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NO. 90. Fnbllcntlon Ofllce 117 Fonrtli St. MISSOURI, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER PAGES. every mnrntng except Mondny, PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRE HAZARDS ARE NOT EXCESSIVE IN JOPLIN, IS BELIEF That Conditions Are No Worse Than in Other Cities of Its Size Indicated First Day of Survey.

THREE MORE ESCAPE FROM HONOR FARM Total Niiinlwr That llnve OeUiway SInw ScptoiiilKT 20 Is nrouRlit to Nino. fire hnziirda nre no worse than ill nny utiier city of Its size in tlio United States, accordlngr to nn opinion expressed after yest'errtny's in.spoctlon of the business district vnd public buildings by fitty-four fire underwriters of the state, who ate conductinK a two-day survey under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce to locate the city'a hazards and death traps. The underwriters will submit their reports late today at the close of the Inspection. Yesterday, in addition to maklnf; Iho underwriters made talks to business men and to school children. John W.

Herd of St. I.ouls addres.sed a Kftthcring of business men, representing virtually every civic organization of the city, at noon at the Connor hotel and, In the afternoon, acted as "fire clown" for the entertainment and Instrur- iion of school children at the hlsh auditorium. Itnprovenioiits Xoedcd. improvements, recommended liy underwriters, who members i 'f the MLssouri State Fire Proven- lion A.isociatlon, one the adoption of a state law authorizing the ap- poliilmont of a fire marshal, and other the Instruction of school children in the method of prevent. hiK fire loss.

Discussing: the fire marshal idea. Tiatter.shill, ciiairman of the In- committee, declared a shal could bring much influence to hear in preventing the destruction of property to collect the insurance. Tnder a fire marslial law, the official would be authorized to arrest, per.ion in connection with the burning of a building and investigate the cause of the conflagration. That, Battershlll said, is the only redre.is available for such crimes, unless the evidence is complete enough to warrant the culprit's nr- )3y. fit.a.tfi^.

ftuthorltles. Tlie fire marslial also would have authority to order the cleaning up of any dwelling or building where a hazard existed. A resident Who could not persuade a neighbor to clean up rubbish piles and other inflammable could, under the fire marshal report the matter to the Battershill pointed out that in every state surrounding IVtLssouri, the fire marshal law Is In rftect and that the loss per capita Is much Iqwer than in this state. A Public Concern. "At one tinie," he continued, "the public believed underwriters were carrying on work in thetr own interests.

Now they realize that, in many cases, they are a.saisting In the work In some town where there is not a resident who holds a policy in the companies they represent. "It i.s to the interest to prevent this lo.ss, for all insurance based on the amount of paid out. The sooner the state reduced the loss, the sooner the rates will be lowered. as insurance men, take special pride in the word because it represents what our busi- vess be. The public is looking askance at thl.s specialized service, given free.

The public wants conservation; it wants inspection; it wants to bo told wherein the danger lies; it wants fire stopped and not merely insurance paid. basic idea of fire prevention is the teaching of the American the proper conception of fire waste." In speaking of the instruction of school children, Battershlll exi)lained that insurance men now realize that the proper place to start Instruction in preventing fires is in the kindergarten. The coming generation can two-thirds of the present loss if instruction is drilled into children now, he said. Talk to Olliof Yesterday underwriters tallced to the seventh and eighth grades of ten schools and to half of the elementary school children of the first to sixth grades. Yesterday morning fire prevention talks were made to junior high school students and a similar program will be carried out this morning for high school students.

Again at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the "fire clown" will perform at the high auditorium for the remaining children. Two reels of motion pictures, depicting the causes of fires and the disaaterous results, will be shown. At the noon luncheon of business men yesterday, attended by 100 persons, talks In addition to that of Herd, were made by J. A. Gibson, of the Chamber of Commerce, Battershill, Professor J.

A. Koontz, superintendent of schools, and Harry Wondell, fire chief. Herd touched upon the attitude of European nations In regarding a fire as a crime for which the owner of the building is responsible, recommending that this country adopt that attitude, and spoke of the laws in some states In this country which Houston, Nov. convicts escaped this week from the Pat Neff honor farm at Sugnrlnnd, according to information reaching tho local department today. Police ovei' the state have been notified but up to tonight no arrests had been reported.

Tho escajie of these three men brings the total number of escapea from tho honor farm since September 20, to nine. Those who made their getaway this week were H. Boland, 20, serving ten years for murder from Baliinger In 1021 Joe Sweat, 40, three years for manslaughter, from Wheeler on Juno 25, 1024, and W. M. ATayfield, 39, two years for over $50 from Sulphur Springs in 1023.

Boland and Sweat walked off Sunday and Maytleld followed Tuesday, according to Information here. VENTURES PROBED i I AT STORY GlRTi, 14, IS MAX'S FOVRTII BRIDE. ATTEMPT TO KILL Major Stack Wounded as Gunmen Use Bombs and Automatic Pistols in Effort to Assassinate Him. Murder Motive Probed by Prosecutor, Who Doubts Woman Cremated Herself Unwilling to Agree to Suicide Theory Advanced by Coi-oner and Accepted by Rev. Sheatsley, Husband of Dead Further Mystery Injected When Story of "Maniac's" Strange Action on Morning of Death Is Related.

The Globe. Miami, Nov. 10. While James nixon, 30 years old, Is being held In jail here to await preliminary hearing on a charge of perjury, Ottawa county authorities are investigating reports that he was married for the fourth time Monday when he eloped with Beatrice White. l4-ycar- old Peoria, girl.

Dixon was arraigned today before County Judge W. M. Thomas and TJas committed to jail in defalilt of $1,500 bond, to await preliminary examination at 1:3 0 o'clock Monday afternoon. Tho charge was filed In connection with the alleged signing of an affidavit before Justice Hattle Henderson of Plcher, who performed the marriage, stating that hia bride was is "he bride' today to return to her father, who made the complaint. An -c In Webb City.

Dixon was arrested with his bride In Webb City last night and held In jail awaiting his removal here. A. IJ. county attorney, said late today that thus far there is no evi- Idence to support reports reaching authorities to the effect that the defendant has been married three times prior to his last affair. Commons Is searching the court records to learn whether Dixon h.as obtained divorces in the three alleged matrimonial ventures, Bertha Dixon resides in Webb City, declared to authorities that she is w-ife No.

3, and tl she la not certain that she obtained a divorce from Dixon. Court records show that the defendant was granted a divorce at Carthage, Juno 13, 1922. Her maiden name was Bertha Beaver. She said he made an affidavit at the time of their marriage five years ago that she was 15 years old, when. In reality, she woB 13.

Her story to police is that Dixon was married to a Miss Thompson Jlichael of Purcell and that they lived together only a short time before she o'otalned a divorce. She said Dixon told her he was married once prior to that time. Dixon 's romance with his last brldq was carried on for a month, while 116 was keeping company with her sister, Margaret, 19 years old. By tho Aasoclotcd Press. Cairo, Kgypt, Nov.

or more gunmen, using both bombs and automatic pistols, attacked In tho streets of Cairo today Major General Sir tec Stack, sirdar of the Egyptian army. In whose person Is combined the highest civil and military positions in the Sudan. Three bullets hit General Slack as he was being driven In an automobile from the war ministry down the Sharia Kaar EI-AInl. The spot chosen by the assassins for their attack was within a few yards of the place where two years ago two British subjects, Messrs. Brown and Robson, were murdered.

AVoiindcd llwoc Times. At the residency where the sirdar was taken, It was found that he had received a serious wound In the abdomen and wounds in one hand and one foot. The bullet in the abdomen lodged under the lung, but tonight, after an operation for transfusion of blood, tho surgeons expressed hope for the recovery of the sirdar. The rain of bullets directed at the sirdar's car, seemingly from every angle, also wounded, but not seriously, the aide, his chauffeur and a policeman. Tho chauffeur, an AuatValian, althougli wounded twice, remained at the wheel of the car and drove rapidly to the residency.

All the assa.sslns escaped. It Is thought they used two automobiles in fleeing. A man who is allegojl to have driven one of the cars w-as arrested later. The assailants of the sirdar first threw a bomb at his car, and when it failed to explode they opened fire with their automatics. The car's body was pierced by several bullets, three of which were found inside.

Botli the chauffeur and the sirdar's aide said they believed more than a score of shots had been fired. According to the chauffeur, there were at least eight men in tho attacking -all ot -them- dreesed- sff cn- dls. One wore a false beard. OOHERTY TELLS OF OIL INDUSTRY ILLS CURTIS LOOMS AS PROBABLE CHOICE AS SENATE CHIEF P01NT.S OITT PROGRAM OF LEG- ISlvATION AS MEANS TO CORRECT Columbus, Ohio, Nov. to agree to the suicide theory advanced by Coroner J.

A. Murphy and accepted today by the Rev. C. V. Sheat.sley, husband of Addle Sheatsley, 50 years old, whoso practically cremated body was found in the furnace of their home in the fashionable Bexley district Monday, County Prosecutor John K.

King tonight planned continue his investigation, seeking to establish a murder'motive. During his examination yesterday, Mr. Sheatsley refused to agree to the suicide theory, but today he called Prosecutor King to his home shortly before the funeral hour and expressed the belief that his wife had taken her life. To Question Old Mother. Prosecutor King expects to go to Canton tomoritiw to question Mrs.

old mother, who, until March of this year, resided with her daughter. Kxaminatlon of a brother of the dead woman was interrupted by the minister's request that the prosecutor come to his home. Further mystery was injected Into the baffling case today when Mrs. G. K.

Allen, who lives in Oak street, about two miles from the Sheatsley home, reported to the prosecutor that, on tho morning of the tragedy, a strange man, having the appearance of a maniac visited her home and asked If she would give him an old overcoat. Upon being told that she could not, Mrs. Allen told the prosecutor, the man asked to bo shown the furnace room. She refused and the man jumped fi-om the porch and ran up tho street in the general direction of the Sheatsley home. Police tonight wore on the lookout for tho man.

While not placing much credence in the story, belief was exprcs-sed by some officials that a maniac might be at large in the city and might have thrust Mrs. Sheatsiey's body into tho furnace, the prosecutor was not overlooking any angles in hia attempt to clear what officials admit is the most mysterious case that has confronted them in many years Because of Its charred condition a Wyoming Solon, Who Is in Line for Post Made Vacant by Lodge's Death, Docs Not Want Place. CATHOLIC PRIMATE OF IRELAND IS DEAD MIcliacI Cardinal IJORUO E.Tord.sod ni.s Poucrs ol the Church Until the Ija-sf. MISSOURI CONVICT MAKES HIS ESCAPE Dlsapjioars From Gang of Prisoners at Work On the Capitol Grounds. Jefferson City, Nov.

A. Oibbs, a convict of the penitentiary here, disappeared late today from a gang of prisoners working on the capitol grounds and, a po.sse ot guards searched 18 yearn old, who for him until dark, it appeared tonight that he had made good hl.s escape. Prison officials believe he sought concealment in the mammoth basement under the state house and expre.ssed the belief tonight that he might still be hiding there. A number ot convicts were taken to the capitol grounds today to work. CTlbbs, who was to the prl.son from Cane Girardeau on November 12, 1923, to serve three years for larceny, wa.s one of them.

The guard who was with them took a number into the capitol for a short time, leaving the others raking leaves. When he returned GIbbs had vanished. Big stock of used cars, 317-319 Gels Ijong Term for Killing. St. Nov, Howell.

29, was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment by a jury in circuit court here tonight, when found guilt.v of second degree murder charge, growing out of the killing here last March of Edward Bauer, a grocer. Fire Auxiliary of Boy Scouts Will Be Organized in City Soon (Continued on page 2.) Within a few weeks Joplin will have a fire auxiliary of Boy Scout Firemen, who, after undergoing a thorough course of instruction under Harry Wondell, fire chief, will bo able to assist at large fires and to carry out in general the plan to promote safety of life and property in the city. The movement, authorized by the Boy Scout executive committee, was begun more than a year ago, was dismissed temporarily because of lack of finances and was taken up again recently. With the direct effort of Wondell and Leo R. Vernon, scout executive, promoters of the idea have shaped each detail of tho plan until now it la ready to be car- i-led out In actual practice.

Scouts belonging to tho which ultimately will be composed of 200 youths, well trained In their work, will not participate In actual fire fighting, but will be used to combat "fire fiends." In addition to watching for fire hazards, knowledge of which is being taught by fire underwriters who are in the city making an inspection of public buildings, scouts will, among other tilings, as sist in the following manner, as laid down in the approval rules and regulations of the auxiliary: 1. Notify persons using water in the vicinity of a fire to turn off tho water so that a better pressure may bo supplied firemen. 2. Stand guard over fire liose, taking the license nurnber, and the name if possible, of any motorist who runs over the firo line with his automobile, reporting tho matter to the fire chief after the fire. 3.

Help keep the firo lines intact, assisting In preventing spectators from crowding too closely to the burning building. 4. Keep automobiles three blocks from the scene of a big fire. 5. Scout the vicinity to see that no sparks from the blazing structure will cause another conflagration.

6. Must not offer assistance to firemen unless asked. In the auxiliary organization, there will be Vernon and council executives, acting ex-offlcio members; the Cleveland, Nov. Doherly of Now Y'ork, public utility operator, addressing the National Petroleum. Marketeis' Association annual convention here today, said the whole oil industry is In a bad way and tho public, not knowing enough about It to assist on correction, "will pay for all eternity" the price oC the industry's wasted nafural resources, its demorallzji- tion and its indreasing competition.

"If our Industry," Mr. Doherty said, "is on a proper ba.sls and Is being properly conducted, I cannot see why it should be constantly In trouble and why it does not enjoy greater public confidence and better financial c.redit. Wo scarcely emerge from one government investigation before another is inaugurated. Business "Basically Wrong." "To my mind, our business is basically wrong, and it can never be made rlgtit until wo can provide a dependable supply of oil. To do this we mu.st change the laws under which we work.

The only other property or product from property Which Li-undei-' laws governi oil, is wild birds and wild animals, and what has happened to them is rapidly happening to our oil. "Oil and gas belongs to tho man who can capture it, and this means that we have absolutely no control over our production. Discovery ot an oil pool results in a frenzied effort to exhaust it as rapidly as possible, without regard to the market. "If We do not get our own house in order sooner or later someone else will attempt to do It with a stick of dynamite or an nx. "According to the United States geogi-aphlcal survey the remaining petTOlcum reserves in this country are approximately 0,000,000,000 barrels.

Last year wo took from the ground approximately barrels. We nre devastating the reserves in this country at a rate which would cxhau.st them In about twelve years. "This country has endeavored for years to practically supply the world's needs for oil cheaper than It could be supplied from any other source. We must raise the price of oil and prevent the exhaustation of our American pools by supplementing our domestic supply with foreign oil." I 'rograiii Is Propoisod. Mr.

Doherty explained that much of the excess production and waste of petroleum in late years was due to the efforts of each small owner of a property to get oil out from under his land as soon as it is discovered there and to remedy this ho proposed the following program ot legislation: That no one should be to drill for oil receiving a state permit to do so. "Second: That nobody be given a permit to drill until an exploration dLslrict had been established. "Third: That drilling he restricted and required to conform to an plan. "Fourth: That royalties bo paid to trustees of the district and by them to the landholders, ac- 11 urn iiruperty ng the production of stomach ot Mrs. Sheatsley, it was reported today.

Expert ation of the lungs and acsophngus now In the hands of chemists, may reveal, police said, whether she bre.vthed after she entered the fire box of the furnace. Points Out Reliefs. In explaining to Prosecutor King the cause for his reversal of opinion from murder to suicide, Mr. Sheatsley pointed to statements of alienists who declared that Insane persona will cast themselves upon flames. He also pointed to religious works which relate that themselves while in a fit of religious fervor.

Ho also said thiit hu had learned from his youngest daughter, Alice, 10, who was attracted to the furnac.o room by odors before tho minister discovered the body, that the top part of the two-section door was open. The girl was then called Into the room and Mr. King said the minister tusked her "It the door was not open when she wont to the basement." She replied that it was not. Mr. Sheatsley also said that he had come to tho conclusion that a woman the size of hia wife could crawl through the fourtecn-inch square door.

Jle also expressed the belief that the menopause stage, through which Mrs. Sheatsipy was passing, might have caused hor to become insane, with tho chronic nervousness to which she had been subject as a contributing factor. While Prosecutor King dfics not deny that It would be possible for a person to enter such a furnace, he contends that the person could not survive the intense heat long enough to close the doors. It ha.s been definitely established, ho sold, that the woman entered the door feet first. He declared that investigation revealed that it would be impo.sNibIe for her to do this without using something as a step or support.

All persons who have been examined have that there was nothing near the furnaco when the body wa.s found that could have been used for this purpose. Arc ChccUed. Tho diameter ot the fire bowl is 26 inches and the door Is 30 Inches Washington, Nov. Curtis of Kansas, assistant republican door leader, is regarded today as the outstanding candidate for the republican senate leadership made vacant by the death of Lodge. Final decision on tho post is expected to be had at a conference, November 28, and while word is said to have been received In senate circles that President Coolldgo will maintain a hands-off policy with no preference to Indicate as among the candidates mentioned, all of whom have rcCiCntly called at the White house.

Two Others Senator Warren of AVyoming would succeed to the post under tho time-honored custom of the party of honoring with the leadership the member with tho longest service record, but is said to be unwilling to accept the task except for the sake of party harmony. Two other candidates have been mentioned, Senator Wadsworth, New York, and Senator W.atson, Indiana. Senator AVadsworlh has not taken an active part in the campaign in his behalf and Is undor.stood to bo In the hands of his friends. Senator Watson says he Is not a candidate, although his name has been frequently brought forward. Senator Warron continues to maintain silence on the question, but it is understood he favors Senator Curtis for the leadership and is willing to step a.side in favor of the K.ansas senator.

A contest between Senators Curtis and Wadsworth, it was pointed out in senate circles today, would represent a struggle between tho west and If Senator Curtis. Is It would add another Important party position to the western delegation, who already have fallen heir, under the seniority rule, to the chairmanships of many powerful committees. For this and other reasons a large number of the eastern senators have fallen in line behind Senator Wadsworth. If Senator Warren waives the position, it was said, it will be the first time in the history of the republican party that the senior member has not been made leader ot the senate forces. Senator Warren is 80 years old and first came to the senate in 1890, although his continuous service dates from 1895, He is chairman of tho appropulatlons committee, one of the most important of committees and is understood to be desirous of devoting his time to that work.

Senator Curtis has made it plain that he la not a candidato unies.s Senator AVarren turns down the leadership. In that event he Is pr(-- to press his candidacy. By the Assorlatcd Press. Belfast, Nov. Cardinal Logue, primate of all Ireland, died this morning, and all Catholic Ireland mourns hia passing.

He pa-ssed away at his residence, "Ara Coell," In Armagh. To the very end of his life, the eminent primate exercised his powers as head of the church. He said mass Tuesday morning and Tuesday night, less than twelve hours before he died, he paid hia customary evening visit to the Blessed Sacrament. The funeral will take place next Tuesday. Cardinal Logue was born, October 1840, at Raphoe.

He was created and proclaimed cardinal In 1893. The death ot Cardinal Logue leaves Irelan.l without a representative in the college of cardinals. MILLION IN MAIL RY LOOT IS 4 FOUND AT TULSA WATER FIGHTWRIT GOVERNOR AGAIN REFUSES TO SEND TROOP.S—ASK^S SHERIFF TO DO I)UTV. (Continued, on page 2.) cording to the amount of oil and gas underlying each man's land." There was no jusllflcatlon for an Increase In tho price of last year or the year before, Mr. Doherty said, and there can bo rjo juallflcatlon for It this year, at least for soveral months.

And Increase in drilling ac- tlvitiea should be discouraged, he said. Mr. Doherty proposed developing the market for heavy oil products, especially through the sale of oil burning equipment for homes, but he declared that until the industry Is stabHIzea cannot hope for larga markets in this direction. The convention today elected twelve directors and the following officers: President, L. V.

Nicholas, Chicago; first vice president, S. S. Cramer. Milwaukee, AVis; second vice president, J. L.

Murray, Bloomlngton, 111; third vice president, W. O. Hudson, Louisiana. Bandit in Rondout, Train Holdup Takes Officers to Relative's Home and Recovers Fortune. 1 KILLED, 2 HURT, AS STREET CARS COLLIDE (Continued on page 2.) TITE WEATHER FORECAST, Thursday or Thursday night; Friday partly overcast, probably rain In east portion; moderate temperature.

unset- tied, probably showers; warmer in east portion; Friday partly cloudy, colder. show- ers; colder in west portion; Frl- day fair, colder. St. Louis, Nov. One man kt dead and two women are injured as the result of a collision near here tonight between a work car and a street car.

Otto Baocker, motorman of tho street car, died in the hospital, suffering two fractured logs and interiial injuries. Mrs. Theodore Foster and Mrs. A. Alhern were treated for wounds from flying and removed to their homes.

Tho accident was caused by the work car crashing into tho pa.ssen- ger car when the train crew lost control on a down grade. Independence, Nov. 19 Tho restraining order commanding Owens valley ranchers, who last Sunday seized the Los Angeloj aqueduct, to release the city's property and cease Intcrfcrrlng with the water supply, wafj vaclted today by the Inyo county superior court Judge who issued it last Monday. Governor Richardson today formally denied the second request ot Sheriff Collins for state troops, stating In his message that people elect sheriffs to do their duty, and that if the men holding the Alabama gates are all unarmed, assorted by Sheriff Collins, surely order can be malntixined and the orders of the court enforced. Tlic The text of the message follows: "I hope you will do your duty and you will be commended in the end.

People elect sheriffs to do their duty. If these men are 'all without arms' as you say in your telegram, then surely you and your deputies can miaintaln order and carry out the orders of the court. This is a crisis where you will use your manhood and courage." Vacation of tho court's order, which had already been defied b.v tho ranchers, some ot whom had cast copies of it Into the water when served, was looked upon here placing tho aqueduct In the position as it was in early Sunday when tho Alabama waste gates of the aciuoduct were seized and tho water diverted Into the Owona river. Immediately following his action tho Jurist, Judge William D. Dehjg, telegraphed to Governor Friend W.

Ilichardson asking him to appoinf, another Judge "to act and preside in tho case" as he (Judge Dehyl was convinced, after consulting legal authorities, that he was not (iVllfled to hear tho case. Tha vacated restraining order, whldi was i.ssuod against Mark Q. Wattcrson and more than 100 other residents, was never onforcod, Sheriff Collins maintaining that any attempt to forcibly elect the "army of which still remains In possession of the Alabama waste gates, result In liloodshtd and civil war in tho Tulsa, Nov. Brent Glasscock, alleged bandit who tldpated in the holdup of a mail train at Rondout, in June, hid more than a million dollars worth of the loot in the home of his brother- in-law, Chester VanCleave, Tulsa resident, without the knowledge of Mr. VanCleave, la told in a news article the Tulsa World will publish tomorrow.

The World credits the story to "authentio aourcea." It was learned here today that Glasscock, a former Tulsa gambler who was known here as "Mizzou No, 2," came back to Tulsa about ten days ago with, five postal Inspectors from Chicago, the World says, con- tinuing: Money Hidden in House. "The party drove from the station to the VanCleave home in a closed car. VanCleave met them at the door and greeted Glasscock. 'Sorry to disturb you, Glasscock is reported to have said, 'but there is a lot of money hidden in your house and we want "VanCleave was astonished. 'Well, If there is any money here I don't know about he told the officers.

"Guided by Glasscock, the postal Inspectors went into a bedroom. The bandit loader climbed On a chair and then into cubby hole above a clothes closet. With his fingers he pulled loose a board and, shoving hia hand In the hole, he pulled out a package ot bonds and currency. "Glasscock handed the loot to the postal inspectors and then left with them, apologizing to Van Cleave before he left. Glasscock left for Chicago about an hour later.

"According to his story he hid the money in the Van Cleave home without the knowledge of the home owner. Van Cleave today refused to affirm or deny the story, and tholrhre-wnurd tallt fo'no George Hill, United States postal inspector stationed at Tulsa. Mr. Hill Is In Chicago. "Information that some of the mall robbery loot was hidden in the Van Cleave home was obtained by iTed- eral officers several weeks prior to the visit of Glasscock to Tulsa.

A search of the hou.se was made but tho money waa not found. "Tho currency and bonds Identified by Glasscock in court today consisted of $404,000 in bonds, $17,500 in currency and $7,500 in unsigned bllla." Van Cleave and Glasscock married sl.sters, according to records obtained by the World. General Klllod In Bnttlo. Madrid, Nov. report from Morocco states that General Serrano, in command of Snanlsh forces the nifflan tribesmen, and a lieutenant colonel, whose name was not given, have been killed.

Important Work Is Mapped Out For Playgrounds Meeting Here The 1925 annual coiiventton of tho Ozark Playgrounds Association, to be hold here next Tuesday, will bo the most important meeting yet lield, principally because of the introduction ot proposals for fundamental changes In the organization, which would enlarge its scope and increase tho extent of its activity, Grover C. James, president, yesterday. Changes which will bo proposed, James said, will be of the greatest importance to the organization and, for that reason every booster In each community represented In the association is being to attend. The rapid construction of road systems In the territory taken in by the asBociation will mean a heavy increase in the tourist trafflo in the region during the coming season and for succeeding years, It was pointed out. James predicted that undoubtedly there will be a two-fold Increase in the next two years and said that a three-fold increase would not be surprising.

In speaking of the tourist traffic in tho Ozark region, James discussed the importance advertising has played in increasing the number ot visitors to "the land of a million smiles." The advertising matter placed be. fore the public during the last summer season was read by 8,000,000 newspaper readers, according to figures tivken from statistics of the extent ot the advertising. The displays pointing out the entertainment the region offers were placed in forty newspapers in ten states In the middle west and south. The circulation of these papers placed the advertising In 1,939,367 homes. At the coming convention, James Bald, it is hoped that arratigementa will be made to increase thr volume and extent of the giving more widespread publicity to the region has made the name the Ozarks known nationally.

Chicago, Nov. Glasscock, alleged leader in the $2,000,000 mall robbery at Rondout, 111., laat June and more than $1,200,000 of the recovered' loot of the holdup, were rival attractions today In the federal court of Judge Adam C. Cliffe, where William Fahy, former postal Inspector, James Murray, Chicago politician, and Walter McComb are on trial for the robbery. Glasscock and five others including four Newton brothers, have pleaded guilty. While Glasscock calniy recited the details of the holdup and the long preparations made for it, more than $1,000,000 In currency and bonds that have been recovered was carted Into the courtroom under heavy guard as government exhibits.

Tolla of Plan.q Made. Glasscock took about two hours and a half to tell all he knew of the robbery and then for a similar period cleverly warded off all atfempta of defense attorneys to tangle him up. He linked both Fahy and Murray directly with the robbery, detaillnsr meetings between the three during which several other mail robbery plans were He pictured Murray as the actual leader with himself as the principal field marshal in charge of operations while Fahy gave information concerning movements of large sums of money and advised with the leaders of the holdup gang. On cross-examination he frankly admitting sixteen months in a Missouri prison when convicted of burglary and twenty-one months in an Oklahoma prison for assault with Intent to kill. He he would not con.sider holding up a train for only $100,000.

but for "a million or a million and a half" might take proposition under advisement. Thia explanation was made in reply to question as to why he did not try tp stage a holdup after accord'. Ing to hia testimony, had told of a $100,000 payroll shipment going from CMcago to Georgetown, III. Glasscock, who was reported ta have shot one ot the Newton: brothers by mistake during the hold-, up, refused to say whether or not had done so om the grounds that he might tncrimtnnte himself. He that Murray and he had at first aldered holding up a mail truck hera and had studied the movement the trucks under Fahy's (Continued on pa:.