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LI i . ;edford Mi rm-n The Weather Maximum yterday '10 Minimum today Jl HrtclpllAllon . .01 mum Prediction! Fair. f'lttlv Ntailtrittlt Vmtr Wn'kly-'l'lfly I li l i ur. Mi:i)F()l!, ()l,'K(i()N, M()MV, ! KliKlWIfY V.. Y.Yl'l NO. 277 Smohing By Co-Eds ! CaiVec 'Vie Waif i No Use to Forbid fi E' Robbers Hold Up St. Louis Hotel for $100,000 Valuables 1 MARY SITUATION 0 TO DEFENSE Mary Miles Mintcr Repudiates i . nil iii 1.1 n -.... U 1 i nose wno wouiu Dcsmuwi Reputation of Slain Director His Friendship Was Up- lifting and Aid Invaluable Ready to Sacrifice Anything) I AM ANUKI.F.rt. Ki-h, 13.- Mary 'Mikes M ltit-r. motion plrturo sctr, Issued b stutemen hm today j through lnr atti rimy declaring she ! had told Invnutltsators "nit thm she; knew," of lrt tlfn of William 1. Tny lor, motion pit-turn director, slain1 mysteriously twelve days ago. 8h null! sh roiilil not ronenlw how ny person could voluntarily wronn Taylor. Thn statement folio "Thnm in no personal or f tnnitf lu! Sacrifice Hint I Would not gladly llinko to bring thn slayer of William )". mond Taylor to justice. Mm) Mile Mlnl r "Mr. Taylor W t n f tliy beht filenda. His death was a Kfcat ahoi k to mn. I met Mr. Taylor first In l!l when be beramn Iny dlrecti r, 1 1 was then 17 ynur of Ban and his In spiration, his unfailing courteay and consideration not only tr mo but to all with w hom lie rami In 'oniurt, im mediately won my highest admira tion. iN'fcntlM Ills Nam "From IS 1 9 until the day Of III death Mr, Taylor wa to mn the sym- hoi c f honor and manliness, an in spiration, friend, guldn and n tinsel lor thn symbol of all a girl admire In a man. "Ills friendship wa uplifting and bis advlcn and aid wrrn Invaluab'n. It would 1 licit Ii I n K leas than vertt iibln Ingrattttidii if I did not, now that ho la dead, raise my voice to proeuilm I what hd, iwa and tispudlat those' who wotid hrwinlU'h l)la clmractnr. s "I hav told thn niniu rttb nil that I know hrdhnf hla llfn Ui-rn mid In the east. That'. 1 fear, has been i r lit tin uld to them. "I cannot conceive thn character of a person who would voluntarily wrong Mr. Taylor or rnuao hi dnalh.'' Mabel Conaolaa Folk NKW YORK, Feb. 18. Muliel Nor nmnd Ih not worrying about liur ctin iiectlon with tlio William D, Taylor murder Investigation And she Is not letting her parents, ! Mr. und Mrs. (Continued on l'agu six.) LAST; "DEATH TO .MI'.XK'O 'CITY, Feb. 13. lily Anno- elated I'rt'HB.) The municipal president .... .ii.... '..in, in r,.i of 1'uU.rmiro, Mlcholic.n, with SO fol- lowers, hus revolted riIiihI. tho stuln governinent, No cnstmltlos have been, reported although thn revolutionists began tliofr movcmnnl. with cries of ...I.....U ... H1....I.. lean, , miihi'". (l-runclHco J, Muglcit, govurnor oi Mlchoacan, selzod the office In July, 11I2U, prior ii (Jin lustblltttlon of the unregon administration In Mexico Ctty. ' Action Bfcrctnry oi witr sonuufi i JI Em MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS BREAK OUT AT cine vc;o, ivii. i :i Sun.k- llig Kill. In I Vlln, Misty fud whli h should h prohibited In every university, din ib-uns of women Ml f'lili'UK" and North western universities said Imluy when In for rui'd of a atiilntnent by n Columbia iinlu-mll y mil dent lluit smoking itH hitiinnd III thn gradual'' teurhiTH' Cf I legn tlmm only Iii'i iiiiko it made tlm room so Minify. .Mnrlon Tulliot. t n i f wo men nl tint 1'iilvi'inltv of Chi cago, H.ilil (liny hud mi regulii lloiiK against huh king liy ri fit Ih-miiimi. (t whs almost ) III jm j nut -bin In prevent Hint t Ihm was lu ll" " In trying. Might Embarrass Wounded and Disabled in Receiving Care Decision Up to Presi dent May Use Bonds In stead of Taxes to Fjnance. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The M.iilit-i V bonus question brought before tin- senate ImmV bv Senator lu.inti. .rinit'llinn, Idaho, who miK Ktil ihm requeum by former m rvl"i III"1!! who ale not Unpaired phiwtcally or ou ntiilly mii n miilt "f tlx lr ,VBI rorvii i', ntiiciii 'iniiiirr ine iiv-i n i.u ni in tiiklnif r ( f h wounded it ml ill. il.t-il. U-ASHIN;Tii.'. I'Vti. U. 'i.nf. r- I 111 i n lirtWiM'll IrptlldlC'IIIS "f nui(. unn nml iio'iiiih i-fintoittlM' nod tin- H'iint fiminn" contiiiltien on thi .. -11,1.-11 tmtny im iiiIIhk u il.-. IkIoii from I'ri-Kiili'iil ll.irillitii ni a pmponal t" llnilltrv the i null fi ntltrr of the Imnus li mniim of ImhiiIm limlnid of I.iX' H. 'I'lie bond roioMi ttiin iiilviiiiied :l.v tiiniriiiHO ,M. 'miiber nml rtmiutor Hiim,I, ii-ll!lte IMinfei'ees, Who took the ! iiiihII liii Hint It u'niilil be unttlxe to Ii ww Iium. Tim preMdenl. It n wndei hhhI. mmipil to dim iihh tlic I'1"" w" ntnrv .Mellon. I'liili-i' tin- iti'imtin's plan, short lliui' Im.iuIn to Hie (iinotint ot nOotn 1 .1 r. 0, oiift, into it i-ur Vtoild .be lwlied over the ilih-n )enr period ilurliiK wbbli Hie cimli pii)iiicnis would be iihiiIi' to I be fi.i mi r serli i nu n. I Mniibi r of the xeiiiitn roiiiiniltee w'n iiiiib-i'KtniHl to Im inioiiil ur tleiilmly to the ronsltloit to Inerrase the stnnm tns.s mid nun. to tb" siik ""'' ' "-r '" "' u,u"- Kli'il iroiin HI I III fill 11 1 lout, Iti'PirHi iilnliVi' Monde I of Wyo IlilllK'. li'i'Ulilli'iin Iimiiko lender, dlH fussed Hie bonus iiiiiHllim today with thn president. Asked If thn prnnblnnt wiin HiiiMiln-il with the it'oniNeil tax plan, Mr. Mnndell replied: "Huh anyone been found who is Hjitlnflod Willi tlll plOpOH.'ll ?" IT AFTER 3 ATTEIV1PTS AllKKKinCN'. Wash,, Feb. 13.--Klmnr' Hmlth, iVntrnlln 1. W. W. at lortiey, iiuiile three unsuccessful ef forts to address crowds here today the third attempt resulting In his ar rest upon order of Mayor llalley, who forbade the meetings. Hnilth'a trial for disobeying the procliiimitlou of thn mayor restraining hlm from speaking, has been set fot' Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. MUGICA! ' BATTLE CRY said today the uprising wiw purely lon1' , ' ' " confirmed reports that Gen- (.(iHim R . ,. ()f Tno(1SROi mu, lllft tlH enptttU. (Inncrnl Grecno is reported to linv'e mturnod to Tnbusco with tho intention of fomenting a revolution. Cioiini'Hl Korrnnii nlntn.1 Ibnl iirdiM-s I - i(,ttd been glveu to Genorul Junn Alma ,,, comtmindnr of federal forces in chlhunhiin, to suiiprpss disorders. In that region, Tho war office continues optimistic, assorting tlmt those tiprlslngs are of , minor ininortitnco. BOHH OPPOSES BONUS IN HEALTH 0 Clash On Ulster Border in Which Sinn Fein Leader Is Killed, Raises Tension to Breaking Point Griffith and Collins Struggling Des perately to Avoid Civil War. oi.i i warning r. . a. NOT TO AKSlHT CO! I' , I.ONIiON, Ki'h J I.- tlly thn AmiiKMti't lrM. ) Mlrhm-l C lllnii,xhfad of th Irluli pro vlni ii I novsmmi-nt hni "nt a 'utlKrm warnlnn thn Ani'-rl-cbii Awiorlutlrn for rrroKnltlon i f tli Irlah rupuliHc not to aiwlitl or to routitfnatirn a roup dVtal which h Aorlaroil waa bclnn planned aunlnit th Irlah pro- v I h 1 1 nut tc'rrnmfnt, aaya . a iMililln dlapatrh to thn 1-onrton 4 I'r'BH aaaorlatlon. I.OIX)N. Ffb. 13. Illy AHHorlatnd I'reaa Thn altnatlon In Ireland whleh had aenuivd to K ImprovlfiB under the appnit-nt effort of Arthur (irlffllh anj Mlclme) Collin to obtain thn releaan :f thn klilnnd l'lter men. linn b roiuo nc-utnly dnngnniua ait thn nrault, if tlm Clonea affray on Saturday. Th Tliiipa' Dublin rorremamdent ayn dlsnmy followed thn newa of tlm irlimb In whlrh four ailal Vlatir con itsbles i-rt killed, elltllt wmindeil and U tuivln prisoners and tlm lfadr of i thn Hinn Felnnis, Mnttliew Fltzpatrlrkj hlint iieud. i tie proviHiinuu Kvrru- mint was perturbnit, as thn affair ilimhed the high hopes based upon Its amnesty proclamation and Urn Hrlllsb ilnclsl-n ti rviease Mil prisoneiH nem for offends committed in Kngland from Irish (Kdltlral motives prior to the trnen In Ireland. IK'vel ipiiieiits are awaited with the utmost anxiety. There Is some conflict in thn ac ronnt of how the slusitlng was procli llated. Irish republican army men at Cli nes and their sympathizers take the stand that armed and uniformed 1'lf.tcr men had no right to enter Proo- slat. territory and subjected them- vlvns to arrest by so doing. It Is i. . .i n ii.n ,H,l,,ted out th.,1 thn t.aellc football .layers now In the IVrry jail were ai- fested Tor a similar reason by the l lslerlles. The account of the shooting from, the same snirce Is thflt Kltxpatrlck approached thn I'lster constables and ordered them to raisn their hunds, pro- nl-lmr .,, vlnlLfinn If ihv mirren- tlnrud. Thn only reply to this demun 1, II Jh sail, was the ah ii, ting and k 1 g of Fltzpatrlck and then thn republican army lllen fired. In Uelfasl, un the other hand, It is contended thn rights of southern Ire- land were lost by sending the police from llelfast to F.nnlskellen by train although the line passes for a few .i.- .... .:.-.. 'linen iiiiouko mu nee sinie inncn i Northern police nrn declared to have traveled that route on Thursday and Krlduy without molestation or protect, elther locally or from the provisional government, DaValera on Top Aenlnst this, it la maintained, bv the republican army supiKirters, that knowing the state of tension on the frontier, the llelfast authorities should have ordered the police to drtraln on reaching tne bortlvr, Regarding tho kidnaped I'lster men, tho Times' Dublin correspondent ro- iterates that the provisional govern- tuent Is doing its utmost, to procure their release but says It seems to have n...l ll'OK Pint J.fUMAa Ilia Ulit republican army in county Monnghan. which will only agree to exchange CI these unionists for the footbull players naid, ethe Vnlted states will have re in IVrry. ' malnlng IS battleships, S3 cruisers. Tho Morning Post Dublin convapon- 316 destroyers, 117 submarines, 19S dent, while declaring that Griffith nnd auxiliaries and i:.2 small vessels. It Collins "mean well," asserts that Irish ia ("1,,nr th!,t conclusion public opinion "has decided the 1)e to tho future su-ength of the I nit v,,l,.,.ta ,..,.,. , " ! ,pd States navy should bo reached " ' 1 until ra.itiea.iot. by tho scnato of tho 'pending treaty, luciiuso v shall not UkU'AST, Feb. 13, A gang en- know-absolutely until (lhcn that tho tored tho saloon of l'utrlck lttinli oil treaty will become effective. This York street hero nt noon today and complicates tho' question of person attempted to hold him up. ' Lamb re- nel." slsted nnd was Shot and killed. Ahouti Ml'- Deuby described the status ot tho snmo time a bartender In a ,ho fl,,,'t 1,1 commission today, show neighboring saloon was shot and badly wounded. Whllo a.dnnco of tho Ancient Or der of lllbcrnurlans was lu progress In a hall near Coc-katown, East Ty rone, last nlfihl, un attnek by a Jiarty (.Couttnued on page tlx.) ... y 1 .'4 Kt.l't'vS1 Ik .? " N. 'If ,1,. t' I J4 f ' i d.. a I . ; 6T. GAUOENS STATUE OF LINCOLN Declared by Robert Todd Lincoln to be the beat hkeneaae of hie father. DENW Sf ARTS HENRY S PLAN TO SLASHING ON c l ai.wll a I ocuy. ui navy hskj iui t-ca Money, Urges Reduction in; IMumers Annapolis Shows ; How Conference Delivered i Goods. ! I WAIIIMiTON. Tel.. 13.--Secretary 1Vn,'- "1 n''l ,,,f",e hU!"; navnl committee today to recommend th()t (hit ,.,..,., ,,. . m.xl V i(t. ,,0 fu.i( at 90 ((00 ;im, c 000 ,,,.,.,,,,.,. :IS mmpnrvd with 100.0110 men and 6000 ;ipirentlce.i mm- authorized. j Mr. lienby worn mended that there be no reduction in the existing strength of line officers of the navy: t,",, ,h, ''" al Annapolis be graduated and commissioned but that ufter be reduced to three for each Im.mi.r of ,.anKress instead of five, The naval secretary recommended that ll0 destnyers be placed out of commission. He estimated that the program he outl.ned would effect a saving of I70,niie "00 in next year's, """" ' M'cretary lenb s statement point - .i out iio.t uit,.... mi i... ..-.. til.... ,!tilhllsh..,t ,' ,, ,.., r. .i..,..,.! frilll, ,,;. vemiei- i.. .nimnis- Hon to "JOO. the ei nimissioned iierson- nel from 32,TCji to ti.ltiS nnd the en- listed force from o.ilia to 1 0t.!tl!. I "It is not easy." tie siibi, "to get "'' to normale from such vast ex- 1,""h1" Mr. Henby said the net result of the ' tnilt 0l.,.al ,;,,,, is to ll(lvo 22 Vapi. , (al B,lpHi tl0 Vulted Slates IS and. ioivuI iii,,i i.,.i .-on r..., ...... i,i,i-n iu Japan 1". there i.eing no limitation i on auxiliary comi at craft except ns to tho size and in miiment. j When the conference opened. Mr." I'enby said, the l otted Slates had 4i. '"ttleshlps. 3.1 cruisers. :U7 de- n.o.iio, iiivn, ji .... ..i... t. u , ..... ,,...,.. h ing that nami'snips carry nnout -i per cent complement, destroyers from CO to SO per cent nnd submarines from 40 per cent up. "It is quite clear that tho navy, In enlisted and commissioned personnel both, Is undermanned," ho said. (Continued on "Pugo. six.) NAVY ESTIMATE FORDS TOLO i . ! i , w v. y 11 .v.v I y .'"3 fid IKE' FERTILIZER r : ..,,. AnnOUnCeS Mays tiiymcci Autos Will Be Made, Muscle Shoals Don't Flfnprt C nnpratP- at I fKC anil HAS uperaie ai loss, anu nai No Name for Concern. WASHINGTON'. Feb. 13 Testifying n- rtisehoff gave promissory notes for before the house military aftairs com- he nun(iy inVeted with him, the at mittee toil ay on the offer of Henry torney stiid, adding, "a man can't be Ford for the Muscle Shoals iiwer and Imprisoned for non-payment of prom issory notea if he hasn t the money, nitrate projects. W. It. Mayo, engineer Ttn tVllls Un iK,nar. far Mr. Ford, declared power generat- Creditors may realize ten cents on od at the plant would be used by the IVtroit manufacturer for the enanufac lure of automobiles from raw mater ials. His announcement was. the first indication that Mr. Ford would use tho Muscle Shoals plant in connection with his automobile Interests. Mr. M.iyo, appearing as the pcrson- illy authorized spokesman of Mr. Ford was questioned at length by members, 'of the committee which is conducting hoaritw on the Ford offer. Chairman Kahn at the outset asked whether .Mr, Ford, iu the event his offer was ac cepted, would agree to a fixed capital ization for the company ho would create to operate the Muscle Shoals work. "1 don't think he is determined." Mr Mayo said but. the capital would be sufficient." Mr. Mayo said the manufacturer had' not determined whether the company would operate under Mr. Ford's name or some other designation. Asked by the chairman if Sir. toru would manufacture fertilizer at a loss Mr.-.Mayo testified thut "it would noeessurily fallow that, as a natural consequence, a company would not contlmu, to work at a loss." , nl.loJ tlit In lliu cvlnil l.irl wr production proved unprofitable changes I r.Mil,l h.t lioido tn tmika thn tillstneHK I pay and that Mr. Ford would do what ever ho could to produce cheap fertil izer. ,' , .He said Mr. Ford did not expect to make a profit which would Justify him in pnyinjr more than four per cent Interest on the money to be spent by the government in completing: con struction work on the dams. Wanted, A Fire Like This One in Med ford WH1TT1KU. Cal Feb. 1 J. A pil lar of fiaiiu) more than 400 Jeit high shot Into tho ale early today and con- tinued as a spectacular firo when a K:fs . well, at Santa Fe . Springs near hro uocaiuo igmtca tnrougn iricuon t?T. U)LIH. Ffi.. I ! Jew- -lry -limaf-d !y thf hf tI j mananm'-nt fo hi; valued at IO,ftO0 wan obtained iy lian- dita who early today loot.-d af- ty dKalt t))'i at th" Wash- InBton hotel. H. A. Crofton. nl(ht clerk, was rompelled at thn point of a K'n i" opon f.h: Hafe. Thn jewelry was the. prop- rty cf (t'lea'a. Th.i bandita aio obtained S $f60 from tin; rash drawer. i :i Thn wlfi of a banker reaid- ins at. thn hotel estimated her 1oh at $1,000. Carl Zork, who wan Involved In the, baseball v andal but later exonerated, re- Hided at the hotel. ' He nald he loat ivr.o. OIL WIZARD OF IN HOI WATER nunni if nnrn bUBtSLT UKttl year old next Ma 7. He Is aerylng Raymond Bischoff Short $4,- b aBwcu SiTue made th8 de- crvt Wl Dnt rtniihrfiil if lalott In the belief that hi health aad 500,000, But DOUDUUI made a le88 atrentl0llg Me advlll. Law Can Catch Him-Easyi8,, of the form8r Money for a While Loan "eion to retiw from public ' illfe was made on the floor of the of $260 Started Plunge. j friend of the Illinois representative. CHICAGO. Feb. 13. Raymond 'In brief eulogy, Mr. Walsh declared BiHchoff, under detention in connec- that members of the hous would tlon wtth an admitted shortage of "learn with - regret, tinged with., sot' , H.aOO.ooo as a result of financial row," of Mr. Cannon's Intention, dealings wtth approximately 6000 leave the house. Regret over the ap residents of the Chicago "back of the broaching retirement of "Vncte Jos" yards," diKtiict, blamed a lucky dtal Willi it. ill' UU O f.-JV IVI Vtii3 llHUMIUVll (tranmctlon. which have involved him .1 lOHn nnn tin m.yf ko hrtVllvV - "A friend bepK d me to play the 1 members" of the house rose and ap market with his money, saying his plauded for a moment or more. Many creditors were pushing him," Bischoff in the galleries joined In the ovation. ' , was quoted as having said. "I con-j The former speaker w-as the only ' sented. doubling his money in a week. ' one on the floor to remain seated. H!s He told ull his friends and I was im- mediately besieged with similar re- "Dablilings in oil." led to Mis pres - ent status he was quoted, after visions of big financial deals arose when he fouI'd hov easy it was to have others glve hlm thelr mont,y to inveat IUsrhoff's attorney maintains that the 25-year-old . "Wizard of ltubbly Creek" has violated no law in his dealings, despite the shortage of mil- the dollar, tne attorney said While I welcome government in tervention I cou'.d have pulled through if they had let - me alono another week." Hischoff said. The oil company of which ho at tempted to gain control. Hischoff said has extensive holdings in Oklahoma, as well as in Tcxhh fields. Its stock has a par value of $1, he said, but recently it dropped to :a cents. "I became interested in the oil stock last February." he said. "I kept putting more money into it until in July I thought I owned every share in existence, but then I discovered a powerful combination was fighting mo. "More shares began to pop up un expectedly and before long I found that through bucket shop manipulu- 10,ls 1 nau neon ouyins aupneaie .shares. "For the last few months I have been fighting a losing battle." ' January Kxports Hit Cellar. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Kxports n January aggregated $279,000,000, in seven months anil the lowest amounted to a decrease of about $15,- uuo.uou nom tne month of uecemner. ii SOUND THE ALARM!" CRIES W. C. T. U. LEADER; PROHIBITION IS NOT A FAILURE CHICAGO, Feb. 13. The. Women's Christian Tempsrauce Union, today made public a statement iu which they thirty organizations opposed to prohl said they would meet the publicity be- bition. ing sent out by opponents of tho pro-' "This Is their aim, to mako tho hibltlon amendment with publicity of public believe national prohibition Is a their own and made public their first failure and because it Is a failure and effort which apiiears in the "Lincoln can never be enforced, a congress edition" of the I'nion Signal, the offic- must be elected, pledged to repeal or ial publication edited, by Miss Anna Gordon. "Sound the alarm," it reads, "wo are going to talk down prohibition a fail ure and talR up prohibition as success, livery day of these weeks and every week of these mouths before the elee: TO PIT POLITICS Oldest Member of House Will Not Be Candidate Years Demand Rest Serving His 23rd Term Colleagues Pay Tribute Eleven Words An nounce Retirement. : : ; : WASH1NOTOX, Feb. 13. "t'nrlfl Joe" Cannon, oldnat mcmlier of th hmisp, announced he would not be irandldate for rn-nlnntion na rpprnaen ! tatlvn from the eighteenth Illlnol din- trlct. , The former speaker announced hi Intention to retire from politic In an eleven word atatement which read: ' t "1 am not a candidate for election, to the 68th dlatrlct." The Illinois repreaentatlve, one of the "moat plctureaque and widely known figures In conres will be . house by Representative Walab, repub ( llcan, Massachusetts, it e' e personal would be shared, Mr. Walsh added, by ..-. -4 !th ,UI"7 ' J. t country' at large. - After Mr. .Walsh had conc'nded. eyes were brimming with tears and fie ciutchei ln his lap the hat he had been 1 ' - - . ." OKMULGEE. Okla.. Feb. 13. Pe titions demanding the resignation of superior Judge H. H. Christopher, folowing his dismissal of a grand jury Thursday before It had com pleted its investigation into affairs of the defunct Hank of Commerce were belns circulated today. . Judge Christopher was on his way to Okmulgee, expected to arrive Isle today to explain his action In dis charging the grand Jury... He met the committee from the Bar association and refused to tender his resignation in response to a demand. 10 BE POSTPONED LONDON. Feb. IS. ( By the As sociated Press.) Postponement of the Genoa conference for three weeks is asked In 4 note handed to the Italian foreign office today by the minister of Czecho-Slovakia, act ing on behalf of the states created from former Austrian territory, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch, from Rome. ,tion will lio filled with high powered, well-paid activities on tho part of tho FEDERAL JUDGE WILL NOT RESIGN modify the Volstead law and permit the return of the traffic in light wines I and beer, which would mean a nullifi cation of tho law. "We 'are going to carry on a cam ' paign In tho newspapers and wo ar'. ftoint; to publish the real news.'