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The Evening Journal
FIRST
IN NEWS
CIRCULA I ION
ADVERTISING
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and probably Saturday,
«•older tonight with freezing temperature,
moderat« northwest winds becoming
variable.
CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
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"THE FIRST NEWSPAPER OF T HE FIRS I CITY OF Till FIRST STATE."
WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 19, 1923
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 189
24 PAGES.
FINAL EDITION
TWO CENTS.
FRENCH SEIZE GERMAN BANKS IN THE RUHR;
TROOPS HOLD COKE MINES; ARREST DIRECTORS
TO BET DOWN
TO BUSINESS
Senator Hardesty, Demo
crat, Calls on Senate to
Adopt New Basis
SCHOOL LAW REPEAL
MAY GO IN MONDAY
Special to The Evening Journal.
JT ATE HOrPE, DOVER. Del.,
Jan. 19.—Aa noon a* the Senate
convened thl* morning Senator
Hardesty, Democrat, of Dover, «tat
°d that he thought it was about
time the Senate was getting dowi
to a business basis, and with that
in view he moved that the Senate
to allow for commit
recess until two o'clock this after
noon in order
t©e meetings and the budget hear
ing. and at the afternoon session
get down to actual 'business. The
iro ion prevailed.
In the House the same proced
ure was followed, recess being tak
en until two o'clock.
But 29 of th« 35 members of the
Houst responded today to roll call.
ih« smallest number yet reporting
in one day. Three of the House
members are touring the different
counties today with the rural school
supervisor« who win try to demo ï
straf© to th© members of the Legis
latur© th© necessity of retaining the
school supervisors.
No bili* were presented In elth
hon*« and not even a comnuinica
non was received this morning.
Representative Gray's bill to re
P©al th© present school laws and re
verting hack to the laws under
which th© school« were operated
prior to 1919, will likely be Intro
duced In th© Hou«e on Monday.
* FRAUD LHARGE
Community Finance Com
pany Officers to Face
Trial in New York
W1LMINGTONIAN
IS COMPLAINANT!
• • NEW YORK. Jan. 19 (United
Urea*).—Indictments were returned |
against nin© individuals, including
Austin Howard Montgomery. Austin
Howard Montgomery. Jr., both of
« Baltimore, and William L. Cunning
ham hy the Federal grand Jury be
fore Judg© Winslow in the United
, States District Court today, charging
us© of th© malls to defraud In con- <
necflon with promoting the opera*
tion« of the community Finance
Company,
The Community Finance C
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more. Wilmington, Del., Washington
and Philadelphia.
According to assistant U.
trict Attorney Peter McCoy, the d©
fendants
S Dis
presented the company;
m which was dealing in desirable secur
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SELL BANKRUPT'S PROPERTY
Georg© W. Lilly, trustee in hank
ruptcy for John S. Bogucki, a for
wer merchant at 414-416 Maryland
STS 5TSÄ » XZZ
Solomon. The purchase price t* t*
|12,600. Th ■ «took of the store was
sold several week* «ifio. q'lie prop
erty was a three-story brick build
ing.
ATTORNEY-GENKR XL RECOVERS
Attorney-General Sylvester D
Townsend, Jr., after being confined
to his home since last Friday with
ihe grip, returned to his office
duties this morning. Mrs. Towns
end and their son. Herbert Ward
Townsend, are still confined t<* their
home with the sai
Illness.
DECEMBER Oil, INSPECTION
AIh©rt A. Serson. inspector of oils|
and fluids, reports 8i.04 t gallon^
1 " December and fee* collect
©d amounting to $435.23.
...7.19 A. M.
02 P.
TODAY'S TEMPERAT! RE
At The Evening Journal Office,
8.00 A. M..42
in.no A. M. .43
12.ni p. m .. 14
1.00 P. M. .44
SUN AM» TIDE
Sun rises .,.
Sun sets.
11 (* n«l of Christin
High water 1.24 A. M.
Low wafer 8 40 A. M.
1.45 A. M,
9.20 P. M.
IjOSTT
WHITE RABBIT DOG—With dark tan
spots. Reward If returned to .1 Jl.
Horner. 8<*0 Pine St. Janl9-2t.
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RERUN, Jan. 19 (CnltM Pr«w)
Th- French today ord«r*d lh.
Mayor of Mulhsim to eaus« the ar
real of H»rrThvs»«n and other
j Ruhr industrialists and to hav«th»mUo
escorted to French Headquarter« atjy
Beedeny. aroordin* u> »'I'i'-e* from
Rssen. The Mayor replied it wa«
lmP°« , l'>le. He had notified Thyssen
«nd the others, but they had re
fused to obey.
HONOR COLLEGE
DEAN IN DEATH
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Funeral of Prof. E. L.
Smith at Newark
ASSOCIATES SERVE
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Special to Th, Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Jan. 19.—From 10 3«
o'clock thl* morning until 1 o'clock
Lhl* afternoon hundreds of persons
from ail parts of the State and wlakg
' of life viewed the remains of Edward
J.aurence Smith, who at the time of
his death was dean of the I'niveraity
• of Delaware. The body was taken;
from his home on Delaware avenue
to the Newark Presbyterian Church
where the services were held at 10
o'clock this morning. Prominent
men from all part* of the State at
tended the funeral.
It was because of the illness of
Mrs. Smith that the body was viewed
at the church. She is critically ill
with plural pneumonia at her home
under the care of two physicians.
Her condition was improved this
morning and her relativ
friends are now hopeful of her re
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and
DEATH THREAT
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Cleveland Man Held
on
Charge of Demanding
! «5,000 From President
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white house is
SILENT ON SUBJECT
CLEVELAND.
O..
Jan.
I (United Press)—A man who gave
his name
19 .—
Frank Fox today was
j rhagred with wrongfully using th©
1 malls in «•onneorion with thy» mailing
j of a threatening letter to President
•
en Elyria, Ohio, ad (trees
J In addition to the 925.000 another
91.000 was tl< manded for attorney
fees, the name of an Elyria attorney
! being mentioned.
After working for some time to
: locate the writer of the letter, federal
' operaive* followed the trail here,
j Decoy letters were «ent to a local
address. Fox was arrested on re
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DR. ABELS VISITS.
Dr. and Mrs. M. .?. S. Abels, of
Altoona, Pa., formerly of this city,
will he the guests of friends h<»r-»
1 over th© week-end. Dr. Abels will
luct the service* tonight nt th©
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jjprh Shalom »Synogogue. Eighteenth
. in<1 Washington streets.
n on | n tschool auditorium, un*
«1er the auspices of the Sisterhood ,
of the Synagogue, will follow the
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MR. XVHjKIXSON' AND XVIEE ILL
A.* O. Wilkinson, business admin
M.jistrator at the University of Delà
A recep
services.
his home in Wilmington for several
clays, was slightly improved to
day hut his wife is now ill with
the same disease. Mr. Wilkinson's i
condition was such that he could not
leave his home to attend t't© funeral
of Dean Smith today at Newark. |
ware, who has been ill with grip at
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FAMILIES OF
OUT BÏ FIRE
Representative Reynolds'
Home at Hoekessin Fire
Swept Today
CARRY CHILDREN
TO ADJOINING ROOF
Climbing out of their bedroom
windows onto the roof of a porch
early this morning. Representative
an< i Mra. J. H. rtsynolds and Mr. find
Mn , j. S|uhb . of H «r-k»s»ln.
wl,h fhildron. mado th«ir way
saf«ty while flame» licked up the
oom , they had Juat ieft. None of
Ih(( „ , ,*v«d clothin«.
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Thf flames destroyed their home, a
large two story structure, having
Irngulfed the lower floor before the 1
crackling flames aroused one of the
Stubbs children who gave the alarm.,
The farm, located on the creek
road, is owned by Mr. Reynolds.
|.\lr. Stubbs works the place. Roth!
famille» lived in the dwelling The
origin of the fire is a mystery, the
•only fire known to have been in the
I building being in the furnace. It is
thought that gas accumulating there,
exploded.
Neighbors
!
«f the Reynolds' form
ed a bucket brigade and endeavored
I ,o
rombat the flam«» but their:
j work >«» fruitl«,». Word wan «ent
to th« Kennett Square fire company
j which responded. The pump of the
ï Five Pointa Civics Association also
1 went to the scene. The Five Pointai
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HIT,') TROLLEY
Three Persons Slightly Hurt
When Ladders Smash
Window
SENT TO HOMES
Three persons
ere ©lightly cut
and bruised when a motor truik
owned by William C. Alexander
, ....... . .
roofer. 511 East Fourth *treet. back
led Into trolley ear No. 121 of the
I-obdell line of the Wilmington and
. -, .
Philadelphia Traction ( omnany, on
fourth street, uear line, this morn
-rh. ininr.., „«• Mrs .lie. n...
The injured at Mr.. All* e Bur
jri*. of Rose Hill; Mias Bcesie Bruce,
701 Jefferson street, and Mrs. Henri
etta Rutherford, of Lobdell.^ Dr. H.
(Î. Buckmacter took the injured to
his office, 400 East Fourth street.
where they were given treatment.
Later they were sent to their home©.
The accident occurred as the trol
lev oar was running east on Fourth
The motor truck, loaded with
street.
ladders that protruded beyond the
body of th© machine backed out of
th«» Alexander Arm's yard directly
int«i the moving car. Severn! windows
♦ in the car were broken. The street
r.r-ST' *..
JURY HAS DAMAGE
C AG?!. 1 FITY
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The jury in the case of Mr*,
f Frances M. Spoe.-le and her
band against the Mayor and Council
of Wilmington, an appeal taken by!
the defendant from the decision or
i'onimon rieas, was
orning by Judges
the Court of
charged this
Richards and Rodney, but had fail
ed to reach n verdict when the court
took its noon recess at 1 o'clock.
her husband
ask damages for Injuries sustained
hy the former, which incapacitated
her for homework, hy falling into
A trench at Thirteenth and W-ash
Mrs. Spoerle
and
ington streets, on October 5, 1921.
Sergeant Fox,
thony McGranary,
An *
Motorcycle Of
fleers Blackiston and Vandegrift.
this morning, rad «1 the home of ;
Antonio Padovono, near Four
teenth and Claymont streets,
rested him and confiscated two bar-I
of 1
POLIUE CONFISCATE XXTXE.
Patrolmen
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violating State liquor laws and sell
ing liquor were lodged against the«
man. He will be given a hearing in j
Municipal Court tom«»rr«>w mornng j
For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone'
J540-1541.—Adi*.
rels «of wine. Two charges
First Fuel H hen Europe Flume Breaks
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Not ! ve troop movement« are reported rear the Polish-Russian frontier,
the Red Army which Trotsky has under arms. 1'olJsh recruits
which may break out at any time
r>n the left are members
(right ) are being drilled for the
•f
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urfare
JESTER TAKES
IN $1,441,721
STATETAXES
Commissioner Has 110,000,
Accounts; 10 Per Cent.
Are Delinquents
GRAND JURY TO GET
AFTER DELINQUENTS
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STATE HOl'SE. Dover. D©1. Jan. |
19.—M. Howard Jester. State Tax
Commissioner, this afternoon
the Budget Committee of the Legis
lature that his offlre has 110.000 ac
counts of taxable?« in the Sjate. that
10 P<' r '* f ,hcn ' arP <l 'H"l»nU
* na thai of this 10 ,,rr Z"'
ire residents in Wilmington whe
|h< . opposition to the »3
ming fee exists, according to his
Judgment. .
ï-,» fn r)er*«>mIter 1 in the State
1 •* IO |,rrpm Pr i in me
90.762 person.« had paid the $.1 fll- \
inK fep and of lhj , number ]o..n:>!the
P«id an income with it so that this
]?ft g0 <5ft r( , sl , |pnt , wh „ „imply
paid the S3 and had no, received suf
Aden, income to require |Mvn ,s nt
of income tax. fp to November 3«.
.Mr. Jester told the committee, his
offlre has collected $1.441,721.66,!
and since December 1, he has col
lected in delinquent taxes $18.354.73.
>n Wilmington. Mr. Jester said, he
has collected as filitiB fee» $ ) «S.S 1 «
949.
In rural N*w Castle county.
(Contimre«! on Page Four.)
DCCTATTD A \]T flRETI
IALaJI/ lUIl/tll 1 I lllljl/,
DON'T KNOW GUILTY
.'itlrc. but that there was no evidence
connect the restaurateur with
.the alleged
hus-lcily Solicitor' Oreen, in Municipal
j Court this morning, nolle proesed the
charge of arson against Nenos
When Are broke out in the resta ur
ant. it is said .that oil-sbaked cloth
and paper was found in the place by
ihe firemen. The
incendiarism. Assistant
did little
fi re
damage,
RESCUES CHAUFFEUR
. PTPn .
ArTr R AinTi SMASH
™ 1IJII GUIV kJITI.-lUIl
Narrowly escaping injury when th©
automobile in which she was riding,
collided with another car yesterday
afternoon, at Torresdal«*. Pa.. Miss
du Pont, daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Francis I. duPont. of
spruce street, Philadelphia, aided in
the fronts of the
the wheels locking.
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extricating the chauffeur of the oth
The two cars met headon.
er car.
cars rearing an«i
Although Mb's
duPont was thrown against the side
her car she escaped injury,
Prlaes.
D. O. li. K.
Sat. Eve.. 9 u
I» X\CE
Pythian Castle,
THE K1MMKY ORf'HKS
12.
TRA.- -Adv.
4
KmR BILLS
TO BE OPPOSED
Dissatisfaction Over Mel
son's Onslaught Against
Schools of State
FEAR CRIPPLING OF
THEIR EFFICIENCY
Siaff Correspondent.
DOVKR,
members of
1 9. — Republics
Legislature have
derided to oppose many of the dm
Jan.
the
tic 'ripper'' bills introduced and
proposed hy the Democratic major
Ity. Some of these bMle are out and
political measures and others
out
efficiency of some of the depart
merits. The Republicans have de
are evidently intended to impair the
nous, it I« understood, to
cided in
stand as a unit against eome
these "rippers,'' hut just what ones
has not been announced a* yet.
Representative Mrlson's rrusad..
against the State Board of Ed
ion which, if successful, would
mean the crippling of that impor
»
look department and handicapping
opportunities of Delaware chil
''re-n in an educational way. is
« ho ' < ' m ^" bp , r " " f « h «' '••'*■■•*•«
n.r e who have studied the si,uauon
trouble to date has been th.
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10 CLAIM CITY
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Grand Rapids Woman This
Time Coming to Get
Springer Estate
RESEARCH SHOW S
CLAIMS NOT VALID
! CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—Dr. Joseph
Springer, coroner's physician, thinks
,he has emerged from (he obscurity
of a doctor of medicine to the real
f a billionaire.
A littl«' woman. 50 vears old. claim
1h X;
of
Li ' l m1ip r Mar> Springer S\ -
Mahon# oni s of no heirs to a ha f
billion dollars, and had with h«*r »
suitcase full of documents to prove
what she 'was tellHig Dr; Springer.
Th© woman left late yesterday for
Phlladelphia, where she hopes to lo
tale a John Springer, the thirty-I
The property was de
ninth heir.
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THIS COUPLE UNDER BONDS.
Mrs. Mary Monico, 215 Weit Sev
street,
Monico. of 815
and ** her husband,
i. «lu Pont
se pa rated,
enth
Michael
fiom whom ©he is
were ea«h placed under $200 bond lot
©ice. following a hearing
Magistrate Gluckin tn
The woman was represented
keep the
before
night.
by Leonard K. WfiJee.
SOBS HALT
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Appeal Filed Two Days
Late. Olga Coes to In
dustrial School
FRIES AND HUGS STIR
JUDGE AND ONLOOKERS
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Sternness» of th© law obstructed
efforts of the sister and brother-in
f a 15-year-old Inmate of
Girls* Industrial School to have her
i„w
released, and cause
; scene in Room Nt». 2 of the Su
I perior Court this morning.
Olga I >0 berste
looking child involved.
pathetic
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as com
milted to the school
October 4
on
last by Judge ITi«k«tt in Iuvenile
Court on a.charge of incorrigibility.
Appeal from that (decision came
before Resident Judge Rice this
morning, but when Everett K. Bor
ton. representing th© school, po.nted
'as hied two
out that the appeal
*d legal
rt was compelled
«lay« after
limit, th© C
the
prescril
dismiss it.
The scene that followed
ful. From the
ought inti
Olga sobbed
ï of .Mrs. Emma Jacks«
«•nt of the Industrial School. When
j rh*» court announced that it wa.*
powerless to go further with
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ras pit!
lime .hat she was
th© court room, little
she sat by the side
. superinten
RECORDS SHOW 305
CITY MEASLES CASES
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On«» hundr©«! rnd twenty-eight
f me a© I©?« have been
purted to th© Board of Health,
week, more tban have be«»n
for'any w«»ek since th© beginning
' the present epidemic. The
number, «>f cases In the city is now
estimated at 305.
ported
new cases
total
Other contagious diseases reported
th:« we¥k show th© following gains:
13; scarlet fever. 11:
! influenza,
I ehlckenpox. 11: whooping cough.
llphfheria, 3.
?h© lau requiring th* r* por ng t
Ih.» Board «>f Health «»f this dis
obr, the Board has a
more than 80 cases In the city,
Dr. Robert S. McBirney. secretary
of the Board. Is urging* a more fre
quen; ffu.-*hifig of the streets, con
tending that nHicli of the illness now
prevalent can be traced to dust and
dirt from the streets.
While it is admitted that the Board
of H«»alth records <!o not show the
real < omlition here a
>f Jnflucnxa, n\
©girds the
ring to a sen*
record
12 FREE .XIOVIE TICKETS
In the classified columns each day.
will b«» found the aarne* of six per
.'sons who aie invited to see the
leading moving picture shows. Read
carefully and see if your game ap
"Grandma's
pear« today. t
last-/Boy." nt the Majestic and "KSb
Tide." at th«» Queen. Saturday nisht.
See page 33 today.
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RAIL WORKERS
NOT TO ASSIST
COAL SHIPMENT
try mm
FOR ALLEGED
Blood Flows When French
Communists Fight Over
Charge
GUARD ACCUSED
DEPUTY'S HOME
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PARIS
Jan.
n t otls y threw a cor
don shout the residence of Deputy
Cachin. to prevent his escape while
« —Pol.ce at da
legal formalities t
! i\ ere completed.
enable his arrest
Cachin. a com
be arrested on
t<
munis*.
j charges of treason, arising out of
i radical activities In the Ruhr.
• The ehambtr of deputies, after a
scene extraordinary even f^r Raj
lstormy hint ary votod tYl to its to
suspend Cat hin'* parliamentary Im
muniiy.
What developed into literally a
"battle royal" was staged in the
Chamber last night as deputies
warred with wr rds and Anally with
fists and feet over Cachin'* alleged
on. Actual fisticuffs started
serra live accused the
unlst of cowardice. "Pig" re
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when a
comi
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Harrison Quiet Today;
Tiro In res ligations Start
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Th» equation a, Harrison. Aik,
>rderly" Governor
of Arkansas said
is "quiet and
the,Thomas (\ M< Ren
in a telegram
H« wa s naked nhout r epor ts
railroad
to the United Press
as under "moi» rub*"
that the tot
following lynching
striker, ami also asked
• f a
hether
ll
tro
llis reply follow©:
"By Thomas McRea. Governor
Arkansas.
Little Rock Ark.
at Harrison. Ark.. I« quiet and order
|y following the lynching of one rail
ror.d striker* for alleged sabotage.
and armed resistance to cltixen*.
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The altuation
, Th© uprising of the citlr.©n.s of
to ' Harrison and vicinity was due to
H>ridg^lni rni ngs ». n«l other sabotage
f the Missouri and
un and grand Jury are now
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along the rout©
North Arkansas Railroad.
The
; PRESIDENT STAYS
IN ROOM TODAY
19 (United
WASHINGTON.
Press).—President Harding, while
showing gradual improvement from
his attack of grip, was still confined
to Ills room today at the order of his
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personal physician. Dr. Sawyer.
On account of the President's ill-1
ne*s, the usual « abin©t meeting wa«
other mem
IT today.
called
hers «»f the cal»ln©t, Secretary of La
•ostmaster-Geneml
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Da vis
Work, who .ire at home ill. would
nut have . able ,o attend the!«
meeting.
It Is 9 likely the President will he
away from his desk until next week,
upon th«» insistence of Dr. Sawyer,
ah© desires that th© Pres «lent fully
«•over from hi« illness before tak- .
ing up his duties again.
advance engagements have
been scheduled as vet.
N
lilt. WEBB XT E Xs IT. XK K
The Rev. Aqullla Webb. D. D..
pastor of First-Central Presbyterian
Church will preach tonight st the
la«t of th© evangelistic meetings
which hav© been held this week
Mast lake Pre*byte»*ian Church.
Following the service a meet in,,
of the church
©salon will b© held.
MR. SHOCKLEY RECOVERS
Charles H. Shockley, of Dover,
who recently underwent an opera
tion at the Physicians* and Sur
«eons' Hospital, has recovered ar.d
returned to his home.
•RECORDS
Short's. 8 West
X RTROI. X*
cre«lit.
Phone 4426.—Adv.
Cash
Fou rth.
y
Germany Luder H nr
like Restrictions.
French Troops Seize
und Occupy State
Mines in Ruer Re
gion and Arrest Di
rectors
/WADERS
TIG!FIFA HOLT
LONDON. elan. 1» (United Prf*)*
credit
luniks.
All branch (.ermsn
Institutions and lax collectors' office»
ln Ihr Ruhr were oonflscnlr«l hy th.
On
Death today, nccordln* to a
Irai News d I* pa Ich from Brrllo.
Hl.ltI.IX. .fan. It (Pnltffrt Prose).
Interallied Rhineland commu
nion today seized custom tat office
deposits In Relehshank branches at
M agence. Wiesbaden. Wontisblngrn
Private deposits
no! molested,
<;«-niiaii> will be deprived of Ruli
and Bonn.
ere
PARIS, .fan, I» (1'ntted Press).—
incut
d'affain* hen* today,
rual altogether if she per«t*te In her
|M»lle!e* of otistriictlng. ll»e gmem
»imi.il the German charge
DI MFLOORF, 4an. 19 (I'nlieil
press).—The FYenrh today «cl*ed a
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fin session * at Harrison. , where *
thorough Investigation I* in progr«*«.
A „ lnvf .,, g , llon hl . b ,.fl
ordered.
"I hav© condemened both the sa
hotage and th« lynching, and stand
ready to furnish State guard troops
preserve peace and order hut th©
«heriff and other oftiriaU of Harriton
■
and of Boone county report that th©
troops are not needed.
ante rule
HARRISON Ark.. Jan. 19 (United
Ess)—Th© federal government to
r»i
.! . began an investigst on of vigril
which has reigned her©
with approval of county officials this
veek.
A committee from th© State Leg
islatur© also was expected to begin
« probe of the genertl situation. Fol
lowing lynching of E. O. Gregor and
the (logging of more than a score o t
former employe© of th© Missouri and
»(Continued on Page Twenty-two.)
BURY G. T. BROWN,
LAWYER, TODAY
The funeral of George T. Brown.
attorney who died from appolexy
on Tuesday, will take place from
his lau» residence. 1509 West Four
teenth street this afternoon. Th©
Rev Charles L. Cindee, D. D. pas*
West m i nster Pr©»byteria n
lor
Church will conduct the services
and interment will be in Rfvervi«*'
cemetery.
The honorary pa'lbeixers will b©
_ „ _ . _ .
B. Cooling. O. C^Purdy, Ml H.
Coxe. Dr. J. A. hllegood, John P.
Nields. Judge William S. Prickett.
William T Lynam. John Biggs. J
Frank Ball. Francis M. Walker.
Thomas Davis. Willard Saulsbury.
William K. Smalley. William %**.
Hilles and Judge Victor B. Wolley.
A deiegition from the B*r Amo
elation wi!l attend.
PREDUT UOl.D XVEATTIFn.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 (United
Press).—Cold wave warnings htv*
been ordered for northern New Enx
nd northeastern New York»
the weather bureau announced to
land
day.
Colder weather was forecast for
tonight for practically all of th©
eastern territory*.
Stevens and Ja
MIDDLETOWN HOTEL SOLD
Transfer of the Middletown Hotel ■
ii v Burton Q. S mith to Daniel XV.
K. Walls for
$15,n<»0 has been recorded in the
fi< © of the county board of oss©s»
ment.
Mund} Broe. fieb Furniture*