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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Unfit ARE SHOT BY COMRADES
believes That Men Were Shot Down
BY Our Men in Ranks

n.-Rcprcsentative john
son, Republican of South Dakota,
former officer In the army, declared In
he house that while he had no sub
sanitation of the charge, he chad rcs.-
son to believe that soldiers who were
traitors, towards or mentally unfit.
we're shot down by their own comrades
while facing the enemy"
The statement was holly denied by
Representative Butw.nkle, Democrat
D North Carolina, also former Off
en-, who declar (. ha would not Permit
The johnson statement to go unchal-
enged.
There were indications that the
house, like the senate, was on the
cerge of row over charges by Sena-
or Watson. Democrat of Georgia, that
soldiers were hanged without trial.
mo American was shot in France
without trial., said Mr.. Johnson, but
there may have been cases where they
we're shot in the line of battle by their
own forces as traitors or as mentally
leranged.'
From the Democratic side members
attempted to break in on the speaker,
who could not make himself heard at
lines because of the hubbub.
Commenting on the charge of illeal
iangings made by Senator Watson,
Nr. Johnson said:
mo matter how we agree or dis
agree with the former secretary of
var or General Pershing, l know the
hanged without courtmartial convic-
ion is not true. And l know that no
officer or private carried out any such
orders for illegal hang.ngs.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
CONTROL GIVEN
TO DEMOCRATS
MARYLAND AND KENTUCKY PASS
FROM REPUBLICAN RANKS
IN THURSDAYS ELECTION
Mayor Hyian of New York is Reflect
ed BY Large Majority; Eleven
Die In Kentucky As Re-
suit of Election Fight

New York-Two states-Maryland
and kentucky-have passed from Re.
publican to Democratic control as
result of Tuesdays elections as
shown in returns available here We'd
nesday morning.
In Maryland the entire lower house
of the Legislature and Ii out of u
members of the senate were elected,
and ii was believed in Baltimore early
Wednesday that the Democrats had Sc
cured dominating position in both
houses. In kentucky the Democrats
regained control of the state legisla-
ture, lost to The Republicans two years
ago, and claimed IS out of 100 mem
bers of the lower house and 10 out of
rs seats in the senate. Returns for
TWO senatorial districts were incom-
plete Wednesday morning. Mrs. Mary
F'lnnery of Catlettsburg had apparent
~ won the honor Of being the first
woman To be elected to the Kentucky
legislature.
New Jersey Republicans claimed to
have elected Al assemblymen out of a
total of 60 seats contested and assert
ed the party lineup in the senate would
stand ms it did last year-15 Repub-
leans and six Democrats. The wet
and dry issue played Il prominent part
n that state, the Republicans standing
for strict enforcement of the state
nrah ihittpY o,t Ia te
favored its modification or repeal.
Only one governorship hinged on
Tuesdays balloting, Virginia electing
State Senator Z. Lee Trinkle, Demo-
crat, by large majority over Henry
W. Anderson, Republican.
The voters of Ohio apparently were
heavily in favor of the soldiers bonus
proposal, announcement being made by
Secretary of State Smith that in his
opinion it would be carried by 100000
The bonus proposal would call for an
amendment to the state constitution
which would authorize the issuance Of
tate bonds up to $25,000,000, out of
which ohio veterans of the great war
would be paid $40 for each month in
the service the total payments to any
ole man not exceeding $3.50.
Fatal election riots occurred in Ken
lucky, the centerS of disturbance being
n Breathitt and Estill counties and
n the city Of Louisville. Ten per-
sons are reported to have been killed
and nearly a score wounded.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
VETERAN SERVES BuDDY's TIME
Ex-Service Man, Federal Prisoner, Re-
leased, Denied Compensation

Leavenworth, Kan.-l'ennlless Har-
~ W. Haley, an overseas war veteran,
was at liberty here Monday night I'M
der war department order releasing
him from the federal disciplinary bar
racks, where he served five months OF
Il six months sentence for dcsertion
imposed upon Thomas g. Jones, his
buddy and the man who saved his
life while the two men were with the
American exreditionary forces III
France. Haley came to the barracks
under the name Of ~Jenes," Mis- rea.
son for serving the sentence being that
he wanted to repay part Of the debt he
felt he owed jones In saving his life
jones. who is said to be married and
living In Canada, Is being sought b.
fetierwi Authorities.
Because he was not the real offender,
Haley was released from the barracks
without the usual railroad fare and
small compensation given prisoners
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
VAR DECLARED ON MEAT PRICES
Government Officials Call Retailers
Profiteers

Washington-A campaign against
meat profiteers" will be begun within
few days by the department of agri-
,ulture, which Is determined to bring
Town retail meat prices, 1t was learned
Thursday from high officials of the de-
)artment.
The department has just completed
survey which shows, officials said,
hat retail meat prices the country
wer are on an average III per cent
higher than before the war. The sur
fey shows most of this Is going into
lie pockets Of retail meat dealers as
profit.
Various means are being considered
~ the department to force down meat
prices. One plan is to permit Big
packers to establish retail stores and
rell directly to the public. Another
an is to induce "chain stores" such
IS are maintained In practically all
.ities to sell meats.
Still another is to foster establish
aent Of cooperative meat markets.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
MEASURE FACES
THIRD REDRAFT
TAX REVISION BILL FACES THIRD
REWRITING 8Y THE HOUSE
AND SENATE CONFEREES
Bill Passed by Senate, Goes Back to
Be Sent to Conference For
Final Shaping; No Ma
tcrial Alterations

Washington-The tax revision bill
now faces It's third rewriting, this time
u! the house and senate conferees
Iile measure ,inaily was passed ear.
~ Tuesday by the senate, 50 to ~. at
Inc end of c'>tiuuous session last
ing nearly sixteen hours 1t will be re-
turaed 10 the house when that body
recohrenes Wednesday and Republic,
ah lenders there plan TO send II TO con
Terence Thursday. 1t may reach the
president for his approval late in the
month.
AT a rough estimate treasury ex-
perts say the bill in It's present form
would net approximately S3,25O. Ot,O, 900.
or S2W.0OO,00O less than the present
LAW, and about the amount of revenue
which treasury officers have said the
government must have. Eventually
the bill, the experts assert, would re
dnce the nations tax toll by about
%'3o,00O,WD year. While they un-
doubleday will make many changes in
I'eeted materially to alter the revenue
total. As the bill now stands there are
Just the major provisions on which the
house and senate agree. They are re-
peal of the excess profits tax and the
transportation taxes ON next January
|, and the retention of the present tax
on corporation capital stoc.
Other outstanding provisions of the
bill are:
A reduction in the maximum rate
from 90 per cent on all over 81 ,000, 900
to 30 per cent on all over 100000, as
against the house reduction to 80 per
cent on all over $4,000.
Retention of the house provision
granting increased normal exemptions
of $500 to heads of families having net
incomes of $4,000 or less and $500 on
accounts of dependents.
Repeal Of the $1,000 normal exemp-
ton to the corporations except In the
case of those having net incomes OF
$4,000 or less.
AL ihSiSdSS III tHc cSlutc ttiA IldAI-
mum rate from % per cent on all over
S10,000,000 TO so per cent on all over
S100000.000. Increased taxes on medi.
cinal beer, wine and whisky.
A provision taxing gifts of property
by any person at rates ranging from
| per cent on the amount between 500
900 and $4,000 to Is per cent on al
over $10,00o,G00.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
BEEF REACHES PRE.WAR PRICES
Wholesalers Declare Meat as Cheap
AS 1t Was In 1914

Chicago = The average wholesale
price of carcass beef Is back to the
level prevailing in 1914, according to
figures made public Sunday in a re-
view of the meat and livestock situa-
ton during October. issued by the In
stitute of American Meat Packers.
Tie average wholesale prices of car
cass beef in 1914 Appropriated II
cents, the report says, while at the end
If October, 1921, it was between 11k
ana II cents. Some grades, however,
are selling higher, while others are
selling lower, ii is stated
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Auto Accident Claims Another

Tremonton-Lavern Pierce, 10 years
OF age, daughter of Gus Pierce, was
instantly killed last Tuesday and vir.
vinia Oyler Mildred Yates and Clara
Giles suffered severe bruises when the
automobile in which they were riding
turned turtle near the Malad bridge
Fhe driver lost control of the machine
while endeavoring to pass horse and
buggy In narrow part Of the road
and the machine turned over, pinnina
vhe occupants underneath killing them
INSTANTLY
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Blackfoot Indians DO Battle

Blackfoot, IdahO.-Lester Rouhidouz
and John Vernes, Indians, are in the
Bingham county jail, following fight
on the reservation two miles soutf
Of this city, in which shotgun and q
butcher knife we're the weapons used
ROubidoux was shot and Vernes was
cut in several places. Neither is
seriously injured. Following the fight
the men came to Blackfoot together
for surgical attention. They were ar
rested by Chief of Police Molden.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Prominent Man is Charged

Des Moines, Ia.-Warrants were
sworn out Thursday by Sheriff w. f.
Robb for the arrest Of w. III. Hal
penny, well known Dies Moines bus.-
ness man and proprietor Of an auto
mobile supply company, on charges OF
manslaughter and failure to report an
accident in connection with the death
here last week Of Sisters Mary yir-
ginis and Mary RosiEta Of st. Joseph
academy. Sheriff Robb will endeavor
to prove that Halpenny was the driver
of the car that struck the ladies'.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Ford Road Again Reduces Rates

Columbus, O.-Henry Ford's railroad,
the Detroit. Toledo & lronton, Tuesday
sought reduction In passenger rates.
An application filed with the public
utilities commission here asked shat
passenger charges be cut from 80 cents
a mile to 3 cents. The new tariff, af-
fecting interstate and inrrastate traf-
Tic VIII become effective November 20.
Members OF the commission will nor
oppose the reduction they indicated,
Tuesday but will grant the rate sough.
by Ford.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Denvers First Woman Citizen Dead

Twin Falls, Idaho-Mrs Jane Baker,
Western plains in an oXcart and who is
reputed to have been the first white
woman to live In Denver, Colo, died
Tuesday night at the home of her adop-
ted daughter in Murtaugh, Idaho. On
her second trip across the plains in
1877, from Tennessee, she stopped at
the present site Of Denver, where she
saw the first house erected and bought
he first yard Of calico offered for sale
there, paying $3.50 a yard for it.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Good Road Bill Signed

Washington President Harding
Wednesday signed The Townsend good
roads bill, appropriat.ng $75,0O0,OO0
from the federal treasury to aid the
,tRtes In road building This fund,
xhich will be matched by the states,
will be used to combat unemployment
through increased roadbuiding activity.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Trepanning Successful

Logon-The skull of Norman Skan-
ehy OF this city was trepanned Sun
day night at the Utah-Idaho hospital
and an ounce of pus removed from his
brain, aifording him relief from intense
pain caused by the pressure. 1t is be-
lieved he will make complete recovery.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Should Spank Peorle

Fort Collins, Colo.-If the Lord die
His duty he would spank the people
smash their automobiles and tell their
to walk, according to Bishop Irving
johnson, deplor1ng the customs of mod.
ern times.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
American Credit Wanted

observation-disclosures is seeking in
Americas new credit Of between $780,
G0o,00o and $40,00O,U,0, II was learned
here Wednesday. Obtaining Of this
credit is one OF the purposes Of the
visit to this couatry Of Former State
Secretary Karl Bergman OF BerEn, now
associated with the Deutsches bank.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
New York Has Heavy Snow

Malone, n. IA blanket OF snow
one foot thick covered northern New
York Thursday. Traffic on railroads
and highways was seriously Mlrpered
The snowfall was the heaviest that
had been seen in early November for
many years.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Public Utllitiss Given Exemption

Washington-The supreme court
Monday upheld contentious Of the city
Of Springfield, ILL.,. that public utilities
operated by municipalities can he ex-
einpted from jurisdiction Of state law
regulating privately owned public util-
ity corporations.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
BELIEVE
BODIES BURNED
-eluEeEAHD OF oAmeAIs" "a
PLACER ON TRIAL; CHARGED
WITH MANY MURDERS
Case Is None Too Strong Against Al.
legged Arch William Accused
OF luring Ten Fianeees
To Villa

Nersailles-Court officials gathered
mere Monday for tie opening in the
Seine-et-olse assizes of the trial Of
henn Desire Landru the '.Bluebeard
Oh Gambais," who is charged with eley
en- murders. Ten of his alleged vie
inns were women, to whom he Is said
10 nave promised marriage, and the
eleventh the son of one of them. lie
is alleged TO have burned his victims
bodies.
Tue trial of Henri Desire I.andru,
VINO has become known throughout
France as The BIuebeard of Gam
oais, on eleven counts of murder
growing out of the disappearance of
ten women to whom he had promised
marriage, and the son OF one of them,
oids fair TO rank AMONG the celebrated
criminal cases of France.
Lahdru was arrested in April, 1919.
anu has spent his time for the past
TWO and half years in answering or
eVadlnS questions -or the police, the in
Vestigating magistrate, aud other
court officials aS 10 tile fate of his fl
ahcees He has proved IL most stub
born as well as a very clever prisoner
ana the police admit that their case
against him is not as strong as they
should like it to be.
Ihe s0-called Bluebeard rented a
small villa at GamDais, few miles
from Paris, and it rs there that the
police charge he did away with the
women, all trace or whom Inns been
absolutely lost. 1t Is alleged that he
advertised in various matrimonial
agency papers and chose from the let
ters received those signed By women
with little property and no near rel
atives.
A short c0urtshIp would follow, then
Journey to the Gambais villa in the
Company of tile fiancce. The accus,,-
tlon says that Landru always returned
alone. The police claim To have proof
that women were seen to enter the
villa, but none was heard of after.
ward. A few weeks later. whatever
bonds, stocks, furniture, jeNelry the
women possessed would be sold.
The villa and Gambais has beer
searched, ransacked, practically de
inolsllcd by the police III an effort t,
find the remains of the missing wo.
men. A few bones were found, some
hair, but not enough to form CORPUS
delicti." rabbit and mutton bones
says Landru. "Why don't you bring
your former fiancees forward?" asks
the judge.
"How can l when you keep me ir
jail for years.? counters Landru, Il
you and your hundreds of detectives
cannot locate them, how can ~
A dark visaged man. with shinine
bald head and long black whiskers
Landru has become familiar figure
| by representations on the stage. He
is already under sentence of five years
Imprisonment for forgery growing ou
Of one of the cases where murder |.
also charged.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
vslusti. Gem. ar. stolen

st. Louis--Two bandits Thursday
held up and robbed employees IT the
s. r. Plan Jewelry company OF gems
valued Ut between $35, 600 and S50,OoO
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Premier To Arrange Loan

Brisbane. Observation-Disclosures e. G.
Theodore Of Queensland probably will
80 to the United States soon to ar
range for the flOtation OF loan there.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

A carload of honey was shipped
from Price to London, England, few
days ago. The honey was produced
at Myton, Utah.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

Work will soon start on the Emigra
ton Creek conduit, Salt Lake, at Q
considerable cost.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

Ben Darrah is building a barn OF
his ranch which will be the largesi
barn in Lincoln county. Two carload.
of lumber will be used in its construc
ton.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

o. w. Clifford of Ogden, who plead
ed guilty to the theft of a purse from
an automobile, was senenced in III,
district court to a term of one TO tel
years in the state penitentlary.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

Bureau OF public roads with head
quarters at Ogden. are soon to start
projects In Utah alone, at an expendl
ture Of S1.633,O00.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Utah NEWS REVIEW

The board of commissioners OF
Cache county are Co construct a matot
truck repair shop and storage shed.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

Road construction is under full heal
way on the Moab Thompsons pos
road. With favorable weather prevail
Ing, the construction work remaining
to be done on the Moab Thompsons
project will be completed by the mid
die of February
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

Every person in Kane county OF
school age can read and write the
English language. This is shown by
the return of the census enumeration
whose report of the census is the first
to reach the state school office.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

A system Of electric wires, charged
with 1000 volts of electricity, will in al.
probability be adopted at the state
prison as a means Of preventing in
the future attempts by the prisoners
to escape.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18

Construction work costing three
times us much as Oct. 1920, was
authorized last month in Salt Lake
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-16
CONEy ISLAND WILL
RIVAL. ATLANTIC CITY
New Beach Promenade. TO be
$500 Feet Long, is
Planned.

1hs Nrw York sun SAYS. To look
o. tone, Island, lollinr peacefully In
The autumn sunshine, with her Gid
al towers silent ard her scenic rail-
WAY n, ,est, you wouldn't suspect that
she was LOOKING forward 10 tho great
csi winter IN her hi-,ory--thc winter
when the city will spend almost ga
GOO 600 IN making her a rival of At
Mniic city. just now old Coney is
under the .pcll ~ her fall lsssitudo.
Ike the hostess IN wrapper and curl
nepsrs un the morning after tho par
o.,
After tho hlaro and the iaz,, tho
throhhirs tom.toms, stridont callicpes
and human huhhub that make M the
tasophonv of tho summer. she is as
uui.l o. an Alpine hamlet and a. de-
nure ar the cat that swallowed the
canary,
an the shantics nrc shoarded up.
Hotels of hhc better class display large
.lsns hcsslpr YOU 60 come and stay
g. them al greatly reduced rates
i.nd assuring you that Coney Island
ll nnc fnil and winter resort. An
occasional ear huns elons the houle-
ward ns occupants staring inauisi-
Ihunt sri'pcntine structures that re-
call tho screams OF summer Joy rid
vtf
80 foot ~ hathcr .ullics tho rlist-
rninf surface of the beach. where
surus ~ thousands were playing and
hNshlnr in the early days of scptem-
hrf Everywhere below hich-water
insrls tho sand now stretches as
~.
fni pfrrn waves come whipping in
indsr ~. urge 81 q close reef breeze
The Atlantic dmNies across TO tn.
lilnhlanhs oi Navesink snd ont TO the
horizon where hncru and tramp ships
sails forth n Ccarch ~ adventure.
throwing uut plumes OF smoke against
tisg vlrpr say.
a. niH sight its the ame old
,tn,t n ihe on season. But present.
lN lhu stranger becomes aware Of
earnest little groups here and there
aluhr The building frontage of the
thufp, ahuttlng on tho beach. And
iitle inNouiratiun discloses the fsc4
That the new boardwalk is going to
Involve many complicated and not M
~ unpleasant "negocios." az they say
iN Spain, for thu owners of shore
ffnni rfupcrti'k And 30 they're busy
discussing and mcaslnr and making
idans o. set the best possible advan-
in.e out ~ an excellent ioh.
tnniraote were signed tho other
DIV hN which construction company
undertakes, under city supervision. to
construct tho boardwalk end widen
ine beach with sand pumped in from
the Asn bottom third of mile out
ilVm the present beach and the whole
sob IA expected GO bc done before the
hlY rrpNda begin 40 move Con.yward
Ntsi summon
The hos,dwalk Il to run from Ocean
pafhvas To- West Thirty seventh
street a distance of $500 feet. II will
b, NJ feet wide. Atlantic Citys board
wnia IN only 60 feet Wide al it's widcs,
part. Also ,un.y's boardwalk vii.
have n greater elevation than Atlantic
,itv's rising "a feet above high-water
mart
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-16
NEXT FOREIGN TRADE
CONVENTION IN PA|LA.
National Council VIII Hold It,
Annual Ssssion There May
10. ~ and ~.

Tho ninth annual convention 81 the
National Foreign trade Council Will be
held in Philadelphia on May 10. IL. IL.
ipaa, according 60 the announcements
uf ~ Il, Davis. secretary OF tho Coun-
en-
The choice ~ Philadelphia as the
convention citv,' said Mr.. Davis, "is
ln accord with the policy " the
National forcinn Trade Council to hold
~ convention each year In n different
psr, ~ the United states. Previous
mretlnws have been held IN 81. Louis
New Orleans. ritisburg. Cincinnati.
,hlcNso, san francisco and Glove
land
philadelphia "a peculiarly well n,,cd
Ia every way for foreign trade con-
Nenilun. incatcd IN the heart Of a
sipai mlynf,oturing territory. vitality
concerned IN foreign trade. actively
.nsasei w developing new port ia
villilps. ana equipped TO house the
lsrsrst gatherings. Philadelphia should
make ~ Ideal meeting place.
To iudrr from what som. calamity
hnwlers' say. n would appear as 10
our forelEn trade were all shot 20
plccos," said Nv. 'pavi. II wonder
how many people In this country re-
silsn that Our exports tor the past siS
months have hccn GO per cent greater
IA Valuo than IN leis, and about 10
i'f cent grcatcr In volume: and that
W the -lN months ending September.
1921. Nn have exported commodities
valued a. ss.ofs. .7ac. 900 and have im-
PORTED goods valued NJ tiJe goo
The truth - the Aattcr Is, that
ihp productive cnpncitiOof tho United
states has hvcn sn areatly increased
during the war that our former
normal exports are not nearly great
Vnuunh tn onahlo cur factories and
iHtna Go operate prontably at full
capacity n is certain THAI our for
elan trade, considerable as Il is even
81 present, must Doe expanded II the
United states 10 60 enjoy real domestic
Nfuapcrity, the Nationa' Foreign
ifnie Council believes that our foreign
lfaio can and will he 40 expanded.
even In the face of present difficulties.
nrnylied all elements of American in
duslry, agriculture, and finance vii,
cooperate to that end
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-16
WILSON ~raoup comEHADE-
Ex.Preslleat Rssponds 10 Holiday
Greeting Of Ex.Noldiers.

Washington, Doc. 49,. Replying to
a letter from J. Bentley Mulford. Ma
tional First vioc-P President Of tho
Rainbow Division Veterans, extending
New Years greetings. Woodrow Will
son. In a letter made public yesterday,
says:
II am proud to regard myself az a
comcrade OF NIL the men OF the expcdI-
tionary forces. II therefore. affords
mo the greatest pleasure to receive
from group Of them such a greet
Ing as is conveyed to me by your
letter Of Dec. o."