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The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
BIG FORTUNE IS BURIED IN
 FIRE DEBRIS

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-A fortune in gems, gold and silver estimated to be worth two million dollars are lying among the smoulT ering wreckage of a six-story office building of Maiden Lane, the worlds greatest jewe]ry center, which burned to the ground today. The building was occupied by more than sixty jewellers. With the collapse of the walls and floors of the building the safes of the various con- cerns tumbled into the cellar It was stated by experts today that there is every expectation of finding the jew els intact when the safes are opened A strong guard is placed about the ruins of the building.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE SOVIET CONCESSION
 TO OIL COMPANY

TOKYO, Feb. 14.-Japan will not recognize any agreement made by Russia with any other country con- corning concessions in the northern part of the Island of Saghalien, so long as the Japanese occupy a DOT tion of the island. This declaration was made today in statement signed by Premier Kato and Foreign Minister Uchida, replying to an in terpolation from the Diet. The lat ter had inquired of the Government what steps would be taken with re- spect to the reported concession of petroleum prospect granted to the Sinclair Oil Company, of America, by the Soviet Government.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
ARMOUR PLANT
 IS VISITED BY A
 DISASTROUS FIRE

OMAHA, Feb. 14. - A fire which broke out in the packing plant of Armour & Company here today has wrought damage amounting to half a million dollars, according to estimates of the company officials and insurance inspectors. Below-zero temperatures and high winds, incident to the un- precendented cold snap of the past two days have hampered the efforts of the firemen to quell the flames. More than twenty companies were called to fight the blaze.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
NO GEMS ARE
 FOUND WHEN
 CRAVE0PENED

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-None of the Russian crown jewels, which were declared to have been hidden by smugglers in the coffin of John Jones, an American seaman, buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, were dis covered in the grave when the casket was exhumed today. Examination of the grave was carried out under permission given by the War De- parently authoritative sources that the Russian gems would be found there.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
OIL INVESTIGATION
 ENDED BY COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The Man ufactures Subcommittee of he Sen ate, which has for the past two months been Investigating the "oun- 'try's oil industry, has begun preoar- ation of it's report. It is stated that the latter may recommend some measures of Government regulation of the industry, though members of the committee said that -hey were not prepared at this time to state how or by what agency the regula- tions may be carried out.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
HARB0R MINED
 BEYOND MOUTH WARN TURKS
Mariners Advised That They Enter Smyrna
 at Own Risk

NARSEILLES, Feb. A. That th,, harbor of Smyrna is thoroughly mined with bombs that extend for some distance out to sea is the state ment of a steamship captain who put into this port today. The officer said that on attempting to enter the harbor he had been signalled from the Turk ish forts, advising him of the situa, tion and that he entered the harbor at his own peril.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
ENGLISH CHURCH. IS
 DESTROYED BY FIRE

MONTREAL, Feb. IA. Trinity Church, said to be the oldest Anglican structure in Canada, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The cause has not yet been determined.
 Trinity Church just passed into ,he hands of the Syrian Catholics. The burning of the structure today makes the fourteenth Catholic institution in Canada to be destroyed by fire with in a year.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
ARMY-N NAVY PLAN
 FOR ONE DEPARTMENT
 APPROVED BY HARDING

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-A plan for the reorganization of the Army and Navy Departments of the United States into a single portfolio to be designated the Department of De- fense," has been approved by Presi, dent Harding, according to high Ad- ministration officials. It was stated that the plan was sent to the printer yesterday, preparatory to it's sub mission to a joint Congressional com mittee, which is considering changes in the two departments.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
20SENBLUTH CASE NOT BE PROSECUTED
 BY STATE COURTS

TACOMA, Feb. 14-That there will be taken no action on the part of the State against Captain Robert Rosenbluth, whose removal for trial here by the Federal Court was re- fused in New York yesterday, was the announcement made by Prose- cutting Attorney J. w. Selden, of Pierce County. The charge of mur- der, therefore, in connection with the shooting of Major Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, will probably be dropped.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
WORST IN YEARS

ST. PAUL, Feb. 14.-The storm throughout this section of the West is said to be the worst experienced here in a quarter of century. All trains except those leading east and south have been stalled. Near Pine City, Minnesota, four persons have perished from fire, which started from an overloaded stove, and de- stroyed their home.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
BELGIANS OCCUPY
 CUSTOMS TOWNS

DUSSELDORF, Feb. 1.-The Bel gian forces yesterday occupici the towns of Emmerich and W9scl on the right lGnk of the Rhine. Off cials announced that the move was made in order to allow of france Belgian supervision and expert con- trol over the exports and imports along the traffic lines into the Euhr from HOilanl.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
FRENCH LEVY FINE
 ON MUNICIPALITY
 FOR POLICE ATTACK

BOSTON, Feb. 14.-A dispatch re- ceived from semi-official quaraters to- day states that the French cavalry and artillery have occupied Gelsen- kitchen. Disarming and removing the German police officials, the French military then withdrew, taking along Club twenty players to start with. the president of the Reichsbank, and other officials.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
DYNAMITERS' PLOT TO WRECK BUILDINGS
 BOILED BY POLICE

TOKYO, Feb. 14.-A plot to Ayna- mite certain public buildings and banks of Seoul Korea, was frustrated yesterday by the Tokio police, ac- cording to a story published in the Nichi newspaper. The police have arrested fourteen of the alleged plotters, including a leader, named Kim, and have seized fifty bombs which were to have been used in the enterprise.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
PORTLAND IN GRIP
 OF SEVERE STORM

PORTLAND, Feb. 14.-The city is in the clucth today of one of the worst blizzards of recent years. The low temperature, accompanied by heavy snow, has virtually paralyzed wire and rail communications, while street-car traffic is badly tied up.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
FRENCH TAKE TOWN
 WHERE POLICE AND
 SOLDIERS HAD CLASH

BERLIN, Feb. 14,-As a result of the clash between French soldiers and the German police at Gelsenkirchen on Monday the French authorities have imposed on the municipality a fine of hundrd million marks ($2O0O) as a penalty. The municipality has de- clined to pay the amount, according to advices received here
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
KHAN SPOKESMAN SAYS MURDERED MEN
 ALIVE AND WELL

IDAHO FALLS, Feb. 14.-A man introduced as Dr. Lew Burger, of cial spokesman for the Ku Klux Elan, in an address delivered yesterday be- fore the Idaho Falls chapter of the Klan, declared that Watt Daniels and E. F. Richards, whose supposed bod ies were recovered from Lake La Fourche, Louisiana, are alive and living at Newlands.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
SHERIFF SHOOTS
 TWO CONNECTS
 MAKING ESCAPE

ALMORGODO, N. M., Feb. 14.- Driving into town today in car they had taken from deputy sheriff at Corona, on his attempt to arrest them, two escaped convicts were met with fire from the gun of ". l.. Ruth erford, sheriff of Otero County. The two desperadOes were instantly killed.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
VILLA KEEPS TITLE

BOSTON, Feb. 14.-Pancho Villa, the Filipino flyWeight, retained the American championship in a bout held yesterday with Frankie Mason, of Fort Wayne, the former cham pion. Mason was knocked out in the fifth round.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
NEGRO EXECUTED

TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 14.-William F. Battle, a negro, nineteen years of age, who was convicted of the murder of Mrs Eleanor L. 8rugham, of East Orange on December 27th, was executed in the electric chair today.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
RAILWAY OPERATORS AT THE DISPOSAL OF
 ALLIED COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. An nouncement was made today through the French Embassy that twelve thousand Belgian and French rail- way men are at the disposal of the Technical Commission for use in the Ruhr. France, therefore, is in a position to obtain as much coal from the district as before the oc, cupation.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
PORTLAND sNOWBOUND

PORTLAND, Feb. 14.-This city is virtually >snow-bound today as re- suit of the blizzard of yesterday and last night. The weather, however, is moderating somewhat, after 24 hours in which the mercury dropped to fourteen degrees above zero.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
TURKS CLOSE PORT

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 14.-A telegram from Angora states that 1t is the decision of the Turkish Govern ment to close the ports of Smyrna and Ismid to the warships of the Allies.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-14
MANDATE TREATIES SIGNED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Treaties between the United States and France, covering the mandate over Togoland and Kameruns, former Ger man possessions in South Africa, were signed yesterday at Paris by Premier Poincare and Ambassador Herrick.
Evening star., 1923-10-11

Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Pinnell. TWEEN
ty-three years old stood in the wom-
ems cellroom at the District jail to-
day with her rteen-month-old baby
in her arms and declared her intention
of keeping little Marion" with her
as long as she would be allowed And
little Marion seemed to want to stay
Mrs Pinnell Is being held for the
grand jury on a charge OF grand lar
ceny in taking an overcoat from a
local store. She admits 1t and makes
no excuses.
In a frank interview this morning
she said IL was her own fault and she
wished to take the blame for 1t with.
out involving any relatives or friends
Mrs Pinnell said she is twenty
three She has blue eyes. irregular
but attractive features. a clear com
plexion. masses of dark brown hair
tinted with auburn and slender
form.
Baby Is Attractive.
And the little girl. Marion! Light
bobbed hair with her mothers deep
blue eyes. four teeth. a smile and a
vocabulary of three words-"Mamma.
daddy. bye-bye." She is semi
nervous semi demure little girl who
makes friends with everybody She
enjoys trying TO climb uD the bars al
Evening star., 1923-10-11
WILL EXPLAIN SYSTEM.
Miss Deal to Tell Of Junior High
Schools.

An explanation of the Junior high
school system and its proposed ex-
tension in Washington will be given
by Miss Alice Deal, principal of the
Columbia Junior High School, at the
first fall meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the school to-
night at 8 o'clock.
Four years ago the Columbia, the
pioneer junior high school in the Dis
trict, was opened with a faculty of
twenty-one teachers and student
body Of 448. There are now forty
eight teachers at the school and an
enrolment of 1.074 students, it is
pointed out.
Since the establishment of the CO.
lumbia Junior High School three
others have been opened and two
new ones are under construction.
Plans have been made to extend this
system of education until there Is a
junior high school serving every COM
munity in the District.
Besides the Columbia the other
Junior high schools now in operation
are the Hine. Shaw and Randall, the
latter two for colored pupils. The
Macfarland and the Langley, the new
junior high school buildings, are near
ing completion and will be ready for
occupancy before the beginning of the
next semester on February l.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
MAIDS TESTIMONY
HITS MRS. STOKES
EmpIoye of Wallace Says She
Saw Her in His Apart
ment.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, October 11.--Mrs. Lii
liam Payne, negress, maid in the East
35th street apartment of Edgar 7.
Wallace from July TO December, 1917,
and a visitor there on errands for six
months previous, today testified at the
retrial of w. E. d. Stokes divorce
action against Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes, that she had seen Mrs.
Stokes in the apartment in company
with Wallace, who is named as CO.
respondent.
Mrs. Stokes, she said. came in with
trance and accidentally came face to
face with her.
Supreme Court Justice Wagner to-
day granted an order in a show cause
proceeding directing that examina-
tions in connection with the divorce
action be held tomorrow and Satur-
day in Bunceton and Bonneville. Mo-,
of A. A. Wallace, Martha Wallace,
Mamie Wallace, Wilbur Wallace,
Louise Wallace, Nelson Leonard, Mrs.
Arthur Wallace and Miss Louise Har-
riman.
In petitioning for the order Mrs.
Stokes directly charged that Mrs.
Alice Mills and Catherine Kramer
committed perjury when they testi-
fed that they had seen her nineteen
years ago in Bunceton, Mo-, in com
pany of Edgar T. Wallace and Clar-
ence Mccormick. The charge was sup
ported by 1sador Shapiro of her coun-
sci, who. in corroboratory affidavit,
said he interviewed Mccormick, who
denied he saw Mrs. Stokes nineteen
years ago and asserted he believed he
had never seen her in his life.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
SHIP IS TANKER.

TAMPA, Fla, October 1.-THE local
wireless station reported hearing the
IS O g. of the City Of Everett at
TAO O'Clock this morning The Comai.
rushing to rescue the crew. is about
seyenty-fve miles from the sinking
vessel.
The City of Everett is a Standard
o,i tanker of 1893 tons. According
to last reports she was bound from
Philadelphia to Sagua. but was re-
norted IN New Orleans recently Tor
fugas is between Key West and Cuba.
The City of Everett is of the
whale-back type, having two decks
and carrying oil IN bulk She mas
A steel screw and burns fuel Oil. She
was built in 1894 by the American
steel Barge Company of Everett
Wash. measures 34s feet over all
42-foot beam and has draft OF z.
feet 9 inches She has net tonnae e
of 1889 and gross tonnage of 1855
1t is reported her crew numbers
thirty-two and her port of registry Is
New York.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
SUBMARINE BLAST
KILLS THREE SAILORS
S-37, One of Americas Latest, Dam
aged 100000 by Explosion.
Five Hurt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, October Ii,
An explosion on the submarine S-37
late yesterday cost the lives of three
men and the injury of five others. An
inquiry was gotten under way today
on the mothership Beaver alongside
the submarine squadron in the outer
harbor here.
The bodies of two of the men still
were aboard the S-37 early this morn
ing. They are Lanvil Gartner. electri-,
clans mate, of Philadelphia and Ig-
nacio Aboza, cook, of Manila, P. l..
who were trapped in che ward room
when the explosion occurred in the
battery room of the after compart-'
ment late yesterday afternoon. Virgil
Dean, machiniSt's mate, of Huntington,
w. Va, was taken fromsthe submarine
with limbs and body shattered and
died aboard the Beaver The injured
men were: Ernest Barnes, seaman,
of Ellington, Nc, and V. J. Boaz,
seaman, gassed: b. Hubbeif, seaman,
fractured leg and hand; Hubert r.
Poynter of Ellington. Mo-. gassed and
fractured leg, and Boniface Leyvall,
seaman, Oakland Calf, burns. Ar
rangements were being made to re-
move them to the naval base hos
pital at San Diego.
The batteries were being charged
when the explosion occurred. and
Navy men generally expressed the
opinion that a short circuit caused
the ignition of hydrogen gas.
The S-37 is one of the newest un-
dersea boats of the United States
Navy, and was built at cost of
$500, 1000. A rough estimate of the
damage last night placed the amount
at 100000, but officers said nothing
definite could be established until
they could open the matches. which
were closed to smother out the flames
which followed the explosion. 1t was
hoped that the batteries would cease
discharging today, stopping the ennis
sion of gas and making it possible
to recover the bodies of Gartner and
AboZa.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
AIR MAIL SERVICE
TO COAST |NMARCH
Plans Announced at Conven-
ton of Postmasters.
Visit White House.

Plans are being made by the Post
Office Department to open the New York
San Francisco air mall route, utilizing e
the lighted night flying airway between
Chicago and Cheyenne, about March l
next, according to announcement today
by Paul Henderson. second Nassistant
postmaster general, who addressed the
convention of the National Associa-
tion of Postmasters at the new ma
tional museum.
The physical problems of the flight
having been solved in the recent four
day tests, Mr. Henderson said. 1t is
the hope of the department to make
the flight regularly in twenty-seven or
twenty-eight hours, from coast to coast.
The postmasters visited the White
House this afternoon to be received
by President Coolige.
Mr. Henderson's address was the fea-
ture of the morning session. which pre-
ceded the trip to the executive mansion.
Other addresses were made by William
e. Deming. president of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. and by Mrs. Helen
Gardener and George H. Wales, men,
bers of the commission.
The Significance of the successful
night air mail flying tests. Mr..
Henderson. said, is that 1--WE know
that the air. mail planes can be
,, Such night flying would mean, the
second assistant continued. that mail
might be sent out of New York at
s o'clock each night, and landed in
Chicago at am, or at Omaha by
$50 pm.
| President Deming of the Civil
Service Commission told the post
masters that their own consciences
! are the best guides to whether or not
they are mixing their Office and posi-
tion into what is termed "pernicious
political activities" according to
civil service laws and regulations.
Following an afternoon session to-
day. at which service problems will
be taken up, the convention will con-
clude with a morning session tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
Mother Takes Baby to D. C. Jail
With Her, Un,vorried by Plight

the end of the cellroom. She seems to
be completely happy.
Mrs. Pinnells refusal to talk Of her
case brought the interview to an i'm
passe. when little Marion saved the
day She squealed through the bars
and was brought out
That Modified things. The inter-
view strengthened up a bit
Did you really take that coat"
asked the reporter of the mother.
holding Marion in his arms, while
she tried to chew his ear lobe with
her four teeth
Certainly" said Mrs. Pinnell.
why did you take it?"
II just took it,"
'Why don't you give me the ordi-
nary story that winter was coming.
that you are still nursing the baby
was against you and you did 1t for
the sake of the child?"
THAT wouldn't be true, you see"
smiled back Mrs. Pinnell. mo use of
me lying about this thing to make 1t
worse. is it?'
How about the baby's father "
tried the correspondent. taking an
other tack
I'm not going to say anything
about MIN This is my own fault |
got into IL myself / might as well
take the consequences without bring
ing anybody else into it,
why not notify your family?"
Never in the world"
She wants to keep the baby with
her. rhe baby seems content. AS a
matter of fact, the baby is having
The time of her life.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
SIPS, 900 IN FURS
STOLEN BY BAND
Leisurely Load Three Trucks While
Watchman Is Forced to Re-
main Silent.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 11.-SiX thieves
early today trucked $125.o00 worth of
ba'ed furs from the warehouse of Fred
erick Huth &, Co., on West 36th street.
The robbery is believed to have COW
cred period of four hours. While one
man stood over the night watchman
with a pistol, his companions leisurely
went through several floors of the ware
house selecting the choicest furs in the
stock and lowering them to the street
entrance by elevator.
Three truck loads Of the furs were
removed from the building.
Covered Watchman.
The watchman was sitting on load
ing platform of the warehouse at 10
o'clock last night, he told police. when
two men approached, covered him with
pistols and said:
Remember that Rothenberg store
hold-up yesterday. where two guys got
bumped off? Well, if you make peep
you'll go the same route" They re-
ferred to a $4,000 daylight robbery
in which messenger and a bandit were
killed.
The watchman was then locked in a
clerk office where he could hear the
truck arriving and departing with the
loot. The thieves made their selection
of furs from a stock which filled seven
floors of the building.
Evening star., 1923-10-11
BERLIN MADLY SEEKS
FOOD AS MARK FALLS
Currency in Day Drops to $780,
100000 to Dollar, Leaving
Housewives Dazed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. October 1.-THE people of
Berlin awoke yesterday morning to
find the dollar "at two billion marks"
and last night went to bed with the
knowledge that the mark fell to O.
500.00O.000 in unofficial quotations
late in the day, with little hope that
today would bring improvement.
Prices were as wild as the mark
quotations and shoppers who had to
have food and other necessary sup
plies hurried madly from market to
market in an effort to get some.
There was a great variation in the
price scales in various parts of the
city and utter con usion.
From hour to hour yesterday the
prices varied and housewives We're
dazed by the staggering sums asked
for foodstuffs.
Everything Sonrs.
Railway rates increased so per cent
yesterday and will again go up so
per cent Saturday, which will not be
an increase comparable to the decline
of the paper mark in relation to the
pound and the dollar.
Beef for boiling of the cheapest
quality was quoted yesterday morning
at 15O, 900, 900 marks for a pound of
in the market at any such price. The
people, especially the older persons,
are wholly incapable of comprehend
ing prices in billions, They stand in
the shops speechless and can scarcely
find words to discuss with each other
conditions which shake the financial
structure of the family.
A twenty -four-ounce loaf of bread
sold yesterday for S0.000.000 marks.
but the price today is 110,000,o00. But
ter was 600,oo0,o00 marks yesterday
for a twelve-ounce pound, but scarce.
Potatoes brought 100000 marks per
pound and grapes 100.000,000 marks
per pound.