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Doubts Identity of Bodies.

Capt j. r. Skipwlth, exalted cyclops
OF Morehouse klan No. "a, realm or
Louisiana. rendered TO the Attorney Gen
eraI the assistance and cooperation ot
5c0 Kiansnen 20 be used In any capacity
fsomed necessary. and assured him thar
Il was the wish OF the entire citizenship
OF tho Morehouso klan that no stone
be eft unturned in ferreting out and
bringing to Justice the guilty parties
connected In the case OF alleged kidnap-
ing OF Daniels and Richards"
Tho klan's statement expresses doucs
ns % the Identity OF tho bodies found
IN the lake.
Although Il Is rumorcd that the
bodies OF Daniels and Richards have
been found. there ia. however. no positive
evidence that this Is true. Two objects
were reported to have been found float
inc near the banks OF Lake La Fourche.
and Il was presumed that tho bodies
we're those OF the missing men.
20 VI. Patterson. Coroner OF More
house parish. was summoned 10 ths
scene. but upon his arrival he was noe
permitted 20 hold a Coroner's inquest,
being told by man who stated
that ho was Government repre-
sentative that the inquest could no.
be held until after the arrival OF At
torney-General Coco, at which time u
would be concluded az Mer Rouge. Irn-
mediately upon his arrival Attorney
General Coco was interviewed by Coro-
rer Patterson as TO the necessity OF
holding a Coroners inquest over the
bodies that we're supposed TO have been
found In Lake La Fourche. but was In
formed by the Attorrey-Genersl that
such would not be necessary"
A reduIsitlon upon the Govcrnor OF
Maryland for the extTadition OF DIR. Me
Koin. 70 was announced at the Gov
ernors office 81 Baton Rouge. VIII be
issued Immediately and an officer Will
be sent TO Baltimore at once to BRING
tho doctor back 20 Louisiana.
Secret Service mon have been trailine
Dr. McKoin for several days. The mo-
ment Gov. Parker was advised that Nc.
Noin had been located he Immediately
sent a telegram 10 the Chief of Police
At Baltimore ordering the arrest The
Baltimore police chief acted quickly.
and the former Mayor was IN custody
within an hour after the Governor sol
notice OF his whereabouts
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NIXON SAYS HE WAS
SHOT AT AND WARNEIN
Alleges Victims Were on Side
of the Bad Element

cs- nj uisras.f Us ritr Nrw Ycrv HxrAtr
lsALriMoRE. Dec. 26.-Dr. B. NJ. Me
Roir. former Mayor OF Mcr Rouge. La.
Eaz ARRESTED To-day On = charge o.
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FARM LOBBY STAGING
Big TREASURY RAID in
LAND RECLAMATI0NS
Scheme Calls for $3.50, ,OOO,-
600 at Start, but May
Require Billions.
WOULD DODGE BUDGET
Spectators and Politicians
Frame Vast Grab for
Eleven States.
TOr DnTTTNd TN CnNGpESS
LOG ROLLING IN CONGRESS
Many Members Preaching
Economy Ready to Support
Wildcat McNary Bill.
by LOUIS sEIBoLD.
sprciol Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington, ID. C., Dec. 20.


Under the cloak OF progressive
legislation" for the ALLEGED benefit of
the farmers an experienced and re
sourceful lobby Is preparing to stage
another raid on tic Treasury and tax
payers.
While the scheme the lobbyists have
In mind calls for only $3.50. 100000 at
the outset. the opportunity for pork
appears TO be unlimited, with the cer-
tainty that the amount eventually
will run up into the billions.
Headed off by the budget system
adopted by the Government, the legis-
lative promoters of pork barrel" en-
terprises have been compelled to de-
wise a new method for their raid on
the Treasury and. incidentally, piling
up the debt that the promoters of So
called reclamation projects already
owe the Government.
rhe vehicle for the proposed raid.
which has been offered under various
guises as riders" to the soldiers
bonus and other kindred measures de-
signed to sting the Government, is the
McNary bill. intended to carry out
certain reclamation projects in eleven
States. Under the terms OF the meas
ure the Government would advance
s350.00o0 900 and, If its experience with
such enterprises is any criterion, will
have to whistle for the money for a
The New York herald., 1922-12-27

W Interested IN building Home or rur-
chasing real estate consult the Annual Reni
Estate Review oe Tue New York Werait
Jsnuary :. series % articles on "How 70
Proceed 80 Build Home" vii star. with
that ssge.-Adv.
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Continued on Page sIy.
CIARKs CRUISE noUNp rHE wowIn

Personal experience management: $1,000
up. mos. Jan. ~ (San Francisco Feb. 10). 1.
~. g. Clark. Times Bldg. ~. X.-Adv.
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..TroPIDA srECI,i-.'

IANTft CpNST LING E- I.iAi train
from jan ! mo extra farst Choice %
other thru trains gives schedules and ac-
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Girl Found shot Dead.


Prenderville had a key and unlocked
the door He and Arrs. Mccarthy found
the dining room as Mrs. Mccarthy had
left it except for two things. The
Christmas tree on the table was lighted.
and on the floor. with her hand
stretched out toward a sled that her
father had given her FOR Christmas. lay
the body of Theresa. She was dead.
and when q surgeon from the wyckoff
Heights Hospital examined her ne found
that she had been shot through the left
breast, probably with 4 revolver. There
was no sign Of struggle. and there
was 10 revolver. and when the, detec-
lives and patrolmen OF the Greenpoint
station came TO the house they found
that the windows were closed and that
the hall door had been locked from the
inside
Tho detectives said that the case was
the most complete mystery they had en-
countered In Brooklyn in many years.
Not n single clew had they found up to
early this morning. Not n single finger
print had been discovered anywhere
about the house that should not have
been there not single bit OF evidence
that a burglar had broken into the place
Mrs. Mccarthy told the police that
she left her home about 5 o'clock yes
terday morning 10 20 TO work. Theresa
did not get up. because these are tho
holidays at 81 Cecelia's Parochial
school. which she attended. The mother
l.1lH aff .N
dressed and had eaten her breakfast she
might go 20 the home OF her aunt. Mrs
Mary Corbett Of a1 Griggs avenue, and
ypend the day with her father.
And then" said Mrs. Mccarthy. you
and Rags can meet me tonight"
Dog Locked in bathroom.
Ga she left the apartment. and no
ono has been found who knows what
Tho little girl did after that. When the
nolicemeu got into the house they foun
that Rags was In the bathroom and
that the door had been latched 80 that
he was not able 20 get out. There were
many marks and scratches on the door
where he had been paving. The detec-
lives believe that tho little girl must
nave been murdered about noon. as the
ambulance surgeon said she had been
dead about six hours when she was
found.
Tho child had not dressed for the
street when she was killed. She had on
"A petticoat and waist. There was no
sign that she had eaten her breakfast.
Her father. at tho aunt's house. waited
FOR her for several hours and when she
did no; come went on about his affairs
The police were looking for him last
night TO question him.
Mrs Mccarthy told the police that
she and her husband had been separated
FOR nine years, but that they had re-
nlained friends. Mrs. Mccarthy and her
daughter had Christmas dinner there
with the Corbetts and the chlld's father.
and Mccarthy gave hts daughter many
Christmas presents. Among them was
the sled with which she seemed TO have
been playing when she was killed.
Mrs Mccarthy told the police also
that she had not locked the door OF her
apartment when she left. She seldom
ala, she said. az the door leading from
the street into the hallway was always
locked. no key was found. Whoever
locked the door must havo carried the
key away.
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white sulphur Springs Glorious now for
rest and sport Golf, tonuls. horseback. Ia
nous baths. Overnight from N. f.-Adv.
The New York herald., 1922-12-27
omciaas Confer ro-morrov.

Fan activities. however. are not ex-
pected to be resumed lntI after the con-
ference in New Orleans Thursday TO be
attended By Gov. arksr Attorney-Gen-
eral Coco. 81. Clair Adams. special PROS
ecutor assigned with the Attorney-Gen-
erals Office L. A. Farland OF tho De-
partment OF Justice. and others. At this
conference the evidence viii be gone
into and the program for the hearing
to begin In Bastrop January will be
mapped out.
Pending this conference, II IS believed,
no further arrests viii be made unless in
case OF emergency or possible effort on
the part OF some one 70 escape from the
parish
Morehouse Khan No. 81. Realm @.
Louisiana. knights OF the Ku Klux klan.
has issued n statement that the organi-
zation has offered 70 assist In every way
possible in clearing up tlie kidnapping.
Everything possible Is being done by
the Khan" says the statement. that
would be OF assistance TO the State and
other authorities. on Christmas Day
the ku Klux and citizens OF Morehouss
Parish gave the soldier boys at BastroD
q big barbecue and turkey dinner and n
dance Christmas night at the village
club.
The New York herald., 1922-12-27
FORMER MER ROUGE
MAYOR ARRESTED in
LOUISIANA KILLINGS
DR.. B. NJ. McKOin Locked
Up in Baltimore on Gov
Parker's Request.
KHAN ENTERS INQUIRY
Issues Statement Offering
Help in Clearing Up Kill
ings by Mob.
DOUBTFUL of BODIES
State Says 1t Knows Names
Of Dynamiters of Lake
Conference Tomorrow.
DOUBTFUL OF BODIES

Special Dispctch to THE NEW YosK HERALp-
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 26.--It was an
nounced by the Attorney Generals Of
fee to-day that DR.. B. NJ. McKoins
former Mayor of Mer Rouge. had been
arrested in Baltimore on a charge OF
murder In connection with the killing
of Watt Daniels and T. L. Richards,
whose bodies were taken from Lake
La Fourche last week.
The statement also was mado that
the names OF the several persons
who dynamited the lake and brouglg
the bodies TO the surface are known
to the Attorney Generals Office. Bur
whether these men will be arrested be-
fore the open hearing into the Mer
Rouge outrages. beginning January s.
was not announced
Reports that additional State troops
had been ordered TO Mer Rouge parish
in connection with the open hearing
and to accompany Acknowledgement
Toombs to the scene of the outrages
were denied by an assistant to the
Attorney General.
Sheriff Carpenter went to Mer Rouge
from Bastrop and was out the greater
part OF the afternoon with Department.
OF Justice agents. They asserted there
was nothing significant tn the trip down
through Oak Ridge beyond a desire TO
take other officials to the Eason Ferry
across Lake la Fourche. where the
bodies OF Daniels and Richards were
recovered.
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States. Under the terms OF the meas
ure the Government would advance
s350,000.0 900 and. If its experience with
such enterprises is any criterion, will
have to whistle for the money for a
long time.
specuIators Arc Confident.
Reclamation projects in the past
have so clearly established the fact
that the Government can be made an
easy mark by logrolling politicians.
describing themselves as reformers.
that many artful real estate specula-
tors In the Far Western States are
quite confident Of success in the pres
ent undertaking.
The Government is now backing a
humber Of wildcat real estate schemes
on the partnership basis. The records
show that the partnership is gener-
ally one sided The wildcatters take
the Government money authorized by
Congress to develop fantastic reclaim
.etion and irrigation schemes to their
own profit but have failed to declare
q dividend to Uncle Sam or even to
repay the money advanced by him.
More than twenty Senator'S of both
parties and perhaps 100 Representa-
tives who are preaching economy and
denouncing special privileges have in
dicated their readiness to support the
McNary scheme to add further TO the
burdens Of the Government and the
people on the ground that It is for
the benefit of the farmer. In whose
name many audacious schemes have
been proposed.
scheme Openly Denounced.
Executive officials and leaders In
Congress who are not afraid OF the
threats OF the sleek politicians COM
posing tho formidable farm bloc lobby
not only fail to express enthusiasm for
the McNary scheme but openly de-
nounce It. They describe IL as a grab
pure and simple. savoring of socialism
on one hand and the prefcrment Of
special interests on the other. Several
Senators who had not hesitated TO de-
nounce various subsidies, bonuses and
other forms of Government gratuities
have ignored the principle enunciated
by them In reclamation proposals.
Senator Curtis. the Republican whip
OF the Senate. is not ono OF these.
The Kansas Senator. who represents
n farming constituency, is outspoken
in his denunciation OF the scheme to
compel the Government to dump more
money into reclamation projects. lie
says that many settlers who are por-
trayed by lobbyists OF the farm bloc
rs being pathetically poor are getting
rich out of somo OF the projects in
which tho Government has already
invested.
The records support his declaration
in this respect. They show tho pri-
vate promoters Of various reclamation
projects throughout the country have
paid themselves fat profits out OF
the Government investment but have
returned only a small percentage OF
tho amount lent TO them.
Senator Curtis cites one project
started in Kansas several years ago.
II was not success. The promoters
OF II did not display any disposition 10
keep their agreement with Congress.
On the advice OF Senator Curtis Con-
gress stopped this appropriation.
Most of the reclamation invest
ments of the Government have been
done through the reclamation office
which was created In 1902. Since that
time appropriations and public lands
-
The New York herald., 1922-12-27
THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY.

The New York Herald. with all that was
best of The Sun intertwined with it. and
the whole revitalized. is bigger and better
and sounder newspaper than ever before.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-08-02

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. l. Practi
cally complete returns from three
fourths of the 100 counties in Virginia
and scattering returns from the 9th
ers received by the Times-Dispatch
give Senator Claude A. Swanson 81,
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Fear of Turkish
Occupation Starts
Armenian Exodus

ALEPPO, Syria, Aug. l. Armeni-
ans have begun an exodus from the
Aleppo and Alexandrietta districts,
according to reports reaching Aleppo
from the surrounding country. They
are fearful, it is said, of the POSSIBLE
ity of Turkish occupation, and they
know what this means from the ex-
periences of their countrymen in Gil
icia.
Rumors are current here of some
understanding between Paris and the
Angora Turks by which France un-
dertakes TO cede to the Turkish Ma
tionalists the districts of AleppO, Alex
andretta and DER VI Zor. This would
account for the Armenian unrest. The
reports, however, cannot be confirm
ed but nevertheless the restlessness
continues.
1t is argued here that France might
take such a step as this in order to
lessen her military responsibilities in
Syria. Recent disorders in these ter
ritories have been serious.
Dispatches from Paris last March
said that Henri Franklin BOuillon, act
ing for France, had signed a new trea
ty with the Angora Turks which con
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-08-02
COMBAT POLICY
Of GOVERNMENT
IN HOLY LAND
Britain Unremitting in Her
Efforts to Find Solution
of Palestine Problem

LONDON, Aug, July 14.-The gov
eminent is unremitting in its efofrts
to find a solution oft he Palestine
problem. To this end it has, among
other things, recently published the
official correspondence that has
pessed between the government the
Palestine Arab delegation now in Lon
don, and the Zionist organization since
last February.
Included Is an official statement of
British policy, as given out July /, to
the effect that Jewish national
home will be founded in Palestine, and
Jewish people will be in Palestine as
of right and not sufferanee. The dis,
appearance OF subordination of the
Arab population, language or culture
is not contemplated, and the establish
ment OF, full measure of self-govern
ment in Palestine will be fostered. The
special position of the Zionist Execu
tive does not entitle it to a share il
the government of the country.
The Arab delegation has replied t.
this statement of policy as follows:
''Since its establishment in Pales
tine the Zionist Commission has yer!
much interfered with the administra
ton of Palestine under one pretext o.
another, all of which were based OF
solicitude for Jewish interests.
Zone military administration afte
another, and one British official afte
another, had to go because they coult
not and would not govern the coun
try on lines laid down by the Zionis
Commission.
I'VE see division and tension be
tween Arab and Zionist increasing
day by day and resulting in genera
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PLAN GIVEN REFUSAL
Continued from Page One,


sponsibilyity for the situation
In addition, Secretary Hoover urged
upon the executives at their morning
session, when the text of the Harding
letter was read, that settlement of the
rail strike was imperative in view of
the complicating conditions introduc-
ed by the coal strike.
1t became apparent from the very
opening of todays conference that
the seniority question would be the
wedge which would divide administra-
ton and railway executives. After
setting forth the reasons why they
held this an insurmountable obstacle,
the railway chiefs ended their reply
to President Harding as follows:
1T is submitted that the striking
former employees cannot be given pre-
ference to employees at present in the
service without doing violence to
every principle of right and justice
involved in this matter and without
the grossest breach of faith on the
part of the railroads to the men at
present in their service. Under these
circumstances, it became apparent
that the railroads cannot consider any
settlement of the present strike
which does not provide protection in
their present employment, both to the
loyal employees who remained in the
service and to the new employees en-
tering it."
The only question which arose dur
ing the short period during which the
presidents proposal was under active
discussion was how emphatically the
. reply rejecting his plan should be
worded
In the balloting each road was Civ
Len one vote for each 1000 miles of
track it operated.
The reply drafted during the noon
recess by the standing committee,
was adopted by vote of 265 to 2.
This, however, represented unani-
nous disapproval of the presidents
plan the two dissenting votes being
cast by L. F. Loree, chairman of the
eastern conference, representing the
Delaware and Hudson and the Kansas
City Southern, with the explanation
that he wished the seniority proposal
/ turned down even more decisively.
Only two roads operating in the
I United States were not reported rep
resented at todays conference. They
were the Atlanta Birmingham and
Atlantic and the Gulf and Ship Island
both of which were declared to have
been unaffected by the shopcraft
strike.
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NO INDICATIONS GIVEN
Continued from Page one)

ly serious, only because of the exist
ing stoppage of coal production and
there have been constant intimations
that the administration would be dis
posed to force quick settlement of
the railroad difficulties, in order to
cope with the coal stoppage, even at
the cost of some reestablishment OF
the former control of railroads.
Cabinet members and associates of
the president, have sharply emphas-
zised the contrast between their view
of the seniority issue" and the view
taken by the railroad executives as
expressed in public statements. Pub
lie statements of railroad heads that
the granting of the strikers demands
for return of full seniority rights
would necessitate the discharge OF
scores of thousands of efficient work
ers hired to take their places, have
been fatty denied in informal discus
sions with newspaper correspondents
said TO be exaggerated and otherwise
stamped as unreliable. II has been
further represented in some govern
ment quarters, that such men who. are
hireds would not generally be of a
character and capacity which would
make them suitable as permanent EN-
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Continued From Page |

ployes.
That this was the presidents view
was further indicated by the proposals
transmitted TO the union and the eX-
ecutives meetings, in that on the cru
cial point of seniority rights, the pro-
posals would give the strikers more
complete rehabilitation in the service
than was suggested in any, of the unof-
fetal summaries made public in ad-
vance. The presidents view of the
situation, it was said, was that. the
Acknowledgement by the railroad world
of the supremacy of the railroad labor
government at this moment
The possibility that new legislation
would be sought in congress as re-
suit of the strike test of the trans
portation act, which would make the
labor boards decisions binding and
penalize violations of them by either
employees or employers was again sug-
gested in official circles today. Chair
man Hooper, of the railroad labor
board was expected to argue for in
creases of the boards power before
congressional committees when the is
sue came up.
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sos votes and Westmoreland Davis %
Sal in the contest for nomination to
the United States senate.
Mr.. Swanson has carried all of the
ten congressional districts in the
state, registered majority in all of
the cities and probably 95 of the 100
counties.
Topeka, Kansas, Aug. Seven
teen precincts out of a total of 1886
in Kansas give for the Republican
nomination for governor:
Morgan 862; Stubs 1888; MoNeal
AT; Knapp 345; Lambertson 1925: Pet
tigrew II and Mowry IS. Three pre-
cincts give for the Democratic nom
ination for governor:
Davis 20; Martin IL; Hunt 10.
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TO REPRESENT
j. 5. At GENEVA
BALLOON RACES
Officer Is Chosen by u. S
Army as Competitor For
Gordon-Bennett Cup

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-(By the
Associated Press Major Oscar West
over, who will represent the United
States Army in the International Bal
loon Races for the Gordon Bennett
trophy in Geneva. Switzerland, has
placed by winning the national elm
nation race from Milwaukee in May
His balloon won from large field,
travelling almost twice as far as any
other bag and landing in Quebec. He
was the only contestant who landed
outside of the United States.
Major Westover is listed among
the few higher army officers who won
their way to commissions by way OF
the ranks. He started as a private in
X Company of the Third Battalion
of engineers. in 1901, and year later
was appointed to the military acade-
my He graduated in 1905 and was
assigned to the infantry. Most of his
service has been in the infantry, in
which arm of the service he won dis
tinction as a rifleman and expert PTS
toll shot.
Prior to the participation of the
United States in the world war he
served in the Signal Corps, being as
signed to the Air Service in 1918, in
which he rose to the temporary rank
of colonel
Major Westover's service in the ar
my has been distinguished. He serv-
ed in several responsible positions,
among them at posts at the Port of
Embarkation at Hoboken. He was
largely responsible for the organiza-
zion and administration of the Bureau
Of Aircraft Production and served as
Executive of the Aair Service, from
1919 to 1920.
He is 80 years of age and holds the
rating of Balloon Observer and Air
ship Pilot. With Lieut.. Colonel Frank
p. Lahm. another well known army
balioonist, he was a contestant in the
national balloon race of 1921. II is
Interesting to note that Lahm, then a
lieutenant. won the first Gordon Ben
nett free balloon race for the Gordon
Bennett trophy.
While in the military academy West
over was very actively interested in
sports and athletics and he has car
ried the same keen interest into his
free balloon work.
Major Westover went to Geneva
early in July to make detailed studies
of the air currents and conditions in
that part of the world preparatory to
participation in the International race