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New-York tribune., 1920-11-23

scrbed as young and blond.
There were evidences of riotous
party, the police say, in the Office
where the body was found. A number
of bottles and two glasses, one half
filled with whisky, were found on the
table over which the body lay. The
killing evidently occurred Saturday
the authorities said
One theory of the police is that
Pierce was lured to his Office by the
woman and then killed by male &C
complice. The woman is described as
about . years old. five feet. two inches
in height and plump. She wore d
brown turban hat with blue feather
and three quarter length brown coat
The officials are working on the
theory that she and her accom-
plice, after Staying and robbng Pierce
drove off in his automobile, 12-cylin-
der. boat-shaped car, painted red.
Mrs. Irene Pierce, widow of the slain
man, said tonight she was warned last
night in a dream that her husband was
in trouble. My dream seemed to fore
shadow tragedy" said Mrs. Pierce
"and | was trying to warn my hus-
band of danger when | awoke."
The Pierces have five sons ranging
in age from four to thirteen.
PINEHURsr. y. C.---e5th Anniversary Sea
Golf anu alt other sports Through
Pullman Penn.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
League Moves
ToQuell Turk,
Save Armenia
Assembly Votes to Ask
Powers to Find Govern
ment Ready to Medi-
ate Dispute With Kema.
Armed Action Alternative
Many Delegates Look to
America for Help, Even in
Matter of Furnishing Men
By Arthur S. Draper
Special Cable to The Tribune


Copyright. 1920, New York Tribune Inc
GENEVA, Nov. 22.-The League of
Nations Assembly voted unanimously
to-day to authorize the League Coun-
Gil to sound the nations to see if one
of them is willing to act as a mediator
between Mustapha Kemal, the Turkish
Nationalist leader, and the Armenians.
The Assembly also voted to appoint a
committee Of six members to consider
and report to the Assembly on the
steps necessary to put an end to the
hostilities between the Kcmalists and
the Armenians.
The whole days debate turned on
means Of saving Armenia 1t was the
first time that the assembly had been
called upon to act to defend the in
tegrty Of a nation, and, although
throughout the long but lively discus
sion there ran strong political un-
dercurreut, when the time for voting
came the motions were passed by the
unanimous verdict demanded by the
covenant to decide all questions.
Viviani Appeals for Aid
Arthur J. Balfour, of Great Britain,
and Rene Viviani, OF France, occupied
the center of the stage throughout the
debate, with DR.. rr.dsjof Nansen. Of
Norway, Lord Herbert Cecil, represent
ing South Africa. Take Jonescu. of Ru-
mania. and Senator Henri La Fontaine
of Belgium taking lesser parts.
The debate swung backward and for
ward, with Niviani leading the pleas for
sending aid to the Armenians and Bal
four urging conservative consideration
of the question. The debate started
when Lord Robert Cecil introduced a
motion in favor of taking immediate
steps to help the Armenians. Niviani
joined with the motion to lay the ques-
tion before the powers, with an appeal
for some one of them to take the man
date. Balfour joined in the discussion,
and the exchanges between him and
Viviani which followed were due to the
British suspicion that the French want
the assignment OF mediator 70 fall to
them, SO that they can organize the
Armenians militarily and with French
aid wage war on the forces of Mustapha
kemal. The British disfavor an ex-
tension of French interests in the Near
East, where they might jeopardze Great
Britain's large Mahometan interests
and result in serious Developments
Balfour had expected to fight this
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New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Family Defeats Eagle
In Battle to Sare Boy

GLENDO, Wyo., Nov. 22.-It re-
quired the combined efforts of the
Spaulding family to-day to save
eight-year-old Walter Spaulding
from being carried away by a
giant eagle, at their ranch near
here. When the huge bird at
tackled Walter in the ranch yard,
he grasped it by the neck and
screamed for help. John, his
scven-year-old brother, came to
the rescue, and a third boy ran
for help. Mrs. Spaulding beat off
the bird with stick and the eagle
attacked her. She was saved
when Mr.. Spaulding came with
shotgun and fired at the bird,
frightening it away. The eagle
had spread Of eight feet.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Morgan Group
Buys General
Motors Control
Holdings of W. C. Durant
Acquired by Big Bankers
and the du Pont Interests:
Largest Deal in Wall St.
Pay $5O,O0O,OOO Cash
100000 Shares Said To
Be Involved: Shorts Rush
to Cover Commitments

More than 81 per cent of the stock
Of the General Motors Corporation is
now held by ]. ?. Morgan & Co. and the
du Pont interests, as the result of a
deal by whicMthis group acquired hold
ings Of w. c. Durant involving the pay
ment to him Of between $45,O0o,O 900 and
S50,OOO,0OO in cash and securities, Com
pletion of the transaction, which was
announced yesterday, is believed to
foreshadow the retirement of Mr.. Du-
rant as the active head of General No.
tors and his election az chairman Of the
board of directors.
While the name Of the Morgan firm
was not contained in the official an
nouncement that negotiations for the
purchase Of Mr. Durant's stock had
been completed, it was said that it
was the leading factor in arranging
the deal, which was declared to be the
largest OF It's kind ever engineered in
Wall Street. The opportunity for Nor
gan & Co. and the du Points to obtain
control of the General Motors group
Of companies at favorable price was
created by the recent weakness in the
stocl; and the desire Of Mr. Durant to
convert his holdings into cash.
The number Of shares involved in
the deal was understood to have been
more than 100000 and the price paid
to Mr.. Durant less than $15 a share.
Mr.. Durant's only confirmation of tn,
sale was the following statement is
sued by him after he had been in con-
, ference at the Morgan Offices:
II have sold substantial block OF
stock of the General Motors Corpora
ton TO the du Pont Securities Corpora
tion, Of Wilmington, Del, which has
been formed by Iierre S. du Pont and
Mis- associates, and in the stock OF
which I will have large interest"
Sale Causes Stir in Wall Street
Announcement Of the sale which an
peared shortly after the noon hour
caused a wild scramble of the shorts to
cover their commitments on the Stock
Exchange. Traders who have beer
most possimistic on the outlook con.
strued the deal as lifting from the
market g speculative holding which, il
offered for what the shares would bring
might cause further heavy selling OF
securities and bring about a much
worse condition than has prevailed over
/ the last fortnight.
Both industrial and rail stocks ad.
vanccd buoyantly and, helped by The
urgent buying of the shorts, showec
/ gains averaging all the way from q
point 70 10 points. Crucible Steel was
striking example. This stock, which
sold down to S5 on Saturday. ended the
session at Is, while United States
| Steel common was up pa at 1895
General Motors was bought in large
blocks apd closed at 15Sa, a gain Of
IN over Saturdays last sale. This
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New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
fraud Charge in Mooney
Trial to Undergo Probe
'rosecution Also Asks Jury TO
Slit Alleged Frame.up
Against Billings

eaN FRANCISCO, Nov. o2.~~District
,Mtprney Matthew BRADY tonight asked
,ss san Francisco grand jury to investi-
iGIe G 'he statements of Police Officer
ssa asaa Land and others that Thomas j. Mooney
~ ssu Warren X. Billings were convicted
participation in the Preparedness
~ bomb murders Of 1916 through
i. naqd and others, Brady said, would
n, ealled before the grand jury to tes-
n IN N order to determine the veracity
a nShds statements. Hand was one
pol;ase lS;ne>Th'cf investigating officers of the
i've department. in obtaining and of
R1Innis evidence against Mooney and
H.an the Mooney trial was framed as
i.ss iaa aileges," said Brady, ~ want the
s,s before the grand jury. If there
MY ~ foundation to Hands story, / also
asss 'iie 1actS brought before the pub
, ssady said he was powcrless to cause
s,s sse,eAi nA OF the eases against Mooney
~ plllings, but that the jury's find
M would be sent to Governor Ste
~ = was said the jury tonight was
sa a. a letter which purported to show
q ,w'thess against Mooney had admit
ae gave false testimony.
4ss ,ehi'dren Bubble Books for Christ
Yfans,.. hese books contain three phono
t%.xsn reeorda and words OF songs you
70.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Chicago to Chart All
Homes Of Criminals

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Charles
Fitzmorris, new superintendent
Of police, to-day ordered a chart
prepared showing the home Of
every known criminal in Chicago.
Patrolmen will be required to re-
port each time man with rec
ord moves, and his pin viii, be
shifted from the old address to
the new. The chart is another
step in the chiefs drive to. clean
up Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Deschanel Fully Recovered
Ex-President Of France Will Re.
turn to Paris

PARIS, Nov. 2o~-Formcr President
Deschanel has completely recovered his
health and is looking for an apartment
in Paris, to which he intends TO return
early in December, Guvre says to-day.
Nj. Deschane lived in the Palais Bour-
bon for many years before entering the
Elysee Palace, but has had no apart
ment in Paris for the last fifteen years.
Nine Deschanel and her children now
are living in family hotel on the left
bank of the Seine.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Fist Fight in Commons
Halts Irish Riot Debate:
Man Hunt On in Dublin
Assassir,s' Plans Said
To Include England

LONDON, Nov. %. - Sir
Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, declared in the
House Of Commons to-day that
plans of paid assassins," dis
covered recently, included de-
struction Of life and property in
England as we'll as in Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Eight Die, 81 Hurt in Rioi
In Bologna City Council
Conflict Between Italian Social
lists and Opponents Follows
Throwing Of Three Bombs

BOLOGNA, Italy, Nov. 22.-Eight
persons were killed and sixty-four
wounded in a conflict between Socialists
and anti-Socialists at the first meeting
of the new Municipal Council here yes
terday.
LONDON, Nov. 22.-The Disturbances
in the Municipal Council of Bologna on
Sunday were started By the throwing of
three bombs before the Municipal Pal
ace. says the Central News Bologna
correspondent to-day.
Rival factions in the council soon were
fighting and an unknown man fired eight
shots in the Council Chamber, killing
two of the Councillors instantly. Pan
aemonium reigned for several hours
inside and outside the chamber, but
strong bodies Of police finally restored
order.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
[. W. w. Vote on Plan
Of Third Internationalc
Question of Indorsing Ideas
Adopted at Moscow Submit
ted to Referendum

CHICAGO, Nov. GA referendum is
conducted by the Industrial Workers of
the World TO determine whether that
organization shall indorse the program
Of the Third lnternationale. formulated d
at Moscow in March, 1919, K. A. Brown.
chairman of the general executive com
mittee OF the l. W. W., announced here
to-day. He said the $4,000 paid up
members Of the organization arc being
canvassed. The ballots will be counted
at national headquarters here Novem
Der so.
Mr.. Brown said the present member
ship is in the neighborhood Of 100000,
but that only half this number were
in good standing.
GOOD MORNING.
Mra. A.--Thst maid Is wonder. Where
did Jou get her.
Ms H..Through Tribune HELP Ad
SNlNe }Nur domestic haip problem that
vay rall Bcskrsa; 2neo Or go to any o.
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New-York tribune., 1920-11-23

e ,rr,ut'ufeH BubbIe Books Tor ChrIsf-
Anh, hese books contain three phono
Va yHs records and words OF songs you
Il, III, Ia Nart sous rhildfcn to lcs-r; l.
Fs'she books. Coiored pictures.~-,Adyt. =.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-23

Rain to-day: tomorrow probably fair;
cast, shifting to northwest gales.
Full Report ON Last Page
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
DAKOTA MAY
GRANT BONUSES
EXTRA SESSION LIKELY TO PASS
ON THE QUESTION

Pierre, May 5.-Soldiers' bonus
will perhaps be the overshadow-
ing event of the special session of
the South Dakota legislature which
has been called by Gov. Norbeck to
meet on May "a. Although the vari-
GUS American Legion posts in South
Dakota have made no request for
such a bonus, there is much senti-
ment for it. Some lawmakers favor
the plan adopted by Minnesota of pro-
viding each soldier with SIS per
month for each month spent in active
service. The special session is not
expected to prove long one, as the
season will not permit of many farm
er members remaining long away
from their farm work. However, i'm
portant subjects will be taken up.
Reports of the state cement plant
commission and the state water pow
er commission and a proposed consti-
tutional amendment which would
permit the payment of bonus to the
ex-service men of South Dakota are
the chief subjects to be brought up.
The session is called to open at 10
o'clock on the morning of May "a.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
IRISH AC|TATOR
GIVEN SENTENCE
EXTRAORDINARY. PRECAUTIONS
AS LARKIN IS GIVEN
1O-YEAR TERM

New York, May 5.-Extraordinay
precautions were taken today when
James j. Larkin, Irish agitator, con-
victed last week of criminal anarchy,
was sentenced to five years to ten
years in state prison with hard labor.
Fiften detectives commanded by
Sergeant James j. Gegan of the bomb
squad and several deputies headed by
Sheriff David H. Knott, guarded the
court room which was filled with Lar
kin sympathizers.
One young woman was rebuked by
the court when she rose and attempt
ed to take Larkin's hard as he was
led away. Called to the bar, the wo-
man said:
II simply rose, thinking 1 would be
permitted to show respect in that
manner for the man for whom per-
haps l thought would be allowed to
rise as one does for the judge of the
court"
Several women shook hands with
Larkin and the mother of former AS
semblyman Gitlow, now serving SEN
tence for criminal anarchy, embraced
him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
Veteran Hero of
Operating Table

Deadwood, May 5.-Local physi-
clans have been greatly interested in
the unusual case of George F. Harris.
of Deadwood, who had his right leg
amputated at the Battle Mountain
sanitarium without an anesthetic be-
ing administered to him. This is re-
garded as the more remarkable be-
cause of the advanced age of the pa
tient
Gangrene developed in his right
foot and leg and the leg had to be
amputated to save his life.
Owing to the weakened condition
of his heart it was decided to per-
form the operation without admin
istering an anesthetic. Harris is a
veteran of the civil war.
The second day after the operation
the old veteran asked nurse to
prop up his head and get him cigar,
A little later when his children
arrived from Texas on hurryup call
they were agreeably surprised to find
him with the cigar in his mouth calm
ly smoking.
He is in his 85th year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
THE PLIGHT Of
AN OMAHA GIRL
BLOOD TEST TO SHOW CHILD
NEGRO OR WHITE.

Omaha, Neb., May 5-A blood test
will be made on Thora McCree, IA, to
determine whether she is of negro or
Caucasian extraction, Juvenile Court
Officer A. H. Vosburgh stated. The
girl is now at the city mission, hop
ing against hope that her birth may
be proved to have been of white par
entage.
Reared among negroes, told that
she was a negress, the girl, straight
haired and white skinned, has suf-
fered particularly sad childhood;
for, feeling within herself that che
was of the white race, she has kept
away from the companionship of the
negro children, and she has not been
among the white, according to the
juvenile court officer.
The girl was raised by John and
Ida McCree, proprietors of negro
restaurant. A number of complaints
to the juvenile court authorities and
the welfare board that there was a
white girl living with a negro family
led to an investigation.
The negro foster parents now
deeply resent the attitude the girl
has taken. it iS said. They do not
want her back in their home, accord
ing to Juvenile court officers.
The McCrees say that the girl was
taken from some orphanage in the
east when she was a baby only few
months old, according to Vosburgh.
Should the blood test not estab-
lish the white or negro extraction of
the girl, an effort will be made to
trace the records of the institution
from which she was obtained.
If it is establiched that the girl is
of negro blood the Juvenile court au-
thorities may arrange for her to be
taken into the home of some white
family as maid. If it is found that
she is of Caucasian blood an effort
will probably be made to find some
white family to adopt her.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
OPEN DEBATE ON
PEACE RESOLUTION
SENATOR KNOX PLACES ON
PRESIDENT WILSON THE
UNREST OF THE COUNTRY

Washington, May 5.-Declaring
that President Wilson preferred to
keep the country in an alleged state
of war rather than abate one jot or
title of the full measure his isolated
will has set for the nation, Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania today opened
debate in the senate on his peace
resolution. The welfare and safety
of the nation imperatively demand
that we know we have peace, declared
Knox. The whole world seethes with
revolution. Our own nation is in fer
ment and turmoil. Force and strife
are rampant and threaten the de-
struction not only of our property
but of our free institutions and even
of our very lives, and yet we stand
and have stood for months as a rud-
derless ship floundering in the
trough of a tremendous sea. We must
not dare longer to delay a return to
the ordered government of peace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
DISH WASHER IS
MILLIONAIRE
HARRY LOFT, CRIPPLE, WORK
ING AS DISHWASHER IN
MITCHELL FALL HEIR.

Mitchell, May 5.-Harry Loft, 20
year-old cripple, who has earned his
living for several months as night
dishwasher at the Van Noy institute
lunchroom here, left Saturday night
for Oakland, Calf, to receive his
share of large estate, left by rel
ative of his deceased father. He did
not have exact information as to the
amount he will receive, but it is
thought that it will approach a mil
lion dollars.
Young Loft received word of his
good fortune two weeks ago but did
not quit work until he had given the
customary two weeks notice to his
employers. His mother is a night
cook at the same lunch room.
Three small upstairs rooms at the
rear of an old building on South Law
Ter street have been the home of Mrs
Loft and her son during most of the
time they have lived here.
The father died 18 years og afte,
which the boy spent five years liz
California with the relatives. Since
his return from there, however. he
had heard little from them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
COUNTERFEIT
". SIS. FOUND
THE POSTOFFTCE DEPARTMENT
WARNS AGAINST FALSE ISSUE
OF BLUE w. S. S.

Washington, May 5.-Warning has
been sent out by the postoffice de-
partment regarding the issue of coun-
terfeit blue war savings stamps of
the 1919 series.
Telling of the discovery the notice
reads in part: "a very dangerous
counterfeit of the blue war savings
stamp, series 1919, has been discov-
cred. 1t is printed from a steel plate
on good grade of paper, and is a
close reproduction of the genuine
There are number of defects, how
ever, some of which are as follows:
The left cheek of Franklin has a
pronounced swelling. The lower one
of the two left dots below the por-
trait is comparatively indistinct The
vertical opening between the lfines
in the lower left part of the numeral
2 in 1924 is closed. The swelling
in the cheek of Franklin is the most
marked defect. Most of the other
differences are so slight that expert
examination is required to detect
them"
The notice directs that an officer
or employe of the postoffice may be
selected and have him acquaint him
self with the characteristics of the
counterfeit.
In the future applicants for pay
ment of 1919 war savings certificates
will be notified to present certificates
receipt should be given, the notice
states, to be taken up in payment at
a later date
AS long as certificate may con-
tain both genuine and counterfeit
stamps, careful examination should be
made of each stamp, the department
advises.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05

Chair Has Peculiar History.
The massive chair made Of copper
which natives believe was given by the
late Queen Victoria Of England to an
Ashanti chieftain and used by him as
a throne. has been discovered in the
midst Of jungle far from human
habitation In the gold coast colony.
West Africa. According to native leg
end, 1t was placed over the grave Of
the chieftain who had occupied It
when alive.
In their superstition they believe he
still sits upon his old throne in spirit
at certain times, and for this reason
they have never tried to move the
chair, which, they declare, has now
rooted itself in the ground. says q
dispatch to the Daily Graphic.
A gold coast surveyor first stum-
bled across this curiosity. A search
party returned to the spot and found
the jungle so dense that the natives
had to hack a path with cutlasses
through the underground.
In spite Of inquiry, no confirmation
Of the native story as to the history
Of the chair has been obtainable. and
how It came to be In the Jungle -.
mains mystery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-05-05
Many Apartments
Thrown on Market

Chicago, May 5.-More than 1000
vacant apartments were thrown on
the market over the weekend and
real estate dealers are in quandry
as a result.
Hundreds of families whose rem
tails had been raised moved out May
l without warning. Rents have ad-
vanced in many cases from so to 500
per cent. The agents pleaded the
law of supply and demand justified
the increase.
Real estate agents estimated that
10000 families who had received
notice to move May / refused to dc
so, defying the landlords because they
could find not place to move.
The unexpected vacating of more
than 100 apartments has left the
landlords in doubt. Many families
doubled up, two to an apartment. and
others moved to hotels rather thar
pay increased rentals.