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The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
CLAIMS EYE WITNESS
 IN MURDER CASE

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 25.-Dep- uty Attorney General Wilbur Mott, who has been assigned by the State to investigate the circumstances sur rounding the murder of Rev Edward Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills, yester day began his inquiry into the case. An eyewitness to the crime is said to have been found in Mrs. Jane Gibson, widow of a farmer, who is reported to have seen a man and woman commit the murder. Mrs. Gibson stated that she is unable to identify the figures of the guilty parties, but that she heard the name of the woman's accomplice, which was uttered in an exclamation by the woman.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
URGES GOVT.
 PUT BOATS ON ...
 LOWER YUKON

SEATTLE, Oct 25. - Sam Duben, an operator of general merchandise stores at Nenana, Koyukuk, Alatna, Bettles and Cold Foot, Alaska, is in Seattle in the interests of improving transportation facilities along the Yukon. In a conference with the Alas ka Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce yesterday Duben sought the aid of the Chamber in his advocacy of government assistance in the matter of transportation on the lower Yukon and it's tributaries. Duben pointed out the crying need of boats to take care of the passenger, freight and mail requirements, which are now without any adequate facilities. He IS making an effort to induce the govern ment to put boats on the river to take care of this business, neglect of which is threatening the existence of the camps and towns in this section of the Territory.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
POISON GAS SQUAD,' CALLS
 DEMOCRATS

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Oct. 25.-Secre- tary of Labor Davis, campaigning in the interests of the Republican party, made a speech here today in which he declared that wise legisla- tion of the laws by President Hard ing, have returned the country to an era of prosperity far beyond that which was believed possible when the present administration took con- trol. Secretary Davis said that tha attacks upon the administration are being made by partisan poison gas squads of the Democratic party abroad in the land'
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
MAD0O HAS
 PLAN TO PAY
 SOLDIER U! BONUS

Y WICHITA, Kas., Oct. 25.--In an ad- dress delivered before a political meeting here today William G. Mo Adoo outlined a plan by which, he declared, the soldier bonus could be paid without a bit of damage to the country" The execution of the plan, said McAdoo, would take for five years the average profits of in- ttitutions favored under the Ford ney-McCumber Tariff Bill, and use it as a basis of taxation by which the excess profits made by those insti- tutions during the operation of the tariff law would be used as a means of paying the bonus"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
LANES LETTERS SHOW WILSON
 IN BAD LIGHT

BOSTON, Oct 25.-The letters of Franklin K. Kane, Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Wilson, which were written between 1913 and 1920, and which have been edited by his widow, have just beeA published. The letters show how President Wilson frequently lost pa- tience, and how at other times he bitterly reproached his advisers, in- cluding Secretary McAdoo They show him as vigorously against pre- paredness even in the early part of 1917, and encouraging talk on trivi- alities at Cabinet meetings, to the Ignoring of vital and pressing prob- lens. The letters also present in- stances where MT. Wilson took upon himself the solving of huge questions without availing himself of any coun- sel. In January, 1920, Secretary Lane wrote, "The President is broken and badly obstinate in spirit. All goes merry as a dance in he'll"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
QUICK THINKING SAVES
 AIRSHIP FROM FIRE

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-But for the presence of mind of one member of her crew, the big Army dirigible CHA would have been destroyed this morning by the same sort of an ac- cident which finished the C-2 at San Antonio, Texas, recently. While the gas bag was being taken from it's hangar, it swayed against the tim bers of the door and hole was torn in the envelope. At the sound of the hydrogen gas missing through the opening, all of the airship's crew nearby. except one man, scurried out of danger The one remaining, with swift presence of mind, pulled the rip cord by which the gas was re leased into the proper containers, thus avoiding an explosion on it's contact with the air, and saving the airship.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
POLICE ARE READY TO MEET INVASION
 BY W0BBLY ARMY

PORTLAND, Oct. 25-Following upon the report that an order had gone forth from the executive com mittee of the I. w. w. at Chicago, calling upon all "foot-loose" mem- bers to proceed to Portland, the city police announced today that they are prepared to meet any invasion of the Industrial Workers of the World Counsel for the organization here de- nies that any such order has been issued. The Portland Ministerial As sociation, which yesterday made an investigation of the jail conditions, issued a statement criticising the po- lice department for crowding "Wob- plies" into such close quarters in the jail.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
JUSTICE DAY RESIGNS
 FROM SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The for nal resignation of Associate Justice William R Day, whose retirement from the United States Supreme Court was forecasted few days ago, was handed to President Harding today and was accepted. Justice Days resig- nation will take effect on November 14. This date has been set in order to permit Justice Day to participate in the decisions of the Court which were argued before the three weeks recess, which began yesterday. The resigna- tion of Justice Day will enable him to give his entire time to the duties of umpire on the German-American Claims Commission, upon which he will enter at once.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
DIE
 IN CRASH OF
 RUNAWAY CAR

BEND, Ore, Oct. 25.-While in the cab of a locomotive attached to a logging train which they were oper- ating near here yesterday Edward Barker, engineer; R. M. Joyce, con ductor; Gabriel Begin, brakeman, and Edgar Davis. fireman, were instantly killed as the result of collision. A runaway car loaded with tons Of iron rails, broke loose at the top of grade and tore down an incline at the foot of which the logging loco- motive was standing. Before the trainmen were aware of its approach it was on them, and In the terrific crash the four men were crushed to death between the cab and the en- zine tender.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
HEAD LISTS
 IMPORTED ANIMALS

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-In the list of importatons of purebred animals for which the United States Depart ment of Agriculture issued certifi- cates of pure breeding during the last fiscal year foxes stood at the top in numbers, dairy cattle were next, with dogs a close third Beef cattle, horses and sheep, formerly imported in large numbers, were almost in the same class with cats. Very few horses have been brought in during recent years, and the number of beef cattle and sheep has decreased, partly on ac- count of foot-and-mouth disease, which existed in England a part of the year. However, since the war fewer farm animals of all kinds have been comin !; into this country.
 The total number of all kinds brought in during the year was 2,639. There were 967 foxes, all from Can ada; 761 dairy cattle, mostly from the Channel Islands and Canada; 591 dogs, large part of them from Eng land, Germany and Canada; 151 horses; ST beef cattle; 62 sheep; and 20 cats.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
WILL BUILD SEAWALL
 AGAINST HIGH WATER

VICKSBURG, Miss, Oct. 23.-Pre- liminary plans have been completed for the construction of a 4,000-foot seawall to protect this city from a 60-foot stage of water in the Miss issippi River and to prevent a re- currence of the inundation in the lower parts of the city during the recent high water. The cost will be about $25O,OOO.
 The seawall will extend from the foot of China street to the Hill City Compress levee- The plans provide for gates at the streets and ap- breaches to the river landing which can be closed and made water-tight as the occasion demands.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
FARMERS PLAN FEDERATION FOR
 THEIR INTEREST

CHICAGO, oct. 25.-Declaring that the farmers of the country are being menaced with reduction to a state of sarfdom, President Howard, of the Farm Bureau Federation in process of organization here, stated that such an organization for the protection of the farmer and his business is one of the greatest immediate needs. More than fifty men, representing railroad, packing, manufacturing and other large interests throughout the coun- try, in attendance at the meeting, passed a resolution pledging the CO., operation of all big business interests in aid of the farmers and growers.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
TAKEN ILL
 NAD00 CUTS
 SPEECH DATES

DODGE CITY, Kas., Oct. 25.-Wil- liam G. McAdoo, who was scheduled to deliver an address here today in the interests of the Democratic cam paign, became suddenly i'll this morn his dates here and at Syracuse, which was to have been included in his days itinerary. The cancellation of of MT. McAdoo's physician, who has ordered a complete rest. No further addresses will be made until McAdoo with the consent of his physician, it was stated.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
REFUSES TO STAY EXECUTION OF LAW
 ON LIQUOR SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Despite the acquiescence of Government coun- sel in the petition, Supreme Court Justice Brandeis refused to grant to foreign shipping lines stay of ex- Hands decision at New York yes terday. By this decision the appli- cation of American prohibition regu- intoxicating liquors into American waters, was upheld. Regulations as to foreign ships, however, will not be enforced until the United States Supreme Court has passed on the case.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
GIRL KILLS HERSELF WHEN MOTHER OBJECTS
 TO FLAPPER STYLES

MANILA, Oct 24-Punished by an irate Chinese mother, who was horri- fled at her daughters emulation of American flapper styles, Wing Ty, seventeen years old, committed sui eide here today. Wing Ty had bobbed her hair and shortened her skirt to the height in vogue with American girls of her age-a proceeding which brought down upon her the censure or her mother. Overcome by the dis appointment and disgrace, the girl killed herself.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
EARLY ACCEPTANCE IS INDICATED BY CENTRAL
 AMERICAN POWERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Informal communications which have been made to the Government by the rep resentatives of the five Central American powers, have given indica- tion that an early acceptance of the United States invitation to con- ference will be forthcoming from the nations of the south. The pur- pose of the conference, as already announced, will be to discuss the for nation of a treaty in behalf of mu- tual interests, the limitation of arma- ments, and other matters of Pan American concern.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
ADMITS GERMANY IN DEFAULT BY
 LAXITY EFFORTS

PARIS, Oct. 25.-Sir John Brad bury, representative of Great Britain on the Preparations Commissions, an nounced yesterday that Great Britain is ready to concede that Germany has voluntarily defaulted in her repara- tion payments through having refused to effect internal reforms which would make payment possible. By unanimous agreement the Preparations Commission will go to Berlin next Sunday.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
WILL CONDUCT FLEET OF PASSENGER SHIPS
 FROM WEST COAST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Following meeting of the United States. Ship ping Board yesterday, Chairman Las ker announced plans of the Board which proposes to establish line of passenger ships running from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of South America via the Panama Canal The fleet said Chairman Lasker, will be operated from Seattle by the firm of Swain and Hoyt
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
TRIO ACQUITTED MURDER
 OF SILVER SCREEN ACTOR

HACKENSACK, N. J., Oct. 25.-Ac- quilted by jury today of the mur- der of Jack Bergen, movie actor George Cline, Charles Scullion and Alice Thornton have been released from custody. Cline's testimony was to the effect that he had shot Ber- gen in self defense after having challenged Bergen to duel. Bergen had confessed to Cline that he had criminally assaulted Clines wife.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
ROBBERS LOOT BANK; SECURE
 A BIG HAUL

STOUFVILLE, Ont, Oct 25.-Af- ter having cut all the telephone and telegraph wires connecting the build ing with official headquarters, rob- bers last night broke into the Stan dard Bank here. drilled the door opening into the bank vault, and es- caped with $10,000 in cash and a quantity of securities. No trace of the perpetrators has yet been found.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
CUTTER M0JAVE IN NO DANGER
 SAYS WIRELESS

HONOLULU, Oct. 25.-The Coast Guard Cutter Mojave, having on board U. S. government officials, which was yesterday reported to be out of fuel and drifting in midPa- cific, is in no danger according to a wireless message received from the Mojave at official quarters here All on board are we'll, states the Mo- jave.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
WINS OVER WOMAN

NEW MEDFORD, Mass, Oct. 25.- At special primary held yesterday to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Walsh, representative from the six teenth Congressional district, Charles L. Clifford won the Republican nomina- ation over Miss Lilly F. Darcy, by majority of 31S votes. Miss Darcy has been secretary to Representative Walsh.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
FIREMAN KILLED
 COLLAPSE SCHOOL WALL

PORTLAND, Oct. 25.-The Wash ington High School was destroyed this morning by fire which the city officials believe to have been in cendiary. The blaze had got good headway before the fire was dis covered. and efforts to save the building were futile. In the collapse of a wall one fireman was killed and several others received serious in juries The authorities are investi- gating the origin of the fire.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
''WOBBLIES" SENTENCED
 FOR VIOLENT ACTS

ASTORIA, Oct. 25.-Three members of the I. w. w., who have been ac- shoremen which is under way here, and who were arrested charged with syndicalism, were yesterday found guilty. One of the men was fined $100 or fifty days in jail, while the other two were fined $75 All three are in jail.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
BIG FEES GRANTED
 ON STILLMAN CASE

WHITE PLAINS, Oct 25.-John E. Mack, the legal guardian of Baby Guy Stillman, has been granted by the court the sum of $125 900 to cover the expenses of defending his ward against the charge of illegitimacy, brought by the child's father. Daniel J. Gleason, referee, has been awarded s22,5OO for hearing the case.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
MAN BEATS WIFE
 TO DEATH; FACES
 CHARGE OF MURDER

FRESNO, Oct. 25.-George liar low, an operator at a local power station, was today charged with the murder of his wife. Harlow is al leged to have beaten his wife to death when, returning home unex- pectedly, he found H. c. Blanchard, a youth of nineteen, in his wife's room. Blanchard has been sentenced to ninety days in jail.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
WOMEN THRIFTY

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Old gar ments were remodeled by farm Wo- men last year, as a result of demon strations by county extension agents, into 55,6O0 up-to-date articles of ap- parel, according to reports to the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture. Under similar instruction 1O5,000 new garments were made.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
"CAS" GOES DOWN
 ONE CENT GALLON

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25. The price of gasoline and engine distillate sold on the Pacific Coast and Alaska was cut one cent gallon yesterday by the Standard and Associated Oil Com panies. The reduction was made be- cause of the recent increased produc- nounced
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
BOY IS ON TRIAL THIRD TIME FOR
 ROBBING BANK

CHICAGO, Oct 25.-Facing his third trial for the theft of s772,00O in bonds from the Northern Trust Con- pany in February of last year, Will lie Dalton. boy of seventeen. and former bank messenger, was brought into court this morning. Two pre- vious trials have resulted in disagree ments by the juries.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
COYLE ANNOUNCES
 WOULD BE GOVERNOR

SPOKANE, Oct. 25.-Lieutenant Governor w. J. Coyle announced to- day that he would be a candidate for the Republican nomination for gov ernor in the election of 1924. Coyle stated that he expected to be op posed by the present Governor Hart and other party leaders.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
IRISH CONSTITUTION
 PASSES THIRD READING

DUBLIN, Oct. 25.-The new Irish Constitution passed it's final reading today before the Dali Eirann. Deputy John Milroy in a speech character ized the document as the greatest triumph Ireland has known since the Battle of Kinsale.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
NATIONWIDE MOVE

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The Farm Pn- reau Federation yesterday made pub lie announcement of it's plans for the establishment of a federation of fruit and vegetable growers throughout the country. The plans contemplate that the Federation will be the largest CO., operative sales agency in America.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
PREMIER
 IS SERIOUSLY ILL

HONOLULU, Oct. 25.-Premler Kato of Japan is reported to be ser iously i'll, according to advices re- ceived here by the Japanese Ian guage newspaper Nippu Jiji. It IS stated that the premier's physicians admit that 1t may be necessary to perform an operation to save his life. ...
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-25
NEW CABINET BEGINS
 GOVERNMENT DUTIES

LONDON, Oct. 25.-Premier Bonar Law and most of the members of his new cabinet were today sworn in. The new government began it's func- tions at once.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

A new Clarence Burlington Kel-
land novel. Conflict" will be pub
lished by the Harpers on March 20.
II is a mystery story of a young
society girl who developed into a
forceful woman after she had lived
for two years among the primitive
people of lumber region-people
who still believe in the power Of
their fists.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

Mr.. Wyckofrs analysis of Chris
tian Science calls for no extended re-
view. 1t is closely reasoned, critical,
and from his angle Of view destrue-
tive. but it adds nothing much to
Prof. Riley's adequate dissection,
plus the publication of the original
Quimby manuscripts Mr.. wyckoff
chooses his title, somewhat mali
ciously, from Mrs. Eddys own die
tum that "a wrong sense OF God.
man and creature is nonsense" He
is not entirely free from the odium
fheoiogicam, certain vindictiveness
that seems inevitably q part of any
religious controversy. The real sig-
nificance of such books as this-it
is but one of many-is that they
show a realization on the part of the
orthodox churches that they face a
real danger in the spread OF Chris
tian Science. And in the nature OF
things, If it is to survive, any church
based upon q revelation must be a
church militant. 1t cannot tolerate
without weakening its own founda-
tions. Hence the prime Importance
to every one of a possibly militant
revival
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
Various Currents of Religious Thought

, United States of to-day. Ii Is a sin
gular phenomenon.
1t Is also surprising to note q form
of millenarism here. In his preface
Mr.. Willis yearns for "the early re-
turn among the peoples of the world
from His retirement of the Lord
Maitreya. the Teacher of Gods and
Men, the Supreme World Teacher.
the Christ. the Occult Head of all
great religions, to aid In solving the
mighty problems which the perplexed
world is facing" There is nothing
Oriental about that; 1t is the demand
for action Of a puzzled, unhappy,
entirely Western soul. Prof. T. r
Glover. in his remarkable book on
Life and Letters in the Fourth Gen.
tury," speaking of the millenarism
OF Sulpicius Severus. acutely OBJ
serves: 'It is q curious thing how
often a belief In the speedy return of
Christ goes with a revival of reli-
gious life, Nemesis one might per-
haps say of liberalism, almost of ma
terialism. shadowing the develop
ment Of the spiritual" The other
day a millenial sect in BROOKLYN
issued solemn warning to the presi-
dent of Dartmouth College. practical
ly demanding adherence to their
ideas.
".
And Afr. Wiggin is ready TO supply
this long felt want His book 'sThe
Living jesus consists of twenty
eight spirit messages delivered 10
him. as medium. by Jesus himself.
1t is an astonishing affair. but. one
feels. II is probably offered In all sim
certify of belief. Tbere is no obvious
ground for questioning the good
faith of the medium and his two lady
assistants. both Of whom. we are
told. have university degrees" or
that OF his little group of serious as
pirants for spiritual healing" The
book ranks as a veritable curiosity of
literature. AS might be suspected,
the actual messages are common
place trivialities or piatitudes.
Mr.. Wiggin is pastor of a spiritist
church In Boston and has been a me-
dunn for many years. his usual CON
troll being the late John McCul-
Tough. the actor. Suddenly. at one
of his meetings last year. McCul-
lough's wrath was set aside and the
Master Himself spoke. Naturally it
is full of grotesque oddities The
Spirit-Jesus does not understand
English and has to use an interpre-
ter; and He Is evidently not familiar
with the tenets OF the Catholic
Church. as He Is sadly mixed In His
rather extensive ns6ssages on the
Immaculate Conception. which Is
confused with the virgin birth of
Christ-one OF the commonest popu-
lar errors. OF course. but scarcely.
one would think. permissible In a
reappearing. reincarnafed Jesus Mr..
Wiggin. or one Of his university"
bred assistants really ought to read
the Bull Of Plus TX. issued In 1854
"Inaffabilis Deus" defining the In
maculate Conception. not Of Christ,
but of the Virgin Mary.
What do such Spiritists as Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle make of such
book as this. Yet II Is a perfectly
logical corollary TO much Of their
teaching. And there Is not the
slightest doubt that belief In Spirit
ualism is rapidly and widely spread
ing in England and to a less
surprising extent In America
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

DR.. Peters stands at the forefront
among American archaologists: his
name is a guaranty Of broad. sound
scholarship of the most modern type.
lie is also q fluent writer-which is
not always the case with such stu
dents. This volume is .fascinatlngly
interesting to the student OF history
in general as well as to the Biblical
expert, as he ranges widely and
writes not as a narrow specialist,
but as a historian Of humanity. The
book gives an analysis and applica-
ton, in extraordinarily rich detail
Cor SO compact n volume. of the dis
eoveries OF the past few decades in
Babylonia, Palestine, Syria and
Egypt, as they throw light upon the
Biblical record. He deals first with
an chronological survey of the ances-
try Of the Hebrews, and then passes
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

Hidhs lutlAi l1bU 5OOu Ltllc iuSOSU-
phists.
II is dedicated to those who as
pire," and indeed in so far as il is
a system of morals 1t is an uplifting.
noble doctrine; a selection of the
best tencts of Buddhistic or theo-
sophical teaching&of kindness, pur-
ity, self-control, brotherhood, Sc,
eliminating in a sincere invocation
of Peace to all beings"
Its hold on the western mind is
not so sure when 1t turns from
ethics to metaphysics. "All things
are One" is concept difficult to get
into the hard American head. 1.-The
spiritual life," says Aphorism Z.
"perceiyes the essential oneness, the
inner relationship. of all things"
And Aphorism XIV. offers II as the
only safe refuge OF the forlorn-
they look out upon things and with
confidence cry, Come on, do your
worst; you cannot affect Me, ! am
not OF your spherel'" It is an at
titude that it is not easy Tor the
average Occidental to assume. Yet
the adherents of some variety of this
Oriental pantheistic limbo are num-
hered by the hundred thousands, I'M
der one name or another. in the
The Washington herald., 1922-05-21

The letter conforms to the Opin.
ions Of those members OF Congress
opposing the continuation of the