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SENATOR CAPPER PENS
REPLY TO STOREY LETTER
Carries Answer to Railroad
Head in His Topeka
Papcr.
IHy Assoclatcd Prcss.l

TOrEKA. KAN. Dec. @3.-An an
SWcr 20 the recent open letter by
PRESIDENT W. H. storey. OF the Santa
re was published today by United
states Senator Arthur Cappcr in his
newspaper. the Tupuka Can.taI Hn
states he regrets tina; President
St"r"N's letter which charged the
senator with statements at va
rance with the facts" $50 far as
'hr"" ing light ON the question
rattle. tends Ia muddlc it,"
me controversy arose over an ad-
dress IN the United States Senate
by senator tapper. November %, in
which he urged that the railroads
divide their prosperity with the
farmer and cited figures on surplus
earnings and dividends of the Santa
Fe, Senator Cappcr's answer tends
10 reitoraic statements previously
made ana continues:
Mr.. storey suggests heavy bust
ness does not mean heavy earnings.
In my remarks In the Senate cited
a number Of roads earning better
than dividend requirements The
wall street Journal Of December IA.
announces that the Michigan Gem
'ral has declared an additional divi-
I"na Of per cent and the regular
Scminnnual dividend OF per cent.
h"th payable january - next. to
stockholders Of record December %
These dividends Al" paid on; Of
earnings in excess Of ,hos, REQUIRED
TO pay operating expenses, taxes
fixed charges and miscellaneous
operating costs After paving all
these items this company. for the
year ending December 81. earned
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fodder for the animal? Where can
he store grain? Where find seed for
planting. granted that his fields have
boon cleared OF barhcd wire and ,in-
exploded shells, the trenches that
ziS2aSecd across them have been
filled in. ana his hungry horse has
been sheltered in some rough abrl
near At hand:
"rh"n there is the question OF
farm hands. His son was killed in
the war. Ills tract OF land is too
larC" for him tn work alone. cspc-
cialiy now that he is not SO strong
physically as before the war. There
are ~" young men for hire II is a
vicious circle. ana he gives up the
hop" of crop this year. digs pa
ticntly in his garden with "a shade
furnished hy the relief committee i'm
a nearby village. and plants seeds
houEh, from the same sourc. for tho
slender nourishment of his family
Depends on Agricultural Acti,Ity.
The life OF the region d.pcnd.,
upon the rehlr;h OF it's Agricultural
activity New conditions had re-
placed the OLD, New tools ana meth
DDS must be substituted for what had
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HOLIDAY IS WELCOMED
BY FUEL DEPARTMENT
Officials in Charge Of Coal
Distribution Sec Improve.
ment Ahead.
n oDILIzn EMPTY OARS
With Usual Hail Movements Proceed
Ing ConRestion VIII lie Reduced.
Mines on NeOpculnE WA Find
Moro Ours Available.
IBy Assoelntod preaa.l


WASiIlNGfON. Dec. 23.-Cessa,lon
or coal mino operations over the up-
preaching double holidays in tho
view OF Federal fuel distribution OFF,
cialo Is expected 10 bring about in
creases In the supply OF both btu
minous coal and anthracite In prlu-
c!pul Eastern consuming centers i'm
mediately thereufter.
II. Il. He'll. assistant to Fuel Dis
'ributor Spcns. In charge OF railroad
CO. cooperation. explained today that
this result would occur because tn.
temporary suspension of production
would allow Eastern railroads to
clear up yards and stdinss Oh which
congestion has lately been occurring
me diversions of coal In abnormal
quantities. 10 Great Lake ports and
40 other parts of the country distant
from producing territory. he added
which have been in progress during
The fall. have also meant scattering
OF eoai-carrying equipment out OF
ordinary routes. and have contrihut-
cd IL car shortage. These are now
concluded.
Tie holiday is expected TO assls,
III mubiliIiuS aud returning Of the
empty cars from these special uses
dhd with usual rail movements pro-
cecdihS. congestion will he reduced
Mines rcopvniig after the temporary
shuid"wns VIII find "a more plentiful
car supply tor continuing operations
Mi. BELL suggested.
stocks OF coal in nearly all prin-
cipai consuming Ccutcrs, together
win current supplies which can he
counted upon, have been cst!ma tr-s
by the fuel distribution Office as SUI
hvient /" secure The country against
amy serious deprivation during the
winter ircsIdcnt llardin; arranged
early this month with Fuel Distr-
hNi"r Spcns To declare off the cu.s-
E.ucy proclamation under which the
government supervision has been
maintained, about January /. The
organization IS onsVquently prcpar-
ma; 10 dis"and At the same time
the situation as 10 rail movement of
coal has "een the cause OF some con
Germ.
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nr. II. A. nurLc visits Father.

PETERSBURG. VA, Dec. 23.-Dr.
H. Aulick Burke SURGEON United
states Navy. arrived in the city last
night from ior; uu Prince. Haiti. and
is Stopping With his father. DR..
Joseph NJ. burke. Dr. Burke has re-
signed his commission in the navy
ana ~ on leave Of absence. pending
tile acceptance by the Secretary uf
The Ndvy ui his resignation. i'm
WrdiHtcly upon which he Will locate
al Monroe. y {.
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chinory and science available to him
and unknown by the old pioneer.
True of the Peasant.
To the Fr"nchmau who has always
been an ardent ind.vidualist Cwhcu at
work., the life OF the old pioneer IS
undoubtedly more alluring than that
of the new. He believes in the power
of his own hands. and accepts the
idea Of machiucmade results UNI
willingly This is particularly true
OF the peasant. and /; is the pcasau,
pioneer who has rcmadc the fields Of
devastated Franc"
1T will not he difficult, To imbu"
the coming generation with this new
conception" writes Mrs. Elizabeth
liamm. in World Agriculture. hut
Tho older people OF France cannot
easily put by the individualism that
Is the very warp and wuof OF their
nature. The peasant came back with
his wife and children 10 conditions Of
life that seemed impossible. appalling.
With nothing bat the clothing on his
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nseted with fhe kidnapping tragedy.
Governor Parker has indicated hood
ed mon Of Mississippi and Arkansas az
wei as Louisiana werc Implicated.
bcionged to- Iioneer Families,
I Tho bodies wero turned over to
committee composed OF rolntivoB
ana friends lato today. Tho funerals
were scheduled for tomorrow. Tho
dend mon wcro memborH OF families
VINO wero pioneers In this parish,
gnu their acquaintaneeship Is num-
oessd ny tho hundreds.
Many believe tho surrender OF tho
oodieH to tho kin and tho departure
OK tho troops may kindle tho out
oronk between the hostile camps cre-
ated at Nor Rouge since tho August
kidnapping.
Department OF Justice agents and
state officials havo during tho past
four months. under the personal al
rcction OF Governor Parker, prepared
u chain or c'rcumstancial evidence
outlining events preceding tho kid
mapping. as well as the movements of
tn" mob on the fatal night, which
VIII DO the basis of the prosecution,
IL has been reported
Trouble started In Morehousc last
summer. when an alleged attempt
was made to assassinate DR. u. NJ
Mchoin, former Mayor OF Mer
Rouge.
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Progress OF Reconstruction


The industry a OF
achievement
find
turned from
only SCARED huks
Northern France had % factories
total than industrial
Massachusetts,.
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IIorcwrIi Prepare. for Christmas

IIpI'l:N VEIL. VA. Dec. 23.-Hope-
Wen - busy today preparing for the
biggest Christmas celebration in it's
history The churches have made ar
rdhS'm"nls for special music and tho
ministers Of the city wiz preach spc-
Clal sermons
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-24
MURDER VICTIMS
FLOGGED BEFORE
THROWN INTO LAKE
Cnntlnucl Ernm Elry, narn

'"'' ri'h F!Fai faec)
arrested thls afternoon was not
learned.
Department Of Justice investisa-
TORS nave frequently declared they
had a list # the names OF those CON
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More towns and villages DESTROYED
and Iowa.
Of Northern France who will
b33 200 total large the population Pittsburgh.
The returning victims of
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horseback. and oven at street corners
ravolVors arc reported bulginE from
their hin pockets.
Tho Monroe troop now stationed
hero w@S ordered this afternoon to
break camp 'and entrain for 3as,rop.
Tho troops will be In Bustrop tomor-
row tho commanding officer said.
hcr Rouge citizens this afternoon
wero forming Il committee to tuke
charge of tho bodies when the OIL
eial state proceedings have been com
pioted and VIII arrange for the fu.
herals. expected 10 occur tomorrow,
Parker IL Congratulated.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23.--AIayor IIy-
IAN today wired Governor Parker. Of
Louisiana his hearty congratulations
on your bold vigorous tight against
the ku-k Khan" which hc char
:ctcrizcd as a "slimy brood Of vcno-
nous reptiles. squirming In an invis-
bile empire"
Il believe" said the message. that
every man and woman. regardless Of
race. creed or color. owes you ian ,Iu-
dying debt OF gratitude for your
fcroic American fight to end the In
famous outr"ECs to which the mem
bcrs of tho ku-I<luN Khan will re-
sort In their nefarious schemes to
oNcrawo the courts. seize The roiuy OF
government ANA traiuple upon the
constitutional rights Of tho people"
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Conduct Open Ilcurlns January =.

conduct Open IicurlnE January o.
MEh ROUGE, LA, Dec. Cattle
State moved again today In the
horohouse kidnapping case, when At
torney-ieneral \. V. COCO announced
mat an open hearing. used hut once
previously In this State. would be
Instituted AT Bastrop. the parish
seat. on January 3
His announcement followed a con-
ference with local officials imme.
diatcly after his arrival at Rastrop.
eight miles from here. on tho State
troop train that brought machine
gun company from New Orleans and
an Infantry company from Alcxan-
aria. as well as car OF ammunition
and machine guns.
Troops In Henri OF Town.
TIA" troops established their camp
on the courthouse grounds In tho
heart of that little town OF $500
inhabitants. Ono OF their duties Will
he To- guard the courthouse while
the hearing Is In progress The
hearing viii be equivalent To grand
Jury proceedings, but open to all.
who are privileged to come into tho
oour; and tell what ;hcy know OF
the hidiaplng az five prominent Mcr
Rouge citizens last August rs nifty
'T NOR. ndtih"n anu white rOhcd
men and the Subsequent disappear
anCc of two Of them. whose bodies
authorities are satisfied. were blown
up from the bottom OF Lake La
Fourchc yesterday by unidentified
dynam.ters. who were believed to
have been attempting to steal them.
\, the hearing IL liz reported the
state VIII submit testimony that
Watt Daniels and Thomas richards
identified by relatives a. the dead
mon. had been carried before cour,
Of whitcrohed and masked men and
questioned q short time previous 10
tn" August abduction. since when
they have not been seen alive.
Much III Feeling E:Xi~ts.
Reports OF III feeling previously
eN:sting between two factious in this
community since IN. kidnapping rpi-
sodc was famed yesterday bk tho
recovery uf the bodies that has salts
lied relatives that Daniels and Rich
ards met death under most hurrify-
ing circumstances. Some relatives
are under the Impression the men
were still alive when thrown into the
wire. from which was suspended iron
weights and that death resulted from
strangulat ton.
Men are now seen driving auto
mobiles and wagons with shotguns
and rifles by their side: weapons are
STRANDED 10 their saddles when on
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True Of the Peasant.

chincry and science available to him
and unknown by the Old pioneer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
HANDS SHORT
Men Lacking Funds Can't Ride
Trains. .

Kansas City, Kans.-Five thousand
harvest hands are waiting here in
need Of work and many acres of Kan.
sas wheat need harvesting. and lack
the labor. Unless railroads at once
allow q special rate or let harvest
hands ride free on freight trains there
is no way to get the workers to the
fields.
That was the gist Of an announce
ment made by Charles Mills, director
of the Kansas free state employment
service who Is working with the fed.
eral agents to send harvest labor
where there is work to do.
Mr.. Mills said that railroads had
made q practice Of allowing harvest
hands to ride freight trains TO the
fields. The men, he said. are anxious
to get work but have no money to pay
railroad fares. Farmers will not ad.
n 1t. So wheat goes uncut in cen.
trail Kansas and would-be harvest
hands go hungry here, the state d.
rector said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
PEACE HOPE is SHATTERED
Clerks and Car Agents Called On to
Do Work Of Strikers.

Observation-Disclosures with yards
and shops in the Twin Cities shorn OF
experienced help. faced difficulty In
keeping trains moving, and called on
additional clerks, car agents and In
some cases freight agents, to step into
overalls for work in the yards.
Travelling car agents OF several OF
the lines are being called In and as
signed to various division points. Only
a few of the strikers. mostly men OF
older years and under pensions. drift.
sd bach.
The switchmen's union refused to
take on extra duties, and this action
accumulated the difficulty OF the yard
officials in keeping the trains rolling.
The switchmen have taken the stand
that II is not within their T~ovince to
couple hose on newly made-up trains,
and this task has been given over to
men In the offices.
While there has been no Interrupt
ton OF freight service. or complaints
about service from shippers as yet, &C.
cording TO officials of the Minneapolis
Traffic association, II was indicated
that the real test of the ability OF the
roads to operate without their expert.
snced car inspectors, testers and re-
pair men, would come very soc
Following the lead Of other railroads,
the Minneapolis q st. Louis railroad.
through its president, w. III. Brem.
ner. issued a notice to the striking
men that they must return to work by
July IL or forfeit their seniority rights.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
WIDE RANGE IN INVESTMENT
Coal Price Fixing Only After inquiry,
Says Commission.

washington-Any attempt by the
government TO tx coal prices or estab-
fish maximum limits for selling
charges win require adequate and
current information" as to costs and
investments insthe industry and diner
ences In the figures between districts.
the Federal Trade commission report
ed to Congress In . discussion OF Its
investigation into bituminous produc-
ton.
Although Its inquiries have been aus
pended by reason Of injunction pro-
ceeding brought against Its activities
In the industry by the bituminous coal
operators, the commission explained
that work carried out prior to suspen-
sion indicated a wide range In invest
ment totals.
Coal is being mined In important dis
tricts with q permanent capital invest
ment as great as 50 per ton OF annual
outpu. and as low as 81 per ton OF
annual output. the commission found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
TROOPS ARE HELD
IN READINESS
Guardsmen Asked in illinois.
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas
and Alabama.

Springfield, Nl.-State troops mobi.
fixed as a precautionary measure, In
anticipation of threatened violence at
the Wabash shops In Decatur, were
still under arms and ready to move
upon short notice.
The governors of Alabama, Kansas,
Missouri and Iowa also have been ask.
ed to send troops to scenes Of dis
orders, according to reports received
in Chicago.
National guard companies at War
rensburg and Boonville have been or.
dered to gather at their armories as
a "precaution," Governor Hyde Of JEFF.
ferson City announced. The governor
stated that the order should not be
I'VE merely want to take all posi-.
BILE precautions" he said, refusing to
amplify the announcement.
Several box cars in the yards of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad on the West
side of Chicago were burned. Police
investigating the fire expressed the
belief that 1t was the work of strikers.
A state warrant was issued against
T. Huntington, president, and Thomas
Hillery, secretary of the Federated
Shop Crafts Union No. IL Of Topeka,
Kan, charging violation Of the Kansas
industrial court act in issuing the
strike order which resulted in the
walkout of shopmen In the Santa Fe
shops here July 1.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
MONTGOMERY WARD ROBBED
Cheap Jewelry and Three Shotguns
Loot of Two Hour Raid.

st. Paul-Six youths, led by a strip
ling with a piping voice, who overpow-
cred and trussed up nine men in ban
dit style to do credit to a sub-treas-
ury holdup, took possession of the
huge Montgomery Ward & Co. plant
in the Midway for two hours, ransack-
ed the stocks-and got as the wage
of their thrilling labor some cheap
jewelry and three %shotguns.
The robbery was a combination of
melodrama and farce. Although the
half dozen young gangsters appeared
not to be more than 16 or IL years
old, they had no trouble in ~disposing
of three armed watchmen and six
clerks working on an inventory. With
their victims bound and gagged the
youths picked their way from floor to
floor and department to department,
looking over a bewildering array Of
goods.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
$50 INJURED IN
SUBWAY FIRE
Many Passengers Suffocated by
Smoke Fall Unconscious
in Tunnel.

New York-Panic ragged rs feet nm
der ground when fire broke out on an
uptown Lexington venue subway tx.
press nea Fifty-ninth street.
Deadly gas filled the 10 cars when
guards attacked the small blaze with
fire extinguishers and about $50 men,
ONE and children were affected by
the fumes before they crawled through
the darkened tube to outlets and
climbed or were lifted to the street,
two levels above the express tracks.
Three persons were so badly attack
ed by the gas that fear is felt for their
lives. About fifty we're sent to hospi.
tails and the other received medical
attention. The train carried about
five hundred passengers.
A downtown express on reaching
the spot where the other had halted,
also was filed with fumes. Windows
were broken as the passengers fought
to escape.
Unaware that the electric current
had been switched off four minutes
after the fire broke out in a fuse box,
passengers crawled along the tracks
on hands and knees. fearing the dread.
ed third rail.
With Mayor Hylan directing opera
tions the blaze soon was extinguished.
Ambulances were sent from every
hospital in the city and a first aid sta.
ton organized on Lexington avenue
which was roped off for Is blocks by
police reserves because Of the thous.
ands who focked to the scene.
The fire started in the motorman's
box after a fuse had blown out. There
was a fash of flames and the smoke
swept through the crowded train.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
PACIFIC TIMBER ON FIRE
Thousands OF Men Rushed to Aid OF
Crews Fighting Flames.

Seattle, wash.-Forest fires are
raging in virtually every timbered area
oil the Pacific Northwest, and thous-
ands OF men were being rushed to aug
ment the crews which have been work.
ing to control blazes constantly grow
ing In number and size for the last
week or 10 days.
Fires are burning In every county
Of Western Washington from the Ca
madam border t the Columbia river in
Eastern Washington. Northern Idaho,
Western Montana, Central and West
ern Oregon.
The situation is so serious that lead
ing logging operators OF Western
washington have with few exceptions
abandoned all effort to work In the
woods lest they add to the peril by the
danger Of setting new blazes In the
tinder-dry areas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
MORE THAN ONE MILLION OUT
Million Workers Now On Strikes Over
United States.

Neutrality-suspicious. than 1000, 900
men and women In the United States
are out on strikes protesting against
wage reduction.
Figures made public by government
agencies revealed hat approximately
5000, 900 hours of work a day are be-
ing lost because of walkouts.
Labor department figures show a
total of 1,150,000 men on strike, in
GLIDING 400, 600 railway
The strikes, ranging from the major
coal and rail Industries down to small
congregations of workers, affect near
ly every industry in the United States
directly o. Indirectly. Labor depart
ment officials say the full force of the
major waikouts is yet to be expert
enced.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
Strikers Seize shops.

Slater. Mo.-striking shopmen, com
prising between so and 10 per cent Of
Skaters population. and including a
majority Of city officials. held the Chi.
cago q Alton railroad shops here and
patrolled the town. after driving IS
tsrikebreakers from the shops. taking
them to the edge of town and telling
them to beat It." The strike sym
pathizers found 10 more hiding in a
foreman's car in the yards and placed
them on Chicago q Alton train for
Chicago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13

will satisfy them that the cattle and
stock raising possibilities are fully as
good as they have been told.
The reports from all parts Of West
ern Canada at the present time fully
bear out the most optimistic expecta-
tons and hopes Of the early days Of
seeding. Evidence Of the splendid
growth Of this year is the fact that
alfalfa was cut on the 18th Of June
and yielded nearly two tons to the
acre.
Corn planted on the 23rd Of May,
on the 9Th of June was showing sew
eral inches about the ground, and
making glad the heart Of the farmer
who had built his silo, which he hoped
to fill in the latter days Of August
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13

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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13
WIN GO HUNGRY.

Santa Rosa. Calif.-"Many Of US now
living In the United States win go
hungry In the next SO years unless In.
ventions to Increase the productivity
OF the soil are marketed" Luther Bur.
bank. plant wizard and acclaimed the
greatest living agriculturist. declared.
aThe maximum production Of food
stuffs per acre has been reached. The
greatest number OF people who can
be supported on an acre OF land IL
about ave. II all want food Injuries
only about two can be supported"
Burbank said
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-07-13

party from n Of the northern states
on the way to their new home rear
Lake Winnepegosis, Manitoba. They
were a sturdy, self-reliant lot and
carried with them a full complement
Of farm machinery. With the tractor
outfit they intended to commence
rather extensive operations this spring
on the land which their scouts had
already inspected and reported on
favorably as to It's prod%uctiveness.
AT almost every point on the Cana
dian border where there are located
means for admitting settlers. the re-
ports are that 1t Is almost a daily
occurrence to admit settlers from
states as far Off as Texas who have
adopted the automobile as a means to