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The Bingham County news., 1921-04-15
SOME s scoUT NOTES.

Erie (Pa.) scouts are financing a
scout troop in India.
Troop No. l of Livermore Falls, Me-,
Cleaned streets of nails
Troop No. 1 of Lowville, N. Y, re-
ports among other civic activities that
it kept snow away from hydrants."
Troop No. 8 Of Terre Haute, Ind, re-
ports having visited eight needy sick
boys and giving each new Overcoat
candy, nuts and oranges. Also col
lected waste paper and rags for well
fare board.
The Bingham County news., 1921-04-15

the size Of the boy and the girl added
together.
'"The toad kicked the boy and kept
pulling him about by the ear.
"'You great big creature said the
boy, stop it, stop it Let me go. You
will kill me, you will surely kill me =
Leave him alone,' said the girl.
I m not afraid Of you, Toad! Leave
that boy alone. He didn't mean to
hurt you, and it isn't right to get so
angry and so mean over a little thing
like that, Toad!'
"'Oh, isn't it, indeedv said the
Toad, swallowing hard and making the
boy and girl think one Of his good
swallows could take in a great deal.
Suddenly, as suddenly as he began,
the toad let go of the boys ear and
stopped kicking him.
Listen,' he said, as he began to
grow smaller and smaller, and finally
once more looked like a real toad, a
tiny thing hopping about, I was given
the power to grow big when creatures
hurt me. l was given that power by
the Giant who rules over us.
He Is enormous, but he never steps
on us or hurts us. It's a fine thing
I'd be able to grow small or big as
one wants to. I am especially honored.
If you'd like to hear about it I'd be
glad to tell you
'He shook his head when the boy
and girl offered him food from their
knapsack
I've eaten, thank you,' he replied.
You see the girl was very brave in
defending YOU The girl felt much
pleased ut this, for she had cried one
time on hard adventure.
Our Giant is a splendid soul. He
is big and powerful and strong and
magnificent, but he never takes ad-
vantage Of any one. He walks with
great care to avoid stepping on the
smallest of creatures. He never kills
anything except fly and mosquito,
and he kills with great swats He
doesn't torture them or pull off their
wings or anything horrible like that.
Zone day he came to me and he
said: TOAD, you're an ugly little piece,
but we all like you. You help garden
ers and farmers in destroying bad in
sects and yet people don't think half
enough of you.
''"So I'm going to give you spe-
cial power. If any one hurts you or
kicks you or throws stones at you, I'm
going to see that, after rubbing your
back three times against the ground
which will act as magic for you, then
you can grow and grow until you're
larger than the person who has hurt
you"
The Giant went all over the coun-
tryside then. throwing his magic dust
over the ground SO that I could rub
some Of 1t on when was in danger
and could make myself large.
~ can make myself small once
more in the same way
But suppose 1t should rain and
there would be no dust. but only mud
said the boy, what would you do
then3.'
'Gracious,' said the toad. the
magic lasts through rain and storm. 1t
would be pretty poor magic II the
least little rain could wash 1t away.
$50 l can grow big when l want
to and I can show creature or so
just what it feels like to be in the
power of some one bigger and strong.
er who is using his strength to hurt
you. For hate bullyr"
The Bingham County news., 1921-04-15
SCOUTS FOR FORESTRY.

Boy scouts Of Comanche county,
Oklahoma, are going in extensively
for forestry work. At the suggestion
of the forest supervisor Of the Wach-
ita national forest Frank Rush, the
local chamber Of commerce of Law
The Bingham County news., 1921-04-15
And HANG 1t In the Trophy Room

pike weighing twenty-six pounds,
upon being hooked by Cheshire fish
erman, pulled him in the canal. His
escape was much regretted by the fish,
who had decided to have him stuffed.
London Punch.
The Bingham County news., 1921-04-15

! That's the End.
Full-What's the matter with that
big fish playing guard?
Back-why-er Just got mixed up
with The tackle.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Shipping Board
 Loss Given At
 Billion Dollars

WASHINGTON. June 1o"Plans of the administration concerning inc shipping board were outlined today in high official quarters for the first time since the appointment of the new members with A. D. Lasker of Chicago as chairman
 The necessity for the fullest CO., operation with commercial interests was emphasized by officials in view of what was described as the 'vir- tual paralysis of American shipping and especially that of the shipping board" It was stated that the ob- ject of the new administration would be to place the corporation upon strictly business basis This would mean, as a start, it was said .he charging off to the war of the heavy losses sustained by the government since the corporation inception. This loss was estimated as the diff ference between the war cost of three billion dollars and the present esti- mated value of the shipping boards assets as from 750.000.0oo to sl.0o0.- 00o, ,000.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Mellon Suggests
 Private Loans To . Cattle Industry
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WASHINGTON. June 10.-Secre- tary Mellon conferred today with J. P. Morgan of New York and others on the question of financing the cat tie industry through private chan nels.
 Others at the conference were Gov ernor Strong of the federal reserve bank of New York: Senators Stan field of Oregon. Gooding of Idaho. Kendrick of Wyoming and Smith or South Carolina: Vice Governor F.. B. Platt and John R. Mitchell of the federal reserve board, and Eugene Meyer, Jr.. director of the war fi- nance corporation.
 It was decided that a short inves- tigation of the credit situation in the cattle country would indicate whether adequate financial relief for the live stock industry might be obtained through private banking channels.
 Such a course is said to be under consideration by the treasury as an alternative to the plan proposed by the federal reserve board for making available $50. 100000 to the war IT. nance corporation for loans to cattle raisers. Direct financing of the live stock industry through private bank ing channels. treasury officials said would obviate the necessity of en- abling legislation and the necessary credits could be made available more quickly.
 However officials added. should tho | investigation disclose that sufficient credit facilities could not be provided ! by the banks. enactment of tho boards recommendations would prob. | ably be pressed
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Dempsey Will Box
 Sunday Afternoon; Damaged EyeH Heals
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jun 1O- The gash over Jack Dempsey's left eye has sufficiently healed to permit the resumption of boxing Sunday without danger of further serious in jury, an occulist announced tonight after examining the wound.
 While Dempsey motored over to Camden, N. J.. to bring back his Bel gian police dog, Sophie Ginsberg, some real fighting was staged at the champions camp. Battling Ghee, a negro ITS pounder from Memphis, Tenn. who Joined Dempsey's staff of sparring partners. was given a pri- vate workout by Jack Renault.
 Renault was unable to do anythins with Ghee, and he probably will be capable sparring mate for Dempsey as he is last and shifty Ghee is g small edition of Sam Langford ano claims to have defeated Langford ir Memphis four months ago.
 Dempsey did no framing whatever today. He left camp soon aftel breakfast with Make Trant remained in Camden for lunch, and did not re turn until evening.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
NeWberry Election Probe Reaches New Field Of Inquiry

WASHINGTON, June 10.- New fields were opened today in the sen ate consideration of Henry Ford's contest for the seat of Senator New berry of Michigan, when at the in stance of Ford counsel, subpoenas were Issued for William c. Durant, former president of the General Mo tors company: Andrew Green, Jr. president of the Solvay Process com pany and Lyman D. Smith. a New York stock broker. None of the men were drawn into the criminal prose cutions which preceded the contest but will be asked Monday to tell of any connection they may have had with the Newberry campaign financ- ing in 1918.
 Paul H. King, Newberry campaign manager, was forced to withdraw from the witness stand today when he evinced symptoms of nervous col lapse during examination concerning expenditures under his control
 Charles A. Floyd, secretary of the Newberry campaign committee. took his place. A stack of cancelled checks said to number 1900. figured in the examination of Floyd.
 These checks, though ranging in amounts up to s17.50o. marked "paid'' 1 by the banks and said to have been
 given to many individuals, including | Floyd, the witness explained as rec oncilement checks" No money actu- ally passed upon them, he insisted
 but they evidenced money previously 1 paid out, and their total of s160,000
 he said, constituted practically the
 entire amount used in the Newberry primary election campaign. They
 were a bookkeeping matter, he said 4 but the cross examiners sought tc prove by the witness they were dupli. cations and concealments for the ex
 penditure of even greater sums.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Virgil Decker Is
 Given Life Term
 For Pals Murder
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 WARSAW, Ind, June 10-Virgil Decker, 1O-year-old farmer boy. was found guilty of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Leroy Lovett, his associate, by a jury in circuit court here tonight He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
 The jury was out less than three hours and reached verdict on the fifth ballot
 Young Decker showed no emotion when the verdict was read to the court or when sentence was passed
 Decker was accused of murdering Lovett, said to have been his double as the outcome of an alleged conspir- acy between members of the Decker family to kill Lovett, claim his body as that of Decker and collect $24,e00 in life insurance.
 The Decker case has created wide spread interest. On Saturday night, March F, a young man was found m dying condition on a railroad cross ing near Bourbon, Indiana. He was taken to Bourbon where he died without regaining consciousness. The body was identified as that of Virgil Decker by members of the Decker family.
 On the following Monday the body was lQeuLllfcu Dy 9dhAASi A~1N~t ~> Eikhart, Indiana, as that of his son. Leroy and on Tuesday night Virgil Decker was arrested and later in dicted together with his two brothers. Calvin and Fred Decker, and his mother, Mrs. Lydia Decker, for the murder of young Lovett. The members of the Decker family are in jail here awaiting trial, the date of which has not been set yet During the trial several alleged con- fessions of Virgil were introduced. In one of the confessions he is said to have stated he took Lovett to lonely cabin on Tippecanoe river where he fatally injured him by striking him I over the head with a piece of iron | He then took Lovett to the railroad crossing the written confession a. l introduced by the state, said where he left the unconscious body seated 1 in a horseless buggy, with the hops I that a train would strike the buggy
 and mangle the form beyond recogni- l ton.
 Virgil Decker was heavily insured
 and it was the contention of the stat ! that members of the Decker famil, had conceived a plot to kill Lovett who closely resembled Virgil Decke and claim the body as that of Virgi and collect the insurance Younl Decker, in none of his various state
 ments. however, has implicated an, lother members of the family, it i said.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
HOUSE PASSES SWEET BILL CONSOLIDATING
 WAR SERVICE ACENCY

WASHINGTON, June 10 - The house late today passed the Sweet bill under which government agen-' cices dealing with former service men would be consolidated. The measure now goes to the senate.
 The bill was passed by the unani- nous vote of 335 to 0.
 Provision is made in the bill for creation of a veterans bureau in the treasury department, in which would be placed the war risk insurance bu- education and functions of the public health service relating to war vet erans.
 Fourteen regional offices would be created for expeditions handling of claims of former service men for compensation, hospital and medical care and vocational training. The director of the new bureau would have power to determine the extent of authority of regional branches to make final settlement of claims. 1 Provision Is made for establishment of 40 offices at which war veterans could apply for relief. These would replace 137 soldiers relief bureaus now maintained by the government throughout the country. The location of the new offices would be de termined by the director of the vet erans bureau.
 An amendment was added to tht bill providing that the regional bu. reau and sub offices created by i
 must automatically cease to exis July l, 1926.
 The house also approved an amend ment by Representative Elliott. In
 diana, authorizing payment of gov
 ernment insurance to beneficiaries c war veterans which permitted thei Ipolicies to lapse while suffering frcn
 wounds or disease incurred in line o duty, of which they died.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Replies To Harding
 fnforn,al Proposals Fauor Disarmament
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WASHINGTON. June 1o- - In- formal responses of a favorable character have been received here from several of the governments to which the United States re- gently addressed informally the suggestion for international nego- tiations regarding disarmament
 Although nothing of a definite character has been done In the way of actual diplomatic discussions. the intimations received here are understood to have encouraged the administration in its preliminary steps towards a disarmament con ference It was indicated today that considerable time might be required to actually bring such a conference about
 It was not revealed from what nations the responses had come nor exactly how definite they had been Since the subject was preached by this government. however. officials have been care full to describe it as wholly infor- mai and as intended only to lead up to a more concrete discussion later
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER

The strongest pull ot the ddily nelcspdper is its local IL 1t Is lceak there, tt IS ceak m its tirety Every newspaper finds its densest circulation the oiciy of the point of its publication Farther and farther beyond that the circulation thins.
 The chief feature of The Republican Is its local necs. It's staff of trained reporters IS larger thGn that of any paper in totCn of 6O,OOO. They corer the local field.
 The Republican papers do not get all Of the nelcS. No paper the acorld prints even hears of all the local necs. It could not print all of tt II It Icoud
 But The Republican prints larger proportion of the local than any other pdper in the entire country
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Take a Look at You, Otun Panama Canal

It cuts in half the highway or the seas.
 IL congresses the whole earth into smaller compass.
 This is matter of tremendous ad vantage to the American manufactur- CT. the farmer. the merchant. and the man in the street.
 It brings Chili and Peru nearer to New York than California.
 It brings Australia 1900 miles nearar to England. A The most authoritative map of the Panama Canal was made under the direction of the National Geographic society. It is printed in four colors on coated paper, and is 7ls by 12 inches in size.
 A copy will be sent free to any reader of The Republican who will fill out the coupon. and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
.R|COCHETED BULLET. KILLED PROMINENT
 PUEBLO MAN MONDAY
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IHepubilc11 A- P le8sco WfSl
 PUEBLO. Colo. June io.-E- F. man. who was shot and killed last Monday night was accidentally killed by a bullet from rifle in the. hands of a guard according to verdict made public tonight by J. Win Johnson. chairman of the civilian board which investigated the shoot ing.
 Mir. Johnson said the guard from " nose rifle the fatal bullet was fired was known His name was not made public. however. IL is understood the guard made a voluntary statement to the board A military hearing will be held also. Colonel Patrick l. Ham rock. adjutant general. has said
 According to an explanation of the verdict made by Mir. Johnson. .the bullet which killed Mir Withers rico cheted after striking stone pave ment and struck him in the back of the head
 MT. wHhers was killed shortly be- fore II o'clock last Monday night while driving along one of the city's principal streets in his automobile He was accompanied by his young son. Nollie. According to a state ment made by the boy his father was shot immediately after a command to halt had been given by sentry. An other orc of Mir. Withers sons. who was serving as a sentry that night near the scene of the shooting was one of the first to reach the body oi his father.
 Mir. withers was president of the Iron City Fuel company and city water commissioner. His father. c G. withers. is business manager and principal owner of the Pueblo Chief. tain. a morning newspaper.
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
Woman Confesses Hiring Thugs Who Murdered Husband
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, CLEVELAND. O., June IO-witk the arrival from New York late to. night of Mrs. Eva Catherine kaker widow of Daniel B. Kaber, wealthy Lakewood citizen. and her daughter Miss Marion McArdle. three genera tions were in the county jail here facing trial for first degree murder of Kaber. two years ago.
 Mrs. Barry Brickei. s9. mother of Mrs. Kaher. has been in jail several days in default of s5.ooo bail Mrs. Kaber and Miss McArdle were arrest ed in New York about a week ago
 In addition. two other women and a man. incriminsted by Mrs Kaber in confession in New York early today. were in custody while the po- lice sought two other men in con- nection with the crime
 One of the women under arrest. ac- cording to Mrs. Kab.r-s confession as related by Prosecutor Stanton. had planned the murder of kaber. who was stabbed 2s times. She was taken in custody at Sandusky. O.. and Is all legged 10 have concocted a poison. la ter hiring the assassin. The man fig ures in Mrs. Kaber's confession. ac- cording to Stanton. as one of the agents who hired the TWO other men to stab kaber. while the seCoUu Wofn- an, according to Mrs. Kaber's state ment. knew of the plot to commit the murder. The two men at large. Stan ton declared. are the actual hired assassins.
 In her confession Mrs Ksber de- ciared the men were hired to "beal up Kaber to make him treat her bet ter"
 The poison was given him. accord ing to the confession. "as medicine to cure his bad habits-- She did mol know 1t was poison. Mrs. kaber in- sists. declaring it vas given to hel as medicine. Although Mrs. Kaber declared sh' refused to pay the hired foreigner | when she learned they had murdered her husband. one of the men beini sought is alleged to have left behins him in his flight an automobile sai' I to have been given him in paymen for his part in the crime
 The men were 10 act as ghosts. ! Mrs. Kaber's confession states Sh ! said Kaber never believed fin ghost
 or spirits and that he probably ha'
 fought with the men when he wa awakened and found them by his bed
 side and the stabbing resulted
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
No Independence For Filipin0S If Woods
 Report Is Accepted
By Herbert Corey

WASHINGTON. June 10.-Private advices are coming to town from the Philippines. Anyhow. they are semi private One hears stories of the discoveries made and the conclusions reached by the exploring party con- sisting of General Wood and w. Cameron Forbes. who are now exaS ming the Philippines to find out:
 (a) Whether the FiIipinos really want independenee;
 th) Whether they can be intrusted wilfs it;
 t-s What has been going on during the last few years, anyhow.
 Oae can write the report in ad- vanea. if the private or semi-private adxices are to be trusted That is. os lA can write the general outline of the report The full story will likely be told in a brief paper to the State Department. and in copious and statistical magazine articles by General Wood and w. Cameron Forbes. One reaches this conclusion from the fact thst General Wood is said to have declined to be accom- panied by reporters. and from the further fact that between times at soldering he is a fairly industrious magazine writer. But here is the general outline of the report to come:
 The FiiipInos will not get their
 independence.
 According to the semi-private ad- vices heretofore referred to the F'ilipinos have not made good. They were given a chance to run their own show by Governor-G General Har- rison. and they seem to have most successfully run 1t in the ground Gnd broken 1t off The Philippines have | r-- I- u< ! six. according Co what one hears | They have staged one of the finest lapses on governmental record Also. some of their leaders have manifested friendship for the Japanese which has pained man, good Americans. No one suspect, that there ever will be trouble witf
 Japan The two nations are friendl,
 as pups in the same basket. Botl
 are building warships. it is true. anS
 our Pacific fleet is to be consider
 ably strengthened and there are cer
 tain minor squeaks in the interna
 tional bearings. but every one say
 there never win be war between us
 Just the same. there are Filipin' leaders who have been cuddlin' pretty close to the Japanese.
 Might Muddis Our Plans : If the Fflipinos were to be givei |. l llelr lfdepeuutnCtr tne etuAi- pttNat writers of advice indicate that th relation of the Japs and the Filipino
 might become even closer. There ar
 certain leaders of the Filipinos wh : still think along what one some 3 times calls oriental lines. A 'cordia
 understanding between the Filipino ? and the laps might conceivably b l favored by them If. in the cours :. of establishing that understandable l their own private fortunes sustaine 9 marked improvement they would fin e nothing in that fact to worry then ' Yet--in the wholly unlocked for an unfeared event of a war with Japa !. such an understanding might mud = dle our plans.
 e That. however. is a side issue. Tn V complete failure of the Fiiipiros 1 e rise to the occasion offered them the reason why a report adverse 1
 granting them independence will | 2 tContinued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1921-06-11
ReserUe Board Head
 Says 2-Year Cattle Looms Will Be Made
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ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, June 10--"I feel sure that some plan for extending credits of one or two years duration will be adopt ed by the federal government" Judge w F. Ramsey, head of the eleventh district federal reserve board, Dallas, Texas. told a meet ing of New Mexico livestock growers and bankers here today.
 The meeting was called to dis cuss livestock conditions in the southwest, and, if . possible to work out a plan for the financing of long time credits to growers.
 Judge Ramsey said it was being considered to set aside a fund from the surplus earnings of the federal reserve banking system of probably $50.000 to be used for the express purpose of making one or two year loans on cattle security. At present loans cannot be ob- tained for longer than six months, which, livestock growers say, is not time enough to give them chance to increase their product and put it on the market to ad- vantage.