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PORTLAXD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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s
FOR
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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
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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.
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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.