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Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
SECOND TRIAL
Of SHEARMANS
, NEARING CLOSE
Defendants Testify They Did
Not Fire on Prohibition
Agents Until Shot At
DEFENSE SPEEDS CASE
Fate of Father and Two Sons
Expected to be in Hands.
OfJury Late Today

MILLAND, Tex, Sept. 21.- With
unexpected rapidity, the defense to-
day completed the examination of its
witnesses in the case of c. p Neill
and John Shearman, on trial here for
the killing of Prohibition Officer C..
Arch Wood, at El Paso on the night
of March 81 last. Arguments were
begun tonight and it is expected the
case will be in the hands of the jury
tomorrow afternoon.
c. P. Shearman, father OF the other
two defendants, was on the stand for
one and one-half hours, and John
Shearman about the same length of
time. Both witnesses described the
incidents that led up to the killing
and both insisted one of the prohibit
tion officers had fired the first shot.
Both admitted returning the fire.
]. The state rested its case at 10 a. m.
and the defense rested at 1920 D. m.
Rebuttal testimony offered by the
state was completed at 4, when court
adjourned while District Judge
Charles Gibbs prepared his charge.
The charge instructed the jury that
if G. p. Shearman was being held il
legally under duress, he had the right
to free himself by any means he
deemed necessary, and ff the jury
found such was the case, 1t should
bring in verdict. OF not guilty. 1t
was further instructed that IL the jury
found that Neil and John Shearman
had fired in defense of their lives or
in defense Of their father, a verdict
of not guilty must be returned.
c. P. Shearman, in his testimony.
practically corroborated testimony
previously given by his son, John. He
swore somebody shot at him from be-
hind. He said his hat was shot out of
his hand, which was cut by the bullet.
This, he said, was the first shot
fired at the Shearman ranch on the
night Wood and his fellow officer, S.
E. Beckett, were killed.
John Shearman testified he saw a
man he had never seen before shoot
toward his father He testified he
then procured shotgun and fired at
the man. who was then partly con-
cealed behind a chicken coop, and lat
er he shot at another man nearby. c.
p. Shearman said he shot at two men
in front of the ranch house because
they were pointing their guns In his
direction and he thought his life was
in danger
At yesterdays session of the court,
w. A. Quinn, a prohibition officer. tes
titled he fired at the elder Shearman
from behind the chicken coop, but
only after he. Quinn, had been fired
upon.
The case was brought here on a
change OF venue after a mistrial in FL
PasO county.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
u. S. Investigating
Ku Klux Activities

WASHINGTON, Sept. 81. - Fol.
lowing closely the statement that the
department of justice was investigat.
ing the Ku Klux Klan, Postmaster
General Hayst oday disclosed to news.
paper men that agents of his depart
ment also were inquiring into the &C.
tivities of the organization. Hays de.
clined to say on what angle the In
vestigation was being made, and said
he was not yet ready to make a state
ment concerning the matter.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
General Wood Asks
To Retire Oct. 5th

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2l. - Appli-
cation of Major General Leonard
Wood for retirement from active ser
vice, effective October 5, supplement
ed by recommendations for the gener-
ais appointment as encouragement
of the Philippines on that date. were
laid before President Harding today
by Secretary Weeks.
Lacking congressional authority for
army officers to hold civil posts, the
department asks to make General
Woods appointment in the only possi-
BILE way, which requires his retire
ment.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22

officials and subject them to the
laws of the states in such cases.
Senator Dillingham;. Republican.
Vermont. introduced bill to punish
counterfeiting of stamps and labels
of bonded distilled spirits. The pen
alties were a fine of $1,000 and five
years Imprisonment.
A bill to punish offenses against
banks of the federal reserve system
would make bank robberies punish
able by fines of $4,000 and ten years
imprisonment for the first offense
and up to % years for a repetition.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
PREMIER AND CABINET
TALK IRISH QUESTION

GAIRI,OCH, Scotland, Sept. 21. -
Premier Lloyd George and his cabf'
net ministers discussed the Irish sit
uation tonight. It is understood that
the delay In the premier's reply to
Eamonn de Valera is due to the de-
sire to avoid the use of phrases that
might be loosely interpreted or give
any opportunity to saddle the premier
with the blame in event OF rupture
of negotiations.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
GHOST Of JOHN bARLEyCORN
AGAIN HAUNTS CONGRESSMEN n

motion to adjourn, and other OBJ
structive tactics prevented any real
consideration.
Senator Sterling promised tonight
to continue pressing the conference
report but final enactment remained
much in doubt With opponents
blocking a vote. Republican leaders
are insisting that the senate proceed
with the tax revision bill This would
head off action on the anti-beer
measure and leave its disposition
subject to later senate consideration
of the railroad. peace treaties and
other measures.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
Z ARE ATTACKED
BY MASKED MEN
Barber Horsewhipped, Given
Is Hours to Leave; Hotel
Man Tarred, Feathered

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Sept. 21-- c.
c. Anderson,sa barber OF Boynton,
Muskogee county. was whipped by Is
masked men tonight AMI given Is
hours in which to leave town. I'VE
are not members of the Ku Klux
Klan," the masked men told Ander-
son. I'VE are tired OF your actions,
and we are going to get rid of folks
like you"
After Anderson mad been whipped,
he was bound, gagged and blindfolded
and thrown ont of car on the main
street of Boynton.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-John
Barleycorn's ghost came back to
haunt congress today when the anti
beer bill bobbed up again in the
senate. 1t met with the same oppo-
sition over the search and seizure
provision as before the recess. and
again was shunted aside.
Senator Sterling, Republican. of
South Dakota, who had conferred
with President Harding. called up
he conference report on the Willis
Campbell. which the house had
adopted. but a call for a quorum, a
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
PICKLES COST LESS

CHICAGO. Sept. 21. - Pickles will
cost the consumer less this year than
at any time in five years, F. A. Wick
ers, secretary of the National Pickle
Packers association, announced to-
day when the packers met here. Sat
isfactory crops were reported.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
All Agricultural
Farm Bureaus Are
Now Consolidated

WASHINGTON. Sept. 81. - Consol-
idation of the bureaus supervising az.
ricultural work in the south, north
and west was announced today by
Secretary Wallace, who appointed DR..
c. B. Smith to head the newly organi-
zed office Of extension work. Form
erly each section was under a sep
arate bureau.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
DRUGGISTS URGE END
TO SOFT DRINK TAX

DENVER, Sept. 81. - The Ameri-
can public will not stand for any more
increases in the price of soft drinks
as a result of war taxes and is op-
posed to federal taxes on toilet goods
and proprietary medicines in theopin-
ion of the National Association OF Re-
tail Druggists which is holding its
23rd annual convention here.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
TO REPRESENT LEWIS

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 81. John
w Moore. executive representative
of the United Mine Workers OF Amer.
lea at Washington. has been appoint
cd TO take the place OF John L. Lewis
at the unemployment conference in
Washington. Lewis announced to-
tonight
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
Texan Is Held On
Charge OF Staging
Fake Love Lottery

DENISON. Texas, Sept. 81. - c. 3.
Hamilton. who is said to have started
love lottery" which resulted in his
receiving thousands of letters from
women. and his marriage to three OF
them, has been arrested, on a charge
of fraudulent use Of the malls. the
county attorneys office announced to-
day.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22
Tarred and Feathered

SHERMAN, Tex, Sept. 21.-F. A.
ZSigler, assistant manager OF Il Sher-
man hotel. today notified county Of
ficials that he had becu tarred and
feathered by masked men last night.
according to the sheriffs office. lie
was q witness for the defense in the
trial Of a negro bellboy charged with
attacking q white woman several
months ago.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-09-22

GIVES HdruIng CredIt
SOCORRO, N. NJ, Sept. 21.-Com
menting on his election to the United
States senate here today, II. O. Bur.
sum. Republican, whose home is here
issued the following statement:
Recent returns indicate my plural
ity win exceed 5000 out of total
vote of $4,000. The proportionate
gain over 1920 exceeds so per cent.
Il attribute this victory to the ap-
proval OF the constructive business
policy of President Harding's helpful
governmental aid to our basic indus
tries along sound lines and less gov.
ernment in business. The people have
faith that the Harding administration
will speed up the return of prosperity
throughout the country"
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Gives Hardinu Credit

are cutting down Bursum's plurality.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE,
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THE WEATHER

Fair north and west, partly
cloudy and somewhat unset
lied southeast portion Thurs
day; warmer south central
portion; Friday, fair.
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COPPER PRICES

Week Aug. 3rd. average .1175
Average week. Aug. II. n-70S3
Average. week Aug. "a --.ll53
Close. week Aug. "a. lite
Average. week 9-14-'21 .--- .I1s75
Close. week 9-li-'2l .--.-..- .llS75
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18
Justification For Washington
 Disarmament Conference Seen
 In European Conditions Today

that the task was too impossible and they recommended that the question was not worth discussing. We circu- lari2ed all the countries, but only re- ceived timid, half-hearted responses and in some cases, a direct refusal.
 Then we endcavored 10 induce the nations to publish fully what they were doing in the way of manufac ture of arms, warships and ammuni ton. Again there was almost a unani- nous refusal
 Finally We tried to gain our end by getting our members to forbid the trdf- licking in arms, a policy applaudcd by the delegates at the meeting but entirely ignored in the respective countries On the whole a most dis hcartcning experiment,
 If the Washington conference can produce an atmosphere of complete trust see hopes of good accruing. but if the atmosphere is the same brand as that at the meetings of the Supreme Council l despair
 At the last conference Of the League of Nations at Genc.a there was a wholesome international feeling Everybody was striving for the inter national ideal and not the purely ma tional The Washington conference has the general body of public opinion behind it. One could test that by going into the various parts of Great Britain and protesting against the building of the latest four dread thoughts and you will get an enthus- iastiC response
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18
By LORD COWDREY Prominent British Einancier

The horrors of the past are nothing to what may be the horrors of fu. ture war.
 Poison gas is in its infancy
 Ten years hence, or less, it will be possible to float poison gas on a gale in Germany, and, with a favoring wind, devastate the population of Great Britain, not by thousands but by millions.
 That is one of the perils we can avoid only by universal arbitration, and universal arbitration can be sc cured only by and through the instru- mentality of the League of Nations.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18
By RAMSAY M'DONALD British Labor Leader

It is impossible to look forward to the Washington conference without some trembling because there is a real fear that the men who will meet there will approach the problems from a pre-war military point of view That point of view cannot make for what must be made the real object of the Washington conference
 We have no use for treaties of peace that are merely a thin veneer for the points of bayoncts
 My only hope about Washington is based on a difficult and even danger ous state of mind among the peoples of Europe today I think this condi- tion of mind may influence the dele gates to get away from some of their merely militaristc ideas. Good ser vice to the cause of disarmament might be done by a campaign to awaken and inflame the peoples minds with the idealism behind disar- mament.
 Only by getting up a wave of pub lie opinion strong enough to insist on the issues being approached can we hope to see from Washington the first steps towards harvesting of the great blessings of disarmament
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18
By G. HOLT THOMAS

Foremost British AeropIane Builder
 The more nations disarm. and it is to be hoped that important conclusions will be arrived at at Washington, the more serious becomes the menace of any nation hostile to the peace of the world. possessing large aerial fleets ostensibIy for civil purposes.
 The progress of rapid communica- tion started by the aeroplane cannot be stopped.
 The freedom of the air cannot be denied. Germany, immediately she is free, will have air lines running all over the world and, what is more i'm portant to us, all over the British Elm pire. If, as Is the case today under all the restrictions as to construction under the treaty. limited as Germany is to her own territory, she can con duct 5000 miles of air routes flown over daily, it is not difficult to i'm agine what German air lines will do when she is entirely free.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18
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future wars. What can be done to stop this waste2 Can the Washing ton conference do it? Remember they will be faced by the same diff faculties which beset the League of Nations. and that is that armaments depend upon policy.
 If the Governments go to Washing ton with a genuine desire to decrease the expenditure on armaments they must go with a considered policy Such policy to make the need of ar maments less urgent One cannot expect to save on armamcnts if an international policy demanded for its effectiveness the use or the threat of military force.
 The policy that will most closely affect the Washington conference ,s the question of China. Our responst- biiues as citizens of Great Britain are responsibilities for our agents, tho British Government, and we must tell the British Government that whatever other Governments might do we must keep our hands clean
 Unless an effective instrument for the Worlds peace is evolved from the Washington conference we shall TO- turn to the old vicious expenditure on armaments and that will undoubt- edly lead to war. With a new inter national order established we can en- ter upon new era of World fellow ship which would enable the different countries to complete the task of so- CiaI and economic reconstruction
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18
By VIsCOUNT GREY Former British Ambassador to
 Washington

The American people. for reasons which we regret but understand, have decided to remain outside the League The question of the Pacific. particularly the North Pacific, could not possibly be dealt with without the American Government While the American Government remains outside that question and the diff cult questions connected with it, cannot possibly be dealt with ef- fectiyely by the League
 The object of the Washington con ference is the same sort of object as that for which the League exists I believe that in summoning the con- ference the American government has not as it's motive any special national interest.
 believe it is absolutely sincere and single-minded. Ii has summoned it for no national advantage except the advantage in which every coun- try will share if the Pacific questions are settled and a diminution of cx- pendimres in armaments result
 By E. D. MOREL
 4 Leader in the British Labor Party
 Mankind has either got to control the war monster he has created or the monster will devour him and his chiI- dren
 The destruction Of the greater part of London within a few days by a great sustained attack by aeroplanes directed by wireless. dropping shells of a size and potency unknown. is scientifically feasible proposition.
 Further, these machines could empty bombs full of deleterious gases. compared with which the gases used in the last war were innocuous To such warfare we must look forward. If militarism is not checked.
 The development of the new engines and instruments for the slaughter trade has passed the experimental stage The work of perfection is now going on in a hundred laboratories and workshops in different countries If the facts were generally known they would provide a driving force for the abolition of war
 Militarism has risen reinvigorated by it's bloodbath The time has now come to ask ourselves what part our foreign and national policies have played in sticking those subterranean fires whose angry glow we see through the cracks of this tormented world.
 By PROFESSOR GILBERT MURRAY Internationally Famous Student of
 Political Economy
 The Washington conference will be beset with the same difficulties that beset the League of Nations when an attempt was made by them to bring about disarmament. In the first place fha nava l. nm i1iturv a1yjearg rnn,,t,I
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-18

The Washington conference will be beset with the same difficulties that beset the League of Nations when an attempt was made by them to bring about disarmament. In the first place the naval-military advisers reported
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-29
FORD MAY BUY WABASH LINE
Inspects Branch From Toledo to Fort
Wayne.

Toledo.-Henry Ford is considering
the purchase of the Toledo to Fort
Wayne, Ind, division of the Wabash
railroad, it was learned on good au-
thority Ford visited Toledo with Il
party of Wabash officials and his own
advisers.
The entire division was. inspected
to ascertain what improvements would
be necessary to place the road in first
class condition.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-29
NATIONS BUSINESS

To determine q uniform policy OF
making loans to market cotton, Cover
nor w. L. q. Harding of the Federal
Reserve Board lrlS called Il conference
in Washington of governors of the five
reserve districts in the cotton belt.
1t is said i'll Republican circles that
President Harding will make his lead
ership clear by insisting that the tax
laws be revised before the tariff. Ii
this is done it is probable that the
tariff will not be disposed of finally by
Congress until the regular session i'll
December.
. y. f. Fischer, chairman of the board
of directors Of the National Confec-
tionery Salesmen's Association, declar-
ed retail confectioners can cut price of
candy i'll two and make Il profit.
Governor Blaine of Wisconsin has
signed the anti-protiteering bill, giving
the state board powers to curb re-
straint of trade.
Chicago jobbers and manufacturers
expect early retail buying because of
the early crops.
Secretary Hoover transmitted to
Secretary Weeks Il proposal of Henry
Ford of Detreit for the utilization of
the Muscle Shoals (Ala.) nitrate plant
under lease for 100 years at $780,
OOO year and a cash payment of So
OOO 200 for lands and equipment.
Westinghouse Electric and. Manu-
featuring Company of Pittsburgh laid
off 1000 employees In the last month,
mostly clerical workers.
Four groups of local bankers are
negotiating with Germany for grain
credits aggregating $49,OOO,0OO-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-29
W|FE'S GUARD KILLS
HUSBAND AND HIMSELF
Harry E. Hemming Shot Dead as
He Seeks to Enter House
With Estranged Wife.

Northport, Long lsland.-One of the
strangeSt murders in Long Island his
tory was recorded when Henry q.
Hemming, investment broker, with Of
fees at Is Broad street, New York,
was shot to death at the doorstep of
View Point, one of the show places of
the north shore, located OH Duck Is
land.
The murderer, Frank Eberhardt,
caretaker of the estate, and from one
account self appointed guardian of
Mrs. Hemming and Mrs. Hemming's
little stepdauglter, rushed to his room
as the broker fell across the door sill
and killed himself Horror over the
crime he had just committed, in the
opinion of the coroner, the deputy
sheriff aud the townsfolk of Northport,
the nearest town, drove him to sui
eide
Eberlardt, a hard working, slow
thinking Austrian of forty-eight years,
had been appointed special deputy
sheriff for Duck Island so that he
might be available in case the mem
hers of the Hemming family-particu-
larly Mrs Hemlning and her daughter
should ever need protection.
Mrs. Henmrng, it was learned, al
though married only two months, had
been separated from Hemmng. She
had been living with her daughter ut
View Point. He had been staying at
,his sons home in West EightysiNth
Street. New York.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-29
BRIEF CHRONICLES
BY LAND AND SEA
Ticks and Flashes Which Bull
Ietin in Condensed Style the
News of the World.
TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings.
Industrial Activities at
Home and Abroad.
WASHINGTON

Mental as we'll as physical relabilf-
tation of the 100000 i'll and disabled
American s6fdfers is the outstanding
feature of welfare program of Col.
Charles Il. Forbes, director of the Bu-
reau of War Risk Insurance.
According to present plans OF the
War Department, the last Of the bodies
of American soldiers will be returned
to this country on October 3.
Amid Il turbulent scene i'll which the
lie was passed and two senators near
ly came to blows, the soldier bonus bill
was laid away by the Senate to rest in
committee.
Japan is making definite and pointed
INQUIRIES in Washington concerning
the extent to which consideration of
the Far Eastern question will go in the
conference of nations which President
Harding has called.
Secretary Weeks announced that 2l,-
1I4 civilians were discharged from
War Department employ since March ).
General CANCELLATION of the allied
war debt twice was proposed TO the
United States by Great Britain during
the Wilson administration. This was
revealed officially when Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon appeared before
the Senate Finance Committee to dis
cuss the status of the indebtedness
and plans for its liquidation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-29

Orders for 900 cars and locomotives
was placed in this country by the Chi
nese government railways.
Railroad officials believe the United
States Railroad Labor Board will not
arrive at its final decision concerning
rules and working conditions before
the last of August.
Henry Glover Hemming, 40 years
old, an inactive broker, New York
City, was shot, and instantly killed in
the presence of his bride of six weeks
as he was entering her Summer home
on Duck Island. an isolated peninsula
about six miles northwest of North
port, l.. l. His layer was Frank
Eberhardt, a special deputy sheriff
and gardener employed by Mrs. Hem
ming, who, ten minutes later, shot and
second floor of Mrs. Hemming's home.
Members of the American Hotel AS
sociatiOn, in convention at Chicago,
predicted a return to the American
plan by most Of the hotels.
Chicago has been selected as perma-
nent headquarters of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
Wages IN many of the building
trades in Trenton, n. j., were reduced
from 80 cents to 50 a day by Martin T..
Devlin, arbitrator in wage dispute be
tween unions and employing contrac
tors.
An airplane from the JacuZZi Bros.
q 20 Col oil
killing the pilot and three passengers,
according to word received in Oakland.
Judge Lucien B. Wright of Sapulpa,
Okla, was arrested on charges of bri-
berry as a result of legal fight for
possession of the Tommy Atkins Oil
lands