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session.
The new reservation was laid before
the committee by Senator Brandegee.
Republican, Connecticut after a con-
terence with President Harding. Tho
Connecticut senator was said not to
have reported II as embodying tho
presidents views. but tho understand
ing of committee members was that It
would be acceptable % the White
House.
The text OF the reservation follows:
1.-THE United States understands that
under the statement in the preamble
or under the terms OF this treaty there
is no commitment to armed force, no
alliance. no obligation to Join in I'M
defense"
Although apparently acceptable to
most OF the Republican and Demo
cratic reservationists on tho commit
tee. the reservation, according to to-
days discussion. will not receive
unanimous committee approval. Sen
ator Johnson, Republican. California.
was said to have shown opposition
during the meeting. and 1t was gener
ally expected hat Senator Borah, Re
] publican, Idaho. who was absent
would take a similar position.
The compromise reservation is mors
direct and shorter than the Original
B~randegee blanket proposals. to which
a majority OF the committee member
previously had indicated their support
Under the original reservation the
United States would have set forth in
detail hat 1t was to dssume no "mor
al or legal" obligation under the treaty
or any adjustments resulting from II
without the consent Of congress-"
Particular reference to The preamble
Of h treaty Is said to have been made
in tho new draft because the preamble
states that the agreement is made
with a view to the preservation OF
the general peace and maintenance
Of the rights OF the signatory powers
The word maintenance" does no mp
pear. however. among the commit
ments of the treaty proper.
, 1922-02-24
MAN ACCUSED Of
OUTRAGE KILLED
WHILE ON TRIAL
Called to Wit
ness Stand Turns Gun
on Law Offender

WACO, Texas, Feb. "a.
Miss Marcine Matthews, II
years of age, shot and Instant
ly killed ]. S. Crosslin today
during proceedings in the dis
trict court here. He was
charged with criminaIiy attacking thu
girl two years ago.
Crossiin was tried. convicted and
sentenced to nine ycnrs IN the peni-
tcnttary but the case was reversed
on an error IN tho admission OF testi-
mony n rcmanded for trial
The p~reliminaries had bccn com
pieted and Miss Matthews had been
called TO tho witness stand
He disRraced me, ruined my
health and deprived me OF school
privileges" she stated after tho kin
ing. But no VIII never ruin another
girl"
Crosslin was 50 years old.
Miss Matthews walked to the wit
1ass chair. and then turned with pls-
toll in hand. fired straight at Cross
lin, who sat in q chair beside his at
torneys rs feet away. h took two
or three steps forward and fired
again. Advancing TO within thrcs
fest OF the man who had collapsed
in his chair. she shot a third time.
tho bullet penetrating crosslin's side.
w. H Forester. coun for Grows
I'm. seized the girl just after the third
shot was fired and almost at the same
time Officer Burton reached her and
taking her IN his arms carried her
out OF tho courtroom He took the
weapon from her and locked her in a
room IN the sherifrs Offices
Confusion reigned in h courtroom
Judge Munroc dismissed tho jury iu-
definitely.
Crosslln was in the real estate bust
ness and when the charge was nled
| against him It created n sensation. He
had q wife and several children.
The Matthews girl. then only IL
years old. testified to her condition.
for which she said. Croeslin was re-
~sponsIbie. She had given birth to a
child which n~ecessitated an opera
ton. She declares her health was
destroyed. She Is n little girl. weigh
ing not more than 90 pounds and was
as calm as any man while shooting
and remained so.
Tho girl Is tho daughter OF W. f.
Mathews who resided hero when the
alleged attack was committed. living
in one of crosslin's houses. The fam
lily now resides at Rosebud. Texas-
| Tho father was in the city hut WINS
i not in the courtroom when tho shoot
| ing occurred. Complaint has been
nled charging her with murder.
The county attorney announced this
| afternoon no agreed to bond of 81
900 for Miss Matthew'S Friends OF
| the girl said mo bail would be made
late today.
, 1922-02-24
Los Angeles Police
Are Skepfical of
Story ~Inpolping
Taylor's Murder

/ LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb.
24.-Disbelief in the story of
the murder of William Des-
mond Taylor related in De-
troit within the last three days
by Harry M. Fields, in GUS
Itody there. was expected early today
by Los Angeles officials investigating
the case.
They pointed OUT two changes
Feds mad in his original story. One
was the reduction Of a $1,000 bin to
a 800 bin In connection with his
statement that he was paid 5000 for
having driven 4 Chinese. e man and
a white woman to h Taylor apart
ments.
The other was his changing tho To-
cation where he said h pistol with
which Taylor was shot would be
found The officers said they found
Il at neither place he named
A bank teller was found here. how
eve yho told of a man entering a
bank and acting .suspiciousiy- with
"a $1,000 bin about the time Taylor
vas slain.
In addition. Thomas Green. a dp-
uty United States district attorney
here was quoted ~ having stated a
nan he believed was Taylor. had
sought h,a aid a year ago In stamp
ing out tho drug traffic-
This latter was pointed II as pos.
sible partial proof of Fields state-
ment that tho field director was kill
ed because Of his alleged interference
with the drug traffic
Tho officers learned, also. that a
Chinese named Wong Lee-the name
Fields said was borne by tho Chinese
In he alleged murder party-had left
Los Angeles Chinatown three days
ago when 1t was first intimated Fields
might have important Information
Continued on Page renl
, 1922-02-24
trial. WITNESS
In OBENCHAIN
Case GRIL.LED

LOS ANGELES, Feb. s4.-Detaficd
explanation of her activities on the
night OF last August when J. Bolton
Kennedy was slain, was h subject
OF crossexamination hero today OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Besanty. one OF the
leading prosecution witnesses In the
murder trial of Mrs. Madalynne
Obenchain. Mrs Bcsanty lives in
Beverly Glen. near the cottage at
which Kennedy was shot
Mrs. Besanty's story was mistaken
by an extended crosseraminaton
which lasted until Just before noon.
Charles C. Blair. chief Of police at
Beverly Hills. tod of telephone calls
coming from Beverly Glen on the
night Of the murder. and of no steps
his department took in that connec-
ton.
, 1922-02-24
CRIME CONFESSION not BELIEVED
FAKE ROBBERY "PULLED"
BY JERSEY HOLDS
CLUE TO EARLIER FRAUD

exactly TO descriptions Of gems al
legged to have been stoien from Mrz
Robcrtrun IN Columbus.
According to tho Ohio cfty's 20
lice. Mrs Robertson was robbed
while visiting a friend there
Tho police say sho included IN
her confession q statement that she
was driven to desperation by en-
barrassments IN her real cstate bust
nce and that she had planned IN
addition TO the fake robbery OF
herseif. two real robberjes OF Now
York friends
The recovered Jewels se szid TO
be worth $50. ooo. although MIR
Robertson ciaims theiy value to be
$780, They wore insured with
Lloyds for $4,000
, 1922-02-24
Fathers SWdp
Babies, Error
Is Cleared Up

NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 34.-rwo
fathers snapped babies in tho ma
ternity ward at city hospital today
and the dove of peace fiuttered into
two homes where tho stork had
been a recent visitor.
Mrs. Bessie Verify and Mrs. Sa-
rah Lapore were patients at the
hospital at the Same time. When
Mrs. Verify was discharged she wal
given a baby boy although she pro
tested that hers had been a girl
Mrs. Lapore. discharged at tho
same time. took home with her
newiy-born baby girl
How conner queried the father.
They told me It was a boy"
So he bundled up tho babe, took
Il back to the hospital and there
found Papa Verify with a similar
bundle. The nurse collected her
records, admitted that she had made
a mistake, re-distributed the babies
to the proud fathers-and collapsed
, 1922-02-24
SCIENCE is CALLED IN
ON GHOST MYSTERY AT
HALIFAX, NO SOLUTION

Mr.. Macdonald. his wife and their
adopted daughter fled the house. ter
rorized by nse things" that had
chased his horses to a lather. the
farmer said. braided tho tails of his
cattle and started mysterious fires
of ordinarily not highly combustble
materials in his home.
So seriously was the tale taken
by the countryside that the Halifax
Herald and the provincial police sent
representatives to stay three nights
and days in tho haunted house.
They returned a week ago with
shaken nerves. endorsing the farm
er's story and adding to 1t. saying
they had been awakened In the night
by slaps from unseen hands
Thus baffled. the Canadians have
called upon American science to
rout the Antagonist ghost
, 1922-02-24

The northwest n tho Btorrr
was greatest. according to dtspatches
received here. reported a deata toll
OF IL and several hundred thousand
dollars damage 10 property. Five
persons met death In q train wreck
near Minneapolis when a passenger
train crashed into n smow-plow. -Four
men were found frozen to death In
Minneapolis and St Paul. q woman
WINS frozen to death near Langford,
s. D.. a woman was -electrocuted near
Rochester. MINI. and a man was
frozen at Dilworth, MINI
In the Deep creek and M1llegan Sec
lions of Montana, wolves In droves
were driven by the heavy snow TO
populated DISTRICTS and attacked DO
nestle animals- Seventy head Of cat
Tie were reported killed
Wisconsin was battling with an en-
veloping mantle of snow to restore
normal conditions Railroad service
had bean parafyzed by the blizzard
which wrought damage estimated at
several millions Of doIlarH Tho ar
rival OF the cold weather, however.
brought relief from the food peril
which in many localities had been the
most dangerous aftermath Of tho
storm No funerals were held In
Green Bay for two days be=-aso Of
tho deep snow drifts
In North Dakota only measre re
ports from scattered precincts where
scheduled Non-pardsan caucuses were
bold, e recefved becauss of the
storm It was estimated that less
than half h caucuses were held.
Northern Michigan which expert
enced a heavy rainfall during h last
two days, was In b grip of the biiz-
ard today and the wind cached
maximum velocity of SIS miles an hour
in the vicinity of Detroit
, 1922-02-24
Earl Is GiUen
DiUOrce Decree
On InfideLity

LONDON, Feb. 24.-By Tho Az
rociated PressSThe Earl OF Cath
n was granted n divorce today
upon proof of Lady Cathcart'a In
discretions with the Earl OF Craven
The case, which originally was In
the defended list. camo before tho
court as an undefended suit.
Lady Cathcart, who is regarded
MS n OF the most beautiful WON
en- in England. is about 30 years
old. the daughter OF the late John
Frazer of Capetown. South Africa,
and widow OF Capt. Do Grey War
ter. She married tho Earl OF Cath
cart In 1919. He is 50 years old
, 1922-02-24

FREEHOLD. N J.. Feb. A.
After tho alleged confession Of MIA
sarah L. NJ Isobertsun snat sho
-stsged- the holdup st her Deal
Beach homo last Saturday night.
the police today were seeking to
learn IL she rs the same woman who
q year ago collected $4,000 from IN
insurance concern Tor tho reputsd
theft of, gems In Columbuz Ohio
The police last night recovered
Mrs- Robe-tson's Jewels. which wcro
supposed to have been taken by n
robber. She gave the authorities a
note to the person in whose GUS
tody tho gems were. and they were
turned over. Two OF the pieces 70
covered, tho police say. correspond
, 1922-02-24

NEW YORK. Feb. 24-Police and
press having failed to solve the mys-
terry o. the haunted HOUSE of Anti
gonish. Nova Scotia whose o ia
NOUS ghost has aroused the entire
Canadian province. science has been
asked To solve the mystery.
The Halifax Herald. which recently
sent q reported to Antagonist valley
only to have a report that he was
slapped or the wrist by useen bot
quite substantial hands, today wired
DIR. Walter Franklin Pierce, director
OF tho American Institute for Scien.
tifie Research. requestong that body
to undertake an investigation DR..
p reservirg decision.
united horse" h the ole
f. = OF Alexander Macdonald.
on. a4ndred miles. ns the crow flies.
from Halifax In the dead winter
, 1922-02-24
Great Steamer
Reaches End OF
Maiden Voyage

NEW YORK. Feb 34.-Compiettns
her maiden voyage acruss the At
lantic. the White Star liner Homsric
lt.rgest twin screw steamer In the
world and the sixth biggest vessel
aioat. steamed to her pier today while
sirens of hnrbor craft whistied q wei
come
Tho luxurious 777-foot liner crossed
the ocean with her 200 passengers IN
seven days. IS hour and IS minutes,
two days slower than her expected
schedule. her speed having been slack
ened by strong winds and rough
Tho average time WIS 15.T5 knotA
, 1922-02-24

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb a.
While the Rev. C b Forbes. a San
Francisco clergyman, was delivering
a religious lecture at San Quentin
pe~nitentiary last night. three con-
victs took advantage of the assem-
bly, to scale the walls and escape.
A fourth donned tho minister's robe
and hat and walked past several
guards, but was recognized and
stopped at the outer gate when he
betrayed a strange nervousness in
The way he said good evening"
, 1922-02-24
Or
LANDS OPPOSED

the house judiciary committee IN
which he quoted the chairman as
saying the impeachment proceedings
still were pending and as promising
to call the matter as soon as urgent
legislation was out OF the way.
There is no doubt that the i'm
parchment proceedings against
Judge Lands r still pending in
congress- Mr.. welty wrote in his
letter to the president, and 1 felt
in Justice to Judge Lands as well a.
to the public hat the matter should
be disposed Of by congress. Judge
Lands is either inpocsns or guilty
, 1922-02-24
CONvICTS SCALE
PRISON WALLS

SIOUX CITY. Iowa. Feb. s4.-saw
ing their way through i've steel bar
riers in the Woodbury. county jan.
six prisoners. three Of whom had
been convicted Of feionies. escaped
early today.
A drill. n piece OF saw blade and n
20 loot length of rope were left be-
hind by the prisoners
The three cells from which the es-
cape was made are on the seventh
floor Of the county building.
, 1922-02-24

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24-Benja,
mine +. welty, former Democratic
member Of the house from the
Fourth Ohio district. made public
today another letter to President
Harding urging the resignation OF
Federal Judge Lands now before
the president be not accepted
The former Ohio representative.
who as a member OF the last con
.ress, sought to have Judge lands
impeached after he had accepted the
haEeball arbitership. also made pub
lie a letter 10 Chairman Voistead or
, 1922-02-24
Billiard Run
OF 9O2 Breaks
Worlds Record

ALAMEDA. Calf. Fen. ga baIk-
limo billiard run of so2. said to be a
new worlds record. was set up last
night by Marx Cation Of Alameda, ma
tionary known bfiliardist. In a regu-
lar contest here. Tho former record
was held by George Sutton at 1893.
Cation is the son Of w. H Cation.
former national three-cushion cham
pion.
, 1922-02-24
CarusO Memorial
is Planned

NEW YORK. Feb. 24-waiter Dam
rosch. musical conductor; Antonio
Scott, singer; otto h Kahn. f~inancier.
and George w. W1ckersham. former
United States attorney general r
among the twenty men and ONE
named as incorporators Of the Caruso
American memorial foundation.
A fund of 81. 600 900 will be raised TO
encourage the musical education OF
students and artists for the purpose
u developing the highest musical tai
, 1922-02-24

&AAAA1 vi IN
and another by tn n government
with . chairman seiee.ed from holders
OF high judicial office to be appointed
by agreement This commission would
have the power to hear claims regard
ing criminal injuries 10 property. in
Guiding Losses sustained through the
military authorities under martial Law.
The secretary explained also the
process 10 10 adopted in cases OF dis
puts regarding division Of the com
pensation awarded by the commission.
The matter would DO taken In hand
by the MINISTRIES of tho two gov
ernments and a division made between
them. tho total Of amount determined
upon as a balance aetrr adjudication
Of all the cases to be included In the
general financial settlement between
Great Britain and tho Irish FREQ State.
As TO responsibility, Mi. Churchill
said the Irish provisional government
had agreed that its responsibility for
damage done by its forces was uniim-
tied in Ireland but damage done In
Giasguw and Liverpool also was TO be
taken into account Tho damage done
in northern Ireland was Of n different
category. tho secretary added. and the
British government considered II had
a greater responsibility regarding It.
The chancellor of the e~xrhequer. said
Mr.. Churchill. had told Sir James
Craig that parliamentary authority
would be sought TO pay the northern
government OF ireland with respect &c
criminal injuries to perscas and pro
perry in the territory OF that govern
ment sustained before january IL,
1922. a contribution of 1900. 900 pounds
sterling.
, 1922-02-24
NEGRO HANGED
FOR ASSAULT

BALTIMORE. Nd. Foo .4-Sam-
mel Smith, negro chauffeur. was
hanged at the Baltimore county JAN
at Towson today for attempted Grim
NAL assault upon Miss Marta Lyon
Of Glen Ridge. N J.. Goucher col
lego student and volunteer settlement
worker.
, 1922-02-24

WASHINGTON. Feb. ,4.-Gcorge
e. Long, 40 years, an employe OF
the bureau Of insular affairs, in the
war department was arrested today
and held for Investigation by depart
mcnt Of Justice agents in connection
with the sending during the last few
weeks Of letters to prominent Wash
ingtonions demanding large sums Of
, 1922-02-24
JAP SLAYER TO
die In CHAIR

NEW YORK. Feb. z4.-Saito Taizo.
20. tho only Japanese ever convicted
of murder in New York City. today
was sentenced to die IN the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison. tho week of
April J. Tnizo strangied Mitario Yast
Hara, a o~ountryman, with a scarf in
an uppe broadway hotel last October
and robbed him of $500.
, 1922-02-24
FIGHT OF ENED
SALES TAX
subcommittee Rejects Proposal
Urged by Harding for Meeting Cash
Compensation to Soldiers

WASHINGTON, Feb. PA proposal to finance the sol
diers' bonus by a sales tax is understood to have been re-
iected today by the special subcommittee of the Republican
members of the house ways and means committee.
The proposition was said to have been supported by only
three members, Representative Longworth, of Ohio; Wat
, 1922-02-24
RESERVATION ON
TREATY AGREED
TO BY SOLONS
Harmony Restored in Foreign Relations
Committee When Agreement on Clause
to Protect Nation Is Reached

WASHINGTON, Feb. PA modified blanket reserva-
ton to the four-power Pacific treaty, said to be satisfactory
both to President Harding and to a majority of the members
of the senate foreign relations committee, was debated by
the committee today and an agreement reached to vote on
the treaty itself and all proposed reservations at tomorrow's
, 1922-02-24
PASSES.
DEATH TOLL Is
FIXED AT DOZEN
Property Damage in North and Middle
West Heavy; Scores of Cattle Are
Killed by WoIves in Montana

CHICAGO, Feb. 24-The middle west was beginning to
recover somewhat today from the storm which caused a sud-
den drop in Temperatures to below freezing and brought
snow and sleet which fell over a large area from Montana,
the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin down into the north
ern part of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. q
, 1922-02-24

in Ireland II had been agreed. he
said. that the party responsible for
The damage should bear h burden. a
commission to Azsess the amount OF
damage
This commission. the secretary er-
planned. would consist OF one member
appointed by the British government
, 1922-02-24

o OF Pennsylvania, and Bacfarach.
OF New Jersey. It is understood that
h proposal WIN be brought up again
iate today at a meeting of an Of the
majority member of tho why's and
means comrnittea-
Opponents of the sates tax appar-
entity were confident OF another vic
tory. II WINS understood 10 be their
idea that h committee should re-
port out q bill with the finance plan
either made q direct charge against
the treasury or contingent upon the
disposal of refunded foreign bonds.
Some sales tax proponents thought
that the whole question might again
have to be referred to President
Harding.
WASHINGTON. Feb. e4.-Ths sol
Hers bonus would tend "stm further
to destroy the financial equilibrium Of
the natikon" even IL the sales tax
be use to provide necessary funds.
Senator Moses. Republican. New
Hampshire, declared IN an address to-
day in the senate
IT have hitherto advocated such a
tax" said Senator Moses, -as an in
tegral feature OF our fiscal system.
But I do not wish such a tzv to be
IN already too heavy load which our
people are carrying"
Senator Moses sal dthcre had been
an "~engulfing wave" Of protest
against new taxes proposed to pay the
bonus and expressed hope that there
might be a further revision Of
assessed as an additional burden up
taxes and a balancing OF the budget
Continued on Page Tenl
, 1922-02-24
STAYS ASSAILANT IN TEXAS COURT ROOM
DAMAGE IN ERIN TO BE PAID
BY PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR
DESTRUCTION, OFFICIAL SAYS
LONDON, Feb. "a

LONUON, Feb. Z4.@- the house OF commons
today on the supplementary v IS in connection with
the Irish settlement, Winston T. ~x -ecretary for the
colonies, explained the procedure u w, ed, by agree
ment between the British and the Iris. Oh al govern
ments for the settlement of claims for d. 70 nrone-tv
, 1922-02-24
Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and satur-
day. possibly rain or nno 4 west
and south PORTIONS warmer tonight
, 1922-02-24
MRS. HOBART's ADDRESS.
FEATURE OF SESSION.

The address Of Mrs Hobart. h ma
Honal president was the feature of the
morning session Despite a slight
handicap occasioned by tho high alt+
tude Mrs Hobart spoke at length on
the hopes. aspirations and accomplish
ments of the Legion auxiliary from
he Viewpoint Of a national organiza-
CONTINUED on Page Tcn)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-03-31
Miners to Use Air
' planes to Get Workers
Out in Remote Fields

Washington. March 26.-Attention
of Government officials was directed
to the announced efforts Of mine union
leaders to spread the threatened walk
out Saturday, to non-union fields, in
cluding Kentucky and Tennessee by
means of airplane propaganda. (
Other means, according to the re-
port, also would be used to distribute
the proclamation in the West Virginia
district and in other non-union fields
which are inaccessible because of the
control by operators who have barred
union representatives.
The latest move here to avert the
strike was made today by Senator
William E. Borah, of Idaho, the new
chairman of the Senate Labor Com
mittee. Mr.. Borah conferred with la
Dor representatives and discussed the
general strike situation, taking the
necessary preliminary steps that may
result in an offer by his committee to
use its good offices to adjust the trou-
bles.
Nothing definite resulted from this
step, but it was said further confer
ences will be held this week. Despite
the fact there are no legislative aids
Congress can render to meet the pres
ent situation the friendly interven-
ton of the Labor Committee might re-
suit helpfully.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-03-31
VIM. Bradley's Son
Killed by Automobile

Woodrow Bradley, so nof Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Bradley, Of Charleston, w
Va, was killed instantly on last Fri
day when struck by an automobile.
The accident occurred on Elk River
bridge at that place.
1t is said the boy ran across the
bridge from behind wagon which
prevented the young man who was
driving the GER from seeing him in
time to avoid the accident The boy
was nine years of age. His father, VIM.
Bradley, moved from this county to
Charleston, w. Va, number of years
ago. He is the son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradley Of Yatesville. Two of his
brothers, G. F. Bradley of Christmas,
and A. d. Bradley of Kenova, w. Va,
attended the funeral which was held
at the home, Alb Pennsylvania avenue,
in Charleston on Monday afternoon at
two o'clock.