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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
THREE KILLED;
OUTLAWS TAKEN

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 15.-A week
OF sklrmishes between moonsbiners
and federal prohibition agents In the
nils OF Menifee county which resulted
IN the killing of three agents and one
moonshiner and the wounding of an
other outlaw, was ended tonight.
A posse of 20 agents were return
ing from the hill country tonight with
nve prisoners. Robert Ballard. re-
Futed leader of the outlaws, was shot
70 death this morning. Guy Cole, the
third government man killed, fell in
today's battle. Charles B aallb ,rotdrh
today's battle. Charles Ballard, broth.
er OF the slain leader, was wounded
but escaped.
Members of the outlaw band CAP
tured by the posse were: JEFF Bal
lard, father, and Albert Ballard,
trother OF the slain leader, William
Fongerson, Joseph Glenn and Elwood
Riffee.
The smashing Of the Ballard
gang" by the federal men followed
week of hill country campaigning,
marked by three spectacular gun bat.
ties.
The drawn out battle was inaug-
Ilated last Saturday when Agent R.
+. Duff was shot to death while lead
ing a party of raiders against a cave
used by the outlaws for a still.
The following day large posse of
federal agents and deputy sheriffs
went into the hills, but returned after
David Treadway, deputzed by the
federal authorities, was slain by a
bullet fired by hidden rifleman.
The large posse was disbanded fol-
living Treadway's death and the fed
eral operatives adopted under cover''
methods to locate their men.
This morning q picked force of 20
sgents moved upon cabin where the
Ballards had taken up headquarters.
The ensuing fight at the cabin was
the last stand of the outlaws. Agent
Cole fell before the fire of the defend
eIs, but bullets from high powered
rifles in the hands Of the attacking
party ripped through the walls of the
cabin, killing the outlaw leader and
wounding his brother.
Covering his retreat with his rifle,
Charles Ballard was successful in
eluding pursuit. Whether his wound
was sufficiently serious to retard his
fight from the immediate vicinity Of
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Monarch Mothers' Club Meets

The members of Monarch Mothers
club are requested to meet next Wed
nesday at 2 o'clock instead Of Tues
day. This change is made in order
to secure the services Of Mrs. Dora
Dee Walker, state food conservation
specialist, Winthrop college. She will
make Brunswick stew which is very
popular in the South. Many club wo-
men are specializing in this particular
line and they find ready sale for all
they make. It is sold through the
Home Producers association.
Mrs. Walker will give instructions
on spring gardening which will be
very helpful and no housewife can af.
ford to miss this meeting, however
busy she may be.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Great Deal of Flu

The "flu" is taking very inoppor-
tune time to visit Union and from
every section of the town comes news
of several in nearly every family who
are stricken with 1t.
The physicians say that it is mild
type and very few pneumonia cases
follow but the people who have it say
it is not so mild at all.
Plenty of fresh air, plenty Of whole
some food, keep your feet dry and
warm and don't let any one sneeze
rear you.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Cothran Hears Plea.

Greenvile, Dec. 15.-B. B. Evans,
lawyer of Columbia, appeared before
y. P. Cothran, associate justice of the
;.hpreme court, today and moved for
a stay of execution in the case Of Ira
Harrison, under death sentence for
the murder Of J. c. Annette.
Justice Cothran took the matter
rnder advisement and has not an
bounced his decision. The motion for
a stay of execution was made on the
grounds that an appeal has been tax.
IN from the decision Of Judge Mauldir
in refusing to appoint board to in,
quire into Harrison's sanity.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Forty-Three Persons
Indicted by Grand Jury

Omaha, Nabraska, Dec. 16.-Forty.
three persons have been indicted here
b.: the federal grand jury charged
with misusing the mails as result of
an inquiry into the wrecking of the
Lion and Surety company. It includes
20 well known Nebraska bankers and
Chicago and Omaha business men.
Joseph Troggett, head of the New
York auditing firm, and Edwin Cur
ney, of Fremont, Nebraska, president
Of the defunct company, is among the
indicted.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Union Girls Defeat Whitmirs

Despite the rain yesterday the bas-
ket ball girls motored to Whitmire to
return the game played on our court
last Friday, December 9Th.
Our girls played well considering
the fact that they played on an in
coor court whereas they had been &C.
customed to playing in the open
Though we didn't beat them 21 to /
az we did last time we did nearly as
well by defeating them Is to 8.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Christmas Pageant

On Tuesday evening, beginning at
7.o0 o'clock, there will be Christmas
pageant given at the high school
building and the patrons Of the school
and all those interested are invited to
witness it. No admission will be
charged for this beautiful entertain
ment.
Christmas carols will be sung by
the pupils of the high school and you
cannot afford TO miss this pageant.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Polish President Assassinatsd

Warsaw, Dec. i6 (By the Associ-
sted Press).-Gabriel Narutowicz, the
Polish president, was assassinated to-
day while attending an art exhibition.
There had been continuous disorders
since his election on last Saturday.
The disorders the day he was elected
were unexpectedly by the national as
sembly led to four deaths. Naruto-
wicz took his Office Thursday. Msciez
Rataj, speaker Of the house, becomes
acting president.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Kansas Governor
Denounces Ku Klux

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, Dec.
l6.--Kansas will expel the Ku Klux
kian by refusing them the right to do
business with the state, so Governor
Henry j. Allen told the conference of
governors here today. The action is
ow before the state supreme court,
and Governor Allen denounced the
klan as a destroyer Of good will and
teacher of bigctry. He denounced the
use of the mask.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Santa Claus Club

Miss Coye Davis, a sweet little girl,
is going to play Santa claus this year
%nd brought n splendid cloak to the
club for the little girl we mentioned
yesterday, and said she wanted to help
lake somebody happy this Christmas
Miss Kathrin Purcell donated a
lovely doll and Miss Kathrin Wagnon,
a coat.
The Junior Christian Endeavor
made contribution of $500 and in
tend to send baskets of goodies to sew
cral people besides.
Union is all right and has a great,
big, loving heart.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
American Delegation
-. Plans a Protest

Lausanne, Dec. 16 (By the Associ-
ated Press). - Richard Washburn
Child, head Of the American delesa-
ton to the Near East conference,
plans to protest against the Turkish
proposal to expel the Greek patriarch
from Constantinople at the afternoon
meeting Of the subcommission on mi
norities,
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Cotton Seed Crushed
During Novembsx

Washington, Dec. 16.--Cotton seed
crushed during the four months end
ing November 18th Ia 1851 oil tons,
10 the Census Bureau announced to-
day. 30,867 ,S34 tons Of seed are on
hand.at the mills. The crude oil pro-
euced Is .478, 800, $40 tons. Refined oil
319,060 A08 pounds.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
WITNESSES TELL
OF ATROCITIES

Marion, ILL.,, Dec. Is (By the Asso
clate Press) THE attack on the Her
rln strip mine, the death march
through the town with the captives
ana the hunting down of few fugi-
tives, were described today by wit
nesses at the trial of five men held
IN connection withe the killings.
All but one of the defendants were
named as having been seen with a
gun during the progress of the riot
ing but all the witnesses, SO far
heard have declared they could not
identify any persons they had seen
IN the act of shooting at the victims.
In arguments between opposing
counsel regarding the exclusion of a
portion of the testimony to which the
defense objected, Judge d. T. Hart
well, ruling in favor of the prosecu.
ton said, 81 want the whole thing to
come out and l do not want to ex
clude any testimony on a mere tech
nicality."
The defendants who have been
pointed out by witnesses as having
been seen carrying guns during the
riollng are Otis Clark, Bert Grace,
Joseph Caranghi and Levi Mann. The
name of Peter Hitler, the fifth de-
fendant, has not yet appeared in any
of the testimony.
Donald M. Ewing, Chicago news
paper man, who wrote the first ac-
count of the killings for the Associ-
ated Press, picked out Grace from
among the defendants as a man who
had threatened him with a gun when
ne attempted to bring a drink of wa
ter to two injured men who were ly-
ing on sun bakde road surrounded
by crowd of armed men pust out
side of Herrin.
The witness said there were six
dead or wounded men lying in the
road, all of them bound together by
single roap tied about their necks.
Grace put his foot ON one of the
wounded men and pushed" the wit
ness declared, and quoted the defend
ant as saying with a curse:
You'll get no water here"
Another witness, Henry Graves, a
mine pump man, said he had seen a
group of armed men pursuing two
fuitives through the field near his
house.
II heard the sound Of shots" he
Testified. .and could zee The hpllsts
kicking up the dust about the fiss-
ling men,"
Shortly afterward, he said, q
wounded man had taken refuge on his
rear porch, but two men who said
they were Officers" came and took
him away.
| Fred Harrison, student at the
University of Illinois, testified he had
seen Bert Grace near his fathers
farm on the outskirts of Herrin the
morning of the riots.
Young Harrison said he had then
! taken a walk to n nearby clump OF
| woods, where he found four bodies,
one of them hanging from q tree
William Goodman, farmer, test
fed that he had been near the strip"
mine where the riot started and had
seen several hundred men coming
from the mine with 80 or 40 prison
ers. He estimator the crowd about
the mine at 500 persons.
At the close of the afternoon ses-
sion Judge Hartwell announced an
adjournment Of court over Saturday
and Sunday.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Today's Cotton Market
Notice

A special communication Of Union
Lodge No. 75, A. F, NJ, will be held
in the Masonic Hall at 7:30 D. m.
Monday, December 18th. The F., C.
degree will be conferred.
The class of Entered Apprentices
are asked to report to the secretary
at 8 o'clock.
BY order Of
j. Gordon Hughes,
A..es w. M.
VIM. c. Lake.
Secretary. 1ssa. d
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
: Night School At Ottaray

w. NJ. Hunt, principal Of the Union
high school is conducting Q night
school n ottaray and It Is perhaps
the largest night school IN the state.
Two evenings Of the week are devoted
to this work and Mr.. Hunt 10 snthusi-
astic over the work accomplished and
the interest shown.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Call Meeting

There will be call meeting of the
executive committee of the Gipsy
Smith meeting Tuesday evening at
1880 o'clock at the rooms of the Young
Mems Business League.
This is an important meeting and
every member is urged to be present.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Warning

There is an outbreak of cholera
fmong the hogs. Don't purchase meat
from wagons at your door unless it
bears the inspection label.
DR.. Daverieux Turner,
1561-3t City Health Officer.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16

Miss Lucy Gilreath, Of Greenville,
spent couple Of days in Union with
friends, returning to her home this
evening.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Hot Supper

There will be hot supper and in
teresting contest at Elford Grove
school house Wednesday night, De-
cember goth. The public is cordially
invited. 1tpd
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16

Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Dsnsen an
rounce the birth Of son December
10th, to be called william Burns, Jr.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
Notice to Magistrates

Please bring in your books TO have
them examined by the grand jury.
e. l. Spears,
Foreman.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16

Mr. and Mrs, Russell Jeter Of San
'uc are visitors in Union today.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16
HARVEY COMS
FOR CONSULTATION

London, Dec. Is (By tne.Associated
P,ess). - Ambassador Harvey has
been called home for consultation, it
was stated at the Americsh embassy
this afternoon
He will sail on the Bereagaria De-
cember %. He will notssbe accom-
panied by Mrs. Harvey, who will leave
the preceding day for a Nsit to Ma
Gcira. m
In the absence of an,spficial ex-
PLANTATION, the impression &ained cur
rency that Mr. Harvey hadbeen called
to Washington in connecti{n with the
situation in regard to Gern4an repara-
tions, now threatening tapture be-
tween Great Britain and France.
The nature Of the consultation for
which the ambassador was summoned
was not known at the emb4tsy, where
it was said the message calling him
to Washington merely said II was 'for
& consultation It is presumed the
discussions with Secretary of State
Hughes will cover the whole range
ef European affairs, including the al
lied debts, reparations and kindred
subjects.
Washington, Dec. Is (By the Asso-
,iated Observation-Disclosures Off
cials believe that American influence
can be employed to help TOWARDS So
lltion of the German reparations
problem. That feeling was stoiced au-
thoritatively today at tfe White
House. *
1t was added, however, That no an
icuncement now Was possible or even
imminent. Things that may be occur
ling behind the scenes, 1t was said,
"can not be exhibited on the stage"
a' this time without prejudie here or
abroad to the very cause, the Wash
ington government hopes b. serve.
Such was the brief glinape of Off
cal purpose made availabe at the
close of a day filed with SPECULATION
as to what move the Washington gov
crnment might be contemplating to-
Yards avertlng the threatena Anglo
s'rench break over GermansS capaci-
ty to pay reparations. 81 n
The White House state nent was
oade after a series Of de, ,tbpments
Of obvious significances beginning
with the official adnissE That Am
bassador Harvey had bed nked from
London Tor consIJta atiort d. This
vas followed BY a cohfesS 3 81 con- con-
siderable length betweenS DR.. Otto
Wiedfeldt, the German ambassador,
and Secretary Hughes, at which, it
became known. the econoJ plight of
Germany, already econon| tHplight of
Germany, already descriH ban Amer
lean official advices as on verge of
collapse, was discussed with its appli-
cation to the reparations tangle.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-16

In competition we have comparison.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
SESSUE HAYAkAWA
AT COLISEUM TONIGHT

Sessue Hayakawa. Japanese mas
termind of the screen, has the most
artistic production OF his career in
The Dragon Painter" at the Coli
scum tonight 1t is IA perturbation of
the story by Mary Mcneil Fenal-
losa
Hayakawa as Tatsu, the Dragon
Painter lives the primitive life of a
wild mountain youth in whose heart
burns the mad fires of genius. In his
Imagination he conccives only perfect
happiness when he shall have found
his Dragon Maid" the realization of
his ideals. At length he finds his
way to the house of Kao last of a
famous line Of dragon painters. Kano
conceives the idea of having his
daughter, beautiful Ume 10, imper
senate the Dragon Princess in or
der that the genius of the youth
may be stimulated and so perpetuate
the fame and art of his family. After
their marriage Ume Kos finding that
Tatsrk thinks only of her and ne
elects his painting. leaves him so
that he may dedicate his life to his
work
How Tatsu finds his Dragon Prn-
cess" and is happily reunited, makes
a happy ending to a beautiful and
sympathetic story.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
Women Need Swamp-Root

Thousands of women have kidney
and bladder trouble and never sus-
pect it.
Women's complaints often prove
to be nothing else but kidney trcu-
bic, or the result of kidney or blad-
der disease.
If the kidneys are not in
healthy condition, they may cause
The other eorgans to become dis
.ased
Pain in the back, headache, loss
OF ambition. nervousness, are often
times symptoms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, phys
ician's prescription, obtained at any
drug store, may be just the remedy
needed to overcome such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bot
lie Immediately from any drug
drug store.
However, If you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
TO Dr. Kilmer & CO., Binghamton,
N. Y, for sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention the
Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, AL.
aska. advertisement
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
Minneapolis Orchestra
Be Conducted by Guests


MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, May 23.--
For the first time since its organiza-
ton, 10 years ago, guest conductors
Will WELD the barton before the Min
neapolis Symphony Orchestra next
season.
Following the severing Of connec.
ions between the Minneapolis Or
chestra Association and Emil ODER
hotter. the symphony's only conduo-
sor for almost score of years, the
guarantors Of the musical organiZa-
lion decided to bring prominent or
ahestra leaders here to act as guest
conductors.
Musicians who have signfed their
intention of leading the Minneapolis
Symphony when the season opens
again next October include Walter
Dabrosch, conductor of the New York
symphony Society: Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch, conductor of the Detroit Sym
phony Orchestra; Albert Coates, con
ductor of the London Symphony Or
chestra; Arthur Bodansky, conductor
of the Vienna Philharmonic Orches-
ira, and Henri Ver'brugghen. conduc-
tor of the State Orchestra of Sydney,
Australia
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
EXPERIMENT IN
PERMIT SYSTEM
TO Be WATCHED
DR.. Gilbert to Represent Fish
cries Bureau on Peninsula
Fish Reserve.

The experiment being tried out in
he Alaska Peninsula Fisheries Re
serve of requiring canneries to oper-
ate under the permit system will be
watched closely this season by DR..
c. H. Gilbert, special representative
of the Bureau of Fisheries, He will
cave Seattle about June 1, on p
"eserve, remaining there until the
lose of the season.
While there has been no definite
announcement as to the attitude of
he Bureau of Fisheries regarding
he extension of the system to din
dude other sections of the Territory.
t is reported froM authoritative
,ources that at least such an extern
sion is being given, consideration. It
vas indicated that the permit system
night be applied to the entire salmon
industry in the Territory.
Cannery men. including officials of
some of the largest companies oper-
attn in Alaska, who have recently
visited Juneau, while awaiting for
the showing made this season before
on the practicability OF
the permit system are clearly in ia
vor of the principle involved which
is mainly restricting the pack and
fishing limits Of canneriesoperat-
ing in certain defined districts They
believe, as general proposition, that
everlasting may only be prevented
by limitation of the pack and that
streams can be fully protected by
making waters adjacent TO them
available to a limited number of can
neries in the district in which they
are located.
In the permits issued to the can
neries operating in the Alaska Pc
ninsula Reserve this year, the pack
Of each is arbitrarily limited as well
as is the region in which each may
fish or from which it may purchase
fish within the reserve. Only can
neries operating there last season
were granted permits, one or two
new plants being denied
them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
EDITH STOREY AT PALACE
TONIGHT IN "BEACH OF DREAMS

Adapted from one CT the best ad-
venture novels of a decade, Beach
CT Dreams" Ms a thrilling picturiza-
ton of the problems of a rich young
society woman who is cast away on
an island where her only companions
are three common sailors, men she
classes as mere human animals.
How one meets death in quick
sand, why she kills the second, and
how she joins the third in ire
mendous fight against Chinese seal
poachers are some of the high lights
Of this production, through which
also recurs the problem OF whether
blue blood can or should mix with
red.
The all-star cast of this produc-
ton includes Edith Storey, Noah
Berry, Joseph Swickard and others
equally well known for sterling per
fprmances. The photography is not
only beautiful but remarkable
Beach of Dreams" is coming to
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
Must Be Bargain to
Make London Buy Now

LONDON, May 23.-London has
gone bargain mad.
To sell anything in this great
metropolis today YOU must advertise
it as the greatest bargain since Isaac
slipped one over on Esau in the
famous mess of pottage deal
No matter what you have to sell,
it's got to be a bargain.
Advertise your goods one day as
reductions and there is nothing do
ing.
Buy space next day in the news
papers and blazon to the world at
large those same articles under the
camouflaged heading of world Bar
gains" and you will be sold out be-
fore the lights of London are wink
ing you a greeting.
One firm recently bought up a
stock of German field glasses and
advertised them. They went like hot
cakes. No one of the persons who
bought them will ever use them.
probably, but they were bargain.
Another firm is advertising beds
five hundred Of them-for a dime
apiece.
Another is Offering a single or
pair horse ambulance with rubber
tires and brakes for $25S
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
SHIP ON LONG TRIP
Petersburg RenOrt.l

petersburg Report)
The schooner Chukotsk passed
through Petersburg this week on it's
way to Siberia on a trading trip.
The schooner is owned by Olaf Sven
son and Company, of which Captain
Swenson is now in Siberia Upon its
arrival at Ketchikan the captain re-
ceived a telegram from the Japanese
Consul at Seattle asking him to give
aid to a dozen Japanese fishermen
who have been stranded all winter at
Hal durka on the Siberian coast.
The Chukotsk will go into the
Arctic on the Siberian coast, trading
and looking after the interests Of
the company there
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-05-23
TAKE SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if you feel Back
achy or have Bladder
trouble.

Meat forms uric acid which ex-
cites and overworks the kidneys in
their efforts to filter 1t from the sys-
TEN. Regular eaters of meat must
flush the kidneys occasionally You
must relieve them like you relieve
your bowels; removing all the acids
waste and poison, else you feel a
dull misery in the kidney region.
sharp pains in the back or sick
headache, dizziness, your stomach
sours. tongue is coated and when
the weather is bad you have rheu-
matte twinges. The urine is cloudy
full of sediment; the channels often
get irritated, obliging you to get up
two or three times during the night.
To neGtralize these irritating
acids and flush of the body's urin-
Gus waste get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
a tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days and
your kidneys will then act fine and
bladder disorders disappear. This ia
nous salts is made from TIE acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys and stop bladder
irritation. Jad Salts is inexpensive;
harmless and makes a delightful eff
fervescent Whitewater drink which
millions Of men and women take
now and then, thus avoiding serious
kidney and bladder diseases. adv.