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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11
MAN WHO SAID "NO" TO
PEACE TERMS URGES
COUNTRY TO BALK
U. S. HELP is TO Be EXPECTED
Achievement In World War Entities
Americans to Final Decision, Says
County Brookdorff Won RAN
tzsau in a Statement.

Rerlin.-Count Brockdorff Won Ran
tzsau considers that present events
have completely justified his action in
refusing to sign the peace treaty at
Versailles.
The report of American exports and
imports last year, by countries, issued
by the department of commerce,
shows that exports to Great Britain
and France and Italy fell off sharply
Those countries, however, increased
their shipments to the United States,
as did practically all the other i'm
portant nations.
Rantzsau, who as foreign minister
headed the German peace delegation
at Versailles, and who created a SEN
sation by remaining seated when he
answered Clemenseau's presentation
of the treaty terms, asserts that the
allied demands now prove the correct
ness of his views regarding the i'm
possibility of complying with the
treaty
Rantzsau is the only German states
man so far who has had the cour-
age to say mo" to the allied de-
mands. This is now being recalled
and his friends predict that he may
again play an important role in Ger
many's politics.
= Rantzsau contends that the moment
has again arrived for the German peo-
pie in one voice to answer mo" to
the reparation demands as fixed by
the allies. Like every other prominent
German statesman, former statesman,
political leader or industrial captain,
Rantzsau considers that Americas at
titude on the action of the supreme
council can be as decisive as was
Americas Intervention in the war.
American Aims Ideal.
"As long as was foreign minister" {"
he said, Il believe 1 fully understood
Americas attitude. America entered
the war principally for ideal aims and
the whole world knows that America
and not England and France decided
the war.
81 am not pleading for Germany,
but l should think that after Americas
great achievement, Jne american peO-
pie would become convinced that this
very achievement and victory for
American ideals in the interest of the
whole world, placed new obligation
upon them
II quite understand that after the
experiences of the last two years the
great statesmen of America are in
clined to disinterest themselves in the
special questions of Europe.
Coming negotiations between Am
erica and Germany will give the
United States an opportunity to play
the role to which it is entitled as a
decisive factor in the outcome of the
war, to assure the world a peace that
will realize the ideals for which the
sons of America fought and bled"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11
PRESIDENT 0BREGON AND
WILLIAM G. M'AD00 IN
CONSULTATION
OFFERS M'ADOO $4,000 YEAR
obregon Wants McAdoo To Become
General Manager of Mexico's
Railroads and Build Them
Back to Normal Again.

Mexico City.-If current reports are
authentic, President Obregon may en-
ploy William G. McAdoo at $4,000 a
year or more to rehabilitate Mexicos
railways.
The railroads of Mexico, the arter-
les of the commercial life of the ma
ton, are torn beyond the point of func-
tion in many places.
Abregon's government faces the
paradox of being burdened by the ma
tion's potentiol prosperity.
Sugar is being produced in large
quantities.
Mines are constantly increasing in
number and production. Their need
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11
RAILROAD SALE ORDERED
Interstate Commerce Body PetitlOned
Recently on Issue of Stock.

Fort Smith, Ark.-Judge Frank A.
Youmans in federal court ordered sold
to the highest bidder on March 21, the
Fort Smith and Western Railroad,
which operates between Fort Smith
and Oklahoma City. The sale will be
held in Fort Smith.
The physical valuation of the road
is placed unofficially at $14, 900 900. 1t
has been in the hands of a receiver
for several years.
The decree ordering the sale was
issued on behalf of the Superior Saw
ings and Trust company, representing
Cleveland, Ohio, creditors of the road,
and was in the nature of a fore
closure of mortgages on the property.
The Fort Smith and Western was
promoted by the late Henry Clay
Frick, the steel maker. Extending
from Fort Smith to Oklahoma City,
the road also operates branches to
Guthrie and FL Reno, with shops in
Fort Smith and in Weleetka, Okla
homa. 1t owns $50 miles of track,
practically all in the state of Okla
homa, and its annual payroll is in ex-
cess of $1,OOO.OOO
Rolling stock of the road which has
been increasing during the last four
years under the receivership of Arthur
L. Mills of this city, includes 26 loco
motives, sixteen day coaches, 1000
coal cars. 900 box cars. 100 stock cars,
four sleepers and four parlor cars.
The line does not operate with Pull
man company equipment.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11
FLEET GREETED IN CALLAo
Admiral Wilson and JaeI<ies Given a
Warm Reception.

Callao, Peru. - The vessels Of the
United States Atlantic fleet arrived.
The Pennsylvania, flagship of Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, commander of the
fleet, was escorted into the harbor
by the Peruvian cruisers Grau and
Bolognesi. The warships took up an
chofage in the harbor behind the de-
stfoyers,' The Pennsylvania fired a
salute which was replied to by the bat
teries on shore
Many excursion vessels put out to
meet the American warships and at
least. 10000 persons greeted the visit
ing fleet
The United States ambassador to
Peru, William E. Gonzales, visited Ad-
miral Wilson aboard the Pennsylvania
and the admiral returned the visit.
Later Admiral Wilson, accompanied
by the members of his staff, Ambas-
sador Gonzales and Peruvian navy
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11
GERMANY IS GIVEN APOLOGY
MAI. GEN. HENRY 7. ALLEN
SENDS U. S. REGRET
Provost Marshal At Coblenz Issued
Warrant That Led to
Trouble.

Berlin.-Brig. Gen. Henry T. Allen,
commander of the American army of
occupation on the Rhine, has made a
formal apology to both the Berlin gov
ernment and the government of Baden
for the recent attempt by men con-
nected with the American forces to
take into custody Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, American draft evader, and
his chauffeur, Isaac Stecher, says an
official statement issuel by the Ger
man government.
The statement says that Colonel
Stone, acting on orders from General
Allen, called in the imperial commits
sion for the occupied Rhine areas and
declared General Allen desired to
make a formal apology to the imperial
German and Baden governments for
the attempt to arrest Bergdoll on Ba.
den territory. Through his official
representative the communication
states, General Allen declared he had
given no orders for the attempt
against Bergdoll, which he greatly de-
plored.
The order for BergdolTs arrest,
General Allen stated, was issued by
the provost marshal in Coblenz, who
recently arrived in Germany and who
was under the impression that Berg
doll was sojourning in the French
zone of the occupied area.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11
EXPERIMENTS A SUCCESS
A New Apparatus to Guide Ships in
Fogyg Weather.

London Navigation Of ships by
means of sound signals from a cable
laid at the bottom of the sea was
demonstrated at spirhead in the pres
ence of a number of naval attaches
who had accepted an invitation from
the British admiralty.
The cable, seventeen miles in length
is laid from the entrance to Ports
mouth harbor out to the Warner
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-11

Washington.-The war department
finally conceded thai it had official in
formation that Grover Cleveland Berg.
doll, wealthy Philadelphia draft evad-
er, was in Germany.
Secretary Baker announced that he
had received a cablegram from Major
General H. T. Allen, commanding the
American forces on the Rhine, saying
he had ordered thorough investiga.
tion of the circumstances surrounding
the attempt to abduct Bergdoll at Eb-
erbach lately, in which two American
army intelligence officials were al
legged to have been implicated.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Missing Game Protector
Found Victim of Murder

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, April 3.-Thc
body of John H. Woodruff, game pro-
tcctor. missing since Thanksgiving,
1919, was found to-day covered with
stones and with the skull crushed
The body lay in the deepest hole Of
small stream which is dry most of
the year 1t is in the woods, probably
q quarter Of mile from the state road
between here and Amsterdam and
about nine miles from this city. Wood
ruff's gun was gone, but there still
were cartridges in his pocket, besides
his watch and a conservation commits
sion pamphlet. Arbutus hunters found
the body, which lay in a spot forty
feet from where woodcutters had
worked last winter
Woodruff was thirty-two years old and
recently had been appointed game pro-
tector. When he started out Thanks
giving morning of 1919 he was believed
to be looking for foreigner suspected
of game law violations. His life had
been threatened. =
Woodruff was nearly six feet tall
and a rugged outdoors man. The
coroner said the condition of the body
indicated that a powerful man had
struck the blow which crushed in the
whole top of the officers head
The day Woodruff disappeared was
Immediately after an ice storm and
freeze-up. and it is probable that
the concealment under stone slabs was
effected at later date.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Former Sing Sing Head
Assails Penal Methods

DR.. George v: Klrchwey. former war
den of Sing Sing, speaking on "The
Crime Wave at the University Settle
ment, 1874 Eldridge Street last night
criticized the penal methods now prac-
ticed in this country, and proposed
remedial measures for the treatment of
the 500, 900 WrongGOers VINO are at all
times under confinement. He pointed
out that one out of every ten offenders
is caught and that one out of every
twenty is punished by imprisonment
Dr. kirchwey said that present
methods of treating prisoners are bad,
because they come out of prison cal,
loused and worse than they were when
they went in. While they cannot com
nit any crimes during their confne-
ment they are likely to commit more
crimes after their release than they
did before being placed in confinement.
We are not getting anywhere against
the most insidious of social diseases,
affecting more people than cancer and
more than tuberculosis. The measure
of a community's civilization can be de-
termned by the amount of intelligence
and humanity it shows in the treatment
of it's prisoners he said.
Among the reform measures DR..
Kirchwey ADVOCATES is the turning of
every prison into a reformatory, where
bad men can be converted into good
men. He also believes that the parole
and honor systems should be extended
and that there should be a careful sys
tenn Of probation
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Two Held fol.
Staying of
Rich Widow
Continued from page ono

state of decomposition. A large dia-
mond ring. presumably a mans. was
found in the end of long gray silk
glove, which still remained on her
right hand. Five other rings. two Of
which contained diamonds, a $40 bill,
Q s. bill. a So gold piece. a nickel and
three pennies were found i'll a pocket in
her underskirt. A pair Of diamond ear
rings still clung to her ears.
A piece of sash cord was tied in what
the police declare was a professional
strangler's knot about her neck in such
a way as TO cause Strangulation. An
other piece of rope, heavier than the
cord, Was suspended from her neck all
most to her waist line, and, according
to the police. may have been used to
drag the body into the pond. A bruise,
apparently caused by a blunt instru-
ment showed above her right eye, al
though the skull was not fractured
Her clothing was torn in many places.
The police have advanced the theory
that the woman was killed in some
other section of the Greenpont district
and the body taken to the pond It also
Is believed that a stone or some heavy
weight may have been tied to the cord
suspended from her neck. Such a
weight. the police declare. may have
dropped off on account of the rope be-
roiulhg decdSeu. permitting the BODY 20
float to the surface of the pond.
Fred Gerhardt. a farmer, who lives
within few hundred yards of the
pond, told the police that he had no
ticed nothing out of the ordinary on
the day Mrs. Trotta disappeared. He
said that screams from the vicinity
near where the body was found would
have been heard at his home.
Suspects Grilled for Several Hours
Detective Daniel Connolly is the
complainant against the daughter
and her husband. Both were cross
examined by Detective Connolly for
sevei al hours before the order was
given to lodge a formal charge Of mur-
der against them. 1t was after A
o'clock yesterday morning before the
pair were taken from the police sta
ton to Jail
Rocco 'Trotta. the fourth husband of
the dead woman. died last December of
heart trouble. He had been in business
at II Jackson Street for about a year,
having gone there from Union Avenue,
Brooklyn, where he conducted marble
business for twenty-one years. Mrs.
Nerderosa is the daughter of Trotta
and was married about TWO years ago
at the age Of fifteen. Her husband
conducts a trucking and contracting
business in the Greenpoint section and
is said to have been On good terms
with Mr. Trotta prior TO his death.
SO far as could be ascertained yes
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04

tcrday Mrs. Trotta did not object to
the marriage OF Caroline to Vcrderosa.
Ncighbors in the vicinity OF Mrs
Trotta's S home said that Nerderosa fire.
quently called at the home Of his
mothcr-in-law. and that it was believed
they Quarreled over the division OF
Trottas estate, all Of which Mrs. Trotta
had taken possession OF.
Wife Given Power Of Attorney
1t also was learned that Trotta few
days prior to his death, in the presence
of bookkecper whom he employed at
the marble works, had signed some sort
of paper giving his wife the power of
attorney to dispose of the marble bust
ness after his death.
Mrs. Trotta was described By neigh
bors as an unusually attractive woman
as we'll as very powerful one. 1t was
generally conceded that an ordinary
man would have had trouble killing her
without assistance were the attack
made in the open. Caroline, the step
daughter, is an exceptionally beautiful
woman.
Physicians who examined the body
disagreed as to the probable length of
time it had been in the water. They
said that it would be almost impossible
to determine the exact period on ac-
count OF the pond being filled with
ashes and other alkalies, which have
tendencies to preserve rather than de-
stroy. The police declare the body was
in the water for several weeks, and
entertain little doubt that it was taken
there within few days after the muir
der. Both Mn and Mrs. Nerderosa will
be arraigned for formal hearing
April g.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
,e fact that the twins were only

the fact that the twins were only
babies.
"Wait until they get little big
ger; they may make you swallow your
words retorted Sammy Jay wisely.
"Pooh." snecred Chatterer. "Tll
never be afraid of them. One of these
days l'll give them such scare that
they'll never get over it. We don't
want them here in the Green Forest.
anyway. 1T was bad enough to have
Buster Bear bring Mrs. Bear here.
Unless those young Bears age driven
out, they are likely to make a lot of
trouble one of these days"
"You said something then. Chat
terer,' piped up a squeaky little voice.
1t was the voice of Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse. 81 feel it in my bones
that they are going to make a lot of
trouble for me, and goodness knows
| have troubles enough, as it s."
Then why don't you move? You
don't have to stay if you don't like
it here" said Sammy Jay.
But do like it here" protested
Whltefoot Besides, | have a family
and | simply must stay. | don't see
what Buster and Mrs. Bear wanted to
have twins for. One would have been
one too many"
Whitefoot was so earnest about it
that everybody laughed But White
foot didn't laugh. He was too wor-
ried. Buster Bears twins meant
trouble, and plenty of it, for White
foot the Wood Mouse.
Copyright. 1921. by T. w. Burgess
The next story; Boxer and Woof-
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Chased 7,uice, Man Ol1tru1,s
Broad,Uay Crovd and Bullets
Accused of Stealing Auto Robe, He Throws Theater
District Into Turmoil, and When Caught Both
He and Policeman Are Casn;no for Rre.,b

After Edward Geiss, twenty-four
years old, of 7l5 Ninth Avenue, had
outrun crowd Of several hundred
persons on Broadway yesterday after
noon and successfully lodged the bull
let's from the pistol Of Patrolman
Pteitfer. tied up traffic on Ninth Ave
nue. for fifteen minutes and turned the
whole of the theatrical district gen
orally into bcdlam of shouting and
footing of automobile hornss he was
taken to the West Forty-seventh Street
police station. charged with attempting
to steal an automobile robe AS Geiss
himself said afterwards at was
hardly worth the chase
Patrolman Pfeitfer, of the West
Forty seventh Street station, was
standing at the corner of Broadway
and Fiftietb Street at S o'clock yes
terday afternoon. minute later he
was the center of a rushing mob, which
was shouting; stop him. Hold him
Catch himl"
Without stopping to ask questions
the patrolman dashed after a man that
until then seemed to be part Of the
crowd. but who was rapidly drawing
away from it. He caught the man al
the corner of Broadway and Fifty ninth
Street. Then he turned to the crowc
that swarmed about him. "Whats al
the shoutin' for?" he asked
For the first time there was absolute
silence in the crowd. No one knew
blank look was on every ones face. The
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Naval Officer.
Caught at Sea,
Brought Here
Lieut.. Robb, Who Escaped
From Receiving Ship in
Brooklyn, Never Discard
ed Uniform of Rank
Hired OH Army Transport
Before Sailing From This
City He Mingled With
Men Seeking His Arrest

Lieutenant r. II. Robb former well
fare officer on the battleship Tennes-
see, was brought to New York ycstcr-
day a prisoner on the army transport
Cambria from Antwerp.
Several months ago he is alleged to
have gotten into financial difficulty
while on the Tennessee and left that
vessel. Soon afterward he was appre
hended and sent as a prisoner aboard
While awaiting an investigation Of his
financial irregularities he went ashore
unnoticed by the guard and an order
was sent broadcast for his arrest. The
unusual feature of his evasion of cap
ture was that he wore the uniform of
his rank throughout the interval Of his
liberty.
Near Men Who Sought Him
few days after walking ashore
from the receiving ship he went aboard
the Cambria, then lying in Hoboken,
and asked Captain Norman Ferguson
for job as master of-arms He said
he lad been honorably discharged from
the United States Navy and could show
his discharge to prove it,
He was told to apply to the army
transport office in Manhattan In the
same building is the ofnce Of the head
u,
agents were at that time hunting for
Robb
The fact that the prospect of get
ting job on the Cambria would
take hlm over route that lay danger
ously close to capture did not disturb
the young naval officer. He strode
boldly into the elevator, still dressed
IN the uniform Of lieutenant of
1unior grade, and was obliged to cx-
change sautes with several naval Off
GERS and a half dozen enlisted men.
lie gave the name of P. II. Roberts
ana got his job on the Cambria. re-
porting for duty the day the transport
sailed for Antwerp.
Recognized by Marine Officer
few hours before departure he
met Captain Walter j. Bernard, marine
superintendent of the army TRANSPORT
service, who knew him by sight when
he was on the transport Mount Vernon.
Several days later Captain Bernard
heard that Lieutenant Robb had
escaped from the receiving ship in
Brooklyn and he felt confident that he
was the new master at arms who had
signed on the Cambria as p II. Roberts.
He sent cable message abroad, which
was rclaycd to the Cambria two days
before she arrived at Antwerp and
lieutenant Robb was questioned
closely.
Captain Ferguson was loath to lock
MN up, but on receipt Of subsequent
radios giving minute description of
the missing naval officer he concluded
that has new master at arms was the
man wanted here. Robb finally ad-
mitted his Identity
He entered the navy by enlistment,
and by study, good conduct and un-
usual efficiency worked his way to the
rank of lieutenant Of junior grade
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04

Doubled Joys mean doubled cares;
At least, its so 1vith baby .3ears.
Mrs. Bear.
Everybody in the Green Forest and
on the Green Meadows, in the Old
Orchard and around the Smiling Pool
knew that Buster and Mrs. Bear had
twins. News like that travels fast
and Peter Rabbit had wasted no time
in starting it going, once he was
safely home in the dear Old Briar-
patch.
At first no one believed him, for
cret we'll. But when Old Granny Fox
said that for her part she didn't doubt
it in the least, because she had heard
them crying under the great windfal
the day that Mrs. Bear had chased
Farmer Browns boy up tree and so
had found out Mrs. Bears secret,
others began to believe And when
Sammy Jay reported that he had seen
them there was 40 longer any doubt.
Few could spare the time to go
over to the great windfall in the
Green Forest, but those who could
went as near as they dared for a peek
at lnOSe Twins. OnCG having seen
them, it was hard work to keep away
from there, for two funnier or live
her babies the Green Forest had
never known.
Having once discovered that there
was Great World outside that wind
fall there was no keeping them in.
Mrs. Bear would no sooner be out of
sight than out they would come to
stare in round-eyed wonder at every
thing about them. But they never
went more than a few steps from the
entrance to the old windfall, and
they scampered back under it at the
least unexpected noise. Chatterer
the Red Squirrel. Sammy Jay and
Blacky the Grow had great fun
frightening those twins, just to see
them run.
One was black. just like his father,
Buster Bear The other was brown
just like her mother. There was now
no longer doubt in any ones mind
that there could be brown Black
Bear. They were almost the same
size, and but for the color of their
coats looked just alike. The one with
the black coat was named Boxer and
his sister was named WoofW oof. And
they were so small that at first no
one was afraid of them, especially
after it was discovered how quickly
they ran and hid at the least unex-
pccted sound.
"They are towards. They are the
worst towards | ever have seem" de-
o',ro1 Ch~ttoror quite overlook in~
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04

patrolman relinquished his hold on
Geiss's collar. Then there was some
commotion on the outer rim of the
crowd. and Walter c. Woodland, of OLD
Cross Avenue, Elizabeth, N. j., forced
his way slowly to whore the policeman
stood and said that Geiss had taken a
motor robe from his automobile as it
stood at the corner of Broadway and
Fifty second Street, but that later he
had dropped it. Patrolman Pfeiffer
turned to where Geiss had been stand
ing, but he was no longer there. He
was running at top speed down the
center of Broadway.
Pfeitfer drew his pistol and fired wo
shots in the air. Then with shout
the crowd gave chase again. Taxi
drivers and automobilists who saw the
chase footed their horns wildly.
Geiss turned into Forty seventh
Street and ran west. The crowd and
the patrolman. who fired third shot
followed him. Two full blocks they an
without again catching sight Of Gciss
But at Ninth Avenue and Forty eighth
Street they found him leaning weakly
against a phone pole.
"Some chase." Geiss painted between
gasps.
But Pfeiffer had no wind to answer
He simply sank his hand into Geiss's
collar for the second time and leaned
against the pole, too, while the crowd
checred
New-York tribune., 1921-04-04
Man Burned in Winter Garden
Drug Store Fire Is Dead

William Matthews, of 3lS West
Fifty sixth Street, who was severely
burned Friday in fire at the store
room of the Winter Garden Drugstore,
1888 Broadway. died yesterday at
Bellevue Hospital.
Matthews was at work on the fifth
floor of the building when chemicals
he was handling took fire and satu-
l'ated his clothing. He was prevented
from jumping from fifth story win
dow by gim Cross, a negro porter
Cross succeeded in carrying him along
a narrow ledge to another window and
then carried him to the street.