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The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-13
KEROSENE TO BE USED
 TO KILL LILY PADS ON
 FLORIDA PLEASURE LAKE

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Jan. 13.- Mirror Lake is to be cleared of the tons Of lily pads floating on it's sur, face: The City Commission has pur. chased 15,000 gallons of kerosene with which to do the work.
 Mirror Lake is one of the prettiest bodies of water in South Florida, but floating lily pads gained a foothold in it few years ago and spoiled it for
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-13

pleasure craft. Numerous ways have been suggested for ridding the lake of this nuisance. The city recently voted $4,00O for this purpose. About one- experiments, when 1t was discovered that kerosene is fatal to lily pads when freed on the surface of the water. The lily pads rapidly die and then absorb most of the surplus oil. When the pads have been killed they will be removed and burned.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-13
IT ANT LASTING

Shine upon her brow today, Although the lady I've been told Dyed her hair just yesterday.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-13

CHICAGO, Jan, 13. - Chicago is i living down the stigma which ever isince the war has been attached to this Middle Western metropolis be- cause it is the sixth German city, of the world.
 Georges Clemenceau, the "Tiger" of France, who imposed the peace terms | upon beaten Germany, received a royal welcome here. Mayor Thomp- son was "very gracious" as Clemen- Iceau himself phrased it. Not a single threat against the noted F'renchman had to be investigated by the po- lice--S6thGthing of which the less Germanized cities dt St. Louis and Boston cannot boast
 But the Clemenceau welcome was only one slight indication of the trend of the time. Chicago now has gone back on German made grand opera-rather Chicago has refused to allow German opera to stage sue cessful comeback.
 The Chicago Civic Opera Company tried Wagnerian opera four times this season-two renditions of "Parsi- fal" and two of Die Walkure."
 While the productions were pro- nounced by all artists to be artistic successes, and while those in at tendance applauded vigorously the triumphs of individual artists, the opera failed to talk" at the box office.
 So, for the remainder of the sea son Chicago probably will not have German opera In future years, too, if German opera is tried it will be arranged for special subscription nights.
 Thus does Chicago eradicate the "pro- German stigma"
 Blue Monday" is a thing of the past here. At least the local Xii WaniS clubs would nave lne hdli'oo believe so
 Now it's "Cheer Monday" accord ing to a campaign being waged by tthat organization to do away with the old idea that everything always goes wrong on the first work day of the week.
 But no one has yet reported that disappointed landlord who failed in his efforts to collect the weekly quota of rent has taken the rebuff with a smile. Nor has the average "boss" failed to scowl in even one
 instance when his "help' showed late.
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Patronize home merchants.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-13

Rent doesn't have to be raised any more. It aviates with accumulated
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General News and Gossip From

TODAY--Rarry R. Fiory, Chicago, shows how the Windy City is living down the "pro-German" stigma.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
April Mid-Month Saving Sales!
"koduk as
You Cor
-Uith Films
and Supplies
from Peoples

AT /, all. p eople
Drug Stores you'll
find a complete stock
OF kodaks, Cameras.
FRESH" Films and
supplies.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
HUNT FOR CONVICT
CHAPMAN W'|||D|ENS ||||
MiIIion.DoIIar Mail Robber
Believed to Have Escaped
From Athens, Ga.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 14.-Gerald
Chapman, escaped convict from the
federal penitentiary, is no longer De-
lieved to be hiding In the vicinity or
Athens, where he made getaway
from a hospital, but is thought to
have gotten to some other part of the
country, federal officers said today In
discussing the case. They did not In
dicate where they believed the man
who engineered a million-dollar mail
robbery In New York in 1921 had
gone, but asserted they were con-
vinced he was no longer near Athens
Agents of the Department Of Justice
have been on the trail of Chapman
since he disappeared from the Athens
hospital April 4, where he was un-
dergoing treatment for wounds re-
ceived in his recapture, after escap-
ing from prison on March q in COM
pany with Frank Gray. another prfS-
oner.
Planned Paris Trip.
The statement WAS made today by
federal officers returning from Athens
that they received information that
Chapman had planned TO sail Tor
Paris on Easter Sunday, hut his re-
capture. along with that Of Gray.
March 28, prevented. Gray was taken
at the time Chapman was wounded.
and he was brought back here and put
in prison.
York on charges preferred and in.
dictments returned by the federal
grand Jury at Athens Of having as
sisted Chapman to escape. They. are
Abe Sflverstein and Dominick Didato,
known also under other names. ac-
cording to federal officers. They are
said to have been seen in Athens the
day Chapman disappeared from the
hospital and to have registered at a
hotel there as J. karuse and Abe
Cohen.
The men are expected to be brought
back to Athens and placed on trial
Monday, April 90. The federal court
is now. in session there and the au-
thorities plan to try them al the
present session. Clint w. Hager,
United States district attorney. said
| today he had asked the federal au-
thorities in New York to assess bonds
of $4,000 each against Silverstein and
I Didato.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
ACCUSE Dozen men.
OF KLAN ACTIVITIES.
Informations Prepared for
Action Against Residents OF
Morehouse Parish, La.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. April 14.-David l..
Garrett of Monroe, district attorney
for the sixth judicial district, includ-
ing Morehouse parish, was on mis-
way home early today with thirty
one bills Of information in his posses
sion charging more than a dozen cit
izens of Morehouse parish with vari-
Gus crimes growing out of the mask
ed band activities there last year, ac-
cordlng to a story published in the
New Orleans Times-Picayune this
morning.
The bills. the newspaper declared.
were drawn up yesterday by Attorney
General A. v. Coco and handed to the
district attorney. who had been sum-
moned here for a conference with the
attorney general
Names of Accused Men.
Among those whose names appear
upon the bills Of information. accord
ing to the published article, are Capt
j. K. Skipwith. exalted cyclops of the
Morehouse chapter of the ku kluX
Khan: his son Oliver, DIR. B. NJ. Nc
koin of Monroe. former mayor of
Mer Rouge; Laurie Calhoun of Bas
trop, former deputy sheriff of More
house parish; w. =. Kirkpatrick.
Kelly Harp. Newt Gray and IT. jeff
Burnett, former Morehouse deputy
sheriff.
The names of Ed. Ivy. Marvin
Pickett. Cud Pickett, Fred Higginbo-
than and Branton Pratt also are in
the list against whom bills will be
drawn. according to the Time Picayne.
cayne.
At the opening hearing in Bastrop
last January witnesses testified they
recognized Burnett, oliver Skipwith
and Gray as members of the masked
bandy which on August "a kidnapped
Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard of
Mer Rouge. Four months later two
bodies found in a lake near Bastrop
were identified as those of the miss
ing men. Another witness declared
that he saw Capt. Spipwith talking
with masked men on the night of
lake where the two bodies were
found.
Will Charge Conspiracy.
The bills, the newspaper declares,
WILL charge conspiracy to commit as
sault. lying in wait with a dangerous
weapon on a public highway. con-
spiracy to commit murder, damaging
or destroying telephone lines and
other offenses.
Many of the persons against whom
charges are alleged TO have been
made are understood to have left
Morehouse parish.
Mr. Garrett will not arrive in Mon
roe until some time this afternoon, and
it Is not believed that he will file the
charges at Bastrop before the mid
die of next week.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
TO MAKE COAL SURVEY.
Chicagoan Heads Committee fol
Investigating Storage.

NEW YORK. April 14.-Appoint-
ment Of w. l.. Abbott of Chicago as
chairman of a committee to make a
nationwide coal storage survey in
cooperation with the United States
Coal Commission and the Department
of Commerce was announced today by
the Federated American Engineering
Societies.
Other members Of the committee,
which will include engineers repre-
senting all sections of the country.
will be named in the near future, said
Mortimer E. Cooley. dean Of the
University of Michigan, president of
the federation. Decision to under
take the survey was reached by the
executive board Of the American En-
gineering Council executive body of
the federation. at a recent meeting in
Cincinnati
Chairman John Hays Hammond of
the Coal Commission said that he and
his associates were relying upon en-
gineering methods and asked the CO.
operation of the engineers of the
country in the effort to solve the coal
problem.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
BIG TUNNEL BEGUN.

NEW YORK. April l4.-Ground was
broken today for the Brooklyn shaft
of, the $6o.09O.000 Brooklyn Staten
Island freight and passenger tunnel.
designed to develop a through
freight and passenger railroad. trav-
ersing four boroughs of the city and
give them direct connections with
New England on the east and with
the trunk-line railroads entering the
port of New York on the west.
The tunnel project provides for the
construction of two tubes, each of
which will have an inside clearance
of. eighteen feet above the top of
rail, so as to accommodate the largest
freight cars which could enter the
New York port district.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
Van Ess
The NeU
Method
Scalp
Massage

The days of falling hair
and scalp ailments are over.
This new treatment IS
fed directly into the roots
of the hair by the patented
rubber applicator. Eradi-
Gates dandruff, stops fall
ing hair. Grow new
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Evening star., 1923-04-15
LAMONT'S SON WE'D.
Miss Elinor B. Miner of Rochester
Bride of New Yorker.

ROCHESTER,, Y. 7. April 14.-Miss
Elinor Branscombe Miner. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Griffith
Miner OF this city. and Thomas Still
we'll Lamont. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Lamont of New York,
were married here today by Rt.
Rev. Charles II. Brent. bishop Of the
Episcopal diocese of western New
York. assisted by Rev. DR.. Murray
Bartlett. president of Hobart Col
lege The bride was given in mar
riage by her father
The maid Of honor was Miss FL
eanor Lamont, sister of the bride
groom.
Corliss Lamont. brother of the
bridegroom. was the best man.
After trip to England. Mr.. and
Mrs Lamont will live in New York
Evening star., 1923-04-15
100000 DEFICIT
OF BANK TO BE PAID
BY SHAREHOLDERS

Controller of the Currency Cris-
singer has ordered the federal
receiver for the Commercial Ma
tional Bank at Wilmington, N. c.,
to levy an assessment of 100 per
cent on the shareholders of that
institution which recently closed
its doors.
The assessment means that the
shareholders Of the defunct bank
must make good 100000. the
amount of the capital, in addition
to the loss of the value of the
shares they held.
Evening star., 1923-04-15

Every room. bed. crack.
crcvice, nook and corner
should be sprayed with
DETHOL. 1t disinfects the
premises as it kills all insect
life and their larvae-purifies
the air-leaves a clean. whole
some atmosphere in which to
live.
Evening star., 1923-04-15
Treat Your Feet
With Oxygen
Tfs Like NeU Feet for Old!

Natures great purifier
gives blessed relief. No
fuss, no tedious soaking in
hot water. Simply shake
Gern1inol, tn e Oxygen
Foot Powder, on your feet
and rub in. 1t relieves per-
spiration, eliminates foot
odors, cracked skin be-
tween toes, swollen, ach-
ing feet. Endorsed by fa-
nous chiropodists. At
Peoples, SOC.
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SAM GETS WAS THE LAST STAGE DRIVER
OF THE HISTORIC OLD OVERLAND ROUTE

with the immense force employed in
| building, the track was being spiked
down at the rate of two and one-ha1f
miles day.
Sherman, the highest point on the
road-likewise the highest altitude
in the United States reached by the
iron horse then-was nestled on the
backbone of the continent and lay
S,424 feet above tide. 1t was 1882
feet above the highest point reached
on the Central Pacific.
Business in those days was boom
ing, and few men, if any, were idle.
Every man capable of work was en-
gagged and sent to the front. At one
time the number of men who had
been concentrated for the construc-
ton of the two roads reached $4,000
and 5000 teams were employed Be-
tween fifty and one hundred locomo-
tives and hundreds of freight cars
were daily employed on each road,
and more than thousand tons of
material and supplies were being
hurried daily to the front over the
two lines.
In the spring of 1869 only 1900
miles interved between the two
roads, and this was being rapidly
closed up. Each company was do
ing its best to get the most road.
When the Union Pacific was finished
to a point only five miles east of
Promontory Point, the Central Pa
cific astonished everybody by laying
nine miles of track in a single day,
beating every previous record known
in railroad building.
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Gets was an old plainsman anc
stage driver, with a history full of in.
terest. In 1865 he left his home in
Monroe county, Pennsylvania, and
drifted westward. In 1866 he enter
ed the service of the government and
started for Utah from Kansas with
General Morrison's command. AT
Cottonwood Springs he made the
acquaintance of General Harvey and
returned with him to Topeka, and it
was there that he broke into the stag
ing game as a driver in 1859. Until
1852 he worked on the eastern di-
vision of the Overland, and was then
transferred to Denver, driving down
the South Platte to Latham.
In the years before his death, Gets
used to tell an extremely interesting
story of that last stage drive on the
old Overland, and of the May morn
ing when he pulled up at the summit
of the Rockies and watched Governor
Leland Stanford of California drive
the golden spike.
For three years Gets and his fell
low drivers had been noting the pro-
gress made by the two railroads.
one eastward bound and the other
headed for the Pacific. The Central
Pacific had been started in 1864, but
it was 18 months before the first rail
had been put down on the east end
of the Union Pacific at Omaha. The
foothills of the western slope of the
Sierra Nevadas had already been
reached by the iron horse on the
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Central Pacific. After beginning
work on the east end of the line, the
Union Pacific laid 200 miles of track
during the first IL months, and in
March, 1866, the line had reached a
point 800 miles west of Omaha.
The rolling stock and much of the
materials for the Central Pacific were
obliged to make the long ocean voy-
age around Cape Horn, covering a
distance of $4,000 miles An i'm
mense amount of material was in this
way transported. 1t is matter of
history that at one time no less than
80 vessels, loaded almost exclusively
with rolling stock, aggregating hun
dreds of thousands of tons, were on
the long voyage.
The snow-capped summit of the
Sierras was reached by the Central
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Pacific in the summer of 1867, and
on 30th day of November, following
the first passenger train ran there
from Sacramento. In building the
road an army of 10000 men and
more than 1000 teams were steadily
engaged, making their way eastward
in sort of zigzagging course down
the eastern slope. The difficulties
of the road were tremendous. Num-
bers of long tunnels had to be built.
and the engineering feats were hard
to overcome, but the road progressed
so rapidly that in October, 1867, the
army of builders employed ON the
Union Pacific reached the foothills
of the Rockies, 500 miles west of
Omaha, after which further progress
was necessarily slow, while up the
Platte valley, on the Union Pacific,
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James Murray, the Butte lawyer,
was one of his principal heirs. But
before he came into his inheritance
he had fought life's battle success
fully. He served Silver Bow as coun-
ty attorney, in which position he ac-
quilted himself with credit. When his
tenure of office ended he resumed
private practice and has built up a
very substantial business.
Among the other properties that
came with his inheritance was Bould-
er Hot Springs, a watering place be-
tween Helena and Butte on the Great
Northern, and out of this he proposes
to make one of the show places of the
west. He will do lot of landscape
gardening about the place, overhaul
the plunge and hotel, and make it
attractive. He says that IL he cannot
make success of real place he will
turn it into a dude ranch or sum-
mer home for himself and family.
Captain Hal Stewart, formerly of
Bozeman, will manage the hotel.
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DAVIS ON MERKLE' GUSHER is PREMIER WELL
OF ALL THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
BY W. w. CHIEFLY.

"HE Dawson-MerkIe gusher,
which was brought in ON the
= Howling lease few days ago
by the Midnorthern company, is
the premier oil well of the inter-
mountain country. With the ex-
ception of the Teapot dr,iIIings in
Wyoming, it is by far the biggest
well in the Rocky Mountain re-
gion.
Estimates of its flow on flush
production vary from 5000 to
5000 barrels. On settled pro-
ductioD its yield should be from
1900 to 1000 barrels per day.
Its coming in marks the beginning
of a new era in the northern
fields.
The well came in with a roar.
For two hours the oil gushed
over the top of the derrick in an
eight-inch stream. Tanks could
not be erected fast enough to hus-
band the flow. Thousands of bar
rels were lost until a reservoir was
hastily constructed, into which the
precious fluid was diverted.
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its earnings from this source alone
will pay handsome return to the
stockholders of the Stevenson Asso-
ciated Royalties.
The bringing in of this gusher has
stiffened interest in the northern oil
fields very materially, and will bring
unlimited capital to the Kevin-Sun-
burst district for future develop
ment.
Lucky Tom Hogan
The strike means as much to Sen
ator Thomas Hogan, and his asso-
ciates, Messrs. Hart and A1bin of
Billings, as it does to Johnnie Daw-
son and George Merkle.
Hogan and his partners own ap-
proximately 1000 acres of adjoining
oil land in sections 16, II, 81 and %,
of the same township, on which the
Hogan interests have already brought
in three gushers of little less proper
lions than the now famous Dawson
Merkle we'll.
The Hogan property, including
1900 additional acres in the Kelvin
Sunburst field, is being operated for
joint account, by the Mutual Oil COM
pany, one of the largest and most ag-
gressive of the producing, refining
and marketing organizations in the
northern oil trade.
Two $4,000 barrel storage tanks
are under construction to conserve
production from the Hogan lease,
which will be diligently and ag-
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gressively developed by the operating
company.
So the sensation of having the in
come of millionaire is in the near
future to be the experience of the
Yellowstone county farmer-states-
man-oil king, an experience that he
will share with Messrs Dawson and
Merkle.
The fortunes of many others are
affected by this strike.
l.. G. Stevenson owns substan-
tial block of land Immediately west
of the Howling lease; Arbe Beardslee
controls block of land on the west.
The Homestake Exploration company
controls 80 acres to the east, while
the Pet X controls 400 acres to the
south.
Big Gas Strikes
The 100000 gas strike in the
Sherrard we'll, which is being drilled
by the Ohio company, 35 miles south
west of Big Sandy, is taken as an in
dication that oil Is almost certain to
be found in flank structures ada
cent to the structure on which this
well is being drilled. This gas find,
together with the 100000 cubic
feet flow in the G1adys-Belle well,
which is being drilled 35 miles north
east of Shelby, makes it almost GER
tain that many of the towns and cit
les of northern Montana will be US
ing natural gas for fuel in the near
future.
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G. N. PREPARING
FOR BIG FIGHT
SPECIAL OFFICERS AND EXTRA
CLERKS TO HELP HANDLE
THE CROWD
Arranging for Space for Several Hum
bred Pullman Cars; Tracking Be-
ing Laid for Parking; Three De-
pots Being Built.

A corps of special officers of the
Great Northern railway, augment
ed by operatives from the principal
cities of the west, will be on duty
in Shelby before and during the
fight, July A, of Jack Dempsey,
heavyweight champion of the
world, and Tommy Gibbons, it was
announced by officials of the road.
Railway and visiting municipal Of
ficials win cooperate with local
officers in policing the city and
curbing anticipated activities by
undesirable transients. The rail-
road also will take special precau-
tions to protect its equipment and
property while the crowd remains
in Shelby.
On each sleeping car parked in
Shelby there will be representative
of the Great Northern, whose prin-
cipal duty will be to look after the
interests of the passengers. On leav-
ing the train, each passenger will be
given card giving information on
the city and arena arrangements and
also warning to be on the alert for
crooks while at the stations. Great
Northern officials say that already
criminals of international reputation
now are in Shelby awaiting the
crowds.
Safety precautions also will be
taken by the Great Northern and the
presence of guards at all crossings
has been arranged for every hour of
the day. In the event of accidents
or illness, a medical staff will be
on hand to take care of emergency
cases. Sanitary arrangements, to be
supervised by the state board of
health, will be carried out with care,
particularly within the area allotted
to the coach trains and sleeping car
specials.
Plans have been completed for I'M
loading passengers at three passen-
ger stations now being built, and the
Great Northern officials see no pos
sibility of severe congestion.
Schedules have been completed for
the clearance of all special trains out
of Shelby not later than midnight on
the night of July 4. The first coach
will leave at 6 p. M, and the first
Pullman special at z, the trains leav-
ing 80 minutes apart in each case.
Bulletin boards showing schedules of
all specials will be available for the
information of travellers. An extra
force of ticket sellers and reserva-
ton clerks will be on the ground as
well as Representatives of the Pull
man company.
The roads announcement included
the statement that permanent track
age at Shelby will be adequate for
the parking of 500 cars and at Vir-
den, a junction four miles out, an
additional IS cars can be handled. |
These cars can house 10000 passen-
gers. Temporary trackage, now be-
ing laid, will accommodate all the
cars that will be needed
and it is expected that the definite |
of these will be known not |
later than June Is.
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MURRAY PLANNING
WATERING PLACE
WILL MAKE SUCCESS OF BOULD-
Err RESORT OR TURN 1T
INTO DUDE RANCH
James Murray, Who Became Mill
Honaire Through the Death of His
Uncle, VIII Make Beautiful Place
of Boulder Hot Springs.

James Murray of Butte is Mon
tana's newest millionaire.
The famous mining man and bank
er of the same name died a short time
ago, leaving an estate in excess OF
$40, 100000, was his uncle. The ED
er Murray was a pioneer in the Butte
mining district, where he picked wise
ly and became possessed of valuable
mining property. That and his nat
ural business ability was his sesame
to fortunes door.