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The Monett times., 1922-01-20
COURT OF APPEALs
AFFIRMS DECISION
L. ID. Candle, Former Conductor, Ex-
peeted To Begin Sentence Soon.

Springfield, Jan. 12.--Information
has reached Springfield that the Unit
ed States court Of appeals of the
eighth circuit has affirmed the SEN
tence of Judge Arba S. Van Valken-
burgh in the case against l.. ID.
Caudle, former Frisco conductor, who
was tried in the federal court in the
April term 1920, convicted by a jury
Of conspiracy to rob freight cars in
interstate traffic, and sentenced to
five years in the Leavenworth, Kan,
federal prison.
The decision, according to attor-
neys connected with the case, was
handed down December 81, last.
The robbery out of which grew the
prosecution of Caudle and several
others, was one of the most import
ant cases of the kind in the history
Of the Frisco railway here. 1t was
never known just how much goods
was stolen from the freight cars here,
but property worth about $30,00C was
recovered it is said
The indictments by the federal
grand jury on which Caudle and
others were arrested, set out only
March 1, 1919, and May 90 of the
same year as the dates of the rob
berries.
The indictments mentioned only
cigarettes as the property taken, but
there was also other goods missing
about the same time, though the
courts did not succeed in connecting
the defendants in the cigarette rob
berries with them.
Caudle's conviction came after
Everett c. Harmon, Bert D. Waddle,
Karl N. Mueller and Jerry Murphy
entered pleas Of guilty and were SEN
fenced to year and day in the
federal prison, except Mueller who
got two years Some of the defend
ants turned governments evidence
against Caudle, who was the only one
of the men charged to stand trial. The
case against George e. Hume in con-
nection with the same case was dis
missed by the court on demurrer.
During the months following the
discovery of the robbery and the find
ing of large quantities of cigarettes
stored in a store belonging to Caudle
on the Boulevard near the state teach
ers' college, there were about 20 ar
rests made. Most of the defendants
were soon released or discharged in
preliminary.
The case against the men was
worked up by w. q. Griffin, Arthur
+. Dowell and Harve Patterson,
agents for the Frisco. Griffin is now
chief of detectives at Memphis, Tenn,
Dowell is connected with the police
force at Fort Worth, Texas and Pat
terson is foreman Of the Frisco north
side stock yards here.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20
BONNIE VIEW

Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney Of Oregon
are visiting relatives on the Prairie.
Mrs. Whitney was formerly Miss
Sybil Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Badger and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Badger visited
J. B. Williams one evening last week.
Laura Brown visited Ruth Withers
one evening last week.
Prayer meeting at Glib Withers was
we'll attended and will be at the home
of Desmond Brite Thursday evening
Everyone is invited.
Sanford Wormington returned to
his work after few days visit with
home folks.
The many friends of John Will
liams are sorry to hear he is in poor
health.
Mrs. Desmond Brite entertained
the Missionary Society Of the Peirce
City Baptist church one day last week
Eulah and Meta Ferguson spent
one day last week with Mrs. j. 0. Tate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Holmes and sons
Loren and Glendon spent Sunday at
Marionvile.
Mrs. b. Mulrenin and sons Bernard
and Paul spent Sunday in Monet.
Desmond Brite and family spent
Sunday afternoon with l.. G.. Musser
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glib Withers spent
Monday with Mrs. Myrtle Withers
and family.
Mrs. Sanford Wormington spent
Monday with Mrs. Mamie Murray.
Sanford Haddock spent Monday with
his father.
Those who spent Sunday at the
home of Col Tate were Mr.. and Mrs.
f. J. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cox,
and daughter and Sanford Worming-
ton and family.
d, f. Brite made business trip to
Aurora, Tuesday.
Ray Beymer spent few days last
week with Sank Wormington and
| family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Browning and
little daughter returned Sunday from
weeks visit with Mrs. Willie Long
Of Cherokee, Kansas.
Johnnie Williams and Glendon
Wright spent Wednesday with Col.
Tates.
Jim Ferguson spent Tuesday with
j. B. Williams.
The little daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Sanders Haddock Is on the sick list.
Mrs. Browning called on her son
Heber one day last week.
Mr.. Tate of Kentucky is spending
a few days with his nephew F. "A.
Tate and wife.
Walter Cox who is i'll with pneu-
nonia is improving.
Miss Maxine Musser spent Wednes-
day evening with Miss Matte Brite
The Monett times., 1922-01-20
BANK is WINNER
IN $4,000 SUIT
Judge Upholds Motion For Instructed
Verdict in Lee Ahl Case.

Joplin, Jan. 13.-Trial of the case
of Lee Ali against the First National
bank Of Seligman, Mo-, was brought
To an abrupt end at 2:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon in United States dis
trict court when Judge Arba S. Van
Vaikenburgh sustained motion by
defense counsel that the jury be in
structed to return verdict for the
defendant.
Ah! sought judgment for $4,000,
alleging malicious prosecution in CON
nection with his arrest at Tulsa, Okla.
after the bank was robbed in De-
cember 1920.
Attorneys for the plaintiff also ask
ed for an instructed verdict for Ali
and in support of their contention
read lengthy decision by the Mis-
souri, supreme court in which that
tribunal reversed finding for de-
fendant in similar case.
Defense counsel argued no malice
on the part Of the defendant bank
had been proved and that Walter
Stapleton, assistant cashier, had sign
ed the information against Ahl upon
advice of e. f. Smith, Barry county
prosecutor, that the evidence war
ranted arrest of Ali. This contention
was sustained by Judge Van Valken-
burgh. M
Ahl's attorneys indicated the case
will be appealed
Immediately the Ahl case was con-
cluded, a jury was empaneled in the
case of Mrs. Elizabeth Steen of Ga
lena against the First National bank
of Sarcoxie and the Burns national
detective agency. Mrs. Steen seeks
judgment for $4,000 alleging mali
cious prosecution in connection with
her arrest following robbery of the
Sarcoxie bank in 1920.
In this robbery approximately $685.
600 in liberty bonds and $1,000 in
cash, part of which was in buffalo
nickels, were stolen by robbers who
tunneled into the vault.
In his opening statement to the
Jury, Kelsey Norman of defense coun-
sci, stated that Mrs. Steen, prior to
the Sarcoxie robbery, had saved 800
in buffalo nickels, afterward chang
ing them for currency which she APP
piled on the purchase of a parcel of
real estate.
She was arrested at Galena where
she conducted restaurant, he said,
and taken to Carthage in an open
motor car and placed in Jail.
The charges against Mrs. Steen
later were dismissed by G. w. Crow
der, assistant prosecuting attorney OF
Jasper county, because of insufficient
evidence.
After a brief opening statement by
defense counsel, court recessed until
8 o'clock this morning when testi-
mony will be heard.
Mrs. Steen is Lee Ahl's mother,
Ahl and William Steen, Mrs, Steen's
husband, both of whom also were ar
rested in connection with the Sar-
coke robbery, each is suing the Sar-
coke bank and the Burns agency for
$4,000.
Allen McReynolds and John H.
Flanagan Of Carthage and Cameron
l.. Orr of Kansas City, jackson coun-
ty prosecutor, are defense attorneys
in the cases and Norman & Norman
of Joplin and l.. M. Resler of Pitts
burg, assistant prosecutor for Craw-
ford county, represent the plaintiffs.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20

LAWRENCE COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT PROCEEDINGS

! fFrom the Lawrence County Record.
| 0. J. Chamberling against c. f.
Wright, appeal to ]. 7. Court, note,
judgment for $685..
Fred f. Ethridge against Nellie
Ethridge, divorce, dismissed by the
plaintiff.
G. A. Brown against Maude Brown,
divorce, dismissed by plaintiff.
Myron Atom against Naomi Atom,
, divorce, granted.
Essie Kendall against Charley Ken
dali, divorce, granted to plain
tiff with custody of children and $500
alimony.
Iva NJ. johnson against Hobert O..
johnson, maintenance, judgment for
plaintiff for $100 with $50 attorney
fees and SIS per month, payable in
advance
C. d. North against Mamie North
divorce, granted.
Gladys N. Davis against Leslie Fl.
Davis divorce, granted with maiden
name of Gladys Garwood restored.
James B. Leekinzey against Edna
B. Leekinzey divorce, granted.
Leonard M. Miller against Eliza
beth Miller, divorce granted.
Bertha Ri1ker against Mansell
Rinker, divorce, granted with maiden
name Of Bertha Roach restored.
Grace 3. Burnett against Harry B..
Burnett, divorce, granted.
J. NJ. Burton against Segal Burton
divorce, granted.
Zona Graves against l.. G. Graves
divorce, granted with former name of
Zona Seagroves restored.
State against Claud Hammers, dy-
namiting fish, defendant enters plea
of guilty and fine fixed at $100 and
costs.
State against Flora McCullah, as
sault, plea of guilty fined by court So
and costs.
State against William Jackson
Levanas Jackson and Loren Jackson
violating prohibition law placed un-
der bond of $1,000 for appearance.
] Penn Lubric Oil Co., against Joe
Rill, account, dismissed by oil Co.
James w. Colley ct al against Fred
| Quade, replevin, dismissed, and costs
paid by Joe Colley.
w. A. Pease Lumber Co., against
Ernest Gericke, mechanic Lien, dis
missed by plaintiff.
4 c. r. King against f. H. Wuellner
mote, dismissed by plaintiff.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20
A. D. ALsUP WINS Law SUIT

The case Of r. S. Caldwell, Of
Stones county, vs. LaFollette Brothers
on replevin suit came before Justice
Abbott at Marionville Wednesday.
The verdict was for the defendant.
Attorney Douglas, of Crane, was
counsel for the plaintiff and A. .. Al
sup, Of Monett, represented the de-
fendant.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20
CASE OF AL WEEKS is
SET FOR JANUARY 20

The case Of the State Of Missouri
against AL Weeks, Of Purdy, charged
with getting property under false pre-
tense, which is pending in court at Mt
Vernon, Mo-, has been set for Janu-
ary 20,
The Monett times., 1922-01-20

Misses Jessie Hall and Marguerite
Burg, Messrs. Ralston Campbell and
Viga Hall were entertained at dinner
Sunday, by Miss Audry Kelley, of
Purdy.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20

Mrs. Mae Hornbeck, Of Eureka
Springs, Ark, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. E. L. Jerome, return
ed home Monday morning.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20

Miss Julia Campbell, teacher in
the Central school of Joplin, who has
been home recuperating from ner-
vous breakdown, returned to Joplin,
Monday.
The Monett times., 1922-01-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Mulkey are
the parents of a son, Delmer, Jr., born
Saturday morning, January IA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
Have You Piles?
Then You Have Something to
Learn.

Thousands who have piles have not
learned that quick and permanent re-
lief can only be accomplished with
internal medicine. Neither cutting nor
any amount of treatment with ONT
ments and suppositories will remove
the cause.
Bad circulation causes piles. There
is a complete stagnation of blood in
the lower bowel and a weakening of
the parts DIR. ]. S. Leonhardt was
first to find the remedy. His prescrip-
ton, HEM-ROID, is now sold by all
druggists DR.. Leonhardt tried it in
1000 cases with the marvellous record
of success in IS per cent. and then
decided it should be sold under rigid
money-back guarantee.
Don't waste any more time with
outside applications. Get a package
of HEM-ROID from Mcfarland Drug
Co. today. 1t has given safe and last
ing relief to thousands and should do
the same for you-it seldom falls
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
BOYS TO Y. n. C. 4. CAMP
Camp -Wau-Kee VIII Continue
Until june IS.

Fourteen Topeka high school boys
left in autos this morning for Camp
Ke Wau Kee, the Y. NJ. c. A camp
near Berryton. Six boys went to the
Camp Thursday to complete the pre-
parations for the first session which
will continue from June 16 to %.
Attendance at this camp is limited to
members of the Topeka Hi-Y club.
Topekans who took the boys to the
camp this morning were Herbert
Parker. Fred Epps. Milton Tabor, Ed
Brookens, Mrs. w. L. Gardner and c.
V. Johnson.
The Boys will be housed in a lodge
building containing number or
hunks. The kitchen and dining room
are also in this building. A large lake
provides a place for swimming, fish
ing and boating.
Following the present camp session
there will be two more camps for boys
from ten to fifteen years old. Each
will continue ten days. o. w. Hascal,
city boys work director, will be in
charge of the camps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16

To have ones name printed in the
prominent newspapers of the world is
some distinction-not many persons
achieve such fame, but
Tusko did, and Tusko is just rub
Der cow" He's a big Cow" to be sure
the biggest in the world. and is
known as "three-story'' by his asso-
ciates, because he is really three
stories tall, and to the persons living
north of Seattle, Wash, where he re-
Gently went on a quiet ''jamboree,
he is said to be nine stories tall
Tusko's trip into the Washington
country was taken after he had had
a slight disa greement with his keeper,
said disa greement being caused by the
rough treatment handed out by said
keeper, the result of which was an
ambulance for the man and sixteen
hours of freedom for the huge pachy-
derm.
Feeling quite playful because of his
freedom. Tusko rambled down the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16

was on business, in which he stated
that he was leaving for Topeka and
later would visit Kansas City
The above news dispatch from Los
Angeles verifies the presumption here
that the Mrs l. b. Arbuckle. whose
name was found written in Arbuckle's
bank book was that of his wife
No further clue to the mans bust
ness associations or the mission which
brought him to Topeka have been OBJ
tanned by the local authorities. Frank
Leech. acting chief of police. said to-
day it had been discovered that Ar
buckle sent a telegram to his wife
the morning of the day his clothes
were found on the Kaw river bank
near the Rock Island roundhouse at
the foot of Harrison street. But it
shed no light on the mystery of his
disappearance. or at least tho object
he would have had in taking his own
life
Chief Leech said he did not Believe
any further search is being made for
the body. No record was found of
any telegram having been sent to the
Los Angeles woman after Arbuckle is
supposed to have drowned Leech de-
clared- Reports to the contrary were
erroneous, he stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
But HE WAS PAID THE $3.50.
''Strike" Talked by Nader in Chicago
Got Him Money.

Chicago, June 16.-Fred "Frenchy"
Nader, president of the Chicago Build
ing Trades council. demanded and re-
ceived a bride of $3.50 to settle
threatened strike at the Drake hotel,
according to testimony given on the
witness stand today by Henry A. Best,
wire and fixture contractor, in the
trial of Nader on the charge of ex-
tortion.
The witness repeated a conversation
he said he had with Nader in the
Henkle and Best offices in November,
1920.
I'VE talked about the threatened
strike" Best testified. Nader came
in and said everything was fixed up.
He asked me if l had the money. I
went to the cashiers cage and got
$3.50 in cash. I gave this to Nader.
He said he'd settle the strike.
Il do not know whether there was
an actual strike contemplated or not
But do know that I paid $3.50 to stop
any trouble"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
MYSTERY TO Her
Wife of Missing Man Doesn't
Understand Suicide Theory.
No More Trace of william Ar
buckle, Clothes Found Here.

Los Angeles. June 16.-Completely
,7,1-s+ifiaFi as TO any possible cause that
could have led TO her husbands death
as renorted from Topeka Kan, fol-
lowing the finding of the clothes and
belongings Of William Arouckle on the
buckle. wife OF the missing man, in
her BUNGALOW at 4515 Russell avenue,
awaited word from Topeka as TO
whether or not the body had been re-
covered.
1T is beyond my Imagination what
could have caused him TO do it," said
Mrs. Arbuckle
II am sure he had no financial diff
ficulties. and he had plenty of ready
money AS far as I know. he had no
enemies, so am sure il is not a case
OF foul play"
Mrs. Arbuckle said she had a letter
from her husband last Monday written
from Fort Worth, Texas. where he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16

streets, tipping over autos, breaking
off phone poles. tearing down garages
and barns. Among his very amusing
practical jokes was the throwing of
flivver thru the front of a grocery
sotre. Fences-wire, picket or rail
meant nothing to Tusko, and the cir
Gus man VINO supports the giant had
to cough up to the tune of three
hundred fences of every variety.
There were almost as many pastures
in which cattle and horses were run
ming as there were fences, and the
mixup among the stock was complete
absolutely. Some of the cows are
not home yet, they were so badly
frightened.
After thirty miles of travel-across
country. Tusko was captured and re-
turned to his place among the troupe
of 1900 performing wild animals
shown on the program of the Al G.
Barnes circus that will appear in To-
peka Wednesday, June 2S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
Topeka SCHOOLS CROWDED
VIII Be Necessary to ConstruC
Portab.e Bungalows

on account of crowded conditions
in the city ward schools it will be
necessary to erect portable bungalows
at several of the schools where kim
derGartens are to be installed next
fall The schools that must have
bungalows for the kindergarten chill
dren are Quincy, Van Buren,, Polk and
Sumner. The total cost of installing
buildings at these schools will be
about $4,000.
THE school board is required by a
state law to install kfndergart ens at
school buildings where forty or more
parents have petitioned for one. If
kindergartens are to be established
at these schools this fall the portal BILE
bungalows must be installed or there
VIII have to be a rearrange of
the seventh and eighth grades to allow
more room for the younger children"
A. ]. Stout, superintendent of city
schools, said today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
GIVE DETAILS OF ROBBERY
George Moran Tells of Staging Holdup
ut Victory Lunch.
Details 81 the robbery 81 the VIC

At A(AOAS IhhCA.
Details of the robbery of the Vic
tory Lunch No. l. the night of May
u. were related on the witness stand
in the city court this morning by
George Moran at the preliminary
hearing of his pal, Orville Sellers,
alias Pistol Pete" on a charge of
highway robbery. Moran pleaded
guilty several days ago to the same
charge and was sentenced to serve
Sellers waived his preliminary hear
ing and was bound over to the district
court but the state was allowed to
introduce some testimony.
Moran at first refused to take the
I witness stand. After he was persuaded
, to sit in the witness chair he declined
to testify until informed by the court
that a refusal would mean a mere
matter of six months in the county
Jail Altho facing a ten-year prison
term. the picture of six months in the
local "bastile" evidently proved over
whelming for him, for there was but
little further hesitation on his part.
Moran is a young man, and appar-
emily well educated. He was well dress
ed and there was certain degree of re-
finement in his appearance. He stated
that he met Sellers about March l
and that they We're almost constantly
together in Topeka, Lawrence, Kan
sas City and st. Joe until May IL,
when they entered the Victory Lunch
room SHORTY after Midnight llneQ up
the employees and customers and
robbed them of approximately 500.
They went to Kansas City Immediately
after the robbery, Moran said, thence
to St Joseph and shortly afterward
returned to Topeka.
Shortly after returning here. ac-
cording to Moran. they made plans
for holding up and robbing Tom King,
Santa Fe passenger agent, while he
was taking money to the bank, but on
the morning when the iUh Was to be
pulled they oversight. After wander
ing about the city for a time they
went to Ripley park, where they were
arrested by Detectives Jesse Hill,
Charles Holman and Clarence Bundy.
The men are also alleged to have
engaged in several other hold-ups and
robberies here and in Lawrence
Moran said he had been in Topeka
since March l.
After he was taken to the city Jail
following his arrest in Ripley park
Moran pried the hasp from the cell
door lock, cut the screen on window
and had torn a blanket into strips
preparatory to making his escape
from the second story of the jail when
he was discovered. The two men
were then taken to the county Jail for
safe keeping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
OVERCOME AT wArERwoRKs
Two Men Ill From Cleaning Out En-
gine Room Ash Pits.

During the past ten days two men
have been overcome by gas and have
been sick as a result at the new city
waterworks plant.
The men, Frank Phillips and G. L.
Frederick, were engaged in cleaning
out the ash pits underneath the auto
matte stokers.
They turned water in on the hot
ashes, which resulted in the forma-
ton of a gas which overcame them.
Phillips was taken to his home, and
was off duty for a day. Frederick
was not so seriously affected, accord
ing TO Charles E. Godlove. chief engi-
neer at the city water plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
U. S. Wv. ASK MEMBERS.
Recruiting Drive in Kansas Starts
With 5000 as Goal.

Parsons. Kan, June ia recruit
ing drive in Kansas to bring the mem
bership of the United Spanish War
Veterans in the state to 5000 was an
nounced last night by E. G. Crandall,
state commander.
II believe, too, that e5 per cent of
the Spanish war veterans in Kansas
will actively back the World war vet
Grams in their bonus campaign" he
said.
Commander Crandau and Mrs.
Crandall, who was recently elected
senior vice commander of the Ladies
Auxiliary, were given a reception by
the local post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
NAVY BILL UP
Senate Gets Chance at Measure
Sometime Late Today.
Building Program Cut Is Ex-
pected To Be Retained.

Washington, June 16.-The 1929
naval construction program-slashed
to $65,0OO.oOO because of the limita-
ton treaty of the Washington confer
ence-reached the senate today for
confirmation.
The new building program con-
templates cutting construction work
to the minimum. the $150,000,000 a
100000 in the pending navy ap-
preparation bill. Ratification of the
plan was predicted today by Senator
Poindexter, Republican of Washing
ton chairman of the senate naval af
fairs committee.
The new appropriation of 10000
600 will be the smallest amount set
aside by the United States for naval
construction in the last decade, and
it is made possible because the Ameri-
can navy will be held strictly to the
$3.50 ratio agreed upon with Great
Britain and France.
Senate leaders plan to push this
program thru, despite the slowness of
the other powers in ratifying the
treaties providing for naval limitation.
The SIS. 100000 program will be
carried out with only $10,000,0O0 ad-
tional from American taxpayers be-
cause S44,3S5,000 will be availa able
from last years naval appropriation.
The remaining 81, 900, 900 necessary
for the minimum" program will be
obtained on credits extended to the
government by shipbuilding corpora
tions. 1t may not be utilized but<au
thorization for its incurment as a
naval debt will be granted in the bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-16
THREE MORE CANDIDATES IN
Two File for District Judgesdps-One
for Congress.

Three candidates for office filed
declarations today in the office of L.
]. Pettijohn, secretary OF state. Two
of the candidates seek district judge
ships. A third is a Socialist aspirant
for congress from the Sixth district.
Candidates who filed today were:
Charles E. Vance, Garden City, Re
publican candidate for judge of the
Thirty-second district; W. 1. Stuart,
Hiawatha, Repu bIican candidate for
judge of the Twenty-second district:
and B. B. Bretthauer, st. Francis.
Socialist candidate for congress in the
Sixth district.