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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
PLUMBER GANG
LOOT MILLIONS
Wealthy Business Men Over En-.
tire Country Believed Victims
Of Worthingtcn Band.
CONFESSION IS MADE
Private Secretary Of One Of Ring
leaders Tells Federal Agents of
ManIpuIations Of FORCED and
Stolen Securities.

Chicago-Untold millions of dollars
worth of worthless notes, stolen bonds,
fraudulent deeds of trust and forged
certificates of deposit have been flung
on the markets of the country, Fed
eral agents declared after investigat-
ing the operations Of a band alleged
to have been headed by Charles w.
French and John w. Worttington.
Banks, bond houses, investment Sc
curity brokers and wealthy business
men from coast to coast were declared
to have been the victims or dupes OF
one of the most gigantic swindles ever
unearthed by Department of Justice
agents.
EmbezzIements Reach Millions.
Six million dollars worth of stolen
bonds, nearly 100000 in worthless
notes and hundreds of thousands Hof
dollars worth Of trust deeds and forg-
ed certificates of deposit have already
been traced by Department of Justice
agents, it was declared.
The revelations resulted from a de-
tailed confession accredited to Alva
W. Harshman who was declared to
have been private secretary to
French and who surrendered to Fed
eral officials: Harshman was alleged
to have told Of a deal negotiated by
French for the purchase of bank in
the Middle West that involved the ex-
change Of $S06,O00 in cash.
A Washington, D. c., man, according
to Harshman, was to obtain certified
checks for 100000. These checks, he
said, were to be presented to the bank
owners and when the band gained con-
'tref of the establishment, they were
to cash all the certificates of deposit
the bank owned. The money, he said,
would then be forwarded to the Wash
tngton man who would deposit it. be-
fore the certified checks on the origin
al transaction were cleared and re-
turned. Many other deals Of like
type were also described.
Deposit Slip cashed.
In another case, it was asserted,
large amount Of stolen securities were
placed with a small country bank in
return for a certificate of deposit. The
deposit slip, it was said, was cashed,
and the bank left holding the securi--
ties which would be identified and re-
claimed as soon as it tried to realize
On them.
In addition about 100000 in notes,
supposed to have been signed by the
American Rubber company, have not
yet been found
1t was also revealed that the band
was operating in Kansas City, accord
Ing to John V. Clinnin, acting district
attorney. All of the notes issued by
the band were disposed of by the
Securities company of Kansas City.
That organization, he said, would sell
the notes and issue trust agreements
as a guarantee of the investment
According to the alleged confession
made by Harshman, the band made
considerable money disposing of real
estate mortgages. He named Mrs.
Della B. Howard of Portland, Ore,
as one of the victims,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
SAYINGS or LARRY no.
The Singing

Today have no cause to sing
Because my life is in the shade
Should silence then shroud everything,
And leave me weary and afraid?
All, no, I still must sing my song
For on the morrow, hill and glade
With every lovely joy may throng-
I'll have my song already made.
This double personality business
would be great thing if you could
utilize it when < eating pie
Some folks are so lucky that the
lobster salad is all gone before the
plate reaches them. y
We see "The Romance of the Gar
den' advertised. Ordinarily the worms
can knock out most Of the Romance.
.
The desire for rest is not in itself
noble. Pigs are so anxious to rest that
they will sleep in the mud.
A man in Indiana was operated on
and forgot all about his wife. Next
week, the doctor had calls from ten
dozen men in the vicinity.
The Dreamers
There was man who dreamed dream,
He dreamed that he could sail away
And find the tabled pot Of gold
That lies behind rainbowed day;
He dreamed and dreamed, but never
s < built -
A ship to take him on his quest;
And at the end of life, dream
All withered dropped upon his breast.
There wasta man who dreamed dream,
He d have a castle on hill
Where he could live and love and laugh
And listen when the wind was still;
This dreamer took his sturdy axe
| And felled the forest, till there grew
Upon the hill the wonder-home
That thrilled him with dream come
s true.
The increase in crime continues es.
peeia1ly with reference to the petty
crimes performed by the young. What
is. the troubled Do we need more lawss
What we really need is renewed of the
old time moral influence of the home;
a renewal Of the moral sensibilities; a
return to the old simplicity that under.
stood the necessity of harmony between
man and the law of God. We need
religion Of the true kind, the religion
that is not an element of life, but Life
| itself; the religion that is present in all
| human activities whether of work or
play or thought.
p .
We hear lot about rationalism
these days; rationalism which is the
superior thought of superior men. who
have outgrown the foolishness of simple
men who trust and believe; rationalism
which is the hard sanity Of those who
evolve the laws. Of life out of their
own minds. But, friends, if VI this is
Gods world, do you really believe that
you can live in it more happily and
successfully by following the intellec-
tual dictates Of wise men than by liv-
ing in harmony with the laws Of the
God who has ordained the worldi
8. s.sss 8
sss98 Let 3 s5s..
Let us smile q little hit szss
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

While the clouds are in the sky;
Let us laugh little bit
While the rain is drifting by;
Let US give one hour to fun
While we're waiting for the sun
By and by the gloom is done
And the heart is lifted high.
Let US sing little bit
When the hour Of grief is here;
Let us dream a little bit
Through the moment that is drear;
Let us trust and love and pray d.
When the dawn of things is gray,
By and by a perfect day
Crowns the memory Of the year.
IA II KS - = - s3$s5sss 55
2 y hen looking for 9 nice summer re
sort do not neglect ruch euphonious
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
STATE TROOPS GUARD TRIAL
100 Rival c'ansmen Mass as s'ayer's

100 Rival CIansmen Mass as SIayer's
Case Is Taken Up.
Mt. Vernon, Ky.-Nearly 100 men,
bers of the rival factions OF the Bal
ley-Lee clansmen and the Whites are
under arms here in anticipation Of the
beginning of the trial of John Bailey,
IT., alleged slayer Of Beverly White.
On the courthouse lawn detach-
ment of the London cavalry troops
Of the Kentucky National t9 guard is
quartered, and twenty special deputy
sheriffs sworn in Saturday also are
ready for duty.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Relief Campaign to Be Launched.
Philadelphia nationwide emer- -.
gency campaign to raise 100000 for
the relief of starving children in the
famine areas of the Russian Volga dis
trict was announced by the American
Friends Service committee.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
DROPS OPEN FARLEY DEMAND
Resolution withdrawn When Lodge
Opposes Such Stand.

ashingt0n-Demand by the United
States for open sessions of the disar-,
mament conference could not be con-
strued as an insult to the representa-
tives of foreign nations, Senator Har-
rison, Democrat of Mississippi, de-
clared in the Senate in supporting his
proposal that the American delegates
use every effort to prevent secret de-
alterations.
Because of the opposition of Senator
Lodge, one Of the delegates to the dis
armament conference, Senator Harri-
son later withdrew his amendment d.
recting the American delegation to de-
mand Open sessions.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
TAX REVISION
!. BILL IS PASSED
House Votes to Cut s818;ooo,.
600 From Present Levies;;
Measure Sent to Senate.
9 REPUBLICANS BOLT
Heads Of Families Get First Relief Un.
der G. o. p. BiII-New Exemption
$4,000 and Increased Exemption
Of $500 for Each Dependent.

Washington-Redu of the high
war taxes was brought step nearer
when the house passed and sent tc
the senate the republican tax revision
BILL
The final vote on the measure was
274 to 125, nine republicans voting in
the negative.
The chief feature of the bill as at
fecting persons of ordinary incomes
are effective on the bills passage
They include an increased exemption
of $500 for heads of families, making
the new exemption $4,000 instead OF
$4,000 as under the old bill, and an in
creased exemption of 5000 for each de
pendent making the new rate $500 in
stead Of 5000.
AS passed, the bill in 1923 will be
cut $81S,000,000 from the present
levies yielding $500, 100000 a year
The reduction in 1922 will be approx
mately $4O0,000,O00 and for the pre-
sent year the cut is estimated at $500,
100000.
These nine republicans bolted the
party leadership and voted against the
bill:
Representative Beck, Wis; Keller
Mimi; Nicholson, ILL.,; J. M. Nelson,
Wis; Sinclair, N. D.; Weight, Wis. ;
Woodruff, Mich; Clague, Mimi, and
Lampert, Wis. Three democrats sup.
ported the measure, They were Rep.
resentatives Campbell, Pennsylvania
and Lazarre and Dupre, Louisiana.
Attach On Surtaxes Defeated.
Fifty republicans, however, previous
ly had joined with the democrats in
support of a motion to recommit the
bill with instructions to the ways and
means committee to eliminate the re.
duction in surtax rates on incomes
by a vote of 1859 to 230. Only one
democrat voted against the motion. =:
There was no test of strength on the
question of the repeal of the excess
profits tax, the democratic leaders de-
Gliding they could win more republican
support by limiting the motion to re-
commit to the question of reduction
Of the surfaces ranging from 80 to IS
per cent on large incomes.
Just before the two final rollcalls
were taken Representative w. B. Cock
ran (dem. N. W attempted to obtain
consideration of a resolution under the
guise of question of the highest
privilege. The resolution declared it to
be the opinion Of the house that Presi-
dent Harding acted in violation of the
constitution, when he addressed the
senate to the exclusion of the house on
the question of soldiers bonus legisla-
ton on July r.. The resolution was
tabled on rollcall by vote of 2SS to
10S, on the motion Of Republican
Leader J. w. Mondell
$2s,ooo,ooo More sIashed.
The net result of changes made on
the floor on the resolution of the ways
and means committee was further re-
luction of $2S,0O0,000 in revenue in
comparison with the yield of the pres.
ent law. The total estimated reduc.
ton after the repeal of the excess
profits tax has become effective will
be $S1S,0O0,000. This will mean a yield
after, 1922 of $2,652, 100000 as against
$3.50, 100000 from the present law
The yield during the present fiscal
year will be about $3,350,000.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Train Kills Louisville Club Woman.
Louisville, Ky.-Mrs. Anna Sewell
Weaver, club leader and wife OF
Charles P. Weaver, former mayor Of
Louisville, was. killed when an auto
mobile in which she was riding was
struck by a train at Silverville.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
BORDER DRY AGENT IS KILLED

Two Shot Dead In GunbattIe With
Liquor Runners.
Duluth-Frank Hicks, Duluth, fed
eral prohibition agent, and an uniden-
titled man were killed in pistol bat
tie between band of alleged rum run
ners and government agents, accord
ing to report received by local au-
thorities. The battle is said to have
taken place near International Falls,
on the Canadian border. Hicks is said
to have been killed by bootlegger,
who an instant later was slain by
George King, a federal agent.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
Ter Explosion Kills Five,

Boiler Explosion Kills Five.
Mechanicsville, N. Y.-Five men
were killed and sixth injured, prob
ably fatally, by the explosion of bat
terry of three high pressure boilers in
the plant of the West; Virginia Pulp
and Paper company. ~ i
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
HOT FIGHTING IN SMYRNA

Turks and Greeks Both Suffer Heavily
on sakaria River.
Smyrna-After four days fighting
the Greeks have, reached several
points on the west bank of the Sakaria
river, while the right wing, marching
through the Salt Desert, was crushed
beyond the river,Tthe Turkish left wing
capturing ITO officers and 5000 men.
The Turkish cavalry here was annihi-
lated. In the center, on the west bank
of the Sakaria, strong fighting is ecou-
tinuing. -ft;: 4
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
MOB STORMS JAIL; 27 SHOT

Women Among, Persons Wounded by
Deputies Guarding Negro.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Twenty-sev per-
sons were wounded, two seriously,
when deputies guarding the Knox
county jail fred on crowd which had
crossed a deadline to demand Frank
Martin, colored, held as a suspect in
an assault on a county school teacher.
All of the wounded are white. Two
are women who were spectators.
Although the machine gun company
Of the One Hundred Seventeenth in
fantry, Tennessee National guard, was
on duty at the Jail, the soldiers did
not fire.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
Hay Crop Below Normal.

Hay Crop Below Normal.
Cihcago-Thirteen per cent Of last
years hay crop is back in the hands
Of growers and the new crop is about
II, 000, 600 tons short, according to de-
legates who addressed the National
Hay association convention.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
TWO Die IN PLANE CRASH

Preston Pilot and Passenger Fall
1900 Feet to Ground.
Preston, Minn.-Herbert Riebe, ~
years old, pilot, and R. c. Bright, Is
years old, passenger, were killed in
stantly, when their airplane crashed
2,000 feet to the ground.
1nsistence by Bright, who was man.
ager Of chain of motion picture
theaters, one of which is situated here,
that Riebe perform a nose-dive stunt
with the machine, is believed to have
been responsible, indirectly, for the &C
,ciaept.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
POS Wooden Ships Sold.

: POS Wooden Ships Sold.
i" Washington-Bids of $1,000 each for
205 wooden vessels submitted by the
Ship Construction and Trading cor
poration of New York, have been ac-
.cepted by the Shipping board, it was
announced officially. ...@
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
Red Cross OFFICER Held.

6e0 CfoSy VntCST t1eu0s
Washington-C. e. Wilson, second
assistant treasurer Of the American
Red Cross, was arrested charged with
larceny following an audit of his books
which showed according to Director
Livingston Farrand, a shortage Of
about $4,000. H.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Chinese Welcome Arms Meet.
Peking-President Hsu Shin Chang,
on behalf ofathe Chinese people, vel
comes the proposal of q conference on
disarmament and Far Eastern ques-
tons, at Washington. in . statement
to the press.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Alexander Proclaimed King.
Belgrade-A. proclamation announc-
ing the accession of King Alexander to
the throne of the Serbs, eCroats and
Slovenes was read in churches and
public squares Sunday. ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
London Still LARGEST City.

London Still Largest City.
London-The population of London,
according to the new census, shows
that it is still the largest city in the
world, with population of 7,476,16S.
New York City's population is $780,
O48. ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

- Mankato Free Press:-1t Is strange
fact that no matter how large the
family, mother manages some way to
look after the children. Whereas,
many times when she becomes old and
unable to look after herself, not all
that family seem able to look after
just one mother.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

places as these: Chemquassabamticook
lake, Maine; Pocatopoukeocoto, Pnd,
Connecticut; Chaubunagungamaug lake,
Massachusetts,; Maxinkuckee lake, In
diana; Ottaqueechee River, Vermont;
Papaoosesauaw River, Rhode Island.
In New England in 1868, a tailor
who affixed lace to any garment that
he made was fined ten shillings for
each offense.
q
If the sun never set we should never
have the wonder of sunrise.
q
How lovely you feel when you read
that the auto you paid $3.50 for has
gone down to 1915. s.7 81
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
FIRE SWEEPS GEORGIA HOTEL
Explosion Of Oil Tank Threatens Hole
caust; so Are Trapped.

6NPIVSIVn OF 0IT d1IN NTSdISV1S r1VI0'
caust; so Are Trapped.
Macon, Ga.-Fire broke out in the
Brown house near the center of the
business district early Monday morn
ing. The fire followed an explosion
that could be heard for several miles.
One block is virtually destroyed.
Forty or fifty persons are reported
trapped in Railways at the rear of the
burning Brown house.
The fire was started by the explo-
sion of a gasoline tank at a filling
station alongside the hotel
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

At an annual meeting of the stock
A. holders Of the Pan Motor Co, at St.
Cloud Tuesday, it was voted to raise
q ,O0O, 900 additional capital
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
rHE FoRpNEY rAR1rF BuL

Nebraska state JOurnal:-We were
given to understand that the war had
produced new world. Then, in the
first national campaign after the war
we made political campaign notable
for it's 1eversion to the old politics.
Ancient bosses Of the Penrose stripe
assumed control Of politics and elected
a president after their own heart, as
they supposed, with a, congress to
match. The supreme leadership in such
all important matters as tariffs and
taxes was given to Congressman Ford
ney, a gentleman with an 1897 model
brain. Penrose was to run the senate
after. the traditional Pennsylvania
manner and the senate was to run the
president. To all appearances, instead
Of giving us a new world, the war had
returned to us the world of twenty
years ago.
Now, considering the run of events,
we can see how politicians propose and
the times dispose. We were in new
world, as a matter Of fact, but the pol
iticians hadn It discovered it. The new
congress wasn't long in action befo4e
they began finding it out. The most
conspicuous awakening has been in the
tariff matter. Mr.. Fordney went inno-
Gently to work and concocted a tariff
bill of the most Napproved7 nineteenth
century style. What must be his
amazement to find many of the most
ancient and honorable of the tariff 8
benefciaries on the warpath against
the bill. He planned, as usual, to give
American steel makers exclusive access
to the American market. Now he finds
that what the steel men most need and
want is free chance at the foreign
market. Twenty years ago the steel
"barons' were satisfied with any tar
if that raised their prices at home.
In the new world where America is
creditor rather than debtor, an ex-
porter as we'll as an importer, the needs
of the steel industry are reversed. Of
course they want monopoly Of the
American market, but if that can be
had only by tariffs which so increase
production costs as to hamper them in
the foreign market they have their
doubts.
The house tariff bill, being framed
for a world which no longer exists, is
as friendless measure as the lower
branch Of congress has passed in gen.
Grafton. The statesmen are learning.
The way the plans of the militarists
have gone agley witnesses further to
the impact Of present conditions upon
belated brains. The routing Of the tax
shutters with their hope Of returning to
the old regime Of Indirect taxes on con-
sumption is another example. The
resistless pressure Of international
ism, merely changing its form from
league Of nations to league of disarm-
ament, is the most remarkable of all
the triumphs Of facts over :"politics. -
An administration elected to keep out
Of the "dirty mess' Of the world pol
tiles takes the leadership of one Of the
greatest internationaist movements of
all time. TO cap it all, a president
elected to follow the senate is leading
the senate.
The mills of the gods are grinding
nowadays and not so very slowly
either.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26
PECULIAR LAW ADMINISTRATION

PECULIAR LAW ADMINISTRATIVE
Red Wing Eagle:-Isn it about
time we hear something about the
Mooney case again?
When last heard Of several months
ago, it was pretty clearly shown that
Mooney was the victim Of frame-up-
that he had been identified as the per-
son guilty of the crime charged by a
man who had never seen him. Evil
dence was presented to the grand jury
proving that he had been convicted
upon perjured testimony. And it was
up to the Governor to pardon him.
The governor, however, has not seen
fit to do so, and Mooney still languishes
in Jail.
After all these years, it would seem
that the mail innocence or guilt
should have been fully established,
unless California has method all its
own in administering Justice.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

After the cooling process we do not
suppose that preparedness advocates
will be quite as astounded to read that
Secretary of State Hughes in his note
of invitation to the great powers to the
armament reduction conference said:
Armament is not only without
economic justification, but is a con
slant menace to the peace Of the
world rather than an assurance Of its
preservation. -- .-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Mr.. Farmer, are you preparing to ex-
hibit that fine product of your farm at
your county fair2
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Fairmont Sentinel Every day and
every hour, the movement for disarma-
ment strengthens. Barring the militar-
lists and profteers, the whole world is
apparently for it.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26


We are headed toward the League
of Nations'' things William Allen
White, one of the leading republican
progressives of the country. He says:
''America is going into a world as
ISOLATION to enforce the worlds peace
just as fast as she can. The supreme
court is headed by Americas chief
leaguers. The senate of the United
States has league majority. And now
the president has started out on the
long trail that leads to international
association. The parliament Of the
world is coming. Internationalism is
beginning.
"Watch the news and be ready to
join the procession toward the brother
hood of man. This country will see
much progress toward "Peace on
earth''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

h When you read thisAlet it remind
you to send in your subscription to the
Herald. ,'l
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

Do as you would be done by ani
you won t Edo" anybody else.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-26

In the meantime We will read the
reams Of stuff that will be heralded
broadcast by the Washington CORES
pondents~ and believe a fourth of what
we see. Even that may be too much. .