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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-21

break in;o garage where the cars
are stored and stol" one "A few nights
ago.
The reason for Sheriff Turner's sue
cess !tes principally in Il vicilHnt or
ran!Zhtioh which KNOWS that Mar
tinsvill. IS the neck Of the bottle
through which roads leading from the
mountain sections converge In reach
ing the more dcnscly populated dis
tricts where InUonShinc is freely
bought Wtth tho present state Of
the less important roads. the boot
lcgrers are compelled to keep to the
better highways. and few OF them
ar" running past the blockade.
women har" taken to Bookkeeping
ana among the pcopl" In Jail at Mar
iins"ilic. is Hattie wilcox. who was
found with !. - Goodc with forty
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'AC|F|C COAST CITIES
HAVE MANY SUICIDES
allfornia and Oregon Ccntcrs
Two 10 Three Times Above
Average for Country.
THAN 10000 CA
we sns"rnhcr Company Report In
-i""tes L"rxr Number Taking Own
Lives Plan 10 Make Deaths Appear
~ Result Of Accident.
tHy Associated pross.1

''''''i"Ntt i-l'SS.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2o.--Of the more
IAN 1900 persons who committed
{icfde in this country last year. a
rcater number than ever before
|'usht 10 cast mystery over the man
7:r OF their going. declared Dr. Fred
ick J." Hoffman. consulting statisti-
IN OF IN: Prudential Life Insurance
Fmpany OF America. in an analysis
/ suicides In 1921 made public to-
3Eht.
To an increasing extent" said the
| poft. the facts ana circumstances
II deliberately confused To make
II" verdict from death from acct
1hI th" caly alternative. Tho ma
Irlt% OF cases. however. tho sur
Il uhdInt circumstances are sugger-
re OF deliberately planned sc!f-,nur-
"A"cidrntnr" Denths Planned.
eases Of accidental poisoning.
occidental falls and Accidental
I'o",ings.' arc becoming more prcva.
INT.
But the mos, appalling aspect OF
Ee prrscn'-day suicide problem In
r. recurring frequency with which
crS are drawn into the tragedy
murder and under conditions
hich ar" frequently revolving"
Or ii"nntn'S support presented
pies based on statistics from nine
-hvc cities To show that the su!-
dc rate per loo rate had Increased
i 10 to 1922. as compared with
r. Ia 1870. !, Was "a fraction more
IAN IN: nvcragc-l2. for nve-ycar
riodS which showed rates Of nc.
70 and .oi respectively
san Diego. California. set the high
cord Tor 1921. with a suicide rate
~ :. san Francisco coming sec
IA with $40; SPOKANE. Wash. third.
I'm 30, and Los Angeles fourth.
lis'ims Health "r Fortune Seekers.
'r. Hoffman hdgdrd"d the yucS.
pat thus was b.caus" OF the health
pa f"T'un" seekers who migrate
arly 10 the West coast. MAN. y,
] nom fn!l 70 nud what they arc seek
Two cities IN tho list reported a
70 suicd" -Massil!on, ohio.
pa Newport. X
l1c analysis showed that men sui
ics preferred the shooting and
}ingins routes, while the greatest
8'rccniaRe OF women suicides elected
9'Ison and asphyN!ation. Al,nos,
!'rcc times as many men as women
ld"c their own lives 4Os per cent
thcn .lcct!0g nre arms and l1.s
Ter cent choosing tn" rope ONLY
li7 per cent %; the female suicides
pot themselves, and 1874 per cen,
pose hanging. Poison claimed 3O3
fr cent %; tn" women suicides and
frhEA!at"a 26T. Percentages FOR
en- ~ thcs" latter methods were
)spcct'vciy 1873 and III per cent.
That suicide goes hand
ith development ~ civilization was
1dnced from charts Of tn. Southern
Fatcs comparing negroes and whites
lesrocS We're shown 10 have solved
3'e'r dl'icui,ios by killing their fol-
wmcn In the ration OF 2is homi-
d:s 10 10 suicides. Whites In tho
|.nc states had homicide suicide
It!on OF il.3 10 70.
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PAUL SEES SEATING
IN HOUSE NINDICATION
Especial to TIL" Times-D!spa.ch

Especial to TIL" Times Dispatch
WINCHESTER. VA. bee 2Q-Un-
seating " Representative Thomas w.
Harrison Democrat. Winchester. in
favor OF John Paul. Republican. Har-
'isonburE. bY the House Of Repre-
H"ntativcS last Friday evening as an
outcome OF TIA: 1920 contested cleo
tion cas-" from. the Seventh Virginia
District. was u viudication. according
to Mr. Paul. who IL out in Il state
mcnt declaring that craftsmanship had
nothing 10 do with the decisions
reached b ythc Elections Committee
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HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF
MAKES RECORD HUALS
Kum-Running in Martinsvillc
Section Proves Dangerous
Occupation
Occupation.

Special to The Times Dispatch
DANVILLE. VA. Dec. 20.--Witch-
ing the course OF tn" Henry County
"boozomctsr" Is becoming a popular
pastimc In this section. /, has reach
cd the same stage OF interest than
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Finnncry. sculptor. Dies.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2O.-Lott Elan
merry. II sculptor best known for his
statue OF Lincoln. which recently was
replaced before the courthouse here.
is dead today at the age Of SC
The Lincoln statue is said to he the
only one made by "A sculptor who
knew him personals
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CLARKE FARMER HURT
WHEN CARS COLLIDE
LspocinI ID The TLmcs. nisnn,ch

'''"V'"T Q" INt IIines- Dispatch
WINCHESTER. VA. Dec. %
Ch"rI"s W Fishpaw. wealthy Clarke
county farmer and landowner, sun
"ring from Internal Injuries. was
unconscious last night IN a hospital
h"fc as an outcome of an automo-
MI" collision Tuesday afternoon with
car driven by Alonzo Ciinc, a. a
privat" road intersection pu Tho nor.
ryrilic Pike. Doctors said his coudi-
ton was serious FiShpaw as
hurled hoadlOng from his car. Cline.
back was injured Both cars wer,
hAhlN dnmnEnh.
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gallons In car headed for spray
Nobody has signed her bail bond and
sh.: is destined tor Christmas in jail
unless friends come TO her rescue.
Ninety per Ccut Of the rum runners
caught are strangers ia Martinsvillc.
The cars carry licenses from several
Southern states. hut these cannot be
relied upon. II is said. to Indicate
their ownership. Tor rum cars usually
are operated on spurious icons. tags
in ordSr 10 mask real ownership OF
the machine.
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Women Mu>t serve ON Jury.
SALEM. ORE, Dec 2O.-The Stat.
Supreme Court upheld the Oregon
law. making jury service for women
compulsory.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
BONUS BILL TO Be DISPOSED
OF BY THE HOUSE NEXT WEEK

WASHINGTON, March I3.-Rcpub-
lican leaders were confronted today
with tho possibility that they might be
unable 10 bring about a vote in tho
house on the compromise soldiers
bonus bill under suspension OF tho rules
next Monday. With favorable re-
port OF tho measure by the ways and
means committee promised by Chair
man Fordney. they generally were
agreed that tho bill should be disposc,i
OF by the house carly next week.
inability. however. to ascertain
whether Speaker GIlictt. who 4. in
Florida with President Harding, would
entertain motion to suspend the rules,
which would require a two thirds vote
for passage OF the bill aud would auto
msucslly bar all amendments coupled
with reports that he might decline to
do so threw the whole question OF pro-
Cedure into the air.
Republican members OF tho ways and
means committee. who at a morning
meeting. decided to proceed with their
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
UNION FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO
BAR RAILROADS FROM HEARING

CHICAGO. March ic.-An attempt
to bar a number OF railroads from the
present wage hearings before the Uni-
ted States railroad labor board failed
today when vice chairman Ben W.
Hooper ruled against evidence pre-
sented by railway employees to show
that the roads had violated the law
and therefore have no standing be-
fore the board. Tho ruling brought
out the fact that action on cases in
Nolvins three roads. charged with vio-
lauon OF tho transportation act. be-
cause OF contracting shop work to
outside firms is expected soon.
The question at issue. vice chairman
Hooper said. was ono OF tho most i'm
portant the board has faced. II such
contract work werc declared legal, he
declared. the ground would be cut
out from under this board and tho
vitals OF tho transportation act would
be killed.
Harbor Belt and the New York Gem
trail arc now pending before the board.
All involve the sub'ctting OF shop
work to contractors, all OF whom arc
paying lower wages than the scale set
Tor railroad shcpincn by tho board.
Tho ruling was made over tho Wig
orous protest of r. NJ Jewell. head
Va hiN suop crafts unions. who asscr-
ted that IL shops were to hc closed
by the railroad ono day and opened
~ contractor at lower wages. the
next, tho railroads were setting an
example which might convince tho
employees that the very small number
We have termed radicals were right
and the great majority of sane en-
ploycs Is 100 per cent wrong
MI Jcwcifs attempt TO rulc out tho
81 n ~ - rsNra
presented Testimony intended to SHOW
mat proper conferences. according to
tho requirements OF tn, transpor;a-
ton act. had been held prior to bring
ing wage disputes to the board on
railroads. In some cases
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
MISSING CASHIER
. OF KANSAS BANK
TAKEN BY POLICE
La Junta Chief Of Police
Makes Capture Of Official
of Kansas Institution

g. J. Matthews, missing cashicr of
the Osnwatlsomic State Bank OF Osa-
watomlc, Kansas, and alleged en-.
bczzlcr OF funds from that bank, was
arrested mt O'Clock Monday morning
by Chief OF Police Rose at La Junta
and is being held in Otero county Jail
at Ia Junta awaiting the arrival OF u
Kansas officer.
Matthews WAS takcn from n Santa
Fe passenger train while he was en-
route from California to Kansas City,
It is said.
The arrest was the result of an ac-
cident, almost, 1t is said. Sunday
Chief Rose received confidential
telegram from a friend in New
Mexico city, stating that Matthews
was on Santa F'e train, No. 2, and to
pick him up as he was wanted in Os-
hwatomie. Kansas. Rose telegraphed
tho bank officials asking IL Mat
thews was still wanted and received
an affirmative reply Just twenty minu-
tes before train time. He hurried to
the station and when the train came
in. arrested the missing cashier on a
description previously obtained.
II is said that Matthews admits his
identity and that he is wanted in Kan
sas. He had no baggage and only 81
In money on his person. 1t is said
he has been missing since the middle
of February.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
MARRIED man KILLS
GIRL AND HIMSELF

MINEOLA. Ia l.. March e5-In-
furiated when Miss Virginia FORGET.
~ year old. laughed Mt his demand
that she rcf1sc attentions from other
men. William Msscc. a carpenter. 2,
years old, today shot and killed the
Eirl. then turned ttc weapon ON hir,
sof. He died two hours later.
Magec who is'survivsd b,. I wife an
Two children Is said hy'. tho police ,o
nave confessed Just beto-c he died mat
nv was infatuated with the girl who
was a bookkeepcr in tho pffles OF Jra-
ticc OF the Peace Wcs,vry.,.f. shc
was alone In the office whuu M.rec
called late today and upraldcd hcr for
accepting attentions. aud gifts from
other sfen. police said.
"She drove inc insane when she
saccrcd at me" Magce is said to have
told tho police. "Hnd shot her. was
In love with her. | told her That
truly loved her and asked her to dis
continue attentions to other men. Sh>
only snceTcd at me and I shot her.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
COURT RULES AGAINST
STATE JURISDICTION OF ice.

WASHINGTON. March 13.-The in
terstato commerce commission was
held today by the supreme court to
be without authority to authorize or
compel the abandonment OF a strictly
state railroad.
Tho decision, which was handed
down in case brought by the state
OF Texas against the Eastern Texas
Railroad company. to prevent that
road from dismantlinE under an order
issued by tho commission, declared
that wherc railroad lics entirely
within a single state. Is owned aud op-
Grated by n corporation of that state,
and is not a part of another line and
whore 1t continued operation cannot be
OF more than local concern. tho com
mission was without Jurisdiction.
Interstate and foreign commerce will
not be burdened or affected by any
shortage in the earnings nor will any
carrier in any such commerce have to
bear or make good :ae shortage" of
the Eastern Texas railroad, Judge Van
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
GOVERNMENT HAS LITTLE HOPE
OF AVERTINC Big COAL STRIKE

I Mine operators. 1t was declared.
wcrc continuing In their refusal to en-
ter n conference with the United Mine
| Workers looking TO tho creation OF 4
new wage contract for the central
competitive fold, Notwithstanding
representations mRdc to them by Sec
rctary OF Labor Davis. who holds that
existing contracts require them at
least TO enter negotiations regardless
ricd to completion. Tho United Mine
Workers OF America, tho general
union organization. was declared to be
entirely willing to enter conference
aitho insisting upon the maintenance
OF existing wage scales were adopted
I'm 1890
Tho employers arc demanding rcduc-
tions amounting to 20 pcr cent or moro.
1t was indicated in official circles to-
day that tho government would go no
further at present but await the de-
vclopmcnt of tho threatened strike.
Tho degrees OF possible government in.
tcrvention later. 1t was said by high
official. would be determined by the
degree to which the strike. II It dcvcl-
oped, might affect adversely the public
welfare.
Statistics assembled for tho labor
department Indicate that sixty-five
million ton, OF coal are now In stor-
ply for the entire country. that thi.
amount is rapidly being augmented
and that nonunion production is tend
ing to increase. Local agreements be-
tween the union and operators are AL
50 expected to go into effect on or be-
fore April 1, which would insure main
tenancc OF further operations.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
A|RPLANEs B0MBARD :.
|NSURGENT FORCES
Rations Also Dropped to Off
GERS Besiegcd BY Gold
Mine Strikers

JOHANNESBURG. Union OF South
Africa. March ls.-opcrations against
tho Rand gold mine strikers continued
today In the vicinity OF Pretoria.
Ihc Gcrmiston railway revolution.
aries werc heavily bombed but they
Persisted In their attempts TO damage
the railway The line, however. had
been repaired ON both occasions. one
commando. five hundred strong. which
mad succeeded I'm blowing up part OF
the railway at Driofontcin was located
and bombed by an airplanc. The air.
pane dropped ratious TO n number OF
strikers
Premier SHUTS In an Interview said
the response to the governments call
to form commandos had been magnifi-
cent. Farmers and others. men OF every
shade OF political opinion instantly sn-
rolled. he said
Government forces have captured tho
important Positions OF Bcnon! and
Dunswart. together with many pris-
on.rs. Tho government casualties were
light.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
SA0UP'S MESSENGER
THREATENED BY kLux
George Gross, President OF
Negro Organization, Is Told
To Leave Denver

DENVER, March IA threaten.
ing letter. ordering him to leave tho
city and purportlng to be from the Ku
kiuS Kan, was received today by
George Gross, negro messenger to
Oliver II. shoup.
Colonel Patrick ]. Hamrock. adm-
tant general OF the state. and Attorn-
g. Gencral Victor Reyes immediately
started an investigation into tho
source OF tho letter.
Gross is president OF the local as
sociation for the advancement OF tho
coiored people. which has filed a pro-
test with the attorney general against
.ic application recently presented to
secretary OF state Carl Millikcn for
Incorporation OF tho local Eu klux
hIan organization. Gross formerly
lived in Colorado Springs. The letter
merely ordered Gross to leave the city
ana threatened We Will get YOU IL
you don't"
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
NINE INSURGENTS
SHOT IN MEXICO
Uncon6med Reports Arc
That Revolutionists Cap
turc Forty Soldiers

Ell PASO, Texas. March 13.--Con-
flicttng reports concerning activities OF
Mexican revolutionists in the states OF
Tamaulipas and Neuva Leon were re-
ceived in Ell Paso by government Off
GERS today. Execution of General Jose
Elizondo. General Amanda. Sosso Cor
ado and six followers were reported In
communications forwarded by Mcxi-
can officials at Brownsville. Texas.
The revolutionists, reported to have
crossed into Mexico at point between
Roma and Rio Grande City, Texas,
March S. were captured by Mexican
federal troops near BarroZa. Neuva
Leon. Thursday. March 0, following
skirmish in Barroza. the reports said.
Jose Maria, n rcvolutionist. was cap
tnred and taken to Monterey. Mexico.
for court martial. Two revolutionlsts
attempting to escape were captured at
town called Los Burros in Neuvo
Leon. according to reports.
They wcre said to have five horaes
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14

sorah. of Idaho. both Republican,
took the lead In the all-day attack.
the former declaring ratification OF
the treaty would be a national sur
render under a threat of danger from
the Anglo-Japanese alliance. and the
latter asserting that the proposed four
power ARRANGEMENT would transfer ia
the Pacific the old balance of povet
system that has dominated Europe for
centuries,
A question as to the authorship o1
the treaty and its supplemental agree
ments again were raised during tho do
bate, Senator Borah asserting that de-
spite Secretary Hughes letter accepts
Ing responsibilities for the final draft,
there seemed to be the most conclu.
siVe proof that somebody else wrote thu
treaty.
The amendment, on which Il VA
agreed to vote at o'clock tenor
row afternoon, was proposed by Sena.
Tor Robinson. Democrat of Arkansas.
and will be the first issue Of the four
power treaty fight to come to a roll
call. As modified today by Mr.. Robirs-
son 1t provides that the rights of ambi-
lions In and out of tho four power
group are to be respected and that non
sishatory as well as signatory natiops
shall be invited to any conference held
70 consider controversies affecting
their insular interests in the Pacific
or any Far Eastern questions"
Administration leaders declared to.
night they had sufficient votes to do.
feat the amendment Senator Robinson
made short speech today favorinx
It's adoption in the interest. he said of
fafr play, for Russia. China and other
non-signatory nations, and Senator
Lenroot, Republican of Wisconsiu
argued against 1t on the ground that IL
would impose blanket obligationa as
governing the league OF nations cove
nant.
Senator Johnson's address of mors
than two hours. was directed largely
against the declaration of tho treaty's
supporters that its chief benefit lay in
tho provision abrogatinE tho Anglo
Japanese alliance.
Ihe chief difference between the new
arcaty and the league covenant. Sem
that 1t bore Republican instead OF
n Democratic liable.
senator Borah, In turn, likened the
treaty to the triple entente Of Europe
which which he said did not bind Great
France In 1914. but neverthe,cas result
Cd IN concerted action by ali the en-
tentc powers.
The treaty. Senator Borah pointed
out, did not limit tho means TO be
considered Jointly by tho four powerS
tor Pacific mcans'' but left tho door
open for the conference to decide on
armed action.
no predicted that formation Of the
lour power group would lead to tho cs-
adjustment of n counter group and
eventually to a war between the two
field. Al s"e
Just before tho senate accsptcd thu
unanimous consent agreement. which
Vas proposed by Senator Swanson.
democrat OF Virginia, Senator Reed.
democrat. Of Missouri assaiied Rcpub-
leans who formerly had opposed tho
.ersailles treaty but now supported
ne -FOUR power treaty, declaring they
we're ready to take medicine handed
IS IN n spoon held by a Republican,
PRESIDENT. altho they had refused Il
fhen 1t came from a Democrat"
IN tho main, tho treaty supporters
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
PROMOTER IS ARRESTED
FOR ALLEGED SW|MDLE
Seymour J. Cox Charged With
Using Mails To Defraud
OF $1,O0O,OOO

NEW YORK, March i5.-Allegcd to
have used tho mails to defraud invest
ors out OF 100000 by the sale of
worthless oil stocks. SEYMOUR ]. Cox,
promoter, was arrested tonight "a ths
Broadway theatrical district.
Tho warrant for Co.'s arrest was
issued by United States Commissions
or Douglas of Houston. Texas, whc.c
the promoter operator operated as
head of tho Cox Realization corpora
600
Post office inspector Weldon who
police in search for Cox
said he had been sought since Febru-
ary es the trial leading first to Michi-
gan. then thru several southern states
and finally TO New Ysrk. Cox was
attircd and wore a pair
Of leather puttces. which. he said.
all prominent businessmen OF Ilous-
ton" affected.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
SHOUP DISCUSSES
FLOOD PROBLEMS
WITH PUEBL0ANS
Chief Executive Says He be.
lieves Extra Session Will
Be Called

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. March
H.-tBy The Associated Press) )-Fol-
lowing an extended conference with
. delegation OF Pueblo officials, Gov
srnor Oliver II. Shoup tonight de-
clared that he is going thoroly into
the matter of a special session of the
legislature for the passage of flood
relief measures before issuing a call
The delegation today, consisting OF
John NJ. Jackson and George Stumpf.
members OF tn city council W. o.
Peterson, state senator and Thomas
Johnson, chief OF police, urged that
the session be called.
Governor Shoup said that it Is his
belief that the session will be held.
city officials returning from Colo
ra1o Springs yesterday where they
had a special meeting with Governor
shoup in regard to calling an extra
session of the state legislature for the
passing Of a measure to eliminate
flood hazards in Pueblo. said the flood
prevention bill was completed and that
they believed tho legislature would
convene in April.
Commissioners John NJ. Jackson.
George Stumpf and Chief of Police
T. G. johnson motored to Colorado
Springs yesterday to encourage the
governor IN calling the special session.
The Moffat tunnel bill IT is untler-
stood. will be presented with the flood
prevention bin. If the legislature is
convened.
Governor Shoup on his return from
Texas vacation trip TO his home in
Colorado Springs. IS reported to have
given out statement last week. that
he believed that neither OF the bills
would be completed In time to cali
special session OF the legislature In
March. This is believed to have in
spired the trip OF the city councilmen
to interview the governor.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-14
CLEWS UNEARTHED
IN BRUNEM DEATH
Theory Of Vengeance Worked
On By Police OF
Riverside, N. J. "A

RIVERSIDE. n. J.. Mar. IA
number Of possible clews were un-
earthcd today by detectives trying to
solNo tho mystery surrounding tho
death of John T. Brunen, circus own
Friday.
Some OF these CLOVIS. Prosecutor
Jonathan Kelsey of Burlington eoun-
". said tonight lead to tho winter
quarters OF several circuscs in differ
cnt parts OF the country.
prosecutor Kelsey said that he had
Iearned that an oath OF vengeance
had been made by relatives OF n man
Brhnen was reported to have shot and
Killed at Mount Carmel. Penn. scy-
crai years ago during the course of a
fiSht. Rruncn was acquitted on a plea
OF self dcfonsc
Brunen had n dozen bitter epeuicy
Kelsey stated and authorities also arc
working ON the theory OF vengeance
from former business associates
Authorities were investigating the
report from llammonton. n. j.. tina, "A
touring car, bearing license tags stolen
from garage in Philadelphia had
bcen found there Saturday. Tho car
mad been abandoned by three younl;
mon who were seen to climb aboard ~
truck headed for Philadelphia. tho re-
ports stated. Tho car had boon aban-
doncd after 1t crashed thru n fence.
h'ou W''e WorkinS OH inc re-
port OF Chief OF Police Samuel *.
Gaskili. of Mount Holly. n. J.. who
said he had seen u small car of tho
coupe type pass thru Mount HOLM
coming from the direction of River
side. As minutes after Erueu was
shot. Tho coupe was followed by a
limousine. the chief said. A hired
assassin who for almost month used
small automobile in Watching foi.
the opportunity, killed the Snowman
in the opinion OF Coun'~ detective
Ellis Parker.