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SOLONS BUSY
ON HARDING'S
BIG PROGRAM
Take First Steps on
Recommendation
By PAUL R. MALLON
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 Congress to
day took Initial steps to carry out the
huge legislative program outlined yea
terday by President Harding although
it is realized that all the recommenda
tions cannot be enacted at this ses
sion.
The legislative situation as the re
sult of the president's address may be
summarized as follows:
Taxation The house ways and
means committee -will ask the rules
committee next week to arrange to
sandwich between appropriation bills,
resolutions for amending the constitu
tion to prohibit tax exempt securities,
Ways and means leaders hope to have
the house adopt the resolution next
Wednesday.
Will Aid Farmers
agriculture and banking and currency
committees wiu tackie a mass 01 leg
islatlon and try to whip Into shape a
bill that will satisfy the farm bloc
and the administration. In the house
the Anderson bill, creating a farm
credits department with $5,000,000
capital In each federal reserve bank,
probably will be the basis of commit
tee work.
Railroads The president s recom
mendation for abolition of the railroad
labor board and his other suggested
legislative reforms in the transporta
tion law will be considered by the
hrtuse and senate interstate commerce
committees at meetings to be held
within a few days. If Mr. Harding's
recommendations for a merger of the
railroads into a few big systems, and
for legislation to prevent strikes, are
insisted upon, there can be no rail
road legislation at this session. It is
considered unlikely by leaders that.
with the appropriation bills and other
routine problems to attend to, con
press will find time this winter to
tackle the big controversial question
of railroad legislation.
Immigration Discussion
Immigration The senate and house
immigration committees will meet the
coming week. White immigration is
considered too large' a question for sat
isfactory solution in the hustle of a
short session there will be much dls-
cuion of- it
Tha i hausa-committeajw
will have hearings on resolutions ad
mitting war refugees' from Turkey
and Thrace. .
Mr. Harding's suggestion for regis
tration of aliens would require treaties
and is Inaxtvisable in the opinion of
the house leaders. Chairman Johnson
of the house committee wants to re
duce the present three per cent limit
on immigration to 1)4 per cent.
Child Labor The house judiciary
committee probably will present a
resolution amending the constitution
to give congress power to prevent
child labor-
Prohibition The president's denun
ciation of violators of the Volstead act
and the 18th amendment was expected
to result in new legislative sugges
tions. HAMMER MURDERESS
REPORTED FLEEING TO
SOME MEXICAN PORT
(Bv United Press)
T.OS ANGELES. Dec. 9. Clara
Phiiiins onlv condemned murderess
tn hi-pak 1ail in the history of Cali
fornia, had apparently made good her
escape today.
A hundred- trails followed by
authorities proved fruitless.
the
"Tips" and clews as to her where
abouts continued to pour in and were
traced down, but authorities admitted
Clara probably was not in this coun
try. Somewhere in the wild vastness
of' Mexico the "hammer murderess"
has run to "hole" in the hiding place
arranged by those who aided in her
escape, some officials believed.
Fleeing to Port
Others advanced the theory that
Clara was fleeinsc by motor or air
plane to some Mexican port where
her passage to a foreign country was
arranged on some tramp steamer or
sailing vessel.
Authorities were investigating the
report she was seen in Juarez. Mexico,
across the border from El Taso, yes
terday. Madelynne Obenchain. Clara's
friend, who was released frotn prison
on the day that Clara made her spec
tacular escape, was questioned again.
Authorities declared a dozen saws
were found In the jail.
Clara has forfeited the right to an
appeal which was pending when she
fled. Judge Houser, who tried her,
granted a motion to take no recogni
tion of the appeal because of the es
cape. If Clara is caught she will be sent
immediately to San Quentin peniten
tiary.
EVIDENCE SUBMITTED
IN MILK TRUST SUIT
(By United Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 9. Final evi
dence in the state's milk trust suit
against the Indiana Manufacturers of
Dairy Products and is firms was taK
en in court here late yesterday. Op
posing counsel will nie briefs of spe
cial findings of factp next week and
closing arguments will be made De
cember 19. before a decision Is ren
dered. Attorney General Lesh seeks
to enjoin the defendants from combin
ing to fix prices and stifle competi
tion and asks that receivers be ap
nointed for each business and that
th$ir charters be revoked.
VOL. XCIL, No. 293
Est 1SS1. Consolidated
Telesram. 1S07.
Five Bride-to-Be Sail to Wed Sweethearts in Orient
Left to right, above: Edna Lee Hind,
Biggs. Below: Margaret F.
The Pacific mail liner "President
recently when she left San Francisco
All five were on their way to the) Orient
men are who will be waiting for the liner when she docks they didn't divulge,
but the girls are Edna Lee Hind, Marjorie Snow Hoplins, Pauline Biggs,
Margaret Meyers and Clarita Nunan. .
DISCREPANCY FOUND
IN CHICAGO SCHOOL
BOARD TRANSACTIONS
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec 9. Discrepancies in
financial accounts ' of the Chicago
school board were' alleged by an aud
iting company that investigated the
books of the board at the direction
of Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney,
and made public today its report
wnich stated it had been unable to
account for $1,398,198 in the factory
division and 94,236 tons of coal valued
at $748,493. ' "
The report stated that a cheek-op of
the cost of general repairs and equip
ment showed an increase of 350 per
cent, "notwithstanding the almost gen
eral reduction in material prices
shown by 1921 as- against 1919." ,
Commenting on school division, the
reDort said: "The business administra
tion, to say the least, ws grossly in
competent." In elucidating its report
on coal purchasing the auditing com
nanv said that an increase . in price
of 78 per cent shown by 1920-21 over
the burning season of 1919-JJU appears
excessive.
U.S. AND JAPAN MAY
ATTEND CONFERENCE
OF FOREIGN PREMIERS
tBy Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec, 9. The possibility
that Japan and the United States may
be admitted to the conference of the
British French. Belgian and Italian
premiers here this week-end, is dis
cussed today by the diplomatic cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph.
The writer says that Japan has al
ready formally requested admission
and that although America has not
made the same request "this fact need
not preclude consideration of the
Doint. especially having in regard the
strong views entertained by Washing
ton and vigorously expressed by the
American ambassadors upon certain
aspects of the issues at stake."
The correspondent suggests that the
four participating delegations may de
vot their first exchange of views to
settline this question, the Inference
from his statement apparently being
that if admission is decided upon the
United States would be invited to at
tend.
LIBERTY OF ALLEGED
MURDERESS WANTED
(By Associated Press)
DETROIT Dec. 9. Friends of Mrs.
Mary B. Ford, charged with plotting
to slay her estranged husband, Ney X
Ford, a wealthy farmer, renewed their
efforts today to obtain freedom for the
prisoner. Mrs. Ford spent last night
in Jail, unable to raise the $25,000 bond
required by the recorder's court, be
fore which she pleaded not guilty yes
terday. No date had been set ear'y
today for the examination demanded
by Mrs. Ford's attorneys.
The defense of Mrs. Ford, should
she be placed on trial, is expected to
be based on her statement to the
prosecutor that she was subject to
intermittent loss of memory, or tem
porary insanity. She did not remem
ber, she declared, that she had ever
sought to engage a gunman to slay
her wealthy husband that she might
gain possession of the estate as is
charged. If she did reveal such -a
plot to a detective who posod as a
gunman, she said it was during one
of these mental lapses.
Charges Crash Caused
Obesity; Asks $50,000
(By Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 9. A fed
eral court jury will be asked to de
termine whether an injury Mrs. Lo
rena Caldwell, 22 years old, asserts
she suffered in a Chicago and Alton
railroad chash, is responsible for the
375 pounds she says she weighs. She
is suing for $50,000 damages. She
claims one of the railroad's BWitch en
gines struck a motor car in which
she was riding and that an injury to
an endoorine gland caused excessive
obesity. She asserts in her petition
that she weighd 160 pounds at tne
i time of the- accident Dec 21,. 1920.
RICHMOND,
Marjopie Snow Hoplins and Pauline
Meyers and Clarita Nunan.
Taft" carried her most precious cargo
with five pretty brides-to-be on board.
to marry. Just Who the five lucky
Fire Stricken City
to Aid Homeless;
Plan Rebuilding
(By Associated Press)
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 9 Astoria
today surveyed Its losses from the
$12,000,000 fire which yesterday raz
ed 24 blocks of the city's business
section and set on foot measures to
relieve the 2,500 persons made home
less by the conflagration.
With the heart of the city In still
smouldering ruins, plans for rebuild
ing were nebulous but it was the gen
eral sentiment that reconstruction on
larger and more substantial scale
would start aa soon as the more im
mediate reliefs were supplied.
Hundreds of telegrams offering
money and supplies were received and
the relief committee announced large
amounts of staple foods and quantities
of clothing were needed at once,
Word from Portland, was that a spe
cial train carrying supplies moved
be sent from there today-
Summarized, the situation was as
follows:
Twenty-five hundred persons home
less. The city without banking facili
ties. No food obtainable except
central diatributlng station establish
ed by a swiftly organized committee
of fifty.
Last night beds were provided for
all, and hot meals were served at sev
eral stations.
City Aids Sufferers
Hundreds of homes have been
thrown open to those made destitute
and orders were given to commandeer
all of the city's food supplies.
Chief of Police Carlson said that 14
men had been arrested by his officers
during the confusion and that all
were attempting to carry away arti
cles from stores within the district.
' Officials of the Oregon National
Guard sent 17 officers and men here
from Portland with 1,000 cots, 2,000
blankets, rolling kitchens, cooking
and food supplies. The latter equip
ment would be sufficient to feed 3,500
persons in emergency, it was stated,
although it was estimated the demand
would not be that great.
Three churches were in the path of
tie flames, but none was burned. In
each case the fire either- was checked
before the church was reached or
veered around the house of worship.
Blames Radicals
Mayor Bremner yesterday expressed
the opinion the fire was Incendiary
and 'could be charged to "radicals."
Chief of Police Carlson concurred in
this belief.
"I am certain that radicalism Is re
sponsible," said the mayor. "Of course
there will be a more thorough investi
gation than has been possible. When
it is over I am sure it will be estab
lished that the fire was set."
The town of Astoria grew from piles
built far out into the water. The piles
originally were extended into the deep
water to accommodate vessels which
otherwise would have had to anchor,
out in the harbor. The business dis
trict grouped itself close to the docks.
The residential section was built on
higher ground.
RULING ON FOUR-YEAR
COMMISSIONER TERM
IN OHIO IS SOUGHT
(By United Press)
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Dec. 9. As re
sult of protest filed against election of
all successful candidates for county
commissioner who were not seeking
re-election. Secretary of State Smith
today is to ask Attorney General Price
for a ruling on the four-year term law
for county commissioners.
Protest was filed by Henry S. Bal
lard and J. B. Ford, attorneys, repre
senting a committee of county com
missioners defeated for re-election last
month. They insist that the four-year
term law, under which 1920 and 1922
elections were held, is unconstitution
al because it provides that of success
ful candidates of 1920 the ones receiv
ing the least votes should serve for
less than two years and submit to elec
tion for full four-year term this year.
Complaint is also made that there
was no opportunity to vote for any of
the 1920 candidates for definite terms.
Wallace Ready to Rule
Packing Plant Combine
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace has reached
decision on the request of J. Ogden
Armour for government approval of
his plan to combine his packing in
terests with those of Morris and com
pany. The decision probably will be
announced today or Monday. --
IND SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 9, 1922.
POWDER BLAST
FATAL TO FOUR;
LIANY INJURED
Explosion Destroys
Glazing Mill
(By Associated Press)
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 9. Four per
sons are known to be dead and several
were injured today in an explosion
which destroyed the glazing mills of
the Black Diamond Powder company
near DuPont, Pa., about 8 miles south
of Scanton. The explosion was felt
In Carbondale, Pa., 25 miles away.
The four dead are: Raymond
Slaugh, of Ringland, Pa., Frank Gar
ren, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., We Wright
of susten, Pa., and Ralph Brumm of
Pittston, Pa., Brumm was a son of
E. B. Brumm. of Pittston, president
and general manager of the Black
Diamond company, an independent
concern manufacturing black powder,
chiefly used In the anthracite mining
regions.
There were 2,000 bags of powder in
the glazing mill each of which con
tained 25 lbs. Immediately after the
first explosion four other buildings
blew up, the dryhouse, packing house,
shipping house, and planing mill, as
well as various small structures on
the premises. The cause of the blast
is unknown.
TURKS' DARDANELLES
STATEMENT GREETED
AS CLEARING CRISIS
(By Associated Press)
LAUSANNE, Dec. 9. Optimism
reigned supreme in Lausanne today
for the Near East conference had
weathered what was probably its most
difficult session to date.
Ismet Pasha's statement yesterday
of the Turkish views on the Darda
nelles question and the reply it
brought from Lord Curzon' on behalf
of the inviting powers resulting a gen
eral clearance of the conference atmos-
pnere. Turtey nas broken away ap
parently from Russian control and For
eign Minister Tchitcherin and his as
sociates, although resentful of Tur
key's failure to hold out for complete
autonomy in the straits are accepting
the situation.
Settle Details.
rJelas:or the ' Dardanelles settle
mntiwere being threshed out today
by the naval and military experts in
informal meetings and It was expected
that several days would elapse before
another general conference session
would be held to discuss the modified
plan designed to satisfy both the Turks
and the allied powers.
The problem of Turkish . capitula
tlons Is being workout by sub-commis
sions which are said to be making pro
gress.
Rumors of a possible vacation at
innsimas persist Put apparently no
delegation desires to assume the re
sponsibility of advocating a cessation
of work even for a few days while the
conterence is progressing so smoothly.
FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR
CUBAN LOAN ARRANGED
(By Associated Press)
KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 9. Arrange
ments for a private loan of $50,000
000 to Cuba have been virtually com
pleted, Dr. Carlos Manual De Cespe-
des, Cuban secretary of state, stated
here today while enroute home after
several weeks epent in conference
with United States government offi
cials and financiers.
"The loan of one half billion dollars
to Cuba is ready," he paid. "There are
a few banking details to be arranged
but these in no way will interfere with
the closing of the proposition at once
Cuba will work out its own problem
and it will find itself one of the best
countries on the face of the globe,
am not alone in this opinion, but
End this view is shared bv officials
of your government as well."
Weather Forecast
FOR RICHMOND - AND VICINITY
By W. E. Moore.
Partly cloudy tonight. Colder to
night. Sunday, unsettled. Snow o
rain within the next 24 to 48 hours,
Temperatures will be considerabl
below freezing tonight, due to the co!
wave now crossing the north and cen
tral states. The storm is developing
over the Rocky mountains and as it
will move eastward unsettled weather
will follow the nrst of the week, fol
lowed by snow or rain. When th
north wind shifts to the east, it will
moderate.
Temperatures Yesterday at the
Pumping Station.
Maximum 01
Minimum 38
Todays
Noon ". . S3
Weather Conditions Severely cold
weather continues north of the for
tieth parallel. The zero line extended
southward to northern 'Nebraska.
From 10 to 22 degrees below zero in
Montana was - . reported. - General
snows fell last night over the
Lawrence Valley and local snows fell
in the far west.
For Indiana, by the United States
Weather Bureau Mostly cloudy to
night and Sunday. Colder tonight in
south and extreme east portions.
Paid Circulation
Yesterday, was
12,205
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Miss Eleanor Houk, a pretty
at the. University of Oregon. She is-
tion andi expects to return to her people to teach Indiaa girls American
games and sports. Miss Houk is 22 years old and is a graduate ol the
Chemawa Indian school.
Clemenceau Asserts
World Needs Pact to
Bring General Peace
4
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9. Georges
Clemenceau, the Tiger today brought
his fight for France to the cradle of!
American liberty. ' , I
The 81 year old French war pre
mier is now on the last lap of his
strenuous campaign to return America
to the counsels of Eflrope and to the
side of France.
He is undoubtedly feeling the strain
of his impassioned pleas for his coun
try, but be is passing it off with in
dignant growls through his white
moustache. "
Tiger Encouraged.
When the special car "Bethlehem"
owned by Charles M. Schwab, the
steel magnate, who loaned it to Clem
enceau for the latter's American tour,
arrived in Philadelphia before dawn
this morning, the Tiger, who ha3
slept late when he is still in bed at
o'clock, seemed undismayed at his
apparent failure in Washington to se
cure any favorable response from the
government to his appeal.
The Tiger, however, seemed to be
greatly encouraged by President Hard
ing's statement in his message to
congress yesteraay mat ne nopeu
pacts to preserve peace, similar to
the four power Pacific treaty of the
Washington Arms . conference would
be established in other parts of the
world.
Clemenceau strongly endorsed this
statement in his speecn yesterday.
declaring there was more need for
such a pact in Europe than in the Pa
cific. Clemenceau will speak heTe today
at the academy of music The address
will be under the auspices of the Pnii-
adelphia Forum.
HelD Spread Independence.
Clemenceau urged that America
come back to Europe and help spread
independence throughout the world
He was given a long ovation as ne
appeared in platform of the Academy
of Music. - The academy, promseiy
decorated with the Stars and Stripes
and the French tri-color was packed.
The Tlcer professed himself as
overwhelmed" by his reception.
"I have no mission," he began, "1
only came to tell you what I think.'
He said he had found, shortly alter
he landed in New York that the
charges of militarism and imperialism
had not been believed.
"Here I am in the glorious city of
the immortal William Penn." he con
tinued. "A city of peace, And yet
since Washington, also a city of war."
4 DUBLIN EXECUTIONS
EXPECTED TO PROVOKE
FURTHER SHOOTINGS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. Dec. 9. The Expectation
that yesterday's executions in Dublin
will be followed by further shootings is
expressed today by some of the Dublin
dispatches to the London newspapers.
These correspondents are convinced
that a chain of reprisals will continue.
The Daily Mail's Dublin correspond
ent quotes a Free State official as say
ing that there are at' least 100 desper
ate .men in the city, who. having no
care for their own lives, will follow the
behest of their leaders and endeavor
to assassinate members of the govern
ment and, of the Irish parliament,
StilLHold Leaders
The correspondent remarks that the
authorities still have in custody sev
eral republican leadera who were cap
tured under, certain circumstances
bringing them within the scope of the
recent proclamation prescribing a sum
mary military trial and execution of
persons found to possess bombs, explo
sives or fire arms. These prisoners
include Tom Hailes, brother of Sean
Hailes, the deputy shot on Thursday,
and Michael Kilroy, Sean Eussell and
Tom Maguire. ,
Reports from Dublin say that there
was promiscuous firing in that city
last night There was no suggestion
that It wait rtf nniiaiial 4ntnsttv
full-blooded Blackfoot squaw, is a student
enrolled in the school of physical educa
INCREASED VALUE
OF FARM PRODUCTS
BETTERS SITUATION
. (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec, 9. The gen
eral agricultural situation in the
United States has improved slightly,
as indicated by the monthly agricul
tural review of the department of ag
riculture. Cotton,, grain and livestock
products prices, as well as prices on
things farmers have to buy, have
risen slowly, the October price index
on ,10 farm products being 110 com
pared with 100 for 1913.
"This has put a- little money Into
the pockets of some farmers, put
heart into many more,-and has done
both for those who carry farm prod
ucts through the channels of trade,'
the review says. '
The prices the farmer pays for oth
er than food products, according to
the wholesale price index, have risen
to 169 compared with 100 in 1913
Thus a unit of farm products will
purchase 35 per cent less of other
commodities than it would in 1913.
Note Transitory Movement
November figures indicate an ab
normal movement of population from
farms to town.
Agricultural conditions In the east
are relatively poor. Potato, apple, hay
and truck growers are thoroughly dis
couraged, the report ?ays. Some poul
try men ' are doing fairly well, but
most dairymen are having all they can
do to break even.
The cotton belt shews the best gen
eral recovery of any region as a whole.
Cotton i3 very poor in many years but
those having cotton to sell feel fairly
good at present pricts. General busi
ness has been much stimulated.
Farmers in the corn belt are some
what encouraged at the rise in grain
prices. A heavy fall run of hogs to
market, as well as heavy movements
of feeder cattle and nhe'ep to farms is
reported. Winter grains show good
stands. .
Car Shortage Hampers
Wheat belt shippers have been ham
pered by an almost unprecedented
snortage of , freight cars.' . Winter
wheat stands are reported generally
fairly good. Sheep men in the range
country feel fairly good at sheep, lamb
and wool prices, and the outlook for
next year is generally considered good.
pacific coast shippers have been ham
pered by car shortage. Apple growers
have been hard hit by the low prices
in eastern markets. , , .' '
One Killed, Scores Hart,
In Wreck on Coast Line
(By Associated Press)
CHARLESTON. S. C, Dc. 9.
One man was fatally injured and
score of other persons were more or
less seriously hurt when-the second
section of fast train No. 80, of the
Atlantio Coast1 line railway crashed
into the rear end of local passenger
train No. 52, during a heavy fog at
Hannan station shortly after 7 o'clocl:
thfs morning. W. S Scrujres
Greenville, died several
at a local hospital.
hours later
Quiet Prevails After
Mob Barns Negro
(By Associated .Press)
rtrnKY, iia., lec. 3. Quiet pre
vailed here early today, with county
and state authorities reporting no ra
cial outbreaks after the burning, at
the stake of Charles Wright, negro
by a mob estimated, at several thous
and men, after he Is said to have
confessed he" killed Miss Ruby Hen
dry, a school teacher, last Saturday
The authorities still "held Albert Young
negro who was arrested is .Georgi
yesterday after he had been traile
six days. Wright exonerated Young.
but said another negro, whose name
he did not give, robbed Miss Hendry,
after he (Wright) had cut her throat.
DR.
WOR.TH, EX-GERMAN
PREMIER, TO TOUR WORLD
..LONDON, Dec. 9. Dr. Karl Wirth
exGerman cvhancellor, who resignd on
Nov. 14, plans to make a tour of the
United States early next year, says
Central News dispatch from Berlin.
SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS
ACTION HEEDED
ON REPARATION
SAYSPOINCARE
No Definite Proposal
Reported Reached
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 9. The conference
of allied premiers held a two-hour ses
sion this afternoon, adjourning for
luncheon shortly before 2 p. m. The
heads of all four delegations Brit
ish, French. Italian and Belgian ad
dressed the gatherirg, Premier Poin
care of Fiance holding the floor the
longest.
While Premier Poincare was reoorU
ed not to have reached the point of
definite proposals, he declared the rep
arations question had arrived at . a
stage where something radical must
be done. He came prepared, he said,
to discuss with Uie others, what actloa
snouia be taken.
France's great, interest, he Insisted-"
must be recognized.
Delegates Present. .
Those.present besides the premier
were the finance ministers of Great
Britain, France and Belgium, Count
de Saint Aulaire, the French ambas
sador, former Minister Jaspar of Bel
gium, and the Italian members of thai
reparations commission.
M. Poincare appeared nerturbed-
when he left his hotel for the confer
ence, having just made a denial of a,
charge that France intends to annex
the Rhine regions. He was in good
spirits, however, when he returned,
from which the French attaches drew
inference that the conference was go
ing well.
The French premier. It is apparent,
prepared to examine all proposals
is
for settlement of the German account.
out ne is determined to exact guaran
tees. He will not look upon failure to
reach an agreement as a collapse of
the entente, believing that the link
between Great Britain and France
would remain unbroken with France
temporarily acting alone.
Await Statement
A statement of the positions to be
taken by Britain and Italy in the week
end of conversations was eagerly
awaited. Premier Mussolini, arriving
here last night, gave no intimation of
his views on the reparations question.
Air. aonar Law, it Is believed, may pre
sent no program, preferring that the
liritisn government should maintain a
receptive attitude.
The arrival of the new German pro
posals, which were reported yesterday
to be on the way from Berlin, was also
awaited with interest. Unofficial ad
vices said that Chancellor Cuno's sue-
gestions included provision for exten
sion or tne moratorium granted condi
tionally upon the recent payment of
treasury notes to Belgium. The exten
sion, the German government is held
to believe, should go beyond the Brus
sels conference on the ground that the
future of the reparations question
hinged on the outcome of that gather
ing. SCENE OF "MASSACRE"
TO WITNESS BIGGEST
TRIAL IN HISTORY
(By United Press)
MARION. HU Dec, 9. 'William
county was preparing today to wit
ness the greatest criminal trial in thq
history of the Illinois coal fields the
adjudication of five union miners ac
cused of murder during the "Herria
massacre" last June,
With the jury selected and duly
sworn, and an order issued by Circuit
Judge D. T. Hartwell for court to re
convene Wednesday morning for thg
opening statements, farmers, miners.
merchants and housewives were lay
ing plans to let their work wait while
they looked on at the great legal bat
tle. After five weeks of tedious quizzing
of veniremen the Jury was finally
completed yesterday and the stags
was set for the taking of testimony.
The trial, said by union sympathizers
to be an out and out conflict between
mine operators and union labor was
ready to begin.
Counsel for the prosecution had ap
parently scored an initial victory
when the list of juriors was posted.
showing eleven farmers and one mi
ner. Several of the men listed as
farmers, however, are "part time" mi
ners and others are closely related Vj
union miners.
LOST ARMY OFFICERS
SOUGHT IN DESERT
(By Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 9. Thor- -
ough search of the deserts of Arizona
for the two missing army officers
from Rockwell field, San Diego, wha
are believed to have made a forced
landing, was underway today. Three
army planes from San Diego were in
Arizona and five more were due from
Fort Bliss, Texas.
The missing, officers, CoL Francis
C. Marshall, detailed as inspector gen
eral of cavalry, and Lieut. Charles 1c
Webber, of the air service, left Rock
well field in a plane Thursday morn
ing and were last reported at 1 o'clock
on the same day as passing over E:
tella, half way between Yuma, Ariz.j
and Tucson.
Nans en Seeks Loan to
Help Greek Refugees
(By United Press)
ATHENS, Dec. 9. The raising of &
large loan backed by guarantee of the
league of nations to aid Greek refui
gees impoverished by the Turkish war
has been proposed by Lausanna, by
Captain Fridtjof Nansen. The famou3
explorer telegraphed to the minister
for relief here, V