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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
CLARA PHILLIPS
HUSBAND ON
GRILL
Police Believe He Knows More
Than Revealed OF Woman's
Flight.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3.-Armour
L. Phillips and a number OF resi-
dents of Beverly Glen will be
grilled today as a result Of what
the authorities assert to be the
hottest clue which has yet come
to light in the search for Clara
Phillips, who escaped from the
county jail here four weeks ago.
Mrs. Phillips is believed to have
spent four nights in hiding in a
lonely cabin, If evidence found in
the vicinity is to be credited.
On a trail leading to the cabin a
note was found which read: Clara
Will see you Wednesday night
For Gods sake, be careful"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
FIRED 2 FAIR BUILDINGS,
CHARGE AGAINST PRISONER

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. g.
Ralph Baughman, twenty-five, was
arrested here, charged with attempt
ing to burn the large cattle barn
at the Hagerstown interstate fair
grounds December %.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 1t started. An attempt was
made several hours later to burn the,
grandstand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03

slightest hope Of the French and
British adjusting their differences by
themselves.
II the deadlock at Paris, however,
becomes absolute and the entente
between Britain and France actually
ruptured, then it is not only posi-.
BILE but entirely probable the United
States will put forward some
remedial suggestions. What form
these suggestions might take was
q question today that officials fought
shy Of answering.
Looking Plans Over.
Both at the White House and at
the State Department the French
and British plans" were under
close scrutiny. No official comment
on their respective merits could be
obtained, but it was manifest that
Of the two, American opinion is in
clined toward the proposal put for.
ward by Premier Bonar Law, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
ARREST 100 STRIKERS
FOR THROWING STONES

EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. g.
The entire police force turned out
today and arrested 100 strikers
after a stone-throwing demonstra-
ton at the Standard mine.
The prisoners were marched in
column of tours to the city police
court to be charged with unlawful
assembly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
WELCOMES 1923 WITH
PLUNGE IN ICY WATERS

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-The wet
test New Year celebrator in the
metropolitan area was discovered
today. He is Philip Nussbaum, of
New Rochelle, who followed his Gus
tom, started eight years ago, of
ushering in the New Year by swim
ming in the icy waters OF Long
Island Sound.
plunged in at Hudson Park, near
New Rochelle, and swan for twenty
minutes alone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03

n y w I = i ! ! II 3
Washington their
Impressions OF
him. These Inn
pressions fall into
two parts:
T. Mr.. Bald
win ID extremely
able and also
amiable.
2--He intends
firmly and with,
out fail to con-
vey noney-real
moneycash in
large quantities
from the British
treasury to the
American Treas
ury,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
FRIENDS FURNISH BAIL
FOR BANKEREPREAcHER

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Victor Fl.
Arnold, banker-preacher, is free to-
day under $4,000 bail which his
Chicago friends supplied to answer
charges in Wisconsin of using the
mails to defraud
1t is not believed he will fight
extradition. He will go to Superior,
Wis, on January % to appear at the
hearing there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
| Owe TRIANGLE
IS BACK Of
DEATHS
.tlooded Mob Tragedies at
Mer Rouge Illuminated BY
New Light.
1oontlnued from First page.)

AContinued from First Page.)
The brutal double murder OF Watt
Daniels and Thomas Fl Richards, OF
Mer Rouge, BY . hooded mob last
August. The cavalry arrived In the
early dawn from Jennings. La. as
re-enforcements for the three other
detachments Of national guardsmen
already patroling the parish.
The feeling Of tension, which has
existed throughout the countrywide
Tor weeks was considerably height
ened by the arrival OF mounted
troops. Rumors fled frern lib to lip
that their presence meant the
launching Of sweeping wholesale
arrests Of men aIlegedly connected
with the hooded mob murders.
Streets Lined.
Street corners were lined with hill
folk, q majority Of whom admittedly
are members Of the Ku Klux Khan.
An outbreak between troops and
klansmen is not unexpected. Fed
erai agents, who are gathering evil
lence to support the States case, de-
clared there would be no sensational
They Indicated arrests would De
made from time to time as evidehce
was developed ct the open hearing.
Coco Due Today.
. Attorney General Coco, heading
the States staff Of prosecutors, win
arrive at Mer Rouge during the dsy.
It was announced this morning. Al
conference Of State and Federal Off
Gals is scheduled at which future
Developments in this battle of
shadows viii be determined 1fpon.
The probability is the conference viii
decide to mark time until Friday.
The disappearance OF Harold Tee.
gerstrom, q Government witness.
meanwhile, was as much or q mys-
terry az when he dropped out or
sight after being called to the door
of his dwelling In Spyker. 4 Town
near here. Federal agents cor.
tinued to charge he. had been kid
mapped by Ku K1ux Klansnen and
spirited out of the State. Rumors
were that he was on his way to
visit friends near Pittsburgh. Pa.
until after the trails here.
investigators employed by the Ku
Klux Khan also were reported AZ
work in the Parish preparing q de-
tense case Tor DIR. d. NJ. McKOiI1
now held at Baltimore. charged
with completely in the hooded
mob" murders
Find Girl Witness.
These Investigators were said to Z
have found q girl witness who saw
an attack on the life of DR.. McKOin
near Mer Rouge several weeks be.
fore the murders. The girl. Gussie
McCallum, twenty years old, 1t was
stated, saw the flashes when two
men fired at DIR. McKoin from the
shadow Of shed few feet from
her home. a
Khan investigators here also were
said TO be developing the .'alibI''
by which McKoin will attempt TO
prove he was in Monroe, forty-five
miles away, the night Richards
and Daniels were murdered This
includes statement by DR.. r. r.
Hemlock, a Mer Rouge dentist, that
he spent the night with DIR. Nc.
KOin In Monroe.
Besides the alleged attempt upon
his life, it was learned today that
McKoin had received threatening
letters. These letters. 1t was said,
led the physician to move from
Mer Rouge. His family was sent
to Monroe and McKoin subse-
quently went to Baltimore, where
his arrest took place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
y Veteran Actor Is Dead.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. s.
Edwin Stevens, for many years actor
in the spoken drama and recently
widely known for motion-picture
interpretations, died here yesterday
at his residence from pneumonia. He
was sixty years of age.
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7
Washington accordingly looks
forward to his arrival with feeling
Of unprecedented local financAl
enthusiasm. Washington has ex
tended cordial welcomes to thou
sands Of foreigners whose erran6
It was to take something out OF
the American Treasury. Here ID g
foreigner who actually proposes t.
put something into It. He IL the
first Of his sort that Washington
has ever seen. Words cannot de
scribe the affection that 10 already
felt for him.
United States Senator's who have
chatted with him in London are
profuse in saying how charming
he is, how companionable, and how
sensible. Comment upon him in
he neighborhood Of our American
European debt refunding commits.
ion is marked by a most intense
,dmiration for his sterling qualities.
plans are under way--by the less
.erious part Of the population-for
giving him q reception common
:urate with his merits.
1t is proposed that he shalP be
net at the Union Station and O..
.orted to his hotel or to the British
Embassy by the United States Ma
rine Corps, bearing placards read
ing: 1--WE have gone after many
debtors, but this is the first one
that ever came along willingly.
At the entrance to tn embassy
here will be four files Of Treasury
clerks with ledgers and pens in
hand prepared to- take down Mr..
Baldwin's lightest words of hope.
Inside the portals there will be q
delegation OF large American In
come tax payers. bearing last years
income tax receipts and singing q
new song to the Anlgo.Saxon ALI.
ance entitled Cash Is Four and
A-Half Per Cent Year Thicker
Than Blood"
These tax payers will then di.
vide Mr.. Baldwin's evenings be-
tween them and win talk to him on
moral beauty Of British solvency
until he takes his boat back to
England. No attentions paid to
Mr.. Baldwin will be thought ex-
cessive. A statue Of him Is plan.
ned to be erected in Lafayette
square, among the statues OF
former foreign visitors-with the
inscription: From Americas house
keepers TO Americas first paying
guest"
In fact so much pleasure is felt
about him and about his character
that Congress is likely presently to
empower the debt refunding COM
mission to let him pay the British
debt in thirty-five years or in fifty
years instead of within the shorter
term OF twenty-five years now
fixed by the debt refunding law.
We are so touched by the spectacle
OF European who sincerely aspires
to meet his obligations to us that
we find ourselves melting into the
tender thought of making conces-
Sions to him-concessions of time.
1t is understood that he is de-
termined to pay and to pay in
full, but would like to pay in an
nual installpents beginning now
but extended beyond twenty-five
years. Congress already begins to
feel itself inclined to grant him the
extension. He is too valuable a
visitor not to be humored a bit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
GERMANS SEEK
FERENCE
HERE
Finance Minister, in Exclusive
interview, Tells Of Des-
perate Plight.

The fOLLOaCing Is the first Off
ciGl explanation of the German
vies0p0int on Indemnity since the
allied premiers undertook to settle
this nsOmentous World problem 1t
Is giVen to the 1Uorld exclusively
through International NesOs SerU-
ice by the German minister of IA
nance, Andreas Herntes On Gc-
count OF its length the interOiesO
Is divided into tao parts, the first
being printed today. The second
sOSH appear later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
London Still Hopes
For Solution of Row
a., In Paris Conference
BY InternatiOnal News ServiCe,

BY IntermatIOnaI News Service.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Foreign office
officials admitted this afternoon that
the conference situation in Paris is
serious. They said they did not con-
slider 1t absolutely hopeless, however,
and that they believed g. common
basis for discussions could be found
soon.
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away from that Of Premier Poin-
care.
In the Senate, no less than at the
White House and at the State De-
partment, the opposing plans were
under study, and here, too, the
preponderance OF sentiment was OBJ
viously in favor Of the British plan,
as offering the most practical meth
cd Of settlement Of the reparations
tangle to the benefit of all con.
cerned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
BR[T|SHF|NANCE
ENVOY. IS WELL
KNOWN HERE
FavorabIy Impressed Senators
and Others Who Met Him
Abroad-tiis Purposes.
By WILLIAM HARD,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

Copyright, 1928, by Cosmopolitan News
Serviee.1
Stanley Baldwin, chancellor Of the
British exchequer, is coming to
Washington preceded by the most
favorable accounts Of his character
and personality as seen by United
States Senators and other American
political persons who have made his
acquaintance abroad and who are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-03
British Plan Means
20 Billion Gold Marks
For u. S.. Pairs Saw

PARIS, Jan. 3.-The Paris Midi,
in commenting upon the British repa.
rations plan today, declared the
United States would be the greatest
beneficiary, receiving nearly 10000
000, 900 gold marks from England.
, 1923-04-06

acter as to have no rival in the
world of art.
DR.. Cromer has secured these
slides at no little expense. and tho
lectures upon them will require no
small amount of study and labor.
He hopes TO make these lectures
instructive in the highest degree.
The lectures will be preceded and
closed by songs from the screen.
Inasmuch al the room must be
darkened for tho pictures, no notes
can be taken during the delivery of
tho lecture. These must all bt
made from memory afterwards.
The notes OF each lecture must
be mailed to the pastor during the
week following the lecture. who will
turn them over to competent
judges. These judges must attend
the lecture. and new Judges will be
appointed each night for each lee
ture.
1t. may be generally known that
James Tissot was a very devout
Catholic, which accounts for much
OF that indescribable spirit and life
felt and seen in all his pictures.
, 1923-04-06
GREAT CLIMAX
CAPS SHADOWS

The Interpretation of the Chinese
character has long been a favorite
theme for screen plays but 1t is seen
IN an entirely new light in Shadows"
the Preferred Picture presented by B.
p. Schulberg which starts 1t local
engagement at tho America theater'
beginning Sunday.
Tho picture is based on Wilbur
Daniel Steelc's prize story, Ching
Ching, Chinaman," which was 40
claimed as one OF tho greatet stories
of 1917. It tells of Yen Sin. a China
man. who drifts out Of a storm at sea
to Urkey. a little fishing village on
the New England coast. The narrow
minded townfolks despise n revile
him because he does not hold the same
religious convictions ms they. How he
his Christian associates forms the
his Christian associates forms the
keynote OF a drama that viii astound
and grip even the most blase picture
natron. Never has a Chinaman been
portrayed before, The usual run OF
motion pictures put the Chinaman IN
n vindictive light, but CLANCY, IN
shadows Is the sort OF an Oriental
that Confucius or some other Chinese
sage must have been; kindly. benign
and helpful.
On the same program will DO Bust
err Keaton in his newest comedy. THE
Love Nest"
, 1923-04-06
livestock

CHICAGO. April gu. s. Depart
ment OF Agriculture).-Hogs receipts
IS 900; slow. uneven: mostly 10 to 1bc
lower: bulk desirable 100 to 225 pound
averages ss.45 a 81. so; top ss.65; bulk
,240 to 1875 pound butchers 1926 q $3.50
few packing eows s7.25ds7.4o; deslr-
able pigs around s7.o0ds7.65; heavy
hogs ss.15@ss.45; medium $3.50
1856; light ss.8o@ss.6o; light light
s7.35@ss.5o; packing sows smooth
s7.3o4S7.65; packing sows rough s7.l9
ds7.4o; killing pigs se.5o97.75.
Cattle receipts 1000; slow; beef
steers yeariings fat cows and heifers
and stockers and feeders weak to 19c
lower: spots Off more; best inquired
steers $3.50; weight 1859 pounds; bulk
matured steers ss.25@so.5oi one load
1880 pound COWS $500: yearlings hard
to sell; bulk zeal calves TO packers
s9.0o@s9.75; shippers not buying; bo-
logna bulls scarce; outlet very narrow
bulk heavies. s4.759$5.oo.
Sheep receipts $1,000; opening .
tive: generally steady; top old crt
lambs STATS to city butchers. packer
and shippers; bulk desirable wooded
lambs s14.256s14.75; clipped kind
mostly s11.258s11.s5 with heavie
sorted out at $1,000; few SO pound
genuine native spring lambs $1,000;
sheep scarce abotu steady: run In
cludes 3.4oo direct TO packers.
, 1923-04-06
WORTHY PURPOSE BEHIND
BENEFIT DANCE At THE
ARKEON HALL TONIGHT

"Tonight's the night" is a phrase
that could scarcely be used with
greater appropriateness than In CON
nection with the Western Union EN-
ployes' dance to DO given at the
Arkeon Academy. This dance is
given for the benefit OF devastated
France. and for that reason ought to
be highly patronized. The proceeds
will go toward reconstructing the
great country OF southern Europe.
Tho occasion will be a ten-cent
dance. the Tom Watkins orchestra
furnishing its usual excellent music.
Casper dance lovers will welcome
the addition Of Dewey Powell. banjo
player. to the orchestra. Powell played
with Steamboats, orchestra when IT
was in Casper.
, 1923-04-06
WHEAT PRICES
TOUCH RECORD
July and September Options
Soar to New Level on Chi
cago Exchange.

CHICAGO. April 6-Despite a wav-
ering start. wheat turned upward In
price today during the early dealings,
FrcezinT temperature and lack of
moisture in parts of the winter crop
territory put bears at a disadvantage.
On the other hand. decllnea in Liver.
pool quotations following an earlier
advance had a temporarily unsettling
effect here. The opening. which
varied from ise off to &c gain. with
May -1.21h to $1.21S and July S1.1Sk
to S1.1sS. was succeeded by a light
general setback and then by a rise all
around to we'll above yesterdays fin.
ish.
Subsequently. persistent buying in
small lots was taken to indicate a
broadening of speculative interest.
July and September touched a new
high price record for the season. The
close was firm, at the same as yester.
days finish to &c higher. May
S1.21S to S1.21M, and July S1.1SN
to $1.1S7s.
Corn and oats swayed with wheat.
After opening unchanged May 751z to
1855, the orn market sagSed a little
and hen scored slight general gains.
Later with offerings scarce anu eN'
porters buying. the market over
topped the seasons highest prices
heretofore for July and September de
~llverles. The close was strong, &c
to 1hc net higher. May 76kc to
1880.
oats started at 80 decline to a like
advance. May ASS and later hardened
somewhat.
Lower quotations on hogs weakened
the provision market.
, 1923-04-06
FEAST OF CHRISTIAN ART PREPARED BY PASTOR HERE
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES TO Be GIVEN BY REV. CR0NER

illustrating Lew wallace's classic
work. Ben-Hur.
But he always longed for a COM
plete set OF pictures illustrating
the life Of Christ in Its entirety.
This desire was finally satisfied
when the colossal work of the now
renowned artist, James Tissot. was
completed.
1t was not long before the COM
merciai spirit got the right TO use
these illustrations. and TO reproduce
them upon stereopticon slides, for
general use. but especially for
churches and religious teachers.
They are gotten up in the most
artistic manner, reproducing every
shade and tint OF color with the
perfection of the original.
There are 29s Of these slides and
they are divided pp into eleven lee
lures. running from 25 TO 80 slides
each. These arc the wonder pic
lures OF The world, giving every
phnse OF Christ,s life. and repre-
EentlaS art OF such classic char.
, 1923-04-06
Six Directors of Standard
Rose From Ranks, Report

man. started with the company as a
lawyer. 16 years ago.
William Burton, president, started
as a chemist "a years ago.
W. Z. Warwick. vice-president, be
gan work with the company as a
craftsman SO years ago.
e. C. hubert. viee-president, secre-
tary.treasurer began as a machinist's
helper 80 years ago.
r. II. McElroy. was a clerk II
years ago.
L. j. Bullock. began as an office
boy "a years go.
IT. j. Thompson. was a tank wagon
driver for the company 40 years ago.
The remaining director, John d.
Clark. vice-president. came to the
company recently from the Midwest
Refining company,a subsidiary. where
he was in the legal department.
, 1923-04-06

CHICAGO. April 6.-Ten men who
have risen from the ranks. eight OF
whom entered the service in lowly
positions now compose the board of
directors Of the Standard OIL COM
pany OF Indiana
An announcement says:
In 1919 when Colonel Robert w.
Stewart was elevated from general
counsel to chairman of the board. a
complete reorganization started which
IS now practically complete. Colonel
Stewart took the position that the
qualifications necessary for advance
ment in this organization were based
primarily upon industry. intelligence
and loyalty"
The board of directors is composed
OF:
Colonel Robert W. Sewart. chair
, 1923-04-06
Cotton
NEW YORK. April Cotton spot.
quiet; middling. s29.75.
R|ALTOFEATURE
HOLDS THRILLS

dashed By a binding blizzard;
cut and jammed by the ice-clogged
river; struggling in the surging rapids
with every last ounce of courage and
strength IN their exhausted bodies, a
and girl are swept TO the very
brink OF a towering fallsi What hap.
pen after that is best observed upon
the screen in all its dramatic details
In Jane Novalk's most recent drama
OF the big SHOWS THE Snowshoe
Tran.- now occupying the screen of
the Rialto theater as tho featured at
traction today and tomorrow.
Seldom. II ever. in the history Of
the screen have players been com
PEELED 10 risk their lives so often
rs in the making of 1.-THE Snow. Shoe
Trail" Miss Novak II Is reported,
was warned hat she would have &c
undergo great hazards II she appeared
in the picture but shs was so i'm
psasse5 with tho dramatic qualities oil
the story that she said: Lee go
III take n chance
, 1923-04-06

The FIRST Of n series OF eleven
illustrated lectures on the Life of
Christ by the Rev. ]. NJ. Cromer of
Grace English Lutheran church
will be given Sunday evening at
7:3o in the odd Fellows hall. where
worship is being held pending the
erection Of a church. In order to
quicken the desire for the attain
ment OF such knowledge as these
pictures and lectures will give, DR..
Cromer will present n fine SIT
Scoheld Bible to the n who makes
the best notes OF the lectures.
The latter will BIO held on success
slve Sunday evenings continuing
through the spring and early SUM
mer months.
Christian art has been n lifelong
study OF the Reverend Cromer. He
was interested in the publication Of
a series OF stereopticon slides illus
trating the famous book OF John
Bunyan. "The Pilgrims Progress
Then he also had much 70 do with
, 1923-04-06

Considerable speeding uD is dis
cernible in the operations Of the Pro-
ducers & Rehners corporation in the
Lost Soldier field. Well No. 4. Wyo'
Ill Petroleum company. on section
1860, is drilling at 1s5 feet and
the other three wells will be placed
on production Immediately. The pro-
duction will be handled through the
pipeline TO the company's refinery at
Parco. neal Rawlins.
Two tests will be put down by the
company in Utah, one on the southern
Ute structure and the other near
Gallup. Both are in the northwest
ern part of tho state. The company
, 1923-04-06
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. April e.-Foreign ex-
changes irregular; quotations in
cents: Great Britain demand 1864.
cables 1864, GO day bills on banks
4.64h; France demand $50. cables
5000; Italy demand 4.e7. cables
4.e7ih; Belgium demand SEQ. cables
5.69h; Germany demand .oo4Th ,
cables .oo47A; Holland demand ss.2S,
cables 3s.2s; Norway demand 1902;
Sweden demand 1854; Denmark de-
mand 1905; Switzerland demand
IS.34h; Spain demand 1890; Greece
demand 1.19; Poland demand .Oo24i
Czecho-Slovakia demand 2.sS; Argen'
tine demand $500: Brazil demand
1852; Montreal 9S 5.32.
, 1923-04-06
Producers & Refiners Plan
Drilling Of Several Tests

is also starting a test in the Bates
Hole country on Bodio dome. section
33-31-so.
A new boiler has been installed at
the Enos creek test. 10 miles west
OF the Grass Creek field. and the well
is drilling at 1850 feet The well is
on section 26-46-100.
The Salt Creek operations OF the
Producers & Refners is as follows:
No. 2, section 6-39-7S; set sA-inch
casing at 1000 feet.
No. 2. section 14-3e-7s; is drilling
at $500 feet.
No. /. section 1S.4o.7s; drilling at
2.51O feet.
, 1923-04-06
Sugar

NEW YORK. April 6.-susar fu'
lures closed steady; approximate
sales $4,000 tons; May. $3.50; July,
S5.97; Sept, s6.13; Dec. S5.S7.
The market for refined was frmer
and unchanged to 25 points higher
with fine granulated quoted at $500
to $o.25 and a good inquiry reported.
, 1923-04-06
Company Headed By Carey
To Develop Caddo Oil Land

company. The following directors
from Denver were present; S. Lester
Quinn. j. S. Skaggs, H.. A. Gibson,
and John w. Sherman. The vice
president. MI. Sllas Lane OF Denver
IL now in Shreveport looking after
the company's interests.
Mr.. Morgan plans TO leave here
soon to take active management OF
the Shreveport. La, office Of the
company.