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Evening star., 1923-03-08
Farn, Tractor Believed Torture
Machine Used at Mer Rouge

, the wrists and just above the ankles
where little flesh protects the bones.
Farmers Suggest Tractor.
1t is known that the authorities
have received numerous anonymous
letters from plantation owners and
farmers in all sections of the state
suggesting that q tractor must have
been used, and the arguments to sus-
tain the theory are similar to those
advanced here.
Firm in the belief that the bodies
were broken with a tractor, those ad-
vancing the theory also declared that
they have 1t upon a possible motive.
When the kidnapers released Daniels
father. tot" Davenport and w. c.
Andrews at Collinston, but retained
Daniel and Richard as prisoners. the
three set at liberty were told that
"one Of these men will return but
the other Will leave the country"
IT is now believed that Richard was
the man destined to return as he had
wife and several children. Daniel
was unmarried
Daniel was forced to submit to an
operation and those who have deter
mined upon a possible motive for the
mutilation believe that he bled to
death. or that his captors realized he
would succumb. Having blood on
their hands. it either was determined
to make away with Richard as he
might have recognized one or more
members of the band, or Richard
might have broken his bonds and
during an attempt to 60 to the as
sistance of Daniel was killed.
Necessnry to Cover Deed
With both men dead or dying il
became necessary for the slayers to
hide the bodies and do something to
make Identification impossible If they
ever were discovered. To make iden-
tification difficult 1t is believed the
two men were placed on the ground
just at death or Immediately there
after and tractor run over them.
Federal and state officers, troops
and newspaper men for weeks
searched every nook and corner of
the parish for q mechanical device or
anything that would have mutilated
the bodies SO methodically. The ma
chinery of every saw mill was in
spected closely and measured to de-
,, termine il any part of it could have
broken the bodies at such equal dis
tances. Nothing was found. Expert
ments with tractors have been made
recently and il has been determined
that a certain type would crush a
body as those of Daniel and Rich
ard were mutilated.
Evening star., 1923-03-08
By the Aseociated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BASTROP. La. March 8.-Persons
who have examined carefully the re-
port OF the pathologists on the con-
ditfon Of the mutilated bodies Of Watt
Daniel and T. r. Richard. found in
Lake La Mourche December % last.
and who are familiar with mechanical
devices, declare they believe they
have identified the so-called torture
machine" as one Of the many road or
farm tractors in use throughout the
parish. Daniel and Richard were kid
naped August "a. and nothing was
heard of them until four months later.
when two bodies were found in the
lake and identified as those of the
missing men. The head of each was
crushed, the hands and feet of each
had been crushed off, and at equal
distances the lower legs, thighs. up
per arms and forearms were broken.
The chests had been crushed in, the
ribs torn from the breastplates under
the pressure. and the body identified
as that of Daniel bore some indica-
tions of having undergone a serious
surgical operation before death.
Wounds inflicted at Death.
The pathologists testified at the
examination indicated the wounds
had been inflicted before or just at
death.
About three miles from Bastrop on
the Bastrop- p-Collinston- Monroe high
way is huge tractor used to pull
a road scraper. a typical machine of
its kind. propelled by heavy duty
gasoline motor. The iron wheels are
seven or eight feet in diameter. while
their rims have width of approxi-
mately three feet. Riveted to the rims
to prevent the wheels from slipping
in soft earth are steel cleats, The
width of the wheels and about fifteen
inches apart.
The bodies apparently had been
stretched full length with the arms
brought above the head Fractures
of the forearms were on. level with
the heads and those who assert the
bodies must have been broken with
a tractor believe they were stretched
on the ground and the machine run
or pushed over them. Such ma
chine as the one near here, IL Is con
tended. would inf1ict such injuries. the
heavy cleats on the wide wheels frac-
turing the arm and leg bones. crush
ing the heads and chests and sever
ing completely the hands and feet at
Evening star., 1923-03-08
CAN'T FIND us. NEGROES
FOR RUHR MINE Jobs
Labor Specialist Abandons Plan
of Supplying $500 to 5000
for French.

nv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March S.--Harry V.
Dougherty. member of 4, detective
agency which specializes in furnish
ing labor to industrial concerns. has
given up his hope of helping France
exploit the coal mines of the Ruhr
through the medium of American
negroes.
Dougherty announced upon his ar
rival on the steamship Majestic yes
terday that he would transport from
$500 to 5000 negro miners to the
Ruhr. Today he said he had dropped
the plan because he had learned since
his arrival that instead of thousands
Of negroes eager for the jobs he
could not find 100 who were willing
to accept them
He said his plan for transporting
a miners expeditionary force had
been born January 16, when. on a
voyage from Alglers to Marseille, he
met Jouis Janeau, French labor
commissioner. who is what is termed
in this country "padrone.'
Arabs Unsatisfactory.
Janeau was conveying about TOO
woebegone Arabs from Algiers to the
Ruhr coal fields. Mr.. Dougherty said.
He told me that these Arabs were
no good as mine workers. that they
could not stand the gaff and usually
after three hours work were all in.
He said that this was his second trip
and that the previous bunch had last
ed only a few days I told Janeau
that ! had had experience in supply
ing large bodies of men for industrial
organizations Janeau became inter-
ested at once and proposed that I see
what I could do. telling me he could
use all the men j obtained up to 5000.
He said he would take care of all
matters affecting compensation and
transportation and would also see
that any international complications
that might arise would be handled
from Paris through the French for
eign office.
He assured me that there would
be a net profit to me of half dollar
a day for each man provided, and
with that financial incentive in view
/ Immediately cabled from Marseille
asking my brother George to get busy
rounding up the negroes. Then
sailed for New York, only to learn
when I reached here that a thorough
combing OF the various mine districts
did not net 100 men willing to go to
the Ruhr. OF course, that ended the
whole matter. at least for the pres
emit
Evening star., 1923-03-08
INVASION HAS COST
! FRANCE S5,70O,0(O
Negotiations Already Under
4 Way on Terms to Be Of
"a fered Germany.
"DANGER" WARDED OFF
Moratorium May Be Granted, But
Only in Return for Finan-
cial Control.
ny PAUL SCOTT MowRER.

Nv Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1923.
PARIS, March S.-The full cost Oh
the Ruhr occupation from January
IL to February % is estimated oy
the French government at 9o.ooo'ooV
francs (about s5,7OO.o0o). but it is
expected that the cost will hence
forth be progressively diminished
on the other hand, the government
has decided to keep under the colors
until May Il Il fraction OF the l92l
military class which normally wouio
have been liberated on April 10. This
will entail an additional expense
EHports ;re stimulated.
Economically France has not been
affected seriously by the Ruhr occu-
uatton All exchange values from
around 13 to 16 francs to the dollar
hamper imports but stimulate ex-
ports. The stock markets have never
ftnched. One serious consideration
ia the shortage of coke. which mas
Obliged a number of Lorraine blast
furnaces to shut down. enforcing
consequent diminution or iron pro
duction and partial Unemployment
As the Frencn Sleel iiiuoSt
element which. it was thougni,
would profit most by the Frenci'
pressure on Germany. the steel mag
mates are not complaining. Apparent
" they intend to accept whatever
losses may be necessary to torce
Germany to terms.
Negotiations Progressing.
From Belgian sources it is con-
firmed that negotiations are progress
ing between the French and Belgian
governments looking toward the
terms to he offered eventually to Ger
many. 1t is said that the hrst neso-
tjationS will he between the Germans
on the one hand and the French EEL
gians and Italians on the other, y
moratorium. it is intlmated' VIII ne
granted to Germany If necessary put
only in return for some klhu "i con
troll of German finances.
In ANY event the cTacua tlon OF inc
Ruhr region and the Rhineland VIII
be carried out only progressively as
Germany fultilIS her obligations un-
der the new agreement Following
these negotiations Will be sort OF
new peacC conference for the purpose
of .completing" the treaty of Yer
sailleS in the sense OF the new agree
mcntS reached with Germany. IN
this conterenc" All lle SiS ShSltoi 'eS va
The treaty Of Versailles may partici-
pate.
ON the whole French inner circles
consider the Ruhr experiment to be
progressing favOrabiy. The so-cailed
danger" of British or American IN =
tervention seems to have been ward
ed off and none of the international
catastropheS 50 freely predicted by
the opponents Of France a month ago
has occurred.
Evening star., 1923-03-08
JURORS WIFE Ill;
MINE TRIAL HALTED
Union Official Accused by
Herrin Survivor as Direct
ing Mob to Kill All.
Py the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MARION. Ill. March s-The second
Herrin riots trial was halted today
by the illness Of Mrs. Nathan Barnes.
wife of one of the jurors. Judge j..
T. Hartwell announced a recess al
the opening Of the morning session 20
permit Barnes to go TO his wife's bod
side
Accusation OF Hugh Willis, state
board member of the United Mine
Workers Of Illinois. as the man wh"
directed the mob at the Lester strip
mine to kill them all" as 1t marched d
from the vicinity with forty-eigh,
men who had dug coal during the
miners strike, was the most startling
testimony adduced yesterday at the
trial OF six men charged with murdet
in connection with the deaths at thai
time of more than Il score Of non
union workers.
Identified by Survivor.
Robert Tracy, survivor OF the
riots and a witness for the state.
identifiedf Willis. He also picked Out
Otis Clark. another Of the six de
PENDANTS and one of the five acquitted
in the first trial, as one of the mel
who assaulted G. X. Mcdowell. super
intendent of the mine. who was sho;
to death.
Firing started with the unarme d
prisoners lined up before a barbed
wire fence. Tracy said one bullet
struck him, but he escaped.
John Shaffner, clerk in a Herrin
hardware store. failed to identif!
the voice Of Willis as the man who
ordered guns for the miners, as hc
had in the first trial.
The state planned to continue in
PRODUCTION Of testimony today.
Evening star., 1923-03-08
NEW WAR LOOMS,
SAYS J. HAM LEWIS
Sees Outbreak in Southeast
ern Europe in Month Un-
less u. S. Takes Hand.
TURKEY WELL PREPARED
Ex-senator From Illinois Gives
Line on Lausanne and Genoa
Conferences.
TURKEY WELL PREPARED
Snccial pisnatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March s.-'Unless the
United States takes a hand in Euro
pcan affairs war will start in south
eastern Europe within a month" was
the declaration made yesterday by
former United States Senator J. Ham
ilton Lewis of Illinois, who for the
last year has been an observer OF po-
Jitical events in Europe. He was at
the Genoa and Lausanne conferences
He arrived home yesterday with Mrs.
Lewis on board the Majestic from
Southampton.
Turkey has fine standing army
and is prepared to fight" he said
.'She feels sure she can get plenty OF
men if need be. from Russia and that
Germany will furnish arms and am
munition if war comes.
Feeling Against England.
There is distinct feeling against
England in Turkey. and her new and
nation shall further encroach Oh
Turkish territory. Turkey for the
Turks is the motto of the new Turk
They object to government or turkish
territory by mandate.
"If trouble should start there II
would kindle a fire that would set
the whole Balkans af1ame. Hungary
would be ready to take back the area
ceded to the Rumanians and Austria
would attempt to get back Trieste and
parts of CZechoslovakfa. Even al
that, l believe that Austria Graves
peace more than anything else at this
time.
The Versailles treaty Is virtually
at an end, for the parties to it are
declining to recognize it's provisions
which affect their own peculiar inter
ests. If Turkey is eventually over
come and partitioned to the allies il
will be Russia's turn next" declared
the former senator.
Evening star., 1923-03-08

Jackie Coogan, the youthful firm
star, is believed to be worth close to
one million dollars. He recently de-
clared his ambition was to be the
"captain of Il fire-engine."
Evening star., 1923-03-08
British Flocking
ToU.S. as Quota
Balance Is Cut
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. March S.--If the flood
of English emigration to America
continues at the present rate,
Great Britain's quota under the
American law will be reached long
before July 1. the end Of the fiscal
emigration year.
Contrary to the general impress
sion, it is learned that Britishers
are going to America at a rate
almost never cqualed and there is
room for only $4,000 more in this
years quota.
Emigrants are leaving Glasgow
alone at a rate of more than 500
weekly, which is greater than the
number from all other English
ports combined last year The an
nual quota for Great Britain now
is 77,342.
To show the increase in emigra-
tion since January | last it is only
necessary to state that but S46
persons sailed the first week OF
January. whereas in the last week
or February the departures num-
bered 1878. According to emf
grafton statistics more Rritishers
are going to America than to ali
the British colonies combined
Evening star., 1923-03-08
FIGHT NEW TRIAL
WITH AFF|DAWTS
Attorneys for Sacco and Van.
zetti Meet Counter Attack
by Prosecutors.
22 DAYS HUNGER STRIKE
One of Defendants in Shaving Of
Paymaster and Guard Shows
Little Change.
By the Associated Press.


DhDHAM' Mass. March S.-A bat
lie or affidavits was in prospect ss
prosecuting officials and attorn.ys
Tor Nicola Sacco and BartoIomeo Va,
zetl made preparations today for
the nearing tomorrow on motions for
a new trial for the two men. wbo
were convicted of the murder ~
paymaster and his guard in South
Braintree. Meanwhile, Sacco In ~.
Jail here. began the twentv.se.ond
DAY or his hunger strike after a good
nights sleep and with little apparent
change in his condition.
The defense bases it's motions for
anotner trial on affldavits of wit
the first trial. and on the fact that
the foreman of the jury, who has
since died. had in the jury room
three cartridges similar to those
taken from gun found in Sacco's
possession. In counter aff1davits filed
by the state yesterday two witnesses
repudiated their affidavits for the de-
Iense and asserted that they had
been obtained under pressure
Cartridges Not Mentioned.
The surviving Jurors in affidavits
for the state said that the cartridges
were not placed in view in the jury
room and were not mentioned during
the jury's deliberations.
Louis Pelsea, shoe worker, who
testified at the trial that he saw
Sacco with gun in his hand in an
automobile fleeing from the murder
scene. says in the prosecutions coun-
ter aff1davit that he signed a retrac-
tion of his Identification of Sacco.
while he was under the influence of
llquor. after he had been given 20
cents and the promise of good time
Mrs; Lola R. Andrews Of Quincy.
who identified Sacco at the trial, as
serted that she was forced to sign a
declaration that her statements on
the witness stand were unqualifiedly
false.
Son Brought From Maine.
Her counter affidavit related that
her son by a former marriage had
been brought from Maine to Boston
by representatives. of the sacco-Van-
zetti defense committee. and that he
had urged her to sign statements,
threatening, If she refused, to make
public incidents in her past life.
She said that after a conference
which lasted more than eight hours
mands OF her son and others present,
statement, the contents Of which
she was ignorant.
They dipped a pen in ink and push
ed It into my hand she said in her
and asking them not to force me to
sign 1t. Ny son then said: Mother.
want you to sign that paper, for It
means q whole lot TO me, o. Then
tUua Toe pen and signed. -
Evening star., 1923-03-08
EX.SECRETARY'S MOTHER
BURIED IN WILSON, N. C.
Mrs. Mary Cleaves Daniels Sur
rounded by Sons When
She Died.
By the Associated Press.


WILSON, n. c.. March S.-The flu
neral of Mrs. Mary Cleaves Daniels,
who died at her home in Goldsboro
yesterday in her eighty-eighth year,
was held at the Methodist Episcopal
Church here today and the remains
were buried in the Wilson cemetery.
Her three sons. Josephus Daniels of
Raleigh, former Secretary of the
Navy; Judge Frank Daniels of Colds
boro. and C. c. Daniels of New York
city, who were at her bedside when
she died, and other close relatives
and numerous friends attended the
simple funeral rites.
Mrs. Daniels. who was born in
Hyde county, N. c., was left an or
phan at an early age and in 1865 the
death of her husband threw her upon
her own resources during the debacIe
that followed the war between the
states. She moved to Wilson and did
dressmaking to. support her three
sons. Later she established milli-
merry store and afterwards obtained
an appointment as postmistress here
and held that position until 1881. For
the last seventeen years she had made
her homo with Judge Daniels in
Goldsboro.
Evening star., 1923-03-08
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispat tch TO The Star.
BARTLESVILLE, Okla, March s.
A new Jesse James" has appeared in
the west. Unmasked, he is leading
his gang of desperadoes in a series of
bank robberes that keeps the border
counties Of Kansas and Oklahoma
terrorized. A jewelry store and
eight banks have been rined by the
bandits, under his direction, in the
past year. Rewards totaling 100000
have been offered for him, dead or
alive.
He Is AL Spencer, who forsook the
peaceful pursuits of farming in
Nowata county to enter upon a career
Of banditry that promised to ap-
proach, If not eclipse. the record of
his notorious predecessor. Cool
clear rheaded and hard as steel
Spencer is recognized as a real bad
| man." and the scores of officers who
are securing the border counties for
him arc convinced that the only way
they can bring him in Is in a coffin
Spencer has not resorted to killing
yet, but officers believe he would not
hesitate should the necessity arise.
Converses During Raids.
This short. stocky built man has
entered banks at Talala, Dewey and
| Usage. Okla; Cambridge, Elgin. Chau-
| tauqua, Tyroes and Dexter, Kan. His
command in each case has been much
the same.
THE easiest way out" he says, 81.
to give me all you've got and do It in a
hurry"
In the raid at Talala Spencer en-.
countered in the bank a young woman
with whom he attended school. He
| chatted for a moment with her as his
confederates made away with the
banks money. In another bank
Spencer conversed with one of the
officfals whom he knew.
Is Escaped Convict.
Spencers connection with each OF
the raids has been established through
pictures OF him circulated by the
Oklahoma penitentiary officials. HI
| is an escaped convict. but is said tc
| have made the boast that he doesn'1
| intend to serve any more time His
boon companion and confederate 1.
, said to be Dick Gregg, a twenty-five.
year year oio noy who is also a fugitive
ie@'iiS Ilp6u d Slu,uUl
bond after he was arrested in con.
nectfon with the Elgin robbery,
Spencer has become known in Okla.
homa and Kansas as "the bandit OF
the Usage" A half mile west OF
Bartlesville the Usage county line is
drawn. Five miles west of that is :
labyrinth of hills, with which few
white men are entirely familiar
Trails and bypaths wind about
these hills. 1t is here that the bandi,
has his refuge and divides his loot
but he maintains his headquarters
according to reports. at Okesa, a little
town few NILES southwest OF
Bartlesville.
Posse Bluffed Out.
Each time he stages a robbery he
heads in the direction Of Okesa anG
the hills. His last robbery was al
Chautauqua. Kan. when he had bu,
one partner. He secured $1,000 The
robbers headed south and a posse tina,
formed quickly followed him toward
Okesa. Five miles south Of Chau-
tauqua the bandit car was found with
a broken wheel, but two grim 10 okine
men with high powered rifles were
standing guard over 1t. They were
Evening star., 1923-03-08
Oklahon,an ''Bad Man, Raids
With Audacity Of Jesse James

saio to be Spencer and Gregg Tn"
~, ia,rIleuly organized and poorly arm
ed posse kept at a respectful distance
whlie the bandits withdrew afoot. An
aairpIane, belonging to wealthy
Usage Indian, was pressed into serv-
ICE Tor scouting purposes, but they
disappeared In underbrush too thick
Tor any observation to be made.
This is the last the officers have
seen OF the VESTS new desperado II
Is rumored that he comes and goes
as ne pleases. The border county
He may be captured, but every on,
agrees that An old time western gun
nght must be staged before he is
tCopyrig ght. 1873
Evening star., 1923-03-08
Forced to Treat With Russia.

Ukrainian. Jewish and white Russian
minorities in Poland to break up the
unity of that country"
Forced to Treat With Russia.
Questioned as to Lithuania's rela-
tions with Germany and soviet Rus
sia, NJ. Galvanauskas went on to say
that it was the force of circumstances
and not real friendship which made
Lithuania seek sympathy in those
countries.
World politics as practiced by
France and Poland are driving us
into the Russo-German camp" he ex-
planned. I'VE shall never consent to
act as a wedge separating Moscow
and Berlin, for that means subordina-
tion to Poland. Against our tnclina-
tion we may be forced to become a
kind of land bridge spanning the gulf
between Germany and bolshevist Rus
Si2-'
Evening star., 1923-03-08
LASTING ENM|TY
WITH POLES SEEN
Lithuanian Premier Says His
Country Will Resist Decision
of Ambassadors.
BY WILLIAM r. NASH.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1923.
KOVNO. Lithuania. March S.-Per-
manent enmity between Poland and
Lithuania is foreseen by NJ. Galvan-
auskas, premier and foreign minister
Of Lithuania. as the result of any de-
Evening star., 1923-03-08
CASE OF RUBY DOWNS
SENT TO GRAND JURY
Theft Charge to Be Considered
Along With Shooting of
Policeman STANCE.

The case of Ruby Downs. police
man, charged with the theft of an
automobile bumper, as result of
which Policeman Frederick G. STANCE
was shot and killed by Policeman
ODonnell, was sent to the grand jury
today at the suggestion Of Assistant
United States Attorney Ralph Given.
The case was to have been heard in
the Police Court today, but 1t was de-
cided to have 1t considered in con-
nection with the case of O'Donnell,
who was held by the coroner's jury
in connection with the killing Of
s:lanre
Evening star., 1923-03-08
Headed Off.

From tho Kansas City Star.
Mrs Knagg-I heard your hushar.
boast that in all his married life II
had never exchanged harsh word
with you.
Mrs. Peck-How could he exchanI
harsh words with me when 1 neN"
permit him to talk back
Evening star., 1923-03-08
DENIES HE PROFITED
BY RUSS TRADE PLAN
w. L. Webster, Indicted in New
York, Says He Put $4,000
Into Scheme.

NEW YORK. March s.-walter L.
Webster, who is under indictment
for Grand larceny In connection with
government, has been released in
$4,000 bail.
He declared today that he had not
benefited from $4,000 contributed by
manufacturing firms and spent in an
effort to finance corporation to
trade with Russia after the overthrow
of the soviets, but that he had spent
$4,000 of his own money as well
as three years Of his time on the