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THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER RLD a ....onR mvonN NET PAID FINAL EDITION Ar. --' NOVEMBER 64t9WJ VOL. XV., NO. 86. TULSA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 11)120- 20 PAGES. PRICE 5 CENTS. RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE MS WAGE mBntish Insulted 10 BOOM BUILDING Absolutely Necessary Says Senator Calder, Recon struction Chairman BUILDER MUST PROFIT Unless Producer Can See Gain House Shortage Will lie Even More Acute HE flAPS COAL PROFITEERS Says Government Must Act to Curb Them; Would Have Federal Agency Contrdl IIY DAVID M. CHUHCFl I, X S. lff Correauomleht. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Ileduo. lion In wages In ono of tho remedies for America's shortage of houses, Senator Cildcr of Nuw York, t'halr man of tho senato committee on ro ronsiructlan. declared In tho sonotu lbl afternoon. Ills commlttco re cently completed an exhaustive and tiiilonwldu survey into housing con- With transportation nml fuel costs ir discouroglng building. Senator Catdcr said, Imt thcro can be no re duction In these costti "unlesH thcru limine reduction In wages." Vlth regard to labor In tho build Ins Industries, Senator Calder do- rh Is evidence that we re approaching a period when liv lm m will lio reduced. When thit rv" comes, labor must sharo Its rart." .Vcer to Pro-Wnr Level. "Ilulldlng construction prices will r.cvfr emtio back to tho pre-war level." Senator Calder said, warn In that "unless tho producer can tiake profits the shortage of houses ti. ill contlnuu; In fact, It will become un more embarrassing thun It Is today." Senator Calder suggested tho fol lowing plans for encouraging build ing' LcgMatlntt providing that fifty per rent of savings deposits may lie Inn pied on mortgages. iiliirtion of high uoges. . Tin exemption for Incomes from mortgages. ItcMrlctlon (if tho Issuance of' tax etcnipt securities. Oration of a home loan bank Ing tyslcni. Reduction of wages when thing rtwtd nro refill ed. ('iinrcllatlnii of nil trnnsportn tlon priori) t order. Ustabllshinciit of n department of construction. Dlscussirg tho fuel situation. Cold er reiterated his previous statements that coal profiteering must bo tucked by tho government. Government Must' Act. "l'rlvato. Interests now In control ef the productions and distribution of coal uro actually nnablo to pre vent a continuance nnd repetition of the present deplorable slttintlon, nnd It Ii the. duty of tin government to Uke such reasonable and practical taps as It may to remedy tho sit uation," Senator Calder said. Ho orucd as tho first itep In shnplng the establishment- of a federal atenry to which all coal producer unulrt submit complete reports of prltt's, distribution and production. $nator Calder opposed subsidi ng home builders. Must llo Oaln for Uullderx. "Tin construction of houses Is llk other business, based entlrclv pin th profit In tho venture nnd men will Hilld hoiiseH ngnln when thv run S"n nn opportunity for lain," Senator Calder declared. "iMiinneo by thi statrs of bonds for public Improvements have been undulv ononurnged" under the pres ent federal taxation system, Senator Calder said. "Theso securities are Immm! tv .,v,,...t nmi imvi. resulted In taking from the mnrtgnte field almost completely the private in Viktor1' thereby reducing money available for building purposes, the "iiatnr declared. "Ijibor Is a big problem," tho sen ator s.itd "There Is no question that labor has been Inefficient since the war. I think It Is fair, how evtr, to say tlyU In recent months the offl lenrv of labor lias Increased, Thrn, i evidence tint wo nro ap proarliing n period win nllvlng costs 1U be reduced. When that time coiy l.dior mutt share Its part." More Rallied Inline Needed. Firatnr Colder urged steps to In erfnK( the training of skilled labor, " i" c " havo "retarded Business nnd discouraged building r dm Ins I he past year," BeniPnr Colder said, Declaring in conclusion that It I" time for tho government to pay doner nttentlon to the housing sit "Ml n and human welfare. Senator pil'ler sa 0, "would It not be better n art now than to wait and havo the people of America rise up In OlKotitent nnd demand that tho gnv jrntnent Itself go into tho housing huslncs97" New York Life Insurance Co. Parmer & Duran SI'ECiAli AGENTS JOS Palace UId. 1'bos 101 Displayed Before Irish Home Says Witness at U. S. Probe New York Woman Says She Heard Soldiers Ordered to "Tear Down That American Flag ami Tramp on it; Windows Smashed and Stores Looted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Mrs. Myrtle. Muhrui of Corona, I.. I', today testified before thn Ameri can commission Investigating con ditions In lieland that llrltisli soldiers hail been ordered to "tear down that American flag and tramp on It," when she had hung tho emblem In front of her parents' homa in Queenstown, Two men In officers' clothing lei tho soldiers and one of tho men In 'an officer's uniform had attempted to climb the post upon which the flag waa mounted, Mrs. Mohun ti stifled. Unsuccessful In their attempts, sho declared, the soldiers, shout ing epithets, smashed all the win dows of the house. Mho declared sho had protested to the American consul. Could Get Nn Satlsfmilon. "He said 1 wai a guest In a Hrltlsh town under r.rltlsh pro tection and to Hccuro protection as an American, suggested that I take shelter In tho American consulate," Mrs. Mohan testified. "1 wanted to send a cable to nty husband In New York to get tho facta beforo tho proper authori ties here. The American consul said It would bo useless to send the cable us the Hrltlsh authori ties would not permit it to go through." Mrs. Mohan testified that on tho day the flag incident ocrurrol, August 27, last, drunken Hrltlsh soldiers smashed windows In shops nnd stores. REJECT DEMANDS OF COAL DIGGERS J Anthracite Operators Re fuse to Grant Miners Any Increase MAY LEAD TO STRIKE Men Declare They Will Stand by Demands ; To Put Whole Matter Up to Union PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 23. De clining to re-open tho award of the Dotted States anthracite coal com mission, '.he mine operators hero to day rejected the demand of tho hard coal mine workers for Additional wage increases, a minimum of 10 day labor rate and tho establishment of An universal eight-hour day. Mine workers representatives told the opeiators that they could hot ac cejj. any compromise and stood by their orlg.ual demands. Thev said the cntlro matter would bo placed before tho union's general ucule committee list Tuesday, when a "definite policy for futuie action" will be outlined. Tho miners asked general in creases of approximately 13 per cent. In addition to the 17 per cent grant ed therr by theTommlsslcm. This, thoy contended, would givo mem wage .advances equal to the 27 per cent reiently awarded tlu bitumin ous mLseworkers. Tho operators, in rejecting tho miners' proposals, declared that tho Agreement with tho Unlled Mine Wofkrs, based on tho findings of the tommlsslon was n "binding contract" isd 'Is repudiation would bo a "roach of faith with the public" which was a party to the mihiulhslon f tho award. They also held that nedlatlon and collective hotgalnlng Milive value only Insofar a; both sides ! adhere to tile fiud.ngs of mediators mil the agreements. which result until such action, Nat Goodwin's Fiance Entitled to 'Estate' NKW YORK, Dec. 23. Miss Georgia I.. Gardner, who wjs en gaged to become the sixth wlfo of Nat Goodwill, actor. Is the rightful owner of the contents of the apart ment wl leh belonged to Goodwin at thu tlmo of his death. This de cision was handed down today by Surrogate Cohalan. Tho declHioii was made upon ob t..ctlnns filed by Kl.iw & Krlangcr, heatrical producers, who sought to collect n claim of iix.ouu againsi uic i.Hinti.. Testimony was Introduced to show that the actor gave Miss Gardner his personal belongings In appreciation of her kindness to him during his last nnuvs. SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY Ijd llollowd to lime I'nllcn Into Hands of Moonshiner. NHW r.KDl'OllI), Mass., Dec. 23. More than 150 mon headed by po lice officials searched the wooded country to the north of the city to day for James V. Collins, Jr., H. a hlghsohoot student, missing since Saturday morning on a hunting trip. Ho lie tho son of Alderman Collins. A theory that the boy encountered moonshiners who nro said to Infest the district was advanced after Mrs. Annie Hatch of l'lalnvlew road re- pOTieU Wlilfc uuuuv a ,inv nfternnnn fclio heard n boy cry I out. Tho cry was followud by three shots, sue sain. Old Glory In a letter sent the state ilc paitment today, tho commission calls attention to tho "substan tial and unwarranted" Interfer ence on tho part of Francis Wells of tho American consulate at Manchester, England, v. ho Ill formed Mil A. Ersklun Hob lion nnd Miss Ellen Wil kinson of the Hrltlsh Women's International league that imiulrles on the state of affairs In Ireland wero not being encouiaged by American authoiltlrs and exacted a pledge from the two English women not to give Interviews on Ireland while In ibis country, ne coidlng to Mm, ltoblnsun's testi mony' "TlK'y Unto Americans." A deposition by Mm, Hohlnson accompanied thu letter. ltosum lug her testimony about tin flag incident, Mrs. Mohan said the next day sho icported tho matter to tlm Anieilcan consul. "Ho said he would make a noto of It nnd take It up with the com manding officer of tho mllltury." Bhe further testified. "Tho consul said! 'Of course, you know tlioy hato Americans as much ns tho Irish halo tho English.' "I then asked liltn to send a cable ubout It to the United States, but he said the llrttlah government prob.itily would not let It go through. So I sent a message to my husband In Now York, but he did not make it pub lic bfransed he feared it might work Injury to me." CHURCH SERVICES PREVAIL TONIGHT Practically All Houses of Worship Observe Christmas Spirit BIG TREAT FOR KIDS Nine Churches to Have Pro grams With- Trees, Candy and Everything in Store With the falling of tho sbndes of i m- 1 1 1 1-1 1 1 uimn Tulsa this evening, Christmas Kve services will begin different churches of the city ami will be In progress until niter mm- night nnd 'ie dawning of another ;hrlstrjns day. Mm v hurt-hen Trent. Christmas trees and treats await Sunday bcbool children at nine churches. At too notion Avenue K. church the pre-ChrNtmas service lit 7:30 o'clock will consist of ren dition by '.he Junior ana intermedi ate Sunday lichool departments, with a sucelullv built stage and back ground, of tho pantomlne. "Why the Chimes nang ' anu iiisirinuuon uum two Khristma trees of a treat for all '.'io Sunday school students. When Sunday cohool student nnd their parents of tho First Uaptlst church assemble nt 7:30 o'clock thU eve ning In tho church auditorium, wear, ng n now air with Its yuletldo deco rations and Christmas tree, a Christ mus program will bo given by chil dren and young people and then ft representative of Santa Claus himself will distribute gifts and a treat to the children. At tho First J.uthrun church, a sorvlco called " The Child Divine" and consis'.lng qf carols, readings and drills by tho children will bo given and then to the chil dren a treat will bo given. At the Klrst I'resbyterlan church there will bo tho annual Sunday School Christmas entertainment and tiee at 7,30 o'clock. After a pro gram to which all the departments will contribute, treats for 6.10 i till dren will "be distributed. The Col li ge inn i-onimuiiiiy onuren win have n typical Christinas program by the children and n treat for the children. At the United I'resny- i tcrlan church there, will bo a Chr.st- rnas tree, special miislr anil a cnrisi ni.m cantata, "A Good Time Wlt.i Santa CIsms anil Ills Fouil!' " Tin, I Nogalcs Avcnuo Haptist i liurcii nis i so iiriancd foi a treat jor i:ie children following a program of ouhs, reauinu's nun mini. l'msnim at ili-st ,M, K. The following rervce will tnko placu at the Hrst Methodist church, nong.. "Joy lu 'he World," Sunday U'hobl; prayer. Her. J. W. Abel; orchestra selection; reellatlii, "Wei u mo," fluster Wnluery; Christmas pantumlne, prlniar chlldien and Mrs. A. C, Hancroft; boys' chonm, .Mr. Clone's cluxs "How Santa Come Down the Cu.mney.' 1'oweil Mariwlth; offeiing. "My Christmas i'eiiny," by Hnber. Steinberg and "t)ur Gift" by Virginl'i Calvin; "Luther's Cradle," Genevieve Hngby, liisti unientnl solo, "The Aliuni Leaf,'" Itnsallo llerryi "ninblenm i.f Christ mas," Miss Monroe's class, mum, primary class, tnblenux, bell exer cise, cradle roll nnd benhlllersi "The Candlu Splilts," Mrs. 1'. V.. Mag. n't class; "King Metry Hells." girls chorus; "Santa's Surprise," Marjoy Abbott. A representative of Santa Clans will nihil visit the ChriiUiiHis Hvo CONTINL'IU) ON'l'Adi: HKVK.S'rr.EN THE WEATHER TUI.BA, IJrc. Il-Mailmum 33; mini. mulu 14, north wlnus, cUar. OklahoniHi Prl'lay rartly clouily, con llnueit cnlit, Hutunlay iurt cluu'ly rUlot tmirure. AI tknnaaa: Trlday fair, cnntlnueil col J: , r.iuii,.; 'i. ve..-,7, wn,- trturc. K'an.Hn. (If.itrally fair Frlilay nn,l priih. ably HalurOnyj rlalni; lanipfratum Friday 4iid In tul purllon tiuturUay CHARGE 5 FIRMS IN PAINT TRUST Collusion and Price-Fix ing Alleged in Handling of White Lead Output 'A LEAD PIPE CINCH' Capital Stock of Five Impli cated Concerns Approach es $400,000,000 EXPOSED BY UNTERMEYER Du Ponts Included in Newest Combination Developed at New. York Probe .NEW YOItK. Dee. 23. Five man ufacturing concerns controlling over 9f per cent of America's whlto lead output, ptlnclpal Ingredient of paint, were accused of collusion nnd pilco flxng today by Now York's, "build ing trust" Inquiry. The capital stock of these corpor ations approaches $400,000,000 and the Joint legislative committee con ducting the Inquiry into thn nllcged building trust was told In today's testimony Unit they maintained equal prices and exchanged Infor mation regarding quotations and names of customers. This "revelation" cntnn to the mliteo from Charles F. Tuttle. nc retary of tho American Institute of Lead Manufacturers, the association through which the companies ex changed prlco data and other Infor mation. Fl! Accused Concern. Tho corporations named wero the Sherwin-Williams company, Nation al Lead company, K. I. dlll'ont de Xemnures company and Hammer brothers, tho last named, the own ers of the Kaglo-I'ltrher company of Chicago, fifth member of the group. They opernto plants through out the country. Samuel Untermeyer, Committee counsel, charged that the Institute wtiR ft "nirU .rlhhnrl Cftmlilnntlfin " land suggested that a good name for lit would be tho "Load l'lpo Whlto Lead Cinch," After being Informed that next .In whlto lead the principal compon ent or nil paints is unseen on, Air. untermeyer intimated no wouiii "unearth collision" among tho man ufacturers of that product when tho commlttco resumed Its sessions next Tuesday. Another "Tru-t" (oIlapes. Another organization of manufac turers of building material, cast Iron pipe In this Instance, crumpled up today under tho attack of the In vestigators. Tho F.astcrn Soil Pipe Manufacturers association of which Mr. 'Tutllu Is nlso secretary, prom ised through him to dissolve within a week. He said the members would Immediately re-enter open compel! tlon. With the coining of thn now year. thn warfare against nllegnd combi nation In the "building trust" which tho Joint legislative rnmmltteo has been conducting for more than two months, will bo augmented by the United States senato commlttco on reconstruction and production to como litre from Washington to con duct Investigation into building "combines" along national lines. Hlccl TrolKT Arrostcil. Robert J. Foster, chief investiga tor for tho National flteol Erectors' association, was arrested on two In dictments returned today by tho ex- traordlnary grnnd Jury considering tho evidence glen beforo tho Lock wood committee. Ho wos held In $2,000 ball and directed to nppear December 28 beforo Justice McAvoy to plead, Ono Indictment eharges that on December HI, when a witness before the Lockwood committee, Poster wilfully refused to testify, nnd the other, that nn thn same date be refused to produce books, papers and documents In his pnssi'Sdmi. CHRISTMAS OFFER COUPON For Mall Suhsn Iptlnns In OkhUOtn. Not Good After Due, 2 I'll I OH M.IL SriWCIlll'TION IV OKI..IHJA O.VI.Y TfI.S. DAILY UOItLH! I wish to take ndvontngn of your nnnunl Chrlitmas Hargaln Offer checked below. I enclose remittance to cover. (ttn ntr Dally and Snnilny World, one )cnr. I tegular tpOD I'll'" (0.00, uftcr Jan. 1st. I save S3.76. $5,25 $2.25 r Kumlny Onljr, You Save $2.75 Name Address. , rostofflre Not Good for City Carrier Delivery In Tulsa THIS OFFKIl BXI'lltKS DEC. 24. 1620. CLARA SMITH S TRAIN SPEEDING TOWARD OKLAHOMA Berlin Military Expert urges Attack on Reds My Tli Amorlalril l'r, HLItl.l.V. Dec. 23 - -General Wllheliu Huffman, former chief of stuff of the Utrnmti east urim. who played an Important pint lu the llrest-LltONsk negotiations, de clares In an Interview published lu the Merlin llusslnn daily Aul. that ilulalievlsm, having ceased to be regional, Is a World problem now, utilih can be solved only by armed Intorxontlou by thu great povM'is acting lu earner!. An lo tt'i national army under thn lead oishlp of I'ershlng, .Ififfro or Focli should oieupy l'etiogiml, Getieinl Hoffman says, then punch on Moscow- whli h he as serts Is bound to fall before any well equipped and properly offi cered force. With the occupation of Moscow, TrolaUy and l.enlne would be un horsed and their 300 commis saries overthtown, nnd the mem bers of the whole tcglmo, Geti einl Hoffman predicts, would ask "safe conduct to pass the shortest way to oblivion." H,o feels certain that the llusslnn workmen would bo glad to desert their piesent leaders at the fitst Indication thaf their oveithrow was Imminent. BABY IS UNHURT IN FREAK FALL Mi'fi. Bess Brady AUKins . Ml Is Hurt With Intant in Auto Accident THROUGH WINDSHIELD Mother Picked UnconscioUH Off of Hood ; Haby Thrown to Paving; Will Recover Mrs. Uess llrady Adklnn of Mus kogeo and her 10. months old baby wnfa tin infullv Injured at 7:45 o'clock Thursday night when an automobile driven by C. G. Arm strong crashed Into tho electric coupe -In which thoy wero riding oh West Fourth street, throwing the child through thn wlndsleld onto tho street and the mother upon the hood nf tho machine. When taken from tho hood of tho electrlo by witnesses of thn acci dent, Mrs. Adklns was found to be unconscious. Sho was placed In a car nnd taken at once to the home of her father. T.Uo Jlraiiy, on oum Cheyenne. Attending physicians stated last night that aside from the shock and painful bruises, she will probnbly suffer no serious copse qiienooe. The baby so far as sscor a ned whs only l adly shaken up, Tato Ilrndy, Jr drove the electrlo. Ho met his sister nt the Midland Valley station and was taking her homo for tho Christmas holidays. Armstrong was tnken by thn pollen to tho pollco station where ho was charged with leckless driv ing. He hit "thn electric In driving south Jul tho nlley that opens Into Fourth between Main and Hoston. Mrs. Adltlns formerly was one of the best known girls In Tulsa society. She morrled Eugene Adklns of Mus- l.ni ffi,, t'r,r. nmi. nn,l Is ( f a ,),ay visit with her i " J.:!,,.. fipMlsl Hlntrr Krom New Turk. Tim roniirnnllon of Hon! limiitnh, ! Rnuth Oieymiir vcinif will have for .-rrlrr- nt their aynatvffiw lht rnmlnt I'rldny i-Vfnlur t ' an ' '"! N"'r ilny innrnlnj tli wrll known cnnior, Mr M lvlin of Nw York ' My IHurvoiin it rorillnlly lnlt"l n stirrcl, ami l ml lima to all l'i nrmrpil It A. HTMKOI.I,. . .Attn. i.oiuiiiiti.. Dally Only, World, no year. Itrgular I'rlcc $7.(10, after .lull. M. I savo $1.76. World, ono eur. ICrgulnr I'rlcc on Daily and Sunday HOUSTON FIGHTS PLAN FOR BONUS Warns Against Saddling More Burdens on the U. S. Treasury FACING GREAT DEFICIT ShortnKU of $2,100,000,000 Confronts Us at End of This l-'incal Year SAYS MARKETS AFFECTED Talk of Aitl for Soldiers and Help for Farmers Depress es Values of Securities AVASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Onelar log that tho goveruuiniit faces a gross deficit of $2,100,000,000 for the current fiscal yenr, Secretary Houston today wiirm.nl tho stiliati flounce, commltteo that congress should avoid putting a hsavlnr bur den on the treasury department. The estimate surprised the ciiinmlttee, as It was nearly $1,000,000,000 greater than thnt recently estimated by Sen ator McCtimber of North Dakota, one of Its members. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1022, thn treasury head estimat ed tho lof c It would ho upproxi matoly $1,500,000,000 and be added that It could bo seen that now sourceH of rnvenuo must bo sought to meet" even current requirements. win (jpitoNo mums. Mr. Houston wns called before the comtn ttco to discuss tho soldiers bonus, which, according to estimates, would reuulre nn outlay or ii.noo. 000.000. nnd hit Indicated that the treasury would oppose any action by congress thnt would tend to opcin a nuw drain on tho treasury. Tho secretary also reltnrated his objections to thn revival of tho war finance corporation, u wouiu moan h said, that Ilia treasury would be r 'iiipeiieu in lauucn a now program r iiorrowing. Tho romuiltten asked Mr. Houston to U-turn for further testimony Mon day, .Market Is Suffering. Market prices of Llbiirty bonds and other government securities were said today by Bccrotary Hous- ou to on suffering as a result or the continued discussion of tlu sol- Hers bonus und th various legis lative measures for the relief of tho 'armor, such an the revival of the war finance corporation. Enactment into law of either of hose propositions, thu treasury sec retary declared, would necessitate flotation by the government of (i loan which would add to the amount of government securities now out Huiidlug and can so consequent rt action in the mnrket for govern ment bonds. Necessity nf a bond Is sue to finance u soldier bonus, Mr. Houston said, Is readily understood, but It would be equally necessary for thn government to borrow In order to enable thn war finance corpora tion to function, OpK)Hi-s Sales Tax, Discussing a sales tax to provide government revenues, u subjent now under consideration by tho hous'i ways and means committee, the sec retary declared hlmnelf opposed to a general miles tnx on the ground that It was contrary to tho theory of progressive taxation. H lidded, however, thai he favored a selected sales tnx uppl cable to certain classes of articles not necissjiles, which, he said, would keep the burden of thn at from those unable in pay. It will take us .1.1 yeitiN to pay (iff our national debi under lite oxIhiIiik law," Senator Kmoot, lepubllian, of t'tnh. commented ns Houston pro ceeded. Our l'Hirls Enormous, During last month the department of commeii-e repoits showed Amer ican exports totaling $7,500,000,000 In value, Houston said. Houston cited sta'tstlrs to show n railing off lu tax payments bv those receiving laigu Incomes, He ex piessed the opinion that thu coun try's tax bitdeu would have to be inutiased If the national government l were to mbl to lis flnaiul'll olillga- lons din tin: the next two years, lie w.uiied agaliiht "tampering"' with he H'nklni; fund intended to take. ire nf ih n. unity's war debt r.cvcrtirig to tho proposed revival if the war flnanru corporation Hous on i. lid If thu corporation attempt d to Itsiie bonds to finance Amer- un exports tlii'sn bunds "would have to roiupetti with tho regulai isaues of treaauiy certificates" rU:e I Mm II May Help, Houx:rm sold he thought corpora Inn being organ. ted under the F.ilgn bill to finance American exports 'may do some good " iiicy may njip in unny cumin"! in I activities and I Imp" they will filiation In a successful manner," Houston Mid. One objection to the revival of the war finance corporat'on was bin etillliial (inn of "objecting to any hlng being dune now to Increase the country's financial but dens," Houston said ho dealt ed to warn congress and the country that tho 'assumption of any iiilditlona, finan cial ohdgat oiis such ns the proposed )2, 000, 000. 000 or $3,000,000,000 su illet ' bonus wuuld tend to Increaso 'ixailon, delay tho funding of out national debt and the funding of our Victory loan, cuiibo the Inflation of credits generally and tho impair ment of prlvutu enterprise. iSS Caught In East I'l'ITSItl'ltGH, Dec. 2:1 - John C. Gotteiikb ue, alias David L. Gor don, former second lieutenant in thn Fifth field artillery division, i barged with deserting his com mand nt Coblelii!, Germany, lu June, 1919, taking with him about I It, ooo nf his company's funds, was arrested bote tonight mid turned over to department of Jus lice uHlcloH, 'I ho government agents said that the prisoner would h taken to Fort Leavenwntth, Kansas, to morrow, wheio ho will be tiled by ciiiirt-itiatllal, Oottciiklcno'a arrest was brought aliout by Sanford T. I'ouiiii'oy of this city, who served ns a color sergeant lu thn sumo regiment with thn former officer. I'onieroy recognised Gotti'tiklenn nnd notified n policeman wlio ar rested tlm man, rioverumeiit agents mid that Gottmiklene was arrCsted in Ger many shortly after he deserted mid brought to Camp Taylor, Ken tucky. Ho isnaiied last February and since that tlmo a niillnnwldu search has been conducted. (lotleiiklene, before coming to I'ittsburgh, worked an a miner lu Morgaiilown, W. Va. After es caping fiom Camp Taylor, he was employed by different roueerun lu Cincinnati and Toledo, the govern ment agents said. The prisoner, they added, Is mild to have u wlfo residing In Oklahoma City. WAVE OF CRIME SUBSIDES IN N Y. Intensified Police Activity and Drastic Action by Judges Helps GET BOHEMIANS NOW Evidence That Burglars Arc Operating in Greenwich Village Is Found NEW yoilK, Doc. 23. Now Vork'ii crime epidemic appeared to bo waning today before Intensified pollen activities, supported by dras tic measures of criminal court Judges. Eighty-four mon, most of whom previously had been released on low bail, were sent to Jail by Judge In tho court of genernl sessions, when the ninouiiU of tho sureties were rnlsud so high, thu prisoners could not furnish llioin. Hull amounting to $150,000 was oidsred forfeited In thn rases of f.O oilier who failed to appear when ordered. $r. Hall liaised Io $35,000. Hall of ono primmer .who, tho rucoids showed, had ben at llbetty under u total of $5,000 on two :iuparatn charges, was Increased to $JD,000 by Judge Mclntyre, who de clared if this was forthcoming ho would ralso tho amount still higher. Announcement was mndn that on Monday 500 men will bo started on a course of Intensive training, pre paratory to Joining tho regular po llen force. , Two men wero arrested today after detectives said they had luiigbt drugs from them. Iater he officers reported solium of $1,000 worth of drugs in a cand morn run by thn two. Few serious crimes wero reported 'nl,!lV. i.. ('..-..enuUli Village, , mmw Vnrk burg- I Inn. t 1,1, I N'hW tars limy have reached Hie period of intensive production, camn to hand this aftetnoon when it wi learned b'jt some of them wero ceiitotiriit heir attention on Greenwich Vil lage, the city's Latin qua! tor, cus- omarlly portrayed as tho homo of struggling artists. ,. on l man arraigned In Jefferson mn village III which attention was Market court was found a map or riven to garrets usually containing nothing liinio uluabh) than free ......... ruhiMt iialutliigs. On tho inrtp were such ominous ins' iiptlons is "cop on coiner from 12 to 1, and bad entiniice and exits poor. oc nslonally there w.ih a helpful lip. such as "this door best.' Find llurgliir mi the I ono. When a negro mernber of tho po llen iom'ivis who hncl served six months as a convict following con viction for burglary and larceny, he wan arnilgni'd and held In $5,000 ball today. Magistrate Schwab sold; "This Is a flue example. Hero wo have an ex. convict going about tho streets armed and piotected by ii-asou of N being a member of the pollco reserves. Them Is a grave negligence somewhere " Thn man was Henry Shields, ac cused of knocking down and shoot ing In tho toot another negro out side a Harlem dance hall. MlsMiuil Haul. LcKiticI, CillLLlC.iTili;, Mo Dee. 23. Itntil'cr.4 In uke Into the cltlzcirs bank : Wheeling. U smell town near here during the tight nnd made off with firnclloilly all the safety deposit boves of the Institution. .Many uoxos cn'nlnlng papeis of no value to the mndlts were f in ml strewn along the oiid this moinlng. Officials of 'be nnk were unable to say what the . convenient form for easy refer 'oss would bo until a check, up I , nco . ni.,H classification Ct-A. "ado. Xmas Gift Suggestions. . - - 'Telephone your Want Ads to Tht Try Harmony CaffUrla Mr good plact ;,.! J i ,.;,, Osaro G000. tu c,4l. Undr Woo wurllia AUvi. 0IIU, l noni. uJ,u vuv( GIRL TO DEMAND AN EARLY TRIAL Preliminary to Be Waived, and 310,000 Bond Fur nished at Once STATE TO TAKE HAND Governor Robertson to In struct Attorncy-Goneral to Assist Prosecution LAWYER DENIES WILL CLAIM Says Jake Told Him Shortly Before Death That Ho Had Not Made Will lly The Aaoelta! I'rcaa. ON UOA11D CIVUA SMITH'S THAIN, Via FOllT HANCOCK, Texan, Dec, 2.1. In the custody C Sheriff Muck Gariett of Ardniore, Oklahoma, and accompanied by hor attorneys, W. 1'. McLean. Jr.. and Charles A. Coakley, Clara llarton Umllh, charged with murder In con ncbtlon with thn death nf Jake L. Hainon, today wan speeding bn'ok to Ardniore, Okla., where sho will make bond and demand quick trial. Sheriff Garrett's party left El Pnso lu the early dawn today following' a night of swiftly moving events, tho climax of which was Miss Smith's surrender to Garrett In Juarou. Miss Smith today appeared to havo recovered from nn Indisposition last night that threatened to prevent her scheduled departure, this morn ing. James L. Smith, hor younger brother, who accompanied Miss Smith from Chihuahua City, hud been deputized last night by Sheriff Seth II. Omdorff of El I'aao to keep tier in custody at her parents' home, TO WAIVK I'KIXIMINAUY AND HE HOUND OVEU Aiaot-Utrd !ra Statu W'lra. AKDMOliE, Dec. 3J. Upon ar riving hero tomorrow afternoon, Clara Smith will walvo preliminary hearing and bo bound over to the district court fur trial on the charso of shooting Jnko I- Hainon. renubll- raii national committeeman and mil lionaire, according to Ittissnll fl. urown, county uttorney of Carter county. lioud will bo flxod at annroxl- matoly $10,000 nnd It will rontnlu , C5 signatures, tho county attorney said. To Ask Trial In Artlinore. J, II. Mathers, county attorney- elect, of tho firm of Mathers and Coakley, retained as i counsel for Cluiu Smith, said tonight with re gard to Governor Itoburtson's Inten tion to seek a change of venuo that It was cuntrary to thu state statute tor nnyono oilier man tna defendant. to asl for a change. Ho said ho felt certain that tho defendant would ask that tho trial bo hold In Ardniore. Sheriff Uarrett. brlnirlnir Clara. Smith froth El I'aao, might leave tho train at some town south of Ard niore nnd como hero by automobile, Mr. Mathers said. The dofendant will bo arraigned Immediately before? thn Justice of the peace, walvo pro-' lltnlnary hearing and bo held for trial In tho district court, according to Mr, Mathers. More Talk of Will. About 10 dajB ago, Mr. Mathers said, Clara Smith wroto to him that Jnko Hamon had told her that ho had mailo a will designating hor a a fourth party to thu estato aiul that Dm will had boon deposited In a bunk, Shu did not state In her letter tho nnmo of tho bank In which tho will was depoaltod, Matlicis said. Ho bnllnves she will divulge that Infoc mntiou when sho reaches Ardmoro tomorrow. It Is possible, Mr. Mathers said, that tho trip of Frank Ketch, admin istrator of tho Haiiioii estate, to New Vork, wan In connection w.lth tho will, It Is known, ho said, that Hamon had borrowed between $1, ooo.ooo and $2,000,000 from New Vork capitalists to flnanco his rail road In Texas, Mr. Mathers suat gested that h might havo deposited thu will tlicio us soiuo sort of se curity. WIDOW'S liAWVEIt SAYS ,IAKi: LI'JT NO WILL. KAN?AS CITV, Deo. 23. Jako L. Hainon, late republican national committeeman from Oklahoma, and oil magnate, left no will, and re ports that thorn la u document nam ing Miss Clara Smith Hamon us a beneficiary nto erroneous as far as lie can ascertain, nccordlng to a statement hero tonight by Fred Ellis I'ONTINlllM) ON I'.WIH ariVKNTKBM THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU HEAD World Want Ads they savo you from tho necessity of running nil over town to find tho place to rent to find nn automobile to buy to find u place to board to find a good em ployer who wants you or a good clerk who wants to work for you. Theio aro hundreds of announce ments for many hundreds of people a,,,, in U'nrlil Want Ad nages i ,,nnunceinentB are arranged