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IOWA CITY. li».. Fob. 14.—11 i«*
heart’d In tl»e rljtlu plan- but on t lt<*
wrong Mile. He's a K «« N | follow, is
Robert A. CiilbortMMi of Cliuriton.
lowa, a sophomore student in ircdl
dhc at I Ik* University of lowa, but bis j
IntomMl gcogrnpity is somewhat ilo-J
ranged.
fir. MeC'liutock. junior dean of the
■nodical college. pla<r«| a HtetlioM-o|H‘ [
to Culbertson's loft side In making an
examination. Not lionring so tnuoli
»i a flutter In* ran lichlnd him to see
wliut was holding him u|».
•‘fall out; you’re dead" was the
expression ho registered.
“If at first you don't succeed, try,
try again." Culbertson reminded the
iloctor. And Just ns if Vow York wen 1 *
at tile Golden Gate and San franelseo
Inside sandy llr>ok. Culbertson was
found to !>»• disarranged as to his in
ternal geography. His heart is on his
right side, his liver on the left. Ills
tliornele duet had curiously on-sneak
ed around to leeward and wlien it
ought to be to the windward.
In fnet liis "Innards" are all in re- '
vcm* fiigllsli, according to Dr. Mc-
Cllntock.
NEW YOltK. feh. 14.—Asserting
that "only thru puhHelty ('tin the
problem of tlie church's attitude to
ward the stage be solved” the Kct.
•lohti li. Henson. |MM»r of tlie fnfon
Methodist Episcopal t'liiirrh today of
fered tlie "freedom of my pulpit for «
«l< Jmilc between Her. John Koacli.
liastor of Cultary Baptist eliureli, and
William A. Brady, tlirntrleul manager.
He suggested that the topic Im*:
"Hrsolted that ilm* «liur(*li sltould
utilize th«‘ stagt* and films In advanc
ing eliureli Ideals" and he offered to
preside.
The t uloii .Methodist Epls<'o|Mil
cbiireh. the ll«>\eri ml Ib’iison said, in
cludes hi Its membership a number of
actors and Is located "hi tlie he«n of
tlie theatrical district on forty-eighth
street Just ninety-nine steps from
llroadttiiy."
PHILADELPHIA. fel». ll.—At the
a«e of 83 .lames llumlv today began
serving a four veur term for stealing
chickens. Since lie was IO Bundy luis
spent niueli of his time in the Eastern
penitentiary In this city utnl nearby
county jail**. Ilis alk'gcil offenses
range from p**ckcf Ik*»I« siuitebliig ami
counter lounging to burglary aiul at
tempts to -kill. I |mmi each return to
tlie firiiltentiary In* is liailod by tlie
long term prisoners as tin' dean of ,
«-on v lets.
CHICAGO. 111.. I ell. II.—A iiuum l
with bis wife today rt*siilte«l In Joseph
Vowykk lieliig sentenced to take her
to tlie movie every Saturday night and
to church every Sunday by Judge
Haas In notice court.
"It will com you ■; , .»0 If you ilon*t
tin* judge told him.
/.ION. 111.. I < i>. 14.—4'lunml with!
smoking a cigar in public In vlolatlou
of tin* Jlou anti-tobacco ordinance.
Martin Ituf'sch was today fined HU
and o>»t«. a total of $16.10. wlien hi* .
my came up In court. He also vv«s
fined SS.'» and ests on u cliarge of as
saulting an officer. Tlie total “iiO'ke
oist him a total of $17..50.
WASHINGTON. I’eh. II.—A hill
extruding the life of three percent
restrictive irnmlgratbui law until June
•TO. 1923. was ordered reported today
bv tlie hours- immigration committee.
Enacted as a ten»|»orary measure,
the law will expire June :: unless an
extension Is authorized. It restricts
live annual entry of aliens Into the
fulled States to approximately 35U,-
(hni person*.
11l l.slNt.l t HtS. f inland, feb. 11.
(By The \s*.oclatcd Press.)—'l.
Ttltaviiori. I‘lnnish minister of the In
terior. was shot three times with a
revolver us he was alighting from his
motor ear outside his residence here
loda>. lie dusl while lieliig taken to
a liospltal. Tin* alleged assassin.
Ernest Talhlerfelt. was arrested. The
authorities declare he Is demented.
MIANGHAI. Jan. 19.—four con
victed bandits recently were executed
on the main street of Shanghai «f
high noon as a vvamitig to others who
have been plundering in tjir two for
eign concessions of the city, fndcr
orders from t.cncral Ho 1-Vng Lhi.
t'hiiicse defense comuiimion h«*rc. live
four I'ondeiiHMtl men first were given
a rule about the city in rickshas.
They were tIK'M placed In front of a
pile of sandbags, blindfolded and shot
to death by four soldier*, drawn up
across tlie street.
WASHINGTON. I>. t .. feb. II.—A
massive womlen table, lutivlly inlaid
adorned flu* office of Attorney .Gen
eral Daugherty today. It was the work
of a prisoner In tin* federal pcniteii
(Continued on Pago Eight.)
IT WOULD TAKE ONE JUDGE MILLION
YEARS TO TRY ALL SWINDLE CASES
WASHINGTON. D. ‘ • F,,b ,4 -
Dockets of tho federal < ourt thruout
:. .> , untry are iwtoipcd with rake
utock swindling rases In which more
tlvati $140,009,000 lias been taken from
Incautious investors. Attorney General
Daughcrtv sail twilght. ’I here nre. he
said a total of 480 of the*.' . is. s In the
federal courts In which *1 persons
have ben arrested or indicted. It
woul.l
month, a yr»r. nm- mlllhm yr,r» o
rlt-nn up tlln Jock-l*. ■ Mr. Ixmßliorl}
said.
Mott of the he ••ttplklnetl «-re
fako oil companies. nlthn the swlrdl.ng
.cltomrs rnn*e fv..m ><•' »'»
mintntr .torktt t" :l !*.'»t .'tit i h-ptmnt
JStcher proptwlllmut. lUfh h..rve.t:. or.
reaped liy nwlmllrr.. It" iiiwtHml. htt
canso ptatplo do not 1 alio pains to m
v.stlgaUi a hat lli-y put tlliir motley
Into. , . ....
The department of Just lee. Mi.
Daugherty continued, comes into the
prosecution of such ens.-s thru
tlon of the postal laws. In the use or
the malls to defraud. but, he declared
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR I UERLO.
STEEL-CONCRETE VIADUCT
OVER RIVER AND TRACKS
ON SANTA FE AVE. SURE
Structure Costing $300,000 Seems Certain to Replace
Bridge Tom Out By Flood; Engineers
Visit City
i n (< vr J,n l c< J? cr . ctc 1000 feet loti? across the Arkansas river
• id he .Missouri Pacific railway tracks on Santa Fe avenue looks like a
sure Hung.
.Major Rieauvclt, chief engineer of the state highway department; J. R.
-laloncy, elite) draftsman of the state highway department and R. H. Higgins,
.'.ale superintendent of highway maintenance, conferred with County Com
missioners Harbour, Rees and Smith, and Committcement F. J. Burch, W. V.
1 od.ling and N. \\. ( ulkins yesterday afternoon and evening, and expressed
themselves ns heartily in favor of the viaduct plan.
SLGHTLY HURT IN
SHOOTING AFFAIR
Mexican Taken To Hospital
After Another Mexican
Shoots Thru Door
rlands* o Jimlnez was »;hot and
-•lightly injured by another Mexican,
said to be Hilurio Luke. In tho room
ing house at 405 South Main street, I
.it 9:2u o’clock Tuesday night. Jimlnez I
suffered a flesh wound across the
abdomen. He was taken to St. Mary's
hospital In the Hilbert ambulance.
It in said the assailant fired four
shots thru the doer of the room when
he vvh» denied entrance. Ho escaped
from the house, pursued by F. C. Bar
ron. proprietor of the place, but
eluded Barron In tho railroad yards.
I'ndersherlff Kenyon and Patrolman
.Miller took up tho search but at a late
hour last night, ttie assailant had. hot
been apprehended.
PREDICTS PRODUCTION OF OIL
FROM WELLS WILL DEBASE
| BUFFALO, N. T., F«b. lA.-Pdro!-
eum producton In the I’nlted Stott*
has reached its peak and- probably will
begin to decline within three years,
Dr. Ralph McKee. prof#s*or of chem
tcal engineering ut Columbia unlvtf
PRICE OF WHEAT
TAKES BIG JUMP
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. —Wheat prices
jumped as much e.*> 61* cent* a bushel
today at tho opening of the bojjxd of
trade. The reason was* a sensational
advance In Liverpool and other foreign
market centers while United States cx
rbnngcw were closed during yesterday's,
holiday. May delivery the most uctivo
trading option here, opcn«*d at 1.37 to
n!*'r ;•*« against $133 to I.3JM, at the
finish on Saturday.
Dealings In Chicago took on large
proportions as «mon as the market
..••1.-1. Tho prevailing view seemed
t . l»e that the extraordinary rise wan
• .ig. :> due to mon* general realiaui
«if the fact that the world is con
:rented by small supplies of wheat, and
fiat hi*p% f r relief by early shipments
of m w winter wheat from the United
St :t. - might prove fallacious owing
t . tin* poor crop outlook.
Sp. villa tors wh<* find sold wheat on
tl.. assumption that a normal yield
«•: winter wheat in this country was
i , f. , \peoteil found themselves this
morning In an uncomfortable position,
and :• ifis tlodr efforts to extricate
tlo-niselves without further losses that
had ir.ii'h t" do with forcing prices
here shnrpl> upward. When demand
i from this source had been partly satls
fh d, the market reacted romewhnt.
A good deal of th. selling of the In
itial ;idvaii<'< in the wheat market here
was .--aid to come from interests that
had h.night at Winnipeg yesterday I
while the advance thcro was In its
early stages.
that In his opinion, tho matter wai
one for state action.
Quoting from his reports. Mr.
Daugherty said that the Northern
district of Missouri ie.l In the amount
involved in pending stocks fake cakes
with n total of 31.702.000 while the
northern district, of Illinois had- tlie
greatest nunibrr of cases with 4.1. the
northern district of Texas stood with
32 eases nod the southern districts of
New York had SS cases.
As an Instance of schemes appealing
to credulous Investors. Mr. Daugherty
cited the fatuous Fverglailes case in
which $750,000 had hern obtained on a
slock of a company formed to drain
and farm rh'h Florida lands and sold
on th*' argument that there was no
frost in Florida.
After tlie stock had been disposed of,
ho added, the frost came.
This case, h*' said, had been pending
in t'hlcugo several years and already
led cost the government about $200,000
but ho was studying advisability of
pressing it
The United States government, the
state of Colorado, the city of Pueblo,
the county of Pueblo, and the Mis
souri Pacific railway company, will
jointly build this viaduct, according
to tho proposition In hand.
Cost of this viaduct will be approxi
mately 1300.000.
Tlie heighth of tho viaduct would be
about 25 feet above tho ground, ac
cording to Major Bleauvclt, bo that
railway traffic can be safely carried
on beneath it; of course the elope
e&eh waY will have to bo gradual - to
the street )pvel.
This morning the highway officials
and the county commissioners will
\isit the Salt Creek bridge work, and
then look over tho site of the proposed
Santa Fe avenue viaduct. Then tho
visitors will go to Trinidad.
TWO AVIATORS ARE
SERIOUSLY INJURED
LAWTON, Oklahoma, Feb. 14.
Harvey J. Wright, 21 years old, St.
Louis cadet pilot at Postfleld, Fort
Sill, was fatally injured and Archie
S. Yandell; 22 years old, cadet in the
observation school Is not expected io
live as a result of injuries received
when they attempted a landing in
their airplane near tho post late today.
Wright until recently, was stationed
at *'arli*rom field, Arcadia, Fla., hi*
father is now at Aberfoyle, Texas.
YandeU’s home has not bean learned.
isity, declared in an addrsss tonight
before the Buffalo Rhflposerlnir *o
. clety. Thefe I* no likelihood of tho
discovery -of new’ petroleum fields in (
this country. Dr. McKee asserted. j
But he declared rich oil abate de
posits, as yet practically untouched,
are capable of supplying the nation’s
petroleum needs for hundreds of
years.
Ho predicted the oxtractlon of oil
.from shale' would becorno one of the
greatest Industrie* In tho country. •
“It 1* not commonly appreciated how
large these shale deposits are," he
said
“lf wo consider only those oil nhslea
which will furnish a barrel or 42 gal-1
lons, or better, of petroleum per ton
of shale, wo have In the Greon River
section of Colorado, Utah and Wyom
ing alono sufficient to furnish 64,000.-
000.000 barrels of petroleum, which
amount I* eight times larger than tho
i»etroleum wells of tS*« country has,
produced since Colonel Drak* drilled .
the first oil well in 1659 at Titusville,
t*n. It Is more than five times the 1
total production of tho world since
well petroleum became commercial 60
years ago.
"Tliero also arc largo deposits In Ne
vada. *’allfornla. Kentucky. Indians.
Ohio. New Brunswick and Nova Sco
tia and smaller deposits. tho larg*
enough for commercial exploitation. In
many portion* of this *!©ntlnent. There
nre similar deposits In other parts of
the world.
PROPOSE STRIKE TO
KEEP PRESENT WAGE
INDIANAPOLIS, li.d.. Feb. 14.
I Threat of a nation-wide coal strike
!on April 1 of both bituminous and
anthracite union miners was proposed
today to th*< special convention of the
United Mine Workers of America by
tho union scale committee as ths
weapon to prcserio present basic
wages for soft coal miners nnd win
increases for th*? anthracite worker*.
As soon as the report was presented
tho convention adjourned by on al
most unanimous vote until tomorrow.
Without any action or debate on tho
scale proposal, likewise the threatened
fight In behalf of Alexander Howat.
tho Hat.sas lender who was expelled
from the union, fniled to comn before
th** 2000 delegates, but It was said it
might develop later.
The delegates held Informal confer
encer MitoUghout the day. debating
th** various proposals. Apparently the
majority view coincided with that of
the union officials who are said ati
thorltutivcly to have sought by the
report to win public opinion to ths
miners and also force the coal op«r
nters hit-* n Joint vfago conference
with tho union.
BUYS GERMAN SHIPS
BUENOS AIRES. Fob. 14.-The
nlnlstry of marine lias bought eight
een auxiliary craft from Hugo Stlnne*.
German financier, at an average pries
>f 2.060,000 German marks. Ten «>f the
* easels are «>f 600 tons each and the
others of 185 tons. They will he usod
n the hydro-graphic, lighthouse, river
nnd const guard services.
WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY 15, 1922.
BISCHOFF GOT
OVER $7,000,000
FROM THE POOR
Another Firm of Alleged
Swindlers Discovered
By Authorities
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 14.—Investiga
tion of the operations of Raymond J.
Bischoff, 25-year-old promoter today
revealed that moro than #7,000,000 had
been •’borrowed from poor persons,
mostly of foreign extraction during
th*- past two years by three men who
held out the lure of rich returns.
The amount of tho "borrowings”
ranged from a few dollars up to one
loan of #B,OOO. Tho averago was ap
proximately #2OO.
Of tho seven million dollars total
Bischoff was declared to havo obtained
approximately #4,500,000 while Leslie
Harrington and M. I*. West, whom
Bischoff accused of Imitating his
methods of business were suid to have
obtained the remainder. Warrants
charging Bischoff and two of his
aides with obtaining money under
falso pretenses were issued yesterday
und the police are now searching for
Harrington who was declared to have
loft the city.
West was taken today in a raid on
the offices of the Western Land Op
erators company.
At a heating before a refereo In
bankruptcy Bischoff revealed moro of
his operations today.
“I never made uny diroct promises
to pay moro than 6 per cent intercat
except once” Blshoff said.
’’That was ono month when T found
it difficult to get renewals from the
notes. Then at that time I never of
fered 100 per cent.”
I He said, however, that ho finally
called his creditors together and told
them what he expected he could mak*.
He declared that ho lost #2,000,000 in
"wild" oil deals In tho south.
I«ast month, ho asserted, he found It
difficult to get renewals on his notes
and decided to re-organizo a #5,000,000
corporation.
Ills original borrowing amounted to
#1.000.000 Blochoff said, nnd tho other
I #2,500.000 ho obtained thru "pyramld-
I !*»«•"
OFFER REWARD FOR
TAYLOR'S SLAYER
LOS ANGELES. Cal-, Feb. 14.—Th9
Famous Players-Lasky corporation In
[whose studios Taylor was dlrector-Ip- .
1 * h!ef announced thru tho dlftiict at
torney lato today It would psy a re-'
ward of #2.500 to the person or per
sons furnishing information resulting
[in tho arrest and conviction of the
slayer of Taylor. It was requested
that all communications nnd all in
formation on - the subject bo sent to.
tho district attorney. j
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 14.
Questioning of possible witnesses in
, matters connected with the slaying of
Wm. Desmond Taylor, motion picture
director was continued today at the
office of District Attorney Thomas
Leo Woolwlne, with no definite an- ■
nounedd results. 1
One of those questioned was a man
reported to have said lie .was near the
[Taylor house on tho evening of Febru
ary 1 and heard a shot shortly after!
1 which 11 woman left the Taylor place. |
Tho man, according to the report, raid
he was handling Illicit'whisky and de
cided ho had better get away from
tho neighborhood. When questioned,
however, the man said It was only the
story told him by another party nnd
that he did not hoar tho shot himself
or see any one leave the Taylor place,
the district attorney said. prom
ised to help detoctlvcs locuto tho per
son ho aulu told the story.
TELLS HOW ANGELS
TALK TO HUMANS
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.—Angeles
communicate with Inch other by telcp.i
a thy and converse with men by the'
same mean*. Dr. Horace C. Stanton.'
secretary of tho Presbyterian Minister
ial association, and a student of
psychic phenomena declared last night
in an address before the association.
"Telepathy is the court language of
Heaven,'* he said. "It is used by three
omlnscicnt, omlnprcscnt beings—the
Father, the Holy Ghost, nnd Christ.
Tin* Father and the Holy Ghost never
had any physical organs of speech.
Therefore, thought transmission must,
he the language used.
"For centuries scientists have noticed 1
the marvels of telepathy and Hair-1
voyance. By telepathy .11 the details
of a complex event are transmitted to
a distant mind. By clairvoyance all the
features of such a scene would be
rend from some far off mind. These
occurrences were deemed occult and
su|4brtiatural.
REFUSED CHALLENGE
TO FIGHT A DUEL
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—The story of
how Benjamin Tiza. Costa Rican
planter, and father of Miss Ellda K.
Tiza. former wltfo of Herbert P. Crane.
St. Charles. 111., millionaire, challenged
Crane to a duel when tho latter went
to Dosta Rica last December to call
on his former father-in-law. nnd was
made known here today by Miss Plan.
«*rane (refused to accept tho chal
lenge. alio said.
When Crane arrived at Pisa's office,
she said, her father was In an ad
joining town. Crane, after a long wait,
boarded a train to return to the port
of Llmon but Plzn. who had been In
formed of Crane's presence, hurried
back to his home town, lie obtained
two pistols, she said, and hurried tc
the station where Crane was seated
In a car
MANY SHIPS SEARCH
FOR MAN LOST AT SEA
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—A score of
ships of all kinds wore leaving thelf
ocean routes today on a mission of
mercy. They were continuing the
search for John Blrkner, 24, the sailor
who was cast adrift from the steam
ship Gaffney last Wednesday 700 miles
in an unfrequented part of tho At
lantic.
If Blrkner’s frail craft Is still afloat.
FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED IN
BELFAST, IRELAND, ON TUESDAY
22 Persons Killed and 60 Wounded Since Disorders
Broke Out Last
Saturday
LONDON, England, Feb. 14.—(8y
The Associated Pres®)—Shooting con
tinued thruout Tuesday In Belfast.
Four persons were killed and many
wounded. The total casultlcs since
last Saturday up to tonight were 22
persons killed and more than CO wound
ed. Tho wounded list docs not em
brace tho cases of many person* suf
fering from minor injuries. British
troops were brought into Belfast today
WALLACE FAVORS
FORD’S CONTRACT
Secretary of Agriculture Be
lieves Muscle Shoals
Scheme Is Good
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Fob. 14.
Henry C. Wallace secretary of agri
culture, "looks with favor" on Henry
Ford's offer for purchase and lease of
the government's pitrato and power
projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., ”lf its
terms are sufficiently definite and
binding to make such the plant will
bo operated continually for tho manu
facture of fertilizer^.
Dr. Richard J. Tollman director of
tho fixed nitrogen research laboratory
of the department announced tho sec
retary's position with regard to the
Ford offer In an authorised statement
which he read today before the house
military committee.
The secretary's views as expressed
by tho witness wore that If tho terms
were as ho outlined, tho proposal would
“result In making valuable considerably
Increased supply of fertilizer !u time
of peaco and give as nttaurunco of ade
quate nuppllcH of explosives In case
of need."
The statement was rend by Dr. Toll
man after tho comniltteo had com
pleted an examination lasting more
than flvo hours of W. B. Mayo, chief
engineer and personal representative
of Henry Ford. Mr. Mayo'a testimony
Included reported statements that Mr.
Ford Intended to manufacture fertili
zers In their completed forms at the
maximum production capacity of tho
Muscle Shoals plants nnd would muke
every effort to manufacture them at
a minimum cost to the farmer.
25 MILLION SUIT
EILED IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.-Thc filing of
a #25,000.000 suit against tho New
York stock exchange, tho estate of
Jacob If. Schiff and other defend
ant named ns managers of tho re
organization «>f tho Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railroad company, for al
leged falluso to account for “profits ,
1 derived from coal land* owned by the |
company," became known today when
Supreme Court Jnattre Gl<*gerlrh
granted a motion to eliminate Sey
mour L. Cromwell from tho list of
defendants. The suit was brought -by 1
tho Mercantile Fire Insurance com- j
pony and tho Narrngnnsett Mutual
Fire Insuranco company of Providence,
R. I.
111 tlie complaint, a copy of which
was filed with th*? order to dismiss.
It is alleged that tho railroad com
pany purchased a large coal aereuge,
[having a mining tonnage estimated
nt r-05.000.000 ton*, and that tho United
States Steel corporation, which Is
made a co-defendant In an effbrt to
Attnc'i funds, believed to he due the
railroad, agreed to purchase 1,000,0091
tons thereof a year. 1
PUEBLO POSTMASTERSHIP LIES
BETWEEN HIRE CANDIDATES
Special to Tlie r 'hleftaJn.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feh. 14
Willis llavcrstock, Frank B. Morten
*oll and Edward B. Wicks, were today
eertlfled to the postofflco department
bv the civil nervlco commission as eligi
ble for appointment to pnstniastership
of Pueblo, «*olo. Of various candidates,
they were tlie throo receiving tho high
est grades. Tho names have been
passed to Congressman Hardy who
will recommend ono of the number for
appointment. Blnco Pueblo is the home
town of Dr. Hubert Work, assistant
postmaster general: it Ir. likely Con
gressman llnrdv will consult with him
to agree on u choice. Nomination of
PRICE FIVE CENTS
today’s dawn marks *tie beginning of
his seventh day .'.drift on the waters.
The master of the Gaffney, Captain
Walter Beckwith, advised every craft
by wireless to seek tho drifting sailor.
Blrkner was warmiy clothed at the
time the accident sent him on his
lonely adventure and his boat was
well stocked with food.
to rostoro order. They hardly had as
sumed their duties before one. of the
soldiers was shot and wounded. In
the political sphere tho principal news
of tho day was an announcement by
Michael Colllmi head of the provisional
government In Ireland to Winston
Spencer Churchill, British secretary for
tho colonies, that Mr. Collins was in
a position, Immediately to secure the
release of a number of the kidnapped
Ulsterites.
Mr. Collins started from Dublin for
London tonight In order to consult
with the British government on tho
general situation. The general conven
tion of tho Sinn Foin has been set for
Fr-b. 21 and It la considered in politi
cal circles hero that a majority vote
In favor of tho treaty between Ireland
and Great Britain will result.
ENNISKILLEN, County Ferma
nagh, Ireland, Feb. 14.—(8y Tho As
sociated Press)— Lively exchanges
marked tho opening of the Inquest here
today on the bodies of the four Ulster
special constable* killed Saturday at
Clones.
Coroner James Milligan referred to
tho Ulsfarr xolunteer movement as
creating the present situation, lie was
warmly taken to task by a Juryman,
whllo another Juror said all the trouble
rested on Premier Lloyd-George whom
the Juror called a “weak bacKed" pre
mier. If there was Christianity in
those parts, of Ireland, "this never
would have happened.'*
Tho coroner adjourned the inquest
until February 21.'
9 MEN HELD FOB
THEATER COLLAPSE
WASHINGTON. D. C-, Feb. 14.—Nine
men were ordered held for the grand
Jury by fho coroners Jury which
brought in a verdict tonight in con
nection with tho coUapao of tho roof
of tho Knickerbocker Motion Picture
theater Jnnuaiy 2* ronultlng In the
death of ninety-eight persons.
Tho nlno men, all of Washington
were: H. G. Gears, tho architect of the
building; J. 11. Ford, tho engineer who
designed tho roof structure; Morris
Hacker, building inspector, when tho
theater was constructed; Frank 1..
Wagnor, tho builder; Donald Wallace,
General superintendent of conotruc
tlon; H. O. Fletcher, superintendent
of the Hammett. Fireproofing com
pany. which built thG walls: John L.
McDonald, tho contractor. Vho erected
the stool; Thomas M. Costlgan, en
gineer and computer for tho District
of Columbia building department, who
passed (Vi tho plana and Julian K.
Downman, the assistant building ln
s|M-ctor. when tho building wan cou
nt ruoted.
Tho inquest was begun last Tuesday
and scores of witnesses, worn heard
before tho Jury began He deliberations,
behind closed doors. It was out eoven
hours beforo It returned its findings.
PRIEST HELD FOR
BROTHERS’ DEATH
MONTREAL. Quo.. Feb. 14 —The
Rev. Adelifrd Delorme a Catholic priest
was nrrested tonight on a charge of
having murdered bis half brother.
Raoul Delormo an Ottawa university
student, whoso body was found in a
suburb of the city January G with six
bullet holes In tin- head.
Father Delorme who had been under
police guard all day was taken Into
custody after a coroner's Jury had
found him criminally rc*»ponslbl«* for
his brother’s death. Tho long message
will of tho student who took out $23.•
000 Insuraneo at the alleged direction
of the clergyman Just, foup days be
fore his death was found today and
disclosed that the Reverend Dolonnc
was chief heir of the estate.
I one of the throe will be made within n
1 few days.
Dr. Charles D. Richardson, promi
nent Washington physician, will enter
tain a company of fifty at dinner
Thursday evening In compliment to Dr.
Hubert Work, of Pueblo, president of
the American Medical association.
Gue*fs will Include: Vice President and
Mrs. Coolldge, 13rltl.*4i Ambassador and
Mrs. Geddea. Brigadier General
Sawyer, physician to President Hard
ing. and Senator and Mrs. Phipps.
Governor and Mrs. Shoup will be
spe*dal guests at a dinner party given
at Warnian Park hotel Saturday night
by Dr. and Mrs. Work. ,
WEATHER
Wednesday end Thurs
day fair, not much change
in temperature.
BODY FLOOD
VICTIM FOUND
DOWNRIVER
Was Woman-Rings Con
tain Initials That May
Identify Her
Body of another flood victim wa
found yesterday forenoon 27 mile
cast of Pueblo oil the Thatcher rancl
oiul about a iialf mile from the rivei
bed on the north side.
It is tho body of a woman who ii
life time probably weighed from 11/
to 125 pounds; five feet, 3or 4 inche:
tall; probably wore a No. 5 shoe.
She was unquestionably a whit*
woman of light complexion and hat
bobbed hair, light brown or sandy
Toeth in fairly good condition.
Thoro were two gold rings on th»
ring finger of the left hand; one wa:
a half round wedding ring plain. Th*
other was a flat band ring, havln>
the following letters, marks and fig
ures:
“F. K.—M. M. 2-23-15.’*
On what was left of the body wa<
a kimono or bath robe, probably hai
boon blue. The cloth had a heavy nap
ami the cut of the sleeves gave th*
shape the appcaranco of a bath robe
The body was in the edge of *orm
timber, was partly covered by eartl
and was partially under a pi], of de
bris and brush. One foot and on*
hand which had been purled all th.
while, wero less decomposed than th.
remainder of tho body and ahowsi
Clearly that the woman was white.
Some men rutting and hauling woo*
found tho body and notified Mr. Grant
who culled up tho- sheriff. Corone
Dibble went after the body and mad
tho Investigation revealing the abov
information. He believes these wll
without question losult In an tdentlfi
cation. The body will be held a roa
sonablo titno for that purpose, it 1
at tho morgue of the United Da via
Vorlcs Undertnkng company.
HARDING OBJECTS
TO BONDS FOR BONUS
Fears Such Method’ Wouli
Upset Financial Market
at Present
WASHINGTON’, D. C., F«b. 14.-
President llarding thinks it la iui
practicable to ralao by u bond isaUu a
tills time a largo sum of money t’
finunco tho eoldicrs’ bonus, it wa
stated today at tho White House, an*
ho Is unalterably opposed to th* atig
gvHtrd »Ik'ht-pylnt tax program or t
a return to any of th* taxca that hav
been repealed.
Tho cxocutivQ was represented a
bHng favorably disposed toward th
bonus legislation and It was amphu
slaed that when ho appeared befor
tho iciinto last July to ask that It
enactment, bo deferred he had not tak
cn a position of hostility. It also wa
stated that promises made by Xtapub
Means In tho 1!»20 primaries had no
been lost eight of, but it was potato*
out that no exact tlmo had been fix—
for the pa sea go of on adjusted com
pensation bill.
The attitude of the executive, it wa
added, had to bo that of finding .
safe and defcnslblo condition of th
fulfillment of tho ptondsrs mad* o:
the one hand, and having regard fo
restored stability on tno other. Hold
big that there was a question whetha
thoro was tii fl same sweeping deter
ruination at this tlmo that there wa
during tho war's responsibility who*
tho government could havo raised a!
most any sum tho president was phi
to doubt the possibility of obtalnlm
uo.v thru n bond Issue the t>um re
qutred for tho soldiers’ bonus wlthou
an advance j n interest rate* *1,4 th
disturbing financial tranquility of lb
country.
THREE HURT IN
AUTOMOBILE GRAS!
Three person* were seriously in
Jured. one perhaps fatally, when a:
automobile In which they were ridln:
toward* Colorado Springs, turned tur
tb\ Jaint's Kourclis, 33 year
old. r barber nt 304 West Norther
avenue suffered a fractured skull, an
Dr. Scngcr, who attended him a
Mlnnequa hospital does not expect hi
recovery, Christ Stamoulls, 1428 Urdu
street, who is a tailor nt IJOO Las
Evans avenue is Buffering from
broken collar bone and George Yaurf*
Isofi Cypress street received an injure
back in the accident. Mrs. Junto
Pappas, daughter of Vnurls, and he
19-months-*»ld child escaped untnjure*
and Paul Kocholos, who was driving
also escaped Injury.
All of the occupants of the car wer
Greeks, and an Interpreter wa* re
qulrcd to obtain the data of th** accl
dent. They informed tho Intorprcte
that they wore turning a curve on th
Colorado Springs road at about 2,1 mile
an hour, whom the lnrge car In wide
they wer© riding struck some sot
earth. Tho car turned over, throwln
all of the persons clear of tho wrock
age.
A Denver doctor, whoso name w*
not learned. loft Pueblo nt 11:45 o'cloc
for Denver, but seeing the accidetv
placed tho injured persons In hi* c*
(Continued on Png* Right.)