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PAGE TWO. AEVOLTING TALE OF INQUISITION UNFOLDS IN LA, (Continued from Page One) stockily built, good natured smiling, ® farmer of Mer Rouge. Andrews, one of the fiye kidnaped by the mob, said he had gone to Bas- trop August 24 to attend a baseball game and barbeque with J. T. Nor- worthy, riding with him in Andrew's car. “We got there about 8 or 10 o'clock in the morning, in time to see the first baseball game,” he said. “We loft just before sundown.” "what time did you return?” asked Attorney General Coco. #1 started to return but I didn’t get there, 4 fAbout a mile or so out of town, up and “None that I know of," said An- drews. Andrews was then asked whether he is a relative of Dr. Russell, skin specialist of New Orleans. He re- plied thet he and Dr. Russell were related only by marriage. Andrews declared he was toa member and neyer had been a mem- ber of the Ku Klux Klan and that he did not belong to any church. He was then cross examined. J. L, Daniel, 66 yearold plantation owner and father of Watt Daniel, vic- tim of the mob terrorists, went on the witness stand at 4.25 p. m. He told how he was kidnaped, taken te the ‘woods and whipped by the same hood- ed men who tortured to death his son. HOUSE OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED (Continued from Page One) on m dump—that old tram road out |PosdJustment of intrastate rates; in- thére—I was held up by a bunch of |Veetisation bigek hooded men. There were about fifteen or twenty of them.” Was that on a public road?” “Yes, one man came to the side where I was driving, pointed a gun at me and told me to @et out. T did. I was blindfolded and my hands tied | before me. They set me off at the side of the road about 25 to 50 feet away.” “What aid they say to you" wPhey eald they wanted me. One of them said ‘hero's one of the men wo want.” “Dia you then recognize any of them or recognize their voices?”’ “No. I recognized the yolce of J. L. Daniel, father of Watt Danie}, ‘Then I heard them say they wanted some others. They next. When they put me they asked. ‘Is that you, W. C.?"| and I told him {t was. I said ‘T guess they are going to get all of us,’ and) of state's natural re: sources in relation to question of state revenues and possible depletion of such resources; memorial to con: gress to grant relief to reclamation Project settiers; sale of bonds and se- curities now held jn state permanent funtls where reinvestment can be made at more advantageous income rate. The Republican majority in the ower house will be two less than hae been anticipated. One Republican member, Representative C. W. Ford of Hot Springs county, Cled recently in Los Angeles, and Representative Joseph H. Neville of Big Horn coun- ty ts ill and probably will be unable to take his seat during the session. eo Natrona Park he said ‘I reckon so.’ . “They got Watt Daniel and Tot Davenport. I recognized Watt's voice when they told him to get up. | I guess one of them shoved him or did, something like that when he was slow fn obeying. Watt said ‘wait a min- jute, buddy, don't be so fast."” “Why did he say ‘buddy?’ Those hooded men were not buddies were they?” "Guess they were not,” said An- drews smiling. “What happened then?” “They put us in a car; at least they put me in a car) but I couldn't recognize any voices so I didn’t know who else was in the car. They start- ed back down the road.” “Toward Mer Rouge, do you snean?” “No, judge: leastways I don't think so. I could tell they were turning the ear around and I judge we came back this way, for after o bit I could smell the old pulp mill mighty strong.” There was a shout of laughter at this: There ie 2 pulp mill located near Bastrop. nd did they keep you there?” ‘No. It seems like to me they took us out on the Monros road some: Grant Okehed By Sec. Fall WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 6,— (Special to The Tribune.)—The in- terior department has made a fay- erable report to the senate commit tee on public Jands and surveys upon Senater F, H, Warren's bill granting Hell's Half Acre to Na- trona county, Wyo., for a public park. Senator Warren has been assur; ed that his colleague, Senater John B. Kendrick, who is a member of the public lands committee, hopes to secure early permission to report the measure favorably to the sen- ate. ee FOUR YEAR OLD OAUGHTER OF PEAKED SUCCUMBS TD APPENDICITIS . OPERATION where. After we stopped somebody told me to get out of the car and I id. They led me off a piece by my arms and‘asked me what did I know about the attempted assassination of Dr: B. M, McKoin. 1 said I didn't know anything about it whatever, and gave an account of myself on the night they say somebody shot at Me- Kolin." “Did they seem satisfied with your alibt “No sir, They said they knew I had something to do with {t and ‘would whip me to make me tell. They told me to pull down my pants, but my hands were fastened and I couldn't #0 they cid it themselves and threw me'down on my face and ‘whipped me.” ‘Were you only flogged or were you injured in other ways?” “Well, I got a lick in my face some way and one in my side that raised ‘up a knot about as big as my fist. “They left me lying there on the ground and then they whipped old 3.1. That was the first I knew that J. ZL. was with us. I heard him holler plead. They accused him of the © thing they did me but I was suffering so I couldn't listen to whet they were saying to him. Then they came back to me and told me if I couldn’t talk and wouldn't talk, they ‘was a-oing to hang me and I expect they would. I hadn't no idea till they turned me loose In Collingston later but what they meant to kill me. I told ‘em to go ahead anf hang me but that wouldn’t make me know any. thing about what they were askin me and I couldn't dle but once any- way and I was suffering so much T didn’t much care if I did die.” “What happened then?”* “They put us in the car. T didn’t know then but what it waa only me in the car and some man that T saw later had a black hood on down to his (mid breast) took me out of the car and turned me loose right across frotn the depot in the main street of CoNingston and told me T was to stay there and not look back but the train hack to Mer 10 or 11 o'clock.” Rouge about “Pid you look back?” “Yes, str, T did. He walked away} from me about as far as from here to the door by that time and T could wee he had on his black hood yet and then J. L. and Tot came up and helped me across the tracks to where T could tay down because I was suf- fering so I could hardly walk.” “Did the mob that kidnaped you ‘wear Kian regalia?” Andrews was asked. “No, they wore Mack hoods and their hata on over thone.” Andrews said he belleved they were members of the Ku Klux Kian, “may be pot the Klan as an erganization, but. members.”’ ho had never had a He declared the r took a hand in the hearing, what was the significance of his statement than Dante) eaid to him *T guess they're going to get us all.” | oie bes I te al dete nace iy eatch | Sorrow centered within the home of Mr. and Mrs. A, W. Peake when their four-year-old daughter Meredith pass ed away at 8 o'c'-ck yesterday morn- ing at a local hospital, death occur: ing fom acute appendicitis. Everything possible had been done to save the life of the child, but_no effort was successful. The body of the little one was taken to Azuza, “xl, Jast night accom- panied by the bereaved parents. Mr. Peake is connected with the Midwest Refining company h Sheridan Girl To Be Correspondent In Washington Buccess in the fields of Journalism and imaginative writing seems to be ahead of Miss Olga Moore of Shert- dan, who will go to Washington, D. C., In June to become a special corre: spondent for some of the more tm: portant papers of Wyoming. Miss Moore will be graduated from the University of Wyoming this spring with a bachelor of arts degree, Her career has been unusually pic turesque during the past few years. Working on the Sheridan Bnterpri in the summer and attending college in the fall and winter, she hak had many unique opportunities to further her progress along Iiterary lines. She has been looked upon by those who know her as one of the future representatives of Wyoming fn {ts lit- erary life, Already she has succeeded in placing some of her work with the magazines and ts especially skillful in drawing characters of the west pists saad i Ae High School Cadets To Play Hosts Next F; riday at Function The premier event of the high school rocial season will take place next Friday in the new high school gymnasium with the cadets turning out in thelr gray uniforms and play- ing the genial hosts to a large num- ber of friends. It 1s probable that the high school orchestra wil] furnish the music for the dancing. This capable organiza- tion is one of tho finest that could be obtained for such an occasion, There will be no military drill at this time, Later in the year a com- petitive drill will be held to deter- mine the best cadet who will receive jat that time a medal from the Casper | Rotary club, | ‘The militarp/u1 in under the direc: of Sam Neff. The gymnasium be decorate. ange and black jthe high sekool colors, and will be | fitted in every way to offer the b Donsible welcome to the guests. . Punch will be serve | Much of War Area Restore Casper Sundap Two-Thirds of Devastated Region Is Re- claimed, Says Worker in France; Road- Building Records Is Established BY FAITH HUNTER DODGE PARIS, Dec. 30.—{Special to The Tribune.)}--To the American return- sence, the whole face of the devestat-' ed arca, with the eexoeption of re- sions ike Verdun, which can never! be reclaimed, has materially changed, Out ef something which was Infinitely worse than nothing, an orderly, pro- ductive universe is being evolved. Before me lies a sheet of thin pa- per, the carbon cepy of a statistical report from the Ministry of the Lib- erated Regions. It seems to me more eloquent, more beautiful and more; ‘worthy to be conserved for future generations than many an ittumin- ated page of many a priceless four- teenth century volume such as mu- seums guard in locked glass canes. It is the record of achievement against great odds. But it Is also the story of a work that remaina to be done. When the invading hosts re-| treated from Northern France, and the Freneh people returned to search for the ruins of thetr homes, they moved into a district a y as large as the state of New Jersey that had been turned from a fruitful Ignd into a wilderness, The devastat- ed arees were criss-crossed with trenches, littered with debris and dot- ted with ruins that had once deen homes or factories. The s0{l, more: over, had been so churned by shells that it had become a vast waste filled with war-born oraters. ‘Two-thirds of this area has been re- stored and returned to cultivation. Millions of men were employed dur- ing the war to dig trenches, but peace could muster only its hundreds of thousands to fil] them up, The fac-| tories of the entire world were kept busy turning out the shells that ploughed the soll of northern France. The work of repatring the damage they ¢{a has devolyed upon the French farmer. The American public is not of\y familiar with the cost of road-building, but it has also jenrned that a high: way system is not created in a day, France has undoubtedly made 2, world record in romd-building, One of the first steps in restoring the devastated regions waa, of course, to re-build the highways. State roads that were destroyed, if Placed end to end, would reach one and a half times around the world, following the line of the equator. Of the 36,685 miles of highway destroyed, 18,000 miles have been rebuilt. Of the remaining 18,000 miles, 15,000 have! been made “passable’—when the! weather is fine, Industry and agriculture have pre-| ceeded hand in hand in the work of restoration, There are in the state of Massachusetts approximately 12,000 | indystrial establishments. Northern France had 22,911 factories thet were | destroyed. Of this number approxi. | mately 8,000, 2,988, to be exact—have! not been rebult, There were more | towns and villages destroyed than! there are in Kansas, Nebraska and Towa. Two-thirds of these communl- ties have been either completely or partially restored, Finally, of the ¢,-| 990.000 people forced from the de- vastated regions in 1914, 683,000 never returned. That is as many people as there are in the city of Pittsburgh or | the state of Dakota, So it is, that, notwithstanding all that remains to be done in Northern Franee, the reconstruction achieve- ment there is a story of pioneering | unparalleled in history. { Freneh have always been ot handicap have made them able to cope with all the surprises and difti- culties of a primitive wilderness, Pluck, resourcefulness, quick-witted- ness, common-sense and sociability are national traits which have served them well in their pioneering exploits in North and South America, in Al- geria, in Tunisis, in Indo-China, and {n the islands in the seas. But their Pioneering in the past showed ulti- mate results of varying degrees of Success, Thus, teas than three hund- red years ago, Jacques Marquette, with Touts Joliet, began the history of our own central (misnamed mid- western) states; Robert Cavalier de lq Salle and Louis Hennepin followed in their steps, and their heroic self-scri- fies and devetion to a lofty purpose are written large in our history. But our central states bear little surface evidence today of the splendid Pioneering of these men. In a ma- jority of instances, only names of Cities, towns, rivers and lakes aro left. A hundred similar examples crowd upon the memory as we review the story of French pioneers, Two pag adoxical traits, ever present side by side in the Freneh character are largely responsible for this: the o1 the Frenoh genius in adaptability; the other, the Frenchman's love of hix native land whieh makes him loath to live away from {t. These two tratts, which in French ploneer work in oth- er lands have been seen as drawbacks, since the comparatively few French- men who consent to remain away) from their native land become wholly; identified with the country of their adoption, are the most potent factors | in the guceess of the ploneer at work | today {n the wilderness of northern France. For, as the result of the war, it has fallen to the Frenchman's lot to pio- neer fn hig own land. Sinos the phy- stoal, social, political, economical and{ Psychological fnctora tnvotved tn thet, kind of pioneering he {s now called upon to do, differ materially from thi ware factors when pioneers moved into a primitive wilderness, I have been curious to see just how the out- /ty: standing traits of character of the | French pioneer in other landa have ' asperted themaelves—it at all—under the new conditions eo suddenly and unexpectedly imponed, The elementa of play and adventure, the lure of the into the enthusiasm of the pioneers ‘rich, architects, in other landa, have certainly been } peption,” absent here; here ts only work, but Work with a well-defined objective. ‘The earlier the neers women and children, and disabled men are in ti ‘There have been no red savages in the new French wilder, Ness ,but there have been unexploded shells, The earlier pioneer, compelled to cleat natural jungles in order to make his garden, gave his strength and vitality to that task; the new pio- Reer, face to face with the tremendous problem of clearing away war-debris and making gas-poisoned soil produc- tive, have consecrated, not alone his individual strength and vitality to the task, but has used all the assets of modern machinery and science avail. able to him and unknown by the old pioneer. ; To the Frenchman who has abrays een an ardent individualist (when at Work), the life of the oid pioneer is undoubtedly more alluring than that of the new, He believes in the power of his own hands, and accepts the {dea of machine-made results ynwillingly, This ts particularly true of the peas: ant, and it {8 the peasant-pioneer who has remade the fields of devastated France. “It will not be difficult to imbue the coming generation with this new con- writes Mrs, Hamm. in World Agriculture, the older people of Franco cannot easily put by the individualism that is the very warp and woof of their na- ture. The peasant came back with his wife and children to conditions of lfe thamseemed impossible, appalling. ‘With nothing but the clothing on his back with his whe and children to conditions of life that seemed tmpon- sible, appalling. With nothing but the clothing on his back, with every material possession gone, with no transportation available for the sim: Pleat tools of housekeeping and farm: ing, with orchards destroyed, farm animals gone, scarcely a stone left to mark where once his tidy little farm. house stood, still he has returned with his unshakable faith in the poil and itn his ability to extract a living from it with his hard and toll-worn, hands, He lives temporarily in a milltary dugout, leeps on straw, cooks out of doors on a rusty trench stove found In the woods, goes hun: sry, ragged and cold, rather than abandon hi; plot of ground. “Although relief and aid are at. forded for his moat preraing noeds, he finds unexpected. difficulties. If he has received an advance.on his war indemnity and therewith the means to Purchase tools, how cam :he | store, grain? Where find pian ee planting, granted thet his fields have been cleared for barbed-wire and unex- Ploded shells, the trenches that alge zagged across them heave besn filled in, and his hyngry horse has been sheltered in some rough abri near at hana? “Then there is the question of farm hands, Hy son was killed in the wer. His tract of land {s too large for him to work alone, especially now that he is not so strong physically as before the war, There are no young men for hire, It is a yictous circle, and he giver u pthe hope of a crop this year, diga patiently in his garden with a ~pade furnished by the Relief Commit, tee in @ nearby village, and plants seeds bought from the same source for the slender nourishment of his fant! v next year, “Ihe life of the region depended upon the rebirth of its agricultural activity. New conditions had re. Placed the old. New tools and meth. ods must be substituted for what had served heretofore, Yet it seemed as though {t might be difieult prob- Jem to convince the French peasant of that fact, so tenacious is he of his individual rights.” To offset this characteristic of the French , character — individualism— there were those other characteristics more deeply rooted and more power: ful, hia intelligence and his love of the native soll. When fully son. vinced by his own government and by friendly helpers from across the seas that farming by machinery and farm: ing in groups must be accepted for the sake of his native soll, he made the sacrifices of his individualism. The same traite—pluck, resourcefulness, quick-wittedness and commén-sense— observed in the cheracter of the earl Jer French pioneers have been dem onstrated and Intensified tn the con- Those 's adapt Dility and his passionate love of the native land, which seemed drawbacks to succeas in the old days of ptoneer- ing, have worked magic in the now, overcoming seemingly insuperable difficulties. pees ce Sey Vroman Post Will Make Up _ Deficit With Dues Drive the With organization of the George W. Vroman post of the Amer./ ‘lean Legion completed, « drive will be conducted starting tomorrow to ‘collect dues for the ensuing year m the members, Tho treasury re- rt of the post, as {t was turned ver by the former officers, nhows a Gefiett end an effort will be made to wipe this out at the ecarilest opportu: nity. For this reason {t i» hoped to collect all dues for the year Immedi+ 'e The post officers do not feel ike aking announcements reganiing fu- re bullfing plans or making ar. jements te move into new quar- mi tere until the post te on its feat finan. elally. Members whe wish to pay the ues without nolleltation are request e4 to make payments (6 Lem (ieod:|the eaparity of eer} unknown, which must have entered rich, of the firm of Dubois and Good:|He wan fined $50, The Brown woman|nors" who intimated that thelr condi: | tonight, at hie offige in the'fatled to appear and fartelted ball tion was known, and taking tha eant-|he has won.’ - 50, Road, - Townsend bullding, o WTHORAWALOF U.S. TROGPSIN HORUS oF ume ¢.—| Widow of Jake Hamon Testifies Millionaire GERMANY LIKELY, VOTE SHOW (Continued from Page One) frendly or partisan attitude toward Qny nation or nations of a. Benator Lodge announced the att tude of the administration group in/|¢hat congress when he spoke in opposi- tion to the first rerolution of Senator Reed. This would have “respectfully requested the president to at once cause the return” of troops. Lodge said he was opposed to that resolution on the grousd thet it would order immediate withdrawal In tho face of the present reparations crisis and while he was in fawor of ultimately with@rawing the troops he ‘believed the netion would be miscon: strued by foreign governments at this t'me. Reed then withdrew his first ree olution and substituted the one which wag ultimately passed. Senator New ot Indiana offered the amendment Hwhich was accepted, providing that the senate disavow any unfriendly feeling toward European nations, In pleading for action on his resolu- Uon, Reed pointed out that the Amer- fran troops stationed near Coblens were of no military assistance to the Tuited States, He suid they were he- ng kept there to ssfeguard the war idemnities which the allies were at- mpting to collect and if any out- %reak occurred, American troops would be fired upon and the United Riza Bey Bolts Mecting as Angor- Lausanne conference may come at any time, it was Indicated tonight the Turks refused to meet squarely the Insues allies. Further by Angorists was soen in thetr offer sub. mitted tonight {to make separate treaties on guarantees with individual nations concerned, the offer being in Qnswer to a allied ultimatum given by Lord Curzon, who demanded that the, Turks submit a suitable basis for discussing the subetitution of guarantees for capitulations or end the conference. ‘This “gesture” constituted the only effort of Ismet Pasha to end the dead- lock that may reault-in a breek, and ‘at the sage time the crisis was furth- er aggravated by the action of Riza Nour! Bey, who bolted a meeting of the minorities sub-committee econ- sidering the project for an Armenian home, Curzon of Britain, Carroni of Italy and Barrere of France sent a letter to Ismet Pasha demanding an explan- ation of Riza Nouri Bey's walkout. A plan for an Armenian home sim- the allies of defending the Armenians because they “utilized them in the war against Turkey,” Hey stalked out. Paul Sampson, U.S. Heavy, Is Still The German Champion HAMBURG.—(By Mail to United Press.)}—Paul Samson, Amer|can heavyweight champion of Germany, continues his victories over leading German boxers. H's latest win was over Otto Flint, probably the beat bexer in central Europe, who went down for a knock out In round. Samson, who was matehed with the German champion Breitenstrarer as a “set up” recently, defeated the Ger- man chanipion in short order. Then came Flint. Flint took the count af. ter only a few blows had been paused, Despite the brevity of the fight, Sam- son's work made a deep impression on the fight followers here. Samson, though born in Germany, has been “hanging around the Bronx end of New York for about 16 years. He acted as sparring partner for Car pentier when the latter was training fofr Dempsey fifght on Long Island. Samson makes no pretenze of being a first rater at home, but has displayed championship class so far as German boxing is concerned. $ Hubby Found-With Girl By Wife Is Given Stiff Fine CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 6—When police raided the home of Mr, and Mre. H. C; Birt tn South Cheyenne, on information supplied by Mrs. “Jimmie" Evans, they found Mr. and Mrs. Birt in one bed and E\vana in an- other, but for a period were unable to locate looked under the bed and then drag: ged forth 2 young woman, ®n disha- Dille, who gave the name of Lucey Brown. ‘ Rivans, tried for filegal immorality, was convicted, his wife appearing in prosecuting witness. ~~ TURKS SQUARELY route Stn REFUSEDEMANDS) 0 exer the - first | wpudlated his confession and dented|4 LABORERS DROWN States drawn into another European war. ‘This was objected to by Sena- 1, New York. BERLIN, Jan. 6.—Germany topes ‘and British troops ‘Will be kept on the Rhine, the Lokal Anzelger declared today, The retention of these troops, the paper continued, is tho only thing: which can restrain France from os cupying the Runr section. tion of the Ruhr area will kesp France from eny immediate action, in It is felt that I'rance has too grea: @ respect for Anierican opinion to go agains, it at the presen: time. Occupation would also antagonize J. P. Morgan, it i» pointed out in fi- nancial circles, and Morgen stopped the downward fall of the franc by his action at the bankers’ conferener. Should this support be withdrawn the German financial authorities be- ‘eve, France would be close to bank- ruptey. American intervention {s much bored for here, but it is sald that Chancellor Cuno will. make no dire;t application, Secretary of State Fischer will rep- resent Germany on the reparations commission, it is reported, while Coal Commirsery Statz will probably head the coal experts ot the next meeting. . Casper; ‘The phadow of a father’s suicide occurring in the vastness of the mountains of West Virginia, the cry of loneliness heard by the grief stricken widow and mother, and the loneliness of separation from the par- ents who had nourished him for 10 years followed little Harry Shirk to Casper when he came here last March with his uncle Andrew Shirk, Austin Shirk, the child's father had shot himself in the early spring, and the brother had thought to bring the widow to Casper through the drawing power of the child, according to the supposition of some who are familiar with the case. Whether it was legally a case of kidnapping or not has never been de- elded. Olle Smith, a friend of the Shirk family, came to Casper yesterday in the possession of an order for the boy empowering him to take such steps As wero Necessary to get possession of him and to return him to his home in Mi wall, West Ve. Smith pays that he has no other interest in the cage than that of re- turning the boy to his mother. When he arrived yesterday he was confront: ed with @ bill of $560 to cover the care of young Shirk and his railroad fare to Wyoming, Negotiations are ow under way which may lead in a peaceful settlement of the matter. _— Negro Murderer Is Convicted In Thirty Minutes NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 6.—(United Prese.)—William E. Battle, 19 years of age, negro, was convicted tonight of the first degree murder of Mrs, Jeanor L. Brigham, formerly of San Francisco, by .a jury in Judge Stickle’s court. The yirdict was re- turned thirty minutes after the judge had completed his charge, Battle will sentenced Monday. Mrs. Brigham's body wae found in & closet in the cellar of her home in Orange, N. J., on December 27. She had been assaulted and strangled. Battie teok the stand in his own defense for the first time today. He thet he had been at tho Pus on the day of the murder. ee Town Beats to 23. PLAN TO USE POISON GAS ON MOONSHINERS IN TEX. CORSICANA, Texas, Jan. Lights of fires under stifle that make tonight Despite threats of dry officers to! Politician. driving use gas and machine guns in them from their den, the . were” continued grimly at their work. George E. Webb, head of the dry agents in -this section, was in Dallas tate today, presumably making for- mal arrangements lor the battle he claims he will launch to drive moon- hold. Although Webb will not disclose his the opinion of influential people here.| Plan of attack, it was believed he Rohrer. ‘would surround the outlaw den with squads of agents armed with machine suns’and then proceed to pump dead- ly gas into their rendezvous, forcing them to emerge and surrender. Drastic measures against illicit din- tillers in tha Porters Bluff section were decided upon after sight raids jad been made and officers were un- able to dislodge them. Each time rif_le fire drove the raiders back after they had captured a few “outlying atills.” Two booze runners are believed hy officers to have been killed during the assaults. Girl Who Holds Proposal Record To Wed in China CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—(United Press.) Nulla Belle Faurot, “'world's moat | Proposed to girl,” left here today for the west oast and tha Orient to meet Gustay Isard Tolson, winning suitor, ‘whom she will marry in Hong Kong, China, next month. A coterie of friends and disappoint: (4 sultore held up the hetress’ train here for five minutes as the farewell rounds were made at the station, The prospective bride was literally ‘smothered with kisses. The girl, with her parents, wil! sai! from San Francisco next Thurecay ‘and will meet Tolson in Hong Kong two weeks later. Hong Kong society hes planned a brilliant background for celebration of the wedding. Toison {s American representative in China of a Philadelphia business concern. Soldiers Guard $3,000,000 Said To Be In Grave NEW, YORK, Jan. 6.— (United Press.)—A squad of United Btates sol, Giera were detailed tonight to guard the grave in Brooklyn National ceme- tery of James Jones, « sailor, which, Sceording to reports being ifivesti- gated, may hold $3,000,000 of the Russian crown jewels, The soldiers were entrained from Fort Hamilton reservation on orders Bullard, commander of the second army corps. They will keep away cur'ous per- sons attracted to the grave by r:purts that the jewels were placed in the sailor's casket while it was enroute here from Russia and were smuggled in and buried with the body, the thief having no chance to recover them. ‘Treasury and customs officials are probing the story in an effort to learn whether it is a hoax before opening the grave. sete LS Feta cus FIRE DESTROYS 12 PLANES, CHICAGO, Jan. 6---(United Press,) ~-Fire today destroyed twelve hangara at Checkerboard field in which alr- planes which carry United States mat! sro stored. Severs! planes were dam- aged. The $100,000, —_—_—-__—_— AS LAUNCH OVERTURNS MEXICO CITY, Mex., Jan. 6.-~ Forty two laborers are believed to have been drowned when a launch in Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—Iowa opened| which they were riding overturned in the big ten basketball seagon here to-| the port of Navidad in Jalisco, ac- night with @ victory over Chicago, 35| cording to a report recelved by the secretary of war from Mazatlan. _ OTHER MOVIE STARS LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED (Continued from Page One) dlers and agents te the federal gov- ernment. His untimely death drove peddlers to cover for @ long time, according to narcotic authorities. Federal narcotic officials declared today that the “Barker system" used by Barker's sanitorium, consisted of |e enpposed “tapering off.” Barker is not o physician, and ts sald by officials to have had no right to deal in He was on ;& charge of aelling « “shot” to a wo- man he supposed to be an addict, but whe waa working urder the direction of the federg! narcotio bureau, ‘The two heads of the santtoriums, according to federal officials, haf do- vised a mutual soliciting system, whereby the names of “dopa” users were obtained by culet investigation « communities, The addicts ton, many of ther prominent| people, were then approtohed by ‘run: toritim cure recommended, In case et NES TALI eine IN DRUG SCANDAL the patient considered it to his best interests to take the advice, the “run: ner’ was paid $25, Wally Reid, who was sent to Dr. Bleasing’s hospital on recommenda- tion of « film actress who had taken the “oure," was charged 34,000 for one week's treatment there, and a Week's treatment at home, according ef to Mrs. Dorothy Davenport Reld. In- stead of tmproving, he got worse, the hospital reports show, ‘Wally te rapidly recovering, accord: ing to his wife, It is expected that he will leave the hospital where he ts now confined and be taken to his home in a week or ten days. It is not probable, however, that ha Will be able to be on his feet before 1, A# soon as he is com- pletely recovered he will go back t> seed at the Famous Piayers-Lasky studio, { believe Wally will come immer than ever," his wife de: rea “He has made mistakes, but put up & goed fight and hes =_— OO er * ” from Major General Robert Lee merce SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1923. JW TSU ONLY AFFECTION TEST to Treatment of CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—(United Press.) ir, ‘Rohrer, widow of Jake L. Hamon, slain suit here today, P. Steffen indicated he would grant Mrs. Rohrer @ decree and the right to resume Hamon's mame after the women cited ‘numerous instances of cruelty American opposition to the occupa-|#hiners out of their swampy strong: et the hands of hér capitalist bi a, “He would grasp my wrists in that awful Japanese way," testified Mrs. “He would twist and strike me and gloat over jt all, as though it was part of his dally exercise,” Every time the millfonsire experi- enced one of his “angry moods” he would “exhibit his prowess” at jiu ditau, she told the court. . Rohrer after each display would characterize it-as a “simple demon- stration of prowess and the result of over-abundant good spirits,” she said. "I was always in desperate fear of my fe. I have been frightened to death every day since the time soae after our marrisge that I realized his Painful antics were not jokes.” Mrs. Rohrer waived dower interest in Rohrer’s estate and accepted the ter's waiver of interest in her share of Hamon's estate, valued at $2,000,000, | Jake L, Hamon, Jr., of Ardmore, | Oklahoma, testified in behalf of hia ‘mother, “I don’t want mother to take a dime from that man,” he declared after telling the court he was at the Rohrer home during one of the jiu Jitsu exercises. "I will inherit about $1,400,000 of my father's estate soon and mother hall never want as long as she lives." ae American Legion INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 6,— Total exclusion of all tmmigration for & period of five Years will be urged by American Legion adfutants in all states, it was decided at a recent con- ference of the adjutants in Ind’anap- ol The legion will ask congress to enact legislation to that end. The legion's stand on immigration eecording to a number of apeckerm at the conference, he based upon the in- jerease in literacy yin this country which in utrn is maid to be resp sible for a4 red and bolehev's movements now steadily i in scope, The three per ¢ Gration law of 1920 was’ braided the legion as a failure. ‘Immigration must be rastri even {f thte restriction pincaes tain industr'es,” : fonal command: meeting of the ber of comm» of like charncts in the word. hear muh of what the coal audi ete: industries need in the way of r labor but this need ts nothing to tha of last winter, when @ million ex-rem ioe men walked the streets and slept in parks jobiess. These men hal fought for America. It was thelr ant, tebe ‘etven first chance at the jobs," Before Mr. Owsley spoke and after some debate, the chamber of com: adopted a resolution upholding immigration restriction. The legiou head commanded them on thelr Am- jertcanism unselfishness in this mat- ter, | 'T am here to tell you what the legion is doing for the cause of edu- cation and community betterment and Americanism,” he continued. “We have 11,000. posts, scatteres through all parts of America, carry: ing on for our country. To these men and their comrefes, you dele- gated in war, the defense of Amer: ica's honor, You can feel safe tn giv: ing into their bands in peace a sim- ilar duty, They want your help in its Performance and the help of all loyal During American Education’ Week which clowod recently, the legion set aside one day as “Tiiteracy Day,” with the following suggested topics: 1~TIlliteracy as a blet on our nation. 2—No illiteracy in 1927. 3—A citizens’ duty toward the unecucated. ¢—No immigration until {literacy among native and foreign-born is removed. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 6.—-There is @ great need for phonograph rec- ords for the Western Washington hospital at Stelmocoom, Wash., the American Legion auxiliary members were Informed when they recently took delicaries to the former service men at the hospital. Twenty dosen doughnuts, cigarets, canned fruit and three boxes of apples were distrib uted. | LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 6.—Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, high com- missioner of baseball, in an address to Jefferson Post, American Legion, here, predicted that “within five yeers many supposecly able bodied veterans of the world war will begin to falter because of exposure and shock suffered by them in the French trenches, “The American Legion is the only body which fs taking an active stand for Justice to disabled men, and on the legion will fail the responsibility seeing that congress does its duty.” INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6—John B. Reynolds, secretary of the Indiansp- olis Chamber of Commerce, has as- sured the American legion that the state legisiature will pass a law mak- Ing ft iMegal ever to hold another speedway classic on Memorial Day at the Indianapolls Motor Spoedway. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 6.—The Hewitt J. Swearingen Post, Amer!- can Legion, has elected a bank pres! dent as commander of the post. x6 ts Chester oCoke. president of the Twelfth Street Bank and vice-pres dent of the Manufacturers and chanica’ bank. Me once was a veraity of Kansas football star.