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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Youth Held as
Pennsylvania
tirebp1g Leader
Son of Realty Man, Said to
Have Confessed, Taken to
the Police Barracks az
Creenburg for Safety
Lynclling Attempt Feared
Seven New Blazes Started:
Suspect Disappears in
Burning Schoolhouse
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 25.-
Three homes, two schoolhouses, a
church and a barn, fired within the
last twenty-four hours, and the arrest
of Albert Smith, twenty years old,
sor of a well-to-d do real estate man Of
Fairhope, are the latest developments
n the activities of the arson ring
which has terrorized this region for
The last two months and destroyed
property worth over 81 ,5OO,0 900.
The developments have come rapidly
ana are said TO make it look serious
FOR young Smith, who, according to
local authorities, has made inoriminat-
ing admissions.
The South Brownsville school, and
The brownsville Epi ~copal church, the
lcuble dweU ng of Harvey Elliott and
George Ell lott, the Holman farm
ano the modern barn of James Clark
t lbany Hill and the Braznell public
school at Braznell, jefferson Town
nip, were fired last night, or early
his morning.
Said to Have Admitted Many Fires
Young Smith is accused of starting
ths fires at the South Brownsville
schoolhouse, the four buildings at AL
bany Hill and those Of the Red Stone
Methodist Episcopal Church, the Star
junction schoolhouse, the Maruin
schoolhouse, the Gibson schcolhouse.
the Presbyterian Church at Gillespie,
the Greek Catholic Church at Bocnes-
vile, a planning mil Of the Fayette City
Construction Company at that place,
two other schoolhouses and the valu-
able barns Of Martin and Lynn, far
ners, living near Bell Vernon. The
$4,000 fire which Monday morning de-
stroyed the barn of Andrew Brown
president of the Fayctte City National
Bank, also was caused by him, accord
ing to his alleged admissions.
The Brownsville schoolhouse was set
on fire shortly aftec o'clock last
night. pedestrian passing the place
few minutes earlier is said to have
seen man acting suspciously anC
Justice of the Peace Chalfant was noti-
fed. A squad investigated and a short
time later the justice was notified that
the suspected man had entered the
schoolhouse and was believed to have
been cornered On the third floor JUS
tce Chalfant hurried to the place and
was just in time to see q blaze STAR
on the third floor of the buil ding.
The officers, who until this time hat
remained at the entrances and windows
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Clara Hamon, Denying Murder
Charge, Freed ON $4,000 Bond
Arraigned at Ardmore Okla, for Staying Republican
committeeman She Furnishes Bail Speedily
and Leaves for Rest With Relatives

ARDMORE, Okla. Dec. 25.-Mrs.
Clara Smith Hamon, charged with mur-
der in connection with the death here,
November 26,, of Jake L. Hamon, Re-
publican National Committeeman. was
released on bond shortly after l o'clock
this afternoon.
Mrs. Hamon furnished $4,000 bond
to appear before the Carter County
District Court for trial at the January
term, and Immediately went to the
home of relatives at Wilson, Okla.
where She will rest for q few days.
Mrs. Hamon had pleaded not guilty
before Justice of the Peace P. A. Can
non and had waived preliminary hear
ing.
AS she left the courthouse, her face
wreathed in smiles, she clung closely to
the arm Of Sheriff Buck Garrett, AS
she was being led to a cab she posed
for photographers.
The Sheriff accompanied Mrs. Hamon
when she left this city for Wilson.
Mrs. Hamon arrived in Ardmore at
1907 o'clock this afternoon from
Juarez, Mexico, where she surrendered
TO Sheriff Garrett several days ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
**Skirt Traps Entangle
Bootleggers on Border
Woman Spies Get Information
From the Gangs Bringing
LIQUOR From Canada

SYRACUSE, Dec. 25.-Wone en- spies
to catch bootleggers, known among the
rum runners as skirt traps" are the
latest government device to check I'M
rortation of whisky across the Ca
indian border. The women thus en-
ployed are those who have been more
or less known for some time in the
night life of the border towns and
cities. There are, Of course, excep-
tiors
It is their duty to become acquainted
with men who are suspected Of booze
running and win their confidence. The
women that are in q position to acquire
information of the movements of the
sn ugglers prove OF great value to
the revenue agents So far even
the smugglers themselves have been
unaware of the workings OF these
latest government agents. An elaborate
spy system of women has been built
up and is in working operation.
Scraps of information. obtained in
many instances onlv after long and
oatient endeavor. a-e transferred to
Federal men agents. In several cases
t is reported, information given by
these women has resulted in arrest OF
mcr which otherwise would never have
been made.
The women operatives are said to ro-
.eive nigh pay.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

Mrs. Hamon. accompanied by her at
torneys, rushed from the train to a
waiting autom obile and was driven at
once to the courthouse. Arrangeme ents
to procure her immed; atc release on
bail previously had been made.
A conference was held in the Sherif's
office, attended by the Sheriff, Mrs.
lannon's uncle, B. F. Harrison, and
Charles A. Coakley, one of her at
torneys. Shortly afterwaro the party
drove to the Office of Justice of the
Peace Cannon.
The news that Mrs. Hamon was at
the courthouse soon spread and the
halls were quickly crowded.
Fred Z. Tucker, real estate broker,
who formerly was state Senator.
said last night that curing the day he
had circulated a bond to be rendered
Mrs. Hamon on her arrival here. and
that fifty signatures had been affixed
TO it. Some of those who signed the
bond, Mr.. Tucker said, represented
wealth estimated at between 100000
and S5,000,00O. The \signaturcs, he
ADDED, included those of men prominent
in practically all professions in Ard
more.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Duke of Brunswick Rivals
Ex-Kaiser i'm Greed and Nerve

and his wife were muitimillionaires in
their own right before their marriage.
At any rate, his initial request, which
was fer cash compensation OF 250,-
600 600 marks. was considered far too
much for one tiny group of tax-bur-
dcned Brunswickers to pay.
The dukes demands which he did
not get included three state fore is
that in the aggregate covered more
than one-ninth of the states total for
est lands; an eighth part of the large
landed estates, including one-fifth Of
all the farming lands in the state; the
'ast in the Harz mountains. with all
the property that appertains to it; the
ducal breeding farm at Harzburg, in
Guiding ali the horses and carriages
there; the furniture i'll all the ducal
palaces. and the rep acement at their
gold value of what has been lost or
stolen; the Wolfenbuttel library; the
duca museum in Brunswick; the
profits that the states forests, mines
and forest lands have brought in since
the 1918 revolution, and promise
that the duchy will bear the expense
of transferring these various articles
to his name.
The ministry of the duchy told the
dukes negotiators to carry word to
him st his retreat at The Hague that
the settlement he wanted was wholly
out Of the question. The dukes coun-
sell replied that it might be necessary
for the duke to bring suit against the
state to recover his property
sports Many ohamp!onahip events Thru
PuilnAn- Psnn- 2:0b +. NJ. dAily.--Advt.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
By Boyden r. Sparkes

MARION, Ohio, Dec 25-There are
not so many miles between here and
tae village of Blooming Grove, Ohio
IN the adjoining county of Morrow,
but it is a long way when spanned by
the memory of Presidents Har-
ding, who was born there. Reacting,
through association of ideas, from his
Christm dinner turkey to another
gobb,er who died by his grandfather S
axe forty-five years ago to expiate a
crime of which this bid WAS innocent,
the Ohio Senator accomplished this
mental journey
Honest confession is reliably re-
ported to be good for the soul and
Warren G. Harding improved his to-
day at his dinner table in the story Of
a deed that darl-ened the ninth year
OF the man to whom the world is hope
fully looking to establish an associa-
ton Of nations that VIII prevent wars
as effectively as vaccination prevents
smallpox
Brown, the appropriately named
butler of the Harding household, was
Offering the Senator, seated at the
head Of his table. his choice of a par
TALLY carved, glistening, brown roast
ed, twenty-pound turkey on man.
moth platter. The Senator was scoop
ing out dressing from the inside of
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
W airing Clans
In Erin w ant
Holiday Truce
Both Sides Anxious for
a Breathing Spell, but
Fear Lull in Strife May
Presage a Fresh Storm
Militants Still Unbeaten
Recent Peace Move Serves
to Bring Together Insur-
gents and Rcyolui;onaries
By Arthur S. Draper

From The Tribunc's European Bureau
Copyright 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Dec 25.--Only rash
prophet would forecast peaceful holi
day season in ireland, but any casual
observer can find plenty of justifca
ton for saying that both sides in the
controversy are anxious to have an
unofficial Christmas truce a BRET
breathing spell such as the Britons
and the Germans had in Flanders six
years ago.
This is stock taking time in Ireland.
Dublin is filled with queer mixture
of peace and war makers. All the
supporters of lost causes are hangi4 z
around the Irish capital Some hope
to have hand in the peacemahi z
and others are soldiers, police and
secret service men moving through the
crowds, rubbing elbows unawares with
The leaders ot wnat Lloyd George cans
the murder gang"
The end OF tn year has brought an
unmis stakablc lulI in the fierce storm
of strife that mas been devastating
~ ana 4Dr me last year, but JUST wnat
significance 1t holds is hard to say
The history OF the last Twelve months
IS precursor Of fresh storm of
'io-encc ratner tnan the beginning OF
new eraSof friendly relations.
Sim Fem Still Unbeaten
The Sim Fein of the militant
variety. tne group which desires Irish
independence, Is stiil unbeaten, un-
tainted, determined. The recent peace
move served to bring together the
various elements of the insurgents,
revolutionarles, traitors, or whatever
other name they bear and deserve
The moderate and extreme Sim Fem
ers are equally determined now TO con-
tinuc their campaign for independence.
Likewise it Is unquestionably true
hat the British government has been
compelled to revise its policy Of
handling Ireland. The Black and
Tans, police auxi.iarics, have played
certain roles beyond the expectation
tf their creator, but even Sir Hamar
Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, would be compelled to admit that
their pay had been far from success
full.
Hundreds Of arrests have been made,
hundreds of houses laid waste, and a
argc area Of ireland put under mar
tal law, but the English government
mas been unable to enforce its will i'll
ireland ha as we'll as the Germans
did theirs in Belgium.
Roaming around ireland, often in the
shadow Of Dub in Castle, are still most
If the Sim Fem gunmcn and militant
leaders whose amazing daring has been
largely rcs2onsiole for the bloodshed
Of the last year. The crown forces
have yet to net the wild men Of Ire
land Since that is fact, it is equally
certain that the Irish spirit is still
unbrokcn
Btt tfe Sim FGincrs are no better
off than they were at the outset. They
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
20 Ice Pick Wounds Fatal
Boston Man Also Receives Sew
cral Slashcs With Knife

pOSTO%, Dec 25. Giuseppe Tcdesco
died in a hoapital to-day as a rcsu t
a. wounds inflicted by two arfncd men
Nth an ice pick and a knife, who at
lacked him AZ he was entering his
., artmcnt in the East Bostoh district
early this morning. Domenico Fontasio
and Antonio Pane la, b tn Of + r.
Boston. are under arrest, charged with
he crime.
According TO the police, more than
twenty wounds were inflicted with the
ics pick md eeyeral with knife.
rcdesco was found N the Kitchen by
h;r zister-in-law, with whom he lived.
The men under arrest, who occupy the
apartment over that OF Tedesco, en-
.. rcA tire Ii'ehen shortly after the
attack, inqpirinR ns to the trouble.
h" 70 lee tay that Tedcsco then re
cured the men of assaultlnH INN. He
later is said 10 have identified them
III the hospital,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Wife
Says She Stole
For Hypnotist
Mrs. Ruth Ruickholdt, in
Jail, Tells of Mysterious
Control Exercised Over
Her by a Magnetic Man
Gave Him 500 of Loot
Passes Christmas in Cell
Weeping, Unable to Give
$4,000 Bail for Release

A man who exerted a mysterious
control over her was blamed yesterday
by Mrs. Ruth Ruickholdt, wife of DR..
Charles Ruickholdt, Of 800 Chapel
Street, New Haven, for her arrest on
suspicion of grand larceny. Mrs.
Ruickholdt was locked up in the wom-
ems prison in Jefferson Market when
she was unable to give bail of $4,000
fixed by Magistrate Max S. Levine when
she was arraigned before him yes
terday morning
Mrs. Ruickholdt was arrested on Fri
day in an express office when she call I'd
for package sent by firm Of New
London, Conn, jewellers. She had or
dered q costly ring and gold watch
under the name of Mrs. Alfred Mitcl.-
ell, of New London. Suspicion was At
tracted to her order fake package
was sent and Mrs. Ruickholdt was ar
rested by Detective Frank Casassa as
she received it.
This man has been curse in my
life," said Mrs. Ruickholdt when she
broke down in prison yesterday and
told detectives a story of handsome
man who had magnetic influence over
her and had brought her to her present
difficulties.
She admitted getting 81 900 from Mrs.
Elma Sharp, of Derby, Conn.,, through
signing a message saying she was in
New York and in trouble with the name
of Charlotte Sharp, cousin in Boston.
She told detectives yesterday that she
man who had hold upon her.
She described him as being over forty
years old, six feet tall, with jet black
hair and heavy black mustache. She
said he was a fastidious dresser, hand
some and athletic looking.
II do MT love him, but he exercises
a magnetic control over me. / can't
explain it," she sobbed when asked for
particulars of her attachment by
Detective Casassa.
Size said she met the man several
months ago on train between New
Haven and New York. she gave the
name Of man in New England City
to the police. They are inclined to
doubt her narrative and believe she
invented it as the only plausible ex-
planatlon OF tne acts She mas admitted
to them.
Mrs. Ruickholdt cried nearly all day
in prison. She was inconsoable when
efforts to get bail for her were unsuc-
cessful.
She said her husband is an anas-
thetist and had done very we'll until
their finances were heavily drained by
litigation. He is now living at the
Hotel Raleigh. Washington, D. c., she
said, and both were in need of money.
She denied emphatcally that he had
any part in her various adventures.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Fails as Robber, Suicide
Plan Futile, Surrenders
fennsylvanian Finds Only Real
Chr strnas Luck in Arrest
After Crackinr Safe
speefaI DtsDofch 10 The Tribune

"AsHl*TON, pa.. Dec 25.-Will-
I'm n ,henHe, forty years old, confessed
-, r,isi, VINO gare h..nec,f up to sae
r,.'ee bfeaoae hc co1ldn't rake lv-
49,. a. MS trade and had failed in an
ae'.snp' 70 end it all, is in the Was
lyon Cocn,y jail here t3-niVnt. He
80 80 heid in default If 81 900 bail tn
80" Ia" nearing on charge Of burg
~. ~nIy he says he il going - plead
s1'y 49,. "nen arr4!Yncd because he f.
ss ol D, OUT 81 luck and mas no
F',mansnf resi5encc
hsdkc told the police when thcv had
80 sassssd nm At n.s req 'est today
10y 10y Il" entered the rcnnay.vanla Rail
a.. ~ Sta-ifn 1T Houston. Pa, near here
~ h'gaf ard cracked the safe in an
s1 u fecoup u.g fnlnces. Tire
srd rd.s.ion netted MIN only Is cents. he
~ ns vac police 70 in his discourave4
Nsa' ne frrrcd IN the ~4s in thu IN
;" ~" and lay down on the foor, hopinv
d., ""Hs ~ f5Wew 1ere beyDrd tne
~ ..L rye hours Iater he came 10
~. sna found he was> SIN on Garth T.,
ea,t@s - ne vent y d policeman ard
49, lNsFo % cracking Inc safe. Hu
,n ssnsa - be arrested The pDljcemnn
a,an, A h"oss before mpglatratc. VINO
ssyien sTn nm sent - jail.
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
No Tree at White House:
Grandchildren Absent
and Mrs. Wilson Pass
Day Quietly With Relatives;
Gifts Given to Youngsters

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25- President
and Mrs. Wilson passed Christmas
quietly at the White House surrounded
by few relatives, including Miss Mar
garct Wilson, daughter of the Presi-
dent, and Dr. Stockton Arson, his
brothcr-in-law On account Of the ab-
sencc Of the Presidents grandchildren
there was no tree.
Christmas dinner was served in the
evening u ter the customary drive of
the President and Mrs. Wilson through
X ck Creek Park. Yesterday the
President AMI his wife followed their
custom Of distributing Christmas gifts
to the children along the way, which
the President was accustomed to take
on his visits to n golf club in Virginia
before his illness.
1t was the first time the President
has been able TO follow rhis custom in
tn c years. A year ago he was con
fined to the White House by illness and
+, nrs ago he was in France, where
On Christmas Day he reviewed the
American Evolutionary Forces at
American General Headquarters at
Chaumont.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
U. S. Inquiry
In Dry Agents
Death Ordered
Tumulty, Kin of James Nc
Guinness Wife, Says In
formation Shows Vic-
tim Met With Foul Play
Gun Near Body Not His
Widow and Friends Are
Convinced Official Did
Not Com nit Suicide

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The Bu-
reau of Investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice, under instructions Of
Attorney General Palmer, tonight be-
gan investigation of the death of James
+. McGuinness, a prohibition enforce
ment agent at Bayonne, N. j., Thurs
day. Special agents will be sent to
! New Jersey to cooperate with the local
authorities, it was said The action
was taken upon request of Joseph P.
Tumulty, Secretary to President Will
son, who is cousin of Mrs. McGuin-
ness.
Mr.. Tumulty, according to an an
nouncement tonight, also urged a COM
plete investigation in kilograms to-day
to chiefs Of police, county prosecutors
and Department of Justice agents. 81
am certain from the information now
at hand" the telegrams said, "that
McGuinness met with foul play. Every
fact Of his home life negatives any
other idea"
Authorities Say Suicide
Conflicting views of the authorities,
members of the family and friends
yesterday deepened the mystery sur
rounding the death of James f. Nc
Guinness, prohibition agent, whose
tody was discovered Thursday by
resident of Bayonne, N j., in Newark
Bay.
Daniel F. Cady, Bayonne police chief,
and DR.. Bert Daily, Hudson County ply
slclan, were so sure that McGuinness
had fired the shot which pierced his
brain that it was said there would be
no autopsy. On the other hand, Mrs.
McGulnness. the widow, and all of the
nelghbors insisted that enemies had
killed McGuinress, and said that they
would demand an autopsy.
Inc authorities pointed out that
when Charles Mack who discovered the
body, notified John Snarkey, pa X
watchman, the tide had just reached
McGuinness' chest, and if McGuin-
ness had met a violent death in that
spot there would have been marks in
the mud. They said this mud was Of q
character to retain footprints of men
who might have carrie the body to
that place, and inquiry about the tides
had made it certain that no previous
tide had washed over the body, which
had been there no more than three
hours.
This fact was determined by the
condition of the body and the dscov-
cry that McGuinness had left his home
at 335 Summit Aven1e, Jersey City,
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

ALDA-KRFISLER--
and others In the years best concert
TO NIGHT at the HIPPODROME-aid
Catholic Big Brothers Don't miss It. See
amusement columns (musicsl section) for
detatls.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

rJtE- -HMINE ENTITY the FIor'dn Route
Atlantic Coast Lines through trnna
daily. ONCE lzts.B way. Tel Longacro $685.
--Advt.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

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ksnt.b fssolnx Tf;bDnr sY.nf Ids JtDz
.&zit fb.nm.N mN,.sf>ss hsJps nj !n,*fest, Can
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

PinehurSt, N. C.--Golf and nil other
sports Many ohamp!onahip events Thru
Pullman Penn- 2:o5 Il. NJ. dAily.--Advt.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-24
1T Does the Work,
Waring Declares
Has Gained twenty-five Pounds
And Feels Fine Since
Taking Tanlac.

II know what am talking about
wh.n I say there IL one medicine
that will do everything they say II
will. and that's Tanlac, was the en-
thusiastic statement made recently
by Frank Warlng, n well-known
ranchman living at Suquanish, Wash
ingtin, a town twelve miles from
Seattle.
IL gave Tanlac u fair trial" con-
tinued Mr.. Waring. "and / want 20
tell the world that II did the work.
Several years. ago my health broke
down and since that time l suffered
40 much that | hardly knew what II
was to be free from pain. had I'm
digestion 40 bad that I did not care
To cat. for I knew N did IL would
cause me misery afterwards. The
little 1 forced down soured on my
stomach and bloatcd me up with gas
30 bad that felt nauseated and mis-
cradle. had rheumatism IN my
shoulders and right arm so that l
had no use of my arm and II was I'm
possible for me 10 pick up anything
TO work with. My kidneys were nj!
out OF order. and my back was weak
and panied me 80 bad that II stoop-
ec over II was agony for me 10 try
tn straighten back up again. ! was
badly constipated and subject TO
tevere headache ,pells. My nerves
were all on edge. and when went 10
bed I would ro.l and tons nearly all
niFht long and could hardly gct any
sleep at all. ysa terribly rundown
tco weak To do n day'd worI, and
never thought I would see well day
again.
"Seyernl OF my nelghbors were
taking Tanlac with such nne results
that started taking II myself. and
In no time I began to feel better.
My appetite came back. aud as every
thing I ate agreed with mo ] stated
gaining In weight and strength. My
dlgestion was never bettor and the
gas has stopped forming Oh my
ctonnch. I'm 20 longer constipat-
ed pnG don't know wha, II II 10
,.'r nave a Headache. Tho rhcuma.
,iHm In my arms and shoulders has
loft n,e completely and ] can uss my
arms as good as ever could. My
kidneys are In nne condition anu the
pains in my back have all disappear
cd. aud ] can now do ms big a dav's
work Ms any man. Ny nerves are as
steady as n clock and at night I sleep
like q log. and when morning comcs
get up feeling Just hne. ! have
gained twenty-five pounds In weight.
am In better health than have been
In years and can never say too
much for Tanlac."