The Springfield News-Leader from Springfield, Missouri • Page 1

KNOWN IN KANSAS CLEARWATEK. Nov. 17. Mrs. Elsie Wheeler, whose body was found In a lonely northwestern Minnesota cabin with a knife' plunged Into the heart, was a former resident of Clearwater.

She was married her three weeks ago to Dean Wheeler and left by au tomobile with her husband and lake coulson, aloo of Clearwater, tor Warroad, Minn. Wheeler and Coulson, both former lervue men, had arranged to take up claims near Warroad, where the three planned to spend tha wln tsr, Mrs. Wheeler was 31 years od, fn 1918 she obtained a divorce from her first husband. Bert Elliot, a farmer, who now Is reported to be in California. Mrs Wheeler owned 400 acres of rich farming land on the outskirts of Clearwater.

According to Robert Lucas, her brother, who today received news of the tragedy. Mrs. Wheeler took more than $1,000 with her when she left Lucas" expressed the belief that his sister had been slain for her money. Carl Hagen, who, according to dispatches from Warroad. reported the death to.

authorities and said Mrs. Wheeler kept house for him, Is not Known here. 1 HOLD UPS BEING INVESTIGATED Authorities Believe Same Bandits Staged Robbery at Roadhouse and Park Near St. Louis. ST.

LOUIS, Nov. 17. sheriffs of Madison county, Illinois, late tonight are working on the theory that the holdup this morning of Eagle park, a. resort north of here, In which one employe and on bandit were slain and two other persons wounded, may have bean perpetrated by the same ban dlts who robbed more than 70 guests of nearly $10,000 at Lave vlew roadhouse, near Mitchell, ill, Saturday night. Seven me nara believed to have Fartlclpated In tha Eagle park holdup, while eight are responsible for tha Lakevlew holdup, accord ing to a statement of Richard Bar rett.

an admitted participant. Police are attempting to obtain fingerprints from a blood stained automobile obtained by the bandits and used to convey the wounded men to a hospital. PERSHING NAMED MEMBER OF PARTY TO VISIT PERU WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. General Pershing with the rank of a minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary will bead the special mission which will represent the 1'nlted Btates at the celebration In Peru next month of the rer.rennlal of the battle of Ayaouoho, Other memoers will be Rear Admiral John H.

Dayton and Frederick C. Hicks, of New York, a former memoer of congress, oth of wliom wltl rank as envoys extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaries. Hhs mission will go the Peru on the battleship Utah. commanded by Captain R. Z.

Johnson, and upon their turn to the United Htatea probably will make courtesy calls at points along the eastern coast of South America. Martha Washington Canny ex By B. V. STURDIVANT, 1 International News Service Staff Correspondent. ATLANTA, Nov.

17. Freshman work in college Is as "easy as pie" for ten year old Arthur Gottesman, ''boy wonder," who. Is taking work ordinarily giv en to hlgh achsol graduates during their first year at Oglethorpe university here. That is what Arthur said hlm telf, and It seemed to him only a Is suing for ajinulment of hla mar? rlage to Mrs. Helen E.

Comfort, alleging that aha was "disloyal" to the' United States and, that ahe misrepresented the atata of her health when they ware married. The Comforts were married in 1919. and havo one sen. Tha letter was written to Mrs. Comfort's parents, according to the officer's testimony.

It was prompted, he said, by 'orders from the office of the secretary of the navy, which caused temporary separation from his wife. Text of Latter. The letter aald: "If jnurder ware not an ecclesias tical and civil crime, I would like to bump off one J. Comfort admitted that J. D.

re ferred to the secretary of the navy. Continuing he said In part: "What he has done for me will probably later prove a blessing In disguise, but that Is no fault of his and I would like to mash his face In for bringing all this discomfort and worry onto Helen. Our first Christmas together and then to have cur little home trim to pieces." comfort said hts wife was born in Germany but had protested loyal ty to the United when he married her. Two years later, he said, his sister told him Mrs. Comfort had torn down an American fla In their homo saying: "to hell with the United States flag; I wouldn't have one In the house." The flaff was mutilated, according to Comfort.

Attorneys for Mrs. Comfort Intro duced the flag In evidence. It was autographed by Orvllle WrlKht Comfort Identified It and when asked if he could point out any signs of mutilation, admitted he could not. Oldfield Withdraws Suit; Wife Asks for Divorce Bv Assoeisted Press. LOS ANGELES, Nov.

17. Coincident with the withdrawal to day by Barney Oldfield, veteran au tomoblle racing driver, of a divorce case recently brought against Mrs. Oldfield on grounds of cruelty and extravagance, Mrs. Oldfield filed In superior court a suit for divorce, charging desertion. No community property was listed Mrs.

Old DAWES RECOVERING FROM OPERATION IN HOSPITAL By Associated Press. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 17. Continued Improvement in the condition of Charles G. Dawes, vice president elect, was reported tonight from the hospital In Evans ton, where Mr.

Dawes Is recovering from a minor operation of hernia, performed Sunday. He was allowed to resume his pipe today, and was reported to have spent a very comfortable day. matter of course that his various professors should Indorse the statement after watching his work for two months. After rushing through the lower grammar school grades with a llghtnlng Uke rapidity, he attracted wide attention with his high school work, with the result that this year Oglethorpe university welcomed him as a first year stu dent. Without either the ordinary (Continued on Page Five.) Desire to "Bump Off Josephus Daniels Expressed by Wilson's A ide; Blames Secretary for Row Interesting Testimony Introduced at Divorce Hearing Wife, Born in Germany, Takes Witness Stand i )3y Associated Press NEW YORK, Nov.

17. A desire to.Hump off Josephus' Daniels, when he was. wartime secretary of the navy, was expressed in a letter written by Lieutenant Commander Rowland If. Comfort, former naval aide to the late President Woodrow Wilson, to his wife's parents, the officer admitted in Brooklyn supreme court, under cross examination today. Lieutenant Commander comior.t 450 ARRESTED III CHICAGO Policemen Take Many in Cus tody as Result of Drive to Rid City of Gang Gunmen.

By Associated Press. 111., Nov. 17. The drive to rid Chicago of gunmen, In augurated 'by Mayor William E. Dever after Dion O'Banion gang leader, was shot to death in his flower shop last waa continued by the police today, while Chief of Police Morgan A.

Collins denied Wist ha expected to resign. Mayor Dover also denied the rumorj. O'Banion, generally considered as extremely wealthy, died possessed of only tlli.ooo, according' to a petition filed lor probate today asking that his widow be named Henry Barrett Chamberlain, oper ating director of the Chicago crime commission, In a statement today declared that a study of nearly 1, 600 slaylngs had convinced him that one of the principal causes for the prevalence unpunished homicides has been lack of cooperation betwen the police and the courts. Mayor Dever, who ordered all gunmen arrested and thrown in jail or dlven from the city, today cautioned the police against the arrest of Innocent persons after nearly 460 persons had been rounded tip over the week end by the ambitious omcers. Interference With Los Angele Aqueduct Is Stopped by Judge INDEPENDENCE, Nov.

17. Late today Judge Dehy of ths court, of Inyo county, granted an application by tbe city of Los Angeles for a temporary order to restrain Owens Valley ranchers from Interfer ing with the Los Angeles aqueduct Sheriff Collins of Inyo county left at once for Long Pine to serve the order on the amall army of ranchers there which yesterday seised and opened the Alabama waste gates The city complaint states that the waste of water Is 290 cubic feet per second and that the approximate loss is (16,000 dally. The order Is returnable next Monday, November 24. The only names In the documents are those of Mark Q. Wlterson ard W.

R. McCarthy, prominent ranchers. Kfnrtha Waahlnrtnn Cnnrtv t. I All the others, upwards of 100 In num. rluslvely nt Tinkler's.

208 South I clusively at Tinkler's, 208 South ler. come under the category of Campbell. Advertisement. I Campbell. Advertisement.

"John rtSsonw was arrested shortly after tlio Greene county Jail for fear of mob violence at Hartvllle. Hla aon. Charley Roblnett, went to Oklahoma, where he was arrested at the request of Sheriff M. .1. Crewee, and returned to Wright county.

At ihe first trial of Roblnett, the Jury found him guilty of murder In the second degree, and assessed his punishment at ten years In tho penitentiary. Coupled with the verdict, was a request for clemency. The law firm of Page Barrett, of Springfield, representing Robln With the conclusion of tha Robln oase, tr expected that ths Iouplas county circuit court will adjourn to the January term. available piece of fire fighting ap paratus in this city and surround lng towns waa on the acene. WEATHER Fair Tuesday and Wednesday) not much change in tempera tura.

Haw aesaawaM gSaaaaSfc, sasss ssaassBBBBsspsM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER vol: xxxiii no. 277 SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1924. nntrn ON 8TREET3, NEW8TAND8 ArO riVlVU TRAINS DAILY, 3c, SUNDAY, 5j "y'yiTr 1 ai tOa Ai S4 CITY EDITION FAR NORTH MURDER IS MYSTERY Minnesota Homesteader Struggles Through 75 Miles of Snow to Report Murder of Housekeeper. By Associated Praia.

WARROAD. Nov. 17. Somewhere along the froxen shores of Lake of the Woods, either In the automobile, which they started out, or afoot, three men, two of them representatives of the law, today were hastening to tha acene of a murder far up In the northwest angle of Mlnnesot, 70 miles Into the wilderness. The party la com posed of Coroner John K.

Norrls, who cues to claim the body of a dead woman; Sheriff Thomas Blind, who will seek to solve the mystery of the supposed murder, and Carl Hagen, a homesteuder. for whom tne woman kept house. The Journey Into the wilderness followed the arrival here late Sun day of Hag en almost exhausted from nearly IK. hours of continuous tramping without food or drink, and for a part of the way In the face of a snowstorm, Hagen poured forth his story which had all the essentials of a movie thriller. Hagen told the authorities that when he returned to, his cabin Sat urday noon he found his house keepar, Mrs.

Elsie Wheeler, dead Pn the kitchen floor, a butcher knife plunged clear to the handle stick ing from her heart. Without wait lng even to investigate, Hagen started on foot down the trail which led to civilization and help. Dark neas overtook him, but he contln tied the flight, but tha picture of the dtad woman spurring him on, A snowstorm overtook him, but even this could not dispel his determination to get aid. Dawn found him still plodding onward. Fmully he reached Warroad and I old his story.

Apparently the murder had been committed about the middle of the forenoon, for tha cabin had been let iu order, but dinner had nol been started. The house, he aald, had not been ransacked. Ha knew little cr nothing of the woman beyond the fact that she was a middle aged, and had kept house' for dim I more than a Freshman Work "Easy as Pie" To 10 Year Old College Boy if VH i limn i i inn i ii STE17ARTT0 ATLANTIC CITY IIEIJUIS Two Persons Killed When Flames Destroy Building Other Buildings Are By Assooiated Press ATLANTIC CITV. N. Nov.

17. At least two persons perished In a fle that started shortly after o'clock tonight In ths rear of tho Hotel Bothwell. The fire late tonight waa menacing the entire hotel district In the vicinity of Virginia avenue and the beach front. The flames spread with such rapidity that they grew rapidly and spread to ths Wiltshire hotel aa Jolning, FLAMES 8PREAD ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 17.

Tha Hotel Bothwell was destroyed by fire which started In the rear of the structure shortly after 0 o'clock to night, and whloh at 10: SO waa menacing two adjoining hotels, tha Wiltshire and the Seaside. The whole "hotel district on Virginia avenue was menaced and every Two persons are believed to have lost their lives, one a woman trap. ped on the fourth floor of the Both well. James Bennett, 80, New York City, a guest In the house, waa said to be dying in the city hospital of Injuries received In the fire. EXETER T.1AN KILLS SELF T.

J. Brattin, Formerly of Ne vada State Hospital, Found Hanging in Barn at Exeter. T. J. Brattin, formerly an Inmate of the state hospital for the Insane at Nevada, hung himself early Sunday morning In the barn of Charles Ellston of Exeter after evading the watch kept over him at his brother home, near by, where he was being cared for.

Funeral services weer held Sunday afternoon at Concord and burial was in Concord cemetery. Brattin wandered away from hlo brother's house Thursday and wflen he failed to return a search was begun. One of the last places sus pented was the cattle barn of Ellston. The widow Is making her home at Monett aa housekeeper for her brother in law, O. L.

Boucher. A son, Dan Brattin, as married and resides on a farm at Exeter. A daughter. Ruby, atays with her mother at tyonet t. 'Specify Sprlngfleld'a building activity for 1923 and 1924 has been the greatest In ths history of the city.

The activity shows no abatement, and will be carried over Into 1K15 with many buildings planned. Along both sides of Traffic street which has been widened to meet the growing demands of business, new buildings are In demand. Along Olive street, now being widened and paved new buildings are planned trder contract for tenants as soon ss they can be Those already Cold Weather Kills Two in IIEARTRIALfeV OFROOIIJETT Case Against Wright County Farmer Will Open This Morning in Douglas County. The second trial of Pat Roblnett, Wright county farmer charged with the murder of John Smith, near Hartvllle last December, will begin before Judge Fred Stewart In tha Douglas county circuit court at Ava this morning. Roblnett Is alleged to have shot tnd killed Smith, 'when.

It Is claimed, Smith came upon the defendant and his son as they wero moving a moonshine still and a quantity of mash. The man, who is 60 years old. By Associated Press BOSTON, Nov. 17. Wintry weather brought death to one man today.

John H. Murphy, tounrl unconscious In a doorway. NEW YORK, Nov. 17. New Tork shivered today, the coldest November 17 In the city In the records of the weather bureau, i A 60 mile freezing blast that swept In from the Atlantic to put the thermometers at 18 degree above xero at 7 o'clock this morning.

Two persons, a man and a woman, died as a result bt the storm. Milps fought their way Into ports hours late and wearing coats of Ice. and small craft were swept to sea with their halt frozen crews. Ashore less havoo was rought with trees and window panes. Neither of tha cold wava victims was Identified.

The man was found froxen to death over an engine room grating of an East side building. There was no heat coming through the grate bars. The woman known to her com panion, James Letora, a scow cap tain, only as "Julia" died of ex shooting, and was rushed to the'posure after tha high wind had caused ner to lose ner oaiance unu fall Into the East river as she attempted to board Letora'a craft. Letora broke his leg In rescuing her. He dragged her ashore and then had to crawl a half mile to get help.

The woman was dead when he re turned with a policeman and an am, bulanca. rive men were rescued at aea from an open motor boat, found by the coastguard cutter Seminole, The heavy winds this afternoon whipped the Greek liner Edison from the grip of a dozen tugs which was pulling the 11,000 ton boat to a ett, immediately filed a motion for nurth river pier and fluaaj her on a new trial, and Judge Stewart sus the mud flats of the upper harbor. ,4 ,1.. nntln. It.

I. I. 1 1 1 tained the motion 11 WHS UIUUBUI BIIO WUUIU before the night was out. Her crew of 20Q was reported to lu no danger, ROCKLAND, Maine, Nov. 17, Cne man is dead, a second Is In a hospital here suffering from shock and, exposure and fears were ax pressed tonight for the safety of seven others, members of the crew of a string of three bargee, one of which foundered oft Monhegan Island today in the 70 mile gala that swept this coast.

Tba two other barges were adrift In tba heavy seas tonight. NEXT STATE LEGISLATURE TO BE DIVIDED JEFFERSON CITY. Nov. 17. The house of representatives of tha next legislature, whlrh wilt convene hi re In "January, wilt lie' composed of 7 Republicans and 74 Democrats, while the stats senate will be made up of 23 Democrats and 11 Republicans, according to an unofficial compilation completed and announced 'late today by the publication department In the office of Secretary of Charles U.

Becker. Officials in the department stated that while the compilation waa un. It will be aa near complete as anything until the legislature, convenes, since tha official tabulation by the secretary of state will not show tha official vote on atate representatives. They explained that while the tabulation will show the official returns on the candidates for the atate senate, the law does not require an official count by the state on candidates for county officers, adding that a state representative Is a county official. WOULD STOP LIBERTIES EXTENDED TO PRISONERS By Assoeisted Prsss.

JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. 17. David W. Peters, 80. of this city, representative of Cole county In the next legislature and announced candidate for ths speakership In the house of representatives, declared tonight that one of the first bills that he will Introduce when the general assembly convenes In January will be a measure prohibiting any convicts of the state penitentiary here from "stepping outside" of the prison walls unleks 'they are accompanied by a guard.

Peters, speaking about tne system of having "trusty" prisoners as drivers of penitentiary ears, asserted that the measure would include a "definite provision" against convicts driving state automobiles unless a guard Is In the car. MEXICANS AND AMERICANS JOIN IN LABOR MEETING By Associated Press EL PASO, Nov. 17. Colorful scenes marked the joint session of the American and Mexican conventions and prolonged enthusiasm resounded, through Liberty hall as leaders of the two national organizations exchanged greetings and felicitations. "Ten years ago such a meeting was unthought of In either country." President Gompers said In greeting the Mexican group.

About 1,000 delegates' marched to the convention hall from Juares. Fraternal delegates from Great Britain, Germany and Canada join ed hands with tha American and Mexican leaders In pledging cooperation for tha maintenance of International peace finished on both streets are occupied ss soon as tha workmen turn over the keys. There Is no "boom" connected with tho building activity. It Is In answer to the demand of ths Increased business needs of ths city, as Is evidenced by the ready occupancy of ths new business houses, and tha fact that all of them have tenants waiting for their completion. Contracting firms and material mi ft expect 1925 to surpasa tha record of In building activity, $12,700 IS SECURED BY KIDNAPERS died in a hospital.

Temperatures six Men Force Kansas City leu as low as i urgree. i i neater man unu ueietuvn Into Auto and Take Money. By Associated Preee. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 17.

Kidnaping two men In tha very heart of the downtown district to day, six men got away with the, week end receipts of two large mo. tlon picture theaters here. Shortly before noon Oustav Eys sell, treasurer of the Newman theater, accompanied by John L. Barkley, a city detective, was carrying Saturday's and re ceipts, amounting to 112,700, of tha Royal and Newman theaters to the Commerce Trust company bank at Tenth and Walnut streets, As the two approached the Tenth street entrance of the bank two men seized Eyssell and, pressing pistols at his side, forced him to enter an automobile standing at the curb, motor running and a driver at the wheel. Barkeley, walking about 20 feet behind Eyssell, with his hand on his gun, attempted to draws It when a man at his side grabbed his arm.

Two others pressed pistols to his side and back and shoved him into the car with Eyssell. They drove off and st a corner several blocks from the scene of the kidnaping two of the robbers left the car, taking with them two satchels containing tha money. Several blocks further on Eyssell and Barkley were released. Barkley was suspended penning he reported to Chief of Police Bhrleve. Eyssell was kidnaped and robbed once before.

the night of March 4. 1921. a man operating alone entered the offices of the Newman theater and forced Eyssell to accompany him In a taxlcab to the south side, where he was robbed of 110,000 of theater receipts. 1 BY EXPLOSION Barge and Steamship, From Which it Was Taking Car go of Gaaie, Are Destroyed. By Assoeisted Press.

LINDEN, N. Nov. 17. Flra, starting after an explosion on barge of the Lambert Transporta tlon company docked on Staten Island sound here, tonight caused the death of at least two men and Injury to probably a doxen more, The barge and a steamship, from which It was taking on a cargo of gasoline, were destroyed. The first explosion occurred shortly after o'clock and the Are was still raging fiercely at The flames quickly leaped from the barge to the steamship and then to the docks.

The only person on the barge at the time of the explosion was Us captain, Fred Myers, of New York who was apparently blown to pieces. A carpenter on the other ship Is also missing and It la believed he met tha sume fate. The barge was ths property of tha Lambert Transportation com nanv of New York. The steam ship was the William. Boyce ThomDson of the Sinclair Naviga tion company.

The loss Included 87 000 saltans of gasoline. H. J. Bllllngsley, an officer of the Sinclair OH company, of which the Sinclair Navigation company Is a subsidiary, said the loss may reach 1700,000. turn IS DISTRICT HEAD Annual Convention of Rebekah Lodges Held Here Ozark Chosen as 1925 Meeting Place.

Mrs. Anna Pipkin, of' Springfield was elected president of Springfield district No. 42, of the Rebekah lodges of Missouri at the sixteenth annual meeting, held yesterday at the I. O. O.

hall, on East Commercial street, succeeding Mrs. L. Martln( of Lebanon. The other new officers are: Vies president, Mrs. Emma Sanders, Springfield; warden, Mrs.

Robertson, Brookllne; secretary, Mrs. Ida Bmlta, Springfield; treasurer. Mrs. Warford, Lebanon. Ozark was chosen as the place tor the next meeting.

The morning session was routine. Ths afternoon seslson was directed by Mrs. Clara C. Flcklln, president of the Rebekah state assembly. The program follows: Welcome, Mrs.

Edna livings ton, marshal, Springfield; response, Mrs. Louis Moulder, Lebanon; read ing. Wise Naoma Sherwood; report of delegates; unfinished business; read ing, Mrs. 'Luella McComb, Lebanon, new business; vocal solo, Mrs. Deasa Carlton, Springfield; school of Instruc tion, Mrs.

Flcklln. The outgoing officers, all present, were: Mrs. V. L. Martin, president, Lebanon; Mrs.

Anna I'lpkln, vice pres ident. Springfield; Mrs. Kmma Pauml. orn. warden, Springfield; Mrs.

Lena Hill, Clever, secretary; Mrs. Inei Jones, Springfield, treasurer: Mrs. F.dna Livingston, marshal. Springfield; Mrs. Loulso Moulder, Lebanon, con.

ductor; Mrs. Anna Fowler. Sprlnc field, chaplain: Mrs. Luella MeCnmh, Lebanon, Inside guardian Mrs. Flora Mason.

feprtngfielJ, outside guardian, FAMOUS OLD OZARK HOE i win a orn nriAnif A 10 II IIUUUU LIIIIUIH were witnesses today, when MJss Muriel Buell of Westchester, N. appeared In the tombs court aa defendant to a charge of disorderly conduct," with Jefferson Livingston, "ketchup king," and her chauffeur. aa tha cpmplalnant Their testimony, with that of Livingston, waa that Miss Buell made life miserable for tha million aire; that ahe had walked In upon him and his friends at dinner at the Waldorf Astoria: had driven him from his automobile when It waa caught In traffic jams and had carried a gun when sha visited Livingston's office to demand money. Miss Buell once sued Livingston for breach of contract, declaring that ha did not keep a promise to nay her 11,760 a month for life. He contended he had settled With her for 12.600 cash.

She was arrested at Livingston's Wall Street 'office laat Thursday and tak to pollco station In her; VWU it Hfl IA Bl WHO wiiiuil ins "ketchup king" declared was the climax to a aerlea of embarrassing episodes. On that day, tha office boy testi fied, Miss Buell demanded entry to Llvlngstonrg aaylng, 'Don't be afraid of me. little boy. I'm not going to hurt you, even though I carry a gun around. The' stenographer testified that she had seta Miss Buell rifling the pockets of Livingston's topcoat where It bong In the reception room.

When she saw the visitor extract a telegram from the coat and start reading It, aald the witness, sha summoned her employer who retrieved tho massage. Chauffeur an Stand Miss Buell's chauffeur also was a witness. She had him called into Livingston's office to see what oo curred after tha broker had called In hla office boy and stenographer, Livingston related that earlier last week Miss Buell had seated herself at a table In ths Waldorf Astoria, where ha waa dining with several guests, uninvited, and aald: "Jefferson, I am hungry. I haven't had anything to eat for two dayj. I want soma money." He and hla friends left tha table, said Livingston.

Miss Buell, he testified, followed him from the dining room, screaming until house detec tives led her away. Tho traffic jam Incident, as relat ed by Livingston, caused him to flee from his automobile, leaving It In jhiss tiueirs possession, while he walked to his hotel. Then, when she confronted him at hla office, again demanding money, he told her to sea his attorneys and called the police. Magistrate Simpson declined the request of Miss Buell's counsel that the charge be dismissed and the re quest of Livingston counsel that she ba sent to the Bellevue pychla trlc ward for observation. Trial will ba resumed on Wednesday, Graves of Anericaa Dead ia France Will Be Marked With Crosses By Assoeisted Prsss.

Nov. II. The battle monuments commission. headed gy Un. Pershing, has de cided iniormally that the gravea of American war dead In trance shah be marked for all time with white stone crosses In patterns similar to the wooden markers that havo stood over the graves since the war.

Not only will the sentiment ot the cross ba perpetuated, General Pershing tald today, but the ar cemeteriai aivision or. the army quartermaster corps. Stone crosses, however, will be ordered ln numbers sufficient only for their need overseas. Tha graves of soldiers whose bodies were returned to the United Btutej num. BE APARTMENT HOUSE Great Pile of Masonry at Commercial and Benton, apnngiield, to lie Converted Into High Glass Holstery Old Frisco Depot Adjoined It ONE of Springfield's old landmarks, famous in its da and long practically unused, is to be given a new leas on life.

This landmark is the larsre old Ozark hotpl hliilrlinc nfr the northeast corner of Benton avenue and Commercial street, wnicn was in its heyday one of the two leading hotels, and which was later used as the Frisco general offices. McimAtrs LIFE MADE MISERABLE Witness for New York's Ketchup King Claim Woman's Arrest Followed Embarrassing Episodes. By Assooiated Press NEW TORK, Nov. 17. An office Investigation of the robbery when W.

a stenographer and a chauffeur, The great pile of stone masonry io De converted by the owners, tht Sprinkle estate, of Tulsa, Into as apartment building as soon as th lease of the Chlttlm Tent AwntnJ company, now occupying part of th ground floor, expires. Framed Along the Frisco. Built In 184J the building, the walli of which are still in perfect condition, was a very popular hotel, especially among Frisco conductors, tralnnwa and engineers, and tha traveling publld generally. It was In 1901 that the Frisco practically absorbed the Kansas City, Fort tcott Memphis line, which was maintaining the present Mill street station, by leasing It and the Frlsci thereupon tore down tha depot at the head of Benton avenue, although It Was a comparatively new brltM building', and began the exclusive ux of the Mill street ststlon. 'With the change In stations the hotel languished and soon was leased by tin Frisco for general officers.

Later tin Frisco leased Its present general offices building, on South Jefferson and Olive, which wss occupied by tls old Central ward school' bulldlg. Bsr was a By Word. Tha bar In the basement of tht Oxsrk hotel became famous along th Frisco system, while the building wiu used aa a hotel. The last veeigs nt tha occupancy of the building by ti Frisco 1 an old sign above one of ths doors on the secsnd floor, which res la "general superintendent." The sign It still plainly readable. When the building Is converted te an apartment building It will be thft largest of Its kind north of Central avenue.

It Is three stories high not including the basements and from along Commercial street. Tha Sprinkle estate has a number of apartment houses In Oklahoma, most of them In Tulsa. The original owner. H. C.

Sprinkle, resided here when tha hotel was In operation and. according to old timers, and was a Frisco TULSA MAN GIVES WlrJ By Assooiated Prsss TULSA, Okla Non 17. R. T. Daniel, millionaire property owner of Tulsa and Dallas, today signed an agreement giving his wife Sl.

000,000 worth of property in Tulsa. Mr. Daniel recently sued her husband for separate maintenance and division of property. The property settlement Include! tha tere etory dance building l'i Tulaa and the Alexander hotel. Tim settlement la yet to be approved lu court.

Mr. Daniel makes hla home In Dallas. His wife la a resident ot Tulsa. He Is said to own property in Los Anegeles, Ban Francisco and Seattle. Ths suit, filed about six months ago, asked separate maintenance fur Mrs.

Daniel and her two children. Daniel's property In Tulsa la estimated to be worth $2,000,009. OZARK TURKEYS FOR EASTERN MARKETS AURORA, Nov. '7. Fourteen car loada of Ozark turkaya left here yesterday evening over the Frlsu on a apeclal train, in apecdal with an attendant or conductor, 1 1 charge of each two cars.

They i to Pittsburgh, Boston, and York for tha Thanksgiving markL They wera loaded out by the B. Wllkerson Produce of thii city, and were In churge of C. Goodman, J. W. Priestly, Harry Counts, Rolla Bates, Ed.

Wilcox, Jim Wilcox and Roy Lockwood, un ot Aurora, except the latter, who a Lockwood boy. They will up another car load at Springfie; 1 and run special to St. Louis without stop, being routed out of there by varioua roads. These cars, all being uniform, made quite a showing, and all names, like Pullman sleepers, amoi them being Chateau, Hollywoi Quota, Fauna, Presto and the lik. Provisioning and taking on wuc waa quite a task, and from amount and klnda of feed load In the cars one would know were to be well provided for et for longer Journey.

The feed supplied by ths Majestic Sup; Co. MURDER IS SUSPECTED IN FINDING OF BODY OF WOMAN IN FURNAC COLUMBUS, Nov. 17. Suh was impossible In the case of Addle Sheatsley, 30, wife of 1, rangem.nt will be unchanged, the c. v.

Bheatsley'. whose body crosses being fixed with er burne(1 to Mh ln tne manent markers "row on row General Pershing explained that this decision had been approved by individual members of the battle monuments commission, and ln all probability would be formally votixl at a meeting to be held here this Week. The plans will then ba presented to Secretary Weeks for approval before actual work of planning the stone crosses In the ceme. terles overseas Is begun by the naca at her horns here late Prosecutor John R. King made i announcement at midnight fullu, ing an Investigation of detail the case.

Coroner Murphy pr, lously bad rendered a verdict of clde. Reverend Sheatsley went to late today, leaving Mrs. Shuut alone. When the four Sheatsley chl: returned from school, they roe an odor ot burning flesh. 1 opened the door of the furnace saw nothing but a pile of a.Hlu When Reverend Sheatsley ed home, however, and notlcol odor, he at once becume alunm said, and investii, iii.

d. lu will be marked with the stone slab tould find nothing but a I ln conformity with the practice ashes, but further lnv followed since the Civil war ln alllvealed bits of his military bur'l grounds in th.g'and some srrajn nt country, tha fumnca..