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Show lobbied through congress and the state legislatures by federal agents, and the eighteenth (prohibition) had been forced through by 'powerful and irresponsible irre-sponsible organizations operating through paid agents' and it is now proposed to force through the nineteenth nine-teenth amendment, for woman suffrage, suf-frage, in the same manner and also without the sanction of the freemen." Whether there will be a coal shortage short-age next winter seems to depend upon the car supply and transportation situation. A national association of bituminous operators recently assembled assem-bled nt Washington, gave out a statement state-ment that they were ready to load all cars offered but that the supply of cars at the mines had been only 35 to 40 per cent of the number needed. Accordingly, Ac-cordingly, in spite of the pleas of building, road material and other Interests, In-terests, the interstate commerce commission com-mission continued In effect until August Au-gust 20 the order confining the use of open top cars to coal, with a modification modi-fication excepting flat cars with sides less than 36 inches in height, cars equipped with racks or cars which on June 19 had been retired from coal members of the national, state and I Cook county executive committees of I the party, secretaries of local branches, members of the organization organiza-tion and propaganda committee, organizers or-ganizers and agitators. The trial is being conducted before Judge Oscar Hebel of the superior court and presents an array of legal talent such as 'never assembled before in a case involving radicals and their actions, unless the famous "McXamara trial at Los Angeles be excepted. Leading Lead-ing counsel for the defense is Clarence Clar-ence Harrow, who -occupied the same position in the McNamara case, and his principal assistants are William S. Forrest, a famous criminal defense lawyer, and William A. Cunnea, prominent prom-inent Socialist attorney and former candidate of that party for stale's attorney at-torney of Cook county. Associated with Prosecutor Hoyne are the full legal strength of his office and eminent emi-nent counsel from the outside, Including Includ-ing Attorney Frank Comerford as special spe-cial prosecutor. The latter in the past has been identified With some of the biggest labor cases on the defense side, this being his first essay at the role of prosecutor in an important trial of any nature. Pie is regarded as an authority on mass and social problems, and returned a few months ago from a study in Europe of bolshe-vlstrf bolshe-vlstrf and its effects. The state scored in the preliminary sessions of the trial in securing the admission as evidence of acts and speeches of the defendants of a period prior to the passage of the state sedition sedi-tion law of a year ago. The prosecution prosecu-tion is endeavoring to show that the defendants have declared themselves to be in full accord with the Moscow manifesto adopted In Moscow, Russia, Rus-sia, by the third international congress in March, 1919 ; that the congress was composed of revolutionary socialists from Europe, Asia and America ; that It was held for the purpose of forming form-ing a manifesto or program which would outline the means by which constitutional governments might be overthrown and dictatorships of the proletariat established, and all nations be governed from Moscow. Also that the Communist party is affiliated with the International body and Is an integral in-tegral part of the Russian organization; organiza-tion; and that the defendants state In their platform that they are for the overthrow of the government of the United States. The state further contends con-tends that they advocate mass action, In other words, proceedings from the shops and factories to capture and annihilate the apparatus of government govern-ment and that they tell the workers that the Constitution cannot be amendable in their behalf, and therefore there-fore must he destroyed. The defense has not, at this writing, been outlined. Volumes of testimony are expected. It Is the first case under transportation and assigned to other sen-ice. The modified order also gives preference to shipments of coal to public utilities. Contrary to all expectations, Orangemen's Orange-men's day (July 12) passed off quietly quiet-ly in Ireland with parades, speech-making speech-making and a celebration of some kind in every hamlet, village and town in Ulster. The most Important utterance, defying the Sinn Fein, warning warn-ing the government and presaging future fu-ture trouble, was made by Sir Edward Carson, Ulster Unionist leader. It was practically a peace or fight declaration declara-tion and served notice on the government govern-ment that if it did not accept the help Ulster offered, the Ulster volunteers would reorganize and take matters into their own hands. A significant declaration was that' the Sinn Fein "must execute those guilty of murder mur-der before we will treat with them." Although not disorderly, it was a disappointment dis-appointment to those, who hoped that ft conciliatory note might be struck in the celebration. The most Important thing that has recently occurred In Irish affairs and which Is said to have made the government sit up and take notice as never before, Is the threat of British trades unions, especially the miners and railway men, to take direct action for the purpose of compelling com-pelling the government to call a truce, withdraw troops from Ireland and Institute In-stitute an Irish parliament. A resolution resolu-tion to the effect Introduced In the Miners' federation Is said to have been adopted on a card vote by 2,700,000 against 1,020,000 and to be backed by the railway men. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS i , Thd Party Movement Comes to Grief in Bolts and Splits. PLATFORM PREVENTS FUSION La Follette Declined to Lead the Radical Radi-cal Hosts Labor and Single Tax-ers Tax-ers Nominate Important Sedition Sedi-tion Trial in Chicago Vermont Ver-mont Will Not Aid Suffrage Germans Yield at Spa. By E. F. CLIPSON. The movement to amalgamate various vari-ous organizations of Socialists, farmers, farm-ers, laborers, Intellectuals, radicals, single taxers, idealists and others sailing sail-ing under different party designations, into a third party steered by the Committee Com-mittee of Forty-eight in convention at Chicago, failed. At one time prospects of fusion appeared rather favorable; when the 48-ers marched in a body to the convention of the Labor party being held simultaneously, and amid a great love feast and every appearance appear-ance of fraternity united the two conventions. con-ventions. Soon the Single Taxers, the Nonpartisan league, -the American Party of Texas (former Governor Ferguson), Fer-guson), the American Constitutional party (Hearst) and the World War Veterans, an independent organization of ex-service men, were in the fusion. A platform carrying the principles, alms, demands and desires of all of them would have contributed materially material-ly to the paper shortage. It could not be framed, much less printed, and became be-came an insurmountable obstacle. Cleavage was along pink and red lines. Labor which was red nt least red-blooded had the best working organization or-ganization and pushed through the adoption of Its planks, leaving little chance for the pink or parlor radicals led by Amos Pinchot, George L.. Record Rec-ord and J. A. II. Ilopkins. First the Single Taxers, who wanted only one plank and could not get that, bolted. Then Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, who was expected to be the mes-siah mes-siah of the movement, found the platform plat-form too radical and refused to run on it. Then the fusion dissolved In bolts and fadeaways. Governor Ferguson Fer-guson went back to Texas, representatives representa-tives of the Nonpartisan league announced an-nounced they would have nothing to do with the new third party, the more radical of the 48-ers were swallowed by the Labor party, the remainder withdrew, while the American Constitutional Consti-tutional party was lost In the shuffle. The Labor party and the Single Taxers serenely proceeded to carry-out carry-out Independent programs and each nominated a presidential ticket. The only victory was achieved by the Labor La-bor party which captured Parley P. Clitistensen, an attorney of Salt Lake City, L'tah, one of the original 48-ers, nfirl made him Its candidate. Max S. Hayes, labor leader -of Cleveland, O., wns nominated for vice president. Pennsylvania, falling to land Its favorite fa-vorite sons, Governor Sproul and Attorney At-torney General Palmer, as the standard stand-ard bearers, respectively, of the Republican Re-publican and Democratic parties, has achieved Its ambition to have a presidential presi-dential candidate, for the Single Tax party nominated Robert C. Macauley of Philadelphia, with R. C. Itanium of Cleveland, O., as a running mate. After eight weeks of effort and the examination of several thousand veniremen, a jury was finally secured and the trial begun in Chicago of William Wil-liam Press Lloyd and 10 other officials offi-cials and members of the Communist Labor party, charged with mnsplrnoy to overthrow the i:-vemnipnt. Prosecution Prose-cution Is by the state of Illinois and follows the ac;l"n of a special grand jury winch hist .Tam::iry Indicted 'he defendaiiTs, after a series of spectaeu-lar spectaeu-lar -aids on their h.-:v!i,-;.ir:ers and meeting places by S-:.'-' At'on'.ey Ib'Mie. I.l.iyd W a i,;;":iinaire resident resi-dent of Y:u,,--:k.-i. I'.)., who u,!.s has boon i'!on:!::e ! ill r.eiical r.-. v.-e:"nen" In the cai ae-'ty of leader .i:.d financial fcssi-tun Ir.dle'ed v::h hh:i were Germany's efforts to evade or secure se-cure mitigation of the terms of the peace treaty through the Spa conference confer-ence have been characterized by the same tactics employed while the treaty was being prepared. Prior to the signing ot Versailles came emphatic em-phatic announcements that Germany could not or would not do certain things. Vet when the treaty was ready, the Germans signed. So It has been nt Spn. The German delegates bluffed and then crawled. They showed sores and misery without evoklne any pronounced sympathy from the other delegates. They pleaded plead-ed poverty. They pleaded the Inability Inabil-ity of the government to combat Internal Inter-nal opposition to the demands; yet up to this writing, they have yielded on nil points. One provision of the treatv which the Germans have never ftilfilh-d and seemed determined to evade, was that calling for the delivery deliv-ery of coal to the allies. The amount called for Is about 2XKi.fifiO tons a month. According to the German deb-gates, deb-gates, the country could not furnish this amount. They would suffer their territory to be occupied or even a r-riewnl r-riewnl of the war In lien of compliance. com-pliance. For nearly 24 hours there was it dead loci: while the allied military mili-tary chiefs were being summoned and preparations made for marching Into Gonna ny. T!.N action sor-m-d to have the )-Mred )-Mred effect inA there was every evl-Cco'-e thf.t the Germans would try to sii;.,!.-- the coal. v. PI, the a!!es b-nd-!t - Thetii generous a - - u ;, t eo In the ti.a-'i-r of more and better food for the minor- nnd an a rrangem, nt of pri'-eg to conform v. :'h in-erm: ! 'omd markets. I the Illinois sedition law- and If won will present that law as a model for other states as well as for congressional congres-sional enactments. On account of the prominence of the defendants and the effect the decision will have on radical movements In general, It looms as one of the most Important trials of recent years. Gov. Perclval W. Clement of Vermont Ver-mont has at last clarified his position In regard to the woman suffrage amendment, by refusing to call a special spe-cial session of the legislature to consider con-sider or ratify the act; In spite of reports re-ports that he had been urged to do so by Senator Harding, Republican presidential candidate. Inferentially, the governor takes a rap at the Supreme Su-preme court of the United States and also charges that there Is too much lobbying in connection with constitutional constitu-tional amendments and other Important Impor-tant legislation. As a reason for refusing re-fusing to call a special session, the governor states that the present legislature legis-lature was elected before the question of ratifying the suffrage amendment had arisen and the people of the state have had no opportunity to express themselves on the Issue. II- proposes that the matter be taken up by the next legislature and that candidates for election be rerpiired to declare themselves on won, 'in suffrage. Jle alludes to the reeu e i -: -n on pro- i hd-i'mn by snylng that the Cor.s'itu- I Hon ''as it is Interpreted by the Su- ! prome court todav threatens the foundation foun-dation of free popidnr govemmoid." Governor Omer.t ilM-lnw. "The sixter-n-l, r-ri end mer;t to the ("ons'itu-t!-m ton federal ir.--omo tax) ha I he.-n |