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Complete Dispatches of United Press, United News, Universal Service and International News Service FINAL SPORT -dorit say "Paper nl Sa STAR trxU Mart 9tpM'eA ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923. VOL. J7 NO. 99.

18 PA(iES. PRICE TWO CENTS fui rvi Im an Mir? LfU tMinJUuvJ LZ2 LO TrRifnlfnlfQ) j(SWILg) zJn France Will Advance on Ruhr Tonight or Tomorrow $4,245 ROBBERY OF TRUCK LAID TO HOGAN GANG 'kukluxgot daddy; widow's child lisped LON V.STEPHENS, EX-GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI, DEAD Halliday Convicted as Embezzler, Jury Fixes 3- Year Term Bankrupt Charged With Converting to His Own Use $1,009 Given Him to Invest Five Cases Pending. HUGHES ISSUES ORDER Action Follows Word That France Has Defi-nitely Decided to Begin Long-Planned Chief of Detectives Asks Jury Inquiry Believes It Will Clear Up Several Payroll and Messenger Holdups. ARREST OF JAMES HOGAN, FREE ON BOND, ORDERED Bank Refuses to Divulge Information Sought by Police About Check Used to Pay for Repairs on Bandits' Auto. George V.

Halliday, bankrupt broker, was found guilty of a charge of embezzlement by agent by a jury in Circuit Judge Falkenhainer's court today and sentenced to three years in tbe penitentiary. Halliday was convicted of converting to his own use, $1,009 given to him by Mrs. E. W. Hayes, 7372 Flora avenue, M.plewood, to buy a $1,000 bond of the Gas Securities Company of New Tork.

Mrs. Hayes testified that the security was never delivered. GERMANY FORMALLY NOTIFIED Cabinet Hopes German Industrialists, Headed by Stinnes, Will Prevent Action at the Last Minute. PLEDGES WOULD AVERT MARCH Troops, Including Belgians, Will Be Used in Occupation of Essen Division of Coal Supply Planned. International New SerTtc.

PARIS, 'San. 10. France and Belgium notified Germany this of their Intention to enter the rtuhr tonight or tomorrow morning. It was officially announced. The formal notification said that the troops were being- sent to the Ruhr valley only to protect en-gineera who would' go to the coal mines.

Despite the military preparations the French cabinet has been hoping for proposals from the great Oer-man Rhlneland industrallsts head-cd by Hugo Stinnes v. hlch would make such action, unnecessary. It is said. The stml-orf kial newspaper Temps bitterly accuses KnslanU of advising the Germans not to make any counter proposals but to "sit tight." It Is declared here ihat France's threats have been aimed not so much at the German nation as against the big Rhineland industrially who, the French believe, are the real force behind the Merlin government. Notification Delayttl.

Premier Polncure delayed twenty-four hours his notification to Merlin of the measures France intends to take and thn. with the excuse that Merlin should have time to apprise the local Kuhr he added a few more hours delay. This postponement. It is believed, as to give the Krupp, Stinnes, i li -ssen and Interests time to make proposition to save their The. French are willing to consider att minute guarantees from the German industrall.s's if they will withdraw the billion.) of marks which the French think they hae hidden in neutral banks and enter in'o an agreement embodying the terms: t.

Germans to cease boycotting Lorraine iron. Cease buying iron ore from p'weden. 3. Promise to come to a business rgrertnent with the French steel Industry. 4.

Promise to assist In stabilization of the mark. The French cabinet is convinced that the German industrallsts are capable of doing: nil these thinga. WIU FnHrvlo Fssen. When the advance begins. Kssen will be encircled from north and About 35.000 troops, including eight regiments of infantry, slx of cavalry, with artillery, the most modern tanks, airplanes and armored cars, will take part.

Aliied engineers, including Belgian anil Italian, will accompany the advance guard, it is understood, and will take up positions immediately at the coal mines. About four hours will be required for the advance. French engineers, upon arrival at Kssen. will commence immediately to partition Germany's coal production from this region. The Germans will be permitted the smount needed internally and the surplus wiif be divided between France and the Allies in nc-cordance with the Versailles treaty.

Other experts will collect the coal Lit row being taken by the German government. This Is 20 pT cent on coal production at the mines. SO.OOft Troops Mas.se. Jan. 10 (By I.

N. S. Fifty thousand French troops are being massed in the northern sector of the allied occupation tone for siiure of the Ruhr coal fields and lndustri.il cities. Forty-nine troop trains ha reached the border of the occupation area, of which forty have been unloaded. French army officers have in Essen to arrange for buildings in which troop.

will.be billeted. French military and miring supplies are being nt Kottwic. Continued on Page 3, Column 2. DORMER Gov. Lon V.

Stephens who died here today at the age of 64. IV'T A I -Photo bv fttrniiHs. ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL EGYPTIAN AT NEAR EAST PARLEY Turkey Decides Not to Banish Greek Patriarch From Constantinople. LAUSANNE. Jan.

By I. N. Abdul Hamid. Egyptian wrestler, made an unsuccessful attempt today to kill Mohammed Faml. the Egyptian delegate to th Near Last peace conference.

The Turks in the conference today Agreed to allow the atriareh of the Greek Orthodox Church to remain in Constantinople. Lord Curzon. head of the British delegation, described this as "a tremendous step towards peace." Call -More Turks to Odors ATHENS. Jan. 10.

(By I. N. Greek officials announced today that the Turkish governor of Adri-anople haa issued a proclamation calling lo the colors all males in eastern Thrace between the ages of 18 and 45. An Italian warship frustrated an attempt by the Turks to sow mines off Ismid, A barge laden with Turkish mines waa eclzed. Ready to 0viiy Monl.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 10. (By I. N.

Turkish Nationalist troops-are being concentrated to occupy Mosul in the event the Iaus-anne peace conference breaks down, advices from Angora said today. i OAKLEY ASKS REHEARING, BUT -WILL NOT GET IT JEFFERSON CITY. Jan. 10. (Special.) Chilton Atkinson of St.

Louis, attorney for K. F. Oakley, today sent to the clerk of the su preme court a motion for rehearing of Oakley's application for a writ restraining Albert Schweitzer from i taking possession of the office of prosecuting attorney of the City of St. Ixuis. The motion was not filed by Clerk J.

D. Allen but will be returned to Atkinson- One of the Inviolate rules of the supreme court is that a motion for rehearing on an application for an original writ shall not be entertained. Denial of the application simply terminated the case for Oakley ao far as the supreme court Is concerned. Schweitzer was sworn In as prosecutor yesterday. LENIN SAID TO HAVE LOST SPEECH AND CONSCIOUSNESS LONDON.

Jan. 10. (Universal Service. The condition of Lenin Is critical, according to Exchange Telegraph dippatches from Helsingfora It In reported that a blood clot on the brain caused los of epeech and later unconsciousness. THE WEATHER Frerat fop t.

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Halliday's defense was that he sold the bond to her direct and that he delivered a certificate for the purchase and that the only reason the bond itself was not delivered was Tjecause of the failure of his brokerage firm. For this reason, his attorney argued. Halliday was the actual seller and did not act as Mrs. Hayes' agent. Out Thirty Minutes.

The jury was only out 30 minutes after the Judge gave them his instructions. jj" Halliday was arrested in 1-921, charged wdth counterfeiting certificates of French Government bonds and confessed, butthe federal indictment waa dismissed when United States District Judge Faris ruled that the case properly belonged to the state. The case hlch waa concluded today was one of seven indictments against Halliday which were returned after his firm had failed with liabilities of 1140,000. The others are similar in that the complaining witnesses assert that Halliday took their money but ailed to deliver the stocks which they ordered purchased. The delivery, Halliday declared, waa Trevetei.by the failure of his concern.

Halliday was entirely at easa during the whole trial and did not show-any emotion when the verdict was brought in. He testified smilingly, and answered, "I don't to most of the questions asked by Assistant Circuit Attorney Bow-cock on cross-examination. 4 ii lire's Instruction. In his instructions to the jury, Judge Falkenhainer told the jury that a check is not money and that they could not return a verdict of guilty unless they found that the defendant had embezzled the actual cash and turned it.to his own use. This Instruction was made the demand of Wayne Ely.

attorney for the defense, and was regarded favorable to Halliday's case. When the verdict was returned and ccurt adjourned. Judge Falkenhainer remarked as he left the bench: "Well. I guess that Instruction did not make much difference after all." 'CATTY ARRIIPKI.F. AT WORK IM ci ADCTIPir rOMFnYl in oLAroilUrw lAmtLH I.OS ANGELES.

Jan. 10. (By U. P. Hosi-ne "Fatty" Arbuckle went to work at the Buster Keaton studio to.lav for the first time since Sptenibe.

1 9f 1. when he was arrested follo ving the death of Virginia nappe. He appears in a two-reel slapstick comedy. "Handy Andy," featuring his derby hat and misfit pants. PLANS FOR IMPEACHMENT OF GOV.

SMALL OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD, Jan. in. (ByU. P.i Resolutions for the im- peaehment of Gov. Len Small, State Auditor Andrew Russel and Lieut Gov.

Fred E. Sterling are being prepared, the legislative reference bureau admitted today. This is at the request, of Michael Igoe of Chicago, a Democratic leader of the house, and the move is based on the suits against them and their action as members of the state canvassing board in unseating Norman Mac-Pherson. Democratic Cook County senator, and seating Adolph Marks, thorn pson Republican. COMMUNIST PLOT AGAINST FRENCH STATE DISCOVERED PARIS.

Jan. 10. (By 1. N. A Communist plot against th-e I Succumbs to Heart Disease at 6 A.

M. Today at Home, 5836 Cabanne Avenue, After Illness of Three or Four Days. BORN IN B00NVILLE, WAS 64 YEARS OLD ON DEC. 21 Was State's Chief Executive From 1897 to 1901 As Receiver He Closed Old Fifth National Bank for 98 Cents on $1. Lon Vest Stephens, governor of Missouri from 1897 to 1001, died of heart disease at 6 a.

m. today at his residence, 5836 Cabanne avenue, following an illness of three or four days. Because of the collapse of Mrs. Stephens following Gov. Stephens' death, no arrangements been made for the funeral, and probably will not be made until relatives of the family arrive.

Gov. Stephens, who was 64 years old. had been in bad health for a year, according to Dr. Scott Heuer, his physician, but it was suspected until recently that his heart was affected. The burial will either be In St.

Louis, or in Boonville. where he was born. Funeral services probably will be held in the Cabann Avenue Methodist Church, where he former governor and his wife were attendants. Dr. G.

E. Cameron, pastor of the church, probably will conduct the i Conies From bid Faruiiv. GovVStephen comes from one of the oldest famines in Missouri, having been prominently identified with the progress of the state. He leaves no children. Mrs.

Scott Heuer, who was' Miss Maurine Barnes, has made her home with the family for several years. He is survived, by Mrs. Stephens, two brothers and two sisters, W. Speed Stephens, treasurer of the International Life Insurance Company; Alexander Stephens of Boonville, Mrs. Paul B.

Moore 'of Charleston and Mrs. Rhoda, Johnson of B6onville. When the United States declared a state of war existed against Germany in April, 1917, Gov. Stephens wrote to Champ Clark, speaker of the national house of representatives, offering $250,000 to the' United States Government, to be paid at once, on condition that the government insure him $15,000 annually. At the death of Stephens and his wife the principal was to be canceled.

Speaker Clark contemplated introduction of a bill accepting the offer, but it never was carried out. Was 61 on December 21. Stephens, who celebrated his 64th birthdayDecember 21. He had been prominently identified in Missouri politics since his 25th year. He was born in Boonville December 21, 1858.

the son of Joseph L. and Martha Stephens. He was educated in the publie schools of Cooper County, Cooper Institute, Kemper Academy and Washington and Lee University. Although his family were wealthy, Stephens by hi acute abil ity to sense the time to buy and rel had added largely to the fortune which he inherited. He was married to Miss Margaret Nelson in Boonville October 5, 18 80.

Publication of a newspaper early had a fascination for Stephens, and he learned the trade of printing in order that he might be able better to conduct a newspaper, buying the Boonville Advertiser which he edited before he was first appointed state treasurer in 1889. Even aftef that time, during the eleven years that he was treasurer and governor of the state, he a contributor to the columns oMrT Advertiser. It was only In recent years that he retired from ownership of the paper, which was alwajs a cherished possession. Worked at Central National. In the days which were formative of his career he also entered the Central National Bank as a clerk, studying telegraphy as a side line, became a bookkeeper in the bank, afterward assistant cashier and finally vice president.

In 1887 he was appointed receiver for the United States Government for the old Fifth National Bank, the depositors finally receiving 98 cents on the dollar as a result of his work. With all of his ability to realize ofi investments, Stephens built up his financial interests In the Boon-viiie Bank, established a bank at Bunceton, and wa instrumental In establishing the Central Missouri Trust Company at Jefferon City. He also was a large stockholder in the bank at Versailles in Central Missouri. Stephens also held considerable stock in several St. Louis and was interested in stocks of several corporations.

During the administrations of Continued on Page 2, Column 6. Mrs. Richards, Whose Husband Was One of Mangled Victims of Hooded Men, Tells Her Story on Stand at Bastrop, La. ADDIE MAY HAMILTON SAYS KLAN SEIZED HER Girl of 17 Testifies That Dr. McKoin Led Kidnapers and Struck Her Mother Who Protested.

By United Trean. BASTROP, Jan. 10. Mii. Thomas Richards, "IJow of one of the mangled victims of hooded men, took the stand here today at the hearing held to gather evidence concerning the Mer Rouge kidnay-Ing and murder of Watt Daniel and Richards.

Her testimony followed that of 17-year-old Addle May Hamilton, who told how she was kidnaped and driven out of town by black-hooded Klansmen. Mrs. Richards said her daughter, 3 years old, had broken the news of Richards' disappearance to her by saying "the Ku Klux Klan got daddy." "What else did the child say?" the widow w-as asked. "She said: 'Oh, mamma, they had those nasty things their faces. Sa Just kept on talking about the Ku Klux getting daddy that I went to Bastrop.

I asked the garage man and he said they got my husband. I went on home then." "What did your husband tell you when you "He said the Ku Klux had taken him from the garage and carried him to the woods. There, he told me, they asked him what he knew of the attempt to assassinate Dr. McKoin. He said, he told them he knew nothing- and asked what they was going to do to him and they told him, they might hang him." Rcofrnbicil Capt.

Skipwith. "Did he tell you anything unusual?" "Yes. He said the Kluxers had unmasked and asked if ho knew any of them." 'Did he tell you he did?" "Yes, he said he recognized Capt. Skipwith but he didn't know any of the rest." Town gossip Mrs. Richards also testified, had brought her word that the klan not "let -her husband off so light the next time." This word was given her in a picture show, she said, by a woman.

Miss Hamilton related how her mother got down on her knees and begged the hooded Invaders of her home not to carry Addie away from her home in Mer Rouge. "The Ku Klux Klan took me out of the house last year and sent me to Little Rock." Miss Hamilton began. "They told mamma they would tar and feather her If she didn't let them take me." "Your mother pleaded with asked George Guion, assistant "attorney general. "Down on her knees," the girl replied. She Was Frightened.

"But when they said they were going to tar and feather her I got scared and told them I'd go," she added. She continued: "The night of January 2, 19 22, Fred Clements and I were visiting in the front room and mamma was in the bedroom. Two men came to the door with black hoods and robes on and mamma got scared. They said they had a message for her and she siammed the door shut and locked it. But they got in through the other door of the front room and pointed their guns at Clements and told him to sit still." "Did you recognize any of the men?" "Yes.

Dr. McKoin CBunne McKoin. former mayor ofMer Rouge) and Pink Kirkpatrick. "I recognized Dr. McKoin by his talk he was the only one that talked and by his size and the way he drove bis car.

I recognized Kirkpatrick by his size and by the big gray boots he wore. Quotes Dr. Koln. "Dr. McKoin satd: 'Addie May's cot to leave on the night train to night, and mamma said, And Dr.

McKoin said because I had, been leading an Immoral life. "Mamma -asked him why he didn't get some of the other w-omen in Mer Rouge that he knew about and he said, 'that's what we are going to do now. i "Were you hurt?" but Dr. McKoin struck moth- er." i "Do you make the positive state- Continued on Page 3, Column 3. 1,000 MEN TO BE BROUGHT HOME Secretary Weeks Announces Transport Probably Will Sail From New York This Afternoon.

By Jan. 10. President Harding today ordered the withdrawal of American troops on the Rhine. Secretary of State Hughes, after a long conference v. 1th the president, made the announcement and directed "the prompt return to thi country of the American army of occupation.

Srrptj-u rt War Weelta rvin1f Uhat the United States, in protest ing proposed seizure of the Ruhr, had informed France that the American fnrcei would be with--tlrawiiif she io proceed. Th government had Just received word that France wa determined to go ahead. The action also follows the passage by the senate of the resolution of Senator Reed of Missouri ex i pressing the view of the upper house that the Rhine forces thoojld withdrawn. The American force, which has been patrolling the Coblens bridgehead since the armistice, now numbers about 1,000 officers and men. They are.

under the command of MaJ. Gen Henry T. Alien. Htiglica Summons Correejiondrnla. Immediately upon his return to the State Department from th White House Hughes summoned the correspondents, who had had their regular conferer.ee with Under Secretary Phillips, and announced the decision for the withdrawal.

The president called Week to the White House to arrange deils for the evacuation. The transport San Mihlel, now at New York, probably will sail this afternoon for Antwerp or? Bremen to transport the troops back to this country, Weeks said after this conference. He believed the men would be back in this country In two or three weeks. They will be landed at Savannah, Ga Charleston S. and New York.

Decision as lo whether to use Antwerp or Bremen as a point of departure from Europe was referred to Gen. Allen at Coblenx. Use of Antwerp would necessitate evacuation through not only Belgian but French occupied territory. A email force, possibly fifty officers and men, will be left at Ooblenz to dispose of the property which belongs to the American forces occupation. Thi property.

Weeks aid. is considerable, cannot be transported stid will be sold there. Cost Exceeds CO.000,0O. The cost of maintaining the army of occupation on the Rhine since the armistice has exceeded 3300 This is to be paid by Germany, but mo far only comparatively small amount have been received, Tbe force originally numbered about IS, 000 men, but has been reduced from time to time at the instance of congress. Members had threatened to cut off further appropriations for the troops if th administration did not withdraw them.

"The step taker, President' Harding is very gratifying," Senator Reed declared. "It is the flrM move to take us out of Europe. Now if we will go after the unofficial American representatives on the various European commission I believe the United States will be safe from any entanglement in the present critical European ffituation." (Senator Reed reiterated the latter statement in a peech, in the senate this afternoon.) STATE DRY ENFORCEMENT ACT UPHELD IN CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19.

(Rr I. N. The constitutionality of the Wright prohibition enforcement act was upheld by the state euprenvi court yesterday. 172 Sentenced to Death for Murder and Arson in India CALCUTTA, INDIA, Jan. 10.

(By I. N. One hundred and seventy-two persons were today sentenced to death after trials for murder and arson resulting from non-co-operationist outrages in Chaurasi' last February. DR. D.

C. MACLEOD'S SECEDING FRIENDS FORM NEW CHURCH 'Don't Care if It Cripples Central Presbyterians, a Mem-T bfcr Says. Friend f. he ey, Donald MacLeod, who recently resigned the pastorate of Central Presbyterian Church, Delmar boulevard and Clara avenue, because of opposition from the Bench of Elders, have organized the MacLeod Mission, and within two weeks expect to engage a pastor and hold regular Sunday services at a hall in University City. The preliminary organization work has been in the hands of sixty-five women, who withdrew from Central Church after the resignation of the Rev.

Dr. MacLeod, but as soon as regular Sunday services are inaugurated they expect to have 300 members, most of whom will withdraw from Central Church. Central Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, commonly known as the Southern Presbyterian Church. The new church will affiliate with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of generally known as the Northern Presbyterian Church. with which most of the Presbyterian congregations in St.

1 ollis are affiliated. For several ws. meetings cf the women organizing the new con- gregation have been held on Tuesday nights at the homes of the members. night, the meeting was held at the home of Mrs- James Stewart, 6053 McPherson avenue. "The members of the new church will be almost entirely former members of Central Church, who resent the way in which the Rev.

Dr. Mac-Ieod was treated," Mrs. Stewart said today. "Doubtless the secession from Central Church will cripple that organization, but we don't care if it doe." The president of the mission is (Mrs. Ernest K.

Drees, 5712 Enright avenue, the secretary is Mrs. J. F. Schulz, 1152 Hamilton avenue, and the is Mrs. William B.

Gray. 5715 McPherson avenue. $6,500 AWARD TO WOMAN SUING FORMER HUSBAND Judgment for $6,501 was given in favor of Miss Anna Hodgins. 478 Cote Brllliante avenue, against her former husband. Dr.

William G-Swekoksy, 1104 Emmett avenue, for breach of promise by a jury in Circuit Judge Mix's court today. Miss Hodgins had sued for $25,000. The jury w-as out two hours, the case, having been completed at 10 a. m. today.

Miss Hodgins testified that after 1" a v-iN'A nc i an-i 'M mi oc i declared she had fired a shot at him. He testified that he had never promised to remarry her. PANAMA CANAL BUILDER IS NEW YORK FUEL CHIEF ALBANY, N. Jan. 10.

(United News.) Gen. George W. Goethals. builder of the Panama Canal yesterday was appointed New York State Fuel Administrator at a salary of $2,300 a month by Gov. Smith to saicceed William H.

resigned- Chief of Detectives Hoagland today announced he had ascertained that the Hogan gang was implicated in the holdup'of a money truck of the Stix. Baer Fuller Dry Goods Company. December 22, when five highwaymen took $4245.77 in cash and $703.05 in checks in a daring daylight robbery. He said he had demanded that Circuit Attorney Sid-ener begin a grand jury investigation. An order has been sent out for the arrest of James Hogan, one of the gang's leaders, now at liberty on a $15,000 bond pending -an appeal to the supreme court from a 15-year sentence given him on conviction for the holdup of Errls Pillow, a bank messenger, May, 1921.

Three known gunmen, members of the gang, are under arrest. A fifth member is being sought. Chief Hoagland today said he decided to seek a grand Jury invest tlgation when a bank refused "'tthavt-thir account of an attorney who, Hoagland declares, paid for repairs made on the car used by the bandits. Submits His Evidence. Hoagland yesterday laid his evidence before First Assistant Circuit AJUorney Wilson and today, in an exhaustive report to Chief O'Brien, revealed how the bandits had been traced through the machine used.

At the time of the robbery, Arthur Kossman, helper on the truck, secured the license number of the bandit car. He and the driver, William Nelson, and the guard. Patrolman James Hanson, were held up while the fire men, armed with saw-ed-off shotguns, took the money. Thi license number was given to every policeman In the department. Two weeks after the robbery, the car was seen in a West End garage but was gone when the police arrived.

It was traced to James Longo, 614 Biddle street, who proved conclusively that he had sold it. The police then began a garage canvass and the machine was found last week by Detective Sergt. Archey and his men in a shed in the rear of 4121 Evans avenue? Paul Shay, a barber, 4348 Easton avenue, who had rented the garage, wa.s questioned. He said Edward Cole, a garage man at 4260 Easton avenue, had placed the car there. Car Is Traced.

Cole told Hoagland he had secured the car from a downtown garage on May 20 on order of a Hogan gangster ho had asked him to repair it. The machine was overhauled, he said, and on December 21. the day before the robbery, another Hogan gangster called for it. It was returned the next day, he said. Cole produced tjuoxs, which showed thaf-150 had been paid by check for the repair work.

When Hoagland tried to get information from the bank about the check, they refused to tell him of the account. On the night of December 22, the date of the robbery, the gangster visited Cole's home. Cole said, and told him the car "had figured in a job." At 11:30 p. m. he and the gangster took the vnachine to Shay's garage and left it there.

Cole said he merely desired to be rid of the machine. He is exonerated in Hoag-land's statement and was not held. James Hogan's Roi oHi. Hoagland says he has gone as far with the investigation as he can go. The seized car is being held.

The license plates had been removed. James Hogan. a rormer convict, has a long police record. He has been a marked man in the gang war between the Hogans and the Egans ever since the assassination of Constable William T. Egan.

Luke E. Kennedy and John Doyle, who were charged with the murder by Egan followers, have been slain and has been living the life of a fugitive, hunted by his enemies and now by the" police. He was tried in Union, March 15. IS 22. for the robbery of Erris Pillow, negro bank messenger, -who was later killed to prevent him from testifying, and w-as sentenced to IS years In the penitentiary.

He was released on a $15,000 hond and the case is now before the supreme court on appeal. Thomas (Deweyl McAuliffe was charged with the killing of Ivoutinued tra re 2, Column 4. rrencn siaie was uscoxerea oy gov-(marry hr Several times he post-erment agents today. The ring- theJr cddlng after'the date leaders have been arrested. had te.n pne sa)( anJ finaHv The communist conspiracy threat- to carry his promise.

cr.ei both the internal and external tt VMr hV attempted to kill security of France, it wa3 announced herself in ner formcr husband's of-foUowing a conference of state of- fic? At that limp Dr Swekoksv neiais. nose xaiung parr in ine conference were Minister of Justice Barthou. Minister of Interior Ma-noury. the prefect of police, and the attorney general. SUICIDE HOLDS DYNAMITE IN TEETH AND SETS IT OFF VANCOUVER.

B. Jan. lo. By 1. N.

S. Clinching a stick of dynamite between his teeth. Emil Filima. SO. lighted the use and blew his head off here yesterday -when a woman scorned Ua affection..