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IftE BEE: UMAtift, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1920.' Nephew of Hamon , Hired to -Marry Miss Clara Smitli Second Wife of Husband.' of Oil Man's Alleged; Assailant Says He Received $100 T, I Br The AuOclated Prrea. 5 San Francisco(fDec.,ftV-An-irtter'v view with Kuth-v'Vyaiker -Hamon, said to be the wife of Frank'Louis Hamoiv former husband of Clara Smith Hamon,' sought in connection with the death of Jake Hamn, millionaire oil ODerator ana' re publican national . cotnmifteeniariri jroin uKianoma,. was puDii.mea Dy, the San Francisco Examiner this, morning. . . . The interview dated at Sacrament to, Cal., quotes Mrs. Hamon as say ing her husband "at. the behest of Jake L. Hainan, married Clara Barf ton Smith and in return was given $100 a month from that time. by the oil operator. Frank L. Hamon and Clara Bar-J ton Smith, according to the pub lished interview, were divorced at Weatherford, Tex., May 23, 1917, and never had lived together. Wife Paid $1,000. The interview further, alleged that Mrs. J. L. Hamon, widow of the millionaire, was paid $1,000 a month to live in Chicago by her husband. Frank Hamon, according to the interview, "disappeared five weeks before the death of his uncle alter declaring he was going to see the millionaire and 'have it out -with him.'" The Examiner "quoting Mn. Hamon, said in partr " 'I married Frank Hamon in Tuc .son, Ariz., August 14,.1918 He, was a fireman "on the1 railroad. Alter six months' courtship 1 became his wife. 1 4 A few months after our wed- ding he told me he had bden married tiefore. His first wife, he said, was Clara Barton Smith, and he declared ; that she was now' living with his un cle, Jake Hamon. He assured me that he never lived with .her himself and that he had secured a divorce in 'Weatherford, Tex., May. 23, 1917, Married to , Save Uncle. . " 'At first Frank tried to make me believe he had married this woman while under thi influence- of 4iquor. I doubted this, - as he never drank while he was with me. Later I per ceived that he was getting check-J from his uncle for $100(every month and I wanted to know why. It was then that he admitted that he had married the Smith girl merely as a convenience to his uncle-'so that she might bear flic-name of Hamon and live with the oil man without arous-J Ing 'public suspicion. The monthly check he confessed was his .reward for this accommodation. ".'He frequently declared that his uncle was not sending him an 'ade quate payment for what he had done. I think he was more and more in censed after. he learned, that Mrs. Hamon was getting $1,600- for the support of herself and her chyd in return for her tacit connivance in -IIr' rtiiat fSf-' M ! , . Clara Was Chagrintfd ",'As for Clara t Hamon she was angry, I know, because Jake Hamon had neglected her while his wife was in Ardmore'lastsummer. Ahout this time he" came to . Tucson arid visited us for a short while. She was a very pretty womarft She showed plainly that she was dis satisfied with her life. On one oc casion she showed me an automatic pistol iich she carried, in her grip and told me that she always kept it with her 'for protection.'. ."While we were in Tucson Frank's mother, Mrs. Bessie Hamon lived at our home for several months. . I loed he as my own mother but she appeared to resent my having married Frank. , " 'Prior to coming to live with us Frank's mother , had . visited Jake Hamon and Clafa Smith Hamon in m t t y t 11.: UKianoma wuy. ' ' about her sojourn there sheje'dared aamcuuc U them as housekeeper. v Used Her Cfwn Name. " 'In August 1919, my husband went to Ardmore and Jake Hamon gave him a job in the oil.- fields, tie wrote to me to come1 out and'oin him but when Jake heard that I was coming he told him, so Frank says, 'io clear, out and never 'come he'e with that' woman'.' Later Frank told me that Clara Smith was receiving mail undermy name and was using it generally to avoid suspicion and that a second Mrs. Frank Louis Ha mon in the community might cause a lot of trouble. , "'Shortly after my husband came back from , Ardmore his, mother bought the Stetmo ranch, a;f?w miles from Vacaville and I came here to live with Frank's brother, Raymond, and his vife. " 'Frank came to me one day early in October and toldme he was go ing away to marry a very" rich wo man and he wished I would 'find somebody else.' u' a - , ,A 'The very rich woman was Clara, I learned. He disappeared thew and the next thing I liear was that, Jaki had been murdered and Clara had disappeared.. Frank is still missing." ' . - -' ' ' ' Clara Hambu to Decide, on Surrendering Self Today Fort -Worth, Tex.. Dec. v 8 A proposition that 0:ira-Smith surren der and return to Ardmore for possi ble court action in connection wijh the fatal shooting of Jake L. Hamon November 21 will be submitted to the woman herself for final decision it was announced today, by t law firm, members of which say they conferred with J..L. Smith, father of the missing Voman, yesterday. The father today is on hi way to a small town in Interior Mexico to, fupmit the proposal to pis aaugnier, tne attorneys aid. They Tequested that the name of the firm not be published. . Should Clara Smith accept the proposal to surrender, the attorneys' said, they wouJd, aetena ner- m ajjurt and insist upon speedy trial if the charge I gainst her necessitated taking the case to court. The woman is not in Juarez, but is con cealed in a nearby Mexican village, the attorneys declared, adding that they texpected .word of th woman's decision totiigrit" or-tomorrow. .- Lighting , Fixtures Granden Elec tric Co, formerly Biwa'M.Orn'en Co. Adv j ' . Mrs.' MacSwiney ' Reaches '" Washington-to Testify f' -f '. f Houston Asks Heavier , Tax oh'Small Income (Continued From Face One.) manufacturers,' producers or import ers of perfumes, cosmetics and me dicinal articles in lieu of the present tax on the consumer to yield $10, 009,000. . - , . -An additional 5 per cent tax on jewelry and precioas metals to yield $25,000,000. An additional 5 per cent on musi cal instruments to- yield $13,000,1)00. An additional tax of .5 per. cent on motion picture films to yield $4,000,000. i Would Tax Savings. In the readjustment of surtaxes, Mr. Houston proposes the division of incomes into ''-saved" or reinvest ed and "spent." On the fdrmer class he wauld limit the highest . tax to 20 -per cenH while the income spent would be subjected to a tax ranging as high at 50 per cent. Under the plan . proposed by the secretary,-in comes between $5,000 and So.OUO would be taxed 2 per cent on the part saved and the same on the part spent. The same ratio with a gradu ated increase would apply . to in comes up t Jt.JU.UUU, where tne. max imum of 20 per cent on saved in come ja reached. From $30,000 to $40,000, the ' rates would be 20 per cent cm saved and 25 per cent on soent:- $40,000 to $50,000, 20 per cent and oO per cent;. $3U,uuu jo 3,uuu. 20 per eent and 35 per cent; $75,000 to. $100,000, 30 per cent and 40 per lce"t.nd over $1W),000, 2 0 per c ent . and 50 per cent or a tota tax of 70 nrr rpnt The nfesent. maximum rate is 70 Rer cent on incomes of $1,000,000, Sut Mr. Houston declares it has "long passed the point of its mini mum productivity" since it encour ages the investment in tax-exempt securities. He says the "only effective-way to tax the rich is to adopt ,ates that do not force in vestment in tax-exempt securities." Reduce Millionaires' Taxes. : The new rates while not laying as high a levy against the great in comes will, the secretary expects, produce a greater return to the gov ernment since the wealthy class will not find, .it profitable to invest in bonds of , states, counties or mu- uicipalitie which are tax-exempt, but v . The repeat of the tax on soda fountain and other beverages is asked, the secretary says, because the collection of, the tax, the aggre gate of which is small, has presented an administrative problem of magni tude. Added to that,1 Mr. Houston says, there has been constant and widespread evasion of such taxes. The excess profits tax. Mr. Hous ton declares, has not " fulfilled the theoretical grounds upon wni'ch it was enacted and has been lound to be wrong both in theory and in political philosophy. He says it dis criminated against the conservative ly frrianced corporation while aid ing materially, the firms whose cap italization is exaggerated., He tfrges that it be replaced by some form of a corporation profits tax "not 'only on the grounds of the government's revenue needs, but upon grounds of equality and justice." The corpora tion profits, the secretary continues, should not be allowed to escape with a tax of 10 per cent while other ax payers are subjected to taxes on theij incomesranging as .high as 70 per cent. '' Urges Greater Economy. ' Mr. Houston' again ursres the necessity .for rigid economy in gov- ernmerit expenditure, asserting that only by conserving the finattceg care- tuny can the expenditures be kept within the $4,000,000,000 annually, which he suggests should be the tasis' for a rqvnue program. He is hopeful, however, that with , the "heavy burdens placed by the trans portation act" out of the way there will be a substantial excess shown by government receipts over srovern- nent expenditures. - ' ' An analysis of the government ex penditures for the last fiscal year de velops the fact that almost one-fifth of . the $6,400,000,000- paid out was Fpent in connection with federal control and the guaranty of earnings for the railroads. Only .one depart ment of the government the War department spent more than was used in connection with the carriers.' The War department's total, the record shows, was $1,611,000,000, against $1,037,000,000 for the rail roads . . . Discussing the War 4?bt, and a program for its retirement, Mr. Houston says that within the mcxt JO months the government will have to pay Pit approximately $7,500,000,- ADVEKTISEWEMT To Cur a Cold in One Day TM Qrnvp's LAXATIVE BROWO ,CJD1 NINE tablet. The. Ktnulne bean the (lunaturo of F, W. Urova 10a. 1 Kft: a ! ' ' " j , v ,- , ; , , - f England's Naval Policy to Cause Hot Controversy lay Cause Much Hard Talk Against U. S., But It Will Be Wilson Policy That . Is Under Fire. By JOHN STEELE. (New York Times-Chicago Tribune Cable.- Copyright 1920.) v London, Dec. 8. England's naval policy is.' likely -'to develop shortly into a bitter domestic controversy which will involve a good deal of hard talk about the United' States. It should be understood however, that it w;ill be the Wilson adminis tration policy arid not that of the irt coming administration will be under fire. ' I have information received from the hignest quarters, that the ad miralty will put forward a gvat program of capital shipbuilding to cost nearly $500,000,000. The cabinet is aghast at the cost and at the same time is afraid to oppose such a cam pagin as the ' sailors can put np, based upon- the naval program of America., -A leading Brrtisli politician told me last night that the fight would open shortly and: 4hat f America would be sure to figu e in it. "We have to thank that arch-hypocrite Wiison," he declared, t"for a situa tion -which threatens to disturb, the friendly relations we are so anxious to maintain. He came oyer here preaching peace and disarmament with one voice, while with the other he encouraged ah immense program of shipbuilding at home whichcan only be aimed at England. Wha is the use of preaching disarmament, when he himself is arming on a larger scale than the world has ever known. - We do riot want to waste our money on fightnig ships that will be obsolete in a few years, but j our navy is our all in all, and we cannot allow even. our best friends to surpass us in naval power." j "I have learned that the admiralty is doing its utmost to rush the cabinet into consenting to this vast expenditure, but as long, as a cab inet headed, by a premier opposed to so large a commitment without further investigation refuses. to act, Briton will tie without -an immediate increase in her present large navy." 000 'in Victory notes, war savings certificates and treasury . certificates of indebtedness. He proposed that the treasury certificates not be fund ed further; that they be retired as rapidly as the treasury s conditions permit, so the program for redeem ing other government obligations will not be hampered by simultane ous payments. Final Payment to Roads. - Mr. Houstori tells congress that the heavy payments required by the transportation act naa disarranged the government's fiscal plans," but he believes early spring will witness final settlement of the claims of the railroads under the guaranty-provisions and that the' treasury then can proceed with its previously an nounccd'oroarram of meetintr and re tiring the war savings - certificates, amounting to. $80000,000,. and the Victory notie issue. which aggregates ?4.5WJIUO,UUU. 'lironch inpratirtn of the sinkim? fftrnd, use of the Small repayrnents by foreign-governments on loans . i . i. i i .v : . i . ;inu xne epipioymem oi certain salv age returns to the treasury, it has retired $l,764,896,l50"un bonds, Mr. Houston says, saving $100,000,000 on the transactions by buying in the open markets. Of the amount pur chased bonds aggregating $119,109, 000 were retired from funds repaid by the foreign governments.' Lessons of the world war, Mr. for transfer of some of the treasury activities to other departments. Five bureaus, war risk insurance) prohi bition, public health .service, super vising archjtect and the .general supply committee, are in no way related to the fiscal operation of the government, he says, and urges that they be placed under other jurisdic tion.. s . In connection with this suggested reorganization, the secretary asks that the position of 'under secretary of the treasury be 'created at a sal ary f $10,000. He recommends ateo an increase in the salaries of tha as sistant secretaries from $5,000 to $7,500. - , Glue i being made in Germany by treating raw bones with sulphur dtRxide, removing tlic f ;j.t with ben zine and boiling th? mass in vatcr under pressure. hi Sister of Late . Mayor of Cork; s Gives Evidence :r-r.... Tells Committee of 100 Amer J ica Can Best Aid Ireland by Efforts to Gain Truth , ;v " About Conditions. ' Washington, Dec. .8. Anierican aid forIrish independence can best be exerted thraiigh "efforts to gain the truth about actual conditions," Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of the late lord mayor of Cork; declared to day before the commission of the committee of 100 investigating the Irish question. Miss MacSwiney was the first wit ness called when the commission, re sumed its hearings after an interrup tion of several weeks. It had been the plan to first examine Mrs. Muriel I . r J ' t I : iviacawiney, wiaow oi inc loru mayor, but this was 'changed. Miss MacSwiney told the com mission she felt that most Ameri cans were uninformed as to real conditions. ' Outside of Ireland, Miss Mac Swiney said, an fmpression prevails that the move lor Irish independence is fostered entirely by the Catholics. This she denied, asserting that Protestants and Catholics were equally represented in the move ment. The system of education estab lished in Ireland by the British was criticised by Miss MacSwiney, who declared that "most of the people of Ireland do not know how to express themselves." "Thdse couditions with respect to education," she continued, "have made it possible for anti-Irish groups in Enand to say; that the Irish citizens do not want independence. The difficulty s that long years of British domination hive not per mitted the Irish as a people to de velop mentally." , Increased Gas Rate At Fremont Declared Illegal by Courts ,- . - Fremont, Neb., Dec. 8. (Special Telegram.) The validity of Mayor G. M". Hinnmalis deciding vote cast at the September meet ing of the, Fremont city council, which adopted an .ordinance allow ing the Fremont gas company an increase in rates, was declared ille gal by Judge Frederick Button and Tudire A. M. Post. This- opinion makes the new ordinance increasing1 rates void. .. . :At the September council meeting, the gas company submitted their re quest that they be allowed, to in crease their rates. The vote was tiA amonc the eieht councilmen and the mayor directed that his vote be ... . ff recorded witn tne anirmauve. Otis Gardner began suit against the sas 'company and the city ot Fremont on beliait or tne otner tax-: payers asserting that the increase was Unnecessary and that the vote of the mayor was invalid. ,t-ater, the case ot the gas company was dismissed and the demurrer against the city remained. The court now sustains Mr. Gardner and rulesthat the mayor was powerless to vote on the ordinance and that the measure be overruled. ' ; , It is i said the gas. company will continue their increase in ates and that the plaintiffs will be "forced to bring suit directly against them. Wife of Alliance Oil Man Held for Murder (Continued From P One.) McElhaney ipquire'if Anderson was dead, and remarked that if he wasn dead she would "plug1' him "again This man told his stpry to the county attorney, but was not held as a witness. There are reported to have been , at least two eye witnesses to the murder. Mrs. McElhaney refused to . ad-1 it that she purchased a' .32-calibeH mit automa raSSJiptWA DOONt biscuit- ware store ing, although th proprietor says she did. A weapon answering the description of ithe one the propri etor says he sold to the woman was found in her rooming house a few hours after the shooting. It had been recently fired and one shell was missing from the charhber. An empty shell of the same caliber and make as' those in the revolver was later found in the alley where the shooting occurred. Reports are current that Mrs. McElhaney has promised to cause a sensation when she goes on the witness stand ; at the preliminary hearing, which will be held Thurs day or Friday. It is said that the names of several local business men may be revealed and a real scandal is expected. She is alleged to have made the remark that if she is sent to the ' penitentiary several other local persons -will' have to go too. ' Husband Defends Wife. L. A. McElhaney, her husband, arrived here from Edgemont,, S. D.. and declares he -will do everything in his power to help free his wife on the murder charge. Their meet ing at the city jail was unaffecting. "Glad you've come, Louis." said Mrs. McElhaney as she reaoned out her hand to shake hands with her husband.. . . - "Sorry to find you here," replied Mr. McElhaney. The two then en gaged in lew-toned 'conversation and he remained at the jail for-more than two hour. s ' - Mr. McElhaney would make no statcriicnt about the case other than to say that he would exert" every effort to free his wife. He operates a tailor shop at Edgemont. S. D. He owns 160 acres of land near Edgemont, on a part of j,which a rich oil well was brought in last week. . The couple were married here about five years ago, but have not been living together for s6me time. . An extension from the back of a barber's chair carries a saddle to en able a barber to sit down at liii work, moving himself and hi patrn about at will. ADVERTISEMENT. PiUf Cured in 6 to 14 Dyi ririiTKlHin refund money If PA ZD MTJJT M.KN'T fnllB to ruro Itrhlnu. Wind, lll-cl- or rrntruciin i'm-h, inntir't'v rv eK ttchln fllcn, nnd j-nn n"i r. t i"-"! 1Mb ftr tlrit pplktlon. CJc. Auburn Couple Celebrate : 50 Years of Wedded Life Auburn, Neb., Dec. 8. (Special) S. P. Robertson and wife, pioneer residents of this county, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in this city, with a family reunion and" anniversary dinner. They were married at Potomac, 111., December 7, 1870. The follow ing spring they emigrated to Nemaha county, Nebraska, settling on a homestead in the neighborhood of Brock. They made the overland trip from Danville, 111., in a wagon. t, Mr. Robertson was born at Dan ville and was a chum of Joseph Can non, former Speaker of the house of representatives and the dean of re publican members in the house. Mr. Robertson is 72. He was a member of the legislative assembly of Ne braska in 1885, at that time being HouseLeaders Determined to Stop AJien Flood Special Rule Limiting Debate On Johnson Immigration Bill Proposed Plan ' Action Thursday. , 'Washington, Dec.' 8. Determina tion of house leaders" to stop during the period of reconstruction the great flood of immigration which has set in from Europe arid other parts of tfie world was evidenced by the action of the rules commit tees in reporting a special rule under which geheral debate on the John son bill would be limited to four, hours and probably disposed of at orte session. ' . The rule will be called up Thurs day, .having been agreed upon only to permit a fainority report by Rep retscntative SiVgtl, republican of New York. The 'Johnson. Irill would prohibit practically alt Inimigration for two year ' . While the house committee was acting. Senator , Xing, deriiocrat, Utah, introduced a bill proposing tO; suspend immigration for six months.'' This proposal ' has the supjrort -of-other senators whobejji&e' that' con gress should not act hastily in pass- uig niimigi hiiuii le&iMiiiiun,- ' uui should put ,up the bars for a short period while it is assessing the whole situation and drafting legis lation to meet it. '' Senator King also offered a measH ure- calling upon the secretary of labor for a report on the disposi tion of appropriations made for en forcement of the law against alien anarchists, for the deportation of anarchists and for the enforcement of the immigration law.' tfender, delicious shortbread. yjith JUSt the Hdhl HchneSS" i . C - I Rogers . 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He refertsd to steps which, he declared,' "have been going on quietlv to develop the Oswego canal" from Lake Ontario to the Erie canal. ; Mr. Ursell estimated "nat not more than 10,000,000 bushels of Ca nadian wheat shipped to the United State will be milled there. The re mainedr, he predicted, will be ex ported through New York, Boston and other Atlantic ports. The aver age prewar consumption of Canadian wheat in the United states he ex plained was about 4,000.000 bushels. ,t i . . t ,. Wilson Sends Armenian Boundary Opinion to League Washington, Dec. 8. President Wilson? 'has - completed hi9 recdrl mendations with regard to the boun daries of Armenia and has forwarded them to the league, of nations, in ses sion at Geneva, it was said today at the" State department. The recommendations were not made public, . , They were for mulated at the request of the prin-. Cipal allied powers , and it was ex plained that they had no direct bear ing upon the prospective efforts of the president at mediation - in. Ar menia. - j - ' ,i Woman Will Not Prosecute Man Whose Conscience Hurts Mrs. E. R. Clelandv306 Securities building, whose home was robbed last year by Harry Howard, alias Harrv Kinsr. whom she befr and who surrendered' to the Des Moines police " Monday, said she would not file, a complaint f against him. ; "All I want is my money and jew elry," Mrs. Cleland said. "I don't want to punish the old man. I know. his conscience must bve hurt him, but I-don'f want hirri sent to prison.' COMPANY Iovelty Silk Hosiery A Wonderful Selection Lovely hand embroidered' hose, lace clocks, 'hand embroidered clocks, silk net hose, self clocks, silk bootJiose with lace in serts. Distinctive novelties which are seldom shown in such variety as in this holiday collec tion. 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This, he sail' represented the, "adjusted" expenrii ture of the treasury, excluding a!i other outlay which had rio relatio: to the actual prosecution of the w.v during the period from April 6, 1917, to June 30, last, which, he said, cov ered the extremes of the govem ment's. war-time fiscal operations, i Total exoendit ures bv the tfovern- hient during the period covered, ex ceptihg only postal . disbursement; from postal revenues, were sjo.bjii,- 812,89?, treasury figures showed. Ot this amount $16,078,844,097 was ob tained in taxes and revenue from sources other than borrowed monev. Mr. Houston said a deduction ot $9,523,000,000, the amount loaned to foreign governments, should be made from the grand total, since thee loans will be repaid and consequent ly cannot be charged as an'actual ex penditure. The secretary made other deductions aggregating approxi mately $4,500,000,000, which, he said, represented the excess cost of actual governmental . operations for the three years and three months over what they would have been jn nor mal times. . c.l.i i : oianion American Legion Elects, rnest Commander Stanton. Neb., Dec. 8. (Special Telegram) The Stanton- post of American LegTsn had its regular an nual meeting and the following offi" cers were elected: Rev. Fr. John Palubicki, commander; Frank J. Parr, vice commanderf Rudolph Hoehne adjutant: Meredith Acker man, finance officer; Dr. W. F Peters , Dr. C. D Palmer and W. R Page, executive officers. Dewitt and Drewelow , gave CxDression of their bdriendel?PPionpf the kjpon by driving Woman Robbed on Street Dallas, Tex., Dec. 8. Two bandits attacked Mrs. Anna Engle man, 55, on a street, seized her hand bag Containing $4,300 in money and diamonds valued at $1,000 and es caped in. an automobile. 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