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New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
jury
Reported Ito ].
For Acquittal
Woman Said To Be Holding
Out Alone for Conviction
of Film Star, Who Heard
Lawyers Pleas Unmoved
Locked Up at ii P. M.
Prisoner Lolls s!eepily in
Seat as Attorney Quotes
From Bible for Defence
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.--After six
and three-quarters hours Of deliberat-
ing, the jury trying Roscoe c. ((Fatty)
Arbuckle on a charge of manslaughter
reported at II o'clock tonight that it
had failed to reach verdict, and was
locked. up for the night. According to
report the last ballot taken stood IL
to for acquittal. Large crowds
waited patiently outside the court
room for the jury's decision.
Though he had been unmoved by
either the fearful pleading of his own
attorneys, who pictured him as a play
to the hearts of millions of children,
or by the vitriolic attacks by the prose
cution, picturing him as cold blood
ed torturer of a dying girl, FATTY"
Arbucklc was visibly uneasy through
out the ordeal of waiting for the yer
dict. AS the bailiff, on several occa-
sions was called into the Jury room,
Arbuckle. who had lolled in his chair
during the closing hours of the trial,
sat up and his bands trembled.
When the jury received its final in
structions and filed out Fatty" rolled
a few paper balls. yawned and straight
slumber.
Defense Quotes Christ
Gavin McNab, chief of counsel for
Arbuckle, in mis- closing address said:
"Since Christ said Suffer little chill
dren to come unto Me- the instinct Of
little children has always gone QUO 10
good men, never to bad, and Arbuckle,
crucifed' here by speech, but not by
evidence, has sweetened human exist
ence by the laughter of millions and
millions Of children'
There were tears in the eyes of the
lawyer-laird as he submitted the case
and took his seat. There were tears
in the eyes of one of the jurors.
McNab called the prosecutions case
farce, comic valentine brought
into cathedral. He called the finger
print evidence brought to show "a
struggle between Arbuckle and Miss
Rappe the proof that the human mind
has not changed greatly since the DAYS
when men believed in witchcraft. He
painted the picture of Arbucklc carry
ing the limp body of Miss Rappe down
the corridor as zone more beautiful
and more pathetic than any scene in
his pictures on the SCREEN"
Assails "Witness Prison
He alluded to the states witness as
an overtrained witness and an under
trained nurse. He asked if Miss Pre-
Won and Miss Blake had been i'm
prlsoned by the District Attorney only
because they were poor and helpless.
tie asked why other witnesses were not
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New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Settlement of Shantune
Question Comes Down
to Problem of Control
of Tsingtao Rail Lines
Japan-China Envoys
Debate This Issue
Delegations Hold to First
Contention; Prospect
of Agreement Is Good

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (By The AS
sociated Press). - Delegates of China
and Japan in their conversations
brought about by the Hughes Balfour
offer of good offices for the settle
ment of the, shantung controversy
went to the very heart of the dispute
to-day, each nation reasserting posi-
tions taken in the four recent notes
exchanged between Toxic and Peking,
with particular reference to the
Tsingtao Tsnanfu Railroad.
The Chinese delegates "made clear"
that in entering into this informal
conference for the settlement of the
Shantung dispute they had mo desire
to have it inferred" that China had
receded from it's known attitude with
reference to the Treaties and statutes
which are in DISPUTE between the two
countries relative to the Kiaochau
leasehold.
The Japanese delegates presented the
Japanese position concerning control
of the Tsingtao Railroad on
the basis of the Japanese note of Sep
tember Z, looking to joint control.
Delegates participating in the meet
ing to-day made known that the con-
versations were conducted in a frank
and friendly spirit. Conversations will
be resumed Monday afternoon, when the
will be continued.
Question of Control
Informal Ground table" discussions
which followed presentation of the po-
sitions of the respective countries rela-
tive to the disputed Kiaochau leased
territory, centered Immediately upor
the question of control of the railroad
Both delegations conceded at the out
set that no settlement could be reached
until this question was disposed of.
DR.. Wellington Koo, for China, re-
asserted the position that the railroad
be owned and administered by the Chi
nese government, as set forth in China S
reply of October to Japan's offer of
September to restore the Kiaochau
leasehold conditionally.
The first step directed toward a
modification of positions on either side
remains to be taken. China stand for
undivided authority over the railroad
was said by a member of the Chinese
delegation after the meeting still to
be firm.
Actual Facts" the Basis
A communique regarding the discus
sion this afternoon said, in part:
at was agreed that in discussing the
Shantung question the delegations
would take the actual facts and not the
academic viewpoints as the basis Of
discussion, which will be for the sole
purpose of promoting mutual under
standing and good neighborkocd be-
tween China and Japan, and without
giving ground for the least differences
that TIE discussion will be based on the
treaty arrangements which have been
in dispute between these two countries
or others.
can interchange of views on the
question of Kiaochau- -Tsinan (Tsingtao-
Tsinanfu) Railway then took place and
this discussion will be continued at
another meeting"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Supports Mother-in-Law,
But Can't Help Mother

Gustave Widmann, forty-fve years
old, summoned in Jamaica Court yes
terday for faiure,to contribute to his
mothers support, told the magistrate
he was the sole support of his mother
in-law. Widmann pointed to the Biblical
'nad nnd mans caays au,y IS to
He said it seemed to him this was in
tended to include his mother-in-law.
81 can't take care of my mother and
my mother-in-law ALSO" said Widmann.
II have been going on the principle
that with a married man his mother-in-
law ought to be first
Widmann was brought into court
with his brother, John Widmann, thir-
ty-eight years old, of 81 Fosdick Ave-
nue., Glendale, l.. |. Both are to have
hearing on the charge of failure to
contribute in Jamaica Court Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Huge Loan Sought
Is Husbands i'm Service,
Collects on All, u. S. Saws
Brooklyn Woman Held in Chi
cago Jail While She Tries to
Recall Na,,,es of IT NTa4as

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Helen Ferguson
Drexler, daughter of a Brooklyn, N. Y.
family, who admits she is "nut on
soldiers and sailors, but doesn't like
marines" is in cell at the county Jail
here trying to recall the names of
eleven of her fifteen husbands.
Equipped with one baby and a pen
chant for hero husbands, the govern
ment declares Mrs. Drexler has col
iected as high as $4o0 month in SOL
diers' allotment checks from the United
States for the last three years. The
baby was listed as the child of each
successive husband and drew an allot-
ment too.
In 1917, she says, she was married to
Wilfred Taylor, soldier. and they had
son, now three years old.
NEXT she was married to Paul Moler,
soldier; then Thomas Meehan. a
sailor, at Great Lakes, and next Albert
Drexler, soldier. at Camp Grant. Al
though she has retained Drexler's name
there have been at least eleven hus-
bands since then, she estimates. She
never obtained a divorce from any of
them. she says.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
big Three'' Naval Agreement
Awaits Approval by Toxic;
U.s.. May Curtail Pacific Bases
Japan Leaues Decision on Macy
Ratio Entirely in Kat0's Hands

TOXIC Dec.
decided to leave the ratio of warp entirely the hands Admiral
Baron Kao for decision and has communicated him that effect
according authentic This development
given publicity prior the receipt of dispatches from Washing
containing Prince Tokugawa
subject followed the
question Of the warshp ratio which the the
journals had become almost abusive
The Jiji Shmpo," Allies pending
ratio WILL ALL be insignificant when understanding
reached agreement peace
the Pacific"
The "Asahi supeeding
Angoapanese Alliance eventually grow
nations which would be all
inconsistent with the League of Nations.
The "YomiUr Shmbun" Baron push
tention to the breaking point.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Attempt Made to Wreck
Trains on N. N. III. & III.
Ties Placed on Tracks; New
York and Boston Mail Car
rier Strikes Obstruction

NEW LONDON, Conn, Dec. 2.--An
attempt was made last night to wreck
trains on the Shore Line division Of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad at Chalker's Bridge, two miles
west of Saybrook Junction. Ties were
found obstructing the rails.
On October 3 east-bound train No. 3
was derailed east Of Saybrook Junction.
The plunger rail of the derailing de-
vice had been plugged, leaving the
semaphore covering the derail clear
Last night Mail Train 80 between New
York and Boston struck an obstruction
west of Saybrook. The "owP train, No.
80, also reported striking something at
the same point.
Investigation revealed that ties
which had been placed on the track
had been thrown aside by the wheels.
Three large ties were found almost cut
in twain.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Fresh Unrest in Corea
Worries the Japanese
Arms Conference and Assassi-
nation of Hara Said to Have
Excited Activities

WASHINGTON. Dec. . (By The As
sociated Press, s,.-Opening of the Con-
ference on Limitation of Armament and
the assassination of Premier Hara of
Japan have revived the Nationalist
movement throughout Corea, according
to advices received in Japanese circles
here. No disturbances have occurred,
the dispatches said. which called for
direct police interference, but the sit
uation was said to be causing some
anxiety.
The revival of the independence
spirit also was ascribcd in part to the
release from prison of thirty-one lead
ers of the insurrectionary movement
of 1919, which was accompanied by con-
siderable bloodshed. The Coreans were
given their liberty under a general
amnesty proclamation of the Japanese
Emperor. Among the released was Choi
Nam Sven. author of the famous Corean
proclamation of independence.
n
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Britain Offers
France Parlev
On Ken1al Pact
Paris to Reply With Coun-
ter Proposal Including
Reparatio11s and Other
Issues in Discussion
To Fight Moratorium
London Said to Favor Re-
nouncing All German
Payments for 4 Years
speoiar Gable to The Tribune

Copyright, 1o21 New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Dec.s 2.-The murky air of
Anglo-French understanding was
cleared up temporarily Tonight by the
governments receipt of proposal from
England for an immediate conference
on the question of the Franco Turkish
treaty. This subject and the morato-
rum proposal of Germany are the main
issues between the two governments
The French government learned to-
night that Britain proposes to renounce
for herself all payments from Germany
for period of four years, permitting
France to receive whatever Germany
is able to disburse in goods, or other
wise in that period.
The Tribune was Informed that
France will make "a counter demand
that the conference with the British
representatives in London, Paris or
elsewhere discuss not only the Near
East, but all questions at issue, in
reparations. 1t is regarded as
doubtful whether any British proposal
for a moratorium for Germany would
be successful, but it will form a basis
for discussion which has more pros
pect of reaching final settlement
than any hitherto proposed.
Opposed by Democratic Left
1t is learned that the Democratic
Left in the Senate is preparing to vote
an order of the day against the mora
torium project. This group comprises
150 Senators.
simultaneously with other develop
ments, the Reparations Commission to-
night telegraphed the German govern
ment its unanimous decision to insist
on the January and February Install
ments. of the indemnity, aggregating
775,000,000 gold marks, failure Of
which will result in grave results to
Germany. The commission urges that
the government either obtain necessary
funds from its own nationals who pos
sess foreign moneys or negotiate from
foreign lenders. The opinion was ex-
pressed that the fall of the mark was
due to the governments failure to take
steps to balance the budget, increasing
internal expenditures, and the issuance
of unnecessary paper.
Huge Loan Sought
LONDON, Dec. 2 BY The Associated
Press). - Walter Rathenau, formerly
German Minister of Reconstruction, is
negotiating with Sir Robert Horne.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and with
officials of the Bank of England for
loan of c50,000O0O to Germany, it was
learned on high authority here to-day.
1t was understood Herr Rathenau
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New-York tribune., 1921-12-03
Eggs Decline 18 Cents
A Dozen at Wholesale

The wholesale price Of fresh white
eggs dropped Is cents dozen yester-
cay from the wholesale price of week
ago: White eggs from commercial hem
Eeries BROUGHT 73 to rs cents. The New
Jersey fancy eggs, in new cases and
packing, the highest priced eggs quoted
IN the market, brought as high as 80
cents dozen, but the supply of these
wss small
Brown eggs. of fancy quality were
less affected by the market decline, and
fancy browns sold at z to 7S cents.
the PLiZA--Sunday Dinner Musicales
a.. ~ .ne new Terraced Restaurant. Special
usnner $500 per cover.--Advt.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03

eminently the Florida Route. with choice OF
thru trains daily. Call at 1916 Broadway.
.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-03

When you think OF Writing.
think ef Whiting. --Advt.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-29
Efficient HOUSEKEEPING
BY LAURA A. KIRKMAN.

crates, add fresh hot water. When
done and brown, trim the meat
from the bone end and decorate
the latter with celery leaves and
curls. Place the ham on a platter
and make the currant sauce as
follows:
Currant Sauce:--Add to the
liquor in the pan 1 cup of boiling
water. Let boil for a few minutes,
stirring constantly, then thicken
with tablespoons of hot melted
butter in which tablespoons of
flour have been mixed until
smooth. Season with salt and
pepper and add one-half glass of
currant jelly--either black or red.
Heat to boiling point and serve.
Potatoes Chantilly:--Boil pared
white potatoes till done. then
mash them, season with salt. pep
per and butter. ana instead Of
adding milk or cream, add enough
whipped cream to make them
fluffy. Serve at once.
Russian Salad Dressing:-Finely
chop the white and the yolks of
hardboiled eggs separately. Rub
IL of a red pepper through a
sieve Cor use a little more than
this quantity of canned chopped
pimiento) and add l green pepper
finely chopped. Now add these
ingredients to ordinary French
dressing made as follows: Put into
a bowl IL teaspoon salt, is tea
spoon pepper. Ia teaspoon pap
rika and tablespoons of olive oil;
beat we'll until all are combined.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-29
HAM IN THE NEW YEARS
DINNER MENU.

Ham is a good choice for the
main course of the New Years
dinner, accompanied as suggest ID
in the following menu:
Celery olives
Oyster Soup
Small Crackers
Baked Ham
Curranc Sauce
Potatoes Chantilly
Brussels Sprouts Cauliflower
Lettuce, Russian Dressing
Coffee Lemon Meringus Pie
Nuts Bonbons
Baked Ham: Buy small,
rather lean ham and wash it
thoroughly, sprinkling it well with
soda. then rinsing it with cold
water. Place 1t in a large kettle
with whole cloves. IL teaspoon
ground cinnamon. pepper corns,
Ia teaspoon ceIery seed and
quart of sweet cider; add boiling
water to cover and let simmer
five hoursJor until tender. Then
remove the ham from the water,
skin it, sprinkle it with sugar,
brush it over with a beaten raw
egg, cover 1t with bread crumbs,
stick it with cloves Gall over at
even intervals) and place it in a
baking pan. Add little hot water
as with any other roast and bake
it slowly from one to two hours.
Basic with the liquor in the pan
every 20 minutes and, as 1t evap-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-29
LOAN COMPANY PLACED
IN RECEIVERS HANDS
(By The Associated Press J

Greeley, Colo. Dec. 2S.--The
Greeley Loan company. a corpora
ton doing q general insurance, real
estate, loan and investment here,
with a capital of $4,000, was
placed in the hands of a receiver
here today on petition of creditors.
w. A. Insinger of Greeley was APP
pointed receiver.
The court action followed the SUI
icide December 10 of r. A. Hoff-
man, president of the company.
The Greeley Loan and Trust COM
pany, a bank closely connected with
the Greeley Loan company, has
been in the hands of Grant Meier
son, state bank commissioner for
the last week.
The Greeley Loan company, ac-
cording to the petition asking the
receiver, has liabilities of more
than $250,O00 while the amount of
its assets cannot be determined, the
petition states, because of the
tangled and confused state" of the
company's books.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-29
MRS. NJ CORM|CK
DIVORCED FROM
HARVESTER HEAD
Petition Charges DeSertion;
Defendants Attorneys File
An Answer Admitting the
Allegations.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Edith h.
Mccormick, daughter of John ID.
Rockefeller, Sr., was granted d.
yorce from Harold +. Mccormick,
president Of the International Har-
'vester company, in superior court
today.
No provision for alimony was IN
cIuded in the divorce decree, which
was signed in court by Judge
Charles A. Mcdonald, after Mrs.
Mccormick had filed suit charging
assertion against Mr., McCormlck
whose attorneys filed an answer ad-
hitting the charge.
While no announcement or any
settlement was made in court, an
agreement has been reached De-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick on
a division of property, according to
Clarence barrow, one OF eounsei Tor
Mr.. Mccormick.
Mrs. Mccormick appeared in open
court with her lawyer and two wit.
nesses. Mr.. Mccormick was not
present, although his three lawyers
were there otherwise the court
room was deserted.
According to Mrs. McCormick's
testimony, the Niece rmicks were
married in 1895 and lived together
until 1918, when she alleges that
Mr.. Mccormick deserted her while
they were staying in Zurich, sWltz-
erland.
AZ have lived in Chicago since
1897" Mrs. Mccormick testified.
"On November 90, 1895, I was mar
ried to Harold F. Mccormick and
lived with him continuously until
May 81, 1918. L.
"At that time we were in Zurich,
Switzerland, when he left me-"
Questioned by her counsel MRS
Mccormick said Mr.. Mccormick
had not contributed to her support
since the date he Is alleged to nave
left her
Ibid he give you any reason for
Ileaving?" Mr.. Cutting asked.
"He did not and there was none"
Mrs. Mccormick answered.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-29
THE new GENERATION
BY JANE PHELPS

she had been at all intimate. But
she longed for the full freedom
her own home would give her--a
home for short time minus Joan,
the child she loved so well, but
who so determinedly considered
her old.
Hannah was nearly as enthusiast
tic as her mistress when she saw
the apartment.
'There amt no work here at
ALI" she declared when she in
spected the tiny kitchen. "Ain't
no scrubbing to speak of In the
whole place. could do the work
of two such places and then only
play I was working. And me with
my own bath tub and all. ! guess
these New York folks has country
folks beat when 1t comes to fixing
things up"
"You must not judge all country
houses by ours. 1annan," Mar.
garet returned. "Our house was
old fashioned, built when one bath
in an entire house was considered
sufficient"
well, I never expected to have
a bath room all to myself, nor a
tiled kitchen. And that gas stove!
No ashes to empty. or coal to
fetch upstairs. / expect I shall
get awful lazy, shan,t want to
cook nor anything" Hannah
chuckled at the idea. She loved to
cook and delighted in surprising
her mistress with unusual dishes.
I'm not afraid of your either
getting lazy or forgetting to cook.
I shall entertain good deal and
you will find plenty to do"
AS she spoke Margaret felt her.
| self flushing. She had said she
would entertain-but whom? Sha
knew only Janet Walters and a
few Of her friends whom she had
met on her visits to Janet.
"But | will entertain! / will get
acquainted" she said aloud when
| Hannah had left her. II shan't
sit back and walt for people tc
make advances. will make a
few myself"
In pursuance of this determine
ton she asked Janet Walters to
| help her, They were sitting over
| the dinner tHDle, the llTSL ulnHeI
served in Margarets new home.
cot course / Will" Janet said In
reply to Margaret's request. "Some
of my friends you already know
l will give dinner next week and
invite others you have not met
One or two single men. 1t Is tol
bad for you to know only marie
people. But you wait until Craig
Forester gets back! Well make
him bring some of his friend;
around"
! Once more Margaret wondered
at the tone of intimacy Janet used
when speaking of Forester and
: as before, slightly resented 1t.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-29
HANNAH, LIKE HER MISTRESS,
WAKES ENTHUSIASTIC
Chanter 81.


The next few days were busy
ones. Margaret and Janet spent
them at the fashionable modiste's
from whom Janet nau bought the
gowns Margaret so much admired.
Sometimes Margaret's heart sank,
and she felt terribly guilty because
OF the prices she paid for frocks
and hats; and her economical soul,
inherent in her, was absolutely
shocked when she bought the ac-
cessories, silk stockings. slippers
fans, and so on. Yet she was as
pleased as q child with each new
purchase and made herself all
sorts of excuses to dissipate that
guilty feeling.
This feeling of guilt reached its
height when they visited a beauty
parlor where, under Janets tute-
iage, Margaret purchased a supply
of rouge, powders, perfumes and
tonics. AS she emptied her purse
to pay for them she wondered
what Joan would say could she see
her mother investing in such
things, and, worse. planning to use
them.
"The whole things will seem as
absurd to her. Margaret said to
herself as finally she and Janet
drove home tired almost to ex-
haustion with the days shopping
yet gloriously happy in spite or
her fear that Joan would disap-
prove; happy in her new, her de-
lightful freedom.
Margaret found that she loved
iuxury--once she had tried 1t. She
loved the feel of soft silks ana
laces, downy cushions and thick
rugs. She liked the dainty food at
the hotel restaurants, the service.
Perhaps she was the more in
trigued because all her, life had
lacked these things; but l am in
clined to believe it was vastly
more owing to the fact that she
was living thus in a spirit of free
dom, a spirit never before exer-
cised and, therefore, enthralling.
II am getting perfectly aboml-
ably reckless!' sne declared to
Janet Walters. "And the worst Of
it is don't care. / glory in itn'
Hannah duly arrived, Margaret
babe her hostess adieu and took
possession of her studio apart
ment. Mrs. Waters was frankly
sorry to have her visit so shorten
ed, yet delighted that she was to
live permanently near her. Anal
Margaret also expressed regret; Mt
the same time she could scarcely
conceal her Impotence to occupy
the apartment she had rented
Mrs. Walters had been the closest
woman friend she ever had had;
in fact, the only one with whom