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MEMBERS OF TWO
 FAMILIES BURNED

MaSfield, Ky. June 27.-Charred beyond recognition, and with only
 parts of limbs, trunks and skulls re- covered, the bodies of II persons, representing two families, were found burned to death early yesterday renee six miles north of here, near Hickory Grove. The fire which des- ltroyed the log and frame three-room
 farm house started about midnight
 and lasted until nearly o'clock this morning.
 When the fire had subsided enough for neighbors to reach the victims there was hardly enough flesh and bones left to identify the dead. They are Ernest Lawrence, aged 35; Mrs Lora Lawrence. his wife: Fred Law renee, son, aged 3; Ethlyn Law renee daughter aged 4: Ralph Lawrence, a son, aged Il months: Otis Drew, aged 26; his wife, Ola Drew. 23; Harry Drew. 5-year-old son; Otis Drew Jr.. a son, aged 4 four -month-old baby of the Drews. and Delma Drew, 14-year-old nephew of the Drews.
 Drew and Lawrence are brothers in-law. and the Drews were spending the night With Lawrence and his family. Neighbors to the north of the lonely, almost isolated little farm house stated under oath at the coro- !, ner's inquest that they heard women
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FLOOD OF RAISED
 MONEY E FOUND
 IN LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock. June 27.--A person whom the local police say was the cleyerest manipulator of Uncle sam $ money who ever visited Little Rock so far as the oldest member of the department, has paid the city visit, and the police believe that he or she is on the way elsewhere. They are undecided as to the gender of money that has come into their hands is reported to have been passed at different times and under different conditions by a man and q woman. each one working alone.
 But what the local authorities are most interested in and what they admit without reservation is that the bad money put over in Lit tie Rock. and which in each instance was a si bill that had been raised to 2 $i0 bill. was the most clever work they had ever seen.
 It was so perfect, in fact. that it got through two banks, one in Little Rock and the other in Pine Bluff. and the police say they have no idea how many of the spurious bills may be in circulation. The money got by in great shape until a bill was passed at a Main street de- partment store and tlte cashier be- came suspicious. The bill was car ried to police headquarters by the house detective and submitted to Captain Pitcock. chief of detectives, not knowing there was SusniciOn
Paragould soliphone., 1921-06-29
EAT T0ADST00LS,
 FAMILY POISONED

Fl Dorado, June 27.--Three per sons are dead and three others were reported last night to be in crit ical condition from eating toad stools which were mistaken for mushrooms.
 The dead are:
 Mrs. A. w. Burton, aged 3S.
 Lawrence Gilreath. aged seven.
 John w. Gilreath aged five.
 Mir and Mrs. Gilreath and another son are said to be at the point of death today. Mrs Burton and Law renee and John Gilreath died Sat urday night.
 The Gilreath family, accompanied by Mrs. Burton. relative. came to Fl Dorado a few weeks ago, and was living in small tent at the edge of town. The family was in destitute circumstances.
 Mrs. Gilreath mistook toadstool's growing around the tent for hush rooms, and gathered several and served them for dinner. Late in the afternoon the two boys became yoilently i'll. Other members of the family also were stricken short time later. The family's plight was not discovered until early yesterday morning.
 The bodies of Mrs. Burton and the two Gilreath boys are being held at a local undertaking estab- lishment awaiting instructions from relatives. It is not known here where the family lived before com ing to Fl Dorado
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LATEST WIRELESS STUNT

Pasadena, Cal, June Wire less telephones installed on the auto of the Pasadena police department recently enable officers to eommuni- cate with headquarters while their machines are in motion. Every ma chine operated by the department has been so equipped, is was an- nounced recently
 The appliance enables officers to telephone for endorsements, if nee essary, while pursuing motor ban
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tween Memphis and Hayti, MoA
 who was killed early Saturday nighk
 when his train was derailed neaI here. and 2S persons hurt. was serfk
 this morning to his home in CaI&
 Girardeau. Mo-, for bnristl. Rrak
 man Thompson and Engineer
 Conachie were taken to the Friscq hospital in St. Louis this morning.
 The train was wrecked when M
 struck q COW. Y
 Of the passengers injured, tllf hurts of only two are serious. x npgro woman whose name has ndl lbeen learned, is here suffering froiM coflcussion of the brain. and it iH understood that another negro w01 man was carried to Memphis faA treatment. , The wreckage was cleared frorh l the tracks by 3 o'clock yesterday afN ternoon. Superintendent Faulkney l of Chaffee, Mo-, directed the work With him was q claim agent of thg road and special officer.
 When the train wrecked Saturday night. the engine turned completelX lover, and the express and baggaaN coach. with all the passenger. .coacbss except one. also turned over. Cog; ductor E H. Riggs escaped injury Engineer McConachies hurts con Isist of bad soalds on his upper bodNS 1 The messengers, for the mosi part, suffered only minor bruini
 and shAkings up. Most of tNcN
 were cared for Saturday night m 1 OsceOla homes. X
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HIGHER COURT
 TO DETERMINE
 HOWAT APPEAL
Kansas Mine Workers Pres ident Will Soon Have Fate Determined-Thou- sands Attend Hearings.
tUnited Press Associations3

Columbus. Kansas, June 27.-Al- eXander HoWat, president of district No. IA of the United Mine Workers and August Dorchy, vice-president of the same organization, today be- Industrial court Trial of the two on charges of having violated felony clause of the court opened before the supreme court today. Thousands of miners are to attend the trial
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dits. Installation of the phones on regular beats, to obviate the string ing of wires for enlargement of the old call box system, also is con- templated.
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and children screaming and heard six or seven shots.
 MOTIVE A MYSTERY

and children screaming and heard six or seven shots.
 MOTIVE A MYSTERY
 The discovery of 22 caliber rifle a pistol, shotgun, axe and an oil can, all in the front room, where the fam flies were sleeping, hints at foul play or the work of some maddened mani acs. Searching far and near, not the remOtest motive for the act could be gleanded yesterday. Neither family, so far as is known, had q single enemy, and scores of people attested to their amicable relations. The most pitiable episode of the day was when the aged mother of the two cremated women. Mrs. Nettie Riley, appeared at the scene. She almost went into mysteries and had to be removed.
 A strange part of the mysterious fire is that parts of clothing were clinging to the charred flesh of the two men, and it is supposed they had not gone to bed A theory was ad- FdUCeu that Suuuen 1iISdIlLN OH tHe part of some member of the party prompted the act. At the coroner's inquest noncommittal verdict was returned
 FOUND BY PICNICKERS . Neighbors who were attending q picnic about mile from the house saw the blaze about 30 o'clock. Two young men. the first to arrive on the scene. were unable to en- ter the house because of the fire. but by climbing tree nearby could see the bodies lying on the floor.
 % An examination of the bodies. which were burned so badly that re- cognition was impossible. showed that one of the women bore wounds that seemed to have been made by some sharp instrument The drass of the infant which this woman is
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To clean rusty knives thrust tls blades into onions and leave f9l about an hour, then polish theh with ordinary powder or bath bricE
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TRACKS AT OSCE0LA CLEARED OF WRECK

Osceola. Ark. June 27.---The body of Fireman Bromley of the Frisco accommodation train operated be-
Paragould soliphone., 1921-06-29

Spain devotes more than 3,500, ,0da acres of land to olive culture. <
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
FORMER TURK WAR
LORD DASSASS|NATED

BERLIN. March 15.-Talaat Pasha,
former minister in the Turkish gov
ernment and long a power in Turk
.sh national affairs, was assassinated
at noon today. He was killed at
his residence in Hardenburgstrasse
by an Aremenian.
Talaat Pasha resigned as minister
of interior in the Turkish cabinet IN
October, 1913, and disappeared. He
was said to have exiled himself.
Talaat Pasha had been living here
incognito under the name of Sci Bey
for more than a year. He had Just
left his home between IL and II
o'clock when twenty-six-y year-old
Armenian stepped up behind him and
fred a single shot from a revolver.
The bullet entered behind the ear
and emerged from the forehead In
front. Death was instantaneous.
The Armenian was seized and
might have been lynched by an in
furiated crowd but for the prompt
protection given by the police.
Talaat Pasha leaves a widow resid-
ing in this city.
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
RUDOLPH. HEAD
.OF D. c. BOARD
New Commissioners Take Oath
of 0ffice-Assignment of De-
partments Due at Once.

Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph
today was elected president Of the
board Of District commissioners.
The election took place within one
hour after Commissioner Rudolph
and Commissioner James F. Oyster
had been inducted i1to office.
Immediately after the organiza-
tion meeting of the Commissioners,
the board entered into the public
hearing on the application of the
Washington Gas Light Company for
a continuation after March 18 Of the
present gas rates.
RETURNS TO OLD JOB.
1t was understood today that Com
missioner Rudolph would resume the
direction of the work of several Of
the financial departments of the
District. During his term from 1910
to 1913 Commissioner Rudolph was in
charge OF the financial offices.
There was no decision reached to-
day as to which Commissioner will
supervise the police and fire depart
ments. If Commissioner Rudolph re-
sumes his former work, then Com
missioner Oyster will take charge of
these departments.
A meeting of the board to divide
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Little pet" kitten" and the
sweetest little person on earth"
were the oil kings favorite terms of
endearment for the girl who later
shared his career and faces a jury in
the little courthouse here, charged
with his death.
The letters will be introduced in
Clara Smith lannon's trial by the de-
Tense.
Most of them were written between
1914 and 1915. when the accused
woman was attending Lexington Col
lege in Missouri at lannon's expense,
and some of the most endearing ones
were penned after the girl had signed
the contract presented in evidence
yesterday by the State, in which she
agreed to drop out of the oil kings
life on the payment of 81 and other
considerations"
The letters show that Hamon was
madly in love with the accused wom-
an and his thoughts centered on her
instead of the wife who sits in the
courtroom. In one letter Hamon told
of his wife's arrival in Ardmore and
declares she came to kill both him
and the girl.
MRS. n. came up from Fort Worth
Sunday night" he, said in this letter.
"The night clerk at the hotel turned
her into my room. She found your
hat, and then the maid told every
thing that she knew and later more.
THREATENED TO KILL BOTH.
"She was trying to have us both ar
rested for adultery. Had employed old
Judge Brown of Ardmore. Had been
to all the banks and talking. Sent for
Mr.. and Mrs Bryan. Had them talk
to her. Said sh had come over here
to kill both you and me.
"She had been told by some one
that you were still in Ardmore and
was not going away.
"She moved in the parlor bedroom
and stayed two days. / have had
one h of a time. Never was en-
barrassed like this before in my life.
81 wished several times the train
that brought me back had been
wrecked and had never got here.
81 will never spend any time in
Ardmore from now on. 1 was glad
you were not there to take the pun
ishment / had to-"
Hamon. empire builder and politi-
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
.'F|FP TO BARE
BANKER'SPAST
Mrs. StiIIman to Answer His
Charges-NeW York Learns
of Luxurious Nest"

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, March
15.-Mrs. Eff" Potter Stillman al
ready has been granted permission
to amend her original answer to the
suit for divorce brought by James
A. Stillman, president Of the Ma
tional City Bank.
CHARGES BANKER UNFATTHFUL.
This was definitely established
when her lawyers, Csrwalader, Wick
|ershaw & Taft. sought to make the
amendment, and her banker husbands
lawyers. Nicoll, Anable. Fuller & Sui
livan, made no objections.
1t is this amended answer that
charges Mr.. Stillman with the indis-
|cretions over a period Of several years
with various alleged correspondents.
The original answer was nothing
but a sweeping denial by Mrs. Still
man OF all the allegations of Mr.. Still
man in reference to Fred Beauvais,
twenty-six years old. half-French,
half Indian guide. and the charge that
her son, twenty-six- -months-old Guy
|Stillman, was not the son of her hus-
band.
As has been told. none OF the legal
papers containing the unusually Bit
ter charges in this remarkable matri-
monial blow-up, is on file anywhere.
The only record in court Of the pro-
ceedings thus far is in the docket Of
Justice Morschauser's part of the
special term of the Supreme Court.
FRENCH-CANADIA TESTIFY.
Also, of course. there Is the steno-
graphic record of the taking OF testi-
mony before the referee, Daniel j.
Gleason, surrogate OF Dutchess coun-
ty. These proceedings have been
closely guarded, but a bit moro has
been learned about them.
Now, IL may be stated, such wit
nesses as have been examined were
French h-Canadians. They told their
stories. aimed at supporting the
charges of Mr.. Stillman, in French,
so that an interpreter was necessary.
Thus far no assertions have been
made by witnesses or statements set
forth in any OF the papers that indi-
cate In the slightest that the society
matron had any social relations with
the half-breed.
Beauvais, stalwart son of the
far north, was employed, IL now Is re-
vealed, not as a guide but as a tutor
in the arts Of woodcraft, and as an
all-around out-of-doors companion for
seventeen-yesr-o James Stillman,
second son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman
Best information Is that his term of
employment was about two years.
There is not the slightest intima-
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The Washington times., 1921-03-15
CHARITIES APPEAL
TOTAL SWELLING

The Easter appeal OF the Associated
Charities and Citizens Relief Associa-
tion for 10000 contributing members
bad secured up to noon today 1924 Of
the required number. not counting the
returns from the booth sales which
opened yesterday under the direction
of the Junior League. Full returns
from the first days operation of
booths will be reported later.
Returns this morning at the So
cial Service House. 923 II street north
west, included a check from Messrs.
julius Garfinkle & Co. Mr.. Garfinkls
writes to Mr.. Allies, chairman of the
Joint fnance committee" 1t gives me
great pleasure to inclose my check
for another 500 for the Associated
Charities. I think II Is our duty to
take care of all worthy causes ax
home. and 1t gives me great pleasure
to help"
Messrs. S. Kann Sons Company send
An additional 5000 to bring their con.
tribution for the current year up to
$500. Others who have already given
earlier in the year are responding to
the urgent need for funds which these
home charities are feeling. Many
persons, also, who have never given TO
either of the Associated Charities or
the Citizens Relief Association are
Joining the ranks of supporters -
these family welfare agencies.
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
SENATE IS ADJOURNED
Sine die; SESSION
BEGAN MAR. 4

The United States Senate ad-
journed sine die at 11;38 a. m.
today.
The adjournment was taken
after the Senate had confirmed the
nomination of Robert Woods Bliss
to be Third Assistant Secretary Of
State and two minor nominations
sent to the Senate by the Presi-
dent today.
The Senate had been In session
since March 4, and had confirmed
all nominations sent up by Presi-
dent Harding with the exception
Of that Of John J. Esch, Of WiscOn-
sin. to he a member Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
II the President desires TO make
further appointments before the
special session OF Congress meets
on April II, they will be recess sp-
polntments.
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
CAB|NETTAKES
UPPOL|C|ES
WAR Liquidation Board" Pro-
posed in Discussion With
President Today.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES,
International News Service.

For the first time since it came
into being, the Harding Cabinet to-
day got down to a discussion of
policies.
For more than two hours Pres
ident Harding discussed with mem
bers of his : -icial family, including
the Vice President. the policies which
will guide the nation in both foreign
and doemstic fields for the next few
years.
WAR LIQUIDATION BOARD.
One OF the propositions considered
was the advisability OF creating
"war liquidation commission" which
could undertake many phases OF the
war reconstruction work, tnus leav-
ing the Cabinta officers free to run
their own departments and affairs. un-
hampered by the perplexities of many
problems left in the wake of war.
Immediately after the Cabinet meet
ting adjourned, the President received
newspaper correspondents and out
lined generally to them the scope OF
the work discussed.
HOOVER STATES PLANS.
The dicussion regarding foreign
affairs did not get down to the point
of consideration OF specific questions,
II IL understood. There was extend
ed discussion regarding the expan-
zion of American trade, and the best
methods of bringing this about. Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover has some
definite plans in this respect. which
he laid before the Cabinet.
|. Tho President and his official fam.
lily went into the question of policies
in the Pacific to some length, par
ticularly with regard to the Philip
pines and Hawaii. 1t Is the desire
OF the new Administration to pursue
n program OF development in these
possessions which will not be in
terpreted by watching foreign pow
ers as unduly energetic or aggres-
sive. and at the same time indicate
clearly the existence OF a firm policy.
Much OF the present legislatio ion
governing American trade has been
found inadequate to meet the changed
conditions OF the world. and remedial
action is considered necessary IL Am
erican ships are to carry American
goods all over the world. 1t was in
dicated after the Cabinet meeting that
this will be in the forefront of early
House after the new Congress gets
together next month. 1t is the view
of the President and his Cabinet that
the paternalistic policies adopted by
foreign governments in matters of
trade has put American business in
an undefended position.
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
TROOPS USE BOMBS
ON

LONDON. March 15.-An official re-
prisal in which bombs and the torch
were used was reported from Cork
county in a dispatch to the Evening
News today.
The attack was made by soldiers in
retaliation for the shooting of a SER
geant. A farm house in the Kilmal-
lock was burned down and other
buildings were bombed.
Spasmodic outbreaks of shooting
continued in many parts of the city
this morning following the battle last
night, when three civilians were shot
dead, three were wounded and five
Black and Tans were injured. Five
more civilians were wounded by n.y.
ing bullets.
The Washington times., 1921-03-15
BaIiffs Use RevoIvers to Clear
Court as Spectators Stage
Demonstration.
MANY RELIEVED OF PISTOLS
Physical Violence Near as At
torney Attacks Reputation
of Accused's Mother.
BY MILDRED MORRIS,
International News Service.

COURT ROOM, Ardmore, Okla,
March 15.-Clara Smith Hamon,
Ardmore's woman of sorrows," to-
day stripped the mask from her
romance with Jake L. Hamon, Okla
homa oil magnate and political car,
barring in sordid detail the life
secrets of their illicit love.
The woman of sorrows" from the
, witness stand made a last desperate
bid to escape a sentence of life i'm
prisonment which will accompany her
conviction of the murder of Hamon.
DRAMA BEGINS TO UNFOLD.
Murder fans. who staged a riot
earlier in the day. fighting to hear her
testimony. settled back in their seats.
The drama within a drama began
to unfold.
The first question asked by Attor-
ney Mclean was:
What Is your name?'
''Clara Smith Hamon," she replied.
you are the defendant in this
case, are your"
Yes, sir, 1 am"
Charged with having killed Jake
Hamon?-
Eyes, sir" - ~ D. -.
"Yos hSxe examined these letters,
have your
Q.-Yes. sir, have.
Q.-In whose handwriting are they?
A.-They are Mr. lannon's.
Q.-You received them from him.
A.-Yes, sir. I did.
Q.-Where were you born. Clara?
A.-Near Norman. Okla. in Cleve-
land county. I think.
Q.-How long ago.
A-Twenty-nine years ago, last
October, the twenty-second.
A number of questions then related
to her schooling.
when did you first know Jake
Hamon?' she was next asked.
KNEW HAMON MANY YEARS.
II have known Mr.. Hamon for many
years. I don't know just how many
years. Ever since / was a girl in Law
ton. first met him when he was
pointed out to me, and I met him
formally some time later.
Q-Did you, after you-while you
were out Of school-did you work any
where.
Al worked for Miller Brothers, a
dry goods store in Lawton.
Q-When you quit there in 1912, did
you know Mr.. Hamon?
Al certainly did.
Q-"nO pald your tuition to busi-
ness college at Fort Worth?
A-Mr. Hamon.
Q.-Who paid your tuition at COL
lege at Lexington?
A.-Mr. Hamon.
Q.-When you got out of school.
where did you go to work?
Al went to work for Mr.. Hamon.
He educated me for that purpose.
Q.-What position?
Al was his stenographer, later
his private secretary.
HAD ADJOINING ROOMS.
Q-You and he for the past few
years have been occupying adjoining
rooms at the Randol Hotel7
Ayes. sir. Randol Hotel.
NI wish you would begin on the
afternoon on this Sunday Of this fight
and tell these gentlemen here just ex-
actly what happened and how it hap
pened.
Ave had breakfast about IL
o'clock. After breakfast Mr.. Hamon
left me; presume he went to his Of
fice. He usually did on Sunday morn
ing. 1 went back to my room, and
in the afternoon, about $3.50 or 3
o'clock, / don't just remember. he
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cal czar, twenty years older than
the girl, was in constant fear that
she would fall in love with a younger
man, according to his love letters.
In one of his letters he wrote: II
have no one with me in Ardmore.
know where there. is one little per-
son who would love to take charge
there quick and scold me and when
| left Ardmore to go right along with
me.
You know what you must do when
you come or we will be both unhappy.
Make up your mind calmly and l will
do everything to help you possible
for me to do.
'Tf were younger and better look
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TODAY

is to take from the rich what the
poor have not are invited to study
Boston bath tub statistics.
Once the only man with bath
tub was an emperor. II you had
taken it away from him he would
have gone without his bath and
the bathtub idea would have
dropped out Of sight.
But HE had his bathtub. then
the courtiers had their bathtubs,
then the very prosperous had them.
Now the Boston taxi driver has
one.
You must let prosperity work
down from the top, toward the
bottom, encouraging it on its way,
and taxing the top to help the
movement. But you can't give
ANYBODY ANYTHING by TAX
ing something away from some
body else. -.-