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Bv v\ »«< • , ft WED HCAPTURED Man With Many Aliases Seized by Los Angeies >? MM*.'1 Oetectivei"*""*"1 :0& •,;¥v> '- TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF o| I Telegraphic Request Seattle Charging Him With Complicity in the Murder of Two Women. ' ._ las Angeles, Cal., April 18.--A modern Bluebeard was revealed here 1" the investigation of the past of J. I Watson, with a dor.en aliases. He 1 charged by a local detective agency with having at least 14 wives. He was arrested on a telegraphic request from Seattle charging him $•" ; with complicity in the murder of two Vf. ^ women, one of whom Is supposed to if. ' r be one of his "wives." He is thought k - to have been a bunco man, a thief arid r. v - in San Diego he tried to kill himself jj^V • with a knife.- When the Seattle dispatch came Deputy Sheriffs Couts and Bell went to an address in Hollywood and found the man on the street. There they arrested him. He was wanted, among other things, for a possible connection with the disappearance of one of his wives, Mrs. Louise Hilton. binding he had separate bank accounts in Oakland, San Francisco and San Diego as* well as Los Angeles, the deputies took him to San Diego. His history is learned mainly from the contents of a mysterious black satchel, in which were found dozens Df pieces of jewelry, valuable watches and several hundred dollars in Liberty bonds. More important, however, was a sheet of paper with the names of 23 women on it--supposed to be pro- . posed victims to his love-making and swindling. In the man's satchel were found 14 sheets of the finest bonded paper, blank except for a signature. These 14 signatures are supposed to be those of the women he married for the purpose of "sponging" on their relatives. Here are the names ef' Ike man's supposed wives: Mrs. M. C. Matthews, whose maiden name is Bertha A. Goodnick. Mrs. H. L. Gordon, address in 1917 the Lever hotel, Spokane. Beatrice M. Lewis, sometimes signed Mrs. H. M. Lewis, address opknown. ; 1 < Mrs. J. R. Miller. . , Mrs. K. Watson, sometimes known as Mrs. Uathryn Watson. Mrs. H. G. Lawrence. Mrs. Agnes Harvey. Mrs. Nina L. Harvey, nee Nina L. Deloney. He is supposed to hare mar- • rled her December" 9, 1919, in San Francisco. Mrs. A. L. Hilton, sometimes known as Mrs. Alice Hilton. Mrs. H. M. Lewis. iV , ; Mrs. Andrew, the woman who married him in Seattle November 9, 1919, and who caused the expose of his career as a bigamist. Mrs. M. C. Matthews, supposed to be now in San Francisco, Oakland or Sebastopol, Cal. t imm t twats & 4 WOMEN IN AUTO DROWNED Machine Plunges Through Open s£$#rtdfe Into Ship Canal at Part Arthur, Tex. Beaumont, Tex., April 10.--Four women were drowned at Port Arthur at night when an automobile In which they were riding plunged through an open bridge and fell into the ship cartal. None of the bodies has been recovered and the Identity of the women could not be learned. The car was froaa Beaumont, and it is presumed all the women resided here. LILLIE E. WILKINSON IS DEAD iKMrcss Who Made "Topay" Roles Famous Dies at the A)}e of Seventy-Nine. Worcester, Mass., April 13.--Mrs. Lillle B. Wilkinson, who had the distinction of making famous the part of Topsy in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." died here, aged seventy-nine, She was m native of England. Hampsou Gary has been nominated by the president to be minister to Sweden. He was formerly x»nsul general at Cairo, Egypt. GERMANS ARE BLAMED French Say Students Are Responsible' for Shooting. Intended Firing Shot at Mob in Frankfort, but Whole Gun Belt Discharged-- Six Killed. Frankfort, April 10.--Assertion that there was no intention to fire a machine gun into a crowd here Wednesday, and that the incident was really a mishap, is made by a French officer who witnessed It. Fear on the part of a French soldier that the crowd intended to rush the patrol in the street led to the tragedy. This man, it is declared, put a belt of cartridges into the gun for the purpose of firing the shot to disperse the crowd. The explosion of the gun, however, caused the soldier in charge of it to lose his head, and the whole belt was fired. It was explained by the officer that every care had been taken to prevent a repetition of the "accident." 4 Two new French proclamations appeared here, one denying a rumor that the troops would be withdrawn and the other forbidding the people to jeer and agitate against the troops and instructing the citizens to obey all French military orders. Blame for Wednesday's tragedy is placed on German students by the French, who declare they tried to stir up the people. Discussing the presence of French colored troops in the city, a French officer said he did not believe it would lead to trouble. He praised them highly for their stolid qualities and said they were amenable to discipline. Frankfort, April 9.--Three men, three women, and a boy were killed and a number were wounded when colored French troops were forced to shoot into a crowd on Schillerplatz which was menacing the Imperial hotel, headquarters of the French army. STRIKE SPREADS TO GOTHAM Rail and Tube Transportation Tied Up at New York--Food In Peril, • Sew York, April 10.--Railroad service in and about New York has reached a state of complete confusion--almost paralysis--as a result of the unauthorized strike of Insurgent railroad workers. which spread to this city from Chicago. Freight shipping waajialted and passenger service on all the roads crippled. All trains on the Erie have been stopped by a strike of firemen. The ferries are running irregularly because of the strike of men on railroad-owned ferries. A strike is ordered on the Hudson and Manhattan tubes. Jersey commuters are facing the worst crisic In transportation the city has known. Riots in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, April 10.--Although mar- •fal law was proclaimed here on Monday and the city is under heavy patrol bv British troops, scattered fights occurred between Jews and ^Mohammedans Monday and Tuesday in the narrow lanes of- the old city and outside the walls. Several persons were killed on both sides and about 250 were Injured, most of them slightly. Britain's Attitude Worries. Plnris. Aprii 13.--Despite the optliMatl rally worded editorials in the French press, unbiasted observers here do not disguise th<> gravity of the situation created by Great Britain's Arm - attitude toward France. SENATE 0. K.'S TRAINING BILL Voluntary Measure Adopted by Vote of 46 to 9--Program Will Be Put In Force in 1922. Washington, April 10.--Voluntary Instead of compulsory universal military training as proposed by the army reorganization bill was adopted by the senate. The vote was 46 to 9. As adopted, the plan, which the wai department Is directed to put In force during the calendar year 1922. provides that all men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight would be eligible for four months' training In any one year they might select. Death Penalty Is Demanded. Dusseldorff-on-rthine. April 13.--- The German government troops in the Uuhr district theraten to go on strike unless the Berlin "cabinet reinstitutes the death penalty through drumhead ewtart-martial. 9 Hurt in Elevated Crash.' Chicago, April IS.--Nine passengers were Injured and others severely shaken up when a northbound Ravenswood elevated train crashed into the rear of an empty Chicago, Worth Shore and Milwaukee coach. HaM Strike Keeps New York TUd Up and Coal Is Shut ^ MAY CLOSE MANY INDUSTRIES Moat Drastic Freight Embargo Ever Known In Railroad History in U. % Is Now In Effect--West. , : ern Situation Better. ; ; " ^ Port Jervls, N. Y., April 12.--The Chicago express, east-bound, one of the prize trains of the Erie, was abandoned by Its crew here. Port Jervls Is 90 miles from New York. The train carried 250 passengers, milk and United States mail. ,• New York, April 14.--The "outlaw" railroad strike retains its grip ondtfew York and ail points east. Recruits are reported Joining the strikers and following the regular daily conference of the subcommittee of the General Managers association, J. J. Mantell, chairman of that body, admitted the situation was exceedingly grave. Drastic curtailment of passenger train service will be made If necessary 111 order that milk and perishable foodstuffs may be rushed to New York. Strikers permitted the milk trains to reach the city on time. Millions of pounds of beef and other foodstuffs are speeding eastward from Chicago, Kansas City and other packing centers on New York Central "wartime specials," according to officials of the New York Central. The most drastic freight embargo ever known In railroad history in the United States is now In effect on all shipments of freight and coal and steel on the Pennsylvania railroad originating west of Altoona for points east. An embargo has also been placed on all freight from the South destined to points north of Norfolk. The significance of the embargo lies in the fact that 80 per cent of the bituminous coal used In New York and points east comes from the country about Altoona via the Pennsylvania railroad. The railroad managers welcomed Sunday, without the "rush hour" schedules and commuters' trains, as an opportunity to reorganize their forces. Pensioners will be called In by the officials and men will be shifted from . other forces to the mobile branches. Unless the unforeseen happens, there will be enough old-time employees on duty to run some of the trains on the suburban schedules. Officials are hoping other employees will not walk out, but firemen are expected to join the strikers out now. Employees of the Public Service Railroad company of New Jersey were reported as contemplating walking out In sympathy with the strikers and with the street cars tied up New Jersey will be absolutely helpless. Agitators, it Is reported, have been attempting to induce local railway men In New York and Brooklyn to walk out. Chicago, April 12.--Both sides to the switchmen's strike In Chicago claimed the advantage last evening, after a day filled with conferences and meetings. The railroad managers. In a format statement, said the sltuatio^ continues to Improve, that through and suburban passenger business Is running 100 per cent, and that as freight continues to move more freely the roads are lifting their embargoes. On the other hand, the striking switchmen claim their numbers fire being swelled hourly. They deride the brotherhoods as "nothing but a shell" and say they will stay out until the roads are compelled to recognize them. GENERAL DENIKINE A FUGITIVE Flees on Board British Warship--Aid Is Assassinated in Embassy at Constantinople. Constantinople, April 9.--General Denlkine, former commander of antlbolshevik forces In southern Russia, Is a fugitive on board a British warship. Immediately after he arrived here he went to the Russian embassy with General Romanovsky, Ills former chief of staff, and it was while he was there the latter was hssassinated. General Romanovsky's murderer has not been apprehended and there is little chance he will be caught, as attaches at the Russian embassy say nobody saw the 'tragedy. ' ' . ^ v To Train Civilian Flyers. Washington, April 12.--Civilians who de|lre to be trained In aviation will he accepted as students by the army air service. & Summerail New Major General. Washington, April 9.--Charles P. ftamnieraii and Henry J. Jervey were nominated by President Wilson to be major generals in the regular army. Both men have an emergency rank of joajur general. 20,000 Given Raise. tfntoBtown, Pa., April 12--The wsg*> increase recently granted by the R. Frick Coke company to Its employees In this region amounted tp from 10 i»er cent to 21 per cent, according to notices [tosted here. President Takes Ride. Washington, April IS.--President Wilson went automobile riding for the first time in two weeks. Accompanied oy Mrs. Wilson, he drove around the Speedway, along the Potomac and through Rock Creek park. Potatoes Up 6# Per Cent. Kansas City, Mo.. April 10.--Wholesalers announced an Increase of 4.1 @ 75 cents a 100 pounds for potatopg here. The new price is $7.25 to $7.65. The railroad situation was given as the cause. __ Chicagj Car Men Ask* Raise. Chicago. April 8.--Executives of sur face and elevated lines were notified that members of the employees organization have voted to reopen the wage question when file present agreement expires May 30. Fugitive Banker Gives Up. Rockfnrd, 111., April 12.--James Miles, missing vice president of the Standard Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, who Is accused In connection with a $200,000 shortage ijx the bOAlc'e funds, surrendered here. . O'Connor of Clonalis, Ireland, Is to marry his kinswoman, Gwendoline O'Connor The O'Connor Don la s direct lineal descendant of King Roderick O'Connor who exercised supreme sovereignty in Ireland until 1172, when he surrendered his 'scepter to King Henry U of England. HOUSE "VOTES PEACE Resolution Declaring War at End Wins, 242 to 150. $50,000 Fire at Urban a (jntvermyi Urbana, O., April 12.--Fire, starting from defective electric wiring, destroyed Barkley hall, Urbana university, the only Swedenborgian Institution In America. The property loss is estimated at approximately $50,000. •No Monroeism": Carranza. Washington, April 9. -- Solidarity among Latin-American nations must replace the Monroe doctrine as the protective policy of those countries, President Carranza of Mexleo declared In a recent Interview. Killed In .Airplane Crash. Newark. N. J., April 13.--In an ftllw plane accident at Heller field one man, believed to have been a mechanician, was killed. The pilot was severely in Jured. The plane took a nose dive when about 1,000 feet up. SAVING OUR COIN ONCE MORE Indications at Treasury Department That Public Has Ceased to Be Spendthrift. Washington, April 13.--Indication that the public has ceased to be spendthrift, and is again Inclining toward thrift and wound Investment is seen In the heavy inquiries for small denomination Liberty bonds at banks and brokers throughout the country. The demand has reached the treasury depaatment, many dealers having exhausted their available supply of the "popular" sizes of these securities, it was announced by the savings division of the treasury department. To supply the large "over-thecounter" demand for $50 and $100 bonds at present favorable market prices the treasury department has Issued Instructions to the federal reserve banks which will expedite exchange of bonds of larger denominations for the smaller units. V WiH Evacuate Frankfort When Supreme Council 0. K.'s >7 Germany's Act If- BUCK TROOPS ME REMOVED Two Republicans Oppose Bill--Passed After Twelve-Hour "rhntr font to the 8enate.' 'Washington, April 12.--The Republican Joint resolution declaring the state of war with Germany at an end and repealing most of the wartime legislation was adepted by the house. It now goes to the senate. The vote on the passage of the resolution was 242 to 150; • present, 2. Twenty-two Democrats joined with the Republican majority in supporting the resolution and two Republicans voted against its adoption. Democrats voting for the resolution were: Ashbrook, Caldwell. Cullen, Doollng, Galllvan, Ganley, Goldfogle, Huddleston, McKlnlry, McLane, Mahr, O'Connell, O'Connor, Pell, Hamlll, Olney, Sherwood, Sullivan, Tague, Carew, Evans (Nev.), Mead. Republicans opposing it were: Fuller (Mass.), Kelley (Mich). Before adopting the resolution the' house voted down a motion by Representative Flood of Virginia, ranking Democrat of the foreign affairs committee, to send the resolution back to that committee with instructions to report out a substitute repealing all wartime acts. The vote on that motion was 171 for and 222 against. Former Speaker Clark and Representative Kitcliin of North Carolina took a leading part In the fight on the Democratic side, while Representative Mondell, the Republican leader, who closed the debate, received a warm greeting from his party colleagues. Representative Kitchln's speech aroused the Democrats to an outburst of cheering as he assailed the Republican membership, charging them with "hypocrisy" and challenging them to present a straight-out proposal for repeal of wartime legislation if they were sincere. Representative Longworth (Rep.) of Ohio was sharp in his references to President Wilson's attitude on the League of Nations, which he described a# an "un-American monstrosity.'* 483,000,000 Bushels Wheat Washington, April 10.--Production of winter wheat this year was forecast at 483,617,000 bushels and rye 75,841,- 000 bushels, by the department of agriculture, which based Its estimate on the acreage planted last December. Bamegai Light to Be Torn Down. Philadelphia, April 10.--Barnegat *lght, one of the oldest lighthouses on '.he Atlantic coast, which has afforded great deal of material for fiction Writers, is to be torn down because Its foundation Is being tyiderminad. Situation Bad fn Palestine. London, April 9.--There are serious rumors current In Cairo, regard- 'ng the situation in Palestine, says a lispatch to the Exchange Telegraph. All permits to Palestine have been stopped and troops held In stations. I). 8. Refuge Burned; 7 Constantinople, April 10.--Tttrkn have destroyed the village of Haroun lyi, northeast of Adaua. and burned !he Amerlcn orphanage there. Two thousand Armenian orphans were removed under fire and taken to Adana. 8an Heme Meeting Expected to dbtcially Allow Germany to Maintain a Certain Number of Extra Troops in Ruhr District. Paris, April 14.--France will evacuate Frankfort and the other German towns occupied last week as soon as the supreme council at Its forthcoming session at San Remo sanctions Germany's jnilltary intervention In the Ruhr district for the purpose of re-establishing order. , This decision has finally been reached as a result of the Paris-London diplomatic exchanges of the last few days. The British ambassador, Lord Derby, handed Premier Millerand a note In which Britain again demands that France withdraw her troops from the newly occupied German territory. It Is now evident that Premier Lloyd George's sea voyage, Foreign Minister Lord Curzon's "diplomatic illness" and the instructions to the British ambassador not to take part In the councils here when they deal with the German question are nothing but part of a shrewd British diplomatic "blind" to allow time to elapse until the San Retoo meetings, when the supreme council will officially allow Germany to maintain a certafh number of extra troops in the Ruhr region until order is restored without incurring penalties for technically breaking the treaty of Versailles. France, It is understood, will sanction such a decision by the supreme council which wijl open a dignified way for her withdrawal of the troops from Frankfort and the other towns. Paris, April 14.--Latest reports from Germany shove that the French have removed the negro troops from Frankfort, as a result of an indignant outcry from all civilized Europe. Tho French black< troops are still left in German occupied territory on the left bank of the Rhine, however, and the French are showing no signs of Intending to withdraw them. I RUSSIA BETTER WITHOUT JAPS Brig. Gen. William 8. Graves Says Siberia Will Readjust Itself if Left Alone. Manila, April 14.--The Russian situation will adjust itself when the Japanese leave Siberia, Brig. Gen. William S. Graves, commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces, which recently evacuated Siberia, declared here. "Ninety-eight per cent of the people in Siberia are bolsheviki," said General Graves. "They are working for peace and the good of the country and In my opinion they are trying hard to be fair and just. The antibolsheviki do not want the Japanese to leave because of Immense concessions granted them by the crown befdre the Russian debacle." the best buy for the price five-cents U "®Sf of beneficial refreshment possible to set ^ « m The Flavor JOHNSON BITTER ENEMY ARREST 16 IN LOTTERY RAID Authorities to Investigate 8ale Tickets by Four Companies Throughout Ohio. of Columbus, O., April 14.---Federal authorities are expected to begin an investigation of the alleged sale throughout Ohio of lottery tickets by four Internationally- known lottery companies. Sixteen Columbus men were arrested Sunday by police on charges of selling the tickets or promoting a lottery. STRIKE SHUTS ILLINOIS MINES Rail Situation Makes Half the Shafts and 45,000 Men Idle, Says President Farrlngton. Springfield, 111., April 14.--Approximately half the coal mines in Illinois are Idle and 45,000 miners have been forced out of employment by the strike of railroad switchmen, according to Frank Farrlngton, president of the Illinois miners. BANK ROBBERS GET $11,000 Five Bandits Make Daring Daylight Raid on South Bend (Ind J. 8tate Bank. ^ ! Sonth Bend., Ind., April 14.--Five unmasked men robbed the South Bend State bank of approximately $11,000 at eleven o'clock in the morning after forcing three officials of the institution and several customers Into a washroom. Big Gain for Flint, Mich. Washington, April 14.--Population statistics include; Flint, Mich., 91,599, increase 53,039, or 137 per oent over 1910. Adrian, Mich., 11,878, Increase 1,115, or 10.4 per cent. Wabash, Ind., 9.872, increase 1,185, or 13.6 per cent. Japanese Seize Railroad. Honolulu, Hawaii, April 14.-mapanese troops have captured the entire length of the Usurl railroad from Vladivostok to Khaharovsk, according to a Tokyo cablegram to the Shinpo, a Japanese language newspaper here. Surrenders for Old Murder. Athens, Tenn.. April 14.--Richard Derick walked into the county Jail here and surrendered for trial on charges of having murdered Hugh Duggan 14 years ago this month. The case had almost been forgotten.. -J} Ex-President Made No Concealment of His Intense Dislike of 8ucc?saor In the White House. '• flit' winter Andrew Johns** elected to the senate from Tennessee, and he came back to Washington In the latter part of February, 1875. One Sunday morning I was assigned to interview blm. It was the last Inter* •lew that any newspaper man had with-the ex-president. He stood In the parlor of his suite, with a number of flags of the country draped behind him as a background. He was dressed in the typical frock coat of the statesmen, with a white tie. He had quarreled with General Grant, who was at that tlm& president, and there was great Interest to learn his attitude. I shall never forget the ipanner In which he struck a pose in the traditional attitude of Henry Clay and said, with his deep, stentorian voice: "I come, sir, with the Constitution of my country in one hand and the olive branch of peace in the other, and If that damned liar In the White House plays decent, we will get on."-- Melville EL Stone in Collier's Weekly. Ferocious Artists. "What are those Parti Apache* we hear so much about?" "Denizens of the underworld, my dear." "Are they as desperate a* we have been led to believe?" "I hardly think they are as wildly wicked hs they are made to appear in the movies. If they were they'd drink blood Instead of brandy."--Birmingham Age-Herald. ' Muffled voices .must be uncomfortable in warm weather. It's a pity a man can't put a plaster on his conscience when it hurts him. MONKS MADE FIRST PANCAKES Delicious Comestibles Ones Formed Supper of'Holy Men on Ash Wednesday., , Perhaps yon admit Ignorance as to knowing bow pancakes first came to be produced? Well, the story Is very interesting and worth telling, Lqpdon Answers says. , Monks were the originators of pan* cakes, and we are told that on Shrove Tuesday their supper consisted of thin cakes, made in a pan with flour, milk, eggs, fat, lard, etc.--hence pancakes. The Idea was to nse up all the food* stuffs remaining, which were pro* hibited on the following day--Ash Wednesday, the commencement of Lent. In the olden days the poor people would gather round various monastery gates, it being the custom for the monks to distribute what pancakee they had left after supper among the hungry and slum dwellers. Shrovetide, and ShroVe Tuesday bjr the way, were, In the first place, called shrive days. They were so called from the fact that In the Roman CathoUe church confessions are then made and received preparatory to the fast of Lent Shrive, which meant confession, later came to be called Shrove--thus we now get Shrove Sunday apd.Sbeov Tuesday. c Ik- Well Named. Wheedle--I say. Jack, what Is vffeft.' name of the club you've Joined? Guiffer--The "Office." Wheedle--Isn't that rather IB odd name? » Guiffer--Not at all ; you can tell the wife that you were detained at the "office" without any prickly ^conscience. X • Y The lazy man would rathef take half a loaf than work for e whole one. % Canned Spinach Causes Deatll, New York, Aprii 14.--Botullnus poisoning, attributed by physicians to canned spinach, claimed a second victim here when Frank Heck, aged 26, died of the disease. Heck's wife died after eatt*« of tfce spinacfe. Hie after-effects a cup axe good cheer and satisfad* lion. No frayed nerves, n$ unnatural wakefulness ajt What wonder, then, that ' Inany housewives serve Post)* ^ vim instead of coffee as th||;>-*. table drink! 4 Postum Cereal must be boilej fully fifteen minutes aftei boiling begins, to develop rich flavor; "There's a Reason" for Postum Mad* by POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY Battle Creek, Mich. £ «?/.' i , y*