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Fiftieth vair-No. 412 OGDEN CITY, UTAH THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1920! LASTEDTTION 4R M.
1 DISCLOSE VAST WESTERN PROJECT DETAILS I
9 Japanese More Brutal Than Germans, Koreans Say
f MOTHERS MID
I IVES PUT TO
I DEATHCHARGE
Korean Commission Bares List
of Aliened Outrages in
Oriental Country
HOUSE BURNED WITH
I CHILDREN INSIDE
Reign of Terror Carried Into
! Southern Manchuria, Says
Information
1 U ASIIINT.T'A- I "
mem charginc Japam mllHn
tivitie- with deeds "mop! frightful
llv and barbarous" than anything ever
B; alleged to have occurred In Belgium
'!. 1 iinring- the war as Issti d h '' "-
Ml , by tli. K.ir i'i
' i ti l- commission said, on authentic re-
IgPJ porta received by it from Manchuria.
m The. Japanese punitive exp mtioi
.i ht to the Hunchun district following
lKk 'he clash last November between
2&K Japanese troops und Korean Insur-
.. - , alh gcd to have burned -
5HH villages, "killed all the mablt-,
Mita" in one town whereTHMARl J
tt i nits of the district." and macred i
14.-, tful Inhabitants lr town
QgH when- nn house was burned It was
3ra lidded with women and children m-
gSMI ''Authentic reports received by the I
$31 Korean commission in Washington,
2J3l the statement .-aid. 'snow a total of,
M-jJ 38C non-combatants arrested .md ce-
fijl uted of whom 86 were wives and I. ;
tit-jl were mothers, who answered odoio ,
IkiiH Kaso' (gone somewhere, we do not
3 1 ki o I to questions ..- th where-
iI abouts of their husbands and sons. :
iffi The Japanese government's 'reign
of terror in Korea,' the commission
TWi isserted, had now been carried uuo
southern Manchuria wher
' jfe million Koreans' n '
U neSC rule, ' driven out of their native
jfll '.and by the Japanese
6TOR1 OF m W 1
BBa ..lASl November." the statement.
I . onttnned. "an unfortunate lawi ...
1 '; curred m Hum i.-.m i. ' flweeJ
&hI Japanese soldiers and Korean Insurg-
A enta Promptlj I iking adi in r o
991 this pretext the Japanese government
fJH sent 5.000 soldiers on a pun.uv. .
I flitted The InsurgenU fled
flH Hiving a stubborn tight to the Japan-
LH . -i army . ' ,,,
1 'Then th Japauesi soldii rs ou
ffifflfl deliberotelv to wreak vengeance upon
RgS th peaceful people who stayed at their
WSk homes, trusting to tne numanitj oi
BfTWl Japanese officers believing that the
niWl punitive expedition was sent only to
Bfl pu.u.-u il os. wh - tool; pa it in th
K conflict But the Japanese soldiers
-,1 put to thi torch all the village in I h
distrlOl burning three thousand houses
9 and all the Rraln suppty stored for
jyK9M the winter. Then they BystemaUcall)
llffiM killed all the malt Inhabitants of the
district. In some villages women and
'1 i hlld Pared
ids i RUCTION GOES OS
L9W -I h us a i Dorabawie. where the
ITfS Japanese Boldlera massacred 1 1
peaceful Inhabitants, i housi was
" innned with women and children ln-
WHCo "ThlrM-lwo Villages were ilius vmi-
SH only destroyed and the destruction
l still continues notwithstanding the
Ifttiii regrets" expressed by Colon. 1 Uisum-
iciH achl, head of the Japanese milltarl
IfSfm mission at Chientoa to a Canadian
JIM .i.is.-loriry who visited the devasled
: rlcti
- i oo
EILERS GIVEN ACCESS TO
SMELTING COMPANY BOOKS
ijrB NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The sU-j
ifnJI preine court action begun by Karl
iiifffSsT Kilfis. a stockholder of the American
i'ilfM Smelting .X l-e.lning cmpaiiv . to com
pel th( SuggShheUu interests to per
mit his inspection of the corporation
book.-.. ndrd abruptly Wednesday!
when attbrneys for the defendants de
iSsbsbb lan-d the books In question were then!
lUffiM being examined by Mr. Kllers' .repre-1
iLV iitativc.
ffiHH ' ) The truth of this statement was not
jjifiH .. questioned by the plaintiff, bill Jus-
fflpjM lice Burr reserved decision when Mr. I
SiiH T.ilenj expressed the fear that 'ob-
llgatillg attitude of the controlling elC
iHi'fBj ment In charge of the books might!
change"
FAIR CHRISTMAS WEATHER
PROMISED BY OBSERVER
ij&fl WASHINGTON. J)ec. L'3- Generally
fair weather Christmas day. except for,
rtljJM snow around the Great IJakes and In I
the northern Roc kies and rain on tho
Pacific coast is promised by the
jXjJH weather man Zero temperatures willj
pi- vail in the northern part of the dls
H trlct between the Big river and the!
RH Rooky mountains, the lorc-o.ister sabl j
tKB today.
I A Storm Is bearing down on the Pa-
J I clfii stati - ind will a use i sin all
SijlH along that coast, except In southern I
jffljgl California.
COAST ANCIENT PROVES
HIS ATHLETIC ABILITY
I.ANCA.sTKR, C.tl . Doc 28. T W.
Bd Wards, realty operator, celebrated
"Jj -TB his 74th anniversary of his birth hre
,'JM Wednesday by kicking a hat from the
HrivB head of a man six feet two lnchee
'ail without losing his balance.
WCuf When l am )n years old," remark"
EbI ed Mr. BdwSrdjS, I shall lake on a
H much taller J
PROPAGANDA FOR
WETS IS FOUND IN
I PILGRIM'S DIARY
BOSTON, Dec, 28, 'M.i h
drinking of water-" sros oonsJdored
b Governor William Bradford, it
Plymonth, p eontrlbafsvj csusse of
do ravages t dlwtse and the
Mbortness of life iiuu afflicted i J t -Pilgrims
in ih carl days Horao
. Mono, head ,r the historical ie
partmcni at Mount Herman school,
! told tlie Bostonlon sodotj nt
m eting last nlL'ht
He quoted targel from the dlar
of Governor Bradford,
; The speaker al Klnted out ns,
!i fact of curious historic Interest
tlial Pastor John Kohlnsnn, who
led tin Pilgrim- into Holland, but
did not accompany them t New
Gangland, hod taxes remitted on.
one-half a cae of beer a month
ami one bogshcad Of wine r
three months because he held a
professorship in the Unlvcrslt) of
icyden
HOUSTON POORS
COLD WATER ON
SOLDIER BONUS
Federal Finances in Such i
Shape Can't Stand New
Burden, He Says
WASHINGTON, Doc. 23. A gross'
deficiency In the national fiscal trans-j
actional ef 2.100,000,QOO this fiscal
year, and 11,500)000,000 for thd next
fiscal eur. was forecast today by Sec
retary Houston in testimony before tfle
s-nat" finance committee, which is j
considering the soldier bonus bill.
The secretary said federal finances!
were in such shape thut new sources
Of revenue MUSI be found and 110 new
burdens added to the treasury.
MEXICANS HELD FOR PLOT
AGAINST U. S. NEUTRALITY
I SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec, 2$.
I Five arrests were made here lasl night
, as a result of an Indictment returned
) Tuesday by the federal grand Jurj In
session here In which it w;us alleged
i that a conspiracy to evade the in-u-j
tr.-iliiy laws of the I'nlted States had
been formed by a number of local
Mexicans
Those arrested on charges of hav
I Ing been Involved In a plot to set on
j foot a military expedition into Mcxi
i co and hu ing furnished mone there
I to Genera! Mariano Gonzales. fot
I iner Carrnnza. adherent, and consld-
ered one of Ihe foremost Mexican mll
j Itary exports, :ire Bernardo Blam o and
I Fernando Cue Bernardo, Blanco is a
' brothel of General Luclo Blanco, who
' disappeared from this city last octolier
I and who was lnt reported at Mission,
i Texas, near the border.
Those previously arrested on si mil -.
or charge are Dr. Francisco Vasques
I ome7. and Leon .1 Taurel. All of
the defendants, with the exception "f
Taurel, were out on bnds of SI 000
1 each.
The conspiracy ls alleged in the in
dictment to have been formed Juno
"3, 1920.
CADD0CK THROWS SANTEL;
LEAVES COAST FOR IOWA
SAN FRANCISCO, He. 21. Earl
Caddock, former heavyweight cham
pion wrestler of the world departed
for his home in Iowa, Wednesday to
spend Chilstmas with his family af
ter having defeated Ad .Santel here
Tuesdav night
In two hours wrestling, he took one
fall in one hour, thirty-seven minutes
anil five seconds with a head scissors
and arm lock. Santel was on the ag
gressive for the first thirty minuter j
though at no time was the former
champion in actual danger.
WEST COAL PRODUCERS
LEAVE NA I ION AL BUUY
I
DENVER, Colo.. Dec. 23. The Colo
rado Coal Operators' association has
withdrawn from the National Coal ua
BQclatlon, it was announced here to
day. The Colorado association includes
the majority of the larg coal opera
tors in Colorado. Wyoming and New
Mexico. According to an announce-!
ment by officials of thp Colorado as
sociation, the local operators were non
m sympathy with the methods of thn
national organization.
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Mi;tl Ui EXPERT DIES
! PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 2:1 ir, Na
than Smith Davis of Chicago formerly
J dean of the college of medicine. North
western university, died today at a
sanitarium In lamanda park, near
here, aged 62. He was a member of
a number of national and Interna
tional medical societies. He is sur
vived by two sons, Deering Davia and '
Dr. Nathan Smith Davis. III. and a
daughter, Mrs. Dangler, of Colorado
Springs. Dr. Davis come hero three
months ago for his health.
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OPPOSE ( Hi:niT DELAY
HlO DK JANEIRO, Dec. 22. Pro
posals thut ihe government establish'
ft moratorium for four months were,
rejected at a meeting Of business men
held under the auspices of ihe league'
01 , omin'o ce here 1 odaj 1
CLARA BARTON
SMITH SEEKS
SPEEDY TRIAL
Sleeps Under Parents' Root
After Surrendering to Sheriff
in Mexico
MEETS "HEAVEN-SENT-FRIEND
UPON TRAIN
Alleged Slayer of Millionaire
! to Be Hurried Back to
Ardmore. Okla.
EL PASO. Tex, Dec 23 Clara j
Barton Smith left El Paso at C o'clock
this morning bound for Ardmore by
!wav of Fort Worth she was accom-,
pan led by her lawyers and Sheriff
Gurrert.
BL PASO. Texas. Dec. L'3 (By
the Associated Press). Clara Barton 1
Smith slept under her parents' roof j
last night. j
Epdin' s search by Oklahoma off I- (
cers which began on November -2,
Miss -1111. h came to Juarez, opposite I
here, last night, surrendered to Shei - ;
iff Buck Barrett of Ardmore, Okla.,
ind wan Eakeil to the home1 of her fa-
thfr, J. L Smith, m El Paso, where!
she spent the night Early today. If
her condition permitted, she was to bel
taken aboard a tra!n for Ardmore to j
plead to u murdi .-hare in conne -;
Hon Ith the death or J.ik, L Ramon,
in that city on November 25.
Little of the .-lory of her disup- I
pearancc from Ardmore, following the
shooting of Ramoh on November 21,
was made public by the young wo- '
man. She was met at the truln i ri
Juarez by ih sheriff, her uncle, Ben
F Harrison, arid attorneys who had 1
been engaged as her counsel. There:
was a short greeting and consultation)
on the station platform and then the,
party whisked back over the Interna-1
tloiyoj bridge into r:i l'oo. -Ml
l is GOOD Wt.i l
Miss Smith's father supplied the
only information given oul regarding'
the woman s flight from Juarez, to !
Chihuahua City
"A man she met on the train from
Juarez to Chihuahua IBUSl have been
I lies, van-sent," he daid. "Sho had nev
er S'en him before. They did not
even talk the same language. He .ip
prouched, her, knowing she was In
trouble a,nd volunteered to shield hi r.
And Clara reposed her trust in him.
He guarded her as carefully as though
she were his own child. I believe
"hat's ;i miracle 1 believe God guid
ed that frlehd to her in her hour or
,i- d."
t LAjR l (.1 AUDI D
The "friend" was a Chihuahua of
ficial, the father said, who took Clara
to his home ami his wife became
Clara's companion The official po
liced bis estate with private detectives
to keep her safe ami not even her
own brother "Jimmy" 19,. could ap
proach until he had thoroughly estab
lished his identity.
'Clara it broken In health." the fa
ther said. "Her mother unci I can
notice It- Gone Is her vivacity, her
quick, lithe movements and ready
. laughter. The strain has been too
much for her. The ordeal Is not over
yel 1 hope God gives her strength to
endure all that la yet to come. You
know to us Clara Is only a baby. We
are glad she Is home. And after all,
Mhls is over, she's going to stay with
I us."
FOO 1 RED TO 1 i k
I When asked for an Interview. Miss
I Smith said nhe wanted to give her
1 story to the Associated Press, but
she was too tired last night. Later
her attorneys announced that they
h id advised that she give out no fur-
ther statements because of thel
I charges against her. Date last night a
physician was summoned to adminis
ter to her. t I
Bh( riff Garrett made good his prom-
ise to allow her freedom with her fam-!
I ily Sheriff Orndorff, of El Paso, dep-l
I utlzed a taxi driver and Stationed hlin
in front of the Smith home all night,
not So much a. a guard, he said, but
to keep newspapermen and rurioua
people from approaching the house
I The party is scheduled to reach Fori
Worth Fridav morning and to reach '
Ardmore that afternoon. Bond of!
i)0 ui" is to be furnished immediately
land Miss Smith expects to spend .1
J few days with relatives in Oklahoma!
I before returning to El Paso to await i
the trial.
NT SPEEDY Tit l .
Attorneys . P. McLean. Jr., of Fott
Worth, and f'harleu A. loaklev. of
Ardmore, said they would ask a speedy
trial and expressed the belief 1h.1t lmr
acquittal would result. "The sympa
thy of the people of Carter county!
1 iklahoma 1 Is with M1ss Smith " Sher
iff Garrett said.
Hainon was shot in an Ardmore ho
tel and before his death gave out u
statement saying the shooting was ac-1
CldentaJ and relieving Miss Smith ot
all blame. The county attorney, how-
ever, swore oul a warrant which later
was changed to murder and another
containing a statutory charge.
Mis.s smith was H anion's secretary
SHARES His ESTATE
AKDMiiKE. okla. Dee, 23. James
H. Muthers, of the firm of Mathers
and Coakley, attorneys for Clara Bar
ton Smith, declared today he has "un
derstood all the time," that there Is a
win of the late Jake L Hamou, Re
publican national committeeman, in
existence, and that "Clara Smith is left
one fourth of the- eatatu " H0 added,
however, that he did not beliove the
will to be In Ardmore.
Mr. Muthers xald he had received
no information from Sheriff Buck
Oarrett or from Attorney Charles A.'
Coakley, relative to the surrender of;
Miss Smith yesterday at i-;i Paso.
, "The were to wire me Immediately I
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SOVIET FORCES
TO STRIKE AT
CEORCPUEF
Campaign to Eliminate Re
public From Map of Cau
casus Seems Forming
ALLIES CONSIDERING
SENDING OF WARSHIPS
Suffering Increases Owing to
Shortage of Supplies and
High Costs
TIFLIS. Dec. 21. (By the Associat
ed Press). Russian Bolshevik forces
appear to be concentrating for a cam
paign which will eliminate the repub
lic of Georgia from the map of the
Caucasus region Heavy soviet forces
have been concentrated at Tuapse.
port on the eastern shore of the Black
sea. and at Oagrl, a port still ftiVther
southeast toward the Georgian fron
tlre. other Bolshevikl dtfaohments
are reported at Kazak. southeast of
Tlffls. while the Tenth Bolshevik
army, which has been operating along
the Armenian frontb r. is said 10 have
passed through Karakllsh moving to
ward the Georgian republic
TR IDE AI W I .l s
Independent Qsorgla has been tol
erated by the Bolshevlki because of)
the trade advantages offered at Bat-j
ii'iiii. which has been n-garded in Mos
cow as a cJbrridor which permitted
the Bolshevik! to bring In supplies!
from Europe. Reliable information!
from Batoum, however. Indicates se-
rious disturbances, the Georgian gar-:
rlson there having revolted. This re
sulted in a panic and people stormed
the ships in the harbor seeking to es-
cape before the arrival of the Bol-'
aheylk troops, which wfere reported
in the neighborhood.
SITUA1 l si 1:1111 s
It is Understood fhcJfiiifes regafd die
situation so serious lhat they have
considered sending warships to insure I
the evucuutkiii of allied missions lit
Georgia.
The recent oil agieement olid uded 1
; netween soviet nusaiia anu ueorvia
' has not been carried out and as a Ci ft
' SO(Uence train service has been re-
duced to a strict minimum, Involvuyi
, a serious commercial crisis. Supplies
1 an awaiting transport to town:-, suf
ferng from shortage of food and prices
of necessities of life have increased .0
fantastic figures in many places.
1
LUCK AGAINST YOUTH
ACCUSED OF HOLD-UP
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Assistant
District Attorney SUllivan, in general
si ssions , oiut Wednesday held Ire
lips of paper In his hand five charg
es against Lawrence Hawthorne. Zi?
.ear-old youth, held under JluO.uO'i
ball for his part In the Hotel Astor
holdup last week Beside him, sa:
tin prisoner, waiting to plead to ihem
I li draw one yard' and plead guil
ty to the indictment on It," Hawthorns
said
"Which on1"' asked the assistant
district attorney.
He held the slips as he would a
poker hand. The Indictments ranged
from assault to burglary In the first
degree, punishable by "not less than
ten years In state prison."
"Any one will do."
Hawthorne drew at random.
He picked "burglary In the first
degree ' the severest of the lot.
"Guilty to the charge, your honor."
he said
Then he was led back to the Tombs.
He will be sentenced Christmas eve
REPORT SAYS INDIANS
ARE SHABBILY IKtATEU
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. The
Indian population of California has
been decimated in seventy years drop
ping from 10.000 to 20.000. the In
dian board of cooperation announced
Wednesday. Eviction, starvation and
disease were the reasons assigned.
Five thousand of the present Indian!
population are on "small. Inade
quate and undesirable reservations,"
and the other 15,000 are scattered
through the mountain counties, with
no land of 1 heir ow 11, The 1 'ssr , 1 d -iiir-d
the Indians 'arc the shuttle
cock belwi.-n the stab- and federal
governments, denied the rights even of
citizenship "
The board spent $17,0l0 last year)
or. relief for the Indians.
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DIVORCE LAWS ASSAILED
BY TACOMA MINISTERS
TACOMA. Wash . Dec. 23.- Tip
Tacoma Ministers association adopted
a resolution Wednesday upon the legis
lature to make the staio'.s divorce luws
more strict.
"The appalling divorce record of this
state far surpasses the notorious r c-!
ord of Nevada." the resolutions assert.'
Thi v add that divorce,; thi:- ejr aver-I
age seven a day in Seattle thd three
In Tacoma.
NOTED PIANIST DIES
BOSTON. Dec 23- Mrs Annie N.
Baldwin, a plaulst who had be, n OSSO"
elated With many musical celebrities,
died here Wednesday, she- was a sis.
ter of the lato Lillian Nbrdica, and
was her accompanist on many con
cert tours
upon Clara Smith s surrender," he
added, "but ai nine oy-lock this morn
Inu 1 have not received a wire. All
I know is whni 1 read In the paper.-."'
Italian Destroyer
Shells D'Annunzian
Battery Near Fiunie
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! LONDON, Dec. 'S.i. Military operations have been begun by!
Italian government troops againsl tunes in and aboul Kunnc com
manded by Gabriele d'Ahnunzio who refuses to evacuate the citj !
and permit Italy to put into operation the provisions of the treat
of Bapallo. Dispatches received here slate thai military works along
the line marking the frontier oi the "regency of Quarnero" havt
ueen raided and an Italian destroyei i-; t i I to have shelled d'Annun '
.ian batteries mi the sland of Veglia, Bouthwesl ( Fiunie
- a . An atti mot on ih pari ol d Annun-
FARMER KILLS
WIFE, CHILDREN
: WITH HAMMER
Y IRK, Neb , Dec. 23 Karl K.
Nicholson, a farmer living near
hers, killed his wife and throe
children with a hammer last
niKlit and then ended his own
life by slashing his throat with a
razor. Bodies of the victims were
not found until this morning
SCKANTON. Pa., Dec. L'3.
Currency displayed on two Illu
minated Christmas trees in win
dows of ihe First National bank
at the most prominent business
corner of the city, attracted
thieves Just before daybreak to
day. They hurled stones through
the windows and gathered up ihe
bills Indifferent to the burglar
alarm loudly cUugtuK ovsr inei,
heads. Police hurr'ed lo the ,
scene and arrested, the two men
with their pockets bulging with
ihe new bank notes. Both are
deaf mutes
CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. it.
Joseph Kline, of New York City.
11 guard on a truck loaded with
whisky valued at llu.Ono, hound
from Krankfort, Ky. to New
Vork City, was jirobably fatally
wounded when several shots were
fired late last night on Reading
road, this city, in what police be
lieve was an unsuccessful attempt
to steal the whisky.
The shooting, police wore told,
was done b six men In a touring
COT who had followed the truck
from Kentucky.
DALLAS. Tex.. Dec. 23. Joe
Gruggor, a grocer, died last night
from wounds sustained when he
was shot by an unknown assail
ant Monday night. He is the
fourth known victim of a Sicilian
family feud.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. SS,
Three unmasked men late Wed
nesday held up the Inter-clty
State bank of Rosedale, a suburb
of Kansas City, Kan., and escaped
with between $4U00 and 5000. B.
L Yiesley assistant cashier, and
Lester Stucker. bookkeeper, were
forced Into the vault and the ban
dits scooped the loot Into a flour
sock. The bunk lost $25,000 In a
davilght robbery on April
1019.
RALEIGH, N. C. Doc. 23 A
terrific racket last night in the
barn of A. Johnson. a farmer
near here, announced thm a milk
thief had met his Watorloo. at
the business end o' a farm mule.
Johnson had planted the mule in
the stall of a cow which the thief
had been milking at nigiit. When
the farmer reached the barn last
1 (ght, shotgun In hai.fl, li. found
1. 1 Here-; milk p.ti 1 w re iked
milking stool, a hat, bet no thief.
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, 1 . 1 U.KM Ml NT UI At III I)
PA It IS, Dc 2 2. A new coal agree
ment between Germany and the allies!
to follow the Spa ngrcemeni termin
ates tho end of January, has virtually
been finished by the reparations com
mission and alreadv has received tho,
approval of most of the countries con
cerned. Under the new ugreemcnH 1
Germany must provide a minimum of
2,000.00b tons monthl) without ans
special compensation as is the case j
with the Spa agreement.
I AJIOK Mli TIM. t Mi l 1
WASHING! 'UN. Dec 23. Samuel,
Qompere called at ih- stat'- depart
ment Wednesdav in Ills capaeltv as
president of the PonrAmerlcari Federa
tion of Labor to ask cooperation of
government representatives here and I
in Mexico City January 10. "The de-l
partmont assured me of their bene
ficial assistance," Mr. Gompcrs sild.
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( BIDS TOO HIGH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. All bids!
received for furnishing a years supply
of burner coal for American merchant 1
ships at Allantn and Gulf ports ha".
been rejected, the shipping board un
nOUnced as the prices ranging from I
$7 to 9 1 1-6 0 a ton were legarded as j
excessive.
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Id.StOLN s FRIEND DIES:
TONOPAH, Nee, Doc. 23. J. A.
Nelson, second assistant treasurer of
the United States under President Lin
coln, and a witness against the assass
ins of the martyred executive, died"
Wednesday while visiting here, at the
home of his daughter. He was s.".
years old, a native of Ohio and bad
spent the latter vears of his life in
1 "iiltfornla.
zio to seize control of the Mont.igna
anal, 1 mining down the Dalmatian
coast behind a screen of low Islands.
has been foiled. Men despatched toj
Casti Verenl, northeast of Zara. a
point which commands the southern
entrance to the canal, were forced
to retreat, some of them being cup-,
Lured and others disarmed. D'An
nunzlnn legionaries which have been,
actflig as garrison at Zara arc said to
bat e fled from that citv.
SCHEME FRUSTlt VI ED
Jt is asserted that d'Ahnunsio
planned to abandon .Flume and to'
kind somowhi-r,' along the Dalmatian
( oast, w here he would mis,- the ban
ner of revolt, hoping to create B alt- .
nation which would nullify the treaty;
Ot K.pallo. His scheme, however, is
aald to have been frustrated by gov
ernment troops which prevented the;
departure from the city of vessels
loaded with legionaries.
STATE QV M Alt
j D'Armunzio has proclaimed that a
state of war exists between his Ki
111110 government and Italy and has(
forbidden the population of Fiumo tO(
leave tho city, sayi Rome dispatch to
the Bxchange Telegraph quoting of
I ficia) advices.
The proclamation. Ka . the Central
News Komc correspondent, adds that
anyone speaking against d Annun;:to
I is liable 10 be shot.
TRAi KS lukN i p
ItuME. Dec. 23. To all appcar
ances a. state of war 1ms been re-ertab-,llshcd
bv d'A iimin.lo forces along the
'Flume front. Roads or.d railway
trac ks have: been im n up. barbed wire
I entanglements hav been established
and all telephone and, telegraph wires
hading Into lium, have been cut.
General Cayiglia, commander of
government troops around Plume, has
I issued manifestos urging his men lo
give ovidonco of their discipline and
loyalty. Captain Gabriele d'Annunslo.
on th other hand. Is launching his ap-
peals. He is praising sailors of Italian
destroyers which recently took their
ships over to the d'Annunzion side. He
says that the mutiny of sailors is
1 worthy of imitation and his rebellion
is "a holy war."
Ill Ml I SOLA! ED
1 TKIKST, Dec. 22. .yy the ASS.001
ated Fress. Strong cordons of car
bineers and Alpinl, brigaded into prob
ably 8 score of battalions, bav, been
thrown about Plume and completely
I isolated that cltj b) land. The Ital"
llan fleet, which has fts headquarters
at Poia is scouring the Gulf of Quar
nero duy and night for d Annunzio
alders, and searcnlighis play on tho
waters from twilight till dawn.
Following the Issuance of orders to
establish a close blockade. G. 101.1!
c'.'iviglla. Italian commander, directed
kthut foreign citizens and civilians In
I Flume be given 48 hours to leave the
city.
EX-AMBASSADOR HERRICK
INVITED TO SEE HARDING
MAKl'iX. .. In, 23. -Myron T.
Hcrrlck. of Cleveland, who was Ameri
can ambassador at Paris during the
early days of the world war, was call-
d to Marlon today by President-elect
Harding to discuss the International
peace plan to be presented before the
world by the coming administration
Tho conference is understood to
have concerned particularly the exper
iences of Mr. lb rrlck abroad last sum
mer when he made ji tour of- Kuro
pean capitals and talked with many
leading statesmen.
Ft' d W. Lrpham, of Chicago, treas
urer of the Republican national com-'
mlttee. also was on Mr. Harding's coll
ing list, but It was said the visit cun
cemed left-over official matters con
nected with tho recent campaign
fe
OAKLAND SHIPYARD MEN
DIVIDE $250,000 BONUS
Oakland, cai. Dec 23. um-j
ployes of the Moore Shipbuilding com
pany here, exclusive of those vvho
shared In bonuses for constructing
ships or who received extra pay for
overtime work, will receive Christmas,
bonuses aggregating 1250.000, it was
announced today bv Georg,- A. Amies,
president and general manager. "The i
company carried out the plan In re-1
sponse to a desire to show its apprc-'
elation ol" the services rendered In a
year when more work has been done
and at greater tension than during any
similar period in the past," the an
nouncement said-
EIGHT ROADS GIVEN LOAN
TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENT
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 --A loan of
$20,77.-1.000 to eight railroads to help
finance Improvements amounting to
156,6X5,0.00 was approved today by the
Interstate commerce commission.
The railroads which arc to receive
the loan are the .Michigan Central, the
Blfl Four, the New York Central, ih '
Cincinnati Northern, the Toledo, &
hlo Central, the Zanesville & West
era, the Kanawha & Michigun raiiwas
and the Like Erie & Western.
LIKE OF M
MILES WILL BE
ioi
Details of Huge Colorado
River Power Scheme Dis f
closed in Washington
3.000,000 HORSEPOWER IM
SCHEME IS OUTLINED
Utah, Wyoming and Arizona
Included in Scope of Tfe- I
mendous Project M
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. An out- H
line of a three million UOrsepowi 'i
hydro-electric power developme'."t i
project now under consideration for
the Colorado river in Utah and Art- pH
7.ona Is contained In a memorandum H
issued today bv the federal power If'
commission, composed of the score- 1 H
taiies of war. Interior and ogrlcul- H
lure, announcing receipt of eight ad- H
d It tonal power development nppllca' H
Hons up jO Decembe 14. With Ihesj
iLssion now h is 121 I .9
Applications before H
Six of the eight .ie aopllcationfl IH
ire o i California prolocts, the olhi ft ijM
I g from Idaho and Alaska. H
The memoi-andum adds, however. H
H
power plants for summer cottages in I 'M
Wyoming to "tli H
Vrizons 3.000,00(1 horsepower schei dM
MILE l tX.PL i M
contemplates, She ,
memorandum said the construction
of a high darn at Lee's Fern. Ariz..
Just south of the Vtah line. The dam H
! will form a reservoir or inland lake H
3oo miles long, backing up thlS" waters "H
; of the upper Colorado river and Its H
paeity effectively to control tho an- Isih
jitul run-off ot tie- "olor.L i
above- the dam. thus giving H
source of power in the below
I dam and practically oHminntihg tlie LLLLV
I causo so much damage in the irrlga- H
lion districts along the lower stretohes H
the H
SERI1 S 'i PLAVl s
"It Is proposed to develop the H
I ginning at the dam a.ml extending H
' along the river to the we3tern boon- i -H
dary of Arizona, with the exception H
of that part of the river lying wit! ,H
' th' Grand Canyon national park H
i which is excluded from the propow H
development." I H
iOB IN TEXAS I
LYNCHES WHITE I
Ailecjed Slayer of Policeman J
Taken From Jail and
Hanged on Tree
! Ful'.T WORTH, Tex.. Dec.
Tom W. Vickery, a white man held ct
hai gc in lirder H
with the killing Mom; nigbl pi Po j H
llceman Jeff C Couch was tak.
from the county Jail here shortly aftei
I midnight by a mob and hanged. Scv
j cral shots were fired Into his bod I
Twenty-five masked men enteri
i he and ovei powered Lhi lallei ; jH
and his assistants, Opening Yiek i' ll
cell the mob removed tho prisoner. H
clad only in night clothes, to a grove H
near the packing house district, and H
swung him lo a tree. After firing u H
few shots into tho body, the mob dis-
H
Sheriff Smith and Chief of Polici
Porter, warned anonymously by tele- H
phone that Vickery was being hung- IH
ed, reached the seem- shortly uftcr IH
the mob hud disbanded
v'l, leery was 30 years of age and a jH
chauffeur. Policeman Couch answer
, i call I ram Mond night bH
to arrest an alleged Intoxicated man
The officer was shot when he arrived S
at the garage. Vtfckery was arrested. I
County officers said today tin H
lynching would be Investigated bv tlx BH
next session of the district grand jury
POPE WILL CELEBRATE I
MASS CHRISTMAS EVE
ROME, Dec 22. -Pop.- Benedict hai Mnl
decided to celebrate midnight muss on uJLLV
I'hrlstmus eve in the Pontine chapel. CLLa
thus resuming a custom abandoned Il
while Leo Kill was pontiff.