TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1023
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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."
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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.
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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.
"The advance since 1913," he said,
"is not wartime inflation, but a real
increase in individual earning
power," and he declared that "an
economic system, which can give
us more for everyone more auto
mobiles, more general education,
more modern plumbing, more gram
ophones and bigger real wages
must be preserved."
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20. A '
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sideration" by the public of the rela
tive strength of the American,
British and Japanese navies, and
suggesting "the propriety of provid
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