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The Delta independent., 1924-08-15
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CBits cleaned from the press of
neighboring communities

Interested parties secured so guar
antors to assure the Standard Chau-
tauqua for Olathe next year.
Durango residents have signed petit
tions for the paving of approximately
two and one-half miles of their streets
Sheepmen held a mammoth barbecue
at Silverton Tuesday when over so
head of sheep were barbecued in old
fashioned style.
Grand Junction has received a sec
ond fire truck to take the place of an
old truck which has been in use for
many years.
A mass Of falling rock in the Busk-
lvanhoe tunnel near Glenwood Springs
where another cavein was being clean
ed out. killed Francis Thayer, aged 90.
Bandits who robbed the Palisade
postoffice nearly two weeks ago have
not been captured. They robbed the
safe Of $4,000 worth of stamps and
$500 in cash.
The Morton Sisters, who recently
held such successful meetings in Del
ia, have just completed a revival at
Grand Junction and opened one at
Hotchkiss Tuesday.
Judge John McDougal of Gunnison,
one Of the pioneers of that county.
passed away at his home there recent
ly, at the age Of "A years. He is sur
vived by his wife.
$4,000 trout stickers for windshields
have been given out by the Grand
Junction chamber of commerce. and a
like amount by the Delta chamber of
commerce, advertising this region.
An oil transfer station has been
constructed at Montrose for transfer
ring oil from the Pennington oil fields
to broad gauge cars to be taken to
Salt Lake City for refining.
Ben II. King, who has been county
agent OF Montrose county, has re-
signed 10 accept a similar position in
Mes county, taking the place of L.
P. McCann who goes to Fort Collins to
a position in the State Agricultural
college.
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the lnterurban street car line is being
made five and a half miles into the
high line section. The new line will
prov.ia a beet dump a mile and three.
quarters from town for the use OF
farmers this year.
! Chambers Of Commerce have been
organized recently at Norwood and
Monr-1se. \ chamber Of commerce
fills @ real need in a town as Delta
residents have had occasion to note
and We are glad to see new ones organ
lied
t. shooting OF a moving picture
part Of historical play The Brit
OF the West" was scheduled to take
place near Dolores. August Is witt
elaborate villages. Indian towns. etc
Many people planned TO drive tc
/ Dolores to witness the taking OF the
/ picture.
/ The Mountain States Telephone com
pany has taken over the line OF the
/ Eastern Utah company, comprising
|r25 miles through Scofield. Helper and
I Price. This line is on a paying basis
at present and new lines will he built
from Grand Junction TO Sunnyside. the
/ flthest east point Of the Utah line, by
way OF Thompson ana Green River to
|n1nnect with the old line
The first Elberta peaches OF the
srason at Palisade were shipped by
I ! r. Smith through the United Fruit
. mowers association last Saturday
They were OF the early variety and
-.pened several days earlier this year
an usual Peaches in this district
re reported to be in fine shape and OF
1od size.
The Delta independent., 1924-08-15
ANNOUNCEMENT

thank the assembly the generous
accorded designation candidate for the office OF
the
election, September
have been Delta County sixteen
have under the Gunnison Tunnel thoroughly
auanted with conditions Delta
under Sheriff.
appreciate the necessity the
the nominated will discharge
the duties of the office without fear
GUY MERRITT.
The Delta independent., 1924-08-15
Bids for Coal

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for hauling coal TO the Mt. View
school house on California Mesa and
TO the North Delta school house during
the 1s24-25 term of school. will be re.
ceived at the office OF the Secretary
of School District No, up to and in.
cluding the 3oth day OF August, 1924,
at the hour of $500 o'clock p. NJ.
S2-3c r, L. STANFORD,
Secretary, School Dist. No. I.
The Delta independent., 1924-08-15

and sons, who had been visiting in
wyoming, in Yellowstone. They had
a most delightful time throughout, TAX
ing it in their car.
The Delta independent., 1924-08-15

The egg discovered by an Ohio farm
er inside another egg was probably
practicing for cold storage.
The Delta independent., 1924-08-15
Back From Yellowstone.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Egnew and two
sons returned the first of the week
from trip through Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. Mr.. Egnew Joined his wife
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
reward OFFERED FOR
CAPTURE OF CRIMINAL
Khan Posts $50 with Centerville
Paper-Smaniatta Jumped
$1,000 Bonds

CENTERVILLE, Ia, May I0.-A
reward of $50 for the capture of
Frank Smaniatta, convicted bootleg
ger, who escaped from Appanoose
county on Monday, May 5, when a
$1,000 fine was placed against him by
Judge ID. M. Anderson in the district
court for liquor law violation, has
been offered by the Appanoose county
Ku Klux Khan.
The money was placed in the hands
Of The Daily Iowegian Friday by Q
representative of the local Khan. The
money has been placed in a safety
deposit box at the Centerville Ma
tional bank, to be paid to the party
or parties bringing Smaniatta to JUS
tice.
Smaniatta was out under $1,000
bonds, which have been forfeited for
his failure to appear for sentence.
The bonds will not only be taken up
by the court, but when he is appre-
hended he will be required to pay the
$1,000 fine or serve time in the work
house.
The fine was the largest ever as
sessed in the district court here
against a liquor law violator. 1t
marks the turning of public senti-
ment from an attitude of indiffer-
ence to one of strict law enforce
ment.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
COURT DISMISSES
KNUTSON CHARGES
Continued from page u


ing voluntarily and that Knutson
would always find a welcome in his
home.
When the verdict of the jury was
announced, Representative Knutson
shook hands with Judge Brent. The
trial judge told Mr.. Knutson justice
had been done him, and asked him
please not to judge Virginia by a
few individuals"
On returning to Washington, Rep
resentatives Newton and Larson of
Minnesota, who helped defend Knut-
son, made the following joint state
ment:
Made Investigation
"The days following the arrest
we made thorough investiga-
ton into the facts. We were
convinced of Mr.. Knutson's in
nocence and that the arrest was
made on mere suspicion land that
it could have happened to any
one else under similar circum-
stances. The verdict, which was
rendered promptly, was strictly
in accord with the evidence, and
was what we had anticipated
from the start"
In his own behalf Mr.. Knutson
said: 81 knew that when fairmind-
ed jury would get all the facts that
| would be completely and promptly
indicated. The awful ordeal through
which l have passed, no man can
even imagine. would not wish my
most bitter enemy such mortifica-
tion.
"My friends and colleagues never
lost confidence in my innocence.
Their loyalty can never repay. /
am especially grateful to my col
leagues from Minnesota, who stood
so firmly by me.
81 want to thank my constituents
for their manifestation of confidence
in my innocence. They who know me
best could not, and would not, be-
lieve me guilty of the crime charged"
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
JUDGE QUIT KHAN
TO BECOME CITIZEN

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son to get out of the lodge and go on
the witness stand and divulge every
thing that took place in the lodge
room.
Mr.. Henry's Testimony
Robert L. Henry, of Houston, for
merly of Waco, at one time mayor OF
Texarkana, an assistant attorney gen
eral, then a representative in con-
gress for 20 years, told of his mem
bership in the Khan and his entry in
to the senatorial race at the pri-
maries. He told of numerous confer
ences with Senator Mayfield in which
efforts were made to get him out OF
the race in favor of Mayfield. Al
though permitted to admit openly his
affiliation, Henry testified that in the
end he found his role to be that Of a
stalking horse" while Mayfield, the
alleged carrier of Klan endorsement,
came out Of the contest with the
winning vote.
Mr.. Henry told the committee OF
things he alleged happened in con-
ference in the home of Dr. Evans,
the present Imperial Wizard of the
Khan, of how DIR. Evans and others
tried repeatedly to get him to retire
from the race in order for Mayfield
to be nominated, saying that there
were three real Klansmen in the race
for the nomination and only one
could win. Sterling P. Strong was
the third Khan candidate for the SEN
ate and these conferences were called
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
SENATE APPROVES
DEMOCRATIC BILL

Washington. - combination of
Democrats and Progressive Republic
ans slaughtered the Mellon tax rates
Ia the senate and put through the nor
NAL and surtax rates on incomes pro-
posed by the Democrats.
The Mellon tax reduction program.
in the form proposed by the secretary
OF the treasury and advocated by Pres
ident Coolidge, Is now definitely dead.
In Its place congress will pass tax
reduction bill carrying lower taxes on
small Incomes than Mr.. Mellon pro-
posed. 1t Is not doubted that Presi-
dent Coolidge win sign the bill.
The Simmons or Democratic sur
taxes with a maximum Of 40 per cent
were adopted by a vote of 43 to 40.
The normal tax rates Of 2, and Q
per cent won by vote Of A to 81.
The Simmons bill contains a provi-
sion for 25 per cent fiat reduction Ia
1923 taxes, payable In 1924. SO did
the Longworth compromise bill, which
passed the house. The retention Of
this 25 per cent fat cut, applicable to
taxes being paid this year, Is assured
whether the Simmons plan Is adopted
In conference as II stands or whether
II aid the Longworth measure are
amalgamated with notifications as be-
tween the two.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
LODGE s NEW PLAN
FOR WORLD COURT.
Senator'S Resolution Seeks
q MADE in the u. S."
Institution.

Observation-Disclosures Lodge, Re
publican. Of Massachusetts, chairman
Of the senate foreign relations com.
mittee. introduced resolution In the
senate proposing the establishment Of
world court I The Hague to which
the United States would adhere.
Under the resolution President
Coolidge Is requested to propose the
calling Of third Hague conference
for the purpose Of creating the new
tribunal. which would be composed Of
sixteen judges--four Of them deputies
who would be elected by an cleo
toral commission.
Makeup OF Commission.
The commission would consist Of "a
general committee composed Of repre-
sentatives designated by the signatory
powers, and a special committee COM
posed Of representatives designated by
the United States. British empire,
France, Italy and Japan, together
with representatives Of FIVE other sig
natory lowers, which powers shall be
selected by the signatory powers by
majority ote from time to time"
A list Of persons nominated by the
national groups in the permanent
court of arbitration would form the
candidates from which the electoral
commission would select members of
the court.
The court would sit once year,
but the President Is empowered to call
extraordinary sessions.
Scope OF Court.
The powers adhering to the court
would recognize "as compulsory, ipso
facto," the jurisdiction of the court
In all cases Of legal dispute concern
ing Interpretation of treaty; ques-
lions of international law; evidence of
breach Of international obligations,
and the nature and extent of indem.
nifty for such breach.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
POLITICIAN RAISED
MONEY FOR VOTE
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"kickin' through" and witness told
him not very we'll, yet he talked
about big sums Of money, but on
cross examination admitted that he
had not raised any and had not seen
anv and only handled the 5000 con-
tribution. He said that Senator May
field had threatened at Archer City
that If he were not elected to the
Senate that he would continue on the
Texas railroad commission for an
other four years more and that he
would make it hard for the fellows
who refused to "kick in"for his cam
paign. Witness on the other hand
admitted that he never went to a sin
gle man on the list that had been
given him to see nor solicited any
of them.
Notwithstanding his conflicting
testimony the witness said that SEN
ator Mayfield had told him at Aus
tin that he had already spent be-
tween $500 and $4,000 in Harris
county alone, and several thousand
dollars in another county. Yet there
was no evidence to show where any
of this money was ever raised or
where 1t came from or that any such
amounts were ever expended.
Mcnamara admitted that he had
gone to Corsicana, Texas, to testify
under oath and that he had never dis
closed any such testimony there be-
cause no one asked him such ques-
tions. This is the first time he has
talked about $4,000, or $1,000 or any
other large sums. And yet he told
the committee here that Mayfield had
asked him to swear to a lie, viz, to
say that he had never sent the 5000
to Mayfleld and that he refused to
do that. He said that was the rea-
son he and Mayfield broke their
friendship, but tried to dodge on
cross examination that he and May
field fell out because the latter would
not get him appointed to the Rail-
road commission when Mayfield was
elected to the senate.
At the beginning of the hearing,
Attorney Zumbrunn for Senator May
field told the committee that he
would submit a brief next week
showing that Mr.. Peddy has accepted
an appointment as a special assist
ant attorney general, which appoint
ment and acceptance disqualified him
from contending for the seat of Sen
ator Mayfield as he could not hold
two federal offices at one and the
same time. The committee will pass
on this later after the brief has been
filed.
Senators King, of Utah, and Medley,
of West Virginia, went on record in
committee meeting as being opposed
to the government paying fees, mile
az and expenses to any witness un-
less the testimony given was found
to be relevant to the case. This will
be done to shut off either side from
bringing witnesses here from far
away Texas at government expense
for a nice trip to Washington.
Members Of the senate sub-com-
mittee sitting in the case are Sena-
tors Spencer; of Missouri; Watson, of
Indiana. Medley, of West Virginia;
King, of Utah; and Ernst, of Ken
lucky.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

homes, the question raised by Miss
Binzei is not one lightly to be put
aside. The child who learns obedi-
ence by whatever method of punish
ment, corporal or mental, has learned
the first lesson in good citizenship.
He goes out into the world having
learned to obey and readily adapts
himself to the larger law Of the land
and the restraint of it does not irk
him, because he has become used to
it.
But in measuring the punishment
to be dealt out to the child, this
should be remembered: that the law
Of the land is not gentle toward de-
linquents. 1t lays on with heavy
hand, whether it be Jail or scaffold.
At almost the same moment that
Miss Binzel was doubling the eff
cacy of stick and strap as means of
punishment, Anton j. Cermak, presi-
dent of the county board, Chicago,
after making an invetigation of the
juvenile detention home, was asking
for the organization of a parents
whipping club" as a means Of bring
ing incorrigible and unframed youth
back to some knowledge Of the mean
ing of obedience. He showed that
the home, costing 81 ,000, 900, had been
damaged by the youngsters in 1t to
the extent of $4,000 in less than six
months. They broke windows, de-
stroyed furniture and wrecked the
place. They had never learned the
meaning of wise restraint, or that
obedience was duty rather than a
hateful servitude.
1t may seem harsh to apply the rod.
Parents, unwilling to assume the
burden and vigilance of parenthood,
often advance that as a reason for
their own delinquency toward the
child's training. But it were far bet
ter that the child go under the rod
than to have him suffer the severer
penalties, in adolescence, dealt to
him by the iron hand of the law. In
past generations, when perhaps the
"taws" and the cane played too large
part, there yet rose generation
that knew respect and followed after
il.
There is, and there ought to be, a
golden mean between the two ex-
tremes. If a sore body will later on
save a sore heartfelt it be so. To
avoid a willful, stiffnecked and rebel
lious generation, the laying on Of
hands is not without its good points.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
MOTHER-TEACHERS
CONDEMN BAD FILMS
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tSOHtlHucu lTOIn page
heroes, the time has come to call a
halt in the increasing portrayal of
brutality, crime, and immortality, del
,egates said.
"Nine-tenths Of the acts our chill
2ren see portrayed in the movies
would bring them a Jail sentence
we're they to do the same thing on
the street, and then we mothers
would be the ones condemned" Mrs.
Merriam continued.
THE argument of the producers,
Mrs. Merriam asserted, shat unless
they film this kind Of pictures, they
will have to go out of business, that
the good picture does not pay in the
box office, is disputed by their own
figures.
Figures issued from Hollywood
last summer show that the films that
paid the best in July were the most
wholesome pictures ever made, and
of the ten which were the worst fail
ures from the box-office standpoint,
none deserved patronage.
Standards Held Defied
an our schools and churches and
homes we are helping the child to
choose the best ia life and to avoid
the pitfalls. And then we allow the
motion picture industry to defy all
the standards and ideals on which the
nation is founded. Most of the NOV
lie themes today show no respect for
law or government. Marriage is
treated lightly and the conventions
are often disregarded," she said.
Organization of mothers clubs in
connection with the Sunday schools
throughout the country was one of
the important pieces of the conven-
ton business.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
World Is Not Fit for
Peace, Says Lady Astor

Misunderstanding In the house Of
commons In the course of discussion
Of armament. Lady Astor declared the
world was not ready for peace. saying !:
"The people who talk most about II
are often the most quarrelsome. When
you get among them they talk about
better world. and they knock you
down when they get you in the lobby.
The greatest enemies of peace are the
pacitists. II we had had the peace
some Of them wanted we would all be
doing the goosestep."
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Cuban Officials Report
Rebel Leader Killed

Havana. - Several small outbreaks
occurred In Santa Clara province. the
biggest said to be near Sancti Splrltus.
At Jiguant, In Oriente province, at the
other end of the island, the federal
troops had q skirmish with small
band, which was dispersed In the
woods Felix Mestre. leader of the
group near Cidra Matanzas province,
has been killed and his followers are
being rounded up. The official CON-
munlque announces that only four of
Mestre's men fought the troops. Gov
errors Of various provinces, numerous
congressman. and even opposing can
didates for president have assured
President Zayas Of their support
against the rebels.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
The Laying on of Hands
(From The Sc. Paul Dlspatch)

Addressing the twenty-eighth an
nual convention of the Mothers and
Parent Teachers association, in ses-
sion in st. Paul, Miss Alma l.. Bin
eel, educational director for the fed
Grafton of child study, declared that
the old-fashioned hickory stick or
the more modern razor strop are not
always the best or most effective
means of making children obey. Per-
haps she is right, even though there
be Scriptural authority from the
worlds wisest man, that sparing the
rod spoils the child. Judging from
the lack of obedience in too many
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Senate Routs Coolidge;
to Pay Dry Unit Ouizzer

WaShington.-The White House met
rout In the senate late Tuesday evening
through the passage of the Jones res
olutlon which empowers a senate com.
mlttee to go ahead with paid cOun-
sci in Its investigation of Secretary
Mellon and his conduct Of the depart
ment of internal revenue. Thus Sen
ator Couzens (Rep., Mich.) anC Gov.
Clifford Pinchot Of Pennsylvania gain
much ground In their drive against
Secretary Mellon.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
House and Senate in
Accord on japanese Ban

WashingtOn.-Senate and house con.
ferees arrived at an agreement on
the immigration bill and decided on
the house provision with respect to
japanese exclusion. Under this pro-
vision, complete exclusion. apart from
certain excepted clauses, will obtain
after July 1. 1924, The efforts of the
President and Secretary of State
Hughes to obtain an extension for
two years failed.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Big Ell Paso (Tex. } National
Bank Forced to Close

Eel Paso, Textile Ell Paso City
National bank, ONE of the southwest's
largest institutions, failed to open Its
doors Tuesday. The bank, II is under
stood, was In a weakened condition
due to frozen paper. Publication Of
the last statement Of the banks con-
dItion showed that its deposits totaled
approximately 100000 and It's re-
sources were SS,3S4,773
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
John Diefz of Cameron
Dan, Fame Is Dead

Milwaukee, Wis.-The career Of one
of Wisconsin's most romantic charac-
tiers ended here with the death Of
John Dietz, defender of Cameron dam.
who died after long illness. His
wife and family, from whom he had
been estranged since his release from
Waupun, were at his bedside when
he died. Dietz gained his fame In
1904 when, with his family, he bar
ricaded himself In his north woods
cabin and fought whole state.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Senate Votes Another
Tax Bill Amendment

washington.-Insurgent Republicans
and the Democrats In the Senate
Wednesday night, by vote OF AZ
TO 80. added another amendment To
the revenue bill, substituting for the
fiat corporation levy, a graduated tax
on undlstrlbuted profits OF corpora
lions,
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Soviet Factory Heads
Condemned TO Death

Moscow. --Tshrdynzefr and KaiInIn
directors Of the state textile trust.
were sentenced 10 death for exploit.
ing the Organization IN their own In
Iereris plotting to combat state cnpi
iulIsm and giving Information 10 for
nier os n.rs ~ textile factories Their
.,roperly IN C0nhscnied.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Execufioner of 1873
Persons Takes DUN Life

Breslau. Executioner Schweiss,
who had cut Off the heads Of 123
criminals, killed himself here Tues
day with revolver, making the Sec
ond public executioner to commit sui
eide In Breslau within three months.
Schwelss was seventy-four years old
and had retired on a small pension,
having executed his last victim In
Cologne late In 1893.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

Sofa. Diplomatic circles are
alarmed by news OF the concentration
~ Russian troops along the Dniester
river II IL reported that the Ru
mnnian army 10 strengthening Hs
forces 20 Bessarabia, The press con
slders that the danger OF Russo
Runanlan hosiiliiies IN lmInin.lL
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Farmer, Attacked by Wolf
Pack, Kills I; Gets 8 Cubs

Freeport, Ill.--Attacked by a pack
Of six timber wolves In sparseiy set
tied section Of 10 Daviess county, Mer.
lie Casper. farmer, shot and killed
one and wounded two others. The
others escaped but he captured nine
cubs OF big female wolf. the one
slain.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

Eddyville, Ky.-Three murderers
were executed in the western state
penitentiary here In the first triple
legal electrOcutlon In the states his
tory. They were Frank Thomas and
George Weick and Charlie Miller, a
negro. Thomas, slayer Of Lee Arbe-
gust, his benefactor and friend, near
Louisville, was past seventy and the
oldest man ever executed In the state.