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The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-09

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The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-09
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The New York herald., 1922-04-07
CREDITORS OF WAGNER
FIGHT SETTLEMENT PLAN
Half Cash and Half Notes
Method Opposed.

Opposition by creditors Of e. w. Wag-
ner & Co., bankrupt brokerage house, to
the proposed offer of so per cent. In cash
and like amount In non-interest bear
ing notes became known yesterday when
a statement was issued by attorneys
representing several creditors. Accord
ing to the statement the settlement
really amounts to rs per cent. and not
total liquidation.
Declaring none Of the Wagner firm
have filed schedules or been examined
TO find out II they have any property
that ought to be turned over to the re-
ceiver." Richard b. Hand and Stephen
]. McTague, attorneys for the Wagner
Customers Reclamation Committee.
state that they nre mot opposed to a
proper plan of composition. but favor 1t.
though not this one"
IT Is stated that the expense OF the
two creditors committees, one here and
the other In Chicago. are paid from the
estate, and are estimated by the New
York committee at $780, 900. The receiver
Is said to have in hand at present some
IS. 900 and the liabilities of the insol-
vent brokerage firm amount to 49, 900.
Thus. according to the estimates OF the
creditors, attorneys. the receiver is In
a position to pay off 66 cents on the
dollar now, rather than 80 cents cash
and the rest in the notes. according to
the plan.
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
Jobs Increase by Is p. c.;
Motor and Steel in Lead

w yASHINGTON, April 6.-In-
M creased employment rang
~ ing up to % per cent. over
the preceding month. was reported
to-day to the employment service
of the Department of Labor from
forty-three Of sixty-five represen-
tative cities for the month ended
March 81.
The automotive and allied indus
tries, iron and steel and their prod
ucts and lumber headed the trades
showing improved activity. The
net increases for the country, fig
ured on reports from LAPS firms.
was 2.5 per cent.
Many OF the twenty-five cities
reporting decreases were In the
New England States. their reports
rejecting the results of the textile
strikes now In progress.
Industry took up considerable
slack In March," said Francis /.
Jones, director-general of the en-
ployment service, in a statement
accompanying the report. Every
indication points to a general pro-
gresslve movement"
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
.SLAYING OF BECK
REENACTED BY DAY
To Refute Prosecutors Claim
Oil Man Shows How He
Killed Army Officer.

Speciol Dispatch to THE NEW Ymk HDRALD.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 6.-Forrest
Hughes, prosecuting attorney In the case
Of former Supreme Court Judge Jean +.
Day, wealthy oil man. who shot ana
killed Lieut-Col. Paul w. Beck, said
this afternoon that he was on the trail
OF q series Of gay parties In which the
glamour Of the uniform mixed with the
brew bottles would be revealed. Mr..
Hughes, 1t became known. Is basing his
investigation on reports that the Day
home, in the hours preceding the trag-
edy, resembled a military post. yet 1t
was denied at Fort Sill and at the Day
home that officers other than Beck and
Major r. B. Paddock, a relative Of Gen.
John j. Pershing. were present at the
party.
Moman Pruiett. Judge Days counsel.
says that politicians are seeking to
make capital OF the case. statement
credited to Mr.. Hughes, but denied as
anything more than Just gossip found
ed on rumor," declared a "'high official
was a member of the party at the Day
home" and a whisper campaign among
delegates to the Democratic State con-
vention in session here linked the name
OF one Of the many candidates for the
nomination Of Governor with the case.
1t is likely that Mr.. Hughes will de-
mand of the military court which con-
venes Friday In its private investigation
into the Staying OF the airman COM
plete check of the whereabouts OF all
officers at Fort Sill.
II do not blame Day-no man can
blame him-if his story OF the motive
behind the Staying is correct" Mr..
Hughes said Thursday. "But there are
certain physical facts in this case which
will not jibe with the story told by Day
and his wife. Days story of the trag-
edy has been disproved in the finding
OF the bullet lodged In Col. Beck's brain.
1t entered from the back OF the air
mans head. splitting against the skull
and penetrating every part Of the head
, In a dozen fragments.
How a man could be facing another
and then shoot him in the back Of the
head is beyond me-" said the Prosecut-
ing Attorney.
In answer to these statements Judge
Day this morning enacted the tragedy
In It's entirety.
With his daughter. Doris 20 years old. .
as witness. Day, with the aid of his
wife. detailed every move he claims to
have made in the brief space preceding
Beck's death.
Daddy did exactly right-I glory In
him." said his daughter. why don't
they believe him-why do they doubt
mother?' she demanded.
II want to tell my story-tell Il ALL"
Mrs. Day said. II will testify-I must
tell the whole of my story. I have
nothing to hide-I did no wrong. Why
should / sit silently by and let tho
tongues OF gossip sway-why should the
woman always pay?''
The New York herald., 1922-04-07

men. and furthermore that the Seme'
noff troops fired voileys into freight
car In which were sleeping American
soldiers doing guard duty on the
Transsiberian Railroad. Two OF the
soldiers were killed. And finally Mr..
Smith says that Mr.. Wood told the
whole truth.
Misak Aivazoffs business card in
dicates his firm has branches at Har-
bin. In Manchuria. in Siberia and the
Urals. He says he is OF Russian birth
but British citizenship.
The deputy sheriffs gone. Madame
Semenoff surrendered to the strain OF
the excitement. The hotel physician
was called. He said she was nervous,
but not at all seriously Ill.
The general exhibited passport that
showed he was prepared to leave Amer
lea on Thursday. He will appear be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Dciehanty
to-day. and unless the affair % much
simpler than 1t appeared l1Sl night
Semenoff will have to cancel Lis sailing
reservation.
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
ROTARiANS HEAR PLEAS
FOR INCREASED ARMY
Training Camps for Boys Also
Urged at Meeting.

A plea for support Of the War Depart.
ment's military program was made yes
terday by Brig.-Gen. William Weigel.
commander of the Twelfth Army Corps
at Governors Island. In an address at
the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club
in the McAlpin Hotel. Gen. Weigel de-
plored the stand Congress has taken In
regard to increasing the army and de-
scribed 1t as one that "slackers. con-
scientious objectors and others of like
character" concur in.
"As long as we have selfish interests, :"
he said. 'as long as there is commercial
rivalry between nations, and. yes az
long as there exist two men and a
woman we are bound to have war OF
some kind
Col. Henry NJ. Bankhead. another
speaker. asked the Rotarians to impress
on their Representatives the need for a
reasonably sized army. He urged the
encouragement of training camps for
boys between seventeen and twenty
five years Of age.
The day was set aside as Governors
Island day by the Rotarians. The
guests included Lieut.. Gen. Robert Lee
Bullard. Col Peter Murray, Chief of
Staff. and other arr officers.
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
N. Y. COTTON BROKER
HELD FOR LARCENY
II. M. Peers Withheld $4,000,
Says American Member
Charging Insolvency.
ACCUSED BY HIS BOARD
His Firm Said to Have Let Out
Quotations to Younger
Body.
ACCUSED BY HIS BOARD

Henry M. Peers. head OF Henry NJ
way. and member OF the New York Cot
ton Exchange, was arrested yesterday
on charge of grand larceny made by
John s. Oliver Of the American Cotton
Exchange. This action follows a ped-
tion in bankruptcy filed against Peers
on Wednesday.
Peers. charged specifically with the
larceny Of $4,000 from Oliver & Hough-
ton. SO Pearl street. Of which Mr. Oliver
Is senior partner, was arraigned before
Magistrate McAndrews In Tombs Court
and released under $4,000 ball for
further examination April 13.
divers complaint said that on Janu-
airy rs he deposited $4,000. 900 with Peters
for the purchase of 1000 bales OF cot
ton; that the defendant had bought the
cotton. sold 1t at profit and failed tc
repay the complainant; that Oliver later
on or about March 23. asked him for the
money and was told It had been lost In
6peculations.
L. E. Schlechter, attorney for Peers
moved for dismissal OF the charge or
the ground that there was no basis In
the complaint for criminal action. His
motion was denied by. Magistrate Nc
Andrews.
AT the recent John Doe inquiry into
the American Cotton Exchange It was
testified that Henry M. Peers & Co. was
one of the Arms that had secretly sup
piled cotton quotations to the American
Exchange. According to Louis Brooks.
of the board of governors OF the New
York Cotton Exchange, Peers Is still
under charges by his own exchange IN
relation to quotation leaks.
Oliver & Houghton. as well as Mr..
Oliver. as a director of the American
Exchange, came out of the John Doe
proceedings with a clean slate. The ex-
change itself and six OF its directors
were indicted by the Grand Jury on a
charge OF bucketing.
Judge Rosalsky, in General Sessions,
granted q motion of Albert Massey,
counsel for the exchange, for an imme-
diate trial of that body. The lawyer
told the court the indictment against
the exchange has resulted from the
jealousy of a clique Of brokers In the
New York Cotton Exchange who have
become envious Of the increasing COM
petition Of the American body. A SINH
lar accusation was made Wednesday
by Oliver in a statement at the time
of his bankruptcy petition against
Peers, member OF the New York group.
Mr.. Massey emphasized that there
were 720 members in the American Ex-
change whose regulations are being
damaged and businesses ruined by the
charges hanging over their organization.
He said he considered 1t only fair that
they should be vindicated. II the indict-
ment Is not substantiated at the trial.
as soon as possible. The six directors.
indicated at the same time, will be tried
after the case against the exchange has
been disposed of.
S. M. Livingston & Co., Inc. stock
brokers', as william street, we're forced
into bankruptcy by an involuntary peti'
ton field in United States District Court
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
LODGE AND PERSHING
DEPLORE ARMY CUT
Speakers at Boston Dinner
Warn of Dangers.

BOSTON. April 6.-The action Of Con-
gress in proposing to reduce the fighting
force Of the country was deplored to-
night by Gen. John j. Pershing, Sem
ator Henry Cabot Lodge and Major
Gen. George H. Harries, who spoke at
a dinner given by the Greater Boston
chapters OF the Military Order OF the
World War.
Senator Lodge. commenting on the
action OF the House In cutting down
the naval personnel and reducing the
appropriations for the National Guard.
declared that IL was the duty OF the
country to keep the navy under the
terms of the naval treaty "in the very
highest condition OF perfection"
Senator Lodge agreed with Major
Gen. Harries that the proposed army
of $4,000 men was not enough for the
ordinary police duty which the army OF
the United States has to perform"
|. Gen. Pershing warned members Of the
order that there is an absolute mini
mum below which It Is highly dam
gerous to reduce"
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
Comes Here for Monetary Aid.

why am / come TO America? All,
dear gentlemen, were you but to see
the smallest portion OF the misery that
Is upon Siberia the land that Is near
est my heart. you would not ask. I.
Gregory Semenoff, am come to ask
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
TO HEAD MIAMI UNIVERSITY.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
BOSTON. April 6.-Dr. Clarence C..
Little, Harvard 10 now connected with
the Carnegie Institute. will tomorrow
be elected president OF tho University
Of Maine. The special committee of
trustees will unanimously recommend
the appointment OF DR.. Little. The
whole board will meet tomorrow at
Augusta.
DR.. Little. who is a. was prominent
In undergraduate activities while at
Harvard: on the freshman track tear,
and the varsity track team three years.
His last year he was track captain.
He was class secretary and a member
In the Aviation Corps during the war.
The New York herald., 1922-04-07
SENATE DIRT FARMER
BILL OUT IN HOUSE
Committee FaUors One on
Federal ReserUe Board.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-FavorabIe re-
port of the Senate bill providing for the
appointment of a farmer as a member
Of the Federal Reserve Board was or
dcred to-day by the House Banking
Committee.
The committee approved the measure.
l3 to s, with Chairman McFadden
among those who opposed action. The
committee eliminated Senate provisions
to increase the size of the board from
seven to eight members and to limit the
cost of Reserve Board buildings.
The New York herald., 1922-04-07

money that the starving women. the
starving babies and the dying brave
men of Siberia be saved with bread
/ am come as the humanitarian.
hear in my tortured ears the cries OF
the children OF Siberia. I return tc
carry them comfort.
Then. too. Madame Scmenoff is no,
we'll She will undergo an operation
She says she will go to jail with me
That will kill her. All. dear gentle
men, Semenoff the Cossack-the mar
who has been painted red with blood
Is but the woman ut heart"
Then the general saluted everybody
reporters, deputy sherfns, hotel at
tendants and mysterious strangers who
had come along to the rooms for nc
particular purpose and who. eventually
were hurled out by Gillespie.
Edward S. Greenbaum, another at
turney representing Receiver Boyle, ap-
peared on the scene early. explaining
that 1t was his and Mr.. Boyle's opinion
that the general had concealed in many
banks huge fortune. Mr.. Greenbaum
explained that he desired to find these
banks. He issued statement setting
forth his side. Of the affair and ex-
planned that the Youroveta Home and
Foreign Trade Company, Inc, a New
York corporation capitalized In 1915 for
$1,500.000, failed In August 1920. II
was the alleged theft by Semenoff. he
said, that wrecked the concern.
Leon M. Waurgat. Russian
banker now In Paris. was president" ne
said, "and Moses Fainberg Of 500 West
144th street, New York. secretary. Our
treasurer was Jacob Abelson of Paris
We have made efforts through the De-
partment OF State in Washington. as
we'll as elsewhere, to secure payment foI
the property this Cossack took from us
in or near Tchita, and eventually we OBJ
tanned a judgment against the Genera
in Harbin. China
Seek Execution Of Judgment.
I'VE now ask the execution Of that
Judgment here. The Harbin court:
awarded US $4,000 gold rubles. which
translated into American money is ap.
proximately s476.oo0. II we can collect
the dollar. We believe the General II
worth much more than that"
The affidavit made by Mr.. Smith Is no
complimentary TO the General. Mr.
Smith says he was In Russia from July
1916, until September. 1921. and on Feb
ruary II. 1919. was appointed to the
Inter-Allied Railway Committee II
vladivostok. He added:
"Semenoff was regarded by members
OF the committee as mere bandit fur
thering his own personal ambitions
He had no official standing. but op
Grated merely as a free lance bandit"
Then Mr.. Smith quoted newspaper
dispatch to the Chicago Daily NesDs from
Junius B. Wood in Siberia to the effec
that Semenoff tortured women ans
children and mutilated and crippled
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29
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The steamer Alameda is not expect ed to arrive in Cordova before Monday morning.
 Edwin Curb of Yakutat is visitor in Cordova, having arrived on the boat yesterday.
 Fred Rodant has accepted a po- sition with the railroad as bridge carpenter.
 Ava Satterlee left today for Mile 55 where he will be engaged firing for the balance of the summer.
 Joe Janey was passenger on this mornings train for the interior where he has accepted position as cook.
 A Full House" at the Empress tonight only. Officer 666" tomor- row evening. Both excellent Comedy programs.
 V, B. Bennett, the Storey Island fox rancher is spending a few days in town on business and is registered at the Windsor.
 Shirley A. Baker returned on the train yesterday afternoon from trip to Chitina and points along the Fair banks trail
 Mrs. Chas Erickson of KennecOtt was an arrival on yesterdays train and is spending a few days in Cor dova.
 Miss Beth Stewart, who taught school at Mccarthy the past year, was a passenger for Seattle on the Evans this afternoon.
 Mrs. Esther OLoughlen, who has been assisting in the Kennecott hos pital, returned to Cordova on yes terday's train.
 Mrs. John Ramsgard and baby re- turned to Cordova yesterday after having spent the summer with the steam shovel outfit.
 Health Ives, who has been taking pictures along the railroad for the past ten days, returned to CordoVa on the train yesterday afternoon.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29

rom NeStOr, WnO mas been dCIlllS dS station agent at Chitina the past ten days, returned to Cordova on yester- days train.
 The steamer Admiral Evans arrived from the westward at 4 o'clock this afternoon and is scheduled to sail for Juneau and the south at o'clock.
 Cordova's two dentists, Drs. Biggs and Nickerson, were passengers on the Evans this afternoon for Juneau, where they will take dental examina- tions.
 Mrs. Axel Anderson and small son returned to Cordova yesterday af- ternoon after spending the past sum- mer at different points along the railroad.
 Murphy and Carlson two well known fishermen, were passengers on this mornings train for Mile 52 where they have a contract with the local railroad.
 Word was receved in Cordova that Sam Brightwell, a former resident and deputy U. s. Marshall at Cor dova, was now located in Seattle Som is travelling for a produce house and is doing well.
 A new issue of the Weekly Bull is out The stars featured in this weeks cast are Arthur Holt, Bill McDon- aid, Miss Elsa Thompson, Billy Ellis, Jack Carroll, Dave Anderson, Doc Nickerson, Sam Laurie and P. w. Lee.
 Mrs. E. P. Ziegler was a passenger on the Evans this afternoon for Ju- neau, where she has been called by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. A. R. Boyle. The many friends of Mrs. Boyle in Cordova all hope for her speedy recovery.
 The Cordova ball team is playing at Latouche today and is scheduled to play at Seward tomorrow. The games scheduled for Anchorage will be played on Wednesday, Friday and Sun day of next week. Arrangements have been made by The Times to receive the results of the games as they are played.
 MT. and Mrs. Dave Miller, were passengers on the S. s. Admiral Evans south bound for the states. While the boat stopped over here they visited with their old friends the two Osborne families. MT. Miller
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29
VIADUCT HOTEL WRECKED
 BY MONSTER EXPLOSION

KANSAS CITY, July 29.-The Via duct Hotel here was practically de| stroyed as the result of an explos- ion which shattered it from end to end today. One person was killed four are still missing, and more than a dozen are injured, because of be- ing entombed in the wreckage. It is presumed that the explosion was caused by escaping gas.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
 Rev. R S. Nickerson, Minister.

Sunday morning at 12 o'clock the preaching service and the message will be from the theme, God Led Them"
 Sunday school at II o'clock and classes for all ages.
 In the evening the sermon will be on the subject of "The Church, It's Pur- pose and Service"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29
NOTICE

The troop committee of the Boy Scouts have completed all necessary arrangements and plans for building the boy scout headquarters. All pers- ons who subscribed amounts for the project are requested to leave them with the Secretary at the Times of flee.
 K G. Robinson, Sec.- -Trae. 27-ttf.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29
l CHURCH | ANNOUNCEMENTS
ST. GEORGES CHURCH

Seventh Sunday After Trinity Holy Communion and Sermon at II o'clock. -
 Church school at 12 o'clock.
 Rev. E. P. ,ziegler, Priest-in-charge. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH Services will be held in Masonic hall Sunday, July 30, at II a. m,
 Subject: Love"
 Sunday school convenes at 9:45 a. m. Wednesday evening services at 8 o'clock.
 A reading room is open in Masonic hall every Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to S. The public is cordially invited to attend our services and visit our reading room.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29

SEATTLE, July 29-The SS. North western sailed north this morning at 9 o'clock, carrying 197 passengers, of whom the following are fors Cor dova Mrs Ben Hunger, Mrs. H. w. Way, William Rindfees, Miss Knick- erbocker, F. H. Knickerbocker and wife, J. H. Burch and wife, George Birch, N. E. Crabtree, J. J. Gayer Georgia Stuart and Carl Carlson.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29

Hoyt's Sugar Doughnuts at VII. sons Bakery, 2S-tf.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29

has just recently sold his interest in the gold mine, War Baby, on Will low Creek, above Anchorage and is retiring from business.
 To celebrate Mrs. Satterlee's birth day and in honor of her guests, Miss Dean and Miss Shannon, very en- joyable dancing party was given Thursday evening in MT. and Mrs. Saffers and Mrs. Satterlee's apart ments. About twenty-four guests were entertained at dancing and cards. A delicious luncheon was serv- ed at midnight. The arrival of the wee small hour was the only cause for breaking up such splendid ev- ening's entertainment.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29

Tom Nestor, who has been acting as station agent at Chitina the past ten days, returned to Cordoya on yester- days train
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-29

The steamer Admiral Evans arrived from the westward at 4 o'clock this afternoon and is scheduled to sail for Juneau and the south at o'clock.
The Nome nugget., 1922-09-02
BANKER soLNER
 TAKES OWN LIFE
FORMER NOME BANKER
 COMMITS SUICIDE

Seattle Sept. 2--N. B.-Solner, 63 years old. President of the First Ma tional Bank of Bremerton and the organizer of the Bank of Cape Nome committed suicide by jumping from the top of the IS story Hoge build ing. The body landed on the tile roof of the court sixteen stories below.
 Ill health, inability to sleep and facing a serious surgical operation are the causes assigned for the act.
 Bremerton Bank officials say the institution, which is owned largely by J. D. Hoge, is in good shape and that Solner's- financial affairs are straight. Leaving Nome Solner be- came associated with Hoge in various institutions and is widely known as 8 banker. clubman. He leaves a widow.
The Nome nugget., 1922-09-02
SOLDIERS BONUS
 BILL PASSES
SOLDIERS BONUS BILL GOES TO CONGRESS
Washington. Sept. 2-The four billion dollar Soldiers Bonus Bill was passed today by the senate and now goes to Congress. ].

Washington. Sept. 1st-As amend ed by the Senate the Soldiers Bonus Bill would become effective January 1st and provides three optional plans for veterans of the world war. other than those whose adjusted service pay would not exceed
 fifty dollars. There would be paid cash options of adjusted service certificates, payable in 20 years or sooner at death and con- tained loan provisions and vocation al training at the rate of $1.75 per day up to total of 140 per cent of adjusted service credit aid in pur- chasing farms or homes. The total amount to range from 100 percent of adjusted service credit if money were advanced in 1923 and to 140 percent adjusted service credit if payment were made in 1928 or there after.