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The Weather Fair and much colder todiji toruor- tott, fair, rontlnurd colfl. ' (For full weather report, ere page 4.) Complete Markets Fall Associated l'rcss Report "2D YEAR VOLLUK IB N CMII ICR 847 Entared Jauunry 27, HOI,-at th» Fonl-OfTlca at Ktchmond, V*., as Saooud-Clans Hatter. RICHMOND, VA.. WEDNESDAY. DKf.KMRKR. la iQ'» _T«nrrvP r»A#-co MUM I Villi UIIUIIUII| RiCHMONDERS HEAR Popular Rector Gets Offer From Grace, It Is Understood. EXPECTED HE WTLL BE URGED TO ACCEPT IT Congregation Which Would Hear Him Worships in Broadway Edifice. nnciiiWGD rx,ACE* KT.sBtviiKiii: Minister of IIU tortr St. Tnal'* Refused Several Ttmes lu I,rn« Thl« Clt7. Kev. W. Russell Howie. D D rec- tor of PL rnul s Kplscopal Church* Is repnrtM to have been tendered a ..all to Grace Kplacopal Church, of New ^ ork City. 1t was stated here last "iKlit that it wa.s not dellnltely known . , rP. ? taM had offlclnlly be..i 'xtenJod. l,ut the h«:i,f w cv. pressed that Dr. Howie wluW b« .irKt«l to be orne rector of th<- .Ve-.v York rn-irrh. "'"h rjr. and Mrs n'.v.i. were re¬ port*'! a-< being In New Tor!; l.iv night. The Richmond r-r t,,r went . to «««"nrl a roe.tir,K. :t i, ,ln. derstr.od, and It 1, r.ot know,, here vvhetn^r -mill b- ro^.l,,! ftbo.Jt the roll while I*e !:< in .V,., yor|, "r'" f'hurvl. |« On llroailrrfiy. Dr (town- !»;,/* wfthln ih. :u-r two .T ! r.r»*o Vt-ars declined rail* t «... . eral churr^. About a ..)r o v-** offer, d 'he r«ctn,>M., .f rhn Ie*<l!'.K Cp^copH I hur< *1 1; J| "Polls. Minn . but after x .viur.r that < ly atul jjIviiik th.. offer c..r. »u , * deration, he declined t«. n «'A 11. J Hrao Church Is located on Broad¬ way an-j has one of the nu«t Influ- ial itnd wealthy congregations In he country. l:ov. < h.ri..0 .siattcr-. , wh° 1,a" recently I.e.-,, .la,i0 >''*hop eo-adtutor of M.issa h::s»tti,, with headquarters In Boston. * a* 1 * of Ul® ''hurch for ten yeans nutll accepting the bishopric. l.r Huntington v as a former recv»r. The .hureh Is so arrar Red that outdoor Mrrlcei can bo held. I»r. Iliin lr AaUve of Mlt-Iiinond. Dr. Howie is one the be.st known -.1 rrsr.st active of younger Kplsoopal '"¦jryruen of the .uoutli. v He was '.rn In IlkJimond <'tobei\\. son of Walter T:ti>.n*»U Howie and Mi* KJiiabetli llclMead (Branch) I'rrrir. II<. received t,,.. dcgr»o of H A. n» Harvard In !'< t and M. A s: Harvard :n 1?0.".. In liOi 1*./. j». f < 1 ved t hi d<;jf reo of H. I». from IT.Ion "I heo>»gl«-al .Sfmlnarf and In lf'Ij (hs, ilr*re^ of l> I). w.,s ... f.-rr.-il u;>r.n him l>y Richmond <'ol!on<-, now tie 1'tilvet sIty of Hirl.moiid l>r. Howie married Mi.is Jean !.a- \»ia.r.V-. of Buffalo. N. V .S. j.t.-ruber 2j. l j"3 Ha wan '>rl<iiti'*'i deacon In 1 SOS nr..I priest ir. 1!«05. He was rector of Knirnanue] Church. <;reen- r-ijod \'j.. frot;j UK'S until 1311. He has b«-en rector of .-"t. Haul's urcli * Ince 1511. He has served as hat:man of the Focial fiervlce Commission of the Pioc.es* of Virjjlnia -anil hold other positions of honor. He has also been * delcgato to the t»ciieral Convention r.f the Hrot> .Htant liplacopal Church Pr. Howie i« the tiuthor of "The Chlldron'K Year." lllfi; - The Master of the 1M1I," J I* 17. and "Sunny Win- ( dr ws. 1021 III! recently moved from 614 West Hrace Street to West- hampton. where ho is now making his home. ACCUSED WIFE SEEKS FUNDS FOR DEFENSE i [Tty Associated Press ] "ETROIT. MICll., Dec. IT. A pc 'itlon by Mrs May Hlenn Kord that he.- husband, Ney J. Kord. bo ordei'-d to arhanco J;'.,000 attorney s f«r« fi.r her defense on a charge of plotting his death, was taken under advise- ment by Judge Harry J. Dlngetnnn ,n Circuit t.'ourt today. Similar ac¬ tion was taken on Mrs. Kord's request for an inlditioiial $1,000 with which to contest Ford's suit for divorce. which was pending prior to the filins; of the attempted murder charge! against her. i Counsel for Mrs. Kord, former To- iedo.nia6seu«e. argued that Mrs. Kord had been "turned out of her homo without a dollar to defend horself," and held It to bo a husband's duty to provldo funds for his wife's defense on any charge. Judge Plngernan re¬ plied 'that it was a "most unusual procedure," and asked: "Is it part of ths husband's duty to put tho weapon in tho wife's hundsj" ELECTED IN JOKE, GIRL QUALIFIES AS JUSTICE ! (ny Associated Press.] N1.C.K10KSON. KAN'S.. Pec. 11'.. Declaring sho won in the recent, elee- j tion because clubwomen jokingly j wrot* her name on tho ballot. Miss Clara Arnold, lj years old. protested yesterday when asked to quality for tho ofllee of Justice of tho pace and polfco Judge. It. s a joke," she said. "1 don't want to be called Judge Arnold." Informed she must qualify or bo subject to prosecution, sho said- . .ion', want Friends declare Miss Arnold is tho youngest if no, tho only woman police Judge m Kansas. IfunRary Soils Turkey* to Cnnniin. TORONTO, Dcc. 12..Hungarian turkeys for the Christmas trade are being Imported Into Canada for the /first timet In tho Dotninlon'3 history. A local dealer aald today that 100,- 000 pounds had juSt been distributed for wholesalo' trado at prices lower !!*»..-CJUUMUeANU-own,. -birds. "TEN OPPORTUNITIES" ARE PRESENTED The Times-Dispatch tliia morning presents tho cases of ton Rich¬ mond far|Ulo3 who aro In dc.tltuto circumstances bd(I muBt havo tho aid of a generous public. Avary ono of tho "Ten Opportunities" has been Investigated by tho Associated Charities and found worthy of your Help. Sonet any contribution you may wish, designating the particular opportunity in which you are interested, to the "Ton Opportunities Fund," The Times-Dispatch, Richmond. Ya., and it will bo duly acknowlodgod through tho columns of this nouppapor. The opportunities, as selected by tho Associated Charities, fol'ow: opportunity no. i. Tli* public 1 s asked tj contrib¬ ute 1200 for tho uiaintinonce of .'» little Klrl of 1I. Tho court was obliged to make her ii ward of tho Stuto becauae of conditions In her homo, h'he was noi eltgib'e to ony orphanage, and, as nho ft vi ry talented child, wo arc an*- lous to give her a talr chance >.» make licr own way In tho world. Two hundred dollars will pay for tho year of 1323 at i'o.ter Kalis. i 'oni rlbutions received yester¬ day, 19. Total to date. 1114.15. OPPORTUNITY NO. 2. V/o asked for 1600 for this name family last .vear and must an.* for J300 this year. Both tho fa¬ ther and mother are tubercular and ai e In a sanatorium at present. Tho oldest boy. 1". who wti re¬ ported as having come homo from th* sanatorium In the appeal las', year. Is now well and working regularly. Tho Ave other boys ranging In age from I'J to 2, aro b«rlnK boareled by the Associated Charities at a splendid country homo. Th'y are going regularl7 to school ar.d are very happy and getting f'"t and rosy. Cor. trlbijtlor.s received yester¬ day. j;«. Total to date. J5*..TS. OPPOnTt'MTV NO. a. About a year ago a mother carr.o to us In groat dlatress. Shu had recently married and the s'.ep- f.ttl.er of her live children was ui willing to support, them and or¬ dered her to get rid of them a', once. We found he waa 111 treat¬ ing the boys and aume action had to be tahen. Wo have sent the.n away t<j a boys' school and aro anxious t«» ral.-e money enough to give them fa chance to gruw up log-.her. Two hundred dollars will sup¬ port one of them at Covington during the year IM'3. . 'ontributlonv received yester¬ day, JIT Total to date. Sft7.1^. OPPORTUNITY NO. 4. Through llln* as and worry, this woman has been rendered prac¬ tically dependent, and at present the Associated Charities is finding It necessary to pay her board. She formerly lived not far from Rich¬ mond and has a house for which aha has paid all but $2u0. This must be paid by .January 1 In order to save tho property to her. If we could pay off the notes oil her property, we feel It would mean more to her than anything that could he done for her benefit. Two hundred and fl!ty dollais. we beli'*ve. will restore this wom¬ an's health and nerves and enable her to cart- for her child. , Contributions received yester- day. »:o. Total to date. 5147,7.*. OPPOHTCNITY NO. f>. A year ago the Associated Char- i'm's asked for $2X0 to send a 11;- tlo girl of ft away to school. Her mother i<j a drug addict, who was unwilling to part from the child and would not hear of her being placed in n private lionio or or- phanage. She was willing, how¬ ever. to let her bo nway to school If v o could finance the matter. \V»; are most an.xlous to give her another year away front tho Influ¬ ence «,f i,er mother. Two hundred dollars is asked for a year's tul'.lon. ''ontrlhutIons received yester¬ day. t?.30. Total to date, $103.75. OPPOnTI'MTV NO «. Soeie years ago .1 woman who v. as working hard and trying to support her husband and only child a little girl, met with a seemingly flight accident. the ef¬ fects of which later changed her Into a erlpplc, unablo t > do work of any sort. Her husftaud, who was unable, owlnj/ : > a weak heart, to do any but a light va¬ riety of work, died last summer, leaving i"'ir with no Inc9m». Tli" mother *-id little g|.-i .ire devotod to each other and should not bo s»parat«d. Two hundred dollars is asked for thH family. Contributions teccivcd yester¬ day. Total to date. $lR3.7f.. OPPOHTI.'NITY NO. 7. Twin boy:-, whose father aban¬ doned them and whooa mother has had lu be placed In u~i In** tuti'n for the feeblo-mlnde.l, are Icing eared for in a g >od school. They are only 11 years old, an<l, in spite of their poor «.art in the world, are showing every desire to improve. Two hundred dollars will pay for one of t iies.j boys' maintenance at Co-.ington for tho rest of th.j ven r iJoni niiutlons received vester- day. 110.50. To^al to date. 5 113.o. OI'POItTfNITV NO. S. This young woman is a mother with two little children and her old invalid mother Alio lives with her. J«ho was the bread winner until sne developed tuberculosis. The only change f.r her Is to -.ay at home and follow tho tre&t- ment given her at the clinic. The disease Is tiw-.v arrested, but'tne doctors insist that If ^he goes ba-*k to work she will Immediate¬ ly br'-aii down. With help an- otl.er year there is a »;ood pros¬ pect of future happiness and inde¬ pendence. Three hundred dollars will keep this family togethjr for another year. Contributions received yester¬ day, }3l. Total to date. $117.75. OPPORTUNITY NO. #. Tho molhe. of two little chil¬ dren, tho idtiest of whom t.s 14 and :lie youngest '3. was left suddenly a widow. She Is not physically strong enough to work morn than half time, but she .-ays she will work her Angers to the bone rath¬ er than ifivo up her children. We arc at-king the public to contrib¬ ute 5 ISO for this family. Contributions received yester¬ day. $13. Total to date. 314?.7C. OPPOHTCNITY NO. 10. A mother, whose husband is in an insane asylum. Is faced wltu the prospect ot having to put her iour children in an orphanage. Ji«-r baby is less than 1 year old and tho oldest child only 9. Tlirev hundred dollars asked to help keep this family together. Contributions received \ ester- day, $17. Total to dale, 514 3.01. PISS HIIF-IW POST LOAD GUHZQN CLASHES 111 OK FBfl HEIDI: WITH ISMET IN PADLEVS Funds Pour In for Ilrlief in Protection of Minorities in the "Ten Opportunities*1 Turkey Rock Endanger- (Campaign. ing Conference. Mom than'hulf of tho total amount i needed for the "Ten Opportunities" j has been contributed by those who know what It is to help make life brighter for others. C!ol:is Into the sernr.il week of the drive for happl- j ne^s, this loohs pretty good. A little aceelerntion. however, would make j thinns better, even though there are so many demands for c.vtra change.! The memories of their own happy homes and iheir bright surroundings are nevir forgotten ly llw people of Richmond and Virginia.. Generous spirits live and have their being! here, and the call for help is always! met with a ready response. And this is particularly true when that call ccjnes from the sources that have in- eiuired Into the merils of those whose happir.es3 and future welfare is here sought. More than a score of little chil¬ dren. boys and girls, are Interested In the progress of this drive. Their future wlfaro depends largely, if not altogether, upon tho results e>f this effort to send them forward with some hope, at least, of reaching the point of solf-support. And there are a dozen women whoso happiness de¬ pends upon the relief here given. These facts In themselves have operated to the Sitent of opening the purses and melting the hearts of ail. and the contributions that aro coin- iii^; in will not only help the help¬ less. but vill Increase the happiness of those who contribute. I,et the good work proceed. That well-known pub¬ lic. "yell." "Do your Christmas shop- pint' early," may well be paraphrased with "Send in your contributions early" and avoid tho rush. Th» sum of $176 was received yes¬ terday, divided as follows: No. 1. $9; No. 2, J14: No. 3. *17: No. 4. 520: No. u. Jft.OO: No. 6. $30; .\V>. 7, J15.50; No. 8. 531; No. 9. $13; No. 10, 317. <i'oi,tinned on I'aRe 11. Col. tf.) X irRlnla Postmasters N'oniinnted. I fly Associated Pre ss.1 WASHINGTON. 1>>:C. 12..President Harding today nominated Joseph W. Stewart to he postmaster at Rich¬ mond. Among other postmasters nominated by President Harding to¬ day worn Patrick" J. Itiley at Ports¬ mouth, Va.; Robert I* Henderson at North Charleston, S. C., and Vernon W. Farls at Henderson, N. C. Charles II. I.eo was nominated to be postmas¬ ter at Clearwater, Fla., and Albert T^. Lucas to -be .poatmutftc atOMla,.lTia. [J>y Associated Press.) I-AC.^ANNK. Dec. 12..Ismet Pasha, head e.f the Turkish delegation, dashed the hopes of the Near Eastern conference for a speedy and satisfac¬ tory settlement for th.* protection of minorities In Turkey when. In an ad¬ dress nt this aft'-rnoor.'s session, he Insisted upon an exchange of the Greek population in Anatolia for tho Turks in Macedonia Ho demanded exclusion <.f nil foreign interference In Turkey, which, he said, would pro- te-t the remaining minorities, hs the Turks had always been able to j;et along villi oilier nationals when'they kepi out of polities and were not stirred up by outside interferences. Again"! I.enRriie Propotnl. Ismet declared Turkey would not accept I,ord ^urnon'a proposal to have the league of nations administer tho affairs e»f tho nilnori ties, as that would mean the foreign powers would continue their Interference In Turk¬ ish affairs and encourage the minori¬ ties to appeal to tho league of na¬ tions. This plan, he asserted, would result In tho exploitation of minori¬ ties for political ends under "the ly- ir.K cloak of humanitarianlsm." Tho Turkish chief delegate re¬ viewed tho entire history e>f Turkey from the time e>f the conquest of Constantinople. The Turks, he .said, had lived peacefully villi the Greeks and Armenians until a hundred years :-so, when the Russians began agi¬ tating against the Mohammedans un¬ der the pretense that Russia was the protector of orthodox Christiana in Turkey. Iloldn Itussia Responsible. lie charged Russia with being re¬ sponsible for the attack Gladstone made on Turkey in behalf of the Ar¬ menians. and maintained that tho so- called Turkish atrocities against Ar¬ menians frequently had been-in the nature, of reprisals for pogroms per¬ petrated by the Armenians through encouragement from Russia, which wanted some excuse for Invading Turkey. 'The Armenians brought the mas¬ sacres e>n themselves," Jsmet Pasha declared. "They have abused Turkish generosity and dabbled In politics. Jews have never had any treiuble In Turkey; that proves that the Greeks and tho Armenians havo been re¬ sponsible for their difficulties in Tnr-' key; they were fired by tho example of othor Greeks, the Bulgars and (CoaUuucd oa^ftgo 2*. Col* 4.) COMMITTEE HEARS OPENING EVIDENCE! IN DAUGHERTY CASE! Taft Letter. Scoring Burns1 Alleged Methods, Read Into Record. ACTION IN LAND FRAUD CASKS CAUSKS PARDON Attorney-General H e 1 <1 to Have Known of Mi>con> duct Charged. ; wh keiisiiaji ivii.i. TKvrirv, Impeuehment Procaines In I'roRrcifi >\ ilk Three Specifications Len¬ der Investigation. By Associated Preys I WASHIXOTON-, Pee. U'._li, arir:i;s on impeachment proce. dings brought against At torney-Gener*! P«ughertv by P.epresentativc KclUr, Bepubli*- can. Minnesota. were opened today* bofori the House Judiciary <~<>mmit- Thoy '.von- marked by frequent .flashes bot-A ....?! in. mbrrs of the committer arid JarUyon T'. n-i'slon cou: ml for Mr. Keller. first as to '' method of procedure and second a 11 to ,;-,o relevancy of testimony. I Tlie Minnesota Representative won '.1', nr»t skirmish. t^c committee Vot- in '.^eeutivo session. after an hour and a half of wrangling In the '.;>rn. in hear first evidence on three of the fou-tee:i specit'.cutlons deslg- nated by Mr. Keller, Instead of »ak- In-- up the charge* in til., numerical! ' riler in which thry were presented originally. A\ III \n( I nil Taft. Another derision was aralnst the! s--ircmnr.lr.fr of Chief Jurtice Taft. ¦"¦..os" pr.srnce had been rcni'stcd bv Mr. Ualston for the purposes of confirming a letter which Mr. Taft ,v " ;:l 1^12, while President. to i :h« then Attorney-General Wicker- sham, and which rr« read In the! record during the day. The com-! .it.ee held that confirmation would be unnpcfsj'ary. T.Ms letter, and on,; W ritten to Mr. Taft by Mr. Wickersham. constituted the principal evidence submitted to- ' both dca,t a pardon for W.llarrl X. Jones, convicted in Oregon in 1207 r.f alleged lar.d frauds, and referred to allfged ae- tlvlties of AVI 11 intn .1 Horns, ap¬ pointed last year bv Mr. Dnugherty on chief of ti)r bureau of Investlga- I -or: c f the Pepartinent of Justice, !n connect jon with the drawing of the- jury in the Jones case. Purpose to Support Charge. The p irpope of rhe!r introduction :nt-> the record. Mr. r.alsio,, ex-! p'alned. was t.. support the charge! in the irinea.v mr :i> speciflcat ions that Mr Pauglierty had appointed to positions "of errtat Importance and 'ur<?". financial and moral responsi- bwlty men who "are tintr*-tworthy, corrupt and dangerous to the liber¬ ties of the people of the United' Stater." ?n. the Wickersham report to the President. Ji was t=.t forth that Mr. 'Hums, who then was employed bv j tae government tinder Francis j. Ileney as special prosecutor in the I lar.d fraud cases, obtained In advance la list of prospective pet* iurorn who were to be c.-,!]cd jn thf# trI:)| h<l,-or(x Judirc Gilbert. and that after BOO of ihe L'.ilOO names had been found satis- factory from his standpoint their! names had been allowed to remain In Iho Jury box. Tnft Denounced Conduct. President Tnft. In replying to Mr. ¦u irUersham and- approving a pardon for Jones, declared the methods do- (scribed constituted "the most bare¬ faced and unfair use of all the ma-' ehincry for drnwinp u jury" which had been disclosed to him in nil his long experience in the federal courts I'" added th..t this condition "gives J sufficient reason lo Justify a pardon"' for .Tones as «> as "Justifying <-on- j demnation of the methods of lleney I and Hums." I'aul Ilowland, of Cleveland. Ohio. ¦who appeared as personal counsel for Mr. Pa ugh er t y. developed from James A. Finch, pardon attorney for the Pepartment of Justice, who pre¬ pared the report in the land fraud cause, that both Mr. Burns and Mr. I lleney had denied the charges with J (Continued on I'.ite irCol"& ) COLD WAVE TO GRIP | ENTIRE EAST TODAY; WEST FREEZES HARD' Havre, Montana, Leads in Low-Marking, With 34 IJeloiv Zero. I By Associated J'rcss. 1 WASH IXC! TON. Pec. 1U..Much, colder weather will overspread the Atlantic States Wednesday, esoopt the Florida Peninsula, and low tcm- peraturo ar:d fair weather will pre- vail almost generally in tho States Kast of the Mississippi Iilver during the next two days, the Weather Bu¬ reau stated tonight. Storm warnings remain displayed on the Atlantic coast from Cap*-'! Ifntteras to Kaslport, Maine, the bureau said and cold wave warnings were oidered Tuesday morning i'os ! the lower Inko region, the Ohio Valley, Tennessee, the Uulf States, the Southern Appalachian region and In the Middle Atlantic. States. North¬ ern New Knglaud, the interior of New York. deports to the bureau said the weather remained abnormally cold today throughout the Plains .States and Northwest. At Havre, Mon., a minimum temperature of 34 dogrees belonv zero .was reported this raorn- . 1 To Ask Jail Sentence for Drunken Autoists Director of Public Safety W. St Myers stated last night that ho would, at the next me«tlng of tho City Council. afsk that an ordi¬ nance be adopted imposing a flat Jail sentence of thirty (lays upon all persona convicted of speeding or driving cars while in a siato of intoxication. The director says ho la Impelled to this determinitIon because ot' the increac d number of accidents and near-ac:idcnts due to the two rauM's mentioned. lie would have the ordlnan e so written as to relieve the Justico or the Judge from discretionary power in tho premises. "Speeders ard drunken drivera tare' llt'Ie about (lues." tiald Di¬ rector Myers. "No ma.tter how often they are fined. they co out and disregard the laws again, but I feel certain that if jnll sen. tences are Imposed there will be a enrtallmfft ..i the serious of¬ fenses. I shall Insist upon the passage of Kuch an ordinance, an-1 will. If necessary. present Jlgures upon which to have rny conten¬ tion." Board of Aldermen Concurs in the Ordinance, 6 to P.y the vote of 6 to 5. the Eoard of Alrlcrmen last night concurred in the ordinance allowing the* B .u!*- vard Brldcc Corporation to construct a toll bridge acrois James Itiver with It? northern terminus at a point in Byrd Piirk the eastern boundary of that park. The paper now to the Mayor. It wus stat¬ ed last night by interested parties that work on the cons'ruetlon of the bridge would begin immediately af;«'r the Mayor's approval. Tile bridge is to he of concrete and stee], with a twenty-foot road¬ way and walkways of five feet each, and will have no provision for street car tracks. A toll is to be charged, to be fixed by the company, and tho city has the right to take over the bridge within live years at three- fourths of the original cost, which. It in estimated, will be about $175,000. Tho construction Is to b- under the supervision of the Director of Pub¬ lic Works. In connection with the bridge project a driveway along the bluff of the river on tho South Side Is to he dedicated to the city. Puller Oppose* Ordlimncf. Alderman Puller opposed the or¬ dinance because It Is to be a toll bridge, becauso i; will, from his \iew,)o*Tit. c«*>ct the city eventually about $:!..0,000, and because It. en¬ ters a public park. He also pointed out that If tlie Dooley estate Is an- r.ex<vl to the park, the abutment of 'lit- br.dire would then be about m!d- w.iv of the park. Alderman Joseph K. Powers moved that the ordinance be taken from t c table, where i: was placed at a former meeting of the Board, and tho v.te was as follows: Ayes. Orundy, Melton. Moss. N'unnally. Powers, White; noes. Kpps, Gunst! Pull* r. Woody. Adams. A resolution to acquire land to extend Belmont Avnu» from Monu- ment Avenue to Broad Street, as recommended by tho Financo Com- n;'itte#v nnd adopted by the Common Council, was recommitted to the Fi¬ nance Committee with the under¬ standing that provisions would be !r..-.ertcd to provide for tho opening of West Street The p^per was de¬ feated on the tlrst call, but the vote was later recor>slder« d. An ordinance authorizing the Myr¬ tle Grove Cemetery 'Corporation to use the city roadway between the Pine Camp property and that of the cemetery, was sent back to the Com¬ mittee on Streets for further infor¬ mal Ion W»int« "Invisible I.lghtn." Alderman White introduced an ordinance providing for "Invisible lights" to illuminate |,eo Monument. These lights, Mr. White explained, iil not bo visible except as they shine upon the monument. The paper went to tho Committee on Fi¬ nance, as did several ordinances pre¬ sented by Alderman Orundy. provid¬ ing for license fees for permits in varlou;: city departments. Including the Building. Police. Electric. Weights and Mea.aures. Health snd Plumbing Bureaus These fees are designed to help take care of the various ex (Continued on Pago 4, Col. 7.~) SUGAR MILL BOILER EXPLODES; 100 MEN KILLED OR INJURED Forty Wounded Are. Being Cured For Following ('.u ban Trngedy. fBy Associated Press.] HAVANA. Dec. 12..Olio hundred workmen were killed or Injured to¬ day in a boiler explosion .which wreeked tho Hstreila Sugar Mill, near fa maguey. Thirteen bodies had been recov¬ ered tip to 7 o'clock this evening, and forty injured persona woro beinti cared for in i.'amagijoj. Most of the \ Ictlins are Spaniards. CLKMKNCEAU sails' TODAY FOR FRANCE I By Associated Press. J NKW <»IsK. i»ec. j;..Surrounded by friends of Prance, in a hull fes- tooncd with the ibtg.-i of Ainn r lea and his own land, Georges t l-menceau tonight tanw to the end of his "peace mission," and took leave of Ilie L'tiited States. He appeared In tho grand ball¬ room of Hotel Pennsylvania, before 1,300 members of the American com¬ mittee for devastated Franco. Im¬ mediately after he had cpolien he motored to tho steamer Paris, on whicb lift «h11b back Jhojn* ta«a«Pff T i MERGERISGIVEN , '.Government Takes No Sfeji to Halt Armour-Mor* lis Deal. ;WALLACE FINDS LAW MERELY REGl ,'LATOKY Fails lo Prohibit Consolida¬ tions. hut (Jan Punish Any Evils Arising. PAPI-ns kii.i:i> >\ ITII SK\.\TI- Agriculture Secretary Srml^ All j Documents In < nse to Ciipcr liousc. I By Associated T'ress WASHINGTON'. Dee. 12 The gov- j eminent will take no action at this "we on the proponed acquisition o! Morris 4: Company's physical as- sets hy Armour & *"'ompany. of <"hi<-ago. it was formally announcd today, by the Secretary of Agricul- ture. This decision was reached hy Seo- ret a ry Wallace after long study of the proposal and confcrcncc with President Harding and \ttorney- General DattRherty. There was no Indication i-i Washington whether Armour & Company would pro- ceed with their negotiations for the Morris establishment, which Is a competitor ar.d one of u,0 "big five" packing establishments. .See* \o Oi'rnninu for Action. Secretary Wallace declared there appeared to he no occasion for ac¬ tion at this time, under the packers and stockyards act. which he admin¬ isters. in connection with the pro¬ posal informally laid before him hy T. Ogden Arinotir. Mr. Wallace also transmitted this information and ad¬ ditional data on the proposal to the Senate hi response to a resolution of Senator La Follettje, Itepublicau, Wisconsin. Tn a formal announcement. Mr. H ullace declared there was nothing in tho packers anrl stockyards a-t which specifically prohibits* the pur¬ chase by one packer of the physical a spots of another. An opinion by Attorney-General Paugherty, made public with the announcement, said the act is essentially a regulatory jono and that the duties and powers J of the Secretary of Agriculture thereunder ar. to regulate the H- dustry. Not neijulrcd to «;lte Advice. The Attorney.rjeneral declared neither the act j:.-.?If nor the regu- latlop provided for therein content* Platen or require* that the Seerc- tary of Agriculture should advise rhu Industry In retjanl to such a trans¬ action as proposed by Mr. Armour in advance of its consummation. Mr. [»augherty said the act vested Mr. Wallace with broad powers of in- <1 uiry and he was of the opinion Mr. Wallace might make such Inquiry. "Plie language of tho packers and stockyards act." said Mr. Paugh¬ erty. "makes it clear to me that the act does not require you to take any formal action unless you have rea¬ son to believe the law has hecn vio¬ lated or Is being violated. To con¬ stitute violation "f the. law within the meaning of thl« act. there must be sojnetAing more than a mere statement of what a person or cor¬ poration contemplates." <1 notr* Sniirrinr f'nnr(. Siting a decision of tho Supreme Court involving the act, Mr. Paugh¬ erty quoted from Chief Justice Taft us follows: "Its provisions arc carefully drawn to apply only to those practices and obstructions which in the judgment of Congress are likely to affect in¬ terstate commerce prejudicially," Hriefs of Armour Co., pre¬ sented to Secretary Wallace and transmitted to the Senate contended that the consolidation would not li.nder, but would increase compe¬ tition in the packing industry, lio. clslons interpreting the Sh-rman and Clayton antitrust law--. 111. federal Trade Commission act and the par!;- crs and stockyards act w< re cited to support the proposed consolidation. That the government, under the P.t -is»*rs !Mi<] fttnciiyii»iw act, would retain power to prevent any Int- prope r results of t he merg. r was contended by Armour & <'o. IlllTcr* I 'roni Other Industry. 'This Industry." tlto Armour brlfif paid, "is In a different situation from ar.y other private Industry in the country, because it is under direct supervision of n governmental agency, tho Secretary of Agricul¬ ture!. who is given power to Instigate and prevent in tho packing Industry unfair methods of competition, un- reasonable restraints of trade, or monopolies, and should it appear to hiin at any time that any such siiua- tion exists so far as this company is concerned, or any other packing com¬ pany. he is empowered to investigate and correct it. so that our st:it» . intents of what the retail 13 of this acquisition will be may h« accepud u ith the conllde nee and assurance . hat, if, in the future, a different situation should develop, the S-cre- tary of Agriculture will promptly use tlie pnVTers vested in him to correot it Mtntlxllc* Are Sultinitled. Statistics regarding the meat in- dustry were &uhmittcd to show that Armour and Mortis during the last ler. years had slaughtered 21.57 per cent of the total live slock In Federal inspected plants, while Swift & Co. had slaughtered a? per cent. Of the total meat production In 1021 of 16,150,000.000 pounds, it was said Armour produced 10.1:1 per cent and Morris o.2:i per cent, figures on subsidiary products also tvera given in part. The Armour brief emphasised that tho consolidation "wijl permit econ¬ omics to ha effected In and through . on. i"4g«~CtifiSTiJ t j Army of Unemployed Storm British Commons t By Universal Service.] '/'NDO.V, Dec. 12..A hundred members of England's crcat army of unemployed crcated r storzny scene in tho Central Hall of Parliament House tonight. While some of their number were Inter¬ viewing members, all suddenly produced big cards bearing tho words: "Wo are out of work. « e Wit! not let you forget." Tho men held the cards In front of them as they walked about. .The e'T.-rt was electric. Members and visitors were dumbfounded as ih« men began to sine "Tho Red Kiag." The police, angered. bundled the demonstrators out of the hall, '.ilir.r Member I^insbury protested against the action of the police. The numbvr of registered un¬ employed In Britain on December t was 1.3S?.000, an increaso of -.000 over thu previous week. WILSON PREPARING FOR 1924 ELECTION I.aw Partnership With Colby \\ ill Cease at End of Year. ! Associated Pres«.] Xi: W YORK. Dee. 12..Uainhrldgo Colby. Secretary of State in 1'ivsl- dent W llsnn's <'.ibinet. announced to- day that his law partnership with the former President would terminate '£c<jemhf!r at the expiration of s.ieir co-partnershlp nprcemtnt. Tho announcement was made from th.> local ofllees r.f Wilson and Colby, j ^ Heyond saying that the former President "is turning his rncrRies |onc0 more to subjects which havo lour- Invited him." Mr. Colby made no statement as to Mr. Wilson s plans lor tho ful ure. WIl.SO.V AfiAlV IS Tl lt\|>c; \TTKVriO\ To rnLlTir.S f By Associated Pres.'.] ^ ^SI'-WTON. l»-c. 12..P.alnhridg* ;( olby's announcement oT (he termina¬ tion of his law partnership with woodrow Wilson is not u surpriso to H .islil net on and Is regarded as an added evidence that tho former Presi¬ dent is again turning his attention to politics, particularly tho fortunes of the Democratic party in 1024. What depree of leadership Mr. Wil- son may expect to assume in his party Is probably known only to him¬ self at this time, ami it Is doubt¬ ful if even the few who aro num¬ bered among hjs confidante can ven¬ ture to speak with any authority on the subject. Is Mentally Alert. J-ince tho whole question of the former President s political activities spends largely upon tho condition (of his health, it may be said that his physical condition is virtually the same as it was a year »eo. and that j recent callers report his mind as ac- live .is It over was. j When he 1. ft toe White House. ,n tar worse p!i\i< al condition than he |f.» today, it was .Mr. Wilson's int^n* } tion to remain apart front polltli l-ut a a the recent campaign drew near he yield- d to the suggestions ..f those close about him and toolc som? part by way of writing letters which were introduced into the campaign in various .States. At tho same time Mr. Wilson renewed his activity in In¬ ternational affairs and hecan keeping himself closely advised on develop- merits in Kuropo. freed to Takr I Pnrl. ¦\arious conjectures aro advanced in political circles as to how promi¬ nent a pait Mr. Wilson mav take in the campaign of 1VJ«. His intentions ar<- undoubtedly known only to him¬ self. although it is known that he is being urged to take a prominent part and that his more favorable physical! condition is being urged upon him as one reason why ho should. Tho fact that Mr. Wilson has been doing a Ittrle better than holding his own physically, however, has led to ex- ague-rated reports that he has been walking about the streets of Wash-I ington unassisted, and that his tils- ability has almost entirely tlisap. i»ca red. Although it can be stated that the! former President's physical condition Is hotter now than jt was the tlav ho left tho White Mouse, ho still finds it necessary to place a limitation upon the time he devotes to callers nd letter-writing and devotes the1 "Tea.tr r part of his time to rest and .creation. i KKJUU, TJriKUU (JEiNTiS 'POLLARD DEFENSE WILL BE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL To Claim Mrs. Richardson Met Her Death During Scuffle. SAY WOMAN VISITOR POINTED PISTOL AT HIM !Grappling Ensued, According to Story, When Weapon Was Discharged. noiJV TO BE TAKJGV TO GEORGIA Chief Sherry and Cnptnln Wriglil, of rolloc, Arc lUrertlns the Inm- tlKrnlloa of Case, While only two theories ha.v» be^n advanced by the police aa to the I manner in which Mrs. Thelma Rich* ardson, *4, pretty divorcee and ateno- Igrapher, met her death In a scuff!* with Thomas Pollard, about 34, real estate man, who is charged with ¦ killing her at his home. 251S Grove Avcnun. about 7:50 o'clock Monday nicht. It was announced last night that !h»i defense will bo that she ac¬ cidentally *hot herself. One theory is that Pollard wrested a pistol fro:n her and the thooting followed, a bullet piercing h<>r heart, causing almost insitant, death. The other theory 13 that tho pistol was in her hands when tho fatal thot was fired. . Coroner Whitfield, who conducts an autopsy, found that tho fatal i bullet passed entirely through the woman's body and came out thf back. A .32-calil>er revolver is re- ported to havo been used. Take llndy <n Attnnta Tortny. Tho alleged slayer and .7. Moaby West, who is charged with being an accessory, were to have been granted a hearing In Police Court yesterdaj, hut the case was continued ur.til to¬ morrow. Coroner Whitfield has arranged to conduct an inquest tomorrow morn¬ ing at 0:30 o'clock. TV A. Bonnet*. H. T» Underwood, Ij. M. Wlngo, W. T. Torrence. .T. C. Welmer nnd 1,. X. C'ooko will comprise tho coroner s jury. The hearing; In Police Court will take pla^fl as eooy as the in - quest is concluded. Meanwhile preparations hare been made to take tho victim's body to Atlanta, Ga.. for burial. Coroner Whitfield gave permission last night for tho removal of the body, which will be placed aboard a train leav¬ ing here at l2:;i."i o'clock this after- noon for Atlanta. Tho body will bo a.»-om:>anlod by Mrs. Richardson'* brother, William Pierce Ham. of 101 I West Twelfth Street, South Richmond. and will arrive in tho Cieoruia city tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. Mr*. Richardson, who was M'e» Thelma Hani, came hero from At¬ lanta about ?lx years ago. She was married to Herbert I". Richardson. 'Jr.. of this city. Pec-.'mher CO, injT. j They separated In 1010. They were [divorced about three year1) aero, Richardson alleged that hi a wife ha! been unfaithful to him and that also became ill In a local hotel and re- malncd there several days. It was further alleged that on Juno 6, 10CJ. she was removed to a hospital and that a child was born prematurely. following un operation that had been necessitated by her condition, Reticent n» to Reconciliation, The young woman was daughter of Mrs. Rrlle Ham nnd th* law* .!. Fiuren Ham. of Atlanta. She mad" her home with her sister. Mrs. J. W. Grillln. in McDonough Street. South Richmond. 3 short while. Mrs. Gritfln hah since removed to Miami, PI a. Besides her mother, Mrs Rich¬ ardson is survived by two sisters. Mrs. H. G. Hamilton, of Atlanta, an I Mrs. Griffin, of Miatnl. and five broth¬ ers. I,eon R. a.nd James l.ee Ham. of Atlanta; Augustus R. Ham. of Vic¬ toria. V*.; Van C. Ham. of Moultrie. Ga . and William Pleree Ham, of South Richmond. William Pier.* Ilam. who lived on the Ninth Street Koad, Chesterfield County, moved t > South Richmond day before vester- (Continued on Fag-> 9. Col. i.» PHILADELPHIA MOURNS DEATH OF PHILANTHROPIC MERC HANI Flags at Half-Mast in Tribute to Join; AVananiakcr, Whose Funeral Will Be Held Thursday From Church He Loved and Served. t Ky Associated Tress. 1 PIITI<Al">KLPIUA, PA.. Pee. 12.. Funeral nervlces fop John Wan.i- maker, Internationally famous mer¬ chant and former Postmaster-Gen¬ eral, who died today, will be held Thursday afternoon at 'Z o'clock In Hi thunv Pr^-sbj torian Church. loeateil In ji neighborhood one© prosporoun. but no longer suggestive of either beauty or wealth. In that edlllcc, long has been known famlllar- i<*th by those who worshiped there and others an "John Wana- m.ikfr'.H Church," tlm body of the merchant prlneo wilj lie in stato Thursday front 10 o'clock until noon The Intet Tn t will be private in the family vault in t he picturesquely .'ituated C<m»tety of St. Janus the l.esa. Tin- Ilev. A. Gordon McLennan, pai-tor of f.ethany Church, will con- liuct services both in the church and at the vault Mr. Wanamnker. who was In his S5th year, had preserved himself in a remarkable manner, his active par¬ ticipation up until a few months ago In affairs civic, political, industrial and religious, having been regarded as almost without parallel. Although he had not been in his usual vigorous health In the last year. Mr. Wana- with (ho movement to celebrate tha one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the slgsiins of tha Declaration of Independonco with a world exposition in he having be*n a leader in the exposition in H76 which marked the ono hundredth anniversary of that fame historic event. (ireut Storfi Are Clour d. The death of the great merc^.art came at 8 A. M. the hour which for mote than half a century bh.v hirn at his place of buslr.es?. The Wanamaker stores In Philadelphia and N"»w York were closed immedi¬ ately and xvitl remain so until after the funeral. Men prominent In all lines of «.> .leaver Joino.l In exprf.«s!ons of re grot at the passing of Mr. Wana¬ maker anil the tributes came fr>¦ r** the high. the the rich and the. poor, business associates and buil- ness rivals. President Harding. (Governor Sproul. Cardinal Poughorty. Ciover- nor-Klect Clifford Plnohot and oth*ra prominent In tho official and relig¬ ious life of tha country, paid personal tributes to his life, aa did many oth¬ ers who cam* Into contact with h'.s manifold activities. Philadelphia'* puMto school* srlK .piukasr «<ui jjtojoinwiUy » i<2oaUau«l ^n.£5i» sC~8SE^jQt
Transcript of Report COMMITTEE HEARS Unemployed 'POLLARDDEFENSE...
The WeatherFair and much colder todiji toruor-
tott, fair, rontlnurdcolfl. '
(For full weather report, ere page 4.)
Complete MarketsFall Associated l'rcss
Report"2D YEAR VOLLUK IB
N CMII ICR 847Entared Jauunry 27, HOI,-at th» Fonl-OfTlca atKtchmond, V*., as Saooud-Clans Hatter. RICHMOND, VA.. WEDNESDAY. DKf.KMRKR. la iQ'» _T«nrrvP r»A#-co
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RiCHMONDERS HEARPopular Rector Gets Offer
From Grace, It IsUnderstood.
EXPECTED HE WTLL BEURGED TO ACCEPT IT
Congregation Which WouldHear Him Worships in
Broadway Edifice.
nnciiiWGD rx,ACE* KT.sBtviiKiii:
Minister of IIUtortr St. Tnal'* RefusedSeveral Ttmes lu I,rn«
Thl« Clt7.
Kev. W. Russell Howie. D D rec-tor of PL rnul s Kplscopal Church* IsrepnrtM to have been tendered a ..allto Grace Kplacopal Church, of New^ ork City. 1t was stated here last"iKlit that it wa.s not dellnltely known. , rP. ? taM had offlclnlly be..i'xtenJod. l,ut the h«:i,f w cv.pressed that Dr. Howie wluW b«.irKt«l to be orne rector of th<- .Ve-.vYork rn-irrh."'"h rjr. and Mrs n'.v.i. were re¬
port*'! a-< being In New Tor!; l.ivnight. The Richmond r-r t,,r went.
to «««"nrl a roe.tir,K. :t i, ,ln.derstr.od, and It 1, r.ot know,, herevvhetn^r -mill b- ro^.l,,! ftbo.Jtthe roll while I*e !:< in .V,., yor|,
"r'" f'hurvl. |« On llroailrrfiy.Dr (town- !»;,/* wfthln ih. :u-r two
.T ! r.r»*o Vt-ars declined rail* t «... .
eral churr^. About a ..)r ov-** offer, d 'he r«ctn,>M., .f rhnIe*<l!'.K Cp^copH I hur< *1 1; J|"Polls. Minn . but after x .viur.r that< ly atul jjIviiik th.. offer c..r. »u ,* deration, he declined t«. n«'A 11. J
Hrao Church Is located on Broad¬way an-j has one of the nu«t Influ-ial itnd wealthy congregations Inhe country. l:ov. < h.ri..0 .siattcr-.
,wh° 1,a" recently I.e.-,, .la,i0
>''*hop eo-adtutor of M.issa h::s»tti,,with headquarters In Boston. * a*1 * of Ul® ''hurch for ten yeansnutll accepting the bishopric. l.rHuntington v as a former recv»r. The.hureh Is so arrar Red that outdoorMrrlcei can bo held.
I»r. Iliin lr AaUve of Mlt-Iiinond.Dr. Howie is one the be.st known
-.1 rrsr.st active of younger Kplsoopal'"¦jryruen of the .uoutli. v He was'.rn In IlkJimond <'tobei\\.
son of Walter T:ti>.n*»U Howie andMi* KJiiabetli llclMead (Branch)I'rrrir. II<. received t,,.. dcgr»o ofH A. n» Harvard In !'< t and M. As: Harvard :n 1?0.".. In liOi 1*./. j».f < 1 ved t hi d<;jf reo of H. I». from IT.Ion"I heo>»gl«-al .Sfmlnarf and In lf'Ij (hs,ilr*re^ of l> I). w.,s ... f.-rr.-il u;>r.nhim l>y Richmond <'ol!on<-, now tie1'tilvet sIty of Hirl.moiid
l>r. Howie married Mi.is Jean !.a-\»ia.r.V-. of Buffalo. N. V .S. j.t.-ruber2j. l j"3 Ha wan '>rl<iiti'*'i deaconIn 1 SOS nr..I priest ir. 1!«05. He wasrector of Knirnanue] Church. <;reen-r-ijod \'j.. frot;j UK'S until 1311. Hehas b«-en rector of .-"t. Haul's urcli* Ince 1511.He has served as hat:man of the
Focial fiervlce Commission of thePioc.es* of Virjjlnia -anil hold otherpositions of honor. He has also been* delcgato to the t»ciieral Conventionr.f the Hrot> .Htant liplacopal Church
Pr. Howie i« the tiuthor of "TheChlldron'K Year." lllfi; - The Masterof the 1M1I," J I* 17. and "Sunny Win-
(dr ws. 1021 III! recently movedfrom 614 West Hrace Street to West-hampton. where ho is now makinghis home.
ACCUSED WIFE SEEKSFUNDS FOR DEFENSE i[Tty Associated Press ]
"ETROIT. MICll., Dec. IT.A pc'itlon by Mrs May Hlenn Kord thathe.- husband, Ney J. Kord. bo ordei'-dto arhanco J;'.,000 attorney s f«r« fi.rher defense on a charge of plottinghis death, was taken under advise-ment by Judge Harry J. Dlngetnnn,n Circuit t.'ourt today. Similar ac¬tion was taken on Mrs. Kord's requestfor an inlditioiial $1,000 with whichto contest Ford's suit for divorce.which was pending prior to the filins;of the attempted murder charge!against her. iCounsel for Mrs. Kord, former To-
iedo.nia6seu«e. argued that Mrs. Kordhad been "turned out of her homowithout a dollar to defend horself,"and held It to bo a husband's duty toprovldo funds for his wife's defenseon any charge. Judge Plngernan re¬plied 'that it was a "most unusualprocedure," and asked: "Is it part ofths husband's duty to put tho weaponin tho wife's hundsj"
ELECTED IN JOKE, GIRLQUALIFIES AS JUSTICE
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(ny Associated Press.]N1.C.K10KSON. KAN'S.. Pec. 11'..
Declaring sho won in the recent, elee- jtion because clubwomen jokingly jwrot* her name on tho ballot. MissClara Arnold, lj years old. protestedyesterday when asked to quality fortho ofllee of Justice of tho pace andpolfco Judge.
It. s a joke," she said. "1 don'twant to be called Judge Arnold."Informed she must qualify or bo
subject to prosecution, sho said-. .ion', want
Friends declare Miss Arnold is thoyoungest if no, tho only womanpolice Judge m Kansas.
IfunRary Soils Turkey* to Cnnniin.TORONTO, Dcc. 12..Hungarianturkeys for the Christmas trade arebeing Imported Into Canada for the/first timet In tho Dotninlon'3 history.A local dealer aald today that 100,-000 pounds had juSt been distributedfor wholesalo' trado at prices lower!!*»..-CJUUMUeANU-own,. -birds.
"TEN OPPORTUNITIES" ARE PRESENTED
The Times-Dispatch tliia morning presents tho cases of ton Rich¬mond far|Ulo3 who aro In dc.tltuto circumstances bd(I muBt havotho aid of a generous public. Avary ono of tho "Ten Opportunities"has been Investigated by tho Associated Charities and found worthyof your Help. Sonet any contribution you may wish, designating theparticular opportunity in which you are interested, to the "TonOpportunities Fund," The Times-Dispatch, Richmond. Ya., and it willbo duly acknowlodgod through tho columns of this nouppapor. Theopportunities, as selected by tho Associated Charities, fol'ow:opportunity no. i.
Tli* public 1 s asked tj contrib¬ute 1200 for tho uiaintinonce of .'»little Klrl of 1I. Tho court wasobliged to make her ii ward oftho Stuto becauae of conditionsIn her homo, h'he was noi eltgib'eto ony orphanage, and, as nhoft vi ry talented child, wo arc an*-lous to give her a talr chance >.»
make licr own way In tho world.Two hundred dollars will pay fortho year of 1323 at i'o.ter Kalis.
i 'oni rlbutions received yester¬day, 19.
Total to date. 1114.15.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 2.V/o asked for 1600 for this name
family last .vear and must an.*for J300 this year. Both tho fa¬ther and mother are tubercularand ai e In a sanatorium at present.Tho oldest boy. 1". who wti re¬ported as having come homo fromth* sanatorium In the appeal las',year. Is now well and workingregularly. Tho Ave other boysranging In age from I'J to 2, arob«rlnK boareled by the AssociatedCharities at a splendid countryhomo. Th'y are going regularl7to school ar.d are very happy andgetting f'"t and rosy.
Cor. trlbijtlor.s received yester¬day. j;«.
Total to date. J5*..TS.
OPPOnTt'MTV NO. a.About a year ago a mother
carr.o to us In groat dlatress. Shuhad recently married and the s'.ep-f.ttl.er of her live children wasui willing to support, them and or¬dered her to get rid of them a',once. We found he waa 111 treat¬ing the boys and aume action hadto be tahen. Wo have sent the.naway t<j a boys' school and aroanxious t«» ral.-e money enough togive them fa chance to gruw uplog-.her.Two hundred dollars will sup¬
port one of them at Covingtonduring the year IM'3.
. 'ontributlonv received yester¬day, JIT
Total to date. Sft7.1^.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 4.Through llln* as and worry, this
woman has been rendered prac¬tically dependent, and at presentthe Associated Charities is findingIt necessary to pay her board. Sheformerly lived not far from Rich¬mond and has a house for whichaha has paid all but $2u0. Thismust be paid by .January 1 Inorder to save tho property to her.If we could pay off the notes oilher property, we feel It wouldmean more to her than anythingthat could he done for her benefit.Two hundred and fl!ty dollais.
we beli'*ve. will restore this wom¬an's health and nerves and enableher to cart- for her child. ,
Contributions received yester-day. »:o.
Total to date. 5147,7.*.
OPPOHTCNITY NO. f>.A year ago the Associated Char-
i'm's asked for $2X0 to send a 11;-tlo girl of ft away to school. Hermother i<j a drug addict, who wasunwilling to part from the childand would not hear of her beingplaced in n private lionio or or-phanage. She was willing, how¬ever. to let her bo nway to schoolIf v o could finance the matter.
\V»; are most an.xlous to give her
another year away front tho Influ¬ence «,f i,er mother. Two hundreddollars is asked for a year's tul'.lon.
''ontrlhutIons received yester¬day. t?.30.Total to date, $103.75.
OPPOnTI'MTV NO «.Soeie years ago .1 woman who
v. as working hard and trying tosupport her husband and onlychild a little girl, met with aseemingly flight accident. the ef¬fects of which later changed herInto a erlpplc, unablo t > do workof any sort. Her husftaud, whowas unable, owlnj/ : > a weakheart, to do any but a light va¬riety of work, died last summer,leaving i"'ir with no Inc9m». Tli"mother *-id little g|.-i .ire devotodto each other and should not bos»parat«d. Two hundred dollars isasked for thH family.
Contributions teccivcd yester¬day.Total to date. $lR3.7f..
OPPOHTI.'NITY NO. 7.Twin boy:-, whose father aban¬
doned them and whooa motherhas had lu be placed In u~i In**tuti'n for the feeblo-mlnde.l, areIcing eared for in a g >od school.They are only 1 1 years old, an<l,in spite of their poor «.art in theworld, are showing every desireto improve. Two hundred dollarswill pay for one of t iies.j boys'maintenance at Co-.ington for thorest of th.j ven r
iJoni niiutlons received vester-day. 110.50.
To^al to date. 5 113.o.
OI'POItTfNITV NO. S.This young woman is a mother
with two little children and herold invalid mother Alio lives withher. J«ho was the bread winneruntil sne developed tuberculosis.The only change f.r her Is to-.ay at home and follow tho tre&t-ment given her at the clinic. Thedisease Is tiw-.v arrested, but'tnedoctors insist that If ^he goesba-*k to work she will Immediate¬ly br'-aii down. With help an-otl.er year there is a »;ood pros¬pect of future happiness and inde¬pendence. Three hundred dollarswill keep this family togethjr foranother year.
Contributions received yester¬day, }3l.
Total to date. $117.75.
OPPORTUNITY NO. #.Tho molhe. of two little chil¬
dren, tho idtiest of whom t.s 14 and:lie youngest '3. was left suddenlya widow. She Is not physicallystrong enough to work morn thanhalf time, but she .-ays she willwork her Angers to the bone rath¬er than ifivo up her children. Wearc at-king the public to contrib¬ute 5 ISO for this family.
Contributions received yester¬day. $13.
Total to date. 314?.7C.
OPPOHTCNITY NO. 10.A mother, whose husband is in
an insane asylum. Is faced wltuthe prospect ot having to puther iour children in an orphanage.Ji«-r baby is less than 1 yearold and tho oldest child only 9.Tlirev hundred dollars asked tohelp keep this family together.
Contributions received \ ester-day, $17.Total to dale, 514 3.01.
PISS HIIF-IW POST LOAD GUHZQN CLASHES111 OK FBfl HEIDI: WITH ISMET IN PADLEVS
Funds Pour In for Ilrlief in Protection of Minorities inthe "Ten Opportunities*1 Turkey Rock Endanger-
(Campaign. ing Conference.Mom than'hulf of tho total amount i
needed for the "Ten Opportunities" jhas been contributed by those whoknow what It is to help make lifebrighter for others. C!ol:is Into thesernr.il week of the drive for happl- jne^s, this loohs pretty good. A littleaceelerntion. however, would make jthinns better, even though there areso many demands for c.vtra change.!The memories of their own happyhomes and iheir bright surroundingsare nevir forgotten ly llw peopleof Richmond and Virginia.. Generousspirits live and have their being!here, and the call for help is always!met with a ready response. And thisis particularly true when that callccjnes from the sources that have in-eiuired Into the merils of those whosehappir.es3 and future welfare is heresought.More than a score of little chil¬
dren. boys and girls, are InterestedIn the progress of this drive. Theirfuture wlfaro depends largely, if notaltogether, upon tho results e>f thiseffort to send them forward withsome hope, at least, of reaching thepoint of solf-support. And there area dozen women whoso happiness de¬pends upon the relief here given.These facts In themselves have
operated to the Sitent of opening thepurses and melting the hearts of ail.and the contributions that aro coin-iii^; in will not only help the help¬less. but vill Increase the happinessof those who contribute. I,et the goodwork proceed. That well-known pub¬lic. "yell." "Do your Christmas shop-pint' early," may well be paraphrasedwith "Send in your contributionsearly" and avoid tho rush.Th» sum of $176 was received yes¬
terday, divided as follows: No. 1.$9; No. 2, J14: No. 3. *17: No. 4. 520:No. u. Jft.OO: No. 6. $30; .\V>. 7, J15.50;No. 8. 531; No. 9. $13; No. 10, 317.
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X irRlnla Postmasters N'oniinnted.I fly Associated Pre ss.1
WASHINGTON. 1>>:C. 12..PresidentHarding today nominated Joseph W.Stewart to he postmaster at Rich¬mond. Among other postmastersnominated by President Harding to¬day worn Patrick" J. Itiley at Ports¬mouth, Va.; Robert I* Henderson atNorth Charleston, S. C., and VernonW. Farls at Henderson, N. C. CharlesII. I.eo was nominated to be postmas¬ter at Clearwater, Fla., and Albert T^.Lucas to -be .poatmutftc atOMla,.lTia.
[J>y Associated Press.)I-AC.^ANNK. Dec. 12..Ismet Pasha,head e.f the Turkish delegation,dashed the hopes of the Near Easternconference for a speedy and satisfac¬tory settlement for th.* protection ofminorities In Turkey when. In an ad¬dress nt this aft'-rnoor.'s session, heInsisted upon an exchange of theGreek population in Anatolia for thoTurks in Macedonia Ho demandedexclusion <.f nil foreign interferenceIn Turkey, which, he said, would pro-te-t the remaining minorities, hs theTurks had always been able to j;etalong villi oilier nationals when'theykepi out of polities and were notstirred up by outside interferences.
Again"! I.enRriie Propotnl.Ismet declared Turkey would not
accept I,ord ^urnon'a proposal to havethe league of nations administer thoaffairs e»f tho nilnori ties, as thatwould mean the foreign powers wouldcontinue their Interference In Turk¬ish affairs and encourage the minori¬ties to appeal to tho league of na¬tions. This plan, he asserted, wouldresult In tho exploitation of minori¬ties for political ends under "the ly-ir.K cloak of humanitarianlsm."Tho Turkish chief delegate re¬
viewed tho entire history e>f Turkeyfrom the time e>f the conquest ofConstantinople. The Turks, he .said,had lived peacefully villi the Greeksand Armenians until a hundred years:-so, when the Russians began agi¬tating against the Mohammedans un¬der the pretense that Russia was theprotector of orthodox Christiana inTurkey.
Iloldn Itussia Responsible.lie charged Russia with being re¬
sponsible for the attack Gladstonemade on Turkey in behalf of the Ar¬menians. and maintained that tho so-called Turkish atrocities against Ar¬menians frequently had been-in thenature, of reprisals for pogroms per¬petrated by the Armenians throughencouragement from Russia, whichwanted some excuse for InvadingTurkey.'The Armenians brought the mas¬
sacres e>n themselves," Jsmet Pashadeclared. "They have abused Turkishgenerosity and dabbled In politics.Jews have never had any treiuble InTurkey; that proves that the Greeksand tho Armenians havo been re¬sponsible for their difficulties in Tnr-'key; they were fired by tho exampleof othor Greeks, the Bulgars and
(CoaUuucd oa^ftgo 2*. Col* 4.)
COMMITTEE HEARSOPENING EVIDENCE!IN DAUGHERTY CASE!Taft Letter. Scoring Burns1Alleged Methods, Read
Into Record.
ACTION IN LAND FRAUDCASKS CAUSKS PARDON
Attorney-General H e 1 <1 toHave Known of Mi>con>
duct Charged.; wh keiisiiaji ivii.i. TKvrirv,
Impeuehment Procaines In I'roRrcifi>\ ilk Three Specifications Len¬der Investigation.
By Associated Preys IWASHIXOTON-, Pee. U'._li, arir:i;son impeachment proce. dings broughtagainst At torney-Gener*! P«ughertvby P.epresentativc KclUr, Bepubli*-can. Minnesota. were opened today*bofori the House Judiciary <~<>mmit-Thoy '.von- marked by frequent.flashes bot-A ....?! in. mbrrs of thecommitter arid JarUyon T'. n-i'slon
cou: ml for Mr. Keller. first as to'' method of procedure and second
a 11 to ,;-,o relevancy of testimony.I Tlie Minnesota Representative won'.1', nr»t skirmish. t^c committee Vot-in '.^eeutivo session. after anhour and a half of wrangling In the'.;>rn. in hear first evidence on threeof the fou-tee:i specit'.cutlons deslg-nated by Mr. Keller, Instead of »ak-In-- up the charge* in til., numerical!' riler in which thry were presentedoriginally.
A\ III \n( I nil Taft.Another derision was aralnst the!s--ircmnr.lr.fr of Chief Jurtice Taft.
¦"¦..os" pr.srnce had been rcni'stcdbv Mr. Ualston for the purposes ofconfirming a letter which Mr. Taft,v " ;:l 1^12, while President. to i:h« then Attorney-General Wicker-sham, and which rr« read In the!record during the day. The com-!.it.ee held that confirmation wouldbe unnpcfsj'ary.T.Ms letter, and on,; W ritten to Mr.Taft by Mr. Wickersham. constitutedthe principal evidence submitted to-' both dca,t a pardonfor W.llarrl X. Jones, convicted inOregon in 1207 r.f alleged lar.dfrauds, and referred to allfged ae-tlvlties of AVI 11 intn .1 Horns, ap¬pointed last year bv Mr. Dnughertyon chief of ti)r bureau of Investlga-I -or: c f the Pepartinent of Justice, !nconnect jon with the drawing of the-jury in the Jones case.
Purpose to Support Charge.The p irpope of rhe!r introduction:nt-> the record. Mr. r.alsio,, ex-!p'alned. was t.. support the charge!in the irinea.v mr :i> speciflcat ionsthat Mr Pauglierty had appointedto positions "of errtat Importance and'ur<?". financial and moral responsi-bwlty men who "are tintr*-tworthy,corrupt and dangerous to the liber¬ties of the people of the United'Stater."?n. the Wickersham report to thePresident. Ji was t=.t forth that Mr.'Hums, who then was employed bv
j tae government tinder Francis j.Ileney as special prosecutor in theI lar.d fraud cases, obtained In advancela list of prospective pet* iurorn whowere to be c.-,!]cd jn thf# trI:)| h<l,-or(xJudirc Gilbert. and that after BOO ofihe L'.ilOO names had been found satis-factory from his standpoint their!names had been allowed to remain InIho Jury box.
Tnft Denounced Conduct.President Tnft. In replying to Mr.¦u irUersham and- approving a pardonfor Jones, declared the methods do-
(scribed constituted "the most bare¬faced and unfair use of all the ma-'ehincry for drnwinp u jury" whichhad been disclosed to him in nil hislong experience in the federal courtsI'" added th..t this condition "gives
J sufficient reason lo Justify a pardon"'for .Tones as «> as "Justifying <-on- jdemnation of the methods of lleney Iand Hums."
I'aul Ilowland, of Cleveland. Ohio.¦who appeared as personal counselfor Mr. Pa ugh er t y. developed fromJames A. Finch, pardon attorney forthe Pepartment of Justice, who pre¬pared the report in the land fraudcause, that both Mr. Burns and Mr. Illeney had denied the charges with
J (Continued on I'.ite irCol"& )
COLD WAVE TO GRIP| ENTIRE EAST TODAY;WESTFREEZES HARD'
Havre, Montana, Leads inLow-Marking, With 34
IJeloiv Zero.I By Associated J'rcss. 1
WASHIXC!TON. Pec. 1U..Much,colder weather will overspread theAtlantic States Wednesday, esooptthe Florida Peninsula, and low tcm-peraturo ar:d fair weather will pre-vail almost generally in tho StatesKast of the Mississippi Iilver duringthe next two days, the Weather Bu¬reau stated tonight.Storm warnings remain displayed
on the Atlantic coast from Cap*-'!Ifntteras to Kaslport, Maine, thebureau said and cold wave warningswere oidered Tuesday morning i'os !the lower Inko region, the OhioValley, Tennessee, the Uulf States,the Southern Appalachian region andIn the Middle Atlantic. States. North¬ern New Knglaud, the interior ofNew York.
deports to the bureau said theweather remained abnormally coldtoday throughout the Plains .Statesand Northwest. At Havre, Mon., aminimum temperature of 34 dogreesbelonv zero .was reported this raorn-
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To Ask Jail Sentencefor Drunken Autoists
Director of Public Safety W. StMyers stated last night that howould, at the next me«tlng of thoCity Council. afsk that an ordi¬nance be adopted imposing a flatJail sentence of thirty (lays uponall persona convicted of speedingor driving cars while in a siatoof intoxication.The director says ho la Impelled
to this determinitIon because ot'the increac d number of accidentsand near-ac:idcnts due to the tworauM's mentioned. lie wouldhave the ordlnan e so written asto relieve the Justico or the Judgefrom discretionary power in thopremises."Speeders ard drunken drivera
tare' llt'Ie about (lues." tiald Di¬rector Myers. "No ma.tter howoften they are fined. they co outand disregard the laws again, butI feel certain that if jnll sen.tences are Imposed there will bea enrtallmfft ..i the serious of¬fenses. I shall Insist upon thepassage of Kuch an ordinance, an-1will. If necessary. present Jlguresupon which to have rny conten¬tion."
Board of Aldermen Concursin the Ordinance,
6 toP.y the vote of 6 to 5. the Eoard of
Alrlcrmen last night concurred inthe ordinance allowing the* B .u!*-vard Brldcc Corporation to constructa toll bridge acrois James Itiverwith It? northern terminus at apoint in Byrd Piirk the easternboundary of that park. The papernow to the Mayor. It wus stat¬ed last night by interested partiesthat work on the cons'ruetlon ofthe bridge would begin immediatelyaf;«'r the Mayor's approval.
Tile bridge is to he of concreteand stee], with a twenty-foot road¬way and walkways of five feet each,and will have no provision for streetcar tracks. A toll is to be charged,to be fixed by the company, and thocity has the right to take over thebridge within live years at three-fourths of the original cost, which. Itin estimated, will be about $175,000.Tho construction Is to b- under thesupervision of the Director of Pub¬lic Works. In connection with thebridge project a driveway along thebluff of the river on tho South SideIs to he dedicated to the city.
Puller Oppose* Ordlimncf.Alderman Puller opposed the or¬
dinance because It Is to be a tollbridge, becauso i; will, from his\iew,)o*Tit. c«*>ct the city eventuallyabout $:!..0,000, and because It. en¬ters a public park. He also pointedout that If tlie Dooley estate Is an-r.ex<vl to the park, the abutment of'lit- br.dire would then be about m!d-w.iv of the park.Alderman Joseph K. Powers movedthat the ordinance be taken from
t c table, where i: was placed at aformer meeting of the Board, andtho v.te was as follows: Ayes.Orundy, Melton. Moss. N'unnally.Powers, White; noes.Kpps, Gunst!Pull* r. Woody. Adams.A resolution to acquire land to
extend Belmont Avnu» from Monu-ment Avenue to Broad Street, asrecommended by tho Financo Com-n;'itte#v nnd adopted by the CommonCouncil, was recommitted to the Fi¬nance Committee with the under¬standing that provisions would be!r..-.ertcd to provide for tho openingof West Street The p^per was de¬feated on the tlrst call, but the votewas later recor>slder« d.An ordinance authorizing the Myr¬
tle Grove Cemetery 'Corporation touse the city roadway between thePine Camp property and that of thecemetery, was sent back to the Com¬mittee on Streets for further infor¬mal Ion
W»int« "Invisible I.lghtn."Alderman White introduced an
ordinance providing for "Invisiblelights" to illuminate |,eo Monument.These lights, Mr. White explained,
iil not bo visible except as theyshine upon the monument. Thepaper went to tho Committee on Fi¬nance, as did several ordinances pre¬sented by Alderman Orundy. provid¬ing for license fees for permits invarlou;: city departments. Includingthe Building. Police. Electric. Weightsand Mea.aures. Health snd PlumbingBureaus These fees are designed tohelp take care of the various ex
(Continued on Pago 4, Col. 7.~)
SUGAR MILL BOILEREXPLODES; 100 MENKILLED OR INJURED
Forty Wounded Are. BeingCured For Following
('.u ban Trngedy.fBy Associated Press.]
HAVANA. Dec. 12..Olio hundredworkmen were killed or Injured to¬day in a boiler explosion .whichwreeked tho Hstreila Sugar Mill,near famaguey.
Thirteen bodies had been recov¬ered tip to 7 o'clock this evening, andforty injured persona woro beinticared for in i.'amagijoj. Most of the\ Ictlins are Spaniards.
CLKMKNCEAU sails'TODAY FOR FRANCEI By Associated Press. J
NKW <»IsK. i»ec. j;..Surroundedby friends of Prance, in a hull fes-tooncd with the ibtg.-i of Ainn rlea andhis own land, Georges t l-menceautonight tanw to the end of his"peace mission," and took leave ofIlie L'tiited States.He appeared In tho grand ball¬
room of Hotel Pennsylvania, before1,300 members of the American com¬mittee for devastated Franco. Im¬mediately after he had cpolien hemotored to tho steamer Paris, onwhicb lift «h11b back Jhojn* ta«a«Pff
T
i MERGERISGIVEN,'.Government Takes No Sfeji
to Halt Armour-Mor*lis Deal.
;WALLACE FINDS LAWMERELY REGl,'LATOKY
Fails lo Prohibit Consolida¬tions. hut (Jan PunishAny Evils Arising.
PAPI-ns kii.i:i> >\ ITII SK\.\TI-
Agriculture Secretary Srml^ All
j Documents In < nse to Ciipcrliousc.
I By Associated T'ressWASHINGTON'. Dee. 12 The gov-j eminent will take no action at this
"we on the proponed acquisition o!Morris 4: Company's physical as-sets hy Armour & *"'ompany. of<"hi<-ago. it was formally announcdtoday, by the Secretary of Agricul-ture.This decision was reached hy Seo-
ret a ry Wallace after long study ofthe proposal and confcrcncc withPresident Harding and \ttorney-General DattRherty. There was noIndication i-i Washington whetherArmour & Company would pro-ceed with their negotiations for theMorris establishment, which Is acompetitor ar.d one of u,0 "big five"packing establishments.
.See* \o Oi'rnninu for Action.Secretary Wallace declared there
appeared to he no occasion for ac¬tion at this time, under the packersand stockyards act. which he admin¬isters. in connection with the pro¬posal informally laid before him hyT. Ogden Arinotir. Mr. Wallace alsotransmitted this information and ad¬
ditional data on the proposal to theSenate hi response to a resolution ofSenator La Follettje, Itepublicau,Wisconsin.
Tn a formal announcement. Mr.H ullace declared there was nothingin tho packers anrl stockyards a-twhich specifically prohibits* the pur¬chase by one packer of the physicalaspots of another. An opinion byAttorney-General Paugherty, madepublic with the announcement, saidthe act is essentially a regulatory
jono and that the duties and powersJ of the Secretary of Agriculturethereunder ar. to regulate the H-dustry.
Not neijulrcd to «;lte Advice.The Attorney.rjeneral declared
neither the act j:.-.?If nor the regu-latlop provided for therein content*Platen or require* that the Seerc-tary of Agriculture should advise rhuIndustry In retjanl to such a trans¬action as proposed by Mr. Armourin advance of its consummation. Mr.[»augherty said the act vested Mr.Wallace with broad powers of in-<1 uiry and he was of the opinion Mr.Wallace might make such Inquiry.
"Plie language of tho packers andstockyards act." said Mr. Paugh¬erty. "makes it clear to me that theact does not require you to take anyformal action unless you have rea¬son to believe the law has hecn vio¬lated or Is being violated. To con¬stitute violation "f the. law withinthe meaning of thl« act. there mustbe sojnetAing more than a merestatement of what a person or cor¬poration contemplates."
<1 notr* Sniirrinr f'nnr(.Siting a decision of tho Supreme
Court involving the act, Mr. Paugh¬erty quoted from Chief Justice Taftus follows:
"Its provisions arc carefully drawnto apply only to those practices andobstructions which in the judgmentof Congress are likely to affect in¬terstate commerce prejudicially,"
Hriefs of Armour Co., pre¬sented to Secretary Wallace andtransmitted to the Senate contendedthat the consolidation would notli.nder, but would increase compe¬tition in the packing industry, lio.clslons interpreting the Sh-rman andClayton antitrust law--. 111. federalTrade Commission act and the par!;-crs and stockyards act w< re cited tosupport the proposed consolidation.That the government, under the
P.t -is»*rs !Mi<] fttnciiyii»iw act, wouldretain power to prevent any Int-prope r results of t he merg. r wascontended by Armour & <'o.
IlllTcr* I 'roni Other Industry.'This Industry." tlto Armour brlfif
paid, "is In a different situation fromar.y other private Industry in thecountry, because it is under directsupervision of n governmentalagency, tho Secretary of Agricul¬ture!. who is given power to Instigateand prevent in tho packing Industryunfair methods of competition, un-reasonable restraints of trade, ormonopolies, and should it appear tohiin at any time that any such siiua-tion exists so far as this company isconcerned, or any other packing com¬pany. he is empowered to investigateand correct it. so that our st:it» .
intents of what the retail 13 of thisacquisition will be may h« accepudu ith the conllde nee and assurance. hat, if, in the future, a differentsituation should develop, the S-cre-tary of Agriculture will promptlyuse tlie pnVTers vested in him tocorreot it
Mtntlxllc* Are Sultinitled.Statistics regarding the meat in-
dustry were &uhmittcd to show thatArmour and Mortis during the lastler. years had slaughtered 21.57 percent of the total live slock InFederal inspected plants, while Swift& Co. had slaughtered a? percent. Of the total meat productionIn 1021 of 16,150,000.000 pounds, itwas said Armour produced 10.1:1 percent and Morris o.2:i per cent, figureson subsidiary products also tveragiven in part.The Armour brief emphasised that
tho consolidation "wijl permit econ¬omics to ha effected In and through
. on. i"4g«~CtifiSTiJ
tj Army of Unemployed
Storm British Commonst By Universal Service.]
'/'NDO.V, Dec. 12..A hundredmembers of England's crcat armyof unemployed crcated r storznyscene in tho Central Hall ofParliament House tonight. Whilesome of their number were Inter¬viewing members, all suddenlyproduced big cards bearing thowords: "Wo are out of work.« e Wit! not let you forget."Tho men held the cards In front
of them as they walked about..The e'T.-rt was electric. Membersand visitors were dumbfoundedas ih« men began to sine "ThoRed Kiag."The police, angered. bundled
the demonstrators out of the hall,'.ilir.r Member I^insbury protestedagainst the action of the police.The numbvr of registered un¬
employed In Britain on Decembert was 1.3S?.000, an increaso of-.000 over thu previous week.
WILSON PREPARINGFOR 1924 ELECTIONI.aw Partnership With Colby
\\ ill Cease at End ofYear.
! Associated Pres«.]Xi:W YORK. Dee. 12..Uainhrldgo
Colby. Secretary of State in 1'ivsl-dent W llsnn's <'.ibinet. announced to-day that his law partnership with theformer President would terminate'£c<jemhf!r at the expiration ofs.ieir co-partnershlp nprcemtnt. Thoannouncement was made from th.>local ofllees r.f Wilson and Colby,
j ^Heyond saying that the former
President "is turning his rncrRies|onc0 more to subjects which havolour- Invited him." Mr. Colby madeno statement as to Mr. Wilson s planslor tho ful ure.
WIl.SO.V AfiAlV IS Tl lt\|>c;\TTKVriO\ To rnLlTir.S
f By Associated Pres.'.]^ ^SI'-WTON. l»-c. 12..P.alnhridg*
;( olby's announcement oT (he termina¬tion of his law partnership withwoodrow Wilson is not u surpriso toH .islil net on and Is regarded as anadded evidence that tho former Presi¬dent is again turning his attention topolitics, particularly tho fortunes ofthe Democratic party in 1024.What depree of leadership Mr. Wil-
son may expect to assume in hisparty Is probably known only to him¬self at this time, ami it Is doubt¬ful if even the few who aro num¬bered among hjs confidante can ven¬ture to speak with any authority onthe subject.
Is Mentally Alert.J-ince tho whole question of the
former President s political activitiesspends largely upon tho condition
(of his health, it may be said thathis physical condition is virtually thesame as it was a year »eo. and that
j recent callers report his mind as ac-live .is It over was.
j When he 1. ft toe White House. ,ntar worse p!i\i< al condition than he
|f.» today, it was .Mr. Wilson's int^n*} tion to remain apart front polltlil-ut a a the recent campaign drewnear he yield- d to the suggestions ..fthose close about him and toolc som?part by way of writing letters whichwere introduced into the campaign invarious .States. At tho same time Mr.Wilson renewed his activity in In¬ternational affairs and hecan keepinghimself closely advised on develop-merits in Kuropo.
freed to Takr I Pnrl.¦\arious conjectures aro advanced
in political circles as to how promi¬nent a pait Mr. Wilson mav take inthe campaign of 1VJ«. His intentionsar<- undoubtedly known only to him¬self. although it is known that he isbeing urged to take a prominent partand that his more favorable physical!condition is being urged upon himas one reason why ho should. Thofact that Mr. Wilson has been doinga Ittrle better than holding his ownphysically, however, has led to ex-ague-rated reports that he has beenwalking about the streets of Wash-Iington unassisted, and that his tils-ability has almost entirely tlisap.i»ca red.Although it can be stated that the!
former President's physical conditionIs hotter now than jt was the tlav holeft tho White Mouse, ho still findsit necessary to place a limitationupon the time he devotes to callersnd letter-writing and devotes the1
"Tea.tr r part of his time to rest and.creation. i
KKJUU, TJriKUU (JEiNTiS
'POLLARD DEFENSEWILL BE SHOOTINGWAS ACCIDENTAL
To Claim Mrs. RichardsonMet Her Death During
Scuffle.
SAY WOMAN VISITORPOINTED PISTOL AT HIM
!Grappling Ensued, Accordingto Story, When Weapon
Was Discharged.noiJV TO BE TAKJGV TO GEORGIA
Chief Sherry and Cnptnln Wriglil, ofrolloc, Arc lUrertlns the Inm-
tlKrnlloa of Case,
While only two theories ha.v» be^nadvanced by the police aa to theI manner in which Mrs. Thelma Rich*ardson, *4, pretty divorcee and ateno-Igrapher, met her death In a scuff!*with Thomas Pollard, about 34, realestate man, who is charged with
¦ killing her at his home. 251S GroveAvcnun. about 7:50 o'clock Mondaynicht. It was announced last nightthat !h»i defense will bo that she ac¬cidentally *hot herself.One theory is that Pollard wrested
a pistol fro:n her and the thootingfollowed, a bullet piercing h<>r heart,causing almost insitant, death. Theother theory 13 that tho pistol wasin her hands when tho fatal thotwas fired. .
Coroner Whitfield, who conductsan autopsy, found that tho fatali bullet passed entirely through thewoman's body and came out thfback. A .32-calil>er revolver is re-ported to havo been used.
Take llndy <n Attnnta Tortny.Tho alleged slayer and .7. Moaby
West, who is charged with being anaccessory, were to have been granteda hearing In Police Court yesterdaj,hut the case was continued ur.til to¬morrow.Coroner Whitfield has arranged to
conduct an inquest tomorrow morn¬ing at 0:30 o'clock. TV A. Bonnet*.H. T» Underwood, Ij. M. Wlngo, W.T. Torrence. .T. C. Welmer nnd 1,.X. C'ooko will comprise tho coroner sjury. The hearing; In Police Courtwill take pla^fl as eooy as the in -
quest is concluded.Meanwhile preparations hare been
made to take tho victim's body toAtlanta, Ga.. for burial. CoronerWhitfield gave permission last nightfor tho removal of the body, whichwill be placed aboard a train leav¬ing here at l2:;i."i o'clock this after-noon for Atlanta. Tho body will boa.»-om:>anlod by Mrs. Richardson'*brother, William Pierce Ham. of 101
I West Twelfth Street, South Richmond.and will arrive in tho Cieoruia citytomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.Mr*. Richardson, who was M'e»
Thelma Hani, came hero from At¬lanta about ?lx years ago. She wasmarried to Herbert I". Richardson.'Jr.. of this city. Pec-.'mher CO, injT.j They separated In 1010. They were[divorced about three year1) aero,Richardson alleged that hi a wife ha!been unfaithful to him and that alsobecame ill In a local hotel and re-malncd there several days. It wasfurther alleged that on Juno 6, 10CJ.she was removed to a hospital andthat a child was born prematurely.following un operation that hadbeen necessitated by her condition,
Reticent n» to Reconciliation,The young woman was daughterof Mrs. Rrlle Ham nnd th* law* .!.
Fiuren Ham. of Atlanta. She mad"her home with her sister. Mrs. J.W. Grillln. in McDonough Street.South Richmond. 3 short while. Mrs.Gritfln hah since removed to Miami,PI a. Besides her mother, Mrs Rich¬ardson is survived by two sisters.Mrs. H. G. Hamilton, of Atlanta, an IMrs. Griffin, of Miatnl. and five broth¬ers. I,eon R. a.nd James l.ee Ham. ofAtlanta; Augustus R. Ham. of Vic¬toria. V*.; Van C. Ham. of Moultrie.Ga . and William Pleree Ham, ofSouth Richmond. William Pier.*Ilam. who lived on the Ninth StreetKoad, Chesterfield County, moved t >South Richmond day before vester-(Continued on Fag-> 9. Col. i.»
PHILADELPHIA MOURNS DEATHOF PHILANTHROPIC MERCHANI
Flags at Half-Mast in Tribute to Join; AVananiakcr,Whose Funeral Will Be Held Thursday FromChurch He Loved and Served.
t Ky Associated Tress. 1PIITI<Al">KLPIUA, PA.. Pee. 12..
Funeral nervlces fop John Wan.i-maker, Internationally famous mer¬chant and former Postmaster-Gen¬eral, who died today, will be heldThursday afternoon at 'Z o'clock InHi thunv Pr^-sbj torian Church. loeateilIn ji neighborhood one© prosporoun.but no longer suggestive of eitherbeauty or wealth. In that edlllcc,
long has been known famlllar-i<*th by those who worshiped
there and others an "John Wana-m.ikfr'.H Church," tlm body of themerchant prlneo wilj lie in statoThursday front 10 o'clock until noonThe Intet Tn t will be private in
the family vault in t he picturesquely.'ituated C<m»tety of St. Janus thel.esa. Tin- Ilev. A. Gordon McLennan,pai-tor of f.ethany Church, will con-liuct services both in the church andat the vault
Mr. Wanamnker. who was In hisS5th year, had preserved himself ina remarkable manner, his active par¬ticipation up until a few months agoIn affairs civic, political, industrialand religious, having been regardedas almost without parallel. Althoughhe had not been in his usual vigoroushealth In the last year. Mr. Wana-
with (ho movement to celebrate thaone hundred and fiftieth anniversaryof the slgsiins of tha Declaration ofIndependonco with a world expositionin he having be*n a leader inthe exposition in H76 which markedthe ono hundredth anniversary ofthat fame historic event.
(ireut Storfi Are Clour d.The death of the great merc^.art
came at 8 A. M. the hour whichfor mote than half a century bh.vhirn at his place of buslr.es?. TheWanamaker stores In Philadelphiaand N"»w York were closed immedi¬ately and xvitl remain so until afterthe funeral.Men prominent In all lines of «.>
.leaver Joino.l In exprf.«s!ons of regrot at the passing of Mr. Wana¬maker anil the tributes came fr>¦ r**the high. the the rich and the.poor, business associates and buil-ness rivals.President Harding. (GovernorSproul. Cardinal Poughorty. Ciover-
nor-Klect Clifford Plnohot and oth*raprominent In tho official and relig¬ious life of tha country, paid personaltributes to his life, aa did many oth¬ers who cam* Into contact with h'.smanifold activities.
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