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VOLUME FORTY-SIX MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1920 NUMBER 2S4 *\ -
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LOSES FIGHT
Demise Follows Hunger Strike of More Than Seventy-Three Days.
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i-rip, ^ * -. *Wi*« and Children Not Summoned
• -^Untll Several Houre After Life libbed—Body to, Be Taken to Ire-
; laiid For Burial —•' Inquest to ̂ Be v" Held —v Hunger Strike Attracted
j\-l World-Wide Attention.
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By Associated^ Press. ' J, • ( I .onion, Oct. 25.—TerrencervMac flwlney, l$rd mayor of •Cork, died at rBtfrton prison, this city, at. 5:40 o'clock this morning. His death followed & hunger strike of more than seventy-three days, eclipsing any in
i^Jhe annals of the medical world. MacSwiney, who had been uncon
scious for several days, did not recover Ills faculties before he died. 'Father Dominic, his private chaplain, And his brother John MacSwiney, w,ers with him when the end came. Father Dominie was at the prison all nig]it and did not leave until several hours after MacSwiney breathed his Jasi,1 - f
John MacSwiney and the chaplain, who had been waiting downstairs in ^ts^prjp^irw! told' by prison offl-clall at 4:B» o'clock that they should go to the mayor's bedside, as tbey thought death wiyi approaching. The. brother juked for the privilege
commvmlcatliig- with other relatives who *er« not present, but the Otfielals. it is said. refused1 him the uso <af a telephone. (
After the prisoner's*" death his brother and the chaplain were not permitted to leave Brixton prison until 6:15 o'clock. John MacSwiney immediately conveyed word to the widow of the lord mayor, who was' stay jig at a west end hotel with Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, the former being the London executive of the Irish
f Self» Determination League. Mrs. Macftwihey, accompanied by her
.parents and the Misses Annie ana 'Mail' MacSwiney. sisters of the lord
• mayor, arrived v-at Brixton prison at v. J:30 o'clocfc
Body to Ireland For Burial. ' It is understood arrangements are beta.; mad^ to take the bo&y to Ire-
; land for bufial. > i News of MacSwiney's death had rot become known in the district i-.-au id. Britxon prison until after » o'clock. The usual large contingent o." police was on ,duty ' inside the
> prise n grounds to prevent any dem-• r.osfc-ation, but outside and along the
roa<J loading to the main highway thero were no unusual signs of activity. No civilians were waiting ther<! as they usually did in the
' early days of the lord mayor's hunger titrike
It is proi ible the inquest will be helcf at the prison today, after which
v the body will be turned over to relatives.
MficStViney was unconscious for thirtj'-six hours before his death occurred, ^ it is announced. Father Dv'.ninic, therefore, was unable to give him i >mmimicn but he administered extreme unc'ion. ^ s ..Heart Failure Cause of Death,
[g The cause of Aiac'Swiney's death was heart failure, aecording to a statement is.sucil at the home office. This statement is conslctfeVed an indirect answer to the criticisms of Dr. Josiah Oldfleld, the pl^ .sician and publicist, who had declared it was wrong for the lord mayor's doctors to administer meat juice and brandy.
LORD MAYOR OF CORK WHO STARVED HIMSELF TO DEATH
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October, 1917. secured his release fro^m jail "by hunger striking.
Demonstration Prevented. As soon as the news of the lord
mayor's death began to spread thru the city small knots of people began moving toward Brixton prison. The police, however, did not allow any one to move into the street leading to tho prison entrance. <•
Fears had previously be^n experienced that the lord mayor's death might cause a demonstration at the prison.
The MacSwiney family arranged during the morning for the removal of the body from the, prison to St. George's cathedral in London as soon as the inquest was ended. vThe body will lie in state there until1 it is taken to Dublin, where it is planned to place the body for aN day or two in the mansion house; v - f < s - MacSwiney's grave will be alongside that of his political predecessor, Lord Mayor Thomas MacCurtain, who was shot in his own home in Cork, on March 20.
Government May Upset Plans. MacSvwJney will be the fourth to be
buried in this plot, the other being. MacCurtain; Sheamus McQulrke, who was taken out of bed in his Gal-vsray heme and shot; and Jeremiah McNesty, who participated in the Easter rising in Dublin 1918.
These arrangements are continent upon the possibility of governmental Interference, ivhich, however, is regarded as unlikely. The progress of the funeral party from Dublin to Cork will be marked by a series of services at all popular centers en route* Final obsequies will be held in Cork catherdral and interment will be made in St. Fin Barr's cemetory in Cork. The grave in which MacSwiney will be buried is known as "Republican Plot." whicfh has been reserved for Irish nationalist soldiers.
No Tears Shed by Widow. A friend of the MacSwiney family
who accompanied Mrs. MacSwiney when she visited Brixton prison this morniiirr said the lord mayor's telegram of Oct. 18 to the Cork hunger strikers with reference to the death of the hunger striker, Michael Fitzgerald, in Cork jail, in which he referred to Fitzgerald as having died for his country and joined the , immortals, characterized the family's attitude. 1
"Mrs. MacSwiney and the lord ;; '1 7 J1 irnyor's sisters,\Mary and Anne, who He s>aid brandy was a poison and | WPre not present when the end came. that a man at the point of death was very susceptible to poison. Dr. Oldfleld added that when a man fasted a long time the first food he could endure was fruit,juice.
V When one of the officials asked to-V' day regarding Mrs. MacSwiney's ab-
senc€: from the bedside when "death occurred, he replied by saying the re-
. strictions which were recently im-. posec upon visits of relatives were
urged, by the attending physicians as ' , vital to the prisoner's own interests,
t >- In Jail Frequently. '' TeiTence MacSwiney was 40 years
old and-was one of the most prominent Sinn Feiners. He started life as a draper's assistant but became a poet, author and a playwrignt before
*J\- taklner up politics seriously, x^ater he became violently anti-English.
y. Whil<; in Wakefield jail, Yorkshire, in 6^ 1916, he met Muriel Murphy, daugh
ter o:C a wealthy Cork distiller, who visited the jail, and shortly after they were married despite much opposition.
entered the cell, kissed the mayor's cheek, knelt silently In prayer a few-moments, and then left," the friend said. "There was not a tear shed by the mayoress, who preserved the same stoical self-possession she has shown thruout the long ordeal."
The death of Lord Mayor MacSwiney was the first of an Irish hunger striker to occur in England. Just a week ago on the occasion of the death' of Michael Fitzgerald, one of the eleven hunger strikers In the Cork jail, the lord mayor telegraphed.
"We do not know who is to be the second to step in the path of immortality, but by offering unreserved sacrifice we are safeguarding the destinies of Ireland."
Plan Great-Funeral. The news of the lord mayor's death
spread rapidly thruout the United Kingdom and preparations for a threat funeral were immediately bearun hy the Sinn Fein. The plans, contingent upon government approval.* include the body lying in state in St. ^©prge's cathedral in London and
-MacSwiney was elected as a Sinn mansion house in Dublin, and a Fein member from Cork to the Brit- services en route from lsh parliament In 1918 but never took his soat. He was present at the first
^session of the Irish parliament in ff? i.919 when the establishment of the
republic was confirmed and was elected lord mayor of Cork in 1920.
For various political offenses he * had itieen in Jail with brier intervals
of liberty since January, 1916, and lo
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ut'in to Cork. Similar plans were i en some time ago when it appcar-
r at the lord mayor was about to die, and it is known that at that time the government took steps to repress what it might consider any undue demonstration. Just what the attitude of the government will be in the present ca«e is not kno^yn, but It appeared certain that no large demon-
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stration of any kind would be sanctioned either in En.gjknd or Ireland and that the funeral probably won id be controlled, as was that of Michael Fitzgerald, in Cork recently,' :
, Fed on Sixty-Ninth Day. Within the past week when it be
gan to appear that the lord mayor was a^proachteg ythe end, he was given liquid nourishment by prison doctors during periods of unconsciousness. This fact appeared in statements by the Irish Self-Deter-mination League, which has been is-:>iing regular bulletins on Mac Swln-ey's condition, and by the home office. The league showed the lord mayor as becoming extremely indignant upon regaining consciousness and realizing that he had been fed.
"They tricked me and I didn't know it," he exclaimed.
The league bulletin on Oct. 21 contained the statement: v
"it should be made clear that the meat extract given the lord mayor during his delirium on the sixth-ninth day of his fast was the first nourishment which had passed his lips since' his arrest on Aug. 12."
Problem For Pope. ;
With regard to the theological aspects of the lord mayor's hunger strike and that of the Irish prisoners in the Cork jail, i5gbo began a similar abstention from food shortly before MacSwiney's fast started, It was sa,id in a Rome dispatch On Oct, 17 that Pope Benedict, had referred the problem of the status of these hunger striking prisoners to the congregation of the holy office.
ius"Holiness had received man) urgent appeals to make s'ome pronouncement regarding theSe cases, from persons of opposite viewpoints, imploring the pontiff to reach diametrically opposed decisions on the question whether the deaths of the prisoners as a result of their hunger strike would make them suicides. He had found widely divergent opinions, also, it was added, among learned cardinals and other prominent figures in the church with whom he had discussed the situation and therefore fyad laid the problem before the\congregation of the holy office, which settles questions of faith £.nd aiorals and judges heresy. Thert has been no intimation as to when a decision might be expected from this body.
The first death among the hunger strikers occurred on Sunday, Oct. 17, when Michael Fitzgerald, one of the eleven striking prisoners in the Cork jail, succumbed Io the results of his self-imposed fast. He had fasted sixty-eight days. Several others of the Cork prisoners are declared now to be in a critical state.
New York Irish to Protest. By Associated Prese.
New York, Oct. 25.—A mass meeting of citizens to denounce British treatment of Terence MacSwiney* lord mayor of Cork, who died today in London, called for next Sunday afternoon at the Polo grounds, was announced today by the committee on Irish independence.
Protest against the "attacking of towns by British police and treatment of other hunger strikers are to be made in speeches by Emmon De Val-era, "president of the Irish republic." and Frank P. Walsh, of the committee on Irish independence.
AMERICAN KILLED IN MEXICO.
Local Authorities Asked to Investigate M. T. Sevrey's Murder.
By Associated Press. • Washington, Oct. 25.—M. T. Sevrey,
an American, was murdered in Can-anea, Mexico, last Wednesday, the state department was advised today.
The American consutl at Nogales has been instructed by the secretary to request the local authorities there to take all possible measures to apprehend the murderer.
South of Island Stirred by Death of Lord Mayor
MacSwiney.
CORK DOES iNOT t EXPECT OUTBREAK
No Demonstration Probable But
Guerilla^Warfare Will Be Intensified—Younger Irish Element May Not Heed Sinn Fein Request For
/Order—Hunger Strikers in Cork Jail Heavily Guarded. .
By Associated Press. Cork, Ireland, Oct. 25.—'Feverish
interest in possible developments caused by the death of Lord Mayor MacSwiney, of this city, "frhich oc-currod in Brixton prison, London, this morning, is minslod with the grief Jn which his death ho4 plunged south Ireland. Altho the people api pear stirred to the highest degree of bitterness, it is regarded as extremely'improbable., that there will bcuany outbreaks or disorderly demonstration in thi"^ ty. It is expected, however, there \. be considerable extension and intensification of guerrilla warfare against the policp and military forces which, anticipating jrrrisdls, are doubling their vigilance, especially in remote districts.
Ct rk jail, where a number of hunger strikers are in a grave condition, is guarded inside and out by soldiers equipped with machine gun*.
Large Garrison at Carfc. There is an exceptionally- large
garrison here. It is equipped for any eventualities, has a ntimber of tanks and arrh^red Ciirs ami is reJuJyt.for instant service. | ^
It is understood that.fhe Irish pars-liament had been making appeals to all elements of the population to retrain fvom yiolencjG. .This is also believed to be the policy of various Influential leaders of the Sinn Fein movements. Whether such counsels will be followed by the younger element of Irish republican brotherhood, one of the most militant of Irish societies, remains to be seen.
Has Stirred Empire.' The story of the self-starvationoof
Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor^ of Cork, probably wijl become one of the most moving chapters of the centuries-long history of the Irish struggle. No other controversy has stirred Great Britain so deeply as this since the one that centered upon Cecil Rhodes, when the Jameson raid was' balked by Paul Kruger and the raiders imprisoned.
The campaign rn England for MacSwiney's release from prison has been apart from all political and party considerations, and even the king was drawn into dt. The movement in MacSwiney's hehalf was mainly humanitarian and enlisted tender-hearted people of all factions, •hut was surged by others with arguments of party strategy.
"M&oSwiney dead and canonized in th© hearts of the Irish people with Wolf Tone and the Manchester martyrs would be a more valuable asset to the Sinn Fein than MacSwiney alive and, even thru a free pass to freedom for MacSwiney might weaken the government's hand, why help the sejUaratist cause by giving it a martyr?" were the arguments put forward even by British unionists.
"Stand by the , law and do not create a precedent which would make the will of a convicted rebel the decisive factor in determining whether he shall be punished," was the argument of the stand fact faction. A majority of the British papers, including the London Times and the liberal press, the labor unionists, and many members of both parties in parliament joined in the agitation, for MacSwiney's release.
Two Noted Controversies. Two notable controversies, one
constitutional and the other theological, have arisen from the case. The first was whether King George Could properly exercise his pardoning prerogative independently for or against the advice of his ministers. The second was whether the Catholic clergy, representing a church which holds suicide to he a crime, could consistently administer the sacraments to hunger strikers. The king's reply thru the secretary of state for war, to the petition of members of parliament was generally interpreted to mean that the king's personal leaning was toward granting a pardon. But, since Premier Lloyd-George and the foreign minister, A. Bonar Law, were at the same time issuing arguments against clemency for the lord mayor, It was evident that direction by the king would be against the advice of his ministers.
The newspapers published many editorials and letters setting forth, on one hand, that King George should not be embarrassed by direct appeals to him and, on the other hand, that he should and had the right to exercise his nominal constitutional power of pardoning.
The Weekly Nation, which is one of the most advanced liberal organs and not generally rated as a supporter of monarchy, argued that this was
an occasion for the king to vindicate his constitutional right and protect the country against the growing autocracy of the cabinet.
There were many other arguments to the same, effect, one historical writer, combatting the theory that the king always had been a cipher in sucja matters, exhumed, a new story in the annals of British monarchy, telling how George IV, described by Thaekeray as the weakest and least
.admirable character in the line of British kings, used to pace the council chamber with tears pleading for the pardon of criminals and sometimes carry his point, altho once when he" wrote to the viceroy of Ireland granting pardon to a murderer he was compelled by bis cabinet to cancel his edict
One of the chief reasons put forward by MacSwiney's advocates, altho from anti-Sinn Fein, quarters, was that the offenses of which MacSwiney was convicted were so comparatively light they did not Justify his suffering even tho voluntarily. Premier Lloyd-George's reply was that MacSwiney undoubtedly was a high officer of the "Irish Republican army" which decreed and executed murders of officials and police in Ireland. The Republican army ,unlike the Sinn Fein, is purely a secret organization. The identity of its officers and personnel is kept from the publiq^ and there is doubt even whether the Sinn Fein controls It or officially knows its workings.
The Theological Argument. The theological ai^gum^nt over the
course of Bishop Colahan and MacSwiney's chaplain, the Rev. Father Dominic, in, as critics say, encouraging him to commit suicide, was largely biblical. The Rev. Father Bernard Vaughn was the only priest who puo-licly criticized them. A lecture which he was to deliver in Glasgow, a center of labor unionism, had to be cancelled on account of the unpopularity his words brought upon him.
The human aspect of the lord mayor's hunger strike was the one that chiefly interested British people and compelled the sympathy of even his hardest political enemies. Mrs. MacSwiney and hls-brothers and sisters were treated everywhere with respect and on their aide had nothing but good to say of the jailers and polled with whom they had to deal.
Any .way out of MacSwiney's 1m-p^isonment except' his death would ha.vTeJ*l»een -welcomed by the whole public, but his family* wf,jg as firm as MacSwiney in refusing to listen to a}iy sjfeQd except releaso ,or death. There can be no doubt the Irish republicans believed kfacSwiney had given their cause the most valuable service In his power and that, like John Brown, "he will trouble you more than ever when you h&ve nailed his coffin down." \
Began Aug. 12. MacSwiney's hunger strike was be
gun on AUg. 12 ^.when, with ten of his associates, he was arrested by soldiers in Cork while attending a session of a Sinn Fein court. After trial by a courtmartial under the regulations of the defence of the realm act, he was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to two years imprisonment, which he was serving in Braxton prison in London.
MacSwiney, then an alderman of Cork, was elected lord mayor of the city at a special session of the Cork corporation on March 30 of this year. He was a well-known Sinn Fein leader and, prior to his election, had been deported and imprisoned several times, one of the latest notable instances of his confinement having been in 1916 in connection, with the Irish Easter revolt.
When arrested on Aug. 12, MacSwiney managed to escape to the street from the back of the city hall, which soldiers had surrounded, but was captured outside. He was taken to the military barracks and came up for trial on Aug. 16'. The courtmartial found him guilty of having control of the secret police cipher, of having in his possession a document likely to cause disaffection, namely, a copy of a resolution of the Cork corporation pledging allegiance to ^ the Dall Eireann, the Irish republican parliament, and of having made a seditious speech on the occasion of his election.
Stood by Paper Republic. Already weak at the trial because
of his refusal to take food, MacSwiney disputed the jurisdiction of the court, saying: "I am the lord Kiayor of this city and its chief magistrate. I declare this court Illegal and those taking part in it liable to arrest under the laws of the Irish republic."
The day following his trial, Lord Maybr MacSwiney was deported to England aboard a destroyer, under a heavy military escort and was lodged in Brixton Jail. The government announced on Aug. 19 that he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
MacSwiney's hunger strike brought numerous solicitations and protests to the British authorittes, many ot the appeals being from sympatli'zers in the United States.
During his imprisonment tho lord mayor received numerous messages of encouragement and also petitions to abandon his strike. He replied to the latter that if he gave up his light he would "give away Irish liberty*' and that he would "rather die than do that."
Peter MacSwiney, of New York, a brother of the lord mayor, is an off'-cial of the American commission ror Irish independence.
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Issue to Be Forced and Cabinet Split Is
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MEREDITH ARRAYED WITH FARMERS
Secretary of Agriculture and Treasury Head Disagree Over Question of Extension of Credits to Agriculturists—President Expected to Uphold Houston, One of His Cabinet
Favorites, as Against Meredith.
[By E. G. Dougherty.] Washington, Oct. 25.—Secretary of
Agriculture Meredith, espousing the cause of the American farmer, and Secretary of the Treasury Houston, who apparently is unconvinced that the farmer needs more credit, are to pe the center of an interesting controversy in the president's official family as one of the outcomes of a big meeting of farmers' organizations to be held here next Thursday.
The scalp of Seoretary Houston is to be the target, the farmers' representatives ^vill shoot at over the question of more liberal farm credits. It was said today at the headquarter^ of the national board of farm organizations that last week's protest meeting, following which the federal reserve board and Secretary Houston turne<J. down the request of the farmers, will rank as a sideshow In comparison with next week's meeting of farmers' representatives. Every organization of tillers of the soil will be represented and all delegates will be in war paint tor a real war dance.
The organized farmers propose to 'force the administration to a showdown. Unless the treasury department yields at least to some degree the program now proposed is to demand of President Wilson that he remove Secretary Houston as an enemy of the farmer. The Georgia section of the cotton growers organization already has requested Houston's resignation. Similar opposition is expected to be taken by other organizations of producers* \
Meredith Forced to Take Sids. The^speech of Secretary of Agri
culture Meredith before the American Bankers' Association * here last week has encouraged the farm organization officials who have declared war on Secretary Houston. Forced to take sides by an appeal direct to the president, it is believed Secretary Meredith will agree with the farmers that they are entitled to more consideration from the federal reserve board and Houston.
Secretary Meredith told the bankers that the farmers must be able to borrow more money. But farmers and bankers agree that the banks can do little in the way of relief so long as the present policy is maintained by the federal reserve board. Therefore, the farmers argue, Secretary Mere- ( dith certainly will stand with them if they force the administration into a corner.
Wilson to Stand b^ Houston. , None of those back of the move
ment against Secretary Houston, however, believe that the president will pay any attention to a demand for his removal. The president is a great admirer of the secretary of the treasury. In the past he has stood by his appointees under fire and there is no reason to believe ho will not do so in the case of Mr. Houston.
In fact the president transferred Mr. Houston from the department of agriculture to the treasury department when the former secretary of agriculture was being severely criticised. When Houston was removed from agriculture and placed at the head of the treasury, the formers, while not entirely satisfied, were appeased because Mr. Meredith, a man in sympathy with their problems, was made the new secretary of agriculture. At that time, however, the question of credits was not such a live one, and thero was no fear that Mr. Houston as head of the federal treasury would-cause them so much grief as he has turned out to do.
RAIL BILL IN DISPUTE.
Measure M«y Go to Court For Interpretation as to Electrlo Line*
By Associated Press. Chicago, Oct". 25.—The supreme
court may be asked to Interpret the Eseh-Cummins transportation act as a result r.f the certification to the irailway labor board of a number of wage disputes involving employes 01
electric .railroads. TI"' board bus b<->r»n hv.arin.? arru-
ments for tv— works on the question of whether or not it hns iuHsdlction vndor the act over suoh linos. A derision is not expected before next
.week. } T"he board can not assume Juris-Idici'un over wage questions of eleo-
Farmers Not Hurt , ty Esch-Cumnr' .:
Railroad f /.ate
CBy Charles Lee jn.] Special to Tirnes-Rer v' -n.
Des Moines, Oct. ' i this state of farms and smal' ^ s I find the people interested It. the coming election In a different way from the people farther east. There the league of nations and Wilson's foreign policy loom large and Europe and even Asia do not seem so far away. Out here where farming and stock raising are the chief Industries, and where the people come into more immediate touch with shipping conditions, the Esch-Cummins railroad law is the most discussed item. 1 llnd that a few weeks ago the farmers were listening to the stories that thhey were being robbed by his friends to pay bigger dividends to the holders of watered stocks and bonds of the railroads. Today I find thenr just as carefully listening to the real l'acts and learning just what the law actually does. And after their manner, they will vote deliberately and light.
"Yes, the fig^it/against me is on the railroad bijl," said Senator Cummins y ester da#. "My chfef trouble has been that there /WeTs so little time to meet the falsehoods that are being spread. But we are meeting the false statements as fast as we can and we will win."
"Of course, I stand by the law, absolutely, as the best law we could frame.* tfhe charges of unfairness against it are utterly false. Perhaps the charge most frequently made is that the higher rates are being charged so that railroad capital may draw higher dividends. That is untrue. Every 'penny of the increase has to go into increased wages and cost of operation, and as a matter of fact the compensations of capital is about $50,000,000 less than before.
."Another charge is that the increase in rates granted the roads is excessive. That is false on its face, and 5 .% per cent is not considered even fiair return on capital invested in other lines. The roads simply had to have more money because a freight car which oncd cost $800 to $000 now cost $3,000 or more, and locomotives and passenger x»rs cost more than twice what they did.
"Another charge Is that the 8rov* ernment 'guarantees' ea;ch road a net income of 5% p#r cent. It is utterly fal$fe. The law directed the rates to be so increased that all the roads together should earn a " net Income averaging per cent. Some will make more, some will m^ke less and some may even lose money. But no matter whether it makes or loses money, the government does not pay one cent to any road. That tale of 'guarantee' 1^ made of whole cloth.
"The charge perhaps most calculated to ^tir the wrath of the farmer folk, if not refuted, is that the income of 5% per cent is based on millions of dollars worth of watered stock. That is no more true than any of the other charges. The law says, In ,plaln English, that the rates shall bo based on the aggregate value of the property used In the service of transportation. :
"The law is meant to benefit the entire public, which of course includes both the farmer and railroad worker.
In a little informal talk before the Rotary 'Club here yesterday Senator Cummins explained that what the country most needs Is better transportation.
"I believe," the senator told the Reparians, "that the farmers have lost more money in the last six or eight months thru inefficient transportation, than they have paid thru this increase in rates."
Another thing. While Senator Cummins does not stress this fact, the bill which bears his names is by no means a party measure. Leading democrats helped to draw it, and President Wilson signed it without objection. On the committee with Senator Cummins were Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, who was permanent chairman of the democratic, national convention which nominated Governor Cox at San Francisco, and Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, a close personal friend of Governor Cox. Both these senators are democrats and Senator Cummins has praised the zeal with which both worked to help draw a good law.
Iowa is as solidly republican as it ever was, so far as the national ticket is concerned. I have not found even one democrat who has any hope that the state will not give a great majority for Harding and Coolidge. They are centering all their efforts on a campaign to pack tho senate with democrats who will hamper a constructive republican administration and stand out for the WiTsonlan policies of the league of nations, mandates, oversens meddling, Shantung proviso and all. "Present indications are that they have failed in Iowa. It will send Senntor Cummins back for further good work."
Immediate Steps to fie ^ Taken to Reorganize r-
State Troops. t T
The death of Joseph Murphy, one ;tric railway employes unless the of the hunger strikers in Cork jail, .roads Involved are part of steam line
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is expected momentarily and prayers for the dying were being said shortly after noon by the jail chaplain.
-Murphy's mother, two sisters and brother were at the bedside.
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systems. Unofficially members of the [board indicate that the wnge schedule laid down in the $600,000,000 iaward last July to the employes of Ithe big railroads will be applied to Imany of the short lines. •
LUMBER RATES SUSPENDED.
Proposed Increases to Iowa Points Not In Effect.
By Associated Pr^ss. Washington, Oct. M.—'Proposed in
creases ranging from 2% cents to 6 cents per 100 pounds on Jumper ano otl-ier forest products from Missouri river erosslnr* to destinations in Xowa, Illinois, Mtnnesota, Missouri. South Dakota and Wisoonln, wi re euipended today bv the Interstate cornmerc® commission until Feb. l>2, 382L ' .
•Reds Conclude Armistice. By Jewish telegraphic Agency.
"Vienna, Oct. 24.—A report re<*eive<i here today from Lemberg. Galioia, says that the bolsheviki have concluded an armistice with General Potlura, leader of the Ukrainian forces. . . .
OFFICERS ORDERED TO EACH AREA ; >
. ' 1 • Minimum Enlisted Strength of 427,- \ '
000 Men Must Be Provided Peace Quota of National Guard— }-Reserves and Other Officers ** to Advise State Officers in Regard to Requirements Under New Plans.
By Associated Pressf ~ £
Washington, Oct. 25.--Immediate reorganization of the national guard is deemed advisable, said an announcement "today by the war depart-ment.
The reserve and national guard of-fleers of the general staff on duty in the department have been ordered to visit each corps area' headquarters and advise with the corps area commanders and the state authorities with reference to the orgianization of the guard divisions allocated to the various corps areas.
•The table of tentative allotments has been prepared showing the number of troops to be organized in each state under the national defense act. a A minimum enlisted strength of ap- -* proximately 427,000 men must be pro- ^ vided as the peace organization of the national guard,
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V KALONA MAN KILLED.
rank L. Kline Crushed Under Auto; Wife Seriously Hurt.
Special to Times-Republican. Cedar Rafrids, Oct. 25.—Frank L.
Kline, 55, of Kalona, was killed, Mrs. Kline was seriously injured, and Mr. and Mrs.* Paul Miaske, also of Kalona, were slightly hurt yesterday at 4:80 p. m. when the automobile in •which they were riding overturned six miles south of Oxford. All four were pinned under the car and Kline wai| killed instantly, the steering rod piercing his chest and throat. A defective steering gear which allowed the car to become unmanageable when going down a steep hill was the cause of the accident, according to Maske, who was- driving. Mrs. Kline was rushed to a hospital at Iowa City, whe^e her condition today was said to be fair.
Edward Stepanek, of Ely, vtras critically Injured late yesterday when the automobile he was driving overturned on the Red Ball road nine miles south of this city. He suffered a fracture at the, base of the skull and It Is though^ he will die. He was brought to a local hospital. Reckless driving at a high rate of speed is given as the cause for the accident.
KING'S CONDITION WORSE. i
Heart of Alexander, of Greece, Badly N Involved. -
By Associated Press. - ^ ^ Athens, Oct. 25.—King Alexan- -
der's condition has become worser says a bulletin Issued at 8 o'clock last night. His heart is seriously affected and he is suffering from suffocation, it is stated.
Today's News Index The Weather,
Sun rise«fc Oct. 26 at 6:20, sets at 5:7. - J
Iowa—Unsettled weather tonight' n d T u e s d a y ; p r o b a b l y s h o w e r s i n ^ ast and south portions; warmer in-orth and west portions tonight. - % Range of temperature at Marshall- v*
town: Sunday, 67 and 31; Saturday, f' > 67 and 38; Oct. 24, 1919, 58 and 34. At 7 this morning, 32; yesterday, 39. Hard frost Sunday night. -4ji
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PAGE ONE. Telegraphic News: - >
Starvation Kills MacSwiney. Reprisals For Death Expected. 1
To Reorganize State Guandsman. Farmers Want Houston Ousted.
PAGES TWO AND FOUR. Iowa News and Sports:
Cockran to Sue Adams For $500^-000.
Health Board to Keep Tab on Disease.
Last Week of Campaign to Be Lively.
Ring Loafers May Be Kicked Out. Iowa Humbled by Stagg Eleven.
PAGE SIX. Editorial:
Slackers Should Keep Still. Consult Our Financial 'Doctors. Takes Two to Make a Team.
PAGES EIGHT, NINE, TEN AND ELEVEN.
City News: * V - , Registration Totals 5,339. "jV West Waterloo Beats Local Eleven. Continuation School Opens Tues
day. Democratic Candidates Touf Coun
ty. Many Mourn For Lawrence.
PAGE TWELVE. : f J Markets and General: . .
Hogs at Xew Lo\y Levels. ^ * Cattie Slow. ' Grains Move in Narrow Range.
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