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MEDFOKD, 0 1 v K( J OX, A VK I JN KS DAY, DIX'EMBEIJ 28, 1921
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DAUGHTER
D
Mrs. McCormick, Daughter of
Oil King, Given Decree in
Record Time Desertion
. Charge Admitted By Hus
bandCouple Have Lived
Apart Eight Years.
CHICAGO. Dec. 28. Mr, Edith U.
McCormick, . daughter of 'John D.
Rockefeller, 8r waa granted a divorce
from Harold V. McCormick, president
of tho International lUrvolr com
pany. In autfrlr court today.
No provision (or alimony waa In
cluded In tb dlvorco decreo which
w signed In court by Judge Charles
A. McDonald, after Mra. McCormick
had flM suit chaniliiK desortlon
against Mr. McCormick. whose attor
ney fllad an answer admitting the
charge.
Property 8ttllmnt
Whllo uo announcement of any set--1
lenient waa lnado Id court, an agree
Bient haa bwn reached between Mr.
aad Mr. McCormick on a division of
property according to Clarenr Iar
row. one of counsel for Mr. McCor
mick. Mra. McCormick appeared lu omo
court with her lawyer and two wit
nesses. .tor. McCormick waa not prcul al
though hlit three lawyer were then.
Otherwise tne courtroom waa desert
ed. According to Mra. McConnlck'a tes
timony; the McCormick were married
la 1895 and lived together until 11.
when aha alleges that Mr. McCormick
dcarud her while they were atuylng
It Zurich, d ItierUnd.
"I have lived in Chicago lnco m7."
Mra. McCormick testified. "On Nc
vemlMr 28. 195. I waa married to
Harold F. McCormick and lived with
him continuously until May 27, 191H.
At that time we were tn Zurich,
Hwltxerland. when ho left me."
Questioned by her counsel, Mra. Mc
Cormick aald Mr. McCormick had not
contributed to her support alnce the
date he la alleged to have left her.
"Old he give you any reaaon for
Waving?" Mr. Cutting asked.,
"He did not and there waa none,"
Mra. McCormick answered.
CHICAtiO. Dec. 28. Mrs. Edith
IpM-keteller McCormick today filed
suit for divorce lu auperlor court
against Harold K. McCormick, presi
dent of tho International Harvester
company.
Mra. McCormick la the only daugh
ter of John D. Rockefeller. Sr. Bhe
returned to this country a few week
ago, after spending right year in
Switzerland, t'lwn her return alio
took up her residence In tho McCor
mlck town house, whllo Mr. McCor
mick moved to his estate at lJko
Forest. Although they are jointly the
backers and principal contributor to
the Chicago Opera association und at
tend nlmoat nightly, Mra. McCormick
haa occupied box on one aldo of the
house and 'Mr, McCormick and hi
daughter, Muriel, on tho other.
Mra. McCormick' suit alleges deser
t Ion. Humors of tho Impending suit
have been current ever since Mr. and
Mr. McCormick returned from Europe
last summer at the laimi time, but on
different ship. Mra. .McCormick de
nied at that time that divorce was
contemplated whllo Mr. -McCormick
Issued a laconic itatomout that ho hod
moved his homo to tho country estate,
Simultaneously with Mra. McCor-
I Continued rm paaa elgbLi
N Y. MILLIONAIRES
: ENOUGH. JANITORS 0U1T THEIR JOBS
NEW YORK. Dee. 28. (By Associ
ated Press.) Tlie exclusive million-alro-janltor
"Skyllno" colony that in
habits the skyscraper tips of Lowr
MnhlmttHn Im Hpllttliig up. As tho mil
lionaires move In, tho janitors are
moving out.
The rensou is largely aoclul but it
Isn't that the skyscraper zone, with
Its eViborato nerlal bungalows and roof
gardens Is becoming too exclusive for
the Janitors. .
The trouble I that, despite the in
flux. of millionaires, the district hasn't
enough social tono to suit the family
of tho modern big building Janttor.more exclusive suburbs,"
Marries 7 Husbands
Then Divorces Them
To Boost Business
GKNKVA, Hoc. 2H. Murrlugo
Ih, for a woman, tho solution of
tho problem of getting passiiori
to vitrloua Kuropcan countries, 4
the dlfflciiltlea of which became
4 almost ItiHiiperubto after the wur, 4
4 a I.urernn business woman haa
discovered. 4
4 Hefore tho war, this woman,
4 who Ih well educated and good 4
4 looking; earned anuo f 10,000 a 4
4 year by obtaining order for mil- 4
llnery and fura from royalty and 4
nrlstiic-rury In the several capitals
of Europe to which alio traveled.
4 The war and poatwar paaaport 4
4 difficulties hurt her business. . 4
Hhe then formed tho plan of
marrying men of different tuitUm-
4 alltlea and paying them to let her 4
4 divorce them aa soon na ahe had 4
4 established a paaaport In her new 4
4 citizenship. , 4
4 Hhe at proaent ha seven ex- 4
4 husbands. , 4
4 4
170 Members of Secret Organ
ization and Deposed Grand
Goblins Ask Court Action
Removal Imperial Kleagle
Clarke Also Demanded.
ATLANTA, t'n.. IVo. !. lto-ri-lwrship
of all properly, funds, doc
ument and rcordn of the Ku Klux
Man Is sought in a petition filed
today In the Fulton superior court
by 170 persons describing themwlvcs
as "uomifldo members' of the klan.
The pi-tltolners are headed by
Hurry It. Terrell. U..yd II. ollier. K.
t. At K I n and A. J. 1'uUoli. Jr., d
pom'il grnnd Kublina.
I'poii filing of the petition Judge
John T. IViidleton granted a tempo
rary Injunction iieulnst the Klan, re
straining the organization from dis
posing of any of Its property and
from disbursing any moneys except
for ordinary expenses, which it is
stipulated, must not Include aubiriea
of officers and employes.
Tim petition further seeks llio re
niovul of Ldward Vouug Clurke. Im
perial kleaiile of the Ktnn and Mrs.
I'.lluibeth Tyler, he ml of the propaga
tion department, both of whom ere
inada co-defendants to the suit".
An additional feature of the re
straining order Is that the defend
ant corporation and the two officers
nnmcrt are prohibited front banishing,
suspending, expelling or prosecuting
the Klan members whose numoa np
pi-ur on the petition as plaintiffs.
LEGION POST PLAYS
RELEASE OP DEBS
DUN TON, Texas, Dec. 28. Resold
lions conilemnlng the rcdoase from fed
eraj prlaop of Kugeno V. Debs wero
adopted hero last night at a apodal
mooting of Arthur O. McNlUky pout,
American Icglon. A copy of the reso
luiions, telegraphed President Hard
Inn said:
'To lot your official action Jo tin
ehallongod by us would bo to brook
faith with our fullou buddies,"
NOT CLASSY"
who wears tho title of "bulldmg super
intendent."
J. H. Homon, department manager
of a large downtown realty manage
ment compnny snltl toduy It was bo
coming harder and linrdor to find rest
dent Btipurlntnndonta to occupy the
apartments that moat of the older sky
scrapers maintain for that purposo.
"Tho typo of men Inking those Join
la bocomlng higher and higher," he
said, "as tho complexities of big build
lng operation increaaes. That means
that tho wives have social ambitions
that they feel they cannot gratify
down hore In the business district
They prefer to live uptown, or In the
RECEIVERSHIP
1 KLUX KIAN
IS DEMANDED
RATIFICATION
OF IRISH PACT
NOW CERT!
Secret Meeting of Dail Eireann
Leaders Insures Acceptance
of Peace Treaty, London
Reports Lloyd George De
clares Opening of Discus
sions Impossible.
LONDON, Dec. 2. (By Aaaoclated
Press ) It haa been learned from a
reliable source, ttaye a Central News
dispatch from Dublin today, that at
secret meeting of the Dmll Eireann
leaders, representing both the sup
porter and opponents of the Anglo-
Irish treaty, a compromise waa reach
ed which will Insure the ratification
of the pact.
LONDON, Dec. (By Aaaoclated
rreaa.) A atatement front Premier
Lloyd-George waa Issued here today to
the effect thut the government had
gono to the utmost limit In the Irish
treaty and that It was impossible to,
r co lien tne discussion.
Tho delay In raiflcallon In Ireland
the atatement aald, waa holding up the
working of tho cabinet committee ap
pointed to arrange the evacuation of
tho Ilrltish forces in Ireland, settle the
terma of amnesty and tranafer execu
tive resonslblllty to the Irish provis
ional government.
NAVAN. County Meath, Ireland
Dec. 28. Tho urban council of Navan
haa adopted a resolution favoring rati
flcntion
of the Anglo-Irish, peace
treaty.
IIELFAST, Dee. 2g.-(Dy Aaaoclated
ress). A convention of Sinn Fein
clubs of North Donegal, held at Hun-
crana, ha adopted resolution by
unanimous voto expressing aatlsfac-
Ion with tho Irish peace treaty as
embodying tho essentials of Ireland's
freedom.
The resolution called upon the alx
Dull Klreann mombera representing
tho district to use their Influence to
ring about ratification. Failure to do
this, tho resolution stated, would be
regarded as betrayal of the beat Inter
esta of tho country.
PORTLAND LAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Pee. 18. One
of Portland's early land murks, the
Odd Fellow Hull at First and Alder
streets, which held tn Ita cupola the
city's first town clock, wim wrecked
by flro early today. Tho clock, bad
been In aervlco since 1S69. The fire
losa was estimated at $35,000. Hi-ve
rul firemen were slightly injured.
The Odd Fellows building damn
was placed at $30,000 and the loi)e
reported lta loss $5,00.0 in equipment
and costumes. A market ooouuyliiK
the street floor suffered $10,000 dam
age.
Tho old clock fell Into the wreck
ape, but the skeleton of tho cupopi
remained standing.
Acquitted of Murder
Wife Charges Spouse
With White Slavery
TACO.MA. Dec. 28. Maudo Moore
Htubbs. recently uctiuitted In Knox
vllle, Tcnn., of the murder of Lcroy
llurth ,an automobile dealer, was In
biding toduy following tho arrest of
her hUHbund, William Stubbs. on a
white sluvery charge.
Ktubbs was urrosted Monday night
on compiulnt of his wife, who alleged
that upon her return from Kuoxvllle
last week, following her acqulttul,
sho found "uuother woman" Installed
In her plueo, Tho complaint charges
that Ktubba asked his wife to lead a
life of nhuino, mid when she refused
held her whllo tho othor womun
kicked and bent her.
Ktubbs, In tho city Jail, until ho Is
ublo to raise $5000 bull, refused to
comment toduy beyond saying "this
Is gratitude for you." Ho bo Id ho put
up the money to freo his wife.
Cut Wages 10 Per Cont.
SAM KRANCISOO, Dec. 58. A 10
per cent wage cut and the open shop
plan are to bo put into effect in a
number of foundartos In the San
Kranslco bay district January 1, and
approximately 2,000 weu will be ef
fected, .
MARK
BURNED
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCormick
Who Were Divorced Today
Ml v'a, y I
CROPS SHRINK KNOCKED OUT
561111,1920 BY RAW HOOCH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. The coun
try's important farm crops were val
ued this year at $5,C75,877,0iM) based
on prices paid to farmers on December
1, the department of agriculture an
nounced today in Its final estimatea.
Tho same crops, which comprise about
ninety per cont of the value of all farm
crops, were valued last year at 19,075,-
3S8.OO0.
Tho area devoted to the Important
crops this year
349.33G.OOO acres compared with.
349.067,000 acres last year.
Final estimates of production and
value announced Included:
Corn Production 3,081,251,000 busU-
ela: value )1.305,C24.00O.
Winter wheat 087,032,000 and valued
at $568,725,000.
Smlng wheat production 207,861,000
and value $17,343,000.
All wheat production 794,893.000,
valued $735,068,000.
Oats 1.060.737.000 and $321,540,000.
Hurley 151.7SW00 and $63,788,000.
Rye 57,918,000 and $40680.000.
Potatoes 346,823.000 and $385,192,000
Hay (tame) 81,667,000 and $989,693,
000. Hay (wild) 15,235.000 and $101,083.
000. Apples 96,881,000 and $163,215,000.
Poaches 32.733,000 and $52,176,000.
Oranges 30,700.000 und $63,850,000.
LA.
COP IS SUICIDE
PRKSCOTT. Arlx., IVc. i'S. Earl
Winton, wanted in Los Augeloa in con
nection with the murder of a police
man there, shot and killed himself yes
terday morning when he was sur
rounded by a posse in a section fore
man's houso nine miles west of Ash-
fork, Ariz., according to word received
hero.
Wtuton, before he died, made a short
statement to Sheriff W. P. Mahoney of
Mohavo county und othor officers in
which ho declared that ho fired no
shots wheu tho Ios Angeles policeman
was killed. Ho suid he was riding on
the rear seat of tho automobile from
which the shots were fired.-
64) Injured Trolley Wreck.
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 20. Be
tween 40 and 60 persons were Injur
ed, sonio of them seriously, when a
south bound Detroit I'nitod Railway
limited interurbun tipped up ou its
side as it rounded acurve at the
southern outskirts of Lake Orion, 40
miles northwest of here, shortly be
fore noon today. Ambuluncos have
been sent to the sceno from Flint,
Mich.
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GOV. OLCOTT YKTOKS 4
4 HUM'S KXliMPTlOX 4
4
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 28. Gov-
ernor vlcott todny signed seven -4
4 bills passed at the special sos- 4
4 slon. Yesterday he signed the 4
4 three road measures und vetoed 4
4 the bill exempting bonus pay- 4
4 ments or loans from debts con- 4
4 traded previous to the effective 4
4 date of the bonus law. . -4
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MURDERER DF
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. Four
United States prohibition enforce
ment agents have been poisoned in
the past three weeks from illicit
brandy which they consumed In the
course of duty, out none was made
seriously ill, it was announced today
from the office of E. Forest Mitchell
district prohibition enforcement of
ficer.
It waa necessary for William
Jordan and Frank Strohm, two of
the agents to go to hospitals. D. M
Rinckel and John O'Tole, the other
agents who were poisoned are recov
ering at their homes.
"It is sometimes necessary for the
agents to drink this poisoned liquor
In order to get evidence against the
distiller or seller," Thomas A. Brown,
assistant enforcement officer said.
"Sometimes the agents carry anti
dotes to counteract the effect of the
stuff they are compelled to drink.
The symptoms of the poisoning are
a general lassitude, loss of appetite
and a desire to rest."
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Dec. 28.
What federal agents declare is the
biggest prohibition raid ever under
taken in Wyoming Is going on today
in Rock Springs, Green River and Su
perior. Up to noon 4 0 persons had
been arrested in Rock Springs and
hundreds of gallons of Illicit liquor
confiscated.
The district Is described by prohi
bition agents as tho "wettest spot in
western America."
The raiders, lead by State Prohibi
tion Director Carl D. Jackson, with
40 deputies, arrived here in a special
car, immediately starting out In cou
ples. It was but a few minute he-
fore they began returning to the car
with prisoners and confiscated liquor.
As fast as the liquor was selxed it
was tested by F. B. Strebling, chem
ist of Denver, lu a complete labora
tory testing outfit with which the
special car was equipped.
F
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Charges
thut the Kustmun Kodak company.
through a monopoly of tho produc
tion of "raw" films, will bo able to
control the entire motion picture in
dustry In the United States have been
mudo before the svnute finunco com
mittee by the International Kllm Her
vice company, inc., through its coun
sol. .William A. DcKord of NewYork
City. Mr. IX' Ford und other rupee
Bcntuttvea of motlou picture . pro
posed twenty per cent duty on unex
posed films, claiming this duty would
bo prohibitive.
Mr. IX-Ford charged that the East
man company bud forced Indepen
dent laboratories bundling films to
agree to uso only .American-made
lilms. lie askeu tho committee to in
vesttgute an agreement which ho
stilted hud been entered Into botwoon
, imu luasuuuii i-oiiipttiiy aim iitu moor-
1 ntories.
Suicide Attempt Succeeds'
'SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. Al
bert Gatto, 19, who threw himself
from a second story window last
night according to the authorities, af
ter he had been forbidden by his
father to leave the house, died at
hospital today.' ,
CHARGES EASTMAN
NTRL
ILIiIS
r25 Bandits Capture
Kentucky Distillery
And 325 Cases Booze
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4
LOCI3VILLE, Ky., Dec. 2g. 4
4 (By Associated Press.) Twenty- 4
4 five bandits swooped down upon 4
4 the Hlue Ribbon distillery at 4
4 Eminence, Ky., early today, lock- 4
4 ed five guards in the office of the 4
4 plant and stole 325 cases of 4
4 bottlod-ln bond whiskey, valued at 4
4 30,00, according to a report to 4
4 Louisville polk. 4
The report said all of the rob- 4
4 bers were masked and heavily 4
4 armed. Automobile trucks were 4
4 used to haul the liquor away. 4
Boon after the bandits departed 4
4 the five guards, who T-sre bound 4
4 with ropes, released themselves 4
4 and notified the authorities. 4
4 4
Women Commemorating 65th
Birthday of Ex-President,
Name Date to Raise Wilson
Fund Anonymous Tele
gram Reaches Woodrow.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 Former
President Wilson today quietly cele
brated his sixty-fifth birthday at his
home here.
While no deviation from the dally
program of the Wilson household was
planned, many cablegrams, telegrams
and letters containing greetings were
delivered at the Wilson home on S
street during the day. -
Several of the mote Intimate friends
of Mr. Wilson called to extend their
greetings in person.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28. Women from
all over the United States were here
today to attend a luncheon commemor
ating the birthday of Woodrow Wil
son. At the same time they were to
celebrate the first anniversary of the
plan to honor the former president
through a permanent foundation.
Plans for raising at least $1,000,000
as a fund to endow periodic awards
for "meritorious service to democracy,
public welfare, liberal thought or
peace through justice, were announc
ed to be making progress. The cam
paign for this fund will begin on Janu
ary 16, the period between noon and
one o'clock p. m. on that day being
designated as 'Wilson hour."
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 28. A tele
gram without any personal designs
tion merely addressed "The Man Unto
Whom Humanity Is Most Indebted for
a Codo of Practical, Unselfish World
Wide Rules of Action Which Will Vlti
mately Lead to Peace on Earth and
Good Will Among the Nations Thereof,
Washington, D. C." safely reached
former President Wilson to whom it
was iutended.
The telegram was sent Christmas
eve by Edward F.'Goitra, democratic
national committeeman from Missouri,
and confirmation of its delivery was
made in Wilson's reply, made public
by Mr. Goltra today. The reply fol
lows:
"Mrs. Wilson and I warmly appre
ciate tho message you were - kind
enough to send and I take tho liberty
of sending through you to tho demo
crats of Missouri my most cordial
greetings and my confident prediction
of triumphant success of tho party in
the new year and the years immediate
ly to follow." -
LOS ANUELE3. Dec. 28. Herbert
Cox of Los Angeles und Herbert Wil
son, formerly of Drownsvllle, Ore
gon, both of whom wero taken into
custody hero yesterday by federal and
county authorities, wero tnado de-
fendunta in a series of attachments,
brought luto yesterduy by Hule
Brothers, lncorporuted, of San Fran
cisco, the pluintlft compuny complain
ing thut the defendants wore Indebt
ed to them In the sum of $29,000
which the store lost by robbery De
cember 7, 1920.
Cox and Wilson were held hero
whllo the authorities continued to In
vesttgute tholr probable connection
HYiyOON,
DESIGNATED AS
"WILSON HOUR"
BROWNSVILLE
OREGON
FOR
29.000
RANGE SUB
STAND (WAY
HALT PURIFY
Both England and Japan, After
Opposing French Insistence
On Increased U-Boat Ton
nage, Declare Intention to
Reserve Action On Naval'
Ratio, if Point Carries.
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4 HUQHE8 AND BALFOUR 4
4 RAP FRENCH 8TAND 4
4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. (By
4 Associated Press.) A proposal 4
4 presented by former Senator
4 Elihu Root to the naval commit-
4 tee when it resumed its session
4 this afternoon to apply certain 4
4 rule of International law to the 4
4 use of submarines in warfare was 4
4 referred to a sub-committee for 4
4 consideration.
4 During the afternoon it leaked
4 out that after M. Sassaut had pre-
4 sented the French demand for -4
4 90,000 tons of submarines and an- 4
4 nounced rejection by his nation 4
4 of tho American compromise pro- 4
4 posal, Arthur J. Balfour, head of 4
4 the British delegation and Secre- 4
4 tary Hughes, head of the Amer- 4
4 lean delegation, responded in lan- 4
4 guage which, while diplomatic, 4
4 struck hard at the French post- 4
4 tion. One of the delegates said 4
4 both Mr. Balfour and Secretary
4 Hughes stated they "deplored"
4 the attitude of France. 4
4
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WASHINGTON, Dec' 28. (By the
Associated Presto.) Hope for an
agreement to limit submarine ton
nage was declared to have been aban
doned today at the meeting of tho
arms conference navay committee.
A demand by France for a mini
mum submarine tonnage . of ninety
thousand tons was declared by dele
gates to have closed the door to any ,
agreement, the American compro
mose proposal having been rejected
finally and completely by the French
Casting aside the possibility mt
harmonizing views on submarine ton
nage the American delegation brought
forth a new proposal to limit the size
of submarines and other auxiliary
craft to a maximum of 10,000 tons.
The presentation of the French
viewpoint, based on calculations of
her naval experts and reinforced by
approval of the French cabinet meet
ing yesterday In Paris waa followed
by lengthy discussions, the commit
tee adjourning the session after two
hours' debate to meet again at 3
o'clock.
French. Stand Firm
Albert Sarraut, head of the French
delegation, it was annuonnced, pre
sented with an air of finality the dec
laration that France could not accept
less than 310,000 tons of auxiliary
tonnage, including a submarine ton
nange of 90,000. The-American com
promise would have given France
about 31.000 tons of submarines.
The British and Japanese delega
tions are understood to have stated
that, In view of tho French stand on
submarines, they would both feal
compelled to reserve action on tho
tonnage ratio for auxiliary craft al
loted Great Britain and Japan under
the American plan.
Italy Joins Opposition,
Italian spokesmen! following pre
sentation of the French demand, it
was said, expressed regret that
France had not seen its way .clear to
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with a series of postal and safo-blow-lng
robberies In which a prdbablo
totul of more than $SI,&00,ttU0 wum
scheduled as lost by the government,
and private concerns.
Tho attachments wero ' served on
four bunks where the two defctidunti;
hud checking uccountsv four autoino-
biles were uttached in downtown gu-
niges.-uiul three pieces of real estate,;
were ulso attached, two of theso
being occupied as homes by fumllles)
ot the defendants. The - amounts In.
the various banks was not given out.
Tho attachments were served 'by tho
I sheriff of Los Angelea county at the
- telegraphic request of the sheriff of
Jthe city, and county of Ban Francisco,
MAN
ARRESTED
ROBBERY
CALIFORNIA