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MRS HAM'S STORY WARNING FOR "BUTTERFLIES" Br Mildred Herrls - (International Knri 8rric SUff Correspondent) A r dm ore. Okia.. Feb. S3. (I. NT. S.) The. story of a woman's life will be unfolded when Clara Smith Bamon goes on trial on March 10 on a charge of murdering Jake Hamon. Mrs. Hamon, the central figure, ia not the siren type of woman. She Is the product of that section of the coun try where the world is still young and women leave the comforts to dare and venture with their men, as did the pioneer women of the old West. Her life with Hamon was not the parasitical existence of a woman who plays with a man's heart while he struggles to throw luxuries into her lap. Her story the first authorized ac count of her early life with the dead oil king which is being carried by the Jnternational News Service today. Is, aside from its human Interest, a striking one as a psychological study of a girl of 17 and a woman madly In love. By Clara Smith Hamon '( Written tipreasly for the International Newi Set-rice) (Coprrieht. 1021, by the International ' JJews Herrice) , . Ardmore, Okia.. Feb. 23. I be seech those with fairness in their hearts not to look upon me as a woman wjho parades her past before the curious merely to satisfy an In human craving for notoriety. I write this as a warning to butterflies blinded by the flame of adventure. At this moment I can think of no greater happiness than 'to have my name for gotten, to have it In my power to go somewhere far away, alone with Qod and my sou I. ' . I"HIE0S 8TAXD BY HER . I cannot believe it is too late to make atonement. I am not yet 30 and I can not believe my life is done. I cannot be lieve I shall never be able to face the world attain, with a chance to prove I am worthy of respect, because I want that chance above everything else in the world. I now plead, for fair play. It isn't fair that while I am helpless, waiting for trial, that 1 should be coh demned beyond my deserts. I have been THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL : PORTLAND, OREGON pictured as a wanton who , became a weevneart lor me money and luxuries he could give her.: I have been ptctured as a woman who heartlessly lured, a, man from his wife and children. a cannot Dear to nave these things said. TheV II r A not trna THs K m . - - fc. w ..WW nMU .11 J life, even those who are unfriendly to uc, iiuw are not true. COMFOKT, IOT IXXVJLX If there is one thing X can say with pride, it is that J have never been a naraslta wnman 1 T him wn-wt for every bit of happiness I have had in my life. I worked side by side with the man a lovea wmte ne made his Zortune. I haloed him as he elimhed atari Vv ten in his career. I da not nv this with bitterness- I do not begrudge my labors for him. X loved hire then and I wished no arreater hanntmua than tn .-a.i- him. He had been the only man in my me. i - In the 10 tun T na HH dim T had luxuries. I had comforts. Yes, when we traveled we. stopped at good hotels and' In New York and Washington we staved at faaTilnnahl ri1ai An tv.nc. familiar with my life in Ardmore know mat a uia not nave even comforts here. PROUD OF HEK JOB I WU On IV 1S,whn T mat Kin TT. tried to Win me vm thn n hanill m. with the flattery and gifts of a world- wje man. ana a a ttim-a miri with ti-ia He bought me candy and perfumes and other things that would appeal to a girl of that ace. but- thnnk dnrt T am. mn- interested in boys of my own years then ana mis man or u seemed quite ancient to me. At 18 I had to leave school to eo to work. I An nor thinlr T oroa r-l-.,l. as most girls of that age. There was little time for frivolity in my home. My parents had a" hard struggle to make UULli enni mMT Ann TT-rtm rhil1Tinn1 T knew I would have to become a waere earner. How proud I felt when I took home my first week's wages. I had gone into a store at Lawton as bookkeeper. DREAMED OF OCTSIDE' WOULD At 17 my life became linked w!th .Tairo L. Hamon's. He had persisted In his attentions d urine- the two vm tnMn-ar- lng my school days. He pressed his at tentions upon me on every occasion. He told me I was beautiful. No one had ever told me that before. He did every thing that would turn the head of a girl of that age. I waa a mall tnwrt o-ii 1? - 1 I had never been outside of Oklahoma. I could conceive of no adventure more wonderful than a trin tn Kunn, ri. fort Worth. They seemed as far away mm as maccessiDie as uie .North Pole to my simple mind. But desDite mv lennranpA anA tno-rni. ence, I was not an easy victim to this ma.n, oja enougn to De my father. He had to Dersist to win m rn, m.. me was the ideal held before the average irI that the goal for every woman is marriage, and that her love and virtue are to be surrender! nniv r fk. God has destined for her to wed. IITTLE GOD FOU3TD BLIND Lake most girls of 17, I was full of romance. - I bad a dream man young and splendid who some day would come a-wooing and carry me far away to love and be loved always and always. Both father and mother were orphans Jrom childhood. My mother had had lonely existence until my father came into her life. He waa her first and only sweetheart. She -waited for him five years. My romance was to be aa sweet as theirs, but. . of course. .. without its flaws. Without these, It was the most beautiful la all the world. : And when my sweetheart came, he was not young and splendid like my oream man. Hut love waves a magic wand and the eyes behold the Image the near t aesirea. FLATTERY PLEASES HER A girl of 17 has not the judgment of a woman. How was I to know that the wooing of this man who Dressed his at tentions on me. who pursued me for two years, was nothing more than a cam palgn carefully planned to work on the susceptibility of an inexperienced small town gin, with all the conventional tra ditions? a I laughed when he told me I wai beautiful. But' it did fill me with pride. Hie gifts daazied my simple eyes. ' They were inexpensive gifts but they were as wonderful as pearls and diamonds. He told me of his ambitions and how neces sary l was to his future. An enticing picture he painted for me, the unsophisticated small town eirl of 17 He would send me to business college and then take me into his office as a stenographer and by helping and insDir- ing him, I would have a real part in his career as ne rose to power. At first he seemed so horrlblv old. After I had yielded to him, he seemed oia no longer. Dut every . bit aa vrrana- na spienaia as me flero or my dreams. or love bad waved a magic wand be fore the eyes of 17. I had given him the first love of 17. I had not then th Judgment of -a woman. I had not a woman a experience to ihtw m tha riiv of my acts. I simply had yielded, for 7 could no longer resist. He sent me to business collee-n in Oklahoma City and later to a school at J?ort worth. When 1 finished my busi ness courses, I entered his office as a stenographer. HAPPY FOR A TIME He was not" a rich man when I went to him. He wanted wealth and he w his opportunity in oil. I went with him Into the oil fields. I stayed with him night and day. as he waited fnr hi rti-mt oil well to bring him fortune or failure. Many nights we went without sleep, many times without food. We slept some times in our automobile far fields. There are no comforts or con veniences in an oil field. Any woman who has stayed in the fields dav In anrt day out knows the hardships I endured. asut x was with the man who taught me to love him. He wanted me there and nothing else mattered. Thm iiv In the oil field were the sweetest, hap piest in my life. It was so glorious to feel that he needed me and that T waa helping him achieve his dreams. HARDING SEEKING EARLY NH CA SSO II Washington. Feb. 23. (TJ. P.) Concentration on. the Mexican ques tion as a problem of paramount im portance in America's foreign af fairs, will begin Immediately after March 4, It was said today, among those to take a leading part In the shaping: of President-elect Harding's foreign policy. , With Senator A. B. Fall considered a cabinet certainty and Henry P, Fletcher virtually chosen as under secretary of state, it is understood here that Harding has 'peculiarly emohaslled" the' Import-. ance in which he holds American-Mexi can relations. Fall, chairman of the senate commit tee which investigated Mexican condi tions, and Fletcher, former American ambassador to Mexico, are accepted as the men who will be Harding's chief ad visers on Mexico. A move unique Is foreign relations, it was learned, already la being considered aa a step toward the upholding of Amer ican rights In Mexico. Thia move, ac cording to the present plan, would take the' form of an official statement, serv ing notice that unless a government In Mexico, recognised by the United States, folly respects American Interests then the American administration will guar antee those interests. Such an announce ment of policy, it . is stated, not only would reassure Americans in Mexico but would notify the Mexican government that the 'United States intended to pro vide adequate protection for its citizens. Action off this nature, would, not be taken, however, until efforts had been made first to conclude' a written agree ment with Mexico, in which that country pledged itself to adjust the existing points at issue. . . Conditions which the Harding admin lstration will ask Mexico to fulfill as preliminary to recognition by this gov ernment were stated today- to Include the following: 1 Re Imbu reemtn t to ' Americans for damage suffered during the revolution, with the appointment of a joint commis sion to adjast the claims, S The return of all American property seized by the Mexican government or in dividuals. , WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1821. fr-An arrangement for the payment of Mexico's foreign debt, most of which' is owned in this country. 4 The repeal, or at least a different interpretation of confiscatory legislation. Including the constitutional provision which nationalizes olL , These stipulations, it is learned on high authority, already have the approval of President-elect Harding and have been communicated informally to President Obregon. Banker's Wife Dead New York, Feb. 23. (L N.l &) Mrs. James Speyer, wife of the famous Inter national banker, died today after a long illness. , i Chemawa Will Get Its Heating Plant Washington, Feb. 23. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOUnNAL,)r The house Tuesday agreed to the senat amendment of the Indian bill granting 140,000 for a heating plant at the Che mawa Indian school. Representative Hawley spoke .for this and for another amendment for $70,000 for the boys' dor mitory, but the latter Item was sent back to the conference without final action The heating plant ia assured, but the dormitory is doubtful LEARNS NEW WORDS ' "Oh, Peggy 1 Come right here; I've had such a streak of good 'luck. What do you think?" "Are you engaged, Alice ?" "NO. v "Married rv "No ; - better yet. The boss raised me, and I'm on my way down to get a spring suit. Don't you think .I'm lucky r "Yes, Alice ; but I'm stHl luckier, and didn't get a raise. I'm on my way down to get a hat and a dress. as well as a suit." "What do you mean? a bank?" "No. words. "Tell me all about it; and what." Did you rob All I did was !eam two new Credit and Cherrsrs." who, where Pesrsrv smiled and passed on the glad tidings. "Who? Cherry's. Where? 389 Washington street. What? All the pretty things a gm loves to wear, and all the classy things to make her best beau looR sua classier ; ana. best of all. you only have to pay a little down and the rest as the Day- days come along. Isn't , that worth knowing ?" Adv. 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