The Citizen, 1922-12-28

AFTER BODIES OF MISSING ARE TAKEN FROM LOUISIANA LAKE MEN Governor May Uae SoldtereTe Protect, Civil Regime AgalnH Hooded Mob In Scene af Rlota Namee af Maaked Mn Said ta Be Known. Rhreveport, La. -Company A, N N-tlonal - tlonal N-tlonal Guard, of Alexandria, waa en rniita to Morehouse Pariah, while at New Orleans a msehlne mm company waa preparing to leave for thla rlty to re-enforce a rorrrpany of national guardsmen of Monroe. The troop J movement followed the recovery In I-ake l.a Fonrrhe. near here, of bodies, of two men. Relatives and friend J partly Identified the bodlea a being those of Watt Daniels and Thomas I Richards, missing lnce hey were kld kld-: - : kld-: nnped by hooded men four month ago, I It waa reported here. The order for Ihe mohlllr.allon of the additional ' I troop rnme soon after the es'nbllsh-i j ment of the authenticity of the re- port that Lake La Fonrrhe had riven tip the hod lea after having been dyns dyns-mlted - mlted dyns-mlted by men of uneMshllshed Identify. I Oovcrnor John M. Parker, at Raton Rouge, dtrectlng iteration of the military rorrew, rreuaen to nivnice rue alimlnVance of the rail for re enforce enforce-ment - ment enforce-ment or the next move of rhe atate In Ihe program he baa ontllned to j ferret out and punlah the member of j the hooded mob rearM-n.lhle for the abduction of five Mer lUmge rltlren I..f Ang.i.1 and the alleged murder of two of them. I Iirge mock of guna and ammtinl-! tlon have been reported to be atomd In residence and tnre by rltlr.ena of Mer Rouge and the anrroiindlng community, resulting from the report reported - ed reported entiihltuhlng of hotlle camp dur during - ing during the four month elnce the kid- niiplng. Reltnce la eirpected when the mate' warrant calling for arret of a number of men believed to have been the ringleader of the hooded enaae oea enevArl l am KriUlaniia 9 a 11 additional body of state troopa. It waa believed, will aerve aa a precaution against a probable outbreak. Spe Special - cial Special Inveatlgatora of the Department of Justice, working under the direc direction - tion direction of the Govern r, are aalrt to have an Incomplete Hat of member of the hooded mob. $100,009 FOR STOLEN KISS la Asked By Wast Virginia Beauty Who Enters 8uit In Wash Washington - ington Washington Court Washington. Mrs. Alma O. Smjthe, well known in New York. Chicago and Washington aa a member of a prom prominent - inent prominent Wiuvt Virginia family, caused a aenmtlon when ehe appeared In the I a strict of Columbia Supreme Court aa her own attorney, accomparled on only - ly only by her fox terrier. It waa the flint time In the hUtory of that august tribunal that a dog bad faced the presiding Judge. Mrs. Smythe, who I known aa a h.muty, has brought Suit for $100,000 agalnxt U'lghton Taylor, former eee eee-retary - retary eee-retary to the late Senator Rolse Pen Penrose, - rose, Penrose, of I'ennaylvanla. alleging a sto stolen - len stolen klsa. She charges that the de defendant - fendant defendant forcibly kissed her when she called at the late Senator'e otllce In May, 1!CI. Federal Action Soon Washington. Investigation of wat contract by the mpartment of Jus Justice - tice Justice la to reach a apectacular climax within .TO day, when a aerie of aulta. civil and criminal, aggregating approx approximately - imately approximately $100,000,000, will be filed against Individual and corporation! accuaed of gross Irregularities. The aenpe of the IM'partment of Juitlce program waa revealed at a bearing befurothe House Judiciary Committee,! Investigating Impeachment charge brought against Attorney-General Usr Usr-ry - ry Usr-ry M. Daugherty. "Guilty!" Saya Jury Chicago. William A. Hither, for former - mer former attorney of the Chicago Board ol Education and prominent follower ol Governor Len Small and Mayor Wil William - liam William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, wai convicted of conspiracy to defraud th board. Hla punishment waa placed at from one to Ave years In prlaon and a lino of $2,000. Henry W. Kaup. a real oatato dealer and co-defendant, drew nine month In the County Jail and a One of $1,000. They were charged with having conspired to defraud th board. Finale la Played Ptttsborg, penn. A dinner party al tho borne of C K. Kehn. In honor ol Edward Peteraon. had a tragic finale While the last cuurse waa being aerved Peteraon excused himself. "I want to put a piece on the player-piano," b explained. A moment later the potei of "Lei tha Itest uf the World Oo By Then the report of revolver. Peterson with a bullet through hi brain wai leaning agulnst the piano dead. "Wi bavo not learned Ihe cause," said till Coroner.,

By J. R, Robertson, Prof History and Political Scioaeo Berea College A good deal of interest ia being shown in the prospective visit to tho U. S. of Emile Coue. This French Frenchman - man Frenchman is noted for his skill in helping people to health by meana of sug suggestion. - gestion. suggestion. He lives at Nancy, a place in the recent, war zona and with hia Wife he remained there during the whole war. He i a pharmacist and arcummulated a small competence in that occupation. In the practice ol his psychological healing ha charge no feea at all. Hia patienta are largely peasants, but he receives many of high social standing. It is' estimated that he receives forty thou thou-sand - sand thou-sand seekers for health each year. It is interesting to note, on the ev cf the visit to Ame-ica, that he got his start here by taking a corres correspondence - pondence correspondence course in hypnotism which he intended to use aa an aid to hia work aa a salesman. Hia manner of life is very simple and he seem to hi possessed of a real desire to help people. The Civic Federation of New York city haa just appointed a committee of one hundred, of which Elihu Root it the chairman, to consider the quea tion of America'a attitude toward in international - ternational international affairs. Aa the object of thia investigation it ia stated that an effort will be made to see how far and in what manner the U. S. m'iouM participate in international affairs. This is one more evidence of a changing public opinion. It may have ita political features, also, as there ia an insurgent element in our Corgress now that ia gett'ng under way for something. However that may be, there ia aome hope of a cb.ange that will be more creditable to the U. S. and the part ahe ia cap capable - able capable of playing in world affairs for U1S-ie?d..c.ruuiltind.-- . x- The political conditions in Poland have come to be aomewhat tubulent as a result of the change in the presi presidency. - dency. presidency. The new head of Poland re recently - cently recently elected, Narutowicx, waa as as-srtcinated - srtcinated as-srtcinated soon aftes hia election. I waa claimed by the r.ative Poles that hia. cuccesa waa due to the sup support - port support of Jews, Russians, Ulcranians ard Germans. The legislative body haa a majority of Poles, and they made conside-able of a demonatra ion of dirapproval. It ia not believed the assassination waa brought about bV this bodv. hilt' th0V O.iia.it n n opinion ao hostile to tha nrmident that it waa taken up by that element which alwaya ia ready to atrike at government in any form. The actu actual - al actual assassin waa an ill-balanced and mentally deficient man of no stand stand-it - it stand-it g whatever. In a recent letter, the traveler, Frank Carpen'er, givea a consider considerably - ably considerably different view of the industrial and financial conditiona in parts of Europe from those mostly prevalent. Ic France the peasant claaa are add add-ii.f - ii.f add-ii.f to their farms and are laying up money in the banks aa never before. The depositors have doubled in num num-bera - bera num-bera aince the war, according to thia writer. Altho the debt of Franco ia large, about three-fourths of it ia held by the people of that eountrw and ia not an immediate burden tn the government. Of Germany, he saya, that her money ia of UttU value, but that aha haa the t.l wiakh in form of factories, rail- roada and other meana of produc produc-tiens. - tiens. produc-tiens. He believes that there ia a gt od deal of camouflage. Thia da not fit in with the drift of opinion today, but Carpenter haa always been regarded a keen observer in hia travela. A conference haa been going on in Moacow recently on the question of disarmament. Tha neighboring s'ataa adjoining Russia were invited to bo prexent Tho Russian proposition was to cut down all armies eeventy five percent, and it waa accepted aa a principle by those nations present. Russia, bark in tbe laat century, led in tho movement for disarmament and could now return to such a pol policy - icy policy with advantage all around, rrob rrob-illy - illy rrob-illy nothing that she could do wou'd serve to give her a better landing among tho old powers than juat u a a reduction in fact aa wall as prin principle. - ciple. principle. It would bo to Russia beraelf a gnat benefit from an econom'O atandpoint aa tho array ia a burivn ( Continued o peg fight)

PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS IN itvtitiv rn ill VP HRIP OF SANITARY INSPECTORS Loimvillo, Ky., Dec. 26. Public , , h workeri in Kentucky aoon will . , . . ... , . . -"ifiner.tH by the addition of five "nnitary inapoctora who will be grad- noted from the School of Public Health, operated joinJy by the State r.t.ard of Health and the Univeraity of Louisville, in January. These men all will be aent to counties out in the State, and the Board of Health n w is prosecuting inquires to learti where they are most needed and where they can be used moat effec effectively. - tively. effectively. Each of thefe men, in addition to huvin P"ued technical and theoret- ical studies in the School of Public Health, last summer, was given prac- . : . I i. 1 u . . . , L . , . .. . ., t Km knalth nHii-ap in on of the full - time health departments. In connection with ita present in investigation - vestigation investigation of the placea where these men are the most badly needed, the S'tate Board of Heal h also is con conducting - ducting conducting an investigation to aee what la the general need lor sanitary in sector., in order that, if it i. found .hM.ir.hl. the farihtie. offered thia 1 rlnss of public health workers in the School of Public Health may be ex expanded. - panded. expanded. TU.-1 ctiiio rniivn rw i.rveJ o.....t " CREEK Two big moonshine t tills were cap captured - tured captured by Sheriff Elmer Deatherage and posses Saturday and Sunday on Jack's Creek near the place where I.awrerce Hoskina killed hia brother, ' Kmbry Hoskina, last week. No whisky was found, but a large quan quantity - tity quantity ' of mash. Sheriff Deatherage hin ed around a while and discov-rcd . worm concealed under a cliff. B ' h stills were destroyed and the nvah pt ured out. One of the still waa on the furm of Col. George Phelps, back on the rear end of the farm. Col. I'helps notified the officers the minute ho got wind that aomeone waa en- J rroaching upon hia property and the laid followed. The other still was found on the farm of a man named Moore, officers said. Richmond Reg Register. - ister. Register. FRATRICIDE'S TRIAL FRIDAY MORNING Lawrence Hoakina wUl have his examining trial for the killing of hin brother, Embry lloskins, Fridty morning ncx. This date haa heal' set by County Judgo John D. Good Good-loo - loo Good-loo Tor hearing of tha fratricide. Hoakina has been in jail hero aince tho tragedy. He claima aelf-defenae, and it ia understood that a number of eye witnerses to tho affair a4f that he killed hia brother after the la;ler had fired twico at him. Rich Richmond - mond Richmond Register. BOY SHOOTS SISTER WHILE CLEANING GUN Elixabethtown, Ky., Dec. 24 E'- Un Slater, 17-year-old-daughter cf Thomaa Slater of thla city, waa ahotj thru tho left eyo laat night by her brothe-, Sylveater Slater, 13, who waa cleaning Lia rifle, and accident accidentally - ally accidentally discharged the gun. Tho girl waa taken to the City Hospital in Louisville thia morning. According to surgeona at tha hospital, aha will loao tho eight of tho oye. Accord. ng to tho father of tho girl, tho ahowl ahowl-irg - irg ahowl-irg waa entirely accidental

9 , ALLEN CARTER Burdette Allen and Myrtle Carter, daughter of John D. Carter of Car- tersville, were married in Jellico, Ti nn., last Saturday. They return ed to Berea, and af er a short visit with the groom's sister, Mrs. C. H- Todd, returned to Cartersville, where they will make their home. The young couple have the good vfches of their many friends in Wea: End Rev. Carl E. Vogel and Mrs. Vogul are going to Poor Fork, Ky., next week to hold a revival meeting. M UNCY BROWNING An event of more than pasting in interest - terest interest thia week waa the marriage 0''' Tuesday, December 26, of II. Money, of Stephena & Muncy T urn Ler Co., ta Mrs. EUaa Browning (or merly" oT Terry county. Mr. Muncy has lived in Berea about 2't year and ia widely known. The bride ia a aister of Mrs. John Fowler of West End Berea. TAYLOR FORTUNE Miss Lula Fortune and Elden Tay Taylor - lor Taylor surprised their many friends on Thursday, December 21, by motorhrr to Richmond and get ing married. The Rev. Green Stocker officiated WiM Fortune is a successful school J teacher of Berea, and Mr. Taylor ' n.no... ......... m,v, i"""i,l,"u , i Ky. After a brief honeymoon they will be at home to their frienda at Newby. Their many friends join in wishing them a happy and prosperom , future. LAWSON BAKER In the presence of a number of frienda on Christmas morning, James G. Baker of Brassfield and Mits Agnes Lawson of Berea were united in the holy bonds of matrimony ai the home of Dr. E. C. McDougle, who officiated. The groom ia a son of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Baker, and the lovely bride ia a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lawson of Berea. After spending a few days with their par parents - ents parents they will go to Ohio to !side. Their many frienda wish the happy couple a long and prosperous married life. OLD GRUDGE LEADS TO KILLING IN KNOTT Whitesburg, Ky., Dec. 24. A re report - port report from Beaver Creek, north of here on the Knott county border, stated that Arland Balea, formerly of thia county, ahot and killed Thomas Johnson, a farmer of that section, as a result of an old grudge. It ia aald the men met on the road roadside - side roadside and fought it out. Johnson h said to have fired tha firat ahot. Bates waa arrested and lodged in ji.il. He will be given an examining trial Wednesday. Both were well known in that aection. JOHN LAWHON CETS 21 YEARS FOR HILLING HIS BROTHER Manchester, Ky., Dec. 24. John Lawson bss been sentenced to twenty-one years in tho State Penitenti Penitentiary - ary Penitentiary for killing his brother, Toby Lawson. Toby Lawson died of a fractured skull, caused, it waa alleged, by a blow from a club wielded by John I-awson. John Lawson pleaded ttlf defense. Tho Commonwealtn sought to prove intimacy between John Lawson and Toby Lawson'

FARMER SLAIN IN BULLITT COUNTY Shcuhcrdsville. Ky.. Doc. 24 Tho. Goldsmith, 65 year old, a farmer living ten mile west of here, was phot and killed almost instantly thu afternoon on hia farm. James Mar cum, CO, a neighbor, is accused of the crime. There were no witnesses to the kiHing, so far aa haa been learned. According to the county authorities Gold: niith waa feeding hog and was standing near the pen. Marcum is alleged to have walked down the roaj and ahot deliberately at Goldsmith. Marcum waa brought to Shepherds Shepherds-ville - ville Shepherds-ville by Sheriff Lawrence Roby and charged wi h murder. He refused to discuss the killing. It is said and olJ grudge caused the trouble between the' two men and they had not been , apeakine; to one another for years. 1 ' - CORONER'S JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF SELF-DEFENSE IN LEWIS SLAYING Princeton, Ky., Dec. 25. A verdict of aelf-dcfenne was returned by a Ctroner'a jury investigating the slay in cf atranger by William Lewis, it the Lewis home. It was shown that the stranger ob tained a mcai at tne home ol Mrr. William Lewis, after which he drew a chair un inf ront of the crate. He ..... . " WH told tn leave .ml after . tima he walked to the barn, where he sat down on a pile of lumber. William Lewis followed him, and f rlifl him 4-i ouva at ria Tha 1 aa vr v ca v v S V VI IV V 4 lie stranger reached for his hip pocket. I wis ordered him to raise hia hand. He was shot when he failed to do it. No weapon was found on him. I'ORD CATCHES FIRE WHILE GAS TANK IS BEING FILLED Tuesday morning about 1:30 a Fird car stooped in front of the Boone Tavern Garage to ask for gasoline. Mr. French, who waa on duty at the garage, went out to take care of the customer, and just as he inserted the gaa tube in tho tank the car caught on fire and the while top, including the cushiona and part of the fixtures, were destroyed. It ia reported that the car was owned by John Soard, of Rockcastle county, and waa occupied by himself and son, Dan Gabbard, Link Lake, and Jim Bowling, all of Rockcastle county. The Ford was left in front of tha Boone Tavern Garage. WOMAN SHOT BY ACCIDENTAL FIRE Owenaboro, Ky., Dec. 26. Mm. Margaret Harl, 48, died as a result of a gunshot wound at the city hospital at 10:30 o'clock tonight. Her husband, Charlea Harl, farmer of this county, thought he heard chicken thievea in the hen house about 7 o'clock. He got hia ahot gun and started to investigate. Ho laid his gun on a chair as hi wife enter entered - ed entered a door. Mr. Harl said tho gun fill from tho chair and waa dis discharged, - charged, discharged, tho load of shot striking his wife tn the right thigh, inflicting a largo wound. Mrs. Harl la survived by her hus husband - band husband and five children. Tha cuatom of singing tho old year

BEREA PUBLISHING CO. (wcoraKATi MASS HALL L VAUGHN. UMh Our Threefold Altai To tho News of Berea and VicmKyj To Record the Happening at Bare Collate; To be af latere to all the Mountain People, ianauiMiuuT i 1 Ima, Km., mm nar, mndmr AM ml HmrmK irrt. Kw Vol xnv. Five eenta Per Copy BEREA, MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 No. 29