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The New York herald., 1920-12-04
WOMAN IN HAMON
DEATH MYSTERY SOUGHT
Western Texas Oil Fields Are
Secured for Clara S. Honon.

Special Despatch 10 THE NEW York HERALD.
ARpMoRE, okla, Dec 3.--The oil fields
OF western Texas to-day are the centre
of the search for Clara Smith Hamon.
wanted here in connection with the death
OF Jake Hamon Republican national
committeeman
Frank L. Ketch. lannon's business
manager and administrator Of his estate,
IS in Texas and believed to have insti-
tuted n search OF his own for the missing
woman IL is believed she will event.
ualiy make an effort TO reach El Paso.
the home Of her parents and OF Frank
Hamon. her husband OF a day.
When T. w Sails Dallas service car
driver. left Clara iamon at Cisco
Wednesday morning she vanished II is
known. however. that she has many IN
fluentual friends in the oil districts OF
Texas where Hamon had large interests
Cisco Is in the heart of the oil terri
tory. over which CLARA Smith Hamon
travelled back and forth for ten years
on Hamon's business.
II has been learned that Frank Hamon
has been living with the parents of his
one day bride for many months. Clar,
Hamon is supposed to have separated
from him at the behest Of Hamon, and
rumor has It that she received from
$4,000 to $4,000 for this separation.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
IMMUNITY FOR GIRL
IN PIERCE MURDER
Treadpay's Confession Clears
Marie Phillips of Crime.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK IlERArD
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.--It is expected
Marie Phillips will receive immunity
from the State i'm connection with the
murder Of Henry T. Peirce. Capt,
Souder and Detective William Be-
shaw, head of the murder squad and
solver of the mystery. said the girl had
not bargained for freedom. but had
agreed TO tell the truth without any
promise of protection.
Peter ID. Treadways confession. m
very definite language frees Marie from
any blame in the case. either before the
attempted robbery, which Treadway says
resulted in Peirces death. \or at the timo
OF the crime.
The District Attorneys office intimates
that in the face of Treadways confession
as to the girl, which only confirms tho
prior statement made by Joseph A. Moss.
II would be next TO impossible to convict
her of murder in any degree.
Marie was taken 20 the District Al
torney's office yesterday afternoon and
remained for a long interview. during
which she went over her confession.
made after she had become reconciled
with her sailor husband. Ross A. Rogers.
SO that the District Attorneys stafr
would understand 1t thoroughly in all It's
details.
Treadway's written confession puts
all the blame for the actual killing on
Marion a. Elliott. the man who Is still
a fugitive. Treadway says robbery
was the only motive. and that he had
not expected things to turn out as bad
as, they did Toward the end of the
confession he named Moss and Elliott
and himself in connection with tho
robbery
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
RETAIL BUSINESS IS
BEGINNING TO GAIN
Approach Of Holidays Makes
FOR Improved Sentiment
in Trade.
BETTERMENT STILL SLOW
Primary Markets Recovering
From Lethargy, but the
Situation Is Uneven.

The approach OF the Christmas holi-
days and continued yielding of prices
have made for better sentiment In bust
ness generally, and although signs Of
Improvement are slow they are unmis-
taxable. according TO weekly trade re-
views. Retail trade is showing con-
siderable Improvement but the situation
as a whole is still uneven. After year
end inventories shall have been COM
pleted and business started in 1921, II Is
predicted that the business outlook may
be less obscure.
Signs of betterment IN business and
sentiment" says Dun's RevSetc, III slow
TO appear. are rather more distinct In
certain quarters. The retail movement.
although lacking the desired breadth. Is
accelerated as the holidays draw nearer.
and some primary markets are recover
ing little from their lethargy. Yield
ing prices invariably place a temporary
check on operations. but there Is usually
n point at which buyers interest will be
reawakened. and this basis Is apparently
being approached in some leading lines.
Yet the whole situation Is uneven and
uncertain. as is natural In time OF
readjustment and the general policy is
one of deferring important action until
conditions become more stable.
After the turn OF the year, when results
of inventorying and Christmas trade
shall have been made known, the future
business outlook may seem less obscure.
The groundwork for subsequent improve
nent Is being laid during the present
transition. and the years grain and
other harvets, while not measuring UP TO
some previous standards in money value.
are fortunately abundant in quantity"
Brddstreet's State of Trade says:
Reports on trade. prices and industry
reveal cross currents, some of them IN
the direction of Improvement. while 9TH
ers show recessions pointing to stabil-
ization still being In progress. Retail trade
reports are a shade better, particularly
in the West and west central regions.
holiday influences and price cutting in
ducing a larger business. Wholesale
trade is rather less active except In In
stances where low prices have attracted
buying for post-holiday sales. Cotton
goods show most activity and strength
Holiday buying at wholesale Is
classed as moderate and not up to last
year. jewelry being trade in point In
manufacture and industry the tone is
quieter. short time or shutdown reports
being prominent in the advices received.
and unemplo yment is more noticeable.
Collections are little different and
classed as slow. The general feeling is
that quite early winter season i'm
pends. and attention now is largely con-
centrated on the probable volume Of re-
tail trade before and after the holidays.
In financial lines there has been slight
accession OF cheerfulness, with more
steadiness In speculative markets, not
ably securities, grain and cotton. though
new low prices have been scored In
many instances in the interim"
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
Army Orders.

sp,csal Despatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. G., Dec. 3.
These army orders were made public to-
day.
Cant. James W Howder. TO Buffalo. ". y.
repor, to recruiting officer Capt. Leland W.
skaggs. army recruiting station. Aberdeen.
s. d. detailed for general recruiting service,
Boston: First Lieut.. w. y. Wilson, assigned
20 Twenty-seven,h Infantry; Lieut. Col. n.
r.. Wood, special orders November 10
amended TO assign him TO Panama Major
Arthur y. Foote, honorably discharged; Col
NJ L. McGrew. TO Camp Benning First
Lieut. Edgar A. q. Curran, special orders
October 9 revoked, assigned 20 Fifth Ma
chine Gun Battalion.
FIELD ARTITBERY-F'irst Lieut.. william
A. Beiderinden assigned 10 Eighty-t1
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
ROBBERS MENACE GIRL;
STEAL $4,000 PAY ROLL
Four Boys Accused of Burg
iory Caught at a Train.

-Four armed men walked into the office
of the New York Roofing Company. 535
East Nineteenth street. fifteen minutes
before the employees were to be paid
yesterday afternoon: found Miss Mary
McCartin the cashier. alone. and threat
ening TO shoot her seized sixty en-
velopes containing n total of $4,000. The
men divided the spoils before leaving.
They rode away In an atpomobile.
While they were waiting for the train
at the Grand Central Terminal which
they said was TO take them TO Buffalo,
four boys were arrested last night by de-
tectivos OF the Tremond avenue station.
The Bronx.
II was said they confessed to a theft
II 500 from an apartment house at 1921
Third avenue. burglary of pencils and
other articles from Public School 5S.
Washington avenue and 176th street.
and several other Jobs The detec-
tlves said the money the gang had
realized was carried by Morris Blum. 3
years old. of 203i Monterey avenue. and
that Thomas Delassandro, q years old,
4272 Third avenue. had revolver. The
others were Mario and Guido Gran
nalazigna. 12 and 10 years old.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
PLANS FOR REVIVAL
OF 3 CENT POSTAGE
Stamp Tax on Bank Checks
Also Sought to Supply
Needed Revenue.
QUICK ACTION EXPECTED
Fate of Bills Probably Will
BE Settled in Caucus
az az Next Week.
QUICK ACTION EXPECTED
SPECIAL Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C.. Dec. g.

SPECIAL Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. C., Dec, 3.
Strong efforts will be made at the
coming session of Congress to amend
the tax Jaws in two important particu-
lars 10
First, TO restore the rate of first class
postage TO cents an ounce, and
Second, to put stamp tax upon bank
checks fand other business instruments
that heretofore have escaped taxation.
The object of this movement is two
fold. 1t would provide much needed adj
dtional revenues to replace the ex-
pected loss in income and excess profits
taxes and would obviate the apparent
necessity for general revision of the tax
laws at this session of Congress.
The two proposed taxes are favored
because they would ne good revenue
producers. with a fairly definite rate of
return, and because, being 'popgun"
measures, extended hearings would not
be necessary and a promise would be
inveighed 10 repeal them when gem
eral revision was undertaken. should
they prove too burdensome.
The three cent postage provision of the
revenue act of 1917 met with stiff oppo-
sition and was repealed in the act of
1918 as unnecessary. At that time. how
ever, the excess profits tax was in favor.
Now the excess profits tax is not only In
disfavor with the public, the Democratic
Administration and the Republican Con-
gress, but it threatens because of lower
prices and a general shortening of profits
to die of inanition.
A stamp tax on checks also will meet
with stiff opposition, as a burden on
business and on thrift. Adherents of the
measure are prepared to show, they say,
that bank checking accounts are not in
fact a check on thrift, as the real saw
ings Of the country are in savings ac-
counts They are prepared to. meet the
payroll argument with statement that
big organizations paying by check will
find 1t cheaper to pay n one cent or
fractional tax on each check than to
withdraw and handle the necessary
volume of cash.
Two measures providing for these
taxes will be introduced as soon as the
session opens. They will go before the
Ways and Means Committee and prob
ably will be considered in caucus. when
the general programme of the session is
laid out, probably before the end of next
week
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
B. AND O. AWARD MADE.
Two Divisions Commended In "Ns
Accident" Campaign.

BALTIMORE, Md. Dec 3.-The Charles
ton division on the Eastern lines OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
Ohio division on the Western lines were
declared the winners In the recently
closed mo accident" campaign, which had
been carried on for thirty days over the
SYSTEM IL was announced at the execu-
tive offices here to-day.
The object of the campaign was 20 re-
duce as far as possible accidents of all
kinds. and the results were declared 70
have been very gratifying to the man
agement.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
MAIL BANDITS BIND
CLERKS; GET $4,000
Three Armed Men Invade Car
Near Minneapolis and Es-
cape With Loot.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HEa,Lo
MrNNEAPoLIs. Dec. 3.-Registered mail
of an estimated value of at least $50 ,OO0
and possibly $4,000 was stolen to-day
by three bandits who held up the
Mobridge- Minneapolis train on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
between Minneapolis and Hopkins.
The robbers left the train at Humboldt
avenue crossing. ran through the West
High School grounds and disappeared.
Rewards of 81 900 each for arrest of the
robbers were announced late to-day by
officials of the st. Paul post office.
When the bandits leaped from she
train they left three mail clerks. r. NJ.
Ensch, f. c. Tousley and \. f.. Oster-
man, lying on the floor of the car, bound
hand and foot II was not until the
train reached the Milwaukee station,
about thirty minutes later that the men
succeeded IN releasing themselves ana
gave the police n report of the robbery
While the holdup men were at Worh
In the mail car two armed guards sat
in an adjoining car with rifles TO pro-
tect a shipment of S5OO.OO0 in cash.
The guards did not know or the rob-
berry until the train reached the station.
Ensch said that as the train was leav-
ing Hopkins he saw that chain mold
ing the door shut from the inside had
worked out of place. The door was
swinging. As he stepped over to close
IL. "A foot was placed between the door
and the Jam. The next moment the door
was forced wide open and Ensch faced
a pistol.
stick up your mitts and face the
wall, all OF you" ordered the bandit,
who marched into the car followed by
two others. All three carried pistols and
wore white handkerchief masks. The
mail clerks compiled.
One OF the bandits was relieved of his
gun by the leader, who directed him
to bind the clerks hand and foot The
bandit who did this work produced
roll OF hay wire with which he tied the
three victims while tire two others stood
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
BALTIMORE.
BONDS

Field Artillery; Firsts Lieut.. Charles r.
Mizze, assigned 10 Fifteenth Field Artillery;
Capt w. u. Weston, assigned TO Eighty
THIRD Field Artillery Major Robert NJ Milan,
assigned to Seventy sixth Field Artillery;
First Lieut.. u. VI. James. assigned 10 Twer-
ticth Field Artillery; Major Frank A. Tur-
ner, Seventeenth Field Artillery. transferred
20 headquarters Second Field Artillery: First
ieut l.. III Slocum, Twelfth Field Artillery
transferred 20 headquarters Second FIeld Ar
tillery Brigade Capt. Sumner n Needham,
assigned 20 Twelfth Field Artillery Majors
w. l.. Ar and n. Feliman: Capts c. n.
Pierce and George X. Jordan, and First
Lieut.. II. y. Splon. honorably discharged.
QUARTERMAsTER CoRPs-Capt. W. M.
Dixon, transferred 10 Finance Depa rtment az
his own request Capt. John G. O'Dell, 10
Washington, ID. C.. report TO Quartermaster
General; First Lieut. l.. g. Webster TO
Governors leland Capts. g. W. Albright,
Howard r, Kimbail. Earle r. Estes and
Felix l.. 81. Claire. honorably discharged.
MEDICAL CORPS-Majors James r Nan
kivell Walter w Ellis, Alexander H. GiiIars
and Walter r. Schmaltz. Capts James II.
Wallis. Clinton @. Lyons. Wendell r. DAILY.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
JUDGE BARS w0MAN's HAT.

BosroN. Dec 9.--women appearing
officially before the Supreme Court of
the State must do so with uncovered
heads. Judge Jenney set this precedent
to-day when Miss Sarah X. Singleton
appeared to take the oath as an attor-
ney. The court asked that she remove
her hat and Hollis X. Bailey. chairman
OF the bar examiners, informed the
court that he had advised that Il be-
worn In the absence OF any custom or
rule.
The court remarked that the prece-
dent would be set for the day Mt least.
that women shou'9 "n-car without hnts
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

Exports from New York yesterday:
Wheat 45s.145 bu.: corn, 60.3l5 bu.; rye,
l54. 2s3 bu.; barley, $3.50 bu.; buckwheat
6, 1893 bu.; beans, l.325 bu.; flour. 2S,90s
sacks; pork, 200 bbls.; beef, 100 tierces;
bscons, 1.205.oiO lbs; lard, 1,OlS,6s0 lbs:;;
tallow, J0.0VC lbs; oatmeal, 100 bbls. !;
grass. seed. 1918 bags; oilcake. 2,601. 100
lbs; cottonseed oil. 164. 400 lbs: lubricat-
ing oil, 2i5 $50 gals.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
s12s,ooo ~ BoNDs STOLEN.

A list published Thursday in THE
New YoRR HERALD OF Liberty bonds
stolen from Wall street brokers stated
that Paine. Webber n Co. 25 Broad
street. lost bonds amounting to $500 .00O
on August is, 1920. Paine, Webber <
Co. said yesterday the correct amount
Of bonds lost by them OH that date was
sos On0
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
RECEIVERS IN BANKRurTcy.

The following receivers in bankruptcy were
appointed yesterday In the United States
District Court
Judge Julius NJ. Mayer appointed Lewis
u. soper temporary receiver for Abraham
kadinky. dealer In woollcns against whom
petition was filed ON November 90. with
bond OF $500.
Judge Mayer appointed Phncas Lewinson
temporary receiver for Sotivis Pettas. haber-
$500
Judge Mayer appointed Lester NJ. Fried
man receiver for Abraham Bernstein and
Nathan Feldman. trading as Bernstein a
Feldman. furs and skins. POI Seventh ave
nue.. with bond Of $500.
Judge Mayer appointed Ely Rosenberg tenn
poror' receiver for Daniel Siegcl. rcstau-
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
Fire Record

A. ". Io..
i:40--rront Of 305 Ciaremont Part-
way. The Bronx, auto. unknown,
Unknown
t:f5-3f West Twenty eighth street
Julius NJ. Weinberg. ......... irrifltng
2:5o-iss0 Broadway. Marmon Auto
90. ...s.s. s.s.ss................U Unknown
3:oo-76 Nassau street, James Shea. .Triflinr
io:xo--2li West 14Ath street. unoccu-
pied. unknown. .............. Unknown
n ;fb-446i Third avenue. The Bronx
Dominick Croscia ............... Unknown
". NJ
12:t0-isi Madison street. defective
chimney, unknown. ...........T Triflius
t:so-44y w. i24th st.: unknown TrifiinT
2;0O-24s w sOth ST.. John Nc
s.o5-sso E. 4e,h 81. wilson Co Trifiinnss TriiffIins
4;i0-30 w. 10th St; 81. Francis
Xavier College .4.............T TriflIns
:5J-e0 Eldridge ST.: Jacob Singer Unknown
6:o5-s1 Henry ST.; Harry Rudick. slight
6.2O--s w. 9Oth St; /. Wadei a Co. Trifiing
G.35-i44 w. i0ist st. Catherine
Willard .............. Unknown
I'S0-i34 E. 10th ST.. Max Aiimer &
T5o-iis Franklin st. Baum. strauss snSn0"N
s;o5-g7s W. i20th si. Pa,rick
kiernan .........ss4....... Unknown
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
WHEAT MARKET Is
UNSETTLED AT END
Exporters Reluctant to Follow
Any Advance of Prices
in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Reluctance of ex-
port interests to follow any advance in
prices tended to-day to check bullish
ardor concerning wheat. The market
closed unsettled a net lower TO nc.
higher. with December at s1.70A a
1.7019 and March at s1.64% a 1.65.
Corn finished lsc. off 10 &c. up, and
oats gained Nc. TO sc. In provisions
there were Setbacks of 50Q57c.
Bears in the wheat market put special
stress on early indications that yester-
days sharp upturn in values had brought
Euronean demand to a standstill In that
connection il was pointed out that. as
n rule, foreign Governments had re-
Trained from buying wheat on a big
scale except when prices were depressed.
Heavy selling, which set in from the
East. however. met stubborn resistance
from commission men and elevator in
terests and IL was contended that lower
prices did not harmonic with the amount
Of business done or with prospective en-
larged requirements OF domestic mills.
Gossip that moderate amount of wheat
had been epurchased to-day for shipment
to Europe by way of the Gulf of Mexico
helped near the end OF the session to
restore comparative strength to the
market.
Corn and oats were governed by the
action of wheat despite liberal profit
taking on the part Of recent buyers of
corn. Provisions sympathized with
downturns in the value of hogs.
WHEAT-In the local market No red and
No. hard were quoted at $1.97. C. /. T.,
track. New York.
CORN-In the local cash market No. 2
yellow corn was quoted at $1.04A and No.
mixed at $1.02l4, C. 1. E.. New York, ten days
shipment.
OATS-In the local cash market No.
white was quoted at 83c. No. white. &c.:
No. white, 62c.; No. white, 6lc.. fancy
clipped white, erie; ordinary clipped white,
62i1c.; all elevator.
RYE-Market steady: No. Western.
1.75%, {. o. b.. New York, and $1.I1%.
C. l. T., domestic.
BARLEY-Market easy; feeding. s8G92c..
and mailing. 97c.g$1 .05. C. l. T.. New York.
HAY-Market barely steady: No. /. 1850
] .e5; No. ., S1.75q1.S5; No. 3. $1.6Og1.70;
81 .40q1 so.
BUCKWHEAT-Market dull; $2.6o92.65 a
100 lbs.
STRAw-Market dull No. / rye, s1sQ20 a
ton.
Wheat dncluding flour) exports for the
week. according to Brddstreet's, aggregate
week and 8, ,534. .146 last year; since July =.
eli .040 .0S5, against 142 ,340.971 last season.
Corn exports for the week, 266, 900 bu.,
against 634,55 week ago and 929,240 last
year: since July I, 4.980,34S. against e44, ,169
last season.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
MONTREAL CLOSING

John A. Snowden. Samuel T. Carnb.u .rn
Stephen =. r. Wetmore. and First Tieut.
Peter g. Bjorreby and Charles r. Brenner
honorably discharged.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
Business Troubles
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY

The following petitions in bankruptcy were
filed in the United States District Court yes
tetrday:
Involuntary petition against sotivis Pettas
haberdasher at 3S Washington street, on be-
half OF three creditors Liabilities and as
sets not given. The pettioning creditors aud
amounts claimed are Barnett Freedman,
Si6s Rubin. Weinstein. S20I: Dickstein &
Stein. si44. Archibald Palmer Is attorney for
the petitioners.
Involuntary petition against Philip Samuel
and Paul Cutler. trading as Cutler Brothers.
metals, 2If broadway, on behalf of three
creditors. Liabilities and assets not given.
The petitloning creditors and amounts
claimed are Aaron SOLOMON, 1000; Abra-
ham Housman, $1,000: Jack IA iarek, siO,-
600 Campbell: Flaherty. Turner & Strouse
are attorneys for the petitioners.
Involuntary petition against the NJ and F..
shoe Company, Inc. 232 East t02d street. on
behalf OF three creditors Amounts claimed
Weiss, $50; William II, Lyons. $3.50 Samuel
j. hawik Is attorney FOR the petitioners.
voluntary petition by Abraham Fund, clerk
122 West 114th street, who places his liabili-
ties at s4902. all unsecured claims. and no
assets Abraham Beck Is attorney for the
bankrupt.
Voluntary petition by Jacob Braunstein.
salesman. 2I0I Third avenue. Bronx, who
places his liabilities at 81, 1889, all unsecured
claims; claims; and no assets. Bennett E. siegel-
Involuntary petition against Ash Removals
Iuc;. S4' Madison avenue, on behalf OF three
creoitors. Liabilities are given at $4,000 and
assets as tlo,VVO The pettionlng creditors
and amounts claimed are: Charles l.. Tol-
ford x2.620; Chester L. Clark, ssp5f: John
Mitchell, $1,000. Vans Black are attorneys
involuntary petition against the Plaza Music
company, ls West Twentieth street, on be-
hair oi three creditors. Liabilities are given
as Sloo'Ooo and assets as $4,000. The peti-
tlonlng creditors and amounts claimed are
David Jacobs, S337; Gertrude Cheadls
xiOO; Herman Germain. $50, 600. Yankauer
Davidson are attorneys for the petitioners
Nolultary petition by Morris Hochberg
truckman. i23 Cherry street who placas ne
liabilities at x3.04T. oil unsecured claims and
no assets. william l.. Cirecnfogle is attor-
ney for the bankrupt
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
SCHEDULES IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following schedules in bankruptcy were
Court:
Dubins a setizick, against whom n peti-
tion was filed October ~, 1920, show lIabii-
tiles OF $50. .4id, OF which sac 43s are un-
secured claims. and assets OF SIS, ,fOo-s3 300
due open accounts and $500 machinery
tools, &c zalkin Cohen are attorney for
the bankrupts
The schedules OF Stein, Rottenberg 4 Van
nier. 2i2 West Twenty-nnth street, against
whom a petition was filed, show liabilities
OF s26,573. OF which sf2.246 are unsecured
claims and 81 .606 secured claims and as
sets of t2i .02f, OF which 81 900 Is stock In
trade, 81 ,812 machinery. tools Sc. and s4i2
debts due on open accounts Abraham Brill
Is attorney for the bankrupt.
The New York herald., 1920-12-04
TOBACCO STOCKS.
SUGAR STOCKS.
OUT OF TOWN MARKETS
BOSTON CURB CLOSING,

1000 Un Fruit 4hs.100 100 100 Il
1000 West Tel 5s... Is rs rs