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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-04-02
NOR BURNS DWELLING or AAN
SUSPECTED or MURDER.

lynchhurE. Va. March 22.--EiEht
Negroes and four white men have
hCcn arrested in connection with the
murder OF William Hickman and the
mob disorders lolowinS tlr murder
which orrurr'h Saturday II Eht near
Houston. in Halifax County. MI of
the Negroes and ,hr%v OK tn" white
men were hrou&ht to the LyuchhurI
j.: ton ght for safe keeping. Forty
warrants against allr%, Il mrmb +" OF
the mob arc yet to lc served
uan>j}lr. w.. March ~ The dwell
Iiuu. and tn" farm cpthouscs G,
Joseph Coleman. rolurrI held in con
.;.. Iru " tn th, brutal murder OF WI
liam hickman ns& nosst"n, Shtr'-
&C.. !t. ia W,,r Ju,ucd to tn" ground
last ui.ht hy Il iHr"c crowd oi Uro
who were rrs"tlud 10 distant ryeWii-
ne. So - lh ."u"s lraprd up. ,tt
WAS construed ~ hcinS 8 r2prh5al ,HI
$685.. ir-r Il l,cu H. r.tI>t 10 G,ln rn
tr~ncr in%o the tHr!aI CctR,ty Jail
vest. rIaH morning tur the ruIpoS" OF
laying v,hru> n;r.d,, on Coleman.
Last II Ght Coleman with seven 9th.
~ cu.cird Iarll. hrld IL. >u<t Ct, ocTc
removed rom llWftuu. .>omo OF ,hCm
" rc ta.,,n to I.ynchburB Jail .ur *alr
k,~iirg il is learned.
rDr STON UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Houston w,&S virtually under mar
tia la" last II nht AMI Hnth uI trans
rir"d iii the county R1a. sheriff l." W.
u o. att EnMard :. Cas- Il i,aidW II
rci.S detective took Char&r OF the sit
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

The question of defence against aircraft
is receiving, by the way, the utmost study
from ordnance experts and they regard the
machine gun just developed as the first
step.
In this connection machine gun firing
50-calibre cartridges, or cartridges half an
inch in diameter, has been built. 1t is
the largest of the kind in the world. This
machine gun was demonstrated today with
cartridges fired at an old tank 5000 yards
across a field The bullets were red hot
as they chased each other out Of the muzzle
Of the gun.
1t was possible also to follow these with
the naked eye across the field to the target,
which was hit with remarkable accuracy.
The demonstration in this instance, as in
the others, was not one Of craftsmanship
but one of material. Just the same 1t
showed that such a gun is in a sense an
aid to firing.
1t is commonly recognized that what in
the end will be the most practical way Of
fighting enemy aircraft will be with air
craft ITSELF and for this purpose rapid fire
machine guns are being worked on to be
mounted in these planes. The army, and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04
Conan Doyles World Trip Investigate Spiritualism

Kings of Babylon as If he had known them
ali, remarked that the Bible was wrong in
calling Belthazar King as he was only Crown
Prince, and put In many easy side illusions.
On my asking IL there were libraries and
facilities for study in the next world he said
there certainly were, but that instead of
studying books they usually studied the
actual objects themselves"
Before leaving Australia Sir Arthur was
able to take birdseye view Of his tour
and it's results. He had in that country ad-
dressed twenty-five meetings, averaging
1000 people in each. or $4,000 people in all
In his view the tour was complete success
He writes:
1.-THE enemies Of our cause were longing
for my failure, and had, indeed in some cases
most unscrupulously announced it, so It was
necessary that should give precise details
as to this great success and to the proof
which 1t afforded that the public mind was
open to the new revelation.
THE end of my journey was uneventful
but my joy at being reunited with my family
was clouded by the news Of the death of my
mother. She was SO years old, and had for
some years been almost totally blind, so that
her change was altogether a release. but It
was sad to think we should never see the
kind face and gracious presence again In its
old material FORM"
Sir Arthur remarks significantly in con-
clusion, and what he says may fifty enough
conclude these brief quotations from his
peculiar travel book:
For my own psychic work she had
fear, neither sympathy nor understanding,
but she had an innate faith and spirituality
which were SO natural to her that she could
not conceive the needs of others in that
direction. She understands now!"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

he had advanced, what the world
calls dead?"
I'm so sorry, please excuse me. hadn't
heard
why sorrow? If you wish to get In touch
with him his control is so and SO and the
best medium Is So-and-So."
Thus-put into dialogue form-is the way
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle speaks of his dead
son in his latest book. THE Wanderings Of
Spiritualist," just out in England and soon
to appear in America
In the most matter of fact way this popu-
lar story teller creator of Sherlock Holmes,
whose mind, to judge by his fiction. never
left the solid confines Of this earth, disposes
OF death and the future life over whicE poets
and philosophers and preachers have mul,ed
before and since the Christian era without
finding clue to either.
DR.. Doyle believes that he has q message
the most important the mind Of man can
conceive. implying the practical abolition Of
death and the reinforcement OF our present
those who have made the change from the
natural to the spiritual body. ..
Speaking of our own experiences" writes
Sir Arthur, my wife and I have actually
spoken face to face beyond all question or
doubt with eleven friends or relatives who
have passed over, their direct voices being in
each case audible and their conversation
characteristic and evidential."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

accept the fact that they are spirits. that
their condition Is their own making, and
that by aspiration and repentance they can
win their way to the light"
AS rule these errant souls are unknown
to fame. Often, says Dr. Doyle, they are
clergymen whose bigotry has hindered de-
yelopmcnt He quotes from a written lament
from no less a person than the BLOODY"
Duke OF Alva, who describes the hell from
which he was RESCUED by what seems to me
q great merciful dispensation of Almighty
God"
II was present" writes DR.. Doyle. "at the
return OF one alleged Anglican Bishop of the
eighteenth century, who spoke with great in
tolerance. When asked If he had seen the
Christ he answered that he had not and
that he could not understand why not
When asked If he still considered the Christ
to be God he threw up his hand and
shouted violently: Stop! That is BIAS
phemy!'
"IIe was succeeded by very noisy and
bigoted Presbyterian divine who declared
that no one but devils would come to
seance. On being asked whether that meant
that he was himself a devil he became
abusive.
II quote all this as a curious sldelight into
some developments Of the subject which are
familiar enough to the student, but not to
the general public"
While the author fears that his psychic
experiences push his travels into the back
ground. he cannot refrain from giving some
conversation held with one Bailey, an
export medium. Through this medium Sir
Arthur heard long address from DR.. Whit
combe, the learned control, on Assyrian and
Roman antiquities and psychic science.
"He chatted" says Sir Arthur. about the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04
New Anti-Aircraft Gun
Sends Stream of Big Bullets

It was to deliver his message to the sor-
rowing parents and relatives of sons and
brothers and husbands lost in the world
war that soon after its close Sir Arthur
made his voyage round the world, He felt
especially that he wanted to deliver it in
Australia. with whose sons he had become
admringly acquainted during the war His
latest book, therefore, Is a garnering Of
psychic experience from spiritualists every
where with mixture of the ordinary events
of travel fringing these in what makes
strange and frequently a ridiculous combtna-
ton.
But DR.. Doyle had no doubt about the
efficacy OF spritualism as a religion to heal
the wounds of the world when he started on
his long trip and he has less now that he
has conferred with spiritualists the world
over. for he says:
II consider genuine professional medium
Is the most useful member OF the whole
community. Alas! how few they ar-
But there are amateur mediums of vari-
Gus degrees, and the number tends to in
crease. Perhaps there will at last be an
angel to every church as In the days of John
/ see dimly the time when two congregations
the living and those who have passed on
shall move together with the medium angel
an the bridge between them"
description Of Dr. Doyle's lectures, his
appearance while delivering these, and what
he said is included in an early chapter Of
the book, but after he had reached his true
destination, Australia 1t reads:
at is not altogether a sombre journey
he makes among the shadows, but apparently
enc of happy, as well as tender, experiences
81 that laughter Is not necessarily excluded
from the exposition.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

do not let that be misunderstood. There
was no intrusion Of the -ightest fiippancy.
Sir Arthur the whole time exhibited trat
attitude of reverence and humility demanded
of one traversing domain on the border of
tire tremendous. Nothing approaching
theatrical presentation of the case for spirit
ualism marred the discourse It was for the
most part a plain statement"
Sir Arthur has said that he is continually
aware of direct spirit Intervention In his own
life. Evidences convincing to himself he has
rut on record in 'The New Revelation" and
he therefore devotes more space in this book
to the experiences of others.
In Melbourne he met Mr.. Tozer. head
of the local splritualsts. This gentlen an
runs a rescue circle for the instruction Of the
lower spirits who are so material that trey
can be reached more easily by humanity than
by the higher angels. The details OF this
school for the instruction Of spirits are worth
relating.
A wise spirit control dominates the pro-
,ceedngs. The medium goes into q trarce.
The spirit control then explains what 1t Is
about to do, and who the spirit is who
is about to be reformed.
The next scene is often very violent, the
medium having to be held down and using
rough language. This comes from the low
spirit who has suddenly found this means
OF expressing himself At other times the
language is not violent but only melancholy,
the spirit declaring that he Is abandoned and
has not friend in the universe. Some do
not realize that they are dead, but only that
they wander all alone under conditions they
could not understand in cloud Of darkness.
"Then comes the work OF regeneration
They are reasoned with and consoled. Grad
ually they become more gentle. Finally they
w.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

order to get the shell away heavy powder
charge is necessary, and 1t causes flash
from the gun the size of which Is regu-
lated by the calibre and the type. For
the standard field artillery piece of IS
millimeters the flash is as much as five or
six feet, and at night is very bright. This,
it readily is perceived, reveals the position
of the gun when fired at night, making it
an easy target for the enemy. All the
opposing battery has to do is to aim in
the direction Of the flash, estimate the dis
lance and bang away until the gun is
put out of action.
All this is corrected by the invention of
fashess powder. When gun is fired at
night all that results Is a deep red glow
which is visible for only short distance.
1t would be extremely difficult for the
enemy to locate a gun by means of this
glow. 1t Is hoped that finally the glow
may be overcome altogether.
Just what ingredients are mixed with
the powder to make it flashless is a secret
that is carefully guarded by the ordnance
officers of the army. All they will say for
publication-and in their private converse.
tion, too, for that matter--is that f1ashless
pOWuer mas Depu developed.
A Great Military Secret,
One No Other Power Has
OF course, the whole matter is one OF
preventing the information from falling
into the hands of the enemy. 1t Is an
American military secret, and one that is
unknown, so far as anybody in the United
States is aware in any other service.
Such developments as these are going
en- all the time at Aberdeen and at the
various arsenals maintained by the United
States Army. In this work the members
of the technical staff within the service
receive the help Of outside scientists. There
is the closest cooperation between them
and the American Association Of Mechan.
ical Engineers and the American Associa
tion of Automotive Engineers. There Is,
to stimulate the interest, an organization
known as the Army Ordnance Association
composed of members of the Ordnance Re-
serve Corps and manufacturers who might
in time OF national emergency be called
upon to make munitions for the fighting
forces.
This vast reservation is the acene Of all
the testing. 1t comprises thirty-tive square
miles Of waste land fronting along the
upper end of Chesapeake Bay. There are
dozen ranges for the firing of all kinds
of guns and ammunition.
The tract was purchased by the Govern
ment soon after the outbreak of the world
war, taking the place Of the Sandy Hook
and other proving grounds, which were
found to be inadequate in size to test the
material that had to 60 to the western
front 1t was of course retained as per.
manent station for the American army.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

the navy too, have had such weapons for
long time, but they have not been wholly
satisfactory. The difficulties are however.
being overcome. The trouble is to get
gun that will not overhead.
These are mounted in the rear cockpit
Of the airplanes and may be fired in all
directions, even through the swiftly
moving propellers this arrangement being
automatic. 1t is interesting to note that
the "kicli" of such gun is scarcely notice
able to the occupants Of the airplane.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04
'IashIesS Powder Permits
Concealed Night Firing

One Of the newest developments of the
ordnance section of the army, and some
thing achieved since the end Of the war, Is
"fashless" powder. This is a thing that
the scientists who devote themselves to
the art of making war have been seeking
for many years. The need for it has been
obvious since the time of the invention Of
gunpowder.
The trouble has come in night firing. In
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04
BY DONALD MacGREGoR.

are forced to place their fingers in their
ears to save their ear drums.
There is belch of fame thirty feet long,
a deafening report and heavy black smoke
that settles down around the great piece Of
ordnance. One of these guns, 'on dis
appearing carriage, is intended for the
Notifications OF New York. Another,
which is to be used elsewhere, is on a
stationary carriage. The shell is hurled
distance OF thirty.fve miles, far exceeding
any effective range of any other gun.
The heaviest guns that are mobile--that
is, that may be sent from place to place as
operations require-are mounted on rail.
road carriages. These are 12-inch guns
of various models. Many railroad cars are
on the sidings at Aberdeen ready to move
up and down the coast in case of necessity
Great Crater 20 Feet Deep
From 1000 Pound Air Bomb
Across from the administration building
about a mile is a great crater in the
ground. looking much like the excavation
for ten story building. 1t is forty feet
deep and measures a hundred feet across.
1t was caused by the dropping of 1000
pound bomb, by all weight and measure
ment the deadliest piece of ammunition
ever constructed
This bomb was dropped by Capt. N. R.
Caroln of the air service. whose job it is
to test out from an airplane the deadly
bombs that are devised by the ordnance
officers. He carried 1t up in a Handley
Page airplane, a feat in itself that involved
the greatest risk
Had the machine performed badly at the
taking off a crash might have resulted
which would have destroyed not only the
occupants Of the airplane but also many
of the buildings Of the proving grounds
and with them large number of the per.
sonnet
Capt. Carolin dropped the bomb from an
altitude of 5000 feet, and it was possible,
mile and half away to follow its course
to the ground. 1t hit long before any evil
dence of the fact could be observed. Then
there rushed up to height of 500 feet
mighty sheet of fame and earth and smoke
Soon there came across the field tremen-
dous, but mufied, roar.
In observing the crater afterward found
that the force Of the explosion was so great
that the bomb, so per cent. of which was
INT, had completely destroyed ITSELF
There were one or two tiny pieces of the
casing, but that was all.
A hundred men digging for week could
not have caused such a hole In the ground.
For 500 feet around there was pulverized
earth. The leaves were torn off all the
nearby trees and the branches twisted.
The practical purpose of such bomb as
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

this would be In time of war to destroy the
heavy Notifications of the enemy. Only
two Of these bombs ever have been built
Only one has been dropped The other Is
still in the hands of the army, for use in
emergency.
The rapid development of aerial warfare
In recent months has led the ordnance ex.
perts of the army to devote much thought
to defence against them, and it has brought
about the completion of new type of ma.
chine gun. This is known as the Thomp.
son gun. which may be fired from any
elevation up to IS degrees.
New Anti-Aircraft Gun
Sends Stream of Big Bullets
To demonstrate the efficiency of this gun
the ordnance officers sent out dozen toy
balloons to serve as targets. Two of the
machine guns were put into action against
the balloons, half the number being pierced
by the cartridges that were fired Standing
beside the gun it was possible to follow the
rain Of steel directed at the flying objects.
The line was much the same as the stream
of water sent out by hose. The bullets
were three-tenths of an inch in diameter.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04

asess Powder Long Sought Devised Last and One of Arm
Precious SecretsNew Extreme Range for Nays 16nch Rifle
Fact While Automove Carriages for All Types of Weapons and
Transport Have Been Developed Ma
chine Gun and 1000 Pound Aerial Bomb Other Surprises
crAew
mnesw newig The
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-04
By WILLIS STEEL,

ct TOW Is your son, Sir Arthur"
Fl I'm fine health. You knew tina
Il L he had advanced what the worl,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-02-10
Britain's Proposal to Erase obi
cations Rejected, Says Chan
ceIIor Chamberlain. :.
WILL NOT ASK AGAIN
American Treasury Officials Fall to
Recall Proposition to Clean Slate
-Enoland's indebtedness.
About $4,000, ooo, 900.

Birmingham, England-The British
government formally proposed cancel
lation of all inter.Allied debts, but the
proposal was unacceptable to the
American government, said ]. Austin
Chamberlain, chancellor Of the exche-
quer, in speech to his constituents
here.
ITO make them again." Mr.. Cham
berlain continued, would be, I think,
beneath our dignity and would make
US liable to misconception Of our
motive"
I'm making them," he added, I'VE
sought no national advantage for our.
selves. We proposed solution in
which we should have foregone claims
larger than RENTED to us and we
proposed it because we believed it
would be in the interests of good re!a-
tons among peoples, the rehabilita-
ton of national credit and the restora-
ton Of international trade.
"Our great international debt is due
to the obligations we undertook on
behalf of our Allies. If we had had
only ourselves to consider we should
have been virtually free of external
debt at the present time" =.
Mr.. Chamberlain prefaced his re-
marks by saying he would have pre-.
ferred at the close of the war that
the whole inter-allied debt had been
cancelled, so as to start with a clean
slate. There was no proposal for a
settlement of the International debt
among the Allied and Associated
powers, whether for total or partial
remission, which the British govern
ment would not have been prepared
to be party to. he declared.
No Official Proposal Recalled.
Washington-Treasury officials re-
fused to comment on the statement
of the British chancellor Of the exche.
quer, ]. Austen Chamberlain, in an ad-
dress at Birmingham, England, that
the United States government refused
to accept British government proposal
that the inter-Allied debts arising from
the World war be Cancelled.
No officials here are aware, It an.
pears, that the British government had
ever, through any official channel, pro-
posed a remission or cancellation Of
the British war debt to the United
States. Great Britain's indebtedness
of about $4,000.o00,0oo is far larger
than that Of any other of the Allied
countries, but this is explained bythe
fact that Great Britain herself was a
creditor country, and had disbursed
American funds to her other allies.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-02-10
SUMMONS
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Emmons.

STATE Of' NONTa DAhOIA,
County of Emmons.
In District Court,
Third Judicial District.
William G. Perry, Plaintiff,
Emma H. Cotton. Fred H. Cotton.
Bertha A. Cotton, e. w. Murray.
Jerry Cole, Emmons County, North
Dakota, public corporations, and all
other persons unknown and claiming
any estate or interest in, or lien or
incumbrance upon the property de-
scribed in the complaint,
The State of North Dakota to the
above named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer
to the complaint Of the above named
plaintiff which complaint has been
6led in the office Of the Clerk Of the
District Court in and for Emmons
County, North Dakota. and to, serve
a copy OF your answer on the sub.
scribers at their Office In the city of
Bismarck, North Dakota, within thirty
days after the service Of this summons
upon you, exclusive of the day of SER
vice. and in case Of your failure to
appear or. answer. Judgment will be
taken against you by default for the
relief prayed for in the complaint.
Dated this LIST day Of February, 1921 {.
CAMERON & WATTAN,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Residence and PostOffice Address
Bismarck, North Dakota.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-02-10
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF
PERIOD OF REDEMPTION

To NJ. A. Marcellus:
No. iis issued upon tax sale
December 11th, 1917, Of the following
described land, viz: A tract 25'x150',
N. & s. 100 East of the nor hives, cor
ner of Block s, and situated in the Nia
Of oi.s said Block s.a S. in the Original Town
for. the taxes Of the year 1916 on
said land. has been presented at this
office and application made for deed
thereon: that said land was sold on
said sale for ~ cents only and the
amount REQUIRED to redeem said land
from said sale at the date hereof exc'u-
sive Of the costs to accrue upon this
notice and Sheriffs service is the sum
Of s2;7s; and that the time Of redemp
days after the service of this notice.
Witness my hand and seal of office
airy, 1921.
(SEAL.)
f. H. BRANT,
County Auditor, Emmons County, N. D.
Feb 10-17-24