OGDEN C1IY, UTAH THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 2. 1920. LAS I LDI I ION 4 P. M. I
pH 't.t vr m. rt: 5 - H
fOUNG WOMAN CONFESSES SHOOTING OIL MAN I
I Moving Picture Actress Meets Death In Flames
I FOUH OTHERS
PERISH WHEN
I HOUSE BOS
If Fire Sweeps Death Through
3j Five-Story Apartments
Jj In Gotham
WARNING GIVEN BY
YOUNG WOMAN STUDENT
4 Concert Singer and Theatre
M Man Amonn Those Miss
II ing After Disaster
Bf NEW TOHK. rv. 2 f!i persons
Bl were burned to death i ON which
H this mornlnc urapt Uirwiffc a llva-
lm etory Pnmnt Imuw on West 6Tth
Ths dead Included:
Mtn Marjorle Lcacomh. asOttOfl pis
ture artreaa. re .rni.dui Vm.r-
les from England; a girl known Ml
'Betty," friend of Miss Leaeomb: Dr.
f. M. Potter, velerlnary at the New
Tork Hippodrome; Mr. Harold Itns
well rtrl'l. singer! and Mra Jonah
Jenkins, her slater.
NKW YORK. frr 2 Mr) r,. I -comb,
a motion picture octrees, and
four unidentified persona were burned
to death In I fire which swept ihrouah
a flvc-story apartment house this
morning at 5 West CTth a, root Ml"
UKomh came to Ihls country recer.t
H y from England to engage In motion
Tbe fire, which started In the base
of ths building at an early hour,
billowed up In !h dumb waller shaft
covered by a young woman Student on
t he third floor wh hurbd n book
through her window nit
fl "fire" to the strei t below. Then she
daubed through Ihc ldollng RUInn
the
The house wna occupied try student
artists and protcoalonal p ople.
I'eraona missing In a check of the
in of lh inn-nt h i.k' In-
Hippodrome; Mra. n. loanell Road,
Leaeomb.
I TALLEST MARINE RECRUIT
CALLS DENVER HIS HOME
H i
pro. 'i tha t n i man in the United
I
H nine Im-hea tall and weighs lai
H m mikIi t r him and a special
I
BANDITS STOP TRAIN AND
;3 ESCAPE WITH MAIL L001
CHATTANOuOA Trim .
H Four armed rn hoarded the South-'
H .cn to Cli cinnitti early today neat
V ' hi rifled tii' mail car nd c-
H L'Vlooal) bet n robbad
H rui . .
H Livestock Men Back
H Up Senator's Fi'jhf
SALT LAKK CITY. D.r 2 In aup
port of the fiaht which Si nntor Will-
1 hr will make In OOrUfl ai to prevent
PB(HM Thorn aa Kadmond, aacrctary of the
iH itti- rnd Horr Oroarars1 m-I
HHU I tlon. ntate that threo corncntion
H which will aaaemble In Salt Lake be
PPPJ l nlnnlns nrxt Mond.iv. will ft rro-
j luilont which win bo turwatdad
IVPh ! aahUigtoti
SALT LAKE PREACHER
ACCEPTS COLORADO CALL
MT I.MCT PITV. loc 2 The
PPPL CltlD Daviaa, Methodlat mlnlater
PPB ( iaU Iakf City, has accepted tho
PBpBlJ til to e pnator of the Community
PPPJ at Ounnlaon. Colo H 111
PPPJ i iunntaon tomorrow.
PBpBpi oo
r :i M M .l M K M. Dll s
M AHA. Nb.. Iec. 2 Announce-1
. mj'lf tod) by Mrn. A. M
rlunt, of Omaha, of the death at
.-liurg. Franc i . of her brotbar. .
ittl Vlgnal. a French Kener.il who
.rinr tho world war wae head Of the I
FraBOQ buying conmtaalon to the
' nltrd Ptatea. He wua alo connect
..I with the French military commis
sion to thla country and at una time
atrvad a military attach- at Wa'h
mgtuu. i
MMjMkpb.,-
PAYS ELECTION
BET BY JOINING
UNCLE SAM'S ARMY
MARION, 0., Dec 2 An
election bet was paid here when
Clarence H Burk of Latrobe.
, Pa , enlisted in the army
Burk bet his brother that if
Senator Hardm proved the
successful candidate for presi
dent, he would enlist for three
years. If Governor Cox were
elected his brother was to enlist
in the navy for four years Sev
eral friends of the defeated
brother were on hand as he
signed up for service and made
ready to depart for the camp.
LITTLE LEFT DP
ARMENIA NOW;
WIANYSUFFER
Hundred Thousand Starving
Refugees Wandering About
in Snowstorms
TI!'T,1S. Dec. 1- (Hv ihe Afaoclat
. .1 I'rrsat Armenian fOTOM hava boon
Mriven taatwavd by 'ho Turkish Na-.II:-
until the region th- hold I"
nUraly outaUM the tr.iditioni bound
rlaa o arptanfa. a a result. Armenia
N reduced to a llf.Co Cauc.iaus repub
11. , micti a wr crouted by the 5or
in.vns uml Turkn during the wnr. It
c.m-rtKow tho dlatricta of Ertvun. N'o
VobayafAt and K'chmladzln. tho oc--lealaatlcal
capital of anclont Armonla.
located about 3S mllea north of Mount
Ararat.
Turklah Notlonallat bave occupied
dlatricta Juat to the mat of thla region,
holdlivg Karn, Alexandropol and 8ur-
BOI -in IK1 sn in
tfoatllltlaa betwoan tn- Armenians
mil TiTklnh KatlonalMtt have I. eon
ttgpgtldrd through lnter nlln of the
HoUhevlfe goornrrei)t at Moscow and
lu.po ,ir' oniortatnod that f'trther
ilxhor) m,iv p averted.
Condition. nOwavcr, aro frightful In
Hi. dtyttrtel bald by tha Armenlat
t .r ft One hundred thousand refu
gon in the laat efagos of destitution,
aro travelling through the SHOW In all
direction and the Armenian govern
nirnt la unable to prwlde h iir.g or
food, pending tho arrival of grain
promised by the Russia n Holshcvlkl.
i I iiMs m bO II -II S I
The Turkilsh Nationalists aaacrt
th will not crush Armenia. Imk
grant lenient terms These terms.
Rowg-W, must ! in conformity with
Turkish aspirations. It is declared.
Reports that soviet Rtlggta is in dla
uftaanigni with the Turktab National
lst are nrceptel as true.
l')cr -r-s - Armenia has ceased
f ha ladapandanl and half of its popo
b-en wiped 0114 by war or
i.ir iti .n (Vorkera for tqg Ajnarlcan
("imnilltrp for relief In the Near Btal
still are at their piNt. The Turks have
IbtM far conducted themselves In a re
spectful manner toward the Amerl-
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SEATTLE MAN CHARGED
WITH DYNAMITING HOUSE
8EATTI.K. Wash.. Doc. 2 Elo-i
Smith, a cabinet maker of Taoonva,
was charged In an information filed
Im'I.iv with endangering human
life, a felony. In connection with an ex
plosion which on October 26 laat
wrecked the home here of I" It
Shong. claim agent for the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.
Smith confessed yesterday, officers
said, that he had thrown six atk k
of explosive through a window of tho
house hecaueo he was not given what
he considered a aatlafactory aettlement
for nn Injury received when ho vas
iplayaO hj thi- railroad.
MORPHINE WORTH S26.000
TAKEN FROM COAST JAPS
SIN FRANCISCm. Oeo. 2 A ir
ure of St ounces of morphine, which,
according to federal officials, haa n
value of between I2,000 and $4. 000
In the Illegal market, was made m a
Japanese lodging bouse here Wednes
day l agents of tho district prohibi
tion enforcement offl.-er. No arrests
were made.
it was the third seuure of its kind
from Japanese on tbe Pacific coast,
two others having been made in Ta
coma. Wash . the official said.
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DRY LAW NOT NEEDED IN
PHILIPPINES, SAYS REPORT
MANILA, P Li Dec 1 The Joint
committee of tho senate and house,
appointed at the last session of the
I legislature to study the rlu,uor question.
I haa prepared a report against the pro
hibition law in the Philippines, It was
announced today. Tbe reKri a that
there la no neceaalt for prohibition as
I the liquor huslnen In 1 bo Philippine
I decllBad allcblli to volums last itar.
BALFOUR SAYS
NATION LEAGUE
NEEDSCHANGES
But He Tells Committee That
Now Is Nnt the Time for
Amendments
SOLEMN MESSAGE OF
CRATITUDfTO WILSON
Germany's Protest on Plebi
scites Not Allowed by
Geneva Gathering
QKMl a x. Dae. i tv tin la
odaicd Prraa). roaolotkw ra-jc-ting
tin- onaalderatlaa f
mandmentii to Hie ieaysa oora
nmnt i tui aaasdnn and provid
ing for 11 oomnaluat t- dau
dianajci before ti" me" ttni ol she
nt-Xi s-llll)'l vvii- u ill b the
.. 1 , mbl) of th I i-u- t lodaj 's
e - Ion with but ni dbx-nUng
vote.
Till- vva- a-l bv IK-Iatc Pii'vr-n-lon,
of Xr-nlbia. lie Ivnd luk
111 tb- float diuiM '" Cehate on
tii. rraolutloOi itliloh v.i- an an
imated on.- and hi- negative rote
rhk'h whs cntlral ajacxp"
rauatstl coaaertianOii Use aa-u-
11 wa- oonaldored it
1 would pre real Use pnaaa ol tbe
r.- nlutlou inni Hte pawkdoai
(l,..i Irttuill v all UCte of live ns
Bamblj muft K by ungninuiuH
, ta ol the mcinb. r natioali r pi
Hasced,
I'rrsstdi hi Mvutauf. however.
rosad lhai iha QOaaUoa area one r
pn-cdure. DOl niulrliu; iiliaiil-
mity and nnlwtchatandlng Ihe Vr
(entlnlan'a negative v.u- declared
iIk' raaoluUon adi itei
J GENEVA, Pee. J. (Bl the Asso-,
icia'.od I'reaa). In reporting todOA the
! decision of the oswrnhly commltt'-o'on
J ainendiunnts to the leaaue covenant,
not to recommend changes at this ses
sion. A. J. Raifour. of Gradl Britain,
forecast the poealblg need of import
ant changes In the future. The cove
nant wna not regarded as ptYiect or I
immutable, he srild. and the event-;
. ualllv must be considered of the n'Xl
aaaymbly beinc culled upon to consul-,
! er amendments of far fcn-i'tr Itnport-
ance than tbix- now p: 1 1.
The covenant. Mr. BglfOUT polnt
e.l out. was framed with remarkable
rapldirv- and doubtless amendmente
would ie neceaeary, bui the commit-
ti- found the moment inopportune.
UecaiiHc the eoinml.tec icjected the
amendment! propoad by the Scand'-;
a m utaa nnlinlrlM it Wn 4 CO! to be I'Oll-
I sldered that II 6 -igr..d arltb lh-m.
If you amend the covenant, ou
amend the ity of V. rKillles which
gave seal to the peace of the world."
he said.
Mi .l To WILSON.
Dispatch of n solemn mesaaKe 01 1
gratitude to ITaaldcnt Wilson for the
w;v he regpohdod to the nppal of
the council of the league of nations)
to act as mediator be tar Can tho Ar-;
mcnlans and the Turkish Nationalists,!
J was proposed to the aembly of the
league by I'aul Hymans. Us president,
xlmnl.v aft-r today's session of the
assembly began.
After the. opening ceremonies. II.
rlymana announced Mr. Wilson's of
CM to n.edlate In Armenia, and read
the council's reply. That body In-i
' fo;med Mr. WlleOD lhat It Is lusklnc
I the Kraxlllan and Spanish govern- I
ments. which yeaiardaj also offeredj
i their srvices as mediators, to com
municate direct with Washington, re
' gardlng the means of action.
ll UPP1 t Dl
The reading of Mr. Wilson's mer
sage drew h'-artv epplauat from t hi
eparaal) filled house. A large pro
portion of tho dilegataes are suffer-,
Ing from colds and were not present
at the beginning of todays sessions
M. Hymans also proposed that mea-j
aagea of gratitude bo sent to Brazil .
and Spain.
I Lord Cecil, representative of tho
1 I'nlon. of South Africa, arose and said
1 thanks were also du- the Kn-nch del-1
I egatlon. particularly Kene Vivian!.
; whose eloquence, he declared had in
spired ' this meritorious effort to .i
Armenia."
PROTECT in Mi i
I Germany's protest against accept
ance by the league of what the Ber
lin government deemed falsified raj
turns from the plebiscite held In the.
: Ruphen and Malmedy districts, alongj
the lu lirian frontier, pas been reject
; ed by the council. In Its reply to tho1
German government, the council says
! it finds no reason to modify Its prev
I lous decision to accept the result of the
I plebiscite.
There was apprehension in aomc
! quarter that a sharp conflict would
develop today at the seaelon of the aa-,
i semblv which took up the question of
I amendments to the covenant. Hon-
rl Pueyrredon. foreign minister of
Argentine, and head of that nation's
delegation, had not yet announced hit.
opoaitton to the report of the commit-
to recommendlnK postponement of all
amendments until they had been stud
led by a apeclal commission. He had
declared ho would tiring to the floor
of the assembly the proposition that
all members of the council should bo
elected by the assembly. Hope wag'
( expressed. however, that the clash
, might not take places A large major
; Ity of the delegates hold that the lit-
tic work this session of he assembly'
can hope to accomplish should be done'
without a dissenting volco on any ques
tion. i -l Rl I t YOKED
i The sub -commit considering ap
! plications of smaller ;.n.-s (,r meni
' bervhlp In the league, ha decided to
i i aaiilaBs i en Pngui i u.j
I
SEARCH FOR BODY
OF WEALTHY MAN
UNDER THEATRE
TORONTO, Dec 2 Excava
tion was being made today un
der the Grand theater in search
of the body of Ambrose J
Small, long; missing and wealthy .
theatrical manager. A group
of stage hands under the direc
tion of Detective Sergeant Aus- j
tin Mitchel will be kept busy '
digging up the earth under the
auditorium until it is definitely
established that Small's body is
not hidden there, it was said. '
Police officials have hitherto
held to the theory that Small li
still alive and held for ransom
CHURCHES ASK
FOR GOODWILL
TOWARD JAPAN
Special Immigration Laws
Against Orientals Opposed
at Boston Meeting
BO0TOX, Dae 2 ''Amerloaa Chris-;
flans should take every loKltlmaie Step
t promote good will In America to-
,m b..t b .1 i o in nd China" says the
commission on relations with the Qri
in 111 its report aubml 1 tod.iy to
tbe federal council of the Church of
Chnw tnA merles
Kor flftv vvars the problem of how
lo deal with Asiatics In America ha
been constantly with us." s-iv the r -port.
"It has been used for perxonali
and party Interests, bringing humilia
tion on America. Injustice to Asiatics i
and strained International relations.1,
I. ji-r now j.rop..f. d more danger
ous than any Ibat have thus far been
passed, threatening injustice to Japaj
new, embroiling our relations with
Japan and. If enacted, creating us an
r- r-r-growlng group if Asiatics who
in'ist perforce he loyal to their for
sign A-l.itlc governments Instead of to
tho land In which they are born. Until
ibo Aslati. question Ls tattled on Chris-1
tian principles, ll will grow lncrcaslng
h difficult and dangerous.
I OK N I I N M. si ILTJl li N
"The Asiatic question la one for nn-
'tonal solution. Ixical legislation In,
California 111 be futile. It will but
iggrav. tie the problem. The gentle -in.
n' aercement has served Its dayi
and should be superseded by laws de-1
t rn.lne 1 by coni(rr-f and administer-:
sd by American officials
"The regulation of immigration
from every country should be handled
OH the same general principles This
alone will avoid humiliating race dls-,
crimination The amount of lmmlgra-(
tlon which America an wisely admit j
from any given people should not ex
ceed the number of that people that'
w . can assimilate. Americanize and
Itaadlly employ. This amount should
i.e Bontlhuall) edjneted in view of
carefully ascertained facts to the:
changing economic conditions of the
country.
l LD R ll ST M KI
"The standards for naturallitatlon
should be raised and the privilege ol
citizenship ahould be open to everyone,
lawfully In America who duly quail-.'
fles. All special laws dealing with th
Chinese should be repealed Chinese In
America should be under the (time
laws that are applied to others, and
should receive, as our treaties prom
ise, "most favored nation' treatment.".
The ltev. William I. Haven is chair
man of the commission and fcydney K.j
Gullck, secretary.
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ALL MEDICAL REGIMENT
NEWEST LINK IN ARMY
WASHINGTON', Ooc 2. A newj
klndo army unit a complete medical
regiment, la now In process, of organ
ization, and will be attached to the'
Second division at Camp Travis, Tex.,
according to an announcement by Ad
jutant General Harris. It Is provid-i
ed for under tho new army reorganlza-1
tlon laws.
A peculiar requirement Is thai all of
Its officer must be selected from
among enlisted men who have seen I
at laist f.vo years' service In tho reg- I
vdar army. Already. General Harris,
aaid. M0 officers have been commls-
stoned for the new service, fifty gg j
and seventy ua second lieutenants,
and seavesity as second lieutenants.
HAITIANS WANT FURTHER
HEARING ON CRUELTIES
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. "Cltlsens
of Haiti" have protested to Secretary
Ianlels against departure from their
country of the naval board of Inquiry)
until additional witnesses have been
heard In the investigation Into the con-1
duct of the marine forces occupying
the Island republic.
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)l OKATUD Bl POPK
NEW fORK. Iec. 2. U. J. Cal
lahan, of Washington. D. C. supreme;
treasurer of the Knights of Columbus
has been appointed a Knight of tbei
inter uf st . UrviMi-v the Great, by
I'ope Benedict, the organization an I
noum-oj hers. 1
TROOPS BREAK
ALL WINDOWS
IN IRISH CITY
Small Hammers and Stones
Used With Crashing Effect
in Kilarney
SINN FEIN MEMBER
OF PARLIAMENT TAKEN
Home Offioe Reports 673 Per-1
sons Killed hy Anti-British
Elements
LONDON. Dec. 2. Uniformed men
visited Kll.irney. Ireland. thi morn
ing and Indiscriminately smashed
nearly all the windows In the business1
section of tho city Damage estimated
at several thousand pounds was done'
with small hammers arAi atones, sayal
i irk dispatch to the Kvenlng News.
'I un vi rsn . d
DUBLIN, ! c. Police and con
stable recruits visited the offlcea of
the Freeman's Journal here early thls
morning. Th- v conducted a courteous
ten minute investigation of the com
posing room and of copy being han
dled bv the editors. The purpose of!
the visit was not explained by the of-,
fleers.
Prof John. MacNelll Sinn Fein
member of parliament, was again ar
rested last nlcht. He had been re
leaaad from prison the previous day.
havlnc bean arrested hi Dublin on No
ibsi II A large party of auxil
iaries, equipped with a motor and
searchlights, Flatted Prof. MaeNetU'a
residence at Booterstown. near Kinirw
town, and took him and his sc. nd
son Into custody. His eldest son is
already in Jail.
STOR1 in 15 1 it I D
CORK. Pec 1. i Hy the Assoelafgd
Prers) A drapery establish (unit own
ed by Thomas O'Gorman. who Is
prominently Identified with the Sinn
I'ein movement, has set on fire and
destroyed Mhortlv after the termina
tion of the curfew hours this morn
ing, when the military patrols had
been withdrawn. A shop adjourning
this establishment and Ihe offices of
an Knglish Insurance company In the
upper part of the building, were burn
ed out.
Two previous attacks had been
made on the premises of Mr. O'Gor
man. the last one a week ago. when
the store was forcibly entered and
large quantities of goods destroyed or
removed. Mr. O'Gornvn is alleged to
have sold Sinn Fein badges ami flags
nnd to have contributed heavily to the
l.-il!v Klr.ienn.
Then- was considerable shooting In
various paxts of the city during the
nlsrht. A young man who has not yet
bean Identified was brought to the
, U 1 fatally wounded.
Whose- place will be the next to
go"" business men were asking each
other today. It the destruction of
property continues at the present
nightly rat. , the Cork business district
soon will be wiped out.
All of the town shop keepers are
advertising bargain sales In order to
convert their stock into cash. The
exodus of people from Cork continues.
SEVERA1 in n DRI 1) in i
LONDON. I.-. J - (Hy tho Asso
ciated Press.) Persona to the number
of 673 have been killed or wounded
In Ireland up to November 27. of the
present year by anti-government ele
ments, according to a statement Issued
today by the homo office. The deaths
do not Include twenty persons killed
In Londonderry and 62 In Belfast
during the summer rioting, nor fifteen
cadets killed in the Kllmlchael ambu
scade Sunday night.
The statement says that 151 police
men have been killed and JSO wound
ed; that 47 soldiers have met with
death and 103 wounded. Civilians to
tho number of 41 have been killed
and 101 wounded.
Sixty-seven court houses have been
destroyed and f2S police barracks
have been destroyed and 1C1 damag
ed. There have been SS0 raids on
mails and 4 5 raids on coast guard sta
tions and light houses. In addition
to these there have been 2961 raids
made for arms
Another offbial statement says the
errests in Ireland averaged consid
erably over 100 weekly. During the
last three weeks of November 106
persons vv re t.l;en Into custody for
political offenses. Including 169 dur
ing the last week of the month.
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HOOSIER GROWER MADE
NATIONAL 'CORN KING'
CHIPAGo. i.ec. 2 C. E. Troyer. of
La Fontaine. Ind.. was named the na
tional "corn king" at the hay and
grain show in connection with the In
ternational livestock exposition, it was
announced today. Peter Lux, also of
Indiana, was last years' king.
Mr. Troyer's ten winning ears of
corn were gathered from a aevnteen
acre field that vielded 109 bushels to
the acre.
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MINERALS RELIEF CLAIMS
NEARLY ALL SETTLED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Awards of
$2,357.24.1.25 based on clalma amount
ing to $15,&27.429.6! were made up
to November ;7 by the war minerals
n Hcf commission of the bureau of
mines, according to an announcement
today by Secretary of the Interior
Payne. Tbe commission haa but sS
cases left to be considered and the
.mount asked Is J's.70S I
Seek Woman in
Hamon's Death
-a
aft Hppaajs
MILLIONS
FOR FARMERS
: BREED IN BILL
Senator Hitchcock Drafts
Measure for Financial Re
lief of Agriculture
Washington. Dec. s. Immediate j
; loans of sco.ooo.ooo from govern man!
j funds to aid farmers In the face of
falling prices of their products Is pro
posed by Senator Hitchcock, D?mo
crat, Nebraska. In a bill druwu lOdsJM
nfter a conference with Governor Har-
ding of ih federal reserve board. Sen
ator HltChCDCk plans to present the I
I measure vvh.-n congress meets next I
; week.
, WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-- Agricul-j
tural committees of the senate und
houao will meet In Joint session thla'
aftTiioon to consider possible relief
measures for the agricultural sltun
j tlon. The meeting is in response toi
an Invitation from the senate members
Revival of the war flnancv corpor- i
atlon. furthrS" extension of credits
to farmers, placing a tariff on wheat1
imports, utilization of funds fn hands
! of alien property custodian a- i be
' sis of credits to Germany and sub-
scrlptlon by congress to .SI per cent
(of stock In companies formed for ex-1
I port business under the Kdge law.
'are some .f (he noa-oii. . wlmh will
I b conalderad.
Amendment of the federal farm loan'
act to permit short time loans on cat-!
tie and agricultural products also was!
to be discussed.
Resumption of trade relations with
Russia, It was said, alao might be sug-
gested
U. S. GUNBOAT RUSHES TO
SCENE OF CHINESE MUTINY
i SHANGHAI. China. Dec. I. (By j
Ihe Associated Press.) American and
British gunboats are hurrying to
I-Chang. a treaty port In the jtov !..
of Hu-Peh. where mutinous Chinese,
troops nave looted and burned n por-
tlon of the city. The American gun
I boat Monocacy. which Is now on pa- '
' trol along the upper reaches of
Tangtaa river above 1-Chang. is the
nearest warship to the acene of the,
' trouble.
Looting and burning at I-Chang
1 continues and property loss there li
I heavy, says a message related from
Hankow r. ni th. agent of the Stand
ard Oil company at i -Chang Tha
lives of foreigners, however, are raid
not to be In any Immediate danger.
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EX-EMPRESS IS SHOWING
NO CHANGE FOR BETTER
DOORN. Holland. Pre t. (By thai
Associated Pros. There was little
change this morning in the condition,
of former Kmpnss Augm VP tori i
of Germany, who for several days haa j
, been critically 111. Rumors oT her
death have been in circulation, bull
Imjulry at Doorn castle, thr home of I
the former empress, by The Assoo-1
sted Press today elicited the statement !
that there was no truth in these re-1
ports.
LODGE OFFICER LIKELY
TO ESCAPE CONVICTION
STILLWATKR. Minn. Dec. 2.
District Judge it. M. Bearlaa yesterday
directed a verdict of not guilty In tin
i trial of Flits Zetgler. former national I
i treasurer of the Sons of Herman i.
'licensed of embeaallng $.."'' from tat
funds of the socb-tj As the socli
Is not Incorporated. Judge Hearle BOD i
I tend s. Zeigler catiiioi be convicted. 1
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5IKL SOUGHT BY
POLICE AOMITS
CHARGES. CLAIM
Chauffeur Says He Helped
Young Woman Hurry
From Scene
DRIVER DECLARES SHE
CONFESSED TO SHOOTING I
Tells o Ruse tn Throw Pur- 1
suers Off Trail hy Use of
Baggage
2 Countv
Prosecutor Ruaaell I'.rown continued H
his efforts to traee Clara Smith. H
wanted here on a charge(of shooting H
Jako L. Hamuli, Oklahoma Republl- H
national committeemen, who died H
las a result of a wound No- H
il, Relief that she had H
end t Mexico was strength H
tied publication of a sworn state- H
inent made by K. W Sallls. a ch.iuf- H
' w of Dallaa, i told of a
drive on a lonely road between Delia H
and Cisco. Tex., with a "young ladv ' H
vvho tod htm she had shot a "weal
' thy man" In Ardmore.
The Sallls statement, made public
Mr Rrown, witnessed tw
I members of th Dallas police depart- B
Clara Sudth. of P.lngllng. Okhv. wh. H
i barged with assault with Intent !
kill In connection with the shooting
of Mr Hamon. VNhlle Identity of the H
I i iterlbui woman passenger was nn- H
I known to Sallls. according to his
st itement, it is known that the Smith H
woman wont routh after leaving Ard- H
more.
County 'tornev Rcowcn hr- been 1
'actio- vince fllfng of the charge H
Clara Smith In uncovering evi- H
li
The warrant for the arrest of th- H
Smith woman was placed in tho hands H
of Buck sheriff of Carter jH
county, on Tuesday. November 23. H
The Sallls statement detailed that
Sailts home was m iaat ih
he was employed as a taxlcab drivgl
Tuesday) morning. November H
23. 1920 the atab mr-nt contlnuo.1. i H
was standing with my car at the tor- jH
mlnal station In Dallas when s young I I
lady came up to me and asked If I lout jH
a service car. I told her 1 had. Sin- tLiVH
th.n g"t in m md asked me to
drive her lo the aviation field. After H
we got to the aviation field she talked I
to a Working there, but found jH
that m. BVlstors were there but would H
be soon. She refused tn wait. H
P - HIM I
"She then came to the car and H
In'iulred what my charge would be j
for a four or five days' trip. We com-
i ted arrangements and she made a
i' a of $ l oo, paving me with a
5 1"" bill taken from very larn roll. j
We then drove to Va.ihnchle,
where we hail dinner about noon.
am
ca him and did not eat anything
bui a bowl of soup, telling mo to. set- PH
tie the bill. She then went scroti
the afreet ami got m the . n
i flniahed mv meal, settled the bnl
and went out anil got In the car. Sbo
'obi mo to rtep on it.' I did this to
Hliiaborc
a
plcioiis md I began to ask her que
lions and she began to ask me If
anyone should kill S person and get
across the line into Mexico what could
be done with them.
pqXPKSKKN TO SHOOI ISQ
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to cry and sabl that he had shot a
man Sunday al a hotel in Ardmorj.
She sild she had shot him In h'n
stomach. She said there were only
two persons in the waprld that knew
srl . and that was the man and her-
ht V1nd of n .run
one should use to be sure to kill n fB
parson, whether new or old. I told
fur thai an old sun that wa rusted
Was 'he best for killing H fellow. She
said she wished she had known this.
TR1 Mvs i M .
' Sh. I lid me thai two men pad 1 1
her trunks and aent them north to
Kansas City and that was the way ahe ! 1
vitted the officers. She said the H
m in sne .-hot vva- vorv wealthy. She J H
refused to tell me what her name w H
bui i -id I would find It out In the next j
36 hours. U H
' I grew too suspicious of her and I
refused to take her further than CU- 1 H
CO, Tex., where I left her about 2.1i ! I
VVednesds) morning. She paid $l'o 111
more and aent me tnto the station to i H
get her a ticket to Rl Paso. Tex. H
I came back to Dallas and talked H H
with sotne policeman. He advised me
to call the county attorney at Ard- 1 H
more. This I did. When the county f
attorney from Ardmore called me at H
my home Sunday night, of my own j
fr win I made the statement of j H
" - as substantially sot out above." I
PRELATES ORGANIZE ALL
CATHOLIC MISSION WORK
CINCINNATI. O., Dfc . Prelates
of the Catholic church from through
out the United States meeting In C!n-
. inoatl yesterday, effected a perma
nent organisation of the Catholic mis-
.siorm ..r lb' l ulled Slates Us pur
poee 'X o develop sn active interest 9
ai Catholic home and foreign missions
In ever.' parish in the country and to i
coordinate under the direction of one
bodv all the work along this line.
UoaJ Ra Itoehler. grebbtsbop of
Clio Innall. was elected presidenL