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The Delta independent., 1923-01-26
CRAWFORD


Mrs. Heath Fluke spent the week
I end in Hotchkiss visiting friends.
Jim Sanderson is cutting wood this
week in the Maher country with his
power saw.
Mrs. VIM. Belmire took grandma
Yarnell and Mrs. Mcmillan to Hotch-
kiss Monday
Everett Porter and daughter
Mamie were Hotchkiss business visi-
tors Monday.
Miss Alice Burnett, County Superin-
tendent of Schools visited our school
last Thursday.
Mrs. Edwin Austin came home
from her school on Rogers Mesa for
the week end.
Several are putting up ice this
week. The ice is a fair grade and
about IL inches thick.
The W. o. w. gave dance in ~,
hall Friday night which was much en-
joyed by nice crowd
Mr.. Hunt of Paonia was in the
Crawford community this week dem
onstrating the Chevrolet autos.
The patrons of the Missouri Flats
School purchased a nice piano the
first of the week for their school.
w H. futile was up from Hotchkiss
Tuesday looking over his ranch at
Maher with prospective buyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pace visited in
Delta the past week with Uncle Dick
Pace and wife and other relatives.
H. ]. Hargis took load of timothy
seed to Hotchkiss Saturday to be ship
ped to the Grand Junction Seed Co.
Mrs. Juritta Cotton came in Tues
day from Grand Junction for visit
with her son Gene Cotton and family.
Gilbert, the baby son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lew Howell has been quite sick
with cold, but is better at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Allen Collins and children
spent the week with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Stewart in Onion
Valley
DR.. Haley was in Crawford Sunday
making professional calls Mrs. X. c.
Collins returned home with him for
visit
Mrs. Sadie Collins and son Gran
Vile were visiting relatives in the
Crawford community Wednesday and
Thursday of last week
Mrs. Annie Cowley dismissed her
school at Clear Fork Thursday and
Friday, being too ill to teach, but re-
sumed her duties again Monday.
Roy Cotton delivered team to
Harry Savage in Hotchkiss last week
which Harry recently purchased from
Lee Savage and which Roy has been
keeping.
| Mrs. Al Carlson and daughter
Emma returned home from Greeley
Sunday where they have been visit
| ing Mrs. Carlson's parents the past
three weeks.
Grace Fettenger. who is attending
High School in Hotchkiss came home
i'll last week and we are sorry to re-
port the trouble has proved to be
typhoid fever.
Phil Welborn came in from Denver
Wednesday where he has been the
past five months for visit with his
parents. He stopped over a day in
Gunnison with his brother Harry.
VIM. Kirkpatrick and wife enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Neis,
Bud Reese, wife and baby of Somer-
set and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Crisler and
son Kenneth and daughter Thelma to
dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Meek entertained
MI. and Mrs. D. B. Brown and daugh-
ters Lula and Wilma and Mr.. and
Mrs. s. H. Porter and sons Otto and
Otis to dinner Sunday at their home
on Crystal Creek
Eleven members of the Epworth
League attended the Circuit meeting
held in Paonia Saturday evening and
report very satisfactory meeting.
The next circuit meeting will be held
at Crawford in April.
Mrs. Mildred Woodhouse of Hotch-
kiss came up and spent several days
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The Delta independent., 1923-01-26
Good Music.

Good Music.
The Doyle Wear Orchestra furnish
ed the music for the dance given We'd
nesday evening at the armory, by the
American Legion, and has also been
engaged for the benefit dance to be
given by the Hospital Aid association
next Monday evening at Elks' hall.
The Delta independent., 1923-01-26
Back From cosst.

Back From cosst.
Dan Dees, who has been in Califor-
mia for several months, returned to
Delta during the past week. Mr.. Dees
says there ia considerable work on the
coast, but there is an army Of men to
do 1t.
The Delta independent., 1923-01-26
.TrumbIe Renews Aequaintanees.

TrumbIe Renews Acquaintance.
F. e. Trumble, who operated the
Trumble Garage here last year, but
who has been sojourning in California
and other western points, arrived in
Delta last Thursday and spent sever
al days here renewing acquaintance.
Mr.. Trumble intends to locate in Ne
vada if business matters materialize.
The Delta independent., 1923-01-26
Editor Monroe stops Of.

Lynn Monroe, editor Of the Mont
rose Daily Enterprise stopped off
Wednesday afternoon and paid us a
short call He was on his way to the
Rotary meeting at Paonia. In the
party were Joseph L. Atkinson, Earl
Rule and Mr.. Monroe.
The Delta independent., 1923-01-26
Expressed Appreciation.

Expressed Appreciation.
This office is in receipt Of a COM
munication from the Civil Service
Commission at Washington, express
ing the appreciation of the Depart
ment of our assistance in giving pub
licitny to various articles pertaining
to civil service examinations.
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Raid Field Marshal
French's Residence
DrumdOe. Ireland

Dublin. Feb. 20.--The residence of
Field Marshal. the Earl of YprcS at
Drumdoe. county ROsconlmon. was
raided last night. The members of
the gang removed the costly :urni-
ture. completely stripping the in
terror of the house, and carried eff
their loot in carts.
The Earl of Ipres. then Field
Marshal Sir John French, was COM
mandcr OF the British Exped;,
forces in France from the outbreak
of the World War in 1914 until 1916,
when he relinQuiShed command TO
Field Marshal Haig. From 1916 to
1918. he was commander of the
forces in the United Kingdom and
from 1913 to 1921 was Lord Licuten-
enant OF Ireland. He was maze a
Niscount in 1915 and created Ea:l of
Ipres in 1921.
Mrs. Charlotte Despard. sister
of the Earl is an ardent Sim f'cint r
and woman Suffragist She has been
a speaker at numerous Sim Eein
demonstrations and otherwise been
active in behalf of the organization
Early in the present year she sert
cable dispatch to a woman friend
in the United States asking Presi-
dent Harding's intervention in be-
half of Republican prisoners hi lie
land and was among the ,signcrs of
the protest to the League of Nations
against executions in Ireland.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets at Richmond

Richmond. Feb. 20-An enthusiasts.
tie meeting Of the Richmond CHAM
Ger OF Commerce was held at the
Hotel Richmond last night. There
was large attendance of members
and other parties interested in. the
matter of the kennebec bridge. Hon,
Luther MaddOcks Of Boothbay' Har-
Dor reported on his second tour Of
the counties of Knox and Lincoln.
lie found a great deal of sentiment in
favor of the Richmond Dresden To-
cation.
A blue print Of the river at The
proposed Bath location shows that
for a distance across the channel for
l4OO feet there is from 35 to 40 feet
Of water and so feet of hard sand
and then blue clay before hard nan
is reached. The scale shows a dength
Of $500 feet from shore to shore-;at
high water instead of the 22OU~ feet
as shown by proponents Of the Bath
proposition.
1t looks, too. that If the bridge Is
built at Bath the inhabitants of that
city will see the summer tourists on
the wing since the western approach
will be overhead for long distance
inland from sthe shore. This Mould
not indicate much revenue from the
tourist traffic unless elevators were
provided. 80,
Mrs. Alice B. Soule, Alfred Veins.
sell, l.. A. Bond and Charles A. Alex
ander were voted to membership in
the Chamber.
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American Reply to
British on Consulate
Case Is on the Way

Washington. Feb. HO-Thc Ameri-
can reply to the last British COM
munication III the Newcastle con-
sulate case. has been forwarded by
mail TO Ambassador Harvey in Lon
don for presentation to the British
fore ign office, probably upon it's re-
Ceipt there next week. Announce
ment today that the reply had been
forwarded WIS made by State De-
partment officials who explained
that, pending arrival in London. the
text could not be made public. 1t
is possible that the message will be
given to the press when presente Il
to the British government
There is reason TO believe that the
communication re-afiirms the posi-
ton taken by the Washington gov
eminent at the time the consulate
was ordered closed and when
charges had been made by the Brit
ish foreign office alleging improper
exercise of authority by Consular
Officers Brooks and Slater.
After three separate inVeStiga
tions OF the charges had been made
by direction OF the state Depart =
ment. the Washington government
held that the allegations were. in the
opinion of its officials. without basic
of fact and the British foreign
Office was advised that the consulate
would be kept closed until Slater and
Brooks had been publicly eXoncr-
ated.
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Slight Hope for
Crew of Italian
Steamer MOncenisiO

Boston, Feb. o0-Although admit
teddy slight hope remains that any of
the Sc men comprising the crew of
the Italian steamer Moncenisio, re-
ported last Thursday night sinking
off the Virginia coast. are still alive,
the coast guard cutter Tampa to-
night was continuing the search for
the shipWrecked Men. The cutter.
refitting here when the Moncenisio's
S. o. S. was received. was prepared
for her long cruise in haste and
dashed south.
AT noon today the Tampa gave her
position as 500 miles north of Ber-
muda. $50 miles farther south than
the cutter reported herself Monday.
In the wide area covered no sign was
seen of the Moncenisio's boats. /.
was believed that the vessel itself.
which was bound from Galveston to
Naples. went down soon after her
distress signal was sent out.
The Tampa, which has a cruising
radius Of 5000 miles. will continue
the search until Captain Wheeler
thinks further efforts to be useless.
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Developments of the
Day in Washington

\ bill providing $4,000 for sur
veys Of western reclamation projects
was sent to the President.
President Harding was said con-
fdently to expect constantly pro-
of prohibition.
The House passed and sent to the
Senate the Strong bill increasing
from $4,000 to $4,000 the maximum
OF land bank loans to farmers.
Suprorters of new restrictive inn
migration legislation were said to he
convinced it is dead so far as the
present session Of Congress is con-
cerned.
President Harding was assured .bN
Chairman Never of the Interstate
Commerce commission. that no sec
ton of the country was in danger OK
distress due to coal shortage.
Unanimously, a Senate finance
subcommittee voted an adverse re-
mort on the Bursum bill proposing n
one billion dollar government loan TO
Germany to finance purchases Oh
American commodities. -,
REQUESTS for n hearing were filed
with the Senate oil investigating
committee by the Standard Oil COM
many of Indiana. which declared
charges made against it by Thomas
S. Black of the Western Petroleum
company of Chicago, were fragrant
ly untrue"
! Senator Reed. Republican, Penn
svlvania. was elected to the senate
finance committee. succeeding Sena-
tor Calder. Republican, New YORK,
Who resigned preceding his retire
ment March 4.
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BRIDGE HEARING

vten Senator Bailey, chairman Of
a.. mint committee on public utilities
,,d WAYS and bridges called the
,,,-inc on the several measures for
q, obstruction of a bridge over Tic
r,,,ebec river to order at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon there was the
,icppst crowd in the House of Rep
,sssutatives of the winter. Every
,s,t was taken, as we'll as the extra
mes which had been brought i'll for
,ts occasion, while all standing room
vas occupied.
As the committee entered the
chamber and took its seats it WAS
erected by loud applause.
Ask 100000 on Bond Issue
CYRUS r. Upper Of Boothbay liar
Dor opened the hearing for the
friends of the resolve introduced by
Senator Carlton of Sagadahoc, which
sIhmits a constitutional amendment
10 the voters to see if they Will au-
,hofze an issue of S3,000.000 of State
bonds for the construction Of n la iGge
across the river between the city
Of Bath and the town of Wuolvicn.
}r. Upper related how in September
list a meeting Of business men OF tne
Counties of Knox and Lincoln was
held and it was definitely decided
That steps be taken to secure a bridge
4, this point. From that time until
now, he said. the sentiment was for
l brdge-a free bridge.
He told the committee of the care
iii INVESTIGATIONS which had been
made 10 ascertain whether 4 bridge
sas feasible at that point or not
and declared that the plan which was
Ebmitted to the committee vas the
one selected as best meeting the
needs Of the situation. 1t was to be
4 double deck structure. with o one
way railroad track on the lower deck.
md a vehicle way on the upper. On
Continued on Page 5-Col. p
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Washington, Feb. c0-Republican
managers in charge of the adminis-
tration shipping bill capitulated soon
after 11.30 o'clock tonight to OBJ
structionists who had been waging "A
filibustcr against the measure and on
motion of Senator Jones. Republic
can, Washington, In charge of the
bill, a recess WAS taken until IL
o'clock tomorrow.
The motion was made after repeat
ed statements by Republicans
threatening to hold the Senate in
session, if necessary, all night, but
the vote to recess was regarded as
only a truce in the battle with the
opposing forces prepared to renew
the struggle. The vote to recess was
taken. however, after negotiations
had been conducted looking to an
early vote. possibly tomorrow. on the
pending motion TO supplant the ship
ping bill with the 1iiled-fiilk meas
ure.
Many senators We're prepared for
an all might session ard several al
ready had taken possession of couch
es in the Hobbies in the hope OF
Continued on Page 3-CoI. 81
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ut is shame to leave water DOW
er embarrassed and oblisc industries
to take coal away from the house
holders said William j. Lanigan Of
Watcrville, with an outspreading
gesture of his arms as he addressed
the Joint committee on judiciary and
interior waters Tuesday afternoon in
behalf of the bill to create the Ken
nebec Reservoir Company.
"The purpose of this bill is to ia
cllltatc the driving of logs and the
storage Of water and in n degree to
stcl. tho use of Pennsylvania coal"
Mr.. l.anigan continued. Our pay
rolls on the Kcnncbec river should
be increased at least one hundred per
cent and they can be under the pro-
visions of this BILL
The Long Falls location at the
head of Dead river. chosen for the
site Of this great storage project, one
half the capacity of Moosehead lake,
was declared by George G. Danforth,
the chief engineer of the Maine Water
Power Commission, to be the only
site on Dead river. where any appre-
ciable amount Of storage could be
obtained and that it was unsuitable
for power development.
"Do YOU see anything in the provi-
sions of the bill that would indicate
that the rights of the State are not
properly safeguarded?" asked SEN
ator Hinckley of the committee.
ANY increase in water power de-
velopment is for the interests of the
state and see nothing in this bill
to indicate that the rights of tho
State are not properly taken care Of"
replied Mr.. Danforth.
Continued en- Page S, Col. 81
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R0ckland HarbOr
Ice Condition Is
Rep0rted Worst Yet

Rockland, Nc, Feb. 20-l ester
days brief warm spell gave place
this morning to a temperature OF ~
degrees below zero in this SECTION.
and ice conditions in Rockland har-
Dor and penobscot Bay We're report
cd TO be the worst of the winter.
The bay steamer Gov. DodWeil'
which managed to beat her way
across the bay last night after land :
ing long delayed mails at Stonington
and Swans Island. was tied up at her
dock here until further orders.
A barge load Of coal intended 10
relieve the fuel famine at Stonlngton,
was still in the harbor with small
nrospect of early removal. Two four
masted schooners with coal for the
Rockland & Rockport Lime Corpora :
ton were in the outer harbor, unable
to get in.
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Washington. Feb. oO.-Prodlccrs
vi anthracite, through "moncpCly
organization Of the industry. arc
taxing an unjust ovcrcharge Of at
least 1851 per ton from consumers.
oificials of the miners union tf the
pennsylvania anthracite region
charse IN memorial made public
to-day upon its presentation to tho
United States Coal Commission.
Declaring themselves "tired, in the
lace OF such figures. of the ;uls
common cry that coal strikes are
caused by the lack of ability to pay
better wages" the memorial asks The
commission to enforce uniform cost
accounting systems, by which; tine
lactS could be detcrmin ID beyond
question. and to consider methods CT
making it possible for men 10 en-
gage in the business of minin. coal
TO produce fuel instead o. to pr 9ducc
profits"
Ovcrchar2ing in anthracite uctLrs
IN three separate divisions. he state
ment asserts. about Sl.26 per t.. be-
ing unnecessarily added IS mining.
cost. 81 in transportation and $3.50
IN distribution, while it is adIcti mat
in Land owning there is an over
charge which we will not attempt
to estimate. but which may become
the most disturbing factor in The
industry in the immediate flltu,e."
The household consumer of e,Ltilra-
cite. it is also charged, pay; from
four to five dollars on the ov2,c,iarg>
per ton on domestic sizes" because
Il part of the total anthracite prnuuc-
tlon is only fit for steam firing and
bears less of the oVCrcharge t,tr.led.
Considering the whole annual out
put OF anthracite, the committee Say $
the overchargcs alleged would result
in taking $50. 100000 per year from
the public in charges which is 1ocm-
bers do not believe are inevitable
or in any way necessary" Taking six
OF the large corporations producing
anthracite, the committee continues.
their total profit in 1920 was found 10
he $4,000 00. as compared vita S.
100000 in 1872. If all anthracite iin-
duccrS profitcd similarly during he
period. it is added, 1920 earnings out
of anthracite production would
" go 'NO",'o' 40 N'iiii''i tu
With $4,000, 600 in 1912.
The commission is asked to @Srer-
tain the facts rs to production pro-
fits because While the estimates CIV
On are asserted to he AS close ~ the
truth as is permitted by The very
limited information made PIX Vie"
the miners officials have been unable
to obtain all the data nccesSa. y to
show the situation in its entirety.
I'VE. therefore, ask You to VT;.n-inc
such charges on the industry Sitl n
view to eliminating everything "liirn
is unnecessary and urWarrdn;,d.'
the memorial says.
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New York. Feb. 20.-Spontaneous
combustion today was advanced as the
cause Of the disastrous fire which killed
81 patients and nurses at the Manhat-
tan State Hospital for the Insane on
Wards Island last Sunday.
Testimony that defective wiring
could not have caused the fire was
given at the inquiry pressed by Mcdi-
cal Examiner Norris while acting May
or Hubert was in Albany comforting
with Governor Smith on steps to pro-
toct other institutions in this city
against fire menace.
the hospital. declared that the lights
were burning after the fire was we'll
started. even in the ward where At
tcndants Campbell and Hill said they
Lad gone out before the blaze was dis
covered. This, Leonard said. served
to discradit the theory that insulation
had been broken by blasting of army
engineers in He'll Gate Channel just
south of the East river island, and that
a short circuit had developed.
Assistant District Attorney Jones
after spending several hours on the
island said he was convinced there had
been no criminal negligence on the part
of any individual and that he had
found nothing which would warrant
his going before Il grand jury.
II find that the fire was proba bly, due
to spontaneous combustion" said -ir.
Jones. Il also find that the hospital
authorities did everything they could
from the moment the fire broke out"
Even DIR. Hnyman. chief exponent of
the blasting-clectric theory of the fire $
origin. today rccoded from his earlier
opinion.
pr. I1eyrlan announced today that in
order to relieve the congestion at the
| hospital he had been instructed by
Chairman Haviland of the state hospi-
tai commission to remove to other in
stitutions 100 patients who. for the
last Il re years. have had no callers and
apparently are without relatives.
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$1,500,ooo MORE
REVENUE TO B. E. N.
BY Rates DECISION

Boston. Feb. 90 - The supreme
courts decision on division Of joint
freight rates by which New England
roads will receive increased proper
tons. should yield the Boston &
Maine at least S1,500,00o additional
revenue. Vice President Gerrit Fort
of that read said today. ..
Official statements of the increase
to other roads We're lacking, but it
was said unofficially that it would
probably amount to about s7.5O0,000
in normal year OF this bout S3.-
10000 would go to the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
The Maine Central. Central New
England. Central Vermont and Rut-
land roads are other lines that will
benefit from the decision.
Vice President Fort said that it.
should be understood that the ar
rangement was of a temporary nat
ure. but that he believed the decision
pointed the way to a permanent solu-
ton of the problem involved.
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Fire Damages Naval
Torpedo Factory at
Newport Station

Newport. r. l., Feb. 20--Consider-
able damage to torpedo parts and
equipment was caused by fire tonight
in the torpedo factory of the naval
torpedo station here tonight. The
factory building, a two-story struc-
ture of reinforced concrete, was not
damaged seriously.
The fire started in an office on the
second floor and spread through a
tool room and store room to the up
per assembly department. guam
tity of oil and grease caught fire. and
the station fire department asked for
assistance from Newport. Concrete
floors prevented the flames from
spreading TO other parts Of the build
ing.
It was the first time thesc fire
brigade had been called to the sta
ton. which is on an island in the
harbor. The apparatus was taken
over on ferry boats.