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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28
RICHARD DENIES
GIRLS CHARGES
Saws He Never Met Them
As Charged; Had No
Apartment Keys
TELLS LIFE HISTORY
Rorn in Texas and Operated
Gambling Houses in Alaska
During Early Days

NEW YORK. March 27.--The
trial Of TEX" Rickard reached It's
5rsmatic climax today when the
ro.cd sports promoter took the wit
ness stand in his own defense OF the
ssfous charge brought against
hln Ivy 15-year-old Sarah schoen-
fcs.
Ri.kard, speaking in an almost
ip,rt.gu.ate tone, at once launched
into the story OF his remarkable
,arrar beginning from the time OF
nj, oarlier life on the ranches Of
Texas where he was born.
Kan Gambling Houses.
Tex related his life in the wild
DAYS of the old west, admitting
having owned and operated saloons
and gambling houses when they
wore rOuntenanced by authorities
&, Nevada, California and Alaska.
Tboac were all between the years
1851 and the earlier years Of the
present century.
IIo was questioned but once or
'wico during his narrative about
hls lie In the west and In Alaska
and these brought emphatic de-
mails that he ever had employed
dksoluto women in any gambling
Establishment he maintained. The
promoter said his first session at
Inc roulette wheel cost him $1,000,
the sayrps OF gold prospecting
gone iu a night. He never in his
lie ran a dishonest house, he re-
pllod. in answer TO a qiAry by Max
stcucr. his chief counsel.
Steucr asked him IL he had ever
met either the Schoenfeld girl or
Nellie Gasko-who testified to her
alleged meetings with the pro-
moter-at Madison Square garden
between the hours Of Z or s and Q
p. m.
Rickard replied with an emphatic
mo-
Denies Every Charge.
Richard then took up. in replies
TO his counsels questions, c cate
gorical denial of the charges Of
both girls. He never had n key 10
c,;hcr or the apartments at No. 20
or "a West Forty-seventh street
both Of which were FAMED by the
girls on the witness stand.
He said he first saw the Schoen-
field girl in November between the
1st and 10th and vigorously de.
MED her assertions of meetings al
legged to have taken place at the
garden. He reOSunted the story OF
how he tried to aid Mrs. Schoenfeld
to obtain leniency for her son. who
was IN Jail in Milwaukee, at the
daughters request.
Most Of the questions of coun'
sci bearing directly on the girls
accusations brought this answer
from the accused sportsman:
Il never did"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28
Mary Garden, Singer,
Is a RadiOphOne Fan

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 81.
Radio telephony has n new fan"
and Mary Garden noted opera star
and actress of the Chicago Grand
opera company, has a new hobby"
Miss Garden, on arrival here today
with her company of song birds for
two weeks opera, ordered as her
first official act installation OF n
radio telephone set in her hotel
TO0rt
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

ONES, tho date to be announced
later.
This class is now said 20 br ono
OF the largest sunday school tI1ssc4
In the United states. s. W. Halo
ls president and Mrs. Ida NJ. Bli..
teacher.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28
nnIlh cottngcs for Ennlotc-.

sHlDLER. March q. -- Black.
Sivnll a. Brysou recently bought
block g.. and arc preparing to erect
10 four and fivC-room cottages for
their employees They are startIr~
work this week on n 90 by iO0-tu.r
garage and also n large warehouse
ON the right-of-way ~ the railroad.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 27.-Gov.
Henry J Allen OF Kansas will speak
at the Grace avenue temple here on the
evening Of April T. On ."rhe St. Lawrence
Deep Waterways Project" Il was an
nounced h0re today.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28
10 DANCE rur ANCIENT STEPS
Carpenters Union WIN Formally
open Temple Tuesday Night

Dances that were up-to-dutc I'm
1881 viii hC t featured part OF the
entertainment when tho members OF
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March CIV. y.
Bell, assistant engineer Of the St. Francis
levoe board, today denied there is any
danger OF a break In the levee along the
Mississippi river on the Arkansas side.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

wAsH1NGTON March s7-The United
Zinc Chemical Co.. was not liable
for damages because Of the poisoning and
drowning Of children In " Buluhuric acid
well on its property At lola, Kan, the SUI
preme court Of the United states today
decided.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

LAWRENCE. Mass. March e7s-Ap.
proNimately ten thousand textile opera
tives went ON strike here today In pro-
test 10 the 20 per cent wage reduction
announced by the cotton mills.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

srApLEHURsr, Neb.. March 27.-Rob-
bers blew open the safe of~the State bank
Of Staplehurst Sunday night and escaped
with It's entire contents.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

RANDOLPH, Neb.. March 21.--Bccause
she is said to have refused to do the
cooking In their restaurant. Mrs. A. j..
Meroyn has two bullets in her abdomen
and is not expected to live. Her hus-
band. who fired a shot into his own head
after wounding his wife. is believed to be
dying In q hospital. -
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28
FiIllng The Prescription.

She---The doctor tells me that ]
need a change OF climate.
He-Nou'll get It. The barometer
is falling --Kasper. Stockholm.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

WASHfNGTON, March 21--president
Harding today signed "a bill restoring to
$4,000 civil service employees their pension
rights, which were endangered by re-
cent decision OF the attorney general.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

LOS ANGELES. March 27.--A halliday
delay was granted by Superior Judge
Reeve today in the retrial OF Arthur &.
Durch. charged with the murder OF j.
Belton Kennedy, when Burch appeared In
court for the opening OF his case.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

WASHINGTON. March 27.--Vast guam
Titles Of seized liquors stored BY the gov
ernment in rented warehouses throughout
the country are TO be transferred to army
buildings as an economy measure.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

Harding today nominated william Phil
lips Of Massachusetts to be under secrc-
tnry OF state, and Leland Harrison Of
Illinois TO be assistant secretary OF state
CHICAGO. March 27.--indictments we're
returned by tho federal grand jury today
naming seven leading miners and seven
hiEh officials as defendants In an alleged
terra Gotta trust.
WICHITA. Kan. March 27.--orent em-
pl1yes viii comply wtth any decision the
United states labor board makes In the
matter of q 20 per cent reduction below
the scale on other roads. according TO
Jasper Hail general chairman Of the fod-
Grated shop crafts.
WICHITA. Kan. March 27.--A crack Mt
the film rentals which should Rutomat-
ically lower moving picture theeter ad-
several hundred members Of the Kansas
division OF the Motion Picture Theator
owners association. who will gathcr hero
today and tomorrow.
HUTCHINSON. Kan, March 27.-.
Southern Kansas democrats have decided
TO make 40 ectiNe campaign against
Representative Poly Tincher of the Sew
cnth district ana have drafted william
Duval of Hutchinson TO make the race
Duval has accepted the invitation.
ALBANY. n v. March 27.-Govcrnor
Miller today denied the application Tor a
pardon for big Jim" Larkin. Irish agi.
tator, who was sent 10 prison n few years
ago because Of his radical activities
RIVERSIDE. Cal. March s7.--A slight
earthquake was felt here early today. Ac.
cording to those who felt II shake, " oc-
Cured at 1865 a. IN. and lasted only few
seconds.
WASHINGTON. March e7.-The su.
preme court Of tho United states today
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

WASHINGTON. Marrh e7.--rhc su-
preme court Of the United states today
on motion ot the government. dismissed
the case against tho Associated iRil Post.
ers Of the United states and Canada
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

ATLANTA, Ga, March 27.--Recent gem
eral business improvement was given to-
day by GOV. NJ ID. Weilborn of the
Atlanta federal reserve bank as the rea-
son for the order further reducing the dis
count rate from to "a per cent
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

NEW ORLEANS, March 27.-Reports
OF tornado at Bunkine and heavy rain
storms at Eunlcs and Estherwood, La,
reaching here today, indicated the destruc-
tion yesterday Of many homes, unruofing
Of business houses and impairment OF elec-
trio light systems.
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wAsmINoToN. Mareh a7.-presIdenl
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KINGMAN, Kan. March Ell. J. Har.
low, editor Of the KinRman LeRder-Cou-
rier, died here today on his sixty ninth
hirthdaN
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

WACO. Texas. Bennio Young, negro.
charged with the murder OF Homer Turk
at Concord, near here, was found guilty
by jury in district court here today and
given a life term In the penitentiary.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

wASHINGTON March 27.--Approval OF
l2l advances for agricultural and llve-
stock purposes. aggregating 8J,524,O0O, was
announced today by the war finance cor
poration. The loans included Oklahoma,
iis2.000, and Texas. t36sO0
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

GALESDURu. H.. March 27.--Dr A..
r. Mathes. 50, thought 20 be the oldest
Presbyterian minister In service In the
Saturday.
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ALPINE Texas, March 27.--Pablo Com
zales. Mexican OF LorlinEua, was found
dead today beside the Southern Pacific
city.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

ST. LOUIS. March 27-MaJ Joseph c.
Brady. u, s. A. 20 years old, died At his
home here today from paralysis Major
Brady setved In the philippines.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28

RIVERSIDE. Cal. March 27--A slight
earthquake was felt here early today. Ac.
cording to those who felt II shake, ~ oc-
seconds.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAN FRANCISCO, December %
Was Thomas Bell, multi millionaire
forty-niner. business associate Of sew
eral early California notables. includ-
ing Senator James G. Fair. and two
generations ago an outstanding fE-
ure in the financial world both here
and In the east. the victim Of a
monumental hoax-veritably the hoax
of a dead century-at the hands of
his wife?
Did Mrs. Teresa Bell. the wife
whom he married from San Fran
cisco's famous Joyous way" of half
century ago. in order to win $4,000
promised to her for each child she
bore the multi millionaire, secure five
newborn waits from as many un-
known sources and foist them upon
Bell as their own?
These two questions are expected
10 be answered in "a suit now In
progress here to break the Will OF
Mrs. Bella will in which she de-
rlared that the supposed Bell chill
dren, all now grown to almost mid
dle-aged manhood and womanhood.
are neither his nor hers-and in
which she left more than million
dollars to state and charitable in
stitutions.
Will Is Contested.
The will. in which they were cut off
with IS each, is being contested by
four of five children whom she re-
pudiated as not her own and by the
heirs Of a fifth. now dead.
Stalking through the case are grim
specters of the past-echoes of the
notorious Barbary Coast and the gay
nj Eht life Of San Francisco Of the
poSt-bellum gold days; the story OF
beautiful Circe bought with q rich
mans dollars-grinning family skele-
tons that come out to rattle and shake
their musty bones after long years
of q silent hiding.
As q stage setting for the case also
is tho House of Mystery" the pala-
bride Of the Magdalens," and where
he fell to his death over the stairway
banister thirty years ago. the victim
of a mysterious murder plot, it was
widely whispered at the time.
In her will. written shortly before
her death six months ago. Mrs. Bell
for the first time barred her alleged
duplicity toward her husband. In
order to claim the $4,000. which the
rich forty-niner paid her as a re-
ward for each child born. so the
document sets forth. and with the aid
of Nanny" Pleasant. an aged and
mysterious negress. credited with
strange mystic powers. the five
band as their own.
Deception Revealed.
The deception was accomplished. so
the will further recites, BY Mrs. Bell
first convincing her husband that she
Evening star., 1922-12-24
Hoax by Wife Charged as Fiue
'ChiIdren" Seek Inheritance
Death of Wealthy Forty-Niner GiOes
Rise to Battle for Share
u, His Estate.

| was to become a mother and then by
/ having the "birth" of his newest on
| spring occur while Bell was away on
visit to his mines or in the east.
The foundlings used in the quintet OF
hoaxes. AYERS the will. were secured by
old Nanny Pleasant from sources which
Mrs. Bell herself never knew. and II her
| confession Is true the strange negreSS
who absolutely ruled the Bell house
! hold for a score of years carried the
secret Of their parentage to the grave
with her. And 1t is to old Nanny
Pleasant that much Of the ltmelight In
the present trial is being given. Said
to have been a voodoO priestess among
her own people and to have been the
secret proprietress Of one Of San Fran
! before she entered the Bell household.
her word was law with even Bell him
self for years before he died. The
negress Is credited with having dissi-
pated a million dollars by gifts to
others of her own race and by lavish
expenditures.
1t already has been brought out
during the will contest that the mar
riage of Thomas Bell in the late sos
was an event that was celebrated
with more champagne and kindred
| beverages than with more decorous
| many other notables of early Cali
! fornia history. he believed in en-
. joyinS life to it's fullest.
y. Shortly before his mysterious death
! he Quarreled with Many Pleasant and
| she Is said to have put a ''spelr' upon
him. At least one other death and
several accidents are credited to
! "spells' which she cast over those
who incurred her displeasure.
"Childreno Seek Wealth.
| In their attack upon Mrs. Bells will
and the disclosures which she makes
in it her repudiated children allege
that she was OF unsound mind during
| the latter years Of her life; that she
often claimed the ability to float
through space when she willed It and
| to possess power to see into the fu-
ture. They also have produced q half
! been present when Mrs. Bell gave
/ birth to three Of her children.
| Combating efforts by the repudi-
ated children" to prove that Mrs.
| Bell was insane for several years be-
! fore her death and that her weird
story OF the hoax practiced upon her
multi-millionaire husband is a fig
ment of a disordered brain is a for
midable battery of attorneys repre-
/ senting persons and institutions to
, whom she left her wealth. A half
| dozen of the foremost lawyers on the
Pacific coast are battling for the Bell
children"
| And as the legal batteries on each
F.; side strive to prove their case color
| full tales are being heard of "old" San
| Francfsco-San Francisco of the hec-
tic days when red liquor and Pacific
f, street were something more than
! faint memories.
Copyright. 1922,
Evening star., 1922-12-24
|TAHITANS' DOORMAT
BEARS NO WELCOME
TO DERELICT WHITES.

By the Associated Press.
PAPEETE. Tahiti. December %.
The welcome sign is not found
on the doormat of this island for
the white man who has insufii-
cient income to support himself.
Notwithstanding certain represen-
tations to the contrary in several
narratives emanating from this
island. The natives cannot and
will not support derelict white
man merely for the pleasure of
his company.
During the last two or three
years a number of white men have
arrived here. believing the natives
would support them. Recently
there were many wandering along
the beach. destitute. in the hope
that some passing ship would al
low them to work their way homo
or to some other cline. The aver
age white man cannot make a liv--
ing from a small patch of ground
because he is unable to endure
labor under the tropical sun.
There is no available employment
on the island for white men and
the economic conditions in TIE
island are at a low ebb.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
NAB$10,O(OGEMS
AMIDST THRONGS
Broadway Robbers Saunter
Up, Smash jewelers. Window,
Take II Rings and Flee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 23.-De-
scending from an automobile into the
midst of the thrOng Of holiday shop
pers on upper Broadway. three men
tonight smashed the window of a
jewelry store with brick wrapped
in towels and escaped with seventy
one diamond rings. which they
snatched from trays in the display
window. The rings were valued at
$4,000.
The robbery was carried out with
the utmost daring. Parking their ex-
looking car in the line of au-
tomobiles which stood at the curb,
two of the bandits. fashionably at
tired. strolled nonchalantly toward
tho jewelers. display window. leaving
y third companion at the wheel.
A dozen persons were inspecting
the jewels behind the glass, when
one Of the new arrivals quietly drew
from under his arm what appeared
to be a parcel-the brick wrapped in
towels. Before any of the pedestrians
realized what was happening the
parcel was hurled at the window.
shattering the thick plate glass, and
making the gems readily accessible
through the Jagged aperture.
Gathering up two trays containing
the seventy-one valuable rings. the
bandit pair quietly withdrew to the
curb, climbed into their car and dis
appeared into the streams of traffic
along the brilliantly lighted thor
oughfare.
Two customers and eight clerks
were in the store when the robbery
occurred. Too late, however, to frus-
trate the robbers or enable the po-
lice to prevent their escape. the
clerks gave the alarm.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
DRY LAW BEST ENFORCED
IN D. C., OFFICIALS SAY
Police Working in Unison With
q. s. Agents Makes Regulation
Easy, Is Reason Assigned.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 23.-Wash-
iuRton is the best regulated city in
the United States as far as prohibi-
tion enforcement is concerned. ac-
cordine to enforcement officers from
the National Capital operating here.
The imputation that Washington is
rather a "wet" town, which followed
on the heels of a speech by Repre-
sentative Upshaw of Georgia. has
brought on q discussion in Baltimore
"One reason for the excellent Wash
ington situation" one agent said. us
that the police force there works IN
unison with the government agents
in enforcing the Volstead law. which
cooperation Is lacking in Baltimore.
Five hundred bootleggers in Wash
ington? Why. you count the boot
leggers there on your fingers. The.
condition Of the prohibition law IN
Baltimore is what should be kicked.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
CHICKEN SHAKES
NOT THEIR FAULT.
DANCE HALLS SAY
By the Associat ted Press.

ny Tue AbeOclated ffe00.
NEW YORK. December 23.-Ball-
room proprietors today disclaimed re-,
sponsibility for the chicken shakes
tho Chicago" the camel" and other
exaggerated dances enjoyed in public
halls after they had adopted resolu-
tions decrying the prevailing terpsi-
chorean vogue.
The resolution, it was said. was
adopted as a result of a crusade
against modern dances in public
places recently announced by Mrs.
George w. Loft, deputy police com
missioner.
THE tendency Of young couples is.
to indulge in the exaggerated steps
and body movement OF the modern
dances that are not only unbecoming.
but indecent" the dance place pro-
prietors declared. These dances also
are ungraceful and injurious to the
morals OF young people"
They disclaimed responsibility for
either the steps or the music to which
they are danced.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Central High scAool Alunni re-
union will be held At the school Tues
day. pm. A play will be presented
by Thomas Chapman. '09: q dance
from to ~ and music by an or
chestra.
Oolumbla Chapter. Order Of Eastern
Star. will meet tomorrow evening to
install officers and to have q program
Of Christmas festivities.
The Parent-Teacher Association OF
the Weishtman School served a
school Thursday in the kindergarten
room. In the afternoon the commu-
nifty program was in charge Of the
association, and at the close of the
program a foot ball was presented to
the boys and basket ball to the
girls of the school by the president.
Mrs. Carl H. Wisewell.
n. r. Foeh. Sixty.ave years old, nm
inmate Of Soldiers' Home. was cut
about the head when he was run
down by an automobile yesterday
afternoon in a traffic Jam at 7th and
D streets. He refused hospital treat
the police. was operated by Bertha
Dawson, 1905 X street northwest.
Hill Dunn. twenty years old, 2OO1
18th street, was cut on the left hand
and face when an automobile he was
tween L and NJ streets with ma
chine operated by John Fentriss. 1406
5th street. yesterday. Both machines
were badly damaged. Dunn was
Evening star., 1922-12-24
PAYMAsTER SHOT DOWN
AND $40, 900 is STOLEN
Masked Bandits Succeed in Getting
Christmas Pay Roll Of Mine
Near Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH. Deosmber 23.-Ross
Dennis. paymaster for tho Pittsburgh
Coal Company, was mortaiiy wounded
and $4,000 stolen by masked bandits
on q lonely road ten miles south OF
this city today. Tho robbers escaped.
Dennis died while being taken to 4
hospital.
Dennis was riding on a motor cycle
In front of an automobile, which
carried the Christmas pay roll for the
Harrison mine at Beading, and was
guarded by company clerkA AZ they
drove through q hollow in tho hills
two masked men stepped into the
road, and without warning emptied
their shotguns At Dennis, who was
knocked on his machine. They were
quickly Joined by four other masked
men, who opened fire on the automo-
bile. damaging tho steering gear.
They drove the clerks from the
car. and while ono seised the money
others were busy wrecking the mech
anism Of the pay car and the motor
cycle. At that moment one Of them
noticed that Dennis. who was bleed
ing from q dozen buckshot wounds.
was trying to draw his pistol. The
bandit ran to him. rolled him over
and. stopping. picked UP the bandits
back.
Almost Immediately a big auto
Evening star., 1922-12-24
Visit to Barber
Spoils Holiday
OF 700 on Shir
By the Associated Press.


HOBOKEN, n. j., December "a
A busy valet and a passenger who
stopped at the ships barber shop
for a last-Eiinute grooming today
unwittingIy spoiled the plans of
700 immigrants to spend Christmas
day in the homes of American
friends. The immigrants arrived on
the George Washington. They
will spend the holiday aboard ship.
where special dinners will be
served them.
The George Washington had
raced to reach port before noon,
the closing hour on Saturdays at
Ellis Island. and was successful
But the count of passengers proved
to be short by two. OF the 1853
recorded. only 1881 were found.
A second count also failed to re-
veal them. Meanwhile the minutes
till noon licked off. Not until the
third count were the passengers
found. one a valet. who was busy
with preparation of his masters
luggage and the other a man who
had stopped at the barber shop
and was overlooked in the check
offs
They were discovered shortly
after noon. but the authorities
then were unable to lapd the ship
load of immigrants