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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15
Hunting For
Hotel Victims Resolutions Held Up

Richmond. Feb: io-With' six
Known dead, efforts are still h"lnS
made TO lind the bodies Of nine
ouests OF the hotel Lexington which
wos burned Tuesday. The police
believe that nine persons uhl'-
counted for .,erished in the flames.
The part CT a body found late Yes
terday s still unidentified.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15
Officers. Elected
Sumter Shrine Club Elects
Officers For Year

At meeting &C the Sumter
Shrine Club which was held IN the
y. N. c. a. building at s o'clock
Thursday afternoon, the following
Mobiles were elected to serve as Of
ficers during the year:
]. G. DeLorme, president: ID. c..
f. Bultman, vice-president; John
+. Duffic, secretary and treasurer.
+. S. Booth, a. c. Phelps. j. G.
Pate, NJ. l.. Parler anc Abe Ryt-
tenberg, members Of the executive
committee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15
E,seau7L Convict Brought Back.

Rural Officer Saw Newman re-
to Sumter Friday rom
Knoxville, Tenn. bringing WITH
him an escaped negro convict, Panl
Lewis. This negro escaped from
the sumter chain gang forces some
live months ago and had inadr ms
way 10 Knoxville where ne was
;d,n,iticd rs; ,hn convict wanted III
Sumter and held hy tn" authorizes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15
Petition in Bankruptcy.

Charleston. Fcb. lo.-The Dixie
Electric and Plumbing company q
CORPORATION Of Sumter. yesterday
filed :, voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy in the Cnited States DIS
,ric1 court here. In the schedules
given. The total debts OF the con-
cern are placed at $14.34 40. ana
the, assets at SIS. .062.S2.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Washington. Feb. l".-Coopcra-
1--WE enterprise with various govern
ment departments have been un-
dertakcn BY army chrmical var
fare service 10 determine the rN-
tent 10 which the armN's kno"!-
edge ard experience m i y DE
brought into play for peace par
poses Of III" government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

san Francisco, Feb. le-The
Steamship BESSIE Dollar. nearly
eight hundred miles from III" coast
OF Washington state. is badly dam
aged in the storm. With its hrid"
gone. the steward killed and II
injured, according 10 a IA
ic. message received here today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Key West. Fla. Feb lo-fh"
American schooner May has been
lost thirty miles from here. accord
ing 10 Captain Ferguson. whe ar
rived here. on Il fishing smack The
crew WAS saved
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Columbia. Feb. l0.-F"rmer
Governor Blease stated today ina,
h. would certainly be in the race
for governor this summer. he VIII
not retire in favor of his br"lter.
i.u.tne S. Blease. be stated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Following limitation OF elcc; ION
expenditures by legislative enact
rae"' candidates viii likely be OF
40 sorts: Those who obey the
L :. and those who GEL e.eeted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Washington. Feb lo-The house
WayS and means Sllb-colnnllttr" de
cided against the TAX ON bank
checks in reaching he final agree
mcni on the soldiers bonus taX
program which was not made pub
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Texarkana. Texas. Feb. 1o-l-""
Henderson WAS taken from his
home by masi,ed MN and logged
The police announced today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Anderson. :. G.. Feb. l".- Ear
ncv Ran,ry. sixteen. WAS acquitted
of numbering Tom Hays, who killed
the youths father.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Rome. Feb. io---kins Victor En-
manuel has not accepted tn" rcSlG-
nation of Premier Eonoinls 9 cthl-
net. il is semi officially stated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

II may be that brass makes the
best bearings. bul the bearing Of
some men indicates too much brass.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

ince women smoke upenlY lots
them can blow rings with the
rst cigarct thty ever smoked
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

y Missouri county last year had
,G0 weddings and 160 divorces.
Marriage is still & tie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Mr.. SEE. cousin OF the n,inister% is
missing. Doul.siess he IS an ad-
voc:i1" of freedom .of the Sees
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

The best that can he said for the
n"w peace dollar is that it will buy
about 81 cents worth.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Women who marry TO become
,ets always lead deg's lifc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15
Sumter Man Injured
i. T. shirer Suffering With
Fractured Skull

Mr. T. T. Shirer. Of Sumter, re-
ceiyed serious injuries near Fort
Motto on Thursday. when nc was
gccidently hurt by a blow on the
head from a large piece, of timber.
lie was taken TO the Baptist Hos
pitaI in Columbia and was still
unconscious late Thursday after
noon. It was said at the hospital
that an x-ray examination showed
a fracture of the skull and that
while Mr.. Shirer seemed TO be
pretty badly hurt that i: was fel:
that his injuries would not be fatal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Washington. Feb. 10.-Secretary
Weeks it is announced has order
sd a survey for the purpose Of re-
ducing the number OF officers On
duty here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

4 lot Of us wouldn't be content
With our lot even il it was lot.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-15

Belfast, Feb. "a party OF u
ster special constaeles We're am
bushed and one constable killed.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
ARIZONA HUNTER IS
BELIEVED DEAD IN
THE FRISCO RANGE

J. c. Nave of the United States
forest service, who has just re-
turned from a business trip to
Clifton, Ariz., said yesterday that
searching parties are still scour-
ing the mountains in that vicinity
for the body of Douglas PasGoe, a
young man who was lost two weeks
ago while on a hunting trip. The
young man, in company With
friends, went hunting in the Mule
Creek district They left their car
in the road and scattered into the
mountains, agreeing to meet at the
automobile in the evening. PasCoe
failed to show up at sundoWn, and
his companions began searching
for him. A heavy fall of snow, ac-
companied by drop in tempera-
ture, came that night.
pascoe's friends enlisted aid, and
a posse Of so men took up the
search. 1t was reported later that
PascOe had been seen in Douglas,
Ariz., several miles from Clifton,
His father investigated, and con
yinced himself that the report was
untrue. The search then was re-
sumed.
When Pascoe left his compan-
ions, he left his heavy hunting coat
in the car, his cigarettes and other
articles. This is taken to prove
that his disappearance was not in
tentional No reason for any such
action has been found by his rel
atives and friends. Pascoe is %
years of age and belongs to good
family. The section of the country
where he disappeared is wild and
rugged. 20 miles from Clifton in
the Frisco range.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
is ON WITNESS STAND
IN TRIAL AT YUMA

Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 1S.-Alva E..
Smith, charged with the embezzle-
ment Of $4,000 Of the funds Of
the Valley Bank OF Parker, Ariz.,
took the stand late today and be-
gan telling his story of the trans
action in which he is alleged to
have embezzled the banks funds,
In the complaint on which he
is now being tried, Smith, who
purchased stock in the Parker
bank last April, Is alleged to have
given checks on the First State
bank of Clarita, Okla, in payment
for the stock and to have then
transferred funds of the Parker
bank to meet payment on the
checks,
Testifying in his own defense
today, Smith declared that before
he came to Arizona he had a
conversation with r. C. Galloway
president of the First State bank
of Clarita, in which Galloway
agreed to take care of his checks
given for the purchase of the
Parker bank and that he in turn
gave Galloway promissory notes
signed in blank which Galloway
was to place among his associates.
Smith was telling of the details
of his transactions in Parker
when court recessed at 6 o'clock
tonight. He will resume the stand
tomorrow.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
KLAN HARMF Ill,
JUDGE SAYS IN
CHARGING JURY
Georgian Makes SuggeS-
tionS for Combating What
He Declares "ls Unques-
tiOnabIy a Menace"

Albany, Ga, Dec. 1S.--Sharp
criticism of the Ku Klux Klan, as
sertions of its harmfulness and
suggestions for combating it, were
contained in the charge to the
grand jury today by Judge Will
liam H. Barrett of the United
States district court for South
Georgia at the opening of the AL
bany division.
with the earnestness and zeal
of a Georgia citizen" said Judge
Barrett, "one who loves his state
and his country, l implore you TO
cooperate in combating what is
unquestionably a menace, what l
believe has not yet assumed as
great magnitude as many would
have us believe, but what is un-
doubtedly a disease in the body
polite and IL we are to treat 1t
wisely we should treat it now, in
its incipiency, and that is the ku
KluX Khan"
81 am told that the constitution
Of this organization is worded in
such a way that no patriotic citi~
zen can cavil at it," Judge Barrett
continued, but my information is
that the real motives that lead to
joining, though not professed in
the constitution, are usually one
of the four, l may say. One that
perhaps had considerable force at
the initiation of it was an anti
negro sentiment, founded upon the
proposition that by reason of the
unusual treatment accorded some
negro soldiers abroad, there might
be an effort on their part to create
an unhappy situation here
another is anti-Catholic senti-
ment, which would seek, If not to
punish, to at least greatly subdue
all those who believe in that e
ligion. Another was an anti-Jew-
ish sentiment. Another, and per-
haps the most general, and l do
not wish to be vituperative, was in
arrogating to themselves super
conduct and virtue by which they
would determine what things were
wrong, and what they could cor
rect wholly independent Of govern
ment, courts and law"
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
5 HUNTING DOGS
GET 3 LIONS IN
APACHE FOREST
ChaseS Take Place SimuI-
taneousIy, One Hound
freeing Vicious Beast
Alone; Many DepredationS

M. E .Musgrave, chief Of the
United State biological survey in
Arizona, and Hunter Clay Miller,
recently participated in a hunt in
which five dogs treed three noun
tain lions, which were subsequently
killed. The lions went in three di-
rections, two of them followed by
two dogs each. A game old hunt
ing dog went after the third one
alone, and got him. The hunt took
place in the Apache national for
est.
Hunter Miller Is regarded as the
best lion hunter in Arizona. He
has killed 81 lions in the past two
years. Mountain lions are said to
have grown so numerous in some
sections of the Apache that horse
growers, who had previously had
been successful In raising large
numbers of horses, have been
obliged practically to 60 out of
business because of the depreda-
tions. The biological survey is
a strong effort to kill off
the lions"
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
MAN ACCUSED OF
MURDER Of HIS
WIFE, ON TRIAL
Physicians, Photographers
and Police Officers Tes-
tity in the Becker Hearing.
in Bronx County

New York, Dec, 1S,--Physicians,
photographers, and rolice officers,
testified in Bronx county court to-
day at the opening Of tho trial OF
Abraham Becker. chauffeur, for
the murder Of his wife, Jennie,
whose body was found in a lime
filled pit two weeks ago.
DR., Karl S. Kennard. medical
examiner, testified that the body
found seven months after Mrs.
Becker disappeared, indicated that
death had not been instantaneous.
1t was impossible, however, TO tell
how long the woman lived after
her skull was fractured. he said.
Becker shifted uneasily in his
seat rs the garments taken from
the pit were shown, bit by bit. to
the jury.
Identification of the body was
impossible physicians testified. A
bunch of rust-covered keys found
with the body were alleged by the
prosecution to have been keys to
the Becker flat
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
SCOUT NOTES

Troop 8 meets every Friday
night at st. Paul's Lutheran
church.
A new patrol called the Wolf pa
troll has been organized as the
Eagle and Silver patrols are full.
Norwyn Wilson was elected patrol
leader. No assistant was named
at this time. The patrol has five
members and Walter Scott is ex-
pected to be the sixth. The mem
bers are Norwyn Wilson, Joe KEN,
Buell. Nesbitt, Tracy Barber and
Harold Biermann.
The scouts went on q bike Fri
day and saw two swans at the
camp and several punches of quail.
The hikes are enjoyed for the out
door exercise they furnish, but are
especially for the purpose Of study
ing nature.
Paul Delaney was admitted to
the troop and Walter Scott's appli-
cation for membership was re-
ceived. Harold Cote was made a
second class scout. William Allen
passed the test for second class
scout rank, RAY HOGAN,
Scribe.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
Z YOUTHS ADMIT
REMOVING RAIL,
NRECk|NG TRAIN
Planned to Rush in After the
DeraiIment and Rob the
Mail Car, But Got Scared
and Ran Away

st. Joseph, Mo-. Dec. 1S.-AIvin
Marion Clark Of Easton, Mo-, and
William Kramer, no address, both
l9 years old, were arrested today
and confessed, according to the
local police, to wrecking Burling-
ton passenger train Number 16
east of SaXton last Tuesday night.
The train, st. Joseph to st. Louis.
was derailed when a rail was re-
moved and seven coaches and the
engine left the track Only two or
three persons were slightly injured.
The boys planned to rush in after
the derailment and rob the mail
car, they said. They expected that
the engineer, fireman and train
men in the baggage and mail cars
would be killed or badly hurt and
that they would meet with no op-
position.
When this failed to materialize,
they ran away, they said.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
MAYOR TURNS ON
7 HE Gas AGAIN;
HEATERS GOING
Drumright, Okla, Official
Takes Matters in His.
Own Hands to Provide
Citizens With Fuel

Drumwright, Okla. Dec. IS
Gas heaters were going again at
full blast in Drumwright tonight
after a period of idleness which set
in Sunday when a gang of work
men for the Oklahoma Natural
Gas company closed a gate valve
in the company's gas main, shut
ting off the supply going to the
city through an unauthorized
tap link installed on orders
of Mayor w. Il. Nicodemus.
The mayor took matters in his
hands when the residents Of his
city began to suffer for. lack OF
fuel.
Today Mayor Nicodemus led a
party Of men to the valve which
r. c. Sharp vice president of the
Oklahoma Natural Gas company
had declared no one could open,
and again turned the gas on.
The mayor declared that his ac-
ton in establishing the connec-
ton followed reports from local
hospitals that severe major opera
tions were being delayed at the
risk Of the patients lives and that
many women and children We're
leaving town because of the lack
Of heat.
Mayor Nicodemus indicated that
he would attend a conference Of
Oklahoma City tomorrow, at
which Mr.. Sharp, q repT esentative
of the Shafer County Gas com
pany would be present,
When the Oklahoma Natural
Gas company turned off the gas
yesterday it was announced that
the company had obtained a new
source OF supply and would keep
the city warm, but the promise
proved false and the city was with
out heat.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
CASE Of KELLER
To Be REFERRED
To COMMITTEE
His Refusal to Respond to a
Subpoena Has Created a
Precedent of Far-ReaCh-
ing Importance

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The re-
fusal of Representative Keller,
republican, of Minnesota, to re-
spond to subpoena requiring him
to give under oath the informa-
ton upon which he based inn
parchment charges against Attor-
ney General Daugherty, has Great
ed q precedent of such possible
far-reac ching importance that the
house judiciary committee decided
today to refer the whole matter
to q subcommittee for investiga-
tion.
Meantime the hearings on the
charges against Mr.. Daugherty
will go forward, the committee
summoning such witnesses as 1t
can find without the aid of Mr..
Keller, who dramatically with
drew from the proceedings last
Thursday after filing with Chair
man Volstead a statement charg-
ing that there had been bare
faced" attempt to "whitewash"
the attorney general.
Chairman Volstead plans to ap-
point, within a day or two, the
which, in the lam
guage of a formal motion adopted
today by the entire committee, is
"to make an investigation of what
action, if any, should be taken in
connection with the conduct of
Mr.. Keller towards this commit
tee and towards the house of rep
resentatives."
Admittedly, Mr.. Keller's an
nouncement that in refusing to
obey the subpoena, he was stand
ing on his rights as a member of
the house, has left q majority of
the 21 lawyers on the judiciary
committee in a quandary as to
just what the power of the COM
mittee and the house is in the
premises. The situation is with
out parallel so far as they now
can determine and since whatever
action is decided upon will con-
stitute a guide in the future,
there is a disposition to attack
the problem with great care and
deliberation.
On the basis Of the information
now at hand the members are
fairly convinced that Mr.. Keller
cannot be made to appear before
the committee to testify. They
also are of the opinion that the
house itself cannot enforce COM
pliance with the subpoena as
could a court in a similar case.
Whether there could be contempt
proceedings is another question
and one for the subcommittee to
inquire into.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
BROKERAGE CONCERN
IN KANSAS CITY, MO-,
CLOSES ITS DOORS

Kansas City, Dec. 1S.--Disclos-
ure of the details Of the failure
today of Houston. Fible and com
pany, probably the largest broker
age concern west of the Mississip-
pi river, awaits the return of VIII
liam 4. Houston. n mber Of the
company. from New York.
Thomas II. Reynolds, attorney
and assignee appointed following
announcement Of failure this morn
ing, declared that the first step to
be taken will be an audit. He as
serts that he did not know the rea-
son for the failure. The company
closed its doors pursuant to an an
nouncement that the firm was un-
able to meet an $4,000 demand
by the New York stock exchange.
Estimates tonight indicate that
the company may fail by 100000
to meet customers obligations of
100000
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
BOY IS DRIVEN
FROM HOME IN
MY. BY A STORM
Eight Year-0Id Orphan Is
Driven Into the Arms OF
ResCuers From an Aban-
doned Water Tank

New York, Dec. Is (by the Asso-
ciated Press). - Johnny Miller
East side eight-year-old orphan
was saved today from starvation
only by a storm that swept his
home in an abandoned water tank
atop a tenement house and drove
him out into the arms of his res
cuers.
Eighteen months ago, Johnnys
mother died and his father brought
home a new mother" Then, last
summer, his father, purveyor of ice
to sweltering east siders, was
crushed to death beneath one OF
his cakes.
After the funeral Johnny's new
mother" took leave of him thus;
There's five dollars, I'm going
to Europe"
So Johnny had to seek a new
home. He found the tank and set
up housekeeping with his dog
Spot.
Things went fairly well for a
while. His pals--John Polichelli
and Matte Falak-"swiped" a
couple of blankets for him, and
Matte contributed a ragged sweat
er to his wardrobe.
The five dollars was soon spent
and Johnny began to prowl the
teeming streets of the ghetto, look
ing for ways and means to keep
Spot and himself alive. He got
thinner and thinner and his feet
got sorer and sorer.
Finally he sent Spot to live with
Matte, in whose crowded home 1t
seemed there was room for the
dog, but not for Johnny.
Saturday night last, faint from
hunger and cold, Johnny crawled
alone into his roof top home and
sought refuge in dreams. Then 1t
rained and the tank began to fill.
II dreamed l was in swimming, .
said Johnny" and suddenly began
to drown / woke up and found
it was raining hard in the tank,
so I had to get out"
Mrs. Helen Lehrman, going up
to her roof to take in the weeks
wash, found Johnny, an inert,
soaking heap-too exhausted even
to shiver. She took him to her
flat and fed him. And, because
space was at a premium in her
household, she found him a place
to sleep with a neighbor.
When Johnny awoke this morn
ing, his overnight hosts had gone
to work. Hunger gnawed him. He
tried to rise, but bis feet were so
badly blistered he could not stand.
So he got down on all fours and
crawled back to Mrs. Lehrman's
door. She took him in and fed
him again. Then, in a dilemma
because she couldn't afford to add
another hungry mouth to the four
she was feeding, she called a po-
liceman.
The policeman took one look and
called an ambulance, and Johnny
went changing off to the children's
society, where he was bathed, and
fed and comforted.
This afternoon he had sufficient
ly recovered to appear before JUS
tice Boyle on a technical charge of
being without guardianship.
The justice sentenced him to
stay at least until after Christmas
with the children's society, where
he will personally meet Santa
Claus and be judiciously gorged on
turkey and plum pudding
"But, say" pleaded Johnny, 81
gotta have Spot with me. Don't
he get in on this?"
A policeman was sent to get Spot
and a letter was dispatched to
Santa Claus to put a couple of
extra dog biscuits in his pack.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
WOMEN SPECTATORS
AT KENTUCKY TRIAL
SEARCHED FOR GUNS

Jackson, KY, Dec. 1S.--A de-
parture in the not unusual practice
OF searching for weapons on men
who enter the court house TO wit
ness murder trials here occurred
today when women spectators also
were required to undergo an eX-
animation at the hands of an es-
pecially appointed woman deputy
sheriff.
The case on trial Is that of FL
caney Wilson and Nathan Glenn
ons, charged with murder in con-
nection with the Staying of Green
Watkins, deputy sheriff. Wat
kins was killed when a party of
deputies and prohibition agents
was ambushed in the mountains.
The case was brought to
Breathitt county for trial after
juries had disagreed in two trials
in Knott county.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
HOLIDAY MAIL TO
SHOW AN INCREASE
OVER LAST YEAR

Postmaster Berthold Spitz said
yesterday that while the office has
been too busy to compile compare
tive figures, the holiday postal bus
mess undoubtedly is much larger
than last years. The mail rush
began early and is growing in vol
ume. The incoming mail has al
most swamped the carriers, al
though an additional force has
been put on to take care Of it. The
outgoing mail is immense, and
crowds Of persons are before the
receiving windows from early in
the morning until the closing
hour.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
Gun SHOOTERS
SCARE SUBURBS
OUT Of BATHS
Drive Down East Central
Avenue Late at Night Fir
ing ReVoIverS; Officers
Asked to Investigate

A number of Saturday night merry
makers, presumably on their way
home from auto trips to the can
yon, have been soaring East Gem
tral avenue. people out Of their
beds or their bath tubs by driving
rapidly down the street at midnight
firing revolpers. This has occur
red. on the two Saturday nights
just past. and complaint has been
made to the police and the sher-
iff's office. On the first night that
the shooting occurred, the subur-
ban dwellers thought that a battle
was going on between prohibition
officers and rum runners.