THE OMAttA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBKH it. llf'U.
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Hamon's Widow
Says She Doubts
Shooting Story
Woman Asserts She Does Not
Befcfcve Alleged Girl As
eailant Fired Fatal
Shot.
Ardmore, Okl., Dec. 4. Mrs.
Jake L. Hamon, widow of Jake L.
Hamon, republican national com
mitteeman from Oklahoma, and mil
lionaire oil man, who died here last
Friday after he was shot five days
before, said today that she did not
believe lara Smith, charged with
the shooting, fired the bullet that
killed Mr. Hamon. Mrs. Hamon
said that if Miss Smith should be
apprehended and returned to Ard
more. for trial she would not prose
cute the wse.
Mrs. Hamon said she would ac
cept the tender of . republican na
tional - committeeman in succession
to her husband" were the position of
fered her.
1 "I would regard it as greater titan
any monument the state of Okla
homa eould erect to Mr. Hamon's
memory," she said.
Ardinore, Okl., Dec. 4. The prob
able appointment of a special prose
cutor to proceed after January 1
against Clara Smith, now being
widely sought in connection with the
fatal shooting here two weeks ago
of Jake L, Hamon. was forecast to
day by ' Charles.". A. Coakley, law
itArtiter ot J. H.-Mathers, county attorney-elect
of Ardmore, who said
that their firm had been employed
0 to defend Miss Smith. He said that
Mr. Mathers would recommend that
Russell Brown, present county at
torney, be permitted to continue in
charge of the case for the state.
1 Prosecutor Brown announced that
there were no developments in the
, search for Miss Smith as far as his
Office was concerned and that he was
leaving for his farm near Ardmore
for a day's hunting trip.
- in the meantime, the authorities ot
a dozen cities of Oklahoma and
Texas were redoubling their efforts
to arrest Miss Smith, for whom
there is a warrant charging assault
with intent to kill. The warrant was
y issued before the death of Hamon,
, who was republican national com
j tfiitteemair from Oklahoma, and an
extensive oil operator.
- fjl Paso, Tex.. Dec. 4. Interest in
frying to find Clara Smith has
waned. El Paso police declare she
did not come to El Pao. However,
, immigration men at the two inter
national bridges, and the Juarez po
lice are watching for her.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 4. Mrs.
V. A. James, who says she is a sis
ter of Clara Smith Hamon, is living
in Los Angeles. Clara Smith Hamon
is being sought in connection with
the death by shooting of Jake L.
Hamon. late' republiean national
committeeman from Oklahoma.
Mrs. James said'-todav ihnt she
had. known of certain relations be
tween her sister and Mr. Hamon.
bfltj-that she knew nothing of the
shooting or' of the present where-
obouts of her sister. She expressed
faith in her sister's innocence with
" relation to the shooting.
Sailors HearTetrazzini
1 " New York, Dec. 4. Tetrazzini
sang to the sailors of Uncle Sam's
navy last .night.
From her apartment in Manhattan
the arrtous'prima donna's voice went
out to the listening ears of blue-
' jackets aboard battleships and de
stroyers in port and land stations
fat and wide.
The songs went out by wweless,
an official test, authorized by Sec
retary Daniels. '
Wymore Maq Appeals Fine
For Election Day Assault
.. Beatrice. Neb., Dec. 4. (Special.)
L-G. D. Cooper of Wymore was
fined $30 and costs Friday in county
court for assaulting Judge' Woolsey
'.n election day. The case was ap
pealed to the district court. Cooper
later appeared before Judge Ellis
and pleaded guilty to the charge of
intoxication on the day the trouble
occurred and was fined $5 and costs
Girl's Diary Describes
Cause for Fatal Shot
Alleged Assailant of Jake Ha
mon Leaves Document Warn
ing Others of Perils Into
Which She Fell.
j Uy Inivermit Service.
Clara Suitlti Uumon. the frirl accused
ol nhuutinK Juke 1.. Hamon. rfijuhllcan
national cummtuctman from Oklahoma
and who Is being nouKht mi the Mexican
toriler. loft a Teniarkiililit tlorunifnt warn
IhK other Klrla of the perils Into which
Khu ffll, anil telling of her "fitdit wllh
the demon." Hit diary point one of
me strongest moral for K'rls ever
published. I'nlieraal service has -cured
tho rlBht to publish this remark
able document from tho t'hiiUKo iJirald
ami Examiner, which holds the -copy-rlfht.
(Copyright, l;o, ,th Chicago Herald
and Examiner)
(Cnpyrlitlit. l:i. by I he Illinois Puh
llshlnit and l'rlntlrm company, publisher
of the Chicago Herald and Kxamlneri.
All rights reserved. KcproductlOn
prohibited.
Kaifsas City, Dec. 4. Herewith is
presented the absorbing diar of
-Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon. red' cting
the heartaches which preceded her
slaying of Jake L. Hamon.
The diary left behind by her in a
trunk at Kansas Lity was found by
Chicago Herald and Examiner re
porters, who have, incidentally,
found most of the facts thus far de
veloped in the murder mystery sur
rounding the foremost political fig
ure of Oklahoma:
Isn't It odd how little K
Life's big moments can be
And how his the little
Moments some time seem.
which he paid.
Afems Woman Gets' Divroce
Decree and $8,500 Alimony
' Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special.)
Mrs. Grace Goldeustine was given
a divorce from Frank Gdldenstine
by Judge Pemberton, custody of
. two children and $8,500 'alimony.
r Xbe . principals in the suit reside
frlar Adams. Goldenstine is said to
; be -worth $50,000. V- . '
Generally Fair Weather
T Promised for Coming Week
'-Washington, Dec. 4. Weather
predictions .for the week beginning
Monday are: Upper Mississippi and
lower. Missouri valley, generally fair
and normal temperature.
vNewspaper Man Dies.
!CeW York, Dec. 4. Francis Hil-,
lard Pierson, 58, night manager of
the Standard News association died
at his home in Brooklyn from a com
plication o! diseases. He had been
connected with the Nw York Her
ald more than 30 years. . ,
How long is a plate of spaghetti?
What beoonies of the wool in the
hole of a sock?
March 5, 1920 Left Chicago at
9:40 a. m. It . was a long ride to
Kansas City and the train got later
every hour. I wrote a letter and
read two movie magazines and some
papers. Missed my first train out of
Kansas City and had to run to catch
the next one, which was a slow train.
March 6, 1920 Long, lonesome
trip to Ardmore. Arrived about 5
p. m. Train late. Did some phon
ing and went to bed very early. I
am not happy. I do not feel that
I deserve the unhappiness I am suf
fering. It was a bad day for us
a disappointing one in general. I do
I not like to be unhappy and despond
ent, but 1
March 8. 1920 Up at 6 a. m. Left
at 7 for Duncan field. Visited the
big well; had one of our famous
grocery store lunches; went to .Wal
ter' and then back to -Duncan,
where we stayed until 11 p. m. be
fore starting borne. I slept in the
car at Duncan.
Spent Niht Thinking
March 9, 1920 Arrived Ardmore
?:3Q a. m. a little sljecpy and tired
and but I must not think too much
and analvzc. Why not take what
comes without comment for a while
for a change? Went to bed early
in evening after some letter-writing.'
Thinking, thinking; always uncertain
of what is to come or what I shall
do when I can think sensibly no
more. I wonder
March 10, 1920 Worked on my
clothes in the morning. Went to of
tice in afternoon. Mr. McDonald
had dinner with us; then we went
to the automobile' show. Only
stayed few minutes. Read until 12,
then to bed jifst to keep my mind
undisturbed and to live away some'
time. :
, March 11. 1920 Breakfast at 11 a!
m. i Beautiful spring day. Ride in
afternoon to Wilson was miserable.
Very unhappy. Quarreled all even
ing. Not a very agreeable compan
ion, but not inclined to improve
when I have reason to be quite un
happy. Oh, to be happy again.
April 17 The 17th is usually my
unlucky day. but this one has been
very good. Had a bad headache, buf
kept busy. Ttye greatest safeguard
in the world- is to be busy. I long
to be busy but don't know how to
get busy.
Few drinks with the colonel and
Charles Whittington, then dinner, in
ciuding Mr. Disney added Mr. Ml
Douald and Mr. Asp and went for a
little ride. Nice enough time, but
thinking, .wondering, doubting.
Hqme, exhausted.
"Corn" Mad Her Sick ,
k April 18 Up late,, went for a ride
in afternoon with bunch. They
made me cheer up by telling me 1
looked splendid and seemed so sure
of myself. Rot!
Had a few drinks of "corn." It
made me sick. , We drove up to Ber
wyn. It was a pretty road and
spring beauty was everywhere Na
ture needs no whisky to aid it. I
would have been happy but for the
"nip."
April 19 Left on Ringling train
at 7. Drove from Ringling to
Waurika to catch morning Rock
Island south, but just got in sight
of it. As a train catcher I am the
world's very worst. Lack speed, but
am developing control.
Stayed irf Waurika until 7 o'clock.
It was an ideal day. Had a long
walk out to th big bridge and I en-
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joyed nature and its beauties. My
surroundings were pleasant. Had
lunch at the little Liberty Sea cafe.
Pleasant spot and pleasant' people
about. Feel good today;
The train was late into Fort Worth.
Had to stay over night there, as I
missed my train out of Ranger, as
usual. It was a beautiful cool night
and I found peace and rest in the
only haven I know sleep.
May 12 Got up witl a vague
sense of trouble convng and it
came about 3:30 in the -afternoon.
What transpired from then until
5:30 shall ever remain a nightmare
in memory to me and will go down
in my mind's history as one of the
most terrible experiences of my en
tire life.
In the form of a 'man there was a
demon who tried to frighten and ter
rorize me and although my life hung
by a' slender thread, I am glad to re
member that I did not shov the
slightest weakness and at some fu
ture time should I be found stabbed
or choked or beaten to death I
want the world to know I made a
clean, good fight for my rights and
that I have never been a coward or
a sneak or guilty of unfair play.
Although I've dealt with a cun
ning, tricky devil when my ship of
happiness goes down it will go down
with colors flying. '
Before another day passes and ere
my life is taken I want to leave this
word of warning to any other girl or
woman who may be ready to em
bark upon the sea of tompanionship
with a man.
Let my poor, sad, broken heart
crushed hopes and blighted life be
a warning. ) .
Know your man before you give
him your soul and when I say
"know him," I mean not only
know the good and sunny side the
sugar-coated side, the pretentious,
flattering, false side, but know the
side that is not at its best.
Know the side the world fails
ever to see.
Know the side that comes to life
only in the presence "of four walls
and you."
Know him at his worst, not his
best before you sell your soul and
become ever afterwards, his slave.
For once you give it to him you
can never get it back again no
matter how hard you try.
A woman has power real power
once with a man. and that is when
he is madly in love and wants all
she's got to give. '
Once given, the charm ,is broken
for him the battle is won.
This is not justice, but it is a
tradition as old as civilization and
in spite of the light that is coming
(not yet come) it remains a cold
blooded fact at this time (1920).
Women fijt their lives to men;
men never fit theirs to women.
I do not wish to be misconstrued
as meaning that I think all men are
bad and wrong. Far fr,om it. but it
has been my misfortune to give all
I had to give to a man a living
devil (regardless of what the peo
ple may say) before I knew that I
had cast my lot astray.
Fate never says to us, "take this
road or that." We are always far
along the road before we know
which road it is.
Even then we might turn back
(in some sense 'of the word), but
we don't not so often as we keep
right on to see what is waiting just
around the concr. '
I swear here befoe the all-knowing
God that I would never have be
come his sweetheart if he had not
told again and again that he was
going to get his divoree any way,
and he promised faithfully to marry
me.
He lied to me. v He deceived me
'from the beginning, deliberately. He
held out every possible alluring pic
ture for a wonderful future for mc
until he had me entrapped in a net
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from which I could not extricate my
self. 1 ,
The world may ask why I have
never quit. 1 have given my all
10 of the choicest years of my life
my youth, health and beauty. What
would I have to gain now if I quit?
No. I shall keep on until I am
killed or die, hanging on the vague
hope that some day he may see the
light and give me a new start in
life.
Some years ago I tried to quit be
fore all my dreams of life's golden
treasure were shattered but he
wouldn't let me.
He ran after me and brought me
back with new promises to do the
right thing by me, only to break
them and crush my soul again. He
was still not satisfied-'-he had ap
plied he hot iron to me many times,
but he had not yet burned me up
alive.
The oil of his soul that fed the
flame of desire for cruelty must 'ex
haust itself and I was doomed to be
the victim. ' ,
Business and all other interests
were burned into nothingness until
he had accomplished his aim in
bringing me back and finish ruining
my life.
Not Alone of Type.
He is not alone of his type, but
I doubt if the world holds many
that are quite so hfartless as he.
I can hear the public say "those
who brutally murder are worse,"
but I don't believe God thinks so,
for he would have murdered me
physically besides murdering . my
soul many times if he could have
covered it up and shielded himself,
but he has been too cowardly to do
it with a fair chance to us both. . .
Education, culture, all that is sup
posed to lift a man above the level
of the beasts, were used by him to
pervert his own nature that he is
able to descend to bestial depths
that the dumb animals themselves
are unable or incapable of reaching.
In what he calls "love" he is insane
as many others are. The methods
of securing the object of their de
sires vary, but the motive that
prompts is the same the end
sought is identical.
Murder has no place in his in
sanity taking life is abhorrent to
him, but to destroy iiuioc.mce to
kill virtue to murder a soul these
are common to him and his type.
Saw Movie Stars.
May 29 All day on train, except
one hour at Albuquerque, N. M Saw
famous Jap movie star, Sessue Hay
akawa, Rosemary Theby,: Eddie
Polo and wife and several other less
notables who were aboard our train.
Met Mr, and Mrs. Margolis, warm
friends of the Stoneburners of Ard
mre. In evening sat out on ob
servation car in beautiful moonlight.
Never saw the sky more beautiful
for it was so clear and blue. It was
a night for "dreams" of lovers and
I was dreaming, but I had no lover.
' Thinking.
If vou think thnt you an beaten.
If your soul with gall la ealoo,
You are wrong!
There's a way, and never doubt It,
Bo be brave and go about It,
With a son?.
kf a Iovit wins and wantg yo,u.
If hln mrin'ry aver haunt you.
Keep him lonu.
Kor If llfn be worth the living,
We must conetantly be giving, elie It'e
wronff.
So be neither mean nor foollnh.
For I ho In nd of fute la ghoulish.
Live alonKl
(The second installment of Mrs.
Clara Smith Hamon's diary will ap
pear in the final night street edition
of The Bee, Monday night.)
Police On Outlook for
Runaway Irish Setter
"Fatsy" is missing.
And every detective and patrolman
on the Omaha police force if on the
hunt. ' K -
For -Patsy is an Irish setter valued
at $200 and has wandered from the
home of its owner, T. P. Redmond,
general manager of the Burgess
Nash company, 1021 South Thir
tieth1 avenue.
Argentina Qujts
League Meeting
At Session Today
llonorio' Pueyrredon Hands
Notice of Withdrawal, to
Hymans Propose Elim-
ination of Article X.
Geneva, Dec. 4.--(By The Associ
ated Press.) Honorio Pueyrredon,
the Argentine foreign minister, todav
handed Paul Hymans, president of
the league of nations assembly, a
letter announcing that the Argentine
delegation had ceased its participa
tion in the league.
Argentina's delegation to the as
sembly of the league of nations did
not appear during the first half hour
of today's meeting.
Honorio Pueyrredon. head of the
delegation, said to The Associated
Press at his hotel, "I cannot discuss
the matter at this time."
Delegates in Conference.
The Argentine representatives
wire in conference when Stnov.-f
Pueyrredon was seen today. The
Argentine foreign minister declared
he probably would go to the assem
bly meeting later, but up tfhtil noon
he had not appeared.
The fact that Senor Pueyrredon
did not attend today's meeting
caused suppressed excitement in the
assembly, especially among South j
Americans. His refusal to deny re
ports that Argentina would with-'
thaw from tlje league, after he had '
characterized them Inst night as
false, was believed to be due to a
communication he had received from
the Argentine government this
morning.
May Dr.op Article
An amendment to the covenant to
the league of nations eliminating Ar
ticle X, the most mooted section
of the pact, was introduced in the
n-'M'inbly of the league today by
I'harKs J. Dolierty, Canadian min
ister (i? justice. The amendment will
probably be referred to the commit
tee on amendments.
George Nicoll Barnes of Great
Britain was prepared today to ask
the council of the league to accouat
lor its lailure to use its good offices
in an endeavor to keep the Russian
bolsheviki and the Poles from fight
ing last summer.'
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the mjost sensational sale
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OUR INDIANS come in from their trap lines just before Christ
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are demanding money "and so we have decided to sell every gar
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The garments offered in this sale are not "sale" merchandise all are of the usual
Aulabaugh High Standard of quality and were made up' right here in our own
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The prices in this sale are lower, we know, than any that can honestly be quoted
during the coming year', and are lower than those that will be quoted next August
in the unusual August Fur Sale. i
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Squirrel Coat 545.00
Alaska Seal Coat, 42
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American Mink Cape, 18
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Canadian Mink Throw,
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Canadian Mink Cape
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$ 45.00 Two-Skin Fitch Choker 27.50
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$125.00 Hudson Bay Sable
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$ 65.00 Hudson Seal Muff 30.00
$150.00 Canadian Mink Muff... 85.00
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