THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TIIUIISDAY, JUNE " 24, 1920
5 DIE, SCORES SHOT r
IN S1KN FEIN BATTLE
Fire Sweeps Londonderry
Streets for 16 Hours.
SNIPERS ARE ACTIVE
Police and Military Powerless; Cit
izenry, TerrorUcd, Ventures
Out Only for Food.
LONDONDERRY, June 23. (By the
Associated Press.) Five Sinn ITelners
were killed by machine gun fire em
Ployed to cover the removal of sev
eral Protestants from Barrack street
tonight, according to a military state
ment. At 10:30 there was a iull in
the fighting.
Scenes of the most terrible descrip
tion were enacted here last night and
today. Many streets were swept by a
murderous fire for 16 hours continu
ously. One man was killed and 10
dangerously wounded in one section
of the city. Several bodies are re
ported to be lying in Bishop street.
Amtmg- the wounded was a young girl.
Sniping, was indulged in on a large
scale. The principal conflict took
place in Bishop street, where there
was a large concentration of Sinn
Feiners in the neighborhood of St.
Columbia's Catholic college and Naza
reth home. Sandbags were thrown up
from which a strong fire was directed
at the unionists iu Barracks street.
Many casualties resulted on both sides.
Military In Powrrlru,
Meanwhile trouble had broken out
on an extensive scale in the region of
Longlower street and Bishop's Gate,
where there were fierce and prolonged
exchanges. Sinn 1'einers occupying
positions on roofs sniped isolated
unionists. The soldiers and police
were unable to intervene effectively.
The police ir Bishop street, within
the battle zone, were virtually be
sieged. Many passersby were wounded
and it is reported some were killed.
A confectioner named McKenna was
killed at'the corner of Henrietta street.
Firing was suspended while a priest
administered the last rites.
Among today's casualties was an
elderly man named Whiteside, who
was accompanied by his son and
daughter.
During the nicht there was savage
fighting In the Waterside district. The
rival factions were entrenched in
Cross street and Bond street.
Streets Like Battleground.
Snipers were busy until 1 o'clock
this afternoon and contingents of
troops had to be moved into various
streets, which until then were impas
sable to citizens.
The streets had the appearance of
a battleeround. Sandbaars were thrown
up, with sleeping soldiers' almost in a
state of exhaustion after the night's
vigils. It is expected that troops are
coming by road, but no reinforce
ments have yet arrived.
There is fighting in the outlying
districts from which unionists are
pouring into the city.
The outside world has little idea of
the reign of terror Londonderry has
been experiencing without respite
since Friday last. The casualty fig
ures from day to day are larming
enough, but they picture only the
shadow of the grim reality. The truth
is, none of the 40,000 inhabitants has
been safe since the rioting began.
500 Rule City.
The city is virtually controlled by
extremists of the unionists and na
tionalists who probably number under
600. They fire volleys down the
streets without warning and the citi
zens are thus put in a state of panic
sallying forth only when the procure
ment of food becomes absolutely
necessary. Many shopkeepers have
suspended business and have taken
refuge on the top floors for safety.
Men sleep in their offices there
rather than risk stepping into the
streets. The postoff ice. force has been
reduced to a mere handful.
The military so far has confined
Its efforts to keeping the two sides
apart, but without great success.
Everyone arriving in the city is chal
lenged for credentials and Is searched
for arms and ammunition. The real
test for a visitor, however, comes
when he is held up by either the Stnn
Fciners or the unionists. With hands
in the air, staring into the muzzle of
a revolver, he is thoroughly searched.
Some have come out of this examina
tion rather badly.
Each morning the engagement of
the night before is resumed. Heavy
barricades have been thrown up and
groups of armed " men move about,
either on the offensive or defensive.
How many persons have been killed is
not known now..
Crowds Ordered Off Streets.
- A proclamation was Issued by the
magistrates tonight warning all citi
zens to keep indoors. The constabulary
and military, the proclamation an
nounced, have received instructions
to disperse by force, if necessary, all
assemblies.
The magistrates strongly condemn
Dublin castle s inactivity.
In addition to the erection of bar
ricades, trenches have been dug in
some of the streets within the battle
cone. A special trair. carrying two
Great Northern railway station this
ening. The county inspector an-1
ounced that a detainment of soldiers
s leaving Belfast for Londonderry.
Tonight firing again broke out In
Bishop street and there was vigorous
sniping from the hill overlooking the
city. A detachment of soldiers moved
to the spot and soon the firing ceased.
A military field kitchen returning
from its rounds conveyed three sol
diers with heads and arms bandaged.
No bread was delivered in the city
this week. Hotels and homes are run
ning, short of supplies. No gas is
being produced at the gaa works and
when the present supply is exhausted
the city will be without lights. -
LONDON, June 23. The' fighting In
Londonderry was still on at S o'clock
tonight, according to a Central News
dispatch from that city.
Machine guns were then in action.
The city, said the correspondent, was
evidently in for another night of
terror. .
A dispatch from Strabana says that
hundreds of refugees' from . London
derry were arriving in the counties
of Tyrone and Donegal. Unionists
hold the road from carrlgans to
Londonderry and were strongly en
trenched in Prehenwood.
There was a movement in other
northern towns, said the dispatch, to
Join in If the Derry riots continue.
DEMOCRATS
BS
ON LIQUOR PLANK
Question Expected to Reach
Convention Floor.
be prepared to support these princi
ples. At headquarters for Attorney-General
Palmer it was said his forces
were indifferent as to the course to
be followed.
MoADOO OT TO BE LEFT OUT
Pos&ible Candidate Brands Story
of 111 Health as False.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., June 23. In a
telegram sent from Pueblo. Colo.,
from the "train bearing Missouri dele
gates to the democratic national con
vention. Burris A. Jenkins, Kansas
City clergyman and publisher, an
nounced that he haft definitely v dft-
MANY PROBLEMS COME UP 1 th ntm? IT-Sr.JUT,
convention for the presidential nom
ination.
Sir. Jenkins said he was led to the
decision by the discovery that half
to two-third of the Missouri delegates
were strongly In favor of McAdoo s
, name being placed before the -con
vention.
Managers Discussing Advisability
of Adopting Platform Before
Choosing Candidate.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. A vol-
TK.AIXS
NOT
VET
MOVED
Workers Refuse to Start .as Long as
Police Are on Board.
DUBLIN, June 23. There was no
notable change today in the situation
on the railway lines in this region
caused by the refusal of the railway
men to handle munitions or operate
trains with troops on board, although
the determination recently displayed
by the men not to move trains that
were boarded by the police was caus
ing additional inconvenience.
For several days tne government
has been directing that the police
board the train, at Cloughjordan ror
Dublin.
The Irish council of railway men
issued a manifesto asking men not
to indulge in precipitate action, which
would, only transfer the responsiDimy
from the British government to Ireland.
The council expressed agreement
with the labor party's advice to the
men not to strike, but await individ
ual dismissals.
SHIP -LINES ARE TO CONFER
Entire Shipping Situation and
Rates Will Be Discussed.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 23. For a
ceneral discussion of the whole trans-
Pacific shipping situation, including
the status of freight rates, the Pa
cific coast oriental tariff bureau.
composed of the companies operating
in- the routes between this coast and
the orient, will hold a general meet
ing in Vancouver, B. C, next Friday
and Saturday..
The bureau has its headquarters in
Seattle. The companies to be repre
sented include the Pacific Steamship
company, Frank Waterhouse & Co
James Griffiths & Sons; Struthers &
Dixon, Dodwell & Co.. the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha. the Osaka Shoscn Kaisha, the
Trans-Oceanic company, the Pacific
Mail Steamship company, the Toyo
Kisen Kaisha, the Columbia-Pacific
Steamship company and the Canadian
Pacific Ocean services.
NEW YORK. June 23. William G.
McAdoo declared' today that in tele
graphing Burris A. Jenkins yesterday
he had done everything in his power
uneer construotlon corps of pla tform I to persuade the Kansas City minister
uildem was husv today whitllng out and publisher not to present his name
to tne dan r rancisco convention tor
the democratic presidential nomina
tion.
'.What more can I do?" he asked
after reading Mr. Jenkins reiterated
declaration that he would nominate
Mt McAdoo, either with or without
his consent.
In a written statement Mr. McAdoo
branded as false the report of a New
York newspaper which declared he
planks, which they believed would
meet the needs of the democratic na
tional convention in ' expressing Its
views as to prohibition enforcement.
Leaders, including' Chairman Cum
mings of the national committee, were
n agreement that this question would
monopolize the center of the conven
tion stage until it was settled. Mr.
Cummings expressed the opinion that I would not make the presidential race
it would be the only issue to be car- because of ill health. The statement
ried to the convention floor.
Informal - discussion by delegates
shows several schools of thought
among the anti-bor-edry advocates as
to how the question should be ap
proached. They vary from the states'
rights stand taken by. Governor Ed
wards of New Jersey to proposals
that congress be urged to proceed di
rectly toward modifying the one-half
of one per cent alcoholic content re
striction of the Volstead enforcement
ct so as to lif.t the ban from beers
and light wines. The most pro
nounced movement at the moment,
however, and the one which appeared
today to have taken the most definite
shape was that originating in Wash
ington and designed to offer a basis
on which anti-bonedry forces could
concentrate. Personal liberty will be
the slogan of advocates of this com
promise plank.
Prohibition Not at Issue.
Mr. Cummings was emphatic today
in defining' the question to be solved
as not a prohibition issue but mere
expression of the party's attitude as
o the Volstead' enforcement act.
There were numerous other issues on
which there would be difference of
opinion before the resolutions com
mittee. Mr. Cummincrs thoucrht. in
eluding profiteering, the industrial
plank touching relations between
capital and labor", the Irisn question
and others, but no present prospect
that they could not n harmonized in
committee. A minority report Is to
be expected only on the so-called
beer plank.
ATTACK
WORRIES
DUBLIN
Assistant Inspector-General Is Im-
proving Alter Assault. .
: LONDON, June 23. Great appre
hension has been caused in Dublin by
the attack on Assistant Inspector-
General Roberts yesterday, which re
calls the recent attempt to assassi
nate Field Marshal Viscount French,
says a Dublin dispatch to the London
Times.
Roberts and Pathe, the chauffeur,
were conveyed to- the military nos
pital from the castle and were doing
well last night. no arrests nave
been made. Roberts was appointed
to office a few months ago m sue
cession to Inspector Redmond, who
was killed by unknown assailants
January 20 last.
BOSSES LEAD DEMOCRATS
(Continued From First Page.)
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only a few stand out. Taggart of In
diana and Murphy of New York are
old-time characters. These two, with
one other, were for nearly a genera
tion a triumvirate of power in demo
cratic circles. ,This other no longer
lives. Roger Sullivan of Illinois died
a few months ago. Of the three he
was by far the ablest and the best.
He was of the heart of practical poll
tics. In his rise from the bottom he
had traveled all the paths of achieve
ment in the politics of a metropolitan
city. A man must be big to lmpres
his will on his fellows as he did and
keep their loyalty for half a genera
tion.
But Roger Sullivan contributed
more to democratic counsels than
merely success in the arts of politics.
He had wisdom breadth, humanity,
The vacancy left by his death will
not be filled by anyone now in sight.
Few of Great Feree.
Other than Taggart and Murphy,
only a few of the state leaders are
men of great force, and of those few
only a still smaller number are avail
able for impersonal party counsel.
The national committeeman from
Pennsylvania is Mitchell Palmer, and
he is a candidate for the presidency.
The national committeeman- from
Ohio, E. H. Moore of Youngstown, i
one of the most able and resourceful
men In . the national committee,- but
he, too, has a personal interest whlc
deprives him of disinterested party
counsel. Moore Is the head and front
of the Cox presidential boom. Norman
Mack of Buffalo has, to the last de
gree, one of the qualities which com
mend men to accept leadership. Nor
man Mack could not conceal his
thoughts if he would, and would not
if he could. The best and the . worst
of him and all of him is there on the
surface at every moment for all the
world to see. But, like the others,
Mack has an interest here which im-
.pairs his availability for detached
and dist Interested party counsel.
Mack is the leader of thvse who be
lieve that the convention should adopt
a wet plank.
Brras Will Assert Himself.
And that "wet" plank brings us to
Bryan. Bryan is not here yet. When
he comes he will assert himself. Your
correspnodent's belief is that Bryan
win nave power nere.. but will have it
only because his enemies make him
a present of it. If Bryan were com
ing here merely to try to name the
nominee, merely to try to make the
convention do his will, I do not be
lleve there are 100 men In the con
vention who would follow him. He
might well meet his Waterloo.
But Bryan s enemies are going to
try to force a "wet" plank into the
platform. To beat the "wet" forces,
the largest number of delegates who
are "dry" will rally around Bryan as
their leader, and Bryan, by virtue of
this gift from his enemies, will have
measurable power in tne convention.
says:
My attention has just been called
to the statement that I have tuber
culosis. It is amazing that any rep
utable newspaper or individual would
be guilty of such a wanton falsehood
There is not a shadow of foundation
for such a statement. It would be
impossible for me to publicly char
acterize such despicable methods
COLBY IS NOT CANDIDATE
Secretary Denies Taking Dicta of
President to - Convention
CHICAGO. June 23. Bainbridge
Colby, secretary of state, and dele
gate to the democratic national con
vention, who stopped off in Chicago
todav on his way to San Francisco,
denied that he was taking any of
President Wilson's dicta to the con
vention.
'President Wilson has too much
respect for his party to attempt to
intrude his ideas or force his Ideas
unon the party in an open conven
tion." Mr. Colbv said. "I have had
many conferences with" the president,
but we have not discussed a tnira
term for him. nor candidates for the
presidency.
Personally, I believe tne conven
tion will be singuarly free from any
attempt from any quarter to in
fluence Its deliberations or to give
direction to its action.
Mr. Colby said he was sure there
would be some allusion made to the
treaty of Versailles and the league
of nations. "As far as I am eon
cerned personally, I believe that the
nartv RhouW eo before the people
it was agreed, and that! ,ith a definite stand for the adoption
win tnrow tne iignt into tne conven- of the treaty." the secretary said.
tion Itself. I -i f. thn league of nations
The W ashington enforcement plank iihr.t tiv reservations, because the
was orarted in circles ordinarily in ianKUage of the document is quite
ivuvu iti viic auiuiiiioii 1. 1 1 u ii . 1 ClC&r
it is unoerstooo to nave been drawn s,,t, r!lbv Is a delegate at
from the perepnal liberty angle and I i0 , . ritH.-r of nolumhia.
to advocate In general terms a liberal- H emphaticaiiy denied that he was
lzation of the Volstead act. Specific I ,,.,, ria- honm In
vl.,1. . V"- ,.7 """"Ibis own behalf.
The plank will be put forward as
representing the opinion of many sen
ators and representatives and its
framers hope to be able to claim for
it the. backing of President Wilson
himself. It was drawn after a con
ference In which more than one mem
ber of the cabinet shared. It was said,
and In, which anti-bone-dry senators
took a leading part.
Sentiment to Be Placated.
Avoidance of specific mention of Commoner Too Busy Filing Flanks
"There is absolutely nothing in any
talk that I. may-be a vice-presidential
candidate," he declared.
A party of Virginians passed
throuerh Chicago today bound for San
Francisco to urge the nomination of
Senator Carter Glass as the demo
cratic candidate for president.
THIRD PARTY NOT ENTICING
beverages proponents of the Wash
ington plank argued, and an appeal
for an enforcement policy more in
harmony with American ideas of per
sonal liberty would serve to prevent
alienation of sentiment which a more
direct approach might push into the
bone dry ranks. By such a course
also, it was added, the party's stand
for Democrats.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 23.
William J. Bryan will not be a. can
didate of a third party, for the presi
dency, he declared here today con
cerning a dispatch last night from
Lincoln, Neb., telling of his Indorse
ment for the presidency by Nebraska
could be in strict accordance with ths members of the committee, of 4S
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FORT WORTH. Tex.. June 23. The
first carload of new Texas wheat
reached the market here today from
nocneaier, xvm xi orougnt $2. 80 per
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ruling of the supreme court confirm
ing the authority of congress to fix
permissible alcoholic content under
the prohibition amendment.
It was questionable tonight wheth
er any direct reference to the Vol
stead act would be urged on the plat-
form framers. There are pros and
cons to be thrashed out in that re
spect. The plank to be urged by the
anti-bone drys, however, is expected,
whatever it may say otherwise, to rap
the republican congress sharply for
enactment of the enforcement meas
ure in its existing form. Probably,
it was said, the attitude of Postmas
ter-General Burleson in his statement
at San Antonio yesterday assailing as
"absurd" provisions of the Volstead
act and contending that they were
calculated to defeat the purpose of
the prohibition amendment would be
reflected in the platform language
proposed.
A new source of discussion arose
today In connection with convention
procedure. It had to do with deter
mining whether the platform should
be adopted before or after the presi
dential nominee has been selected.
Views of Managers Differ. '
Chairman Cummings apparently has
had the question up with managers
of various candidates ana found their
views to differ. Some of the work
ers for this or that candidate pro
fess to see strategic advantage for
their man in one course or the other.
The national chairman did not share
their views, but to promote harmony
win call tne campaign managers into
conference on the eve of the conven
tion to see if a satisfactory pro
gramme cannot be arranged in ad
vance.
There is a strong desire to expedite
tne conventions work as much as
possible. Steps to limit nominating,
or at least seconding, speeches are
under consideration, ir a dozen or
more men are to be nominated and
seconded the delegates will get more
than their fill of oratory, it was said.
There were Intimations that Mr.
(jummings expejstea tne report on
platform to be deferred until after
the balloting on nominees.
This would permit the convention
to proceed with nominations while
the wrangle over platform Issues was
In progress. It has been done before
in democratic conventions and is de
sirable in the opinion of some of those
responsible for arrangements because
of the purely mechanical question of
time saving. It was insisted that no
thought of fitting issues to candi
dates or the other way round was in
mind among the leaders, nor any
view that nominees were more im
portant than platform expressions.
Headquarters of various candidates
seized the opportunity to express
views on the question tonight. Sen
ator Owen of Oklahoma, first of the
men formally -in the race for nomi
nation. Issued a statement opposing
any plan to name the standard bear
ers of the party before the platform
had been adopted.
The democratic convention, he said,
should enunciate the principles of
the party and the candidate should
I am too busy fixing planks for
the democratic party to think of run
ning for president," he said, "and I
am doubtful of third party expedi
ency.'
Mr. Bryan reiterated his opposition
to any candidate not in sympathy with
strict enforcement of prohibition
statutes, and said he had prepared a
plank for submission to the demo
cratic national convention indorsing
prohibition laws and pledging their
enforcement, and another providing
jail sentences for profiteers.
Mr. Bryan, who spoke at a public
meeting here last night and later at
a banquet, left today for San Fxan-
cisco.
GOMPERS CARRYING DEMANDS
Labor Leader Has Programme to
Submit to Convention.
CALGARY, Alberta, June 23. "The
democrats are asking for. the suf
frages of the people of the United
States, and the laboring people, repre
senting so large a proportion of the
population, certainly have the right
to ask the democratic convention for
the support of the constructive pro
gramme which labor has prepared,"
said Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
who passed through Calgary today
on his way to San Francisco from
the national convention of the fed
eration in Montreal.
Mr. Gompers stated frankly his in
tention to lay before the democratic
convention the labor, demands which,
he said, he considered the republican
convention rejected when it nom-
Inated for president Senator Warren
G. Harding of Ohio.
TACOMA DELEGATES LEAVE
Washington Delegation Comprises
28 Men and Women.
- TACOMA, June 23. Headed by A.
R. Titlow, national committeeman
from this state, a party of 0 dele
gates and prominent politicians left
last night for San Francisco to attend
the democratic national convention
next week.
The Washington delegation of 28
men and women, with half a vote
each, are practically unanimous for
the candidacy of McAdoo, Mr. Titlow
said. The delegates, were not in
structed by the state democratic con
vention, but Mr. Titlow announced
that the 14 Washington votes can be
counted In the McAdoo column on the
early ballots.
'Cox Specials" Are on Way.
SALT LAKE -CITY, June 23. Two
trains of ten cars each, known as
'Cox specials," carrying about 400
residents of Ohio to the democratic
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