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[torn corner notice box, top left:] The Butte M[torn] pany will not ass[torn] responsibility f o[torn] graphical errors a[torn] ing in any adverti[torn] unless copy is furni[torn] ample time to sho[torn]f. [torn] ORNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN BUTTE—IT COVERS THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST. THE BUTTE MINER [boxed:] HOME EDITION VOL. LVIII—N[torn]30 16 Pages. BUTTE, MONTANA, TUESDAY MORNING, [pencilled:] Oct 26 Price 5 Cents ESTABLISHED 1876 [a torn strip down the fold carries the italic fragments "Mo", "ned" and "in"] # MURPHY FOLLOWS LORD MAYOR TO GRAVE [spans columns 1-7] ## *BOMB EXPLOSION WRECKS HOME OF SEATTLE RAILROAD OFFICIAL* [spans columns 1-7] ## Column 1 # FEDERAL AGENTS FOLLOW TRAIL OF REDS THOUGHT TO HAVE PLANTED BOMB; INTENDED VICTIMS SAFE [spans columns 1-2] By Associated Press. Seattle, Oct. 25.—Federal agents today took charge of the investigation which followed the partial wrecking of the home of F. R. Shong, Milwaukee general claim agent, by what the police investigators said was a bomb, early today, and, according to announcement from the office of J. F. McAuley, chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice. Mr. McAuley said his department would investigate to determine whether the explosion was caused by an organization of anarchists and seek any possible connection with the recent bombings in the east. [lead paragraph in bold type, spans columns 1-2] Explosion of a bomb, thrown through the front window of a house occupied by F. B. Shong, general claim agent here for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, wrecked the lower floors of two residences early today. Four persons in the house escaped without injury. Mr. Shong was unable to assign any reason for the attack. ### HOUSE SHATTERED. Shong said he was awakened from sleep by the tinkle of breaking glass and a moment later was thrown from his bed by the force of the explosion. Every window in the eight-room house was shattered and plaster torn from the walls and ceilings of the rooms. A large hole was torn in the floor of the living room. The house is situated on Belmont avenue north, in the "first hill" residence section. Police are investigating a report that two alleged radicals, arrested in an apartment house next door to the Shong house last December, believed that the "tip" leading to their arrest came from Shong. A quantity of alleged radical literature was seized in the apartment. The alleged radicals were later released and have disappeared, the police say. # WALSH CLEAN CUT ON PARTY ISSUES ## Montana Senator Opens Campaign at Miles City; National Issues and League of Nations; State Campaign. Special— Miles City, Oct. 25.—Appearing before a record crowd which filled the largest auditorium in the city, Senator T. J. Walsh tonight opened his campaign in Montana in a speech of two hours, in the course of which he referred to B. K. Wheeler, democratic nominee for governor, "as having been hounded with implacable fury." [T]he senator stated that he is not disturbed by the report that the democratic party in Montana had been captured by the I. W. W. and radical socialism. "Wheeler was nominated," he said, "with honest democratic votes, regularly and according to law." The greater part of his address, however, was devoted to national issues and to pointing out the benefits which had accrued to the country through laws enacted by congress under the suggestion and guidance of President Wilson. His discussion of the league of nations was elaborate, clear and convincing. There has arisen, he said, in the minds of some, the desire for a change, a radical change in administration. In fact, there are some who were seeking to make a complete change in governmental activities. ### Party Accomplishments. Passing, from this view, the senator called attention to the fact that the democratic party came into power with the split of the republican party eight years ago. And referred to the things that the administration backed by a congress has accomplished for the consumer and the laborer stating the latter is not a commodity and should not be treated as such. The attitude of the democratic party toward the women of the country was contrasted in the treatment accorded women in the national conventions. By far the greater portion of the senator's address was devoted to the subject of the league as the greatest issue before the people today. He contrasted the positions taken by the two candidates for the presidency, indicating the attitude of Governor Cox, of which he approved, and that of Harding, which was characterized by lack of certainty. It is certain now that the latter rejects the present covenant idea, but declares himself to be in favor of a world association. ### Conditions in North Dakota. Dwelling briefly on state issues, Senator Walsh stated that the people of Montana are getting many views regarding the conditions obtaining in North Dakota, the nature of these views, he said, depending on the source, the same being diametrically opposed to each other. He pointed out that in North Dakota in 1912 and in 1916 the TURN TO PAGE 10—COLUMN THREE ## Column 2 # DEMONSTRATION ON IRISH CAUSE HELD IN GOTHAM ## Ten Thousand New Yorkers Attend Mass Meeting; Premier Lloyd George and Government Criticized. New York, Oct. 25.—Irish sympathizers numbering more than 10,000 attended mass meetings tonight protesting against what they termed the "murder by the imperialistic government of Great Britain" of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork. Dudley Field Malone, farmer-labor party candidate for governor of New York, Walter E. Holloway of Philadelphia and several Irish women, speaking to a great crowd in Columbus circle, criticized the government at Washington, and the republican and democratic national candidates "for refusal to intervene in the cause of Ireland." Flags of the Irish republic and of America, and buttons bearing the photograph of Mayor MacSwiney were distributed in the crowd, which booed and hissed every mention of the British government and Premier Lloyd George, while reference to MacSwiney as "one of the greatest martyrs in history," and to the "Irish republic" were greeted with prolonged applause. A young man who said he was an Englishman, belittled remarks made by one of the speakers, and was severely beaten before rescued by policemen. ### Sacrifice Sacred. "The torture and death of Terenc[e?] MacSwiney," Mr. Malone said, "is a sacred service to liberty everywhere. Not in half a century has one man, by the simple offer of his life, done so much to arouse the moral conscience of men and women everywhere who love liberty. This man's death has destroyed the prestige of the British government beyond the power of the combined wealth and economic influence of England to repair it. The death of this hero, after many days of torture and agony has exposed the pretence Great Britain wants the League of Nations to assure self-determination to oppressed peoples. "If this young Irishman could leave his wife and child, and lay down his life for his country's freedom, will not millions of men and women in this country of every blood, stock and creed raise their voices in a compelling demand that our president and our gov- TURN TO PAGE TEN—COLUMN 7. # BRITISH MINERS UNABLE TO COME TO DECISION ON WAGE PROPOSALS By Associated Press. London, Oct. 25.—After renewed conferences of the miners' leaders with Premier Lloyd George and other government members today and prolonged consideration of the government's new offer by the executive committee of the miners' federation, no definite decision had been taken tonight. The executive committee will meet tomorrow to renew consideration. Both sides continue secretive regarding the government's proposal, which, however, is believed to be framed along somewhat similar lines as those suggested by William Brace, president of the South Wales miners' administration, in the house of commons last week. This was to the effect that the two shillings demanded by the miners should be granted temporarily, pending creation of a permanent wage board, and the matter reviewed by the end of the year. ## Column 3 DEATH ENDS MAYOR'S STRIKE [spans columns 3-4] [illustration: photograph of a young man in a dark gown with a fur collar, holding papers; spans columns 3-4] [L]ord Mayor [Terence?] MacSwiney in his robes of office. # *GREEK KING IS DEAD; FORMER RULER MAY BE SELECTED MONARCH* [spans columns 3-4] Athens, Oct. 25.—King Alexander of Greece died at 5:20 p. m. today. His death was due to wounds received when a pet monkey attacked him early in October, the king being badly mutilated. Throughout last night, heart action grew weaker, his general debility became more pronounced and pulmonary symptoms were intense. Breathing at times was most difficult and alarming, and at noon today, it was announced his condition was hopeless. Alexander succeeded to the throne of Greece in June, 1917, when his father, King Constantine, abdicated in response to the demand of France, Great Britain and Russia, the three powers which had guaranteed the constitutional liberties of the Greek people. Alexander was the second son of Constantine and at the time of his accession was not quite 24 years old. His elder brother, Crown Prince George, was considered ineligible for the throne because of alleged pro-German sympathies. In any event, King Constantine nominated Alexander to succeed him. The fall of Constantine had been brought about through the agency of the French senator, M. Jonnart, who went to Athens in June, 1917, as a representative of the three great powers, on the ground that this step would establish unity of feeling among the Greeks and greater security for the entente forces then operating in the east. Constantine had been accused of pro-German # "DRYS" VICTORIOUS IN CANADIAN STATE Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 25.—Dry forces won Victoria today in four Canadian provinces—Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia—in which a general plebiscite on prohibiting importation of liquor from other provinces was submitted. In only one province—Saskatchewan—was there indication tonight that the result was close. As a result of today's plebiscite, the four provinces will be virtually "bone dry," the liquor supply previously having been secured through importation. Contrary to predictions of wet supporters, industrial centers generally voted dry. Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, voted wet, and returns from Regina. Saskatchewan, showed a wet vote of 3,508 against 3,217 dry. Incomplete returns late tonight indicated dry majorities in Nova Scotia of 30,000, Saskatchewan 7,000, and Alberta of more than 15,000. Figures were not available from Manitoba. The vote was taken in accordance with an act of the Canadian parliament, which, refusing to interfere with the rights of the provinces to manage their own affairs, provided for provincial plebiscites on the question. ## Column 4 sympathies partly on account of his marriage to the Princess Sophie, sister of the then Emperor William of Germany, and it also was charged that he had not acted honorably toward the allies. Alexander, on the other hand, was reported to be free from pro-German proclivities. Constantine left Athens and took up his residence in Switzerland. ### Cabinet Split. Alexander took the oath of office at Athens in August, 1917, and promised to carry out the policy of his father. This was said to have shocked the entente powers. It soon was reported that he was at odds with Premier Venizelos and had refused to abandon his idea of continuing his father's program. Some doubts were raised as to the advisability of permitting him to assume the throne unless he discontinued what was characterized as an obstructive policy. Reports of lack of harmony between Alexander and Venizelos were circulated in the spring of 1920, but the premier disposed of these in a statement in which he paid tribute to the king's patriotism. One respect in which the king and his premier were said to have been at odds was over the king's morganatic marriage to Mlle. Manos, daughter of a former aide-de-camp to his father, which is said to have taken place in November, 1919. No record of the marriage was obtainable owing to the fact that it was not recorded with TURN TO PAGE TEN—COLUMN 7. [boxed] # *CHAMPION VAG LEFT $60,000 IN WILL; TO BETTER JAIL RECORD* Concordia, Kan., Oct. 25.—R. W. Patton's penchant of jails has brought him luck. He will probably share half of a $60,000 estate, accordin[g] to relatives who located him through a published interview, which he gave a reporter when he sought to [o]btain with officers at the jail here. Patton, who was arrested for [va]grancy, told officers he had serv[ed] in 30 jails so far this year, and [e]xpressed the hope of bettering h[i]s record. Patton's sister at Seward, Neb., who had n[o]t heard from him for eight years, read of his longing for jail life an[d] hastened here with an attorney. County officials, however, refused to board Patton. He continued [q]uest at Chester, Neb., where he [w]as found today. Patton will be [t]aken to Lincoln, where the estate will be divided. Officials were told that the will provided that [P]atton must appear before [J]an. 1 [o]r forfeit his claim. ## Column 5 # WEST VA. GIVES GOVERNOR COX A ROUSING WELCOME ## Democratic Nominee Again Insists He Will Counsel With Nation's Notables on League Reservations. # COMPROMISE MAY BECOME A NECESSITY, HE ASSERTS ## Given Great Reception by Coal Miners After Picturesque Motor Trip Through Virginia Mountains. Huntington, Va., Oct. 25.—Governor Cox announced today that if elected president, he would sit down with the senate and make an "agreement" on the League of Nations and that his agreement should be determined by the senatorial elections. "The executive will," he said, "should not control and it is 'unthinkable,' he declared, that American membership in the league should be postponed two years, when the next senatorial elections would be held. American membershi[p?] he indicated was the primary consideration. That he favored American participation with "clarifying reservations" was reiterated by the governor. Hailed by members of the governor's party as one of the most important of campaign developments, the candidate's announcement was in response to an open letter sent to Governor Cox and Senator Harding, by 50 of their supporters urging them to accept whatever revision of the Lodge reservations two-thirds of the next senate might approve. The governor's statement read: ### Clarifying Reservations. "The situation is this: I favor going into the existing league with clarifying reservations. Senator Harding has said he was not interested in clarification, but in rejection. I have every expectation that after Nov. 2, much of the partisanship spirit that has been visited upon the discussion of the league, will have subsided. One-third of the seats of the senate are to be filled this year. The people understand the issue and we will accept their expression at face value. I will therefore, sit down with the senate and reach an agreement about our going into this league. There is no other, and any talk of a new association is but idle phrase. The important thing is to get a start and help to stabilize world conditions which vitally affect the interest and welfare of America. For us to remain out of the league two years or until another election could be held, would be unthinkable. If too much has to be given in compromise now, in order to insure our entrance into the league, the people will have an opportunity to modify and correct later. It cannot be a matter of the exercise of merely the executive will. The popular will, as voiced at the polls, must control. The sort of agreement which I shall be enabled to obtain will be determined by the senatorial elections." The governor's announcement followed his statement in his New York speech Saturday that he would "compromise the reservation controversy." Attention was also called to the circumstances that it followed Elihu Root's statement that Governor Cox was as "unyielding" on Article X as President Wilson. More than a dozen speeches were TURN TO PAGE TEN—COLUMN 6. # RECOGNITION OF MEXICO WITHHELD PENDING PASSING OF NEW STATUTES Washington, Oct. 25.—Recognition of the new government of Mexico awaits more complete demonstration of its character and purposes, it was said today at the state department. The department, it was added, would be ready to recommend such recognition when Mexico has given proper assurances that the rights and property of Americans there would be protected, shown willingness and ability to meet outstanding international obligations and enacted laws to provide that foreigners have rights as well as duties. ### Think Revolts Ended. State department offici[a]ls were said to feel that reports of conditions in Mexico indicated that [t]he government was in control of th[e] situation and having reasonable suc[ce]ss in maintaining order. The situat[io]n as to recognition by the Unite[d S]tates, it was added, however, was [as y?]et unchanged. ## Column 6 # IRELAND AND ENGLAND ARE STIRRED FOLLOWING DEATH OF IRISH LEADER; MURPHY THIRD OF STRIKERS DEAD [spans columns 6-7] By Associated Press. Cork, Oct. 25.—Joseph Murphy, one of the hunger strikers in Cork jail, died tonight. The death of Murphy occurred at 8:35 p. m. He was 25 years old and unmarried. Murphy was a member of the Irish volunteers and was well known as an athlete. London, Oct. 25.—Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, most prominent of the Irish hunger strikers and said to have been the brains of the republican army, died early today in Brixton prison. The end was not unexpected, for the mayor had been unconscious several days. He was entering the seventy-fourth day of his hunger strike as a protest against a sentence of two years' imprisonment on several charges, including one of possessing seditious documents. [lead paragraphs in bold type, spans columns 6-7; the last line "seditious documents." is set in column 7] # EASTERN COAL OPERATORS MEET ON PRICE ISSUE [C]leveland, Ohio, Oct. 25.—Hundreds of bituminous coal operators from various producing fields arrived tonight for a general meeting here tomorrow, at which a communication from Attorney General Palmer, urging action toward a lowering of prices for soft coal, will be considered. The meeting is expected to be one of the most important of the history of the industry. It is anticipated that upward of a thousand of the 7,000 soft coal producers will participate and discuss the situation. Col. D. B. Wentz, president of the National Coal association, called the meeting at the request of Attorney General Palmer, so that the latter's proposal might be put before all representatives of soft coal operators. It was explained that the National Coal association, whose membership embraces 2,500 operators and controls more than three-fourths of the aggregate soft coal output, which this year is expected to reach nearly 550,000,000 tons, cannot, because of the nature of its charter, take action relating to price fixing. Because of this, Colonel Wentz decided to put the matter before the general body of coal operators, but as individual representatives of the various fields. ### Say Prices Falling. While it is not thought that the operators will attempt to fix any maximum price, it is understood that [t]he majority of those here tonight might support a resolution favoring "fair and reasonable prices and only a [r]easonable profit to the operators." Operators said tonight that with the recent production of soft coal, now aggregating nearly 12,000,000 tons a week, high prices, wherever they have prevailed, are rapidly coming down. # ANTI-SPECULATION LAW IS PROPOSED Topeka, Kan., Oct. 25.—Governor Allen announced today that he would propose a law to the next legislature to prohibit trading in grain futures in Kansas, "if the investigation of the board of trade proves that the prices of wheat and other farm products have been manipulated." He declared that information now at hand indicates that "bucket shops" are operating in some of the larger cities of Kansas, in violation of the law. Governor Allen announced that he is gathering information comparing fluctuations in wheat prices since [dealing?] in futures was resumed, and figures for the same period in 1919, when wheat futures were not trade[d] in. This information will be fur[n]ished in compliance with the request of President Wilson, who has ordered an investigation of the board [of] trade. "The figures will show," he said, "that comparatively small quantities of wheat have been marketed this year, and the decrease in prices could not have been the result of natural laws of supply and demand." He said he understood the federal trade commission was investigating grain trading in all big [m]idwest grain states. ### SUBMITS PROOF. Topeka, Kan., Oct. 25.—Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas tonight turned over material he has gathered showing the alleged cause for the drop in the wheat to G. A. Stephens, special agent of the federal trade commission, who came to consult the governor in relation to the investigation [of] the Chicago board of trade. ## Column 7 ### Wife Not Present. Only his brother, John MacSwiney, and his private chaplain, Father Dominic, were with him. Mrs. MacSwiney and the prisoner's two sisters, Annie and Mary, were at a nearby hotel. The lord mayor, who was terribly emaciated, as a result of his long abstinence from food, had been delirious many hours, and was unconscious when death came. It was several hours after the lord mayor died before his brother was permitted to tell Mrs. MacSwiney the sad news. She immediately went to the prison, accompanied by her parents, and the Misses MacSwiney, and the family group, stoical and dry-eyed, prayed over the body. There were no untoward demonstrations outside the prison after the news became generally known. A large force of police had been concentrated to put down any disorder that might occur. ### Plans Undecided. It is well within the possibilities that the body will be taken to Cork secretly to avoid unpleasant results from whatever demonstrations might be arranged in England and Ireland along the route traversed by the train bearing the body. There is no intimation that any official advocates refusal to send it to Cork. The home office, in charge of the prisoners, which would control the movement of the body in England, said no plans for its removal had been officially considered. At the Irish office, it was declared no plan had been formulated for the transfer of the body to Ireland, and that final decision would rest with Dublin Castle. It is within the powers of the home office to give up the body of a prisoner in whatever way deemed most expedient. It is pointed out that it could legally transfer the body in secret to some out-of-the-way port and later to a government vessel and deliver it at Cork. ### Cause of Death. The cause of MacSwiney's death was heart failure, according to a statement by the home office. This statement is considered an indirect answer to the criticisms of Dr. Josiah Oldfield, the physican [sic] and publicist, who had declared it was wrong for the lord mayor's doctors to administer meat juice and brandy. He said brandy was a poison, and that a man at the point of death was very susceptible to poison. Dr. Oldfield added that when a man fasted a long time the first food he could endure was fruit juice. When one of the officials was asked today regarding Mrs. MacSwiney's absence from the bedside when death occurred, he repield [sic] that the restrictions which were recently imposed upon the visits of relatives were urged by the attending physicians as vital to the prisoner's own interests. ### ACTION AT CORK. Cork, Oct. 25.—The news of Lord Mayor MacSwiney's death, received in private telegrams to his friends, traveled quickly throughout the city. A meeting of the city council to discuss the situation arising from the lord mayor's death was called for today. The deputy lord mayor announced that he and several other municipal officers would proceed to the Brixton prison today. He stated that plans for TURN TO UAGE [sic] THREE—COLUMN 1. [boxed] # DIXON TO ADDRESS TWO MEETINGS IN CITY The Miner is requested by the republican central committee to announce that Senator Joseph M. Dixon will address two meetings in Butte today instead of one as had been expected. In addition to the previously announced meeting at the Broadway theater at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, Senator Dixon will speak at the Harrison avenue theater at 7 o'clock. Nelson Story, Jr., republican candidate for lieutenant-governor, will speak at both places with the republican gubernatorial nominee. The Butte Mines band and the G. O. P. quartette will supply music. The Harrison avenue meeting was arranged late last night.