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The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
MINE BLAST RESULTS
 IN TWO MEMS DEATHS
Explosion in No.10 Mine Near Hartford Sunday Night
 Due to Gas

Hartford, Aug. 1.-Two men were killed, two serious ly hurt and a third painfully burned when an explosion caught seven men in the num- Der 10 mine of the Central Coal & Coke Company here at ' o'clock last night.
 The dead are Henry New man and Bruce Jordan, each about 45 years old.
 The seriously injured are Carf Mccormack and John Trowbridge who were sent to a Fort Smith hospital this morning.
 Pete Clements was painful ly but not dangerously burn ed. Pat Mccormack and o. Pickle escaped unhurt,
 The explosion occurred about 2,400 feet from the mouth of the slope and it is believed to have been caused by gas. Newman was deaG when found by rescuers ar hour after the blast. Jordan lived four hours.
 The injured have a goot chance to live.
 The ventilating fan is sait to have been out of commis sion Sunday for several hour It was repaired and the min, was believed to have beer cleared of gas. The mel started in and had progressed 2,40O feet when the gas was ignited. A fall of slate is saio to have occurred in the mean time and shut off the fan, al lowing the gas to accumulate
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
LOSS IN JAMESTOWNFIRE
 WILL TOTAL $40,000. .00

burned. The loss could not be estimated.
 Loss on the Methodist church, a wooden structure, is between $1,000 and $1, 300.
 A two-story building, the lower part of which was un- occupied and the upper part used as a lodge room by the Masons and Odd Fellows of Jamestown, was destroyed with loss of about $1,000. There is no insurance. The postoffice building also was burned.
 Loss on the residences has not been ascertained, but sev- ef'al of them were burned and but little of the center portion of the village is left.
 The Batesville fire depart ment was asked to come to Jamestown but as there is no water supply there and the fire quickly burned itself out the department did not make the run. All the buildings burned were of frame con- struction.
 Jamestown, while a very old town, having settled some 50 or 60 years ago has a pop ulation of only about 150, the 1920 census giving it but 126. [ It was once a rather vigorous trade center but in later years has lost much of it's former prestige. It is in the midst of a good farming section.
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE

Walnut Ridge, Aug. 2.- Four young people in a Ford coupe narrowly escaped death or injury Saturday night when the driver, blinded by the lights of a big car which was met at the bridge over Dredge ditch, attempted to drive onto the bridge. A front wheel of the ford struck the front wheel of the other car ard the lighter machine was knocked aside, but hung on the edge of the bridge by one wheel, which caught on the bridge rail.
 The driver of the larger car drove on without investi- gating the accident, it is said. A young woman in the Ford was struck on the head at the time of the impact and was rendered unconscious but oth- erwise all escaped injury.
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
LIFE SENTENCE FOR
 KILLING PEARL FISHER
H. Bonds Found Guilty at Searcy For Murder of
 Pearling Partner

In circuit court at Searcy last week, H. Bonds was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing J. H. VanGilder on White river near Augusta about six weeks ago, and was setenced to life imprisonment.
 On June 28 the body of a man was found in the White river near Augusta with the head nearly severed. The body was identified as that of Van- Glider, missing for two or three days. Bonds was asked about VanGilder and said that the later had left Sunday, and had told him that if he did not return he could have his share of the equipment used in gathering the shells includ- ing the boat.
 Bonds told conflicting stor- ies about VanGilders where abouts. Money supposed to have belonged to VanGilder was found on bonds person the amount of S37.5O. There was blood on one of the bills.
 Near where the murder is supposed to have occurred was found a hole in the earth I some two and a half feet long by two feet wide andthree feet deep, in which the mur- derer intended burrying the body. A shovel was found near. The handle was broken and it is beleived this broken shovel accounts for the grave not being completed. An ax was found with blood on it.
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
TEN NICHTRIDERS TO
 BEGIN THEIR TERMS
Were Allowed to Make Crops by Craighead Judge Fol
 lowing Conviction

Jonesboro, Aug. 2.-Night riders who were convicted in April but who were released that they might go to their homes and make a crop prob ably will be taken to the pen itentiary at Little Rock this week. Several night riders were taken to the peniten- tiary shortly after their con- viction and are now serving their sentences.
 The men who have yet to serve their sentences appear ed in circuit court yesterday. They are Henry Wingfield, who was sentenced to serve six months; Ed Snow, one month; Bob Story, two mon- ths; Lawrence Stanley, two months; Henry Adams, six months; Ed Banner, two months; E. Bwoman, two months; Arley Cooper, one year; John Haynes, one year Everett Kincaide, one year.
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
WHISNANT-BRUCE

Dave Whisnant and Miss Gerabelle Bruce, prominent young people of the Dota sec tion, were married at the home of Rev. and Mrs. G. l.. Fink last Sunday afternoon, Rev. Fink officiating.
 The groom, who was only recently released from the U. s. Navy, is a son of MT. and Mrs. D. P. Whisnant, while the bride is the accomplished daughter of MT. and Mrs. w. T. Bruce.
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
Town Alraost Wiped Off the Map by Big Fire Tuesday
 Afternoon

Fire which started in a lunch stand at Jamestown Tuesday afternoon about 5 o'clock, almost wiped the en- tire town off the map, a total of. 22 buildings being burn- a ed, resulting in a total loss of &0,fo0 or $50,000.
 Four mercantile establish Aments, comprising about all the business houses in the town, a church, a lodge hall, a hotel, and several residence es, were burned. The flames were famed by-a brisk wind and bucket brigade, the only means available for fighting the fire, was unable to stay their progress. The insuran- ce carried is believed to have amounted to not more than S10,000 or $12,000.
 The heaviest losers were W. B. Pate, whose general mercantile store including the building and greater part of stock, was destroyed with a loss of between $9,000 and $10,000, and the store of Snapp X Tate, where the loss was about $8,000. A small part of the stock of w. B. Pate was saved and a some what larger proportion of the stock of Snapp & Pate.
 The lunch room and con- fectionery of J, R. Churchill, in the rear of which the fire started, was burned. The loss is estimated at $1,000 on build ing and stock.
 A fourth building filled with goods in storage was
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
FARMER IS KILLED
 NEAR TUCKERMAN
Was Advancing on Boy When Latter Felled Him With
 Wagon Yoke

Wylie Hester, a young white man residing near Tuckerman was struck on the head with a wagon breastyoke by Albert Skyrmes during an altercatlon which arose between them while at work on a farm near Tuckerman on Tuesday of last week. Hester died We'd nesday night from his in- juries, his skull having beeen broken by the blow.
 The coroner's jury who in- vestigated the case Thursday held that it was a case of justifiable homicide, 1t being brought out at the hearing that Skyrmes acted in self de- fense, as Hester was advanc- ing on him with a knife.
 Hester was 29 years old while Skyrmes is only 1e
The Newark journal., 1921-08-04
VIOLATE GAME LAW

Newoprt, Aug. 3.-Major McAnally, negro, was fined S25 in Justice Nuckols' court for fishing with unlawful tackle. McAnally was appre- hended by Game Warden A. G. Steadman, who caught him using a net made of poultry wire.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Uncover Giant Race

Douglas, Ariz-Recent heavy rains In
ne vicinity of Reddington, near here,
ave uncovered the burial grounds OF
race of gaint people who are thought
70 have lived thousands of years ago.
according to August Ealey. a miner.
#ho has been employed in the Red
Mng district. Ealey described parts of
keletons recovered from the cemetery
and declared that the stature of the
fNee must have been twice that of the
serage man of today One skull show
~ q thickness Of about an inch, Ealey
AID, and was in state of perfect pre-
servation. Pieces Of pottery. earrings,
reRatns Of charcoal fires and other evil
ssnce uncovered by the rains has Ted
AR'ey to report the discovery to the
ssate university with the hope that a
we're intimate investigation would be
made OF the burial ground.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Can Make You live 100 Years

New Yorkshire hundred and fifty
shree years from now, or in the year
zH4. health conditions in this country
WI be so good that the average per.
IN will live 100 years. according to
sfveral Red Cross statistical experts.
Anese stattsticians based their 100
Sehrs idea on what they called past
aassing out performances. For in
sfance, in 1910 in New York persons
a1ed at an average of 35 and in 1920
~ an average age of 50. This upward
srsnd of life, they claimed. has been
y evidence for many years. available
NatisucS from the sixteenth century
lowing the span of life to be is. BY
sNe eighteenth century it had length
e1ed to % years.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
GERMANY SHOWS
GREAT STRENGTH
BRAND ASSISTS DIsARMED MA
TON HAS MACHINERY FOR
ARMY OF MILLIONS
25oy 900 German Citizens Are Receiving
Daily Military Training; Could
Raise Army In Short Time
Of Many Million Men

Washington.-Germany, while appar-
emily disarmed, Premier BRAND told
the armament conference Monday
could with her present machinery raise
an army Of six million or seven million
men.
At least $4,000 Germans were re
ceiVing daily military instruction, he
added.
Although part Of Germany evident
ly wants peace and is ready to get back
to peaceful pursuits, the French pre-
mier declared another portion, headed
by the Lundendorfs and others OF the
military caste, is continuing to preach
the old Prussian doctrines.
In a dramatic speech of an hour,
the French premier outlined to the con-
ference "what is being said at the door
Of France" which he added, wants
peace.
As an example, NJ BRAND read sew.
eral passages from the memoirs OF
LudendOrf regarding Germany's as.
PAANNAoho AOi NOAAu IOuquCSl- ALnOue
these citations was Lundendorf's dec.
laration that the 'tinstitution of wal
was creation of God"
Throwing the Lundendorf manu-
script dramatically upon the table, NJ
BRAND declared:
How can anyone ask France to dis
arm under such conditioner
REWRITING to the possibilities that the
war parties Of the central empire:
might come back to power. NJ BRAND
recalled there recently was an attempt
ed restoration in Europe which NIGH
set the whole continent on fire.
Fortunately for the entente" h
added. sit was averted."
Coming to physical aspects, Premier
BRAND said it was well understood
that some persons took the viewpoin
that as Germany was just emerging
from the war, she was in no position
to be dangerous.
"Our soldiers had a place In tn,
fight" said NJ BRAND. ''and they know
to what point the German soldier cal
carry his heroism. Germany still ha
1900. 900 men who have made war. Yol
ask is it possible to mobilize an arm.
there tomorrow / answer yes.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Bows Drink Wood Alcohol

New York-Three boys, two of them
Ia and the other Is. were In hospital
Sunday at the point of death from
wood alcohol poisoning. John Turiel-
10. the only one who could speak, told
detectives that five of them had found
bottle in the street containing some
thing that smelled like whisky and
each took drink. One of those in
the hospital was found unconscious in
the street. The other two have no;
beea heard from.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
PLOT AGAINST GOVERNOR FOUND
Mystery Surrounds Origin Of Flames
Found on Ship

New York Searching investigation
was begun Monday by federal agents
Of a mysterious fire discovered in the
hold OF the steamship Tanamo, i'm
mediately below the stateroem Of Gov
ernOr E Mont Reilly OF Porto Rico,
shortly after the liner sailed from San
Juan.
Governor Rely refused TO comment
on the fire, but member OF his party
expressed the belief. which he said
was shared by the captain Of the YES
sell. that it had been set as the result
Of plot against the governor by sympa-
thizers of the nationalist party.
1t was pointed out that Governor
Rely had been the object Of threGren-
ing letters, both before ne sailed to
take up his duties as governor, and
since his arrival in Porto Rico.
The fire in the hold of the Tanamo
was discovered late Tuesday by Gov
nor Reilly himself, but it was not until
Thursday that 1t became alarming.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Shop Workers Ask increase

Chicago-Whiie railroads in every
part of the United States were cali
ing conferences with their employees to
propose a reduction OF wages, interna-
tional officials of the six shops crafts
affiliated with the railway employees
department of the American Federation
of Labor Wednesday were preparing
their demands for wage increases OF 3
cents an hour over the rates establish
ed by the railroad labor boards S6o'=
OOo,OOO wage award of July 20. These
demands will be presented at series
OF conferences requested of the indi-
vidual roads TO be held on December
70.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
MAIL GUARD FIRES ON TWO MEN
Marine on Baltimore and Ohio Train
illustrates HoIdups


Pitsburg-Priyate Waserman, United
States marine corps. guarding Balti-
more & Ohio mail train No. 9 from
Washington to Pittsburg, early We'd
aesday at Washington Junction, Md,
discovered two men at the door Of
4 mail car. He fired on them with his
shotgun. One man dropped of the
rain and the other swung out on the
1and rail of the car. Later he was
captured and brought TO jail here.
According TO Captain Herbert Hardy,
commanding the postal guard in the
Pittsburg district, Private Waserman
reported to him that soon after the
rain left Washington he thought he
Jaw someone on top of one Of the mail
.ars. He gained an advantageous pO-
Iition and swept the top Of the car
with fire, but did not know whether
ne had hit anyone, as the train was
In motion
A little later. Captain Hardy said,
Tasserman saw two men on the plat
form of a mail car and fired on them
Ons dropped of the train and the other
wa taken prisoner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Nem Postmaster At oadsn

Ogden-Rufus A. Garner, assistant
postmaster at Ogden for seventeen
years. assumed Office as postmaster
Wednesday. His first act was the an
uouncement that Edgar A. Stevenson,
connected with the local poStoffice for
eighteen years, would fill the vacancy
of assistant postmaster caused by
Gamers promotion. George Brown
ing acting postmaster, was presented
with set of platinum cuff links by
the employees upon retirement in favor
of the newly commissioned postmaster
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Canada Names Candidates

Observation-Disclosures of parliamen-
tary candidates took place Tuesday In
every electoral division throughout
Canada. The general election will be
neld December g. In the mafSrty or
divisions the government party, headed
by Premier Meighen. has candidates
in the field, while the Liberal ioppoSi-
tionl party. led by w. L. Mackenzie
King Ia also strongly represented. The
progressiyes, whose leader Is t. A.
Crerar. formerly minister OF agricul-
ture, placed many candidates.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
California Gas Well on Fire

Long Beach. Cal,--Gas, which was
said to be flowing at the rate of 100
100000 cubic feet day, broke through
the casing of well OF the Royal Dutch
Shell company ut Signal Hill, near
here, early Wednesday night, and
shortly after midnight burst into
flames. The cause OF the blaze was
undetermined, but it was believed to
have been from friction on the cement
easing. In short time damage ssu-
mated at $4,000 had been done.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
SENATE ACCEPTS TAX MEASURE
EHesss Profits and Transportation Lew
fes Now Stand Repealed

les Now Stand Repealed
waShington-Finsl enactment of the
AK revision bill was accomplished
Wednesday with the acceptance by the
Ienate OF the conference report on the
measure. The bill now goes to the
president, whose signature will make
It law.
The vote on agreeing TO the confer
snee report was 50 to -. with ak Re
pubIieans opposing the report and one
Democrat supporting it, The Repnb-
Iicans were Borah. LSdd. LafOllette,
Moses, Norbeck and Norris The DEM
ocrat was BrouSsard,
This is the bill which repeats the ex-
sess profits and transportation taxes,
Toes away with most Of the sO-called
nuisance and luxury taxes, reduces in
1ividual taxes all along the line and in
creases the corporation income tax
from 10 per cent to 12Is per cent.
Few, IL any senators. supporting the
measure were entirely satisfied with all
IF its sections, but they took the view
hat it contained more good provisions
han bad ones. The measure is gener-
ally conceded to be only temporary
one and the understanding now is that
new revision bill will have to be
framed within year or so.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
NAVAL QUESTION
BEFORE FARLEY
JAPAN REPORTED READY TO MOD
IFY DEMANDS FOR INCREASE
81. OF SHIP TONNAGE
Insistent Stand for Increase in Capital
Ship Tonnage for Consideration
In Full Meeting
of Powers

Neutrality-suspicious. has decided to
recede partly from her hitherto insist
snt stand that she be allowed an in
.rease of ten per cent in capital ship
tonnage under the general program
plan for limitation Of naval armament.
This was learned on highest author
ity as the naval armament committee
Of the arms conference met TO dis
euss this situation Admiral Baron
Eato. minister of the japanese navy,
Is expected to announce the Japanese
decision at the meeting Wednesday.
The entire question Of Japan's in
sistence on an increased ratio In
capital ships viii be thrown into the
arms conference for settlement
The naval experts OF the United
States and Japan have reached a
deadlock on Japan's demands for an
increase Of ten per cent in capital
ship tonnage over that allowed in the
Hughes proposal, and the question
will be taken up in the meeting Of the
committee on iIimitatOn Of armament.
This meeting probably may be a
| featuring point In the history Of the
conference.
Despite the fact that naval experts
are at Ioggerheads, it is officially be,
Iieved that sentiment will be reached
or the Jananese clans to a tonnage
Of 10 per cent as great as that Of the
United States and Great Britain.
A settlement rests in the hands OF
Secretary of State Hughes, Admiral
Baron. RatO and Arthur ]. BalfOur
| the heads of the American, japanese
and British delegations and it is be-
Iieyed that the authoritative prediction
that an agreement will be reached i
based on tentiye understandings reach
ed In recent informal conferences be
tween these three leaders.
The situation is believed to be tina
Secretary Hughes is tired Of the dis
cusson of the naval experts and theil
failure to agree, and has decided t
take the matter in his own hands again
10 force the question to a settlement
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
'sW|NDLERS OBTAIN
| MILLIONS BY FRAUD
THREE MEN COUNTERFEIT GER
TIFAcATEs UPON FRENCH
GOVERNMENT
large Quantity Of Worthless interim
Certificates Foisted Upon ,anks
AZ Genuine French
Paper

St.Louis &c. v. Halliday, broker
whose firm recently went into bank.
yuptey with liabilities Of over $4,000
confessed early Friday, according to
the police, that he had counterfeited
81, 100000 In Interim certificates upon
the French government and that he
mad passed $4,000 worth OF them on
st. Louis banks in an effort to liquid
ate his losses Harry Turner, editor
Of a bimonthly magazine here, and
1 Paul Murphy, magazine solicitor. are
neId in connection with the case All
three we're arrested Thursday night.
A federal warrant charging Halliday
and Turner with counterfeiting obliga-
lions of the French government was
issued Friday. Murphy was not nam
ed in the warrant and he probably win
& be released, 1t was said.
In his confession, police say, Halli-
Day claims he had placed $4,000 in
certificates with one bank and an ad-
sitional $4,000 in another bank.
Halliday said he had borrowed ap-
proximately $4,000 when he gave out
s52, 500 of the certificates which in
turn were secured by $4,000 In certf-
ticates.
At the present time Halliday is I'M
Der seven indictments based on allega-
lions that he had accepted money for
securities and that he failed to deliver
chem.
The confession, as given out by po-
lice, in part states:
81 alone am guilty of the ERIE af-
fair. Turner and Murphy, under ar,
rest with me, are merely incidental
figures in the case, and never had any
knowledge of my transactions. had
the bonds printed and thought 1t would
be easy TO include these in 500, 000,-
boo issue which J. T. Morgan & Co
bad floated in June for the French
Government"
Police say Turner had the plate made
ror border of the bonds at Halliday's
suggestion and at cost of $1,000. This
plate was later used to make the Ger.
nhcates which Halliday fioated.
The discovery of the forged certifi-
fates was made by clark in the
Morgan firms office, authorities here
say. and local federal agents were in,
6rmed that plate for the bonds had
aeen made here.
The difference between the spurious
certificates and original are described
IS follows:
Border too dark; number hand
Aamped in too light color; those sc
ar presented bear a water marx
Stratford deed" instead of "Ameri,
an Banknote company" and have Q
mcismile signature instead of hand
mritten.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
First Really National Bank

Bank of North America was the
name Of the first bank OF a natfon5I
character. 1t had a charter for ten
years, from IT41, from the confesieEa-
ton. but doubt as to its legality led
the bank to seek and obtain a E.h7rter
from the state OF Pennsylvania IN
ITS3- In 1TS5 this latter charter was
revoked, but in ITST il was renewed.
1t was located at Philadelphia.