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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 60 NO. 235. fss 8ctt-Clin Matter Miy M. I9M- ' Om.hk P. 0. llndV Act st Mtrch 3. I."S. OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18 1921. By Mill (I )r), tailss 4th Zt. Dally s4 gundy. J9: Dally Only, li: Sunday, 4 Outilda 4th Zoaa (I ytar). Daily tad Susssy. f II. Dally Only. $12; Sunday Only, IS THREE CENTS U. S. Sends Ultimatum To Panama Hughes Dispatches Note Call ing on Government to Abide By Justice White's De cision in Dispute. i Quick Action Demanded By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. ( h lingo Tribune-Omaha lie Leaned Wire. Washington, March 17. Another move by the Harding administration demonstrating its firm determination to discharge in full, American obli gations in the western hemisphere, tavin gno room or interference by the league of nations in American affairs, was disclosed today. Secretary of State Hughes made public the text of 1 lie note he dis patched yesterday to Panama, vir tually an ultimatum, demanding im mediate acquiescence by that republic in Chief Justice While's settlement of the boundary dispute with Costa Rica. 1 ' It is the first lwigthy note pro duced by the new Secretary of state and embodies a judicial analysis- of the dispute culminating in the con clusion that Panama has not a leg o- stand on in declining to recog nize the White award. The document is interesting, also, not only as a sample of legal arguments to be ex pected of Mr. Hughes in internation al controversies of great moment, but as illumination of the frequently ex pressed opinions of lawyers that when Mr. Hughes has stated a case there is nothing left to be said on his side ot the dispute, if on the other. ' Calls for Settlement. After calling on Panama to pro ceed at once to arrange with Costa Rica for the appointment of an en gineering commission to delimit physically, the boundary decreed by Chief Justice White, Secretary Hughes concludes his note: , "It is to be hoped that the gov ernment of Panama will recognize that motives of true and inipartiat friendship for the governments of Panama and Costa Rica prompt the making of these representations to the government of Panama. The government of the United States Mould view with pprehension a continuance of this dispute, which has already given rise to hostilities with attendant loss of life, if such a continuance were caused by the re fusal on the part of the government of Panama to carry out obligations which it has bound itself solemnly , to , perform, v This government, therefore, deems It its MffTy-1-1 'ask that the government of Panama '"Slefiniwlv indirate- 5t intention tn comply with the representations made to it by the government of the United States. In taking this action, the admin istration is actuated primarily bythe desire to discharge the obligations of the United States arising from its close and special relationship to the Republic of Panama. Under the Haye-Bunau-Vartlla treaty, the United States undertook to guar antee and maintain the independence . of Panama. To perform this duty, Mr. Hughes points out, it is neces sary for the United States to ad vise itself of'the territorial limits of Panama. , No "Scraps of Paper. Moreover, discharge of the Ameri can obligation is conditioned upon Panama's faithful observance of its own international obligations. Mr. Hughes makes it clear that there are to be no treaty "scraps of . paper" in American affairs. The note is also significant of an attitude of wider import on the pait of the administration. It is regarded as betoking the intention on the part ot the president and Mr. Hughes, to establish a firmer policy in dealing with the Latin-American republics than - was pursued by the Wilson administration. By virtue of the Mouroc doctrine the United States is the protector of the other republics of the western hemisphere from European or Asia tic aggression. The United States ... has obligated itself to prevent any ""t'd world power from obligating any more territory in this hemisphere. Must Pay Debts. At the same time, however, the United States insists that the repub lics thus protected from foreign ag gression shall discharge their inter national obligations. Mexico, for ex ample, cannot expect under this policy, to escape payment of its just debts to Europe or reparation for the injuries sustained by foreigners. Likewise the note is significant of the determination of the new admin-' istration to enforce settlement of dis putes on this side of the world in a manner that would make interven tion by the league of nations whol ly gratuitous and repugnant to the United States. In this particular dis- pute, Panama appealed to the league of which it is a member. The United States was not pleased by this move, and has proceeded promptly and vig orously to settle the dispute itself, in accord with the principle of non-entanglement of America in the affairs of Europe and non-intervention by Europe in the affairs of America. When this had been made clear. Sir Eric Drummond, secretary of the league, announced that the appeal would not be entertained, inasmuch as the United States was proceeding to effect a settlement. Cleveland Bank Cashier Held for Embezzlement Columbus, O.. March 17. E. F. Fox, assistant cashier of the National Bank of Commerce, was arrested today on complaint of bank officials, Charged with embezzling $10,000. P. L. Schneider, president of the bank, issued a statement saving Fox t. $124,000 short in his accounts. The loss is covered by insurance. Fox it is said, made private loans r bank moov which could not b tollectea. Grernony for Unknown i iciu un ruiuisuce uay Cblriifo Trlbuae-Omaha Be 1-f'ird Wire. Washington, March 17. PresiJcnt Harding informed Secretary of War Weeks, that he prefers to have the ceremonies for the unknown Ameri can dead of the World war held at Arlington National cemetery on Armistice day, November 11, instead of Memorial day. The congress in the last session provided for the return from France, of the body of one unknown Ameri can soldier to be buried with na tional honors here. It was the last bill signed by President Wilson on March 4. Since then War depart ment officials have been planning for the ceremonies which will be most extensive and in which the president of the United States will have the leading part. They suggested that the ceremony could be held on Me morial day, May JO, or on Armistice daw Secretary Weeks asked the presi dent to decide and Mr. Harding promptly chose Armistice day. Green Army Being Formed to Combat Soviets' Regime Deserting Red Soldiers aVid Peasants Constitute Makeup of New Army That Means to Overthrow Bolsheviki. London, March 17. A green army is forming against the Russian gov ernment says a refugee from Petro grad. according to a dispatch to the London Times from Riga. The green army is being made up of de serting red soldiers and peasants. The first green contingent is at Kostroma, south of Moscow, where the red soldiers have formed a revo lutionary committee. The refugee says the general opinion in Russia is that the revolutionary party will succeed but that it will require sever al months. The refugee discredits bolshevik claims that Kronstadt is short of food. Sailors Morale Good. The morale of the sailors there, he says is improving daily as they are receiving money from Russian societies in Europe, through Fin land. He confirms the reports that the cbmmunists escaped from Petro grad in automobiles. They returned later, but have no authority, he said. It is reported, the dispatch con tinues, that a bolshevik airplane dropped 0 bombs on Kronstadt, March 14, some of which contained gas. The bombardments of Kronstadt and. PetrograrJ have,4eei of a des ultory nature for the last two days. Airplane maneuvers by both sides, are most active. A delegation of six Kronstadt sailors has arrived unexpectedly in Riga enroute to Germany, France and England with the purpose of explaining the situation to the labor ers of those countries and asking moral support against the commun ists, i The soviet government again is promising the people of Petrograd food, which it asserts Leonid Kras sin has bought in England, says the dispatch from Riga. The promises do not satisfy the populace and. in order to quiet the people the bolshe vik! are presenting with . each food card one reel of cotton and two needles. The food conditions in Petrograd, are reported to be fright ful Opponents of Regime In Costa Rica Censure Termination of War San Jose, Costa Rica, March 17. Opponents of the Acosta govern ment of . Costa Rica are sharply criti cizing the administration for termin ating hostilities between this coun try and Panama following interven tion by the United States. Exciting scenes are occurring in congress, many members of which are denouncing the government as "favoring Panama and endangering thejndependence of Costa Rica." United States warships are re-, ported to be watching the Costa Riean and Panama coasts. Producers in Oil inJWexico Are Against Recognition Galveston, Tex., March 17. De claring that the Obregon govern rr.e:rt had failed to protect life and property of Americans, members of the Asso ciation of Producers of Petroleum in Mexico last night '.vent on record against American recognition oi the southern republic until "absolute as surances of protection for American interests are forthcoming." ' New York Central Asks Rail Board to Reduce All Wages New York. X, arch 17.-The New York Central railroad 'whose wage revision proposals have been rejected by unskilled labor, today forwarded a petition to the railroad labor board in Chicago asking that tribunal to make the proposed reductions effec tive tentatively on April 1. Are You Right Man in the Right Place? Mr. Mabel Warner Bn, Omaha character analyst, in her aeries of ar ticles la The Be starts today dlacns slon of choice of Tocation. The articles hear the title. "Your Face and What It Telia. The first of the special aeries on "toratlons anl misfits" is on pace, . While these articles are appearing in The Bee Mrs. Busk srlU answer free all sjoestioam from Bee readers on character analysts and vocational choice. V 0 t e C H S t Here 3 lo 1 For StrJ-1 Unofficial Figures ) of Butcher Workmen .).109 to 1.732 for Walkout. Officials To Issue Call Figures on the strike vote takt:i Wednesday at the Omaha poking plants among the employes, could not be secured officially from of ficers of the local union. Votes cast totalled 0.841, of whicn 5,109 were for the strike, and 1,7.52 against the strike, it was reported un- I nttirialtv vrtrrdav. Results of the ballot were scut bv telegraph to international head quarters of the Amalgamated Meat (..utters and Butcher Workmen in Chicago, to reach there before ihid night. Jacob II. Davis, president ot the Omaha district, is in Chicago. "Every local union has positive ; orders not to reveal the result of the ! strike vote," declared W. J. Burns, j organizer for the Omaha local union. , Figures From Chicago. I "The result of the nation-wide strike, vote will probably be given out from Chicago headquarters if any result is made public at all." Mr. Burns declined to discuss tlr: reported figures of the strike vote here. He admitted, however, senti ment among the men here was for a strike. Workmen were on the job as usual at the packing plants yesterday and there were no indications what ever of any possibility of an un authorized walkout. Large Majority for Strike. Chicago, March 17. Reports oi the strike vote taken at middlewcst branches of the live big packing com panies continued to arrive at union headquarters here today and it was understood they indicated a large majority in favor of a strike. Full pow er to call the walkout w as placed yesterday in the hands ot Dennis Lane, secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Order of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, and Redmond S. Brennan, counsel for the union, at a meeting of the heads of the other unions involved in trades employed in the stock yards. Resolutions were adopted by the other union leaders assuring the butcher workmen of their support. Live Stock Freight Rates Lowered Until July of This Year Railroad officials announced yes terday an order discontinuing the 35 per cent increase on live stock freight rates, made when the rail roads were turned back by the gov ernment. This order, issued yc.-ter-day, will go into effect April 1 and remain in force until July 15, 19.21 . , Thousands of head of live stock shipped to New Mexico and Texas pasture lands during ihe winter of 1920 oh account of the drouth the ! summer before will be returned to i their original pastures in western Nc- j Draska, Colorado ana Wyoming. The suspension of the 35 per cent increase was through the efforts of the National Live Stock association and other live stock bodies and will be a boon to cattle men in this terri tory who have stock in southern pas tures. It is expected there will be a great influx: of live stock on the local market during the time the decrease j is in effect. ' Bomb Thrown at Lorry Of Soldiers in Dublin Dublin. March 17. A number of soldiers riding in a motor lorry were proceeding along Redmonds Hill street on the north side ot the city last evening when a bomb was thrown at the. machine. The sol diers icturned the fire and wounded two persons. Another lorry was bombed and fired upon from' windows of houses along Camden street and three civ ilians were wounded when a bomb exploded in Aungier street. During. a melee near the Ship street barracks many shots were fired and three persons were wounded. For the first time since disorders broke out in Ireland identification discs were given to the troops last night. Profiteering Cases Will Be Dismissed, Allen Says Lincoln, March 17. Six profiteer ing and hoarding prosecutions pend ing in the Omaha, division of the United States district court under section four of the Lever act, which the supreme court recently held in constitutional, will be dismissed, T. S. Allen, district attorney, said to- ,cav. titty profiteering cases irom all parts of Nebraska which were in vestigated and ready for presenta tion to the grand jury will likewise be dropped. Monroe Electric Light 1 Plant Damaged by Fire Columbus, Neb.. March 17. (Spe- cial.) A fire in the Monroe electric ! light plant destroyed the building, five automobiles, the light equipment and damaged'other property. The 'loss is estimated at $7,000. .An ex 1 plosion started k the fire. Inade ! quate fire fighting apparatus made jit impossible to check the fire'. iKaiisan Named Assistant ' Secretary of the Interior 1 Washington, March 17. Edward I C. Finney of Kansas was given a recess, appointment by President Harding today as first assistant sec retary of the interior. Woman Lobby Deserts Galleries of House L Mirch 17. (Special.) lobbv which haunted Naileries while the cen ts ocing considered, nas tmporarilv, at least. dilative Snow threw his Item during debate on the r-hip bill in committee of the whole. Snow stated that manv members believed ihe women would block their ro-clectjon it they didn't vote for censorship. "I am not going to vote for it and I'll debate the issue in my district on the merits of the ceu;orshi) bill and the" Byrum-Gif-ford bill without any fear of the re sults. Snow said. Snow did not say that "he would come back," as quoted. House Leaders To Insist Upon Tariff Action Republicans Stand Pat to j Make Permanent Bill First Work (f New Session Of Congress. Washington, March 17. Repub lican members of the house ways and means committee stood pat to day on the proposition that a per manent tariff bill should top the legislative program of .the new ses sion of congress. This view was expressed at a committee conference which took up, among other things, the ques tion of preparing and rushing through the house the same anti dumping, hill passed last session, to gether with an added valuation measure. The latter may be includ ed in the bill and the committee adopted a resolution requesting Treasury department officials to frame a rough draft for its con sideration. There was no intimation as to whether the president had approved the program agreed- on Monday at a conference dt the ways and means and senate finance committees. The president had expected to see west ern members of the former commit tee who have been insistent in de manding that the tariff be taken up ahead of revenue revision, but the meeting was postponed at his re quest. Want Wool Embargo. Meanwhile there were other move ments under way'which would have the effect of giving interests de manding it an emergency tariff. There lias been much discussion of the proposal by Senator Smoot, re publican, Utah, ,to put an embargo on wool, which was included in the Fordney measure vetoed by Mr, Wilson. Congressional and adminis strativc circles were said to be plan ning to put, an embargo on other products now on the free list. Al though they had been advised of such a movement, members of the ways and means committee declared that 'the question of preparing an emergency tariff had been aban doned. Agreement was reached today that the anti-dumping and valuation bills should not delay consideration of a straight tariff bill. Answering ques tions as to whether the committee had changed front on priority of tariff or revenue revision, Chairman Fordney declared it still was a 13 to 2 vote for tariff. The west, he said, is emphatic in urging tariff legisla tion early in the session. No Sign of Weakening. Members said there was no sign of weakening and that Representa tive Longworth, Ohio, and Bachar ach, New Jersey, were standing alone for revenue legislation first of all. Representative Young, republican. North Dakota, a member of the com mittee, declared the passage of the anti-dumping bill would not satisfy the west. "The man on the verge of bank ruptcy wants something to tie to," he said. "The west is up against it hard and to mv mind will insist on having the tariff taken up ahead of all other legislation." Chairman Fordney intimated that the committee-which will meet again tomorrow might begin work on the tariff bill. Lillian Lorraine to Soon Return to Stage New York, March 17. Lillian Lorraine, vaudeville and musical comedy star, who suffered injuries to her spine in a fall on the ice last January, will be able to dance again i1 two months, according to infor mation given out by her physicians today. M:.-s Lorraine slipped on the ice rs she stepped from a taxicab orr the right of January 30. She suf- i fcred paralysis of her arms, right j side and neck as a result of the fall. This paralysis has now disappeared, j the physicians said, and no per- j mancnt in.iurv will result. ; William Lawrence, Actor, - Dies After a Collapse! Boston. March 17. The death of; William Lawrence, who succeeded Denman Thompson as Uncle Josh in "The Oid Homestead,", and played the part 3,000 times, was announced today. He had been ill four days, having collapsed while playing here last Saturday. Lawrence was born in Nova Sco tia and was a sailor and fur trapper before he went on the stage. Caucus at North Platte Nominates City Ticket North Platte, Neb., March 17. (Special Telegram.) At a city con-i vcuti'ot ot republicans and democrats E. II. Evans was nominated for mayor, and O. E. Elder, city clerk. Mr. Evans was formerly mayor ot this city and resigned to enter the United States navy in 1917. Mr. Elder has been city clerk for a num ber of year LuicoItl Wanted: Some Dr.F.W.Gunsaukis, Educator, Is Dead Head of Armour Institute Is Victim of Heart Attack. Chicago, March 17. Dr. Fratik W. Gunsaulus, noted educator, preacher. and writer, and since v1892 president of the Armour Institute of Technology here, died suddenly at his home early today following a severe attack of heart disease. Dr. Gunsaulus was born on Jatiu-' ary 1, 1856 at Chesterville, O., and attended Ohio Wcsleyan university. He entered the ministry at Colum bus, at the age of 19 and later held pastorates at Baltimore and Chicago. ITien followed a series of professor ships at Yale, University of Chicago, Ohio Wcsleyan and Miami university. Among his -famous lectures were those on Oliver Cromwell, George Washington and American states manship. His writings included songs, essays, a life of Gladstone and numerous religious works. He is survived by the widow, four daughters, Mrs. Robert K. Merri man, Allentown, Ta.; Mrs. Henry Schueler, Mrs. Harry W. Chesley, Miss Helen Gunsaulus and a son, Joseph L. Gunsaulus, all of Chicago. Episcopal Minister Freed of Blame for Marriage of Du Pont Los Angeles, March 17. The con troversy in Episcopal church circles over the performance of a 'marriage ceremony by the Rev. Baker P. Lee for Alfred I. Du Pont, millionaire powder maufacturer of Wilmington, Del., who had been divorced, and Miss Jessie D. Ball ot Los Angeles, has been brought to a "satisfactory" conclusion, according to a statement made public here today. The statement was signed by the Rev. Mr. Lee and Frederick C. Val entine, chancellor of the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles. It contained this declaration: "The marriage of Mr. Du Pont and Miss Ball by Mr. Lee was legal and from evidence submitted to him, he felt justified in performing the ceremony. An explanation was courteously given by him to the bishop (The Right Rev. J. H. Johnson) court eously received, the bishop was sat isfied, and the matter satisfactorily closed without a trial." ' "Queen" of New Religious Cult Declared Incompetent Denver, March 17. Marie Frcdc, named by Joshua Sykes, head of the Temple of David cult, as his "queen of heaven and earth," was declared mentally -incompetent fo administer her affairs by a commission in a re port to the county court today. Texas relatives brought proceedings to pre vent alleged dissipation of her $150, 000 fortune. Father of Ex-Senator of Kansas, Bristow, Is Dead Baldwin. Kan., March 17. Rev. William Bristow, 84, father of for mer United States Senator Joseph Bristow of Kansas, and the oldest resident of Baldwin, died here yes terday. Extradition Granted Sacramento, Cal., Maxell 17. Gov ernor Stephens granted a request from ths governor of Ohio for the extradition of Charles P. Smith, Charles W. Smith and Olive M.011 tenez, held at Los Angeles. They are alleged to have murdered Peter Sbure at Akron, O., October, 1920. One With a Little OopjrUM. 1921: By The Ohlcaro TrUmaa.i ' French Chamber Approves Action Towards Germany Premier Briand Declares Move To Force Payment of Re parations Fully Justified Under Treaty; I By The Associated Tress. ! Paris, March 17. bccisions of the ! London reparations conference, the I nrrnnation nf DnsselHnrf and other German cities and the application of the'alliqd economic penalties on Ger many were approved by the cham ber of deputies, 491 to 66, only so cialists and commupisi s opposing. Premier Briand, replying to for mer Minister of Finance Klotz, and former Minister of War Lefevre, who insisted upon further light as to the government's intentions as to execution of the treaty of Versailles and securing the disarmament of Germany, answered Germany's pro test to the league of nations against the allied occupation on the ground that it was a violation of the treaty. He said that at the time this pro test was sent Germany had refused, 011 the summons of the reparations committee to execute the clause of the treaty calling for payment of 20,000,000,000 gold marks. . "Germany." he said, "has violated the treaty in three clauses dis armament, reparations and the trial of accused officers. Thus the sanc tions as provided for in the treaty, are applicable and just." The allied commission of control, he declared, was working under the advice of Marshals Wilson and Foch. M. Lefevrqaid that since he had declared previously that Germany was making a new machine gun cap able of shooting 1,500 millets a min ute, its existence had been proven. The guns had been tound in Koe nigsberg, he declared, along with a new type of six-inch cannon, prov ing that the Germans were making new armament. He said that material had been discovered,' in cellars of the Span dau arsenal sufficient to manufac ture 6,000 field guns. He asked the premier t6 accept a resolution call ing for permanent allied control of the manufacture of arms and muni tions in Germany The premier said it was impossible to accept the pro proposal, as such a body was not provided for in the treaty. Death Checks Divorce Suit of Chicago Woman Chicago, 111., March 17. Death may have taken away the jurisdiction of Chief Justice Torrison in the di vorce case of Mrs. Caroline Frank lin against her husband, Ferdinand G. Franklin of River Forest, lit. Although a suit was started bv ! Mrs. Franklin three years ago she j has not seen her husband since, and today she showed the judge a let I ter from an undertaker in Topoka. i Kan., stating that he had buried a j Ferdinand' Franklin- several months I ago. Judge Torrison continued the vase until April 12. Contractor Wounded in St. Patricks Day Argument Alamosa, Colo., March 1?. J. IT. Robinson, retired contractor, is wounded, probably fatally, and a warrant has been issued for the ar rest of O. S. Galbreagh, prominent business man, as the result of a St. Patricks day altercation at South Forks, 50 miles west of here today. In the scramble following the shoot ing, the stove was knocked over and the store caught fire. The villags volunteer fire department succeeded in extinguishing the flames. f " H I nPI M saIIBi I um as l Driving Power Find Stolen Cars In Grand Island Eight Automobiles Recovered And 10 More Located By Police Officers. Grand Island, Neb., March 17. (Special . Telegram.) With eight stolen car? recovered and '10 more located, with reasonable certainty of recovery. Chief of Police Morse and Traffic Officer Hayward of Kearney and Sheriff McCutchan. and Deputy Wickwire of this city, made a clean up of automomobile thefts here that eclipses any previous record in this section of Nebraska. Elmer Eldrigc of Kearney and Leonard Hayes, Grand Island, both young men, are under arrest, pending investigation. Both have confessed to their participation in a system that involved the theft and secretion of cars in various garages all the way from Osceola to North Platte. About two weeks ago Dr. Parks of this city missed his car. Surrounding towns were notified and a week lat er Chief Morse of Kearney found the car. He watched the young man who had hid it. A few days later two Kearney firms reported bad checks. The description of the men passing the checks pointed to Hayes. Hayes was located working tempor arily on a farm in Phelps county. He was arrested and confessed. Hayes said he bought the Parks car for $100. Watching the want ads in the local papers, Eldrige. would rent private garages thus offered and often the same night would place a stolen, car in it until he could perfect a sale, police say. Madison Man Found Guilty On Charge of Assault Madison, Neb, March 17. (Spe cial) Earl Brown, charged with in tent to commit a statutory crime, was found guilty of assault with in tent to do great bodily barm. The court will pronounce sentence the last of the week. Brown is a mar ried man, with . family residing in Wyoming. Columbus Photographer Heads Missouri Association Columbus, Neb., llarch 17. (Spe cial.) C. J. Fennel, Columbus pho tographer, was elected president of the Missouri Photographers associa tion at a convention held in Kansas City. Mr. Fennel has been secre tary of the association for three vears. Llty Iicket INonnnated Bv CaUCUS at Fairmont Fairmont, Ncl?.. March 17. (Spec ial) The city ticket nominated here is: mayor, Frank Cubbison; clerk, Charles Cox; treasurer W. S. Ma caboy. Councilmcn. Will Hurst and Bryant Loomis. Members of the school board; M. M. Aikin and L. Brown. P Vf ' R L 'V "I j Judge Garvin formal! v dismissed in loailiornia liailK rails luictments charging profiteering rc San Francisco. Cal., March 17. ! turned under the Lever act against The Nippon bank of Sacramento, a Japanese owned and managed bank, With Japanese depositors and having a capital of $162,000, failed to open its doors today. The Weather Forecast. Friday, fair; moderate temperature Hourly Temperatures. i 5 6H K . . .!! i p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 P. p. 7 D. m . A4 ...,.. 0 a. m. 10 1 A HI ( oaa JMjHtf 1? nooa.v.A.jJ.M 1 S P. CARAMON ACQUITTED IN E Jury Returns Verdict of Not Guilty in Trial of Woman Charged Willi Slaying of Oklahoma Millionaire. Men Out 40 Minutes rty Tlie ARSvrlaled I'rrM. Ardniore, Oil., March 17.Cl.ua Smith llamon. tried for the alleged murder of Jake L. llatunn, repub lican national committeeman from Oklahoma and millionaire oil pro moter, was acquitted by a jury in Carter county district court today, after 40 minutes deliberation. Clara llamon gasped and fell for ward in her chair as the verdict was read, and her brother reached around from her left side and kissed her. There was scattered applause, but the court had demanded silence and it was quickly stilled. Clara Hamon went to the jury box and shook hands with the jurors. B. F. C. Loughridgen, 7.5, the old est man on the jury, was elected foreman and delivered the verdict. "I'm the happiest person in the world," Clara said to those who be sieged her as she gave them both hands. , j Her brother. "Jimmie,' -was 111 I tears as his sister received the con j gratulations of those who swarmed I about. I One Ballot Taken. I As they passed out the jurors said ; only one ballot was taken, a secret i one confirmed by'a rising vote, j "It was the only thing we could ! do," one said as he left the court I room. I None of the family of Jake L. Hamon was in the courtroom when the verdict was read. Neither was S, P. Freeling, state attorney-general, who made a compelling plea for con viction, 40 minutes before the' jury arrived at its decision. An effort of the defense to waive their right of argument and have ihe case go immediately to the jury, was ruled out by Judge Thomas W. Champion this morning and deiense counsel began its picas for acquittal of the defendant. Joe Ben Champion, twin brother of the judge, opened for the defense. Reviews Her Life. Mr. Champion -referred to the par ticipation in the case of Attorney General Freeling as a "high state of ficial sent down here to prosecute a poor, innocent, country girl for shooting a millionaire.;. ; , . ;- . Clara- Hamon - cy.if uusa wmi ICHIS ailU SllC oat iiu uunnvoai face. "When j, Jake Hamon met her,"' Champion said, referring to Clara, "she was A brown-eyed girl; when he lured, coaxed, wooed and won. he was a powerful lawyer of 40 years, a master mind. "He took her, an innocent conn try girl, educated her, sent her to college, not that she might serve him as stenographer, but that fin- (Turn to Pae Two, Column One.) Mother of 9 Children . Strangled to Death In Daylight Robbery New Y'ork, March 17. Mrs. Hen rietta De Felicio, mother of nine children, was strangled to death and Mrs. Rosa Menditto, a nurse, was gagged and bound by four holdup men who entered ' their home in Brooklyn this afternoon anl de manded money and jewelry. In trussing up the two women, the robbers thrust a towel into Mrs. De Fclicio's mouth. To keep it in place, they passed a rope around her face. One coil slipped down rround her throat and was pulled so tight that it strangled her. Mrs. Menditto. who was thrown on to a cot in a room adjoining that in which the two women were sit ting, rolled herself to the floor after the robbers had fled with $2,500 in jewelry and money. Loosening her gag by pushing her face along Ihe floor, she staggered to her feet, pushed up the window with her head and called for the police. News of the holdup and murder caused such indignation that police reserves had to be called to handle a crowd of 1,000 which quickly col lected. Chinese Wine Turned Over To Prohibition Officials San Francisco, Cal., March 17. Customs and internal revenue offi cials decided to turn over to feder al prohibition enforcement officers. 25.000 cases of Ng Ka Py, Chinese ,..; . I)--:.-:. ! sels. Chinese consignees had attempt- jed to obtain entry of the wine as I a iut.-uit.iMc. i ue pioinumon omciais were instructed to sell the liquor tc wholesale druggists or rcship it lo China. Indictments Against ; Packing Firms Disniised j New York. March 17. Federal the" "Big Five" meat packers Ar- mour & Company, Swift & Company, Morris & Company, Wilson & Com pany and The Cudahy Packing com pany. Dismissal followed the action of the supreme court in holding the Lever act in part unconstitutional. Submarine Strikes Reef Westerly. R. f., March 17. The submarine N-2, a coastal type boat, struck the Watch Hill reef while maneuvering off here today and ran up on the rocks high and dry. Coast guards who were out to her reported that Lieutenant Claude Farmer and his crew of IS men would rrmaiu MURDER CAS aboard, . ' ' "Wyr, 7