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Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17
KILLED IN CYCLE SPILL
Miss Margaret Burns, Formerly Of
Salina, Is Dead

Miss Margaret Burns, formerly Of
Salina and who has frequently Wis.,
tied friends here, died ut Indepen-
dence. Mo-, from injuries received
Sunday evening in motorcycle ac-
cident near Cement Cty. Henry
Stewart who was driving the motor
cycle that carried Miss Burns and
Miss Fern Lawrence in the sidecar,
died Sunday.
Miss Lawrence, the third member
Of the party, was not injured dan
gerously. and was taken home. Both
young women lived at st. Rather
ines home for working girls in Kan
sas City.
The accident was between Court
ney and Cement City. The cycle
and sidecar turned over.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17
RELEASED ON $500 BONDS
Five Herington Men Charged With
Assault With Intent to Kill

Five HeringtOn men, John Dixon,
Clyde Bullock, Geo. Schell, Geo.
Boutet and Geo. Sauer had their pre-
liminary hearing before Justice Geo.
Brann on the charge Of assault with
intent to kill. They are charged
with kidnapping and beating w. l..
Moberly, negro porter who was en-
ployed in the Rock Island shops at
Herington. The attorney for the de-
PENDANTS asked that the charge be
changed to assault and battery but
the court ruled that the original
charge should stand. The men were
bound over for trial in district court
on $4,000 bond apiece. They gave
bonds and were released.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17

Reflector wan, ads pay.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17
MADE RECORD FLIGHT
Capt. Thomas Boiand Came From
DAYTON to Riley In Day

What is said to be the longest
flight without forced landing ever
made by u military plane In the
Middle West was completed Sunday
night, when Capt. Thomas Boland,
head of the Fort Riley air service,
reached the post, completing flight
from Dayton, o., with only one stop.
Captain Boland, who left Dayton
Sunday morning at $3.50 to drive
back a new plane for Fort Riley,
landed In Des Moines at p. m. for
lunch. and reached the post at $3.50,
an air voyage of ap-
proximately 900 miles. He aver
aged over 100 miles per hour.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17
Dairyman Is Bankrupt

M. u. Norman, dairyman, Of Her
ington, Kan, yesterday filed a vol
untary bankruptcy petition In the
United States district court. His
debts, Of which $4,1O3.69 is unse-
cured, total $2O,873.69. His assets
total $7,460.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17
Catholic Soldiers. Atteetionl I

Catholic Historical Society Of
World war requests st. Andrews
parish to send record of its soldiers
an dsailors. Accurate record is i'm
portant without delay. Communi-
cate with Captain r. Lucier-Father
Martin Mulcahy.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17

Herington is preparing for a
Woodmen reunion on Labor Day,
September 4. 1t is expected that
10000 visitors will be in the city
that day.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17
Checking Expenditures
Men and Women

who cannot save constructivey, cannot spend con-
structively. An organization that does not encour-
age this sort of economy the part OF its
employees cannot hope for these employees to
observe the principles in the conduct of its business
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-17

The Reflector Ia always glad
to have news telepnOned to the
office. Call phone 95.
The New York herald., 1922-01-06

be called when the hearing is resumed
next Tuesday. Some of Major Opie's
witnesses, expected here to-day. failed
tc arrive in time. and they will be heard
next week.
Eight letters from former men in the
Majors command and from citizens who
know him were presented.
Request was made by the Majors
counsel that the superintendent of the
hospital at which Smith is patient be
summoned. in view of the understanding
of counsel that other hospital patients
were coming forward with letters.
Chairman Brandegee said the superin-
tendent would be called
Representative John p. Hill OF Mary
land said he had investigated the record
OF Major Opie for a decoration for his
services around verdun.
"In looking up Major Opie's record, 1
talked with officers and men Of his
command" said Mr.. Hill, "and if Major
Opie had shot any one I'd have heard
Of It, talked with enlisted men, and
every mans report was to the credit of
Major Opie. who then was in hospital
wounded. never heard anything
against Major Opie. who was regarded
as one of the most gallant and efficient
men in the Twenty y-ninth Division"
Major Opie, seated few feet away.
was overcome. The tears welled to
his eyes. but he quickly regained his
composure.
Charles r. Pollard, Of Washington.
who was with Major Opie's command,
said he never heard OF any charges
against the officer.
II was in close and constant touch
with everybody In the command and If
such reports were current 1 would have
heard of them," he said. when Major
Opie got back to his command he was
The New York herald., 1922-01-06

given a great reception. He had repu-
tation OF being just ofricer and was
held in high esteem"
Lemuel o. Smith in his testimony
said
"While in dugout with three COM
rades and four German prisoners.
l saw Major Opie take gun
and deliberately shoot man. The man
Opie shot was William Woolwine. He
was shot In the dugout, about In the
middle OF il. Opie was ten steps from
Woolwine."
what did Major opie say?" he was
asked.
HE said: T shot him; take him out "
Osborn Ellison of Pulaski. Va, mem
toned by Smith as having been in the
dugout with him at the time of the
Woolwlne shooting. declared he was not
present. never saw Major Opie shoot
anv soldier, was not with Smith and
never saw him but once.
Lee Collins of Dublin, Va. next called.
said he was not with Smith In the dug
out and did not see Major Opie shoot
Woolwine or anybody else. He explained
he was a committee witness and not
summoned by Major Opie.
| William J. Eskew, also of Pulaski.
Va. Of the l16th Infantry. testified he
was not in the dugout where Smith said
Woolwine was shot. although he had
been named, like the preceding witnesses
hv smith as having been present. He
| also disclaimed ever seeing Major Opie
shoot a soldier.
DR.. Fred Vosborgh of Garfield. n. j.
who was medical officer at Major Opie' e
headquarters, was called. He declared
he had never seen Major Opie snoot !
] gun, and had never heard OF the aiieseo
The New York herald., 1922-01-06

volver, as chargedP" Chairman Bran
degee asked.
II never fired pistol the whole time
l was In the army" Major Opte de-
ciared with emphasis.
Chairman Brandegee wanted to know
if Major Opie had any theory as TO how
the reports about him had started.
None, SIR" he said 1T may be that
one circumstance led to 1t. I dislike TO
mention names. but 1t might be the
only thing to do in justice TO others.
II happened that Lieut.. Floyd w. Cum
ningham accidentally killed himself
with a rifle and I was the first to
reach him. / bent down, opened his
House. and while there alone in that
position some stragglers may have been
around. l sometimes think this scene
may have started rumors of which I
was the victim"
x Senator Willis (Rep.). Ohio. qques-
toned Major Opie regarding the testi-
mony of Henry l.. Scott OF Kenmore.
Ohio, that he saw the Major shoot a
runner.
1T is deliberately untrue" the Major
exclaimed
Senator Willis said he merely desired
to get the Majors denial in the record.
Watson Has More Witnesses.
Senator Watson Oem.), Georgia.
who charged in the Senate that Ameri.
can soldiers had been hanged without
trial In France, took no part in the ex-
animation Of Major Opie or his wit
nesses But at the close of the session
Senator Watson, announcing ne was
rot prosecuting any case, presented a
list of witnesses to be summoned "a
give testimony relating to the Opie
charges.
The committee indicated they would
The New York herald., 1922-01-06

killings until the stories were printed In
newspapers two weeks ago.
The only other testimony during the
day was that of Herbert l.. Cadenhead
OF Greenville. Miss. who declared he
saw ten or eleven soldiers hanged around
Is-sur-T'ille. France. while War Depart
ment records showed only two execu-
tons at that place.
A volunteer witness from San Fran
cisco, coming at his own expense. en-
livened the proceedings with a descrip-
ton of what he saw in prison camps.
When It was suggested that the com
mittee put him on the witness pay roll
he was called and stated he had been
known as famous tramp.
The New York herald., 1922-01-06
Majors Own Soldiers Repu-
diate Story of His In
sane AccuSer.
DENY DUGOUT MURDERS
Senate Committee Hears Wit.
ness Tell of 10 or II Exc
cutions in France.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Sweeping de-
NAL of charges he had shot two of his
men while his command, part of the
Twenty ninth Division, was in the
thick of the Argonne fighting, was
made before a Senate investigating
committee to-day by Major Heroine
l., Opie of Staunton, Va, and his de-
NAL was supported by nearly dozen
men serving with him overseas.
At an all day session only one voice
was lifted against Major Opie-the
voice of q shell shocked victim of war,
now a patient in a Virginia hospital
for the insane. The witness, Lemuel
C. Smith, declared that while in a
dugout with three comrades and four
German prisoners. Major Opie en-
tered, shot and killed a soldier, then
ordered the body removed, without
once uttering a word.
In rapid succession the comrades men
toned by Smith went on the stand and
swore they saw no such killing; that
they were not in the dugout. and that
they knew of no evidence whatever to
support the charges. And then, after
a half dozen OF Major Opie's men had
testified that they never heard of his
shooting a solder in France or any
where else. the Major himself spoke in
his own defense, declaring there was no
word of truth IN the accusations and
that he never shot a man in his life"
The New York herald., 1922-01-06
Major Breaks Down.

Breaking down while witnesses were
telling the committee that for his SER
vices in the Argonne offensive. ending in
hospital. wounded, he was awarded
the Distinguish ed Service Gross. the Le-
gion OF Honor and the Croix de GLerre
with two palms. Major Opie quickly re-
covered his composure and calmly but
with great emphasis asserted he never
fred a revolver all the time he was In
the army.
Major Opie explained in detail how
he had attempted to get his men in a
line after they had been demoralized
and were running wildly, some saying
they had been ordered TO retreat while
others were shouting the enemy was
approaching. A tense situation, develop
ing suddenly. found him alone in the
effort TO reform the lines. At. the mo-
ment he was without side arms, was
wearing a raincoat, the insignia on
which was covered with mud. and II was
with difficulty that he could make the
men halt.
"I took a rifle and fired twice." he
said. knowing perfectly well what
was doing. One shot was fred in the
air and ore in the ground. Nobody was
hit. After I fired the lines stopped and
] got them In shape putting men recog-
niZeG in command. / sent 1nners to
bring all the men Up. There was not a
dead soldier on the lire and there had
been 10 firing" rt
Did you shoot a runner with a re-
The New York herald., 1922-01-06

Special Gable to THE New YORK HsRALp.
Copyright, 1929. by THE NEW YORK HERALD,
New York Herald Bureau
Paris. Jan. 5.
American graves registration officials
here to-day searched the records and
discovered that the body of the only
hanged soldier passing through the
cemetery at Bazoilles-sur-M -Meuse when
exhumed still had a rope about the
neck. but no black cap. although the
sheet usually wrapped about bodies may
have become darkened, giving such an
impression.
The New York herald., 1922-01-06

An advertisement in the Lost and
Found columns of THE NEW YORK
HERALD offers a real possibility OF
recovering your lost property.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
PARTY IF ENGINE FRS WILL LEAVE STATES
 NEXT MONTH ITO INVESTIGATE COAL FIELDS

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Development of the national coal lands in Alaska by private enterprise contract similar to that entered into by Secretary Fall with regard to the Naval oil reserves in California is planned. Permission will be be granted The Lake and Export Corporation of Huntington, West Virginia, to send experts to the Chckaloon district to make survey With view of submitting proposals for operation of the mines there.
 The present plans are for the Government to enter into contract with the company to furnish coal to the Navy
 The permit issued to the West Virginia Company is in the nature of an exclusive privilege it being negotiated by Director Ban of the Bureau of Mines.
 George Watkins Evans, of Seattle who will make one of the survey party will sail for the North the first week in May Director Bain accompanied by experts will sal from Seattle May IT, to inspect the Naval coal reserves
 K R McMilan sails from Seattle Wednesday to sl ,,erintend the test of the new washery at Sutton.
 B. D. Stewart Territorial mine inspector of Alaska arrived here today and is in conference with him.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
s7EAWARD GETS NINE ' -"'' &
 MONTHS FOR DRUG SALES

LONDON: Frederick Haulaback, a Canadian ship steward was sentenced to nine months imprisonment here TOT illegal trafficking in cocaine. He was convicted on similar charge over q year ago. The arrest recalls the ale cations of Billie Careleton, the Amer>- "otrass in 191o +i~- habit had been introduced into Eng land during the war by Canadian sof- diers.
 The death through drugs of Miss Edith Horley, a well known London society woman, a few weeks ago. mas led to the tightening of the ofhclai re- s;7ictions on the sale of cocaine, mor- mime and heroin. Despite thls large quantities are being smuggled in rom Germany by way of Paris by an 0f- ganization said to be headed by Ger man deported from England.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
BRAes ON OUR CLIMATE

The Berkeley Dail Gazette publish ed at Berkeley, California, has the following to say about the weather re- Dort published in the Gateway:
 Just by way of informing the nome folk sthat Alaska as refrigerator IS not what she's cracked up to be-ln III respects-the Seward Gateway a ,aner published at Seward, Alaska, IS sending a weather report for DecemoeF and January to the states. The tenn Deratures in Seward during these two ooldest months of the year show that B. V.D.'s could be worn with impunity almost any day" The paper then goes 3n to give a summary of the weather report as published in the Gateway.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
BRITISH MOVIES NAY
 CLOSE TO AVOID TAXES

LONDON, April 24.-Engiish movies are threatening to close down unless the existing high entertainment tax imposed by the British government is abolished.
 Each day brings tne film industry nearer to ruin," declared Mir. A. F. Newbold, the chief spokesman of the English film industry at mass meet ing of exhibitors held in London.
 The meeting called to denounce the continuation of the tax which at pres ent raises dollar seat to dollar and half passed unanimous resolution stating that ruin stared the industry in the face if the impost was not abol- ished.
 One proposal to be submitted to the government as a result of the meeting is that the tax should be removed during the summer months, failing which it is suggested that the thea tres should close down. altogether thus throwing thousands of people out of employment.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
THOMAS 3. DRAYT0N TD
 SPEAK hT TIE LIBERTY

Thomas B. Drayton, the Seward can- didate for the Republican nomination for delegate, winds up his campaign with speech at the Liberty theotre at 8 o'clock tonight The house has been turned over to MT. Drayton for the evening and evecypody will be welcome. One reel of pictures wifi precede the candidates speech but ad- mission will be free to everybody. In discussing the political situation with the Gateway this morning, NIT. Dray- ton said:
 q won my campaign about six weeks as to the size of my p1ural1tt!yf.. tt!f." 1 fPfIbqRR fIq4RR get the solid fishing vote of the Terri tory, the solid native vote, and the sol i'd independent vote. Everybody tired of these perpetual squabbles over jobs and this eternal scrapping over the swill bucket will vote for me. The The surprise of the campaign, except in inside political circles, will be the smallness of the Sutherland vote This is due to the circumstance that with the country crying for help, Mr Suth- arland's record in Congress is an ab- solute blank. Except for a few minor routine trivialities he has done abso- lutely nothing for Alasxa. Were he not so charming a gentleman person ally so likeable and agreeable, he would not carry a precinct in Alaska Sutherland's only strength is where governmental agencies are trying tc i bull him through There are already ! signs that this pressure has been ap. piled too strongly, and may result II "a reaction against their candidate.
 'sThe funny thing of the campaign k the frantic efforts of Cordova to com
 pliment it's hometown candidate Ever
 the school children in Cordova hiss tn,
 men suspected of disloya1ty to the Cor
 dova candidate. It looks as if Cordov;
 will go almost to a man for Galen.
 "Aside from the fishing vote, whicl
 is all mine, Galen and I will split tn,
 vote to the westward and also in tn ,l Second Division. He may get ava, with the Second, but if I lose up ther ], it will be only by margin The Thirt here is badly split up, and no accurat , estimates can be made even now Tn first division is mine by an overwhelm ing plurality and probably by a ma jority."
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
HOTEL SEXTON READY
 FOR B|G TOURIST SEASON.

The Hotel Sexton has been put in readiness for a big tourist season this summer and the lobby has been redec- orated by Ira Bailey and adorned with trophies and big game pictures and scenery of Kenai peninsula and other places of interest to tourists.
 Among the interesting things on dis play in the hotel lobby is the leather from the beluga whale and mud shark which have been tanhed and prepared at the plant of the Universai Dy-Pro- ducts Company at Edmonds, Washing ton. This leather is of very high grade suitable for the manufacture of all kinds of leather goods.
 The manner in which the lobby of the, Hotel Sexton has been decorated VIII ldhe LIiC pIuo0 o..S--~--- objects of interest to tourists in Sew ard.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
PRESIDENT bUNNELL AND DSTAFF WILL LEAVE
 ON NEXT BOAT F0? LABORs AT FAIRBANKS

SEATTLE April 24:-Presdent Charles E. Bunnell of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mnes at Fairbanks today announced the tentative faculty for the 1922 season, follows
 Clinton H. Morgan, graduate of the Kansas Agrcul- tural college, professor of Agriculture.
 Elizabeth E. Kirkpatrick, graduate of the col ege professor of Economies.
 Herbert D. Bruce graduate of the University of Nevada, professor of Physics and Chemistry.
 Herbert D. Bruce graduate of the University of Washington, professor of Geology
 Judge Bunne and taff will sail Wednesday for Sew ard from which point they will entrain for Fairbanks
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
COLONEL HIP WARREN HERE ON BUSINESS
 OF ALASKA RAILROAD

Col. H. P. Warren arrived on the train Saturday from Anchorage to at tend several important matters rela- tive to the activities of the Alaska railroad this summer. The commission will require a great deal of lumber this year for snow sheds at Mile 50 and for bridge forms for the Panama bridge. Colonel Warren while here has made proposals to the local sawmills for a bid on 100000 feet of lumber. tracPP acPPn t6 6Srff59tipg. f59tip of such. a large con- considerable employment. this summer and means many thousands of dollars to this community.
 Col. Warren also states that sur vey for the improvements to the local dock is being made. It is contemplated to add more platform space to the present dock and to increase the ware house room to facilitate the handling of Interior freight.
 The Sutton coal washer has been completed and put in operation. Ac- cording to Col Warren the machinery seems to be running perfectly. Five thousand tons of coal will be put thru in the near future for test purposes by the United States navy.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
FRANCE WILL ENFORCE
 PAYMENT PREPARATIONS

BAR LIE DUG, April 24.-Francc will if necessary alone see that ,iie treaty of Versailles if the Germans default in their reparations paymenls' foin0ai intimated in a speech before tue de- partment of the Mouse council today
 May 31, the date when tine Germans must either accept conditions laid down by the repa-ations committee, or default in payment, is an important date for France" said the Premier "All we ever asked and all we now ask today is the execution of the treaty and that we must have and shall have as our future national prosperity de' pends upon it."
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
CLEVER NEW WORK 0N
 NORTH BY s0uRD0UGH

An exceptionally clever and interest," ing work entitled "Klondike's Early Days and Alaska's Long White Trail has been issued by Fred Crewe, psu- neer Dawson man, but for long time now resident of Fairbanks. MT. Crews has written much sparkling verse which forms the main portion of the volume, and has it lavishly illustrated with half tone photogravures of Yukon and Alaska scenes of the days of high lights and excitement. No book ever issued on Northern subjects has form ed a more attractive volume.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
Chickaloon and Matanuska Coal Fields May Be Developed by Private Eastern Capital
NEWSPAPER EDITOR |s
 CHOSEN LIQUOR OFFICER

WASHINGTON, April 24.-F. A. Hazeltine, formerly editor of a South Bend, Wash, newspaper, has been ap- pointed general prohibition enforce ment chief for Washington, Idaho, Ore gon and Montana, with headquarters in Seattle.
 Hazeltine has for more than twenty years been a strong supporter of pro- hibition and was a leader in the fight to make the State of Washington dry. Recently he was appointec cepury pro- hibition commissioner at the national capital under Prohibition Commission CT Haynes
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
VALENTINE AND WICK
 LINED uP WITH GALEN
(Special to The Gateway

JUNEAU, April 24.-ln response to a telegraphic inquiry from Bob James of Nome, Emery Valentine wired him today as follows:
 "Mvself and old crowd are opposeo +o Sutherland and are vigorously sup porting Galen."
 The Juneau Empire sent the foilo"- ing nress to Nome today: "Galen IS winding up his campaign here. he expects to carry Juneau and ketchlKah bv a good vote. Wickersham taking no active part but his followers generally are supporting Galen or Drayton' val entine is understood to have promised to support Galen. Rustgard is 1nac- five Galen made many votes here ov advocating full territorial government with less Federal interference in Alas kan affairs and by denoundng wna' he termed his opponents efforts to dominate Southeastern Alaska through wholesale voting of Indians"
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
FORMER EDITOR |s NOW
 IN OIL GAME M TAMP|C0

FAIRBANKS: Casey Moran, early day newspaperman of the Dawson dis trict and later a resident of Fairbanks when last heard from, was located at Tampico. He writes that the OH poo" down there has busted 50 1t is prooa- ble that he will not be in that locality long While news editor on the Yukon Sun, Casey gave Dawson the first news story of the discovery of gold in the Fairbanks district, obtained from Waoa the Jap Marathon racer
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-24
VIENNA MURDERS ARE
 PuzzL|NG THE POLICE

VIENNA: The discovery made in a wooded suburb of Warsaw or three dead bodies of young women naked, with similar wounds, broHen heads and torn hair, has revived the excitement of the people that prevailed some two weeks ago when eleven girls were found dead at practically the same place. The local police are feverishly working on the case, but no trace of the criminals have been discovered, as was the case three weeks ago.