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The Evening Journal
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The Weather
Rain or snow this afternoon and
tonight, colder tonight, lowest tem
perature .below freezing;
partly cloudy and colder, fresh shift
ing winds becoming strong north
and northwest.
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LATE NEWS EDITION
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 178
16 PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
FRENCH AIRPLANES HOVER OVER RHINELAND,
PARIS SPURNS U. S. OFFER OF INTER VENTION
POISON OAS
I
Prohibition Agents Also to
Turn Machine Guns on
Texas Moonshiners
HOPE ALSO TO
i'OflSIt'NNA, Tox»«. .Tan. « (United
|*re«s I — War against entrenched
moonshiners in which the moat mod
f battle would
ern implements
b# used was planned here today h\
prohibition officers.
Upon return from Dalla« where he
announced he had permission t
poison gas to drive illicit distiller«
from their stronghold in a swamp in
the Portera Bluff vicinity, George E.
Webb head of prohibition forces in
>Jiis section began mapping out a
ampaign.
Eight attacks by raiders n which
wo li«4Uor runners were killed and
several wounded have failed to
st the hootch manufacturers
:
,
I
Word recently reached Webb that
the narrow* paths leading through
f
|. stills had been mined. Webb then
devised the Idea of using poison
gas.
As a result of the raids already
I made on the outskirts of th**
I swamplands, six huge stills have
I been wrecked and 19,000 gallons of
I moonshine poured into the muddy
I waters of th« Trinity river. But
I at night the flicker of dim light.«
I (Continued on Tage Twelve)
fAR BERNS MAY
END HIS LIFE
Ross Thompson Drops Pot
on Kitchen Floor,
Starting Fire
1
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j
«jOES TO RESCUE
WHEN WIFE CRIES,"
Ross Thompson, colored. .IS years, j
711 duPont street, i« in the Homeo
pathic Hospital, and may die. aa the:
result of burns received in his homejthe
yesterday afternoon.
While Mrs. Thompson
f tar.
es heat- '
the kitchen.and
Thompson, hearing
his wife's scream«, ran into the
kitchen and threw water on the '
blaze, but finding his efforts with
our avail, pic ked up the pot and
ing <a pot
■ love, it boiled over, setting fire t
the kitchen.
tried to throw it into the yard, but
dropped it on the kitchen floor in
He was badly burned about the
shoulders, fa«*e and neck, the flesh
stead.
his fare. All the skin was burned
from both hands. The top of his
head was uninjured
tected by a cap.
Thompson was taken to the h
pital in the police ambulaflce. in
spite of the statement made to him
It was pro
DP/Tf/ fimn lirni^nnirft
I II K M KAW nhKKlhkS
IN SUSSEX COUNTY
(Continued on Page Two.)
Special to.The Evening Journal.
GEORGETOWN. Jan. 6.—L
Delaware has had but two
snowfalls this winter and hut
V dnys and nights when
attire went much m
« low
light
f ew
rcr
the temper
than ten be
• the freezing point.
Climati«'
been
a
reports
nditions have
• such that Arthur E. Jefferson.
Broadkfln District farmer.
he
that within the past few days
has gathered ripe strawberries from
his fields. They are what is known
as the "Ever Bearing". variety, but
usually cease to yie!«l fruit about
•» the fir«t of .November.
This is the first time in the his
tory of lower Delaware that ripe
strawberries have been picked dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
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SU.N AND TIDE.
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Fun rises ...
Sun sets.
Head of ChrKl intin.
High water. . 11,16 A. M. ll.iS P. M. :
Low water .. !>.55 A. M. lH.ÎO P. M.
IX) ST
JXiST—Key* on chair..
small padlock.
Fias'lake.
Xrflce.
fastened with
Lost in vlclnty of
Reward If returned to this
JanS-St.
(Continued on Page Fifteen.)
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Car! A. Sutter and his wife, th*» modern * Adam and Eve whose
wanderings in the Maine woods last year attracted national attention.
are about to air their troubles in the divorce courts according to new«
reports.
CHILD BRIDE
Mrs. DuRoss Retains Coun
sel to Fight Annulment
Suit
DESERTED SINCE
MONDAY NIGHT
prevent an annul
Determined u
ment of her marr-.age to Edward
DuRosa. Jr., a: Elkton last Monday ,
'night. Mise Agnes Kaiser. Nil West
'seventh street, has retained J. Pauli
Green a« counsel to fight annulment '
proceeding* that the father of her
jejghteen-year-old husband has an-!
need he Intends to institute. . Î
Mies Kaiser and DuRoss, the lat-,
Iter living at 1017 West Fifth street.
eloped to Elkton last Monday night.
t the same time the girl-bride s
sister. Miss Elizabeth Kaiser, an«!
W.llie were married in
A
George D.
Maryland Gretna Green
It 1# stated by the now Mrs. Du
Ross that after the marriage she
her htnband lived as man and 1
wife at the Willis * home Monday !
night and nt her home the follow- ,
ing night. She say« her husband*
left for worl^ in good spirit« on 1
Wednesday morning. During the j
day 1 e Informed her that he would j
Du- I
the mar
be home after working hours but
has so far failed to appear.
The young bride denies tha
Ross wa« •'enticed" in
»'ias**
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Says American II omen Sell
Beauty lo Style _Mongers
*• — (United
Press)—American women are «eil
ing out their beauty to the etyle
mongers
!tie
Ralph Monl. instructor In wo
men's drees «lesigning .at the Chicago
Academy of Fine Arts, made these
tlerlar.'itions in addressing a con
Jan.
Dressing to the dictates
ventlon of art students here today. !
"The American woman has falléi\ f
KaBhion," d.rlar.,1 |
the F
nch dressmaker and
P re - V 1
sacrificing her beauty to the fad«
of foible*
of
*' ,oni * u,1 ° l ®* r kea th)it dressing 1«
an art. and each woman a canvas
to ^ ° r marred by the right !
strokes of design. It I.« not for the I
fashion arbiter#» to say what a wo- |
man should wear ac«'ording to Moni. [
GREECE PREPARES
FOR WAR IN THRACE
_ _ ........
ATHENS. Jan. 6 (Lnlted Press).
Greece is strengthening her military
forces with an eye to possibilités
of war In Thrace. Gen. Gonatas, of
the revolutionary government, in
formed the United Press.
While the Greek
hopes and believes that the sign
govrnment
Ing of preliminary peace is imminent
"e are nevertheless supplementing
our armies, ready to confront any
possibilities In Thrace." Gonatas
said.
• I>. O. K. K. I> \ VCK.
Tonight. 9 to 12, Pythian Castle.
Prises The KIMMEY ORCHESTRA
—Adv.
i
Bill to Change Methods of
Levy Court Being
Prepared
RUSH OF MEASURES
' * , -rî inr
IN LECISLA I URE
Members of the legislature are
looking for a rush of bill« the «*om
ing week. Th°re are
that
many pro
hove
P®**d
of for '' e(tkß and th ^ r ' ïn
no f^ a - ,0 n while most all
bee
measures
f these
should n«M be ready for present»
tion lo I>»g slnture next week
(hat they can get early consid- j
^ration.
°n" b *11 that It js understood has
prepared and will be present- ?
r<1 n# * xt w ** #ïc would amend the|
Workmens Compensation act to
bring al! Ht y employee under its
.. — thl » h »» b **" pr *" I
r t y
Harvey it having been approved at
a recent meeting of the Mayor s
cabinet,
Governor Denney in his message
recommended that the
Compensation act be extended to
take in employes of cities and towns
tha: el?ct to come in under its pro
visions. I'nder the present law
employers who employ less than
five person«, farm help «nd domes
(Continuerl on Page Two)
Work men s
Each woman own prob- |
lern of dress to solve depending on
the shape of her figure." declared
line, perverts a
emphasizing hips,
thing Dut beautiful."
I
the style expert.
"The long, loose
slinker
with belt draped around the hip-1
beauty. {
hich are any ;
skirt
w oman s
Passing of the corset I« taking
the Venus out of the feminine figure j
according to Moni.
"The old iron stave
b. comlPmn.d," -a;,I Monl. j
"and .y.rv woman Mintild w.ar *i'
d ror*ot from tb . !
models are
not t
'
least a fur-li
waist lin«* to the hips,
"Checking corsets is « fad that
is developing larg* undulating hips
at the expense of good looking
busts." • |
ACCUSED OF PERJURY
IN DIVORCE CASE
.. . I
Helen E. Hollis. Negress, under
indictment on a charge of perjury
' n a divorce suit brought against
b >' h . er h . u " ba "f; furnUh „ ed bai J |
b?fore Ueputy Attorney General 1
Fin8er a , n oon today after Judge]
Rodney, In Court of General Ses
slons, hail issued a capias for her.
It was In this case tha, Mr.
get- yesterday disapproved of City 1
gro, as bondsman, because h 1 had J
neier pan! the amount of bond giv
on hy hint fora fugitive defendant.
Court of General Sessions ud-]
Journed until Monday. j
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For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone |
Councilman John O. Hopkins. Xe
1540-154 1.—Adv.
Cold 11 (i vc
a ruing« have
been ordered for New I iiglaml.
York, nori licaMcrii l*enn
sylvHiiin Mild rilrenie northern
New .lei>e»r, tin- weather hunwu
annoiiii<*ed today. Northeast
storm warning- are <ll«pla>ed
along the Atlantic owh and
north of sandy Hook, the bu
rin ii Mated.
Kaln or «now will fall ibl«
afternoon and tonlglit In the
New England
niiich isilder
anil Sunday,
for»M*a«t. t'older
weather will |>re\all lonlghf and
suiMlai In the Ohio \ alley.
Team e tw ee and lower lake re
gion«. 14ttle «-hange was fore
<wat f««r the reM of the terrl
l*«l|»l»i.
t old
wave
N
I
Mlddh* and
State«, with
weather t « m Ig lit
flic hu rea ii
lory 'vim ot lb.- \it
f
VICTIMS MET
AWFUL DEATH
Hands, Head. Feet Torn
From Bodies. Outdoing
Spanish Inquisition
t
INHUMAN TRAGEDY
DES( RIBED IN COURT
COURT HOUSE. BASTROP I,«..
Jan. 5 (1'nited Pre
—Coolly. *<
•ntlfirally. Walt Hanl. I and Tlinma.
F Richard« were
by hooded
rru.h.d m 4.„,h
pathologists
who examined the broken, mutilated
bodies testified today, in the open in
terrorists.
vestigation of the murders.
wl, V:»: h ' rou* jntt.nuit;- and <'al
,ou * lhdlff.r»nh., hand* h.'atl« and
w * r <* wr.n<-lMS- from th. hat-j
l.r.d bodi.«, Ur. Charlr* t\ Duval
and Dr. John A. !.anford. testified.
Scientific means were used to
break each arm in three, places and
then the chest cavities of the help-!
less victrms—one jk world war
and the other his friend
vet
—were
smashed in by "pressure applied
from front and back," the witness
declared.
The most gruesome outrage« were
outdone that nirht last August
hlnr1 th „ v# „ nf 0 f#l , iÄjr<> , n A
sheltered spot in the wooded section
near n OWK ^ a f*sr Daniel's fath-i
had been brutally and two others !
hAd h ^ Pfl flogged bv the
hoodml tortura «nuad.
th " ^ia nn
massacres ana torments of Apaches
in the '-ID days.'were leas inhuman
than that the tragedy of that black
night as described In
( 'loaked
era
be
>urt today,
n the unemotional lan
cience a crude
butchery,
on Dan
as crushed out
guage of the day of
operation, a revolting
hich hid been performed
lei before his life
was described.
Rumor had blamed the murder
on one mob member wh
unmasked as Da nie
had been
battled to free
storv had bee
bis
P^red about that after the unmask
ing Daniel and Richards had been
ed on Page Two.)
(Cont;
PHILADELPHIA MARDI
| ftP AÇ R[f)T OF RFAIITV
llll/l v/l l, b il I I
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PHILADELPHIA fan fi (l'nited
Prw*»t—K.*ping a ' b.lat.d tryai
Ith lh* rily s tradition to pay tr ib
m. m "Kin? Mnniu» " th. N.w
I Year'« Shoot.r*' l'iuhà h.ld th.lr
I.nnual -Mummer.'" parade h.re to
{
j a ^',
The parade. Philadelphia s Mardi
Gras, wa« a riot of beauty and bur
j ""*?"*;• Tw.nty-«hr*. club* took,
r, " l! ln 1 , ' , *' rrl "b' 8 1 n *
! thousand "mumm.r* Kamboled up
Broad street in the colorful and hi
' lariou* dlaplay.
Sum. of th* feature* of th. parad. !
Camden. N .1. < lown*.
unit mronp. a monster rap. iso
feet Ion?, carried bv ISO men: a ,
costume of pearl*.' weighing TO
Impersonator*.
Twelve
vere the
female
pounds:
floats and 41 bands ot music.
Prizes of approx mately *10.000
vere awarded to the winning clubs.
Many Wllniingtonian* went to !
Phllad el P hla today to witness the ■
Xew Year's Mummers* parade. The
parade wa* postponed from Mon*
'» a Y. •'>>* Vear's Day. owing to
storinv weather,
SEE THE MOVIES MONDAY.
Invitations to 'he Movies are
Fin-tended to six persons today through '
0 ur Classified Advertising Depart
Look through the class:fi»d ■
*dvs. and if your n*me is there coma
to .he Journal office and receive free .
tickets for two (war tax paid) t#
sr o the special production. Clara
Kimball Young in "The Hands of j
INara" at the Majestic and "The
Tride of Talomar" at the Queen,
Monday night. See page 15 today. i
m eot.
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Judge Fred Odom. Bastrop. La.,
will hear cases of tliose seized in
conhccti«»n with tw
•other outrages supposedly commit-1
, ted by masked night riders at Mer
R ge, La.
itirders and
FEAR MISSING
Isaiah P. VTilmer's Clothing
Found Along Brandywine
Park Race
UAUC VCCTCDnA V
PIUME )r.JltKI)AI
DISAPPEARED FROM
'he
police to locate Isaiah P. Wiliner.
Efforts are being msde
hy
**•** * 4 "'ho I* ni.*«ln, from
hi* horn*. Sill Wii*hlna;on «ii..:.|ally
friends a: 512 East F'ourth
afternoon. and
A hat and oven-oat. identified a«
the property of Wilmer, the coat
Continued on Page Five.
since last night. The missing ma
wore a dark suit of clothing light
overcoat and a black derby)
rhen last seen.
Melvin P. Wilmer, son of the miss-j
£ ,a >'
hat
.
III PlflO KIIIPT
All I All N MIM
/ALL L/Uiu ITIUii I
an. has learned that his father!
•ng
v este rda y
st reet.
while there j« «ai. I to have expresse,
himself as t.re«| of living*
HAVE 1923 TAGS)
Five Days' Grace for Use
of 1922 License Expired
at Midnight
[
TAKE PENNSYLVANIAN
Vt'HO HAD OLD TAGS
in spite of the far« that a large
number of Wilmington autoists were
arrested and fined in Cheater and
{Marcus Hook, this week, for operat
ling their cars with a 1922 license, as
perniil, ** tl by the law * of lhl * State
up to ,h * ' ,0 ®'' uf J>nu * r - V *• '' oro "
'''"""l' 1 ''®" 1 »" 1 ' * rr op.rating motor
under a l#-2 lien,, ta« in
Ue / Wa " , ,
John Davl ?' "* * '««1* be '
lenging to the Supp!ee-\\ illis-Jones
Ice Cream Company of PhiladH- j
phia, wa« arrested this m>rnlng by |
Patrolman .\paley, charged with op- »
lerating a motor vehicle
rithout the
192.1 license tag. and wiil he given
a b.arinc in Municipal Court Mon- .
da> motrtlng. ^
. 11 " ' s '** r, *L. arl '' ° n 1 j
,"' harRe n '' Umittsfon. th,*
' V Pf f olIce
h *' rlvan ord, ' r " to *"
He. ,o arr.« .y.ry man op.rattng a
' •JL. *' « h ' '' Ilr, ' n '' ***• !
Th«» five days grace in which Dcla
permitted 10
use
1922 tags expired at midnight and'that
all Delaware ears now must display]give
0PJ23 tags. !
va re
cars
_ f . ff _ „
fllUlf li II I Rjj Ily
j
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DUBLIN. Jan. f>—(United Press)
during the night a j
in capture of out-;!ected
NEW IRISH FIGHT
ex*.—Fighting between rebels and Free
Slate troops
Cork resulted
lying positions of t»o Mill street !
military post by the insurgent* Freej
State losses were one killed, flv ;
wounded. »
Mrs. Matte G. McBride, recently,
prominent for activities in aid of
rebel prisoners, was arrested ye.s
terday and sent to Mount Joy prison, 1
no reason being givaa.
FRANCE ASKS BELGIUM
TO JOIN IN MILITARY
MO VEA GAINS T GERMANY
U. S. TROOPS TO MARCH
Ol T OF GERM I M II REN
FRENCH TROOPS M I RCII L\
This Action to Be Taken I.« Protest 1 gainst
Program Which Washington Believes. I ten
aces Peace of Europe. 1 irait Paris Reply ,
On [morion 's Suggestion of Intervention.
BERLIN, dan. * U nited Preaal.—
Industrialists of the Ruhr expect the
United states to Intervent in t
to prevent Franco carrying out the
of* occupation or customs
barrions, the Telegraphen Union re-;
fle«ting the views of Hugo Sllnnes.
• reported today.
(*hancal!or Uouno is
complete support from the
group, the statement says, adding
t lia t execution
threst«
receiving
Ruhr
plans
French
«.f
otild reduce exportation to s
financial found*
mum and destroy
• la)
harming workers and causing
troubles.
I'nlted
WASHINGTON*. Jan. 6
an troops will be
'ordered from Germany the moment
j France begins a military occupation
I of the Ruhr Valley, a high govern*
' nient official said today.
press » .— A me
Th'» action wr.ll be taken a« a pro
test against
action which thle government alwaya
ha. «iron.lv di*»pproved and which
|t m ,u(N th. pnet of
lh. threatened French
Europe.
Withdrawal of American troop«,
.10«. On th. hee's of th. Krltl»h
f<i»al to aupwnrt th. Kr.noh plan
j would oav. Franc atandifix virrti
alon. Ill her .ffort* to
force
Germany to pay reparations, which
the British and American govern
! mente regar d as impossible.
Meanwhile, this government still is
waiting for a reply from France as
to whether she will accept the Amer-.
lean plan* for inierventlon in Eu
rope. If ahe •should accept. It would
have to be with the undersmnding
that she would postpone her threat
ened military occupation of the Ruhr
until it had
whether fhi« government s pisn call
i
determined
been
DAY BY DAT'HEALTH
EXPO NENT MOBBED B Y
LAME HALT AND BLIND
NEW YORK.
Press).— Pilgrims to the shrin* of]
health sought Emile Cone in the*
Jan. d
i I'nlted
gieat. roar.ng c.tv of New York t.
«lav. while the ma
ho sm.vs he
helps sufferers to help the
retired to seclusion
at Kngleuood.
Pennsylvania
Hotel, his first stopping place and
.nd.arnrM *° * l| P through ihr
The originator of Day by day. in
every way I am getting better and
better" had to do this to avoid be
ing mobbed hy the lame, the halt;
and blind who watched the various
entrances of
ha
lobby to his suite. Arm in the belief
he could cure them.
Fous protesting that he has
P»w.r him*.ir. that h. .an m.r.lyj
t.ll ailing humanity how to li.el it-'
a«lf by d.v.ioplnf th. Imamnaiion.
I*''" 1 '° h " m '* ot OUv * r *'• >'> •.
forJ - h "« Am.rlr.n agent at Kng^-J
wood, but it will only be a matter
of time until the pilgrims seek him
out there.
no
The Frenchman planned
{clinics in New York today.
they wouldn't be
p.„'pl. «..king h.a'th. |
arrang.d today* cl nlc to d.m- j
onikral. to the medical profe**ion .
lh . extent of hi* power to aid the I
secret
secret mo
,
overwhelmed byj
cure only are
tile aick and deformed he,eig.ng the
N , nPy drugglw hut./ieopl. *h
«« b * relieved of varloua bad
iAn< |
wish
unpleasant traits of character■:
[are hunting him.
!t will be i
any private or Individual treat-I
mente, due to the shortness of his
lie has announced
possible for him to
sta.v here an«l the large number of
people who w ish t
physicians who are going to wltne
the demonstration today selected
difficult case« from a hospital with
which to test Cone.
himself confident of success.
Uit evening the famous auto
.suggest er appeared before three se
group« and explained his the.
He declared that one his
The
se*» him.
He declared
pry.
greatest difii, ulties n ma.mt pen,» *
have faith In h s method lies in .ts
-»trente simplicity.
The whole system i* Just the rapid
repetition of the new fa m«us phrase
"naybydayin»verywsy,l*mget
ting better and better." Cone in
1 st* tha« If this is repeated oft.a
V
Ing for revision of reparation* hr a
cornrijiaeion of experts, a private
loan to Germany and ess. er allied
debt ferma
,n 111 •
would be successful.
lies«! off forcible !
of the Ruhr, this govern
ment in proposing its plan, s be
Heved to have outlined Informally to
Eurtvpe the fundamental principles
which «boni.
I «•habilitation of Europe.
According to a piom nent official
seizure
nderlia an economic ,
Revision of the reparations to
1.
a point that Germany can pay
2. Ravinent of reparations in
And England at
an early date th nugh a loan in
the
«b
to France Belg.
P r#
dure«l.
ternaional bankers--provided
nt reparations figure can be re
3.
Agreement by France to reduce
her army.
Th. atumbling block In th. way
of Immediate action I. th. unwll'
the
nd for pay
ment of both principal end nteroet
for a period of
Untied
4
by
Agreement
°n the Allied debt*
tfn ynr..
*<»'»■ 'o potapon. .1»
i*-|tngn*»« o' th. Kr.nrh |t,rtnm.n:
to •*!•* to th. r.du.i.d r.paration.
rnd to th* r.du.'tion of th. Ktwioh
Army unlese the l'nited Ate es Joins
In th* tri-party ag eement. England
Franc# and the 1'nited Rtaies to (
guarantee France'« integrity against j
a revived Ge****'*-*'
This treaty, agreed to by former
President Wilson. w«s killed in tL
I'nlted Si a ten Senate. The'Harding!
admlniatration takes the position
that, however adviable such
It.
this governm
t refuses f
consider
"
NEW York. Jan. <» (I'nit
ed Pres«».—If you are to cure
ailment,
lile Cone, you
according
u»t not only
VI
ir
to
Ei
repeat:
"Day by day in a vary way 1
[j, am getting better *»nd better/'
[I; but you must continue chanting
it to yourself AM. THE TIME
You muet «lo this AM. YOI'R
I.IFE, the French auto suggest
•r s«id today.
The key
be emphasized—are "IN
ERY WAY."
fou. raid ihal h. hlma.lt did
not h«ve to continue to reiter
ate the phrase because it had
been drummed Into his inner
thoroughly
that he «<*h eved the spirit of
the formula without effort.
orda—the words to
BV
consciousness
.
T
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«»m oanno; help believ.ng what he '
tell« himself In this manner at least
With practice
statement is so
bp bra n tflat it is
believed a the time.
- I
pnough and fast enough it will come
to be true.
lie declares that a per
drumm.d Ini
thoroughly
The
thought while the phra.e
he *ald.
while he 1« saying It.
th<> Inilh of th .
is
for a not her j
Is being ;
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Many members of his
{ declared thar they felt the srrength )
f theory, during the demonstration
nnounced 1
audience«
\
j
« nd
several
{ themselves,
-
converts
FASCIST! FINDS
BURIED ARSENAL 1
ROME Jan. 6. — (United Press)—
Five hundred bombs a quantity
of dynamite and a small field gun
were fuond by Fascist i officials
buried in fields between Uuseno and
Balsamo.
It was revealed that the Fascist!
searched more than a year for t4iis
buried arsenal, property of "reds."
at the time of occupation of Italy'«
industrial plants by communists.
DA SOB TOXTGHT—Th. Audl-I
torium. Warren's Orchestra, S pi*ca*|ci»
—(tdv.
4
Commission 1 grees to
Hoar Germany Ex
plain Reparations De
faullin Hope of. 1 vert
ing ( Occupa lion of I ho
lla hr. England to
Take Part in Las!
Minute Parley.
BRITAIX CALLS
77 RK SHOWDOWA
PARIS, dan. « (lulled Press) —
\mcrl«*aii Intervention of the nature
iii«li<*ate«1 by press dls|M((^MM would
he unwelcome n* France. It wasJmli**
<tii« s | «einl-fdTicinlly today. The time
when «ii«'h a<«l<»n w«miI«I have been
ii ec fit I has paved, the French dc
rlare.
LONDON. Jan. « (I'nlted Prep*)—•
French airplanes crossed the Rhine
and and hovered above Mannheim*
yaaterday. apparently spying «
and preparatory to military action.
a. • ordiQg to a Berlin dispatch to th*
Central News today.
PARIS*. Jan. S (Calted Tresê) —•
Germany appealed today for an op
portunity to explain reparations de
faults and avert occupation of the
Ruhr by France.
reparations
** r ** d ,0 , h9 "\ on ,h *
n,,n **P'»n.tlon of fetlur* to d.
liver the required amount of coal
before decker.ng her in default.
Greet Britain will take part in
the meeting and should the ex
a tnation be accepted trouble In the.
Rhineland Ruhr would be r»mpor
It was predicated.!
Germany could not
nsfactorily exp ain the default*
he'that the French could continue
(Continued on rage Two.)
The
commiseion
• vo '«^d.
however, that
ray nisi nriTF\
IJu I UIULUU/1ILU
Jump From W / agon Results
Fatal to Dennis Atkins,
Aged 12 Years
LIVED 15 MINUTES
AFTER ACCIDENT
Special to The Evening Journal.
GEORGETOWN. Jan. «.—-Dennis,
of E.
kins. residing ' three miles from
Georgetown, dislocated a vertebra of
the neck yesterday as a result of
jumping from a wagon and died fif
teen minutes later.
Young Atkins, in company with
some playmates, was playing about
,the grounds at Short's school at the
re» ess hour when a team driven by
Olin Conaway passed. The lad
Jumped in the rear of the wagon and
rode a short distance down the road.
I
'When he had gone aa far as he de
T sired, he leaped from the wagon
'and struck the ground with auch
force that his neck was dislocated.
Some of his playmates saw him fail
and took him into the school build
The lad started to place h!«
head on one of the desks when he
gave « loud yell and died within a
few minutes,
ing
HOOVER DECLINES
CABINET SHIFT
WASHINGTON. Jsn. <» (t'nl'ed
Press i.—Secretary of Commerce
Hoover today declined an offer of
President Harding to become Secre
tary of Interior succeeding Albert
B. Fall, who will tire March 4
•(Secretary Hoo * in a conference
at the While House today. Informed
.the President that he desired to re
tin In his prese/it position to com
plete the work which he had map
ped out on a large scale when ho
entered office at the beginning of
the Harding administration.
HoAver hAs Veen forming an or
ganization in the Department of
which he hopes wiil be
greatly extending
Commerce
instrumental in
America * commerce.
.MRS. KKVSFR 1MPBOVF.S.
Mr*.
Police C*pt»in Key
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v ton et re. ■ wh" racen'l' *u(Tst»J
an a ack of Ik* g' P la r--»ver n*
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