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The Washington times., 1923-11-06
Al HE American people, from
Y their earliest days, have OBJ

MHE American people. from
VI their earliest days, havo oh.
served the wise custom Of
acknowledging each ear the
bounty with which divine ProVi-
dence has favored them. In the
beginning, this aclmOWledg dgruent
was voluntary return Of thanks
by the community for the fruit
fuIness Of the harvest. Though
our mode Of life has greatly
changed, this custom has always
survived. It has made Thanks
giving Day not only one Of the
oldest but one Of the most char.
actertistic Observances Of our
country. On that day, In home and
church, I'm family and in public
gatherings, the whole nation has
Tor generations paid the tribute
due from grateful hearts for
blessings bestowed.
To centa1. OIIr tllOuelIte 90 this.
way upon the favor which we
have been shown hag been alto
getIier wise and desirable. Et has
given opportunity Justly 10 balance
the good and the evil which we
have experienced. In that we.
have never failed TO find reasons
for being grateful to God for 3
generous prepOnderance Of the
good. Even in the least prOpftiOus
times, q broad contemplation Of
our whole position has never
failed to disclose overwhelming
reasons for tI1anIKfulness. Thus
viewing our situation we have
found warrant for q more hope
full and confident attitude toward
the future.
In this current year, we now
approach the time which has
been accepted by custom as most
fitting for the calm survey Of
our estate and the return Of
thanks. We shall the more keenly
realize our good fortune, If we
will i'm deep sincerity, give to 1t
due thought, and moro especially,
if we will compare 1t with that
Of any other community IN the
world.
The year has brought to our
people two tragic experiences
which have deeply affected them.
One was the death of our beloved
President Harding, which has
been mOurned wherever there is q
realization Of the worth Of high
ideals. noble purpose and unselfish
service carried even to the end OF
supreme sacrifice. His loss re-
called the nation to q less captiOus
and more charitable attitude. 1t
sObered the whole thought Of the
country. A little later came the
The Washington times., 1923-11-06

There is no telling how rapidly
the airplane can be made to travel
he said. Certainly, the maximum
speed has not been reached yet;
there is no present indication that
a speed limitation is in sight.
"If aeronautical science develops
as hopefully in the next few years
as it has since 1918, it may be posi-
BILE for man to fly through space
with speed which is almost oeyono
all human conception to realize.
Moffett's prediction was based on
the record of 274.2 miles an hour es-
tablished in a Navy Curtiss by Lieut..
Harold J. Brow, at Mineola. L. L. on
Sunday.
Coast to Coast by Daylight.
Pointing out that 124 miles an
hour was hailed as a miraculous
achievement" in 1918, Moffett smiled
when he said that "the next genera
ton will refer to Brow's mark as
only 274.2 miles an hour"
In a few years, people VIII think
nothing of hopping into luxurious
passenger plane in New York after
breakfast and arriving In San Fran.
cisco for dinner, he said.
Until next spring at least. Mot.
Iccnt.uusd On Page-s. Column "a
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
MILITARY COPS
URGED FOR
TRAFFIC
Senator Ball Favors Marines
and Army Men for D. c.
Streets.

Marines and enlisted men Of the
army should control traffic in the
District of Columbia, Senator Ball.
chairman of the Senate District
Committee today declared in the
Senate hearing upon local traffic
conditions.
He advocates the elimination OF
all traffic police and the substitu'
ton Of picked men from the ma
rine corps and the army.
washington is a Government
city," said Senator Ball. cit has
it's own particular problems.
believe there is a surplus OF
marines and enlisted men around
Washington who could easily be
trained and put to this USE"
The proposal was made in an Off
hand and informal manner by Sen
ator Ball, but will be considered in
detail by the committee later.
Senator Ball said it was prompted
by his recent visit to Panama and
Colon, where he has seen the Amer.
lean Government do IAN excellent
clean up job"
He pointed out that there are
Ia, 900 persons in Washington civ
ing in alley filth" and that Congress
stubbOrnly persisted in refusing to
improve conditions or to take the
problem in hand. He said the con.
trast between conditions here and
conditions in Panama and Colon
have made a great impression upon
him.
William r. Ham. chairman Of the
icpunAled On Ra9Aa a nolrmusEe
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HARVESTING POTOMAC URGED
TO CUT ELECTRIC RATE
thanksgiving Dap
Dr0clal1latlOll
BY the President Of the United States of America
A PROC

unparalIoIed disaster to the friend
" people Of Japan. This called
forth from the people Of the
United States D demonstration OF
doep and humane feeling. lt was
wrought into the substance Of
good works. It created new evil
dences Of our international friend.
ship, which Is . guarantee Of
world peace. II replenisI1ed the
charitable impulse Of the country.
BY experiences, such as these.
men and nations are tested and
refined. We have been blessed with
much Of material prosperity We
shall be better able to appreciate
ft IL we remember the priVatiOns
others have suffered, and we shall
be the more worthy Of It Il we.
use it for their relief. We VIII
do we'd then to render thanks Tor
the good that has come ID us and
show by our actions fllat we have
bee0Eae StFsnng ger wiser, and tfHer
By the chaSt Stenings which have
been imposed upon Us. We VIII
thus prepare ourselves fOK. the
part that we must take 3
world which forever Eleels
full measure OF service. We have
been . most favored NpoIjfe. We
ought to be q most gelerOus peQs
pie. We have been q most blessed
people. We ought to be q most
thankful people.
WHEREFORE, I, Calvin Cool
idge, President Of the United
States, do hereby fix and desig.
nate Thursday, the twenty-nfnth
day Of November, rs Thanlxsgiv-
ing Day, and recommend its gem
eral observance throughout the
land. It is urged that the people,
gathering i'm their homes and
their usual places of worship, give
expression to their, gratitude for
the benefits and blessings that q
gracious Providence has bestowed
upon them, and seek the guidance
of Almighty God. that they may
deserve q continuance Of His
favor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1
have hereuntO set my hand and
caused to be affixed the great
seal of the United States.
DONE at the City Of Washing
ton, this 5th day of November, i'm
the year Of our Lord One ThOuS.
and Nine Hundred and Twenty
three, and of the Independence Of
the United States, the One Hun
dred and FOrty-eightl1.
(SignedD CALVIN COOLIDGE.
(SEAE
By the President:
Charles e. Hughes,
Secretary Of State.
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K. K. K. Staying
MOTIVE STILL
MYSTERY
Sweeping Probe Begun Into
Events Leading Up to Kill
ing of Attorney.
BY International News Service.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 6.-Police
detectives and special investigators
in Atlanta today instigated sweep
ing investigation into the sensa-
tional events that resulted in the
Staying of William s. Coburn, prom.
inent Atlanta attorney and counsel
for the Simmons faction OF the
Ku Klux Klan.
Phillip r. Fox, whom police
charge with the Staying, still re-
fused early today to make any
statement.
Under the circumstances It was
the only thing could do; couldn't
do anything different" said Fox
when locked in a cell at the police
station. When Policeman Cochran
was taking him to the station, Fox
asked If Coburn was dead. Upon re-
ceiVing an affirmative reply he said,
according to the policeman, 81 am
glad OF 1T. He would have ruined
me. had rather be hung than
ruined"
Outside Of these two statements.
Fox has maintained sealed lips.
To Charge Murder.
Soon after the fatal shooting late
yesterday special investigators from
the solicitors office rushed to the
scene or the crime, questioned the
only Two witnesses to the shooting,
Coburn's stenographer, Mrs. NJ. A.
Holbrook, and a client, Mrs. Oscar
deyman, and also questioned all
others who might have knowledge
of the crime.
Solicitor John A. Boykin an
nounced today that he was drawing
up an indictment charging Fox with
the murder of Coburn and that he
expected to present the indictment
to the Fulton county grand jury
when it convenes later in the day.
He stated that. he would try the case
at the earliest possible moment. pro-
viding an Indictment ia returned.
expect the case to come up some
time next week." he said.
The detectives, however. would
not give their views as to the mo-
tive or the crime. A small package
Of Coburn's legal papers, turned
over to Police Captain T. o. Sturdi-
want by H. J. Horton, will, it is
thought, solve the motive mystery.
This package contains legal docu.
ments which Coburn is said to have
prepared for his other Injunction
suits against the khan.
One or these suits was filed yes.
terday, a few hours before the
fataI shooting. It was the suit
Uontinued pm Page 4 GplumnrSa
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
HlIGE: Loss
.OF POWER
HERE IS
CITED
Expert Compares 2 Cents Cost
in Ontario With 10 Cents
in District
b PHILLIP a. ORaIR.

Z
Up in Toronto, Ontario prov
NEE, Canada, electric light, heat
and power are furnished house
keepers at 2.08 cents 4 kiIowatt
hour. Toronto brings the s.juice"
over high tension wires . con-
siderable distance from Queens
town, where the central plant is
located.
Here in Washington the private
citizen pays 10 cents q kilowatt
hour. IF q fight now being nasds
in the courts is successful, the
rate will drop to 8. But itas =
long, long way from 2.0S to 3.
Meanwhile, the Potomac rushes
-precipitately down the rock slopes
of Great Falls, eighteen miles
away, virgin and embarrassed.
Other Cities Suffer.
other great American cities are in
the same fix as the Capital. Ontario
province has shown them all the
way. 1t has proved the feasibility of
public exploitation Of natural re-
sources, OF which waterways are
among the most important, up to
the hilt.
When coal strikes loom In the
United States, the public com.
mences to tremble in advance of
the first autumnal zephyr. Up in
Ontario province. where the mer-
curry burrows down into the bulb
and hibernateS five months, they
smile. Coal means very little to
dwellers- in the super-power area OF
this neighboring. division Of the Do
minion of Canada-or to business
men and manufacturers. Their coal
is white and isn't found In bins,
Public ownership has done It.
Throughout this nation, there is
a present agitation for development
OF hydro. electric projects by any
means. A super-power area exists
on the Pacific slope. Such q link
ing-up by high tension wires Is
progressing east of the Appa-
iachians. The. coal strike menace
has given additional impetus to the
demand for white fuel.
The engineering problems con-
n0CL0Q VIII SOQSE -POWSA SS@ACRA1s.S
have been met over and over again.
The main question is the method
OF financing.
There have been many laughs
over public ownership and public
operation plans in regard to grsa
utilities. People are prone to
get the United States Railway
ministration and the Pest O.
Department But. again. Data
shows the way.
Points 60 Ontario.
Every year or so, fermentation
commences in the District relative
to putting Great Falls to- work.
Congress has appropriated monies
for preliminary surveys relative to
the impounding of the Potomac.
Private experts have advanced
plans conflicting In many ways
with those Of. army engineers
There has been debating-and then
another period Of quiet. The river
But surely the great Federal
Government OF the United States
can do what Ontario has done.
This is the firm belief Of Judson
King. director Of the National
Popular Government League with
Headquarters IN Warrington. He
stands unchangeably for puhlia
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
D. c. REPORT ON MUzzEYs
HISTORY GIVEN PUBLICITY

Considering the favorable report
OF the Board Of Education's special
committee on Muzzey's American
History as significant, CHM & Co.,
publishers, have put it out in printed
form. Ernest Greenwood. vice presi.
dent OF the board. was chairman of
the committee and author of the re.
port.
The publishers say that Washing.
ton is the first city to make an ex.
naustive investigation into the mer.
its OF the Muzzey history and that
they believe the findings here should
be given the utmost publicity in as
much as forty other important cities
are awaiting the results of the IocaI
investigation. 'o'
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
ALL KILLED
IS BELIEF,
$50 FEET
DOWN
Tragedy Due to Explosion Of
Gas-Score or More Made
Escape to Surface.
By International News Service.


BECKLEY, w. Va, Nov. g.
Thirty-five miners are believed to
have perished in an explosion at
the Glen Rogers mine of the
Raleigh Wyoming Company, in
Wyoming county, early today,
twenty-five miners made their
escape soon after the explosion.
Thirty-fve others were entombed
$50 feet below the surface and
mine officials fear they have been
asphyxiated by gas.
Machinery Stin Working.
The explosion occurred shortly
hefore o'clock. The twenty-five
miners who escaped were in sec
ton cut off from the central point
Of the explosion and were able to
make their way to the cages.
All OF the cages and fans were
sdll In working order after the ex-
plosion, but. officials Of the mine
held out no hope for the rescue
alive Of any Of the entomned men.
: y. a. McKlnneys night foreman,
~ q S444el1 O<441u u 1EGl4CIE l1A1AI
attempted to reach the trapped
men an hour after the explosion
occurred. Mckinney was overcome
after he had penetrated within 200
feet of where the miners are be-
HeVed entombed. The men with him
carried him out.
A Government mine rescue car is
en- route to the scene from Morgan
town. State Mine Inspector MulA
lens from Charleston is also on the
way here. All State mine inspec-
tors have been ordered to the
scene.
Majority Are Americans.
Company officials estimated there
were sixty men in the mine when
the explosion occurred. Ordinarily
there would have been 200 there
but the mine has been working
only part time recently.
The entombed men were q part
Of the day force and had been in
the mine only a short time when
the blast occurred. The miners
were all equipped with safety
lamps, officials said, and the sup
position is that an electric spark
may have ignited pocket of gas
The mine is one of the largest
IN the State.
A majority Of the miners working
In the section where the explosion
occurred are Americans, 1t was an
nounced. Some negroes and for
eigners are employed in the Sec
ton. but most Of them were among
the twenty-five who escaped.
News Of the disaster brought
huge crowds to the shaft Pathetic
scenes followed as wives, mothers
and friends searched among the
crowd for the missing men.
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
SUSPICIOUS
Of BUREAU
DEALS
Forbes Subordinates at Perry
Vile DisIiked Haste
IN Sales.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.

Intermati ti0nal News Service.
The sale of $3,00O,000 worth Of
United States Veterans Bureau
supplies To the Thomson y Kelly
CO. Bos On for $600, 300 p1o@
voked esuspician' Of its prOpriety
among Federal officials, Clarence
h. Bierman, Public Health Service
official, testified today before the
Senate Investigating Committee.
Haste Viewed Suspiciously.
Biernia1l was an official at the
PerryviIle. Md, depot, where the
sale took place during the admins
tration of Col. Charles, r. Forbes.
He declared the haste shown to
remove the goods" had raised the
suspicion as to the deals propriety.
Bierman also testified that many
discrepancies were discovered in
separate inventories of the supplies
at Perryville taken by the Public
Health Service and the Veterans Blu.
reau. He declared the Public Health
Service inventory revealed that great
supplies of stocks had been missed
" II
after the Thomson & Kelly
Company obtained it's contract to
purchase surplus supplies, did their
haste In removing stocks cause talk
among the employees and officials
at Perryville?" asked Senator Walsh
(Dem.) OF Massachusetts,.
Eyes, sir"
did 1t arouse suspicion?"
dYaq sir IN NV mind - said Y3f6P.
''Did you ever voice that sus-
picion?"
"I voiced it verbally to the surgeon
general" Bierman answered.
Color of Honor.
"Can you think of anything that
would give the color of honor to this
transaction" asked Mai. Gen. John
F. Organ, Government counsel.
Nothing in the evidence here"
was the reply.
What reason was given to justify
this sale?"
'Only that they wanted to close
the depot"
"Why was that?"
'"They wanted to centralize the
stocks and to cut down overhead ex.
penses."
DIR. Charles G. Smith, another pub
lie health service official, also testi-
fled. DIR. Smith told of steps taken
by the public health service to OBJ
tain a share of the Perryville sup
plies. He stated that Colonel Forbes
and the budget bureau finally agreed
to give the public health service 20
per cent of the PerryVille stocks.
He also praised Colonel Forbes and
the Veterans Bureau for their eek
ceedingly courteous treatment" OF
the public health service.
Bierman said that in his iudg.
ment less than one-fourth of stock
at Perryville sold Thomson & Kelly
were surplus, and there was no
justification for purchase by the
Veterans Bureau Of new sheets
during 1922.
Says Forbes Urged Speed.
"Stocks were stored first in bunk
houses at Perryville, and this stor-
age was unsatisfactory" said Bier
man. Later they were removed
TO concrete store houses where stor-
age was fairly good. The new
sheets were carried in original pack
ages readily distinguishable. There
was some mis-marking of packages,
but these came from the Red Cross
mainly.
A statement was read from Sid
ney G. Brown, deputy chief CO.
ordinator Of the Bureau Of the Bud
get, showing a request from Colonel
FORBES to the bureau to expedite
the clearance of the surplus at
PerryviIle IN order that there might
J hO4 an early Gale Of these NtocleRs
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
PoINCARE'S INSTRUCTIONS
TO JUSSERAND APPROVED

PARIS, Nov. 6.-The French
cabinet today approved Premier
Poincare's instructions to Jules
Jusserand, French ambassador at
Washington regarding the French
limitations for the proposed inter
national conference Of reparations
exports.
1t considered NJ Jusserand's re.
port of his interview with Secre-
tary of State Hughes, but did not
disclose the contents.
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
Aid Rushed To Scene.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. O.
Following an explanation this
morning in the Glen Rodgers mine
OF the Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Com.
pany, at Glen Rodgers, in Wyoming
county, all available mine ingpec-
tors or the State were ordered to
hurry to the scene. A large mum.
ber Of miners were reported en-.
tombed.
Chief Lambie. of the mine de.
partment, left on the first train
for Glen Rodgers.
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
CIVIL SERVICE LEAGUE
TO STUDY PAY REVISION

The findings of the Personnel Re.
classification Board will be investi-
gated by the reclassification COM
mittee of the National Civil Service
Reform League. The results OF rhe
inquiry will be given at the forty
third annual convention Of the
league December 8.
The committee 10 headed by AL
bert s. Taught, who was elected
aN-A mee&1n1 last night
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
Judge schuIdt Has Cole.

Judge Gus A. Schuldt, of Police
Court. Is Ill at his home with a
slight cold contracted yesterday.
Judge SchuIdt declared that he
would return to the bench in q
~ Or &Wps
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
WOLENTR|OT|NG
BREAKS OUT
IN BERLIN
Stores Are PIundered for Food
and Pedestrians and
Motorists Robbed.

BERLIN, Nov. 6.-Violent food
riots broke out here today. Stores
were plundered. Pedestrians and
motorists were held up in the
streets and robbed. Two hundred
arrests were made.
A violent anti-Jewish wave
swept the city.
Socialist Proclamation.
The German socialist party issued
a proclamation appealing to all re.
pubIicans throughout the nation tn
prepare for the defense of the
republic.
"The reactionaries are determined
to force a fight and it is wrong for
us to play the ostrich" said the
proclamation.
The socialist appeal condemned
the formation of irregular armed
groups even among the republicans.
It said the only effective wav ia
help the state is for every man to
hold himself in readiness to ioin
the Reichswehr or the national
police.
To Protect AL.
Minister of Defense GessIer has
issued strict orders to the troons 10
protect all citizens "of whafever
faith" He denounced racial dis.
elimination.
The Reichswehr have evacuated
ChemnitZ, Zwickau and Werdau.
The military grip upon Saxony Is
being released gradually in view OF
tha sroWdng msnace from BaVpE4a.
The Washington times., 1923-11-06
Planes Soon to Make
400 Miles an Hour
By KENNETH w. CLARK.
TuHaruaflnnay Nyawa Sa,-vIra

will hurle through air at the laundering speed Of 800
and perhaps 400 miles hour airpane
the not distant future Rear Admiral William A. Moett
chief of naval aviation, predicted today.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-27
CHOICE LAND TO
GO UNDER HAMMER
FORCED SALE OF ORCHARD AND
CULTIVATED LAND TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER

On October 6 the Fred B. Grinnell
company of Spokane will sell at auc-
ton and at forced sale the last of the
land of the well known Post Falls
irrigated tracts. The land to be sold
consists of 200 acres of bearing or
chards, 430 acres of cultivated land
and ITO acres of open land, and the
tracts are from 10 to 40 acres in
size.
This property, the choicest land in
this section of Washington, was orr
ginally plated by a group of Chi
cago capitalists. 1t was financed
through the Miami corporation, I'M
der mortgage, and the sale is being
forced to satisfy the mortgages. 1t
was organized into a state irrigation
district, with an abundance of water
from Hayden lake, eight miles away.
The district also has its own domes-
tic water system, and the paved
Apple way from Occur d'Alene to
OPOhdnc pdSOGo ACdl lAC pr pCtb ~
that is to be sold. All personal prop
erty is included, farm machinery,
horses, chickens, and pigs. Houses
go with two of the 10-acre tracts.
These tracts are adapted to diver
sified farming, orcharding, berries,
truck, alfalfa, clover, etc. Occur
d'Alene markets are only eight miles
and Spokane markets four miles
away on the paved Apple Way.
The sale will be held near the five
room bungalow, three-quarters of a
mile north of the Allan Race track.
Sale starts at II o'clock in the morn
ing, sharp. A large tent has been
provided in case of bad weather. COT
fee and sandwiches will be served on
the grounds and apes, cider and
melons will be served free.
Orders have been given to make
this a clean sweep. Nothing is to be
reserved. Everything must be closed
out on the day of sale. Exceptional
ly easy terms are offered over a IL
year period.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-27
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