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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TWfi AVKKAOIJ 8WOHN NKT I'AID C'IKCL'LATION, MARCH Daily 32,310 Sunday 33,270 FINAL EDITION I WMWMfiAW IUH I Nil ffi rvtAA VOL. XV, NO. 193. ELWELL MURDER CONFESSION FAKE Hoy Harris Admits That Ha Spun a Fairy Tale to the Police TESTED WIFE'S LOVE ut Over Hoax Just to Sec Whether She Really Loved Him Says Prisoner HARRIS NEAR A COLLAPSE Was 'Sick of Life and Every thing in General' He Tells Newspaper Questioners IU'FFALO, N. V., April 10. -Hoy Harris, hold hero by tho pollen on hi-i confession that ho was con c. rrd In the murder of Joseph li, Llwcll, In Now York lnnt June, to- inv confoMoil that his Htory In not .rue The prisoner had been quoo tlontd for tw-j houra by District At torney Mooru at tho end of which tlnin ho mailo a statement adtnlttlilR thnt his original declaration was all false. Mr Mooro cnt word to Charles R Whitman and Captain Carey of me acw lorn pouca who were on thilr way to Buffalo. Tho develop ment may cause them to change their plans and return to New York from Albany. Wire Proves "True lllue." v Harris alleges as his reason for the hoax that ho had been separated from his wlfo and had not met her again only last week ami desired to know whether sho would bo staunch to him were ho In serious trouble. He Mid that If she had not proved "loyal and truo blud" ho would have gone to tho electric chair without regret. Harris confessed the hoax to De tective Oswald of tho New York force on Saturday night but the po lice did not m ilk o public tho fact be r.iuscd ho .wished ho s.ild, to talk with Mr. Whitman and Captain Carey first. Ho placed a charge of flrt degreo murder against tho prisoner and ordered, him hold In communicado. After a few hours that charge was withdrawn. Oswald rays that It was through tho wlfo, tho prisoner's talc was disproved. Ho took tho woman out to tho 'out lying police station where tho man was locked up and let them talk for an hour or so. "It's All Just' a ruble." Harris had Insisted that his wife was In St. Cnthurlnes. Ont., during the planning nf tho Blwell murder, while she declared that she was In New York that week. She said she cave him a birthday gift of socks at that time, "Old yqu get a birthday present last year" asked Oswald. "Why, yes, two pairs of socks," MM Harris. 'Who gavo them to you?" "My wife," said Harris, with hesi tation, "Rut you raid your wife was In Ft Catharines at that tlmo," said Oswald. "Oh, well, you've caught mo. The whole thing Is a f.ikef mid Harris, with a hopeless fjesture. At noon today Harris was taken to the district attorney's otflco and confronted with his wife. After ho ndmltted tho hoa ho returned to Ills - el' nn wainnte rd fl h U hull In solitary confinement. This was done, tho local police say. at the lenuest of Detective Oswald. The Mfo was returned to her coll also. Prober Himch tin- Scene, Former Governor Charles S. Whit man, special Investigator of tho 131 ell murder mystery, and Captnln Arthur Carey of tho homicide squad of the New York pollco department arrived here tonight. "Well, It looks as If our bird has down." said tho former governor, who had been notified by telegram that Harris had repudiated his con fmlon. Nevertheless Mr. Whitman and antaln Carey- determined to ques tion Harris nnd went lo the district attorney's office. Hnrrls wan taken tnoro from tho police ststlon where lie has boon, hold, and his wife was Tought from nnother station. They ere questioned behind closed doors. I'cforo the arrival of Mr. Whit wan, newspaper men had been nl "wed to question Harris at the po ice sMion. Tho prisoner seemed to o on tho vergo of a nervous col lapse In responno to questions Hnrrls anmlttiwi tt,. i. t,.i ,ift,i ...... nan i iTiuuiiivM m confession of tho Hlwell murder pn Saturday night after n New York ??tl" "' o had questioned him nnd lil wife "Whiit was your object In telling no stiry n tho first placo?" Harris was akefl, UN "Last TllKnir-i" I was sick of llfo and everything r?rm'.rnl nml 1 determined to n the limit " ho replied "I made up rfVTINVi:n ON PAOK EIGHT I ind the Needle Somewhere In this city nro Ln11'1' who wou1'1 lihe to buy, . rent or oxchange .what "ir yon nrivo to ot(er Hut locating these prospects " a "Icult as JJndlng the """fblnl nccdlo unless . you e I h o modern buslnoHs methods, nend and use World a.b , A'l?: Ca" HaB 0000, for Want Ad taker. U. S. Will Take Up Fight Against Theft of Motors CHICAGO, April 10. Tno fed cful grand Jury will be re quested tomorrow by tho United Ktnte district attorney's office to order a special Investigation for violation of tho Dyer net, which provides 10 years im prisonment for Interstntu traffic In stolen automobiles. Assistant District Attorney ml wln Tlelso announced tonight the. Investigation would be re questeu In connection with n crusade against what federal officials believed to be a nation ally org.mir.ed "nuto theft trust" consisting of more than BOO theft experts, dealers In used enrs and n few mniiufncturcis.. Evidence, already obtained, offlc'nls said, snows that the band has stolen automobiles valued at nearly 11, 00(1,000 In tho mlddlo west during the past yp.ir. FIND BABE'S BODY IN TRASH BURNER f Infant Wrapped in Serge Skirt Put in Incinerator on South Boston. ASfiES GIVE UP BODY County Attorney -and Others Investigate; Skirt May Be Clue to Slayer . Wrapped In what hud been an ex. penslvo blue sergo skirt and with Its legs badly burned, tho body of n fully matured baby boy was foiuid nt noon .Sunday In a pllo of halt charred paper In an incinerator In tho rear of 'JIG Sdulh Huston avenue by 1-'. M. Kelly, owner of the prom ises. Kelly found the body shortly uuer inuring soiuu waste, paper in tho trash burner, preparatory to building a fire. - ' Circumstances surroundlr.g tho finding nf the body Indicate tho child was placed In the Incinerator rhursdoy night or early Friday morning by unknown net sons, u ml an attempt had been made to hide tho crime by setting tiro to trash In tho burner. j.The fact that only a small quantity of paper and maga zines was in tho incinerator at that tlmo accounts for tho slight mutil ation of the body when found yes terday. orriciniH iiiM'stigntiug. County Attorney W. F. Seawtr. Charles Price, undcrshcrlfr and F. J, Hays, county lnvcs.lg.itor, who wcro called to tho Kolly homo short ly after tho discovery of the body, ordered the remains taken to the Mitchell-Fleming Undertaking com nanv. Scaver said last night the skirt .in which the child had .been wranncd before being placed In the burner, had been placed In custody of tho Investigator nnd that this nieco of wearing nppartil will prob ably furnish tho onlv clue, as to tlu person wno piaccu me cnnu in wic trasli burner and men set nro tu the papers surrounding the body. Kelly, In n stntoment yesterday, said that when ho carried somu irnsh to tho burner about noon Sun day, ho first dug several cans from the bottom of tho burner, and be lieving a bundlo of charred papers In one corner of tlm largo burner to bo wot magazines which had failed to burn, turned tno punuin over with an Iron bar nnd found tho partly burned body of tho Infant. H called tho county officers, and ,tfter a short tlmo Scaver ordered the body tnken to tho morguo. Tut Tlicro Tliurhtiiiy iigni. Tim elrciimstanco which leads Kelly to bebeve the body was plivrod In the burner some time Thurmtay night wiib tho fact that tho Incln- elation was burned clean Thursday, lf nenr,1K n this phuso before tho and Friday morning Kelly and '"Tcnd of tho week. wlfo saw smoke arism from the burner shortly after sunrise. They though nothing of this circumstance .1 iho tlmo however as several of their neighbors use the burner con Btanily, und not until tho child wan found wns It recaiieu to ineir minu .hat 'he riro m early Friday morn ing was not usual as those using the burner left tho burning ot tho trash to Kolly. County Aliornoy souver sain lie wmiiri innke a thorough Investiga tion of tho affair Monday, and will a. tempt -to iraco 1110 puruniuKc the child. Arknnsns IX'iniKTiit Is Wlilpix-d. WAHHINOTON. April 10. Hop- resimtativo Oldfleltl of Arkansas has been appointed whly and Jlepreseni atlvo llox of Texas, assistant for tho liuuso democratic, organization. The selections, which were announced to dav by Ilepresuntatlvo Kitchen of North Cnrollnn, tho minority leader, complete the organization of tho party for this session of congress. New U. S. Certificate orfcr. WASHINGTON, April 10. Secro ary Mellon innounced tonight tnc fiffor or nr. tun of treasury ccrtl Ilrates to t' iiuount or nbout J150,- 000,000. 'nil new Issue will be dated April IS, maturing In six months and bearing interest ut 014 per, cent, THE WEATHER OKI.AItOMAi MumUy nnd Tumkjr fair, rUlnr t"iprtiir. KANKAH 'lr MumUy, warmer Tua- ''VVlKANSAH. KAHT ANI WEST TRXAHt MnmUy anil TueaiUr fair, rlilns tern pratute. KTAM.KT M-crWK ronrk arrrw :0 S. Boulder Phon" Q, lin-KCt. Arotulanea Mrvtct. Adt, TWO ARRESTED IN' AUTO THEFT DRAG County Attorney Believes Pair Accomplices of Police 'Pigeon' CAUGHT NEAR BEGGS Idnetify One of Motors Taken Erom Men and Find Two Other Ford Cars BRADY AT HEAD OF GANG? Inveatisator for County Is Certain Men Arrested Are Organization Members Ed rlquct and Jerf Stanflnld, two men alleged to bo members of the ring "of auto thlovett now sought by tho county uttorney through the ef forts of F. J. Uaya, Investigator, working out of tho county attorney office, wcio arrested In a shuck eight miles west of lleggs .Sunday by llays, and threo cars, one- of which Is known to have been stolen from W. S. Calahan, of Hrlstow several days ago, wore recovered und brought to this city yesterday afternoon, piquet arid Stanfleld' are now held In tho Tulsa county Jail awaiting tho filing ot charges against them Monday, llays. In a statement madu Sunday arter his return from Hoggs, said he Is certain th arrested ;nen nro con nected with auto depredations In this city In which Clyde Urudy, In Jail under several charges of this nature, Is Implicated. Urady is tho man arrested by Days last week over tho protest or the nollce department, tho latter "officers claiming llmdv to bo n trusted "stool pigeon" and not an automobile thief. They contended that Urady had "tipped" tho police officers to the location of many stolen curs, nnd hud been of ma terial assistance In tho cap turn of autn thleves in this district. These statements were dented by Hays who says that after an ex tended Investigation he believes Urady to bo tho head of tho nuto thieves In Tulsa and Tulsa county, nnd thnt whether or not he was working with tho police, that Urady In reality was acting as a fence for many of tho cars stolen in this vl clnjty. (ays' Investigation led him to tho shack west of lleggs Saturday night, and beforo daylight ho entered the building, arrested Piquet and Stan field and found threo cars, an Ks sex, stolen rrom Calahan, a Ford touring car with numbers Intact and a Ford roadster with numbers obliterated. Ho said ho believed the owner of the touring ear can bo found, nnd that there Is n pnsslb 11 y that the roadster may bo hiarked In such, a way that tho alwful owner may obtain hi. property. A SALES TAX BILL PLANNED Senator Sninol's Mon.snro Would Yield Sl.fino.OOII.OOn n v.r, WASHINGTON, April 10, A gen eral sales tnx hill will bo introduced by Senator Smoot, Utah, n republic an member tit tflo sennto finance committee, in tho senate Tuesday, It was announced tonight. Senator Smoot's measure would placo n flat "tax or 1 per Ant on gross'salcs nhovo $6,000 annually of virtually nil commodities, both raw materials and finished products,- Tho bill carries n few exemptions but ap plication of tho tnx would bo stayed practically only on such commodi ties as now bear a higher levy. . Hnrly consideration of tho Srnnot proposal Is planned by tho senate finance commltUie In Its study of tho luxation qucetlon. Tentntlvcvaar- mn..n in .,!., ,.., , ..I 1 a ll... I .. In discussing his nronnsed strles tax, Mr Smoot said It would be sim ple In application nnd easy to com pute, Ho declared it would properly distribute tho burden or taxation, compelling each citizen to boar a share proportionally to his nblllfy to pay as measured ay his buying or producing powers, Caiinilbin Coal nlMvwrer l)le. VANCOUVlClt. 11. C .April 10. Alexander Sharp, discoverer of the coal fields at Cnalinont, H. -C. nnd Okotoks, Alberta, and ono of tho best known mining engineers In British Columbia, died at his homo hero last night, aged CS. Olwervt' lllrtliday Party. In honor of the thirteenth birth day of Miss wnia Dae Alien. 30 boys nnd girls, school friends, wore guests Saturday afternoon of Miss Allen's mother. Mrs. W. F Rills, 20 South Ohninla avenue. Sharp Quake, About 1,800 Miles From Washington, Is Felt WASHINGTON, April to, An rnrthouako lasting an hour and described as ratMer sovero oc curred this morning. Dlroctor Tendorf of tho (Jeorgotown uni versity solsmograpljlo observatory estimated the' center of tho ills turbanro at nbout T.800 miles from Washington, prnbahjy In Central or South Amorlca. Tho seismograph recorded tho tlrst tremors at 8! 67 a. m." Tho shocks reached their maximum Intensity at t 0 S u, m. nnd tho dlatrubanco ended about 10 a. m. TULSA, OKLAHOMA, Two Million Women Voters To Be Represented Today at League Session in Cleveland ri.KVlJI.AND, jOhlo. April 10, Hundreds of delegates and al ternates arrived here tonight to attend the second annual conven tion of the Nntlonnl I.enguo of Women Voters, which opens a week's session tomorrow. Ono thousand delegates are expected 1" attend, representing s.non.OOO members or tho league. An executive council meeting or tho national board or dltectors, state presidents, henils of standing committees nnd one appointed representatlve'froiu each state will be held today. Tho meeting dis cussed plans to be presented to tno convention for consideration beginning Tuesday morning, In cluding questions or policy, fi nance, next car's budget nhd pro posed amendments to by-laws. Convention officers tonight pre dicted tho convention would bo harmonious and productive or LONDON HOPEFUL,' SUNDAY GAL4 DAY Strike Specter No Longer Haunting City, People v Throng Parks DANGER IS NOT OVER But Outlook Is Favorable ; Un fettered Conference to Be Held to Talk Issues' Ily Hi Aicnrlritril I'mm. LONDON. April. 10. Today was n day of relaxation from tho tension created by tho coal strlko nnd tho posslbllty of a general industrial tloup, nnd gavo the cabinet minis ters and labor lenders an Opportuni ty to rest. Opinion on tho nspect continues favorable, but . meanwhllo all pre cautionary measures arc proceeding actively, and will not bo relaxed un til tho miner's nro back to work.. Londoners today apparently no long er haunted by tho fear of strikes crowded tho parks and rivets nnd It was a striking contrast to Saturday, when conditions kept tho nervous suburban population In IU homes. Tw important views, arc apparent today. Tim first wns tho confident belief among tho labor leaders that, now that an unfettered conference Is assured, n greater number of pump ers will return to their duties, al though under the terms of the agree ment they only nro required to ab stain from molesting volunteer workers. The second was that the government whllo firmly opposed to a subsidy. Is willing for a limited pe riod, to afrord some temporary as sistance to tldo Industry over the difficult stage. It also Is believed that tho whole wage nasjs recently proposed by tho mlncowners which originated tho dispute, will be dis carded and n now basis rormulated for tho miners' consideration. Herbert Smith, president, nnd Frank Hodges, secretary or the miners' federation, addressed a formal letter today to the various branches of the organization, urg ing all loyally to accept th rocorn mendntlons that thnso locked out should refrain from obstructing any action to t.ccuro tho safety of tho mines. THREE CHURCHES BURNED rircrt Made Necessary, by Cold Snap tu Ceorgln O'uiim" llcioy Isiw. A'JLANTA, O.I.. April 10. Fires made necessary by the sudden re version to wlntrf temperatures re. suited In th destruction of two Churches In Georgia today and damaged another, causing possibly fatnl Injuries to two young women. MIk:ch Hub.y and filadys Ilembreo of Westhnven Springs, near Atlanta, woro posilbly fatally burned In the explosion of an oil stove In Sharon church, nenr Westhavon ffprlngs. W. H. Whltflelfl mirrored painful burns whllo trying to beat out the flumes. Georgia nvonuo Presbyterian church, pear here, was destroyed by fire, entailing n. loss of J25.000 and hn Newpolnt Methodist church, Amorlcus, burned wltn u loss cs- lmated at 12.500. SiMinMi Mlno Strikers Hungry. CAHTAGF.NA. Spain. April 10. Hundreds of miners In this district, who huvn been on strlko some -uonths, nave appealed to the nil- horllles to commence puouo worKs, to save their families fr. -n starvn-' tlon. The government In Madrid Is i studying asjirojert for road making 1 In order to provide work. Reds Organizing Army of 100,000 Communists fly tlir Aiorlntl l'rM. ItlOA. I.ctvla, April 10, A new "International nrmy," which is ex pected' to be the basis of a huge force to ho available ultimately to enforce the dictates of tho third In ternationalists, Is rapidly being or ganized In Itiusla replacing the old red army, according to Information received hero from authentic sources. It alroady numbers more than 100,000 carefully selected com MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921 i ninny Important recommendations, , Tho national bomil of d(" I (' airmen or standing committees, and regional dlieelois, have been j meeting In closed pre-conventlon I sessions since Thursday, planning n program for the convention. Tomorrow's session will consist of seven itll-dny pre-eouventlou conferences. All conferences nro open to dolegatf s, altel nates, visi tors nnd tho pllblh. Deleguies nnd alternates will bo permitted i to po.rtlclp.ito In tho discussion, i State rhnlrmcn or each stii' dhig I committee will report. Many I local and outside experts will ad dress each conrei;ence. Subjects approved will bo nken up tor final action by the convention proper, whldi begins Tuesday. Special lunchiM will-be served be tween morning und afternoon meetings nnd will end with seven conference dinners ssrved slmul jnneously tomorrow evening. U. S. OFFICERS IN CLASH WITH JAPS One Japanese Sailor Shot and Four Arrested in Whisky Ship Raid SEAMAN OPENS FIRE Americans Trap Yellow Smug glers Who Show Fight as Arrests Arc Made JACKSONVIM.H, Fin., April 10, One Japanese suitor was rerlniisly wounded and four others were placed under arrest by federal pro hibition officers tonight during a raid conducted for whisky, ( which is said by the authorities won being smuggled nrthorn from tho Japanese steamer, Verio Main, The shooting occurred, ofricers said, when ono of tno Japanese sea men opened riro on them. They re turned tho fire, they mild, wounding onn of tho crew. H was- removed to n hospital here and four others were arrested on technical charges and held pending Investigation, According to the officers, thy had Information that the members nf the crow would attempt to snnilo li quor through this port nn1 negoti ated with somo of tho sailors to have the contraband delivered to item. It was brought ashore by sailors tonight, It was said, and an soon ns its delivery was effected, the offlcors moved to pluco the men under ar rest, when ono of t1io Japanese opened fire, Tho arrests wero then made. Tho Verio Mnru put In hero April 7 rrom Harry, Kngland, to load phosphate. It Is in command i;t Captain Ham bayshle. NEW BUDGET BILL READY Chairman Good Plans to Introduce II In CnngrcKH 'IVsluy. WASHINGTON, April 10. Tho budget bill wnlch Chairman Good of tho house appropriation!! committee vxpects to introduco Monday when congress convenes will bo tho name In essentials as tho measure tiassed tiy the last congress and vetoed by termor president Wilson. It will provide, however, for a budget bu reau with both itn director and as sistant director appointed by the president, Mr. Good said toduy, at tor a conference, with President Harding. Tho vetoed bill contained A provision Ins'ertod by tho somite tlia( the director should bo tho secretary of treasury with an as vlslaut appointed by tho president. The bill an completed, Mr. Good wild, would stipulate that congress snail nsve (minority to remove tno comptroller of tno currency from of rice, in vetoelng tno old bill, Mr. Wilson objerted to this clause on the ground that the power of removing the comptroller should remain ex clusively In tho hands of the presi dent. A Negro W'omuii Lynched. JACKUON, Mlrt.. April 9 -The body of Kachacl Moore, negro woman, was found hanging to the limb of a tree In Itarikin county lust night, 15 miles from here. The womnn wns tho motncr-tn-biw of Sandy Thompson who last Mouilsv was lynched for the murder of J-7. H. Dodson, and the authorities ex pressed tho belief that she was a victim of mob violence. The woman has been mliliig since the murder of Dodson. Crescent Pnrty lliwk From Mexico. NEW OHLKANS. Atiril l - party of 75 New Orleans business men returned to this liy unlay af ei spending the;jsist 27 duyh on n trade extension tour through Mexico, munists who participated in tho first actions at Kronslndt, The force is said to ho tho only ono on which the bnlshovlkl lenders can actually count for an effective .... .. . ..... ill (lull, iwt hliu u.lliiuuiir..iiiiii lit (liu I old army Is spreading rapidly It Is even declared that n, number or German Spnrtaclsts, who recently reached Russln, Joined tho new army to recelvo training for future em ployment In Germany. HEAVY PROBLEMS UP TO CONGRESS G7th AHsembly to. Meet at Noon Today in Ex- tra Session MESSAGE DAY LATER Domestic Needs, Including Tariff and Tax Revision to He Touched ORGANIZATION ALL, READY Speaker Gillette to Bo Re elected and Rest of Slate Quickly Put Through WASHINGTON. April 10, Tin new republican administration will get under full headwny tomorrow when the 'Sixty-seventh American congress convene ut noon for the extraordinary simlou called n few weeks ago by President Harding. Tho program tomorrow Is ex pected to bo limited to the usual opening formalities, Including the adoption of resolutions providing for a Joint session on Tuesday lo hear the president's address and tu organize work. Committees of lenders will also be appointed tomorrow to notify the president of the assembling or con gress. Harding Mmsiigo Tiic.-siltiy, Domestic needs, including tariff and tax revision, are expecled to bo emphasized by President Harding Tuesday, but he also Is said to be planning a considerable discussion of International illest(UH, llepub. Hi mis prominent In congress re ceived reports tonight that ho would stiito wl:i considerable dcMiiltcncss his attitude toward the proposal to establish peace with Oermnuy by congressional action. Tomorrow's program calls for reading In both bodies of the pres ident's proclamation calling the ex tra session and for election or offi cers. Speaker tllllet Is lo ho re elected In the house, after tha call of tho roll by states. Committee slates also nro to bo Jilopled, with Representative Mon dell of Wyoming to continue as mn Jorlty lender and Iteprosantntlvo Kitciiiu or North Carolina, succeed lug the Into Champ Clark an mi nority leader. Flood of I1IIU Due. Tho usual opening flood of bills nnu resolutions Is due In tho house tomorrow, but not until Tuesday in ine senate. Tho first legislative achievement promises to l,. enactment of the emergency tariff bill vetoed at the last session by Pre dent Wilson This Is to bo Introduced In the house tomorrow ami reported dur ing tho day or Tuesday. It will be tnken up for debate on Wednes day nnd republican lenders will press for a, final vote beforo tin week end. Senate lenders nlso will press the measure, hoping to get It Into tho president's hands by next ween. Work in the senate will begin on the '25,000,000 Colombian treaty, probably Tuesday with ratification generally Indicated. Many Join to Ho lUled. Hundreds of nominations urn ex pected to bn received this week by tho sennto from President Harding, Many roccss appointments nro to be Included. Among these Is the nomination of former Ilcnrorjfnt- atlvo ICsch of Wisconsin, to the In terstate commerce oomml.-oilnn. Tho diplomatic list Is scheduled to hi headed by Col. Ooortro Hurvey of New York, for ambassador to Great Urltnln. Committee reorganization for tho senate us well as the house, Is to be, arranged tomorrow, with republican representation greatly Increased, Few chnlrniiiiishliiii l.i 'liner body, liowever, will bn nt fected. . Iczcns of unimportant senate committers aro lo be abolished. Committee work Is lo bo begun lmmcdlatci" on a number or sub jects including tariff and tax re vision, and the. American Import -aluatlori the nntl-dumpliig and sol dler bnmiH bills. To expedite the program tho senate flnunro com mittee will start henrlnvi this week on Internal revenue revision, headed by the s.'ilci tax proposition. Hills to establish a budget sys tem, to reorganize tho government departments and to re-clasilfy fed eral employes also are to In- pressed at once. Pencil Dlwiiwdoii Scln'iliiliil. While tho house Is engaged Inrge ! with fiscal legislation, the senate will work on the Colombian trea nnd afterwartl take up the Immlgrn. tlon bill, wllch was vetoed at the last session. The Know peace reso lution and other proposals for bring ing about peace also promise much dlicusslon. and possibly early ue tlon. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania plans to Introduce his peace resolu tion soon, but probably not during the first few days of the hi-bjIoii. The nrmy and navy appropria tion 1)11 la. wl h their hug-, budgets, which failed In the lasi congress nnd must be available by July 1, are 'to be slutted soon In the house, Hullroad affairs will bo Inves I gated soon by the senate Interstate commerce ccmiiiKtce. The Imiulry for' which Chairman Cummins, of low.f. will Introduce an authorlrar tlon resolution on Tuesday, may be-' gin late this week. Another Inves tigation which will continue, is the senate Judicial (-(iinmlttee's inquiry Into foreign loans, The republicans will start upon the session with commanding ma jorities in both senate and house. In the upper bodv there wl ho GU tCONTINl'KD ON PAK KIOIIT) 12 PAGES Woman Writer Gets $10,000 On Bad Check Nl'W VOltK, April 10- A woman who said she Is Mrs. llaiili-t Pendleton Hunt, writer nnd member of a prominent r.tmlly In Cincinnati, Ohio, was nil i t cit here today on a Chaigo or giand taiceny. The police ray cotiipbilui was made by a New Vork brokerage rirm that she obtained Jlo.OHO In Victory bonds on a check drawn on a bank m CliH'Iniiatln, ntiteh was returned mm kid "no funds." llondit val ued at 19.000 and S7K2 In cash have been recovered, It was stated. The womnn admitted the tran saction, the police said, explain ing that she desired funds for a hurried trip to France. RAILS SHOW BIG LOSS IN MONTH Deficit of .$7,205,000 in February Charged Up to U. S. Lines 106 FAIL TO 'GET BY' Only 94 Mario Expenses; Earnings C3 Millions Short of Estimated Income WASHINGTON, April 10. Hall, roads of the United States siifferfu a deficit In February or f7,2Uo,OUO, whllo 100 out of 200 reporting to (he Interstate commerce commission failed to earn their expenses and .axes, as against a deficit ot II, Kif.hUO for January wlih lull out of 202 falling to make expenses, ac cording to tabulation mado public tonight by the Association or Hull way Executives. Of thu lull roads raiting to ni'ikt expenses, -10 wcro in the east, 1G In southern and 44 In western d lu ll lots, the 200 roads reu-escnt u mileage, ot 235,562 miles. The carriers, the tabulation showed, fell short 03, 804,000 uf rurniug tno amount tatlmatod un dor tho Increased rate fixed In uc cordanco with tho transportation act, devised to establish u rctufn of Q U'Jfil (III VKIUKllUllS. Total operating revenues were given as V4On,0f),000, a decroasa of I'S per cent compared with Feb ruary 1920, while operating ex penses wero 385,K78,U0U, a de crease of 7 1-2 per cent deficit, however, It wns announced, was re duced 56 1-2 per cont compared with February 1920, when It to taled 116,5111,000, 'Complete reports from tho cast- f-rn district," an associated stnlo- m cm um, - snow mat inu operat ing revenues totaled 1181,413,000, or an Increaso of 3.1 per cent over those of February 1920; while total operating expenses were 118,021, 001), a decrease of 7 1-2 per cont. The net operating Income, however, was a deficit of 19,750,000, which wus however, an Increase of 07 per cont over thu sumo months lust year when there was a deficit or 129,527,000. "UeporiH from the southern dis trict showed operating revegucs were 109, 007,000, or a doorcase of 9 1-2 per cent from one vear ago, whllo operating expenses totaled 164,890,00, a decrease of 5 nor cent compared with February, 1920, The net operating Income for the 36 class 1 roads in that district was 1 187.000. which wus, however, u docreaflo of 90,6 per cent under the same months In 1920. "Will only the report from tho Southern Pacific steamship Hues lacking, total operating revenues for the curriers In the western district were 1155,518,000, n decreused of 10.3 per cent compared with Feb ruary one year ago, Tho total operating expenses wore 11 10,967, 000, or a decrease or 8,0 per Cent compared with the same previous month. The net operating income for the 84 roads rcpuitlug to the i-ommLislon was 12,058,000, u de crease of 73.. 0 per cent campured j with that for February Inst year. Plan to Keep Charles From Trying It Again PAHIS. April 10. Negotiations for the purpose of finding a formula definitely guaranteeing couutiles adjacent to Hungary against further attempts by former F.inperor Charles to reinstnte himself ns king have been begun between France Great Britain, Italy nnd the mem ier of the little entente, ' says the Petit Parisian. It Is probabu that :i decision will be reached In the 'he near future, the newspaper says. Citg Records Lost in I' ire; Reward Offered 1.1'ITI.K ltni'Iv' Aril 10 - Certain recortis from the city clerk's office were destroyed at the close of a srslon of the North Lit- no iiocg ciiv council Friday night and today It. W. Miller, clerk, ap pealed to tho Little Hock detective department offering 1500 for the apprehension or those persons guilty. Tho records from tho North Llttl. Hock tiiy clerk's office that were destroyed Included part ot the min utes of council meetings, part of the cash book, two blocks of re elp' stubs und several monthly Income reports. PRICE 5 CENTS OIL MAN'S NECK BROKEN IN SPILL H. L. DeLozior Is Killed as Car Plunges Into Ditch Neat: Fort Worth ANOTHER IS INJURED .Officials of Transcontinental in Car Turning Over; One Escapes Without Hurt REPORTS A'rlE CONFLICTING Ono Says Oil Men's Car lilt by Cadillac, Other That ,It Was Driven In Ditch Siwi-lal InTIm World. FOKT WOHTH, Texas, April 10. II. U Delozlcr of Tulsa, Okla., as sistant district manager of tho 'Iranscontlnontal Oil company, wan inslnntlv killed und A. L, Adams of 1'ort Worth was serlouslv injured when nn automobile In which they wero riding turned over 15 miles west or hern this nrternnon. .1. K. McPnrtlnnd, also of Fort Worth, who occupied tho rear seat of the automobile, rsi-aped unhurt except for minor bruises anil a shak ing up. Jim accident occurred on tho roifil to Mineral Wells. The wreck ed car, a Dodge flvu-pnssenger ma chine driven by Delozler, was pro ceeding at u modulate spee'd but on tho wrong sldo of. tho rond when hit by n speeding Cadillac, tho driver of which was unidentified, accord ing to reports from witnesses, nnd was thrown Into n itlteli f nrnl hir over comploteii twice. DoLotler neck was broken nml ho was In- siautiv Killed, Adams suffered a broken nrm and serious cuts. Mr. Doljozlor as assistant district m'n mi tfer e t tlt, 'n,. !...,.. i - . ... . u. . .,.,(1Vll.(,JII.. I Oil company had headquarters In iiusa, ins territory lncliiuii",; bo b Texas nnd Oklahoma fields, Tho other two men In tlm cur wero nlss employes of 'the snmo compuny with headquarters In Fort Worth. HI FFKUUNT VlCHSlON TOM) .... l.V MFJiSAttKTO KMPLOYF.ll. U. JU , fluLozler, well known oil man of this city, who wns killed when nn automobile in which ho wan riding near Forth Worth. Texas, yen. terday afternoon was overturned, wns for several years connected with tho Lako Park refinery nt Sapulpn, now known mi tho Meridian Oil company, Tivn yenrs ago ho ro- signed his position nnd accepted tho otneo or assistant district manager of tho Transcontinental oil com pany, of which It, I'. Humes with oHIces In tho New Wright bulldlnjr In this city is district -manager. DeLozIer Is survived by his widow and a 14 -y cut-old son, living at Sa pulpn. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. II, F. DeLozIer, nnd one brother, J, M. DeLozIer, also reside lu thnt city. The brother left Sun. day night for Fort Worth and wilt return with tho body at 7:15 o'clock Tuesday morning. Though hla resi dence wns lu Hnpulpa, Mr. DeLozler'n ofrico was In Tulsa, und ha came over every day, Information concerning tho man ner of tho denth of DoLozIcr, tho so rlous Injury of A. L. Adams, sales mn linger of thu company, and tho escape of J, C, MoPartland, assist ant traffic tnnnngor of tho company, tho companions of DeLozIer, re- receiveu in this city Inst night, by It. P. Humes Is at variance with the telegraphic report. According to the roport received here, Mr. Humes said, DeLozIer anol h1 e'-mnnnlniiH were In a Dndgo car nbout IS miles west of Fort Worth whon they saw coming to ward them ut a high rate of spocd a' Cadillac auto, running on tho wrong side of tho road. DeLozIer, Who wus (Hiving turned his car as far an poHslbln to the right hand sido nnd believing his car wns about to bo struck by tho Cadillac drovo over nn embankment. Tho Dodgo turned ""( mice and then righted Itself. McPartland, who was uninjured, . ?.b r lylnff on tho ground with his neck broken nnd Adnmn seriously Injured lying nearby. Adams wns niMiicti to tne Ht, Joseph m,'n nt Fori Worth, whore, ho ro celved medical attention, nnd tho . b dv of D'-'.i-y.'i r was taken to thnt city nnd held ror tho nrrlval of rel atives from Saptilnii, THld:n AUK JUI.LKI) l.V DKTHOIT AC'I'O CltASH DF.THOIT. April 10. Thren nor. nous tost their lives tonight whon an auinmoiiiio niunged over an em bankment Into it wnter-rilled ex cavation in the Sprlncweiln itistM'-t Tile dead iri: Frederick Rein hold, his ' 1 t-yeur-old daughter, I.1111M, and Joseph Mnrozskl. Mrs. llelnbolii and her son were rescued bv Homer Morris, the sixth member or tho party, who repeated Mil into he poo) to reseiio his companions, but In the darkness, ..nn i-iiiiiii-- i-i iiiiu .ill llll.u uii.ui " they drowned. New York Life Insurance Co. Farmer & Dunm KI'KCIAL AGKNTS 203 Pnlnco rildg. Phono 151