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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-22
CHARGED WITH
COAL G0Ue|he
Senate Committee Told of
Ring Which Melted
S675,000 Profit
SOLD 10000 TONS
SOLD 10000 TONS
Advance cn This WIS sl-50 Ton
Accusation Made by G. \. Cushing
of Wholesale Association

Washington. Dec. ga reported
coal prcfiteering loot Of S675,0 900,
perhaps more, by ring containing
at least one Government official, was
uncovered unexpectedly yesterday
by the Senate Coal Investigating
Committee.
George H. Gushing, general ,pana.
ger Of the American Wholesale Coal
Dealers Association, inadvertently
disclosed in his sworn testimony b.,
fore the committee that Government
officials had taken advantage Of ad-
vance information on the fuel strin-
gcncies obtained in their confidential
position. The comnlittse immedi-
ately determined TO 20 TO the bottom
# the charges.
Mr.. Gushing told the committee OF
me instance in which Government
1ficials cleared profit of $675,lO1
~ the sale Of 10000 tons Of coal,
He stated that he was offered a
share amounting to over 100000, t.
particiEsate in the deal. but declined.
rHere were many other such instaD-
.es, he told the COMMITTEES.
Much of AR. ClEh;ng's testimony
w,S given behind closed doors and
xas not made public. He furnished
the committee with the name Of the
::;nelesder, said to be dollar a year
nan. The committee expects to Is
70 sthpoers for this man. Mr..
ru@bine viii return TO ths witness
:tan;i lprobably today, armed With
oaDers that VIII enable him to fur
.ish the committee with the nanes
-,s other Government officials who
!rev. down huge profits n coal. The
committee plans to make thorough
Investigation and reveal to the coun-
ny the naEeS Of al! officials engaged
n tse coal deals.
Members Of the committee, aftet
hearing Mr.. Cushirg's testimony, ex.
1L.iuet that th4. coal handled by the
ing. was not s.ld to :he American
government and they doubted, there
fore. whether any graft prosecutions
,ouli be instituted. The coal waa
sold. it was stated sometimes ITO
american consumers in reglons
wherc the shortage was acute ana
sorus1:,nc$ 10 foreign GoverrEnents
rfo were badly in need Of fuel for
heir shipping and industries.
The practice Of the ring as outlined
~ M. Gushing was o,get secret or.
!ers from persons and concerns bad
y IN need of coal, enter into negot.-
,tions win coal dealers with whom
they usually offered to share thetr
,rofi;<, and then deliver the Goa q
price about 81 80 tor in excess os
he purciIasn cost. The OFFICIALS pere
n positions where they. were able to
obtain information as TO coal needs
nd give assurances to their cGsto-
fCoat:nued on Pale Five)
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Twenty Picked Sharpshoot-:
ers Armed With Rifles
Patrol Streets
SEEK ENRIGHT'S SCALP
Bank Robbers Get Speedy Justice i?
Jcrsey-Ask For Special Commit
tee to Investigate New YOrk's Poll

New York. Dec. e2.-Armed with
.epeating rifles. 20 sharpsnooters OF
Inc New York police force, last night
EcourcG the city in automobiles IN q
hunt for bandits.
Each sharpshooter. picked man
rom the police rifle squad, was &C
|ompan:ed by three detectives and a
Uniformed patrolman. Under orders
shoot every suspect who attemst
/ d to escape them the men searched
he highways and byways of the city
throughout the night.
Other drastic measures to curb
Few York'S crime wave, which YES
erday swept beyond the city's bordol
I ito nearby New Jersey towns, were
lunched by police cfli-:als and
ldges.
Removal of Police Commissioner
Rnright was proposed in resolution
Introduced at meeting of the Board
Aldermen. The resolution was
lbled, however. Similar action was
Rken on, a resolution to appoint a
becial committee to investigate the
olice Department and report to
overnor-elect Miller, and on another
request the Police Commissioner
furnish the board with informa.
On concerning all arrests made in
CIV York City during 1920.
Ar increase in the police force OF
- men yes authorized by The Beard
Estimates. and in ntdcr to prov i,
hnds for paving the extra patrol
en- an issue Of special revenue bonds
1921 was ordered.
Judge Mcintyre, of the Court Of
eneral Sessions. ordered $50 PEI"
ms now on bail of 81, 500 to $4,000
rahbary charges to apnea" tomor-
Wv, when, he said, their hnil will
Continued on Page Eight
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MISS SMITH TO SURRENDER
Woman Sought for Hamon Murder
VIII Give up To-day

Ardmore, Okla, Dec. 22.-At a
1oint along the international border.
not far from FL Paso, Clara Barton
Smith, sought in connection with the
'atal shooting Of lake l.. Hamon
aerc. will surrender to Sheriff Buck
Jarrett, of Carter county late today,
according to an announcement here
ast night By James II. Mathers, re-
aimed as counse! for Miss Smith.
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NOTICE

We are again, having frequent
.alls for rooms and apartments, and
We arc desIouS of preparing Eew
'ist for such Accommodations. We viii
appreciate il if any citizens Of Alexs-
,ndria or suburbs. having such space
cor rent, will list with us. =.
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.
204-2c.
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MASONIC NOTICE

, The, regular meeting Of Virginia
"ons story. No. 2. NJ. R. S.. will be
held Friday evening. December 2tth,
:. 7:aO p. m., a, which tire the an
mai election Of cfficers for the en-
suing year seill pc held.
u S..W: Pitts. X. c. c. H..
!. "a Master Kadcsh.
F.-W. Latham, S3 degree,
a0a-ac. Hon. Registrar.
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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE

williamsburg, Va. Dec. 22-Chri>'
mas holidays for the students of m
Cc,,cyc Of w! am ard Mary VI! b
gin tomorrow. December %, and CO..,
:inyc until january ;.
Immediately after the return rr"a
ne Yu!etide festivities. The student:
bath men and women, viii begin wnr!
preparing for n1id-ter!n examinations
which vii! he held the later part o'
January.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-22
POTOMAC FISH COMPANY

VIII have on sale tomorrow and
Balance Of week: snotteA trout. .ler-
sey trout. bass. white lake trout, ycl-
Tow perch founders, rock, fish shaG.
nike fish. winter shad. steak hai!hut,
e,esh scnrimp. W;Il have plenty Of
York River and Potomac Oysters
for Christmas. G.. II. ZIMMERMAN,
Proprietor. Phone 19S. "P4-2c
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Salvation Army
lditional Contributions For Smas
Fund Total S7l

The Salvation Arm" reports ,aGdi-
knal received for its Christmas furd
r. the r2cr of the city are as follows:
w. B. Smoct S25: Andrew Jackson
Fdge No. l2o. Masons, $40; E. B.
|lllman and Company, Fairfax coun>
$40; Second Presbyterian Sunday
Fhocl through George E: Markell,
0; Mrs. F. Qnigley;. through the Wo-
an's Benefit Association Of Maca.
les. s.; Wilmette Hoffstead. 81;
lex, 1896 l. A.. Of NJ. $40.
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MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
lNDORSES NEAR EAST RELIEF

The Ministerial Association Of this
;itv, has given its approval to the
'rivn for funds foS. the Near East
.i9clie;, This, however, does not mean
that Individual drives will be con-
Iucted in the various churches. The
association, however. recommends
hat ell who can contribute to this
"crthy fund.
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[RGINIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER p, 1920.

day: l,y Sir Hanlar Greenwood, Chiss
Secretary for, Ireland, in reply to q
question. Sir Iartl9' said three per-
sons were murdered by unidentified
individuals. The others were civilian:
Sim Feiners who were k?Eetf while a.
racking Crown forces OF attempting
20 cvadc arrest.
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NOTICE

Fresh country eggs from the Val
'ry OF Virginia, ~ cents a dczfn.
+ G.. PELLIN, corner Queen and
RovaI Streets. 3n4!1c
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TURKEYS.

lo9 selected fresh dressed tarkeys.
Come early and Get your choice .ssat
z. c. PULLrN, Corner Queen and
ROYAL Street. 304-1c.
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NOTICE

See F.. C.. PULIJN'S ad in classified
column. ""i-i'
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- PER CENT REDrCTlOS
on SHIRTS -

Dowuham and kidsely.
The producers news., 1920-02-06
SCOBEY

w. T. Stephens has been confined
to his home for several days with an
attack Of grippe.
Mrs. John Q. Zuck, wife of the sup
erintendent Of schools, is recovering
from serious illness Of several
weeks duration.
Harold Feetham, deputy sheriff il
the Office Of Jack Bennett, was ~
town Monday and Tuesday, called
here by the Lough tragedy.
Andrew Fadness was q passenger
to Williston Tuesday morning and
win visit other places in North Dako-
ia before returning to his home in
this city.
r. G. Downs, Continental Oil rep
resentative from Butte and formerly
q resident Of Sheridan county, was
transacting business for his concern
IN this city the fore part Of the week.
Uncle Billy Jacobs was n town
Wednesday from the West Flat
Frank Marlenee was in Wednesday
from the Marlenee farm south OF
this city.
County Coroner Lloyd Wagner was
up from Plentywood the first Of the
week to hold an inquest and lnyestlga-
ton relative to the deaths OF the peo-
ME concerned in Mondays tragedy.
Louis Chartrand returned from
The producers news., 1920-02-06
ARCHER

Nels Moe arrived home from NORTH
Dakota, where he had been visiting
and transacting business. He reports
conditions there to be thriving ano
evolutionary.
Misses Ole Morgan, Gertrude Mad
son and Myrtle Tobiason and Messrs
Kenneth Heine, Albert Alnberg and
Eddie Moe were among those that
took in the box social and dance al
Outlook, given for the benefit of the
hospital
"A good meeting is expected by the
Farm Bureau Saturday afternoon
The presence of every farmer and
wife is needed to make it a genuine
meeting. The town people should
turn out ennasse to help make it in
teresting and valuable meeting. This
is community affair and concerns
all in the community.
There is considerable talk among
members of the Farmers Union to
increase their stock and establish a
general store. It behooves every one
that has the welfare of the communi-
ty to ct back of that and boost it and
thereby create a proper avenue OF
service to the people of the commu-
nifty. This is as good business COM
munity as any in the county and by
putting the proper capital and man
agement back of it we are assured OF
service as well as profits. Why not
call meeting and talk it over?
Mr.. w. B. Newton made another
trip to Outlook Saturday evening to
visit his wife, who is being nursed at
the Outlook hospital.
The farmers of this community are
sending for a great deal of seed
corn, and other fodder varieties. There
is varied assortment of samples at
Moe Bros. Hardware. It can be es-
timated that there will be from five
hundred to one thousand acres of corn
seeded in this vicinity-the next thing
will be silos and fullblooded stock.
A lot of "Soil Culture Manuals
was sent to the address of Nels Moe
asking that the same be sold. AS
long as these last they will be sold
fwithout profit. Since this is such a
valuable guide in scientific agricul-
ture adapted to conditions in all eoun-
tries, but especially to the conditions
that exist in the semi-arid regions Of
the world (such as Montana), every
farmer and business man should alb
solutely have one as a source of infor-
nation for all problems of farming.
This book is edited by Harry w
Campbell, the greatest authority on
scientific dry farming methods in the
world and deals with every aspect of
the subject in easy simple language
accompanied with clear illustrations.
Ester Tobiason, who used to be a
stenographer in Minneapolis has ac-
cepted position at bank in Tample,
N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Madison Wis
tied with Frank Morgan and wife
the first part of the week.
The producers news., 1920-02-06
RESERVE

H. Mccoy was a caller at Medicine
Lake Tuesday.
Quite number here are sick with
the la grippe or lighter form of the
"f1u."
Mrs. P. G. Peterson of Dagmar vis-
tied with her daughter, Mrs. VIM. An
derson here Wednesday.
J. NJ. Larson returned from Willis
son, N. D., Saturday, having visited
his sister who underwent an opera
ton there short time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson
from Dagmar were here ,on Tuesday.
They expect to take in the Auto Show
to be held at Minot, N. D., soon.
G. Gunderson, who is working at
Antelope the present time, was down
between trains Wednesday looking af-
ter his interests here.
The producers news., 1920-02-06

tywood this week for few days on
business.
Mr.. Gust Kellas Of northwest OF
Whitehall was IN town Saturday. Mr..
Kellas is selling off his household
goods, his stick and farming imple-
ments and expects to move west in
the spring.
Jack Gaven was a Whitehall visitor
Saturday.
Frank Walker has been on the sick
list this week.
The oratorical talent of Whitehall
was called forth in the flowers and
fiction of keenly contested deb e
concerning Daniels county Saturday
afternoon at the city hall. A good
debate is always interesting and ex-
citing and hard to lose.
The producers news., 1920-02-06
MADOC

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude F'ansler OF
Williston spent the week end as guests
at the III. c. Skarie home. Mrs. Fans
Ter is sister Of Mrs. Skarie.
Mrs. A. B. Yuill entertained at
cards Wednesday evening.
Mrs. E. III. E. Helgeson and son,
Kermit, are at Plentywood while Mr..
Helgeson is transacting business in
western North Dakota.
Mr.. Gus Vail was here the latter
invoice at the Montana Stores Com
pany.
Thomas McVeety left last week for
Grand Forks, enroute to Duluth,
where he will spend the remainder Of
the winter.
Mrs. Ben Rude is home again after
several weeks of visit at her parental
home in Minnesota.
A big cave-in occurred at the Ed
wards coal mine the fore part of the
week. This has been cleared away,
new timbers installed and the mine is
now back to normal production.
The friends of Mr.. John Pagan sur
prised him with stag party Wednes-
day evening.
Miss Alma Holland was county
seat visitor on Friday.
Mr.. Roy Dickinson is back from
Cando, North Dakota, where he went
to accompany his family home; they
having spent several weeks at the
home of Mrs. Dickinson's parents.
Wednesday brought us q Chinook
with pleasant weather again.
Messrs. Skarie and Lane attended
lodge at Scobey on Wednesday even
The producers news., 1920-02-06

eastern stock markets, where he has
been placing some catte on the mar
ket. While away he made q short
visit to points in Florida and other
southern cities. s.
Bill Jarvisof Glentana spent nor-
ton of the week in Scobey en- route
to his home near the inland town. Mr..
Jarvis has just returned from q six
weeks visit to Portland and other
west coast towns.
Alice Murphy Of Wolf Point, who
has been visiting for some time at the
home Of her brother, p. B. Murphy,
returned Thursday morning to her
home in Wolf Point, where in asso-
ciation with her sister, she is engaged
in the mercantile business.
B. L. Lear Of the Golden Rule re-
turned the Litter part of last week
from the east, where he has been
spending the past several weeks in
the interests Of Benton & Company.
H. H. Stefens, local representative
of the International Harvester Com
pany, returned to Scobey Saturday
after several weeks visit at various
points in the east Mr.. Steffens spent
some time at his company's district
headquarters at Minot and visited
with the old home folks at Spring Val
ley, Minnesota.
E. =. Nichols left Monday morning
for Helena, called there on business
for the Montana Life Insurance Com
pany, to consult with the head off,
cials Of that company relative to
taking the state agency in Wyoming
for that growing concern
The producers news., 1920-02-06
WHITEHALL

News came Monday by wire that
]. n. Robertson who is visiting al
Lawton, Oklahoma is seriously ill
with the Spanish influenza and pneu-
monia
Catherine Robertson left for Law
ton, Okla, to take care of her broth
er during his sickness.
DR.. Mangan of Outlook was in
town Friday looking after his pa
tients here, Mrs. Archie Birch and
George Overland. Mrs. Bircl's moth
er is keeping house and caring for
her at present and Mr.. Overland, who
is suffering with pneumonia was TAX
en- to the hospital at Outlook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bourassa are the
proud parents of baby boy.
Dan Colgan returned this week
from an extended visit with his rela-
tives through the east, spending most
of his time in Indiana.
Jess Wiley left this week for Chero-
kee, Iowa. He is looking after a cal
of horses for r. F. Dunn, who is ship
ping to that point.
Glen r. Bach Of Medicine Lake No.
1O8 I. O. O. F., and Grand Guardian
of his state, visited the Whitetail
lodge Tuesday evening.
Miss Sophia White and Mr.. VIM
Hunt left for Plentywood Saturday,
where they expect to be married and
leave for the east on a honeymoon.
Boys be careful, it don't make any
difference if it is 1920 and that is di-
visible by four.
Miss Eva Dodd was in town Sun
day visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Dodd.
j. G.. Saunders and wife spent
Thursday night with their children
who are staying in town to attend
school.
The Sheriff Of Valley county was in
town on business Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Warwick having
disposed of their property here ex-
pect to leave for Seattle, Wash, next
week. They will, however, be delayed
a few days on account Of Mr.. War
wick being taken suddenly i'll. Mr..
Warwick will be greatly missed by
his friends and the people of White
tail, having run the light plant here
since he came to Whitehall He is
an efficient engineer and has given
the people of this community the best
Of service during his time, here.
Messrs. Art Holmes and Woody are
taking over the plant. Mr.. Holmes
has been running the plant the past
week to get use to the engine, ETC.,
So that this work will be such that our
light service will be just as good as it
has always been.
N. e. Endersby was in town on
business Saturday.
i. @. Bakken made q trip to Plen-
The producers news., 1920-02-06
REDSTONE

Attorney S. E. Paul was attending
to legal matters in the county seat
Wednesday.
Albert and Ben Schlag were in
from their farms Tuesday, doing the
family shopping and attending to
business matters.
Marc Danielson and @. D. johnson
were in from their farms southwest
Of here on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Peterson and
daughter Nellie were in town Tues
day, calling on friends
John w. Bucklin was transacting
business at Plentywood Tuesday.
The Redstone orchestra furnished
the music for the big dance that was
The producers news., 1920-02-06
MEDICINE LAKE

Born-To Mrs. John I. Mead on
Saturday, Jan. 24th, daughter.
Mrs. G. j. Winter of Froid is visit
ing Mrs. j. /. Mead this week.
George Borley, "the Ice King" ship
ped the fourth carload Of ice to Froid
this week.
John Breuguier brought a load
Of flax to Medicine Lake Wednesday,.
E. G. Peterson Of the Cash Store
was at Bainyille between trains We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Carl B. Olson, Of Medora, N.
D., visited his sister, Mrs. S. G. Faa-
borg this week.
E. L. Johnson, of the firm of John
son & Co., made business trip to
Plentywood Wednesday.
Mrs. M. E. Frandson and two sons
left Tuesday for Frankland, Neb.,
for a visit with relatives at her old
home.
j. O. johnson was in attendance for
ten days at the International Harves-
ter Company at Fargo. With J. O.'s
number of years experience in this
line his new knowledge places him in
the class of thorough experts
Mr.. Edw. Stubban, the Pioneer
merchant of Medicine Lake, left We'd
nesday on business trip to the Twin
Cities. His daughter, Mrs. Dewey
Wign1ore, accompanied him to Mime
apolis from there she will go to Chi
cago.
James Michaels has moved into
town from his farm on the. reserva-
ton, II miles northwest of here, and
has taken up residence in the Lofgren
building that their children may at
tend a good school.
Charles Cad, who has been farm
ing on the reservation west OF here
the past year, was here this week
loading his crop which has been stored
in the Imperial Elevator for shipment.
Mr.. Gad's crop was of such quality
as to bring considerable over the mar
ket price for seeding purposes.
A new thrift club has been organic
ed and officially chartered in the
Pritchet, School district. There are
ten members; nine are students and
their teacher makes the tenth. Ethel
Olson is president and Murril King,
secretary.
N. K. Markuson, manager Of the
Motor Inn, returned last Friday from
the Twin Cities, where he had been
for number of days on matters per-
tanning to his business. E. c. Epler
his partner of Dooley, accompanied
him on the trip.
G. E. Fulkerson Of the Farmers
State Bank, has received information
Of the death of Mrs. DR.. Benson at
Tacomea, Washington, from tubercul-
osis. Doctor and Mrs. Benson were
formerly residents of this city and
the sympathy of his many friends
here is extended.
The producers news., 1920-02-06
BANVuLE

Rev. HaagensoE and family were
guests of Mrs. E. C. Torger, Sun
day.
Owing to the severe weather lasi
Saturday night the dance given by
the town basketball team was not
we'll attended.
II. A. McCracken, manager Of the
Farmers Elevator, attended meet
ing of elevator men at Wolf Point
last Thursday.
A. j. Allen has received his ap-
pointment as census enumerator fol
BainvilIe and vicinity and entered up
on his work this week.
John Powers left the latter part OF
last week for Petersburg, Florida,
where he will spend the balance Of the
winter in the southland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Detienne, north
Of town, are the happy parents Of an
8-pound daughter that arrived to
brighten their home on Friday OF last
week.
Tom Harmon, who has been work
ing as brakeman on the branches out
Of here for the past year or more, has
been transferred to the Havre divi-
sion and left for that place last week
Harry Hansen was down from Gull
bertson several days the past week
looking after business affairs during
the absence of Or1in Wenzel who is
laid up for a short time suffering
from injuries resulting from falling
down stairs.
G. A. Richwine, the well known
Froid auctiOneer, was a business Wis
;fo,. =, fho r;fv last S7fr1rr1qv