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Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

the counter pressure of the Chinese people. the representatives of the Picking government have found them
 selves in a position of increasing del- icacy, Their task has not been made easier by the presence here of rep resentatives of the rival government of Canton.
 Another point of serious disagree
 ment as yet practically untouched
 by the conference is Manchuria- So
 some of the Japanese, at least, are
 said to feel that their government could not move hastily to scrap her war ships and her alliance with Great
 Britain until she has seen clearly what is to be the outcome of the
 Washington deliberations on the Far
 East.
 The feeling here, nevertheless, was
 one of almost universal agreement
 tonight that the Japanese cabinet
 would be willing to accept the results
 of the negotiations up to date as establishing the good faith of the other governments in attempting a just solution of the Far Eastern tangle. The outcome of the capi- net meeting probably will be known
 here by tomorrow. and on the strength of their hopes. the confer. enCe OfflClalS are pItpdi HE " S-- the delegates quickly into plenars session.
 The four power proposal has now
 been accepted in principle by the four mowers concerned, Great Britain Japan. France and the United States The heads of their respective deiega-
 tions. it is understood. will formally declare their adherence to it at to- morrow's meeting. The negotiations tonight were participated in for the first time in several weeks by Baron
 Shidehara, the Japanese ambassa- dor, who has been i'll. He was sui ficiently recovered, however, to leave the embassy tonight and conrer with Secretary Hughes.
 An official statement by the con ference said:
 "The fourth plenary session of the conference on the limitation of arma- ment will be held on Saturday. De- cember 10, at II a. m., In Continen- 1 tai Memorial hall.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PHOENIX

upper states. He was strongly criti- cising the reclamation service when Secretary Fall leaned over and touched him, asking that he inform the convention that such a contract was mot in force and would never be in force.'
 Director Arthur P. Davis, of the reclamation service. declared that the federal power commission would ap- prove no permits on the Colorado un- til an investigation now under way is completed and a comprehensive plan for the whole development of the river system submitted to con- gress through the secretary of the in- terior.
 Tn any future development of the Colorado, I promise that nothing will be done to interfere with feasible development of the upper reaches"
 he said Tt is planned to reserve 6
 certain part of any reservoir on the lower Colorado as a flood control. In ! order to intercept floods a reservoir l is necessary on the lower river" Director Davis indicated that the Boulder canyon dam is the most fea- sible project and probably would be ! the first unit constructed in the de- ! velopment system. He said, how | ever, that although 1t was close to l1idIhSL anu JuSl4llCd tSO~ | nomically its construction, the serv- ice was making further investigation | and no conclusion would be reached l until this has been completed. l Colorado's reports to the Colorado | river were discussed by Victor E.. l Reyes, attorney general of the state. 1 States Engineer R. F. Caldwell of
 Utah. discussed Utah's reports. w. | S. Norviel. state water commissioner
 of Arizona, discussed Arizona's s
 rights. Al
 E. o. Mccormick. vice president of 1 the Southern Pacific company, dis ucssed railroads and their dependen- cies.
 The threat to split the convention | developed later today when Judge Reed Hollaman of Santa Fe an- nounced on behalf of the states of 1 Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico l and Texas, as members, and of Wyo- | ming as a non-member, that these
 states deem 1t inadvisable to partici- l pate further in any matter relative to policy or platform that may come be- fore the convention. He said he un-
 derstood Arizona was prepared to join in such a move.
 The statement said that these states were not withdrawing from the league, but would not participate
 in any matters of policy until each
 was granted equal voting power.
 We feel that no fair expression of the purposes or policies of the league can be given when the views of these states can be nullified by the votes of one state" the statement said.
 This move leaves California as the | only state in the league that can vote 1 on resolutions. Efforts of reconcilia- ton were continued tonight.
 Col. J. G. Scrugham, Nevada state I engineer discussed his states rights
 in the Colorado.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

farm at Tucker when he killed the trusty guard in September. Slaugh- ter had obtained a rifle and on Sun day when the men were gathered in a bath house, he opened fire on the guards outside. He killed Bliss Ad- kisson, trusty guard and wounded other guards. Finally he was forced to surrender when a guard in hiding took him unawares.
 Slaughter often boasted he would never go to the electric chair. At Hot Springs, his cell was searched daily for weapons. After a jury re- turned a verdict of life imprison- ment he turned over to the guards a handful of hack saws, ren1arkine that if the sentence had been death he would not have stayed in jail overnight.
 The state guard wa called out on another occasion just about a year ago to guard the penitentiary here when a plot which he had instigatec for a wholesale delivery of prisoners was uncovered.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

Here you will find something desirable for any one-Exceptonal Jewelry for mother. sister or friend-smoking stands and leather goods novelties for brother and dad-for family gifts decorated glass and wooden artieles-some reproducing an- tique effects-others gayly modern. In all it Is fascinating gardenA place you will love finger.
 Main Floor -
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

pendent so that he he could advance his spiritual development, reads as follows:
 Gardner's Telegram
 Answering your wire. se- cured clothes and money at Ray mond, Wash. Took machine at Raymond Drove to Vancouver. Abandoned machine there. Rode intsrurhan to Oregon City. Took
 motorcycle and rode by easy stages through Oregon. Spent week in Medford. Game on down to Gordon valley Saw the baby. Went to Sacramento, then south through Los Angeles to Capistra- no and abandoned motorcycle 70 miles from San Diego. Took train 10 San Diego, then to Mesicali for three days, then to Phoenix via Yuma and Maricopa.
 "Waited 20 days in Phoenix for answer from attorney general. Postmaster General Hayes gave out interview stating that there would be no compromise with mail bandits. l took that state ment for my answer and proceed ed to operate. l had my choice of killing the mail clerk or sub n1tttin9 10 capture ana | ter nun take me. Tell Dollie l am writ ing her tonight at San Fran cisco"
 North then testified, in explanation of allussions m the letter that or Sept. 26, after Gardner's escaps from McNeil island he received from the bandit letter in which a letter tC President Harding was enclosed. Thi: later communication was sent to thC president by North. and in turn i was given to Postmaster Genera Hays an dtheh to Attorney Genera Daugherty. In his letter to North Gardner said:
 q wish that you tell the work that am through as a criminal-' The letter to the president was al appeal for a pardon and an oppor- tunity ito prove to the world tha a criminal can reform and be an asse to society and a good husband anC father"
 He also said in this letter to tn,
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

oped from childhood. Persons of this type are trouble makers wherever they are. The prisons and jails the world over are filled with them. The wardens and jailers know them well. There are not many in the hospitals because they cannot be called in sane"
 At this point court was adjourned until this morning at 9:S0 o'clock. Before permitting the audience, which was one of the largest to attend the trial, to leave the room. Judge Will liam H. Sawtelle warned them that anyone expressing any opinion of the case before members of the jury will be liable to a Jail sentence.
 The fifth day of the bandits trial opened in the morning with the ites- timony of Edwin M. Allen, manager of the Western Union Telegraph of flee here, who appeared for the gov ernment and who identified a tele- gram which had been sent by Gard ner to George l.. North, assistant managing editor of the San Francis co Bulletin. the day after his arrest.
 Following this. Mrs. B. O. Tender son. residing at Seventh and FiH- more streets in house in which Gardner had testified he had lived between Oct. 22 and Nov. 1, testified that he had never lived there and that she had never seen him until she entered the court room yesterday morning.
 The next witness was George L. North of the Bulletin. He testified that he had interviewed Gardner in the federal penitentiary at McNeil Island, Puget Sound, on June 13, 1921, when Gardner told him the story of his life from his childhood to that date. North said that he and Gard ner expected to syndicate the story and sell it to various newspapers, but that these hopes were not real ized as only two papers accepted it. | One was the St. Louis Post-Dispatch | which paid $50 for it and the Los | Angeles Express which paid s150
 The money received from the two | papers was given to Mrs Gardner North then identified the telegram
 sent by Gardner to him after his ar
 rest, saying it was sent in response
 to a wire from himself asking foI 1 Gardner's story Of his escape from the penitentlary. his telegram. which
 was introduced by the government
 to show that Gardner had a motive
 for his robberies different from that | given by him to the examining alien- 1 ists, in which he declared that he 1 was trying to make himself inde-
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

suipped all the tires from a roadster selSnging to Edward Dempsey, son of tne warden
 Started Crime at IA
 Slaughter is 26 years old. He told ta Associated Press correspondent at me tune of his first incarceration in me penitentiary here that he was reared in Southern Arkansas. and Naen fl years old was convicted of a charge of grand larceny and sen fenced 10 the reform school. He served his term and then drifted into Oklahoma Since that time he has participated in numerous bank rob ber1es in Arkansas. Oklahoma, Texas. Missouri and elsewhere. He escaped twice from the Texas penitentiary and his term in Texas was unexpired when he killed Deputy Sheriff Brown in Hot Springs a little over a year REo-
 Slaughter denied a killing credited 10 him in Pennsylvania but admitted that he had taken part in many rob- berries.
 Slaughter made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the prison
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

president:
 "l have spent many sleepiess
 nights in and out of jail trying to
 undo the things l have done. have broken the heart of the dear
 est little woman that ever lived,
 my wife and my little baby, Jean
 is growing up with the stigma of
 her fathers shame upon her. Mr. Harding, am going to ask you
 to grant me one chance by sus-
 pending thu sentences now await
 ing me-"
 North said after the trial that he ha dreceived an answer to this let ter from Attorney General Daugh- erty, who said that he could not promise any pardon to Gardner.
 F. E. Jarvis chief postal inspector at San Diego who was in charge of the investigations of Gardner aris- ing out of his robbery of a truck there on Apr 20, 1920, repeated Gardner's story of the crime as told by the bandit to him at the time. In this confession Gardner told Jarvis the witness testified, that he had sto- len a mail pouch at Kern, Calif., and had buried 1t. He told Jarvis where 1t was and 1t was afterward found
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10
United States To Retain Control Of
 Colorado Waters
(Continued from Page D

Hoover, secretary of commerce. as government member. It is prob able he will be chairman of the com mission. the advices said.
 The secretary, who attended the meeting as the personal representa- tive of President Harding, said he had no message from the executive but that the president in his mes sage to congress, had used terms that the secretary thought would meet the approval of all people of the arid land regions"
 A tentative form of contract be- tween Los Angeles and the reclama- ton service, prepared in Los Angeles, was referred to by l.. Ward Ban mister, of Denver. as failing to pro- vide for insurance of rights of the
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

then adjourn the open sessions for a week. The committee agreed to sum- mon anybody he felt could give evil dence as to the illegal hangings. ~~
 Senator Watson asserted at today% session that "Col. Theodore Roose 2 veIt, Jr., corroborated my statemert that a soldier was shot by an officer" but this statement was formally de- nied tonight by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt in letter to Chairman Brandegee in which he of- fered to appear as a witness before the committee.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10
STATE T|GHTENS NET OF EVIDENCE
 IN bURCH TRIAL

LOS ANGELES. Dec. .f9-Testimon in the trial of Arthur c. Burch for the alleged murder of J. Belton Ken nedy, late today, indicated that he was at a point near Santa Monica on the edge of the Pacific ocean, within an hour after the time Kennedy was shot and killed in Beverly Glenn. eight miles away. 1t is the conten- ton of the prosecution that the shot gun with which Kennedy's life was taken. was hurled into the ocean near Santa Monica
 Louis Besanty and his wife had testified earlier in the day that Burch drove through Beverly Glen subse- duent to the time he was declared to have been seen at the pecan. He seemed to be looking to see what he could see.' Besanty said.
 c. s. Summar. Los Angeles real estate dealer. the last witness of the | day. said he was driving with his wife near the mouth of Santa Monica Canyon. near the beach. between 9:45 D. m. and 10 o'clock on the night of | August 5. The staying of Kennedy had been fixed at shortly after nine. Summar said he turned corner and when confronted with a pair of glaring headlights. fixed to car | backed alongside the road He said he was forced to stop because the lights blinded him. Then. he de- clared. he saw Rurch seated in the car with the lights. He described the car as a roadster as one of the same make which Burch. according to
 previous testimony. rented early that
 evening in Los Angeles.
 l Summar said he "swore at Burch.'
 and the latter made no reply. Sum- mars examination will be resumed
 Monday morning. to which time court | ad ioiIrnad
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

The original manuscripts of the Constitution of the United states and the Declaration of Independence have been removed from the State Depart ment and hace been placed In the L.braray of Congress that building being of modern fireproof construc- ton, with appropriate exhibition halls.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-10

War horses and mules attached to the American forces during the World War have been commemorated oy a bronze tablet recently unveiled in the War and Navy Building at Washing tnr
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16

Yesterdays Previous Year
close. close. aeos
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
Butter, Cheese and Eggs

Butter-Recetpts We're 1856 packages
c1rsamery, higher scoring than extras
hrsts. SO TO 81 score, 40la QD43c; SO to SO
score, $40 SO nc: seconds, SO to 81 score
j. "a q SO &C. lower grades, 32W33c; central
39la a 4oc So score, Ssk qssc: IS score score
3Sc; SIS to 81 score, 34G361hc; cream !,
cry, cry unsalted, higher than extras, 46h @
10 10 y 81 score 40 y % 44c frsts ss to 50 score
grades, 32@ssc; creamery held or stor-
age, age, high scoring. 42@4Sc; extras, 4Ola %
411ac; firsts, $1,000; seconds. 33@ 36c,
creamery, held, unsalted, high scoring
4H2l2 ~ @ 4aAc; extras, Al 0142c; frsts. 3760
hnest a30 &c; good to prime 3S Q42c
common to fair. So@37c; ladies, current
MAKE. MAKE, extras. aa;l Ss@34c frsts 3o@31c;
packing stock. current make. No /, 29c;
NO. q 2sc: lower grades. 25 Qp27c.
voria nhieesse-Receipts g, were 1877 boxes. New
sS sS "a c; fresh specials, 81 d 22c; average run,
@iresh @ 2O1ac; state twins. held specials
~ ee2Se; s2@o fresh specials, 21@ 22c; average
colored fancy. 81 q 22c; Young Americas
q N = % S2ci state state skins 4@17c;
frs,a rresh gathered extras. doz.. 59@6oc; extra
hrsts. 5S@5S firsts. 50055c; seconds, AZ a.
ssc Sc: Sn Slr'iss' 90 Tsgglar packed No. SIG
ddry. S4Q36c; sterilized held whites,
43c; refrigerator eggs (charges paid 20 ex-
piTlng dates). trsts, 30 q 40c, seconds, 240
sc white eggs, 400 45c; sterilized whites
fancy, bl@ 54c; average prime, 4S@5Oc
Drown and mixed colors, 10000; nearby
ana whlte eggs: N. J. hennery whites ex-
ira fancy candled selections, 75c; nearby
and nearby Western hennery whites ayer-
age extra. 71@72c extra frsts. 81 a. zoe:
nrsts. sS066c; nearby gathered whites
irsts to extra nrsts, ESQ Zoe; undergrades'
e5W62c; pullet eggs graded smallest out
re oSc; unassorted 52@56c: Pacific Coast
whites, extras, 71@72c; extra frsts. ESQ
roc; frsts. 63@66c; undergrades. son
puIlets, graded. smallest out e7@5Sc. un
assorted. 5bQ56c; other Western and
southern gathered whites B5@65c; nearby
ana nearby Western hennery browns. ex.
tras, 6396oc; nearby brown and mixed
coiorss gathered extras. 10000; frsts TO
extra frsts. 52@5Sc ~
:. Potatoss--Ma!ne. 1s0 lbs, s3.25@4; 1865
los. 50 100: state. $50 lbs. S325Ts. 80:
l65 lbs. s3@3.5o; 1850 lbs. s393.25; Long
Island. bbl., $4.75@5.40; Jersey long. 159
lbs, S225@2.50; No. ., Sl50@l75: Wiz
ginia second crop, s3.25@s4: Bermuda.
Dbl. 5000; sweets Virginia, bb. s350p
4.75; Jersey bsk., sfQp2.25 Delaware and
Maryland. s1.3S@1.70 yams, Virginia, bbl,.
$3@4; anise, Louisiana. bbl., s350Q04 arti.
chokes. California. drum, s1s@14; box,
s9@10; Jerusalem. bbl.. s6D7; beans, Flor
ida, bsk.. s2@6.50: beets, bbl.. s2@2.25,
100 bchs., 1905; Brussels sprouts, Long
Island. qt.. 10000; ACalifornia, drum
$697; carrots nearby. 400. $3@A; state.
bag. t202.1s western, hamper, 3iI6l
LIS: bermuda, crt.. $202.2S.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
Slight Decline
I'm the Ratio of
Reserve System
Only Small Change in Bor-
rowings of Me IN b err
Banks; Figures of N. Y.
Institution Also Lower

For the first time in several weeks the
Federal Reserve System shows a
slight decline in its ratio of total re-
serves to deposit and Federal Reserve
note liabilities, the ratio as OF the
close Of business on Wednesday stand
ing at 72.6 per cent, against 731 per
cent the previous week
The system reported only slight
change in the borrowings of member
banks, but circulation of Federal Re
serve notes rose from S2,373,355, 900 to
$2,393 ,777.000. Gold reserves increased
from S2S5l ,027,000 to $2,s69, ,173 900
The Federal Reserve Bank Of New
-t"toment disclosed a
rate Of 70 8 per cent, against SIG per
cent at the end Of last week. Mem
Der bank borrowings against CONNER
cial paper dropped from $1o2,331 900
to SS7,S78,722. The bank lost approx
v,vov IN Its holdings Of
ola and gold certificates, but it gained
$46,000,000 through the gold settle
mcnt fund.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
Coffee Futures-The range Of prices:
Strength in Corn Aids
Wheat Rally After Drop

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Grain prices de-
veloped strength to-day, largely as a
result Of gossip that Congress would
appropriate funds for the purchase o.
100000 bushels of corn and 3,O0O,OVu
bushels of wheat for Russian relief
Wheat closed strong. 1@17sc net high,
err, with May at S1.t29s 0SL12$4 and
July st S1.03 u @Ds1.03l4. Corn gained
g a 5sc and oats Z 0$sc. In provisions
the outcome was unchanged to 212c up
At first the wheat market showed
downward tendency because of prospects
OF rain or snow likely to afford relief from
drought in the Southwest i being tn@
fifth day of declining prices, however. sen
ing was onIy half hearted. and caution on
crop in receipts ut Nor hern terminals.
Gradually attention Of traders began 70
focus on the possible market effects OK
600 10 buy foodstufs FOR Russia. Conse,
quent Increase of bullish sentiment showed
itself first in the corn pit. hu> later was
much more manifest in the wheat marke',,
Active commission house buying o.
wheat followed. especially during the isS
half hour Reduced CROP estimates rou.
Canada counted a further stimulus -
tho finish
Tpturns in corn and oats, as well as N
wheat, were mainly ascribed 70 Russia
relief talk. On the other hand. hoers,
sales Of corn 10 80 into storage here acHt
somewhat as a counter balance.
Scattered buying on Eastern account ny
held provisions.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
Upturn in Cotton
After Early Drop:
Selling g Is Light
improved Spot Demand !.
Factor +: in Recovery >,
Shorts Cover; Chan.sss -
at the Close Are Small

Wednesdays rallies we're yon.
by reactions in the cotton marLa. L.o"sd
terday, but prices frmed up a-s ar., yes
the late trading on reports Of : an sa IN
what better spot demand. The nr;cs le.
January contracts advanced from p-,ss ~ % 81
TO 1889, and closed at 17.50c. v,,.s 5'.DSe .ze
general market closing stcadv ~. .ns
points higher to points lower
Tho early cables from f,iyernoo,
nlgher on continued contiaentaI ssrs
out prices eased of later under nayttng
Ter selling. accom- panied by reuo-ts - nes-
tinued duilness ta the British clotb - . coh-
ger ana some low priced sales by la, r.s,-
hoioers The failure OF l:uuidatian &, asHk
come more active after the rally -, ~ y, oe-
10 points from the low price n T,sss.at sv9at
morning was "A disappointment IN sa,.s. s4S.
me carly sellers however. and noxesol ..s @
became moro general during the sffer..sanls
January was relatively firm as tba bsNosa ~
ciai statement OF cerfifca;ed stocE ~ "
hrmed Wednesdays reports Of f,-ssa-
withdrawals which brought the tots; -
to about 700 bales or little rnn~s sn .Lsnn
nalf the amount paid here before Janarss. -sa
interests took UP cotton on Octnher -
tracts. A telegram from Mern1b;s ssn, ~,
that New England mill agent was IN 'ss ~.
market there for 1000 bales Of cotton sss 1s
there were other reports from The sor,t
OF ar slQuiry for spots from Boston.
Southern spot quotations were uncha-vod
to - points higher. generally unchanged
The local market for spot cotton Va,
quiet and unchanged at &c for mddlny
upland. 10 sales we're reported
The range OF prices
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
Firestone Sales Drop
100000 Inventory Loss in
Year. Saws President

AKRON,Ohio, Dec. 15.-H. S. Fire
stone, president, told stockholders of
the Flrestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany at their annual meeting to-day
that after taking loss Of $16,O0O0OO
in the inventories and tangible assets
the company is entering the new year
on sound basis. The surplus now is
Sl5,s13,258, the report shows.
Sales for the year were reported as
S66,372,93S decrease of AZ per cent
IN dollars and Is per cent in number
of tires from last year. The decrease
was in export and manufacturers
business, sales to dealers increasing
2 per cent. Selling expenses decreased
SO per cent and factory overhead So
per cent
The company reduced bank loans
from $37, ,252 900 to S21, 100000 and has
made arrangements with banks to meet
next years requirements, Mr.. Fire
stone reported
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
Canadian Trade DecIines

SpeciaI Dispatch to The Tri61Ne
MONTREAL, Dec. 15.---Canada's to-
tai import and export trade for No
vember was $151,911,451, compared with
S247,419,020 for November, 1920 For
the elghts months ended November 80
this year total trade had value of
s1,o14,312,6 ,691, as against S1,759 ,211,559
last year. November imports had a
value of $64,271 ,434, and exports 1885,
533S S62
New-York tribune., 1921-12-16
vodnass..,

Southern Spot Markets-Gaveston stead
unchanged at 1860. sales 493 bales Nepr
Orleans steady. unchanged al i6.75c; sales
1851 bales. Mobile noninal. 25 points
higher at 1s.25c: sales nj. Savannah
eteady. unchanged at l7c; sases 4s4 bales
Norfolk steady. unchanged at t7c; sales se
bales. Augusta steady. points higher al
I5,ssc; sales - Dales. .Genpnls sde stead.
ton quiet, uncha nged a t 17.4oc: sales 2.0is
hales. Little Rock quiet. unchanged -
1850; sales $50 bales Dallas steady, w.
charged at 1s.75c, sales All bales
Montgomery firm. unchanged at Is.5ec:
sales 43 bales Fort Worth quiet ua-
changed at l6 Toe. sales 065 bales