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The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
OKLAHOMA FAMILY MURDERED.

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 29-The body of C. E Logan, his wife and four year old daughter were found tonight in the ruins of their home at NIcIain, a farming community 12 miles south of Muskogee. The bodies of Mrs. Logan and the child were burned to a crisp but an examination of Logans body revealed that his head had been crushed with a blunt instrument. The position in which has body was found indicated that he died after d strug- gle.
 Deputy sheriffs from Muskogee took hloOdh0unds to McIAin and it is re- ported that they have already picked up trails which may lead to arrests before morning. Neighbors or the Logans said tl.at Logan received a mysterious message over the tele- phone yesterday threatening his life Logan was a well to do farmer and was highly respected in the com munity, according to officers who said they could find no motive for the mur- der.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
CUBAN WOMAN KIDNAPPED
 BV MEXICAL OFFICIALS

Fl Paso, Texas, Zee. 29.-Mrs. Rita Castillo Garcia. Cuban woman, who is being held in Juarez by the authorities on a charge Of espionage. was kidnapped from the home in El Paso by two Mexican policemen from Juarea who came to the American side yesterday in plain clothes. induced the Cuban woman to go to Juarez on the preteNt of wanting her services as a trained nurse and then arrested her as soon as she crossed the interna- tional bridge, according to her hus- bands story 10 the American officials tonight. The Cuban consul for the border. stationed al Galveston. has been asked Co intercede in behalf of the woman, and telegrams have also been sent to Washington to the Cuban minister protesting against the alleg- cd kidnapping of the woman. Ameri- can Consul Dow of Juarez has started an investigation of the case.
 Two Mexican women also were ar rersted in Juarez today and held on charges of carrying infomationr to the American authorities
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
CONSERVE YOUR GAS

Save all the gas you can dur ing the extreme cold. The sup ply for the state is not sufficient to meet the demand. The big con- sumers have all been taken off. Conservation on the part of s. E. Dillon, picking up a bit here and there, helped the small consumers to be kept supplied here yesterday when other cities were in want. Remember that the hard drain on the supply comes between and : o'clock ?. m, but the drain is also hard during each meal hour. If it is as convenient for you, pre- pare your meals at irregular hours while the weather is so cold and the demand so great. No use to be impatient or prod the gas com pany. It is not the distributing company's neglect The local company is fighting every inch of the way for you. The main sup ply company is doing all it can now-but the means of supply should have been increased last summer. It wasn't So in view of these facts. conserve if you can and if you help, there will be gas enough to go around and prevent any suffering or material disad-
 vantage.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
MEXICAN BANDITS
 ATTEMPT ROBBERY
AUTOMOBILE DRIVER KILLED WHICH HAD PAYROLL FOR
 SUGAR CORPORATION.

Brownsville, Texas, Dec. 29.-Gor- don Parmalee was instantly killed ana Charles Greenslade, paymaster for the Borderland Sugar corporation, slight ly wounded this afternoon when their automobile was fired upon from the brush one mile south of hanO GTande station. near Mercedes. Texas, by al leged Mexican bandits. Greenslade speeded up tho car and escaped. Sher- if A. Y. Baker of Hidalgo county, and deputies, with a citizens posse, are searching for the bandits tonight, and one report says trail has been struck.
 The automobile. driven by Parma lee and carrying several thousand dol lars from Mercedes 10 pay plantation hands, was slowing down 10 pass through gate near Llan3 Grande, which is six miles from the Rio Rio Grande, when six or seven shots were fired. Parmalee slid to the floor of the car with six bulle.s through his body, death having been instantanee- ous. Greenslade grabbed the steering wNeel and escaped.
 He did not see the persons who fir ed the shots, but staed his belief they were Mexicans.
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TAFT LANDS HEAVY ON AGiTAToRS
THE CLASS THAT APPEALS TO CLASS PREJUDlCES WHILE THE WAR GOES ON ARE
 TRAITORS

Springfield, H.. Dec. 29.-Persons who seek to stir party animosities ol appeal to class prejudices while the war goes on are traitors" to the na. tion, whether they know it or not. William Howard Taft. former presi- dent of the United States declared here today in an address before the Mid Luncheon club.
 There may be injustfces which must be cured, but they can wait" he said. They can wait until we win that which will save us the boat in which we are riding on the sea. We are fighting for our lives"
 Continuing, the speaker said:
 Now We are having investigations In Washington that are showing de- fects; investigations that are bring ing home to us the difficulties that a republic with the machinery of peace finds in becoming for a time a mlli- taristic nation able to measure swords with an adversary which has been preparing for fifty years to conquer the world and We must not withhold our expressions providing they are made in a proper spirit but when you find men using arguments that are meant to be demagogic appeals, you can mark down the degree of their patriotism"
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
PAN. .GE RmAN PRESS
 IS NOT SATISFIED

Stockholm, Dec. 29.-The events al Brest-iLtoysk attendant on the peac, parleys between the Germans and the Russians are little to the taste ot the pan German section of the Ger. man press, according to u special dis patch received here from Berlin. The Deutsche Zeitung captions it's report of the proceedings:
 Victory for the entente at Brest- Litovsk" and other German or gans exhibit dissatisfaction to the highest degree. The newspapers of the left arc hopeful in their comment, but not sanguine. Theodore Wolff editor of the Berlin Tageblatt, utters a warning against over optimism. The rest of the press maintains a reserved attitude.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30

Washington, Dec. % Eighty per cent of Guatemala City was demol- ished by earthquakes which began Deecemebr 26 and continued two days the state department was advised to day in wireless dispatch from the American charge there. Forty deaths had been officially reported and thou sands were homeless
 Martial law had been established and good order prevailed,
 The American legation building was damaged and ehe consulate destroyer the dispatch said, but American anu other foreign diplomats were salc The legation was crowded with reIu- gees.
 This message of eondoIence has been sent by President Wilson to Es- trada Cabrera, president of 1uate- mala.
 in the great afflictiou with "lllC- you are now visited let me express on my own behalf and on behalf 0I tue neople of the United States the great est of sympathy. If there is any way in which we can be ot any assistance ho you in your trouble or Tn wAic4 we may alleviate some or the sur .r1w and suffering you will experience
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
GERMANS STRIP
 BELGIUM BARE
EVERYTHING THAT CAN POSSi. sLY BE USED IS TAKEN BY
 INVADING ARMY.

Washington, Dec. 29.--An official dispatch received here by the Belgium legation said information had come through Holland tha, the Belgians in occupied territory are being literal ly stripped Dare by German requisi- tion. extending to the most necessary Jrequisites of life.
 Large bodies ot troops being rushed to the Flanders front, it was said, had seized cows, milk and eggs. articles already so scarce in Belgium they were reserved for children and in yalids
 All wooleas were seized. including mattresses and cushions which had to be replaced by bags of seagrass.
 Virtually all leather shoes were requistioned and only one change of clothing was left to the inhabitan s.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30

Washington, Dec 29.-The senate war inquiry committee today investi- gated further the cancelled scrap uni form cloth picking contracts let by the committee on supplies of the council of national defense to the Base Sorting Company Of New York and under which witnesses testified the company Could have made eXcess- i've profits lggregating several hun dred thousand dollars annually
 Charles Eiseman. vice chairman of the committee who approved the contracts, and Samuel KapIan, an whose brother, it was developed is financially interested in the company, will be summoned to testify, it was announced, in 6 further inquiry the committee proposes to make. It was further developed today that Kaplan's brother is treasurer of the company owning a Connecticut woolen mill commandeeered by the government
 Quartermaster General Sharpe tes- tfied that when the war department cancelled the contracts last Thursday hoth E!senman and Kaplan protest cd. The government he explained will take over the work
 In concluding today his testimony regarding clothing and other army suppllees, General Sharpe placed re sponsibility for delay in securing sup plies of wool for army clothing on the council of national defense. The councils commmittee which had taken over the question of wool supplies, the general said, recommended use of shoddy material in making uniforms and delayed accepting raw wool Of fered last April by Boston dealers.
 Nc large purchases were made un- til September, after prices had risen greatly, he sad. Senator Weeks told tle committee hc was reliably inform el that lost of $t50,000,o00 10 the governmen, resulted.
 Replying to testimony yesterday Of commanders of Camps Bowie, Texas,
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
SeDen Persons Killed
 In B. G. Q. Collision
Both Engines Were Demolished and Thrown From the Track Down
 an Enbankmenf.

North Vernon. Ind, Dec. 29.-SeYen are known dead as a result of the col lision between west bound and east bound passenger trains on the E. < O., near here tonight. All the dead were members of the crews. Tae westbound train carried several sol diers, according to reports, but it is not known if any were among the ir- jured.
 The Dead:
 Harry French, Seymour, Ind, en- gineer on westbound train.
 Joseph Harding, Seymour, Ind, eastbound.
 M. c. Harvey, Cincinnati, baggage man on westbound train.
 Frank Day, Seymour, engineer on eastbound.
 M. E. Matthews. Seymour, fireman on eastbound.
 Albert Shur Cincinnati. baggage man on eastbound train.
 T. IT. Kempton, Cincinnati, brake man on eastbound train.
 The injured included Conductor D. ? Shaner. of the eastbound train, and
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30

Conductor r. J. aIcEvilly. both of Cin- cinnati; S. Bayles, an engineer, of Cincinnati, who was in charge of dead engine on the eastbound train, also was injured The extent of theiy injuries has not been determined. At il o'clock the identity of others in- jured were not known.
 Relief trains have been sent here from Seymour, 20 miles west, and ac-- cording to reports reaching here from Cincinnati, Louisville and Washing ton (Indiana) also. All of the dead were pinned beneath the wreclzage Both engines were demolished and thrown from the track and down a steep embankment.
 The cause of the wreck is reported to have been the failure of the auto matic block system to work.
 Among others injured were Siiss Hucklebnry. North Vernon. mall clerk; E. L. vermily. mail clerls; II e. Schweer, Cincinnati, in charge of mail: Private c. w Mains. Sixth reg iment; Leslie Abeil, U. S. g. Penn : Isylvania, of Mitchell. Ind; Arthur c. Austin, Decker, Ind.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
BRITISH ANNOUNCE LOSS
 OF THREE TORPEDO BEATS
The Vessels Were Sunk Of tho Dutch Coast on tho Night Of De- cember 22, With Loss of 1,s53 Of. fleers and Men--Airmen Have Bat. tie on French Front

New York, Dec. 29s-Cold weather and snow in the European fighting zone have reduced military activities to a minimum in most sectors. Only qn northern Italy has there been any movement of importance in the Last IS hours. Even there an infantry op-- eration is reported from only one point on the battle lines. The Italians took the initiative by delivering a Iplow at the Austro -German line near Monte Tomba on the mountain front just to the west of Piave.
 The German war office reports thia engagement, declaring that the ltal- Ian attack was broken up by the de- l fensiye fire.
 The principal aerial activity also is reported from the Italian front. Aus trian air men recently beaten off
 from Treviso with the loss of eleven aeroplanes, carried out a bombing
 raid Friday night in which the city
 of Padua, rich in art treasures, was
 attacked. None of the city's noted monuments were harmed, but eight
 bombs dropped in the most densely populated part of the town killed t3
 persons and injured 50 others. onnbs
 dropped on Treyiso and two other
 towns closer to the fighting lines than
 Padua, which is some 35 miles from
 the front, caused no damage or cas- ualties.
 In naval warfare torpedoes or mines against British torpedo boat destroy CTS operating off the Dutch coast. Three of these craft were sunk on the night of December 22 during foggy weather, with the loss of 1898 off, cers and men.
 Perrograd special dispatches do not indicate clearly what the reception has been of The peoce delegates.
 Meanwhile Germans who have ar- rived in Petrograd are being permit ted to spread their propaganda and German newspapers are circulating freely Postal service with entente countries, on the other hand, is lack ing, and allied residents of Petrograd as well as the Russians as a whole, ------------------------ -
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30

ana Donlphan, Oklahoma, that over rrowding of tents and lack of winta, e'oIhlng caused deaths of many men III recent disease epidemics, General ohaipe said the authorities knew tents would be short for men sudden F called into service but that SUD- plles now are ample to reduce the tent quota from twelve to five men as recommended by Surgeon General Gorgas.
 Regarding lack of motor trucks for training men at the cantonments. HeneIal Sharpe said the departments policy not his own, is that truck shall not be supplied until the men e abroad Rolling kitchens and many other vehicles, he also said, will not oe furnished until then, under pres ent plans. Committee members voiced dissatisfaction with the plans which they contended will prevent men from being properly trained.
 Questions on the cloth scrap con tracts, General Sharpe said he esti.
 
 mated that the contract given to tbe Sorting Company at cents a pound would net the company S400,OOO an nually Captain A. E. Peerless who investigate dtbe contract. estimated the profits at $J00000 yearly and also told of another contract given the company which was to have but slO.- DOC capital for sorting old rejected and discarded army clothing Cap tain Peerless estimated that this con tract, also cancelled, would yield very much more" profits -$250,00O year for blankets alone. That Charles keplan's brother Ira A. Kaplan. was a member of the firm given the con- tracts was testified to by Alexander II. Kamilsky, attorney for an associa- tion of New York rag merchants. who sought to do the work for the govern ment
 He said that he believed Eisenman has acted in good faith. but had been hoodwinked" by rag merchants com posing a committee appointed by the council to conserve rag supplies. Fisenmann, the witness said, took full responsibility for and defended the contracts, A clique in New York, Kaminsky charged, was interested in trying to get control of the counwy's rag business. He also asserted that Charles Kaplan knew all details con nected with the contracts gwen the sorting company and said the 6 cent price for sorting scraps was ecXccss- i've. A good profit could be made, he said, on price of from 1 to cents a pound
 Next week the committee plans to conclude investigation of ordnance affairs.
 General Crozier will be recalled Monday having request ed an oppor- tunity to reply to statements of Col onel Lewis regarding the Lewis ma rhne gun controversy Secretary Baker also if he desires, will be given m opportunity 10 make sta ement on the machine gun questions
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
PEOPLE OF FINLAND
 ARE NEAR FAMINE

Washington. Dec 29.--Food stocks in Finland are so depleted that off cials there fear famine unless ton mage is obtained to transport the oats and corn granted the Finnish proyi- sion administration here by this gov ernmeut Official dispatches today from Helsingfors say the big neec exists throughout the country. Dr Kaarlo Iganatius, the Finnish com missioner, is endeayoring with the as ,sistance of the state department and shipping board to obtain tonnage enough to take food to relieve the situation and it is considered likely that two ships will be obtained.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
RAILROAD MEN SEE IN THE GOV. EMINENT TAKING OVER THE RAILROADS ULTIMATE OWN.
 ESHtP
DIRECTOR GENERAL M'ADOO
 ISSUES HIS FIRST ORDER

Railroad 5rotherhoods' Demand for a Forty Per Cent Wage Increase Was Refused by Railroadsi-Broth- erhoods Decide to Walt Sixty Days Before Taking Matter Up With Government.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
Eearthquake Deno1ishes
 City of Guatemala
Forty Deaths HdOe Been Reported and Thousands Are
 Homeless.

because Of the calamity We stand ready to do so. Until it is possible to render some material assistance, pray take this opportunity to convey to the people of your country the sympathy which we feel for them in the circumstances, a sympathy more profound by reason of the proximity of our countries and the relations oi the country and yours.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
ERUPTION OF
 VOLCANO Is FEARED

ERUPTION OF
 VOLCANO Is FEARED San Francisco. Calu Dec. 29.-An eruption of Moant Palin is feared by residents of the City of Guatemala which was said to he in ruins, result ing from a series of earthquakes ac- cordlng to cable adyices received at tba office of a local $ eamship com Dapy from its Guatemala agent.
 "Continued severe earthquakes eince December 15." the message said, "oitv of Guatemala in ruins Many ,o s,,alties. The populace is living Tn mblic squares. The earthquakes are local An eruption of Palin is feared
 The message closed with a request for provisions of which there was " serious shortage
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-30
CONT RAcTS FOR ARMY CLOTH ING AWARDED TO RELATIVE OF MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF
 NATIONAL DEFENSE.
GOVERNMENT HAS
 COMkANDEERED MILL

General Sharpe Places Responsibility for Delay in Securing Supplies of Wool for Army Clothing on the Council of National Defense-Delay Cost Government $1so,0oo,ooo.
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4 FOR RENT 40 WILL
 pENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the sentinel-Record is almost sure to bring a customer.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-09

der the constitution collection IL en-
forceable only after three years have
elapsed. Unusual interest has been
attached to the payment of poll taxes
this year. because the energetic efforts
OF the Civic association OF Richmond
and various local organizations to In
terest people In the subject.
The Civic association has used va
rious efforts to interest the citizens
circular letters, appeals to employers,
large display advertising in all four
daily papers day after day, and house
to house canvass in various parts of
the city. Mr.. o. A. Hawkins. chair
man of the associations registration
committee, and DR.. d. r. Anderson,
the executive secretary, have been
particularly active and report that
many citizens who had not paid their
poll taxes for several Years have come
forward and done their duty. The
Citizens association in Ninth Madi-
son on the South Side, in E ghth Lee
on the North Side, and In Barton
Heights, have also made active cam
vases in their precincts and report
substantial results
1t is pointed out that without very
active efforts payments would havo
fallen even far below the usual num-
Der on account of the absence of SOL
diers and the absorption OF the public
In patriotic enterprises.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-09

l6noorted anowbou and It In feared
~ daath toll on them viii be largely
E HMoteAsed Snow plows are being ope-
rated In an eudeavor to dig them cut.
DeoseA's supply Trnin Arrives.
0omA measure Of relief and comfort
Nne provided by the arrival here to-
DAY OF supply train from Boston
4 which fought its way through blind
Slns snowstorm. The people, starving
ma desperate, surrounded II at the sta
faon be9Eing for food. Women, pinched
with cold. held out hands already
Wtthered rrem lack OF nourishment
bexgfng for food. Children Juggling at
their skirts. whispered with voices al
most too weak 10 be heard. Men who
had wrapped their dear ones In their
coats and overcoats stood shivertnE in
the blasts awaiting a turn 10 secure
food or clothing for wives and chill
dren-
Already many sombrs professions
have been vending their way toward
the cemeteries. They are not largely
attended. these professions, only
sncurusr or tive walking dejeetedtY
thrcugh the snow In the wake Of the
vehicle carrying the corpse. but they
add an even greater touch OF dcpfes-
sion to tho Ersef-strlcken city
Messages from surrounding towns
where the wounded have been taken
report tonight an over-inereasing death
rate The hospitals are packed and in
NIL the places 10 which the stricken
have been removed the cry for neceSss-
ties 10 pressing. All that II available
il being given. but much mere help is
needed from the outside.
Thousands OF telegraph messages ap-
prtsing the families or friends Of per
nons here Of their condition are con-
rested at the telegraph Offices. When
Ire lines can be repaired much fuller
details of the catastrophe can be sent
about the world ard many Of those who
have friends in the stricken CITY will
not know until then II they stlii hvs.
Scores OF wire men who were being
FASTENED here are on the trains when
are banked in the snow ffteen or
twsnty miles. from the city and there
seems no prospect of relief IN condi-
lions Of communication
Grief Of injured, the dying snd the
freezing are still borne en- the blasts
that are sweeping the snow In binding
nurries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-09
LOAF ON
MARKET MONDAY
WIN Weigh Pound and WIN Have Less
Shortening Than
Formerly.
Bronm Baking Company Expert Is
Standardixing n Loaf Which VIII
Contain One-fourth Cornmeal and
VIII Market II when Perfected.

The five-cent loaf is no more, pass
ing away In accordance with the di.
rections of the food administration
It having been deemed more economi-
cal to make the minimum loaf pound
This loaf will be retaiIed In Richmond
for ten cents, and will make its APP
pearance tomorrow,
Under the present system of dis
tribution. which is not the most eco
nomical by any means, 1t is said that
the pound loaf cannot be furnished
the Richmond consumer at any less
than this sum.
Such bakers as have heretofore
used from six to ten pounds of sugar
and six to eight pounds of fat and
milk, only three pounds of sugar and
two pounds OF fat win be allowed to
the barrel OF -four. 1t is estimated
that by this system of bread making
in the bakeries of the country saw
ing OF one hundred millions of pounds
each OF sugar and fats will be effected
annually in this country.
Unsold loaves will no longer be TAX
en- back by the bakers from the re-
tailers. Mt this time there are no
regulations affecting ingredients that
may be used by the householder In
bread making.
An interesting sidelight on the bread
situation comes with the announce
ment that j. J. Mattern, bread ex-
pert from the Bromm baking com.
pany, is experimen ting with a Loaf
which will contain one-ffth cornmeai
and which will be known as the ideal
Hoover loaf. AS soon as 1t can be
perfected and graded so that uniform
standards may be maintained the Loaf
will be put on the market
While there is general belief tina;
Americas European allies are taking
the -four and eating no cornbread. II
was stated recently by Colonel E. B
White, food administrator of Virginia
that the bread now being made In
Europe was thirty per cent cornm cal