jlmrttiitji: VOL. 1AX XO 18 648 Entered at Portland (Oregon) J1J. JilA -, v'- ' Postoffice as Second-C!a.s Matter. PORTLAXD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS r s FOR F Trace of $15,000,000 Slush Fund Not Found CHARGES YET UNVERIFIED Senate Committee Finds No Evidence of Attempt to jil Buy Presidency. HAYS AND MINGS HEARD Republican Campaign .Budget Calls for Expenditure of , Only $3,079,037.20. CHICAGO, Aug. SO. An extend ed examination today of Will H. Hays, republican national chairman, and Homer S. Cummings, until re cently democratic national chair man, by the senate committee inves tigating campaign expenses, failed to show any trace of the $15, 000,000 fund which Governor Cox charged the republican party was seeking in "an attempt to corrupt the American electorate and buy the presidency." The committee also heard Repre sentative W. P. Flood of California, chairman of the democratic congres Eional committee, 'and former Rep resentative J. L. Rhinock of Ken tucky, treasurer of the committee. The outstanding points in the maze of figures through which the com mittee struggled were: Testimony by Mr. Hays that the republican . national committee's budget for the presidential cam paign called for the expenditure of ?3,079,t)37.20. Two Millions Enough. Declaration by Mr. Cummings that, allowing for the increased cost of printing," clerical hire, rents, transportation and all the necessi ties of a national campaign, a na tional committee should be able to Etage a "fair, decent and stiff cam paign with reasonable publicity" for $3,000,000. With that amount of money, he paid, the national chairman need not worry over finances. Mr. Hays also testified that the republican national committee was seeking to. raise approximately $1,000,000 to be donated to the vari ous state committees for their local campaigns, making a total of slightly more than $4,000,000 in the republican campaign chest for all purposes. Cummings Urges Limit. ' . Mr. Cummings declared he be lieved this amount was excessive and pointed to the 1916" campaign, say ing he learned in his home state of Connecticut that the republicans spent $250,000 in that year. He considered this was too much for a commonwealth of that size. "If you let the state committees run wild," he said, "you get an ac cumulated expenditure which in it self is outstanding evidence of cor rupt purpose. I suggest that this is just what is going to happen to the republicans this year." "Has either party any monopoly in this practice?" asked Senator Edge. No Monopoly Chrged. "There is no monopoly upon the system," rejoined Mr. Cummings "but there is no loubt abouj the republican success in that direction Both Mr. Hays imd Mr.- Cum mings refused to discuss details of their committee financing, asserting that as chairmen they had only a general knowledge of such subjects and that the books and records of the committee treasurers would have to be relied upon. - Neither chairman knew of any large individual contributions, and Mr. Hays was rather positive that the republican plan to limit individ ual gifts to $1000 was being carried . out successfully. He knew of 38 .-'"exceptions to the rule, the largest being $9000, two for $5000 each and the other 35 for lesser amounts. Mr. Cummings explrined that the organization of which he was chair man was poverty stricken when he assumed that office and that he left to his successor $651 in cash and a Concluded oo Pago S, Column 1.) RUlTLESS EARTH DISTURBANCE FAST DRAINING LAKE ATTRACTIVE BODY OP WATER MAY SOON DISAPPEAR. Efforts to Be Made to Close Under ground Outlet of Lake Fanielia Xcar 3Iount Jefferson. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 30. (Special.) The widening: of subterranean outlets in Pamelia lake, probably through volcanic action, has drained the lake to such extent that the forest service is taking: steps to close the outlets. Efforts will be made to lower mats of fir boughs, covered with stones, to close these openings. Only about three acres of -water re main in the lake now. There is quite a favorite fishing; place for sports men, and unless the draining of the lake Is stopped all the fish may be destroyed. There has been a vent in the bottom of the lake for years, but heretofore water has drained out gradually. Pamelia lake, or Fermtlia, as the name is sometimes spelled, is situated near the summit" of the mountains only about two miles southwest of Mount Jefferson. That some minor volcanic disturb ances have occurred in that vicinity recently is indicated by the fact that in Marion lake, a. much larger lake than Pamelia and situated about sev en miles south, the water has been discolored and somewhat muddy part of the time this summer. The water of this lake generally is very clear, but fishermen who have visited it recently believe there has been some disturbance in the bottom of the lake to cause this condition. MESOPOTAMIA IN FERMENT Rebellious Tribesmen Active and Situation Grows Ominous. LONDON', Aug. 30. Another attack against Hillah, west of the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia, was launched by 1500 rebellious tribesmen Thurs day, but the attackers fell back under heavy .shell fire, says an official statement today. The statement fol lows: "The situation in the Muntefik area of' Mesopotamia, between the lower Tigris and lower Euphrates, grows more ominous. A violent holy war is being preached and this tribe is expected shortly to throw in its lot with the insurgents. The situa tion around SamawetH also gives rise to anxiety. Movements of rebel bands have been observed and renewed at tacks on our posts are expected. Bakuba, 30 miles northeast of Bag dad, taken by Arab tribesmen recent ly, was occupied by Sikh troops Sat urday, says a dispatch from Bagdad. Elsewhere in Mesopotamia the situa tion is unchanged. UTAH POPULATION 449,446 Largest Percentage of Growth Shown of Any State So Far. WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. Utah, 41st state in population ten years ago and the 1920 population of which was an nounced today by the census bureau as 449,446, has shown the largest per centage of growth of any state thus far announced in the 14th census. Its rate or growth, 20.4 per cent, was almost as large as that for the decade ending with 1910. but its numerical increase was exceeded in that decade. In the last ten years the increase was 76,09a. Helena, Mont., 12,037, decrease 478, or.3.8 per cent. Pueblo, Colo., 42,908, decrease 1487, or 3.3 per cent. Los Angeles, Cal. (revised), 576,673, previously announced as 575.4S0. Pasadena, Cal. (revised), 45,354, previously announced as 45,331. CHINESE GIRL MISSING Rosie Lee Reported to Have Gone Riding With White Boys. Rosie Lee, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, went for an automobile ride with two white boys Sunday night and had not returned to fler home at 930 East Eighth street at a. late hour last night. Her relatives feared that' she might have met with foul play. Miss Lee and. Mable Lum, another Chinese girl, met the boys near the Columbia theater. The girls first re fused an invitation to go for a ride but later, according to the report, Miss Lee went with them and her com panion went home. Miss Lee was described as S feet tall and weighing 93 pounds, with dark hair. She wore a dark blue taf feta hat, a purple coat and a black velvet skirt. TURKISH CHIEFTAIN ILL "I Will Fight to End of World, Says Kemal Pasha. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 29. (By the Associated Press.) Mustapha Kemal Pasha, head of the Turkish nationalist government at Angora, is ill of chronic malaria, his condition being made worse by worry and over work. He is quoted as saying, however "I will fight tc the end of the . world." BRITISH PRINTERS STRIKE Liverpool AVithout Morning Papers First Time in 112 Years. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 30. No morning papers appeared in Liverpool today for the first time in 112 years and n evening paper for the first time in 50 years as a consequence of a sudden strke'of newspaper compositors here and in Manchester. CALIFORNIA VOTE T T Republicans to Nominate Phelan's Opponent. r MORE SENATE SEATS WANTED Management Confident of In creasing Narrow Margin. INCUMBENT NOW STRONG Competent Observers in Southern State N'ot as Sure of "Victori as Leaders In Xew.York. BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copywright by the New York Evening Post, Inc., Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. (Special.) Republicans of California will name a candidate for the United States sen ate tomorrow. On this candidate the national managers of the republican party must rely for their hope of winning one of those six or eight senatorial seats which they say they are going to take away from the democrats this fall. The republican party management is very confident about this matter of increasing its present narrow sen ate majority of two, up to something they can feel more comfortable with, Whenever you talk with the republi can managers and cross-question them for their basis for this expecta tion of increasing their majority in the senate, they always say that Senator Phelan of California is one of the democrats whose seat they can readily take. Others Not as Confident. - Competent observers In California, including good republicans, are not as confident on this point as the re publican managers in New Tork are. It is true that Senator Phelan got in originally by a fluke. He was one of those many democratic beneficiar ies of the.spllt between the republi cans and the progressives of 1914. . Of course, Phelan, this time, will have no such easy race; but it is nevertheless true that during his eix years in office he has entrenched him self greatly in the public favor. Phelan- has come to be something more than a member of the senate rom California. His position in Wash ngton is in a way that of ambassa dor from California. Californians re gard. him not merely as a senator, but as a sort of symbol of the state. kind of public possession in which nearly every one has . affectionate pride. Three Rivals '. selc Nomination. For the republican nomination to oppose Phelan at the November elec tion, there are three contestants in (Concluded on Page 7, Column 1.) WHEN 0011! IPORTi III sj f lA'c- t r. . . ,. HARDING CONFERS ON RECLAMATION POLICY VIEWS TO BE GIVEN" IX AD DRESS TODAY.- Gronp of Republican Governors to J Call on Nominee Pinchot . Indorses Stand.' MARION, O.. Aug. 30. Senator Harding's reclamation policy, to be enumerated tomorrow in an address here to a group of republican gov ernors, was discussed in detail by the nominee today with Gifford Pin chot, ex-chief of the federal forestry service and a leader of the progressive party lathe 1921 campaign. Afterward Mr. Pinchot issued a statement say ing he was much pleased with the senator's views on conservation and related subjects and was ready to let -bygones be bygones and do all he could for republican success. Nine governors, most of them from western states, have promised to be in the delegation tomorrow in addi tion to a number of ex-governors and gubernatorial nominees. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois is among those expected to be present. The other states whose chief executives will at tend are Wisconsin, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, Penn sylvania, California and Rhode Island. Several of the group arrived today and spent the evening at the Harding home. After the front-porch speech tomorrow the party will be guests of the Marion encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at a picnic here. , Mr. Pinchot said his conference with the nominee had impressed him with the necessity for the election of republican president if the nation's resources were to be kept out of the hands of "southern reactionaries." "Senator Harding and I have been on opposite sides of many questions Mr. Plnchot's statement continued. "In order to get together, there was much for each of us to overlook. "What Senator Harding has said about forestry and the shortage of lumber and paper is admirable. I am greatly pleased with both." A message from Senator Henry Ca bot Lodge of Massachusetts congratif. lating Senator Harding on his league of nations speech was made public today. "Congratulations. Absolutely with you. Tour address is a logical de velopment of the national convention declaration and the speech of accept ance," it said. TEAL MAY BE APPOINTED Fortlander Is Recommended for . Shipping Board Post. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Aug. 30. Senator Will iam H. King, of Utah, visited the White House this afternoon to urge upon President Wilson the appoint ment of Joseph N. Teal of Portland, as Pacific Northwest member of the shipping board. It was understood also when Sena tor King called to see the president that he would urge as another mem ber of the new board the appointment of Joshua W. Alexander, present sec retary of commerce and. formerly chairman of the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries. Mr. Alexander is said to be favored by a large number of western, shipping Interests and commercial bodies, be cause of his knowledge of merchant marine questions. DO WE SETTLE DOWN TO BUSINESS? WOMAN IN PLUNGING CAR DIES; MAN LIVES BRAKES GIVE WAY OX GRADE, MOTOR ROLLS 30 0 FEET. Mrs. Peter Scot of Corvallis, Col- lege Boarding House Opera tive, Is Victim. REDDING. Cal., Aug. 30. (Special.) Mrs. Peter Scov, 4 a years old, of Corvallis, Or., was killed in an auto mobile accident last night on a steep grade between Harrison gulch and Beegurh, in IV.e southwestern corner of Shasta county. Her brother, Samuel I. Gould, whom she had been visiting in Scotia, Hum boldt county, was driving her home. Descending the steep grade, the brakes gave way. Gould applied the emergency brake, but it failed. He tried to- keep the runaway car in the middle of the road. At the third turn the car skidded and rolled down the hill 300 feet. Gould was ren dered unconscious. When he revived he noticed his sis ter lying 100 feet further up the hill. Mrs. Scov lived an hour. She operated a . college boarding house in Corvallis, where her husband and daughter, who Is a student in the college, live. ' CITY SCRUBWOMEN QUIT Seattle Workers Demand Pay Rise to 6 0 Cents an Hour. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) Scrub women working by the day in the city employment office went on strike for an increase in pay from 50 to 60 cents an hour. Led by Mrs. Hilda Hill, who had acted as spokesman in presenting the request for increased pay, seven of the women visited the labor temple, where they requested that they be organized into a union. Miss Sophie Pugsley, organizer for the Central Labor council, went into conference with the women and will try to work out some plan for giving them the organization. 50 CARS MELONS ARE FREE Freight Increase Wipes Out Profit on Shipment for East. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 30. The Sutter Basin Land company In Sutter county will give away to the public about 50 carloads of melons that had been intended for eastern shipment, George Maddock, manager of the company, announced today. Maddock said recent increases in freight rates had wiped out the margin of profit on eastern shipments and invited the public to "bring their automobiles and load up." MEXICO HUNTS BANDIT Search for Americans Kidnaped by Zamora Is Ordered. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29. Search for Americans and British subjects kid naped by Pedro Zamora, the Jalisco bandit, during his raid on the town of Cuale, August 20, has been ordered by the war department. All women kidnaped by the band at the town of Autlan August 11 have been liberated. t U.S. WrrHDHAWS RAIL PROP TODAY Roads Start Operation on Own Resources. SIX MONTHS' DEFICIT PILED UP Cost to Government Since March 1 $600,000,000. MORE AID TO BE ALLOWED 667 of 1191 Lines Accept Pro posal for Division of Surplus Above Standard Return. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. (By the Associated Press.) Railroads of the country wi,ll begin operation on their own resources tomorrow night after having cost the government approxi mately $100,000,000 monthly for six months In which their earnings were guaranteed by the transportation act. The carriers will be allowed further aid from the government only through loans from revolving funds. Earnings of the roads will fall about $600,000,000 below their stand ard return for the period since March 1. according to estimates today by the bureau of railway economics. Fewer than half a score of lines have pro duced revenue sufficient to equal actual operating expenses, which does not include the fixed charges of In terest, taxes and dividends. Definite figures on the cost to the govern ment of the earning guarantee provi sions of the transportation act will not be known for several months. Roads Asking: Advances. Most of the roads have indicated already that they will have money coming to them as a result of the guarantee. The treasury has received dozens of certifications for advances under the guarantee within the last ten days and more are expected to morrow. Secretary Houston said. If the roads do not ask for an advance agair.st probable deficits before to morrow night they must wait for a final compilation of the sums the government owes them. Of the 1194 lines of consequence, 667 have accepted the government's proposal for a division of the surplus above the standard return and a guar antee of earnings should the revenues fall short. All accepting the proposal will be entitled to a final adjustment of accounts by the treasury and the payment where the revenues were below the guaranteed amounts. Guarantee Proposal Refused. Among the lines not accepting- the guarantee proposal were the Southern and Pere Marquette systems. Neither has earned revenues equivalent to the amount which they received under (he guarantee, according to Julius H. Parmelee, director of the bureau of railway economics. In the first four months of the guarantee period railroad revenues topped actual expenditures for oper ation onfy once. The March revenues represented a net return of $13,700. 000, while there were deficits of $29, 700.000 in April. $11,800,000 in May and $7,500,000 in June. Mr. Parmelee also estimated a defi cit for July and August, basing his calculations on the results of the same months last year. Traffic in those two months established a record for volume, yet the lines were able to produce revenues of only $2,000,000 and $15,000,000, respectively, for July and August above the standard return of $75,000,000 a month. Additional ex penses not yet accounted for, Mr. Par melee said, probably would cut down the revenues for the two months. The wage award, he said, would add more than $50,000,000 to operating expenses for each month, while about $200, 000,000 in back pay to employes will come out of the earnings of July and August unless the corporations have sufficient funds on hand to dfavr on a reserve. 500 EMPLOYES GET LIFT Payrolls of Spokane Power Com pany Increased $100,000. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) Wage increases amounting to $100,000 a year, affecting more than 500 employes of the Spokane & East ern Light & Power company and the city traction lines, were announced today by F. E. Connors, vice-president of the company, formerly the Inland Umpire rystem. The increase becomes effective September 1, and adds from $12. BO to $17.50 a month to the salaries cf every employe of the railroad company, with the exception of the car plat form men. ALASKA CANNERY BURNS Loss Is $250,00"O More Than 40,000 Cans Salmon Destroyed. SEATTLE, Aug. 30. The Nakat Inlet cannery near Ketchikan, Alaska, owned by George W. Hume & Co., Seattle, was destroyed by fire today with a loss estimated at $250,000. ac cording to word received by the owners. More than 40,000 cases of canned salmon were burned according to the advices. 8 ROBBER SUSPECTS, EXPLOSIVES SEIZED SILVERWARE IS IDENTIFIED AS BURGLARY LOOT. Prisoners to Be Questioned as to Whereabouts on Night of Mur der of Groceryman. A "bottle of nitro-glycerine, four sticks of dynamite and six suitcases believed to contain stolen goods were seized last night by Inspectors Gor don and Wright in a raid on a lodg ing house at 269 Everett street. Eight men were arrested and were held in the city Jail pending further inves tigation of the affair. " A quantity of silverware found in the suitcases was Identified by Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Gellert, 616 East Sev enteenth street North. The Gellert home was ransacked by burglars Sunday night. The two inspectors followed the . men through the North End all after noon, and whenever one of the suspects separated from his "pals" they arrested him, handcuffed him, and sent htm to jail. When only two of the suspects remained at liberty, the police followed them to their lodgings and captured the cache. The prisoners were: James Davis, 26; Cecil Hill. 28; Glenn Watkins. 17: Fred Weaver. 40: Ed Paris, 18, and Jess Taylor. John L. Major. 30, Ed ward Elliott. 29, negroes. Taylor said he was a boxer, and the police found a pair of boxing gloves in one of the suitcases. A heavy .38-caliber re volver was in another suitcase. The police also will question the prison ers as to their whereabouts on the night John M. Thompson, grocer, was shot by a highwayman on the east side. TWO MEN F0UND SLAIN Xo Weapon Found by Police; Pair Missing tor Week. SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Aug. 30. Theo dore Schmidt of Newman and George Johnson of San Luis ranch, Stanislaus county, were found tonight shot to death in a cottage owned by Johnson near Garfield park. The discovery was first reported by a friend of Johnson. The men had gone to the cottage a week ago for an outing, ac cording to the report to the police. No weapon was found in the cot tage by" the police, it was stated. The police eeported a quantity of wine was discovered in the house. TROOPS AT COAL MINES West Virginia Detachments Called For by Governor. WILLIAMSON. W, Va., Aug. 30. Soldiers sent here at request of Gov ernor Cornwell to handle the situation! growing out of the strike of coal miners established their camp today at Sycamore Hollow, one mile cast of Williamson. Detachments were sent to four Min go county points. SARAH BERNHARDT IS ILL PliTKlcians Not Apprehensive of Serious Developments. PARIS, Aug. 30. Sarah Bernhardt the actress. Is suffering from a con gestion of the lungs and inflamma tion of the kidneys and is confined to her bed. The attending physicians are not apprehensive of serious developments. INDEX OF TODAY'S 'NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 74 degrees; minimum, 44; clear. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest erly winds. Foreign. Pole. and Russians continue fighting despite peace conference. Page J. r-.thnlle section of Belfast la put to torch. Page 1. Some hop still held out for Versailles treaty. Page 6. National. U. S. withdraws guarantee to railroads tonight- rase -Majorlty mine wage award to stand. Bays president, rage . roiitics. Washington republicans in row over can dldate. Page. 11. State Investigating committee falls to find alleged 115,000,000 slush fund. Page 1. Republicans cf California to name can didate for united scales senaior toaay. Page 1. Senate race centers Interest In California. Page 14. Stanfleld faror world court plan. Page 11. Hardlnr confers with Pinchot on reclama tion policy which will be enunciated today. Page l. No wet money contributed to democratic campaign fund, says loi. i ago a. Help elect Cox la plea of New Jersey leader of liquor forces, rage 4. Domestic. Right to develop" power on Columbia river sought. Page 15. Fear of race riots causes Oklahoma militia orders. rapre o. Pacific Northwest. Wind storm damages unpicked fruit at Hood 'River. rage IU. Earth disturbance threatens to destroy lake In Cascades near Mount Jeffer son. Page 1. Corvallis woman killed when auto rolls 800 feet down Bin. rage . Sports. Portland golf tournament to begin next Sunday, rage lo. Coast league fans watch leapfrog game for leadership, rage lo. Opening round of U. E. tennis singles featured by brilliant play. Page 10. Three clubs on coast to book east's head liners for this winter's boxing cards. Page 1'. Commercial and Marine. Expected decline in sugar announced by coat refiners. Page 23. Rail shares steady on New Tork stock market. Pase 23. Wheat lower at Chicago, with alow ex port demand. Page 23. Pacific coast shippers eye Tacoma test case of merchant marine. Page lo. Secretary Payne fears trade rights of United States are endangered by ma rine act. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Six robber suspects arrested. Page 1. Charge of use of powder mtlk denied by Damascus creamery manager. Page 14. Mistake In survey of new hospital grounds costs county $o0. Page 14. CATHOLIC SECTION OF BELFAST FIRED 16 Killed, 100 Injured in Worst Riots on Record. POLICE CLASH WITH CROWDS Grocery Stores and Public Houses Set Afire. CURFEW DECREE ISSUED Lord Major MacSwincy of Cork Not Expected to Survive Xlght; Brothers at Bed&idct BELFAST. Aug. 30. (By the As sociated Press.) The Shankhill dis trict of Belfast late tonight was a blazing Infertio. Nearly a score of fires had been started and virtually ali the grocery stores and- publio houses, owned by Catholics in the dis trict, were being destroyed. At 5 o'clock this afternoon a minor battle started In Royal avenue. A crowd of Sinn Feiners crept down from Carrick hill and opened a re volver fusillade on the unionists, who replied vigorously. Windows, crowded with spectators, made a unique scene. Rioting W orst in City's History. Today's rioting was the worst in the city's history and was probably the first to take place in daylight. The victims brought the dead for today up to 16. In excess of 100 persons have been injured during the dis orders and there have been 130 fires since Wednesday. The lord mayor, after strong pres sure, made representations to the au thorities. As a result General Bain- bridge and Commissioner Gelston have given the customary 24 hours' notice before the enforcement of the curfew order. Belfast was expecting a wild night tonight before the curfew comes into force. Mills), Schools, Shops Closed. The men killed Saturday night and Sunday were declared to be Sinn Feiners, while those killed today were virtually all unionists. Mills, factories and schools were closed today and most of the shops in the disturbed areas were also shut tight. The police fired on the crowd dur ing the disturbances, causing several casualltes. Numerous persons with bullet wounds were admitted to hospitals. In the fighting bctweca Sinn Fclncrs and Unionists shipyard workers, many shops were wrecked in York and North streets. Soldiers got between the combatants In Tork street and kept them apart. There were numer ous baton charges by the police. The military held York street with armored cars at midday. A girl in a green blouse headed the Sinn Fein attack in York street. Police Mnke Baton Charges. Baton charges by the police were watched with interest from windows of stores. Armored cars arrived at the scene, headed for Shankhill. this being an Orange locality on edge to avenge th "Marrowbone" invasion of the Union ists. The Crumlin road was humming like a beehive with workers proceed ing toward the city, who foundi them selves "storm bound." An elderly lady, who was there among others at the railroad depot, stared at the crowds and remarked to an overall-clad worker: "Is there a big excursion on?" "Yes, ma'am," was the reply, "to heaven or the other place." LORD MAYOR IS NEAR DEATH Recovery of Hunger Striker, Even if'Food Is Taken, Doubted. LONDON, Aug. 30. Terence Mac Swlney, lord mayor of Cork, at mid night was still alive but it was gen erally acknowledged that his hunger had progressed so far that even if ho took food now it could, do him no good. He was not expected to sur vive the night. Mrs. MacSwiney remained with her husband for three hours. She said ha was conscious and recognized her, but was unable to speak. Mrs. Mac Swiney was pale and bore evident signs of the terrible strain. Yesterday Mayor MacSwiney suf fered a serious collapse. Today was the ISth day of his hunger strike. The members of organized Jiabor composing the labor council of action sent a message to Premier Lloyd George at Lucerne, saying: "The whole organized British labor asks you to reconsider the govern ment's decision to allow the lord mayor of Cork to die rather than re lease him. His suffering is greater than lengthy imprisonment. His death would make an Irish solution . more remote. We appeal to you to do tho big thin,g." Fine Home in Cork Burned. CORK, Aug. 30. A party of armed men yesterday burned the magnifi cent country residence of Deputy Liel tenant of Cork County, Joseph Fik near here, while the family were absent. ' Londonderry Justice AssasMiialcd. LONDONBERRY, Aug. 30. Major Johnstone, justice of the peace, was assassinated at his home today by men who fired through a window. The assassins escaped.