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The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
CLARA SMITH GIVES
GRAPHIC STORY ON
The WITNESSSTAND
Tells of Staying of Okla
homa Politician in
Simple Style.

ARDMoRE. Okla. March Is
Clara Smith Hamon told her story
Of the staying Of Jake L. Hamon to
the jury today. She told from the
witness stand of her love and-oc-
casional-revulsion against Hsmon.
She told something of her early life
in Lawton. when she met Hamon
at the time she was a high school
student.
Then she came to the story OF the
day of November q. when Hamon
was shot.
Ressy 20 st.rt .. TrIps
"T was due to leave the following
day for a trip to the Pacific coast"
Clara Smith recounted. we had
breakfast about IL o'clock. Then
ar. Hamon left for his offices. There
were some men he had to sec
politicians or something of the sort.
II saw him again about $3.50, and
he was splendid in his attitude at
that time. Later. about dark, / took
my car out for a drive.
when I returned he met me on
the hotel veranda. He was very
drunk. I never had seen him that
drunk before. He pulled me down
into a chair and swore at me when
l tried to seek our room to avoid a
scene. Finally, on the excuse of
lighting the lamps of my machine.
which was waiting close to the front
of the hotel, I got away for a min
ute"
Tells Of Dash for, Room.
The defendant then told of how
she finally made a dash for her
room. followed by Hamon. She said
she locked her door and rang for
the E+Pro porter. She intended 20
order food. she said.
When the porter entered. in his
wake or with him. came Hamon. she
swore. Immediately after the porter
had left the room Hamon fell to
choking her. She described how he
sank his fingers into her throat and
then how he sought to break back
her fingers.
Then he felt for his knife" she
mentioned. "the one that had fallen
from his pocket during the early
afternoon. When he found this miss
ing he reached for the little gold
knife on the watch chain, which I
had given him. This, too. was gone
He said to me, I'd as soon slit your
throat as draw on this cigar"
'I had an old penknife on a table,
which I had used to sharpen PEN
ellis. He started for this, when
reached behind me and In my hand
bag on the window sill I found my
pistol. He had given me the money
to buy this weapon when the one
he had given me not so long before
had been stolen or disappeared from
my room. I took the gun and point
ed 1t toward him. held him fixed
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXTEEN.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
St. PATRICK'SDAY
REPRISAL FEARED
FOR irish DEATHS
British Secret Service
Men Suspect Sim Fein
Plans for Coup.
By JOHN STEELE.

LONDON. March l5.-According to
Information given by Sir Basil
Thompson. chief of the British Sc
cret service, the British authorities
In Dublin have captured papers
which lead them TO believe that the
Irish have planned a big reprisal in
England on st. Patrick's Day for
the execution of six members Of the
Sim Fein yesterday. The greatest
precautions are being taken to pre-
vent any trouble. The king. who is
going to Newmarket for the grand
national race on that day. will be
especially guarded. II is not thought
that the Irish wish TO harm the
king, but IT is feared they might
make a demonstration.
Await Elections.
A man who is in close touch with
the premier told me that the premier
has been closely considering the
Irish situation, and is still desirous
of postponing action on peace plans
until after the election of the new
Irish parliaments. He is anxious
that all who are trying to make
peace bend their efforts toward in
ducing the Sim Fein TO take part
in the southern election. not with
any idea toward enforcing the act,
but for the purpose Of electing a
new Dali Eireann on an up-to-date
mandate with which he would be
willing to negotiate a truce.
A number of questions on the
Irish situation were asked in the
House of Commons this afternoon.
Premier Lloyd George Informed DR..
Mcdonald that he had frequently
stated in the house that the gov
ernment would be willing 10 meet
any person authorized to speak in
behalf of the people in ireland to
discuss the question of a truce.
One member asked are any
negotiations now going on?" To
which the Premier replied in the
negative.
Replying to a question as to
whether any soldiers had refused to
obey orders to carry out death sem
tences passed by military courts in
Ireland the minister of war said
there was no foundation to the re-
ports.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
'EES FINANCIAL
STORM HIT FRANCE

PARIS. March 15.-"The occupa-
Sn of Dusseldorf will bring in
|thing-it Is not a solution of the
|paration problem" said Vincent
3riol. an anti -Bolshevist Socialist
kmber of the Chamber of Finance
|mmission. in an attack on Pre-
er Brand this afternoon.
"A financial solution. is most ur-
mt for a financial storm is fast
thering." he declared. Frances
|nimum expenditures for the COM
j year will be $1,000. 900. 900 francs
|brmally about $1,000. .00o, ,0oO).
xes will yield about $4,000, 900, 900
mes and the liquidation of Ameri-
war stocks will bring 1900. .o0o,-
francs"
Ther he asked the deputies for a
nedy for the situation one radi-
cried but, Bring back caillaux."
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
SOLON AND YOUNG
T. X. BOOKED TO BOX
Former Amateur Cham
pi0n Britten Is to Don
Mitts With Roosevelt.

with the sll-Republican ad-
ministration only ten days old,
the Navy Department and Con-
gress already are headed for nm
open clash. The battle will be
staged under Marquis of Queens
bury rules, however, instead OF
under parliamentary procedure.
Champions of the opposing
forces will be Assistant Secre-
tary Theodore Roosevelt and
Represeutatise Fred A. Britten,
Of Chicago, former amateur
ieht-weight champion boxer Of
Illinois.
IL all came about this way.
Mr.. Britten called to pay his
respects to the new Assistant
Secretary yesterday. Col. Roose-
Welt said he found the job con-
hning and that he missed his
usual exercise. Representative
Britten Immediately invited the
Colonel to work out- in the
House once Building gymna-
sium. ~
.AII right, wilI,s replied
Col. Roosevelt. "And what's
more I'll take you on fora few
rounds.o
.You,re on,1 declared Britten.
Admission, II Is understood.
will be by card only.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
,ctor's Hand BIolDn of
By Internal Machine

tADISON. Ne, March I5.-Dr.
|n L. Pepper. physician and pres
ht of the Madison Board of Trade.
severely injured today when an
srnal machine. sent to him
Pugh the mails. exploded in his
ke here.
he doctors right handwas blown
fingers of his left hand were
ftsred and severe decorations on
face were sustained beside minor
lries around the body.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
CLAIM BOY SLEW
PAL TO Use BODY
AS IDENTITY DUPE
Plot to Collect His Own
Insurance Charged to 49,
Year-Old Indianan.

WARSAW, Ind. March ls.--yirgil
Decker. fs-year-ofd1 embryo conn
dence man oyer whose alleged body,
supposedly Eround under the wheels
of a fast express train Saturday
night, an inquest was held today at
Bourbon, Ind. was captured tonight
alive and well at the home of an
uncle, Isaac Decker, at Marion, Ind.
The arrest came through a tip by
Chicago Tribune correspondent to
Marion newspsperman. The body
which was planted as the corpse of
Decker was positively identified At
the inquest today as that of Leroy
Lovett, Of Elkhart. Ind. Lovett was
likewise 10 years old, and was a pal
of Virgil Decker.
A bench warrant. charging MUIR
der in the first degree, was issued
against Decker tonight by Sherin
Charles Moon, of Warsaw. The
sheriff will personally serve the war
rant on Decker in Marion tomor-
row morning.
Denies Murder.
Insurance companies holding more
than $4,000 risks on Decker's life
today notified relatives that the poll
cies were cancelled on the grounds
of attempted fraud.
Decker, in the county Jail at
Marion. readily admitted his iden-
tity. He denied the murder Of
Lovett.
Decker left Elkhart Saturday in
company with young Lovett, p com
panion of country school days. They
were in an automobile that Decker
had rented and passed off to Lovett
as his own. The two boys planned
to go to Warsaw, thence to Atwood.
Here Fred Decker. virgi's brother.
has a Homestead. They told Lovetts
father they were going to Albion.
Mich. They told the garage man.
from whom Decker had rented the
car, they were going to Mishawaka-
Had New Policy.
That same day Decker had re-
ceived a new $4,000 accident in
surance policy. 1t made his total
risk about $4,000. Today an in
quest, held by the coroner and States
attorneys of two counties. Kosciusko
and Marshall, revealed that the body
of the youth found on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks Saturday even
ing was that of Lovett. The boy
was dressed in Decker's clothes. It
had been positively identified by
two of Decker's brothers, bis mother
and a sister-in:law as that of Virgil
Decker. Attempts had been MADE
to bury 1t by a brother. Fred Decker.
They failed only because the sus-
picions of Sheriff Charles Moon and
squad of Pennsylvania railroad
detectives had been aroused by the
stranReness of the tale Iaveft,u
body was identified by strange
tattoo marks placed on his arm two
weeks before his death, by scars on
his body. and by his height-four
inches less than that of Decker.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
Saucyer, Sans Uniform,
Calls at White House

where's your uniforms Gen. G.
E. Sawyer. the Presidents aide and
physician. was asked as he entered
the White House executive Offices
yesterday.
II haven't been able to find the
person who will lend me the money
to pay for IT." the General replied.
Perhaps l could take up a coliec-
tion here" he suggested. as he sur
veyed large groups of correspond
ents. photographers. job hunters and
just plain curiosity seekers gathered
about.
His progress to Secretary Chris
tian's ONCE from that moment was
unimpeded.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
Army Troopship
Hits CoastWise
Steamer in Fog
Former Foe Liner Grip.
pied of Atlantic City
In Collision.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. March
1s-The United States army
transport Madswsska and the
shipptsg Beard steamship In
vineible eoIliaed twenty miles
northeast of Atlantic City On q
dense fog at st5z tonight. The
transport. fnbeund from Manila
via San Franefsee. and believed
TO have had q large number Of
troops On beard. was damaged
badly sn1 for some time after
the smash worked her wireless
briskIy, calling fer help. The
Invincible. which left New York
this morning In ballast fer Nor
folk. stood by the crippled army
ship, while the Passenger steam
ship Santa Maria. hound FROM
New York TO Kingsten, stesRed
at full speed to her assistance.
After the cellision the Mada-
wssks's master, Captain Bart-
lett, believed she was sinkinr.
The crew was called to emerr-
eney stations and lifekoats were
swusg out.
Capt. Bartlett, as soon as he
had sstished himself there was
ne Immediate need TO disembark
MS company. sent his crippled
craft shoreward under q full
head Of steam. but after an
hoar and three minutes was
forced 10 bring the transport TO
anchor. Water. was leaking I'm
gradually and had crswIed 30
near the hreroom there was
danger Of m explosiel.
The Madawsska was formerly
the Hamburg American liner
hoeniE wilhelm III, with q dis
placement Of s,4Ie tons. The
Inytneible is q steel steamer Of
$3.50 tons, now operated by the
Coam opoItfnu Sfe.-~kN- H.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
ALLIES Seem FOlLED
IN ATTEMPT TO GET
FOE PREPARATIONS
Solution of Plan to Col
lect German Tariff Puz-
zles Rhineland Body.
Especial Gable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribuns.)
by JOHN CLAYTON.

COBLENZ, March 15.-The Inter-
Allied Rhineland Commission is lit
tie further toward the settlement of
a tariff schedule between the oc-
cupied and unoccupied Germany
than 1t was five days ago.
The fundamentals for the tariff
plan have not been decided upon
nor has any agreement been reach
ed as to whether to erect a real
wall between the Rhineland and
the rest of Germany or to impose a
nominal tax, in which case the
Germans in the Rhine provinces
can AFFORD to laugh.
AT the. close Of yesterdays meet
ing OF the scommission' IT. became
evident that some drastic change
must be made in the application
of proposed economic sanctions.
From well informed sources II
has been learned that the Allies
cannot hope to do better than to
pay expenses in collecting customs.
II they impose a light tax the re-
turns will be almost nil. II a tariff
is set which would bring some
thing worth while normal COM
merce will cease.
There is a growing feeling as the
deliberations progress that the COM
mission sees the Germans in the
provinces laughing up their sleeves
at the attempts to make the tariff
punitive. The deeper into the Ques-
tion the commission goes the more
it realizes that as a financial prop
osition an economic barrier is
doomed at the outset
With that realization staring them
in the face there is a growing desire
to erect a schedule of tariffs, cover
ing everything but foodstuffs. which
will successfully separate the Rhine
land commercially from the rest OF
Germany and force the inhabitants
there to buy their raw products
from the allies.
The Rhineland and Bavaian gov
ernfnents are united in urging the
German government not to- sign an
agreement, declaring that IL Ger
many maintains a firm front the
allies will not be able to break her
economically and Germany will in
effect have won the war. But with
the Rhineland cut of from Germany
and the Inhabitants forced to buy
their goods elsewhere the laugh
may be in a different key.
The impression that / have gained
of the German attitude in the occu-
pied areas convinces me that Ger
many believes she holds the whip
hand. She regards the treaty OF
Versailles to have been broken by
the allies when they marched into
the Ruhr district and believes that
the reparations fight is won-that
there will not be any reparations.
Copyright, ls21.)
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
Turk War Head
Is Murdered in
Berlin Street
Talaat Pasha Shot D0trn
Near Horne by Ar
nienian Student.

BERLIN, March rs. Taiaat
Pasha. War Minister for Turkey
during the great war. was as
.assinated here today By an
Armenian student.
The former Turkish minister
was believed to have been muir
dered M q revenge for Armenian
massseres for which he was re-
garded largely responsible.
win the defeat OF the cen-
trnl powers and their allies.
Talaat Pasha was thrown out
OF ONCE and hed TO Germany.
He establishes q home here.
The student was caught m he
attempted to escape, following
the shooting. A mob Of enraEed
citizens threatened him with
lynehins. but police quieted
then.
The student gave HIS name. as
SaI0man Teilirian. He refused
to eomment ON the killing.
TaIaat was shot within q
short distance of HI. home In
Hardenberg street.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
Ensign CortmartiaLed d.
In Enabezzlement Case

NEW YORK. March i5.-EnsIEn
Herman Schwsrz. a member Of the
navy for eight years. was tried to-
day on a charge OF embezzlerent
before general courtmartisl In the
navy yard II is alleged he todk
Slo.oss.es while paymsster on the
Tacoma
schwarz pleaded not guilty. Capt.
Harold ID. shannon is his attorney.
Commodore Charles NJ Fshs is pres-
ident Of the court and Capt. Arthur
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
'ALIANS HEAR
FREE ERIN" PLEA

eoME. March 15.-Roman sympa-
GERS for the Irish cause packed
\ Elysse Theater here last night
shear speeches by numerous prom
int Italians fsvoring the freedom
ireland.
The theater was decorated with
J Italian and Irish fags. Students,
yersity professors, and members
the Irish colony in Italy were
|n represented at the meeting. A
! of prominent Italians was read,
10 were in sympathy with Ireland,
ong which was Undersecretary
State Bertone-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
Imam Car Fire Fatal to S.

lENvER, Col. March l5.-Fiye
bons were burned to death In a
which DESTROYED a Pullman on. a
Iver and Rio Grange train near
Rsenburg. Colo. today.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16

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The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
WEDNESDAY, MARCH rs. 1oa1-

DOMESTIC.
Body ss Identity lpupe. -. /,
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16

CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXTEEN.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-07
ORIGINAL NOTICE

In the District Court of Iowa, In and
for Audubon County, April Term,
1921.
H. F. siemensen, Plaintiff,
VS.
Myrtle o. Killinger and Albert
Killinger and Stewart Farm
Mortgage, Co, Defendants.
To Myrtle o. Killinger, Albert T.
Killinger and the Stewart Farm
Mortgage Company:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now on file in
the office of the Clerk of District
Court of Audubon County, Iowa, a
petition claiming judgment against
Myrtle o. Killinger and Albert T.
Killinger for $6298.S0 with interest
thereon at eight per cent per annum
from March LIST, 1921, as justly due
plaintiff from you and each of you
on your one promissory note dated
March 1, 1918, for S5500.00 prin-
cipal, with " per cent interest till
due and per cent interest after
due, and due March LIST, 1919, exc
cuted and delivered by you to plain
tiff. Also asking judgment against
Myrtle o. Killinger and Albert T.
Killinger for costs, including attor-
ney's fees as provided in said note
and by law, and claiming against all
the above named defendants the
foreclosure of certain mortgage Of
even date with said note, and secur-
ing the same, on Lot One I'd OF
Lot Five (5) OF the Southeast Quar-
ter of the Northwest Quarter Of Sec
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-07
SHERIFF'S SALE

State of Iowa, Audubon County-ss.
In the District Court of Audubon
County, State of Iowa:
BY virtue of a special execution
issued from the office of the Clerk
of the District Court CT Audubon
county, State of Iowa, in favor of
the Cedar Rapids OF Company, and
against Daisy May Phelps and Rem
Phelps as defendants, dated March
End, A. d. 1921, and to me directed,
commanding me that the real estate
property hereinafter described, as
the property of the said Daisy May
Phelps and Rem Phelps, husband
and wife, make or cause to be
made the sum of -four Thousand
Four Hundred ana Ninety-seven
Dollars and Sixty-four Cents ($4,-
497.6I damages, and One Hundred
Thirty-three Dollars and Sixty-five
Cents ($133.65) costs Of suit, with
interest at the rate of eight per cent
(8.%) from the End day of March,
A. ID. 1921, and all accruing costs,
/ have levied upon the following
described real estate lying and be-
ing situated in the County of Audu-
bon, and State of Iowa, viz: Lots
27-27 C %, Block 3, in the City Of
Audubon, Iowa.
And / hereby give notice that
shall offer for sale at public cutlery
at the court house door in the City
OF Audubon, County of Audubon,
and State of Iowa, on the 26th day
OF April, 1921, between the hours
OF 800 O'Clock A. M. and 400 p.
M. of said day, sale to commence at
the hour of 900 o'clock p. NJ, of
said day, and will sell to- the high
est and best bidder therefor, in
cash. the above described real estate
DIT sufficient thereof to satisfy the
ibove debt with interest and costs.
Dated this 23d day Of March, A.
D. 1921.
Andrew Jorgensen,
Sheriff Audubon Co., Iowa.
Tom Whitmore,
Atty. for Pltff. 1874
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-07
TRIAL BEGINS NEXT WEEK
Witness i'm the Villisca Ak Murder
CAGE to Be Tried on Charge
of Perjury.

Much interest is taken by south
western Iowa citizens in the trial of
Bert McCaull, of Missouri Valley,
whose case is called for hearing in
the district court at Council Bluffs
next Monday, April 4. where the
case was taken on a change of venue
from the district court Of Montgom-
cry county.
McCaull's trial was to have come
up in January, but was carried over,
due to the suicide of his attorney, R.
w. Beeson, the morning of the day.
set for the trial.
McCaull is charged with perjury,
II being alleged that some of the tes-
timony which he gave relative to his
whereabouts on the morning after
the AK murders committed in Villisca
in 1912 and was indicted on the
charge by the grand jury of Mont
gomery county over a year ago.
Il. w. Beeson, deceased, attorney
for McCaull, petitioned the court
shortly after his indictment, for a
change of venue anc praying that
the case be not tried in Montgomery,
Mills, Page, Fremont or Cass coun-
ties, stipulating. that he could not
secure fair and impartial trial in
those counties. County Attorney
Paul Richards filed a counter petit
ton contending that McCaull could
be given a fair trial in Red Oak. Aft
er due consideration the court decid-
ed TO grant the change of venue,
sending the case to the Pottawat-
tamie county courts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-07
NOTICE

County Auditors official call to
elect a County Superintendent and
three members OF the Board of Ed
ucation and notice to the presidents
and secretaries OF scnool corpora
tions of the time of holding con-
vention.
Audubon, Iowa, March %, 1921.
To all Presidents and Secretaries
of all rural, independent, CONSOLE
dated, city and town school corpora
tons:
You are hereby notified that
there will be a convention of school
presidents of the various school dis
tricts Of Audubon county, State of
Iowa, held at the court house Of
said county on the 5th day of April
A. d. 1921, at two o'clock p. m, for
the purpose of elec,Ing a County
Superintendent and three members
of the Board of Education.
1t is your duty to see that your
school district is represented at this
convention by your president, or in
his inability to attend, then some
member of your school board or an
alternate in the manner prescribed
by Sec. 1912 Code 1913.
You will therefore govern your
selves accordingly.
w. J. HAMILTON, +.
1872 County Auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-07
MANY STARVING CHILDREN

American Red Cross relief work
ers, Just returned from Europe,
bring to America tales of acute suf-
fering among the children who walk
barefoot and almost unclad in the
bitter winter climate of central Eu-
rope, thousands of whom born in
war time, have never known
a. shoe or decent article Of cloth
ing. Although with materials fur
nished by the American Red Cross,
native women in these destitute
countries today are at work in an
effort to meet the distress among
their children, their efforts are ut
terly insufficient to meet the great
need.
Accordingly plans for mobiliza-
ton of its chapter workers in ma
tion-wide sewing circle to furnish
garments for the hundreds of thou
sands of babies and small children
in Europe who are clad only in
meager rags or newspapers, were
announced by the American Red
Cross today.
Information collected by the Red
Cross in Europe shows that there is
instant need OF $50 900 layettes and
2,000,0 900 garments for children up
to the age of fourteen and that an
indefinitely larger number of gar
ments would be necessary before
these children would be even
decently clothed. II is estimated that
the 100000 garments asked for
will clothe adequately only 100000
children.
While the appeal is directed to
the women who served in Red Cross
work-rooms during the war, all wo-
men interested in THE clothing of
these children are included. Unlike
the same service in war time, there
will be little purchasing Of mater
falls, for the women will be urged
to utilize any castIoff articles of
clothing which by the use of speci-
fications of the Red Cross can be
converted into useful garments for
these destitute children.
The chief phases OF the effort be-
ing made today for the salvation Of
Europe's children are the feeding
program of the European Relief
Council, of which Herbert Hoover
is chairman, and the medical well
fare service of the American Red
Cross. The plan to provide cloth
ing supplements these activities and
is held absolutely essential IL the
full benefits Of these other two OPP
erations are to be fully realized.
The Chapter will be enabled to
select, insofar as transportation IA
cilities of Europe permit, the coun-
try to which it would prefer its pro-
duct to be sent. The garments will
be apportioned by' countries in the
order of the greatest need, as fol-
lows: Poland, Austria, Hungary,
Czecho-Slovakia, Baltic States and
Balkan States.