San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 334, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 8, 1920 Page: 2 of 24
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORN 1NQ DECEMBER 8,J920.
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CLARA SMITH FOUND IN
MEXICO NEAR EL PASO
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ilutt Clara Barton Smith, wanted here in
ICtlon with the /atal shooting of Jake
liuuiu, was belle lad to bfi Jjl a Mexican
der town.
|Mr. Brown said he and Sheriff Garrett
all discuss tonight or tomorrow the Mug-
217 hast M^-.-ton Slr#rt
L«ok far Thii sign—•
"The Original Rees"
When You Want the Beat
Optical Service
ibee Cnariei Kees
the "ORIGINAL REES," SPB-
ClALiST in Lxamination of the
Eyes and Fitting of Glasses. Es-
tablished 1898.
—Look for—
gestion of Sheriff oraudorff that
sheriff here send a man u> El l'aso.
The county attorney said he was "very
efcrry'' that .Sheriff urndorffa message
had been giv#i premature publication.'*
lie said it inikhi seriously injure or render
impossible the >-ounces of having Miss
Smith returned to Ardmore, should the
woman under surveillance in the unnamed
Mexican town, prove to be the alleged slay-
er of Mr. Hauion.
Mr. Brown refused to comment on stops
that possibly would be takeu lu the event
Miss Smith has been located, Inasmuch as
the present regime in Mexico has not been
formally recognized by the United States.
the GREEK CABINET ASKS
CONSTANTINE TO ABDICATE
Near Ciunl«r H<tlel
217 Bast Houston Mreet
16799
DIED
New York City alone from kid-
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tlecting pains and aches. Guard
ftinat tnu> trouble oy taking
GOLD MEDAL
MRS. 1IAMON INDIGNANT.
By Caheraal Service.
FORT WORTH, Tex.. Dec. 7—An "am-
bassador from hell." started the scandal
about Jake L. Hamon. multl millionaire,
who was fatally shot at Ardmore, Okla.,
declared his widow who s|H?nt Tuesday
morning in this city.
"Just because my poor husband died
such a horrible death, all sorts of stories
have been written about him," she said,
"anybody knows how treacherous an auto-
matic pistol Is ami how easily he could
have accidentally shot himself. And yet
the whole United States is alive with a
belief that he was mixed up in some sort
of scandal."
Judging from the widow's statements,
she, until utter the shooting, had not even
heard of Mrs. Clara Smith Hauion, the
woman who iar being hunted on a charge
of having killed Hamon.
"Why as far as P know, Clara Smith
Hamon is a fictitious person," he con-
tinued. "but if there is such a person and
if those things contained in that diary
are true he was being haunted. He was
being tortured by some inhuman crea-
ture. possessed with qualities that coul i
come only from hell. Only a human devil
could make Juke Hamon what I hat diary
would lead people to believe he is."
Mrs. ll.iuon was en route to Texas oil i
towns to attend to business affairs of lior ,
dead husband. She was accompanied by i
Hamou's business friend and her curly* !
haired daughter, Olive Dell.
Sir?. Hamon refused to receive callers at I
the hotel. The clerk refuted to tell her MAC8W
room number. However, she was found ' By l
in the dining hall and aft««r some persua
sion talked freely of her husband's tragi-
death.
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one when that treaty was fif^d foresaw
it would be applied in the World v\ ar, as
the interpretation given by Premier \eul-
2,'lus at (hv iK'fc'lriniLf of the war Proved.
Tlii1 former Kim; fitrtlier maintained that
by remaining neutral he gave the allies
lime to concentrate their armies at 8a-
lonlkl and enabled them te*uaa the Gessk
armies, even alter the armistice. If Greece
had entered the war iu 19U* she would
net have been able to do what sha now
was doing in Asia Minor.
"VenixcTos was the cause of ail the mis-
understandings with the entente, he said.
"The allied governments have been con-
stantly misled b> him as to the real feel-
ings of my p« ople. The greatest desire
of my life will be to clear away these
misunderstandings and give the entente
tangible proofs of my loyalty and good
intentions. My country will help me *
this task.
THREE TEXAS JOBS
' having said tonight, adding that life meant
nothing to him since he had failed to ac»
couiplisli his mission. He regretted that
he alone of the German cadets had not
reached th* firing line and been of scrrl* -
to Germany.
DALLAS, BRAZOS AND CALERA
SCENES OF DARING HOLDUPS.
TWO BANKS SUFFER.
in
Kx King Constantine received OS per cent .
of the votes cast in Sunday's plebiscite j
on the question of his return to the throne
of Greece, it is [announced in an Athens
dispatch received^ by the Greek legation
here today.
By Associated Press. ... .
Ll'CEKNK, Dec. 7.—Former King Con-
stantine said he was not expecting the
government to notify him to return to •
Greece today, because of the Greek super- .
stltion that Tuesday is un unlucky day. f
"It is like your Friday. ' hy reuiurae** I
to the correspondent. "No matter what ■
happens they will not telegraph today. j
By Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 7.—Two bandits at-
tacked Mrs. Anna Knglewan, aged 35, on
, a residence street here late today, seized
j her "handbag containing $4,300 in money
: and diamonds valued at $1,000, and es-
caped in an automobile. Mrs Knglewan
J told the police she was on her way to a
bank when attacked.
GET #2.500 AT BHAZOH.
By Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec 7.-One of
the banks at Brazos, about 50 miles west
of Fort Worth, was held up ut noon toduy
by three bandits, who locked the cashier
in the vault. They escaped in an auto-
mobile. The robbers, who are being close-
ly pursued by officers, secured about
$2,500,
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
By Associated Press.
East Texas: Wednesday generally fair,
warmer in northwest portiou; Thursday
partly cloudy, warmer.
West Texas: Wednesday generally fair,
wanner; Thursday partly cloudy.
j San Antonio and vicinity: Wednesday
i generally fair, minimum temperature AS to
I 42. light to moderate northerly winds.
Hourly Temperatures.
OKLAHOMA JOB NETS *002.75.
By AsAocluted Press.
DKNIHON, Tex., Dec. 7.—The lone ban-
dit who, after locking Mrs. C. It. Elliott,
wife of the vice president, and Walter
Clinton, a bookkeeper, in the vault, looted
the First State Hank of Caleru late yes-
terday, escaped with, $662.75, a telephone
n.essage from Calera reported today. Six
suspects were apprehended there, out all
were released after establishing alibis.
HARDING OFF FOR MARION
AFTER WHITE HOUSE CALL
IRISH WANT PEACE; SAYS
HtNDtRSuN, LABOR LEADER
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cepted as an accredited Irish body, for the
purposes of the projected d.scussion
NETS REAC H \\ AMIINGTON.
l Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 7.- l^eorted
tip Pennsylvania Avenue by a profession j
of se veral thousand Irish sympathizer* j • > —
Mrs. Muriei MacSwiney and Miss Mary ".ates at the White House drive SWUTIg
MacSwii.ey, widow and sister of Terence ooen a few minute®; hefnrp 4 n'cnrk
MacSwiney, late lord mayor of Cork, were x af p R mm ^ » w t '
given a remarkable demonstration follow . 01 t. K. McLeans automobiles,
nig th- ii^1 arrival in Washington tonight, j bearing trie President-elect, his closi
They will testify before the American com- reviser, H. M. Dauphcrty, and Reoub-
i mirfKioi) on Ireland here tomorrow, limn Natinnal w/ n u n
I The widow and sister of tiie Irish martyr; can National Chairman Will H. Hays j
I were re> ived at union station by a com- TO 1 fOct in.
ded by Mrs. Champ Clark, wife
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IMPLFMKNT DEALERS CONVENE.
SpeelH1 C'orreso. n-h-nt'e t" Th# Kxprens.
LOCK»HAftT Tex.. Dec. i Walt- r W.
Preston has be« n appointed county chair-
man of the Implement Dealers Association
and is In Austin attending the ann>ial
meeting of that organization. Mr. Preston
will respond to th»* address of welcome.
Silvuraraiiha
Philadelphia
Diamonds
F*cr the convenience of those
who wish to secure Diamonds or
other Gems on which there can be
no question re^farc/iha the quaJity
or the value an Illustrated Booklet
has been prepared which will be
■mailed upon request
Wedding Invitations a^Announcementa
<2/7°r Anniversary Invitations
•ception Invitationa Debut Invitations
Dinner Invitations Dance Invitations
"lea. Cards Visitir^ Cards
iSocial Stationery-for all occasions
tSamp/es mailed upon request.
mitiee het
of the former Speaker of the Iioiiae, and
Mrs. .James A. lteed, wife of the .Senator
from Missouri. Alter a brief reception ill
t..e presidential waiting room, they were
taken by auto to tlie home of I'eter A.
i>rury, president of the Merchants Hank,
wuere they will be guests dliring their
&tay in Washington.
Hundreds lined both sides of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue to catch a. glimpse of the
visitors. In the procession which took the
form of a triumphal march, were wounded
soldiers from ti.e Walter Heed Hospital,
delegates of the Friends of Irish Freedom
and other orgauizatoius. r
j GREENWOOD STATEMENT CHEERED.
' B.v Ah.sociaied Press.
i LONDON. l>er. 7.—Hlr Hnmar Greenwood,
chief secretary tor Ireland, declared em-
phatically amidst cheers in the House of
Commons today that lie was "convinced
there can be no truce, or successful advo-
cacy of a truce, in Ireland until the ex-
treme leaders of the Irlsn republican army
viiuer surrender and deliver their aruib,
or are arrested."
Mr. Greenwood's statement was in re
sponse to a query by Joseph Devlin, Irish
Nationalist, as to whether he thought the
arrest of the Dublin councillors yesterday
was conducive to the spirit of pea< e. when
the Dublin corporation was about to dis-
cuss a truce. Sir Hamar had previously
informed the house that all the councillors
arrested were members of the Irish repub-
lican army ami several of them had been
continuously on the ruu for some time.
One of theui had spent the previous night
In a hay shed, Sir liamar declared, and a
shotgun was found in the office of another.
COLLINS ASKS NO QUARTER.
By Associated Press.
BELFAST, Ireland. Oec. 7.—Michael Col-
lins. commander in-cliief of the Irish re
publican army, referring iu a statement
today to a report that his safety would
be assured in the proposed peace terms
between the Sinn Felnevs aud the British
government, said:
"There has been no such agreement. No
person in Ireland or anywhere else had
any authority to use my name. My per-
sonal safety does not matter nnd does not ,
count as a factor in the question of Ire- |
land's rights. I thank no one for refrain-
ing from murdering me.
"At the present moment there Is a very
grave danger that the country may stam-
pede on false promises and that there may
be foolish and ill timed action My advice
to the people is to hold fast."
It is reported the auxiliary police would
give much to know whence Collins state-
ment emanated, but that the source is
di-creetly hidden.
— j
lor Colds, (alp or iniloenr.a
Take Grove's LAXATIVE MH> >MO QT'I-
NINE tablets. The genuine bears the aig-
nature of E. W. Grove. 30c. (Adv.) oasts
hief
the
V resident -
-White House attendants headed bv C
t 3her Isaac* Hoover, on look out for
party, ran to the car and the
elect leaned out.
"We merely wanted to leave these cards
for the President aud Mrs. Wilson." said
the President-elect. Beiore he had fin-
ished speaking the car was on its v#
out of the porte-cochere to catch the 4.1J
train.
"All I noticed was that the President
elect was iu the car with a gray-haired
man and a little bit of a fellow,* related
the head usher.
President Wilson, according to reports,
was in his study awaiting the arrival of
the Cabinet members at the time.
As Mr, Dnughcrty, generally accepted as
tile Harding choree for Afornev General
was leaving the Shoreham Hotel with Mr
Hays to Join the Pr« g I -nt -elect at the M«
Lean * sldence. he missed Attorney Gen
••ral .'aimer by the narrowest margin
The Attorney General had been lunching
in the hotel and stepped Into the lobby
Just as the "Attorney General -elect" was
passing out of the front entrance.
Senator Harding left Washington with-
out having revealed to any of the Repub-
lican Senators what his Mans for an asso-
ciation of nations would be. This sub-
ject. he intends to take up at Marion, when
the conferences began here yesterday and
continued today are resumed.
The Cabinet situation also remained tin-
decided so far as final selections are con-
cerned.
During the day Senator Harding re-
mained away from the Capitol and saw his
callers at the McLean residence. Among
thpse with whom he conferred were Sena-
tors Johnson of California. Kellogg of
Minnesota, Hmoot of rtah. Hratidegee of
Connecticut. Norrls of Nebraska. Lodge of
Massachusetts. Fall of New Mexico. Cal-
der of New York and Speaker Gillett of the
House.. His final- word was with Senator
New of Indiana, who accompanied him to
the train.
The President-Elect enjoined strict se-
crecy upon all of his callers, with whom
he discussed matters of legislation for the
extra session. He expects to remain at
Marlon until about the first week in Feb-
ruary. when it is probable he will go to
Florida for additional conferences and to
work upon his inaugural message.
MEXICAN BOAT* VISIT ARANSAS.
Special CorreBpon'tenoe t<» The Etpregi.
ARANSAS PASS. Tex.. Dec. 7.—On the
evening of the 5th there arrived at Port
Aransas two patrol boats Nohoa and Tol-
teca. belonging to th*- Me\l un government
also the yacht Melloise. These vessels are
in charge of Capt. A. L. Sima of Port
Aransas. H was employed by the M exican
government to bring the boats from Nya<k
on the Hudson to Mexico. Nyack on the
Hudson is just out of New York City. The
trip was begun on September 1. About
half the journey wan made on the inter
coastal canals on th4 Atlantic aud Gulf
coasts. So soon as a few minor repairs are
made the boats will proceed to Tamplco.
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B.lhrif(ySays
"What you save now will
save you some day—save
you toil and worry."
You CAN save if you PLAN
to save. Thit institution
wants to HELP you save
Start TOD A Y.
The San Antonio Loan & Trust Co.
«Incorporated 16P9 Without Panging privileges)
213 WERT COMMERCE BTREET
RANGER CONDUCTS V AO CRUBADK.
Special Tetof r»m to The Express.
HANGER, Tex.. Dec. 7.—A survey made
here of large employers of labor shows
that only a small surplus of unemployed
men are now in Hanger. To keep uneiu
ployment at a minimum and to prevent a
crime wave, the police are arresting all
men found sleeping in public placet or
found riding freight trains into the city.
Arrests are made under charges of va-
grancy, and the prisoners are offered au
opportunity to lesve town. If they prom-
ise to go they are released, otherwise
they are worked on the streets. During
the last few weeks, many hundreds of
Mexicans have promised to leave and re-
turn to Mexico.
FORMER INFANTRY CAPTAIN
ADMITS BEING GERMAN SPY
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identification and declared Wlllet deserted
from the regiment st Greenville. P. C. on
November 20. 11)18, ir» days after the armis-
tice had been signed.
At this point Willet Is said to have brok-
en down and confessed to the charges
that had been made against him and then
told of his spy work He confessed, the
police say. that he and 300 other German
military cadets were sent to this country
to enlist In the l?ntted States Army when
war seemed near and all gained admission.
Wlllet said he wan born and educated In
Germany and was trained in spy work,
while In a German military academy. Upon
arriving In the Fnlfed States, he went to
Albany. N. Y., where he enlisted as a pri-
vate. He was not long In the army when
his previous military training was reeog
nlsen snd he was promoted rapidly, finally
becoming a esptaln.
lie acted, looked and spoke like an Amer-
ican and despite the fact that he could not
produce any efti/.enshlp papers, he was
commissioned and finally assigned as cap-
tain in Company K.
Received Spy Training.
Wlllet explained that he had been in-
structed by his superior In Germany to act
entirely as an American while In th# Unit-
ed States and to refrain from any action'
favorable to Germany until he reached
France, or some other section or the war
sone. \
Then came the armistice and Wlllet was
still in Jhe l'niteil States. He deserted,
taking with him $ft.(Kio of his company's j
funds. This money represented the sav-
ings of the men in the unit.
Wlllet first went to Chicago and then
roamed nil over the country time after time '
attempting to secure a passport that would
take him back to Germany. Fnabte to ob- j
tain the passport, he disguised himself to !
prevent recognition, lie wore very hear/
glasses, Four days ago these glasses fell
and we»r« broken, Willet failed to replace
Ilium and this was directly responsible for (
his recognition todav.
Married Chleiaga Gift.
In Chicago about a rear ago lie married '
an American g rl named Crawford. It Is
said. Wlllet recently opened a mall order
bhslneSS Iu this city, tinder the name of
Crawford. j
1 kftuw 1 am li< ked," U« is quoftd as i
The Christmas Store
for Men
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Where women can pick the practical
and reliable gift for their men folk
The average man is not very enthusiastic about the gift
that only glitters for a day. He wants something useful,
sturdy—something that will last.
This being a store for men, we specialize in getting the
things that a man prefers.
Our name on an article of men's apparel will win fa-
vor with men who like quality, and likewise, our label on
a gift bespeaks the good judgment of the giver.
i/V aiciefory&i
—USEFUL GIFTS FOB MEN AND BOYS
Creditors' Comi littee
SALE
Starts Today
UPSTAIRS
SHOE COMPANY
217 Alamo Plaza
UPSTAIRS
This store has been assigned over to the creditors and their
instructions are to turn every shoe into cash at once, regardless ef
cost or former price.
A strictly bona fide sale, and this is your opportunity.
Hundreds of Women's
and Low Shoes
High
$1.00
by order of
CREDITORS' COMMITTEE.
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