davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The mirror., 1923-02-01
KANGAROO COURT
By Mr.. X. L. NJ.

planation as to its meaning. 1t is not
only an institution in the army, navy
and marine corps but in fraternal orders
and other societies and organizations as
well. 1t is, if the usual procedure is fol-
lowed, mock trial or burlesque on the
orthodox formula of judicial methods of
conducting trial. 1t may be all in harm
less fun, or it may take On a serious
aspect. The one that ! am going to tell
you about in particular had its genesis in
a spirit of roughncck humor. The cut
come was not 50 pleasant.
You have no doubt heard the saying
And they thought we wouldn't fight"
which was the reply of an American
author to the aloof Britons who intimated,
rot so subtly, that the war was practically
won before the entry of the United States
into the conflict. Fair-minded English
men concede the irrefutable fact that the
American doughboy was great factor in
bringing the World war to an end, but it
hOeSll seem 10 DC natural tIdll VI tiic
English to be fair-minded.
eve won the war!" was thrown into
he teeth Of Yanks on leave in England
after the war with all the supercilous
superiority for which the men of the tight
little isle are noted. This cocky phrase
,vsss .ss,;soQssd 20 have emanatad fFoGn an
American source and to typify the attitude
of the Yank soldier. In fairness it must
be said that it is not an American trait
the American soldier did net harbor the
opinion that he and his buddies won the
war, nor would he have taken the un-
compromising stand that he did, had not
the Tommy been SO antagonistic and so
superior with his swank and more mature
experience at the front.
Aside from the first quotation all that
has no bearing upon the subject at hand.
am going to introduce you to few
characters at whom the belittling phrase
might have been launched with no miscar-
riage of justice.
Personally, u have no axe to grind nor
did l ever feel the slightest antipathy to-
ward the drafted man. The average en-
listed man held no brief for the conscrirt
but the regular held the same contempt for
the national guard. That is until the
Rainbow Division created a mild distur-
lance at Chateau Thierry that the Ctr
mans will never forget.
OF all the sorry-lnoking specimens that
ever came to a hard-boied company, G
Co. drew the worst when the Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona draft came in to f.
the vacancies in the ranks left by men
who had gone to France in the June Re-
placement. Fully third of them were
Mexicans, who had no more desire to fare
Hun bullets than the gentleman from Ala
bama, who asked fellow conscript if he
could be forced to fight. The other pom
dcred the question moment then said
They can't make YOU fight but they can
take you wheah fghtin is and you can
use yo' own Judgment"
Some of the "spiggoties" were not so
with combat-personal and
organized--and the majority of them had
"toad stabber" secreted in some part Of
their attire. The free-born page 4, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

Prices realized on Swift g. Company
sales of carcass beef In WASHINGTON.
ID. G. for week ending Saturday, January
10, 1923, on shipme sold out, ranged
from 1000 cents to 1900 cents per pound
and averaged 1916 cents per pound.--Adv
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
Meet in Georgetown.

The Georgetown Citizens Associs,.
ton will meet at the Potomac Saw.
lngs Bank, WISCONSIN avenue and
M street northwest, at 8 O'Clock
tonight,
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

treaty OF Versailles, was made with
out directions from the State Depart
n1ent and officials here secured their
first Information concerning It from
press dispatches. The speech. how
ever, was approved BY President
Harding and Secretary of State
Hughes,
All reports of impending American
moves abroad were met today with q
.refteration of the American policy
enunciated by both President Hard
ing and Secretary Hughes--that the
present time is not deemed propitious
for American Intervention abroad.
but that the offer of American good
offices in adjusting the PREPARATIONS
controversy is still standing before
the cfancellories OF Europe when
they care to take advantage of It.
Thus far, 1t was said today, they
have not indicated any such desire,
and consequently this Government is
awaiting Developments
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

was expected to tell his own story
of the exile order.
State officials announced they
would investigate all angles OF the
alleged attempt to assassinate DIR.
B. NJ. McKoin, charged with murder
in connection with the hooded mob"
Sayings. A number OF witnesses
were summoned today to testify
they heard the shots fired at the
former mayor while he was return
ing to his home in Mer Rouge one
night last summer.
Led to Vengeance
1t was this alleged attempt on
McKoin's life which the hooded
mob" admittedly sought to avenge
in the killing Of Watt Daniels and
Thomas F. Richards. Officials also
announced there would be total
of seventy more witnesses appearing
at the open hearing. With this
number to come. it was apparent
the hearing would run another week
or ten days. Some delay will follow
conclusion Of the open hearing while
testimony is being prepared for the
parish grand jury. Action by the
grand jury probably will come be-
fore the end Of the month with
trials opening early in February il
indictments are returned.
The proposed peace conference"
between Attorney General Coco and
Captain Skipwith, exalted cycleps
of the Ku Klux Khan, has not yet
materialized and indications are the
two will not meet. Skipwith, fol-
lowing conference with his
lawyers, announced there was little
good" to come from such a meet.
ing. although he did not definitely
call it off.
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
INSIDE" THIEF RoBS
u. S. FARM SAFE or SIS

Offices on the Government farm
at BeItsville. Nd. were entered by
thieves early yesterday morning and
the safe was robbed Of. SIS and some
papers. = The thieves knew the eoms
bination, as the safe was opened IN
the regular manner.
Constable Thomas H. Garrison, Of
Hyattsville,. and agents Of the De.
partment OF Justice took the finger
prints Of seventeen men, but no ar.
rests have beer. made. Other finger
prints are to be taken today. Gar
rison said today that finger prints
were found on the safe.
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
MACH|NE: IS
BURIED
IN MUD
tcontinued from First Page.l

CONTINUED from First Page)
Q giant machine. From its effect
on the bodies, the-p Psychologists also
declared the machine probably was
constructed Of iron and wood with
the grip Of a monster vice.
At the same time investigators
learned that tremendous weights
were attached to the two bodies
when they were thrown into the
lake. These objects were carried to
the side of the lake several days be-
fore the crime. Two men living
near the lake declared a load of
scrap iron had been left near the
lakes shore two days before the
murders. This entire load had dis
appeared the morning after the
bodies were thrown into the lake.
The third theory held-that Of an
automobile thrown into the lake
was based partly on the estimated
construction Of the object found
and from the fact that two motor
cars and o truck were seen going
toward the lake on the night OF the
murders and only one motor car
and the truck returned. This
evidence was brought out by wit
nesses at the hearing in Bastrop.
Rnmorg that q stolen car had been
tossed into the lake several months
ago were disproved when investiga-
ton revealed the car had been sub
eequently found In a. nearby town.
A six-foot layer of mud, encases
the machine and this burden is
shifting from day TO day. Frequent
cave-ins Of the bank OF the lake
caused by belated effects OF the
Dynamite which the murderers used
to destroy evidence OF their crimes.
is blirying the machine deeper and
deeper in the shiny bottom.
EmbanImnent Caves In.
One portion Of the steep embank-
ment ID slowly moving into the lake
with all the characteristics Of quick
sand.
One attempt to explore the floor
Of the lake failed some time ago
when the shifting mud almost en-
gulfed a diver. The almost insur-
Inountable difficulties facing such
attempts viii prevent recovery Of
the machine for months or until
the frequent cave-ins have ceased.
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
Coal Deliveries From
Ruhr Are Prohibited
By New German Order
BY >. ID. WAIEKt,
International News Service.


ESSEN, Jan. 15.--Coal deliveries
to France and Belgium under terms
of Saturdays tentative agreement
by which the French and BeIgians
were to pay in cash for coal taken
from Ruhr mines was prohibited
today by the national coal commits.
sioner
M. Coste, director Of operations
and chief mining inspector Of the
French ministry Of public works,
after learning Of the order notified
The Germans that he expected the
Individual mines to deliver as they
had agreed The managers declared
they could not do 50 because Of the
official ban.
French officers, protested to the
police at Buer against the stoning
Of French bfllets by Germans sun
day. The French warned that it
there was = repetition the French
would resort to use of arms. The
French demand that the Buer chief
OF police be punished for not stop
ping the demonstration Sunday.
Ruhr miners are refusing to work
overtime, while occupation is in ef.
feet. Previously they had worked
six hours overtime every week.
This was suspended for the Christ
mas and New Year holidays and
was to have been resumed today.
This was q day Of German
mourning in all the occupied terri
tory in the Rhineland. Black was
conspicuOusly displayed as pro.
test against French occupation!
sunday had been selected as the
national day of mourning,
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
THRIFT WEEK"
PROCL AIMED
FOR CITY
District Commissioners Issue
Call to Citizens to Observe
Franl<Iin's Tenets.

The District Commissioner today
issued the following proclamation
calling upon the citizens Of Wash-
ington TO observe Thrift Week,
which opens wednesday BENJAMIN
Franklin's birthday. and viii con
tinue through January Is.
All departments Of the city adj
Tninistration win take part in the
program, Federal Government Will
be represented by q Cabinet officer,
and several assistant heads of de-
partments, and all orRanizations
and retail stores in the city are 10
participate. The proclamation reads:
Proclamation.
whereas, January In win be
the 217th birthday of BENJAMIN 8
Franklin, the first great Amer
lean apostle Of thrift;
Whereas, Thrift Week from
January II to %, has come to
have the helpful support Of de-
partments Of the United States
Government and Of 10rty-four
leading civic, commercial, educa-
tional and religious national or.
ganizatiOns::5
whereas, each rightnainded
American should at this time be
working and earning, making q
budget, recording expenditures,
having q Tank account, carrying
life insurance, owning his own
home, making q viii, Investing IN
safe securities, paying bills
promptly ard sharing with others;
Whereas, the program Of educa
ton of the national and local
Thrift Week committee is well
planned to stimulate Individual
citizens to think straight ard too
act wisely in the realm OF per-
sOnaI and business matters,
We. the Commission OF the
District Of Columbia, do call upon 4
each citizen. business establish
raei1t, industrial organisation and
trade. and each organization IN
ferested la the welfare Of the
community, to exert every posi-
be effort directly and IN Coz.
operation with the thrift commit
tee of the District 0f Columbia III
the observance OF Wednesday,
January IL, as bank day; Thurs
day, January is, rs budget day:
Friday, January 10, Is life in.
surance day; saturday. january
90, as own yeur own home day:
Sunday, january 81 as share 1
with others day; Monday. Jan
nary 22, as pay your bills pro1llEIt4s
w days Tuesday, ;JanNary Is, asa
make d Is viii day, ana % 5uin
with the citizens ssiII 4 500 otIiArsi
municipalities IN slaaIrtfg Thrift !
week ~ peraoa 5z0f sGci1e ctlxa
thought ana actian Tor the Ms
being hof the ndivfauai. the orr.
ganization, the community all6s
the nati0n.
COMMISSIONERS or THE DIS
TRICT or COLUMBIA,
"Cuno n. Rudolph, II
president. 8
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

general rush EdWd cleans
addua WI ALDER Wepa
Nothing remarkable but then these The sons e 6 Was multi
The Edward Albert and Frank their
. Inc
katth In tOrhgeN Jersey Gil
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
CHURCH FOLK TO GIVE
PARTY At ROOSEVELT

The committee in charge Of the
entertainment to be given by the
parishioners of st. Paul's church
under the auspices of the Holy
Name Society at the Roosevelt,
formerly the Hadleigh hotel, tomor-
row night have completed their
plans.
Besides a card party many novel
features have been added to the
program. Harry s. O'NeiIl is chair.
man Of the committee in charge:
President r. l.. Lamb, of the HOLY
Name Society, vice chairman; Ed.
ward Dillon. secretary, and Charles
Burke, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

mitted any new proposals, II was
said, nor is there any likelihood Of
this Governments doing so until and
unless there ID change in policy on
the part Of continental nations,
chiefly France.
If, Col. Roland w. Boyden, the
American unofficial observer on the
Reparations Commission, Is cOnsid.
efing making some remedial sugges-
tions to the commission, he is doing
it on his own responsibility and not
upon Instructions from Secretary Of
State Hughes, officials said in re-
Spouse to reports that Boyden WIS
to. lay a proposition before the
powers.
The suggestion was advanced that
Colonel Boyden might be preparing
to formally submit to the repara-
lions commission the sOcalied
hughes plan" for an international
commission of economic experts to
survey the reparatiUns tangle and
recommend a solution.
The Hughes plan, SO far as the
Government is aware, has never
been officially placed before the
feparattpns commission. 1t was
communicated to Great Britain,
France, italy anu Belgium through
the 1isuaf dipIofna4ic channels, hut
hot to- the repafAtioils eohimissiOH.
Colonel 7B6yde1i has been permitted
d wide latitude Id his representation
OF this Government on the commits:
sion. largely, it is said, because Of
the unofficial" character of his
standing.
Hts recent speech to the commits
sion, in which he opposed France
occupation Of the Rtihr and suggest
ed the need for q revision OF the
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

Pew, of Mer Rouge. who 'vouched"
for Walter Campbell, town marshal,
whom it is charged was also
marked fer deportation.
Friends Interceded.
The order of deportation issued
against Davenport, it was revealed,
brought on the series Of peace
conferences" at which klansmen
and other citizens met to plan steps
for ending the community's reign
of terror" Prominent business men
who were friends Of Davenport pro.
tested against the order and their
intercession ultimately resulted in
its revocation. Davenport today
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
Lithuanian Troops
Reported Menacing !.
Outskirts of MelneI

By International News Service.
BERLIN. Jan. I5.-Lithnanian ir
regulars reached the outskirts or
Mcneil today.
Advices from that city said the
irregulars were expected to- enter
Mcneil during the afternoon Allied
naval re-enfOrcmente are expected
tomorrow.
reports that excitement is running
high.
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
State Office Denies
u, S. Has Made Offers.
To France on Invasion

Strong reports from Paris today
that the United States Is about to
propose new measures to remedy the
critical situation brought about by
Frances occupation OF the Ruhr
were met with equally strong off.
cial denial at the State Department.
The United States had not sub
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
French G. 4. q. III Essen
GraCed By icture
OF Ex- Saiser
b internationaI News Service.

ESSEN, Jan. ii. The French
did not touch fuIl-sized paint
ing Of The former kaiser in the
lobby of the Kaiserhof, where
the French have established
their headquarters.
As the French army officers
passed back and forth the chief
object meeting their gaze was
the countenance Of the former
war lord.
The Washington times., 1923-01-15
OCCUPY
BOCHIJM IN
NEWDR|VE
Forward Movement Beyond
Essen to Take in Several
More Towns.
Continued from First Page.)

s.. Continued from First Page)
spicious that the Germans are vol.
UNFAIRLY melting the French to FUR
Their occupation Of German terri
tory In hope Of widening the breach
between Britain and France. So far
the German protests against occu.
patton of the Ruhr have been
ignored by Britain and in view OF
the growing suspicion it is unlikely
that they will be answered soon
The Washington times., 1923-01-15

w. w. Sibray. of Pittsburgh, Pa,
has been appointed assistant gen.
eraI of immigration. the apartment
Of Labor has announced. He sue.
ceeds Irving +. Wixon, of Boston,
who has been made chief supervisor
Of immigration inspectors.
, 1923-10-27
1t Happened In Wyoming
Matters and Things, Of StateW Wild eInterest, Wired in TeLephoned in, Written,
Crape-Vined and Some of 1t PuIined.
The Hovey Idea

BAsIN.-Foster Hovey. the enter
'prising cashier at the Burlington
station has Just completed winter
quarters for ais bees which no has
grazed the past season on the white
blossom sweet clover ttat has dec
grated the railroad right of way and
believes that he has housed to stand
any temperature that may come this
winter. In discussing the bee situ-
alton Hovey says that he sees no
reason why people should not make
none here by properly looking af-
ter a few details. His proposition
would include bees. sweet clover and
turkeys He would have the bees
gather the honey from the sweet
clover and would harvest a seed crop
from the latter. He would have tur-
keys to eat the grasshoppers that
eat the sweet clover leaves during
the summer and as a result have
for sale honey. clover seed and fat
turkeys.
, 1923-10-27
Misses an Opportunity

Ever since the governors convention open sea.
son ON Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, has
been enjoyed by the press of the country. Living
in a glass house himself he would throw stones
at President Coolidge, in the matter of prohibi.
ton enforcement. His suggestion that the presi-
dent take personal charge of prohibition is what
might be called the magnificent gesture. 1t was
Former Governor Allen of Kansas that came for.
ward at this ~juncture with the very significant
suggestion that the Pennsylvania governor mop
up his own state first before he instructed others
in the fine art of enforcement.
Governor Allen declared in SO many words
that if he had ordered the Philadelphia saloons
to close, as Governor Pinchot did and they dis.
.obeyed him as they have disobeyed Governor
Pinchot, he would have the military on the Job
the next morning. And in this attitude Henry
Allen is more than right.
Governor Pinchot is the executive of the com.
monwealth of Pennsylvania. 1t is his duty and
he has ample power to enforce the law and he
was clearly within the law in ordering the sa-
looms TO close. 1t was not necessary to institute
court action because that would merely amount
TO having the courts order the saloons to close.
The closing was not a matter for judicial deter
mnatlon because there was no question Of their
being open in defiance of the law, and when the
law is openely defied it is strictly a police mat.
ter to enforce it.
What is significant is that presidential aspi-
rants are on the side of enforcement, which is II
pretty clear inference that they believe the pre-.
ponderance of public sentiment to be on the side
VI ehlOrcemenl- II TINS were so, congress will
have TO consider the question of enforcement
more seriously than it has done heretofore. 1t
has passed a drastic law to give effect to the
Eighteenth Amendment but It has provided piti.
fully inadequate machinery to put il into oper.
alton. If congress is sincere in its desire to make
the country dry, then it should appropriate as
much money rs may be necessary to give full
effect TO its decree. The prohibition enforcement
department Of the government cannot possibly
do what is expected of it with the means at its
disposal and unless congress makes it possible to
put the law into effect it will lay itself open to
suspicion of having passed the Volstead law for
effect only and not with the sincere purpose Of
having it enforced.
In the meantime Governor Pinchot might do
better to give an example of how to enforce the
prohibition law within the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, instead Of putting il up to Presi.
dent Coolidge. If the dry enforcement is to be a
stepping stone 10 the presidency, the Pennsyl.
ranlR governor has an opportunity to make ac.
tions speak with a much Louder report than can
be made with words. =.
, 1923-10-27
Government Trapper

wHEATLAND.-Henry whalen
government trapper who has been
working In the county for the past
year arrived in Wheatiand prepare
tory to spending four months here
clearing this section OF coyotes.
whalen comes here from the
Horseshoe Livestock company's
ranch in the northern part Of the
state, where he has been working re-
Gently. For some time last winter
he was employed on the Two Bar
ranches southwest OF Wheatland.
where he trapped in the neighbor-
hood OF 100 coyotes. entirely clear
ing that section for the time. Two
Bar men report that they lost no
lambs from coyotes the following
spring. which was unprecedented in
their experience.
whalen will lay out two routes,
each about 10 miles long, which Will
make trips of 80 miles each day.
He has three saddle horses. and Is
now using traps entirely, although
he may use poison later. on lands
where no receives permission.
, 1923-10-27
Incentive For
P~rospectin gIs
Lacking, Claim

BUTEE. MONT, Oct. rs. = Men
from tho mineral laden hills told
Fletcher Hamilton OF tho senate gold
and silver inquiry commission. today
why. in their opinion thu mining
prospector was rapidly abandoning
the quest OF hidcem wealth Low
prices for metals combined with the
high cost OF supplies, had created a
condition, they said. which discour-
aged the risking Of capital In grub
.stakes or development work.
Soma OF them suggested that the
government might help restore the
ancient calling to It's rightful place
as tho backbone OF the mining In.
dustry by amending the mineral as
sessment or development work he
does, but others repealed the sugges-
ton of further multiplying govern
mental agencies.
George Miller, a leaser End pros
pector for 40 years. declared all the
, 1923-10-27
Stock Interests Protest

Western stockmen are entering n vigorous pro.
test against a proposed reduction of the tariff
on Canadian cattle. One protest filed with west
ern senators and congressman as we'll as with
the tariff commission states;
1--WE arc informed that tho American Farm
Bureau Federation, through its Washington rep
resentatlve, Mr.. Gray Silver, has applied to the
United States Tariff Commission, asking II to
use the authority vested in IL, with the approval
of the president, under the sliding scale pro
visions Of the tariff act, to nullify so far as pos.
sible, the tariff on Canadian cattle.
w earnestly protest against any change in
the present tariff laws so far MS livestock is
concerned. To the south, west and northwest the
change suggested would be disastrous. The ruin.
GUS result to the entire range country of the
proposal contained in Mr.. Silvcr's application
cannot be overestimatcd.'
The petition presented by the Farm Bureau
Federation, in part %recites:
Conditions in Western Canada, are not favor
, 1923-10-27
In Fine Condition

WHEATLAND-CattIe leaving
Platte county now are in better con.
dition Of health than those from any
other county in the state. according
% state veterinarian A. w. French
The u Of the improved condl
Ion In Platte county is TO DO found
n the system OF dipping watts built
up to v the entire district, in the
opinion of the state veterinarian
cattlemen of experience in this sec
lion have estimated the value OF din
ping in improving the condition Of
cattle TO be not less than IS per
head.