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Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
CHURCH CARRIED
 ID EXECUT UT|0N
Slayer of Auto Salesmen Has to, Be Carried in Chair to
 Place of Execution

CHICAGO, March 3.-In the same lay during hunger strike lasting 46 days, Harvey W. Church, who killed in cold blood two automobile sales men to obtain possession of an auto mobile, was hanged in the Cook county jail today after being carried to the galows' in chair, in which he remained seated when the trap was sprung.
 Almost until the moment the trap was sprung, attorneys were trying to procure a stay of execution. Nine minutes before Church was hanged, Judge Hickman Scanlan denied a stay; four minutes before Judge Jo- seph David took similar action. A petition for a frit of habeas corpus was filed in the superior court less than 10 minutes before Church was hanged Before it could be heard, he was executed. The last minute ef- forts to save Church's life were made on humanitarian grounds and on the contention that he was ot present in court during d sanity hearing.
 Earlier in the day, the prisoner was visited in the death cell by his par ents.' and sister. and spoke their names. the first words to. pass his lips since he started the hunger strike. He made no statement. Photographs of the hanging were made for the first time in Cook county's history.
 Church last summer killed Bernard Daugherty and Carl Ausmus, auto mobile salesmen. He cunningly lured them, one at a time, to the basement of his home and beat them to death with club, according to his confes- sion. Daugherty's body he threw In the Des Plaines river, while that of Ausmus he buried in his garage Even before the bodies were disposed of. Church took his mother and a neighbor for ride in the car obtained through the double murder. and the next day drove to his former home at Adams, Wis, accompanied by his mother.
 There he was arrested and brought back to Chicago. He confessed, and although he later repudiated his state ments, evidence at teh trial bore out his story and he was convicted.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
Judge May Dismiss
 Charge of Murder
 in Obenchain Case

LOS ANGELES, Mar. B. Judge Sidney N. Reeve of the Los Angeles superior court, today took under ad- visement a motion to dismiss the charge Of murder against Mrs. Mad '9lynne Obenchain, accused of con- spring with Arthur c. Burch to slay J. Belton Kennedy. Arguments on this and on motions to strike out cer- tain portions of the states testimony were heard by the judge in the ab- 'sence of the jury.
 The judge struck out certain testi- mony relating to actions Of Burch in Los Angeles hotel prior to the slaying, holding thot it had not been shown these had any bearing upon the alleged conspiracy. Decision on the remaining motions was reserved.
 The trial was adjourned until Mon- day. when it :s expected the state will rest after the examination of one witness.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
GEQB GE {.
 RETAINS gF|CE
British Premier's Mhreat to Resign Is StaSxd by
 Colleagues s Rsdnest

LONDON, Mar. S.-(Bf the Asso- ciated Prcss) - Premier Lloyd Georges threat to resign. has been suspended at the urgent solicitation of his Unioaist colleagues in the cab inet, according to an authoritative statement tonight, but no justifica- tion for its withdrawal Is said to ex- ist as yet
 Official denial is made that any exact time limit has been fixed for receivel appearances of loyalty to the premier from the adherents of Sir George Younger, the Unionist leader, although it is added that ob. viously the tension had not been ex- tended indefinitely.
 Meanwhile, there Is no indication of any move on the part of the Union ist party to dethrone Yopunger as its head. No meeting of the whole Un- ionist party has been called, and the general opinion is that the only hap pening will be that the U1ionist min ister in the cabinet-Arthur J. Bal. four and Austen ChambeTlain-- may publicly reprove Youngeyyfor his tac- tics, as Lord Birkenhead talready has done. e..
 Speaking at Oxford today, Austen Chamberlain announced that the Un- ionist ministers had unAAamously re- quested the premier tHsNontinue as head of the government1s
 Chamberlain said that .Ehen Premi- CT Asquith resigned duFAg the war, Lloyd George had not sS,&sht the pre- miership, but desired toiAerve under Arthur J. Palfour or Asffrew Bonar Law. Both these men Thought it in the national interest that Lloyd George should have the premiership and he accepted the post at their re- quest.
 Lloyd George then said that if. at any time. he felt that the country's interests would be better served by the return to the party government, he gladly would retire In favor of either Balfour or Bonar Law
 "Mr. Lloyd George repeated that offer to me the other day" Chamber lain continued. And he would not tPlIe my answer, but asked me for mally to confer with my party and
 let him have their reply.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
Plume is Again in Limelight;
 Revolutionists Master City

ROME. Mar 3. Alarming news from Plume has been received by the Giornale d'Italia, reporting that the Fascist revolutionists are masters of the city and have formed a govern ment. President Zanella and his fol- lowers have fled to Buccari, near FI- tune.
 The accounts received by the paper say that the Zanella police attempted "a sortie from the palace. but were re- pulsed after sharp fight. The pal ace then was besieged. A lieutenant of carabiniers was killed and many on both sides were wounded. The revolutio1ists tried 10 lombard the palace from an armored boat but were prevented from doing so by an Italian torpedo boat.
 The Italian destroyer Mirabello is expected to arrive shortly at Plume from Pola, with landing troops.
 ROME, Mar. 3.-(By the Associat- ed Press) headed by Depu- ty Giunta, today attacked the govern
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
Passes Appropriation Bill of
 $1O8, 8,5OO,O00; Sent to Senate

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Without 8 record vote, the house today passed and sent to the senate a bill appro- priating approximately S10S,500, 900 to meet deficiencies of various govern ment departments. The largest item carried in the measure if $94,000,O00 for the veterans bureau.
 A provision which would limit to $6,30O.000 the amount the navy depart ment would spend for fuel during the next four months remained in the bill without provoking discussion.
 One of the few amendments adopt ed increased the total for the enforce ment of the maternity act during the remainder of the current fiscal year from s370.000 to $40O,00O. The bill also carries S5.000.00O for the initial payment to the Republic of Colombia under the treaty recently ratified as 8 settlement of the Panama ,ontrov- ersy.
 With less than 100 members on tho floor, an amendment. which would have made $15O.O0O available for de-
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
HARDING TAKES
 HAND IN ARMY
 GUT DISCUSSION
Harding Talks With Pershing, Then Summons Members
 to Conference
PERSHING AGAINST CUT
Leaders Are Confident That Conservative Course in
 Reduction Will F Follow

WASHINGTON. March 3.-Presi- dent Harding took a hand in the army strength discussion today, summoning members of the house army appro- rriations subcommittee into confer ence after a talk with General Persh- ing. The subcommittee yesterday agreed tentatively to cut teh army enlisted strength for next year from the authorized 15O,O0O to 115,O0O. Ar ter the White House conference, it was disclosed that an administration policy for a force of not less than 130,000 had been formulated and ex- pressed. The present actual strength is Spout 137,O00.
 General Pershing would not discuss the nature of His talk with the presi- dent, but when the summons to Chair man Anthony and his associates fol- lowed, there was no effort to conceal that General Pershing had felt it nee essary to appeal to the president against the cut in the army the com mittee had in mind.
 AS active head of the army, Gen. eral Pershing is known to feel that not alone the efficiency of. the new military policy worked out under the national defense act of 1920 was threatened, but that even the post war scheme to combine the regulars, national guard and organized reserve into one arpny would be impaired if the regular service was further reduced before the new system had been per fected and was in opration.
 At the war department, Acting Sec retary Wainwright said the military policy of 1920 was passed as an abid- ing policy and was not plan "sub- ject to the whim or caprice of every shift in the economic situation"
 If that policy was needed in 1920 it also is needed in 1922" he said.
 With relation. to General Pershing's call at the White House, Wainwright said that mo man is better fitted to speak with authority on this questiCn than he." He pointed out that Gen. eral Pershing alone of the command CTS of the great army that fought in the World war was still in active serv- ice for his country, "and content to command now an army of 150,000 men,"
 We feel" Wainwright said. that he is doing this because he feels it his patriotic duty to give his expe- rience and knowledge to the task of establishing a sound, peace-time mill itary policy such as the act of 1920 provides"
 Full confidence was expressed in administration circles after the sub committees conference with the pres- ident that conservative course would be followed in army reduction when congress completes it's work on the appropriation bills. The commit teemen are known to have been as- sured of complete sympathy by the executive with their desire to reduce government expenditures in every possible way. It was quite evident. however. that a cut below the 130.000 strength figure would not be regard ed by Harding as conservative" in view of the present situation in the world.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04

ment palace in Fiume. They fired 20 cannon shots into the huildir-. whereupol those besieged in the nal ace hoisted the flag of surrender They offered to give themselves inio the hands of the Italian authorities. but Giunta declined the offer and gave them three minutes in which to surrender unconditionallv. President Zanella was then obliged to yield.
 Later. Zanella issued the following declaration:
 As a result of today's events. which have compelled me to surrend- CT to the revolutionary forces. I have transferred my forces to the national citizens committee of defense. which stirred up this movement"
 Former legionnaires from Plume led by Captain Palazzoli have tele- graphed Gabrielle d'Annunzio to come to Rome Sunday to participate in a procession. The procession will march to the tomb of Italy's unknown soldier, where the annexation of Fi- ume to Italy is to be proclaimed by the demonstrators.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
BENNETT SAYS HE SHOT IN SELF DEFENSE
Train Crashes Into Motor Bus
 13 are Killed
Express Hits Passenger Bus at Crossing, Resulting in
 B Deaths; l2 Injured

CLEVELAND. Mar. 3. - Thirteen persons were killed and approximate ly dozen injured, four perhaps fatal ly. late tonight, when New York Gen. rthl Express train No. 600, east bound, crashed into a bus at the St. Clair street crossing in Gainesville Only five of the dead were identified at late hour. All are believed to have been residents of Gainesville and Fairport. between which cities the bus operated.
 Dead and dying were hurled along the railroad right of way for several hundred feet. Bodies of three of the victims were found lodged on the locomotive pilot when the train was brought from a 60 mile an hour pace to halt. 400 yards from the scene of the collision.
 According to railroad officials here New York Central train No g, west bound, crashed into the wreckage.
 Eleven of the dead were taken to morgues at Gainesville, and it Is un- derstood two bodies were taken to Fafrport. Five are women.
 The motor bus had just left Paines vile for it's last trip of the night. Just how the crash occurred was still undetermined late tonight, Joe Ad- ans, driver of the bus, being uncon- scious in a Poinesville hosnital. Phy. sicians said he probably will die
 Frank Fernandez of Buffalo, the engineer, saw the machine on the track a few seconds before the loco- motive met it, but too late to check his speed
 Railroad employees and residents of houses nearby were first to the aid of the victims.
 'Mangled bodies lay along the rail- road for nearly three blocks" said Chief of Police T. J. Appleton of Gainesville, one of the first to reach the scene. 'I found some of them at the crossing, but most were up the track. Some were thrown onto the pilot from the station
 T found MT. Fernandez. the engi- neer. and Milo Cornell. his fireman, beside the engine pilot when I reached there. There were three bodies on the engine; man, a won- An and a young girl. Fernandez and Cornell were trying to take them off. but they were so shaken up that they could not help much."
 The wreckage later caught fire when the gas tank of the bus explod- ed. It could not be learned if any bodies were burned
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
CUE I HALS MAY FINISH JOB AT
 MUSCLE SHOALS
Goethals. of Panama Fame, to Handle Work if Engstrum
 Offer Is Accepted
TO INVESTIGATE OFFER
Both Sessions of Committee Devoted to Consideration
 of Engstrum Proposal

WASHINGTON, Mar 3.-tBy the Associated Press)-George w. Goeth- als, former major general in the army and builder of the Panama Canal. will take personal charge of the de- velopment of the governments war made projects at Muscle Shoals in the event the offer of Frederick E. Engstrum, North Carolina shipbuild- CT, and engineer. for lease and com pletion of the properties, Is accepted by congress, it was announced today.
 Goethals already has agreed, it was added, to accept the task of complet- ing the great dam at Muscle Shoals and other projects there for Eng strum.
 The announcement of the agree ment between Engstrum and Goeth- als was made by Marion Butler, for mer senator from North Carolina, in testimony given the house military committee on the proposal, which was under consideration in competi- tion to those submitted by Henry
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Former Governor and Senator Address State Legislature
 Joint Session; House IS
Former Governor Hunt Heatedy l.AttAcks Co1 Amendments Before Special Session; May To-
 in Tin Lizzie Speaking Against Amendr,

PHOENIX, AriZ., March SC. w. F. Hunt, former governor of Arizona, and Marcus A. Smith, former United States senator from Arizona, late to- day addressed the state legislature in joint session. Governor Campbell and other state officials were present The house gallery was filled to ca p;-city.
 Hunt related some of his expe- riences while United States minister to Siam. Later, he launched an at tack on the copstituional amendment program nowTsbefors sthe special ses- sion.
 Should these amendments go through, he declared, ''Ill get tin lizzie and tour the state and makr speeches against the measures which l feel it is my duty to try to kiln
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
COMMIT TIE IN AGREEMENT LIN
 REVISED BILL
State It Will Be Some Time Before Revised Measure
 Becomes Effective
EXPLAIN BANK LOANS
Some Details of Revised Plan Still Remain to Be Worked
 Out by Committee

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. - Unani nous agreement on compromise soldiers bonus bill along the general lines outlined officials yesterday, was reached today by house ways and means committee Republicans, who believed they Had found a solution oi the problem, which has been giving administration and congressional leaders concern for several weeks The revised measure, however, still has a long road to travel before it reaches the statute books.
 As now drawn, the bill provides for cash payments only to those men whose adjusted service pay would not exceed $50, and these four option al features:
 Adjusted service certificates with an added loan provision which would enable the men to obtain immediate ly from banks sum equal to 90 per cent of the adjusted service pay.
 Vocational training, home and farm laid and land settlement.
 In working out details of the certi- ficate loan provision which was sug- gested originally by Representative Bowers, Republican of West Virginia the majority committeeman reduced the face value of the certificate, which would be the amount of the ad- justed service pay plus 9 per cent plus interest at 1-2 per cent, com pounded annually, instead of the ser vice pay, plus 40 per cent, plus the interest as originally proposed. It was thought this would result in a saving to the government up to DOS sible maximum of half billion dol lars.
 Banks in making loans on the cer- tificates could not charge an interest rate in excess of per cent above the re-discount rate charged by the re- gional federal reserve bank on 90 day paper in the district where the loan was made, and they could not make the loans for period in excess of three years from the date of the cer. tificate, which would not be re-dis- countable by federal reserve banks.
 If the loans had not been repaid on September 30, 1925, the banks could make demand on the government. for the money due. The government. it was stated, then would cash the cer- tificates, pay the bank and turn the remainder over to the service man. The cash surrender value of the cer- tlficate on that date would be S5 per cent of the adjusted service pay, plus interest at 1-2 per cent compounded annually from the date of the certi- ficate. This also would be the loan value for federal advances as of that date.
 Committeeman said it was not DOS sible to estimate how much money the government would have to ad- vance on and after September 90. 1925, as this would depend first upon the number of men electing to take certificates and, second, upon the number borrowing from the hanks and defaulting ia payment or borrow ing directly from the government.
 Tt is hoped and believed said Chairman Fordney in a formal state ment, that when these insurance cer
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Believe Compromise Is Bonus Solution
Big Increases in |salari$
 Are Proposed in Two Bills
 Now Before State, Senate

PHOENIX, AriZ., March 3.-Senator Charles F.. Burton of Yavapai county, today introduced in the senate two bills proposing to increase the gover- por's salary from $6,5OO a year to S12.000, and to raise the pay of leg islators from g day to SIP
 A bill introduced in the house by Representative Stewart of Yavapai, would amend the law governing pas senger and freight traffic on state highways, reducing discretion exer- cised by the state corporation commIs- sion in granting or denying certifi- cates of necessity and convenience. t provides an applicant presenting a pe- tition signed by 500 residents of either terminus of a proposed line shall
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
BACK HARD|NG
 IN HIS PLAN FOR
 LARGER MARINE
Plan For Merchant Marine Finds Support at Annual
 Shipping Convention

WASHINGTON, Mar. B. Support of President Harding's plan for an American merchant marine was vofc- ed by leaders in the shipping world, Chairman Lasker and Rear Admiral William s. Benson, retired, former chairman. of the shipping board. at the, opening session, of the annual convention today of the National Mer chant Marine Association. At din- nor tonight, Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, chairman of the sen- ate committee on commerce, and II. H. Raymond. president of the Clyde Mallory Lines. and president of the American Steamship Owners Asso- citation, discussed the general ship ping association.
 Admiral Benson told the several hundred delegates there were evils which were preventing the proper de- velopment of the shipping industry, and that the fact must be faced that a certain portion "of our shipping fs tainted with foreign interests" He added that allowance should be made however, for foreign interest in Am erican shipping. because these for .eign interests came to the support or
 
 actually and badly needed
 Lasker declared that without a well-balanced and adequate merchant marine, the co,Iytry could not be pro- perly developed.
 P. A. S.. Franklin of the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine Corpora. tion, and W. A. Hartman of the Am erican Ship. and Commerce Corpora tion, endorsed Lasker's view as to The proposed shipping bill, Franklin said, was the best that has been be- fore congress in the 30 years he has been identified with shipping inter- ests, and he added:
 'It has a splendid chance to pass and deserves the support of every. body who has the interest of the na- tion at heart"
 ''The great difficulty today con- fronting the shipping industry" said Franklin, 'is that there are too many steamers. not enough steamship com panies. and not enough people with their money invested in the busi ness"
 Edgar P. Young. publisher of the Marine Journal of New York, created a stir at the afternoon session by an attack on England and the press of the country. referring to the latter as being opposed to honest merchant marine policies" He declared that Great Britain has swept us from the seas and now Is striving to de- stroy our coastwise shipping"
Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
DEFENDANT IN MURDER TRIAL SAYS OSBORNE
 WAS DANGEROUS
Veteran Cattleman and Peace Officer Takes Stand. Tells
 Story of Benson Staying
THOUGHT RED ARMED
Billy Bennett Charges Mrs. Hoover Was Drunk During
 Trouble January P

Red caiIel me double-crosser and scrused me of stealing his booze. He reached back toward his hip pocket. thought he was reaching for a aun and l fired. The first shot didn't stop him so ] fired three times more. as fast as l could pull, and killed him."
 "l had known for years that Red mad the reputation of being . bad man; that he always carried a aun. thought he had a gun on that day and ] killed him only because ! be- iieved my own life was in danger"
 Billy" Bennett, cattleman and vet eran peace officer of Benson, yester- day took the witness stand and, with the above statements, defended his action in killing E. O. (Red) Osborne at Benson on January 22 Bennett IS on trial in Judge A. C. Lockwood's court at Tombstone on a charge of murder growing out of the staying Of Osborne
 Cross examination failed to shake bennetts testimony that he fired only because he feared Osborne intended killing him, and not because he knew Osborne was unarmed. as Mrs. Ruth Noover, Osborne's companion. had testified to on the first day of the trial.
 "I fired the first time to break his arm," said Bennett. Then I hesI- -tated a moment. But Red kept fish ing at his hip pocket like he was try stopped him, so I started working on ing to draw q gun. I seen I hadn't him. l fired three times mere as fast as 1 could"
 Bennett Takes Stand.
 The sensational testimony during the first two days of the trial was eclipsed by yesterdays developments. The entire session of court yesterday was given over to witnesses whose every word, gesture and even their dress and appearance branded them as typically western from head 10 toe And the testimony they gave sounce,- like a chapter or two from a nove. written about the oldw est-of the days when six-shooters were more than ornaments and Judge Colts kept the coroners busy.
 Immediately after the court opened yesterday morning, Billy" Bennett was swor mas a witness and took the stand. It was hardly necessary for him to tell that he had been a cattle man practically all his life, for even the few spectators who did not know him could see by his every word ard movement that a great part of his life he had spent in the saddle. and that the ranges of the west had been hls playground from childhood
 Facing him, among the spectators. were scores O; other cattlemen. for Billy and Fred Bennett-tne Ben nett brothers-have been known for years wherever cattle have been raised. shipped or slaughtered: and the trial of Billy" Benett now occu- pies first interest among stock rais- CTS of the southwest Outside the courtroom, wandring around the cor riders of the courthouse or gathered in little groups. were a score or more other men.cowboys, ranch owners.
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