Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 291, 18 October 1920 — Page 1

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ENGLISH COAL STRIKE BRINGS POUND DOWN Exchange is Weakened Nation Relieved at Persistent

FIRST VOTERS HEAR HARDING SOUND MOTTO

RESIGNATION STIRS CITY OFFICIALS Mayor is Alleged to Have Demanded Removal of J. W. G; Schneider, Street Commissioner, Under Threat. mayor'sIrTarouseo

New Minister Immigration Problem Serious; Daily Arrivals Smash Records

Efforts to Settle Difficulty

of Miners and Government. THE UNIONSlESITATE (By Associated Press) LONDON. Oct. 18. One effect of the coal strike upon financial London, has been the weakening of the pound sterling, which has dropped to $3.44 on buying orders to cover actual and prospective coal shipments from the United States to Europe. The effect has already been een in continental exchanges, all of which moved against Great Britain last week and which were slightly weaker again today. Persistent reports of efforts to settle the coal miners' strike partially relieved the spirit of anxious uncertainty of the British nation today. For the moment, these reports seem to have greater basis in hope than in actual information. Confident of settlement. John Robert Clynes, former food controller, and one of the most moderate of the labor leaders, has OSpressed confidence in a settlement within a week if both sides could be brought together to discuss calmly the controversy. He advocates as a basis of agreement, the granting to the miners of half of their demands', and the submission of the remainder to an impartial tribunal. J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, also his made moderate statements, and both Ihese men are relied upon to do their utmost to shorten the strike. Contrast Attitudes. Newspapers contrast the attitude of Clynes and Thomas with that of C. T. Cramp, president of the National Union of Railwaymen, who has given a significant warning to members of that union of "the serious situation which will be created if the miners are defeated." They also call attention to the ut terance of another prominent laborite, Edward Bevin, secretary of the Dock workers' union, who in a speech yesterday, accused the government of having engineered the strike, and charged it with double dealing. Charge Double Double Dealing. The position of the government regarding the strike is entirely different trom that of 1912. when it intervened between owners and miners to settlo the dispute. The government, as a result of the war, has been placed in the position of the directorate of the mining industry, the finances of which it controls, and consequently it is interested in the prosperity of the- ;oal trade which is yielding a large sum to the exchequer. It is maintained the government wholly supports the premier's intimated readiness to explore every avenue toward settlement and will facilitate almost any movement toward the reopening of negotiations. Such a movement, it is suggested, may be started at today's meeting of the parliamentary committee of the trade union conference, with the executive committee of the labor party and labor leaders in parliament. Unions Mark Time. The transport workers and the railwaymen were evidently marking timt today in the matter of making the fateful decision whether they would lend their support to the striking coal workers. They appeared inclined not to take precipitate action pending possible proposals from some source upon which the government and the miners could negotiate. ROME. Oct. 18. Italy will not feel any effects from the British coal strike before the end of November, as the government has accumulated reserves which now approximate 1,100,000 tons. The, fuel board has announced that it is prepared to supply American and British coal to Ocean going steamers; German coal for suitable steamers, manufacturers and gas makers; Belgian anthracite and coke from Westphalia and Upper Silesia for metallurgic plants. Importation of British coal has been gradually decreasing, being less than 150,000 tons in September. Strenuous efforts are being made to increase importation of American and German coal. All available rolling stock has been dispatched to Germany and Austria to bring coal assigned to Italy by the treaties of Versailles and St. Germain. This country is seriously concerned over the prospect of a future increase in the price of British coal, which is considered inevitable after the strike. Policy Continued England undoubtedly will continue the policy, adopted since the end of the war, to charge any increase in price against foreign customers. This would be particularly burdensome to Italy, owing to the exchange situation. The position of Italy regarding coal may be understood when the fact is cited that at the conclusion of the armistice England pledged herself to provide Italy with 1.000,000 tons of coal per month at a price then equivalent to four pounds sterling per ton. Italy has been receiving less than onetenth that amount and has been raying 1.000 lire per ton, which is approximately $30 under the present rate of exchange. Grecian Kings Condition Shows Some Improvement ATHENS. Oct. 18. Reports from the sick bed of King Alexander, who for some days has been critically ill as a result of infection arising from the bite of a monkey, are that the king shows some improvement and the bulletin Issued today noon stated there was less pessimism regarding his prospects of recovering.

Dr. Alfred Sao Sze Dr. Alfred Sao Sze, now Chinese minister to England, will arrive In Washington soon to succeed Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo as minister to the U. S. Wellington Koo will succeed Dr. Sze in London. MARGARET M'CARTER REPUBLICAN SPEAKER COMES HERE TUESDAY Margaret Hill McCarter, famous Republican woman speaker, will arrive in Richmond tomorrow morning to speak here in the high school audi torium in the afternoon,, at 3:30. Great' interest is being manifested in Mrs. McCarter's appearance here as she was at one time an Earlham stu dent and has a number of old classmates in this city. The hour for the meeting has been arranged to accom modate Earlham students and. school teachers. Delegations from the various parts of the county will attend the meeting and a big crowd is expected. Music by Quartet. Music will be furnished by the Harding quartet, made up of four of the leading colored women of the city and by an instrumental organization. If Mrs. McCarter arrives in time an opportunity will be afforded for the public to meet her. The reception committee is made up of Mrs. Frank Stephens and Mrs. Lee Nusbaum, former class-mates; Mrs. J. B. Unthank, Miss Martha Whitacre, Miss Martha Doan, Mrs. E. F. Trueblood. Miss Anna Harrington. Mrs. A. L. Bernhardt, Miss Elizabeth Comstock, Mrs. Jel'f Wilson, Mrs. Mary Scherb. Mrs. Wallace W. Black. Miss Anna Brown, and Esther Griffin White, chairman of the women's committee. Tickets for the First Voters' ball to be held in the Coliseum on. Thursday evening, Oct. 2S, are now being sold and can be secured at any time at Republican headquarters in the Pythian building. Parade Committee The parade committee for the Beveridge meeting to be held on Oct. 26 in the Coliseum will meet in Republican headquarters on Wednesday evening at 7:30. Joseph Mills is chairman with Lewis G. Reynolds, Howard Bass, Ed Williams. John Taylor, Harry Scott, Mrs. George A. Reid, Miss June Robinson, Mrs. Lettie Fox and Mrs. Will Morgan. Arrangements are in progress for a monster colored meeting to be held in the court house on the evening of October 28, to be preceded by a 1 parade. The committee to have the arrangements in charge is requested to meet in the colored Harding-Cool-idge club rooms on South Sixth street Tuesday evening at 7:30. The committee includes Dr. W. G. Huffman, George Conrad. John Wallace, Charles Coins. Isaac Winhurn, Theo Thomas. ! Herbert Arnold, Gilbert Gee, Thomas Burden, E. Oxendine and William P. Miller. M'Swiney Has Slight Cold; Says He Will Begin Over If Fed While Unconscious (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 18. Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, passed a very good night at Brixton prison, according to a bulletin issued early today by the Irish Self-Determination League. It is said he slept well, but seems to have caught a slight cold. Every precaution, however, is being taken to prevent its development. In a later bulletin the league says a doctor has told MacSvviney that his condition is becoming more precarious. When he becomes unconscious, the doctor is said to have declared he would feel bound to do all he could to save the lord mayor's life, and would feed him as far as he could while he was unconscious. MacSwlney is qroted as saying that if any attempt was made to feed him under such conditions he would again co irnence his hunger strike as soon as rer.ved. "In his present state of rMreme weakness," the bulletin says, "the lord mayor naturally feels such action of feeding him will only prolong his torture. He wishes it known, however, that he is perfectly happy. If there is any attempt to feed him while he is unconscious, he will re-commence his hunger strike as soon as revived. End whether life or death for him and his comrades is the outcome of the present struggle, they have won their battle and evacuation of Ireland by the enemy will follow verv soon." SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO ADVANCE SUFFRAGE CASE WASHINGTON. Oct. 18 The supreme court today refused to advance I the hearing of the suit brought by Charles S. Fairchilds for an injunction restraining Secretary Colby from promulgating the federal suffrage amendment. This precludes any probability of the case being heard before the November elections.

Delegations From Many States Hear Republican Nominee Make Flea for "America First".

MAKES ONE MORE TRIP MARION, O., Oct. 18. First voters' day at Senator Harding's front porch brought to Marion today many delegations of young men and women to hear the Republican nominee make a plea for "America first" as the motto of those about to cast their ballots for the first time. Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio sent the largest representation, although citizens from many other states were present. Several special trains brought delegations from outside Ohio and many from the cities nearby came by motor. Parade Precedes A bicycle division also was one of the features of the parade which preceded the senator's speech. Also in the crowd were delegations from several Ohio counties, including a consolidated group from the Eight Ohio congressional district. The Ohio contingents were to have been received tomorrow, but the two meetings were combined in order to give the nominee on day of rest before he leaves Wednesday morning for his last speaking trip of the campaign. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. President Wilson today addressed a letter to Senator Harding relative to the Republican nominee's statement of Saturday, that he had been approached "informally" by a representative of the French government- relative to a new association of nations. Quoting from a dispatch dated St. Louis, Oct. 16, purporting to report that statement of Senator Harding, the president said: "I need not point cut to you the grave and extraordinary inference to be drawn from such a statement, namely, that the government of France, which is a member of the league of nations, approached a private citizen of a nation which is not a member of the league, with a request that 'the United States lead the way to a world fraternity.' " Sees Grave Situation. Declaring that the state department "had always found the government, of France most mindful of its international obligations and careful to observe all the proprieties of international intercourse," the president wrote that he hesitated "to draw the Inference to which I have referred unless I am assured by you that you actually made the statement." The letter of the president to Senator Harding follows: "My Dear Sir: In the New York Times of yesterday, Sunday, Oct. 17, 1920, I find a statement dated St. Louis, Oct. 16, which purports to report certain utterances of your. In it occurs the following: "Replying toi criticisms of his proposal for an association of nations, he said, in a rear platform speech at Greencastle, Ind., that he already had been 'approached' intormally by a representative of ! France who asked that the United States lead the way to a world fraternity. "I write to ask you if this is a correct quotation and if you really said what is there attributed to you. I need not point out to you the grave and extraordinary inference to be drawn from such a statement, namely, that the government of France, which is a member of the league of nations, approached a private citizen of a nation which is not a member of the league with a request 'that the United States lead the way into a world fraternity.' " MARION, O., Oct. 18. Senator Harding has declined since his Greencastle speech to elaborate on the statement that France had sent a spokesman to him asking that America take the lead in the formation of an association of nations. Beyond repeating that the suggestion was made "informally" the Republican nominee has indicated that he would not make public any further particulars. Officials at Harding headquarters said that President Wilson's inquiry on the subject had not been received when it was made public today in Washington, it was said that a public reply would be made by the Sena; tor as soon as the message had" reached him officially. The Republican nominee may have a reply to the President to make public tonight. It is understood that his answer will declare that the French government, acting as such, did not violate any of the diplomatic proprieties, and will call attention that the Government was not named in the Presidential nominee's remarks. Sing Sing Prisoners Elude Posse in Flight Via Motor Car to Freedom (By Associated Press) OSSINING, N. Y., Oct. 18. Sing Sing prison keepers, reinforced bypolice and civilian volunteer posses, today continued search in four states for George Stivers and Marcus Basset, two "trusty" convicts who on Saturday night made1 a spectacular break for liberty. Belief was expressed by keepers that the desperadoes had tried to reach either Rhode Island or Mass achusctts, and warnings were son', broadcast to authorities of these states, as well as Connecticut and New York. During yesterday, the men riding in a stolen automoblie, held up several different garage keepers and civilians in Connecticut, from whom they took citizen's clothing, gasoline and food.

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View of the entire island, where thousands of immigrants are unloaded daily. The number of immigrants arriving daily at Ellis Island the past few weeks has broken all post-war records, and but for lack of shipping facilities probably would break all pre-war racords. Approximately 6,000 persons are landed at the island from European ports daily. Most of these arrivals have left their own country for the "promised land" because of the high taxes and lack of food in their native land.

SENATE COMMITTEE PROBES EXPENSES OF MISSOURI DEMOCRACY ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18. The senate committee investigating campaign expenditures today resumed its inquiry here into the Democratic pre-conven-tlon campaign in Missouri. The committee planned to delve into the activities in behalf of Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and summoned Edward F. Goltra, of St. Louis national committeeman. Payment of expenses of delegates to the Democratic Mate convention at Joplin and the national convention a: San Francisco was under investigation according to testimony at a previous hearing. Ooitra distributed about $3,000 among delegates to the Joplin convention to help defray expenses. He has formally denied however that any financial assistance was given to the San Francisco delegation. Probe Spencer Campaign. The campaigns of Senator Delden S. Spencer, Republican, who is a member of the committee, and his Democratic opponent, Breckinridge Long, also will come within the scope of the inquiry, according to Senator James A. Rd,- Missouri, whrr is a" member of the investigating body. Disciples of Christ Take Step Toward the Union of Churches ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18. Formation of a committee to inquire into feasibility of a union among Protestant denominations, so far as their fundamental doctrines are concerned, was considered today on the resumption of the conference of ministers and laymen of the. Disciples of Christ (Christian Church), held preliminary to the international convention of the denomination which will be formally opened here tomorrow. The conference which the delegates tern a "restoration congress" adjourned over Sunday after being in session two days. It was brought about by alleged departures from evangelistic policy on the part of ministers and congregations of the Christian church, according to delegates who are promoting a doctrinal "restoration" movement. The plan for church union, they explain, would apply solely to the matter of doctrines, each denomination continuing to retain its individual identity. Teachers to Visit Schools In Other States Wednesday Tire teachers of Garfield school will visit schools in four states on Vv'edms day, visiting day. Prof. Heironimus will visit Ben Blewett junior higu school in St. Louis, Mo., which is one of the best schools of its kind in the country. Several other members of the faculty are going to Indianapolis, Chicago, Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus. High school faculty members are to be scattered in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, on visiting day. On account of the State Teachers' association convention which will be held in Indianapolis, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week there will be no school after Tuesday of this week. Weather Forecast Moore's Special Forecast Rain, to begin in the form of showers in the next 36-hour period, will precede a slow-moving cold wave predicted Saturday to reach here this week. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday, probably showers; warmer northeast portion tonight. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 74 Minimum 45 Today , Noon 75 Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Occasional showers Monday night or Tuesday; no special change in temperature in the next 24 hours. General Conditions Generally fair conditions over the Ohio Valley states are now being followed by unsettled conditions as far east as Illinois and south to the western gulf regions. Rain fell in western Illinois Monday.

Lutheran Church Delegates j

To Hear Talk by Daniels (By Associated PreSs) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Secretary Daniels and John F. Kramer, federal prohibition commissioner, are on thej program for addresses tonight at the sixth annual convention of the Lutheran Brotherhood here. Mr. Daniels will discuss "World Brotherhood." Mr. Kramer's subject will be "Law and Patriotism " Sessions of the brotherhood convention,' which began today, precede the open-j ing tomorrow of the biennial conven- ! tion of the United Lutheran Church in America. FARMERS NEED. MONEY TO SWING CROP DEAL IN FUTURE, HAMPTON WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 Declaring that "some one" must finance this year's crops, George P. Hampton, managing director of the Farmers' National council, today wrote the fed eral reserve board suggesting that, j in event the board definitely decides agairjii- maKics an enorrTO get its members to discount farm paper and warehouse receipts, the government borrow money and deposit it in nat ional banks to be loaned to famers at not more than one per cent in excess of the rate the government pays. Want Reasonable Profit. Farmers thus would be able, Mr. ! Hampton said, to hold at least a part I of their crops until they can get cost 'of production plus a reasonable profit j or until there is an effective consump- : tion demand. Either the primary producer of those who are seeking to get contol of farm products and who are able to get credit from some source must finance the crop, the letter said. "The men seeking to corner agricultural products will not reduce the prices at which they sell crops any longer than they have to," Mr. Hampton declared. "The law of supply and demand will be unavailing in case these hoarders can obtain an embargo on importation of farm products in crude condition as it is intimated they intend to do." FORM ORGANIZATION TO DISTRIBUTE COAL INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. IS The state coal and fuel commission today began formation of an organization to distribute coal in Indiana, A. L. Donaldson, examiner engineer, for the state board of accounts, will have charge of the organization. Distribution first will be undertaken for the cities and towns in northern Indiana where retail coal dealers have filed suit in the Marion circuit court, alleging they cannot handle coal under th $2.25 a ton rate fixed by the commission. Letters to be sent to mayors, city councils, or town boards, in the places affected have been prepared by Jesse ! Eschbach, chairman of the commis sion. Inquiry as to whether they would take steps to find yards on railroad switches where coal the commission will obtain may be distributed by persons who may be selected either by the local authorities or by members of Mr. Donaldson's organization, was contained in the letter. These cities Included Delphi, Craw-1 fordsville, Gotian. Connersville. Frank-! fort, Decatur, Wabash, Peru. Newcastle, Warsaw, Elwood, Noblesville, Huntington, Greenfield and Union City. Turn Hogs Into Cornfields Because of Husker's Prices INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 18 Unwilling to meet the high prices huskers are asking, farmers are turning their ! hogs into corn fields, according to a report made today by George C. Bryant, agricultural statistician to the United States department of agriculure. Much of the agricultural crop will be fed to the hogs because of poor market conditions, according to the report. The punshiny weather of the last week matured practically all the corn. Frost on Oct. 2 damaged some fields. Progress in silo filling, sowing of wheat and digging of potatoes also was reported by Mr. Bryant.

ARMIES OF URANIA JOIN WRANGEL FORCES TO FIGHT eOLSHEVIKI

(P.y Associated Press) WARSAW, Oct. 18. Actual fighting having ceased on the northern Russian front, attention has been shifted to Ukrainia, where the Ukrainians are carrying on the wai for the purpose of ridding their country of the Bolsheviki. The Ukrainian army will fight with the Wrangel forces. Plans are beiiig made for the two armies to join soon, and the Ukranians are gradually working their way to the southeast, where General Wrangel s anti-BolsLe vik forces are in conflict with Soviet armies. General Budenny. who is reported to have been wounded before resigning as commander of Bolshevik cavalry, is said to have established headquarters at Minnira, southwest of Kiev, where he is organizing insurgent do tachments in the interests of General Wrangel. According to information received at the headquarters of the Ukrainian .mission here, the Ukranian Soviet government was transferred to Kharkov some days ago. Owing to numerous Bolshevik raiding parties operating west of Kiev, railway communication between Warhaw and that city has not as yet been established. SEBASTOPOL, Crimea, Oct. 18. Following the defeat of soviet forces by General Wrangel's army at Sinelnikovo, two soviet regiments stationed in the vilalge of Ribaskoe, held a meeting and decided to surrender, according to an official report. They took this action in view of the fact that they were without food, shoes and clothing. Red Army Dissolves Bolshevik authorities are reported to no longer conceal the fact that their army is dissolving and that a winter campaign is impossible under present conditions. Twenty-five hundred civil prisoners were massacred upon orders from five different commissions during the last days of the occupation of Berdiansk. on the northern coast of the sea of Azov, according to advices. It is said that to be arrested was tantamount to a death sentence, either by starvation, disease or the pistol. Prisons are reported to have become madhouses. Upon leaving, the Bolsheviki carried off all valuables, even taking dresses and bed coverings from women prisoners. ARMISTICE COMMITTEE MEETS MONDAY NIGHT An executive committee meeting for the Armistice Day celebration will be held in the American Legion rooms Monday night, according to an announcement by Dr. George Hunt, chairman of the committee for the November 11 celebration. Members of all subordinate committees are also asked to be present, as are representatives from organizations, factories and individuals who desire to take part in the preparation of floats. Reports of several of the committees will be given at the meeting Monday and a definite line on the extent of the day's festivities probably will be obtainable. No definite action as to the time for the parade to start has been taken, but it is thought that this will be decided tonight and that the procession will move at 12:00 o'clock, noon. W. H. Hood Company Sues For Insurance to Cover Alleged Storm Damages The W. H. Hood company of Richmond, wholesale grocers, filed suit in circuit court Monday against the Northern Assurance company for damages in the amount of $6,000. The Hood company alleges that the insurance company has failed to make settlement on policies as a result of damage done to the wholesale company's building and stock as a result of a windstorm June 13, last. The policies are alleged to have been issued for the protection of the wholesale company from damages resulting from windstorms. The storm last June partially destroyed the Hood company's building

The condition of Mayor W. W. Zimmerman Monday morning when he presided over city court and the action of the board of public works in accepting the resignation of the city street commissioner, J. W. G. Schneider, as a result of a threat made by the mayor that if Schneider was not "flred" he would ask for the resignations of the board members, furnished topics for animated but discreet discussions on the part of various city officials at the city building. When Mayor Zimmerman took hi. place on the city court bench Monday it was quite evident that he was not in normal condition, but he passed judgement on several cases brought before him. He left the building immediately after the court adjourned. One Member Absent. When the board of public works met the resignation of Street Commissioner Schneider, to take "effect immediately," was presented by the city clerk. One member of the board. John E. Peltz, was not in attendance. Without discussirn board members Matt Von Pein and T. C. Taylor adopted a motion accepting Schneider's resignation. Also without discussion they adopted another resolution appointing Isaac Pryor to succeed Schneider a.; street commissioner. It is understood that about six weeks ago Mayor Zimmerman informed the board that he wanted Schneider removed as f-treet commissioner without delay, asserting that Schneider had never supported him (the mayor) politically and charging that lately Schneider had been criticising him. Threatens Board. It is stated that Mayor Zimmerman informed the board that if they did not demand Schneider's resignation he would demand the resignations of the board members. Shortly after the mayor had issued his ultimatum in regard to Schneider, he was taken to a sanitarium at Oxford, O., to receive treatments for a condition resulting from intemperate excesses, it is said. With the mayor absent from the citv the board decided to ignore for the time-being the mayor's demand for the official scalp of the street commissioner., -... - - "4 Demands Resignation. When the mayor returned to Richmond, about two weeks ago, he renewed his demand for the resignation of Schneider. He told the board members, it is said, that they had their "orders" and it was up to the board to carry them out. Last Saturday, it is stated the board members abandoned their plan of standing pat against carrying out the orders of tho mayor and one of the

! members went to Schneider and in formed him that the mayor wanted (him to sencj in his resignation. This j v as the first information Schneider j had received that the mayor was d--j manding his removal. The boaid j member suggested to Schneider that ! he make out his resignation to become effective November 1. Resigns at Once. "I told the board member that If I was not good enough to serve the citv at this time I was not good enough to work for the city the remainder of this month, so I sent in my resignation to become effective at once," Schneider stated Monday. "As for the mayor's charge that ( have criticised and talked about him. that is absolutely false," continued Schneider. "I told other city officials to bring before me the men who have said that I have been criticising the mayor. I would like them to make such a charge against me to my face." Ire Is Aroused. It Is stated that the mayor's Ire was aroused last spring when Street Commissioner Schneider discharged five men who have been on the street department payroll for years and who are roforred to as political henchmen of the mayor. These men were discharged by Schneider because their work was not satisfactory, according to Schneider's statement. Schneider has always Insisted that he has had the right to hire and discharge men working in his department, an attitude which was resented by the mayor. Was Efficient Manager. City officials have privately stated that Schneider has been one of the moft efficient street commissioners the city ever has had and they regret his removal sincerely. It is stated that the board defied the mayor's orders to remove Schneider for several weeks for the sole reason that the board members were extremely reluctant to deprive the city of Schneider's services, ji . Clerk Sends Ballots To Absent Wayne Voters Linus P. Meredith," clerk of the Wayne circuit court, and his deputies began work Monday sending out ballots to "absent voters" who had filed applications for ballots under the socalled "absent voters' " law. Ballots were sent to 60 people. A large number of others applications for "absent voter's" ballots were received by the clerk Monday. This was the first day, under the law, that ballots could be mailed to absent rotera. KING ALBERT, OF BELGIUM. WILL NOT VISIT SPAIN (By Associated Press) MADRID, Oct. 18. Reports that Albert, king of the Belgians, will risit Madrid, on his return journey from Brazil, were today declared unfounded by the secretary of state.