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Annual Report
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1 1,180 Ships. BuUt
Shipping Hoard .Chairman De
clares by 1922 U. s. mi
Have as Much Tonnage
S; Aa All Other Countries.
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Washington, Dec. 13. With com
pletion of the government ship
building program by 1922, the
United Staes probably will have as
much ocean-going tonnage as all the
' other countries combined," with the
exception of Great Britain, Chairman
Benson of the shipping board de
clared in his-annual report, made
public ytsterday.
' At the end of the last fiscal" year
the chairman said, American mer
chant ships, covernment and private
4jwned, niftnbered 3,404, of, 16,918,212
S deadweight tons, not including fnore
l nnn rrf . f . . . .j
man .uuuuuu ions 01 snipping on
the Great Lakes, .The net program j
Benson said, contemplated 2,315 ves
sels of 13,675,711 deadweight tons,!
i hd at the end of the last fiscal year
2,070 ships aggregating 11,622,361
deadweight tons rad been com
' pleted. - "
"" !: During the year 1,180 finished
ships of 6.379.823 deadweight tons ;
were delivered, exceeding all rec
ords. They were built without over
time or other aids to rapid produc
tion, Admiral Benson said.
229 Services Represented.
American vessels are now sailing
h 229 separate services. They car
v lied 44.5 per cent of tlje nation s for-
cign commerce last year as com
pared with 9.7. per cent before the
war. the report said.
Th trnvM-nment flpet in nnratlon
June ju consisted ot ,Jv4 steel ves
sels plying to all quarters of the
globe, including 508 to northern Eu
fopffand 126 to southern Europe. In
the transpacific service there were
. 163 vessels and in the South Amer
ican 138. ' '
' - Forty-one direct service lines have
been established to South nd Cen
tral America from nine ports on the
Atlantic coast, four on the gulf and
' lyiro on the Pacfie coast,, the report
raid. ' .t
Sold, 426 Ships in Year.
" The board sold during the year 426
ships for a total f $279,914,594, in
cluding 131 new steel, cargo vessels,
34 new wooden ships and 33 former
German cargo ships. ' , ,
Discussing the wooden fleet, Chair
' man jknson said the maximum num
ber in operation was 240 during
April. IA June there were 170 at
work. V - ; i .
: Demand for tanker tonnage in
creased during the year. The chair
man declared the board's ships were
in constant service,' chiefly between
Mexican and American gulf ports
and north Atlantic ports and Ameri
can oil stations at St.. Thomas:. Vir
gin islands, Brest and Bizerta. On
.the i Pacific the1 lines run be
between
San Francisco and American foreign
stations at Honolulu. Manila and
Shanghai Government' tank steam
ers carried 3,641,362 tons of oil dur
ing the year,
All Seized (Craft Sold. .. :
Nearly all Seized Gentian cargo
craft have ben sold, or chartered
with option to purctiase, while all
but 11 of the German passenger
ships had been disposed of during
the year, the report said. No dispo
sition has been made, however, of
f the one Austrian vessej, the Martha
Washington. ,v - ' -' ''-f:'
" Describing the activities of the
board's department of : investigation,
the chairman reported that between
April, 1918, and June," 1920, tWera
have been 2,500 separate investiga
tion conducted ove? the country
Operations have been co-ordinated,
.he added, with those of the, Depart
ment of Justice, theaval and mili
tary intelligence Services and other
agencies of the government in whici
there was joint interest. A
Nephew of Hamon Is
' SouqhjLf or Leaving
WifeWithout Funds
' Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 13. A war
rant for, the arrest of Frank Hamon,
nephew of . the Sale Jake Hamon,
; multi-millionaire oil man of Okla
; noma, was issued by Justice O'Brien
here yesterday on complaint of his
ife, Mrs. Ruth Hamon, charging
abandonment. '' : , '
;.; Mrs. Ruth Hainon recently
charged that her husband received
$100 monthly from his uncle, Jake
? Hamon, for having married his first
wife, Clara Smith Hamon, and per
; mitting her -to ,Jive with the Okla
homa oil magnate.
Mrs. Hamon stated that she was
.abandoned in this city in September
land that repeated attempts to get.fi
nancial assistance from her husband
have failed. The warrant will be sent
yto VacaviHc. Cal, to be served.N
. Found in Weeds'ild Man'
Gets Workhouse' for a0 Days
V Sam Lewis, 2745 Eight avenue,
v Council Bluffs, who attempted 'to
wreck the drug store of P. J. Vachal,
602 Pierce, last Saturday night. -was
- fined $25 and ordered to make lit
tle ones out of big ones at the city,
'workhouse for 30 days by; Judge
' Foster yesterday. ,,. ... . . : .
" Lewis was charged, with intotfica
' "tton, assault arid malicious destruc
tion of property He was 'arrested
-pnly after a search by six pohce-
men, who found him in a patch of
"weeds near Fifth and Pierce streets,
t After striking Vachal in the face.
)iiewis threw the cash register at
slum and attempted to raze all the
'counters in the store.
:Law to Provide Mounted
Police in Iowa Proposed
Dps Moines. la.. Dec. 13. Iowa
;will have a state constabulary srhv
'ifar to those in Nev York and
- Pennsylvania and to the ' northwest
, 'mounted police, if a bill to be intro
duced early in the nfext session of
"the legislature-is psed. Those who
j have drafted the bill expect that it
" will cut down the loss in stolen cars
-i te) a great degree, and will lower
' itheft insurance prsmiumus by more
'than $2,000,000 a year.,
Lighting; Fixtures-Qranden Elec-
, trie Co- formerly Burgess-uranaen
Saved bv Woman Juror'
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yqwggjpjj :J i mill i
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- : One woman's steadfastness to
deadlock saved Mrs. Maybelle Roe
" rnt.Klavinff racr hfinv frld
the case was discharged.
onerator of Venice Ci.. was hot and killed durinr a nuarrl Aver nan.
session of a4ungalow. SeveraL,women were held following the shoot
Ing. Mrs. Roe -was the fast "to face. trial After 20 hours the iurv in .
Daniels' Recommendations
Based on Joining of League
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Annual Report of Secretary of Navy Approves An
other Three-Year Building Program Involving
" Construction of 88 Vessels If U. S. Doesn't -'
.'( s Enter World Organization. " "
Washington, Dec. 13. Approval
of another three year naval build
ing program, involving the con',
struction of 88 vessels, if the United
States does not enter the league of
nations or a similar world'organiza
tion, .is given by Secretary Daniels
in his annual- report today to Presi
dent Wilson. '
-. "If the United States is. 'not to
enter into any agreement with the
Lotner powers of the. earth, which
arc now oouna xogeiner m . me
league of nations," says the naval
secretary," "I feel compelled tq ap
prove the recommendation of the
general board that congress au
thorize another 'three-year -program
to be .begun as soon as the capital
ships now under construction are!
launcnea
The thuee year program recom
mended by the general board JLo be
Under way .by 1924 includes the con-i
struction of three battleships, one
battle cruiser, 30 light cruisers,
e.ight gunboats, 18 destroyer lead
ers, 12 mine laying submarines, ' 6
cruiser submarines, 4 airplane car-
ners,
tenders' and
submarine tenders.
"Big Enough For League.
,, "If the United States takes its
stand with other countries in an or
ganization , to prevent war 'and pro
mote peace," Mr. Daniels says, "our
present navy,' with the addition of
some special types, will be adequate
for our defense and the prevention
of aggression." f '
No specific recommendations for
appropriations for newK construc
tion during the next fiscal year are
included m the secretary's report,
but his estimate of the cost of main
taining the naval establishment for
the coming Vear is $679,515,731 ex
clusive of any sums congress may
add for new building. This is
$240,000,000 - more'' than was ap
year, but Mr. Daniels says the sum
is not really an increase, dui is
"necessary to carry on . the con
struction of ships already authorized
and the completion of shore estab
lishments already begun by direc
tion o,f congress."
The most pressing problem con
fronting the nation with regard to
the national defense, the naval sec
retary continues," is the immediate
necessity for" increasing the naval
shore establishment facilities on the
Pacific coast. '
Must Protect C6ast.
"The day will never come," Mr.
Daniels says, "whei a powerful fleet
will not be based in the Pacific, and
it is essential that ample provision
be made not only for the Pacific
fleet, but for the ;whole American
fleet in its stated periods of tactical
exercises on-the west coast."
' Characterizing Hawaii as the
"crossroads and key to the Pacific,"
Mr. Daniels recommends the crea
tion there of a fleet-operating base
capable of accommodating the entire
American 'navy with-all auxiliaries.
Facilities for a fleet of a- thousand
vessels could be developed at Ha
waii, the. report asserts, adding that
"the strategic location of Hawaii is
realized,' its possibilities have been
carefully studied and set forth by
raval experts ahd its development on
a broad scale a9 a fleet-operating
base canrtbt be too strongly recom
mended." - Despite. "sporadic criticism", in this
country and abroad of the1 comple
tion of . capital ships authorized be
fore the war, the battleship remains
the "backbone" of the fleet, Secre
tary . Dantels declares. The war
proved that the time has not come
tor the abandonment of capital ships,
he says, and in support of his declara
tion he points out that recent British
building programs ; haye . included
f'inds for dreadnaughia and battle
cruisers and that Japan "has laid
down five capital ships since the
armistice, and it is understood that
right others are projected jfor. the
near future." .
Co-Ordinate All Activities.
A strong plea that all marine ac
tivities of ''the government be Sco'ri-
jiolidated in the navy in the interests
her convictions through a 20-hour
of Los Anireles from conviction in
iherr MrPullmicrh firsnrlnn rk1f
jury
of economy and efficiency is made by
t'.e naval , secreiary. He declares
that "America should have but one
navy," and. that at present there are
various "little navies" under, various
government departments whose ac
tivities could, be far more advan
tageously directed under a single
control. , .
The Navy department now oper
ates a total of 979 vessels, Mr. Dan
iels points out, while the War de
partment maintains a fleet of 730
craft, exclusive of 1,245 other vessels
of various types used in harbor
work; the treasury, lOships; the De
partment of Commerce, 147; the ship
ping board, 1,510,. and miscellaneous
divisions more than 200 others.
Amalgamation with the nayy of the
coast guard and the lighthouse and
life-saving services is particularly
urged by Mr. Daniels and he also
says "it wohld be to the advantage
of the army as well as the navy if
all United States, transports were
manned by the navy in time of peace
as well as war."
Says Policy Vindicated.
In reviewing the operations of the
fleets during the year Mr.! Daniels
asserts that "no policy adopted in
recent years has a rounder military
basis or has been more completely
justified than that of maintaining two
great Meets, one on each of the great
oceans we are called upon to defend,
with provision f of their operation as
one single fleet.":' Gratifying prog
ress was made in target practice, in
the training of newj recruits and ma
neuvering during the year, the re
port adds. ' '
Reviewing the remaining work un
der the 1916 building program, Mr.
Daniels says construction is going
forward as rapidly as can be expect
ed under the conditions encountered.
All of the destroyers of that program
have been completed except 12,
which it was decided nof to construct
because of a surplus of this type of
vessel. The 10 scout cruisers are
"going forward rapidly," the secre
tary states, and Koerdfcrogrlbss has
been mdae on the submarines 'excepTj
the nine fleet submersibles. of which
but threehave been started. Eleven
battleships and six great battle cruis
ers aUo remain under construction.
. - Urges Air Department. '
. The secretary renews his previous
ly voiced opposition to consolidation
of army, navy and commercial avia
tion and recommended the creation
of a separate bureau ofyeronautks
in the Navy department, ijn connec
tion with his review of the activities
of naval aviation during the year.
Mr. Daniels asserts that the Unit;J
States is "still far behind other coun
tries in lighter-than-air craft" , and
urges a continuation bf the develop
ment of this, branch of the aerial
service. .
. The safeguarding of the, navy's 11
reserves is vigorously urged by Mr.
Daniels, who declares the assurance
of an adequate oil supply foe the
navy is vital to the service.
Mr. Daniels devotes a consider
able portion of -his report to the
marine occupation of Haiti and to
the investigation now bein,g con
ducted there by a special naval board
of inquiry. He gives in foil the va
rious reports of investigations by
Major General Lejeune, Brigadier
General Barnett and others, which
previously have been published, and
declared that "the duty of maintain
ing order and suppressing revolu
tionary movements has been per
formed in a spirit which has received
the highest commendation from all
who "have familiarized themselves
with the true history of the service
of the marines in Haiti."" V
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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. PECEMBER 14, 1920.
League Council
Urges Poland Be '
Ruler of Danzig
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Recommendation Is in Line
With Recent Request bt
Poles to nsure Transport.
Coftobd and Materials.
Geneva. X)ec, 13. (By The As--sociatedrftss.V--Military"(control
of
Danfiftby Poland has been recom
mended to the council of the league
of nation's hi a report from the mili
tary commission. "This recommen
dation, should it be adopted, would
be in Hne with a request from the
Polish government some, time ago, 'it
beipg alleged at that tinje that military-control
of the port of Danzig
was necessary to , insure th trans
port of food, munitions nd raw
materials to Poland.
The' council has decided to refer
the report, along with a suggestion
by Viscount Ishii of Japan, that a
military commission study the best
means to defend the town, to -the
high commissioner, who , will be
asked to sendsin a report. , x -Separate
action by the premiers of
France and' Great Britain - on mat
ters before : the assembly of the
league of nations are. made the sub
ject of sharp comment by the com
mittee on admission of hew states,
ttord Robert Cecil, representative of
South Africa; N. W. Rowel) of
Canada, and Dr. Nansen of Nor
way agree in criticising the action
of those. governments in announcing
policies Tegaraing such questions as
the adihission, of Armenia through
other channels than their represen
tatives at the assembly meeting here,
who are charged with such problems
Rene Vivilni of France, who has
been said to; be most particularly
annoyed by the declaration of the
Bttttsh and trench premiers to the
effect that Armenia should not be
admitted' to . the league, was' not
present today. ' Comment on the In
cident continues to he one Of the
predominant featureTof the meet
ing, the opinion being expressed that4
if powers desire to continue to treat
such questions in the old form of
diplomatic action, they are n6t ready
for the league of nations.
Leon Bourgeois of France has
presented a report from the com
mittee on an international court.
The i plan finally adopted . by the
committee differs from Elihu Root's
clan chiefly in the facs that juris
chctton of the tribunal would be vol-,
lintary instead of obligatory.
United States Senator Medill Mc
Cormick watched proceedings dur
ing this morning's session from the
press gallety.
Herrto$23,000;000
Seeks Hisv Release
From Daniels' Navy
Chicago, Dec. 13. Life on' the
bounding main of the Great Lakes
naval training station is not in con
sonance with the ambitions - of"
Geprge C. T. Remington. He will
gladly renounce his salary of $40 a
month if they'll only- let lim break
out of the navy.
Gob Remington, who, by the way
if heiT to a $23,000,000 estate, has
been unable to convince Secretary
Josephus ' Daniels that our fleet
could make the world safe for de
mocracy without his presence. He
desires to embark in the airplane in
dustry and figures in any event his
income as a private citizen will en
able hint to make ends meet if his
navy pay .stops.
Remington enlisted to- learn avia
tlbn, believing he would experience
no difficulty in obtaining a discharge
whe he had completed his education.
He is the son of Mrs. W. Schuyler
Vollamar of New Haven, Cotin. Last
September he married Miss Beatrice
Clarke. . 1 V
If he can't get a discharge he will
petition, for ft furlough. . "
The Chicago fire department em
ploys an emergency gasoline and oil
truck for use at fires toreplenish the
fuel supply of motor fire engines.
The truck has a hauling capacity of
510 gallons of gasoline and 65 gal-
tons of oil.
The Bhbies Room at the
Hoffmann Funeral Home
may have no immediate
interest for you, excepting
the comfort that knowing
about it may give 16 some
one else:
We Tifill be pleased to
shon you this department
-a visit you can make'
without depression of
spirit and vit .. genuine
satisfaction. X
Dodge at 24th St.
We Have
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.Cork Quiet us Troops
v Are Placed on Duty
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wall 'and ' closely questioned,' but
were finally allowtd to proceed. In
the Summer Hill district, the. scene
of the "Tftmbush, ..shortly after curfew,
two brothers , named' Dclaney ' are
reported to have bicn . taken from
thejr homes and shot, one subse
quently dying. .
terrorism "held sway ad when the
streets were emptied of civilians,
loud' explosions and rifle and re
volver shots kept up until early
morning. The explosions appeared
to come' from incenlhy bombs, -a
persons who ventured to look from"
their windows saw fires break out
in St. Patrick street and daylight
revealed the full extent ovf the dam
age. A . -x
, Several Missing.
It is not improbable that lives
have been lost in the fires; already
several persons connected with the
destroyed houses and business
premises are reported missing.
'Only one large drapery establish
ment is left intact, in Cork.
At 6:30 p. m. a special train left
Dublin for Cork, carrying Captain
Myers, chief of- the Dublin brigade,
and a motor engine with cew.
Protection Promised.
A deputation of citizens of Cork,
says a dispatch received here, includ
ing the Protestant bishop and tno
town clerk, waited on the officei
commanding the Cork trofops and re
quested him to take measures to pre
vent a recurrence of Ihe appalling
damage to property. He promised
to Send out. special military patrols.
' The destroyed city1 hall in Cork
was only excelled in point of size in
Ireland Jby Belfast's great municipal
building. This is the third time it
has been set on fire, the firemen be
ing driven out at the point of revol
vers. On the two previous occasions,
the west wing, devoted to Xhe pub
lic health department was burned,
but thii time the hall was set alight
in many places. .
The great hall seatinsr 3.000 and
having a fine organ, shared the fate
pf the municipal premises.
1 he fact that no serious casualties
were caused by the bombs is ex
plained by the statement that prelim-
insrw wafninop waa'crifjn tr all rn
mary warning was "given to all oc-
cupants of buildings to leave prior to
the attacks.
v At War With Crown.
A proclamation declaring that
"the public must at once realize that
Ireland is In a state of war with
forces of the British crown has been
issued over the signature of the of
ficer commanding troops of the Irish
"republic" at county Monaghan. The
proclamation, which setsfofth that
armed gangs in county Monaghan
have been" attacking'and murdering
inoffensive citizens, says that while
"we extend thehand of friendship
to all Irishmen, murder gang and
their guides and informers shall be
summarily" dealt with." .
There has been noofficial con
firmation of a report that fighting
occurred during the. burning of Cork
hetween the police and military. The
only official message bearing on the
report was ,a statement that the aux
iliaries had been fired upon iifter- i
mittently between 8 and 11 o'clock
last night. -
,The labor commission is planning
to send two members to Cork on the
first train tomorrow morning. The
laborites incline to the. opinion that
proclamation of martial law will
greatly improve the security of the
people and that it was instituted
primarily with the object tj!- check
ing excesses by the new forces of
irregular police and bringing them
under control
Soldier Patrol Ambushed.
Cork, Dec. 13. A military patrol
was ambushed at Cloyne, seven
miles east of Queenstown, yesterday.
The attackers threw bombs from two
houses, but were defeated. Two of
the attackers - were killed, several
wounded and two captured. One'
soldier was wounded. The houses
from which the bombs weie thrown
were burned. j .
300 Buildings Burifed.
Cork, Ireland," Dec 13. (By The
Associated Press.); More than 300
buildings are said to have been de
stroyed in the fires which yesterday
laid waste a great part of this city.
Most of We fires have . been ex
tinguished; but there are pecasionat
sporadic outhnrsts.of flames. -
Remembered
the Little Ones
in a department devoted exclusively
fittings for their laying away.
As thoughtfully as the mother plans for
the baby V stay, we have planned for
those who must linger bjut a little.
With equar delicacy and neatness, we
maintain a babies' room, where selec
tions may be made for infants of all
ages. s ...
'..-' '-
. Many a saddened mother, who jcould
not afford to patronizea "baby "shop"
when her child was to come, finds' here -a
solace in knowing that everything .
needed is at her command, without ef
fort on her part, and at whatever prices
she can afford to pay. ,
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Cabaret Returns
To Home in Iowa
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Leaves Hospital' find Plans to
Join Six-Year-Old Son
'' Denies Stories of
. "Parties."
, Mrs. Nina1 Dixon Wcddington, 23,
pretty young divorcee who was shot
by William Barr, -mechanic, at the
Monarch gardens," "black and white"
cabaret, the rtight of November 29,
left the Wise Memorial hospital Fri
day and planed to return last night to
her home in Oskaloosa, where she
will join her 6-year-old son, Clar
ence Melvine, taken there two
weeks ago by Mrs. Weddington's
step-father, E.-E. Raines. . '
Jrfter leaving the hospital Mrs.
Wcddington returned to the home
of . Mrs. vL. Dodson, 2648 Dodge
street, with whom she had roomed
nrtr inti e frt Yiai TtstiKta atirt I
cared .for the little boy until taker,
by Mrs. Weddington's parents, n
"Will Never' Return."
"Yes, it's back home for me,"
Mrs. vWeddinghan said yesterday
as she reclined on a couch, the bet
ter to preserve her strength for tin.
homeward journey last night.
"I'm going back to home and
mother and I'll never, never leave
again. ,1 never appreciated my
home "or the love of my" parents
until I got into trouble
"Lying in my bed at the hospital
I realized what my home really was
and what true friends home, folks
are wheru-trouble arises. .-"'
"Except for a few friends I made
ilf Omaha, the homef oiks were the
only ones who seemed anyway con
cerned about my welfare.
Determined to Go.
"I'm feoing back and enlov mv
Ihome. The physician who attended
mc at the hospital said I have had
a miraculous recovery. He didn't
want me to go home just .yet but
l told him twas determined to go
regardless of hisv orders.
"My "step-father, who has been
more than a father to me,, has writ
ten me nice letters every day. He
and .my mothir want-me to come
home as soon is possible. Theyiare
coming to Marshalltown, la., to
meet me and make thfc-remainder of
the trip homewitl) me., They, write
me that Clarence is now in school
and has forgotten tht tragedy
which almost made him' an orphan.
Converges Freely. '
Mr3. Weddington conversed freely
yesterday regarding the affair at
the Monarch "'gardens, but her face
became grave when ..Barr s name
was mentioned.
"I met Barr 'while he and his
father were boarding at ray home
in Oskaloosa. I used to ko a few
places with him but" always eave
him to undertand we could be noth
ing more than food friends.
"He used to tell me- 'Nino, I'm
crazy about you but you don't care
the snap of your finger for me.' I
would always "tell him he shouldn't
feel that way. He used to haunt me
all the time in Oskaloosa. .
"He left, Oskaloosa sometime be
fore I did and We met again in Oma
ha. His infatuation here seemed to
be worse than in "Oskaloosa. 'He-
dogged my footsteps continually i
and seemed insanely jealous when-1
ever I went with, anyone else.
. "Came to My Room.'
" "The night of the shooting he
came to my room and told me he
was going to Denver.- He kissed
Clarence good-by. The boy thinks
now that Will is in Denver. He
doesn't Know that hcJcilled himself.
"I was not in the habit of going
out on "parties," Mrs. Weddington
declared indignantly. That, night I
had gone to an early show at the
Strand with another man.' Just .as '
I entered the Monarch Gardens. I
saw Will advancing toward me.
Before I realized what he wa going
to do 1 was shot twice and Will had
turned the gun on himself." ,
French Sportsman. Dies ,
Paris, Dec. 13.--Edmond Blanc,
noted French sportsman, died at
Neuilly today. He was the owner
of a famous racing stable and was
seven times winner of the Grand
Prixr ',
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Motfier Shot
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Son of President
Of Panama Wants to "
Study at West Point
-Rodngo Antonio' Porras, 8-year-old
son of President Belisario Por
ras of Panama, who, despite his few
years, speaks J Spanish.' and English
fluently. The handsome youngstes,
who was present at the' meeting of
President-elect Warren G. Harding
and his father "at" Panama recently,
mldthe President-elect of his desire
to study at West Point. '
Search Ship for Loot '
Stolen From U. S. Mail
New York, Dec. 13. Investigation
of reported thefts of large amounts
of money and valuables from United
States mail aboard the Norwegian
steamer Hegre wiil be made before
the vessel is allowed to berth or any
of its; crew or passengers permitted
ashoi'e, it was announced here today,
by Rovernment officials.
The Hegre, under chatter to the
Five Continent Steamship company,
was due here today after a voyage
fromfCuba and Colombia.
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Bee want ads are business getters.
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THOMPSON BELDEJN
& COMPANY
A Whole Main Floor
of GIFT THINGS
Neckwear fancies
o f every dainty,
frilly fabric and
heavy real lace, as
v well. An odd little
collar, a trim col
lar and cuff set or
a very handsome
vestee make lovely
gifts.
Bag of silk,-of velvet,
and of leather; frivol
ous , affairs for dress
up wear and smart tail
ored purses for practi
cal use, range in price
from $5 up.
Glove of fine Tre
fousse kid, pliable'and
software to be had in
the short lengths, in
slip-on and gauntlet
styles and in long ev
ening styles. Glove
Certificates x so 1 v'e
many a question v of
preference. ,
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Man Confesses to
Kidnaping Boy
Story of Abducton of CaU
fornia Lad Becomes Known
After His Escape. '
Fresno, Cal., Dec. 13. The kid
naping last Friday of William Row
ell, 14, son of Milo L. Rowell, ol
this city and a nephew of Chester H.
Rowell, widely known California
publisher, became known with tin
lad's escape today.
The police have arrested I. M
Stalker, who they declare is an ex
convict, in connection with the case
A' letter demanding $3,000 ransom
for the return of the boy was receiv
ed Saturday morning. They said
Stalker, had admitted holding the
boy and writing the letter.
An automobile in which the boyv
was conveyed to Pinehurst,' in the
mountains near General Grant na
tional park, was stolen, the officers
said.
The boy's uncle recently was ap
pointed to membership on the ship
ping board.
Newspapermen who were present
when the district attorney questioned
Stalker said he declared he seized
the boy because he wanted money
"to help a prison pal who is doing
50 years, get his release" , .
They quoted Stalker as adding:
"I thought Mr. Rowell would pay
and that he had the money to pay
with."
According to the story Williara
told the officers, he . was accosted
last Friday morning while on his
way to school, by a man who of
fered to teach him boxing and wrest
-ling tricks.- The man told him
leave his bicycle in its usual place in
a rack at the school, and join him.
This he did, he said.
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umstanune reruses r
To Abdicate Throne
Lucerne, Switzerland, Dec 13.
Constantino of Greece today per
sonally declared he would not ab
dicate the throne. , .
Professor Georgios Srreit, his con
fidential adviser, last week denied
reports that Constantine might ab
dicate in favor of Crown Prince
Geprge, but . today's utterance by
Constantine was his first, direct
statement ou the subject. '
.'T will not abdicate and never had
any such intention," said Constan
tine in his farewell interview .with
the correspondents preliminary to
his departure for Venice tomorrow,
en route to Athens.
Hose of fine silk in
plain or,,.l ace
weaves , ot made
dainty by hand, em
broideries. Wool
hosiery, several
weaves and a num
ber of fine heather
shades.
A, bit of novelty jew
elry, a chain of semi
precious stones, a slen
. der pin of charmine:
workmanship or
a apanisn -como or
graceful proportions
are all quite inexpen
sive and in good taste.
The man in question
will appreciate nis gift
the more if it comes
from the Thompson
, Belden Men's Shop.
A Robe Neckwear
Cloves Hosiery
Jewelry j Handkerchiefs
Umbrellas Mufflers
And a great variety of
them. Haberdashery
of such distinction is
certain to find favor;
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