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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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• -^Untll Several Houre After Life libbed—Body to, Be Taken to Ire-

; laiid For Burial —•' Inquest to ̂ Be v" Held —v Hunger Strike Attracted

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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.

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Hogs at Xew Lo\y Levels. ^ * Cattie Slow. ' Grains Move in Narrow Range.

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