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The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Bandit Trio Robs Theatre

fortland.-Three masked men Mon
Day morning held up and bound the
treasurer of the Liberty theater, a mo-
ton picture house, two girl ushers and
man who was in the theater and
escaped with between $1,000 and $40.
ooo cash. The Saturday night and Sun.
day receipts, according to a report TO
the police.
Police were unable to find anv trace
OF the robbers, who were thought RI
nave escaped in an auto after leaving
the theater through the back door.
X. +. Charles, treasurer. said he was
opening the safe when the robbers on.
tered. He described them ms fairlv
well dressed. Henry Barney. an em-
ploye, was slugged by the hold-up mon
Dut not seriously hurt Myrtle Forbes
Elsie Rotramel, Barney and Charles
were securely bound.
Barney managed to unite Miss Pc
trainers feet and she kicked over tho
telephone and notified the police
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
KENTUCKY ELECTION DAY
FIGHT FATAL TO MANY
Six Are Killed and Five Are Wounded
In Pistol Battle Shortly After
Polls Open

Jackson, Ky.-Six men were killed
and five others were wounded In an
election fight shortly after the polls
opened at the Clay voting precinct on
Troublesome creek. Breathitt county,
about Is miles from here, Tuesday.
The dead are: Cleveland Combs.
80; Leslie Combs, 81: Ephern Allen,
30: George Allen. 81; John Roberts.
30; George Mcintosh, 80; French
Combs, 81.
The story of the affray as 1t reached
Jackson was to the effect that Ed
Combs, an uncle Of the Combs boys.
and defeated Democratic candidate In
the August primary for county Judge.
was active In support OF the Republi.
can nominee for the same office.
Combs. It was said, entered the polling
place and attempted to give orders to
the election officers. His relatives,
according to the story, demonstrated
with him and out of the argument
grew a fight In which pistols were
drawn and the shooting became gen.
eral.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
FINANCIAL AID GIVEN
GERMANY BY LEAGUE
German lndustrialists Have Offered
Their Foreign Credits to
Government

Berlin.-The League OF German In.
dustriallsts has voted to come to the
financial aid Of the government by
placing at Its disposal the foreign
credits OF the leagues members. which
II Is estimated will yield 1000, ,0OO, 900
marks. A resolution to this effect,
adopted after seven hours OF stormy
debate. participated In by Hugo
SHINES, the financIer. and DIR. Alfred
Hugenberg. director OF the Krupp
works, sets forth the following con
ditions:
Adoption by the government OF q
program of rigid economy and con.
sultation with private enterprises In
formulating the economic and tax pro-
gram.
Declaration OF the governments will
llngness to call upon foreign financial
experts for advice In regard To the
amount of credit to he floated and Its
relation to the privileges OF foreign ex.
change.
Enterprises In the hands of state
and public bodies To he managed In
such a manner that they cease TO be
drain upon the public treasurey.
Freedom of the country's economic
life from every restriction that hinders
Its development. including the eight
hour day.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
POSTAL HEAD DECLARES
OPEN WAR ON BANDITS
v. s. Marines VIII Guard Mail Trains
and Trucks at Post.
offices

Washington, with n declaration OF
"open warfare" by the postoffice de.
partment on bandits responsible for
the startling series OF mail robherles,
1000 United States marines were pro
ceeding to duty Wednesday ms guards
of mail trains and trucks at postoffices
In Is cities
The marines win he armed with
pistols and sawed-off shotguns and
are under orders from General lie.
teune commander Of the Marine corps,
to shoot to KIN. II necessary, 10 pre-
vent looting of the mails.
Announcement that he had arranged
for the services or the marines with
the secretary of the navy was made
by Postmaster General Hays after the
matter had been discussed at the cahl.
net meeting and President Harding
was said 10 have expressed approval
OF Mr.. Hays plan. The marines later.
II was said. are 20 he replaced hy n
special force recruited for the service
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
MURDERESS GIVEN TERM
IN IDAHO STATE PRISON
Sentence OF From 10 Years to Life I'm.
prlsonment Given @rs. Lydia
M. Southard

Twin Falls. Idaho.--In the presence
OF crowded court room, Lydia Meyer
Southard, convicted poisoner of Ed
ward +. Meyer. her fourth husband,
and charged collaterally with he muir
der of three previous husbands and n
brotherln.law, was sentenced Monday
morning 10 term In the Idaho state
prison OF from 10 years TO life i'm
prlsonment.
The defendant stood up, fixed her
sentence without tremor.
Notice of appeal was filed by her
attorneys, but stay Of execution of
sentence was not asked, and 1t IL con-
sldered likely that commitment win
follow In few days
Mrs. Southard has packed up all her
belongings about the county Jail and,
according to her attorneys, has ex-
pressed wish TO begin serving her
sentence at once.
Under ldaho's law the duration OF
indeterminate sentences Is largely In
the hands or the state pardon board.
Mrs. Southard may or may not be CIV
on time for good behavior She may
be released upon serving her minimum
term or she may remain In prison for
the remainder Of her natural life. On
the other hand, action cutting the term
to less than 10 years Is within the dis
erection of the pardon board.
Mrs. Southard appeared In court
alone except for her attorneys. Her
husband left for San Francisco Sunday
night to resume his position as a petty
offlcer In the navy. Except for the
addition of IA black hat, the defendant
had made no changes In her costume.
In appearance she was pale but not
noticeably nervous.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
LA TOILETTE DEMANDS
RETIREMENT OF MELLON
Object OF Wisconsin Senator Is At
titude of Sec. Mellon Toward
Taxing of Wealth

WashingtOn.-Reti of Secre-
tary Mellon as "the fiscal head of the
government" was demanded in the
senate Saturday by Senator LaFol-
l0tte, Republican, Wisconsin, because
OF the attitude, which the Wisconsin
senator said the treasury head held
toward ''the taxation of wealth."
Mr.. LaFollotte asserted that Mr.. Mel
lon had openly and brazenly declared
that wealth could not be made to bear
its share of the burden of government.
The LaFollette amendment pro-
posing that tax returns be a matter
of public record, was rejected 35 to
33.
The letter was signed by Represen-
tatives Dickinson, Iowa; Freer, Wis
consin; Little, Arkansas; Barbour.
California Reavis, Nebraska and
King, Illinois, all Republicans. The
house bill carried maximum rate
OF 81 per cent and Republican leaders
gave general notice to the senate that
this rate would be insisted upon In
conference.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Petition for New Trial

Dedham, Mass.-1he hearing before
Judge Webster Bayer Of the supreme
court on petitions for a new trial for
Nicolo Sacco and bartholomew Van
setti was continued at the court
house Saturday. Counsel for the men,
who were convicted by jury of mur-
der In the first degree for double
killing In connection with a payroll
robbery at South Braintrea In April.
1920. resumed their arguments be-
gun last Saturday. Officers armed
with repeating rifles and sidearms
patrolied the vicinity OF the court
house and searched all persons who
entered.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
SENATE REJECTS
REEDS PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL TO RETAIN EXCESS
PROFITS TO PAY SOLDIER
BONUS VOTED DOWN
SENATE VOTE WAS 38 TO %
Voting Against Plan Sen. Mccumber
Said 1t Would Be Tying the Sol
dier Bonus to Corpse;
Republicans Support Bill

Washington.-By a vote Of 3S to 2S
the senate rejected the Reed amend
ment to the tax bill, proposing to
enact the soldier bonus bill and re-
tain the excess profits as means
of financing adjusted compensations
for former service men.
Five Republicans-Capper, john
son, Kenyon, Ladd and La Toilette
supported the amendment and two
emocrats-Glass and Myers-voted
against it.
Mccumber spurns "corpse"
Senator McCumber. Republican,
North Dakota, announced his opposi-
ton to attaching the bonus measure
to the revenue bill. Referring to the
Reed amendment, he declared he had
TOO much respect for the bonus
measure to tie 1t to a corpse"
"The Soldiers bonus bill will be
passed independently of the tax meas
ure," Senator McCumber said. adding
that ION the adjustment of the for
eign loans hangs the fate of the SOL
diers' bonus"
The presidents recent address to
the senate on the subject, he said,
had made it clear that the executive
was waiting on the funding of the
foreign loan to pay the bonus"
1t was midnight Saturday when the
vote was taken and the amendments
by Senator Simmons, CD, North
Carolina, and McKellar, (D), Tennes-
see, proposing to finance the adjusted
out of interest on the
money owed the United States by for
eign governments went over until
next week
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
FRENCH DELEGATION TO
ARMAMENT MEET ARRIVE
Party, Headed by Premier BRAND,
Lands Quietly and Left for
Washington Immediately

New York.-Aristide BRAND, pre-
delegation, landed here Monday from
the Steamer Lafayette. He was ac-
cOmpanied by former Premier Rene
Vivlani, companion Of Marshal
and Albert Sarraut, French prime min.
lister Of the colonies. Ceremony was
dispensed with so that the delegation
might reach Washington as early as
possible and take up the work of be-
coming thoroughly established there
before the opening of the conference.
France is ready to join any endeav-
or to avert new wars, provided she has
nothing to fear for her own security"
said M. BRAND In message to the
American people on his arrival. Our
country's only endeavor is to lead the
people, through good will, to peaceful
and truthful work to reduce more and
more the risks of war;" the premier
declared "Today the world, which is
In such need Of safety and rest, wants
not only soothing words, but realities"
A crowd greeted the premier and his
associates on their arrival
"On setting foot on the soil of the
great American republic" said the pre-
mier's message, my first thought goes
back to those who generously came to
mingle their blood with that of the
soldiers of France back to those fight
ers whom the United States sent over
to us as the most precious thing they
had back to those magnificent high
souled youths with heroic hearts who
fell for right and for liberty with a
smile, to the land that has piously en-
tombed them. To their families
France now sends me as a near relo.
tive. am coming to assure them that
the recollection of those heroes is
deeply craven in the heart of eyerv
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Labor Board RenlIA.

onicago'-The railroad labor board
n'aue no promises officially to the
.r"ih service employees and did no,
fgure In any official canacitv IN tho
ueelsion to call off the Threatened,
ran strike last week, it was pointef,
OUT DE board members when thew
@ ne',ru or the circular being sent to
revival of the strike vote
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Arbuckle Case Set Nov. "a

San Francisco. The trial of Roscoe
Fatty) Arhuckle. for manSlaughter.
growing from the death Of Miss vtr-
GINA Rappe, was continued Monday
rniil November - by consent of both
sides, The court announced that the
trihi positively would begin on the
fourteenth, The trial had been set for
Monday. Gavin McNah, Arhuckle's
'hief counsel, appearing In court for
'h' first time in the case. said Armis-
ice day and a local election made a
weeks continuance advisable. although
ne was ready 10 proceed II necessary.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Aviation Organization Formal

omaha'-Twelve commercial a,r.
p''neS carrying loads of yoriou.
"e'Shts participated in the Iarson
uoPhE race of more than 200 mi,es
around fixed course hero So+nnl,s- 80
a" 'he principal concluding air even,
% national air congress which
o.oSed three-day session here sot,
urday night. mere say
.ona.'r ""''o'"i organization in the in.
,e. ,ersSlS OF aviation in this country was
aorned by delegates ATTENDING ths
nero zero congress. Sidney Walden ~
'e'fo''' Mich. was elected nrasIdon.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
BANDITS DYNAMITE AND
SET FIRE TO MAIL CAR
Robbers Overlook Pouch Containing
100000; Total Haul Estimated
At About S4Co

Paxton, Ill.--IIundreds of men In
posses early Tuesday were search
Ing for 10 bandits who Monday night
held up the Illinois Central New Or
leans Limited two miles south of here
wounded four train employees, sroic
two pouches Of registered mail, and
escaped after setting fire to the mail
car.
The passengers were not molesied
although one was grazed by three bul.
lets which pierced his coat when he
and three companions went up 10 the
mail cur and fired on the bandits while
they were fighting the engine crew and
two mail clerks, barricaded In the mail
ear
A colored train porter was the only
man seriously injured by the robbers,
he being shot In the chest and groin
as he stood on the vestlbule of one
car. The fireman was wounded In the
shoulder, n mail clerk was shot in
the hand and shoulder and another
was dubbed over the head with re-
vover.
Two Of the robbers boarded the
train at some point between Chicago
and Paxton and covered the engine
crew with their guns as The train was
passing through here, according to the
report of Division Superintendent J.
w. Hevron. They ordered the en-
gineer to proceed to bridge, where
the train was stopped with the passen-
ger coaches on the bridge Ordering
the crew to break the train. the en-
glneer and fireman were forced to pull
the mall car up the tracks and about
eight other men appeared from their
automobiles. On n threat OF shooting
the engineer and fireman OF the train
II the mail car was not opened, the
robbers forced the mail clerks to open
the door, but when the engineer and
fireman had clambered inside, the
door was slammed shut.
Several charges of dynamite and
firing from revolvers and shofguns fin
ally forced the door in and hand-to-
hand battle ensued which only stopped
after the robbers had thrown two
bombs into the car and firebrand
which smoked out the four men In the
,ar.
During the fight the mail clerks and
fireman were injured. These men
we're forced to throw out the red
'ealed sacks containing registered
nall and then jumped from the burn
ng car. The bandits escaped In their
A mail pouch, containing 100000,
vas believed to have been the object
# the bandits, but In the haste of max
ng their escape the pouch was over
ooked Postal authorities estimate a
oss of only $400,
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Former Minister Temporary Premier

Tokio.-Cablegrams expressing hor-
ror over the assassination Friday of
Takashi Hara, the premier, poured
into Toxic Saturday from the capitals
Of virtually all nations.
The attack on NJ Hara was made
by a demented youth, and there is no
definite knowledge as yet that 1t had
Its genesis in the political rancor
which actuated bitter assaults upon
NJ. Hara and his government In the re-
cent past.
Viscount Uchida, former Japenese
minister to the United States and for.
mer minister Of Hara's cabinet since
1918, has assumed the post of acting
premier. pending possible recon-
struction Of government.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
French 5luebeard Goes on rri.,

'ersailies,-Court officials gathered
mere Monday for the opening in tho
nel"eet-olse assizes OF the trial of
henri Desire Landru, the "bluebeard
oamoals charged with II murders
len or his alleged victims were
women to whom he is said 70 have
proih'sed marriage, and the eleventh
the son of one Of them. He is alleged
10 nave burned his victims bodies
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
BLUEBEARDESS CONVICTED
ON SECOND DEGREE MURDER
Arriving at a Verdict; Defendant
Shows Little Concern

Twin Falls. Idaho.-After dellbera,
ton Of % hours the jury in the case
Of Mrs. Lydia Meyer Southard, on
trial for the murder Of her fourth
husband, Edward W. Meyer. returned
verdict OF guilty Of murder in the
second degree. The verdict carries a
penalty of not less than 10 years
imprisonment.
The trial OF Mrs. Southard on the
specific charge of having caused the
death Of Meyer foreman of the Blue
Lakes ranch near here. by admins
tering poison derived from an insect
exterminator, extended over month,
having opened before Judge w. A.
Babcock on September 20.
The woman accused Of having done
away with four husbands was de-
Tended by Attorneys w. P. Guthrie.
Homer c. Mills and A. II. Hicks,
Counsel for the prosecution consisted
Of Frank L. Stephan. Twin Falls
county attorney; Roy L. Black,
states attorney general; and e. A.
Walters, former district court judge
Great difficulty was encountered i'm
panelIng a jury, because of the wide
spread notorlety given the case.
Witnesses were assembled from far
and near. about 1872 in all for both
sides. They were called from Mis-
souri,, Tennessee, Montana and Cali
fornia, but not all of them were used
on the witness stand.
Throughout the trial the defendant
was attended only by her fifth hus-
band, Paul Vincent Southard.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
$4,000 Worth Of prun. SEIZED

Seattle. Narcotics estimated nv
police 10 he worth S2ouO0 ut current
sniaggiers' prices we're seized hy no.
ice and federal Investigators In a
RAID on a local hotel here X. Nasuna
nnd !. Abe, who. the Officers alleged
Mere ~ The act of completing the sale
~ 20 ounces of narcotics for $3.50
when the rnld was made. were nrrest
ea and held for ihc action Of federal
authorities.
f"liee said the drugs were smuggled
ash're from Japanese ship which re.
Gently arrived here.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Communists May Be Given BAH.

Springfield. III. - William Bross
Lloyd and seven other members Of the
Communist Labor party. who were
convicted of plotting the overthrow Of
the government in September, 1919.
was ordered admitted to bail by JUS
tiee Carter of the supreme court Tues.
day.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Storm Drives st.,r,. A..

Paris.--A violent storm i raa,n
over Belgium and the north of France
ana considerable damage has been re
'or'eu, ''u, Ihe docks at Calais were spb.
merged by the waters. An Amar;can
steamer ran aground east NJ Dnr,.a,' So
"u. was refloated and proceeded for
Antwerp. >'N LOT
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Comedian Refused Entrance to U. s

Sarnia, ont.-A protest has been
sent TO the immigration department at
Washington against the action OF i'm
migration officers at Port Huron.
Mich.. In refusing entrance TO the
United States OF Harry Tate, English
comedian. Tate said he was detained
and ordered to return to Canada. de-
spite the fact that he held a passport
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Revolt InstIsators Sent to Prison

Stockholr.-Four men involved IN
the plot for Bolsheviki revolution
In Sweden discovered last June have
been sentenced to prison. Their
terms range from IS months 70 forr
years. Seven men, accused of com.
plicity, were acquitted.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
5000 sovie. Troops Killed.

Cronstadt. Russia, - Six thousand
Bolsheviki were. killed In their nine
day siege of Cronstadt following the
seizure of the fortress by mutineers
last March, a correspondent was in
formed Tuesday by Bolshevlst sailors,
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
First Woman Minister Dead

Elizabeth, n, 1.-THE Rev. Or. An
toinette Louisa Brown Blackwell. aged
69, believed to have been the first
woman ordained to the ministry In
this country and pioneer woman
suffrage worker with Susan B. An
thony, died here Saturday.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Texan Orders klan Probe.

Houston. Tex.-Probe of the Ku
klux klan was ordered Monday morn
Ing by Judge G. W. Robinson In his
charge to the new grand jury In the
criminal court.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Certificates Are Sota

Washington.--Sale at par of S5,a2o-
600 of railroad equipment trust cor.
tificates held by the government has
been completed by the war finance
corporation.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Crow Lost In Wreck

Tokio.-Thirty-five sailors, the en-
tire crew, were lost In the wreck Of
The RyuGa Maru, n Japanese coastins
steamer. which dispatches received
Tuesday announced was stranded off
the coast of Hokkaido, November ..
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Australia to Seek Loan in n 9

- hriSoane, Observation-Disclosures F q
theodore of Queensland nrohohlr
VIII go t" the United States soon -
for the flotation of n loan
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
BIG FIVE MAY REVIVE VOTE
IF BOARDS PROMISE FAILS
Brotherhoods; Board Claims No
Promises Were Made

Cleveland.-The big Five" brother.
hoods will revive the strike vote and
use 1t if necessary If the promises Of
the railroad labor board made to the
chiefs just before the threatened gen
eral railroad strike was called off
are not carried out, according
to n memorandum which has been
mailed to all general and local chair.
men and members of the five organ
izations.
Used If Necessary
The threatened strike was called
OFF, the memorandum asserts, when
1t became known that unless that ac-
ton was taken, not only the execu.
tive officers of the brotherhoods but
the general chairmen and local chair.
men would be arrested on charges of
conspiracy.
Due to the memorandum of the
labor board (asserting that WORKING
rules and disputes would be disposed
OF before any further wage reductions
were considered) and the further fact
OF the imminent arrest of leaders. il
was deemed best that the strike be
called Off" says the circular.
I'VE think you can readily under.
stand what the effect would be If a
strike were put on and all the execu.
tive officers, general chairmen and lo-
cal chairmen were arrested and no one
left to direct the movements of the
men nor to advise them," the circular
reads.
1t may be claimed by some that
promises made by the labor board
VIII not be carried out" the circular
continues, due to coercive influences
aho IN case this should come to pass
we would be in exactly the same posi.
'ion that we were in after the enact.
ment OF the Adamson law in 1915 and
,ne strike vote which is called off nj
'he present time will be revived and
used If necessary"
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18
Marks Hit New Low Level

New York.-German marks Satur-
day fell to the lowest level in his
tory, .oS925 cents.
The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-18

New York.--Democratlc candidates
headed by Mayor John II. Hylan, made
clean sweep of the principal city and
county offices In Tuesdays municipal
election. the mayor receiving the un.
precedented plurality OF 417.9S8. The
complete vote in the clty's 2,07o elec-
tlon districts was, Hylan, T54,S74 !;
Henry II Curran, Republican. running
ON a coalition ticket. 336.sSS, and
Jacob Panken. Socialist, $500.