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AMERICA!
See It First and Stand
Behind It Always
GREAT
Montana Weather
Generally fair Saturday and
Sunday except rain or snow
west of the divide.
MONTANA'S BEST NEWS GATHERER
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Borah Clears Track
for Harding; Drops
Wo rld Meet Project
Idaho Senator Withholds Economics Parley Plan
When Told President Already Has Put Out
Feelers Among European Nations to Learn
Advisability of Method; May Revive It Later.
Washington, Dec. 29.-—The fight
over the proposal of Senator Borah
that President Harding call an eco
nomic conference came to a sensa
tional climax in the senate Friday
when the Idaho senator announced
that }te would withold his proposed
amendment to the naval appropria
tion bill on administration assurances
given by Senator Watson, of Indiana,
that the president already was sound
ing out the situation in a way which
might lead to some movement which
would aid the adjustment of conditions
prevailing in Europe.
Senator Borah made known his de
cision duriDg (ho debate after Sen
ator Watson, one of the administra
tion spokesmen who was instrumental
in lining up the administration forces
In opposition to the proposal, appealed
to the Idaho senator not to press his
„proposed resolution for substantially
'the same reasons outlined in President
Harding's letter Thursday.
Senator Watson disclosed that ad
ministration "feelers'' had been made
•IS to Fnrnnein iioMcv and referred to
the statement in President Harding's I
neces«arv first to I
ference would be "welcome.
"And 1 go so far as to say. said
the Indiana senator, "that that has
been done and that the things that
have been undertaken may, if success
fully continued, go so far as to result
in the holding of a conference in the
future."
Borah Seeks Facts
Senator Watson then suggested that
Senator Borah withhold his amend
ment on the ground that the adminis
tration's course would be embarrassed.
Sentor Borah asked whether the ad
ministration's negotiations were for
the [purpose of calling "this c-onfer
ence."
'•No, not negotiations.^ Senator
Watson replied. "What
that "feelers' had been put
the foreign nations were being
with n view to finding out whether
the United States may be helpful and
that in my opinion, it might lead to a
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Los Angeles, Dec.-t). |
Ran Francisco attorney who defended :
Roscoe C. ('Patty ) Arbuckle i I
three trials in the northern ci v ]
manslaughter in connection with tn :
death of Jliss Virginia Ivappe, screen :
actress, has organized a company ;° j
star the motion picture comedian in j
ihe "comeback" he plans, it; was an- j
nounced here Friday night by Joseph j
M. Solienck, producer, who previously
stated he would re-employ Arbuckle.
According (o Schenck. McNab has j
interested a group °f San Francisco
tinanciers in the plan, and they have j
organized a inotioji picture producing ;
Company in Los
geles. Report.
corporation to be capitalized at $100,
000.
It is understood the new company
will seek a producing site in Los An
geles and thnt McNab will direct its
affairs but that it will be known as
Arbuckle's company and that the come- j
dinn will be its active head. I
•'I had a long talk today with Kos- i
coe." Schenck was quoted. "He has !
recently returned from San Francisco,
where he conferred with McNab and
the San Francisco capitalists interest-;
ed. Roscoe said McNab had organized j
a company which would produce his j
future pictures.
"Roscoe is already working on his .
first picture. The production will start: '
immediately. 1 understand negotiations j
are in progress for studio space."
McNAB MERELY LAWYER !
San Francisco, Dec. 29.— Gavin Mc- j
Nab. counsel for Roscoe C. Arbuckle,
said Friday night at his home here that
he was "doing the legal work incident
to the organization of a motion picture
company in which Arbuckle will ap
pear, but I am not going into the
motion picture business."
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Lewisfown. Dec. 20.—(Bv The As-'
sociated Press.)—"I'll bring you some
breakfast," said a police officer to Will j
'It. Anderson, a prisoner in a cell at ;
the city jail, Friday morning. He did ,
not know
man. but
Dies in Lewistown
Jail ; Moonshine
Held Death Cause
y jail, J-rulay morning, tie diu . >
nw thnt he was talkin» to « denl
ow mat lie wa. raikin„ 10 a nc-'d
ut such was the case, as he dis- ! v '
covered a few minutes later when he ; '
took in the breakfast. Anderson was
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a barber and his death is attributed to j
indulgence in moonshine. An inquest L
will be held Saturday. i
FIRE DAMAGES HOSPITAL.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 29.—An unoc-1
eupied ward in the Emory hospital lo- I be
cated at Emory university, near here,
was slightly damaged by fire at mid
night. The fire was extinguished after
all available Atlanta fire apparatus
had been rushed to scene. The pa
tients c&Sfined in the hospital were not
disturbed, it was said.
a
- conference; that 1 had no authority
whatever to + y that. I speak purely
for myself as an individual and give
my personal views, representing the
opinions of nobody in authority. At
the same time I am not entirely* ignor
ant of the fact that these feelers have
been put out just as the president in
his letter states."
Senator Watson added that the situ-I
at.on was not one of negotiations J
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diplomatic conversations. >
Borah. pressing for more j
but of
Senator
definite information, asked if the ad
ministration course might "ultimately
lead to a conference covering the ques
tion of the economic conditions."
"Or, to some gathering for the pur
pose of determining the problem,"
Sen»tor Watson replied.
"But, the senator does know that the
feelers have been put out?" Senator
Borah pressed.
Questions Indiana Senator
"That is my understanding," Sen
ator Watson replied.
An(1 tl)at " ll:ls Ior uiumaie
I object the adjusting of the conditions
I winch now prevail in Europe. :
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Senator AVatson, adding
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FEU FOR 1 SIPS
that
I Many Vessels in Danger Whenjjf«;
i Gales Whip Water Into Fury; ;
Wide Distress.
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Gales Friday !
New York, Dec. 29.—Gales Friday j
continued to whip the north Atlantic
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into mountains and canyons, causing
fears for at least two vessels, delaying
scores and sending a few smaller craft, j
crashing into the shore. i
The chief anxiety whs felt for the |
freighter Bretonia. which sailed for
this port from St. Pierre on December !
12. and the German freighter Heinrich]
Kayser. which last reported when she
sent, out an S O S, 500 miles off Cape !
May, on December (!. , I
In addition, a flutter ran through
! marine circles when the shipping board;
motorship Miinmofor, bound for Nor
j f 0 iij from Boston, radioed for help
! Five Fathom bank light. The
! Munmotor, with a crew of 42 aboard.
! reported a bad list to starboard, but
!a later message stated she had righted
' il liule - Meanwhile, the coast guard
| cutter Kickapoo put out, to lier n
: HiHtance from Ca » e May . The most
I important • wreck reported was that ot
] the schooner Annie' L. Spindler. out
: Yarmouth, N. S., which struck ne:: r
: p r0v j n( . e f 0wn _ Muss., sending her crew
j 0 f s ; x a shore in a breeches buoy. An
j unconfirmed report had it that she wa>
j carrying a cargo of liquor.
j Shipping offices in New York. Ilaii
f ax an( j 0 th<*r ports were bombarded;
with wireless messages from liners re- 1
j porting delays caused by mid-winter ,
storms.
j The Berengaria. bearing Ambassador,
; Harvey back to Washington from Lon
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don. was one of the vessels held tip.
Due here Friday, she reported that; she i
still was 817 miles off this port and
did not expect to reach Quarantine j
until Sunday morning.
Waves also were lashing the sides '
of the giant Majestic, carrying the
British finance mission to the United
States and Emile Cone, proponent of i
auto-suggestion, bound here for a lee- !
ture tour. i
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Nearh -•> steamers which crept into ■
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_evening,
Days Happenings
in Washington
Briefly Reported
Prince (Jelasio Caeteni, the new
Italian ambassador, presented his
[ credentials to President Harding.
The house completed consideration of
j the interior appropriation bill, which
carries $294,000_.000, most of it for;
pensions.
Balthaser II. Meyer became chair
man of the interstate commerce com-'
mission, succeeding Charles McChord,
who remains, however, as a member of.
! the commission. <
Surveyiajr domestic business condi
ti«n«- the department of commerce said
j satisfactory progress has been made;
; "uring the past year with further ad
, vances in prospect.
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( redit to a maximum of $1,000,000
, , , . , , . 1IS p
! v ' oul(i b , e e . xt< n i le ^L. 0 J; er ™' l "t\.. t01 _"? e
; ' n purchasing foodstuffs in this eoun
; III J1U»< IlUMIlft lUUHfM.uiir. ill VIIir» m /uii
trv under a bill introduced bv Senator
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j H'' 1 ; 8 "™, republican, New Mexico.
L .i° nra ' 1 E ',. Si ? eD8 ' f fd«al fue| dis
i trlbut °r, preliminary to relinquishing
coal situation was ' "good" and that
anthracite production was exceeding
expectations. The office, however, will
I be continued at least for another
tributor, preliminary to relinquishing
his post, announced that the bituminous
month.
Senator Borah, repubb'can, Idaho,
announced he would withhold his pro
posal for an international economic
conference in order not to embarrass
negotiations by the administration with
a view to aiding Europe.
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Bachelors' Dinner Led
t o Investigation b y
Prohibition Agents.
Thirteen Accused When
Grand Jury Acts on
Evidence of Sleuths.
New York Dec. -9.—Investigation
by a federal grand jury into a bache
lor ' s «linner at the fashionable Rac-^
iquet and Tennis club on Park avenue.*
nt which liqllor was a n e ged
J f]owpd free]y p r jday broug
to have
„lit indict
> Inpn t G f m en. including four mem
j k ers 0 f j,., Montague family, prom
inent in society.
Two indictments were returned,
charging a conspiracy to violate the
Volstead and internal revenue acts,
through which approximately 30,000
gallons of assorted liquors were al
leged to have been illegally sold. Some
of those indicted also were charged
with having forged liquor permits and
other papers.
In a statement made public in con
nection with the- indictments, United
States Attorney Hayward asserted
that his office had ft
of a n e ged bootlegging even though it
: led to select circles and exclusive
fjppjj s0 ] r j on a wholesale
elusive clubs and the
wealthy.
Judge Thanks Jury.
Federal Judge Knox read the in-j
dictments on which two other juries—'
one in the court of general sessions'
in New York and the other in Brook- j
lyn—had handed up presentments urg- i
ing repeal of the state prohibition act, i
jon the ground that it was ineffective!
and wasteful of public funds.
In discharging the federal jury,
Judge Knox thanked its members, de- l
daring it had performed a highly use- t
fui task if it had "brought people in .
high walks of life to a realization that
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that liquor' had i
sale scale to ex- j
e homes of the ;
thaÄy can j
; violate other provisions of the consti- j
lution
The principal defendants, according
[ t<> Mr. Hayward. were Montaigne La
! Montagne and his three younger
j Montagne and his three younger]
brothers. Rene, William and Morgan,
! Itoue has long been in the public eye
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one *>r tiie foremost American polo
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igislature Dry
Helena. Dec. 29.—Efforts to
m a he Helena dry during the legis
lative session,, which begins Mon
day. will be made by the federal
prohibition officers, according to
John H. Metcalf, director for Mon
tana. Members of the assembly
will he on the plane of all other
citizens in the eyes of the federal
authorities, Mr. Metcalf points
out.
The director says that during
the session two years ago condi
tions in Helena with reference to
prohibition were bad.
Mr. Metcalf suspects that a
goodly supply of liquor has been
brought to the capital city in
preparation for the visitors who
are to be here the first 60 days
of the new year.
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Early Return to
Stage; Is Interviewed
Paris. Dec. 20.—By The . Associated
Press, t — "Teilt the American people
; that I shall return to the stage next
■ 'Wednesday night," said Sarah Bern
j hardt to The Associated Press Friday
in the course of the first in
| terview she has granted since her col
lapse during the rehearsal of a new
1 play two weeks ago.
! The distinguished actress showed
great improvement Friday, having been
1 able to have luncheon with the mem
j from dead or dying, as some of the
: reports would have it, and that this
rest, as I choose to call it. probably
j will give, me a new lease on life.''
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Wnman ï« Pkararpir!
** oman 18 V^nargeO
bers of her household in the dining I
room. Her physicians declared that I
i they had found no evidence of organic
! disease or chronic illness and were of !
the belief that the collapse of Madame I
Bernhardt was due only to over-exer
.tion and strain. •
"Tell my American friends." Ma- •
dame Bernhardt added, "that 1 am far i
With Murder; Killed
Man in Her Apartment
Louisville, Ky„ Dec. 20.— O. L.
Black, automobile sales manager, was
killed without justification bv Mrs
A,' t ll,lou ' J ukiuil.iuoii dj ->iis.
Olive L. Jones, divorcee, m her apart
| rnent here last Sunday night, according
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! ^ }} lCl verdict of a coroner s jury late
«Friday. Mrs. Jones was held to the
: i :.. rv on n f .harce of murder
j grand jury on a. ttewrtmatder.
! coroner, policemen and neigh
oors, on whose testimony the verdict
was based, declared the room in which
the body was found showed no signs
of a struggle.
Mrs. Jones was quoted by one witness
as having declared that. Black said just
before the tragedy;
"I am through with vou."
Efforts of the defense were centered
on support of the self-defense conten
tion of Wie defendant, officials declared i
after tilt; Jlearing.
PERSHING IN EVENING DRESS
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Civilian garb for General Pershing has been gt owing more and more a
i common sight, but here is the first occasion the camera caught him in evening
j clothes. He is shown with Mrs. Potter Palmer (left) and Mrs. John Borden
; at a Chicago charity ball.
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j Germany to Propose 4-Power
j Pact to Protect France,
Officials Hear.
Paris, Dec. 20.—(By The Associ
ated Preâsj — Persistent, reports that
the United States would participate
some form in next week's conference]
of the intei'-allied premiers were de
fiuitely eliminated Friday upon receipt
of news that the I nited States gov
eminent would take no part in .»he
meeting. 1 nofftcial. but authoritative
information reached Paris Friday tiiat
the American administration regarded
the forthcoming premiers' meeting as
a purely European affair 'and as not
warranting intervention by the United
States. ' ' .
Although it is not believed the state
department at Washington has .made
statement on the matter, interested
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government on inquiring of responsible
American sources were informed that
there did not seem to be the shgbtest
ehance of American participation..
There was some suggestion, however.,
and the probability that this would j
that, the breaking up of the conference!
certainly be followed by French ;
seizures in Germany, might provoke j
some eleventh hour step by the United
States. j
Reports-thai Wilhelm Cnno, the t
German chancellor, intended to startle |
the premiers* conference w ith definite j
four-po
would guarantee the security
France and the present Franco
German frontiers, reached reparations'
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proposals tor a four-power pact, which i
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Wills $200,000 to U. S. j
as Fund to Build
Summer White House
Baltimore. Md.. Dec. 29.-—Provisions
for the erection of a summer White
House for the use of t
the United States are made in the
will of .1. Wilson Leo kin. lawyer. The J
president of |
I automoliiling distance ot Washington,
I ^ f ' ie '».not ac-^jfed by con
Kress within IS montas at ter Mr.
! Leakm s death, the «200,000 is to iie
I colue P" rt of tlle rf ' s ld '"' of ,h<>
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will was probated Friday in the or-j
phans' court here.
For the purchase of land and the
erection of the' summer White House,
.$200,000 is left to the United States
of America. The site is to be within
2 More for Having
Guns in Possession
Dublin, Dec. 29.—(By The As
sociated Press.)—Two more men
were put to death Friday as en
emies of the Irish Free State.
Their names were given in the
official account of the executions,
which took place at Kilkenny, as
Pheiin and Murphy.
The official report says they
were arrested December 15 and
were found guilty of possessing
arms and ammunition.
OIL FIRM ENLARGES
Denver Colo. Dec. 29.
articles of incorporation filed in Chey
enne Friday change the name of the
Inland Oil company to the Continen
tal Oil Producing company and in
creases the capital stock from .$2
iooo,000 to .$6,000,000, according to' a
dispatch to the News here. Former
officers of the Inland will act as of
ficers of the Continental Oil ..Pro
ducing company. It is expected that
part of the increase in capital will be
used to compensate the Continental
for cash advanced for operations .iû
i Wyoming, particularity; jn the; Sält
IfVpek field, th» dinrmtch states
Creek field, the dispatch states.
Amended
!»ICA APPEALS
AGI TO TURKEY
TO AID REFIMES
jU. S. Delegates Ask Angora
i Permit Return to Homes
They Left.
i Lausanne Dec 29.-- (By The
j sociated Press).—America mad«
As
x„ ; , r Kast refugees, when the dele
j gates representing the United States
j u t the Near East peace conference
j presented an earnest plea that in the
j genera) amnesty arrangements to be;
j negotiated with Turkey, suitable pro
I visions to be made for Armenian and!
j ot her refugees who fled from Turkey
as and may wish to return to their homes.
The Americans asked that Turkey en
gage to restore to these refugees their
P"S!f rt /
What action the entente nations will
ta«e on tiie of Armonui .for a
national home in Turkey probably will
j be decided Friday morning. At this]
| time the delegates of France.. Great
; Britain and Italy will consider the
petition which the Armenians pre
sented to the conference a few days
j ago.
No progress was made Friday by
; the sub-commission on minorities, he
j fore which the American appeal was
presented when general question of
j amnesty were under discussion. The
t jurists to whom the amnesty clause
| of the proposed treaty was submitted,
j reported they were unable to agree, as
ofjjected too nïanv controversial political
considerations.
Confronted by persistent Turkish
! «ontinned on P:i£e Si»)
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i both the lurks and Greeks had inter
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to Fraud in Buying
Bosch Property
J fë yj '"5fëw York~"director".«?
New Y .ork, Dec. Jß. Martin h.
Kern, alleged dummy purchaser of
| a ss **ts of the Bosch Magneto com
pany at n sale b.v the alien property
oustodiau in 1918, and Joseph I\. Gui
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bureau for the custodian, pleaded not j
guilty Friday to charges returned in |
"jdictments by a federal gnlnd jury
I hursday. Hearing was set, for Janu- i
ary S and both were released on bond, j
Kern was charged with perjury. He j
was alleged, to have falsely sworn, in |
obtaining a passport, that lie was
citizen of the United States. Guffey
was charged with the embezzlement of
$40t!,000 iu government bonds. Fed
eral officials declared that the indict
ment of the two was not in connection
with the grand jury investigation of
the Bosch sale by the alien property
custodian.
IU. S. May Declare
Tariff on Canadian
Lumber Imports
Washington, Dec. 29.- Negotiations
have been opened through proper chan
nels between the United States and
Canada, it was said Friday at the
White House, to consider whether any
countervailing tariff duties may be
placed iii this country on imports of
Canadian lumber. At the same time,
it was added that President Harding
lias had no propositions before him
involving immediate alterations of
present tariffs on the products.
Provisions of the Fordney tariff bill,
now in effect, it was said at the tariff
commission, provide that the United
States may place a tariff on certain
types of lumber, which now come in
free, when produced in a country
which puts a duty on similar products
exported to it from tb» United States.
Canada was said to have a 25 per cent
duty in effect on imports of the
American types of lumber in question,
and thus ta., have raised the-q'uestion
as "to. tvhetîiét AuericaJi— «^hétrules
should be raised to an equal amount.
Probe to Reveal Wheth
er Murderers Are
Members of Ku Klux.
State Organization to
Use Ouster If Slayers
Known as Members.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 29.
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a j W "«if ""ny'^dividual members of the
klan are found suiltv of rhL ,n,,r
| der», not only will thev be outl-UvJd
f rom t j, e |. ia à j, ut ever *. of I)owpr
The Associated Press.).—Ku Klux !
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, ' Uls,ana ,uet ,lere * r| - j
aay to consider action to be taken in j
regard to reports that klansinen were |
responsible for the Morehouse kid- '
naping and murders '
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eporter ot a New Orleans news-j
paper was present at. the meeting
at the conclusion of the conference hp >
was authorized «"Terence he ]
agents of the
Morehouse to
eurred on August
kidnaping. !
. '.' lf the klan of Morehouse parish
îs m any way responsible for the mur- 1
j ders of Watt Daniels and Thomas ,
I Richards, the charter of that klan will '
be luted and the klun outlawed." it j
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fund nor has ir
— every bit of power
the klan has will be used to help ob
tain convictions in the criminal courts
of the state.
"The story told by United States
department of justice agents that i
members of the klan in black hoods I
tormed the 'wrecking crew' for the
kidnapers and murderers of Daniels
and Richards, is abusrd. There is no
such regalia in any part of the Ku
Klux Klan or in any of its degrees."
The chief klansman scouted the tale!
that Clarence Darrow, "or any promi- !
nent lawyer" had been retained by the j
klan to fight in the defense of the men :
who might be charged with the mur
has raised no defence
made any defense ap
propriations," he said.
Governor Parker has charged th.n
Dr. B. M. McKoin. under arrest .n
] Baltimore under a murder charge, \* ,i
« member of the Ku Klux Klan. \
had been implicated in manv mol.
j tivities, according to the e-,
; McKoin has denied he was a k' n . . -
j Former Deputy Sheriff T .1. B:irh->ü.
the first man arrested in the case. :i!m>
• has denied he was a klansman.
j SUSPENSE AT BASTROP
I Bastrop La.. Dec. 29.—With the
I ,] a te for »lie open hearing hut one week
sway, the heavy hand of the law, i
j xvliich lias already struck twice, was
still upraised Friday night over those!
| designated for arrest i
! with" the Morehouse kidnanine and;
murders. j
I The citizens were anxiously waiting I
the passing of time which would re
veal the identity of those marked.
: The nature of confessions in which
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also the subject of much speculation, j
There was no intimation of when the
arrests promised by the state would :
he made. |
While a deputy sheriff armed with a
carefully prepared requisition was en |
route to Baltimore to claim Dr. B. M. !
McKoin for the state of Louisiana in i
connection'with a charge of murder
with the robed and masked activities
of last August, his friends in this sec- :
tion of the state were planning tola
raise a fund for his defense. A fund!
of $100,000 was said by his friends to j
be the objective. Late today his .
friends here and in New Orleans were I
reported to be considering steps to pro
vide him with a heavy escort after he!.in
vent he is '
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McKOIN CASE DELAYED
; Baltimore, Dec. 29.—Further action
iu tho ,. ase of Dr B M McKoin. ar
i r ,. H | ( , f j here Tuesday for the murder ;
I of Watt Daniels and Thomas Rieb
j^i-ds, after thev were alleged to have
! been kidnaped last August, bv a white- !
j ro bet1 mob at Mer Uouge. La., is not ! A
| espec ted until next Tuesday \t thnt 1
!, ilnp it is believed Governor Albert I
i ltit<>hie will act on the requisition for!
j r>1 . McKoin, preferred by Louisiana
j authorities.
| j) r . McKoin, a former mayor of Mer
Rouge, was charged with the murder
of Daniels and Richards Wednesday on
an affidavit of the sheriff of More
house parish.
Dr. McKoin stated in an interview
ât the city jail Friday that he "would
rather die forty times than be taken
back to Mer îtonge." Ile predicted
that there "would be more bloodshed
than ever" if he ever put his foot on
Mer Rouge soil again."
Dr. McKoin declared his conviction
that, his life would not be safeguarded
there despite the presence of troops.
The jail at Mer Rouge, he said, was
a one-story, dilapidated brick building
outside the town. The lawless element
there, he said, would not stop at any - j
thing. Ile had had personal dealings ,
with them and knew that there "would j
be many who would lay down their j
lives just to kill me."
Governor Parker. Attorney General j
Coco and all the officials there, lie I
added, "cannot—if they tell the truth—j
guarantee that my life would be spared j
in that town."
"DEKES" PICKMÖNTREAL
Washington, Dec. 29.—•'"Dekes" of !
the United States and Canada, repre- !
senting about iiO chapters of the Delta !
Kappa Epsilon college fraternity, iu |
annual convention here Friday selected ;
Montreal, Canada, for next year's j
meeting place, at the invitation of Gen- j
eral Sir Arthur Currie, principal of
McGill university, where Tau Alpha
chapter of the fraternity is situated.
General Carrie was commander-in
chief of Canadian forces during the
world war.
HUGHES OFFERS PLAN
FOR SETTLEMENT OF
REPAR UTIONS MUDDLE
Independent Commission Composed of American
Business Men and Appointed by U. S. Govern
ment, Advocated by Secretary of State as Fail
ure of Paris Premiers' Meet Is Talked.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 29.—A sug
gestion that an independent commission
of men competent in financial affairs
would accomplish more than a genera! ;
! international conference toward solu- i
! ti , on of the European reparations tan
! gie. was put. forward by Secretary
- j Hughes here Friday night in the first
j public pronouncement on the economic !
| crisis to come from responsible offi-j
' cial8 of thp administration at Washing- |
' ton ' The seeretal '. v - who spoke before j
j the American Historical association, !
added that he had "no doubt" distin-Lfrom
andlguished Americans would be willing to f
> serve on such a commission, which he t
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! "the avenues of American helpfulness .
cannot fail to open hopefully." !
1 Referring to suggestions that the j
, United States assume the role of ar
' biter in the reparations dispute, Mr. i
j Hughes said a sufficient answer to
that was the fact "that we have not !
been asked." He went on to say lie i
did not believe this government should :
take such a burden of responsibilitv !
Throughout his discussion the sec
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Members of ISih Assembly to
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Sunday.
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H 'ii'iif, Dec. 29.—Democratic mem- |
i>er. u: the l^rh legislative assembly
v.i'l i/;eet in a party conference Sun
day afternoon, December ."1, at 3 :
o'clock, for the consideration of mat
ters of legislation. It is understood !
that this meeting will not be in the I
nature of a party caucus, but pri- !
marily for the purpose of discussing
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j relative to the various state dewart- ;
I ments and bureaus which h,ve hJn I
bureaus winch have been>
I collected by the democratic central
committee will lie placed before the
! meeting.
j The meeting will be addressed , i
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| chairman of the democratic state cen- |
tral committee, and by United States j
| Senator-elect B. K Wheeler Tndire
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i ' arrived in Helena i riday j
afternoon and will remain here for '
several days.
: ^o far no plans have been made for i
democratic caucus and no time has j
definitely fixed for the caucus of !
j republican members, although it is the ;
. general belief that the republican !
I caucus will be held Sunday evening, i
Many of the legislators had arrived j
he!.in Helena up to Friday evening and !
' were busily engaged in the lobby of the j
; Placer hotel during the day in renew-j
ing acquaintances and listening to the j
pleas ot a score or more of seekers !
after legislative jobs. j
As far as can be ascertained no ;
; changes have been made in the Dixon !
house and senate slates. i
Both ( alvin ( rum hak er, the Dixon
selection for speaker of the house, and j
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! A * () - '»nlhdge. the independ#--nt candi- j
1 date lor oflice - h;,vp been mixing
I S""! 1 tho enrly arrivals in support of
t,leir «'""didacies, but there will be no
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way of measuring their
strength until the caucus.
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of Precious Cargo.
Provincetown, Mass.. Dec. 29.—
High and dry on the rocks off the
Race Point coast guard station,
the two masted British schooner
Annie L. Spindler, out of Yar
mouth, Nova Scotia, was breaking
up Friday night, under a fierce
northwest gale, while scores of
Cape «Cod folk waited on the
shore in the hope of salvaging
part of her cargo. The schooner,
it was reported, had on board
600 cases of whisky. Her papers
showed that she was bound from
St. Pierre, Miquelon, to Nassau.
Th« Snindler stranded on the
rips off Bace Point early Friday
during a high wind and heavy
sea.
The coast guard crew shot a
line across her and brought the
skipper and crew of five ashore
by a breeches buoy.
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[ retary recognized that the question
j of fîerman reparations lay at the root
j of any economic settlement. The
; problems abroad, he said, were world
i problems and could not be disposed of
"by calling them European." He de
clared the United States would "view
with disfavor any course which, instead
with disfavor any course which, instead
! of producing reparations, would threat
en disaster." and said no one could
| foresee the "serious consequences"
j which might ensue if forcible means
! were adopted to obtain reparations
distin-Lfrom Germany.
f Discusses Arms Conference
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, ou K"t to be possible. Mr. Hughes
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wil s ? tef . ul aml ""necessary competition.
>.o far as American cruiser strength
is concerned, he said, "the United
States is not as well supplied as it
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fere with adequate provision by the
; United States'to supply this want, and
i it should be supplied."
Mr. Hughes declared that difficulties
vvbich prevented further naval limita
tions by the conference, so far as he
vas able to see, "still stand". The
failure, then, to make more sweeping
! limitations, he added, "is not attrib
| utable to us."
; Summarizing his reriew of ihe naval
pact and criticisms directed against it.
: the secretary said:
j My conclusion is that the naval
tieaty will stand the test of analysis
j and fair statement, takine all the per
tinent facts into consideration; and
that it will be a desirable safeguard
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Infantile Disease Carried by
Pests. Scientists Are
Informed.
Cambridge. Mass.. Dec. 29.—The
i conv,ction tbat infantile paralysis is
! spread by rats and fleas, just as the
bubonic plague is spread, was ex
| pressed lt>- Professor Charles T
j Brups - of -larvard university, in aii
!Ul(ires,! before the Medical Science sec
i tion of the American Association for
j the Advancement of Science Friday.
' Ile indicated that there mav be" an
other serious outbreak in the United
i States soon, possibly during 192.".
j "The animal reservoir to which the
! finger of suspicion points is the rat
; and insect intermediary, the flea, ®x
! aetly the combination which we know
i to be responsible for the perpetuation
j of the bubonic plague." said Professor
! Brues.
j The epidemic prevalence of paralysis
he said, had been strikingly intermit :
j ent. "with a tendency to excerbatipii
! every second or. more notably, every
j seventh year. If this frequency is re
; peated we may soon expect another
! serious outbreak in the United State«.
i possibly during 1923, and if such
should come to pass, it seems very
j probable that a world-wide epidemic
I prooame mar a worm-wiue epioemic
j wave of poliomyelitis is under wav,
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similar to the present tropicodemic of
plague which began at about the same
time."
Practically all epidemics of the dis
ease. said Dr. Brues, occur during
the summer.
Woman Is Quizzed
on Phillips Escape
Los Angeles, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Peggy
Buxton, taken into custody at Long
Beach, near here, Thursday night, on
the theory that she might shed some
light on the escape of Mrs. Clara Phil
lips, convicted murderess, who sawed
her way out of the Los Angeles coun
ty jail, December 5. was brought to
th r". Office here Friday and
subjected to a lengthy questioning.
What information, if any. regarding
Mrs, Phillips' hiding place was dis
closed by Mrs. Buxton was not an
nounced. but officers said that she
would remain in the county jail at leasts
for the night.
New Idaho Governor
Delays Appointments
Boise. Ida.. Dee. 29,—No decision
has been made by C. C. Moore, gov
ernor-elect. regarding the appoint
ments which he has to make, it was
announced by Idaho's next chief ex
ecutive in an official statement issued
Friday.
Applications for portions number
several hundred, the governor-elect
said, and because of the press of bud
get work and the preparation of his
message, he has puis all applications
aside until tin? time arrives for their
proper consideration. He did not say
when this would be. .