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Milford chronicle., 1923-12-07
for the
Family

The best Gift of all for Christmas is
one that the entire family can enjoy
every day-and such Gift is a Living
Room Set chosen from this store.
Quality materials, quality workmanship
and the best designing are represented
in each Suite offered you here.
Milford chronicle., 1923-12-07
Music in
the Home

From our large stock Of hgh-grade Pianos and Pho
nographs you may select that pIeasuregving gift fc
daughter or mother. What better surprise could AVA
her than fine piano on Christmas morning? Come il
while our stocks are full and complete
We will deliver your purchases anywhere in our oW
you want them in your home.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
Lower Prices For
Soft Coal Are
Predicted

NEW YORK, Jan. a.
Prices Of bituminous coal are
headed downward, says the
Standard Daily Trade Service
today in concluding an analysis
of the situation in the coal in
dustry. The three influences
in favor Of the consumer are
better car supply, increased
production, and che growing be-
lief that pending negotiations
between miners and operators
will result in peaceful adjust
ment Of wages for the current
year.
Apparently, the chief ques-
ton ia dispute is whether the
present wage scale, which ex-
pires April /, shall run one or
two years thereafter,
Once it becomes certain that
there will be no strike on
April / land settlement may
be reached this week., q period
of falling prices, which may ex-
tend well into the summer,
must inevitably set in.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
Miners RATFY
AGREEMENT
ONWAGES
New Soft Coal Pay Scale viii
Become Effective on
April I.
BY international News Service.

NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-Bitumin.
Gus coal miners and operators Of
the central competitive field today
ratified the wage scale agreement
submitted by the subcommittee Of
seventeen.
The new agreement, succeeding
the Cleveland pact, Is effective from
April 1.
The new agreement is identical
with the Cleveland pact and extends
the time Of it's effectiveness for a
wear. The miners wished a two
year contract on the same wage
scale and working conditions.
The bituminous fields Of Indiana,
Ohio and Illinois were represented
at the conference.
Copies of the resolution renewing
the agreement were directed to be
sent to President Harding, Attorney
General Daugherty and John HAYS
Hammond. chairman Of the United
states Coal Commission.
Provision was made for a meeting
of the joint subcommittee Of op.
orators and miners not later than
january 8. 1924, to plan an inter-
state conference to draft an agree.
nent to succeed the present one.
reference was made in the reso.
lutien to Hammond's telegram Of
january 4 to the conference at Chi
capo expressing the hope that an
agreement would be reached.
After the Joint meeting the policy
coyrnittee of the United Mine
workers OF the Central district met
10 consider routine business.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
VALENTINO AND WIFE
Will 20 TIiE TANGO

NEW YORK. Jan. Rndoiph
Valentino i going into vaudeville.
He has been engaged ~ the b, r.
Keith interests to appear ON their
circuit and he probably win be seen
u the '.two-a-dayv In couple OF
weeks.
His bride. who was Virgins Hud.
mutt. win dance and sing with him,
their repertoire including the famous
tango from his picture, THE -Four
Horsemen of the ApocaIypse, =
which they have been doing to-
getlner lately at various benefits
and halls.
a curious side1ight IL that two
women. who have been called Mrs.
Rodolph Valentino, win thus be
dancing over the same circuit. Hi1
first wife. Jean Aclker, still has q
legal title to the name az her di.
vorce from Valentino win not be
made final for several months.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
PAULINE FREDERICK SUES
FOR $4,000 ESTATE

NORWICH, Conn.,, Jan. 24.-Un-
less plans are changed overnight,
the action of Pauline Frederick.
stage and screen star, to upset the
will OF her father. Richard y.
Libby. will come up for trial In
the superior court here.
Libby died last August and he.
queathed $40, 900 to relatives of his
second wife and nothing to his
daughter. Originally the will was
admitted in the probate court, and
the case comes up on appeal by
the actress, who sues under the
name of Pauline Frederick Ruther'
ford.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
CONNECTS KHAN
WITH Staying
Of TWO
Travelling Man Says He Saw
Hooded Mob Carrying
Bodies to Lake.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.

! COURTHOUSE, BASTROP, La,
Jan. 24.-The great knotted moose
Of the hangman today swung to-
ward the hooded necks of the
'tblack masks of Morehouse
parish, who carried Watt Daniel
and Thomas Richards off to a
modern crucifixion on that fate
full August night FIVE months ago
TO a day.
A. Linked to Black Masks.
With the hooded mob" investigaA
ton entering its final session, the
master piece of evidence was In the
hands of State prosecutors definitely
linking the black masks to, the
hideous murders. The man who
produced this missing link was 10.
Gated by the International News Ser.
vice.
Although the State of Louisiana
has involved the Ku Klux Khan in
the murders only by vaguely cir
cumstantial evidence, 1t now can lay
the hideous crime sQuarely on the
heads of the hooded mob, five of
whose members have been publicly
identified as klansmen.
AutOist Saw Crime.
The missing link" was furnished
by the itinerant autoist, once called
the travelling man." who saw the
black masks" with bloodstained
hands carrying the bodies of Daniel
and Richards to Lake LaFourche,
where they were tossed to a Shiny,
watery grave. The autoist was
found by the International News
Service and brought to court by De-
partnent of Justice agents. He was
termed by Assistant Attorney Gen.
eraI Avispo, the States smashing
surprise witness" His name 10 L.
L. Jones, of Moselle, Miss.
BY his testimony the State hopes
to convict the black masks as
CONTINUED IN Page :, Column 81
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
OR. FORSYTH IN HOSPITAL,
VICTIM OF HlCCoUOHS

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The Rev. DR..
u. d. Farsyth, Of Philadelphia,
corresponding secretary OF the
Board Of Home Missions and church
extension Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. who came here to read a
report before the board Of benevol.
ences of the church was taken 50
in IL was necessary to take him to
q hospital. h.
He was attacked by hiccoughs.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24

Croker. administrative OF william
NJ, Croker: Laura B. Morgan, ad.
ministratrix Of Mccarthy Farr: Rosa
g.. Upshaw, misunderstanding of Car
olyn upshaw; Linnie NJ. Bourne.
adninistratrix Of John n. Bourne;
Oscar A. M, McKimmie, administra-
tor of Wyatt II. McIlimmie: Blanche
Beai exccutftx Of Joseph w. Beal:
Mary +. Natlello. executrix OF Ern.
est NadeliO; Winfrey q. White, adj
miIlistrator ~ Ivan J.. White: Jean.
nette NJ. Dammeyer, administrative
Of John II. Walker; l.. r. McElwee,
administrator Of Vivian Ogden and
Alice =. Thompson Administrative
Of Melen c. Thompson.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
TEN KILLED IN COLLAPSE
or TACEBLATT BUILDING

BERLIN, Jan. 24.--At least ten
persons were killed and sixteen
others injured when the roof of the
Tageblatt building collapsed today.
crashing through all the floors to
the cellar.
An additional story had been built
upon the original four-story striic.
tufe, Overlooking IL.
The building contained q number
o. the sMoase publications, Of which
the newgpaper, Tagebiatf, wns one.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
70 SUE FOR
TH'E||'.A|1''[|||!R||
HURTS
tricks ser nd
I'll 60 u LII III g, 600 I
Damage Case.

Almost On the eve of TIE Arsl
anhiversary OF ne Knickerboc
tragedy, twenty eight persons who
were injured today fled damags
suits for $lO. 900 each, Or an 90,
Rreeate Of $3.50, 900, ID the Dis.
trict Supreme Court. .
Taking advantages Of the court
proceedings already held IN con.
lfection with the tragedy, the
suits today constitute the first
civil proceedings holding other
than the Knickerbocker 1heafer
Company and its officers reApOnsi.
BILE for damages.
Builders Also Named.
The parties named as defendanti
In today's suits, together with the
reason for 20 holding, follows;
Harry NJ. Crandall, president OF
tho tlaeator company. I
Reginald w. Geare, architect Of
John II. Ford and the Union
Iron Works, responsible far the
fabrication and design Of the steel
and iron work I'm the building.
The District Of Columbia.
Plaintiffs, represented by Attor
neys Charles A. Douglas, Joseph w
Cox, and Conrad H. Syme, allege
that the defendants in their respec
tive capacities Improperly" per
formed their various duties, result
Ing Of which alleged negligence
the roof of the building collapsed.
Mr.. Crandall should have seer
to 1t, according to plaintiffs, that
the building was safely con
structed" and should have main
tanned 1t 50 that patrons would not
be injured" 81
Mr.. Geare, the plaintiffs declare
was negligent in designing the
building and in supervising its con
struction." ..
Mr.. Ford failed in his duty, .
fabricate and construct the steel and
iron work connected with the sup
ports Of the roof that they would
not fall"
Last Week To File.
Those for whose deaths damages
are claimed were either killed on
the spot or died shortly after the
catastrophe occurred. Suits of this
character, according to law, must
be filed within one year Of the
date of the demise and 1t is ex
pected that there will be q nun
Der of additional suits, of this kind
filed before Sunday when the year
expires.
Those who filed suits today are
Medford p. Candy. administrator Of
William M. Candy; Della 8. Pitcher
administrative Of Lois Pitcher: Myr
tie G. Shaughnessy, executrix Of
Edward H. Shaughnessy; James e
Duke. administrator of kirkland
Duke: Robert H. Atkinson, admin
istrator of Mary e. Atkinson: Kath
arine Feige, executrix of Christian
Feige: Grace M. Madert, adminis
tratrix Of Agnes M. Mellon: Clar
ence Dodge. administrator of How
ard G. Kneessi; Lewis p. Hatha
way. administrator Of Virginia b
Feraud: 10 ". Morgan. admins
traitor of Laverne SprouI: Carl w
Dauber. administrator ofsVincon w
Dauber: 10 ". Morgan, admins
traitor of Guy 8. Eldredge; wiIfred
4. Brousseau. administrator Of w
A. Brousseau; Mary A. Hughes
executrix Of William q. Hughes
John Dutch, administrators 0f Mar
garet Dutch: Ethel l.. Murray, ad
ministfatrix OF James, w. Murray
John =. Warner, executor OF win
lam re. r. Warner; Eloise A
81 ~
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
MANY KILLED AND HURT
M FIGHTING ~ ITALY

LONDON, Jan. 24.-Many persons
have been killed and wounded In
violent fighting between italian Fas'
cisti and Socialists In several Italian
cities, said q Rome dispatch to the
Evening News this afternoon. The
trouble began when. the Fascist be.
gan to levy reprisals for the murder
Of a member.
Three were killed and nine wound
ed at Spezia. One was killed and
several wounded at Bari. and four
teen were wounded, some fatally at
Syracuse
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
GEN. EDWARDS FAVORED
TO SUCCEED GOV. RELY

Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards.
who recently retired from the army
after commanding the Twenty7sixth
division in the World War, is being
considered for appointment as gov
ernor Of Porto Rico to succeed E.
Mont Reilly, II was learned officially
today.
Secretary Of War Weeks is un.
derstood to favor Edwards appoint:
ment .-
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
CHILLED AND WOUNDED !.
IN FREE STATE FIGHTING

DUBLIN, Jan. 24.-Republican ir-
regulars raided Castlemain today. at
lacking the barracks, burning down
the railway station. and blowing up a
bridge.
Free State troops hurried up and
fighting ensued, in which there were
four casualties.
A railway engineer was killed and
another wounded while fighting off
q band Of armed train wreckers at
Tralee.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
r. M =. MASON.


PARIS. jan. The German
governments il striving 70 bring
about ysneraf strike IN the
occupied areas of the Rhineland
and Ruhr, II was CHARGED BY
French foreign office officials to-
day. II II claimed that Berlin
plans to have the German rail-
way workers lead In the mover
inent.
.Frencla Admit "Bad Faith
The French admitted that there
III a partial strike throughout the
Ruhr coal fields. which ID cutting
down the production q German
They claim that German officials
IN the Westphallan coal and indus
trial zones, inspired by Berlin. are
showing increasing bad faith."
Fl Efsneh Forces Split.
Disagreements have arisen be-
tween French. engineers and army
tOfktcrs III the Rihr which threaten
to disorGnAize the mining industry
still further, according TO reports
reachtng the newspaper LIRE Nou.
veile today.
The French military authorities
In the Rhineland continue to arrest
Germa1 officials.
The German finance directors at
Cologne and Treves were taken
into custody on the charge Of dis
obedience and obstruction.
At Duisburg. the Belgians ar.
rested the mayor and held him for
court.mnrtiai on the charge of dis
obeyIng French orders and melting
passive resistance among minor
German officials. ..-.-. ~.
German customs employees In the
Mayence zone have gone on strike.
refusing to work under French
officers. Ts
German employees In the state
owned forests In Wiesbaden and
Speyer refused to take orders from
the French. The French have
taken over all the state owned
forests to be exploited during the
period Of Fanco.Belgian occupation.
mo matter what happens we
cannot avoid remaining in, the
Ruhr for a long period" said the
Petit Parisien. Therefore we are
consolidating and centralizing both
our civil and military positions. It
Is probable that General Weygand
(chief OF staff to Marshal Focll)
Will be appointed high commission.
err" ~
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
THE WEATHER

Rain this afternoon and
tonight; temperature near
freezing tonight; Thursday
fair; fresh and strong east
eriy winds shifting to north
west tonight.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
PHYSICIANS
GIVE OUT
only 4
NTH
South Suffers Most Heavily
From Habit, lnyesti-
gators Discover.
BY Winifred Black

Figures are interesting
things sometimes, aren't
they?
Ten times as much opium
as our doctors require and
1880 ounces Of cocaine
manufactured annually IN
this country and used for
illicit purposes.
And these figures do not
include the quantity which is
struggled into the country,
of which no estimate can be
made.
Where on earth does it all
come from, where does it go;
who's using it.. and how do
they get to using it,
Is there really q Drug
Ring?
Drug Traffic Doubled.
Il the world encircled and
crossed with a network Of secret
interests which raise, manufac-
ture and sell "dope" And &
Il Is, who are the members of that
sinister band; where do they live;
what sort of people are they; and
how do they go to work TO find
q market for their dreadful wares?
In the last two years. the mar
,cotic traffic has more than doubled
in this country.
Doctors, lawyers, nurses. clerks,
walters, school teachers, taxi driv-
ers, society women, farmers,
school children-what q list OF
victims what q business register
for the business Of "dope" SELL
ing.
Cold.blOOded Business.
Business-that's what It is: Just
cold.blooded, cool.headed. hard-heart'
ed. calculating, carefully worked-out
business.
It begins in the opium fields OF
India and the Straits Sediments
where the English government lends
the money to farmers to buy the
seed and cultivate the ground ana
harvest the opium crop.
1t begins in South America. where
coca plantations are-it leads from
the coca plantations Of South Ameri-
ca and the poppy fields Of India and
Turkey and Persia right straight
into some of the greatest business
houses of Europe and America.
We have here In our own country
three OF the greatest dope" FAC.
tories In the world. We make In
those factories q dozen times over,
and more too. narcotic drugs than
san possibly be used In legitimate
medicines for; the whole world, and
we do this every single year.
Shipped TO Orient.
During one period Of five months.
"a flilf oi1ncen 0f rnOrDhin0 salts Wera
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
EMBASSY
LIQUOR
FAKE
SflIil g Sod 6 Enc,
{ PEisss Maids Hsl s
Dry chie 4.

4zGM0L &MN[y4E<1 eg0eztt4N ueSx1.
tro0SE 5nt0 tile Hnitod States.
1ttfn 1oR6ifa countries through
6nbassies md sod at top prices
q . large cr0ssssecti0n Of the
Washington public, Il cheap
synthetic preparation made In.
this city, Federal prohibition
agents investigation revealed to-
dag.
Buyers Fooled. He Says.
when the whole. story Ia told
md some Of these men around
town find out what they have been
drinking. and what they have paid
top prices for. they won't feel 80
much lilre Dragging about their In
4luence. was the statement today
Of Edear N. Read, chief Of general
prohibitions agents In the District.
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia- Read heads the corps Of
probers who are looking for the
truth In embassy liquor leak" re-
ports.
TIE arrest last night Of John
Joseph Lynch, 1928 G street north
west, alleged bcotlegger, brought to
light q number of startling theories
which are today being worked out
by prohibition enforcement officers
In Washington.
"Real Stuff Made Here.
Read declared that to his knowl-
edge large quantities Of supposedly
real stuff are made in Washing.
ton, and may have been peddled
here by minor workers at foreign
embassies as whiskey assigned only
70 DIPLOMATS.
Read said he hesitated to accuse
embassies Of outright fnoonshininR,
but evidence In his hands tends TO
DrOve that persons on the outer.
most fringe Of the diplomatic corps
have been not only selling liquor
but have been putting on the boot.
leg market domestic limitations OF
Scotch and rye under the guise OF
pure whiskey. -
Victims Of IMAGINATION.
s.After one or two dealings Of
fhfs kind, said Read, 1.-The pur-
chaser ought to know that he Is
NOT buyirig real whiskey. But long
essoctation with |. the worst forms
Of alcoholic beverages and q will
ing imagination serve to steady his
belief In the integrity of the boot
leEger."
ACunG -ErOnlDlbIOu NOulIIitSSAOAASA
James e. Jones said he had not
seen the affidavit said by police TO
have been made by Lynch last
night. accusing a butler and an
atfache of a foreign legation as
being responsible for diplomatic
liquor leakage. q
''I do not believe, however. that
the case win involve anyone d.
rectIy connected with the diplo.
matte service" said Jones. "A serv'
ant or two may be the guilty
parties. and IL this is the case. the
matter IL not one for the State
Deparfment.
Read said he had his force sift.
Ing out the evidence gained through
Lynch,s arrest. He indicated that
the case would go to the State
Department only after the most
searching Investigation. provided
that embassy officers were found
to be implicated.
The names Of $50 Of the best
known citizens in the city were
included in the list taken in the
. arrest Of Joseph Lynch at 1923 G
street northwest yesterday morn.
Inc.
High Officials Listed.
According to Lieut.. o. +. Davis
Eergt. James D. McQuade, and
Prohibition Enforcement Agents
Fowler and Ruby. men who wers
Continued on Page .. Column a
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
Ruhr Nearly Isolated
From Rest Of Germany;
All Production Falls

ESSEN Jan. 24.-Thousands of
striking German coal miners In the
Continued on Page 3. Column 81
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
Shipped 70 Orient.

During one period Of five months.
"a, 900 ounces Of morphine salts were
shipped from San Francisco to the
Orient.
In these same i've months. Seattle
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
High Officials Listed.

According to Lieut.. o. T. Davis.
Eergt. James .. McQuade, and
Prohibition Enforcement Agents
Fowler and Ruby. men who were
Continued on Page .. Column a
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24

Lost something? Yap can get 1t back by using the 'LostAand Found column of The Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
LATOUCHE BRINGS
 COAL TO CHANNEL

The Alaska Steamship company freighter Latouche, Capt. Newlands arrived in port at 11:30 o'clock this morning from the south, with cargo of coal and powder for the Channel The boat arrived at the DuPont dock at 6 o'clock this morning with the powder, putting off 2,500 cases there Harry Parker, well known in the north. is pnrser aboard the ship.
 The freignter had about 1,050 toas of coal for the Channel ports ana put in first at tho Pacific Coast Coal company dock, where roo tons is being discharged The ship has loo tons for the City Dock; l5o tons for the Fenmer Dock and 100 tons for Douglas.
 It is expected the Latouche viii leave tue Channel late tomorrow. The ship will go to Sitka 10 dis charge a cargo of 250 tons of coal and will proceed from there to the Westward with 400 tons of coal and oil for the westward ports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
TWO STEAMERS
 ON WAY NORTH
Northwestern and Spokane Sailed from Seattle To-
 day for Alaska Ports.

SEATTLE. Jan. 24.-Steamer Northwestern sailed for Southeast ern and Southwestern Alaskan ports this morning at 3 o'clock with SS passengers aboard, the following for Juneau: J. B. Marshall, Gov. Scott .. Bone and wife, R. O. Matthews ieorge B. Smith. Willis D. Nowell Mrs. Rodger Bone, s. Mcdonald an D. J. Williams.
 Steamer Spokane sailed for South eastern Alaskan ports at 9 o'clock With Al passengers, the following fo, Juneau E. Loomis, Mrs. E. Brick son. II, K. 0rt and A. Van Maverr and wife.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
Al. A N EDA NE R E YESTERDAY FROM
 WESTWARD;SO
Has 100 Passengers Aboard from West and Interior
 20 People Leave Juneau

Southbound from the Westward, the steamer Alameda, Captain Johan- sen, arrived in Juneau at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and left at 4:45 o'clock for Seattle. The ship has cargo of 1,400 tons of copper ore from Cordova. There were 100 pas sengers aboard from the Westward and Interior. the majority going out to spend the remainder of the win ter in the States and who will re- turn North in the spring.
 The Alameda took 20 passengers from Juneau. Passengers arriving here were: l.. NJ. Carrigan, w. F. Rohrbach. l. Collins, Dan Callahan, D. J. Fulton, z. I. Kreisher and three steerage.
 Passengers leaving Juneau were For Seattle-J. r. Hensen, J. 4 Kron, R. F. Lewis, Mrs. Anna Vim Mrs. Mary Holm, Miss S. Siele, Mrs Rowley and four children, Tom Dan ielson, G. c. Bartlett, F. Scataglin H. Arthur Rust, Mrs. Carol B. Tress ing, Kathleen Pressing. George Getchell and Mrs. Getchell. Fol ketchikan-Mrs. Nellie Thomas Laura Mcleod, M. r. Mcdonnell, NJ l.. Merritt.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
Tides Tomorrow
PORT Q MISSING MEN

The Governors office has been ap- Dealed to by Mrs. Ida NJ. Teeple, 636 Oxford St., Hawthorne, California, in the search for her father, Malcolm McPhater, called Captain McPhater, who was railroad contractor and said to have worked on the White Pass Railway when it was construct. ed. He was Scotchman, more than s feet tall, blue eyes, and if alive would be S6 years old. He was q Mason. If dead, his daughter. wishes as much information possible to ob ain about him. She has been search. ng for him for number of years Any information should be sent to Ter at her above address.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
JAIL NARCOTIC VENDORS SAYS
 STATE CHIEF
Californian Says Fines Simply Business License-Evil
 Is Spreading.
(Continued From Page One.p

Ire shipped Into Mexico and snug gled into the United States. If the government would enforce the Harri- son law this scheme might be checked.
 Habit Reaches Schools
 Rapid spread of the use of mar cotics from the underworld to the higher levels of society. reached even youths in educational institll- tions, was today pronounced one of the most serious obstacles in curb ing the evil.
 State officials declare that '.hun- dreds of young girls are made ad diets by narcotic users who wish to enslave them" In some instances it Is desired to use the girls for immoral purposes explained T. J. McNerny, and then again it is to use them in the mar cotic traffic. When a woman be comes an addict. she is yirtua. slave.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
SIX AGWkY AT THANE.

The freighter Skasway ia at Tiaat from the westward to take on I cargo of 100 tons of machinery con signed to the Northwest Steel < Products company al Seattle. The skagway will probably get away iron Thane at , o'clock this afternoon and will go to Speel River where a cargo of pulp will be loaded from the Alaska Pulp X Paper compan, mill there, for shipment to the states.