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8 c METAL MARKET NEW YORK. Nov. 1':). Lend sU-ad. spot $7.10(Ti 7.S.". Zinc steady' spi't East St. Louis delivery $7.0nffi 7. iu. Bar sihor foreign S. Copp r quiet, spot and futures .13" (if .14. COPPER PRICES Average month of October 1 -T72-? Average month of October .i:;t;3:2 Average week ending 11-1-22 13.1t;:! Average week ending 11-22-22 lSfitl Close week ending 11-22 22 i::050 - V-J lit MitUI VOL. 26 NO. 286 BISBEE, ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1922 Price Five Cents TSGE TO OLN'S MEMORY Si': PAYS TRIBUTE LINC - Jury Acquits Accused of Eoge EFFORTS MADE TO IMPLICATE SURGE FAILURE Jury Returns Verdict of Not Guilty After More than 20 Hours Deliberation TRIAL LASTED 7 DAYS Young Sons of Accused Rush to 'Take Daddy Back to Louisiana' on Verdict PRESCOTT. Ariz., Nov. 30. Thomas W. Binge, on trial for the murder of Iver Enge, former orchard keeper of phoenix, was fouul not guilty by a jury in the Yavapai county superior court late today, after more than 20 hour's deliber ation. Uurse's SiCQiiiital followed a trial lasting seven das, during wh::i William E. Acker, already under sentence of death for the same of fense, took the stand against Burge as a prosecution witness. . Iver Enge was found unconscious June 12, last, in a ravine near a lonely road eight miles south or Piescott. He had been beaten with a heavy instrument and stabbed with a knife. He died in Piescott a month later. Investigations disclosed that he left Piescott in his automobile June 11, accompanied by two men. llurge, arrested later at Yuma, Ariz., and Acker, traced to Los Angeles,',' were alleged to have been the two men in the automobile and to havp committed the assault which resulted in Ease's death. Acker, who was tried first, was convicted and sentenced to hang to morrow, but his case was appealed to the state supieme court and he was granted a slay of execution. Burse, taking the stand in his own defense, admitted that he had tnncled with Acker i'l Euro's r.uto mohile after the alleged assault but denied any knowledge of the crime, lie told of his whereabouts on June 11 and his testimony was corro borated by a second witness. Acker, testifying against the ad vice of his own attorneys, declared that Burge accompanied him to the scone of the. alleged crime. The prosecution aslied him no questions concerning the actual assault. The. case went to the jury at 8:30 o'clock la.st night. At noon today (Contimied on Page Five) British Minister's Recall Constitutes Break in Relations LAUSANNE, Nov. 30. (By the Associated Press) Spokesmen for the British delegation here declare that the recall of British minister Lindley from Athens with his entire embassy staff constitutes a break in diplomatic relations. The only British official left in the Creek capital is C. H. Bentieck, who, it is explained, remains as a member of the financial commission, and not as a diplomat. Weather Report ARIZONA: Fair Friday, somewhat warmer: Saturday fair. COLORADO: Generally fair Fri day, somewhat colder east por tion; Saturday fair, rising tem perature. NEW MEXICO: Fair Friday, cold er extreme east portion; .Satur day fair. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Clou dy and probably showers. WEST TEXAS: Friday fair, cold er; Saturday fair. LOCAL WEATHER REPORT Readings made at 7 o'clock last night for the preceding 24 hours: Lowest temperature 34. Highest HI. Precipitation .10 inches. Total this year 18.88 inches. Direction of wind NW. Weather changeable. Lowest temperature this month 27. Highest 76. Precipitation to this date last yenr 16 77 inches. Dobbin Is Qualified for Any Swimming Championship Title BOSTON. Nov. 30 A Boston horse, whose usual task is to draw a newspaper delivery wagon Qualified as a long distance swim mer when it. was rescued from the Charles liver late tcday alter spending 36 hours in the wat?r. The horse was still .swimming wivon fouul, but later went to an animal hospital to recover from a bad chill. The horse had run away e:rly Wednesday morning and dived through a drawbridge over the Charles river. The har bor police searched for the animal in vain. Late today a watchman saw the horse swim out from under a pier and make for the open sea. A stern chase in a dory followed and the swimmer was roped and towed to shore. POPE IS IN U.S. FESTIVAL m Ameri-jof Receives Students of can College and Addresses Them on Thanksgiving ' ROME, Nov. 30. (By the Associat ed Press) For the first time in tne i history of the Catholic church, the pope joined in an American national festival when he insisted this evening ! upon receiving the students of the ; American College and addressed them j on the topic of Thanksgiving day. ( .' The students, numbering 180, were j prehensively adequate response, accompanied to the audience chamber "The relations between Great Bri by Cardinal Bisleti and by the rector i tain and the United States both be and vice-rector of the college. ! tween governments and peoples. In his address, the pope said: j ought to be cordial, and they are," "National Thanksgiving. It is a no- i he said. "They should continue to ble idea on the part of your people j be cordial, and they shall. What i choosing the day for prayer. Men i who lack prayer lack one of the essen tials of life. Your country must in- deed be hlessed by Almighty God." j In accepting an offering of 1200 lire ! from the students and their superiors, j he thanked them "for the help you ! have gien me for the suffering Rus j sians, mown down by pestilence, fam j ine and misery." J The pope said that, through the Am- j j erican students, he wished to congrat- j j ulate the entire American people and ; j express his gratitude for the generosi j ty they had shown o envery occasion j of need. In his address, the pontiff ! said: j "It is consoling to see the heads of ; nations fixing days for the people to j pray to and thank God for blessings ; received. Nations doing this cannot i j but prosper materially and spiritually. I am with you, with your people on the i day of thanksgiving. We are praying l together." Veteran Member of House Reported 111 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Repre sentative James R. Mann of Illinois, veteran Republican member and for mer floor leader of his party in the house, was said tonight to be serious ly ill of pneumonia at his home here. He was taken ill last Thursday. j Mr. Mann was stricken with a chill I and it was believed at first that he ; had an attack of pleurisy but later it i was realized that pneumonia had de I veloped, both lungs being affected. He j is sixty-four years of age. GOVERNMENT PREPARING CIVIL SUITS TO RECOVER HUGE SUMS ALLEGED TO WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (By the Associated Press) Additional civil suits involving $20,000,000 to $30,000, i 000 which the government hopes to re ' cover for allesed over-charges and ! waste in connection with the construc tion of certain army cantonments dur ing the war, are being prepared by the department of justice and, it was un derstood today probably will be filed within 10 days. The first of the department's civil I suits against war camp contractors Jwere filed last week, and it was under HARVEY SPEAKS UPON BRITISH LI . S . RELATIONS Outlines Six Points as Good Formula for National Pol icy of United States 'OUGHT TO BE CORDIAL Declares Uncle Sam Believes in Helping Those Nations Who Are Helping Selves ! MANCHESTER, Eng., Nov. 30. i (By the Associated Press) George ; Harvey, the American ambassador,, (speaking as the guest of honor at ui I Thanksgiving dinner of the Anglo-' j American socieiy tonight outlined in ; six points what ho considered a ; igood formula for the national policy jof the United States. The points as I given by Mr. Harvey were: First, to foster the- strength of; I the republic by just legislation and; 'economy at home. j j Second, to preserve to the nations' the world the blessings of peace. . Third, to strive to cultivate and i maintain a concert of Europe. I Fourth, to avoid needless and en-; tangling engagements. Fifth, to acknowledge thf equal j rights of all nations Sixth, the foreign policy of United States should always be spired by love of freedom. Mr. Harvey, who responded to toast "c few wc cordial relations, said a very ords would comprise a com- more been been need be said? The toast has proposed and the response has given. Argument is unneces- (Continued on Pajre Five) GOVERNOR ILL ENE Woman's 'Confession' Fails to Save Mahoney From Death Penalty on Gallows cons id- SEATTLE, Nov. 30. After ering wm ten statements by James j A. Mahoney and his sister, Mrs. Dolores Johnson, each "confessing" that the writer had slain Mahoney's wife, Mrs. Kate Morris Mahoney, acting governor William J. Coyle, to night finally refused to interfere with the hanging of Mahoney to morrow. Mr. Coyle said Warden Pace, of the state penitentiary at Walla Walla where Mahoney is to be hanged at dajberak, had reported to him over the telephone that Ma honey had made a confession of the crime which Mrs. Johnson purported to confess. Lee Johnston .attorney for Ma honey tonighT made a vain effort to sell to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer tyr f2000 a i manuscript that he sat. j was a confession by his client. This is neueveu iu oe me tuim aMuu un 'rt I. .1 1.:.. ttiiiLii .mi . i ace uasru ins i puii iu 'Mr. Coyle. BE OVERCHARGES! stood then that they were forerunners of other actions. It also was indicat ed that criminal proceedings were pos sible. The actions brought last week in volved the construction of Camps Up ton, Sherman, Jackson and Funston and sought the recovery from the in volved constructing companies of more than $20,000,000. Cantonments built during the war cost the govern- ) ment $208,000,000 and it is said Attor I nev General Danehertv hnno, in r. cover between $60,000,000 and $S0P 000,000 as over charges. NOT T Captured Bandit Is Fooled When Loot Was Divided Pl'EBLO. Colo., Nov. 30. One of the two bandits who yesterday held up and robbed the cashier and assistant cashier of the Cos tilla county bank at San Aeacio, Colo., locking the two employes in the vault and escaped with more than three thousand dollars, was captured just across the New Mexico-Colorado state line, accord ing to advices to the Pueblo chief tain. The bandit, whose name was given as Charles Jordan, said the posse was so close upon them that escape together was impos sible. In dividing the mo-iey Jor dan took what he believed was half, but when he was captured it was found he had 270 on3 dollar bills, only a small portion of the loot. U.S. PROTESTS El . I Greek Executions Cause Sen-' sation in Sofia Where 24 Ministers Await Trial SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 30 (By the UNHEEDED! : Associated Press) The summary the i execution of the former members of in-'the Greek cabinet caused a sensa- tion here, where 24 former govern tho , ment ministers are awaiting sen tence or trial under similar charges. Eleven of the prisoners were mem bers of the Ravoslavolf cabinet, which brought Bulgaria into the war on tiie side of Germany, and the other 13 belonged to previous min isteiies who are charged with re sponsibility for Bulgaria's participa tion in the Balkan wars. It is feared the radical agraians will de mand the death penalty. The Ameri can and allied ministers in Sofia have appealed to the government withoutre suit for the release of the members of the Gueshoff, Malinoff and Todoroff cabinets, which in cluded fcur graduates of the Ameri can college in Constantinople. These men were charged with '"having made insufficient diplomatic prepara tions lor the war of 1912." Under the plebiscite of November 19, last, the Bulgarian people voted to try them by a special court con sisting of war-wounded and widows, j King Boris interceded in their be j half but the government ignored his ! appeal. i It is believed Great Britain and (other countries will sever diplomatic j relations with Bulgaria if the former official are executed. Nephew of John D. Rockefeller Passes j NEW 'Goodsell ! William YORK. Nov. 30. William Rockefeller, son of the late Rockefeller, and nephew of Rockefeller, died of pneu- I John 1). I nionia at his New York home today, a former treasurer of the Oil company of New York. He was Stamlard That Mr. Rockefeller had been seriously ill was not generally known. He was stricken last Mon day 'afternoon, after he had gone from his office complaining that he relt slightly ill. He was born in New York in 18T0, was graduated from Yale in 1892, i l't married to Elsie Stillmau, daughter of the late capitalist. In 1S9S Mr. Rockefeller became treas urer of the Standard Oil company of New York, which office he re signed in 1911 to go into banking and other financial enterprises. Declares Must Play in Important Role PARIS, Nov. 30. (By the Associat ed Press) A French high commission or in the Pacific is indispensible, Leon Archimbaud, reporter of the budget for the colonies, declared in a report which he has just communicated to the chamber of deputies. The Pacific particularly since the Washington con ference has become the economic cen ter of the world he says, and France must play an important part by the pide of Great Britain, United Slates and Japan. Slaying MAKE 1 ON PLANS FOR Senators Confer With Hard ing on Financial Relief Measure Proposed SHALL UTIUZE BOARD President Gives His General Approval to Plans at Out- ' lined at Conference WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. (By the Associated Press) The new adminis tration program for immediate finan cial relief to farmers was formulated and practically perfected today at a conference between President Hard ing, Secretary Wallace and 12 Repub lican senators headed by Senator Wat son bt Indiana. It will be put before congress at once and pressed with the full force of the administration. Broadly, the plans bring tosether in one administration measure, the ap proved portion of various relief meas ures already pending in congress and contains also provisions to make the intended relief available- to the small farmers as well as to the large cattle raisers and grain growers. The conference was arranged by Senator Watson who has been making an active survey of the question of re lief. It was preceded by a series of conferences between Secretary Wal lace and department of agriculture ex perts. Today President Harding kept his Thanksgiving dinner waiting while he heard the perfected program out line and gave his general approval. The plan proposes to utilize the fed eral farm loan board as the agency through which relief is to be given.. The details of the financing have been practically worked out. The general (Continued on Page Five) HER PASSES Representative Mann, of 111., Dies at His Home After Brief Illness WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 Represen tative James R. Mann of Illinois died at his home here tonight after a brief illness. Mr. Mann, who had served for a quarter of a century as a member of the house, was stricken a week ago, first with a chill. Pneumonia devel opel his condition became desperate, and the end came at 11:15 o'clock. With him at the end were Mrs. Mann and the physician. It was said that although he had recently passed two restless nights, his condition did not definitely develop for the worse until 1 o'clock this afternoon. He ral lied slightly at 6 o'clock but again suf fered a relapse and sank rapidly. No plans were made for the funeral tonight but it was said that the ser geant of arms of the house would be communicated with, tomorrow to assist in' making the arrangements. It is understood that a funeral service in Chicago is in contemplation and that Mr. Mann will be buried there beside his son, who died four years ago. He is survived only by the widow. IRS HOUSE VLTERAN MARSHAL FOCH IS HELD UP AS MODEL BY U. S. AMBASSADOR IN PARIS SPEECH TO EX -SOLDIERS PARIS, Nov. 30. The American ambassador, Myron T. Herrick, at the Thanksgiving dinner of the American Legion tonight urged all the members to take Marshal och as their model through life. "If you take him as your model you will never go astray from the field of public duty and personal sacrifice so nobly set forth in the preamble of your constitution," said the ambassa dor. "I know the fine things which the Legion has net out to accomplish. I Steamer Runs Into Terrific Gale and Score Injured NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Swept forward by a 120 mile an hour gale waves which swept over the bridge and threw spray over the funnels forced through port holes and doors of the steampship President Wilson Tuesday, and brought injury to a score of her passengers and crew. Captain Robert Stuerpich, com mander of the vessel in today from Trieste,, said the storm was the most furious in his experience. The storm began last Monday, but did not attain its greatest fury until Tuesday morning. A big wave 3tove in port lights, wrecked a glass of two inch thickness in the bridge injuring Captain Ettore Zar, former commander and battered down a door leading to the main salon. It swept a half score passengers be fore it, flinging them down the ves sel's grand staircase. Commander G. B- Bernardelli. royal Italian navy and Miss Clare Mary Frank, of Washington, received severe injuries. FIGHT ON DIEE Democrats Prepared to Re-! sume Filibuster on Dyer I Anti-Lynching Measure WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. Senate Democrats, refreshed by the holiday rest, announced tonight they were ful ly prepared to resume tomorrow their filibuster against the Dyer anti-lynch-ing bill. Republican leaders indicated that the majority was equally prepar ed to continue its fight in behalf of the measure. The only question, ac cordingly seemed to be whether the filibuster would be broken by the end of the extra session. Whether sin die adjournment would bef taken tomorrow night by both houses or whether the extra session so far as the senate is concerned would lapse into the regular session Monday noon was a matter about which leaders tonight had made no decision. House leaders were under stood to be preparing a resolution for sine die adjournment of both houses tomorrow night and Republican lead ers in the senate indicated guch a pro posal would be acceptable to them. Democratic senators said they had in store a number of moves designed to prevent the senate taking up the anti lynching bill. Senator Harrison of Mississippi, one of tlie Democratic floor leaders in the filibuster said he and his colleagues had just begun to fight "Tuesday when we started the fili buster, the Republicans succeeded af ter four hours, in getting the journal of the previous day approved," he add ed. "Yesterday the Republicans were unable to get even this much done and they will be doing well tomorrow even to get started on the journal of Wed nesday's session." Last of U. S. Troops i on Rhine May Soon j Be Home, Is Report COBLENTZ, Nov. 30. Notwith standing the fact that no official, inforniatioi to the effect has been: received here, a rumor that the American, troops on the Rhine are soon going home was again circu lated today. i ' While ' anxiously awaiting definite news, the soldiers did not allow their anxiety to interfere with their cele bration of Thanksgiving. Races, two football games and a boxing match, together with the usual holiday din ners figured in the day's program. know how much you have already ac complished in difficult clays. I wish you God-speed on your journey and when you arrive at unmarked cross roads, and doubt should arise as to the right direction to take, ask your selves which path would Marshal Foch follow and the answer will clear your doubts or strengthen your decision." Marshal Foch was present when the ambassador delivered his eulogy. The Lcgiou diuuer and dance were attended by several hundred ex ser vice men and a large number from the American colony. JUST E'S AGED TIM BARES HEAD TD Lincoln, 'One of Greatest Men Who Evere Lived,' Is Motif of Laudation PUTS WREATH ON TOMB Dedicates Another Wreath to Dead Soldier, Among First to Land in France SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Nov. SO Georges Clemenceau bared his agel head at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln today and paid tribute to him as "one of the greatest men that ever lived." "After the very appropriate and moving words I have heard, I hardly dare say more," he said. "Don't be lieve I came here to try to consecrate such a memory." Quoting from Lincoln's Gettysburg speech, he said he hoped, in the words of Linc oln, rather to be consort rated, that what remained to him of his lif might be devoted to the service of mankind. "I came in souvenir of the valiant men who fell on the fields of ranee in the same cause for which he was mur dered, that we are going to try to go in the path of freedom," said Clemen ceau. "Here I am, a private citizen. No more than any other who has tried to do his duty, hoping to be not like Lincoln, but to be so near like him as I can. "Let us say no more. Here before one of the greatest men that ever lived, all my heart goes out to Amer ica and the great man she produced." Before he spoke, bareheaded in the cold mist, beneath the leaden skies that overhung Oakridge cemetery, the Tiger entered the marbled hall be neath the tall, plain Lincoln shaft, and laid a wreath on the sarcophagus beneath which the martyred Lincoln lay. He said no word, stood motoinless for a moment, laid the wreath and walked silently out. At the end of his speech. Clemenceau jvas asked by former United States Senator Law rence Y. Sherman, master of cere monies, to dedicate another wreath as his tribute to a dead soldier of the Rainbow division which first went to France. 'This is mv tribute to the American (Continued on TtiKe Five) Watchman Dies in Endeavor to Save Papers From Blaze COLEMAN. Alberta, Nov. 'SO One man is missing and property damage estimated at $3,000,000 resulted from a fire which destroyed the power house of the International Coal and Coke company here early today. The power house supplied Coleman with water and light and these serv ices having been suspended indefinite l.v- William Machin. night engineer is missing. He left the building when it was considered unsafe to remain long er, but later, although warned not to do so, he re-enteied to procure some papers, and has not been seen since. Prince Andrew Will Be Court-Martialed ATHENS. Nov. 30. The following statement was issued today : "General Dousma lis. former chief of ' the general staff and General Yalettas, former chief of staff in Asia Minor, have been arrested, and a warrant has been issued for th arrest of General Papoulas. former commander in chief of the army in Asia Miior. "The trial of Prince Andrew, (brother of f turner King Const a n tine), who commanded an army corps at the time of the Sakariu operations, begins next week." BUDDIES ATTENTION 1 AU members of the American legion in the district are requested to be at the legion's homo tomor row night (Friday) at 8 o'clock. An fxcellent musical program and plenty of good eats is the order of the day. I STATESMAN MARTYRED DEAD