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United Press News Service Our Wantadr Get Results VOLUME 52 MOBERLY, MISSOURI, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1923 NUMBER 284 KANSAS CITY MAN IDENTIFIED AS ONE WHO ROBS GRAND 'I YOU i AVOULD YOIT TK JOVWK SAW VOU AGAIN," AVATSON PAVfj BURG.WTT. Paul Burgett, 22 years old, of Kansas City, was arresUvl and is in jail at Mexico, for tho robbing oiC the Qulrvduro SUito Bank ut Kansas City, Kansas. Burgett has boon ktcntiHod us the-man who held up and robbed "Lillian Watson, oT this who is cashier at the Grand Theater. The following is Ihf Mexico report of her identification of Burnett; "BurgoU, shortly 'I p-forc: noun Saturday, was identified by -Miss fLlllian Watson, of Moboi'ly, sa the inaii who hold he-r ivp or August 12th. when was leu vims' the Grand Theatre there anri took over $147 away from her.

She was cashier at the t'heatre and was going to a drug stc.ro to Joavo tho money after the night perfornv.aiKo when the robbery When Miss Watson arrived here j-be told Sheriff Blum she would not make any identification unless she was absolutely positive, "When nhs looked through tho bars oi' 'the jail nt she scarted bacli, her face paled, and In a voice shaking nervousness, ''That's the man who robbed me: am. positive." When Burgett spoke -to her she said: "I'd recognize your voice oven jf my eyes we-re closed. You know 1 told you when yon robbed me thnt if I ever saw you again I would, recognize you." Bnrg-ett denied ever having i.he girl b.afovo, said he htarl only boon through Moborly twice in his car and had nothing ro do wit'h die robbery, Mtes Wntso'n said she was sorry to- have to irnko the i'clentlfl- but there was no" mistake Burgett was the man who held her said, She wns accompanied by her moth or. Mrs. O.

0. Watson, of Moberly." Burgett denied the robbery 'c l' the Gran-el rambler, but. he confessed t'he -Quiriclaro State Bank His. confeuion of that given as taken from the Mexico Licdgor of yesterday. Tho Qifindaro jab was a l)old one and Burns deterf.ives have working on it for some time.

The first clue they obtained was from the over oil a Digest magazine that he "brought into the bhnk which had written on it' 1 his father's i Ifjs -father is gove-inmon't inspector at" packing flant in City. Kan. His mother is dead. Burgett ha's bonn driving a. Packard car in Mexico, which says is nis own.

Burns operjiliujs found in- In an old -bucket in ti'ie garage where- be kept car tit He would not mnke nny statement about the money. Burgett'a of the Quindaro roibbery ia as follows: The following concession WHS procured from Paul Burgett at noon Saturday: Mexico, Aud.rain County. Sept. 22, 1923. Paul P.

Burgett, first -being sworn says; "My namo, Paul Fred Burkett rm 22 vcars ol'li am mind "and nm this sion; voluntarily. On September- 'J023, ajljout knocrkecl at, (ha door' 'of QulncUiro State p-nnk, in Kunsaa -City, I W11S admitted into the hank and iold tho men who let' me in had a package j'jom the Rankers Supply. He said he had not. ordered anything, (but. took the package.

I them shoved a revolver at his stomach L.IIC-. forced him ancl a lady who- was behind cage to put up their hands. I had the man nil a Boston bag the currency and silver thai ihe counter in the, drawer. OC the currency was? used for certificate of deposit, dfffpsitrd 'to my credit In tho First 'National of Moxteo, V.o.Mmrt tho bas of silver reft trunk. I then -forced these to enter the vault an-d ou securing the vault door I left the bank through the -front but conscience, failed have boon Blackmailed by two men who thronto7iecl exposure of a former trouble I got into in-Oklahoma and they were to have met me with car after holdup, but they never caino.

The above statement is true to, the best of my knowledge and -belief. (Signed) PA.UL. E'UKGffcTT. WJtnoar.od: John Dyke' Chnl.Blum, Sam Wallace, Wm. Reed Burgett is at the Mis- j-ourl Military Academy at Mexico.

Cot Y. Burton, head of the school, said he was a model student. Burgjett was through bore early this mornin-K -by ivus, ho were ifiaikjing him to City to "stntvd tria-l for (ho Cjulndnro i hey arrested him yesterday at on a Kansas Sfa'te warrant, charghTg 1 him with tho robbery of lie bank. BATTLE OF WILLS EXPECTED Mexico, Sopt. Burgett, confessed to officers here this afternoon that he held 1 up the Quin- laro State bank in Kansas City, Kansas, September 13, and got away with $4000, police said.

Burgctt used a revolver on the cashier and a woman assistant. After the robbery he bought $30.00 TO SA.V.I5 COUNTK.V FROM ECONOMIC DISASTER OKR.MAN NATTON IttDCmiaS TO AT-lj PASS1VJ3 HKSISTANOID. Berlin, Sopt. decided to givo.up passive resistance unconditionally. "Allied sources here toivig'ht indicated tho offer would be The struggle of wills in tho Ruhr that lias cost a hundred lives billion dollars Is expected to end next week.

The Berlin cabinet mot with Chancellor lat'e today and decided that tho passive resistance for which, the government has paid out. quadrillions of marks must cease the. republic is to be saved from economic disaster and revolution. It voted therefore to exceed its offer of Wednesday, made through decrease 1 has to do with the ''service connection" charge made i at the time a telephone is installed. Heretofore a standard service connection charge of all classes- of service has been made.

The schedule of charges follows: For business telephones for business "extension" for residence telephones, $2'; for residence "extensions" "Inside moves" as mov- telephone frpm room to room in the same house are $1.50 instead of $3, as formerly. Wlien telephone instruments are already in place and merely require central office connection the new reduced service connection- charge will be only $1, In. the matter of contract changes, where 'here is a change o'f subscriber but no change of name in' the telephone no charge will be made'. deposit certificate. and deposited the Belgian minister.

This offer bad $600 in -the National Bank at M'oxtco. 54 SALOONS CLOSED IN CHICAGO SATURDAY Arrests M'ndo Mayor OOVCT'S Lid oil hi Response to to Hoot loers. Chicago, Sept. of a "wet revolution" in tho city council wag seen here today a.y a result of Mayor William Dover's 'revoking of saloon licenses in an effort to stop beer traffic. Aldormcn in districts which suffered worst are up In arms and verbal fireworks are certain to start when the council meets, Dover said in a statement today that wet Chicago would bo made a "closed town" if it laid in his power to keep it so ancl the licenses al- roadv revoked will never be reissued, prisoners persons deport- surrender believing.

Chicago, saloons were closed and three hundred and eighty-one arrests were made by police hero today in response to Mayor William never's command to clamp the lid on the boer traffic and put a stop t'o 'killings and violence in connection with bootlegging. The clean-up was ordered following recent beer syndicate rivalry resulting in the killing of six gangsters. duly 1 Jr. sou mi Louis, Sept. reason for St.

Louis', plentiful supply of whisky this year was revealed today when federal revenue agents admitted that 809 cases of bonded whisky had been hauled away from the Parker Distilling Company and was bought for bootlegging purposes last February. The bootleg value of this booze was above $100,000. This announcement, coming qn the heels of revelations of the substitute of water for whisky in S9H' barrels stored in the Jack Daniels warehouse has stirred prohibition agents to attempt to break up St. Louis' bootlog The Daniels haul was diluted and probably sold for more than federal claimed. -Watchmen were on duty throughout "tho time 'that was staged.

but. iio been applied'for by federal agents having 'instituted a search to "got the. goods on higher ups" whjich include' several political leaders in high places. 'J hell with this sum $1,000 was in -my and made my escape. I mado to Kansas City, to flo this Tanker Afire Carned 45,000 Barrels of Oil San Francisco, Sept, tire guard was maintained tonight around the Associated Company's tanker, William Herrin, which throughout the morning burned, and threatened momentarily to explode, as "it lay at anchor in Suisun bay.

Tlve marine department of the company here said -the fire controlled and rapidly smothering itself out. The Herrin took fire while at Its clock at Avon, in Caruinec where the Associated Oil JRettnerris located. Aboard vessel was 45,000 barrels of The crew was taken vessel two conditions attached; of Ruin held by the French. of od. The new decision is for surrender without condition.

Allied representatives, this proposjil would be acceptable, said the French and Belgians were disposed to return tho captives and those deported voluntarily following the capitulation. With Ruhr resistance called off', discussion of reparations on a scale larger than Germany hitherto has agreed to, is in order. Besides accepting German surrender and making 'certain concessions regarding prisoners, tho allies nfe understood to.be prepared to withdraw part of their Ruhr troops. The only thing now to complete fulfillment tho government's decision Is a couple of meetings after which it Is expected that the course of, the coming week a definite announcement will bo published, "German government late, today decided in the Ruhr must be ended with out delay. Tho decision reached after conference in which leaders viewed the internal situation 'and the Franco-Belgian reaction Chancellor Stresemann's proposal 'i'or conditional abandonment as made through the Belgian minister.

Tho cabinet will, meet tomorrow to decide in what form the secession decision shall' be announced to allies. The situation in the Ruhr is becoming constantly worse, according to information here, Some officials even predict a nation-wide outburst inside a mouth unless the Ruhr question is settled. They assort it might occur even if Ruhr problem is liquidated in the near future. Today's situation resemble'd that of 1918 when Germany's armies'had fought many mouths too long. Discharged workmen in Berlin factories are threatening to prevent by force their colleagues from working.

Already thirty per cent o'f the-' 1 workers have 4 -boen discharged some Berlin plants, The same situation applies in degrees throughout- the tion while the-'prospect 6t! increasing: will cause to'those of 'woojc and 'Upper Silesia! Efjforts to'guarantee workers a stable'wage have beon futile because of the continued tobQgfga-nirfg o.f the, mark although theoretically the workers are obtaining the equivalent of more than their pre-war wage. Communists were utilizing this situation to stir up new trouble, preaching' violence 'against police and overthrow'of the Chicago Minister Left Nice Fortune Chicago, Sept-. min'istors do not die poor. This was proved'here today, wben the will of Daniel F. McGuire, late pastor oi! Visitation church, Vas filed in probate court.

The pastor left a fortune ol! The money and securities had been kept in eleven 'banks, checking accounts, six savings accounts and three aafoly deposit boxes were icept Jn his-name. YOUTHS WHO ARE ON BOND CONFESS 2 MORE ROBBERIES MORIS CI1ARGKS TO AGAINST BOB IIATUUSOA 1 AN1V PAUJU BERGER'S HUDSON CAR WAS STOLEN SATURDAY i. ScMlaii Was Taken lii.Front, of Berber Home Karl In the aboiit noon. The down, and streams over the hull. hatches battered of water played "Service Connection" Decrease October 1st Tlie Missouri Public Service Oom- miftttioii Orders Reduction Telephone A reduction in telephone charges has been ordered by the Public Service Commission, effective October 1, Southwestern phone Company officials Saturday.

Bell Tele- announced super-six''serlan to Berger, of the Wolff-Berger was stolen from In, front -of his 611 South, Fifth street, 4 yesterday evening- at 7 o'clock. No clue as to of the car hits been Police were notified within ten 01 fifteen minutes after the robbery and Chief of police dispatched M-otQr, Patrolman 'Burgess to highways that circle the city for the car. Burgess rode out far from. town, cm nearly every but found no trace of the stolen car, 'Chief Mize' broadcasted thirty telegrams nearby towns and cities in the meantime. Berger fold-'a ''Democrat reporter, last nig-ht the car Avas in perfect condition jand that the gasoline tank was full, 'MVty chauffeur had' worked! on the-car'all afternoon at the Missouri Motor Co.

and had it in perfect condition," she said. "I can hardly believe joy-riders took the as stealing it from "in front of our homo, as-, they "-did, makes it appear to me that th'o theft was premeditated. I was not in the house more than fifteen minutes, probably ten, from the time I left the car and returned to where it was parked." Mrs. Berger "had dismissed chauffeur and brought Mr. Berger to the down town.

She returned home immediately to lock th'e'Uiouse, servants were leaving for evening. On returning to where parked the car directly 'in -of the house it was" gone. -Not over- ton or fifteen minutes at the- most had elapsed from the time she drove up. Inquiry Vas'made at the Missouri Motor, if anyone, hafl -'been around the''garage during the time it was being wlioiri be suspected 'of the 1 theft, but officials there report that no' one was in' the 5 shop except attachees of the company. South Fifth street is not a traffic 1 way at the point of the Ber- home and the stealing- of -the Boib Harrison, John West ancl Paul AVilson yesterday to PrcnociUiiig Attorney W.

Stringer tluit tliey ro-bbe-d two si ores-at Ivom'ck last Jnly. Pa.trolnmn McCanne took tho'three into custody and also took cm tho stores that wore rob- Later they confessed to the obberies and police ciallecl tVie conn- prosecutor, wlio took tho statement in writing. These Ihree young m.eii were picked up tho police abo'ut, a jnontli ago ifor a series of rcl3berie3 L'jiuy are alleged to have 'committed. The three of them were out on bond pending trial of the charges. A'did i tion al ch arges will 1 be li 1 e6, against tliem by Attorney Stringer fc-r the robbories at Henicki The Rcnick stores robbed a drug ytoro and a general nise store.

to depart for Rome Sunday to make A personal report to Mupsolini on the situation, the Fiume corres- said. "The string of decrees pcurirjg 'from, the governor's palace show unnv.s- takrubly that Rome Js determined to u-n1ain' in Finme, thus insuring security of the position of Trieste as i lie "'principal' port. The Serbs see in the; situation an attempt to exclude them while allowing JmportaUon of Italians to J'mnie Meanwhile dispatches Txonio continue to announce alarming: differences between, Jugo-S'lavia and Bulgaria. TO USE GUARDS TO PREVENT MEETING; OF LEGISLATURE XBXT WEEK'S SPECIAL FOR IMPEACHMENT OP ERXOH IS CONSIOERED ASSEMBLY." ger car does appear to ned before hand. have" 'been plan- Sehds Out Warning: to Mississippi Valley Sept, Milton Nobles, of Philadelphia, who predicted the Japanese earthquake and minor shocks that followed in Calcutta, Cyprtfa and Sicily, the tidal waves on the Pacific coast and some time previous told of the Dayton floods, tonight sent a warning through the.

United Press to all valley tributaries; of the river. "The great earthworks dam is liable--to go out," Professor Nobles telegraphed. "Caution ail the valley's Woodrow Wilson Bulls It In Tenn. Knoxville, letter from ex-President Woodrow Wilson, repudiating the candidacy oil Senator John K. Shields for reelection, was made public here today by 'General D.

candidate against Shields for the democratic senatorial nomination. Wilson's letter written from on street', in Washington, August 28, 11)23, addressed to W. A. S. Furlow, says: "In reply to your letter of "August 25, I do not feel at liberty, to say more than this: That I regarded Mr.

Shields -during, my administration as one of the least-trustworthy of. ray professed supporters." Probe of Flotilla Wreck Starts Monday San Diego, Sept. story of how destroyers went on the r.ocks at Point Arguello will be heard JVTpndny from, the lips of the officers who ordered the change of course which led to the-disaster. Captain Edward H. Watson, manding the destroyer flotilla, and "who assumed full responsibility for the navigation of tlve flotilla," according to his counsel, will take the stand, before the naval board of inquiry arid tell fully why he changed the course of the fleet.

Tho Weather. Probably fair and'warmer today FRASCA CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED BRIBERY IV'as Was Kc- leased on Oklahoma Sept. Addl- tional national guardsmp.n jir mofeiilized by Governor Jac ton tonight to prevent tho coiitem- plated Session of the legislaturo. Althou-gli strict censorship i rounde.d the troop 1 it understood the governor had orders for extra troops txo plaoed: 7 CQI active duty throughout Additional strict censorship. siir- being recruited for dut3 at the cap-" itol, it was Simultaneously the movement the governor jreReratod; oa i gh eclarat i on hat tli state lawmakers would not be.

per- mitted to meet in extra -session pKinned to consider against him. "There will be no ineelmg legislature," he proposed meeting meeting i klansmcn and legislators. They shall not The governor announced Adjutant Markham, the -a riot that now in. Manufacturers And Workmen Fined $58,300 Chicago, Sept. totaling: 558,300 wore imposed today by Federal Judge Adam Cliffe on 21 manufacturers and 15 union found guilty of violating- the man anti-trust law by prqventing the sale and installation of millwork during the building boom in 1019-20.

The, department of justice prosecuted the building material firms and union men on the ground that they sought to exclude outsiders for the purpose of maintaining high prices. Eight Stars Barred From College Athletics Sept. athletic stars of southern played baseball during the summer in the league -Too Jackson, -Connor Chicago White- So.c playor, were declared ineligible to- r.ight for college athletics. The of the southern in tor-collegiate conference in its decision after'an ail-day se'sston, decltirecl thnt Jack- ii's in world's series scandal, of 1919 automatically bared all men who r.layed in ho South Georgia Baeoball In connection with the item in Wednesday's relative to Ihe postponemont at Fayelte of the case of the state against Tom Damcrou, colored, charged with sodomy, it was statedf that thei'e was. current, a in Huntsvilio, where Damerpn lives, that two men from Mo-borly had been i-n Plunt's- Monday night of last week, at which time an attempt made (o l.ri-bo the state's witnesses in this case.

Information was given to Prosecuting Attorney Wm. Stringer this alleged attempt a( and he is said ic have got from affidavits that such an at- made, but was refuoc.l. This article sot in' motion much inquiry as to whom tho ivloberly "men were. The prosecutor made known at Least one of the so yestcrd-ay ni'ter- when he died informalion, with the circuit clerk An'd- rew Frasca, proprietor of the Art Wall Paper en East Coatcs st-re-lt. Fitasca was taken into custody but was roleased when lie fur- foond in the sum of $1,000.

CaJ-lo Bai'doli is "the man to whom the alleged was offered. The sum of $50 and monoy fo cover his expense a-ccount for a saH to have- been, offered it- he would leave the si.ate Hird' i not testi'fy against Daineron. ut Kayette. The penalty for "attempted vjri-b- cry varies to two; years in the siatfe prison Governor MpV es to Stop Flogging Probe Birmingham, Sept. overnor Brandon tonight won the first round of his fight to prevent ounty officials conducting an in-, vestigation of floggings.and alleged brutalities to convicts working in the Banner mine tinder the state easing system.

Through lu. A. Boyd, head of the Alabama convict board, the governor secured a writ tonight from Judge Gardner, of the state supreme court prohibiting the summoning of convicts to testify before the Jefferson Bounty grand jury. Rumors of Possible Balkan War Persist London, Sept. of itfssi'ble Balkan war continues here oday.

as the long' drawn-out nego- lations between Italy and over the question of settle- nent of Fiume -failed to reach tgreement. The new Italian dictator Fiume, 1 General Giardmo, 3R-1 Dirigible, Giant of in Successful'Flight Lakehurst, N. giant arrived at'; the. naval -air station'at 6:50 oVlook night after completing a successful trip to Washington," and The Leviathan of glided gracefully banks of low clouds just 'ass d'uck was all ing. Tho airship "was then -Miauled to the iind shunted into its immense hangar for the night.

Tho trip to the national eapitol, the longest flight the dirigible has made since being; launched, was a complete success. charge of troops at Tulsa," ii.artial law has prevailed isance August would be placed In general oomma-nd of ell guardsmen. A statement; appealing for financial aid to establish a newspaper ot. his own to carry on the fight against the klart; was issue'cl from execu- ti.ve mansion tonight. "I must have at once to get the truth to fae people, and I call upon all who are with mejn this fight to 1 the state7- ment said.

It charged that the of. the. state was "largely dominated the klan, and subsidized witli from those headquarters ut Atlanta? 8KCKETAHV OK STATIC KKHT: The Honorable, and Mrs. H-. Kirby of Phoenix, arrived last evening on No.

9 fo'r a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirby. The Messrs. Kir by are H.

being the Secretary oif State for Arizona. He ancl his have been to New York and other Eastern points and stopped off here en route home. Mr. Kirby is a native of this country. Mrs.

Hat tie Reed Louis today to visit Keed, and wife. went to St. her son, Snell Oklahoma City, Sept. legislators who -to convene here in special session next week to impeach Governor Walton will "be regarded as the ICu Klux Klan. And if the legislators meet, as- proposed their gathering will be considered an "unlawful of klansmen and the military forces of the state will be used to the last man to frustrate them.

This was Governor Walton's position tonight in his fight to disband the Ku Khix Klan in Oklahoma 1 and defeat efforts, cf state legislators to meet in. special session and remove him from office. If necessary to prevent the, meeting of legislators, additional troops will be called out, all firearms will be confiscated highways leading- into, the city patrolled National Guardsmen, the Governor declared in a signed statement today, i the just God above me anxL .1 by- the vested in me as gov- 3rnor, no sjiall rule Oklahoma as long as I. any the ground and remain in that high office'' was ns dramatic assertion. State legislators who are here paring their plans to meet in.

face of the governor's reply me latest threat'with renewed "We will meet as planned," declared W. D. McBee, leader, pf legislative; forces. If the governor carries out his threat Ho arrest that will session until its, legality has been' dftormined Uie courts." Three military courts of established by the governor evidence of alleged mob rule by the Ku Klux Klan continued' cross examination of witnesses. It is the governor's plan to complete the indictment the klan before the legislators assemble IT.

C. Jewett, grand dragon, of "the" Oklahoma realm of the Ku "Klux Klan was scheduled to appear early next week. He is at liberty, under, b'oud following his arrest on charges "at'the instigation of Walton. His hearing be held October 2,, according to County: Attorney Wright. Shawnee, every city official of Shawnee Is; of the Ku Klux Klan fronib the mayor to the patrolmen, charge tonight of Claude Hendon who is investigate, ing with officials the actlyt- ties of loggers' 'in vPottowatomie..