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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
No Exams, No Home Work in
These Public Schools.
Evanston Superintendent Announces
New Regime Which includes Mu-
sic, Folk Dances and Movies.

Evanston, Ill.-Music is just as lip-
portant as the multiplication table and
folk dancing Is as great spur TO
youthful brains as is geography, In
the opinion Of Frederick w. Nichols,
superintendent Of school district No.
~. comprising the South Evanston
schools, who announced new regime
FOR the Lincoln. Oakton. Central and
Washington grade schools.
The four schools will be open to
the pupils from $50 o'clock In the
morning until ten ut night. Glasses
viii last until 3 80 In the afternoon.
but pupils will he permitted to go
home at any hour their parents de-
sire
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
British Peers
Selling Estates

Charta In l2l5. was up for sale but
aroused sentiment compelled It's with
drawai. Attacking the government
In the debate on the corn production
acts repeal bill. Lord Lincolnshire In
the house Of lords declared the pres
ent ministry was preparing to sell
the crown lands and said nothing re-
manned but ito pawn tile crown
Jewels"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
Army of $4,000
Lost in Month

ists made his official exit from the
province which he had dominated for
ten years.
General Lu was at 6ne time inspector
general of the two Kwang provinces,
and constitutionalist leader when
constitutionalism was popular in the
southwest.
$4,000 Army Wiped Out. -
Prior TO the opening of recent hos.
tilities General Lu had an army On
nearly $1,000. He lost It all within
a month by mutiny, desertion, surren.
der and loss in battle.
The Cantonese have won. They at.
tribute their victory to the righteous.
ness of their cause, to disaffectiOp
among the Kwangsi forces toward
their leader and to better organization
and discipline in the Canton army, to
assurances given the people Of
Kwangsi of noninterference with their
ambition for self-government, and To
DR. Sun Yat-sen's political doctrine OF
representative government.
The military governors of Kwantuna
province have looked upon that prov.
nce as conquered territory since the
one-time monarchist governor, Luna
''hl-Kuang, was elected, notwithstand.
ing the Cantonese played no small part
IN busting Lung.
Gambling Is Licensed.
Under the administration Of the In
! Yung-ting faction licensed gambling
was revived under the pretext Of rails.
ing revenue for military purposes. bur.
densome taxes were imposed to thu
oetriment Of trade and industry, ami
millions of dollars Of worthless paper
money issued without security.
The Kwangsi people themselves have
played an important part IN helping
the Cantonese to drive the militarists
out of the province. Besides organic,
Ing revolutionary forces to supplement
! the Canton armies, they have carried
on valuable propaganda to convince
their fellow clansmen of the good in.
tentions of the Cantonese
Cantonese leaders now declare that
! they have no ambition to dominate
Kwangsi. Gen. Chen Chung-ming has
repeatedly refused to allow military
authorities occupying Kwangsi towns
and cities to establish political organs
or offices which win he misinterpretetl
or misunderstood by those who are an.
raeonistic to the constitutionalist gov.
eminent.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
Hired Assassin Convicted

Cleveland, O.-Salvator Gala Friday
was found guilty of the murder Of
Dan f, Kaber, wealthy Lakewood pub
Usher. The jury commended mercy.
Gala confessed to the police that ne
held kabers hands while another hired
assassin stabbed him twenty flour
times. Mrs. Kaber is serving life
sentence in the Marysvlle reformatory
for planning the murder. Gala will
probably be sentenced to life imprlson.
ment.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
To Receive pebs Case

Washington - Recommendations on
the question of pardon for Eugene
V. Debs, Socialist leader, Imprisoned
az Atlanta for violation Of the war
laws. may be sent to President Harding
next week. Attorney General Daugher-
~ said Thursday. The recommends
tons have been completed, Mr.. Daugh-
erty said.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
COPPER MINE TO CHANGE HANDS
Deal Believed Complete for Phelps
Dodge to Acquire Properties

New iork-The Phelps-Dodge cor
poratiOn, it was learned Friday. has
made proposition to take over the
mines and railroads of the Arizona
Copper company in Arizona on the bas-
Is OF an exchange of the Arizona com.
pany stock for that of the Phelps
Dodge corporation. The exact terms
OF the proposed exchange have not
been disclosed. Stockholders of the
Arizona company are to vote on the
proposition in Edinburgh on October
:. In trade circles. it is understood
.the absorption of the fore.gn-owned
company has virtually been completed
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
Three Year. Old Girl
Walks Up Pixies Peak

Colorado Springs, Colo.--Miss
Helen NJ. Riortlan, three-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George ]. Rioydan of Now ',rk
city. holds the worlds record for
the ascent on foot Of Pixies Peak.
She and her mother walked
up to the burro stand. where
they stayed all night. Early
next morning they started afoot
on the last lap Of the ascent.
where all the difficult climbing
comes in. because Of the altitude
and cold and winds. The child
walked the entire distance un-
aided.
At the summit, which was
reached about noon. she APP
peared less fatigued than her
mother.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
BATH TUB MUST GO, SAYS PROF.
Germs are Carried into Tub and Re.
turn to Body after churnino

Chicago-"Mother may go take d
bathY'
Yes, my darling cub, hang your
clothes on the morris chair, but don't
go near the water"
For the bathtub is an unclean and
dangerous object for daughter to
climb into, according to scientists at
northwestern university
All the bathtub does is dissolve
ioo'UOOOO germs from ones body, mix
them, warm then and send many of
them much invigorated back into the
pores an announcement by the de-
|partment Of bacterology at the Evan
Eston institution declared.
As the public drinking cup gave
way to the bubbl.ng fountain, the bath
ktuo must give way to the shower"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
General LUIS Forces Wiped Out
by Mutiny, Surrender and
Battle Losses.
CANTONESE WIN THE WAR
Righteousness OF Their Cause Given
as Cause for Victory in Battle Be-
tween Two Chinese Provinces
Gambling Licensed.

Canton.-The "war" between Kwang-
tung and Kwangsi has seemingly ter
minated with the fall of Marking on
July 22-just Il month after the he
ginning of hostiiities-when LII Yung-
ting, the foremost Of southern militar.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
Put and Take In Rad

Denver-The popular indoor sport.
put and take is in bad with the
Instruct attorneys office. Hereafter
players OF the game will 'put" fine
INC may take" Jail sentence II
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
caddy Asks Bio Sum

Newark. N. IA suit for 5000
amages for the loss Of his right eye,
Piinded by blow from golf bali, has
Reen brought by Cornelius Toohey. IA
ear Old caddy, against Franklin Web
ger Of Fast Orange. n. ].
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
Mans Sran of Life
Increased Four Years

Columbus, O.-The span of
mans life has heightened fully
four years within the last quar-
ter century, In spite of the extra
hazards which have come with
Twentieth century progress.
So declares DIR. George w.
Hogan. secretary of the Amer
lean Insurance union. who adds
that "wIthin another generation
the allotted threescore years and
ten will be thing of the past"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30
British lake German Wixe,.

London.-Seven British officers with
the army on the Rhine have married
German women since the occupation,
II was stated in the house Of commons
by government spokesman In reply
to question.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-30

Bandits Robbed Soldiers In Hospital.
Chicago.-Bandits invaded gov.
eminent hospital here and took all thu
money and cigarettes possessed by
two wounded veterans OF the World
war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Bound Guards See Yeggs
Blo1u Standard Oil Safes

PATTERSON, N. j., April Six
yeggmen blew open two safes in the
Office of the Standard Oil Company,
East Railway Avenue early to-day and
escaped with 1000 in cash and $4,000
in Liberty Bonds. They overpowered,
bound and gagged two watchmen, who
then witnessed the operation of blow
ing the safes. The bonds were the
property of employees of the company
and had been placed in the safe for
security
Five of the men wore masks; the
leader, man over six feet in height,
wore none. They escaped in an auto
mobile.
James Gallagher, a Waterman, while
on his regular round shortly after 2
o'clock, was struck down from behind
The Yeggmen carried him into the of
flee where they encountered Henry
Nye, another Waterman. They covered
him with revolvers and bound him anc
Gallagher with picture wire. The two
captives watched the men put soar
and nitroglycerine around the doors Of
the safes and blow them up with ar
electric battery. A half hour after the
men made their escape Gallagher
worked himself loose from his bonds
! and telephoned the police. Then he
released his companion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Slayer Sent Back to School
Court Wants Lad Convicted OF
Killing TO Finish Education

NEWARK, N. j., April 5.-An elo-
quent plea for clemency in the Quar-
ter Sessions Court here to-day won for
Carl Hendrickson, seventeen years old.
sentence which will interfere little
with his future if it is carried out as
Judge Fred G. Stickel directed. The
youth had been convicted of man.
slaughter for having killed a boy last
fall while driving an automobile
Judge Stickel postponed the actual
sentencing until June 27 so that Hen
Erickson could finish out his term in
the third year of Central High School
and announced that he would then
send the boy to the reformatory 50
that he might study throughout the
summer.
The court announced that he feared
to place the youth on probation fol
manslaughter, thereby setting a bac
precedent. Then he announced his
unique decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Fake Divorce Mill
Made Two Bigamy
Cases, Says Davis
Charges Miller Brought I'm
porter to Court as ODE
fendant''; 40 Witnesses
for Grand Jury To-day

At least two bigamous marriages
have been contracted by victims Of
Herbert F. Miller's divorce MILL" Dis
trict Attorney Lee P. Davis Of West
chester County announced yesterday,
following the receipt Of flood Of let
lawyers fake divorce and annulment
actions.
Mr.. Davis said he would not make
public all the names involved in these
cases until the evidence had been sub
mitted to the grand jury tomorrow
A number of the victims, he said
would be subp9naed and their testi-
mony would make possible compre-
hensive report of Miler's operations
Ten additional witnesses were interro-
gated by Mr.. Davis and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Walter Ferris yesterday
The most daring of all the fake pro-
ceedings brought by Miller, the Dis.
trict Attorney said, came to his atten.
ton yesterday, and, while he did not
consider it wise to divulge the parties
names at this time. the facts in the
case are substantially as follows:
A mans wife brought divorce pro.
ceedings. The case came to trial before
Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
Justice Morschauser at the trial or
dered that the attorney for the de.
PENDANT produce the defendant. Or
April 30 man appeared and swore he
was the defendant. He was an i'm
poster
Mr.. Ferris said he had been WORKING
on one of Miller's cases.
The signatures in this case" sale
Mr.. Ferris, ARE genuine, SO far as
can ascertain. / understand that sew
eral witnesses, however, were per
jured and that copy of the summon:
and complaint was never served upor
the defendant"
Ferris said that since obtaining the
"dlvorce" the plaintiff had remarked
The second marriage was to q man a.
Secaucus, Hudson County, N. ]. Henry
Koch, Mayor Of the town, performed
the ceremony.
Between thirty and forty witnesses
are expected to be present at the CRANE
jury hearing tomorrow when Mr.. Davis
will seek the indictment of Miller or
charges Of forgery in the second de-
gree, perjury and illegal practice OF
law.
No trace has been found of Miller
who lived at 25 Post Avenue, where his
wife still is. and who maintained an Of
flee at 10 West Thirty-fourth Street
until January 19.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
81 Customs Inspectors
To Be Accused of Graft
Number in Department Charged
With Accepting Cratuiiies From
Passengers Is Now 80

Fifty-one customs inspectors are to
be brought before the Federal grand
jury, charged with accepting gratuities
from passengers, according to state
ment yesterday from the office of
Bryon d. Newton, Collector of the
Port. The total of customs men against
whom such charges have been made IS
now eighty
The Investigation Of the Customs De
partmeni has been gong on for several
months and has been conducted prin-
cipally by special agents of the Treas
ury Department. The reports of these
special agents have been handed to
Collector Newton. who in turn has
notified the customs men of the charges
against tn I'm and permitted them to
reply or make explanation.
AS Il result of the investigation that
has been going on in the customs serv-
ice large placards have been posted on
all the transatlantic passenger piers
warning passengers and customs of
ficers that it is unlawful for customs
employees to receive anything of value
by way Of gratuity or otherwise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Brindell Calls
Strike From
Prison Cell
CONTINUED from first pase)


union of 5000 dockworkers, formerly
ruled by Brindcll.
Some time ego pier contractors an
uounced that on March 5 they would
put into effect a reduction of 90 pei
cent in the wages of all dockworkers
The employees announced they would
not accept the reduction. The rule was
made by the builders, however, that the
reductions would not be enforced or
work already contracted for or upon
which the men were employed.
The trouble at Staten Island" com
mented Mr.. Hunter, "is not the worst
of it. Out of 5000 dockmen usually
employed in this port, only about 500
are now at work. The fact is, it is
holding up more important work. How
extensive and important this work is
is indicated by the fact that the
Cunard Company alone has under CON
sideration the construction Of docks
piers and other accessories whose cost
had been estimated at 100000
Plans for large docks, warehouses anc
freight handling facilities have beer
completed by the Luckenbach Lines and
the Dollar Steamship Company. These
firms have stated they were ready to
because of the present trouble at Staten
Island and the high wages the mer
continue to demand.
"The conditions form an example OF
how a few men are holding up the
execution of projects which are vital
to the business interests of the city
state and Union, and thousands of men
are being denied work through the
arbitrary course of q few leaders,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Shonts Estate Ordered
To Pay Widow $780, 600
Amount Is Acknowledged in
VIII of Traction Magnate
as Loan From Wife

Surrogate Foley signed an order yes
terday directing the Guaranty Trust
Company to pay TO Mrs. Milla d.
Shonts, widow of Theodore P Shonts
former president of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company, 500 900 from
his estate, of which the company is
temporary administrator. This money
claimed by Mrs. Shonts represents a
loan made by her to Mr.. Shonts and
was acknowledged by him in his will
Mr.. Shonts left the bulk Of his estate
to Mrs. Amanda c. Thomas, a friend
leaving to his wife only the proceeds
Of $4,000 insurance policy, and ask
ing that the 100000 loan from his
wife be repaid out Of his estate.
Mrs. ,Shonts is contesting the will
Of her husband, alleging undue in
fuence and also that Mr.. Shonts was
not competent to execute his will In
demanding the 100000, Mrs. Shonts
contended that it was recognized
claim against the estate, which could
not be affected by the outcome Of the
viii contest brought by her. The com
pany, which at first refused to pay
the claim, finally agreed to leave the
matter TO the Surrogates' Court. Tc
pay the claim Of Mrs. Shonts, the trus,
company said, it would be necessary
to sell some securities owned by Mr.
Shonts, to which end permission i.
granted in the order of the court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Wife Sees Stranger Deal
Fatal Blow to Husband
Woman Tries to Grab AssaiIant,
but He Iunges at Her With
Umbrella and Flees

James O'Connor, thirty-on We rs
DID, janitor. of 1853 West 13oth
Street, vas struck by an unidentified
man while standing in front of that
address last night and died short
time later. His wife witnessed the
attack.
Detectives were unable to learn Just
what caused the man to strike O'Con-
nor. After her husband fell, Mrs.
O'Connor tried to grab his assailant.
He made lunge at her with an
umbrella and fed.
O'Connor, according to the detec-
tives, had been suffering for sole
time from heart trouble. There we're
no cuts or bruises on his body. He
lived with his wife and two young
children in the basement of the West
130th Street house.
The police learned late last night, it
was said, that there had been argu-
ments from time to time between
O'Connor and persons living at the
house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Dan II. Hanna
Divorced for
Fourth, Time
Former Molly Covington
Given Decree on Ground
of Gross Intoxication {;
No Alimony Mentioned
Cruelty Charges Fail
Three Weeks Spree That
Interrupted Honeymoon
Figures in Testimony

PITTSFIELD, Mass, April 5.-Mrs.
Molly Covington Hanna, of Stock
bridge, was granted divorce late this
afternoon in Superior Court from Dan
iel r. Hanna, for gross habits Of in
toxication. She was his fourth wife.
All the others also divorced him.
Judge Frederick w. Fosdick found
charges of cruel and abusive treatment
made by Mrs. Hanna not sustained No
alimony was sought, which leads to the
belief that Hanna settled upon his
wife a large cash sum, reported to be
100000, in addition to the 1,o0O-acre
estate at Stockbridge, which cost
Hanna more than 100000, and which
he decided to her on December 10, 1916.
Hanna is son of the late Senator
Mark Hanna, of Ohio. The case was
not listed for trial at this sitting. and
extraordinary efforts were made by
Mrs. Hanna's lawyers to keep the pro-
ceedlngs secret, so the courtroom was
virtually deserted when the case was
called.
Besides Mrs. Hanna there were two
witnesses, her sister, Mrs. Fife Lewis
Hamilton, of New York. and Miss
nenrletta Nelson, a Swedish cook in
MIS-. Hanna's employ for three years.
Spree Lasted Three Weeks
Mrs. Hanna testified that she was
married to Hanna at Canaan. Conn
| on October 23, 1916 They moved at
once into the great villa at Stockbridge
that Hanna had bought of Mrs. Samuel
hlll, daughter of the late James J
Hill
Shortly afterward Hanna started on
one OF ms sprees which lasted three
weeks with two weeks for recovery.
ana which continued with almost un-
TAXING regularity for the next three
years, she said.
When in Pittsfeld Hanna always
stopped at the Wendell Hotel bar, Mrs.
Hanna said. On one occasion he kept
ms wife waiting there an hour and a
half and then he had to be helped into
the automobile. Again Hanna had to to
pc carried down the back stairs out to
his car by the hotel manager and negro
porters.
Il was so ashamed and embarrassed
nearly died." the witness said
when on his sprees my husband had
male nurse, but | really had him on
my hands. When any one came to see
nm at Stockbridge he was always
drunk. He had frightful temper and
| was afraid of him.
I'm the spring of 1919 We started for
"u'HS ~ 'elHionl, OUT we got only
as far as the Wendell Hotel, We set
out for the Syracuse fair in the fall of
that year, but never reached there"
Complains He Struck Her
Speaking of her visit to Hanna's new
country place at Ossning last August
the witness said: 81 found the doors of
has house locked, but later saw him.
asked him if he had been drinking
again. When | was TALKING with him
he became irritated and struck me. On
another occasion at Stockbridge he
struck my knee"
Evidence of other witnesses was cor
roborative.
Hanna is sixty years old. The fourth
Mrs; Hanna is forty-fve She was Mrs.
Molly, Covington Worden, former wife
OF John b: Worden, Standard Oil mag
nate, of Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
More Plumbers Sentenced
Fourteen individuals and Five
Corporations Before Court

Fourteen individuals and five cor
porations, members of the group of
Bronx Master Plumbers who were in
dictel on evidence growing out Of the
Lockwood investigation Committee on
charges of violating the state anti
trust laws, were arraigned for sentence
before Justice John V. McAvoy yester-
day.
Sentences in the City Prison were i'm
posed on some and others received sus-
pended sentences. Among the former
were v +. Bernesser, who received ten
days; Patrick r. 'rully, five days; Jo-
seph w. Rowan, ten days, and Edward
w. Maiphant, ten days Some Of the
corporations were fined.
When last sentence was imposed
Kenneth M. Spence, who has been act
ing as Special Deputy Attorney Gen
eral in charge Of the prosecution in all
the plumbers cases, completed the task
he took up at the request of Samuel
Untermyer, chief counsel of the Lock
wood Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Girls Death Due to Poison

CORUNNA, Mich, April 5.-An open
verdict that Lucy Whittum died from
acid poisoning was returned by Cor
oner's jury in Durand late to-day. The
verdict followed testimony before the
jury Of Forest Higgins, who is held on
a charge of murder in connection with
the girls death.
Higgins reiterated previous state
ments that he made an Intellectual at
tempt to prevent the girl from taking
the poison, but that she swallowed it
before he could intervene. He added
that he had been engaged to her since
prevented he aaid, by opposition on
the part Of her parents. He said they
met secretly after that time.
Following the inquest Higgins was
arraigned On the murder charge in
Justice Court.