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RUSHU WARSHIP TO HALT FLIGHT OF CHARLES W. MORSE ON LINER AT SEA $60,000 I BULLION SACRAMENTO, December 1. --Cold bullion to the amount of $60,000 obtained by bandits, armed with saivcd-off plwt guns held up the Argonaut mine' at Jackson, Amador county, lust night, according to a report to (lie Sacramento police department today. I I I i COLLISION I PORTLAND, OREGON, December persons were killed In a head- on collision today between the east hound Portland-Spokane limited, and wist bound Oregon-Washington limited trains of the Oregon-Washington Railroad und Navigation Company, hvo wiles east of Celilo. Twvnty-two persons were, injured.

Aiming dead was A. H. McBride, a who was-guarding'the mail'on ono of Hie trains. The others who were, killed trainmen-Mid three Oregon passengers. Delicate Situation Created By Japs' Naval Demand BLOODSHED IRELAND TO VISIT -THE 1MLODYTES WASHINGTON, D.

December 1. --(By the associated Press)--The situation arising from Japan's formal proposal that the sixty percent naval ratio allotted her under the American limitation plan be increased to seventy percent was regarded, by American officials today as a delicate one, but net without hope that her spokesmen ultimately imild accept the original plan. Entirely removed from the stage of technical discussion as to the basis of calculating the naval ratios on present fleet strength, the question today, through the formal request of Baron Admiral Kato, senior Japanese delegate, that the increased ratio be recognized as necessary to Japan's security, had become a matter of policy for settlement by the plenary delegates of the powers and not by their technical advisors. The proposal on this ground, it was known today, has been presented personally by Baron Kato to Secretary Hughes and Arthur J. Balfour.

head ot the British clelc- Kation. with the full support, it was said of the Japanese government. Regarding the argument ot national security, the American' delegates and experts, backed by the opinion of the British delegates, hold that its logical application would mean a reduc- Liidy tne afford, -Svill be entertained -by 'tbe -Troglodytes. No," tiic 'Troglodytes' are not nicmbcrg of a fttjOiieuitWerLoiHton-set (ict littlr 1s They tribe inhabiting the Sahara Desert. NEW WORKING RULES FOR 400,000 RAILROAD SHOPMEN HANDED DOWN BY BOARD tion, rather than an increase in naval ration proposed for Japan, Ihc to which, it Is known on authority, they are as strongly opposed on that basis as on the showing of existing fleet comparisons.

With tlie sub-committee of experts three" naval powers at formal disagreement on ad- CHICAGO, Dec. 1--(By tlie Asso- riak'tl Tress)--New working rules for (lie railroad slwpmen, including least two important changes, were handed down today by the United States railroad labor, board. This decision supplanted the agreement en- U'rcd into by the employes and the I'nilcil States railroad administration September 20, 1919. The rules were passed unanimously by (lie hoard, including the vote of A. 0.

Wharton, of the labor group, who wst dissenting vote upon the last wage cut. One the most important changes wax the permitting apprentices to do certain repair work formerly restrict- iil lo journeymen in that craft. Another change provided for representation of minorities in the presentation of grievances to meet tlie contention of (lie railroads (hat old national agreements practically forced a closed shop on (he railroads. li will result in an estimated annual payroll saving of $50,000.900 to the. niilronds and form tlie basis upon wj-icli adjudication of all future wage disputes between railroads ami their (fnniiniied on rage Eight) Bladder Of Miss Rappe Showed Evidence Of Chronic Inflamation It wiis considered today that further progress could lay only in 'discussion American and Japanese Dividing attention with the naval situation todny 'was the first meeting of the representatives! of China and Japan, with 'Secretary Hughes and Arthur Balfour as respective heads of the American and British groups, to lay.

a basis for negotiations looking to a settlement of the celebrated Shantung controversy. The Chinese announced after accepting the American and British offer of "good offices" in tlie controversy, that they were en tering the discussions prepared to accept nothing less than unconditional withdrawal of Japanese claims in Shantung. In the absence of any lefinite indication, it was assumed hat the Japanese spokesmen would contend for the reservations insisted on in tlie recent exchanges between Tokio and Peking. HAMBONES MEDITATIONS liy J. P.

Alley PAT A wrtor 5IS A SMOKE A Po' JEDC5E O' SEE-GARS El? ELSF. HE A Merger Of Steel Firms Is Planned NEW YOKE, December (hat a tnerscr of seven or more of the independent steel, companies is co'ii- templnted were'confirmed in Ihe'finau- cial district today. The proposed consolidation will take all the leading producers and ifncturers with tlie' exception ot the iethlel.em Steel Corporation and the Tones and Laughlin Company, of I'itts- jurg. The capitalization of the. various companies eoncerned in the proposed consolidation approximates foOO.000,000 and the products of the arious companies cover almost every, branch of the steel and iron industry.

The companies named comprise flic Vldvulo Steel Ordnance the Republic Iron Steel Lackawanna Younsstown Sheet Tube Inland Steel Brior Hill Steel aril the Steel Tube of Ara- Heports of a consolidation have been in the trade for more than year. This consolidation, if effected, will be second in importance to the I'nited States Steel Corporation, now the dominant organization in the industry. The chief executive of one of the largest steel companies operating in tin; Ohio district, today admitted that conferences were in progress for Ihc purpose of consolidating the companies named. Discussions have nol proceeded beyond the general terms of the project it was said, and the more important details of plant valuation now would be inki'ii up. Two groups of bankers have bi-cn called into consultation to take up the financial phases of the proposition.

One Is a public man of Internalionnl reputation and the other has m-enlly been a i In flotation of industrial and i i secm'Ulrs. YOUNG 8TOWX, 0., December SAN FRANCISCO, December special medical commission's report that the -bladder of Miss Virginia Itapne showed evidence of chronic and the presence of rupture, was submitted today in the manslaughter trial of Roscoe C. Arbuckle in connection with Miss Rappe's death. The defense contended tliat the bladder rupture which caused Miss Rappe's death was the climax of a chronic condition and not caused by external force applied by Arbuckle, as the prosecution alleged. The prosecution wsis granted the privilege of examining the report.

The commission was named by the court ami counsel for both sides. The report was read by Dr. William Op- htils, who was named on the commission by tire prosecution and who performed a postmortem examination on Miss Kappe's body. The report "absolutely the disposition of Dr. Maurice Rosenberg, of Chicago, who treated Miss Kappe supposedly for a bladder disorder in 1913, according to defense counsel.

''I don't the report," Dis- triet Attorney Matthew Brady said. The prosecution summoned Dr. Op- luils to taUelhc stand at 2:00 p. m. and explain the report in detail.

The prosecution announced that it wculd close finally with Dr. explanation and that Friedman, assistant district attorney, would then make thc first closing argument fur the people. A BRITISH IS HE LES Rea Flag Is Hoisted In Vienna I VIENNA, December 4he As- isociated Press)--Kioting of a serious nature broke out in Vienna today fol- LONDOX, December lowing a demonstration before Associated Press)--The iHWsiblllty of (he parliament building, where red renewed bloodshed in Ireland stares Uw British Isles jn the face in consequence of the virtual collapse of the peace negotiations which have proceeded under a truce for the last five months. The Sinn Fein has stood firm on Us demand for an all-Ireland parliament as the basis of settlement, at the same time refusing to concede allegiance to the British crown. Ulster has reused point blank to strap her own parliament to enter an all-Ireland parliament "under present conditions" on lie ground that she will come directly under the control of the numerically superior south.

Tho latest plso, that for an all-Ireland parliament, under which Ulster night retain her existing rights un- il, or unless, she changed her mind, ms failed with the formal statement the Sinn Fein delegation here that it can not Ire considered. As a result in both government and Irish circles, the opinion is expressed that nothing short of a miracle can collapse of the negotiations and resumption of the warfare in Ireland. The government heads arc bending their entire efforts to seeking some unexplored aveuuc ot negotiation, hut it is believed all possibilities of settlement have been exhausted during the lengthy parleys which seem now to hare ended. how long the truce will last under present conditions-there Is no expressed (ho view thut there will he no formal denunciation of the pact by Tlie rapid rise in the price of food and rfofhing, the further depreciation of the crown in the excliango market and the bitter cold weather, together RH WASHINGTON, IX C. December Hags were raised on improvised musts.

Tho crowds then began smashing windows and looting shops dealing in articles of luxury. Large crowds also attacked a number of fashionable hotels. The New Bristol was the first of hostelries to be assaulted. Its great doors were battered down, thus permitting the crowds to pour through Into the building, l.hey began to break windows, some of which were as high as the third floor, and 4o hurl bedding ami furniture into the mob' crowded in the street below. The old Bristol lintel later suffered the same fate, its costly furniture and rich tapestries being hurled out to cheering crowds, which packed the surrounding the building.

The. Grand Hotel, the largest in tin: city, and the Hotel Imperial, also were looted. The activities in these hotels, however, appeared to have been confined to tlie lower floors. The Vienna police were apparently helpless, many squads of them being seen standing quietly by as onlookers. Scenes at plunder occurred throughout (he city.

Thousiinds of dollars' worth of plate glass was smashed until principal streets looked tlie of a hurricane. Authorities v'xpresned belief that the disturbance was traceable to eummun- Ist -origin. It came very suddenly to provoke the extremist incut to disorder. The (Milieu for the llrst time in the many demonstrations that have occurred here, seemed to have failed utterly in the role of preservers of the peace, or else they weer acting, it was assumed, under instructions from the authorities, who may have feared turning a riot that thus far has been bloodless. Into a sanguinary affair.

AMERICAN KILLED IN BOLIVIA WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--The killing of an American citizen named llart- at Santa llolivia, November 28. was reported to the slate depart- cilitics of Ihc department would be nicnl today from LaP.tz. The message brought to bear upon his capture: staled nothing was known concerning the mini other than his name and that he was an American. durfnjr high cost of food, staged in front of Hie parliament in which cither side and this leads to the belief ninny thousands joined.

thut' any spark of combat set off in I During tlie demonstration gangs Ireland, with the peace movement apparently deadlocked, 1 ratty start the conflagration anew. suddenly appeared in the central part of the city and began their work of destruction. ACTOR TAKEN 11,1, CINCINNATI. 0., December Wilson, actor, is ill at St. Johns Hospital in St.

Louis. He took cold and bladder trouble developed, it is said. An operation may he necessary. Clarke is ifr. Wilson's engagement in this city this Founder of Ixxiging Housfs Dies TOLEDO--Charles U.

Clark, founder (it 10 and 13 cents lodging houses, died in a local hospital. Receivership For Germany sB an krupt ay Be Proposed By France COLr.MlU'S--Miss Georgia Ilopley, r.iieynis. has been appointed assistant publicity dim-tor of Hie federal prohibition onfortTiucnt department, according to a spec'tnl Washington dispatch to tliu Ohio State Journal. An official of the Trumblill Sti-ol lit Warren. Ohio, said todny that his company was also concerned in the proposed steel merger of independent steel companies.

It has participated lu the conversations, he said, and so far is on the sumo plan as Hie. other companies and has not withdrawn from the ncgoUutiouiu OF CHILD FOUND IN I CHICAGO, December an all-night search for little Margaret Coughlin. thrce-ycars-old, her dismembered body was found today in a wash boiler in the home of Mrs. Ralph IVnsis, 52 years old, a neighbor. Shortly afterward the body of Mrs.

Pensis with her throat slashed by a butcher knife, wa.s found on the second floor of the I'cnsis cottage. Police immediately began a search for Ralph Pensis, the woman's husband. Police who called at tlie Prnsis home, last place the child was seen, found thj doors locked this morning and could get no answer to their knocks. Finally they broke the door down and forced an entrance. In the they discovered the little girl's torso in the wash lioilcr sitting in a pile of paper which had been fired, but the flames hud gone out.

Several (-ft away one leg wrapped in paper, was found in a card board box. The leg was found later a block away from the house. The police found Mrs. IVnsis' body on bed upstairs. They believe she killed herself as they burst iji the front door.

The body was still warm. Mrs. Pensis and Josephine, a daughter, aged nine, told police yesterday that they last saw Margaret Coughlin alxmt three o'clock, when she came to the house i Josephine (o play. In a few moments, they said, she complained of pains In her stomach, and ran out of the bouse and ocrofw the nil-cut to her owu home. PARIS, December the As-j sociated Press)--A receivership for Germany as a bankrupt, with an autonomous Rhineland to lie exploited by the allies for reparation purposes, is likely to be proposed by France as an alternative to any moratorium on reparations that may be suggested by Great Britain, it was said in official circles here today.

The allies, it is held by French officials, have full authority tinder the terms of the treaty of Versailles to take Germany's affairs in hand and to administer her resources in a manner similar to that pursued by the Turkish debt commission. Former President Poincare, who is much talked of as the probable.succes- sor of Premier Briand, in the next gov- GUILLOTINE FOR MODERN BLUEBEARD VERSAILLES, Deccmlwr (By erninental change, recalls in his week-j ss iated Press)--Henri Desire ly review of the political situation that La nl Bluebeard of Gambais," the treaty of Versailles gives the allies ni for )e flrst (inie sillc the right, in case Germany defaults to control her customs duties, taxes, exportations ami coal production. He says this must be demanded if the reparations commission thinks it is obliged to give Germany further time. The'negotiations understood (o he- going on now in London between the British government and lives from Germany are regarded i a mocking bow to the jury as he Trench official circles as a reprisal for alleged separate action of France making an agreement with the Turkish Nationalist government his trial opt-ned. A dickering expression of amusement crossed his face as lie listened to the words of Judge Gilbert sending him to the guillotine for a scries of the most lieinuus crimes in tlie history of French jurisprudence.

"Thank you, gentlemen," said Ijm- dni, nourishing his weather-beaten hat Angor. Much anxiety is expressed lest France should find herself faced with disappeared tlirough Hie little iljior leading to the Versailles jail. While the verdict was a a i (he convicted slayer of ten women and a boy spoke words of eni-ourasi-mcut to complete accord between Great Brit- his counsi nin and Germany. French and pointed out today that the question of reparations was above all a French inesllon. and a Great.

F.ritain was i interested only to the extent of twenty- two per cent of the reparations, whereas France lays claim to fifty-two percent of the German payments. Therefore it was declared, any arrangement I arrived at by Great Britain in senco of French representatives would bo rcsenlcd. The sftuatlon of the entente is regarded among French jrnvfrr.nient officials as exceedingly precarious, in view of what they describe as nervousness shown by Great liritain and llaly. DKTUOIT. December hunters lost their lives la Michigan during the twenty day deer season, which closed yesterday.

Two others arc reported mlsxiiiR and a score were wounded. These hunt ing casualties bring the total for the year to 22. The deer kill is believed not to have exceeded 4.rK0, due to the "one buck" law and other i restrictions Imposed by the k-glsluturc. his counsel. M.

Moro-CinflVri. worn out a his strenuous SHVO his client from death. was on Hie verge of collapse. "Strange standing of the greatest crowds at and around the court room ever seen in Versailles. Pickpockets began operations in the press of the gathering while the jury was out and three men complained that their wallets had been taken.

'If the trial lasted another day, I would he tinnble to find seat myself," Ijiindrn told he gendarmes as he surveyed the throngs struggling to enter after the recess. I.indrn seduced his women victims through promises of marriage. After luring (hem to his villa at Gnmbais, tlie prosecuiion charged thut he killed them and disposed of the bodies by burning them in small stove, a first cutting them into small pieces and crushing the skulls. The stove was one of the principal exhibits at the trial. The motive ascribed to Lamlru'was that of robbery, various entries in liote book being cited to prove, (hat he kept account of (he a derived from each The victims were mostly married women with small properties, who had been sepiirati-d from (heir husbands.

The evidence priiK-iually circumstantial, the only direct testimony being about a pound and a a of bones, some of the ments of which were so small that they had to he viewed under the microscope. Mr. Morse 1ms had one of the most spectacular careers of any of the big figures in American finance. For years a power in banking and shipping circles, he faced his first serious clouds in 1909. when suits were filed against him for more than $200,000 on promissory notes.

Mr. Morpe then was abroad (ind his counsel cabled to return. On.lite arrival, here, Upwii8 arrested and 1a'ter-convicted' 1 plied the funds of the. National' jfcink of North America. In ho was sentenced to ID years in -the federal penitentiary, at Then bis wife began u'fight husband a attracted interest.

Every art known to a wife was employed by Mrs. Morse to make her husband a free had protested to the his, trial --and after-- that he had conimitted no wrong, but had followed practices common to nearly every business man of his lime. On January 3.S, 1012, President Taft commuted the banker's sentence on the recommendation of tlie attorney general, based on a report from the surgeon general of the. army which said. He would probably not live a month i continued in prison and not more than six months if released Mr.

Morse, however, upset this prediction. lie spent some time abroad recovering his heallh and in 1010 resumed business in New York by organ izing a shipping combine for service with European and South American ports. In 1020 he again encountered' a federal grand jury, being indicted on a charge of having unlawfully sold an American vessel, the John McCnl- loiiKh, to the government of Tunis for half a million dollars, i permission of the shipping board. He pleaded not guilty, was released and soon. after (he indictment was dismissed.

After leaving Howdolu college, where bo showed his business acumen. Mr. Morse soon gained a firm hold on the ice- industry, and then began to seek control of various hanks. Subsequently. steamship his control.

compauies came under Tl RE DAMAGES PLANT PIIITjADKO'TlIA, December Fire today damaged the plant of tlie F. Weber Company, manufacturers of art materials to the extent of $500,000. A number of firemen were overcome by smoke. -o- shadow of death should console his dv- lender," i i remarked a' we li" 10 to those i i nearby. He refused to be a purly 10 a i I-resident Millcraiul- to sentence to life imprisonment, which was signed.

araoiiK others, by tin; jurors. "1 refuse to ask for niercy," he told the latter. "A Ike me wants justice, not mercy, i I am i then let me Hie: His remarks a reaching the cell were also characteristic of Ibis straiisi- character, record of whose deeds is unfolded 'in the illimy Versailles room has drawn 'he i of all France and of thousands nf persons in other countries. "II has been a great show." ho said. "1 hope Ihc public is satisfied.

1 siv you a ren- dexvMis for end of February or tin 1 beginning of Man-h slum- yon how an Innocent man dies." The last hours ot (he trial saw one Held As Jewel Robbery Suspects i I I A I December a white mini arrested I last night will he (iiieslioncd in regard 110 the jewel robbery at the hmne of I William Cooper Procter. A colored y' ou woman told the police. I hey say. a lorn- of the men had displayed some Jewelry. The men were searched and Iheir rooms visited by police, but nothing found would tend to incriminate them.

The men deny knowledge of I lie from robbery of jewelry to $100,000. POSTMASTER RKSIfiXS 1'OINT IM.KASAXT. W. Oeeeiil lci- T. Smith In'Viv li-n dered his resignation as postmaster here, lie U.

Democrat. BJHy Butt-In THE TIMES WEATHER MAN The in Hwil were: High, 08; low, 45. with the government's announcement --The justice department was undcr- tlmt subsidiaries were be stood todaj to have asked tlie navy de- abolished, are considered to have com-1 to send a destroyer to inter- elc-1 ccpt the French liner Paris and brine buck Charles W. Morse, of New who is reported lo have left the country in the face of a grand jury investigation of his ship contracts. It was understood that a naval destroyer would put to sea from a French port wkhin a few hours to intercept the Paris, which left New V'ork Urt Friday.

While neither Attorney General Daughcrty nor other justice ofifcmis would discuss the reported departure, it was learned that, every agency of the government would be used in effecting his return to this country. Immediately upon receipt ot Hie report that Morse had left the country, the department was understood to have radioed the liner Paris to hold Morse for return to Amediea. While justice department officials would not discuss the stilling of Morse then; were indications that the full fa- 1i r- ft I' This wnnii spell sort o' fools folks who thought it would bring more rain and a sront big Hood, but this weather bureau had that all figured out. so that only the cold weather extremists have got a kick comiii' Here's for tomorrow: OHIO-- Rain tonight ami Frktay. Warmer tonight.

Colder Friday noon. KENTUCKY--hain tonight and Friday. Colder Friday..