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The Washington times., 1923-01-03
! TRIANGL :
CAlIS Of
DEATHS
Mer Rouge Tragedy Has Love
Motive Injected BY
Khan Paper.
sIsy TnternatiOnal News Service.


WINFIELD, La, Jan. 3D.
The eternal triangle, center of in
terest ia thousands 81 tragedies,
was thrust into the lilnelight to-
day Hi the Ter ROuge murder
mystery. 5s,.-;..s.
- -
blamed fo tli q
suAti0n iii the Is Iris By the Dalton
Weekly, eni-of Eicia organ Of the
Ku Klux Klan in Nor house, In .
special article published today.
The article incidentally revealed
the attitude Of the khan toward
the murders of Watt Daniels and
Thomas F. Richards.
Rich Man Involved.
The newspaper declared wealthy
Mer Rouge land owner and mer-
chant brought on the upheaval by
his interest. In the youthful daugh-
ter OF tenant on one OF bis farms.
1.-THE first incident, which was
the real beginning of the whole at
fair In Morehouse Parish, was the
case Of a weIl-known and wealthy
merchant Of Mer Rouge" said the
article. I'm addition to having a
wife and family, he moved poor
white mother on one of his small
farms, who had a daughter about
twelve years old.
"His interest in the child In
creased with her age and by the
time she was fourteen he had fur
nished her room with all manner
Of finery and had also given her
a Ford car. The child was DELHI
erately ushered into shame by the
time she attained a semblance Of
womanhood.
1.-THE khan, or some body of men,
evidently, of Bastrop, stole this girl
away from him and sent her to
an aunt in Little Rock, Ark, whom
they had notified in advance to re-
ceive her. The man Immediately
aligned himself permanently and
definitely with the anti-klan ele-
ment.
"The torch was lighted. 1t was
the first shot in the battle between
the forces of morality and i'm
The newspaper praised Dr.. B. M.
McKoin, former mayor of Mer
Rouge, who is now under arrest IN
Baltimore on q muTueF charge. al
the same time it condemned the
town that McKoin had ruled.
Town Degraded.
Poker playing was the chief
pastime in Mer Rouge, the games
being run openly on the main street
Of the town." the article added.
''Whiskey was as accessible as
water. The town had struck the
bottom Of degradation. The marshal
was the best poker player in town.
No moral force was at work"
When McKoin declined to run for
a second term, the article added,
"the old order was restored" The
physician, however, was described
as having taken a deep interest in
the community's affairs as a private
and ultimately the Ku Klux
Khan backed up his work.
1T is certain" the article added.
that the Khan from Bastrop, eight
miles distant from Mer Rouge, man.
Tested an interest in the affairs Of
the little town."
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KILLED DAUGHTERS;
FIFTY-YEAR SENTENCE

KANSAS CITY, Kans., Jan. g.
Tony D1nello, convicted of the muir.
der OF his eleven-year-oId daughter,
Flora, was sentenced today to fifty
years in the State penitentiary by
Judge e. l.. Fisher.
The body Of Flora iDinello was
found floating in the Missouri river
here September 10. The BODY of
Helen, another daughter, was found
in the river near Napoleon, Mo, the
following day. DiMello confessed tn
the police he slew both of his daugh.
tiers with a hammer.
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TURKS PREPARE
To ATTACK,
REPORT
London Hears That Prepara-
tons Are Under Way for
More Fighting,

LONDON, Jan. 3.-An unconfirm-
ed report reached Athens today
hat the Turks are preparing to
attack the British military forces
at Constantinople. said an Exs
change Telegraph dispatch from
Athens. The dispatch added:
There are indications also Of a
movement against the British along
the Turkish. straits. The Turkish
army is encamped at Baldukessar.
The Turks are busily recruiting
and sending war stores into
Thrace."
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FEAR STEAMER, LONG
OVERDUE, WENT DOWN

HALIFAX. Nova Scotia, Jan. g.
Fears were felt in shipping circles to.
day that the freighter Bretonja,
twenty-four days out from st. Pierre
for New York, has met with disaster.
Attempts to get in communication
with wireless have failed.
1t IL feared that the vessel went
down in the recent North Atlantic
storms.
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SHE AIMS At SKUNK'S
TAIL AND CLIPS HEAD

= SANDY, Ore, Jan. 3.7Mrs.
Thomas Hagan is the champion pis-
toll shot of this community. She
recently went out to chicken coops
back of her home to end the career
of a skunk which had been "snoop.
ing" about.
She crawled under the coops with
her gun and aiming directly at the
"polecat's" tail, shot off it's head.
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lie YES
He OIDN' 7
s II Al
GEMS
Mrs. schoeIkopf and Rich Hus-
band Defend Man Held
Under Suspicion.
BY International News Service.

NEw vOpY t. TI..nL
e.a1AA
barrett Carman, dapper, slim,
dandy OF the vaudeville stage,
uassed = restless night IN fail.
- .I:.l..s h:.,e -. 80. -
-s .oaaetA =. A.llen SVu1s Gnu
again told the police that ne
lraw nofh;nr IF tha alIa0ad
IS
amazing ROBBERY OF more IMAM
$4,000 worth of Jewels from
r.. n D u,,.o cchoaIllronf u;fa
: -.
OF Buffalo financler, whose
wealth Il estimated 1t more than
So nnn naa
~sVs0o0yo.seO "
Robbed In Studio.
Mrs. Schoeilkopf il being assisted
BY her husband in directing search
for the gems which disappeared, ac-
cording to the story she told the
police, while she was attending g.
New Year party at Carman's studloI
apartment in building which, until
recently, was occupied by a dress.
making establishment in which Fan.
ME Brice, actress-wife OF Nicky Arm
stein, was part owner.
Miss Brice said today that she
knew Carman slightly and consid-l
cred him fine young Fellow.
Both Defend Actor.
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aess.s :. TT 49, 's..',t
NE VIZ 20 -. s.I,- -.
s.,I - 80 ~. ,,,1ta az.
ne uiuh 20 ~. 'ne ny
husband ana l trus1 MN ana we
know him quite Wen. ne traveleo
VIZ US IA Europe is m nie
nay nuspano pau al nlS eA
penses 10 come WIN us LOT CON-
partnership.
However, the police locked the
actor up after q long griihng, In
which they said they discovered
several discrepancies In his story
Of the night at the STUDIO.
Insured For $29S,7OO.
Officers of the Federal Insurance
Company admitted today that the
feyvelrv was insured for S29S, 700,
and # was the statement of Schoell-
kopf that they were worth much
more than the insurance, the list
received by the police showing total
value slightly in excess of half a
S,ofiIion
An indenendent investigation of
tha robbery was under way TODAY
b., insnectors of the insurance com
So
1900. roL n ro,,,hI;, baad
~ $1,000 h,,Soa,s .a;d Le
% 1 ~. So.. e Se,iI;
waS nIo q , ul ~" cnu.
tlol Wouio SlEs. SchoelLAopL appear
70 press any cnarse agsunss Car
IiieLa' ~ e,,,, wee oioo iIiIo ILL.,. ~
InaS HiIS; oS es'r1'iD was IedvihS At
once ior DuILdIo "ith heF huspaho.
- suraa NJ so SpsnS,,, mas ~ nv
ennear AGAINST Carman." the in
anecfor said "Carnoan will he held
as a material witness. however.
,,e,,dinp arrest nj the two mon
eoIIobt in connection with the roh-
he,-v He viii he taken before a
nnaSistrate bate TO-DAY"
- n.L,...
Ansereo az EuOiiciS'
The publicity which the robbery
tresa ' scho s m more than the loss
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PRE- PARES
To MARCH
ARMY To
RLJHR
cabinst Demands Greater
1araiatsss for Payment
of spat ations


PARIS, Jan. 3The French
cabinet Ut meeting - before
noon held that the British repara-
tions plan is not acceptable to
France in its present form. When
the second pIenary session of the
allied conference opened both the
Italians and Belgians were max
ing an effort to establish . COM
mon basis for British and French
negotiations.
The chief trouble arose from
the French view that the guaran-
tees demanded by the British
from Germany were not enough
to protect France.
Reduces Sums Due France.
The decision to reject the British
plan was unanimous. President Mil
lerand presided over the cabinet
council.
1.-THE British plan reduces con-
siderably the sums due to France.
said a cabinet communicate. II
provides new delays without proper
guarantees. It constitutes abandon
C9G(SAAAeAA
treaty OF Versailles
Responsible ministers examined
military plans for further occupa-
ton Of German soil in the event
France is compelled to act alone
against Germany.
Threatens TO Act Alone.
The cabinet unanimously APP
proved Premier Poincare's repara-
with pen and ink in the premier's
own Northumberland affirmed the
course he had followed in the
first plenary session, The premier
told the cabinet:
The French plan represents the
minimum we can accept. Unless
the French plan is used as the
basis of discussion we shall be
compelled to declare the meeting
not in harmony and proceed to act
alone in taking pledges"
The Matin quoted bankers as de-
claring that the British plan had
been drawn up by British bankers
and not by the British cabinet.
Farley Faces Deadlock.
A deadlock doomed today as
result of the divergent views held
by the British, French and Italians
Premier Poincare Of France has
informed the British that the plan
yesterday by Premier A.
Bonar Law is not discussable from
the French viewpoint without previ.
GUS submission to the chamber of
deputies.
British experts worked until after
examining the French
plan to ascertain whether it could
be amended to meet the British
view.
Herrick to Attend.
The United States may have an
observer in Paris during the re-
of the meeting. Myron T.
Herrick, American ambassador to
France, il on his way from the
French Rivera to watch the pro-
ceedings and report to the State
The French are pinning their
hopes upon Belgian and italian
mediation >and realization by the
British that the Anglo-French rup-
ture would spell disaster in the
Near East. The French are hope
oul that the conference can be
saved but this hope Is not general.
Premier Theunis OF Belgium ID
lctive in behalf OF mediation. He
las worked out conciliatory pro
gram. half way between the British
Ind French plans, to be submitted
his afternoon.
High officials OF the French gov
,rnment believe that occupation OF
he Rllhr vii become eYtable. Il
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BERGOOLL
SEARCH
IS On
Draft Dodger Thought BY
Officials to Have Landed
In North Carolina.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Jan. a.
The hunt for Grover Cleveland
BergdolI Stacker, who was arrested
for evasion Of military servies dur
ing the war, and who fled from
captivity III Philadelplia two years
ago, was resumed off the North
Carolina coast today.
Authorities stated they believed
BergdoH to be aboard the steam
ship Aquarins, bcand from Bremen
to Wilmington.
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Cavalry Arrives to
Help Guard Scene of
Khan Investigations
By VIM. X. HUTCHINSON
COsmODolltan News Service,

BASTROP, La, Jan. 3.-Violence
stalked in the shadowlands Of
Parish today where the
State government Of Louisiana. aid
ed by Federal forces, Is playing q
game Of human checkers with the
will O. the wisp" authority of the
Ku Klux Khan.
A troop of cavalry is patroling
this little town, where the State will
an open hearing Friday on
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BUYS NEWSPAPER JUST
TO KEEP FAMILY BUSY

HELENA. Mont, Jan. 3.-In order
that his children might have some
thing to do when not occupied with
their school studies, j. A. Hentz, q
rancher, living In the extreme
northern portion of Montana, pur-
chased the Thoeny Review. a weekly
newspaper published at Thoeny,. de-
clared a notice in the PUBLICATIONS re-
Gently.
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Tractor Runs Oil Drill.

JACKSONVILLE, Ohio, Jan. B.
The use of a tractor for drilling in
the Hbckin5 Valley oil fields has
been found practical It's use may
revolutionize drilling. The first well
on which the tractor was used was
put down 2,750 feet in twenty. eight
days.
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THE STATE

Butte-For the first time in the
history of the Butte high school, the
graduating class will this year wear
caps and gowns at their commence
ment exercises, according to Super
intendent A. III. Douglass.
Great FaIIs-Excavatio work for
the Sunburst refinery has been be-
gun at the site on the west side of
the river. H. H. Rathvon is engineer
in charge of construction and opera
ton.
Butte More than 5000 persons
attended the second annual automo-
bile show of the Butte Kiwanis club,
according to figures compiled by the
committee in charge. The show clos
ed with carnival ball at Columbia
Gardens.
Missoula-In order to learn the
location of abandoned orchard tracts
over the state with the view of con-
demning them, questionnaires have
been sent out from the office of the
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and consideration of the allied gov
ernments.
Washington United States
produced rs per cent more rolled
zinc in 1922 than in 1921, the total
being 107, 008,715 pounds, valued at
$8,545,077 last year, as compared
with 60,800,186 pounds, worth So
940,208 in the preceding year.
Washington-Ch latest move
to abrogate the famous "twenty-one
demands treaty of 1915 has led ia
pan to inform her that such a pro-
posal is contrary to accepted interna-
tional practices and will "fail to con-
tribute to the advancement of friend
ship between our two countries"
Cheyenne - Declaring he would
flight to the last ditch" the efforts
of Governor w. B. Ross to remove
him, Frank G. Emerson, state en-
gineer, and Wyoming's member of
the Colorado river commission, has
lined up legal talent in preparation
for what promises to be a bitter
court battle.
Des Moines-Now that the ship
subsidy is dead, the next big prob
lem which confronts congress IS the
revision of the transportation act so
as to squeeze "the seven billion dol
lars of watered stock out of railroad
valuations" Senator Smith w. Book
hart, junior senator from Iowa, de-
clared here in a speech before the
Des Moines press club.
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form in the Bitter Root valley Of
Montana, but which has been report
ed from Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington. To
be held in Missoula on April S and
6, the conference will attempt to
devise uniform methods for report
ing cases of the fever and for seeking
its control.
Great FalIs-Six terms in prison
for thefts of booze" is the record of
Robert Taintor. alias John Casson,
alias Steve Taintor, alias Arthur
Dearborn, who has been sentenced to
an indeterminate term in the peniten-
tiary, according to word received by
Ray Gaunt, identification officer at
police headquarters here. Taintor
stole a Hudson car belonging to j.
N. Thelen, an attorney, on December
10 last and still had it in his pos
session when arrested in Ogden on
January IL.
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HOW SIX GOOD MEN, NOW ALL BUT FORGOTTEN,
SAWED THE STATE OF MONTANA FIVE MILLIONS

turn. Two members were offered as
much as $4,000 each if they would
come over to the railroads. They
We're told that Jay Gould, then the
titular head of the Union Pacific, did
not have money enough to buy such
men as Barrett. They would not re-
turn, but remained until such a time
as they were sure a few more legisla-
tors had been won over to the side of
the people. Then they went back to
the capital and voted down the
measures.
Helena was all for the railroads at
the time, because 1t meant railroad
connections for that city. SO these
men who were trying to save the
states money were not very popular
there. But the railroads were built
into the state without subsidies and
the state was not saddled with a
great bond issue for their benefit.
That is the story of how six men,
whose names are all but forgotten,
saved the state of Montana at least
$5,000,000.
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For more than fifty years Martin
Barrett, of Horse Prairie, has Deen
resident of Beaverhead county. With
the development of that section of
Montana he has made considerable
competency, and enjoys the conf
dence of wide circle of friends. But
there are few who knew that he once
did the state of Montana great SER
vice, which up to the present, has
been unheralded and unrewarded.
In 1878 he was elected as repre-
sentative of Beaverhead county to the
territorial council, post that cor
responds with that of state senator.
1t was session of which the rail-
roads were endeavoring to get sub
sides and tax exemption measures
authorized. The Northern Pacific
was asking for 100000, and the
Union Pacific through the Utah
Northern, very considerable sum.
Governor Potts, who favored the rail-
roads, had called the legislature to-
gether to pass these measures for
their benefit. All of the prominent
men in the state, and all the news
papers, with the single exception of
the Virginian City Madisonian, then
edited by Tom DeArmond, favored
the railroads.
The railroads maintained large
lobbies at Helena in an effort to force
through this legislation. They en-
tertained the early day statesmen
lavishly. Those they could not win
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state horticulture division in this cit,
to a large list of fruit growers.
Red odge-Holding that step
father is not responsible for the torts
of his stepson, Judge Robert A. Stone
dismissed the $12,500 damage sui
of Frank Miller against Ira Tootha
ker on motion of counsel for the de-
PENDANT.
HeIena-Lewis and Clark county
farmers will have a corn acreage this
year of from 5000 to 1000 acres, If
the plans of the farm bureau as an
nounced by w. H. Sutton, county
agent, prevail. In other years the
corn acreage in this county was prac-
tica1ly nothing.
Red Lodge-Suffering intense pain
from a dislocated ankle, Arthur L..
Olson, forest ranger, was forced to
make a trip down a timber slide and
crawl half mile to the Canyon ran
ger station, from where he telephon-
ed for aid. He is now convalescing
in local hospital.
Butte-Sale of the Goldsmith mine
to the Crystal Copper company was
recorded in deed filed with the
county clerk and recorder here. The
instrument was signed by C. w. ELL
ingwood and wife and j. K Heslet,
trustee. The consideration given
was 81, but 5000 worth of revenue
stamps were affixed.
Butte-An attempt to visit his g.
year-old son at the home of his
Mrs. Mary Rantanen,
resulted in the slight wounding of Ed
Rodgers, according to the story of
the latter, who declares that a shot
was fired by Mrs. Rantanen while he
stood by closed door.
Great Falls Five thousand dol
lars for two pairs of silver black fox
pups has been paid by w. G. Simpson
of Gilman, who purchased the ami
mails from the Great Falls Silver
Black Fox farm, according to M. A. |
Chase, a director of the company. Mr..
Gilman will start a fox farm with the
pups as nucleus. Contract calls for |
delivery October Is.
Missoula=At a special convention, |
students of the University of Mon
lana went on record as being in favor
Of the installation of the honor sys-
tenn of student government. The
meeting was open to all students,
md each speaker was allowed five
minutes in which to present his views.
Several students opposed the system,
others were for it with reservations,
Ind a few favored accepting it at
ace value.
Helena-Dr. w. F. Cogswell, sec
'etary of the state board of health,
las issued invitations to health Off
,ials of the Rocky mountain states
nd the western provinces of Canada,
or conference on methods of con-
rolling Rocky Mountain spotted
ever, which has its most virulent,
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by flattery and life time passes, the,
endeavored to buy outright. Blu
there was little group of men whom
they could not flatter or buy. Bar
ret was the leader of this coterie.
Broke the Quorum
One night Richard Hickman, leg
islator representing Madison county
came to this group and said that the
railroad people had counted noses
and felt that they we're in control
They were so confident that the.
were celebrating their expected vic
tory at banquet, to which all of the
faithful had been invited. Hickman
and Barrett took counsel. The vote
was to be taken at the next days ses-
sion of the legislature. 1t was de-
cided that those opposed to the rail
road measures should stay away from
the session, keep out of reach of the
sergeant-at-arms who could manda-
torially order them to attend, and
break the quorum. Without q
quorum there could be no legal SEES
sion.
So these devoted men, including
Hickman and Sedman of Madison
county, o. P. Hayes of Gallatin, Bar
ret of Beaverhead, and Frank Ives
of Missoula, left Helena at dead of
night and started to walk to Fort
Benton. There they expected to meet
w. G.. Conrad, the member for Cho-
teau county, who was with them in
their fight. With morning came the
Benton stage, which was held up
bandit fashion, and Communicated a
ride for the legislative minority to
Benton.
Fort Benton was at that time in
the heyday of it's glory. AS the head
of navigation it was the water gate
of Montana through which much of
the young territory's commerce ebbed
and flowed. Naturally it was against
the substituting of railroads which
would take from it its prestige and
prosperity. Word flashed ahead of
the coming of the legislators who
were out to defeat the designs of
the railroads.
Fort Benton Welcome
The whole town turned out to well
come them. An improvised band
met them at the stage station. There
was a great parade in which Barrett
and his friends had the places of
honor. There were speeches in which
they we're held up as the saviors of
the state. A grand ball, which was
by all the countryside
around, was given them, They were
ionized and feted, and made much Of
The railroad managers sent lobby
SITS to Benton and endeayored to per-
'uade the runaway statesmen to re-
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Why Not Enjoy Perfect Hcalth7

Camp Verde, Ariz.-" Sometime ago
] began using DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for feminine weakness
and the Golden Medical Discovery
for stomach trouble, from which | had
suffered for a number of years. |
took about five bottles of the Pre-
scription' and three of the Discovery
and found them to be of untold value
in my case. | am willing to give
my name in recommending these
medicines so that others can benefit
by them. Mrs. G. A. Parks.
Your druggist sells DIR. Pierce's
medicines in tablets or liquid. Write
DIR. Pierce, President Invalids' Hotel
in Buffalo, N. Y, for free medical
advice or send 10c for trial pkg.
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Road Improvements in Madison

Road improvements in Madison
With the approach of the spring
season, supervisor w. J. Derrick and
assistants at the office in Sheridan
of the Madison National forest are
busy with plans relating to the re-
sumption of work on various old and
new projects on the Madison Nation
forest. To date estimates and spe-
cifications have been prepared on a
dozen projects. The nearest to Sher-
idan is a proposed road of two miles
on Indian creek near the forks, which
will open up with million and a
halw feet of lumber. The estimated
cost of this road is $4,000