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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
HINTS so MILLION
IN WAR AIR GRAFT

MISUNDERSTANDING of War John
w. Weeks injected himself into the re-
juvenated aircraft scandal in a man.
ner that has caused amazement in the
capital and has raised the question Of
broadening the powers of the Brook
hart committee to include an investi-
cation of the War department.
Mr.. Weeks was requested to present
to the committee certain reports which
were taken two weeks ago from the
brief case and desk of Thomas f..
Lane, former legal adviser to the air.
craft division of the War department.
These papers, Mr.. Lane testified,
were his private papers, copies of re-
ports made by him in aircraft frauds
during the last five years-frauds
which he estimates at $4,000. 00O-
and they form, he stated, ''the final
fulcrum to open the lid and turn the
light on some darkness in the War
department"
Capt. w. F. Volandt of the air serv-
Ice, who was accused by Mr.. Lane Of
having "stolen" the documents, adj
mitted on the stand that he had taken
them, but claimed they were official
files, and that, as Mr.. Lane had been
fired" by orders of Secretary Weeks,
the papers were government papers.
Where are the papersT Captain
Volandt was asked
"The secretary of war;" he said,
"has directed me to inform the COM
mittee that the papers are in his pos
session and that a subpoena will have
to be served on him."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
GOVERNOR MCRAY'S
BANK DEBTS Barred

Indianapolis, Ind.-Seventy Indiana
bankers testified that Gov. Warren T..
McCray had banking Indebtedness Of
$1,250,000 on March 1, 1923. Attor-
neys for the state declared that this
amount would be raised appreciably
when other bankers take the stand.
E. w. Opman, representing the Har-
ris Trust and Savings bank of Chi
cago, was one of the witnesses. Mr..
Opman testified that the governor
owed his bank 100000 on March 1,
last year.
The examination of the bankers
consumed all of a morning session and
practically all of an afternoon. A long
procession of bankers passed to and
from the witness stand, to be exam
ined briefly on the paper their insti-
tutions held against the governor. who
Is on trial for grand larceny and en-
bezzlement.
The governors financial statement
for the March period upon which the
bankers were asked to testify showed
liabilities at $4,000.
Several additional debts of Governor
McCray were revealed. They follow:
Gary State bank, $4,000, direct.
First National, First Trust and Saw
ings, First Calumet Trust and Savings
and the Indiana Harbor National bank,
all of Chicago, $4,000, direct
Peoples Trust and Savings bank,
Bonneville, $5,05O, direct.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
RANCE ACCEPTS
DAWES REPORT
Plan Officially Approved by
Poincare and Millerand;
Up to Germany.

Paris.-The report of the committee
Of international experts, headed Dy
Brig Gen. Charles d. Dawes of the
United States, appointed last Novem-
Der by the reparations commission 10
find measures to balance the German
budget and stabilize the currency oil
the Reich" formally was accepted by
the French government as a basis on
which the PREPARATIONS problem may
be settled once and for all.
With the full report at last in their
hands, Premier Poincare and his min
listers met with President Millerand
and the official stamp of approval was
affixed to it.
Matter Up to Germany.
AS one highly placed official put it:
"The matter is virtually up to Ger
many at this moment. That nation
stands at the crossroads. Her fate Is
sealed in the document which has been
in the process of formation for Europe
for the last three months. World opin-
ion will support the opinions Of the
experts"
While Germany will be allowed q
certain delay before she Is asked to
render decision on the report, and rep
resentatfves of the Reich possibly may
be heard by the reparations commits
sion, there is every reason to believe
that the latter body will demand
definite acceptance or refusal of the
report by Berlin before the Reich gen.
eral elections are held next month.
Germany Can Pay in Full"
Condensed, the most important high
lights of the report follow:
Germany can fulfill its reparations
obligations, stabilizing its currency
and balance its budget, If it carries
out the following conditions:
Germany must develop its re-
sources by increasing taxes and must
reduce its expenses.
2-The reparations commission must
accept the principle of partial mora
forum for four years.
3-The allied governments must re-
store unity and liberty to German
economy.
4-Germany must obtain loan of
8OOOOO,O00 gold marks ($200,OOO,OOO).
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
William, J. Burns Tells
of Big Cabinet RolD

ashington.-William J. Burns.
chief of the federal secret service.
moved into the center of the great
gold mirror before which the Brook
hart investigating committee sits. He
gave evidence alleging interference
with his department by Secretary An
drew w. Mellon in prohibition matters
and by Heber Votaw, superintendent
Of federal prisons and brother-in-law
of the late President Harding, in stop
ping an investigation of the narcotic
traffic in Atlanta prison before higher
ups" were caught. Mr.. Burns told of
clash in the cabinet which led former
Attorney General Daugherty to order
him to fire CASTOR 3. Means and keep
his own hands off the enforcement of
the dry law. He said Mr.. Daugherty
was very angry following the cabinet
disagreement.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
lannon's $500 Paid
Hording's Hotel Bill?

Washington.-Accor to testi-
mony given by his ex-partner to the
Teapot Dome inquiry committee, Jake
Hamon, Oklahoma oil man and po-
litical boss, paiG the bill of $18,7O0 for
Warren Harding's fiag-decked and ex-
pensive campaign headquarters on the
second floor of the Congress hotel,
Chicago, during the 1920 convention.
He did 1t because his wife wanted him
to. according to the testimony. Ha-
mon was working for Governor Low
den on the floor Of the convention and
behind the scenery, but she was boost
ing in peacock alley for Harding,
whose distant relative she was.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
TWO ARE SLAIN IN
FIGHT WITH KLUX
Many Others Seriously Hurt
in Rioting Between Towns
people and Klansmen.

Lilly, Pa.-Two men were killed,
another believed fatally wounded, and
a score Of others were more or less
seriously hurt in rioting between
toWnspeople and members of the Ku
Klux Khan, close checkup by state
police and deputy sheriffs disclosed.
-Four women were among those in
jured. They were said by police to
have been attacked after cheering
the marching klansmen.
Make 20 Arrests.
Four residents of Lilly were being
held by state police on charges of
rioting, while at Johnstown % men,
said to be klansmen, were being held
by Sheriff Logan n. Kellar pending an
investigation. Charges Of riot and
murder will be preferred against the
70, according to District Attorney
u. z. We.mer Of Cambria county.
KIansmen Attacked.
The rioting occurred when the
stream from fire hose was turned on
the klansmen as they were boarding
special train for Johnstown, 10 miles
west Of here, after having paraded IN
the darkness through the town from
an adjoining hill where a ceremony
attended by some 600 klansmen had
been held. Firing began Immediately,
and when the special train pulled out
thirty minutes later, several wounded
men had been taken aboard, while two
townsmen lay dead in the street.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Langley Again Indicted;
Three Dry Officers, Too

Covington, Ky.-Cengressman John
W. Langley (Rep., Ky.) was indicted
by federal grand jury here on three
counts, charging conspiracy to with
draw, sell and transport whisky. The
indictment also named M. E. HUH and
w. B. Garry of Canton, O., and Albert
F. Slater, Hiram w. Bremen and Will
liam f. Lipschultz, Philadelphia. the
latter three prohibition officials of
Pennsylvania. The conspiracy charges
are based on the alleged illegal with
drawal Of 1.4O0 cases of whisky from
a distillery at Lawrenceburg, Ky.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Belgian Jury Condemns
Ten Criminals to Death

Ghent.-A trial which surpassed all
records in the history of Belgian JUS
tice has just been concluded in the
dict condemning ten men to death.
seven to life Imprisonment, five to 20
years, four to Is years and one to
II years in prison. The men were
members of band of SO GRIM
inals who operated with practical i'm
punity throughout Belgian Flanders
in the period Immediately following
the armistice, profitirg by the disor-
ganization of the police at that time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
81 ROADS GRANT
WAGE INCREASE
Irainrcen of Western Lines
Get Pay Boost; Working
Rules Changed.

ChicagO.-Wage increases of about
. per cent to $4,000 railroad trainmen
and conductors were formally an
nounced here. The pay boost, consid-
cred alone, would add approximately
$5.OOO,OO0 annually to pay rolls of So
carriers in the territory west OF Chi
cago. However, it is understood the
brotherhood representatives agreed to
make concessions in the modification
OF certain working rules. These will
save the railways much money.
Once Near Break.
The agreement climaxed negotia-
lions that were in progress in the
transportation building for more than
two weeks. Up to Monday reports
from the secret conferences Indicated
Slight prospects for settlement. Fail
ure of the Independent parley would
nave left the issue to the United
States railroad labor board.
Many of the eastern roads and two
important lines in the South, already
have renewed contracts with certain
groups of train service employees.
Some Of these, notably the New York
Central anil the Pennsylvania, granted
pay Increases of more than per cent
to all in the train services-conduc-
tors, tTainmen, engineers, firemen and
switchmen.
Three Roads Not Parties.
OF the lines running west from Chi
cago, the Chicago Great Western. the
Chicago & Alton and the Elgin. Joliet
q Eastern are not parties to the agree
ment. However, the roads granting
the increase represent about 80 per
cent of the mileage west.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
French Troops Seize 81
as Agitafors in Ruhr

Parls.-French secret military police,
reinforced by troops from the army of
occupation, effected wholesale raids
throughout the entire Rhineland and
Ruhr, except the British zone at the
Cologne bridgehead. They rounded up
81 alleged leaders of recruiting organ
izations who have been secretly giving
youths and men military training
Large amounts of hidden firearms and
munitions were seized, as we'll as much
literature melting the German civilian
pOpulace to enroll, train, and prepare
for war Of revenge against France.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
End Ruhr Collections,
Says the DalUes Board

Paris.--A semi-oficial summary Of
the report Of the Dawes committee of
experts reveals that the whole scheme
1s based on the REIMBURSEMENT by
France and Belgium of the system for
the collection Of PREPARATIONS which has
been built up in the Ruhr and Rhine
land. Not only the railways must be
returned to Germany, but the tax re-
ceipts and other moneys collected by
the Franco-Belgians must go into a
special department of a new gold bank
created to bring sanity to Germany's
money.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Small Renominated;
Coolidge Has Illinois

Chicago.-Governor Small was re-
nominated in Illinois Republican pri-
maries by sweeping majority, carry
Ing with him all the so-called regu-
lar Republican candidates. Charles
S. Deneen defeated Senator McCor-
mick for the senate nomination. The
Democrats picked Norman L. Jones
for governor and Albert A. Sprague
for the senate. President Coolidge
defeated Hiram Johnson by a COM
Portable majority, although Johnson
ran strong in the city of Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Says One Estate GrorUing
Rate 100 Million a Year

Washington.-One estate in the
United States is increasing at the rate
of nearly $1OO,0O0,OOO a year. Chair
man Green of the house ways and
means committee asserted in formal
statement replying to Secretary Of the
Treasury MELONS attack on the in
creased estate taxes written into the
tax bill by the house. Cha IMAM
Green declined to name the naner
of the fortune which. he said. WA, ris-
ing so rapidly. but there was no doubt
he had reference to Henry Ford.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
PeStiLence and Starvation
in Honduran Capital

MISUNDERSTANDING and starva-
ton are prevailing in Tegucigalpa. the
Honduran capital, according to official
reports received here. The messages
stated that bodies are lying neglected
on the outskirts of the city and that
scores are dying daily of hunger. The
food supply is growing shorter daily
and prices for canned foods have
reached the top. The revolutionary
condition and the apathy of officials
threaten an indefinite continuance of
the conditions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
u. S. Indicfs Wheeler
for Taking Oil Fee

Great Falls, Mont.-Senator Burton
K. Wheeler, prosecutor of the Daugh-
erty investigation, was indicted by a
federal grand jury on a charge of hav-
ing accepted money as a retainer fee
after becoming United States SEN
ator. The indictment included the
charge that the senator had used his
influence in the granting of oil land
permits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Bandits Loot Bank of
$1,000: Kill Salesman

Bellmore, N. Y.-Six bandits held
up four employees Of the First Ma
tional bank here, took $4,000 from the
tellers cage and escaped in an au-
tomobile after shooting Ernest L..
Whitman, bond salesman, who entered
the bank as they were leaving, He
died within a few minutes. The
holdup was staged during lunch hour
and pedestrians damned the streets
as the bandits sped away. They fred
q volley at the crowd as they left.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Manufacturer Turns Stock
OUer to His EMPLOYEES

Birmingham, Ala.-John ]. Eagan.
Atlanta capitalist and president of the
American Cast Iron Pipe company,
who died a few days ago, in his last
will and testament, has carried out his
pledge made few years ago to con-
duct business along the golden rule"
lines and has bequeathed his entire
holdings of common stock In the COM
pany to the employees
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
u. S. Demands Albania
Get Americans Shaver.

Washinston.-The United States
government, through Charge d'Affaires
KIDDING has made representations to
the Albanian government, in connec-
ton with the Staying by Albanian ban
dts of two American business men,
George B. Delong, New York City, and
Robert L. Coleman, San Francisco.
The Albanian government has prom
ised to dispatch troops in pursuit Of
the bandits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Mrs. Anne Sfillman Holds
100000 StiLlman Home

New York.-"By right Of seizure"
Mrs. Anne o. Stillman reigns over the
$8,OOO,OOO estate of her husband In
Westchester county. The legal clause
about possession being nine points
Of the law" and dozen police dogs
maintain her on the 6OO-acre estate.
and she intimates she would resist all
efforts of the millionaire banker
James A. Stillman, to GUST her.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Peasants Turn on Reds
and Kill Many Officials

Berlin.-Peasant opposition to Boil
shevik rule is breaking out sporadical-
ly in the Ukraine and the Urals of
Russia. In the provinces of Odessa,
Podolsk, and Valki, numerous villages
have barred all Communists and are
numbering political agents and COM
nlissars at every opportunity.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Loborites' Rent Bill
Beaten in Commons

London.-Premier MacDonald's La
borite government was defeated. POI
to PIP, in the house of commons when
the rent bill, designed to aid unem-
ployed, was rejected on second read
ing. The Labor government does not
intend to resign, but will hold con-
ference to determine whether the bill
will be reintroduced minus the objec-
tionable features.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Eggs Ten Cents a Dozen:
Too Cheap to Gather IN

Maysville, Ky.-Eggs have become
so cheap in this section that farmers
have quit taking time from their plant
ing to gather them. When the ouota.
ton dropped to ten cents a dozen
farmers began giving them to produce
drivers If they would gather them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Michigan to Coolidge
BY a TtUo to One Vote

Detroit, Mich.-President Coolidge
carried the Michigan presidential pri-
maries by two to one vote over
Johnson and Simpson. Coolidge's most
surprising victory was in Wayne coun-
ty Oetroit), which he carried by TO-
600 votes. On the Democratic ticket
Ford and Ferries ran a neck-and-neck
race, which may require the official
count to decide.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Chinese Governor Eats
at Banquet; Fires Hosts

Shanghai.-Kao Enhung, new gov
ernor of the Tsintao area appointed by
Gen. WI Pei Flu, Chihili war lord, to
insure control of the revenues of the
former Japanese interests in China,
was given a banquet by government
employees of the previous regime.
Immediately afterwards Kao signed
orders dismissing practically all old
employees, including his hosts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Turkish Troops Attack
Post Held BY French

Constantinople. - Renewed encoun-
ters between the Turks end the French
along the Syrian frontier are report
ed in dispatches from Adana. The
Turks attacked the French post at
Ahdurrahman, killing two soldiers,
while a Turkish bank was attacked by
French detachments in the neighbor-
hood of Antioch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
EXCLUSIVE London Club
Host to Loborinp Men

London.-The Carleton club, made
up of distinguished Conservatives,
chiefly peers, and one of London's
most exclusive organizations, gave a
luncheon to tifty-five laborers, who
have just refnished refacing the build
ing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Turkestan in ReUoLf
Against BolsheUik Rule

Observation-Disclosures and surround
ing districts have revolted against
Russian Bolshevist rule, according to
dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from it's Riga correspondent. Portions
of the province of Ferghana have been
captured by rebellious troops and the
populace.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Senate Passes Bill to
Check Radio MonopoIv

Washington.-A bill designed to nra-
vent monopoly of radio communIca.
ton was passed by the senate. If do
clares the air to be the "inalienabla
possession of the people" and pro-
hibits licenses extending more than
two years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Digs DUN Grave at IS,
Then Dies of ApoDlerv

York, Pa.-Edmund b. kehlbaugh,
ninety-five, who recently dug his own
grave and had erected tombstone on
the burial lot, was found dead In bed
Thursday by his daughter. Coroner
L. o. Zech pronounced death due to
apoplexy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Yeggs Cut Two Walls;
Escape With $4,000

Chicago. = After tunneling through
the basement walls of two adjoining
buildings, thieves cut through the floor
Of the Empire jewelry store and, over
coming a network Of burglar alarm
wires, blew open safe and escaped
with jewelry and unset diamonds val
ued at more than $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
MOTHER GRAYS POWDERS
BENEFIT MANY CH|LDfa

Thousands of mothers nave gI a.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders az
cellent remedy for children c vs,srss
ing of Headaches, Colds, Fevers, nss
Worms, Stomach Troubles anu ~, 'c ID
irregularities from which cllllulI lt, ~
fer these days and excellent r. Tes ~ S,,lI
accomplished by its use in'' borsy
ND colds and regulate inc g %
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Spanish Quake Moues
Farms More Than a Mile

Madrid.-Most of the village of Mon
achil, ten kilometers from Granada.
moved a distance of two kilometers
Ca kilometer is five-eighths Of mile,
during the recent earthquake Numer-
Gus curious legal problems have arisen
among the farmers whose farms sud-
denly moved to new territory.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Sugar Crop Record Is
Broken, u. S. Reports

ashington.-Reports received by
the Department of Agriculture indi-
Gated that the worlds sugar crop this
year will establish record. The crop
probably will be 24,600,000 short tons
as compared with 20,400,0Oc short tons
last year and the previous record, es-
tabIished in 1914, of 21,OOO,OOO
short tons.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
World Won,an's Council
to Meet in CoDenhoeen

Copenhagen.-The International Coun-
Gil of Women will hold world con-
vention at Copenhagen on May 20,
over which Lady Aberdeen, wife of
the former viceroy of Ireland, will
preside. The American delegation will
be headed by Prof. Marion Parker
Whitney of Vassar college.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Murderers of Americans
in Albania Are SIair

Rome.-Two of the bandits who
murdered Robert Lewis Coleman and
George B. De Long, American citizens.
in Albania, have been killed in a fight
with a posse of gendarmes, says a
Stefani agency dispatch from Tirana.
Albania.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
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Big Box IS Gents

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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Brainerd (Minn. Bank Is
Closed by State Orders

st. Paul, Minn.-The Brainerd State
bank with deposits totaling approx
mately 100000 and a capital of $780,
O<.O, was closed following run on the
institution, A. ]. Veigel, state superin-
tepdent of banks, announced.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Farm Values Decline 10
Billions in Three Years

Washington.-Farm values have de-
creased $4,000 100000 in the last
three years. due to the dehation Of
farm lands following the unprecedent-
ed rise during the war boom.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16
Mastodon and MqmmotI

The mammoth was an elephant M,
extinct, related to and nearly the CON-,
size as the existing Indian eJpDb,,
1t, however, had long, thick. boIr
coat and very long, upward.tun1,
tusks. The mastodon is anv Of n,
numerous species of extinct elpnb.nn
which differ from the mammoth cbas,
in the molar teeth, which have M
conical cusps or parallel ridges vs
little or no cement in the interDoou
Some have small tusks in the lovs
jaw besides those in the upper law