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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
NATIONAL GUARD CALLED
OUT TO QUELL FEUO IN
SOUTH; BODIES SOUGHT
Mer Rouge, La, kidnapping Case, Caused by
Petty Jealousies, Develops to Large Proper
tons as State Takes Extreme Steps in Attempt
at Solution; Sleuths Baffled at Every Turn.

I the power of the state in the case.
A big highway celebration and fes-
tiva1 was held at Bastrop on August
"a and thousands Of people from all
| parts Of northeast Louisiana attended.
The five victims of hooded riders at
| tended the celebration. witnessed the
baseball game between Monroe and
Bastrop and then started home in the
| twilight of the evening in two auto
mobiles. When they We're midway be-
tween Bastrop and Mer Rouge the
hooded men galloped up, or horse
back, or appeared IN the highway in
automobiles and seized the five Mer
Rouge citizens.
Sarchers for 81 hours tried to find
the men who were kidnapped. and the
day following the affair the elder Dan
iels and Andrews found their way
back to their homes at Mer Rouge in
q serious condition. Their stories
! gave but little information in regard to
the kidnapping.
For a while neither Daniels nor
Andrews would discuss the case but
they finally told of how they were
! kidnapped on their way to Mer Rouge
by masked men and severely beaten.
For several weeks Daniels was in Il
precarious condition because of his in
| %juries, which, in his case, were aug
mented by old age.
For the last three months. there
| have been detectives and other investi-
gators in Morehouse parish, interro-
eating citizens and making searches
for the missing bodies of Richards and
Watt Daniels, which according to some
persons, were believed to have been
cast into a lake near Mer Rouge.
The bodies of both the missing men
have been located, is the report cur
| rent in East Louisiana. The finding is
said to have been the cause for the
sending Of the national guard into
Morehouse parish Tuesday. The 9th
ers kidnapped were released.
l Tnconfirmed reports reaching here
declare detectives discovered the
bodies bound and weighted to q heavy
wagon wheel in one of the lakes near
Rouge and soldiers were sent to guard
the work of dragging the lake for the
bodies.
Caused by Petty Jealousy
Petty jealousies among influential
families arising through trade rivalries
and social conditions are believed TO
have been the origin of the trouble
between various Morehouse parish
clans. Recently DR.. B. NJ. Mckern,
prominent physician and then mayor
of Mer Rouge, sought to clean up"
Mer Rouge Of lawlessness. Mayor
McKern, it is claimed, aligned himself
with one faction and served notice on
a number of alleged lawbreakers that
he and his officials proposed to en-
force the law. Mckern received warn
ings by letter that if he did not cease,
he would be assassinated. Later he
was called from his home at midnight,
ostensibly TO go to see a sick patient
and his automobile was riddled with
buckshot, but he escaped.
Friends advised HIcKern to leave
the community and he did SO. lie is
now taking n post graduate course at
Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
CIVILIAN BODY WILL
WORK WITH ARMY ON
POLICY FOR DEFENSE
Citizen Aide to Weeks Il APP.
pointed; State Organiza-
tions Planned.

Washington. Dec. 20.-Secretary
Weeks announced Wednesday the ap-
pointment of Charles B. Pike, of Chi
! cago. president of the Military Train
ing Camps association as chief civil
ian aide to the secretary Of war il
connection with the department train
ing camp projects. Mr.. Pike was
nominated by the association.
In a letter to DIR. Henry $. Drink
er, honorary president Of the Train
ing Camps association, Secretary
Weeks expressed his approval Of a
suggestion by the association that il
be given a definite official status With
the war department through the ap-
| pointment of its president as aide
to the secretary.
.The Military Training Camps asso-
| citation is further authorized" Mr..
| Weeks informed DIR. Drinker. ito
create a system Of county and local
c~hairmen-thus completing in detail a
nationwide organization for {. NJ. T.
r. recruiting in time of peace and for
such wider functions as might be re
Quested by the wal department"
4 civilian aide TO the secretary Of
war for each corps area and each
state and for the District of Colum-
bia is contemplated. All VIII be Sc
lected on nomination of the Military
Training Camps association. approved
by corps area commanders They will
serve four year terms. according to
Secretary Weeks letter to Dir. Drink
err. with this reservation:
THE ~secetary of war reserves the
right to accept designations and with
draw appointments whenever, after
comforting with the chief civilian aide,
it appears that the aide in question
no longer fulfills the requirements Of
the position for which he was APP
pointed
Corps area commanders will furnish
office space and clerical assistance
to the civilian aides. thus definitely
interlocking the training camp system
with the governments military policy.
The civilian aides. however, receive no
salaries or travelling expenses.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21

Marion. ILL.,, Dec. 2o.-(By The As
ISOLATED Press. with the scars of
bullet and knife wounds on their bod
les. three survivors of the Herrin mine
slayings testified Wednesday at the
trial of five men in connection with
the killing of 20 non-union men last
June. They we're Joseph ORourke,
William Cairns and Robert Officer
Cairns testified that after the de-
tenders of the mine surrendered under
a white flag the prisoners were march
ed ont Of the pit with their arms above
their heads.
After the march started some men
took me back 10 the mine 10 point
out where we had kept our arms. The
let me look in my locker for some
keepsakes I priced highly and then we
reioined the mob without finding
guns"
The witness then pointed out Otis
Clark as Il Of two men he mad seen
with G. X. Mcdowell. superintendent
of the mine. and Clark had Il gun in
his hand. -,
Then we marched on and | heard
someone shout. Hugh Willis is com
ing" the witness continued. Willis
is an official of the miners union.
we marched on until we came TO
a barbed wire fence with four or five
strands. and someone shouted, All men
with guns line up TO the right, and
someone else shouted, Now, You fell
lows run and the firing started.
| tried TO climb through the fence
but fell with a load of buckshot in my
body. 4 rifle bullet grazed my scalp.
While | was lying there, ! saw Il blood
covered, wounded man leaning against
q tree. A big nan with a gun came
up and said to the wounded man: Iou
great big -. can't we kill you? and
be fired into his body"
The witness then pointed TO Peter
Hitler. one of the defendants, as the
man who fired the shot.
Then ] saw another man fire a
shot into the body of John Shoemaker,
assistant superintendent Of the mine.
as he lay wounded on the ground the
witness confirmed.
Three men with gunS came MP to
Shoemaker and one said: Here that
- machine gunner. and, putting
Il gun To his head, blew it off"
kearns said that a crowd had then
found he was alive and subjected him
70 all kinds of abuse for an hour, when
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
Homemade, but Has Ne
Equal for Coughs
Makes a family supply of really
dependable cough medicine. Eas-
lily prepared, and saves about 81.

If you have a severe cough or chest
cold accompanied with soreness,
throat tickle, hoarseness. or difficult
breathing, or if vour child wakes up
during the night with Group and you
want quick help, try this reliable old
homemade cough remedy. Any drug
gist can supply you with p. ounces
Of Pinex. Pour this into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with plain granu-
lated sugar syrup. Or you can use
clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, instead of sugar syrup, if
desired. This recipe makes q pint of
really remarkable cough remedy. 1t
tastes good, and in spite Of its low
cost, it can be depended upon to give
quick and lasting relief.
You can feel this take hold of Il
cough in a way that means business.
1t loosens and raises the phlegm,
stops throat tickle and soothes and
heals the irritated membranes that
line the throat and bronchial tubes
with such promptness, eas and GER
tainty that it is really astonishing.
Pinex is a special and highly CON
centrated compound Of genuine Nor
a pine extract, and is probably the
best known means of overcoming
severe coughs. throat and chest. colds.
There are many worthless imita-
tions of this mixture. To avoid dis,
appointment, ask for .2k ounces Of
Pinex'. with full directions and don't
accept ANYTHING else. Guaranteed to
give absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded. The Pinex Co,
TT. Wayne, Ind.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
REACHES
FRANCE, HAPPY
BUT FAT|CUED
Clemenceau Hopes for
Coco Results From
Trip to United States.
Refuses to Pose for Pho
t~ographers, Saying He
Suffered Enough He

Havre. France. Dec. 2o-tBy The
| Associated Pressj-Geo.ges Glenn
enceau arrived home from hi Au3er-
lean pilgrimage Wednesday in a t*p'c~
ally hilarious mood, hit apparently Hut-
/ fering from fatigHr.
The Tiger received representatives
of the press in his sfateroom as the
liner Paris was entering the port =
large crowd of relatives and friends.
as we'll as the correspondents ana
photographers, also greeted INN be@
fore the steamer locked. Clemenceau
began his visit with The newspaper
men by denying various interviews
printed in the French papers, particu-
IarIy one sent from New York to the
Petit pariseD.
The former premier had a very
stormy voyage. He appeared gay and
yiyacious. but under the surface his
! friends saw that his experience III the
United States had been almost too
! much for him. He will go to his Paris
home for two weeks and then take
A long rest at his country place III
the Vendee at st. Vincent du Jar.
Il hope for good results from my
| TRIP to the United States said Nj.
C~lemenceau 10 the Associated Press.
However. let the people decide. / put
my thoughts fully before them and they
have certainly got sense enough to
Judge. II was apparent that there was
a vast amount of interest in me per
| s~onally, for which | am most grateful,
1t is Il rare compliment"
Later he added. Nav be il is too
| soon but it is my best opinion. Say
States: My first thought on sight Of
home: second. that | was sorry | had
left the United States.
Merry Christmas and a happy Ne"
| Year from an old friend
Among the many packages in charge
| of his valet. Albert Rou1in. are two
cases of grapefruit.
Il shall live as long as that supply
lasts" said CIemenceuu. Il love them
too much to die before eating them.
Anyway they are certain contribution
to longevity
The Tiger declined to be photo
grapled on landing.
No, ! won't" he exclaimed 10 the
newspaper camera men; Il have sui
! fered u Thousand times. 1t is enough.
He also denied interviews to the cor
respondents who boarded the Paris at
| Plymouth Tuesday night.
AS he walked down the gangplank
the crowd on the dock cheered. He got
into the front seat Of A waiting
limousine. chatted with the chauffeur
a moment and her was driven toward
Paris.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
Willing to Take
Punishment for
Robbing Irishrnan

Spokane. Dec. ~2O.-Willingness TO
plead guilty TO Il charge of burglary
was expressed by William Curry, aged
-, when he learned his victim also
was Irish, according to Spokane pc
lice officers.
Curry was arrested after reports
had been received that Peter Bren-
nan, aged 70, has been robbed OF a
coat and shirt. by a prowler who enter
ed his room at ) a. IN.
That's Il dirty trick robbing M
old crippled Irishman,' one Of the
policemen told Curry.
What" Curry was quoted as ex-
claiming. WAS he Irish? Well, ]
should get life for that. BY CORY, !
wouldn't Of done it for the world had
| known. Ill show yez where threw
the shirt and I'll give it and the coat
back TO the poor old fellow r.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21

Monroe, La, Dec. 20.-The celebra-
ted Mer Rouge kidnapping case. which
for four months has Intellectually taxed
all Of the legal machinery of the state
of Louisiana in its effort to solve, ODD
moved forward another chapter Tues
day, when national guard troops were
ordered to move to Bastrop, La. near
Mer Rouge. originated, according to
well informed observers, as a result OF
a feud between rival factions of More
house parish.
Although the Ku Klux Khan organ
izations of Louisiana. Arkansas and
Mississippi are more or less charged
with being involved in the mysterious
disappearance Of Major Watt Daniels
and Thomas Fletcher Richards, citi-
zens of Mer Rouge, following the kid
mapping Of these and three other Mer
Rouge citizens believe that the mystic
rious case goes much deeper than al
legged Ku klux animosity. 1t is be-
lieved to be more or less radical, and
rivals, in many respects, the celebrated
feuds of the Cumberland mountains of
Kentucky, Tennessee and West Fir-
ginia.
The fedual fight which is said to
have been brewing for O quarter or q
century. involving some of the leading
families of Mer Rouge and other parts
of Morehouse parish. A climax was
reached on August "a. when J. l.. Dan
iels, 20. former prominent Mer Rouge
merchant: Watt Daniels, his son;
Thomas f. Richards; Watt Davenport,
scion Of a leading Louisiana family, and
w. G.. Andrews, q planter, were kid
mapped by 40. or 30 masked men on their
way from Bastrop to their respective
homes in Mer Rouge.
Neither Daniels nor Andrews was
able to identify a single person in the
crowd nor could they give any infor-
nation in regard to Daniels son Watt,
and Richards. ,
Saw License Numbers
Daniels recognized Arkansas and
Mississippi Automobile license tags.
II cannot tell a thing new now any
more than / could then of the kidnap-
ing or the day after" said Daniels, in
discussing the case again Tuesday.
Following the failure of Morehouse
parish and district court officials TO
solve the mystery, Governor Parker
announced his determination to use all
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
Eighteen Convicted
Of Conspiracy Over
Train Abandonment

Los Angeles Dec. 20.-Eighteen men,
including enginemen. trainsmen and
others, were convicted of conspiracy
to obstruct interstate for
their activities in connection with a
strike last August against the Santa Fe
by a verdict of a jury in the United
States district court here Wednesday.
In this strike some 20 trains were
abandoned in the California-Arizona
desert. leaving the passengers stranded.
Sentence will be imposed next Tues
day, Judge BENJAMIN C. Bledsoe an
nounced. The defendants are all Of
Needles, Calf, among them being c. i.
Fox. ID. Arkbauer, q. r. Reynolds, L.
%. Voodbeck, e. F. r%azieur, Il. H.
Clements, G. Z. Holly and John A.
Stecklen. Their attorneys announced
al appeal would be taken.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
GrandchiId Had Croupy Cough

my grandchild could get no relief
whatever from a very bad croupy
cough" writes Peter Lands, Meyers
dale, Pa. until | gave him Foley's
Honey and Tar. It is a great help for
chest and throat trouble" Coughs,
colds, Group. throat, chest and bron-
chial irritations quickly relieved with
opiates-ingredients printed on the
Stood the test of time serv-
ing three generations. Sold every
where.-Adv-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
t2-TON r. NJ. r.. BLAST

Yakima. Wash. Dec. pa 12-ton
charge Of r. y. r. was set off Tuesday
at the government construction camp
at Rimrock. Wash, and a huge ledge
of rock, estimated to weigh 10000 tons.
was heaved outward and upward and
then slid into the Teton river. The
rock later win be piled against the core
wall Of the rimrock dam. to be the
largest earth filled dam ever construct
cd in the United States. 1t cost $57,-
900 to prepare the blast. !,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
Parents Are Accused
of Permitting 1O-Year
Old Daughter to Die

Detroit, Mich. Dec. 20.-Declaring
that Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Houghton
were at fault in failing to summon a
physician to attend their 10-year-old
daughter, who died December 3 of
diphtheria, q warrant charging invol-
lntary manslaughter was asked of the
prosecuting attorney Tuesday by John
r. Roehl. chief Investigator of the
board of health. Roehl declared in his
complaint that although the child was
i'll 10 days, no physician was called to
her bedside until two hours after her
death
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21

hnLDuP MEN FOOLED

Portland, Ore, Dec. 2O.--Two men
Tuesday night held up the Montana
assay office here, robbed the manager,
II. 3. Williams. of $50 and carried off
in money belts which they wore, lev
eraI pounds Of cleaning copper. under
the impression that it was gold. The
copper was worth about 60 cents.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
Dead and Dying Cursed
and Riddled With Shot,
Herrin Witness AUers
Bullet-Scarred Survivors of Mine Massacre Point
Out Defendants as Men Who Fired on
Unarmed Employees.

Sheriff Thaxton of Williamson county
came up with some other men and re-
moved him to a hospital. The witness
said he was one of the mine guards.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14

glo-SaXon race to sweep away
the myths of bygone superstitions
and reveal the real America. dis
covered by 'one of the same
race, Left Ericsson. from whose
strong Nordic stock our early pi-
oneers derived their rugged vir-
lies which enabled them TO cope
successfully with the tremen-
dcus odds with which they had
to contend in new land
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
What Did He Mean?

Usually when an editor makes
remarks about Il public official it
IS easy TO tell whether they are
favorable or unfavOrable. But
the following paragraph iii Il
South Carolina paper leaves the
reader somewhat in doubt:
some malicious person started
ii report OH the streets that there
was. something the matter with
Mayor Snipc's head. We are
glad to announce that it is as
sound as it ever was, and that
thcrc is nothing in it,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
Dog Back at Old Home.

w. III. Gambrcll, for years ii
resident of Grcenvillc, writes as
follows TO the Boston Post from
his present home in Cambridge.
Mass:
"About two months ago when
| came from my home i'm Green
vile, ). e., to Cambridge, |
Drought with me Il very highly
priced st. Bernard dog namrd
Vixen, as | was very fond of him.
exercised great care that he
SHOULD not get loose until he had
become familiar with his new
surroundings; but one bright
morning some ten days after ar.
rlvlnS here with him. decided
to let HIM have Il sun bath by "
Ihg HIM III front of the house
while | went TO the poStollicr for
the mail. When | returned TO the
house 30 minutes later. to my
great surprise | found that Vixen
had Gnawcd the leash i'm two and
departed. | advertised for him
III the papers. offering Il liberal
reward Tor his recovery. bu, all
I" no avail. | never heard any.
'hing from him. Yesterday | re-
tclred Il letter from home Sta1inr
mat Vixen had just arrived there
IN aDparcutlv rooJ health u,,,.
a dog could find his way from
mere TO Grrrnvillr, $. C.. is more
nan | can understand. "
The distance between Cam.
bridge. Mass. and Grrrmvil!r is
more than Il thousand miles.
licadquartcrS of the South Car
DINA department. American Lr-
glon' have been moved from Co.
lumbla to Spartanburg.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
Craig Now Assistant.

Rufus W. Grant, adjutant gen
eral OF South Carolina, few
days ago announced the appoint
ment of Robt. f. Craig as assist.
ant adJutant general to succeed
Louis G. Osborne, resigned. Craig
was two weeks ago nominated in
the primary for adjutant general,
but will not take Office until next
January.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
Crossing the Bar.

Sunset. and evening star,
And one clear call for me. .
And may there be no moaning of
the bar.
When | put out to sea.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark:
And may there be no sadness Of
farewell,
When | embark.
For though from out ou.' bourne
of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
| hope TO see my Pilot face to tacc
When | have crossed the bar.
-Tennyson.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
How a Noted Vet. Gets Rid Of
Rats-Farmers Heed.

DIR. H. H. Butler says, Il use
RAT-SNAP around my hospitals
every three months, whether l.
See rats or not. 1t does the work
-RAT-SNAP gets them every
time. l recommend it to every
body having rats" Don't wait
until there is a brood of rats, act
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ID, 1922.

has worked like Il horse all his
life. He is known as the best
ditch digger III northern Maine.
His home is shack made out of
tar paper and old packing boxes.
The other day Fate Shufflcd the
cards and Wheaton inherited
$4,000. His hard days are over.
This is ;he sort of windfall we all
hope for. 1t is good to read tha,
occasionally the dream comes
true. That is what keeps most OF
us going-hope.
Speaking of husbands and wives
an exchange asks why it is that a
person with blessed disposition
often has Il close imitation of Sd
tan for Il mate. biologists all
swer, For the same reason that
little men gravitatc to big wo-
men and diminutivc women TO
large men Nature hates cX-
tremes, including brilliancy, and
is constantly fusing "oppositcs =
TO restore the balance TO Il nor
mai type. 1t is ii good scheme
Otherwise few hundred super
people soon would have all the
others in slave chains.
The old theory that "almoSt
every one eats too much and
would be better off with half the
amount is plain bunk. accord
ing to DR.. Harry q. Stiles. talk
ing to the Harvard Medical
school. DR.. Stiles says that if
ycu are fat, you eat too much
and that if you are thin you do
not eat enough, but that you
should always satisfy your hun
ger. There is very little danger
OF overeating when food is thor
oughly chewcd. Nature tells us
by hunger when we need food.
Most of the abuse of the stomach
Is due to eating Il certain: amount
just because the clock strikes il
certain hour, instead of only
when hungry.
Raymond Pearl, professor at
Johns Hopkins university. be-
heves that our population has
passed its most rapid period of
growth. From now on. he pre-
diets, the increase will be slower
and the population 100 years
hence will not be more than dou
BILE what it is now. 1t is futile 10
attempt to forecast economic
problems that will gothcr our de-
scendants in the year 2O22. for
life then will differ from the
present even more startlingly
than 1922 differs from 1922.
With twice as many people, there
probably will be twice as many
problems.
In the revision of American his
tory which is so much needed
there should be elimination of the
legend that Christopher Column
bus was the discoverer of this
country. The intelligent public
now knows that Columbus got
hls information as to land to the
west of Europe from Left Eric.
sor 8 records, and furthermore
that he never set foot on Ameri-
cGn soil. A recent writer in the
New York Times, discussing the
subject, says: "The hour has
struck for truth to assume it's
rightful place and povern onr
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14
Immediately you see the first one.
Three sizes. 35c, Csc, 1925. Sold
by Lytle Drug Co. and .Moore's
Drug Store.

Wear one pair Humming Bird
Silk Hose and you will always
call for them. They last longer
and look better. $3.50 at Mas
sey's.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-14

lieadqllartcrS of the South Car
ollna department. American Lr-
Slon, nave been moved from Co.
hmbla to Spartanburg.