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RELIABILITY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER AVKllAUi: KWOKN NUT PAID CiltCUIeATlON, OCTOBER DAILY SUNDAY 39,758 44,069 FINAL EDITION VOL. XVII, NO. 57 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1922 12 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS IWW'ifc tm bbbbbS vai-m. ssbbbbbbbbbW -ssoswvw aw - tiK . i ss 1 1 h i . x s n mi . -v i.m x lit III ifAV ' s125K3IB1SMC HI I BIS I I SB I IB! .A A. i S I I I Ml I odif- - " " " BODIES TIERNAN SEEKS RECONCILIATION WITH JS WIFE Have Patched Up Differ ences, With Divorced Mate, He Says ONE-DAY WIFE GONE Sent Her Back Home to Fix Up Faulty Divorce, Then Turns to First Wife FIRST WIFE IS ANGERED ,Says Husband Beat Her to Compel Her to Bring Charge Against Poulin SOUTH BEND. Nor. it. An other sensational angle in the lrin rlpals in the Poulin paternity ca developed today when the professor whose decreo of divorce from Mrs. Tiernan was Invalidated yesterday by the local superior court following his marriage to Mrs, Blanche Brim mer, returned ncro und effected a reconciliation with tho first Mrs. Tiernan. Tiernan in a statement hero to night h.i id ho and Mrs. Tiernan hail agreed to "patch up the differences." lie also said he agreed to recognize "Baby Billy" over whoso paternity the recent roulln-Tlernan case arose, as his son. Mr. Tiernan, In a statement said his frown Point, lnd marriage Saturday was tho result of "mental intoxication." He said ho and Mrs. Tiernan would drop all action look ing to reopening the paternity casa against Harry Poulin. Tlermnn came to South Bend at 10 o'clock this morning. He went Immediately to tho Tiernan homo and after a conference with his first wife, bsued a formal state ment that the family hart beven re united and that the paternity charge would he dropped.' Tlernan's cross hill for a divorce will he dismissed tomorrow, the former professor said. By an Indi ana statute he added, tho second marriage, Is autoinitlrally Invali dated. B('K TO I'XTAMiM', MATRIMONIAL MH.NS. CHICAGO, Nov. 2. John P. Tiernan, former law Instructor ' at Notre Uamo university and flguro In the Tlernan-Poulln paternity suit, returned today to his homo In Mouth Bend, to attempt to straighten out the legal tangle caused by his dl orre last Thursday, his remarriage two days later and the vacating of bis illvorco decree last night on a plea of his first wife that ho had deceived her. Meanwhile, Mrs. Blanche Brim mer, whom Tlermnn married at frown Point. Ind . yesterday after a short mall courtship, was speeding back to her parents In Iowa and her two young children by. two former marriages. Shu said that sho would nek to remove any question regard ing the legality of her divorce from her second husband. A. II. Brimmer, a construction gang foreman. The second Mrs. Tiernan Is 21 5 ears old and Is the daughter of the nev. Charles 11. Hawn, a Meth odist minister of Hansell. Iowa. She said that she met Tiernan for tho first time, at the trial of his first wife's suit agnlnst Harry Tou Iln, South Bend haberdasher, whom Mrs. Tiernan rharged wai the father of her third child. Later sho carried on a correspondence with the law instructor, their mar riage taking place on the occasion of their second meeting. Just two days after Tlern3n had obtained a divorce. Surprised nt Court Action. , Both Tiernan and his second wife expressed surprise "t the action In South Bond last night of Judge Chester H. Montgomery, who va cated tb divorce decreo he had previously granted Tiernan on the ground of collusion and net the case for rehearing on December U. after tho first Mre. Tiernan. an gered by the reports of her former husband's remarriage, charged that her husband had beaten her to make her agree to a divorce and that he had pursued the same course to compel her t prosecute Poulin tn the paternity suit. "Four years ago." she was quoted as saying. "Mr. Tiernan asked me to suo him for divorce, saying that it would endanger his position at Notre Dame If he brought suit. But our two babies were little and I wanted to keep the home together. ' Mrs. Tiernan also was quoted ai saying that her husband had per suaded her to let him obtain a di vorce, saying that he would court her all over again, and that they would start life anew together In tome small country town where no body ever heard of them. "I'll Ho Waiting," She Said. When told of his first wife s rhari-es I'rnfMiir Tiernan said that he had told his flrAt wife about his remarriage plans, that she fully un derstood that it was impossible for them to live together again and that he had expressed herself to him as being reconciled to the situation. Without reserve, the professor told of his eennrt marriage, nnd of the . . PO.NTIHUED OH f AGS HINB Man Is Missing After Fight With Alleged Distiller Youth Who Escaped Shots Fired by Moonshiner Says Assault Unprovoked TEX'ARKANA, Ark.. Nov. 26. Hugh Throckmorton of Wilton. Ark., who disappeared Thursday evening after an encounter with an alleged moonshiner on Little river near Wilton, Is still missing, despite a continuous search by most of the residents of the com munity. Throckmorton and Euclyd Coop er, both young men of about 24 years, had heen hunting, and passed by tho house of a man named Owens, who Cooper said threatened to kill them. Cooper Jumped Into the river and escaped, although Owens fired six shots at him. Throckmorton lias not been seen since. Owens, his wife and three other men are under arrest. During the search for Throckmor ton three stills were dlcovered. 'TIGER' COACHED ON WHAT TO SAY Col. House Also Tips Him Off as to What Not to Say in America LEAVES FOR CHICAGO Visits Grant's Tomb and Lays Wreatl of Sarcophagus on Great Leader NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Georges CIcmencoau, war-time premier ot France tonight turned westward with renewed confidence in his suc cess as messenger from France to America. Tile private car "Bethlehem" tho Tiger's traveling lair, left the Penn sylvania station, at 6:05 o'clock to night, for Chicago where It Is expected to arrive shortly after 3 tomorrow afternoon. The Sl-year-old statesman, after conferences today with Col. 11. M. House, whose guest ho Is In America, left tho east with plans for a changed technique In the ac complishment of tils message. For several hours today Clcmenceau and Colonel House reviewed together the effect of the speeches made so far. Just what changes In manner or material but future addresses re sulted from tho conference was not mado known, but It was Indicated by friends that "the Tiger" had ac quiesced to the advice in regard to Important changes of one kind or another. Not nil lnnlld's Breakfast. Clemenccau began his one day In terval In New York between his re turn from tho Yale-Harvard foot ball game and the departure tor Chicago tonight, with an achieve ment of tho remarkable. Tho pri vate car In which he spent the night pulled Into the Pennsylvania station ing and despite the unavoidable shortly after 2 o'clock this morn clamor of the big station, tho Tiger slept extremely late. for him. It was nearly C o'clock before be awoke and demanded onion soup and boiled eggs. Karly callers at the private car were Miss Anne Morgan, chairman of the American committee for de vastated France, and Mrs. Norman Dike Clemenceau received them with profuse apologies for the inconven ient location of the car, which wa shuntod off to a siding In the sta tion, and for an hour chatted with his guests. Visits Grant's Tomb, Late in the afternoon. Clemen ceau, unheralded, stepped from an automobile ut the tomb of Grant on Riverside drive. Almost unnoticed at first, the party entered the edl flco and the former premier of France stood uncovered while a wreath was ptaced upon the sar cophagus. By this time the crowd about Riverside drive had noted the distinguished visitor and followed him to v.itness the ceremony. Clem enceau later wandered around the drive at the battery for an hour. He insisted upon seeing every variety of fish on display, and haj a hu morous word or two to nay about nearly all of them. PARIS, Nov. 2B. Tho Turkish representative here today issued a statement saying he was authorized to deny In a most formal manner reports that a treaty exists between Germany and Turkey. It is pointed o.: in the statement that many such reports were in circulation. Special reference is made to a statement by M. Clemenceau In a speech In the United States, In which tho former premier ot Franco is quoted as My ing that Turkey would aid Germany In a new war that was in prepara tion. THE WEATHER TttSA. Kiv ! Maitaiam (i, mint-iru-i 11 c lh"t wind, r ,sr, OKLAHOMA Monday ana Tuexlir fair, not tnurh chinji In timptratura. KANSAS Fair Monda sn4 Tueadars HDiwit tooltr iitinitf, TAX COLLECTION BY GOVERNMENT DROPS A BILLION For Year Ending June 30, 1922, 30 Per Cent De crease Noted COST MORE TO GET IT Expenditure This Year $1.07 for Each $100; Last Year Only 72c LIQUOR TAX ON INCREASE With Tobacco Only Items Showing Gains; Income Rev enue Take Big Drop WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.--Federal tax collections during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, fell off almost f 1,400,000,000, or 30 per cent, as compared with the previous year, according to the annual report of the internal revenue bureau. Issued to night by Commissioner Blair. In come and profit taxes collected dur ing tho yejr, showed a decrease of Jl. 141,000, 000, or 35 per qent. Total tax collections for the year aggregated $3,137,451,083 compared with 4. 595, 337, 061 for 1321, while Income and prorit taxea for 1922 amounted to $2,056,918,404 against $3,225,137,073 the previous year. Miscellaneous collections arising from taxation other than that on in. comes and profltrt amounted to Jl. 110,D32,G18 for 1922, a decrease of $256,866,770, or 19 per cent. This Hlump, Blair declared, was account ed mostly by tho repeal of reduc tion In rates of various taxes provid ed for revenue account of 1322, ef fective January 1, 1912. Cost More to Collect. The net expenditure for collecting taxes for 1922 was $31,286,651. which was equivalent to $1.07 for each $100 collected as compared with 72 cents for each $100 the pro vious year. "Tho difference In the relative c"Rt of collection for the fiscal yean, 1921 and 1922, ' Blair Mid. "Is clue mainly to the largo reduction In tho revenues of 1922. Incident to the shrinkage In business and Incomes, the repeal of certain miscellaneous war taxes and various provisions of the law 6uch a the amortization of War-time facilities and the increase In Individual exemption contained In tho revenue, act of 1321, with the consequent reduction in the income tax liability of corporations and in dividuals." Liquor Tuxes Tnko .lump. Of tho various revenues, tobacco and fermented liquor taxes only, showed increase over 1921. Col lections other than Income and prof It taxes for 1922 iu compared with the preceding fiscal year were: Distilled spirits, including wines, $15,663,000 against $82,398,009; fermented liquors $46,000 against $25,000; tobacco bamifncturet, $270,759,000 against J25J.2I3.0OO; oleomaigarlne $2,121,000 against $2,986,000; capital stock tax In cluding other special taxes. $90. 51 4,0000 against $31,281,000; mlscnl lancous including war excise taxes slnco 1917, $686,881,000 against $314,227,000 and salo of Internal revenue stamps by postmasters $11. 616.000 against $20,880,000. Approximately 1.250,000 Income tax returns are received In Washing ton annually, Mr. Blair reported. During the last fiscal year 954,731 Income and excess profits roturns were audited, of which 717,873 were Individual and partnership returns and 1,236,852 wer0 corporation re turns. On audit without filed ex ception 22.236,000 additional tax was assessed on individual und part nership returns and $56,943,000 on corporation returns. Revenue agents reports on 24.868 Individual und partnership returns were re viewed In Washington during the year and $28,885,000 In additional tax assessed while review of 14, 088 corporation reports resulted In an additional assessment of $78,717, 000. OT 167,403 claims adjusted during the year ;i total of 133.631 claims Involving 1183,371.00V were allowed and 27,774 Involving $130. 107,000 were rejected. During the preceding fiscal year, 135,67 claims Involving $467,823,000 wero re eclved. Reorganize Dry Units, A complete reorganization of the activities of tho prohibition unit war effected during tho year, resulting In greater efficiency and expedition In the handling of work, Mr. Blair re ported. A total of 2,036 cases cov ering violation of the prohibition laws was reported by tho new force of general agents and taxes amount ing to $619,716,000 were reported for assessment. The total pay roll CONTINUED ON PAGE N1NB Illinois Man Dies In Accident. , JERSBYVILLE. III.. Nov. 26. While hunting about three miles northeast of here Harry S, Daniels, former mayor of Jerseyvllle, acci dentally shot and killed himself, He was formerly president of tho Na tional Hardware Dealers associa tion. His widow, musral director tn the local high school, was attending a teachers' institute ut Cham paign, HL, when the accident occurred. Debs Upholds All Radicals In First Speech Since His Release From Federal Jail ... i Ignoring Socialist's Fight Against Reds, Former Lender Srtys i He Embraces I. W. W., Communism nnd Sovictism; j Would't Go to Wnr for Any Capitalistic Nation . Hy thH Aatortate.l Pioti,. CHICAGO, Nov. 2(1 Kugene Debs, leader of the soclillst pnrty, made his first public speech slnco leaving Atlanta penitentiary, here today, anil was given an ovation that delayed the Mart of his address ior more thnn an hour. Humlreds Mood outside the hall for hours after fire guards hud lim ited the uudlencn to 4,000 people. Jean lAWguet, French socialist. In whoso honor the meeting was held, was overshadowed by the demon stration accorded Dobs Huge bas kets or led roses wero showered on him by his admirers und after the meeting the socialist national com mute,! ws forced to conceal Dobs In n small committee room for nearly an hour to keep tho walling crowd from carrying him away. With tears coursing down bis cheeks, Dobs beaded the committee to let him go out and shake hands with tho crowd nnd once he forced him wny to the platform despite their protests that ids strength was unequal to tla strnln. "1 nm just re-covering from the ef fects of a speech I made almost four years ago," Debs told the audi ence. "It was a i ecord-brealilng speech. 1 began It nt Canton. Ohio, nnd finished It at Atlanta peniten tiary. "Hut there Is noth'ne f regret KLAN EX-KLEAGLE HELD AS FUGITIVE Oakland Cal. Man Says Klan Politics Respon sible for Arrest IS TAKEN AT OMAHA Denies Any Part in Engle wood Shooting; Deposed Exalted Cyclops OMAHA, Neb. Nov. 26. Kdgar Fuller, alias James K. Bell, who de clares he w.is formerly tho kb'Hgle ot tho Oakland, Cal., ICu-Klux Klan, was (irrcsted here last night on a warrant from .Sacramento, Cal. charging Fuller with iin offense In connection with the receit election In California, lie Is held as a fugitive, from Justice. In a statement Fuller declared that klan politics, ingratitude and u fear that he would reveal tho secrets of tho order had prompted Ills ac cusers to secure the warrant. i nisy declared that be had deposed I.leut, Col. Hugh Sydenham, attorney, for mer chief of the Sacraiimnto pollen, who seven weeks ago held tho offlco of exalted cyclops of the Sairamentn klan. Following the deposition, Ful ler declared. Sydenham had rifled the office nnd had been arretted on charges of grand larceny preferred by him. Fuller. Fuller came to Omaha In on effort to secure u 4 -year-old child, who Is In the care of Its muther, formerly Miss Helen Sorenson. Omnhn. In an Interview Fuller declared ho was innocent of any connection with the Knglewood, Cal., skirmish be tween bv,w officers and masked men. He Is, he declnres, yet In possession of his warrant as kleagle of the Oakland klan, this having been is sued by the klan headquarters In Atlanta, Qa.. und not recalled. lie expressed a willingness to with draw his charges of grand larceny ogalnst Colonel Sydenham, who Is. Fuller declared, being considered by Onvernor-elect Richardson for thu post of adjutant general of tho Cali fornia national guard. This Man Won't lie Asked to Call Again ST. JOKKPH. Mo , Nov. IH. T. A. Frank ws-s arrested here tonight on charges of being drunk and driving a car after he had plowed through a fence after plunging over the curb and across the sidewalk only to later drive the nose of his machine through a brick wall at the home of Cecil Halslead, knocking down tho family heating stove, and scattering ashes upon the parlor floor. Aside from a broken windshield ills car wa not damaged. The hole ho lore through the brick wall wax about six feet square. . EPIDEMItT ON "BOARD SHIP Officers and Crew ot Steamer Suf fering From Influenza, PLYMOUTH, England, Nov. 26. An epidemic of Influenza has broken out among the officers and crew of the American steamer President Roosevelt. The chief officers of the vessel and tho purser are among those III. Supplies of brandy were ordered by wireless for the lnvullds. These were sent on board on tho arrival of the steamer at Plymouth. The President R"Oscve!t left New York November 18 It Plyn-'-.jth, Cherbourg and Bremen. Kama burara r aafcat whan titles ara cuarantaad an1 deata c!oat4 tr Tltta ouari&Ut v Truit Cv AdmtlatminU I opposed the war and I still opposi uar. 1 would not go to war ut the i uminattd of any cupllulisl country on the fn'-ci of tho earth. I would h.ivo saved the lives of 60,000 Amer li'.in boys who perished on tho bit tleflolds of France to create 3,000 ihmv mlllloniili es In this country. I spokn at Canton fiom u deep sense of convlillon nnd after all Hi yen is Is a. very modest sentence for having an opinion of your own In the United Stater.." Ignoring the fight of I he socialist pnrty leaders against the I. W. W-. communism and the Russian soviet government, Dobs, declaring him self u eltl.en of tho world, em braced all three In thu ranks ot "tho defendeis of freo speech." "nut of tho war,"' he said, "onu great thing came, quiet unexpected n tho ruling lasses of tho world. That was the soviet republic." I lu inulsed the 19 communists in cluding llross l.loyd. whose convic tion under the Illinois anll-syndl-i iillMin law was upheld a few days ago, and uttuvlccd the net under which they Were found guilty ss a "dlsgiaeo to any slate." Likewise, hn said he stood behind the 20 com munists who are slated to go on trlnl ut St. Joseph, Mich., tomorrow under a similar law and would fight for tho freedom of the 68 war-time pilson OONTl VMTl ON PACi: NIN'K ! START WAR UPON FAKE OIL STOCK i Associated Ad Clubs Be- gin Campaign Over Entire Nation MAKE START IN TEXAS Every Trade Merchants' Asso ciation Will Be Asked to Co-operate NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Charging that 35 per cent ot all oil stock advertising is "flamboyant, misleading and . deceptive," the Na tional Vlgllanco committee, of tho Afisoclitled Advertising Clubs an nounced today a natlon-wldo cam paign against sellers or stock of liaudulcnt oil companies. Tho announcement on the heels ot a special ropoit on oil promoters is sued hy the committee, after an In vestlg.itlon into tho Texas oil fields by IMwnrd A. Schwab, former pom office Inspector, and a number of government Inspectors. In a state ment tonight tho advisers' com mittee wild that much evidence had been accumulated against bogus op entlors and It would be placed In thw hands ot government prose cutors. Begin Wnr. in Toin. The advertising body declares It Iin started Its campaign by procur ing indictments at Fort WVirth, Texas, against Fred lxiuls Harris, known as "old man" Harris, his wife, und W. 11. Mason, an em ploye. "In pursuanoo of Its policy of con centrating on thcabuses In one par ticular Industry nt u time until tlmy aro removed or materially reduced," tho statement niyn, "the n.it lon.il committee will for the present de voto Its activities to oil and as Texis Is the great Incubator for 'sucker lists," Hr. Schwab will continue his work In that stain until conditions show radical Improvement." I'ulillsli Own .VespaK'rs. "Owing to the Increasing dlffl- ulty in the publicity promotional line," the report says, "somo bogus oil stoek companies It appears are publishing their own newspaper through which they build 'lists' and through tho use of the mslls use them for one promotion after an other." A iMtional campaign against fraudulent stock promotions to pro tect small Investors also was an nounced by tho chamber of com merce of the state of New York. Ev ery tiade merchants' association In the country will ba akcd to co-operate. It was ttaid. Three Itumed in Mine Hlaxl at Hocking, Iowa ALUIA. Iowa. Nov. 26. Three men were severely burned, one probably fatally. In a dust explosion In mine No. 5 of the Hocking Coal company at Hocking. Iowa. One reseuo party entering the mine was overcome by gas. Tho mine was not badly damaged. The cause ot the explosion Is unknown. In!in Case Witness l ined. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 26. While state chemists continued their analysis of tho vital organs of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Henderson of Lin 'attcr whose bodies, together with those of their small children, wero found Wednesday In their home, to a erta n ulie'her death wus due t') f l-cn r.g. Karskas Redwood, lia'f custe Indian of ClrMevllle. was being Lned $250 for violation of the Ohio) state medlral act admlnlatering tc I Mrs. Henderson without a license, FRANCE PUZZLED AT U. S. DEMAND FOR 'OPEN DOOR' Totally at Sea as to the Moaning, Unless Oil Is Back of Move OFFICIALS ARE SILENT But Paris Newspapers Slyly Hint That Oil Confes sions in Dispute FRANCE-ENGLAND AT OUTS Each Believes Other Meant by 'Open Door' Attitude of U. S. Delegates PARIS. Nov. 26. Tho French foreign office la puzzled over ex actly bow to Interpret the altitude of tho United States government regarding the open door in Turkey when taken In connection wilh the pronouncement f Ambassador Child ut Iho I.uiisinino conference Saturday. "Does It refer to Mesopotamia!! oil?" wus tho qticiy circulating to day among officials, who ndded Unit they wero frank to confess "wo aro totally nt sea aa to the meaning." A prominent foreign officii offi cial who returned tonight from Lausanne said Mr. Child's declara tion did not surprise official of the governments which had rc celved tho American government's note of October 30. On tho whole, the Lausnuna conference was pro- cecdlng satisfactory with no abso lute decisions having been taken up to duto, except a promise to gltw Bulgaria a corridor to the sea. The allied delegutoH wcr still endruv orlng to uncertain on what points tno Turks rommncii unyielding, scjmo Of whlrli might ho of no Im portance to thn allies, Ho added that tho Turks thus far had not stated their position rcg-arillng plIulatloiiM. , Can't I'liilorstiim! Demand. Thore Is ,i gen'ral agreement by the press and political circles nliku that Ambassador Child's "open door" declaration t l.ausonne dwarfs everything clsn connected with the conference for the mo ment. Under the polite surface of satisfaction that tho United States Is eula,rirlng the rolo of Its ob servers there nro strong currents of humorous, caustic, even bitter, comment. "The Turks," siys the Journal, und others lay stress on thn same point "ur uniiblo to c.oncvul their satisfaction. The American bomb pnrtleulai ly bus annoyed Kuglaud, which Is nl ays careful to miilntain respectability anil moral decorum." Tlici Msiln, however thinks that the other delegations aro not worried by the open door talk and asserts that such high principles do honor to tho Ameilcans, but that Iho declaration will effect notably "the activities hero ot several American citizens wlio already havo or hope to have, c onc ehslons from Turkey," The Temps In .in ediiorial Indicating that It Is far from being so seriously Im pressed, as tho Teiiim correspondent at Lausanne dismisses the subject In thr"o phar.igraphs, declaring In onn of them that the principles laid clown by the American government nppcnr In no way contrary to France's rights. nnd adding: "France, as she has said In reply to the Anierlcnn note, hns no secret arrangeme nt with Turkey and never availed herself of the tripartite ac cord as tegards thu Turks when she signed thn Angora convention. Hints nt Double CriK.. The Journal des Debate sum marizes tho American official thesis as follows: "Wo 'ire not willing to assume nny responsibility nor con sent to any sacrifice, but Intend to reserve for ourselves tho same ad vantages as tho states which tun the risks," and continued. "It stoma us ir the American delegation might bo occupied at liusnnno wilh other things than the Interests of nil kings In public, peace und cdvillz.i Hon Is the subject talked about, but privately oil fields conMltutu tho subject under dispute." The American ambassador's de claration is taken by many of the French papers to icfer to flreut Ilrltlan and Mosul while the British press, according to extracts pub lished here attribute It largely to France's Angor.i agreement with Turkey. i.ci'am:k NV.v. 26.- The nosl- tlon of the United States on Turkish capitulations will probably bo found to be not essentially uiiioreni mini the French and Kngllsh positions, particularly the French, when the time comes to el!ccu that deilcute topic. To avoid wounding Turkish ruitlnrinl tirtdn a movement Is under way to abolish the distasteful word "capitulations" altogether as applied to Turkey, which dislikes anything ti.f.t uitvnrm nf n TiohlJo admission In dicating surrender or national ad ministrative rights All iIia icrrut nowers will limiouoi- edly follow Americas lead In Insist ) ng that foreigner u cured of crime shall still come to trial before for eign courts In Turkey nnd tniu ror elgn, or at least mixed tribunal, hall have Jurisdiction In property SZSZJl MAN , Whipped by Wife WIFE, 3 OTHERS Irate Spouse Lays in Wait in Chicago Hotel; Uses Horse Whip on Pair ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2tl Kdwnrd F Rcdeclcer, 60 eurs old. u mis sion worker of Chicago, Ills wife nnd Miss Mary Doherty, 2S. or St. Louis, wero under nriosl here to night charged with disturbing the peace, ns u insult of a horse whipping Mrs. Iteileeker gave to her husband nd Miss Doherty In a hotel loom this morning. iledecker and his wife nrrlved hero Saturday bight. Mrs Re decker said her husband re quested her to lodge, ut the homo or his pn rents who live here, while hr went to n hotel. Ignoring his teeniest, she declined she fol lowed him, nnd nfler he registered at a hotel, she slipped Into his room and hid under the bed, armed wilh a horsewhip. Iiler Mrs. Iledecker asserted her husband ieturn"d to I lie room, nnd in a few minutes Miss Do herty knouked nnd was admitted. She added that she left her hiding place, accused Miss Doherty of stealing heir husband and applied the whip. In the ensuing disturb ance n pair nf slippers, which Mrs. Iledecker alleges were Miss Do herty's were cut almost to pieces bv Iho whip. Itedrcker nnd Miss Doherty said they finally mini-' iigert to ev.ido Mrs. lleclrcher und locked bur lu tho room when thu pollco arrived Miss Doherty ssid that both rhn nnd Iledecker were mission work ers and thnt sho had gono to the room ut his request. SHIPPING BILL IN REAL TROUBLE Amendments Allowed in House Today; May, Be Hot Fight IS UP T0THE house Representatives Havo Chance to Frame Measure to Their Liking WAUIIINOTO.V, Nov. :. Buffet ed back und forth by Ihreo days ot general dxb.-tto, the administration shipping bill tomorrow will enter whst l generally agreed to be Itu real trouble zone In the boiic. It will be taken up under a rule per muting consideration of any Herman amendment and Intentions aro Out a multitude of such proposed chang. es will bo offeird and disposed of before iho filial vote Wednesday night. The real flixlit over the measure Is expected doting the next three cl.y B, Chalrmun Canipbrll of the rulcu committee having Announced that tho ruin iiennlttlng unlimited ameindmenl was made with the spti clflc purpose of giving the house an opportunity to puss tho sort of ship, ping bill It wanted, nnd one on which It would be wining to sianu. Notwithstanding the prospect of determined efforts to change the bill, Reniesanlative Modell, Wyoming. republican leader, has sun red President Harding tti.u u win pass the house by a comfortable margin and oilier proponents of the measure have oxpressed the belief that it will iro through without material modifi cation. Those oppemcd to the mean lire, however, utwert that the admin istration wll need a full attendance to nv old defeat. Item esenLutlvei Kdmonds, Pnnn- sylvaulu anil ranking republican on tho merchant marine committee, na nnnounced that he will muvii lo strike out tho section giving llie shipping board Jurisdiction ovei ooastwiso rates pending u hearing on tile question, and Representa tive Dickenson, republican, of Iowa, has prepaid! an amendment, pro viding a compensation to producers at Interior points whose consign ments are shipped on vessels receiv ing government aid. In some quarters this amendment la regard ed as reflecting In some degree the allltudp or members of the farm bloc towards the measure. Telegrams continued to come In today from absentees seeking pairs and leaders on both sldew were- try ing to line up as many members as possible, for the voto Wednesday. C H I L D E RS FORGIVES ALL Lm-iitesJ IrMi Rebel Carried N :riil-c Uiien He I'm'cil Heath. LONDON, Nov 26 -- A dispatch to the Press assorlntion from Dublin ays It Is ascertained today that Urs kino Chllders, who was executed last Friday was shot at the Beggarsbush barracks. Prior to being put to death lie shook hands with the fir ing squad. "I am at peace, with all the world," chllders Is reported to h&ve said. "I bi'ur no grudge against anyone, and I trust no one bears any ag.ilnM me." November Snow In (ieorgia. MAC OS. via . Nov 26 Tho f r t Vovember snow In many years fell here this morning. Points south of hero as fr Dublin and Amer ious alio re-portejd, saotr. IN BURNED HOME Husband of Niece, One of Victims, Arrest ed for Crime PROTESTS INNOCENCE Blood Stains on Clothing Evi dence Against Him; Could Not Live Without Wife PLANE WRECK AN INCIDENT Knoxville Newspaper Man 13 I n juried on Way to Writo Story of Smith Killing BRISTOL Tenn., Nov. 26.- -Jamos W. Smith, iO, u grocer, his wife, their 2-year-old daughter, Ruby, And their niece. Mrs, Delllne Burch fliid, and her son Clurles, 13, were munUicd heru early this morning mid the house in which they lived burned over their heads. lien lllirchflold. it. husband of (ho murdered woman, was arrested at Johnson City this afternoon and la being held in connection with tho crime. He proleiits his Innocence, but officers say his shirt und trous, ers were covered Willi blood vvhon ho was taken. (els llcnrliu: Today. Local authorities announced to night that Burchflfld would bo giv en a hearing tomorrow afternoon. He was brought here this afternoon to view the bodies lu a local under taking establishment. The man showed no concern while looking at the ciiarred remains ot bis wife. He calmly- chewed gum through Iho ordeal. When arrested Burchflsld said that ho tinned to go to West Virginia, and Unit he went to Johnson City I o see u sister before leaving thl I suction Chief of Police D, L. Heaberlln said tonight that Burcli field, when arrested, wan wearing a pair ot Irdusers belonging lo Mr. Smith. Other new ovldenco la said lo lisvo been worked up this eve ning by the police, but wna not mad public. Funeral enrvlce for tho ftvo vlrttnii will bo held tomorrow after noon In local undertaking parlor. Tho bodies havo boon claimed bj relatives, The. crime wtiu discovered alxiut o'clock this morning whan thte fire department whs culled to th residence it lid grooery storo o Smith on Stain street. When the flumes hud lieu oxtlhgutthcd tits charred bodies of thu flvo were foun'l In the ruins ejf the structure, They evidently hud been beaten tea death with uu ux or some other heavy Implement and Ihe house set afire to hldo uny lr.ics of th mime. llurchfield and his wife had ben separated, nnd ho Is said lo have mado threats against her; Iteci'iitly police, suy he came le them and said his wife was con templating a divorce und lie would rnthor see her desd thnn to hs-vsj anyone else have her, llurchfield wus employed In A lestaurant here. Ho had been In Bristol about elxty days, coming CON'TIS'Uill) O.V TACiB M.MB GOVERNOR TRIES A NEW DEFENSE Will Now Plead He Was Not in Position to Do Anything Wrong ADA. Nov. 26. Counsel for OoV. -J. B. A Itobnrlson Indicated tonight that they would launch tomorrow an entirely new attack oh the In dictment against him charging him with bribery .e n,j would seek to throw the esse out of fijrt by A general demurrer lo tho charges. Members of the governor's staff of attorneys declaied the plan to be pursued leu ludes dismissal of A motion r.ow pending to quash the In dictment and the filing in Its place of a demurrer alleging that under sluto law the governor could not b guilty of the crime with which he Is charged. It was explained that tho demur rer would allege that the governor Is without authority to purmlt a insolvent bank to opcrato or to cause stato funds to Ik- deposited in a bank in an effort to save It, as tho Indictment charges. The de murrer will set out that under the law only the state banking commis sioner csn determine when banks may operate and only tho state treasurer can deposit funds ot the state. Upon tlicso allegations, it was explained, the demurrer will make tho broad demund that tho case be tin own out on the grounds that the nature of th" charges makes It Impossible for the govornor to b guilty The Indictment against the goj enior grew from tho failure ot tn Bank ot Commerce st Okmuunaj,