Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 297, 25 October 1920 — Page 1

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PUMP BREAK THROWS CITY IN DARKNESS

Operations Suspended Until Repairs Are Made, rower and Light Off Two Hours Sunday Night. REPAIRS TrF NEEDED For almost two hours Sunday evening not an leectric light burned on the streets of Richmond, nor In the residences and public meeting places of the city. This condition resulted from the blowing out of a gasket in the pump of the one water feed line the Richmond municipal electric plant has in operation. It was necessary to suspend all operations at the plant until repairs could be made to the feed line pump. Tose familiar with conditions at the municipal plant were not surprised that an accident had caused a suspension of operations. Three years ago the city administration and the city council were notified, officially, that the municipal plant required considerable repairs to much of its present condition ard that if the constantly increasing demands made upon the plant were to be assumed that additional equipment would be necessary. Sunday evening when the plant's feed line pump collapsed the plant was in practically the same condition as it was three years ago. Experts Recommend Repairs. Several months ago an engineering firm at Pittsburgh was employed by the city to make an investigation of conditions at the municipal plant and to report on what improvements and additional equipment were required. These engineers submitted their report last May. One excerpt from this report reads: "The present installation of boiler feed pumps has insufficient capacity ; and should be replaced by larger units in a more accessible location. In addition to the new boiler feed pump now under contract a second unit should be provided to insure a reliable installation. The present feed water heater is not suitable for operation and should be replaced by new equipment of sufficient capacity to heat all boiler feed water to 210 degrees fahrenheit." The new boiler feed pump referred to in the report is under construction but 'the date of its coniDletion is not known. The plant has been depend-! tag ; entirely upon an old feed ; pump which is entirely unserviceable and as long as it continues in operation frequent break downs can be anticipated. Some Work Done Work on the new feed line has been done by employes of the local plant. Monday, however, arrangements were made with a Pittsburg concern to send workmen here for the purpose of completing the line. James E. Dillon, sup erintendent of the plant, states that he has been attempting to make ne cessary repairs by using plant work men but declares that administration officials have frequently complained over the expense incurred. "I wish to notify the board now, Dil Ion said Monday, "that I intend to have repair work done at the plant without further delay." Another excerpt from the engineers' report of last May reads: "The flow of the Whitewater river during the dry season is barely suffi cient to furnish condensing water for present loads. It will, therefore, be necessary to conserve this water by cooling in spray ponds and returning it for further use. Spray ponds may readily be enlarged and the initial in stallation should, therefore, be con structed for requirements of the im mediate future." It is, perhaps, needless to say that no provision has been made for the carrying out of the requirement re ferred to. The engineers refer to the boiler feed pump as being in "poor condition" However, five months after the filing of the engineers report, the operation of the plant still depends upon this one pump. Important Institution. The Richmond Municipal Electric plant is an institution around which the industries of the city are built. Practically every manufacturing concern depends upon the plant for its power. The plant frunishes illumination for the entire city. It is a $1,000,000 enterprise, but for months it has been permitted to slowly "go to fieed" while the board of public works and the mayor, on the one hand, and the city council, on the other, have quarreled over the method to be pursued in the installation of the proiosed 5,000 k. w. turbine unit. The present superintendent recommended the installation of this unit three years ago. A similar recommendation was made by his predecessor. The consulting engineers reported last spring that if the plant in1 ended to carry on It a present business, not to mention future business, such a unit was an absolute necessity. The board of public works in asking for an appropriation to install the proposed 5.000 k. w. unit insisted upon a fund sufficient to have the unit put up by experts employed by the company which secured the contract for the. unit. The council has insisted that th work could be dono more cheaply If the installation work was done under the supervision of a former chief engineer of the local plant. For mouths this quarrel over installation methods has progressed, nnd, in fact, no agreement has yet bpen reached. It is understood that the board, despairing of obtaining the appropriation it deFires, will this week advertise for bids under the appropriation council is willing to give, and is doubtful if any bids, will be rfceived. Rates Increased. Last July an increase in rates for the municipal plant was authorized by the state public service commission, rot until the plant was actually threatened with bankruptcy. Last winter the (Continued on Page Four) 1

American Is Murdered In Mexico, Advices Say '.... (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. M. T. Sevrey, an American, was murdered in Cananea, Mex., last Wednesday, the state department was advised today. The American consul at Nogales has been instructed by the secretary of state to request the . local authorities there to take all possible measures to apprehend the murderer. The consul in his report to the department Bald press dispatches reported that the murder was committed by Raymondno Navarre without provocation and that Navarre had escaped. Mexican troops are engaged in a wide search for him, the consul said. Sevrey was a resident of Bisbee, Ariz.

INFIRMARY INMATE HIT BY MOTOR GAR, INSTANTLY KILLED Milton Zeek, 69, an inmate of the county infirmary, near Centerville, who was violently prejudiced against automobiles and had frequently declared he would never step off the road to avoid one, was struck by a roadster and instantly killed Sunday at 7:30 p. m. on the National road about 200 rods west of the infirmary. Two men were In the car which killed Zeek. The car was being driven at a high rate of speed and was not stopped after Zeek had been struck. The authorities were given a clue Monday as to the identities of the driver of the car or his passenger. Only a meager description of the car was obtained. It is described as a touring car which had been remodeled Into a two-passenger roadster. No one saw the machine strike Zeek. A man residing a short distance from the scene of the accident saw the car pass along the road, going east, about 7:30. He said it was being driven at high speed in a reckless manner. Body Found Under Tree Zeek was a sufferer from a malady known as "walking epilepsy," and, it is stated, he frequently took long walks along the National road. He formerly resided at Chester, Ind. His body was found at the side of the road under a tree by a motorist, the head badly crushed a short time after the accident occurred. The superintendent of the infirmary was notified and the body was removed to the infirmary. Sheriff Carr and the police are making every effort to locate the men who are said to have been responsible for Zeek's death. FALL TAXPAYERS MAY PAY TAXES AT NIGHT County Treasurer Weidner stated Monday that the payment of the fall installment of taxes had been unprecedentedly slow. For the accommodation of taxpayers the treasurer's office will remain open Tuesday and Thursday evenings this week and Monday evening next week. The final day for the payment of fall taxes is next Monday. City Treasurer Frank Bescher also reported Monday that he would keep his office in the city building open Tuesday and Thursday evenings of thia week and next Monday evening to receive payments on city improvement taxes. He states that the pay ments of such taxes has been remark ably slow. The week before the final day for tax payment generally finds the county treasurer's office filled with taxDavers. Monday the treasurer ana nis assistants had practically nothing to do the entire forenoon. D'Annunzio Denies Rumor Of Participation in Plot ROME, Oct. 25. Reports printed in newspapers of this city to the effect that Captain Gabriele d'Annunzio was invnivpH in a nlot intended to over turn the present Italian government have been denied by uaptain a Annunzio, according to reports from Fiume. He issued an official statement vigorously protesting against rumors that he is intending to participate in a "coup de main" and adds he has never been "addicted to plots." French Textile Workers Condemn Federation Stand PARIS, Oct. 25. Resolutions condemning the course taken by the General Confederation, of Labor of France and expressing adherence to third Internationale (Moscow) were adopted by delegates of union workers in the textile industry of the Lille region at their quarterly meeting yesterday. Delegates from Pas de Calais sec tions of the socialist party have also voted to adhere to the third Inter nationale. Rev. Brown to Direct Thanksgiving Service Rev. E. Howard Brown, pastor of the East Main street Friends church was named by the Ministerial association, Monday, as the minister to be in charge of a union Thanksgiving service to be held at the First Christian church, Thanksgiving Day, at 10:30 a. m. It is planned that where a church does not have special services of its own, the congregation will attend the union service. The Rev. H. S. James, pastor of the United Brethren church, addressed the meeting on "Methods of Evangelism." Boy Fractures Both Wrists In Fall From Tree Sunday The 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Snyder, 115 South Fifteenth street, had both wrists fractured and sustained minor injuries about his face and head Sunday when he fell from a tree in the rear of his parents' home. AUSTRALIAN HANDS STRIKE; CAUSE DELAY IN WOOL SALE (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 25. A strike of store hands has caused the postponement of the wool sales in Australia, which had been fixed for this week

HUNGARIAN CULTURE RETARDED BY JEWS SAYS HIGH OFFICIAL

(By Associated Press) BUDAPEST. Oct. 25. A presenta tion of the Jewish question in Hun gary that has attracted wide republi cation and comment was made by the bishop of StuhlweisBenburg, O'ttakar Prohazka, in the course of a debate in the national assembly last week. The bishop introduced and spoke for a Mil Intended to restrict the number of Jewish students in the univer sity, the .clinics and the colleges of agriculture. It was meant, he said, to guarantee a living to the Hungarian middle classes and at the same time to afford a basis for a predetermined selection of students. This selection was to have patriotism for a basis. The measure was not a plot against the liberty of education. Jews Expand Trade "Since 1867," he continued, "Hungarian political economy and Hungarian trade have experienced a great expansion and for this we have to thank the Jews. By dint of their intelligence, their diligence and tenacity of life, the Jews have pushed back, as it were, the new Hungarian generation. "Anti-semitism as such does not exist in Hungary. Our anti-semitism is suclf as bids us look upon the Jew as an essential portion of the nation but to prevent him gaining a preponderance over us. We are not faced by the problem of anti-semitism, but by that of racial self-defense. Our Christianity is being made to feel that it is being pushed back at every step. This process deserves the name of deChristianlzation. Our attitude of defense must not be looked upon by the Jews as an act of hatred. Merely for the sake of liberalism we must not suffer that half the lawyers and the majority of medical men in the country be Jews. Not only the middle classes, but also T.hat may be called the genius of the race is advancing toward its extermination. Hungarian literature is saturated with the Jewish atmosphere. We must defend our national culture when we see it endangered." REGIONAL OFFICIALS OF PENNSYLVANIA ON TOUR OF INSPECTION The first annual inspection of a portion of the southwestern reeion of the Pennsylvania system, including the J line from Richmond to Columbus, thence to Cincinnati, thence to Xenia, was begun today by 150 officials of the road. It is the first inspection that has been made since the roads were returned . private ownership. Tries day the officials, traveling In two special trains, will go from Xenia. through Richmond to Indianapolis, and on the following day the line west to St. Louis will be inspected. Richmond was used as a starting place because of its central location, officials said. The southwestern region is made up of the Central Ohio grand division and the Indiana grand division. Among prominent officials in the party which departed from here Monday morning were I. W. Geer; general manager of the southwestern system; W. C. Downing, general superintendent of the Indiana grand division; R. K. Rochester, general superintendent of the Central Ohio grand division; F. J. Stimson, chief engineer of the southwestern region; W. W. Richardson, passenger traffic manager of the southwestern region, and F. J. Kron, superintendent of transportation of the Bouthewestern region. Mrs. Edward Druley Badly Burned hy Gas Explosion After Mrs. Edward Druley, residing on a farm a few miles southeast of Boston, had filled an acetylene gas tank in the basement of her home, Saturday evening .and was about to put on the top of the tanlc an explosion occurred resulting in Mrs. Druley sustaining severe but not fatal injuries. She Is now receiving treatment at Reid Memorial hospital, from multiple wounds about the face and for a double fracture of an elbow. Mrs. Druley was alone in her home at the time of the explosion. After she had recovered consciousness she ; managed to crawl up the basement stairs and make her way out of the house to the home of a tenant. The gas tank began to blaze following the explosion but fortunately the flames did not spread to the building, in which event Mrs. Druley probably would have been burned to death. She does not know how long she remained unconscious. War Department Officials Plan to Reorganize Guard WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Immediate reorganization of the national guard is deemed advisable said an announcement today by the War Department. The reserve and national guard officers of the general staff on duty in the department have been ordered to visit each corps area headquarters and advise with the corps are a commander and the state authorities with reference to the organization of the guard division located to the various corps areas. COLUMBIAN LEGISLATURE ELECTION HELD NOV. 10 VICTORIA, B. C. Oct. 25. Nomina tions of candidates for the next British Columbian legislature, which was dissolved last Saturday, will be he'd on Nov. 10. The general election will be on Dec. 1. At the convening of the next session the government is expected to present propositions for the regulation of government sale of liquor, authority for which was granted in the referendum last week. MINERS GET INCREASE (By Associated Press) CALGARY, Alta., Oct. 25 An Increase of $1.15 a day in the wages of Alberta coal miners, granted by operators in conference with representatives of the United Mine Workers of America, Vas announced today.

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Premier Confers on New Wage (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 25. Premier Lloyd George and members of the government this morning conferred with government experts concerning a new set of figures for wages of the coal miners and production in the coal industry. Later the government leaders and representatives of the miners met and continued the negotiations begun Sunday for a settlement of the miners" strike. , Conversations renewed at number 10 JJowning street today between Premier Lloyd George and executives of the miners' federation were confidently expected to lead to a settlement of the miners' strike, which last week threatened to involve Great Britain tn an industrial crisis. Prominent executives of the federation and government officials are quoted by newspapers here as being optimistic of the situation. . It is believed an arrangement will be reached by which each side can at least claim it has not yielded its main contention. It is asserted Premier Lloyd George will submit proposals which, he hopes, will make an increased output of coal so certain that it will be possible to grant immediately the increase of wages demanded by the coal diggers. Miners Confident. Miners' leaders are quoted as saying they are confident the government will before long find a way to concede the miners' claims. Newspapers of this city continue hopeful, for the HARDING PREPARES FINAL UTTERANCES MARION, O., Oct. 25. Senator Harding began the last full week of the campaign with another day spent at his desk at work on the final public utterances with which he will rest his candidacy. The speech to be delivered Saturday night at Columbus, occupied the nominee's major attention, though it was said some data still remained to be prepared for the three he will deliver during the week at Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati. In all of these addresses he is expected to enunciate again his position on the league of nations and also to sum up the domestic policies he has advocated in the course of the campaign. It is expected that manuscript for all of the four meetings will be ready by the time the -senator leaves here Wednesday, but that any points which come to the front during the week will be discussed by him in extemporaneous additions to what he has prepared. John Collins Funeral at Home Near Centerville John Collins, 45 years old, a farmer residing three miles east of Centerville, died early Sunday morning of Bright's disease. He was a member of the Methodist church of Rushville and of the Moose Lodge of Richmond. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Gladys. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at 10:00 a. m., from the home. The Rev. Ernest Clark of the Methodist church of Centerville, will officiate. Burial will be at Earlham cemetery. Alice Gould Funeral at Friends Church Wednesday Miss Alice Gould, aged 31 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Gould, of Centerville, died Sunday night of tuberculosis, at the home of her parents. She is survived by her parents and two brothers, Fred and Claude. Miss Gould was an active member of the Friends church. Funeral services will be held from that church Wednesday at 2 p. m. The Rev. Mildred Allen of Spiceland will read the service. Burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery.

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most part, and express relief as the I.ational Union of Railwaymen decided to defer calling a strike. Such action, it is understood, will not be taken before Wednesday. The labor conference, which was called by the parliamentary committee of the trades union congress, will meet on Wednesday, and there are indications that a railway strike even if eventually called, may be rather halfhearted. Many messages from local branches are said, to have been . re-l ceived at the headquarters' -of the union, expressing hostility to the idea of a strike. v Workers' Ballot Taken. It is said that until a ballot of the workers has been taken, the attitude of J. H. Thomas, secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, will certainly influence a large number of the members. In a speech delivered Sunday, Mr. Thomas, while expressing sympathy for the miners warned his audience of the dangers of a strike, which he said he realized "might lead to the downfall of all of us." He declared he was firm in his determination not to lead such a strike. MARSHALL TO FIRE DEMOCRATIC VOLLEY HERE FRIDAY NIGHT Thomas R. Marshall, vice-president of the United States, is to reach this city at 8 p. m. Friday, Oct. 29, according to advices received at county Democratic headquarters. He will speak at the Coliseum shortly after his arrival. Mrs. James W. Morrison, of Chicago, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dudley Foulke, of this city, will speak preceding Mr. Marshall, according to arrangements. Mrs. Morrison is a prominent and capable speaker, and has the distinction of having placed Herbert Hoover in nomination at the Republican national convention in Chicago. Mrs. Morrison threw her support to the Democratic party on I the issue of the League of Nations. W. D. Headrick, of Indianapolis, a prominent attorney, is also scheduled to speak at the meeting. Definite arrangements as to whether he will speak before or after Mr. Marshall, have not been made. It is planned by local Democrats in charge of the Friday night meeting. to open the doors promptly at 7 p. m. j Mrs. Morrison will probably speak at about 7:30. Music will be furnished by the Richmond City band, and if possible the Farmersville, Ohio, Glee club. A committee will meet Mr. Marshall at the depot and take him direct to the coliseum. No parade is planned. Meetings Announced Following is a list of places where Democratic meetings will be held during the week: Tuesday, at 2:30 p. m., home of Mrs. C. F. Fleagle, 613 North Eighth street, for women of the 16th precinct and vicinity. Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m., home of Mrs. H. L. Monarch, Glen View; Lawrence Handley will speak at the south end hose house and Wilfred Jessup will speak at the K. of P. hall, Abington. Wednesday, at 2:30 p. m., home of Mrs. Bridget Dundan, 410 North Fourteenth street. Wednesday, at 7:30 p. m. Wilfred Jessup and Mrs. Cordelia Seifert will speak at the town hall in Centerville, Ind. and Mrs. H. L. Monarch will give instructions to voters of the first ward at the St. Andrews Lyceum on South Fifth street, this city. Thursday, at 2:30 p. m., home of Mrs. Benjamin Whaley. 536 North Nineteenth street, for women of the 36th precinct. A meeting is also planned for the high school auditorium Saturday night. Mrs. A. D. Gayle, of this city, will be chairman of the committee in charge of the Friday night meeting.

BEVERIDGE TO SPEAK ON CAMPAIGN ISSUES HERE TUESDAY NIGHT

Former United States Senator A. J. Beverldge will deliver a speech at a Republican meeting to be held in the coliseum Tuesday evening. Always a favorite in this county, an audience taxing the coliseum to its capacity is expected to hear him speak on the issues of the campaign: Delegates from all parts of the county and visitors from many parts c the Sixth district will attend the meeting. Mr. Beverldge is one of the most brilliant orators in Indiana, and his appearance here is greeted with acclaim. Clubs to March. . Members of the Harding-Coolidge club of the county are asked to meet at South Tenth and Park place, Tuesday at 7:45 p. m., instead of the courthouse, says an announcement Monday. Marchers are asked to bring small American flags. Torches and fireworks will be supplied by the committee. The column will mave at 7.15 p. m. sharp and the line of march will be short, said the committee members today. The paraders will take part in the demonstration arranged in honor of former Senator A. J. Beveridge. A section of the coliseum has been reserved for the marchers. Sparklers For Women. Lewis G. Reynolds, chairman of the parade committee for the Beveridge meeting, said he had secured a supply of small spaiklers for the women to carry instead of the red light torches which will be carried by the men. All Republican men and women who expect to join the parade are requested to meet at the north end of the South Tenth Street park, where the column will start. The men and the v. omen are to march together, no divisions to be formed nor no clubs to march as organizations. Beveridge in Parade. Senator Beveridge with the reception committee will ride in automobile at the head of the parade preceded by the Richmond City band. Big delegations are coming from every section of the county to attend the rally which is expected to be one of the largest in point of attendance of any of the local events of the campaign. All persons desiring tickets for the First Voters Ball can secure them at the Republican headquarters in the Pythian building, phone 1048, or through Miss Martha Whutacre, phone 2303. CAMBRIDGE MINISTER "KEEPS CHURCH OPEN; HEALTH OFFICER ACTS Charged with a violation of the order issued by the county health commissioner. Dr. J. M. Bulla, and by Dr. C. Pierce, health commissioner for Cambridge City, requiring the closing of all public meeting places, including Bchools, churches and theaters in Cambridge City because of several smallpox cases In that community, a warrant for the arrest of Father O'Gormon, rector of the Cambridge City Catholic church, was sworn out Monday by Dr. Pierce. Dr. Pierce states that the Rev. O'Gormon refused to close his church Sunday. He stated that the priest based his refusal to comply with the health commissioner's order on the ground that there were not enough smallpox cases in Cambridge City to make a general closing order necessary. Cases Well In Hand. It was reported Saturday that there j were 12 cases of smallpox in Cam bridge City. Dr. Pierce stated Monday, however, that there were only seven cases and that for the time being the condition was well in hand. He admitted, however, that other cases might develop within a few days because quite a few people probably had been exposed to the disease. He stated that the first case reported was that of a boy who was attending school at Cambridge City. He said that none of the cases had the disease in a malignant form and that be believed with ordinary precautions an epidemic could be avoided. Dr. Bulla has joined Dr. Pierce in a request that residents of Cambridge City be vaccinated at the earliest possible moment. Both physicians stated that the order for the closing of publice places in Cambridge City was generally observed Sunday with the exception of the one church. Weather Forecast Moore's Special Forecast. The present rain storm which has been extraordinarily slow in its progress across the United States will continue to control the weather for the next 12 to 24 hours. It will be colder but there is no immediate prospects of any unusually low temperature-for this time of year as the cold wave has diminished in force in overcoming a protracted warm spell. - For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain probably tonight and Tuesday; cooler In south portion. Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum 80 Minimum 52 Today. Noon 62 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Generally cloudy and cool tonight and Tuesday with showers, heavy at intervals. General Conditions The center of the present rain storm now prevailing over the central and southern states continues to move very slowly. The heaviest rain reported has been over the Ohio valley states, and Alabama and Arkansas; Mobile, Ark., has reported 3.38 inches of rainfall, and rain continues. It is colder over the Mississippi valley excepting over the extreme upper t portion. It is getting warmer over western Canada, but colder over the southwest.

in vii ink. IU . DEAD AFTER LONG FAST Lord Mayor Succumbs at 5:40 Monday Morning Following Hunger Strike of 73 Days. ireundjTmourning (By Associated Press) LONDON, .Oct. 25.-Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, died at Brixton prison, this city, at, 5:40 o'clock this morning. His death followed a hunger strike of more than or the medical world. cSwIne3r who ha been unconscious for several days, did not recoyer his faculties before he died. Father Dominic, his private chaplain, and his brother, John MacSwiney FathVr When the d came! Father Dominic was at the prison all night and did not leave until several hours after MacSwiney breathed his last. John MacSwiney and the chaplain, who had been waiting down stairs in the prison were told by prison officials at 4:35 o'clock that they should go to the mayor's bedside, as they thought death was approaching. The brother asked for the privilege of communicating with other relatives who were not present, but the officials, it is said, refused him the use of a telephone. Mrs.MacSwlney Arrives. After the prisoner's death, his brother and the chaplain were not ?.?r?1,"ed to leave Brixton prison until 6:15 o'clock. John MacSwiney immediately conveyed word to the widow of the lord mayor, who was stiyin.s ata west end hotel with Mr. and Mrs. OBrien, the former being the London executive of the Irish Self-De-termination league. Mrs. MacSwiney, accompanied by her parents and the Misses Annie and Mary MacSwiney, sisters of the lord mayor, arived at Brixton prison at 9:30 o'clock. It is understood arrangements are being made to take the body to Ireland for burial. News of MacSwincy's death had not becomknown in the district around Brixton prison until after 9 o'clock.? The usual large contingent of police was on duty inside the prison grounds to prevent any demonstration, but , outside, "and along the road leading to--the ' main highway, there were no unusoal signs of activity. No civilians were waiting there, as they usually did in the early days of the lord mayor's hunge strike. " May Hold Inquest. It is probable the Inquest will be held at the prison today, after which the body will be turned over to relatives. MacSwiney was unconscious for thirty-six hours before his death occurred, it is stated. Father Dominic therefore, was unable to give him the' last sacrament, but he administerei extreme unction. The cause of MacSwiney's death was heart failure, according to a statement issued at the home office. Terenece 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 playwright before taking up politics seriously. Later he became violently anti-English. While in Wakefield jail, Yorkshire, in 1916, he met Muriel Murphy, daughter of a wealthy Cork distiller, who visited the jail, and shortly after they were married, despite much opposition. Mac Swiney was elected as a Sinn Fein member from Cork to the British parliament in 191S, but never took his seat. He was present at the first session of the Irish parliament In 1919, when the establishment of the republic was confirmed, and was elected lord mayor of Cork in 1920. For various political offenses, he had been in jail, with brief intervals of liberty, since January, 1916, and in October. 1917, secured his release from Jail by hunger striking. The story of the self-starvation of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, probably will 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 In England for MacSwiney's release from prison has been apart from all political and party considerations and even the King was drawn into it. The movement in MacSwiney's behalf was mainly humanitarian and enlisted tender-hearted people of all factions but was urged by others with arguments of party strategy. "Mac Swiney dead and canonized in Ihe hearts of the Irish people with Wolf Tone and the Manchester martyrs would be a more valuable asset to the Sinn Fein than Mac Swiney alivs and. even though a free pass to freedom for Mac Swiney might weaken the government's hand, why help the separatist 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 fast faction. A majority of the British papers including the London Times and the liberal press, the labor unionists, and many members of

both parties m parliament joined in the agitation for Mac Swlneys release. ! . . . Two Controversies. Two notable cntroversles. one constitutional and the other theological, have arisen from the case. The first was whether King George could properly exercise his pardoning prerogative Independently of or against the advice of his ministers. The second was , , (Continued on Page Twelve) I '