and judicial ap propriation bill. Employes will be transferred. . The conferees also agreed to con tinue the bonus payments of 1240 to government employes granted during the war because of increased living costs. BARROWS OFFERS TO QUIT Legion Official Under Fire for Bo nus Opposition Calls Meeting. OAKLAND, Cal., April 14. Presi dent Barrows of the . University of California, executive head of the American Legion in this state, has called a meeting of the legion state officers tomorrow night, when he win offer to resign. This is a result of the criticism made by San Francisco and other posts of his opposition to the ex-sol diers' bonus plan. . x SOLDIER ACTION URGED Money for Care of Mentally De ranged Declared Low. WASHINGTON, April 14. Unless congress makes an immediate appro priation of $15,000,000 for the public health service, 72,000 mentally de ranged former soldiers will be with out care and treatment, the American Legion's legislative committee de clared today. Quick action was urged. Battle Is Fought. With Carranza Troops. SONORA FRONT IS FORTIFIED Attempt Made to Make Se ceding State Impregnable. YAQUI INDIANS ENLISTED Between 4000 and 5000 Red War riors Expected to Join With Forces of Rebellion. AGUA PRIETA, Sonera. April 14. (By the Associated Press.) Troops of the new republic of Sonora have had their first battle with Carranza sol diers on the Sonora-Sinaloa boundary, according to a. report received here late today, apparently verifying an earlier report from Nogales. Military authorities said the battle meant war between the Carranza. government and the seceding state. No details of the battle were re ceived here. Sonora army officers, acting on or ders from General P. Ellas Calles, commander-in-chief, are fortifying on the Sinoloa-Sonora front and also the mountain passes leading from Chi huahua. Carranza troops already are en route from Casas Grandes, Chihua hua, toward Agua Prieta, it was said. Calles, who was said to have dis patched a large force to Blanco Pass, through which the Carranza soldiers must come in marching toward Agua Prieta. said it would be impossible for Carranza soldiers to break through Blanco Pass. To reach Agua Prieta, the Carranza soldiers must march overland 200 miles through a mountainous and desert country. Salooaa Ordered Closed.' All saloons were ordered close! in the state today by General Calles. He ordered renewed efforts in recruiting soldiers. Four thousand recruits had joined the Sonora army in less than 60 hours, it was announced. - All officials of the new republic here believe a civil war must settle the doctrine of state's rights between Sonora and the central government of Mexico. . . The question of state's rights caused Sonora to secede when state authorities declared President Car ranza had no right to send troops into Sonora against the wishes of the state. Sonora before seceding said sending of troops into the state would mean civil war. . Yaqui Indians who have been at war for months against the Mexican government, have made peace with the Sonora author'tles, and between 4000 and 5000 red warriors will be mobilized against Carranza. It was said today. The military authorities here declared an army of more than 25,000 would be enrolled within a weeK". ' Soaora Fen Hra vlcat. When Sonora seceded, Carranza lost one of his greatest revenue producers, the rich agricultural and mining dis trict of the state and adjacent ter ritory paying a large part of the Mexican federal revenue. Through Sonora ports of entry more customs house fees were collected than on all the boundary points between the United States and Mexico. Sonora, Sinaloa and other western Mexican states, it wss pointed out, have not suffered proportionately to other parts of Mexico from the long years of revolution and banditry and for that reason Sonora is declared in better shape to wage war against the Carranza government. . An unsuccessful attempt upon the life of President Carranza was made in Mexico City last Friday afternoon, according to private advices received by. Roberto Carrillo. until a few days ago chief of the Carranza secret serv ice for this district, a,nd who has now associated himself with the new So nora republic. . TUCSON. Ariz.. April 14. General Carlos Plank, second in command to General Calles, 'who came here today to bring his family, today appealed to President Carranza to send a com mission to Sonora, expressing the be lief that If this is done an understand ing can be reached. OUTSIDE JAZZ PROTESTED Baker Objects to Novelty Orches tras and Jitney Dances. BAKER. Or., April 14. (Special.) Outside Jazz is not wanted in Baker. Many citizens have appealed to the city commissioners to place a ban on traveling 'orchestras that are alleged to be fleecing the public. The commission also has been asked to pass an ordinance prohibiting Jit ney dances. "City "Attorney Strayer has drawn up an ordiance prohibit ing that sort of thing and the com missioners have promised to pass i this week. It is asserted that a novelty or- i chestra from Portland took not less than $700 out of Baker last Satur day night. Local musicians say these I transient orchestras practice .virtual extortion. Other Washington Cities Are to Follow Example and Force Down Food Prices. . SEATTLE, Wash., April 14. Pota toes, selling here at $200 a Ion. have been put urfder the boycott of the Seattle Restaurant Caterers' associa tion and after Friday will disappear from the menu of every member's es tablishment until the price has. again reached normal levels, it was an nounced tonight. Hundreds of tons of potatoes, now held in storage by caterers and res taurant men, will be put on the mar ket to farmers only for seedins pur poses, according to the announcement The price, it was said, would be that paid for them last fall, approximately $100 a ton. More than 100 Seattle restaurants are repiesented in the association. HOQUIAM. Wash.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Hoquiam went on an indignant potato boycott today. Aberdeen's res-J taurants have promised to follow at once. Until the prices drop to a rea sonable figure potatoes will be taken off every hotel and cafe table, and most of the homes promise to do the same thing. SUGAR PRICE ADVANCING Consumer Before Long May Have to Pay 2 5 Cents a Pound. m An advance in sugar to the con sumer is scheduled for Monday. One of the California refiners yesterday notified the trade of a rise of $1.25 a hundred in refinery prices, and this advance will take effect here as soon as sugar bought at the new figure arrives. The local wholesale quota tion Monday wiil probably be $18.40 a sack, which will mean that the re tail price must so up about lVj cents a pound. As raw sugars are advancing stead ily in Cuba it is regarded by deal ers as not improbable that consum ers in Portland will before long have to pay 25 cents a pound. There is not much opportunity to lay in a supply against future advances, as neither wholesalers nor retailers can get more, than a email quantity these days. 190 PER CENT GAIN MADE Port Arthur, Texas, Nearly Trebles Within Ten Years. WASHINGTON. April 14. Popula tion statistics announced today by the census bureau include: Washington, Ind., 8705, increase S51, or 10.9 per cent over 1910. Ionia, Mich., 6935, Increase 1905, or 37.9 per cent. Port Aruthur, Tex., 22,251. Increase 14,588, or 190.4 per cent. Douglas, Ariz., 9916, increase 3479, or 54 per cent. Plymouth, Mass., 13,032, increase 891, or 7.3 per cent. Winston Salem. N. C, 48.395. inc rease 25,695, or 113.2 per cent. Return of Spring Celebrated. TAKIMA. Wash.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Several thousand Indians as sembled Sunday at their council house near Wapato and celebrated their an nual feast ana dai.ee in honor of the return of spring. The ceremony was carried out In accordance with an cient Indian rites. Several white peo ple attended as guests. The feast, which lasted during the day, was fol lowed by dancing at night. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tb Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 40 degrees; minimum," 40 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; south to west winds. Foreign. Rebels of Mexico open civil war. Page 3. Hunger strikers freed In Ireland. Page 1. National, Foster, leader of steel strike fiasco, is brains of new outlaw walkout. Page 1. Half billion bill will aid soldiers. Page 2. Roger C. Sullivan, democratic boss of Illi nois, aies oi pneumonia, rage a. Lumber Industry of northwest on radicals list. Page 4. Railroad strike situation leads to debate tn house. Page 4. Pershing says he would accept call of peo ple. Page 1. domestic. Lowden's lead o4er Wood 77si3 in Illinois election. Page 1. Gompers warns workers to avoid wildcat strikes and to show restraint. Page 5. Poll shows Wood leads in Oregon.' Page 2. Strikers make overtures for peace. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Washington cities cut potato off of menu because of its high price. Page 1. Walter I. Tooze Jr. would be republican delegate. Page 8, Twenty-two attendants go out at stats hospital . following ultimatum. Page X Sports. aeven games played when majors 1920 season. Page 14. Boxers all set for action at Friday shojv. Page 14. Coast league results tos Angeles 2 non 5; all other games postponed Page 14. Urt night . Ver ; rain. Commercial and Marine. Grain crop In Oregon is backward. Page 23. Corn higher with wheat in Chicago market. Page 23. Bull pools force up speculative stocks. - Page 23. Dock at foot of Yamhill street condemned, to be torn down. Page 22. Sate of merchant ships within ' ten years provided by bill. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. President Gilman Issues ultima' us to men to be back on jobs at 11 A. M. today or lose seniority. Page 1. City proposes $5,000,000 bond issue to aid trolley company. Page 9. Candidates , in final scramble to file Page 8. Spirited contest over four directors for chamber of commerce expected. Page 11. Plans for salary increase for workers iyi county offices encounter snag. Page 13. Woman admits correspondence with "Blue- oeara. .rage y, City council takes Bteps to. end davnr to PortlandTi - stop rent profiteering in Po; Sir Oliver'Lodg visits Pontiand anrt wn Page i: j lecture on "evidence el Surviv ai." j Paie 3, . - r . Labor Calls Off Walkout . When 64 Leave. FREEDOM IS lNCDHOIT!D;:AL Troops Are Withdrawn From Streets of Dublin. - VOLUNTEERS ON GUARD Better Treatment Ordcrd for All Tltose ot Definitely Convicted of Some Offense. DUBLIN, April 14. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Sixty-four hunger striking prisoners have been re leased, apparently unconditionally, and as a result the strike is con sidered off. The lord mayor, who went to see Lord French at the vice regalNlodge when a hitch arose In Dublin castle through a stipulation that the pris oners must return to their captivity on their recovery, stated on his re turn that the prisoners would be re leased unconditionally. The prisoners had refused to ac cept the stipulation on the ground that It was a reapp'.ication of the "cat and mouse" policy. The release of the prisoners is re garded as a complete triumph for the hunger strike and its ally, the gen eral strike. It became known early that Viscount French had summoned the lord mayor and that it was then only a question of terms. Strike Called Off. It is not definitely known what the terms are,, and for some days there may be contradictory state ments regarding them. The trade unionists, however, had no doubt which side had won, and immediate ly called off the strike to the great relief of the citizens. The prison's board also received an order that henceforth under the de fense of the realm act . prisoners should receive ameliorative treatment from the date of their arrest until their trial for a specific offense. The visit to Dublin of James Henry Thomas, general secretary of the na tional union of railway men and la bor member of 'parliament for Derby, is regarded as having had some share in the decision for the release of the men. It is said that an attempt . was to have been made to bring about a strike in England in support of the Irish cause. Mr. Thomas made a speech from a window of the labor executive offices tonight Indorsing the action of the hunger strikers. Troops Are Tikn Away. The absence of military from the streets today was conspicuous. There -were no tanks or armored cars posted at the Jail, and the barbed wire bar ricades had been removed. The Irish volunteers assumed charge of main taining order outside the prison, and were implicity obeyed. The released prisoners in the Mater Misericordia hospital say that the prison staffs and ordinary officers at Mountjoy prison were kind in their treatment to them; their worst hard ship being uncomfortable beds. They were indignant at two proposals made to them by the authorities, which im plied that certain of the men should desert their colleagues. Their atti tude was "all, or none." BELFAST, Ireland, April 14. (By the Associated Press.) Soldiers fired ball cartridges over the heads of crowds gathered at the Londonderry station today and two civilians were wounded by ricocheting bullets. DUBLIN. April 14. The general strike declared yesterday in protest against the treatment of the Irish hunger strikers in Mount Joy prison continued until late today with added tenseness and increased fears of se rious developments. Sixty thousand workers in Dublin alone were on strike and a feeling of pronounced excitement prevailed throughout the capital. The day was marked early by a fatality. Constable Harry Kells be ing shot dead while on plain-clothes duty In Camden street this morning. The assailant was an unidentified young man, who fired two shots and escaped before he culd be appre- "hended. Sergeant Lavin was found dead, a revolver by his side. There have been rapid develop ments in connection with the strike. Viscount French, the viceroy, sent for the lord mayor today and later the military was withdrawn from the vi cinity of Mount Joy prison. One of the prisoners among the hunger strikers was removed to the city hos pital In a state of collapse. Another development was the ar rival m Dublin of General Sir Nevll Mac Ready, the new commander of the forces in Ireland, who Is ex pected to assume his 'duties at once. GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKED Indifference Draws Fire Front Sev- oral London Papers. LONDON', April 14. Andrew Bonar La, government spokesman, said in ! the hOUSC f common today that the j J 1 ,sn naa aenaed to treat cpacjuded on Pas 3, Column-.) t