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To mortal man great loads allotted be; |
Ityt of all packs, no pack like poverty.
—Robert Herrick.
Oklahoma Leader
Full Leased Wire United Press Keport—.Member federated Press.
FINAL EDITION
Vol. 1—No. Ill
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920
PRICE, THREE CENTS
BRITISH CRY FOR DISARMAMENT—GEORGE
BOSSES' EI
HElQSfEN
DP BUTTLE!
CLARA HAMON MAY
SURRENDER TODAY
Says Her Husband was
"Love Agent" of Slain
Oil Millionaire.
ARDMORE, Okla., Dec. 22.—A j of murdering Jake L. Hiimon, Oklu-
I thirty-two .lay scurch for Clara horaa millionaire, was ..till in Chi-
... . . r ' huahua City late yesterday, {sheriff
j Smith, wanted on a charge of mur- | Qrondort declared today, and he
Pnnwonlinn'c Aim I m.ior dCr c0Ilnectl0n with thc dw,th ot ! added lie still believed she would
oonvenuon S Aim 10 Lower Hamon, millionaire and .surrender before the week is over.
Wages Rally to 86Uin politician, may end late today. Oromlorf said Sheriff Ruck Gar-
Innimrv 1? 1>he w0,lmn wus to «r en<lc,r to rett and James H. Mathers, lawyer,
JcUIUdiy I L. SherifT Ruck Garrett at a city along of Ardmore, reported enroute
the international boundary near El to the woman at a border
CHICAGO. Dec. 22.— (By U. P.)— | Paso, James H. Mathers, member of 1)0jnt, had not arrived in El Paso.
Manufacturers of the country todav : 'aw tirm of C oakley and Mathers Orondorf plainly indicated that
served notice on union labor that the j relnl"et! to lletend tlara Smlth' '"" friction had developed between his
. . . , , nounced. office and that of County Prosecutor
intensive drive against the closed Garrett and Charles A. Coakley, : Brown at Ardmore.
shop had started, when Wm. Butler- lawyers, left here yesterday without ..j hatJ the woman located at
worth Issued a call fot a convention announcing their destination. 1 heir juarez Orondorf said. "Then the
Af big employers of the country. To announccm.mt. i Oklahoma authorities tipped
lower wages is said to be the main ^jatjier8 Bai(] the two mfen went to
object of the open shop drive. El Paso«following word that the ac-
Bu tier worth is head of the Illinois i cused woman wanted to surrender. . .
Manufacturers' association, vie, ; Clara Smith will be brought here to hi Paso and then went
president of the chamber of com-1 immediately to stand trial on the of Brown an l Garre to
merce of the United States; presi-! charge of murdering Hamon. Coun-j r^rwarrant trn.e indlcat^ very
dent of the National Conference of ty Prosecutor Russell Brown has ■ xet a warrant to me indicated very
ueni oi ine nsuonai omerence oi / r*.if>n«<P h*r on bond not Plainly in iny opinion that they did
Manufacturers association compose ! agreed to release ner on oona noi * * n,,mnn v#rv
of employers In the following states: j Sweater than 510,000 to $15,0'0 if j
Colorado. Connecticut, Illinois, In- 'evidence entitled her to liberty on | oaaiy. _ _ _ _ .
hand to the newspapers. It took
them several days to get a warrant
here. In the meantime the woman
Mr.f
HUkee
Wife Fights Divorce But
Prosecutes For Perjury
New Precedent May Be Set in
Stipulation Made by Cor-
poration Commission.
The El Paso sheriff said he had
I Information that the woman went to
EL PASO. Tex., Dec. 22.— ClarA ; Chihuahua City after returning to Hamon, millionaire oil man
Smith Hamon, wanted on a charge , Juarez from El Paso. politician of Oklahoma, who
diana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, bail-
New Hampshire, New York, Wash-!
•ngton, West Virginia and V'iscon-
ein. >
Butlerworth called a convention of j
the national conference of state
manufacturers association to be held
here January 12. The conference
will be in protest of the stand taken {
by the brotherhoods.
Butlerworth invited tlie following
big employers of labo>' to be present j
at the conference:
E. H. Gary, chairman of the lT. S.
Steel coloration; Chas. M. Schwab, ... . .
president or the Bethlehem ste°i t Man Who Said He Was Rick- Powerful Influences Working
rXr7a;naS™mpany?rKA°seu! enbacker Got Hundreds | Against Knox for Secre-
of Dollars.
ES AS AGE.
WEDS, STEALS
F PFTS1
CABINET JOBS
Mrs. Ruth Walker Hamon, wife of
Frank L. Hamon of Sacramento,
Cal., who has revealed her husband
as the paid "love agent" of Jake L.
and
was
slain by Clara Smith llamon, ac-
j cording to a report from San Fran-
i eisco. For his services in becoming j
| a "convenience" husband to Clara
Smith, In order that she might bear
j the name of Hamon, the wealthy
uncle paid Frank Hamon $100 a
month, declared Mrs. Ruth Walker
. Hamon. Shortly before the shoot-
ing in Ardmore, Okla., Frank Hamon
! disappeared and is still missing.
Provisions under which the 10-
cent increase was granted the
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. here,
have thrown open a new angle
of the fight against the Okla-
homa Gas and Electric Co.'s pe-
tition for "readjustment" of Its
valuation.
According to corporation com-
missioners the Oklahoma Natural
Increase was allowed solely to
give the company more money
to finance extensions and Im-
provements. The commissioners
admitted valuation enhancement
brought about by the expenditure
of this money should not be
made grounds later, for an ad-
ditional rate increase, to pay in-
terest on it.
If this ruling is taken as a
precedent, the Oklahoma Gas and
Electric company figures should
be examined, tt was pointed out
Wednesday, and property pur-
chased with the company's own
investment should be separated
from that bought with surplus
earnings, before the public is
asked to pay interest on the cap-
ital created by Itself.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 22.—
berling, Goodyear Tire and Rubber
company, and Charles Piez, former
head of the emergency fleet cor-1
poration. ,ha v«w ' After posing as Eddie Rickenbacker,
Robert M. Buck editor of the■Ne (he famous American ace, marrying
Majority, leading labor paper in t ,rances Ilannon one Df Jackson-
middlew est, said labor was aware of; nrettiest society girls, and
thefight on the closed shop and was | ^n8llz^fL timber o^ prominent
-prepared to go the limit hundreds of doiiars, an un-
•Manufacturers sweeten the open , .dentlfled man departed for parts un-
nhop proposition T>y calling it the | known tRklng wlth hlm his brUl0 ot
'American Plan. H!V, ' , ' , j two days and cash estimated at more
tary of State.
open shop, if established, would
mean the end of organized labor.
This fight is vital to our interests."
. DEALS?
than $2,000.
The imposter was elaborately en-
tertained at clubs and social func-
tions. Several days ago he arrived
I in Jacksonville. Two days after-
ward he met Miss Hannon, daughter
of a prominent business man and
they announced their engagement
the same night. They went to St.
Augustine, where they were married.
While here he signed a contract
with W. M. Farans, said to be sales
manager of a brass manufacturing
company of Philadelphia, appointing
him manager of the Stutz Motor Car
company at a salary of $25,000 a
year. After the appointment was ac-
cepted the imposter borrowed $1,000
from Farans.
MARION, Ohio, Dec. 22.—(By U.
P.)—An informal understanding that
the new cabinet shall contain not
more than two men picked from the
United States senate was believed
today to have been reached between
President-elect Harding and senato-
rial leaders.
This course appeared to have been
B
OS
.L
GENA
Keenest for an additional raise
of seven cents per 1000 coblc feet
will i e made by the Oklahoma
Natural Gas Co* it was an-
nounced Wednesday.
"Need it to meet expenses,"
tliey said.
December 22, the shortest day in
the year and the coldest up to date,
I found Oklahoma City with a hike in
I the gas rate staring it in the face.
I I'he rate will be raised January 1
! from 48 cents a thousand feet to 58
' cents. While the rate went up the
| pressure went down.
I The increase will extend to most
towns that are served by the Okla-
decided upon to avoid denuding tlie grog's Production TaxeS Upon ! homa Natural Gas company. It
senate, to skirt around natural jeal-
ousies among senatorial leaders, and J
to enable Harding to bring a large
number of party leaders Into official
places.
Powerful influences are under
"Working Oil Interests"
Allowed by U. S.
Provision whereby Oklahoma may
tax on the
Osage Na-
of Charles B. Hughes for secretary j Uon.g oi| fields, and whereby In-
dlan royalties may be subjected to
stood to be working against Senator J leyy SrOBR production tax
Knox, of Pennsylvania, and in favor "working interests" in the O
of state.
Senator New, Indiana, has been taxati0I, wtu be ,nsPrtert ln the blll
suggested for secretary of war; ben- lQ bc p7egented to congress by ,he
ator Capper, of Kansas, tor agn- | (.ornIniUe(, on lndlan a(falr8
Assurance of this was received by
EDDIE RICKENBACKER
LAUGHS AT IMPOSTOR senate.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 22.—Eddie
Rickenbacker laughed merrily today
when he heard that he was supposed
to have been married dow
Florida.
wonder who that fellow
will
be collected through their distribut-
ing agents, one of whom is the Okla-
homa Gas and Electric company.
The increased rate will only be
collected long enough for the com-
pany to accumulate enough money
to make a few improvements in their
system, the corporation commission's
order says. March 31 Is the provi-
sional date for the old rate to re-
turn.
The extra revenue will be held in
trust; the commission will see that
none of It is distributed as dividends.
Towns which are hit by the new
rate are: Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
Sapulpa, Guthrie, Enid,
dollars of ^ Keno> Wagoner, Shawnee, Red
his position as republican leader revenue toTlTe'state^ ' Fork, Turley, Dawson, Stroud, Dav-
makes it advisable, according to the Tbe bill provjdes for an extension ' enport. Wellston, Luther, Edmond,
party leaders, to keep hlm in the of the perio(, of restrlctions upon the Meeker, Arcadia, Kellyville Mid-
Osage Nation lands. Governor Rob- , lothlan. Depew, Peckham, Porter,
ertson had protested against con- i Haskell, coweta and Shamrock,
tinuance of the trust period. The I f laremore, Inola. Ramona, Carney,
abandonment of the restrictions was Duncan and Marlow are excepted
Man She Thought Was Dead
Faces Trial in District
Court—Divorce Case Goes
to Supreme Court.
Trial of Edward Blackard. charged
with perjury in obtaining a divorce
from his wife. Maggie Blackard, was
being held Wednesday, before Dis-
trict Judge James I. Phelps.
The first divorce was annulled,
and a second granted by District
Judge George W. Clark here. Mrs.
Blackard Is still contesting this de-
cree and will take her fight to the
supreme court.
Meanwhile she is principal pros-
ecuting w itness in the perjury /trial.
Included In the evidence presented
by Mrs. Blackard against her for-
mer husband was a letter ostensibly
written from Sacramento, Cal. fol-
lowing the first divorce decree.
In this letter appear the following
extracts:
"Mag what used to be Mrs.
Blackard but no more."
"I received my divorce on Octo-
ber 7 of last year and will be mar-
ried again soon, but to one sweet
woman this time, one who I think
will appreciate a good man and also
a home * • * I surely hope the
next time you get married you will
treat the man as a man and not as
a goat, but you know you did cer-
tainly lead me a dog's life after you
went to the bad altogether. * * *
I don't think there is a God who
could forgive a woman who had done
as you did. * * •"
"Your use to be husband and ,
goat.
(Signed:)
"EDWARD BLACKARD."
In one letter, claimed the last he
ever wrote her before he got his di-
vorce. he said: "In thirty minutes
I will be on the boat that will start
me to the first line in France. T
want to kill ten Germans and then I
will be satisfied."
"Then," sighed Mrs. Blackard. "I
received a letter from his sister say-
ing that he had died in a government
hospital in Newark. I searched
there for his body and all I got for
my trouble was a letter from a cred-
itor of his who said he owed $10
on a suit of clothes.
"He has been dead two years
now." and Mrs. Blackard forgot for
a moment that her former husband
was still alive.
"I wrote to the police here and
they said he wasn't in town, but
when I got here I found him in
thirty minutes."
Blackard claims his wife left him
of her own accord.
MAGGIE BLACKARD
lD STATES
E
culture, and Senators Fall, New
Mexico, and Mccormick, Illinois, for j Qovemor j B A Robert80I1 Wetl,
Interior. nesday, from Senator Curtis of
Senator Lodge ,,"ia
earlier for secretary
AMONG THE
"DIZZIES''
KIM KP VI I . Texas. — Have
llerry of Niles, Texas, was
awarded championship honors
for slaying rattlesnakes here.
llerry took a pitchfork and a
grub hoe and started acthiiies
a la St. Patrick. He killed
tiiirty-six.
CHICAGO*—(lly I . P.)—Mar-
riagc a la Fannie llnrst resulted
in the murder here of >lrs. Gene-
vie>e l.i Gregnl, pretty 'JJl-jear-
old school teacher. In her hus-
band, Frank l.i (•regal, chemist
and former dhinity student.
Li Gregnl, according to his
confession to police, was en-
raged because his wife Insisted
Declares Covenant Will Be
Incomplete Without All
Nations Join.
LONDON, Dec. 22.—"There
must be a common agreement
among all nations not to start
again the disastrous rivalry in
! armaments which will inevit-
j ably lead to a clash," Premier
Lloyd George declared today
in welcoming British delegates
from the league of nations'
session.
"No real peace is possible as
long as there is conioetition in
armaments," Lloyd (ieorge told
the delegates.
"The league will not achieve
its real uurpose until all na-
tions are represented," he said.
"It will be regarded as incom-
plete until the United States is
included. We look hopefully
to the prospect of America
coming in."
they live armjt so that she could
teach school thirty miles from
here.
lie said lie had intended to
shoot himself alter he took her
life, but his courage failed hlm.
Si: ATT I, K, Hash.—"The Hub-
al>at of Omar Khayyam" is con-
sidered radical by Seattle police,
William Antennc wns thrown iu
jail when police found a copy of
the famous poem on his person.
He was held four days "for
federal investigation." Federal
agents ordered Ills release when
otj tamed •! tin police
blunder.
Ruth Asserts Old Pact With
Company Is Now a Scrap
of Paper.
ARE BUSY ON
STORAGE PLAN WORK SHOES DECREASE
was discuasert j^an8a8i cbairman of tlie committee. Muskogee, Sapu
-v ,°,f stat®' l?ut It would mean millions of dollars of. ,Re"°'. u
All Details of Measure Estab-
lishing State Warehouses
to Be Finished Soon.
ost $6.5<h each
are bought for
' $2.25 Wednesday, George Clark,
The commlttae Which Is meeting chairman of the state board of af-
with John A. Whltehurst, president fairs, said. The noaid bought I.0U0
of the state board of agriculture, pairs ol shoes for inmates of the
expects to have all details of the pro- , state penitentiary, orphan as>lunn
Senate Inquiry Into Coal
Profiteering Promises
Sensations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—(By U.
r,)_CallinK of Attorney General
Palmer before the senate investiga-
ting committee and steps looking to-
ward the prosecution of government ,.j wonaer wno Inlu iciiow is, i i vate interests working on the Indian 1 •"= 1 1,11 > [been
officials alleged to have made ms raused Rickenbacker, and he added ... _ , lands. The taxation of the Indian h>" 11 waB denied, the commission j wce([
profits in the "wild scramble for that he proposed to make a trip east City Planning Attorney UetS royalties is a separate matter, an-,11 declaring'that It must wait until the Th; bill will bc Introduced at the
coal" stood out today as possible de- j soon and might enjoy looking him of) In An^WPr Oh- ^ would also be provided for under the supreme court decides jjpon its right january session of the legislature,
velopmcnts in the senate's inquiry over. dU Udy:S IU HMbWCI VJU „ew fUrtie law. to 'leal with surt, a proposal. A and / „g8ed lt expocted ,hat WILSON AMD HARDING
into coal profiteering. jeCtlOnS Of ROadS. In view of the sections inserted,™,n 1
Charges that these things went
r COAST PLEASURE PIER Governor Robertson Wednesday with-
krere made before- the senate com- ^ WIPED OUT BY FIRE Thirty days will elapse before the drew his objections to the extension
HFP0T HFARING
pposed _ p • t said to have been desired so the - £rom the increase, because gas is , .)OBe(j farm warehouse bill ready by ami the insane asylum. Other shoes
;n in lr kxllMI* II SI 1( IN state could collect the gross pro- furnished at a city gate rate. Thursday morning, Whltehurst said howed decreases ol from 25 to «i0
iXIjuUITILL/ U V/ \s 11 duction taxes of 3 per cent from pri- < ' company s application for a Wednesday. The committee has percent.
v I8-" i vate interests working on the Indian city gate rate ' for all towns served £een working on the measure all Prices on hats fop discharged pris-
mittee on reconstruction and produc-
tion by George H. Cushing, director
VENICE, Cal., Dec.
was wiped out by fire which was
brought, under control early today.
of the American Wholesale Coal as-
sociation.
The committee had its experts
working on two important lines of
inquiry into Cushing's testimony as The damage was e8tlmatc(1 at bc.
it convened again today to hear the twppn M 000 000 und $1,500,000.
coal operators side of the story Qne mnn djed tf)(lay from injuries
from J. I>. A. Morrow, vice 1 - receivet| jn the fire and a second
dent of the National Coal assoc a- I rted ing
tlon These were Cushing s state-1
Ti group of government officials JUDGE LANDIS ENJOINS
who at the time he refused to name.
made a profit of $1.50 a ton on
union station hearing will be re- i of the period of restrictions.
The ' sumed before the corporation com-1 Money derived by taxing Indian
world'famous VenlcTnleaVure pier mission, it was decided Tuesday aft- royalties would ha** to be spent on
fourteenmiles from ^ os Angeles' ernoon. Fred Suits, attorney for improvements In Osage county, under
miles from lx>s Angeles, ^ cUy plannins commission, was the terms of the proposed bill. •
given that period to prepare his an- j
swer to the numerous objections i
railroad engineers have made to his i
latest station plan.
Engineers for the various rail-
roads consumed most of the time
Tuesday afternoon in explaining'
why the union station plan was ut-,
terly Impracticable for their roads.
31 ALLEGED "JOINTS" j They also said the cost of construc-
tion had been underestimated about
Will the city move to revoke the
franchise of the Oklahoma Gas and
Electric company?
"The company has violated its
contract with the city to give the
city an adequate supply of natural
gas every day of the year," said
Charles Ruth, city attorney, Wednes-
day. "The franchise has also been
violated by increasing the rates
from 25 cents in 1!)06, which is the
contract rate, to the 60 cents grant-
ed by the corporation commission
yesterday."
The new rate was established on
petition of the Oklahoma Natural
(Jas company, which serves the local
firm.
"If it can be proven that the
O. G. & E. has violated its fran-
IN PRICE $2.65 A PAIR ! chise," declared Ollie S. Wilson, com-
! miasioner of public works. "I'd be
in favor of taking action to revoke
the franchise."
"That franchise is nothing more
than a scrap of paper now," Ruth
asserted. "Two things should be
done; revoke the franchise, and
abolish the corporation commission.
If there existed no corporation com-
mission. there'd be no gas hike, as
the company would have to put its
case up to the people. If they can
net two commissioners to favor the
hike, then the public has no say."
Another reason for low gas pres-
I sure was given Wednesday by B. M.
j Hart, city engineer.
| "Faulty, broken-down gas pipes,
and rotting mains under the streets
cause an immeasurable amount of
i gas to be wasted through leakage,"
I i
Work shoes that
three months ago
oners show decreases
dozen
$1 per
WILL DINE TOGETHER
AFTER INAUGURATION
4507000 tons of coal which they sold ! CHICAGO, Dec. 22—Federal Judse $2,000,000.
through "pool."/ Landis today issued injunctions
'—The 600 wholesale dealers be- against thirty-one alleged bootleg-, JACKS DRAWS 1VITH IIF-FOE.
longing to the Wholesale Coal asso- ] ging establishments restraining them NEW YORK, Dec. 22. — Freddi
ciation on this advice disregarding 1 from violation of the Volstead act.
an attempted investigation into their They will be brought up for con-
business by the department of jus- tempt of court if they disobey the
tice and that Attorney General injunction. Landis threatened.
Palmer approved of Cushing's ad
vice to the coal dealers.
Jacks, the fast moving English
featherweight pulled a big surprise
here last night by holding Bily De-
foe to a draw in a ten-round bout.
302 MEN, 256 WOMEN
ARE PLACED IN JOBS
Five labor bureaus in thc state
placed 302 men and 256 women last
week, the report of the department
9f labor for last week shows. This
lg exclusive of the Muskogee bureau,
from which no report has been re-,
eeived. Oklahoma City leads in men |
placed with 189 and Tulsa in women j
with 192.
BRUNETTE HASTENS TO BLONDES'
DEFENSE, SCORING HER OWN TYPE
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR
MS1D ROCKS SCRANT0N. PA.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dee. 22.—(By V.
p.)—Four men are known to be dead
is the result of an explosion in No.
2 packing mill of the Dupont
pbwder works at Mooeic, seven miles j
from Scranton.
The dead: Samuel Bowen. Ed-
ward Croone, Calvin Shotwe and one J
unidentified.
A brunette has rushed to the
defense of the blondes.
"The loveliest thing in the
world," she says, "is a golden-
haired blonde with pink and
white complexion and laughing
blue eyes."
Hut fearing that she might be
termed a traitor to her type, this
latest recruit to the forces of the
blondes has chosen to cloak Iter
identity in anonymity. This
much, however, may l e revealed.
She is employed in the federal
building.
Here is one test by which she
makes her decision.
"Did yon ever watch men
stare and siurh when a pretty
blonde passes down the street I"
she asked a Leader reporter, as
if the question were its own
answer.
"It makes me tired to hear
people talk about blondes fading
most quickly when the opposite
is true. It is a scientific fact
that the dark haired women of
the Orient are often old at thirty
when blondes are ordinarih at
their best.
"Oh yes, 1 guess brunettes love
devotedly and jiossibly they are*
more affectionate than the
blondes, but they lime a very
disagreeable manner of express-
ing that love sometimes b) stick-
ing a stiletto into their lover if
he happens to smile at someone
else.
"After all it seems to me that
blondes are the most sympathet-
ic, are the most patient and
constant in times of distress and
make the best wives and moth-
er a/"
86,000 Votes Majority Kan-
Mine Leader's Parti-
sans Declare He Got.
, PITTSBURG, Kan.. Dec. 22.—A j
majority of 86.000 votes is claimed i
by Alexander Hpwat in the election J
! for officers of the United Mine Work- '
era of America. Howat is running
for the vice presidency with Robert
II. Harlan against John L. Lewis, i
who is running for re-election as j
president with Murray as vice presi-
! dent.
The claim, made despite an an-
nouncement from the headquarters '
of the Mine Workers at Indianapolis
that the Lewis forces have triumphed |
is based on the following majorities
Howat men declare their candidate 1
, deceived:
I 35,000 to 40.000 in Illinois.
10,000 in Ohio, or 8,000 at least, j
10.000 in Indiana.
3,000 in Kansas.
2,000 in Oklahoma-Ark. Texas. .
j, 2,000 in Missouri.
2,000 in Iowa.
case which will decide the question i warehouses will be ready for opera ,
ut Issue Is now pending. , tjon by 8Ummer of 1922. It will :
„ATU call for an appropriation of $1,750,-
TW0 KILLED. ANOTHER 000 of state money, to be paid back
HURT IN EXPLOSION OF of thc WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Wood-! Hart said. "Anyone can smell the
SANTA FE LOCOMOTIVE earn^B Wft 0 row Wilson and !l the compftjqr
C ADIMM'h DKFKATS 8ANTKL. Harding will lunch together at th. had to pay agate rate for its gas,
DENVER*, Colo., Dec. 22.—Two I SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.—Earl White House lollowlng the forma! paying for all that enters the city,
men were killed and another seri- Caddock took the victory in his inauguration at noon on March 4. ac- rather than for that part which is
ously injured near Monument, Colo- wrestling bout here last night with i cording to plans announced today. sold, It would seek to remedy this
rado, this morning when the boiler 1 Ad Santel. Caddock won the only Immediately after the luncheon wastage by installing new pipes."
of a Santa Fe locomotive exploded, . fall of the bout In one hour and the man who has lived in the execu-
according to reports reaching here. thirty-seven minutes and five sec-ftive mansion for eight years will go
J. L. Clayton, firemaan, and K. K. | or.ds. to his new home at J.U S street.
Hartman, head brakeman, were in-
stantly killed and Harley Pearson,
engineer, seriously injured.
The explosion was believed to
have been caused by falling of the
crown sheet in the boiler, due to
low water.
PRICE OF CHICAGO LIQUOR NOW
ONLY SEVEN DOLLARS PER PINT
200 JOBLESS IN
PACKINGT0WN
SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS IS Those Who Carry Whisky in Hip Pockets May Do So With-
L00T OF FORD BANDITS out Fear of Molestation Police Chief Says; Women
May Use Purses and Muffs to Store Bottles.
W. T. I.isman w4s leaving his ;
home on East Fourth street between
Walnut and Central, at 10 o'clock
Tuesday night, when a Ford rolled ,
up to the curb, and two negroes j
stepped out.
"Hands up." one of them cried,
and accordinn to Lismar's story to j
the police Wednesday, they relieved ;
liim of some checks and 75 cents.
No trace of the negroes has been |
discovered by the police.
2,000 in Wyoming.
2.000 in Montana.
3,200 in Washington.
2.500 in Nova Scotia.
2.000 in British Columbia.
1.000 in Michigan.
2.o()yi in District 2 (Penn.)
l.lMlp in District 5 (Penn.)
WEEK'S PAY AS PRESENT
TO EACH CITY TEACHER
! "The teachers will not be forgot-
ten this Christmas,' J. G. Stearley, j
s< cretai y of the school board an-j
I nounced Wednesday. "Each teacher
will receive one extra week's pay,"
i said Mr. Stearley.
| "This will amount to from $30 to j
; $50 accord'to their salaries."
j LOS ANGELES. Dec. 22.—Paul
j Sauer. 17. messenger for the Security |
i Trust and Savings bank, was robbed ;
iof *6,500 In cash in the downtown
I uistrict here today, by a lone bandit. |
CHICAGO, Bee. 22.—(By 1.
P.)—Thirsty C 111 caimans today
were thanking the god Bacchus
for their thirst anil picking up
the odd pint here and there in
preparation to drinking the old
year out and the new year in.
Those whose cellars have been
drained were able to purchase
bonded liquor toduy for $7 a
pint. The decline in price from
$10 to $7 remains a mystery.
When the curious asked his pet
bootlegger the occasion, he is
"hushed" and answered with a
wink.
A wild night on I.ake Michi-
gan on New Year's eve was
predicted today following the
statement of t liiel' of Police Kit*-
morris that those who carry
liquor on tluir hips would not be
molested by police. The chief
spoke unto the populace as fol-
lows :
"Merry Christmas to one and
all. If yon carry liquor on your
respective hips during this l ule-
tide season, my department will
not interfere. Me are too busy
taming wild-eyed gunmen and
bandits to bother about the moist
contents of your pockets. Peace
on earth; good will toward
men."
Frank I). Hichardson, federal
prohibition agent, has arid ideas
and lias issued orders to his
men to arrest anyone carrying
liquor oil \ew Year's eve. But
the oldtimers proclaim "There
are three million in Chicago and
surely the federal* wouldn't
pick me out.-
It promises to be a ring
around the pint, catcli me if you
can.
i aba rets are now anticipating
visits from those who plan to
spend the Inst night of 1920
looping the loop from one guild-
ed palace to another.
Flappers and clitics, whom
fashion will not admit have
hips, are planning to "corn
their own" iu their name coat
pockets.
Morris & Co. Supt. Says 30
or 40 Have Been Laid Off
in Last Few Days.
More than 200 men are out of
! employment at Packingtown. This
was the statement at the butcher
workers' union Wednesday.
Rumors that 1.000 had been laid
off were vigorously denied by offi-
cials at th'* Morris and Wilson and
Company plants, who declared that
not more than thirty or forty were
out of work, and that these would be
put back in a short time.
According; to reports at un on
headquarters, the men have been
i laid off a few at a time, over a period
1 of about a month.
"Thirty or forty of our men have
been laid off in the last few days."
said the Morris & Co. superintend-
ent "Receipts have been light pre-
ceding th«- holidays, and business
has been a little dull. But all the
men may be called back in a few
i days."
The Wilson & Co. superintendent
denied all reports of recent layoffs.
M A It'l l A I. I. A FOH IHIX ANI),
LONDON, Dec. 22.—Great Britain
is considering instituting martial
!nw over all Ireland, Hainer
Greenwood lold the house o£ com-
| mons today, V
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