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BY a atPAYKE
VOTE CONFIDENCE IN
MINISTRY OF BRIAND
Paris, June 1 (By The . Associated
Press). The senate Tuesday voted con
fidence in Premier Briand in connec
tion with the reparations settlement.
The -vote was. 277 to 8.
The question of confidence arose dur:
ihg the discussion of the budget ex
penses recoverable from Gerniany. The
radical socialist. M Henry . presented a
motion' that the decisions taken at tno
London conference be referred to the.
finance and foreigm committees. He
not only objected td France forgoing
a balance, of twelve million marks que
on May 1, but also to France 8 accept
ance of . a 50 per cent reduction in--her
claims. i '
M. Briand, in asking for a vote oi
confidence, said he would not be the
one to adopt a policy which disregarded
the affreement the Allies had reached
at London and which sooght to- obtain
from Germany a greater , amount than
the Reparations Commission nact awara
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If the Ruhr were occupied in an at
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tempt to collect more from Germany,
the Premier declared, France must be
called to arms and he would not be the
one. to -do. it, - .
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Tho 4 Mates Died Suspiciously,
WomanV Fifth Remains Loyal
of the brothers Mrs. Doolejr bore a
child, liorraine., . .; .
Deputy Sheriff Ormsby said thd wo
man had told him after her husband's
death that he-had contracted "typhoid
from drinking water m a well Into
which surface water had run. The
baby had been given some of the water
too, she said. The baby died on Novem
ber , 15 of the- same year. Again, ty
phoid was the cause written into tha
coroner's certificate.
. Two years later, the young attractive
widow was married to W. O. McHaffi.
He obtained a life insurance policy tor
$5,000. The bridal couple went to live
in Hardin. Montana. He died of influ
enza in the mountains a year lata.,
according to the official records of the
town
day after' her 'fourth marriage th
young -.woman tried to get a- policy f op
$1,000 insurance on her husband's life.
Whether ' this , is so, the ract is that
the policy was not delivered to her.
The bride went with Meyer to his
Snake River ranch to live. Within two
weeks of the-marriage, the bridegroom
became desperately ill, after supper.
He was taken to a hospital, appeared
to gain strength, then on September
7, 1919,; he suffered a relapse and died.
Th6 ' circumstances . aroused ; suspicion-
Mrs. Meyer was a. woman of
mystery by that time in the communi
ty. xShe: was quesitoned as to previous
marriages. She denied positively ever
having married Lewis, and nothing
dbuld shake her statements.
But the chemists were suspicious
the viscera of the
Mrs. Lydia Southard and two of , of the death of her f ourth -husband, to the' petted" wife. They returned to
EdwarM F. Meyer, on September 20
last. The body was exhuTied. evidence
of arsenic discovered, and a general
investigation ordered. While this was
Under way, the young widow -'went to
the coast and was married again. Be-
fmD Vio-r arreut was rlflprirt. IfiahO de-
of the U. s. cruiser Monterey, she will . tectives trailed back through her life
need all the help that adoring young and uncoverea a series of remarkable
man has promised to prove that she diu events. .
not murder uie iuur nusDanus. wnu; in Lydia Trueblood is the daughter or
Trueoiooa oi
ha all-sed victims: Robert Dooley (le
I ft) and Edwarfl Meyer.
s.m P'rancisco, May. 30. When Mrs.
Slvdia Trueblood Southard returns from
IHonolulu with her fifth husband, faui
IVincent Southard, cnier petty orticer
Twin Falls. The bridegroom, Robert,
When the Question of paying on the ! Thev examined
policy of insurance came -up, the insur-1 ranchman and reported evidences of
ance companies asserted that the sec-arsenic. The inquiry was pushed fur-
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ona. payment naa not ueen maoe as re-mr,. xne Drme aisappearea suaueniy.
They refused
quired in the contract.
to pay off the-poucy.
Lydia Truebl'oocL. now Mrs. McHaf f ie,
moved to Denver, Colo-, and in May,
1919, was married to Harlan Lewis.
They immediately moved to Billings,
Mont., and a month later the bride
groom took out a $5,000 life insurance
policy. The next month he became vio
lently ill and died within twenty-four
hours. Ptomaine poisoning was . the
cause of death, according to the medi
cal certificate. Lydia Trueblood. ' now
MrsXLewis, collected the (5,000 and
returned to Twin Falls, the scene of
a. m 'ioio cw'v.Qoorv fho revealed that part of a package of old
v.;J T?Ar-A rnvor at Tr.oQtiiA fashioned flypaper had been used, and
Detectives were detailed to trace her.
They located the young woman in this
city, Los Angeles, and kept her under
surveillance, while the Idaho inquiry
was continued. The bodies of the
Dooley brothers and the infant daugh
ter were exhumed. Again th3 repjort
of the chemist was that traces of ar
senia : were found. MuHuffiC. body
was exhumed, and once more the ev
amirtera said indications of poison were
still-present. , .. .
FLYPAPER WAS USED. i
Investigation - of the Meyer ranch
both went to Honolulu.
The bride- expressed amasement
when detained on cabled orders from
the States, and demanded an.-explana
tion- When it was given her she saidi
"I never poisoned anyone In my
life, aaid never tried to. My previous
husbands died natural deaths. I have
the certificates to show it. I will 3TQ
back as soon as possible to, face these
accusations. .1 can prove my complete
innocence of every . one. - of. . these
charges." , . . :
FIRST SUIT INVOLVES
COTTON FUTURES ACT
Washington, June 3.--WhUt was
thought to be the first suit involving
construction of the cotton futures act
was docketed in the Suvrf-.mj Court
Tuesday when Fred Brawne. of Fcrt j
Smith, Ark., asked a review, vvf deci
sions of Louisiana courts ttenying him
reimbursement from a fum of brokers
in New Orleans for lo.-iss alleged t3
have resulted from a dei in cottun fu
tures.
Browne based his cpe on section
four, of the. act, which r?Qtn;c? all pur
chase of sale contracts lQ"-"hfar the
name and address of bvyf-r' and' seller.
Tlie . document 'produced by the. brok
ers, as showing 'that, the purchaser to
cover his- account was at .. a ' prict
which resulted in a loss of more than
$4,000,' did not carry thes-i essanfcials.
Browne won in . the . district court tut
the decision was reversed on appeal.
GEORGE WASHINGTON DAMAGED
s Hoboken, N. J.c June l.A small lire
of .undertermined origin Tuesday night
slightly damaged the steamship George
Washington, which twice carried form
er president Wilson to France and back
The steamer is in dry dock here un-le in
going repairs. . v .
CORNS
Lift Off with Fingers
j.nntir aKurif f .aaurto1- Jnti in. this : that the rancher's
.V, i. nhArmd 'with havina I l'.emoval from the original package,
fieremonv she is charged with havin
given the name of Anna. May McHaffie
Why this was done is not clear to the
authorities who charge it, but they
hint . that there was a substantial rea-
inite rapid succession preceded him.
Despite the charges that have been
made against his wife, who is not yet
thirty, Southard remains true to ner,
land from Honolulu has sent this state-
Iment:
"Lvdia denies all these charges, ana
II have absolute confidence in her inno
cence. She has been a good, true wife
tfcme. and 1 have never had the
I slightest reason to question her. She
laabeen.in poor health, since coming
I Hawaii, and we bothwm be g:au
return to laano.
The bride's plight is traceable dtrecv-
Ly !o the uncertainty of the county
Mr. and Mrs. William
KeatsVille, Mo. She tfn local fame
for her beauty as a child and developed
a sophisticated charm as she grew older
that made (her extremely noticeable.
She beca-me acquainted with the Doolev
family of prosperous farmers, and Rob
ert Doolev Toecame enamoured of her.
The Trueblood family moved to Twin
Falls about 1910, and Robert," lovo
stricken, followed. Lydia and he were
married in 1912.
THE FIRST DEATH.
They moved back to a Missouri farm
I chemist of Twin
Falls over the cause but the farm was no longer attractive
and his brother Edward took out an- gon for her desiring to conceal that
insuKance policy of $2,000, which pro- ( h1 had ever married Lewis, the third
vided that , half of the amount was to j husband. ,
to the the surviving brother and the 1 nyTf,HT stn (vaa POLICY
either. - '
Then came the first death in the
girl's married life. Edward dooley
died after a sudden-illness, on August
9, 1915, less than six years ago. He
was sick only five days. The coroner's
certificate ascribed the death to ty
phoid fever. The insurance company
paid $t,000 to Robert and Lydia as the
dead man's policy provided.
The day after Edward's death, Rob
iert and Lydia took out another $2,000
policy which stipulated that the money
wouldl pe baid to the survivor on' the
death of either of them. On October
1915, Robert Dooley died after a shor,
sudden illness- The coroner's certifi
cate gave the cause of death as typhoid
fever. The Insurance company with
out question paid the $2000 to thej
wife. In the period between the deaths j
though the missing paper could not be
discovered.
But. before the Idaho authorities
could " act, Mrs. Lydia Trueblood-Doo-
lev-McHaffie-Lewis Meyer was . Mrs.
Paul Vincent Southard, wife of the
cflief petty officer of the cruiser Chi
cago. They were wed very quietly,
and soon after the ceremony he obtain-
The deputy sheriff declares -that the ed a transfer to the Monterey, and
RESTORES MAILILNG PRIVILEGES
Washington, June I. Postal .prohibi
tions against The Milwaukee Leader and
The New York call, two socialst newspa
pers, were withdrawn Tuesday by Post
master General Hays, - who restored
them to second class mailing privileges
The- action was in line With tha. re
cently taken in the case of The Libera
tor, a, periodical published inNew York
city. . v
Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little
'Freezone ' on an aching corn, instant
ly that com. stops hurtins. then ehort
iy you lift it right oft vith fingers.
Truly! ' ' '
. Your, druggist sells a tiny bottle of
Freem for a few cents, sufficient
f co remove, every hard coin, oft eorn.
or corn between the toes, and tna cal
luses, without sorness or Irritation.
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surround each and every operation.
that enters into the construction,
of the car with safeguards which
wiil compel those operations to be'
as close to perfection as human
effort can make them.
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The gasoline consumption Js unusually low
The tire mileage is unusually high
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