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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1922)
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1023 V MYSTERY-SCREENS FEUD i LOUISIANA Two Victims of Hooded Men Weighed Down in Lake. NATIONAL GUARD ON SPOT Drownings Unked With Kidnap ing of Five Prominent Citi- zens at Celebratiun. , MONROE, La., Dec. 20. The pur pose of the movement of a company of Louisiana national -guard, into Morehouse parish -by Governor Parker yesterday afternoon contin ued to remain a mystery tonight to a.11 except a few officials. The passing ot the day failed to lift the mystery screen. Those in a position to speak would say noth ing. The governor, attorney-general and others remained in rigid silence. Late today a detachment of 25 men under the command of the company officer hastily departed from the camp established in the heart of the little town of Mer Kouge. The .men said they ilid not know where they were going. The officer would not speak. Two Bodies Are Located. Close observers offered the opin ion the men were en route to one of Che lakes In the vicinity of Mer Rouge, where, it is believed, the bodies of two men, weighted down with wagonwheels, victims of hooded men, are resting. Four detectives, working with the department of justice, are said to have found the location in the lake where the "bodies are. The detec tives are said to have preceded the movement of the detachment this afternoon. In the event tlhe bodies are re covered, .open hearings, discussed by Governor Parker and other state officials, probably will be instituted at Bastrop, the parish seat. Under this method the state would hope to obtain evidence upon which to con vict members of the band of 50 or more hooded men who, on horse back and in motorcars, swooped down upon a party of five promi nent Mer Rouge citizens. Victims Seized "y Riders. A big highway celebration and festival was held at Bastrop August 24, and thousands of persons from all parts of northeast Louisiana at tended. The victims of hooded riders attended the celebration, witnessed the baseball'game betweeen Monroe and Bastrop and then started home in the twilight of the evening in two automobiles. When they were midway between Bastrop and Mer Rouge the hooded men galloped up on horseback or appeared on the highway in automobiles and seized the five Mer Rouge citizens. Watt Davenport was released within an hour after he was taken and the rumor became current that the masked men were "mistaken as ,to his identity." Searchers for 24 hours tried to find the men who were kidnaped, and the day following the affair the elder Daniels and Andrews found their way back to their -homes at Mer Rouge in a serious condition. Their stories gave but little infor mation in regard to the kidnaping. Kidnaping la Detailed. For awhile neither Daniels nor Andrews would discuss the case, but they finally told of how they were kidnaped on their way to Mer Rouge by masked men and severely beaten. For several weeks Daniels was in a precarious condition be cause of his injuries, which, in his case, were augmented by old age. For the last three months there have been detectives and other in vestigators in Morehouse parish, interrogating citizens and making searches for the missing bodies of Richards and Watt Daniels, which, according to some persons, were believed to- have been cast into a lake near Mer Rouge. Parish Clans In Fend. Petty jealousies among influen tial families, arising through trade rivalries and social conditions, are believed to have been the origin of the trouble between various More house parish clans. Recently Dr. B. M. McKarn, prominent physician and then mayor of Mer Rouge, sought to "clean up" Mer Rouge of lawlessness. Mayor McKern, it is claimed, aligned himself with one faction and served notice on a num ber of alleged lawbreakers that he and . his officials proposed to en force the- law. Mayor McKern received warnings by letters that if he did not cease, he would be assassinated. Later he was called from his home at mid night, ostensibly to go to see a sick patient and his automobile was rid dled with buckshot, but he escaped. Friends advised the mayor to leave the community and he did so. He is now taking a post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore. fleet as will contribute efficiently) to its effectiveness," was issued last night by the Navy League of the United States. , After citing a number of items in the annual report of the secretary of the navy, the league "urged that an "adequate supply and facilities for the proper training of the exist ing fleet up to its maximum of at tainable efficiency" be provided. The statement added that "it would seem, proper to plan and begin the building of such fighting ships and air forces as may be necessary" to balance our fleet and make and keep it the equal of any in the world In conformity with the treaty ratios "as Secretary Denby says it should be done because it 'is necessary to our defense.' " 1511,111 LIQUOR TMEN OCEAX BAKGK IS CAPTURED IXSIDE SAXDY HOOK. Prize Said to Be One of Fleet of Kum-Sniugglers Which Left Bahamas Recently. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. An ocean going barge, laden with 4000 cases of holiday whisky, valued by pro hibition offioials at J500.00J, was captured Inside Sandy Hook last night by the ex-subchaser Hanson of the prohibition navy. The prize was said by Zone Chief Appleby to have been one of & fleet of rum-smuggling craft which left Nassau, Bahamas, three weeks ago and has been off the coast outside the three-mile limit awaiting a chance to run the Christmas blockade. The rum-runner was seized after the government signal station at Sandy Hook had tipped off the au thorities that a suspicious looking craft, with dim lights, was head ing In. The vigilance of the prohibition navy was at high pitch last night, the belief being that with Christmas only a few days away the liquor tlt-et, halted in its efforts to get its stock into port by motorboats, would now take desperate gambles with their rich cargo. Appleby declared there were at present more rum-smuggling craft off the New Jersey and Long Island coasts than ever before, with cargoes vorth millions of dollars. The skip pers are growing desperate ac their inability to run the gauntlet and establish connection with their bootlegging partners ashore, he asserted. MLLE.ADORES AMERICANS Bostonlans Make Particular Hit With French Actress. HAVRE, France, Dec. 20. Made moiselle Sorel, the French actress, arriving here today from New York on the steamer Paris, said she I'fairly adored" Americans, individ ually and collectively. "I especially liked Bostonians," she said. "Boston is the soul of America. New York is admirable, but I'll stick my ground on Boston." M BONES UNEARTHED I iiiiiiiiiiimiimHimiiimmiinmiinmiimimimiiimimmiim BAD IiAXDS OF NEBRASKA YIELD MAST FOSSILS. ' Scientist Uncovers Remains of Strange Animals of Past Ages j on Fertile Kanchlands. j NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Fragmen tary evidence of unclassified pre historic rodents and reptiles has been found by Albert Thompson, paleontologist, in the ranchlands of Nebraska, where in former years research workers have uncovered the remains of mastodons, rhinoc eroses, giant camels, alligators, dwarf horses and other queer beasts. The bones of the strange animals were uncovered on a ranch in Sioux county 'while Mr. Thompson, who is a member of the paleontological re search staff of the American mu seum of natural history, was search ing for skeletons of three-toed dwarf horses. Mr. Thompson began the study of paleontology while employed as a cowboy in the Dakota bad lands more than 30 years ago. He was especially interested in the remains of the three-toed horse and other types of beasts of the same family. In the interest of tfc'is work he went to Nebraska early last summer. Aided by several students he began d'gging in a channel bed that ap peared to be rich in bones of all sorts. He found bits of the dwarf horse, of the alligator and of other animals, and then he came upon pieces of skulls the character of which was new to him. He delved further in an effort to uncover complete skeletons. A Gift for Everyone We have an , exceptionally fine display of Fountain Pens in all styles and sizes. A pen to. suit every hand. Waterman's Conklin's Sheaffer's Dunn's Wahl's S2.50 to S19.00 S. Sr. H. grsn stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood. Broadway 6353. 660-21 Adv. Peacock Rock Springs coal. Dia mond Cna1 Co.. Piiwy. 3037. Adv. FRUIT FLIES DISCOVERED Prevention of Introduction of Pest in America Considered. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 20. Representatives of a dozen foreign countries and of the New York Mer chants' association, the National League of Commission Merchants of the United States and New York Fruit Exchange, as well as expert entomologists were heard here by the federal horticultural board on the question of preventing the in troduction into the United States of fruit flies, particularly the Mediter ranean fruit fly, through importa tions of foreign fruit and vegetables. During the afternoon representa tives of fruit and vegetable pro ducers presented their side of the case. Any action by the board will be determined after careful study of the evidence submitted. Discussing the fact that the United States exports $60,000,000 worth of fruit and vegetables to foreign coun tries yearly and tha tmuch of this goes into countries whose can fruit exports to the United States would be effected by an embargo, a repre sentative of the New York Mer chants' association declared he had heard intimations of retaliatory measures by certain foreign coun tries if an embargo were imposed. Pasco Postmaster Nominated. 1 THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. William R. Cox was nominated by the presi dent today for postmaster at Pasco, Wash. WAGE DROP IS SCOUTED Advance. Since 1913 Held Rise In Individual Earning Power. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20. Wages will never return to the lev els in effect before the war, Julius H. Barnes, president of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States, asserted in an address Tues day before the Washington City club. 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