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Er-SOLOn OF 20
To Take Bride
OPS Years

CHICAGO. Feb. 24-Los Mantle.
70. former senator from Montana. ad-
mltted today that he and Miss Eta
DAILY. rs. a recent graduate from the
University of Nebraska. win be mar
RED within he next few dnyn- The
marriage license was taken out here
today.
None Of Mr.. Mantie's friends In
Butte. Mont. his home have been In
formed OF the approaching wedding.
he said Miss Laly formerly had lived
in Butte. where Mr.. Mantle sad he
had known her and her family since
she was a small child Sc had been
in Baltimore until a few days ago.
he said. wen he went there from
Butte and tho trip to Chicago was
arranged
ats going to Be a shock to some
OF my old cronies." he said I have
a report as a n~on-marrying man. II
purely n love affair"
, 1922-02-25
Unkn0Wn Youth
Is Identified

DAYTON, Ohio. Feb. 25.-The youth
known as Harold Payton' at he ma
tional military home here who has not
known his "a identity since being
released from the Brooklyn navy yard
hospital In November. 1917. wos identi-
fled as Lawrence Healing. son of w.
II Healing, mine operator and ranch
man Of Heath. Montana.
Healing has been suffering from
aphasia as a result of being hit over
the head with q piece Of steel while
aboard the U. s. S. S-usquehanna in
the bay of Biscay. In his wanderings
as a nameless man he recalled hat he
served for q year as chauffeur to Ruth
Roland, motion picture actress. in
California
Identification was brought about
when the father saw a picture Of his
son in a Montana newspaper as 'Har-
old Payton." the man without a name.
, 1922-02-25

O'Clock and hundreds Of thousands Of
alarmed residents ven to bed not
knowing Just what had happened TO
give rise TO rumors OF concerted bomb
ingz. earthquakes. falling meteors and
disasters to manufacturing plants.
For an hour after the blast the Chi
cago district was in n furore- The
smashing Of glass in thousent- of win
dows. the shaking OF bull iings and the
noise Of the explosion gave RE to re
ports that bombinEs were occurring
simultaneously at many places in the
city.
While the police and newspaper Of
ices were flooded with hundreds OF
Inquiries, and thousands of frightened
people were trying to find tho source
Of the blast. tho Associated Press,
through a curious coincidence, was
able to give the first authentic news
Of the explosion
A Monon railroad signal tower at
Dyer. Ind. received definite word Of
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any confession to make.
Tt is an Insult 10 a man Ike me-"
was his reply. Had I any confession
to make. I would have made II long
ago" But never did he utter the word
Innocent as ho had failed to utter II
during his t~hirty-four months OF i'm
prisonment and the twcntyt-one days
of his trial
He refused the sacrament but cors-
versed a few momsufs with the priest
IT shall DO brave. newer fear he
told he clergyman
Although plans for cho execution
had been kept IN the utmost secrecy.
crowds began to gather about the old
Versailles. JAIN a little eftcr midnight
Tho CHATTER OF cavalry horses along
Georges Clemenceau street. in which
the execution took ptace. was plainly
audible in Landru's cen. and when
no a~oike no heard the sound OF ham
mers as workmen erected '.timberB of
justice by the Pickering light Of two
square. ~oid-fashioned candle lanterns.
The suiIlotine was crested only a
few feet rom the main entrance to
the Jail. At 600 O'Clock the doors OF
tho prison openri slowly, revealing
in the courtyard The p~rora-ator gem
crai. the warden OF the prison and
Landru's two lrwyers. NJ Woro-
Giafferi anc NJ. Dutrcuit-
Then LAndru appeared. clad IN dark
trousers and white shirt His beard,
which WINS one OF his most striking
characteristics, and which had be-
come. familiar to Thousands through
publication OF his portrait during b
trial. had been trimmed: his head was
shaved and his neck and lace were
deathiy paln-
The executioner,s assistants caught
him around the waist and ieyelied
him on the table, which was imme-
diateiy up ended; the heavily weighted
knife slid down, ana the whole affair
was over in less than twenty Seconds.
never faltsred from the time
he appeared in the door; he gave the
guilloSine m look. squared his should
ers and walked erect. uttering o a
word
Tho crowd. which had been kept at
a distance that It saw nothing
of the details, uttered no cry. and the
was only broken by bugles
sounding ~reveiTle in the nearby bar
racks. and the Angelus bells The
saluted as the mystery man" went
to his death
Then the hundred or more news
paper correspondents. and the few Of
hcials who had Witnessed h execu-
tion left the Gene. while outside the
lines of cavalry, many persons were
was It sncverT
There seemed to be more pity than
bitterness, and never q word of In
vective against the man who had Just
paid the penalty for a series OF the
murders IN tho criminal his
tory of France
, 1922-02-25
Wealthy People
Are Connected
OF ShopIifting

Los ANGELES, Cal, ga man
who gavo his name as George l..
Warren. 81. rcputed wealthy head of
the Central Michigan Paper company
Of Grand Rapids. Mich. and his wife.
Mrs. Ellen Warren, GO. were sentenced
here yesterday for shoplifting. Tho
man was given the alternative of
paying a fine of 500 or going TO Jail
for 100 days and the woman the al.
tentative of $50 or so days They
They were charged wttS having taken
small articles from a "~tsIrgain" count
er in a department store They said
they had come to Los Angeles two
months ago. The man assumed re-
sponsibility for the acts OF both.
, 1922-02-25

r FAVORABLE

tee compromise reservations, but the
administration leaders brought about
the defeat Of an of them and h res
ervztionists abandoned all attempts
to qualify further the fourepower and
other treaties IN committee They
said their acquiescence in favorable
committee action simply meant, how
ever. that they were ready to trans
fer their fight TO the open senate
As it Will be embodied IN the report
on the Horsepower treaty. the compro-
mise reservation approved by the
committee, follows:
THE United States understands
that under the statement in the pre-
Continued on Page Four /,
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RLACkMAlLINC
IS CONFESSED

WASHINGTON. Feo. z5.-Geo.
T. Long. veteran war department
clerk and. according to the police.
confessed author of the blackman
letters recently received by Henry
White, former ambassador to
France. and several women promi-
nent in Washington society. was
tending to the needs of a serious
iy III wife and his three children
at their home today. He was per-
, 1922-02-25

cut OH IrOfn the OuIdiue WORTH Slice
Monday night when recovered tele-
phone and telegraph poles collapsed.
dragging down communication. light
and power wires, and railroad traffic
suspended
Two 500 Line engines we're derniled
by falling poles In Ncenah- Other
poles, snapped off under the weight
q two-inch coating OF ice. plunged
through h rood OF the o Line sta
ton Tho telegraph operator on duty
heard them strike the roof and Owed
head first through the nearest window
as the debris showered over his desk
BY noon of Wednesday Neenah was
without light or power and the mayor
a special proclamation warning
against fallen high tension wires.
The Eastern Wisconsin Electric
company's trolley line and all power
wires leading west for the business
district were broken when a Wiscon-
sin Northern train piowed into the
fallen wires. A team OF horses was
by a dangling trolley wire. but
the driver escaped unhurt-
Oshkosh was even harder hit than
Neonah. according to word received
here Both trolley lines from Neenah
are tied up. and officials say it may
, 1922-02-25

power Pacific embodies tie compro-
misc suggested after conferences with
President Harding and declares that
nothing in the treaty shall be con-
strued as forming an alliance II
was approved by a ten to three vote
Also by a division of ten to three,
with Senators Borah, Idaho and
johnson, California. Republicans and
Shields, Democrat, Tennessee. voting
in the negative. the four power treaty
then was ordered reported to he SEN
ate The vote by which the naval linn
isation and submarine treaties wer
.favorably reported was unanimous
Several other votes were taken on
proposed substitutes to the commit
, 1922-02-25
Son of Former
u. S. Minister
Dies of Wound

NoGALEs. ARE, Feb zs.-Capt.
Theodore Marburg. Jr-. shot Friday
at Magdalena, died Friday, 40
cording to = message received here.
Marburg. son Of Theodore Marburg.
Sr.. OF Baltimore. former United
States minister to Belgium. acciden-
tally shot himself last Friday while
examining a gun in front Of a build
Ing in which were the offices of the
Marburg, Kihbey Cattle company at
Magdaienn. Sonora
, 1922-02-25

burning OASIS.
The gasser was developed on section
12-a3-S3 in the Poison Spider field.
The well was finished to the Sundance
formation several months & and vas
listed as n 1000 900 feet gasscr. AS
soon as the New York company re
quired greater pressure they continu-
ed the well deeper into tho sand and
at a depth of 1854 feet completed a
well which tested SIS. 900 900 cubic feet
This production win supply all the
gas consumed in domestic uses in
Casper five times over. and Is a-
elusive OF other huge production in the
field that havo ample capacity to fur
nish Casper with natural gas for many
years TO come
Ii is significant that the New York
on company has never drilled a failure
in the field and vast areas OF its hold
ings in the district are stfli INFESTED.
At the present time there are over
$500 users of gas in Casper as shown
by the records OF the Casper Gas com
pany and distributing organization
OF tho New York on company. Plans
are being made to increase the distri-
button lines this summer to accommo-
date 1000 users according to an
nouncements made at the New York
on company headquarters this morn
ing.
, 1922-02-25


cd to Oshkosh The bus line to Ap-
pleton resumed operations yesterday.
Tho telephone company reports 5000
poles down In the Appleton district
Conditions in surrounding cities are
similar. poles r down. thousands OF
trees ruined and cities IND villages
are without light or power.
Tho paper mills here have sufficient
coal to continue operations for a day
or two. There is no shortage OF food.
With clear weather today the work
OF clearing AWAY the storm debris was
undertaken in earnest Hardly a tree
IN tho district escaped destruction
Tho cold rain las Monday night froze
so fast thas in many places he ice
coating is Rpm four to six inches
thick. Every building. tree n fence
WINS covered with q siistening coat
Drug stores today reported a film
famine, all the available supplies nav
ing beer exhausted by amateur photo
graphers.
Neenah's only communication with
the outside is by a temporary wire
less station installed at a local paper
mill by Charles and W. O Quing and
H q. Bishop. local radio amateurs.
News Is being received from Fond Du
Lac, Manitowoc and Milwaukee,
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OPERATOR FINED
$500 IN DISTRICT COURT

Richard Davis. recently arrested
here on charge Of operating a still on
a ranch southwest of Casper entered
a plea OF guilty in district court yes
terday and was fined $500. W. J..
wilkins arrested in the same connec-
ton has been released for lack of cvt
dence-
, 1922-02-25
KNlGHTSO OF KH0RASSAN HERE
FOR INSTITUTION STATE LODGE

Delegations from many cities IN
Central Wyoming. including Their
mopolis. Rive-ton. Lander. Doug
las. Gienrpck and smaller lunches
from all sections of the state are
on hand for the fete-
Lester Bentley OF PoateIlo. Ida,
representing the imperial prince Of
the order, and Grover Meyer OF
Laramie. grand chancellor Of the
K. of p. in Wyoming, IRE on hand
to direct tonight's activities
, 1922-02-25

Scores OF Knights Of Pythias.
from all over the state. are in Cas-
per today for the institution Of the
temple of the Dramatic Order Of
the Knights OF Khorassan. which
Will be staged at the Odd Fellows
Hall at s o'clock tonight
Tho in~stttution' OF the temple,
which Is the playground OF the
Pythian LODGE. will be accom-
panied by many features to the
spirit of the occasion.
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mittcd to return there several min
utes after the alleged confession
was drawn from him at police
headquarters yesterday. No com-
plant had been lodged against him
today for sending the letters.
which demanded large sums Of
money under threat of death and
the police said would be fled unless
those who received the letters
showed a disposition to press the
case against him.
, 1922-02-25
OFFICERS refuse
TO BELIEVE CONFESSION
MADE IN DETROIT JAIL

allegations Fields made to the De-
troll authorities.
The investigation resolved itself To-
cally largely into a resumption by the
police of running to ground tho
tips on the mystery that were said
to DO reaching the various officials
as frequently as during the days i'm
mediately after the discovery OF ray-
lOr's body on February ?.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-Her
nan Cline. Los Angeles police detee-
tive sergeant. conferred today with
Captain of Detectives Duncan Mathe-
son regarding certain phases OF the
Continued on Page Four
, 1922-02-25
Robbers e ~7L.

BANKS. Orc, Feb. 35--Robbers
last night broke into the Washington
county bank here by tunneiing under
the a of the building and cutting
through the floor. They gained en-
trance to the vault but failed to open
the safe. The banks loss. according
to a report early today by officers.
s271 In small change
, 1922-02-25
Disbelief Is Outspoken After Excitement
of First Reports Passes AUay;
"Tips" on Mystery Followed

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25-Excitement resulting from the
Confession" of Harry N. Fields in Detroit, as to certain al
legged details of the murder of William Desmond Taylor, MIN
director, was subsiding here today, with outspoken express
sions by officials of their disbelief in Fields statements. They
declared they had been unable to substantiate any Of the
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and complied with the state laws" the
assistant fire marshal said. 1.-THE
powder and dynamite wa OF such a
nature that II would not explode with.
out some conclusion or ignition
F. w. Grear. resident manager OF
the Mccook plant. and l. Il Stewart,
master mechanic. told the marshal
they believed the blast was caused by
shovelers who have been unable 10
find employment at the plant. They
said tho company's agreement with
rnion men expired In January and thnt
since that time no new agreement had
been drawn up.
, 1922-02-25
Action by Senate Committee
Taken or Four-Poper Pacific, Naval
Limitation and Submarine Pacts

Feb. 25-The Horsepower Pacific
treaty together with its supplements and a reservation and
the naval limitation and submarine treaties, were ordered
reported today by the senate foreign relations
:
The reservation attached by the committee to the four
, 1922-02-25
MAMMOTH GASsER DRILLED mat
POISON SPIDER BY NETWORK OIL

The completion of another huge gasser in the Poison
Spider field by the New York Oil company yesterday sets at
rest the impression which has been prevalent in some circles
here that the fields lying west of Casper do not furnish ade-
quate gas supply to warrant changing the city to a gas
, 1922-02-25
OUIMET WINS
GOLF FINALS

HOUSTON. Tex. Feb 25.-ouimet
OF Boston. won the FINALS in the golf
tournament today herr from Jacoby
OF Dallas, seven up and six to play.
, 1922-02-25
BLuEBEARD Brave IN
GUILLOT|NE
No Claim of Innocence Passes Lips of Henri Landru Before
Knife Slips Dorm to Exact Penalty for EIepen Lipes
Alleged to Hare Been Taken by FouI Murderer
VERSAILLES. Feb. 25.-

VERSAILLES Feb. 25-( By The ASSOCIATED Prss)-Henry Descre Landru," blue
beard of Gambas' Convicted oft e murder of ten women and one youth gave his life this
morning in exchanged r he had taken h triangular ne of the gumtnef fell at
605 O'Clock, twemgfvel minutes after the lime originally set fort thu execution. the delay
many to express the erroneous opinion that Landau was akn a confession
Mytenous until death, Landru resented ather Losenesq ury as To- whether he lad
, 1922-02-25
IS ROCKED BY
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
of Windy City Thrown into ren2 y
Giant Explosive Goes Off in Suburb; S.
From Whole Streets of Windows
Thirty Tons of
ver of Glass
\ z'owS

CHICAGO. Feb. 25-Afer an anIght investigation of thu W Z te exuIoionw which
asst gnt rocked south mcago, causngS 100000 damage R M Pc a uera assistant fire
plan . PeW"'ae
Two deputies George P. McNany md Calvin t Weeks, agreed with Mr. Perbobns-
matt ne blast, which occurreda at the McCook quarry of the Consumer comnanv ner
Ill, could not have been caused aoid entany ' "A
, 1922-02-25
PEOPLE ON ICE-BOUND TRAIN
WITHOUT FOOD FOR 48 HOURS
Score Of Passengers Get First Eats in THO
Days on ArripaI Last Night at Neenah,
Wisconsin, Claim

NEENAH, Wis, Feb. 25-(By Wireless to The Associated
bound for two days on passenger trains stalled
nine miles north of Neenah, more than a score of passengers
reached this town last night They had been practically
without food for 48 hours.
Neenah, in the center of the Fox River valley. has been
, 1922-02-25

CHICAGO. Feb. 2E.-chicago and
dozenh OF its suburbs today found out
what caused tho blast which literally
shook them to their foundations and
caused q frenzy OF excitement last
night Thirty n OF dynamite
let go in a stone quarry
, 1922-02-25
fires ON BANKER. TWO W0uNDEI
Weather Forecast

Generally fatr tonight and Sunday.
except possibly snow Ia extreme west
and south p~ortionss not much change
in Temperature
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-18
TIMELY HINTS TO
WISE SHOPPERS

BY shopping early you enjoy
the widest selection, before
stocks are depleted-You
avoid the Christmas jam
You get better service-and
you show true Christmas
spirit; for you tighten the
holiday burden of the sales
people.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-18
Betty Finishes Her
Christmas Buying

When Betty May got home, she
found Bob waiting for her and i'm
mediately plunged into the story of
her days shopping. She said,
"Thank Goodness! That S done at
last. Bob dear, it certainly pays
to shop early Already the stores
are crowded and any one who waits
until the last of the week, will
surely have a terrible time and be-
sides that, 50 many eff the incest
things will be gone. At that, tho,
the stores seem to be wonderfully
well stocked. / have seen so many
beautiful things today, that it is
to believe that most of them will
be sold before Christmas.
Why Stores Are Progressive
"You know, Bob, - said Betty, ~
have often wondered why it is that
the stores here are so far ahead of
those in towns of similar size, back
East, and think / have it figured
out. Until lately, the Imperial
Valley has been a frontier and like
all frontiers it calls to the best men
of the settled communication of
enterprise and virility. That is the
kind of men who own the stores
here. Such men are always ahead
of the times and no matter what
they do, they are leaders. In the
small towns back East, the mer-
chants are, for the most part, fast
asleep-that is why the mail order
houses do suchc big business i'll
them. Here the mail order houses
do not fare so well for you can see
the very things they are advertising.
right in. the stores and naturally you
buy them rather than take Il chance
on something coming from dis
tance. y. 'a
Filled With Pretty Novelties
"And it is not only in the ex-
pensive things that the stores here
are ahead. / never saw more pretty
novelties. See these carringss They
look like real pearls, yet | bought
them at Solomon s for so little that
/ am ashamed to tell you just what
/ paid. And look at these Christ.
mas Cards, You could not find more
appropriate ones in Marshal Field s.
They came from the Valley Drug
Company. told Mr.. Burns that
the only trouble with his cards was
that there were so many and they
were all so pretty, that 1T was al
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-18

most impossible to make choice.
And by the way, | bought another
Cozy Glow Heater for the spare
room and if / had not already spent
SO much. money, l would have been.
tempted to get an electric range.
for the Southern Electrical Company
carry such good ones and give such
easy terms. | told Mr.. Jeancon, /
certainly was going to have one in
the SPRING
Betty Remembers Men Folk
'Oh, yes! | almost forgot
bought "a twenty two rifle for
brother jim, at Edgar Brothers
Company. He is just at the age
when boy is crazy fe Il gun.
told them to send it up here so you
could look at it, / know SO little
about guns. And / bought you "a
leather coat, to go hunting in. I did
not intend to tell you before Christ
mas, but / know you plan on going
hunting tomorrow and | wanted you
TO have it by then. And here is some
thing else | bought. Do you like
them?' And Betty showed Bob
pair of lovely silver vases she had
bought at Smith and Slocum S. q
am going to give them to mother.
| had intended to send her the love
ly Victor Photograph we picked out
at The Imperial Valley Hardware
Company, last week; but / happen
ed to stop in there for II minute to-
day and listened to an f Olson. Well
you know that almost made me de-
eide ON it. / just can t make up
my mind which is BEST, they bot
are so good so l deeided to wait
until after Christmas to decide and
to send mother something else in
the meantime
Mans Shop So Nice
81 guess you will laugh at me
for looking at Il barber shop sail
Betty, "but you know, Bob, as /
was passing the Southern Barber
Shop, it looked so fresh and clean,
/ almost wished l were a man, just
so | could patronize it. / Away
want you to go there. And that re-
minds me. BE sure and leave your
evening clothes at The Suititorium
in the morning so they will be ready
for the Christmas Ball. Oh! By the
way, Mr.. Holt told me that the new
headlight lenses you ordered were
here and wants you to stop at the
Electrical Service Company in the
morning, so he can put them on for
you and don forget to go to Hala-
well Brothers and have your crank
ease drained also. You told me tc
remind you of it. -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-19

In those attractive and practical MILDLY and Peter
Pan styles. OF galetea and durctta CLOTH plain
and colOred; some with plain collars others
fancy trimmed. Good durable Suits at a consid-
cradle saving over the regular price. Sizes to
Z years. In two groups at
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-19
PRIMARIES ARE
HOLDING STAGE
NEBRASKA TODAY

Omaha, Neb, July 19.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press principal interest in
the Nebraska primaries today centered
in the race for the United States SEN
atorial nomination on the Republican
ticket for which r. B. Howell, Nation
al committeeman, made his campaign
as "a forward looking Republican"
with progressive policies.
Albert LETTERS, of Omaha, present
congressman; c. II. Gustafson, head
of the United States Grain Growers,
Inc; John o. Yeiser, of Omaha; At
torney General Clarence M. Davis and
Frank John, of Grand Island, also
were contestants.
In the Democratic primary the vot-
ers were called upon to choose be-
tween Senator Hitchcock, Anthony 7.
Monohan, of Omaha, and j. o. Shroy-
er, of Humboldt, for the senatorial
nomination, the latter having been
drafted by dry Democrats, according to
F. A. High, of the State Anti-Saloon
League.
Progressives who formed a third
party at Grand Island last December
with a policy of government owner
ship of railroads, adequate prices for
farm products and for labor in general
were to choose between A. H. Bige-
low, an Omaha attorney, and Senator
G. Wray of York, prominent in Theo-
dore Roosevelt's Bull Moose party in
1912, as their choice for the Senate
nomination. All three parties have
candidates for governor and all other
state offices, in addition to which the
prohibitionists have woman candi-
date for congress in the first district,
Mrs. E. Luella Barton, of Lincoln, who
was nominated without opposition.
Polls opened at a. m. and will
close at s o'clock tonight,
There. are a number Of women can
dfdates besides Mrs. Barton, among
them being Mrs. Luella Bull, of Cleve-
land, seeking congressional nomina-
ton from the fourth district.