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THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPhtl )) AVHRAOB SWORN NBT PAID 9, FINAL EDITION A cmcuLATioN AO C A O OCTOBER AOlOHkO VOL. XV, NO. 59. TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, NOVhiMHHR 27. 11)20 Hi PAGES PRICK 5 CENTS. RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE 11 19HMHSiWORlJ L B0AT33 ABOARD, DRIFTS ON ROCKS Rescue of Victims on Ill fated Barge, Consid ered Impossible CAUGHT IN HARD GALE Seventy-Mile Wind Off Coast of Oregon Separates Steam er ami Towed Vessel CAPTAIN'S FAMILY ABOARb Woman and Small Child May 15c Lost; Storm Reported Increasing in Violence ' mrijIiKllN .Sl.ATTLD. Wash.. Nov. 20.-Hart., merges picked " .'" h.p n y ia.Uo sWlon at b o'clock indl ca'rd Uiul the tccl barge J' Mr which Ww "i,"'lrlttfffr;v" he steamer a"ta " lI'f Washington coiih near Qulltayute, 9C m.'ies "with of Capo Flattery, has jono on the rocks. HULIjKI'I.V POHTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 26. A torm that wiih Rild by ltjiplnti m,.u to bo the v.orst lit years win ragmg e northern 1 ac c coast tonight. In several Oregon dis tricts iho wind blew down miff idem trees to block the rouds. At Oray Ilatbor, Washington, tlio wind prcs sure was ho ureal Hevcral largo plate glafs windows, were crushed In. A STOMA. Ore.. Nov. 26. "S. O. S." calls wero received hero tins af ternoon from the steamer S.mt.i Ittta, u. short distance south of Uma tilla reef. Th" call said the hteamer was in distress and tho Uvea of 33 persona were In danger. . The Santa, ltlla had been towing the burgo W. J. Plerrle. which had 33 people on board .including one woman and child. The bargu In re ported adrift ami within a mllo of the beach. The ehoro there Is lined with rocks and tho reHcuo of those on board la considered almost Im possible. TO-MILK C.M.V. MI.OWINO: IM.'UKAKINK IX VIOliUNC'H , SDATTLK, Wash.. Nov. 26. Tho steamer aSnta Wta, towing tho tjarge V J. l'ierrie, late today wan In dis tress orf tho Washington const near Qulllayutc, accordltiB to n wireless nicsngo from Tutuosh to the Seattle 'merchants' exchange. A sevonty mlln southwesterly K.'ilo la blowing. Advices received lalu today at tho office of W. c. C.raco and compelny, with regard to Iho two vessels, said the w.lfo and huby of Captain A. II. Jrn.Min, master of tho IMeirlo, are on the barge. The Hunla RIM Is In lit tle danger, officers ot the company a il, but was forced to cut the, Pierrle adrift. The Santa Klta left Taconm Wed nesday, towing tlio I'lcrrle, loaded with a em go of lumber for the west coast of South America. Ai cording to tho Tatoosh metsago OffleoiH of tho shipping concern Mhl the) bclleveil Captain Jensen the gnlo was Increasing In violence, would bo able to keep tho barge off the shore. The coast Btonmer SnohomlB loft Tort Angeles, Washington. Into to day to alii tho two boats, the com pany wa advised. The Plerrle Is a bargo of 2.498 tons. Tho S.mt.i Kitu Is n wooden steamer of 918 tons, In command of Captain J. K. Tlbbetts. SEEK OBREGON'S LIFE 'lo Mexican Army Officers Arrested I'lmrgc'ci With Poisoning rnl-tlcnt-Klcct of Mt'ko. AN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 26. T , Mexican captains -were arrested od.iy at Mexk'o . City accused of ii. iking an attlmpt on the lives of '".dent da In Huerta and l'resl '1 . -Elect Obregon. according to onl received In military ipiarters iero today. While eating game stuffed with oysters Wednesday, 0' regon becuito violently 1)1. Kxamlnatlou showed tlul he was ufferlng from ptomaine poisoning - ordlng to court martial pro ceedings against tho iiiptalnn. It iw urged the men substituted canned esstrrs, known to huvo been spoiled, fresh oysters and served tho diih Obregon. , De la Huerta uis wnrnud of tho s'falr upon Obregon's liecoiulnB III aed an examination of food pre pared for the provisional president a'so showed signs of ptomaine poi son A similar plot upon tho lives o ier.il Mexican army officers high n 'he counsel of Obregon whs frits ".iled wltli th" anei.'s of the men iio were In charge of rttlons for he federal district of Mexico. Deumaii Not SiiIiimiciiikiI. Washington. Nov, su.wii- m Dnnman of San Francisco, first ulrnmn or the shipping hoard. le. egrnphed Chairman Walsh of the ItiiiMM eommltteo investigating the board's activities tonight, nfter read ing press reports, that he could lie expected to appear heforo the com mittee today, that ho had rerelvJ no notice, to aypear; hut would ou Pleased lo do so," whenever de lrcd. Uo' !!'. Iha hoims of fln UImoniJ. STAM.hV A MrCI'MI ' neral Dlrtctors. CO II. Uoulijtr. I'hotui '' MJJ.MUd. AmbuUnre rvlct. AUl I, I MIlitK IHVkT rn Carlo ilram) I ipvru . t now "Ulnar, Jfnklnii Mmlr Store. -Advt. It' lilut I'trftct JJItnondi at lloiwtll'a. Griffith and Other Sinn Fern Leaders Arrested by British; Intern Them, Is London Plan Lloyd George Reported Surprised at Course Taken by pom 111 A ri-nut In er lfnhola- "I'nu Dill All lfnluml In lull" N v j tn Aiii wtivilifS iivuvlll Villi V 111! I I 1(1 IIU 111 l but Not 'Conquer People," Says DeValora. m ill, IN, Njiv. ?K. Authoritative intorinullon win given the Apodal eil Press tonight that th" arrests to day of Arthur (irifflth. founder ot the Sinn I'eln and acting president of (ho Irish republic, and John .Mae Nelll and II. J. Duggiin. Sinn Keln inombots of the parliament, and oth er", was the prelude to a contem plated roundup of a number of well known men either Actually or be lieved to be connected with the Irish republic movement. ;,Soino form ot Internment Is In tended to hold the lot of them In definitely, Iho correspondent was told. Mojil Ceorgi' U Surprised. I.ONUON. Nov. 26. AiJhur (Irlf flth's arrest in Dublin, It Is stated. 'ame as u great surpilsn to Premier Moyd (leorgo and the Irish office. It is even declared that It brought forth Fomo adverse criticism from the premier and Iioni those in the Inner circles of No. 10 Downing street, tho premier's official lesl denoe. No orders for Uie nrret of (irif flth had been is-iued here. It Is Milil. IRON LAW ASKED IN STRIKE REGION West 'Virginia Governor Asks Troops Be Sent to Take 'Charge SITUATION IS GRAVE Battalion of 400 Picked Men to Leave Camp Sherman Today for the Scene fiiiim.VBTrtv u.. vn.. Nov. "fi. .......... nM 1..1..I ' I CfirnU'i.tl 1111- VIlFVr.ll.'l MW.t - nouneed hero tonight that ho had asxeu tho government, 10 cnu iru ral troui'M into the Mingo county. ,1' . X !-. Ii ..rtnl utfllfn vOllR. nilfl ..it... ' .,v...." - added that as fdon as tlio soldiers tooK charge he woum as i-reoiuuin Wilson to declare maruai mw. lTmlarul tt'rtn.U eftM trolled the Min go region for sometime, but were wiinurnwn aooui ix "h". when th situation ciuletcd down. Slneo that time many disorders have occurred, a number of persons have been shot and killed ai.d gangs of unidentified men unvo' iihuukvu torn properties. Tlw. clntn ffnvflriimpnt Is tOtllllV unable to cope Willi the situation In Mingo county, tne governor nam. i hope with all my Jieart." he added, "that martial law will be declared Immediately after an Investigation has been made, but l am totally un able to venture an opinion upon what eventual military action will be." PICK I'D MUX TO fiO os dci'v in sthiki: .oni:. CAMP 8HKKMAN. Ohio, Nov. 26. A provisional battalion ot 400 plckea troops Is under arms hero to leavo for Williamson, W. Va., early to morrow. A renewal of troublo in tho strike district has resulted In tho reonll of federal troops to that eec tion for polleo duly, it was an nounced. Captain H. I.. Itrlno, commanding the provost guard, left this nfternoon for "Mingo county. West Virginia. Ho was supposed to have gone tcT make preparations for n possible move ment of troops Into tho coal strike region. but camp headquarters would not confirm his errand. BRINDELL ARRAIGNED Alleged Head of New York "HiiIIiI lug Trust Pleads Not ISiilUy lo i:tortlon Charges. NIJW YOHK, Nov. 26 Hubert !'. lirlmlitll. president of the building trades.councll and a central figure In the Investigation In tho alleged New York "building trust," nd Peter Stndtmuller. Indicted Wednesday on chargen of extoitlon today pleaded not guilty whi n arraigned. Duilng the proceedings iho court announced that a new extraordinary grand Jury would bo empaneled nes. week to take over tho matter of In vestigating alleged graft evidence, "unearthed" by the joint eommltteo Investigating tho "building trust." While llrludell and Stndtmuller were pleading, tho first Juror was selected for tho trial of (ieorge Hacker, millionaire builder and real estate-inn n figuring prominently In tho "building trust" InvcHtlgntlnn. charged with perjury. Brakenan Admits He Canned Hail Wr,cck KPMNOl'IKI.D. Ohio. Nov. 26. Iloniie Johnson, hrakeman, today admitted respnnsiiuiiiy ror tne wreck of Illg Kour piiHHPi'.ver train No, 10 yesterday at West Liberty In which 23 persons were Injured, railroad of ficials announced here tonight. The wreck occurred when tho passenger train rnn Into mi open switch and crashed Into a freight ttaln on a sid ing. Johnson, who disappeared after tho wierk and was located by rail road detectles today, said he under stood his. orders, but gave no reason whey he opened the switch before the oncoming1 paaaengor train. Higher officials bao considered him one r the strongest moderating lufluetups In the Sinn I'eln organ ization and no evidence to thu con trary, I "port s.iys. tins beftn for warded to ihem from Dublin I'au'l llienk Irish Spirit. SPltlNOKIKI.I). MnMn., N'ov. 26. Kngland can't put all lieland In Jail and tho IrMi will Htill continue to fight for their ludt-pcudnncc, this hi brief sums li the comment made by i'trsMont Duvuleru of tho Irish i cpulillc. when seen ut thu union station this nfternoou. Cnlon .tail. HiiiiIimI Down. NKW YOHK, Nov. 26. -The rnlon Jnclc was vohintarltv hauled down In front of the ei hislvn Union club today as a seiiiel to last night's riot tiy j.000 Irishmen and women who wrecked nearly every window of the elub bcc.iuse they olijcuted to the Ilrltlsh 'lag aviiig from thu window alongside Old tllory and the trl-eolor of l rauco while memorial services were held In the cathedral right oppcsltn the club for the late Lend M.i) or MaeSwIiiev of Cork. STEEL PRICE CUT, WAGES STAY UP Nearly All Independents In Move to Bring Costs Down Sharply LOW LEVEL REACHED Era of Business and Prosper ity Ahead for Industry Belief of Leaders l'lTTSnt.'HOII. Pa.. Nov. 26. Most of tlio Independent steel com panieii ulrendy have followed thu lead of the Jones it Ltughlln com pany of Pittsburgh, which reduced prices on bars, plates and tilructural shapes today to the level of the United StatCH Industrial board's prices of March 101!', or nre about to do ho, according to high steel authorities here. Several of the larger Independent Interests have advised their sales' orflees In New Vork, Chicago and other cities, It was nald, to accept new business at the industrial bonrd'w juices. Thu new prices adopted by th largest Independent Inteiests and mode effective today are- Steel bars $2.35; itrui-'ural shapes $2.45; platei. J2.65 base Pittsburgh. Ad justments In prices of wire, and cold rolled steel are to follow. No reduction In wages Is contem plated Immediately, according to the best information obtainable. It was freely predicted by the steel offi cials', howecr, that wage reduction Is Inevitable, within the next few weeks. Tho new selling prices are not comparable with previous prices on and fixed basis, at iiomo Indepen dents liavo been asking us high an $ I tor, bars, plates and e-hapes, It was reported, and others have been lo cotvlng moro conservative prices, ranging between $3 nnd J3.2C, Oeneral feeling throughout the trade Is one of satisfaction at the decision to reducci price to tho samo level as the stud corporation which has not asked prices) above those fixed by the Industrial board. It l believed heie now that the Im mediate result wilt be to stabilize tho steel market and that thu move made today Is the beginning of tho readjustment in the steel trade. Tim p.' ll 1 1 1 ll li I hero semili "I lo be that the bottom level of prl-es ban been reached, and that os soon as wages and other costii aic lowered, tho In dustry wll mave forward into a new perhid of Iitospeilty band oil the reiitnremcnts nf the building trade, the tehabllltatlon if iho railroads and export business; lo Kuiopeau coun'ricH and the orient. CONSIDER GAS VALUES I'll itH isi'.l Increases In Oklahoma City, Muskogee uriil Oilier Tonus Hangs In I In In i OKLAHOMA CITY Nov. 26- Vnl. nation of the properties'"! the Okla homa las Klectrlr company and tho Muskogee '.as As Hbetrlo com pan) us a I ails for passing on a re nuest for lilt i eased rates will bu taken up li the slate corporation cOinnilMlon December S. It was an nounced today bv P H- Olenn, sec retary of the commission. In tlivlr petition tor a hearing the companies say that higher fuel and operation i esi demand a readjust incut of rates. Cltleij and towns affected by the request will be Oklahoma City, lloth nny, lliltton, 101 lteno. Knlil, Yukon, Moore. Norijian. Dover. Illson, Wan knmts Hennessey. Covington, (isr ber.. Drumiight. Ilrlstow, ,enks, filx by, Mounds, lleggs, Haskell, lloyn Ion. U'lefer. Muskogee, Fort (Jlbnoii and Supulpa. , THE WEATllEli TI'I.HA, Noi-. :. Mtnlmum 50, mini mum C, xnutlicatt ulnili, clouilv. Pre clplUtlon 1 1. OKLAHOMA Saturday tlou J j. ra, ea.t portion , Sunday centrally fair. KANSAS, fair In at, part rloudy and niiirwlut unrnl In aat pnrllun Hat urilay anil Sunday, inodfratf t'lnptraturr folium, 1 t) ruoler Sunday nlslit IIIIID'S MH'AI. VA K.NTH. City Out. Hotel Tulw, LOWING CHARGES unTiuuTOTipmn WliWttllbAItU Offi-pVilson's Ml'otliei'-in-Law Victim of Hliifknuii I Victim of Blackmail Meehan Declares SANDS AGAIN HEARD Reiterated Statement of $K), 000 Heing Paid by Downey Firm for Contract HE 'CAN PRODUCE CHECKS' Witness Offers to Present Canceled Slips to Corrobo rate His Testimony NHW VOltIC, Nov. 26. 'John T. Muohan, deputy chief ot the shipping board's bureau of investigation, tes tified befoie the Walsh committee today Ihat cluigon of alleged di vision of money by It. W. Ilolllm;, President Wilson's brother-lu law, leister Slsler and Tucker I. Sands, obtained from the Downey Ship building corporation of New Voik for a fnvotalile contract" were not 'thoroughly Investigated" by the board. Slsler Is a former secretin) of the board and Hands a fomer Washington bank official. Do explained tho cleputment's failure to go deeper Into the cliiuges was duo-to his opinion that .Mr. Hulling, now treasurer ot the ship ping board, was tho "victim of at tempted blackmail." Median tes tified, however, he received no, In structions to ball the Investigation and that it was still open. Meehan bad testified previously, but he was recalled by the commu tes after Sands had reported his allegation that Dolling ami Slsler were Involved In the division of the money, tho proceeds of notes given to him by Wallace Downey. The extent of his human's inquiry, Meehan testified, was to talk to Hulling, Admiral llcnson, Martin Ollleu, special usslxtunl to former Chairman Payne, and to ascertain If thu department of Justice had In vestigated tho subject. So Itlnckiuall ICfoit. "You are not prompted In making these statements by a spirit of black mnll or of holding these men up to public scorn'"" Hands' was asked while no the stand. "No, slnj no sir; Sands said, ad ding that he was "sorry they had been brought Into It," Hands declared that he had given the committee all the evidence In his possess'.,,!! and that he would pro duce the checks, canceled now, by which hu aald he had distributed the money procured from discount of notes, raofllvrd from Wallace Downc). of tlio Wallaco Downey Shipbuilding corporation. Sands said ho thought the ureas, slon for a visit to him In hN hotel rooms In Washington by Mr. Ilolllnjr and Mr. Slsler was "In connection with the tug host contract." "Do you know If they helped to get the contract?" Sands was asked. "I think they did" ho replied, nd ding that they never talked to him ubout it except that when ho In quired; "How it was coming along," ho was (old encouragingly," 115,000 Never rU'iveil, Fifteen thousand dollars of tho $10,000 never was distributed bo cniiKo ho never had received It from Downey. Fands said In explaining the discrepancy between the $2fl,000 he wild was distributed and $40,000 ho said was Intended to bo dls trlbuted. Sands also testified that riollng as partner In a now defunct brock erago concern, to which Sands had advanced 120,080 was voluntarily released from his share of thu debt because lie had sufficient seeurlt'"s wneu nip rirm tailed When It did fall, Sands said Dolling had with diawn from the parlenershlp. "Uniting had had a tough deal, so I let him out of It." Sands sild. Mlesldes, I stilt had his securities, He Thrcatend Polling. Sands said Ihat he did not men tion this matter to Hulling In con nection with his alleged distribution of the $2.1,000 for the Downey con tinels. Sands denied that he ever wrote an anonymous tetter to the shipping board or thu department of lniv or thnt he had suggested that any- inn. pise ivrue men a p'lier. "Dirt vnu ever threaten to malto t hot for Mr. Hull Inr If he .11.1 ,.i Interred for von In the mutter ot he Indictment which still Is pend ing arnlnsi you"" Committee Chair- tt.-lt. lenlut. ,.ut,..l ... ., n ikii m r. It.'ll. P.inds replied that n conference with TtolllnE. nt which be u.iM i, asked tho president's brother. In-law ; lnicrceue ror mm. ho "might have said that 'If the matter of his 'ndlctment was not fixed up' It inldht make morn trouble for vnu ban vou can think of" sands said he was "verv much uesef nt the t me and might have made s-onie such lemnrk. Katu to Put on New . Train to Mmkogec Special to the World. MUHKOMKi:, Nov. 25- It w an. nouneed hem today by Kiy officials that tho Knty railroad Wll have u new ttaln betweon Tul'ii and .Mus kogce beginning Sunday, November 28. The new train will leav Mus kogee at p. in. reaching Tulsa at 7 In p, m. It will eavu Tulsa at 8 4f., reaching Muskogee at 10 t li p. m The train now Imvlng Tulsa at i 20 will leavo at 4 4(1, arriving In Muskogeo .it ti.50 p. m Oreatly Improved servlcu will result, It was tut'1 . HAMON S FRIENDS BITTER AGAINST ACCUSED SLAYER Clara Smith ShotHamon WhenHe " 0 Attempted to 'Break Ties' Theory On Which State's Case May Rest Statement That Shoot inu' Was Accitlenlal Will Make State's Position Very Difficult, Many Believe; No Trace of Woman Foiuid, TIioukIi Persistent Report Says She Is Back in Ardmore; Her Brother, Driving Her Car, Found in Texas; Hamou's Life .hist Insured for $200,000. Special t(l the Win Id. AUDMOItll. Nov. 26. A new an gle, connected with tin shooting of .bike i llainon. who died hern to- lav, was iidvaueed by n business II lend late toda) and may provide the i a use for the shouting If done by t'l.'itii Hmllli-I In iiinii us i lunged In the woriiini issued for her. Tills friend s-ivs that liaiiion. having been elected icpubllian national lummlt teuuiaii, tvallicil that 11 would be uecesHiiry In break old lbs mid i change old conditions 1 ler to play big league polities. This fileiul believe, that I In mini had outlined these things to the woman with tlio Intention of breaking ties. No knowledrg of Clara l.iluahlo yet tonight although 1 mere nun iiu an uncou rirtneil leport nil day that sh" had returned in this city, every effort to conllim such proved unavailing. Ketch lo I C - in j 1 1 1 1 In Charge. It was announced tonight that Piunk I., Ketch, who has been Ha muli's businesH manager, will con tinue In ehaign of his aifalrs. Ha muli bad at least one tlrousand cm sliilements tonight. Mis llainon Is uiideistood lo have decided to make her homo In Ard inoro with her children In order to bo In touch with affairs. Was Acllvo In Campaign. Hamuli wan elected lepubllcau na tional commllleemau this year and was active during the recent ciini- palgn. I'lii-nds hem state that he nulled lU'.l.llV.H V 1. I . 1 M chucks io lepumicaii winkers over .. . "... . the slate. These went. It Is under Blood, to precinct committeemen and iiewspaper owners particularly. 11 was learned today that ti wire less .reached Ardiuoru yesturduy from President-elect Harding at Panama asking about Hamou's con dition. An attempt has been made today to notify tho Panama party of Hamou's death. At "i'arllng or Wiijh." It Is well known that llamon and Clara Smith had como to "the pall ing of the ways" before thu fatal shooting Inst Sunday night Hint led to Hamuli's death today. 11 Is uii deistood .thai llamon believed she was to liavo gon away either last was to have gonu away either last showed up Sunday, II Is said her ap pcainucc wus unexpected, Imme diately following the shooting of Damon, her trunks were inn ki d un der his Instructions, It Is uiideistood, and checked lo Knnsns City where they are suld to be ut thu present time. filrl's llroihcr round In 'IVvns. No truce of (tin I u Smlth-llaiiion has hoi'n obtained. er younger brother was picked up In Texas es tvrdny, driving her car. lie main tained that ho wan driving tho car to Kl Paso, Texas, to bo used by his Ml II lllh Hill .1.1 parents, who nru Ilium lor their health, It Is declared today positively that when tho car left Ardmorct, driven by hor brother, that Clara Smith llumun whs with him. Numerous Ardmore people claim to believe that DANCING MASTERS'WOMEN TRY HAND RAP METHODISTS. AT HOLDUP GAME Attitude on Cards, Danc ing and Theaters Resented ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 26 -An open letter, expressing resent ment over the alleged attitude ft tho Mo'liodlst Kplscopnl church toward the ninii"oment prirfewdon bishops of thu Methodist church wus received today by the housn In of session here, from the New York Dancing Teachers nrHoolatlon and the American Con-lave Dancing Teachers. Thu letter was referred to u committee of which Illshop Ate ilor.-fjii Is I'halrmau, mid the com mittee recommended thai no aullon be taken. Tho house of bishops una whole has not yet acted on the rcienmmendiitloiis. , The communication requested spe- ciflmlly tftat the Methodls-t churcli remove thn ball "ii dancing, and sight, I hey nlepppiil out, told thu en tclsed the Ikvvh o( Hie i hnrch mini in throw up theli hands It Is which prohibit its memb'-is fiom In-! chiirgeif Mis. Mulllus puluied a pistol dulging In d Hiring, mi d playing and i at the men. while Mis. l.lttlH theatergoing- searched Ihem Illshop lleny aiinnuneeil. today1 M Danlels rushed back lo town that blshniis would piesldn over thotand lepoiled the lobbery to the city eaniu dlwtrictH this spnng as huvo been during the last )eui. IHO)' Plonee'r lU'isiticr lib's. CIMCAOO. Nov. 26. Charles (irltin.in, pioneer newspaper report er who claimed io nave iiiriiinueu Hall Cain the plot for Ills novel, "The llturnnl City.'' died here today, ilrllman tried io obtain a shaie ot the Miyaltles when Hie novel was Piihll'Iicd, but his e la I ms were not allowed He wu r,7 years old and began newspaper work on Iho Chi cago Inler-Oicatn, no lunger pub lished, 10 years kgo, her whereabouts am known and she will be soon bu npprchendud, IIiiiiiipii'h I'iII'ikIm Hitter, Much bitteiiu'ss Is found among many of llaiuou's personal friends against Chun Smith. Ills death brought about that result. While liu was alive It wan maintained by all of them that tin' shooting was nc elite uiul, that Jake had shot himself, Now, hurt ever, although they spealf glint ih-illy and always confidentially the belief Is the woman shut htm. One peisonal friend declaied today Ihat Clara Smith had proved herself liliuralerul. It develops that Ilninrn had a largu iietiioual following faithful to ''hu and their friendship for him nan lliriieo imiliy ill eil'l erai-ii vii- ii It v of her. Tlio final coiifnielico between llnmun mid Clara Smith ovldcntully occutieil Sunday at Hie New itnn dot hotel hem vvheiu thu shooting occui red II Is said they iu.irreled. Weak Case Against Woman. Ilccausu of thu statements made by llainon and his friends prior lo his death thut the shooting was no eldeutal, It will no doubt bo Vuly dif ficult to prove that Clara Smith did the iihootlng, even though she In apprehended. Too many statements. have been made the other way, even that of llnninii hlmsulf. However tlio sentiment or his friends has tinned so strongly against her that .,i-i, i. .tin, imIuIiL he iiroiluccd. H IS . II. .11... ... ,-i i.iih, HOW l lull inn wuiii.im, i, lutv tli.itii u'ltti a nliiullor fensu will bo dismissed or at least noL unshed even aguiusi ner. a ., itiinriiHtliii! devuluuinent today Is Unit a prominent fit m of lawyers hu.i I i eiiiiiloviiil hero to help prosecute tho charges, named In tho iwo warrants and that secret servlco agents had been relaineu i i gei iu evidence. It Is undorslooil tho so ..,,.1 ueevlen mini Is now ell roiltu to this city. Among some cllUens there Is ii feeling that Clsia Hmlth-llainoii should not bo pMisecuieu an i ic admitted In some Instances Ihat II would bo diriicuii io uoinu .lust a few hours pilnr to tlm shooting Jake, .lamon m y" 1 1 ii 1 1 I 1 1 a lie i suruiuu ii.i..,, 1200 000 The statement Is futer estlng In this connection t t iinllcv was wrjiteu in ion .ihi.i" lit At l,i ai Is liiwhlrh Jake D. Ilal.lo, I,. Missouri re.iubllcan nntlons e nml iceman is interested, llablor formerly lived In Oklahoma, was prosecuting attorney of Caddo county at Anaarkii ol ! low lug the opening of thn h. ",l-',1i... inchu ndlan country In IJOl. at tl o same time Uiul Hamoii ocated .( ......... Immediately oouin "- r . lur's homo town. 1ost ICIglit Million In Trias. Ihiuinii himself declared recently to bin frlenifs that he could cash n for $15,000,000. However It Is "aid also Hint he lost $H,000,0OO ill his I'lJN'I'l Ml" lit "V I'AOI". TlimTKKN One of Pair Held at Sapul pa Confesses; Says Hubby 'Made Me' bp.- Ul i" Thf Wrifl'l HAITI. PA, Nov. it) Sobbing ami crying and SHylng that her husband fon e, her to commit a robbery, Mrs. Dorothy Mule, ullli Mis. llelle Mul llns, was brought here today fiom Kliamiiiek and plaied In thu county i jail on a barge of highway robbery, i Tin two women um alleged to havo Hem up a oaiiK i onei ior uy iinj jinuie of Mt'Daulels and Mis. I, Itllu's hus band on a loiiulry road ousllde of Hliiilin in k and obl.ilued a nolo, (18 in iiu'iicy, and smnc pnpeis. Some iiionlbs nun lllll l.lttle. hus band of Duiotli) l.iltle, borrowed u li... i . Iii.lil l. Mill. III. tll-U I.IIIIK n... I .iillln y uiieulllv Weil . ...i... .. i i ,.i i. ...i Willi II Urtlll. l'"ll" U'l ...'111 I'H.nril I,.,,. .....i i ... i u,,. 1 1.. wus iiuiililu to pay; so the two no-n .turle.1 f.ir II K fiirril In 1r-l Hill utle. un tin. Jul.klrlM of Hie eltv. Mis. Ilittle and Mrs, .Mulllus were ' in hiding and when tin men canie In UlAISIlill. I 111 llieil la IU SC'lllCII madu for the women who wcrofound 'in company with Mttlu. All Hit co Willi arrested and placed In Jail, Mrs Mttlo cuufessed today that slut did the robbing, but Ihat she was forced to do so by her husband. -j - - Sit Wonder Ho Slaji'd, '; M f lillT V, I.l.r, l . tin., Nov. 26, - J. Uingslon look un unci seat In moving picture theater' here eat ly yeslei day afternoon. When he failed to leave lute ut night, uftel the last lehow was over, employes of the theater proceeded to tell hill! "Thut s all," liu was dead. Mob Attack Troopa (luardinu Hich SunnUl of ConfiHiated Home PlTTSni lttlH. Nov. 26 l our stain lioopers assisted by reset ves of the Plttshuigh polho forte, fought for half an huur late to lay to disperse a crowd of about ROD persons which gathered at a warehouse hero into which the stain police wern moving 1,2711 cases of confiscated liquor. As Hie troopers wero carrying the whisky fiom automobile trucks to the storage housn, n largo crowd gathered. They wete told "to move cm" hut in rlsted unit the troopers were found to use Iho bulls of their riot guns. Tho crowd dlt'iiersed but quickly reassembled and charged tho troopers. A riot call brought police, reserves and order wns restored. Right men worn arrested and charged with dlv orilerly conduct. STATE TO CHOOSE COMMITTEEMAN Republicans of Oklahoma Have Power to Select llamon Successor QUESTION ALL SETTLED Convention Kstnblishcd Prts cedont Last Juno in Rul iiiR by Chuiriuan Lodfje The death of Jake Hamoii, lepuh llrini niilluiial commltteomau for Oklahoma, has nrnuseil talk as to his probable successor and t tin man ner In which Iha vacancy will be filled. Oklahoma bus a precedent for the nltll.i Hun Hint exists. In I1H2, fol lowing Iho spill In thn icpuhllcan purl)'. Col. tlcorge Priestly who iind been elected republican nation al committeeman, thievv In his In terests with the progressive puity after thai organization was formed, thus leaving a vacancy In tho ru publlcan party. Ilarils Hud Credentials. James A. Ilarils, preiont state chairman, secured thn support ot a majority of tho state eommltteo meinberhslp and praiuiited bin cre dentials before thn republican na tional committer, Thern was soinfi argument to thu effect that thu na tional eommltteo had tho appointing power, and Dennis Flynn sought tho appointment from thut direction. Harris stood pat on his showing. asserting that ho was thu choice of the organised republicans of the statu ot Oklahoma, and his argu ment possessed such force that hu wan mcognUedi The point thus rulsd at this limn and always more or less disputed, was finally given thn sanction of an official conven tion decision at Chicago last Juno. Isalgo Sell led Oui'sllon. On tlm roll tall of stato for the ) iinuoutiecmcnl of national commit teeman, tho various s'alus icpnrted their selection which Ihe convention proceeded to affirm, When cieorgia vvss tailed and the dl gallon all nouneed, Henry Lincoln Johnson, ("the $;i,ufi0 (leorgla peach'), a colored iiinn. and Senator Midge put tlm question of afflrnm'l.m to th" convention there was a deafen ing volley of "No'" Lodge was ctearlv In no uncomfortable posi tion Ho nltnmptud lo i-xtrlcKjo; himself At a ei lib nl moment the secre tary of III" liatl'.nal luiniiiltlee was seen l whlspei something to tho chali man. who made the moment ous announcement, "The chair his Just been adv'seil that the convert Hun iius no iiuthorllv to pass on state's -il.M I'. u of national commit- ! teemit II, tllllt lll'lllgll niuller strictly I within ilu iikovlnce of the state j . . Thut sett ed the ma ler. and though there were some loud and voelfer- U1IS U 111 ll't I U II UO UPPCIll WHS tllkl'n, . the convention did not revvrsn thu ruling mid It stands as the deslclou of thn rrnuh lean court of last re sort. Th" remainder of thu stales iiniiniineeil their national commit ten selection without any action from tho convention, tlio first tlui') In thu history ol the paity, One Burned to Death In Texan Hotel Blaze HUI.l'lH'll HPHINHH, Texas. Nov. 20. One unidentified inun was burned to death, unrulier man Is missing, and Mtss Main t Caldwell of Dallns, sustained n broken back In iiflru which eleslnned the new Woodall hotel hero early tenia '. Miss Caldwell recilvcd her Injuilis In jumping from u.eccord.simj win- in llie c umiis. Dr. nir part to ow I toy Uluius ' Is mlHsing Thu day, the other fe , ,v w i 1 do his part cuiim.' r tlio flrcT haa not been dc tomorrow Pholii' i , i.-o C0DU and termlned. . 1,!,k tu' Viaiil A I rali.. BODY OF HAMON TO LIE IN STATE To Be Placed in Conven tion Hall in Ardmore This Morning FUNERAL ON MONDAY Governors Lowden of Illinois and Hobby of Texas Anions 'ihoso lo Attend CAUSE OF DEATH EXPLAINED Five Attending Physicians Is sue Sinned Statement De tailing Nature of Wound lly Aaotlaltil Pinna Slate Wire. AltDMOIlD, Nov. 26 Tlio body of Jalin I,, llamon will Uo In stale III convention Vail hero tonight from H a, in, to t p. m. Monday, accord ing to an unnounrcment hero to night. Following tho death of tho republican nut tonsil committeeman from pklahoma nt a hospital beta this morning. Iho body was taken to a local undertaker's parlors, unci tho funeral, It Is planned, will bo held Monday afternoon from the Presby terian church, explaining tho death of Mr. Ha mon, which Frank 1,. Ketch, his business iiiuitagor, has declared wus i tho result ot a wound Inflicted by thu "accidental discharge of a re volver which Mr. Hamuli was1 clcun lug," a iialcmunt signed by ftvo physicians and burgeons wus Issued iiorci tonight. Tho statement nuld: Statrnient of Doctors. "We, tho undsmlgnad physlcluni and surgeons, am ot tho opinion that Mr. Juku I Humon died as a result of a gunshot wound, which penetrated thn abdomen, entering at the ninth Intercostal space, midway between tho axillary and mammary lines, pcntrallng tho right loba ol thn liver, passjng downward outward und backward, the mlsslo lodging beneath the sklu ona Inch to the right of tho spinal column on a level with the crest of the lllillin. The Injury wan followed by acute dllltn tlou of thu stomach, resulting In acuto illlitallou of the heart about 12 hours Inter, No nutopiy wu mane. "(Signed) "W. IIAHDY "A C. .HCOTT. I "IIOHAC15 ItlSrlD. 1 "L. J. MOOIt.MAN, "A. II. COWI.HH." Knew Nothing of C'linrgcs. According to attending physicians, Mr Hamoii died wltMilil any knovvb edge of tho Information fllod uguinnt him by County Attorney Kussull Drown, charging Mr llamon hud Miss Clara Smith of Hlngllng, Okla homa, with a statutory offense, or ol thu Information against Mlsn Smith, charging her with assault with in tent to kill, In connection with thn wounding of Mr. Hanron here Sun day night. Further, tho physicians declared, ho died without seeing nowspupor accounts of thn caw. It was suld tonight that Governor Hobby of Texan and Ooveriior J.ow dsn of Illinois will attend thn fun eial hero Monday, tho Toxan execu tive having matin plans to cancel his propomiil trip to Mexico to at tend tho Inaugural ceremonies for Prrsldont-Klect Obiegou of Mexico In order that ho might uttntid thu funeral services here. Mr, Hamou's last 4gnuluro was given yesterday morning lo a chuck which, hu said, ho wished conveftod Into cash so that hu might "tin Hpi nurses,'' Ileforo hl condition bp. ramn unfuvuiabla last night, Mr. llamon asked for some leu croulu and nalil, "If you don't mind, bring along a clgur," according to attend. unts. lorleiii duresse Uvimuiiii. V-) Special to thn World. WAN IINirrilK. Mm. IC I'li- f.il . H lowing tolegmm sont" by ijuitebo I.OrtOtl pvttrfiMi.n fau.tn.oll... it... r llamon family: "ill tho lllssSlf a btllniin llr,. llm.n - " ,..-.-..-. PJIIIllilluv 1111- 1I1U I Is ulvvays a tlnuu of sud 111. MM fue It settli-M all things and fiom death h decreo thoro Is no appeal. It closes tho earthly chanter, mid over the ilepaited wo sprout tho muntlu of charity with flower of symnathv, Human judgments no longer sit c u thn departed. Thn death of Lit.- llamon comes to mo us a urea- shoe , un i um nuro It must t,u t . 111 oinero in ukki lomii. "i:i(h;ni: loiitos THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT DO IT AGAIN If you did put a Want Ad In Th World but didn't get tho results you expected, do It again. l'lrst-tlme 'results . un only b" expected III clasal fie . advertising us often us In am thing rlso Ihat you undertake; And you know how successful you would bu if you never tried but once. Itcsulls aro assured In Wor d Want Ads Jut as soon uh r' vvun' ei" and tin- "havtr" meet u h other 1-4 Hi