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The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
LAST BASKETBALL GAME
 OF SERIES FRIDAY NIGHT

The basketball game, High School postponed on account of the flu will be played tomorrow evening. This is the last game of the series and vic tory for the school means they are tied with the c. R. & N. w. Ky. team for first place, while victory for the for second place.
 The standings of the teams are:
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
PIONEERS TO ATTEND FUNERAL

All members of Igloo, No. 19. Pio- neers of Alaska are requested to meet o'clock to attend the funeral of Mrs. Horace Leach.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
NOTICE TO ELkS

All Elks are requested to meet at the Bills Club at 9:30 tomorrow morn ing to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Leach.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
AID FOR ARIZONA FARMERS

TUCSON, Ariz, April 5.-Farmers in this section will shortly benefit by farm loan of $60,O00 granted by the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley, California.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05

The time to hustle for business is now and the Daily Times is the prop CT medium.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
MASONIC MEETING

Stated communication of Mt. Me Kinley lodge, No. 1S3, F. & A. M, to- night at 8 o'clock.
 H. w. ACHIsON, secy.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-05
CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Tomorrow morning Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the Soul of Mrs. Horace Leach at 10 o'clock. First Friday Confessions and Communion at 8 a. m.
 Wm MCMILLAN, s. J.
, 1923-03-08
VICTIMS CRUSHED p / TRACTOR
fine AUTOMOBILES MAY BE WON
In AFEW DAYS BY HARD WORK

Work done these ''big vote" days
VIII easily bring success to contest
ants in The Trlbune's big Everybody
Wins Something election. The lag
gard. unwilling to devote any time or
thought to the grand prizes, however.
will reap no reward. This is u cam
paign strictly for live wires"
If you are alive. awake to the OPP
portunity now before you. willing to
give some OF you time and thought
to a proposition whereby over SIC 900
in prizes are at stake-then you
should be a candidate IN this cam
paign-a live candidate. You should
send in your name today.
You a secure your choice of the
six big. powerful. beautiful automo-
biles or hundreds OF dollars in gold in
a very few days work. The work is
easy-requires no special talent or ed
ucation TO earn the very biggest of
the awards,
Your opportunity. then. to win a
prize that will repay you many times
, 1923-03-08
Sick Girl on
Mend Despite
Temperature

ESCANABA, Mich. March s.
with the start OF the nineteenth
day Of her temperature OF ia de
grees or better. Miss Evelyn Lyons,
30. chatted freely with her friends
at her home here. She seemed to
be resting better. her pulse beat
more normally and her face stiIi re-
tained Its clear look. Her tempera-
ture. however. remained at ia de-
srees.
The woman's former complaints
against confinement gave way TO a
smile and she expressed her graft
tude for the thirty kilograms and
a flood of letters and postcards of
consolation and advice which she
has received from persons all over
the. country.
Il wish The Associated Press to
thank all of these people for me-
Miss Lyons declared. 1T am glad
to have their comfort in my fight
for recovery and / would like TO
thank each m separately. I know
1 will recover"
Il wish hat I could get out
though" she said. because 1 know
that 1 would be better OF II / got
out into the cold air."
, 1923-03-08
GERMAN MINERS
BEING DISMISSED.

ESSEN. March s.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.SThe German coal min.
ers in tho Ruhr are gradually being
dismissed from work. according to
the French authorities. who declare
1000 were discharged yesterday from
the mines in the Reckiinghausen dis.
trict alone. It Is assumed by the
French that these dismissals are part
of tho German plan to reduce the coal
output gradually TO n minimum as
part OF the passive resistance pro
gram
Tho French have occupied part OF
the Bismarck coal mine near Reck-
llnginausen because the Germans re-
fused to load coal for the occupation
al authorities. The men closed down
all the loading machinery in protest
against the occupation.
Meetings OF tho unemployed are be-
ing held in various points. according
to the French. in protest against the
German system of paying strike
funds. and there Is much unrest
among the thousands OF miners and
factory workers now idle.
, 1923-03-08
INVESTIGATIONS
At MER ROUGE
MORE DEFINITE
Torture instrument Used
On Daniel and Richard
Is Believed Known.

BASTROP, La, March 8.
Persons who have exam
med carefully the report of
the pathologists on the con-
dition of the mutilated bodies
of Watt Daniel and T. F.
Richard. found in Lake La Fourche.
December %. last. and who are IA
miliar with mechanical devices, de.
clare they believe they have Identified
the so called torture machine. as
one of the many road or farm tractors
In use throughout the parish.
Daniel and Richard were missed on
August "a and nothing was heard o<
them until our months later when
two bodies were discovered in the
lake and identified as those OF the
missing men. The head OF each was
crushed. The hands and feet Of each
had been crushed off and at equal
distances the lower legs, thighs. up-
per arms and forearms were broken.
The chests a been crushed in.
The patheologists testified at the
open hearing here in january that an
examination indicated the WOUNDS
had been inflicted before or Just at
death. The heart of each man. they
said. had been drained of blood.
About three miles from Bastrop on
the Batstrop .Collinston-Monroe high
way is a huge tractor used Il pull a
--o1 100000 .t-.f ---At-- - t.
kind propelled by n heavy duty gaso-
line motor. The iron wheels ere seven
or eight feet in diameter while their
rims have width OF approximately
three feet. Riveted to the rims to pre-
vent the wheels from slipping in soft
earth are steel cleats the width of
the wheels and about Is inches apart
The bodies apparently had been
stretched full length when they were
mutilated with the arms brought
above the head. Fractures OF the fore
arms were on a level with the heads
and those who assert the bodies must
have been broken with a tractor be
lieve they were stretched on the
ground and the machine run or push
ed over them. Such a machine as the
one near here II is c~ontended. would
infllct such injuries. the heavy cleats
on the wide wheels f~racturing the
arm and leg bones. crushing the
heads and chests and severing com
p,etely the hands and feet at the
wrlst and Just above h ankles
II is known that h authorities
have received numerous anonymous
letters from plantation owners n
farmers suggesting that a tractor
must have been used.
, 1923-03-08
CONTRACT
FOR SIDEWALKS
IS AWARDED TO
COLORADO FIRM
Extensive Improvements
On Many Streets Pro-
Wded for in New Work
Authorized by Council

The contract for the con-
struction of Casper's side
walks and curbs during the
coming months was let to
Scott & Curlee of Sterling.
Colo, by the city council in
open session last night. The bid of
this company WINS s122, 1850. which
to be put in lie all over the city. In
submitted 1t was $4,000 lower h
the bid made by the Reid Construction
company OF Casper.
The extent of the work which is to
to be put in lie all OYER the CITY. In
many instances the demand for waIka
has been pressing all winter but II
mas been impossible to put these In
until warm weather. Many eros.
walks will also be lad.
Tho extent OF the work fhich is to
DO done led for a while to tho inten-
ton of letting two contracts in order
to facilitate the speed Of completing
the construction, but Il was later
thought advisable TO let the contract
to ono company only.
Councilman s. #. Pelton recon-
mended to the council last night that
a complete bookkeeping department
Ne added to the city of Casper. NJ.
Pelton stated that this would be The
best means of keeping a check on
every department now functioninr
and woul show Just where the none
was being spent and how much was
spent.
A broom factory was tho
OF a member OF the audience who de-
clared that he had received offers OF
concessions o other cities in the
state II he would build such a factory.
Just what concessions he would ask
OF Casper he did not explain.
The council decided to include auto-
mobile dealers who handle second
hand cars in the proposed secondhand
dealers ordinance which is being
thought out for the purpose OF keep
ing a check on all articles bought and
sold by these merchants. II will mean
Increased convenience for the police
department in checking up toien ar
tlcles.
The council agreed to enter into a
contract with the Burlington railroad
whereby tho railroad company Will DO
permitted to build a spur down tho
alley between Beech and Kimball
streets, crossing @ street. A hundred
n~inety-feet OF the alley will be taken
up by the spur. Illus enabling the Bur-
lington to serve some Of its ware
houses that lie there.
, 1923-03-08
ESSEN AMI DUISBURG
ARE

BERLIN. March s.-By The Asso.
ciated Press)-Essen and Dulsburg
have been isolated from rail com
munication with the rest of the
Ruhr, according TO the Berliner Tage.
blatt. The railway station at Ian
gendreer. Of tho largest switch
ing points in the Ruhr, a few miles
east OF Boehum, has been occupied.
as well us that OF wnttenscheid. to
the west of Bochum. and the railroad
line from Dortmund 10 Bochum to
Essen is completely blocked.
, 1923-03-08
PAR0LED negro SHOOTS five
RED PLOTTER
freed ON bail

NEW YORK March s.-walter L.
Webster. under Indictment for grand
larceny in connection with pans for
overthrow OF the soviet government.
has been released on $4,000 bail. He
declared today that he had not bene-
fitted from $1,000 contributed by
manufacturing firms and spent In an
effort to finance a corporation to
trade with Russia after the overthrow
OF the s%oviets, bat hat hs had spent
$40, 900 OF his own money as well MS
three years OF his tine on the project.
, 1923-03-08

for your efforts is here. But. to get
your rightful shares, you must get
busy and take advantage OF tho op.
portunity.
Don't lag in the campaign: don't
hesitate or be timid about your race.
Go right to It nnd keep right al II.
Civ your campaign as much atten-
ton during your spare time as you
would any good business proposition
FOR RIGHT HERE Is, NO DOUBT,
THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY
THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN
YOUR LIFE.
Stop and consider; did you ever
before in a few short weeks have the
opportunity to cash your spare time
for $2.4OO?
Do you think you haven't a chance
II you enter now. Why you have
every chance. Not one candidate has
Continued on Page p
, 1923-03-08

dangerous. Economic conditions he
describes as disastrous. asserting that
5000 persons arc without work In
Dusseldorf alone and that employ.
ment wages are insufficient. York
men are notlceably depressed. the cor
respondent adds. and rumors are cur-
rent that they r beginning to doubt
the issue OF the struggle.
The French. this despatch asserts,
are preparing to deal with the food
problem which will undoubtedly arise
with the increase Of unemployment.
Their soup kitchens, boycotted at
first. are now popular.
Tho Cologne correspondent OF the
Daily Express reports that conditions
In Essen and Bochum are pitiful and
that the death rate among the chill
dren has arisen 20 per cent in the
last month and hat milk is almost
unobtalnable.
The phrase hunger blockade" Is
, 1923-03-08

Douglas, who had armed himself with
a shotgun. began firing, It IS reported
Sam Haston was shot in the thigh.
The wound is regarded as serious.
Mrs. George Haston was shot in the
head. The Trogden boys eye was
wounded. Mrs. Shapero was shot in
both hands and in the arms as she
attempted to close the door. The in.
1uries OF the other persons are not
known here.
Following the shooting the negro
escaped. and was heard Of later near
Sparta. in white county. He is re-
ported surrounded in a bend OF the
Calf Killer river near Sparta. The
injuries OF the wounded were dressed
CONTINUED on Page Five.)
, 1923-03-08

learned since his arrival hat IN
stead OF thousands OF negroes eager
for the jobs, he couldn't find 100
who were willing TO accept them.
He said his plan for transporting
a miners expeditionary force had
been started January 16 when on a
voyage from Algiers to Marseilles
he met Louis Janeau. a French
labor commissioner.
Janeau was conveying about 100
Arabs from Algiers TO the Ruhr
coal fields. Mr.. Dougherty said.
He told me that these Arabs were
no good as mine workers, He said
that this was his second trip and
, 1923-03-08
NEGROES NOT AVAILABLE
RUHR JOBS CO BEGGING

NEW YORK, March Soy The
Associated Press.) - Harry ".
Dougherty. member OF a detective
Ing labor to Industrial concerns. has
labor to industrial concerns. has
given up his hope of helping
France exploit the coal mines OF
the Ruhr through the medium of
American negroes.
Dougherty announced upon his
arrival on the steamship Majestic
yesterday that he would transport
from $500 to 5000 negro miners to
the Ruhr. To-day he said he had
dropped the plan because he had
, 1923-03-08
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Hereafter the final edition of The Tribune will be on the
street by $3.50 p m. every afternoon. This makes it necessary
for all advertising copy to be in The Tribune office by 10
o'clock n. m. on the day of publication.
It Will be better for the advertiser to have his copy in the
night before. No ads which come in on the day of publication
will make the mail edition. The advertiser will get better dis
play and more results if he will systematic his methods so as
to always get copy in on the day previous to publication.
The Tribune can positively not guarantee publication for any
advertisement which is not in this office by 10 o'clock on the
morning Of the day for which it Is intended. And you, Mr..
Advertiser, win be the one who will profit most If your adver
tsement is in earlier than that; that It may receive the careful
attention which takes time, and which helps TO make any ad
more effective.
, 1923-03-08
joins DREW Us HoNoREp.

NEW YORK. March S.=John
Drew's half century on the American
stage will be celebrated at a dinner in
his honor here March rs. Il was an.
nounced by a committee OF ss proml.
nent men in and out of the theater.
Among members OF the committee are
Elihu Root. Otto II. Kahn. Thomas
w. Lamont, Frank A. Munsey. Bran
der Matthews, Coleman Dupont, Rod
nan Wanamaker. Charles Dana Glib
son, and David Belasco.
, 1923-03-08
NJ. Y, EXCHANGE DEFENDED
WELCOM ed

posing certain legislation now pend
ing ut Albany. but hat Wall street
interests would rally to the support
OF legislation in which the operations
OF legitimate business men were di.
vorced from the operations of swind-
lers.
Reputable and responsible dealers
in securities" he said "have done
moro to give New York its great pres
tige han IN other business and /
protest against the coupling OF legiti
mate and Eupremeiy necessary husl.
ness with the operations OF swind.
lsrk."
, 1923-03-08

poison when dawn broke upon her
first day as n convict. Three times
after the jury foreman had spoken
yesterday she had renewed attemptI
tn take her own life. Since Marter
Here's death she has failed at suicide
seven times.
Unless her attorney. James A. Tur-
ley. succeeds IN having the conviction
set aside. or in Al appeal fo= a new
trial and obtains a stay of sentence,
Mrs. Saludes will kow her fate next
Wednesday. She is the second wom-
an in three weeks 70 be convicted OF
second degree murder in New York
city for killing a falthless lover.
Her predecessor, Mrs. Lillian RAJ
, 1923-03-08

Referring to published statements
attributed recently to District Attor-
ney Anton that SO, 900, 10000 had
been lost to the public through brok.
ers since tho war, Mr.. Cromwell said
he wished to deny that spurious Sc
curities were issued by brokers. He
said hat bucket shops were not brok-
erage houses. and that wash sales had
been punishable by expulsion for
years. Any member Of the New York
Stock exchange found guilty OF the
onense. he said. was punished by ex'
pulsior.
Jig aid the stock exchange VaA Op-
, 1923-03-08
three miles from here.


Tine WOUNDED include
Sam H~aston. brother of Ernest Has
ton, Tennessee's secretary OF state;
Mrs. George Haston Sr.. his mother;
Mrs. b. d. shapero. a sister: Tuiius
Trogden. a hoy living on the place.
and another person, also living on the
pace. but whose names not known
here.
Members Of the Haston family were
sitting at the bedside OF Mrs. Sam
Haston. who was critically I'll. when
some ons went to the corn crib and
is said to have found Douglas there.
He was ordered away and left. Later,
however. Douglas returned and when
near tho house called out. Members
o the family went to the door, and
, 1923-03-08
MO0NSHEKERS
T0BE INDICTED

FRANKL1NToN. La. March g.
At least two men were expected to
be indicted when an extraordinary
session of the Washington parish
grand jury is convened here today TO
investigate the staying of Wesley
Grain and Wiley Pierce, deputy
sherirs, who were shot and Killed
Saturday by alleged moonshiners in
the swamps OF Betsy Creek
, 1923-03-08

tent for the present. for these rea-
IONS:
Firstly. the type OF capital ship
has not been settled upon; secondly,
the fleet must be in accord with our
financial means. and France has not
the means to construct a feet OF
capital ships and a feet OF light units.
We must choose and we have
chosen the latter"
, 1923-03-08
OF
BOYS SOUGHT

TULSA. Okla. March s.-The fog
gers OF two lf-year old ycutnr VINO
we're seized mere last night and
10 a grove outside the city where the
lash fas applied to their baeks. were
being sought by officers today. The
victims of the floggers were George
I'rsce and Fred Sanders.
The boys toll .he police their 40
drctors questioned them o n
Iarty they attended several weeks ago
and accused them Of causing a IT
year-old girl to become intoxicated.
, 1923-03-08
TRIBUTE IS PAID JUDGE
RINER IN RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY ATTORNEYS

Resolutions on the death OF tho lats
Judge John A. Riner. who for 80 years
was the federal judge in the district
Of Wyoming. were adopted wednes-
day afternoon by tho Natrona County
Bar association. The judge died at
his home in Cheyenne Sunday.
The resolution expressed sincere re-
greet at the passing OF Judge Riner
with It's subsequent loss to the bar OF
the state. High tribute Is paid to the
character and services OF the late iur-
ist.
, 1923-03-08

that the previous bunch had lasted
only a few days. I told Janeau
that I had had experience In sup
plying large bodies OF men for IN.
dustrlal organizations. Jancau be-
came interested at once and pro-
posed that I see what 1 could do,
telling me he could use all the men
I obtained up to 5000. He said he
would take cnr Of all matters af-
focting compensation and trnnspoi-
;ation and 'vallI also see that any
International complications that
might arise would be handled from
Paris through the French foreign
office"
, 1923-03-08

NEW YORK, March s-seymour
l. Cromwell. president OF the New
York Stock Exchange. in an address
before the Merchants association Of
New York today declared that the
persistent stories to the effect that
Wall Street,. without reservation. wa
opposing Legislation looking ITO the
checking OF fraudulent practices in
dealing in securities. were untrue.
Such stories, he said had been eircu-
lated in an effort to create In the pub
lie mind a prejudice nsainst Wall
street.
, 1923-03-08
NAVAL AIRMEN KILLED

WASH1NGTON. March Lieu
tenant r. NJ. Farrar. naval aviator,
and Stephen T.. Sullivan. a mechanic,
were killed when the airplane they
were bringing from PHILADELPHIA to
Washington crashed today in the
river seven miles from Philadelphia.
according 10 a report received by the
n v department.
, 1923-03-08

THE program" continued the min
lister. does not fix the number of
units. as that may vary with the
needs of the national defense. but
1t fixes the tonnage for each category.
For ~battleships 1t provides for
$4,000 tons but the preamble ex.
plains that the governmen has no
intention Of constructing to that ex-
, 1923-03-08
HERRIN CASE
is HALTED

MARION. H.. March Soy The
Associated Press)6The secon Her
rim riots trial was ha.td today by the
illness OF Mrs. Nathan Barns. wife of
one OF tho Jurors. Judge d. T. Hart
well announced a eces at the opening
of the morning session to permit
Barns to go to his wife's bedside.
, 1923-03-08
Three PERISH
In FIRE, belief

PITTSBURGH. Pa. March s.
Police and hremen today were search
ing the ruins Of the Shelton Hall
building for the bodies Of three per-
sons reported missing after the FIRE
last night in which n man was
killed. The FIRE was brought under
control early today. Fire Marshal
Thomas L. Pfarr estimated the dam
age at $3.50. 900.
, 1923-03-08
FRENCH TO u
NAVY PROGRAM
New Program Offered to Deputies Based
on Tonnage Instead of Units in Line
With Policy Okehed at Washington

PARIS, March 8.-(By The Associated Press THE gov.
ernments naval program was introduced in the chamber of
deputies today by Minister of Marine Raiberti. with the re-
mark that the program was conceived within the frame
work of the Washington accords, so that the government can
not give stronger proof of its intention to obtain their ratif-
cation -
, 1923-03-08
of Prominent Tennessee Family
Victims of E1-Conpict; B~Loodhounds
Placed or Trail of ASSaiIant

SPENCER. Tenn. March 6.-Posses from both this and White
county are searching the banks of the Calf Killer river near Sparta
tor Lewis Douglas. negro paroled convict, who early today at
tempted to kill the Haston family at their home at Cumming:yine,
three miles from here.
, 1923-03-08

on the lips OF the whole German
population.
The French military authorities
have given definite orders to admit
all foodstufs to the cities but some
of the trucks never arrive and part
Of the shipments are stolen.
Education. the correspondent adds
is at a standstifl for the French have
occupied the schools. The passing of
each day finds public feeling more
embittered.
Tho impression that the -cauldron
in the Ruhr may boil over at any
time with fearful results in blood.
she'd is expressed by the Cologne
representative OF the Westminster
Gazette. He continues:
1T is the opinion Of those best
able to Judge that unless an agree.
mem is soon reached IT can only be
a matter of time before another war
breaks u I am told that
France would not hesitate to declare
war and bomb the German cities in.
Guiding Berlin II her forces are at.
tackled"
Tho correspondent adds that 1t is
only fair to point out that many re.
ports OF this character may be traced
TO German sources. He asserts that
the difficulty Of obtaining reliable in.
formation because OF tho severance
Of communications is being constant
~ emphasized.
In this connection the Cologne cor
respondent of tho Express says It "a
impossible to verify some OF the
stories in circulation and that rumor.
much more serious than the fact.
warrant are rife.
, 1923-03-08
REVOLT BREWING IN RUHR DISTR
Bitterness Toward French Is Growing
Among German Public as Pinch of
Hunger Is Felt, Death Rate Among
Children Increases 20 Per Gent

LONDON, March s:-(By The Associated Press)e
Gloomy pictures of the situation in the Ruhr, with warnings
of an impending crisis, are painted today by some of the Lon
don newspaper correspondents.
A Dusseldorf despatch to the Telegraph says that unem-
ployment is increasing and that the political situation is
, 1923-03-08
SALUDES
TRIES SUICIDE
Woman CONNECTED of Murder in Serious
Condition from Taking Poison;
SepenthAtteD1pt Fails

NEW YORK. March s,-Attendants at the Tombs were
watching carefully today to prevent Mrs. Paulette Saludes,
the little French woman convicted yesterday by a Jury of the
murder of Oscar Martelliere, from cheating justice.
Mrs. Saludes, who killed the insurance broker in his office
October 70, was in a serious condition from swallowing
, 1923-03-08

BERLIN, March s.-By The Asso-
ciated Press.EA telegram from bort
mund states that the French re-
entered that city surrounding a
school house and disarming the po-
lice who were quartered there. The
force was removed to an unknown
destination. The French allowed the
patrolmen to take their belongings
with them while the officers were
permitted to retain their swords. The
town hall was later occupied. Units
from Dorstfeld and Herten were used
in the operation.
, 1923-03-08
Weather Forecast

Unsettled tonight and Friday. rain
or snow in north portion: cold To-
night in west and Friday in south
east portion.