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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 19Z2. PAGE TWO FORD RETAIL SALES GO OVER MILLION CARS AND TRUCKS DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 25.—Retail sales of Ford cara, truck# and Ford aon tractors have again exceeded the million mark for the year 1921, ac cording to a statement given out to day by the Ford Motor company. The Ford fnctory and assembly plant production figures reached a total of 1,(150,740 cars, trucks and tractors for the year, with retail sales by dealers approximating 1.093,000 which in the United States alone surpassed the 1920 retail sales record by 104,213 Ford cars and trucks. The Ford Uompany says the outlook for 1922 Is decidedly optimistic. In fact, concrete evidence already exist in that car and truck retail sales for December. 1921, exceeded December. 1920 sales by almost 25 per cent, and Fordson tractor retail sales for the same periods show an increase of over 100 per cent for December, 1921. as well as an increase over the total tractor sales for the month of Novem ber. These facts seem to indicate that not only are tho farmers buying more freely, but that the general public is becoming more responsive and recep tive. Another point brought out by a com- H. B. HEPBURN ~ (Continued from Page One.) the National City Bang and president of the Chase National Bank. Mr. Hepburn was a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation and a member of the New York City Chamber of Commerce, the Pilgrims, the Academy of Political science, the Japan society. National Geographic society. Metropol itan Museum of Art and a member of the Museum of Natural History. He alwa/s maintained an actlv* in terest in international affairs, especial ly In American-Japanese relations and in 1919 gave funds to the "University of Toklo to establish a itiair for the study of the history and constitution of the United States. H*- whs made an offi cer of the I.eglon of Honor by the French government In 1913. for his share in a reception in New York to French official visitors. In the year following the world war he was ap pointed chairman of a committee to aid German children. Mr. Hepburn was author of many mag&zmo and review essays on eco nomics and finance and published two hooks. “The History of Coinage and Currency." and “Artificial Waterwajw and Commercial Development.” He was chairman of the currency committee of the American Bankers' association from the time of its organization. Ha was a member of many leading clubs. Tn 1873 ho married Miss llattlo Fisher of St. Albans. Vt.. who died several years later. In 1887 he remar ried. taking for his wife, Mias Emily H Eaton, of Montpelier. Vt. They made their home In New York Pity f n r many years and had a country house at Ridgefield. Conn. ODD AND INTERESTING (Continued from Pago One.) to chock the flames wore futile. CHICAIiO, .lan. *s.—The pre-war dollar now is worth 72 cents when ■pent for meat, and 6* cents when spent for mher food stuffs, according to a statement made* public today by J. T. Russell, president of the Nation al Association of Meat Councils. Eighteen months ago. Mr. 11 user I] ■aid. I lie pre-war dollar was worth Rl cents in the retail meat market and a year ago. 62 rents. NEW YORK. .lan. 25.— “Iaaty” Eln atrdii New York's most spettaeular prohibition agent. today dlNTuiaed himself In David llnrnni garb, as sumed an authentic ''b'go-h” dialect, hired n «reokmg surrey, drove into the country north of Montlccllo. \. V.. nml returned ten Itoiio lat<*r with three whtaky stills, aeveral hundred gallons f*f mash ready for distillation aiul .several cans of ••moonshine". In cidentally lie had served three sum mons on upstate farmers calling for explanations In federal court. FHIZtA DELPHI A. Penn.. .lan. 25. Kneeling ls*slde the coffin In which lay the body of her husband, whom with his stenographer. slve hail sluln. Mrs. Oaoar Rosier today pleaded for forgiveness. As the tc::rs *tteamed down her cheeks and fell upon the face of the man she had killed and with her 3-months*, old baby son clasped tightly to her breast, slic re peated over and over self-rcpr»*aches for tier ait. After twenty minutes with the dead. Mrs. Rosier became so hyatericxzl that her guards were com pelled to lead her from the room. LKOX. min. .lan. 25.—(8y Tl»e Associat'd Press.)—Owing to the heavy snowfall in the mountain regions, many wolves have made their way down the slopes Into the plain districts. The villager* of Comicro ami So pen n arc unable to Icutc their home* after dark, trwlng to tl»o wolves. GENOA PARLEY (Continued from Page One.) nltc policy In our conduct of foreign affairs that the Oar man vep;» ration must first bn fixed before anything practicable ran he Anno as to other aspects of stabilizing the world eco nomically and politically. In short. If t tic Genoa conference la to meet and talk and end with the German reparations unrevised there i« little use of our participating in It. To do so would he like attempting to build the walls of a house before the foun dation stones are made secure. Finally, tho mere presence of the Russian government at the Genoa con ference will constitute a kind of In direct recognition of the soviet. On this ■ubjcct our government has had a def inite policy different from that of soma European government's. Whether or not we are to recognize the present Russian regime might better ha con sidered directly and singly ss n prin cipal subject either by ourselves alone or In conference with other nations (Copyright JP2? by the New York Eve. j nlng Post Tne ) 1 parlson of production figures for the past two years shows that Ford on-1 closed cars are gaining in popularity, as 23 per cent of tho 1921 production were Sedans and Coupes as against a total of 18 per cent for the year pre vious. Rocent reductions in Ford car and truck prices brought them to a new , level. The Touring car now sells for $348. tho Runabout for $319, the Coupe for SSSQ, the Sedan for $645. the Chassis for $285, and the truck for $430. all F. O. R. Detroit. This is the fourth price cut in the past 16 months. During that time the price of the touting car alono has been cut from $575 to $348, a reduction of 40 per cent. Reductions on some of the other types have been even greater. The Ford Company believes that this reduction, while not a large one. is especially Important at this time as it should go a long way toward stabiliz ing market conditions. Ford is giving employment at pres ent to approximately 40,000 men in his main plant at Detroit, the importance of which is emphasized when consld-1 eration is given to the fact that nearlv 20 per rent of the city’s population is directly dependent upon the Ford Motor Company. SHOUP ADDRESSES HARDWARE MEN DENVER, Jan. 26.—The farmer and the man who is a producer must be restored to tho point where they “are ablo to sell their products at & profit.” declared Gov. Shoup in an address to day at the annual convention of the Mountain States Hardware and Imple ment association. "Tho products of our soil axe most important. When the farmer is pros perous merchants and bankers are prosperous and every one is prosper ous. It is our chief duty ns citizens, to restore tho farmer.” ho declared. I Referring to a speech made by Earl i D. lloinies of Casper, Wyo., president of the association, concerning the; tendency of some hardware dealers' to leave the smaller towns for the cities Governor Shoup urged th*t every effort be made to "encourage men to remain in tho country ills-, tricts." I "We in America must encourage by extonsluil of credits and more op portunities men to stay in country. districts." Governor Shoup‘was one of three governors scheduled to address the hardware delegates to speak today. Governor Carey of Wyoming and Mechem of New Mexico, were called to Washington. It was announced. Dew Soule editor of tho Hardware Age, expressed an opinion that busi ness for the hardware men will l>e bettr during 1922 than it was in 1921. "One thing is certain" he said, “business will bo better In proportion to what we do to help make It better." President Holmes of tho Associa tion. predicted a gradual improve ment in industrial conditions in his annual address. Secretary-Treasurer W. W. McAl lister of Boulder, made his annual report to the association. It showed the membership had tripled In three years. HARDING TAKES (Continued from Page One.) committee of fifteen but no changes were made, it now is regarded ss probablo by some delegates that no word regarding the fortifications pro posal will come from Toklo before next week. Today’s meeting of tho Far Eastern committee was equally Inconclusive, i the delegates debating without final action the situation of wireless facili ties in China. I» was voted to recon sider a resolution udopted December 7 to restrict use of wireless plants and after Elihu Root had presented a sub stitute for his proposal of yesterday, the subject was referred to a subcom mittee. At a meeting later the sub committee likewise discussed the pro posed resolutions without action. MAID SERVANT IS CONVICTED OF ROBBERY DENVER. Jan. 25. —Mrs. Mary Kirby was found guilty today by a jury In the district court of stealing $3,000 worth of wearing apparel and Jewels from Mrs. Herbert 8. De Hollar, society matron. In whoso home she was employed as a maid. The Jury acquitted her husband. James Kirby who was prosecuted with her. Coun sel for the defendant obtained a stay of execution pending appeal for a new trial. Immediately after tho jury brought in its verdict. District Attorney Van Clan ordered Kirby hold on ft charge filed In New York. MADE NUMEROUS HAULS CHICAGO. 111.. Jan. 25.-Mrs. Ductile van Hoff Hanley arrested In conne< - t‘dn with ;i forgrrx confessed today according l<» the police that she com mitted several robberies single hand ed, two of them after vhc had drugged her victims. Her theft.* during the last sixteen months mostly Jewelry and clothing, totalled more than $60,000 po lice Maid. According to the police. Mrs Han ley usually obtained emplojNnent a maid, then robbed her employers at the first opportunity. FORD SIGNS CONTRACT DETROIT. Mich.. Jan. 25 —The con tract covering the proposed lease and purchase of the government’s nitrate and waterpower projects at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was stgned by Henry Ford and returned to tho war depart ment tonight a few hours after it hod been received It was announced. To Cure a Cold One Day Take Laxative HROMO QUININE tablets. The genuine hears the signa ture of E W. Grove. (Bo sure you get PROMO ) 30c. NOTICE I JOS I* BILLR has moved his »-nnl rpfnle office to \V 4th street In the opera HOUSE BLOCK. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN WITNESSES ADD LITTLE LIGHT None of 16 Are Able to Pre sent Direct Testimony of Hanging 1 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 25. None of the sixteen or more witnesses appearing today before a senate In vestigating committee was able to present direct testimony relating to charges that American soldiers had been handged without trial in France. Henry* Genntry a negro of Lawrence. Kansas, who severd in the regular army prior to the war declared ho saw a negro officer Major George H. Phil lips of East Orange. N. J.. shoot Wil liam Patterson a negro private, .but ho could not say positively whether the soldier died or whether Phillips I was tried by court martial. The shooting, he said, followed the soldiers refusal to help an army cook slice bread. j Three medical officers attached to base hospital No. 9, near Chateau Roux, testified there was no truth In charges by former service men that the bodies of nine men, killed by the military police had been sent to ths hospital. Then half a dozen former soldiers declared only two men were hanged at Is-Sur-Tille, the number listed on the war department's hang ing report. Previous testimony was that “about a dozen" soldiers had been put to death there. Speeches made by Julius Rosenwald president of Sears, Roebuck and com pany of Chicago to troops in France while there as representative of the secretary of war were mentioned by two witnesses who asserted Mr. Roscn wald had assured negro soldiers they would receive better treatment at home after the war and that this had I created some bitterness In camp. One lof the witnesses, said some of the white soldiers felt like lynching tn# speaker. All agreed, however, that in whatever rows resulted among the men, nobody was killed. CHILDREN POISONED DES MOINES. la.. Jan. 25 Sheriff TV. E. Robb is investigating the ill ness of Conrad Wooleys, aged 12 and Orville Porter, aged 16, who are said to have been ill after having eaten of food at the latter’s stepfather's home rear here last Saturday. An analysis of the food la said to have shown that the food was poisoned. Tho case was first called to the au thorities attention by M. A. Fisher, the stepfather who brought sample.* of the food to the sheriffs office charg ing that attempts had been made to poison him. This led tho sheriff to investigate and it was learned the boys had been ill from poisoning. The sheriff Is investigating report* that the boys have been poisoned as the out growth of family differences. They will recover. DENVER MEN DIRECTORS ! NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 25.—H W. Stanley, receiver of the Tennessee Cen tral railroad since 1917 was today an nounced as president of its successor, the reorganized Tennessee Central rail way. with Claudo K. Boettcher and ‘ itJeorgo G. Morse, both of Denver, as vice-presidents. Purchasers of the Tennessee Central were said today to be considering fa vorably tho possibility of extending the western division of tho road from Hop kinsville. Ky. to Paducah, a distance of seventy miles to connect with the Burlington. WOULD GIVE THE VETERANS ADVANTAGE WASHINGTON. J»n. IB.—o.r»r E. Carlstroni. commander In chief of the United State* Spanish War Veterans, and a comm it too from that organiza tion called at the White House today to request President Harding to ex- j tend to Spanish war veteran* the ex- . eoutive order following a five point preference to veterans of the world war in civil servlco examinations for postmast erships. The committee also requested an in creASQ of the pension allowance to dls- : abled Spanish War veterans and the 1 widows and dependent* who aro now 1 getting, it was said, only sl2 a month. Inclusion of disabled Spanish War veterans among these eligible for hos pital treatment also was asked. Considers Rehearing DENVER. .Tan. 25.--City Attorney James A. Marsh announced today he is considering the advisability filing u petition for a rehearing in the tram way faro «a*o before tho United State* circuit court of appeals at St. Louis. Tho court upheld the decision of United State* Judge Robert E Lewis In granting the tramway the right to charge an 8-cent fare. The city was given 60 day* in which to file a peti tion for n. new trial. Educator Travels DENVER. Jan. 25- William Her bert perry Kaunco president of Brown university of Providence. R. I . ar rived in Denver today with hi* sec retary Tho*. B. Applcgct, on a tour of tho country in educational inter est*. At noon today Mr. Faunco ad dressed the Kiwnnin club on "the meaning of America." Tonight he will speak at an alumni banquet «t the University r|ub. "Brown Unlver nily" will bo hi* subject. TAPPED THE WIRES New York, Jan. 25. -When workmen attempted to take down the telephone switchboard in prohibition director Ralph A. Day’s office, evidences were found that outsider!* had for an un determined period been “tapping” the wires and listening In on telephonic «onvcrsatlons to and from prohibition headquarter*. DAD WILL KAY: ‘Tho kid Isn't just rule, lie’s n Grain*. Wait till yon see “My Boy” IRISH PEACE TREATY SIGNED IN ROOM WHERE BRITISH- U. S. TREATY WAS MADE C«tucil chamber in Lloyd George’s official residents in Downing street London. Tho treaty which mads Ireland a Free State was sirned to tho council chamber in the official residence of Premier Dsvid Lloyd George at 10 Downing street, London. It was in this room that the peace treaty between Great Britain and America, which marked the end ox Amanoa’s fight for freedom, was signed. DIPLOMA DID NOT WORK; COPS BUSY WEBSTER. Mass., Jan 25.—Arthur Arsenault was back at a bench in <>x ford today, a correspondence school detective disillusioned by contact with court* and with the state constabul ary. He wrote under an assumed name to Nile* Peterson, postmaster at Dodge, that he was a detective who "always got his man and worked in secret" and would turn up the men who robbed the postmaster three months ago when he was advanced carfare and money enough to buy a revolver and a pair of handcuffs. Peterson Informed the state consta bulary and the mechanic detective waa locked up. Convicted of lmeprsonatlng an officer Arsenault paid a small fine, then took out of his pocket a diploma with seals ANTI-URIC For RHEUMATISM Rheumatism must be treated tntar nally. The blood should be purified and the kidneys made to do their work properly. 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It is cheap and simple, hut. very prompt in action. Under ita healing, soothing influence, chest sore ness goes, phlegm loosens, breathing be comes easier, tickling in throat-stops and. you get a good night’s restful sleep. The usual throat, and cheat colds are con quered bv it in 24 hours or leas. Nothing l'cttrr for bronchitis, hoarseness, croup, throat tickle, bronchial asthma or win ter coughs. To make (his splendid cough svnip. liour 2 l a ounces of Pincx into a pint mttle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar svruo and shake thor oughly. If you prefer, us© clarified molasses, honey, or corn svnip, instead of sugar syrup. Either way, you get a full pin P—a family supply—of much better cough svnip than you could bur ready-made for three times the money. Keeps perfectly and children love its pleasant tA»tc. Pincx is a special and highly concen trated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, known the world over for its prompt healing effect upon the mem bra nea. To avoid disappointment ask vnur druggist, for ‘‘2V6 lUinccs of Pinex” with full directions, and don’t necept. any thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction or money promptly re funded. Tho I’iucx Co., Ft. Wayne, 2m* of red and gold which Attested his qualifications ns a graduate detective. He tore It In small pieces. It is a common error to speak of, T<ady Astor as the first woman to be elected to the British parliament. A Sinn Felner, the Countess Marklevlrz. was. strictly speaking, the first elected woman M. P. Rut she. like the rest of the Sinn Felners. never took her seat In parliament. Robes for the Lord Mayor cost the City of London 1776 a year. Cheese was once considered too vulgar an edible for well-bred ladles. Next to coal, peat Is the beat pos sible fuel. It burns longer than wood and gives more heat. Among the Hindus It Is considered exceedingly unlucky for a person to look hack when he leaves his house New South Wales lias turned a con vict prison into a huge technical col lege. capable of housing eight thou sand students. Men’s Union Suits at Special Clearance Prices Men's regular $4.00 Vassar Union Sluts, also other good makes of same regular price. High grade natural wool Union Suits for satisfactory winter service special at $2.35. Men s Ecru Cotton Ribbed Union Suits, and heavy gray fleece lined Union Suits, in regular $1.25 and $1.50 grades, special at . 85c BOYS’ UNION SUITS REDUCED Bovs medium weight cream cotton ribbed Union Suits, for ages 6 to 16, re duced from $l.OO for clearance at 73c MEN’S WOOL SHIRTS ON SALE A splendid $5.00 line of ail-wool flannel shirts, with lay-down collars; brown, green and plaid patterns. 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Lectures to he held in the future, were discussed and the Sail Isabel for est nlso received much discussion. Ways of making a bigger and better Pueblo ns well as a bigger and better automobile business wero taken up at the meeting. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION fC\\WU 6 Bella NS Hot water Sure Relief DELL-ANS 25* and 75* Packages Everywhere SUMMER BEAUTY HINT Hair Is by far the most conspicuous thing about us and is probably the most easily damaged by bad or care less treatment. If wa are very careful in hair washing, we will have virtually no hair troubles. An especially fine shampoo for this weather, one that brings out all the natural beauty of the hair, that dissolves nnd entirely re moves ail dandruff, excess oil and dirt, car. easily be used at trifling expense by simply dissolving a teaspoonful of canthrox (which you can get at any druggist'sln a cup of hot water. This makes a full cup of shampoo liquid, enough so It is easy to apply it to all . the hair instead of Just top of the head. Tills chemically dissolves all impuri ties and < roains a soothing, cooling lather. Rinsing leaves the scalp spot lessly clean, soft nnd pliant, while the hair takes on the glossy richness «>f natural color, also a flufflness which makes It seem mum heavier than it is. After c«nthrox shampoo, arrang ing the hair Is a pleasure. Tho first and last original dramas of Shakespeare are “Two Gentlemen of Verona," written In lf>7o, and “Tho Tempest, *' written in 1611. Thirteen thousand women hold membership in tlm American Asso ciation of University Women, which alms as far as it Is possible to help women who cannot afford Hi to univerity education. 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