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Remember Also That Your Neighbor Has Enough to Make Him Waver, So Let the Smile You Wear Hide the Burdens You Bear HOME 1 Hiibmllted by Leila C. Lockarri, with Lederer, Straus A Co TTV I Mt WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Wednesday; probably snow; slightly warmer tonight; much coldor Wednesday afternoon and night. IOWA'S GREATEST EVENING NEWSPAPER VOL. 17. NO.

178. MKs MOINKS. IONV TUESDAY, JAN. ir, 1924. IHGHTEEX PAGES.

PRICK i'WO (JEMS THE IBM I P'f II 111 mo MM 3 nr nit. frank crank. THE magician is not necessarily a faker. Deception is harmful only when it claims not to be deception. One who deceives SKETCHED AT COCKBURN TRIAL By Carter 1 HIS EXAMINATION OF JURORS INDICATES DEFENDANT WILL HIMSELF TAKE WITNESS CHAIR Tedious Task of Selecting Jury Follows Failure of Cockburn to Obtain Change of Venue Yesterday.

The defense of Russell J. Cockburn will be based on charges that he was the victim of a conspiracy of men higher up ia business and political circles it was indicated by the examination of the first juror b.V his counsel, Ed. S. Thayer. FIFTY 01 JAPAN QUAKE mMmsWmmSk IN THE PICTURE.

LEFT TO RIGHT GEORGE COCKBURN'. hrphhi now cdmplete rri you but tells I you before- -v i hand that he i going to deceive you is really doing you a service and increas- i knowledge of the truth. The world has always been preyed tm. frank crane upon by char- latans and liars. But the damage these gentry have done has been in proportion to the degree to which they have convinced the public that they were not deceiving at all.

The magician who performs his tricks because his hand is quicker than your eye, because he knows forces and laws that have escaped your attention, because he can demonstrate how imperfect are your powers of observation, really does more toward exposing the fakers than anyone else. One of the greatest living magicians is Houdini. He once remarked that he had never seen a spiritualistic medium do anything by his alleged occult powers that he as a magician could not do by mere skill. Whoever helps to loosen the hold of superstition upon the minds of the people is a public benefactor. The belief in luck, charms, occult powers and spirit accomplishments has done in-creditable harm.

It has influenced minds and spread many septic fears. To see a skilled magician do his wonderful performances and to know that they are all carried oa by plain cunning and sleight of hand is the best antidote for the depression one receives from sitting in Queen Alice's parlor and watching the ectoplasm. Harry Houdini might be called a trickster. In fact he calls himself that. But this simply means that he is honest.

He is really a man of superior attainments. He has one of the largest libraries extant dealings with subjects of human deception. He has written many books. He is extraordinarily gifted physically. His muscular power and nerve control are amazing.

But all this natural equipment, knowledge, skill, and experience he does not use to bolster up any false claims to supernatural power. He is entirely justified in using his abilities for the entertainment of the public and in making the public pay for it. But the public knows exactly what it! is getting. But in addition to this it seems to me thM he and other legitimate magicians are doing a real service to the community in demonstrating the failure of the argument that simply because you do not see why a thing takes place therefore it must take place because of some ghostly power. The very foundation of sound thinking is to believe that there is a natural cause for every result.

The magician helps establish this foundation because he convinces us that the cause is there even when we cannot see it. 1BI4. by the MeClure Newt paper ffndicatr.) The army's other jobs will be discussed by Dr. Crane tomorrow. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT HERE TODAY Guy Gundaker.

president, of Rotary International, of Philadelphia, arrived here this morning from Ji'Jtn City to appear before the Notary clubs of ighty-elgbt eastern onoties of Iowa that comprise eleventh district of the organisation, meeting at the Hotel Fort Iips Moines tonight. The program will be presided ovr by Oovemor Carl Weeks of the Seventh district, and a past prrsi-'fnt of the pes Moines club. Special music will furnished by a quartet from Indlanola while Tolbert MacRae of the Ames Rotsry flub will have charge of the singing. Mrs. Gundaker accompanies the Hernational president, and will entertained by a local commit-''e of Rirtarians' wives, with Mrs.

hniory English the hostess in charge, i MI CI BERT Figlrt Over Presidential Nomination Is Now Getting Warm. by nwin lawre.vck. 'opyriht. 1B24 1 Washington, Jan. 15.

It's going to be the greatest campaign since "96, said William Jennings Bryan as he gossiped with his frtpnds in the lobby of the hotel where the democratic nationa committee was meeting today. And the atmosphere of expect anoy which envelops the gather ing of the democrats certainly does give the impression of a real fight ahead. The dissensions within the par ty are intense the presidential nomination seems ever so much more desirable to the groups fight ing for tt. The confidence that the. nest president of the United States will be a democrat reigns supreme.

This is not merely a reflection of partisan sentiment nor a wish that is father to the thought. In their private talks, the committee men make the plausible ar guments about the future. Bryan Is OptimiMic. Men like William Jennings Bryan, for instance, view with satisfaction the coalition of the in surgent republicans and the demo crats and say history will repeat itself, that a split in the repub lican party will again swing the independent voters to the demo cratic standard hearer as in 1912. Naturally the contest over the selection of a convention city furnished the principal business of the democratic committees meeting but back of the conference of democrats here was the greater battle of the respective candi dates.

Significant in the development of the campaign is the surprising strength of William Uibbs Ale- Adoo. former secretary of the treasury. McAdoo Being Opposed. The opposition to McAdoo Is developing also. The anti-McAdoo fortes for the time being are presenting the favorite son plan of attack, inus in unio.

ni. Cox will be the choice of the dele gation, in New lorK ana iew Jersey, the stock of Al Smith runs Continued on Page Sixteen. HE SKQW mora TONiBHT, -TOMDRRQW Much Colder Weather Coming Wednesday. Is rnscttled weather with prob ably snow is forecast for tonight ina tomorrow 10 and tomorrow and tomorrow for Dps Moines and vicinity. The tempera ture will be sHgbtly warmer tonight with the lowest, temperature at about 25 degrees.

Much colder weather Is scheduled to appear Wednesday afternoon and night. There was no precipitation any place in the state last night. The lowest temperatures were reported from Sioux City and Charles Cilv, where the thermometers registered 12 degrees above. The lowest temperature in Des Moines last night was 20 degrees above zero. FORMER DES MOINES FAMILY MAKING TOUR AROUND THE WORLD Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas N. Newell, former residents of Dos Moines and for manv years prominently iden tified with the business interests of this city, are sailing Jan. 31. according to word received by relatives here, for a trip around the world.

Mr. Newell owned and operated one of the largest furniture houses In Des Moines more than twenty-five years ago. Of late years they have made their home In Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs.

Newell will sail on the Laconia and after a leisurely trip around the globe, will disembark at Monte Carlo where they will joined by Mrs. C. W. Men-nig, another former Des Moines resident and a niece of Mrs. Newell.

SIX ARMED MEN ROB" BANK IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis. Jan. 15.

Six men armed with revolvers entered the West End Trust and Savings bank here this morning and after firing several shots to intimidate the employes, escaped with In cash. today. Thayer took up exactly a half hour between 11:30 o'clock Ibis, morning and the noon hour in examining tne iirsr witness i. r. Parker.

From the start Thayer's ques tioning inuirated that Cockburn would take the witness stand and bare his story which would In volve men influential in business and political circles. "Would you consider it a credit Llo the defendant if he took the witness stand and told a straightforward story of this afair no matter. who it involved? Thayer asked the juror. All Should Be Punished. "Yes I would consider it to his credit" said Parker.

Thayer next asked the juror if he believed these other men involved should' be punished the same as the defendant. Parker replied, "Yes, all ought to be Q. If the state presented the greatest volume of evidence In this case would that preponder-ence have any effect in making you judge this defendant guilty? A. No. Q.

When did you first knowt you had been summoned as aj juror? A. Serrrs! ago. I was informed by a card from the district court clerk. Q. Do you think this defendant should tell the absolute truth on the witness stand, no matter whom is injured? A.

Yes. Q. You wouldn't care who it involved? A. No. Do you read1 the daily papers? A.

Yes, I read them all from time to time, Q. Have you read about this case in the papers during the last three weeks since you have been called as a Juror? A. Yes. Reads All the Papers. Do you subscribe to papers? A.

Yes. I subscribe to Register, The Tribune and Capital. O. Did you believe all the The the that you read about this case in the papers? A. I only believed the mere facts that I read.

Deposited SVI.OOO- I Q. Did von form any opinion as to the defendant's guilt from reading the papers? A. None whatever. Q. Did you read some time ago in the papers that Cockburn had accumulated wealth between J200.000 and $300,000 during his time as timekeeper at the city hall? A.

No. Q. Did you read that Cockburn had deposited $50,000 in the Commercial Savings bank during only a few months of his time at the city hall? A. No. Q.

Did you read anything about Cockburn feigning sickness in order to evade trial? A. Y'es. but I did not form any opinion from them as to the defendant's guilt. They didn't make a great impression on me." y. Then you feel you can act as a fair and impartial juror even after reading all of these stories? A.

Yes. Q. What banks have you done business with in your business as an engineer? With the Iowa Loan and Trust, People's Savings bank, Iowa National and another bank or two in the city. Q. Do you know Karl Kast-borg, city engineer? A.

Yes, I know him personally but not intimately. 1 have not discussed the Cockburn cas' with him. Q. Do you own stock in any bank? A. No.

Q. Do j-ou belong to the American Legion? A. Yes. but I have not been at the clubrooms when the Cockburn case was being discussed. Do you know any of the persons contained in the list of state witnesses for this trial? (Thayer then read the list of state witnesses.) A 1 merely know some of them in a business way.

It would not Interfere with an impartial trial of this case on my part. Would any political connections whiJiyiu may have on rB Fouttewu I LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT KNOCKED IN THE HEAD Chamber Sticks to Ten-Day Publication Clause. The Iowa house will not reconsider the ten-day application clause in its marriage laws. By a vote of 63 to 39 the house today turned down the proposal to reconsider the bill requiring that persons desiring to wed should file application ten days before the license is granted. The action of the house followed a fiery debate lasting almost, the entire session.

It was nearly 12:30 when the house adjourned. "It is a lust law and one that. jihould remain enacted," declared Representative a ni a or Jones county. 'If it saves Just one case from hasty" marriage it should be enacted. Representative Elliot of Scott county, however, took the opposite view.

"We CRnnot legislate morals into people," he declared, "otherwise our statute would be all cluttered up with proposals of this sort." Now Nina's Husband Will Seek Divorce New'Y'ork, Jan. 15. Robert J. Sanderson, husband of Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, novelist, whose decree of divorce obtained in a Rhode Island court was recently vacated, said today he had Instructed his attorneys to begin an investigation to "determine whether grounds exist on which I should bring an action for divorce, against my wife." The brief statement concluded as follows: "In fairness to her the public should suspend its judgment until the facts are known." SALINGER'S APPEALS BEFORE HIGH COURT fEvenm Tribune Special! Washington, Jan. 15.

The supreme court is hearing arguments today in three cases involving B. I. Malinger, jr. They arise out of the habeas corpus proceedings started by tiim in different courts thnugh which he has sought to escape trial in South Dakota. Former Judge Ben Salinger is appearing before the as counsel for "young Ben." The long standing contention in the case of Robert J.

Fleming et al vs. Anna B. Fleming also comes before the court for argument this week. Senator Cummins is one of th counsel in this case. FATHER'S DEATH IS FATAL TO DAUGHTER; DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD Double funeral services for John Henry Seibert, pioneer resident of Grimes, and his daughter.

Mrs. George Allen, will be held Wedues-day afternoon at 1:30 at the Grimes Lutheran church. The shock of her father's death which occurred Saturday killed the daughter who was just recovering from an operation. She died Monday. Mr.

Sibert who has been a resident of Polk county for more thau forty years, died Saturday and his daughter died yesterday mornint. Mr. Sibert is survived by four daughters and four grandchildren. Mrs. Allen is survived by her husband and four sisters.

Mis. Mary Aldiner of Sheldahl, and Emma, Louise and Edna, living at the Sibert residence in Grimes. EUHlTrOOT BETTER. New York, Jan. 15.

Elihu Root was reported today to b-recovering normally from an operation performed here yesterday to correct an old Physicians said that he would undoubtedly be able to leave th hospital after a few weeks. ALLENS HAVE GIRL Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Allen are the proud parents of an eight and a quarter pound baby girl born yesterday. Mr. Allen is manager of the Florsheim t-hoe stor at olS West WaluuU I J.

T. COCKBURN. FATHER OF THE DEFENDANT: HIS NURSE. MISS BAKER, HOLDING THE GLASS OF WTATKR; JULIA. HIS SISTER, AND HIS MOTHER.

IN THE WHEEL CHAIR, RUSSELL COCKBURN. Four Now in Race for Chief Executive. Col. Glen C. Haynes, slate auditor, this morning announced his candidacy for governor at the republican primary election in June.

Lieut. Gov. John Hammill and Speaker J- H. Anderson had previously entered the race. AVith Humble Spirit.

Haynes' announcement follows: "It is with a very humble spirit that I announce myself a candidate in the republican primaries for the office of governor. It is an assumption on the part of any man to feel himself worthy of that high office. "I am a republican. I am proud of the splendid record of the republican party. "After three years as auditor of state and a member of the executive council with its multiplicity of duties.

I feel that I have gained a general knowledge of the various departments of state government that would be invaluable to the chief executive. Office Purely Executive. office of governor Is an executive and not a legislative one. He chances no laws, nor does he make new laws. That is solely the province of the general assembly itself.

"While the governor has no power to enact legislation he is called upon to make recommendations to the general assembly and tor mat reason the people may warn, and they have a rittht to know the views of the candidates upon matters of public interest, and I shall In ample time publicly state mj iews that there may be no question as to my position. Equipped by E.perlence. "My experience as an executive In public as well as private life and in the army has to some ex tent equipped me. .1 believo to perform the duties of the office of governor. I am not announcing a plat form.

That under the law Is the province of the republican party In convention assembled but if nominated and elected I will carry out the ideas of that plat form to the best of my ability, will be governor in fact as well as in name and I will conduct the office in an efficient and econonii- manner and in accordance with the law." TALK MEREDITH FOR DEMQ NOMINATION lEvenln Tribune 1 Washington. Jan. 15. K. T.

Meredith of Des Moines, former secretary of agriculture, is being talked of here as a dark horse possibility for the democratic presidential nomination. eastern trtenns or sir. Mere dith, who predict a deadlock in the convention, say be may be the solution. Heretofore Mr. Meredith has been much mentioned for the nomination for vice president.

He is here to attend the meet ing of the national committee. INSTALL OFFICERS. Officers of Ebenezer encamn- ment. Not 10, I. O.

O. will he Installed this evening by E. Cornish, district deputy grand patriarch. Royal purple degrees wilt be conferred following the installation. GLEN C.

HAMS FOR Hil Near Panic- in Tokio; Americans in Hotels, Tokio, Jan. 15. (Associated Press, Fifty persons are believed to have been killed in Tokio, Yokohama and the outside districts in today's earthquake, while many persons were injured. No casualties among foreigners have been reported. Washington, Jan.

15. Xo Americans were killed in the earthquake, which occurred in Japan this morning, according to rabh-jrnim received by the stale department today from Jefferson Caffery. American charge d'affaires at Tokio. The staff of lie-ambuss and the consul general were uninjured, according to the re-port, with the exception of Frederick K. Le C'lercq.

second secretary of the embassy, who suffered a fractured wrist. Tokio. Jan. 15. The fact that breakfast fires had not been started this morning probably saved reconstructed Tokio from another disastrous fire early to day another earthquake shook the same district deras tated four months ago.

Communications were disrupt ed in all directions by the force of the shock, three trains en route from Gomemba to Tokio were derailed and the water up ply cut off. The rail service between Tokio and Osaka was also disrupted. But the extent of me damage to this important connection over which relief and reconstruction supplies are still being carried has not been reported. The prince regent sent an air plane messenger from Numasu this afternoon to report the safety of the emperor. Foreigners Are Injured.

No deaths Have been reported in Tokio, but several foreigners jumping from Imperial hotel win dows are reported to have sustained broken arms, scratches and bruises. The Tokaido railroad line, an important rail artery of Japan, was reported damaged, the track having dropped three inches. A number or Japanese are re ported to have been killed near Yokohama, wnere nouses crasnea over their heads. It is believed the center of the earthquake was fur ther south in that vicinity and re stored communication may bring news of greater casualties. Writer Thrown From Bod.

Your correspondent was thrown from bed by the first shock this morning and was forced to make his exit from the building by leaping from a low second story window. The bouse was weaving back ward and forward in drunken fashion and remained standing Continued on Page Sixteen. MRS. E. J.

WELLMUTH IS DEAD IN CHICAGO Mrs. E. J. Wellmuth, a former resident of Des Moines, died at the family residence In Chicago ast night. She is survived by her husband, three sons, three dati go ers and one sister, Mrs.

Dan rowers. Other Des Moines Tela- ires are: Judge Thomas J. Guth rie, Mrs. Ed Tenny, Mrs. Edmond-son.

Mrs. Margaret Mullner and M. Guthrie of Valley Junction. KENDALL WILL SPEAK. Davenport.

Jan. 15. Gov. Nate Kendall of Iowa will be the principal speaker at the Iowa lumbermen's convention here Jan 30-31. He will talk on, Industrial conditions in Iowa.

NEW SURETY BUILDING Stockholders Hope to Lower Figure. Get Erection of the proposed new building for the Southern Surety company at Sixth avenue and Mulberry street was definitely postponed at the annual meeting of stockholders when a satisfactory figure could not be obtained. The building committee was instructed to negotiate for an extension of the lease on the site in the hope that a lower figure might be obtained later, according to Mr. Charles Cobb of the company. The stockholders re-elected the old board of directors for 1924 with but one change in the advisory board in which Dr.

R. D. Tobin of Bloomfield was elected. The board of directors as reelected is composed of; Roy Arm strong, u. S.

Cobb, M. H. Cohen. B. G.

Davis, Frank O. Green, Jansen Haines. J. H. Huckleberrv, L.

E. Mayer. P. J.iMills, Dr. J.

C. Rockafellow. Max Shloss. F. O.

Thompson, F. A. I'ngles and John Gillespie of Detroit; O. W. Huncke of Chicago; R.

E. Jones of Williamsburg, O. H. Michael of Ottumwa; Victor J. Millor of St.

Louis; J. A. Spies of Graet-tinger, Dr. I. F.

Thompson of Donnellson. T. R. Watts of Grand Junction, la. Officers for 1924 will be elected at the annual meeting of the board, to be held Feb.

S. LIVE WITHIN YOUR INCOME-HOUGH "Instead of trying to live within the state's income, the average legislators spend their time trying to increase their income in order to cover more and more expenses," declared Judge William Hough, member of the Indiana state board of tax commissioners in his address to the Ad club in Hotel Savery at noon today. Judge Hough gave the first of three addresses this noon. He will speak to the legislators at the state house this afternoon and before a group of citizens at Youn-kera' this evening. judgTinstructs jury to acquit physician Jonesboro, Jan.

15. Judge Jacob Trieber today instructed a jury in United States district court here to return a verdict of not guilty In the case of Dr. Mary E. Lecocq, practitioner of the Abrams method of diagnosis, who had been charged with using the mails to defraud. Instructions for the verdict of acquittal were given after the introduction of testimony by the defense which.

Judge Trieber held, proved that Dr. Lecocq had acted in good faith. SERVING 26TH TERM AS LODGE SECRETARY Cedar Falls, Jan. 15. James G.

Whillis wae installed last nlgbt for his twenty-sixth term as secretary of Blackhawk lodge. A. F. fe A. of this city.

HAMMOND ON JOB. John B. Hammond, chief of police, returned to his office today after a four-day siege of ptomaine poisoning at the city hos pital. Chief Hammond was taken 111 early Saturday morning. He was still somewhat weakened on his return today and stated that he will probably he forced to spend a day or two recovering his strength before becinnin his official duties as usual.

Community Singing Feature of Thursday. i THE PROGRAM. 8:15 Community singing led by Dean Holmes Cowper. 8:. 10 Concert, Harry C.

Reed and the Des Moines Ladies' band. 9 Music, Hapac Grotto quartet. 9:15 Surprise act. 9:30 Concert Chamber of Commerce Glee club. 9:45 Xobel prize award and "Community Spirit," James B.

Weaver. 10 Award of Xobel award. Mrs. Mose Cohen presiding. 10 Motion pictures of award and audience made by official photographer for the A.

H. Blank enterprises. All set for the big community entertainment and the Nobel prize award. Thursday night at the Iowa theater the Nobel prize award committee will announce to the waiting city, what man or woman in the year 1923 has served the city best. The award will follow a brilliant musical and entertainment program of an hour and a half.

At 7:30 the lights at the Iowa theater will go on and the house be thrown open to admit the crowds who will gathrr to hear the program and see tho award made. Cowper I-cads hinging. At 8:15. Dean Holmes Cowper wilt lead the audience in fifteen minutes of community singing. This will be followed by a popular concert by the Des Moines ladies' band under the direction of Harry C.

Reed. Music by the Hapac Grotto quartet and the Chamber of Commerce Glee club will follow. Then the Nobel award iury will take charge of the program and the winner of The Evening Tribune trophy will be announced. The winner of the prize will not be made known until Mrs. Mose Cohen, chairman of the committee, announces the finding of the committee and the presentation speech.

Presented With Cup. Immediately the winner will be called to the stage and presented with the silver cup which The Evening Tribune is giving in recognition of the services of the winner Guy Woods, official photographer for tho A. H. Blank enterprises, will take motion pictures of the award and will make a panoramic picture of the crowd. Huge Cooper-Hewitt lamps for the making of the movies are to be Installed at the Iowa Thursday afternoon to insure that the movies made will be clear and perfect.

Pictures of the award and the crowd will be shown next week at the Des Moines theater through special arrangement with A. H. Blank. Silver Cup on Exhibition. The huge silver cup which Is to be presented to the winner will be placed on exhibition in the window of the Plumb jewelry store Wednesday afternoon.

Admission to the monster community meeting will be free through the courtesy of The Evening Tribune and the management of the Iowa theater, Mrs. C. H. Morris, winner of the award last year and Horace Hollingsworth. winner of the award two years ago.

will be present and will be seated on the stage with the judges following the musical program. Who is the Nobel award win-tier? Thursday night will tell..