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The Washington times., 1924-02-05

Prior to the holding the Repub.
lican national convention in 1920,
Jake Hamon was the master OF the
Republican party in Oklahoma. As
national committeeman, he had the
Oklahoma delegates to the conven-
ton in his pocket. Besides, he con-
trolled the Texas Republican delega-
ton, and Is said to have controlled
the Arizona, New Mexico and Ar
kansas Republican delegations for
the purpose Of trading at the con-
vention.
Hamon was admittedly q power
at that convention. After allowing
his delegates-eighteen Of twenty
from Oklahoma, twenty.three from
Texas, six from Arizona, six from
New Mexico and thirteen from Ar
kansas-to vote their pleasure on
the first ballot, he took the seventy
six in hand, held them fast, and
began to trade as tx men besides
Jake Hamon knew y 1E to trade,
It il alleged that. mon mad q
direct deal with Harry M. Da'" h
Continual On Raxs 4 COluan i.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
T BASS Y
IGNORES
WILSON
German Flag at Full Staff on
Berlin Order, Finally
Lowered Entirely.

While the diplomatic colony Of
Washington Joined today in ex-
pressions Of sorrow over the death
Of Woodrow Wilson, and half,
Stated their flags In conformity
with the flags over Government
buildings, the flag over the Ger
man embassy continued to fly ct
full staff.
BerIin's Orders.
Members Of the embassy staff
said 1t remained at full mast in
accordance with orders from the
government at Berlin.
Telephone inquiry at the embassy
drew the reply that the Berlin gov.
ernment considered Americas war
time President "a private citizen"
for whom no special honors need
be paid, and consequently the flag
on the embassy was not half-staffed
as were all the other flags in the
CaplCal.
Embassy officials displayed some
embarrassment over the matter,
but took the position that the gov.
ernment's orders had to be carried
out.
Later Lowered Entirely.
The incident caused some un-
pleasant comment in Government
circles, and resulted in many tele-
phone calls to newspaper offices,
Government departments and the
embassy itself as to why the flag
was not half-staffed as others.
The flag was later lowered en-.
tirely to avoid further questions
and embarrassment.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05

PLAN FOR ARMY'S PART.
Final plans for participa.
tiOn of the War Department
in the Wilson funeral were
being made today by Gen.
Hugh L. Drum, who was ap-
pointed to the task by Sec
retary of War John w.
Weeks.
Arrangements already
have been made for twenty
four active fighting men,
war veterans, eight from
each branch Of the service,
to act as body bearers. Five
hundred men from nearby
army posts will guard the
route from the Wilson home
to the chapel.
SIX FROM WHITE HOUSE.
Mrs. Wilson today invited
six White House attaches to
attend the private services
at the home. They are
Rudolph Forster, Pat E. Nc
Kenna, Edward w. Smith
ers, Nelson P. Webster,
Isaac H. Hoover and C. C.
Wagner. All were at the
Executive Mansion during
the Wilson Administrations.
In addition to these, Secret
Service men who have stood
guard over the casket will
attend the home services.
Street cars of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric
Company and the Capital
Traction Company will stop
for two minutes at $3.50 to-
morrow afternoon, as .
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
vAN|SHES
!. ON WAY TO i.
CHURCH

Having dressed in her holiday
finery, Ruby Reed. sixteen years
old, 1912 Blanedsburg road, told her
mother she was going to church
Sunday, but never rarived ther
Nothing has been hear dfrom HI
since, according to a report maGA
to the police.
The girls mother said Ruby had
been keeping company with a
young man recently, but she not
think there had been an elopment,
since the couple, she understood,
had Quarreled, a few days ago.
Miss Reed is about five feet, five
inches tall. She has a strikingly
fair complexion and dark hair and
eyes. Her dress was of blue ma
terial. She also wore a brown coat
and black slippers.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
SHOT IN BRAIN;
BULLET REMOVED: LIVES

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. o.
Forty-eight hours after a bullet had
been removed from his brain by
hospital surgeons, Leroy Manus,
twenty-eight. laborer, who was shot
by his wife, was still alive. Chances
for his recovery are slim.
Manus and his wife quarreled
when she insisted he go home with
her. When he refused, she drew q
pistol and fired. The bullet en-.
tered the top Of his head, piercing
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
"HooDED MOB" SHERIFF
SHORT $21, 900: FIRED

BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. g.
j: Fred Carpenter, former sheriff
or Morehouse Parish and a princi.
pal figure In the hooded mob out
rage investigation conducted there,
today was suspended from office
by Governor Parker because of @
shortage In his accounts.
A discrepancy was discovered sew
eral weeks ago which showed his
accounts to be more than $4,000
short. This amount was made good
by his friends and bondsmen. Yes.
terday another shortage of more
than $4,000 was discovered, &C ord
ing to State audit officials.
Carpenter issued a statement yes.
terday In which he declared his In.
tention of resigning.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
HAMON OIL CONSPIRACY PUT
FALL IN CABINET POST
BY POM EVERRTTT,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

Jake Hamon the Oklahoma oil millionaire, who shot
death late in 1920 by Clara Smith, responsible for
appointment of Albert B. Fall Secretary of the Interior
it alleged today. The story is told here for the first
time
plant Of their number in office Secretary Of the In
terror and divide up the oil lands Of the United States
cIung those possessed by the Usage Indians Oklahoma
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
P0MERENE, OIL PROSECUTOR,
VOTED TO GRANT LEASES
Wife, SO, Mother OF 6
Divorced By Husband
For Misconduct

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Feb. 5.
A man eighty-six years old
was today free of his eighty
three-year-old wife, after NAM
ing a correspondent as grounds
for divorce.
The divorce was granted here
to James ]. Folk, who is the IA
ther Of ten children. His for
mer wife, who, before her mar
riage to him was Mrs. Catherine
]. Yeast, has six children. She
is now living at Bruceton, w. Va.
The Folks were married ten
years. After their separation in
1920, Mrs. Folk lived at Au-
gusta, Ga. u
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
STOCK MARKET TO CLOSE
IN HONOR OF WILSON

NEW YORK. Feb. 6.-The gov
erning committee of the New York
Stock Exchange today voted to
close the exchange at 1890 p. m.
Wednesday out Of respect to Wood.
row Wilson, twenty-eighth Presi.
dent Of the United States. The cot
ton exchange will close at noon
Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
D. c. BUILDING INSPECTOR
SUFFERS HEART ATTACK

John P. Healy, building inspector
OF the District, is seriously i'll at
his home, 1900 Connecticut avenue
northwest. John O. w. Oehmann,
assistant building inspector, is act.
ing in Mr.. Healy's place.
Mr.. Healy was stricken several
months ago with heart trouble in
his office in the District building.
He recovered from this illness, but
suffered second attack last Thurs
day.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
Reigns in Wilson
Realn1,K. C.. B. Finds
By K. o. B.,
CosmopolItan NeWa Service.

Silently the with hats in hand and the women with
bowed heads they still walk by the Woodrow Wilson home
on street.
They began when first the news went out that
death The early stopped the most Of them
Ito ask reporters what had been the latest And then
death came and there is and those who stop
iuc%o ofonda nd
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
Race Driver Killed In Crash.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6.-Jimmy
Craft. automobile racer Of Detroit,
was killed, and Norris Shears, Los
Angeles driver, seriously injured
when Shears's car crashed into
Crafts machine op Q turn during
A xanO hAaA.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
RYKov ILL, UNABLE TO
ASSUME LENIN'S DUTIES

MOSCOW, Feb. 5.-President Ry.
kov OF the Council Of Peoples Com.
missars, Is Ill Of stomach trouble
ana cannot take up his duties in
succession to Lenin for some time,
1t was announced today.
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
BROKER DELAYS
OIL SCANDAL
PROBE
BY KENNETH CLARK,
BY KENNETH CLARK,
international News Service.

" ;" -. 'vvestioI Ition Of
.tsa J. &c 'ieas1ns aRs1,ssetSsy tory MGh|
neg msG:x 80, F: s1Sss,e or the -
pot Dome oil reserve to Harry Sim
clair struck a snag today when
CONTINUED % Page 4 Column -
The Washington times., 1924-02-05
KING ALBERT MAY SUCCEED
PARIS ACADEMY

,. 6--King Albert of
SeIsiSSO was proposed u .he
successor OF Wood 1w Wilek In
the French Acadeny Of Mora. and
Political ScianoA. ia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
KILLED AS He
PROTECTS GIRL
Victim lust Arranges His
Wedding When Shot

PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 4. -
Squads OF police aud detectives
searched the boulovarda east OF
Pasadena today seeking the mo-
furious "foothili bandit" who.
shortly after midnight. shot and
killed William Jacobson. 20, a few
minutes after jacobson had COM
plcted arrangements for his we'd
ding next week to Miss Ethel Todd.
rs. both are well known here.
Jacobson was killed when no Mt
tempted 20 protect his fiance, who
was ordered from his automobile
by tho bandit and commanded to 30
with him down ,he road.
Leave her alone or III knock
you down." jacobson shouted at tho
masked man. starting 20 follow him
and the girl.
Without word. the bandit
turned and fired two shots, one
bullet piercing Jacohson's heart and
the other his stomach.
lie died In his sweethearts arms.
Tho fatal SHOOTING Is but another
Of series OF crimes during recent
weeks laid 90 the "foo,hill bandit"
Working alone. tho man has held
up numerous auto parties and
robbed several homes. all TO DO cli-
NAKED by last nights murder, the
most ruthless deed no has ihug Tar
committed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
JOHNSON RAPS
TAX CUT PLAN
Declares Rich Will Gain at
Poor's Expense
ny BRYANT mARBcar

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. 4.--Scc.
rotary OF the Treasury Melons tax
reduction plan and tho ndmlnistra.
TONS attitude towards the soldiers
furnished ammunition for Senator
Hiram Johnaon'a opening campaign
speech here last night.
Speaking at the Masonic auditor.
ium before packed audience, the
Californian bitterly attacked the tax
y c h m o. and aassailcd President
coolidgo's veto OF the soldier bonus.
The speech marked the formal
opening or Johnson's campaign for
tho republican presidential nomlna.
ton and outlined the senator's plan
OF carrying the fight direct 10 the
people.
Chnracterlzing the tax plan as "a
big business measure" and denying
that carncrs OF small incomes would
be benefited, johnson said:
I'VE have never In this country
had anything like the propaganda
we have now In behalf OF the 40,
called Mellon plnn.
There are $4,000. 600 people In
this country who pay taxes on In.
comes OF less than $40. 900: there are
only $4,000 who pay taxes on In.
comes OF over 10000. The men
who have an income OF $3.50. 600 VIII
sayc.'under the Mellon plan. $4,000
year. lilo who pays on 5000. o0C
VIII save $4,000 year: those who
have incomes OF $500, 900 win be re
quired To pay $4,000 less.
The fortunate ones who have nm
income OF 100000 win save by
the Mellon plan $4,000 n year. and
tho few who pay an income OF 81.
100000 viii save si.5oO.o 900 n year
Who is Il that III indulRIng IN
this propaganda that is sweeplns
over tho country today? AZ III,
head OF II are our bankers an,
tho United States Chamber Of Com
morce. Do you imagine that n !,
the man who by reduction OF tnxc,
VII save $40. or $50. or $50 =,
300. or do you think II is the In
dividual who viii snvc $50. 900 ,so
600. 100000. $4,000 or $500 400,
The concern over this tax sohep,
N not for the man OF email Ineor,,
VINO can least bear the burden. bu
tho concern Is for those OF large In
seinss mho eau best bear tho bur
dem W"
Concerning the soldier bonus
johnson EaId:
| "A part or the propaganda, par
ueularly among those OF big bust
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
Sheriff and Lawyer
Battle Over Liquor

ABERDEEN. Wash. Jan. A.
New developments AFRO awaited to-
day In tho clash hero between
County Attorney A, II, Graham and
Sheriff Elmer u. Gibson, ns result
OF the l0ttor'r declaration last night
that he viii sue the attorney for
libel.
Graham charged that protection
has been afforded certain ring OF
bootlcggcrs, and answered Gibson's
declaration saying he viii air the
whole matter TO SEQ III tho public
wants q recall
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
Booze Schooner
Is Breaking Up

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. a.--Thc
power schooner Freedom. which went
ashore near pescadoro early yoster.
day. whilo en- route TO California
ports with oontraband Canadian
liquor, was fast breaking up today.
The shore IL strcwn with cases OF
excellent bottled in bond" and pro
hioition agents arc beach eomblng
tho bottles.
The captain and four members OF
tho crew escaped after tho vessel
struck and were reported 60 have
gone 10 San Francisco with several
cases they salvaged from the surf.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
SIZE misunderstood

An excited gentleman dashes into
a store.
Something you wish. slr7" a clerk
inquiries.
YES" he replies. II have lost my
wifer'
Mourning department on first
floor. kasper stockholm,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04

ature as contrasted with localities as
near as Spokane. where the coolest
record for the preceding night was
2 degrees below zero. with the sky
clear. Yakima reported the mercury
at 10 above zero. with an extremely
light snowfall. Walla Walla report
ed a maximum low" Of 2 degrees
above"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
HURRAH FOR THE DOCTOR,

VIENNA-Sneeze when you wishi
A hearty 'kat-choo" is an indlca-
ton OF good character and physical
fitness. says DR.. Heinrich Lehman.
prominent yiennese physician. And
it's better, he tell US, ~ sneeze to
the right.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04

ness interests. is directed against
The so-called soldiers adjustment
compensation bill. From my stand.
point this subject is no longer de.
hatablc. With very few instances
the leaders OF the republican party
have pledged themselves and the
party 10 the passage OF the act"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
To Tell Senators
Russ Inside Story

WASHINGTON. Jan. A com.
ple,e statement OF tho admlniatra.
,ion's reasons for refusing recogni.
ton 20 Russia win be made 10 the
senate Monday by Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. chairman OF the sen
ate foreign relations committee.
Lodge announced today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04

bring to me.
soPHIA ULTz
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
PROMISE RAIN
FOR SATURDAY

Rainfall by Saturday night, with
higher temperature and increasingly
cloudy weather. is promised by the
U. S. weather bureau in its Friday
forecast. southeasterly winds are
predicted.
The low temperature for Thurs.
day night was 80. Thursday after.
noon registered 35 above. the warm.
est for several days.
Attaches at the United States
weather bureau reported that Seattle
was In an area OF moderate temper.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, made an address before the
meeting, and stressed the Importance
of the American business man in his
contribution to the development of
the Nation, science and social orders.
P. j. Haltigan thanked the chamber
for its cooperation in connection
with the recent Holy Name demon
St. fi.,=
Evening star., 1924-10-23

alleyway where he had taken refuge
and mauled him." he continued.
They pursued Imbrie into a tea
shop; they dubbed and stoned him
until the police rescued him and car
ried him to a hospital.
Clamored for Imbrie's Life.
Even then the outraged natives
were not satisfied. They clamored
for Imbrie's life in atonement to their
Mohammedan saint, Abbas. They
stormed the hospital battered down
the doors and, finding Imbrie uncon-
scious upon an operating table. tore
the tiles from the floor and crushed
out his life with them
The State Department already was
in possession of evidence supporting
the story he related, said Mr.. Korn-
field. AS for reports that Imbrie's
death was the result of a long drawn
conflict between oil interests of sew
eral nations, he declared it was ia
naticism, not OIL" that lay at the
bottom of the tragedy.
After reporting at Washington, Mr..
Kornfeld' will go to Toledo, Ohio, to
assume charge of a synagogue.
Evening star., 1924-10-23
RECORD OF COOLIDGE
IN STRIKE DEFENDED
Secretary Weeks Replies to Criti-
cism of Former Mayor of
Boston.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 2S.-The part
taken by President Coolidge in break
ing the Boston police strike when the
President was Governor of Massachu-
setts was defended last night in a
statement by John w. Weeks, Secre-
tary of War.
He replied to a statement of former
Mayor Peters of Boston that Mr. Cool
idge had refused to call out the State
guard to break the strike.
Mr.. Coolidge informed Mayor
Peters that it was within the mayors
authority to call out the State troops
in the Boston district and that il more
were needed, he, as State executive,
would see that they went" the Sec
retary said. Mr.. Coolidge would not
have taken part in the strike at all,
Mr. Weeks said. but for the fact that
Mayor Peters did not use the power at
his command. but, instead, went to
his country home on the night of the
strike.
The Secretary declared that Mayor
Peters sought to deny facts which
had remained unquestioned for five
years, and that this denial came at a
time when the President. as Chief
Executive of the Nation. can hardly
enter into controversy"
Evening star., 1924-10-23
Imbrie Beaten to Death as He Lay
On Operating Table, Enroy Says
Minister KornfeId Re-
turns Home With
Tragedy Details.
Fanatics aroused by Con-
suI's Effort to Take
Picture.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 23-How
Robert Imbrie, American consul at
Teheran, was stoned to death by
natives as he lay unconscious upon
an operating table was related yes
terday by Joseph F. Kornfeld, United
States Minister to Persia, just resign
ed who returned on the Leviathan
with a report of the tragedy which
he will submit to the State Depart
ment at Washington.
In Teheran. as in most Persian
cities" Mr.. Kornfeld related, there
are numerous drinking fountains,
where are stationed self-constituted
attendants, who in the name of
Mohammedan saint. Abbas, solicit
aims. At the time of the Imbrie
affair, there had gained wide circula-
tion the story of a miracle that was
reputed to have occurred at one of
these fountains only a few weeks
before.
THE story was that a native ap-
preached this fountain to fill gourd
with water. In the name of Abbas?'
asked the aims solicitor. No, in the,
name of Bahai,' replied the gourd-
bearer. Straightway he was stricken
blind for the blasphemy; then, when
he dropped to his knees and recanted
with prayer of apology directed to
the saint. Abbas, his sight was re-
stored.
The fountain became the gather
ing place of thronged thousands, who
tied themselves to it and Tapped up
the trickling water. or fought their
way toward it and prayed.
Fanatics Pursue Imbrie.
'Imbrie heard of this. One day he
strapped on a camera and. with his
aide, named Seymour, drove in a
barouche to the miracle spot. Imbrie
forced his way through the crowd to
take photograph. The natives
surged around him, clamoring, and he
fed to the barouche and drove away.
Behind the carriage the infuriated
natives ran, shouting. Stop him, The
infidel has killed four of the faithful
and poisoned the waters of the foun-
tain"
Although he was not wholly in
formed of events that Immediately
followed. said Mr.. Kornfeld. the gist
of conflicting reports was that the
natives believed Imbrie's camera to
be weapon which silently dispatch
ed death.
"They overhauled Seymour in an
Evening star., 1924-10-23
Posse and Dogs Hunt
Madnla1l Who Seeks
to Stay O,Cn Family
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, October 30.
A sheriff's posse and blood
hounds are comb bing the mountains
of western Frederick County for
Joseph Nesmith, an alleged insane
man, who escaped last evening
from Sheriff Pannett and a deputy
while waiting for a train to be
taken to a State institution.
Ne:mith maintained he was be-
ing "railroaded" by relatives, and
said he intended to kill them.
While in a waiting room at the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad sta
tion. Nesmith bolted through
crowd.
Word was sent to the Nesmith
farm near Shockeysville, in the
far-western section of the county,
that Nesmith had escaped. Neigh
boring citizens We're sworn in to
guard the Nesmith house
Evening star., 1924-10-23
ONTARIO VOTING
ON LIQUOR ISSUE
Heaviest Vote in History
Seen-Both Sides Con-
fident of Victory.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TORONTO, October 2S-voters Or
the Province of Ontario today are bal
loting in the sixth referendum on thr
hquor question to be held In 90
years. The issue in today's voting
is whether the sale of intoxicants
under provincial government control
shall be established or whether the
Ontario temperance act, passed in
1916, shall remain in effect.
Registration figures indicated that
the poll would be one of the heaviest
in the provinces history. Leaders of
both sides We're confident of victory
as the spirited campaigns ended.
Two Questions Asked.
The question of the return of the
saloon is not involved. Two ques-
tions are asked on the ballot:
Are you in favor of the continu-
ance of the Ontario temperance act?''
and Are you in favor of the sale
as beverage of beer and spurious
liquors in sealed packages and un-
der government control?"
The present law was enacted in
1916 as a war measure and was CON
firmed in plebiscite in 1919 Two
years later an amendment was
adopted making it Illegal to import
liquor from wet provinces and states
Today's voting is being watched
with interest throughout Canada. II
is generally believed that if the
temperance act is repealed, prohibi-
ton may go into the discard through
out the Dominion. If the ''drys" win
however, it is expected that they will
Garry their fight for similar temper
ance acts in other provinces where
they have lost ground, such as Brit
ish Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba, and even, perhaps. un-
dertake to extend their triumph into
Quebec.
Revenue Wet Argument.
The vets" based their campaign
arguments for repeal of the temper
ance act on the ground that reve-
uues from liquor sold under govern
ment control would relieve the people
of part of their war debts taxes. The
"drys" based their principal argu-
ment on the merits of prohibition
from the viewpoint of economy and
efficiency.
The "wets" cited the great revenue
received by Quebec from sale OF
liquor. and argued that American
tourists, especially in Summer, were
going to Quebec rather than Ontario.