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EVENING Historical Society KANSAN-REPUBLICAN. Republican, Est. 1885 Evening Kansan, Est. 1887 NEWTON, HARVEY COUNTY, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APR. 25, 1923 VOL.

XXXIX, No. 71 CANADIANS FIRE ON U.S. VESSEL American Fishing Schooner Suspected of Poaching Is Captured HER CREW ESCAPED Vessel Scuttled But Crew Abandoned Wounded Man on Board Vancouver, B. April American fishing schooner Siloam of Seattle, suspected of poaching in Silander Bay on the west coast of Vancouver Island, B. was captured last night by the Canadian Fisheries patrol boat Malaspina, after the schooner had been struck broadside by a volley of shots from the patrol boat and had been scuttled by a crew that fled, leaving a wounded man, who was taken prisoner.

The rest of the Siloam crew succeeded in escaping inland on Vancouver Island where they were being sought today by federal and provincial police. Inspection Motherwell, who received here a report of the episode from Captain Newcomb of the Malaspina, said he believed that this was the first time a Canadian patrol boat had fired on an American craft in Canadian waters. G. A. R.

RANKS SHOW MARKED DECREASE Veterans of '65 Are Rapidly Answering Call of Taps Des Moines, April 25 -The staunch blue line of Civil War veterans, survivors of the historic internecine conflict of more than 60 years ago, is rapidly being decimated from year to year, according to figures on file at the headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic here. In 1922 the number of G. A. R. veterans dwindled by 14,512, a decrease from an enrollment of 85,618 in 1921 an enrollment of 71,106 at the bekenning of 1923 according to figures in the hands of National Commander H.

W. Willett here. During that time the number of active, posts in the country decreased from 4,218 to 3,659 indicating the abandonment of 559 posts. One by one the white haired veterans of Shiloh, Lookout Mountain, Gettysburg and Chickamauga are answering the call of taps which sounded for so many of their comrades on the field of battle from '61 to '65. Preparations are being made here for the -national ex campment of the G.

A. R. which is to be held in Milwaukee this fall. Attendance estimates have been set at 20,000 as a possible maximum figure. Members of auxiliary organizations.

including the Sons and Daughters of Veterans, may bring the total attendance up to 000, the officials say. Great care is being taken this year in the Identification and housing of the veterans. Forms will be filled out at each post showing the name, post and organization and on this blank will be filed the housing thus avoiding confusion in registration and elimination of the red tape that heretofore is said to have been confusing to the old soldiers. HERE'S WHERE THEY GET BOOZE SUPPLY Washington, April prohibition became effective in the United States, exports of Scotch and Irish whiskey from Great Britain to Mexico and various West Indian Islands off the Mexican coast have increased 2000 percent. OLD POSEY LIES IN ROCKY GRAVE Notorious Leader of Piute Renegades Killed in Mountains WAS 100 YEARS OLD U.

S. Marshal Only White Man Who Knows Place of His Burial Salt Lake City, April body of Old Posey, leader of the vanquished renegrade tribe of Piute Indians, which went on the war path in southeast Utah last month, rests today in a rude rock covered grave somewhere in the mountains near Blanding, Utah, where he was slain last week in a skirmish with white settlers. The aged chieftan, reputed to be 100 years old, made his last stand with a handful of braves near Combs, Washington, on March 28 last, and he died alone, while white posse men routed his small band. United States Marshall Ward late yesterday brought the news of Old Posey's death to Blanding. Marshal Ward and four Indians recovered the body.

At the request of the tribesmen, it was reported, the body was buried without ceremony on the mountainside. It was reported that the Indians had asked that the burial place be not revealed. WICHITA. DANCERS ARE MERE PIKERS Wichita, April marathon dance ends at 10:00 tonight regardless of the number of dancers remaining on the floor at that time, the management of the contest announced this noon. Prizes will be awarded the winners on a basis of actual time spent in dancing, as some of the contestants have danced during part of the rest period.

Five young men were still dancing at 2:00 p. today having completed 41 hours of continuous slow, waltzing and fox trotting. Their partners five young women, have been off the floor from one to five hours since the start of the contest Monday night and cannot present any claims for continuous dancing. The young women have discarded the high heel slippers worn during the first day and bedroom slippers have made their appearance. The contestants eat sandwiches and drink coffee eagerly during their 15 minutes rest periods.

Even while resting, some of them shuffled their feet restlessly. THE BANK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE DEPOSITS GUARANTEED IN THIS BANK An Easy and a Simple Matter With a reasonable amount of determination any man can earn more than is necessary to supply the wants of his family and himself. Other people get ahead--have money to provide for the future. It isn't because you cannot do it, it is because you have not tried. Maybe you have a mistaken idea about opening account at the Kansas State Bank.

Come in and an us explain what a simple and easy matter it is let to have an account here. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent The Kansas State Bank Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $135,000.00 COURTESY SERVICE SAFETY A LADY ELIZABETH DRAWS BAD DAY Gorgeous Wedding May Be, Marred by Unpropitious Weather PLANS ALL COMPLETE Lady Bowes-Lyon Will Be- come Bride of Duke of York London, April the Associated 1 Press.) a cold, wet atmosphere, and high winds this morning gave unfavorable weather for England's great bridal pageant tomorrow when the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are married in Westminster Abbey. Although the barometer was rising at noon today official weather forecasters refused to hazarda prediction of clear skies, balmy sun that gave such a brilliant marital setting to Princess Mary's wedding a year ago. Spring has not yet been able to penetrate London's raw, cheerless and wintry climate and it is certain that the hundreds of thousands who will witness tomorrow's brilliant cortege will be snugly dressed in ulsters, furs and woolens. Lady Elizabeth divided her time today between her dressmakers and a rehearsal of the wedding ceremony.

In the midst of the traditional trappings and regal grandeur attending the church ceremony tomorrow, the modest little Scotch girl will touch a chord in every British heart by placing her bridal bouquet upon the tomb of the unknown warriors, whose ashes repose beneath the concrete floor of the great Abbey. Tonight King George and Queen Mary will give a reception party at which the elite of society will meet the duke and his finance. At tomorrow's festivities in Buckinghant Palace the bride will cut with the duke's sword a mammoth wedding cake in the form of a Chinese pagoda in which are embeddied seven charms of pure ring, a thimble, a button, three penny piece, a horse shoe and. miniature donkey a and a goose. According to traditions, the lucky ones who obtain slices containing one of these charms will enjoy good fortune throughout life.

Crowds to View Parade London, April the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth BowesLyon leave Westminster Abbey, man and wife, on Thursday, they will make a mile half. mile detour on the drive back to Buckingham Palace in order to permit more of the populace to see them. The rest of the wedding procession will head straight for the palace, going back the way it came. The Duke's bride, on her wedding day, will drive over a longer distance than necessary, and thus thousands who could not have squeezed into a place had the route been shorter, will have their interest gratified by a sight of the royal bride and her spouse. From Buckingham Palace the Duke's wedding party will go down the broad Mall and under the famous Horse Guards Arch into Whitehall, leading to Parliament Square and the Abbey.

After the ceremony the same route will be followed in reverse, except that the bride and bridegroom will turn off at Marlborough Gate and drive through the fashionable residential, club and shopping streets of St. James and Piccadilly. Turning at Hyde Park Corner, where there is space for a vast concourse of people, they will go direct down Constitution Hill to the Palace. Most of this route is bordered on at least one side by parks, where tens of thousands will wait patiently for a fleeting glimpse of the happy bride and' her prince. St.

James' Park lies along the Mall, and Green Park borders both Piccadilly and Constitution Hill. TRY TO PROVE SHE IS CLARA PHILLIPS Los Angeles, April and finger prints of Clara Philips, the escaped "hammer murderess," today were on their way to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where she is believed to be under arrest, according to an announcement from Dr. F. M. Rodriguez, Honduran consul here.

Dr. stated he had asked his government to facilitate the early return to Los Angeles of the prisoner, if it should be definitely established she is Mrs. Philips. SUGAR REACHES TOP PRICE SINCE 1920 New York, Apr. 25-Refined sugar was quoted at 10.25 cents per pound by three local refiners, the highest price since 1920.

Two refiners quoted it at 10 cents. BELGIUM FLOATS ENORMOUS LOAN Brussels, April is floating a loan of 1,000,000,000 francs, the proceeds of which will be applied to the reconstruction of damage caused by the war. The nation's note circulation is now 6,858,000,000 francs. CROSS CONTINENT NON -STOP FLIGHT Army Aviators Plan to Fly From New York to California Dayton, Ohio, Apr. 25-Lieutenants John A.

Mac Ready and Oakley G. Kelley, United States army aviators, planned to take off at Wilbur Wright field today for Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York, preparatory to their non-stop flight from New York to California, tentatively set for May 2. The monoplane T-2, which will carry them to New York, also will be used to carry them across the continent. It is the same ship used by them last week in setting a new aeroplane endurance record, new aeroplane distance record and four new aeroplane speed records. EXPLOSION FELT 20 MILES DISTANT Two Men Killed by Blast 'in Explosive Factory at Joplin Joplin, April men were killed instantly and six or eight other men cut by flying glass in a terrific explosion that wrecked the gelatin mix house of the General Explosive company, eight miles northwest of Joplin at 9:00 this morning.

The blast shook Joqlin and, other towns in the district and was felt as far north as Pittsburgh, Kansas, a distance of 20 miles. The dead: William McVey, 35 years old, Joplin; Fred Spoonhour, 21, Joplin. The two men killed were mixing a bowl of 500 pounds of powder five minutes before the explosion, when the foreman went to the mix house. Windows at Carl Junction, three miles away, were broken. AFRAID TO TRUST LEGION -JURYMAN But Court Admits Evidence Objected To In Trial of Ruthenberg St.

Joseph, Mich, April the Associated E. Ruthenberg, charged with criminal syndicalism, lost another point in his defense today when Judge Charles White admitted, over strenuous objections by Frank P. Walsh, Ruthenberg's attorney, a communist pamphlet characterizing the American Legion as the "flotsam and jetsam of the war, and a leader of strike breaker and cut throats." One of the prors trying Ruthenberg is a member of the Legion and Mr. Walsh thought to keep the documents-the thesis and resolutions of the third world congress of the communist internationale-out of the records. 0.

L. Smith, assistant attorney general of Michigan pointed out that Mr. Walsh knew the Legionaire was on the jury before he had used any of his five peremptory challenges and was free to have challenged him then. Road Conditions Pittsburg, Wichita Hutchinson cloudy, roads good. Topeka somewhat cloudy, roads soft.

Salina and Arkansas City rain, roads muddy. Wellington, Winfield and Newtonrain, roads slippery. Ottawa--partly cloudy, roads rough. Coffeyville threatening, roads rough. Kansas City threatening, roads rough, muddy in spots.

Kansas Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursday with probable showers; not much change in temperature. Oklahoma Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursday; little change in temperature. Thermometer Readings Maximum 74 Minimum 54 One o'clock 59 Rainfall ,15 TEXAS REPORTS SEVERE STORMS Town of Henrietta Almost Wiped Out Last Night HURRICANE OF HAIL Heavy Worse Rains Make Threatened Matters by Floods Henrietta, April the Associated every building in this community of 3,000 in north central Texas was wrecked by a storm which came up suddenly last night, leaving an estimated damage of $200,000. The storm, coming from the southeast, brought a blinding rain. A fifty mile wind threw hail stones as large as hens eggs, breaking every window in town.

Hail to the depth of a foot on the streets and water two feet in the cellars sent many folks on their way to Wichita Falls, 20 miles away, for temporary protection. Struck Burkburnett Burkburnett, April residencet and six oil derricks were blown to bits by a terrific wind which visited the Humboldt oil lease, two miles west of Burkburnett, and about 30 miles northwest of Henrietta last night. All occupants found safety in nearby cellars. Rain and hail accompanied the storm. 20 Homes Wrecked Fort Worth, Apr.

25-Twenty homes, all located in south Fort Worth, were blown down in the storm here last night. No one was injured. Heavy Rain and Hail Dallas, Apr. 25-More than two inches of rain fell last night over north central Texas, and will probably put Trinity river out of its banks at a point below Dallas within 36 hours, according to the local weather bureau: The rain was accompanied by wind and hail in some sections. REVOKE ORDER ON MILEAGE BOOKS Washington, April of the interstate commerce commission requiring railroads to begin sale of interchangeable mileage- bookstat 20 percent reduction ron regular passenger fare fates on May Were 'revoked today and the effective date of the mileage books! sale postponed antil January 1, 1924.

of Sara The action of the commission which follows the granting of injunction in Boston against the commission's order, resulted directly from an appeal for postponement by western carriers. Though the court order only restrained sale of the books by 50 eastern railroads, the commission decided to forestall the confused situation which would arise from sale and use of the mileage books in other parts of the country and from possible court, action on behalf of western and southern railroads. MAY JOIN STAFF OF AGGIE COACHES Kansas City, April W. Corsaut, who coached the Kansas City high school team which won the 1923 national basketball championship may become a member of the Kansas State Agricultural college coaching staff, it was reported today. Mike Ahearn, Aggie athletic director, held a long conference with saut here yesterday.

Corsaut will confer with K. A. C. athletic officials in Manhattan Saturday after which a definite announcement is expected. CANTELOUPE CROP RIPENING EARLY Calexico, April first ripe Imperial Valley cantelopes of the season were shown here yesterday.

Shipments to New York from the advance field are expected to begin tomorrow and general express shipments may begin within a week, growers predicted. Under recent weather conditions, the crop is ripening more rapidly than was expected. FATHER OF MRS. COOLIDGE IS DEAD Burlington, Vt. Apr.

25-Andrew J. Goodhue, 75, father-in-law of Vice president Coolidge, died at his home here today. He has been ill for several months. For many years he was a deacon in the Congregational church here of which Mrs. Coolidge is a member.

Vice-President and Mrs. Coolidge are expected here from Boston tonight. a FIFTY BARRELS OF WHISKEY STOLEN St. Louis, April the Associated -Fifty barrels of bonded whiskey were stolen from a government store room in a flavoring extract company building here today. The whiskey has a medicinal value of $8000 but a bootleg value of about $80,000, it was said.

The whiskey was stolen by six or seven men, one of whom wore a uniform, similar to policeman. Police say the uniform apparently was merely a ruse to over power two watchmen. WOMEN EXPOSE "KING" PURNELL Tell Grand Jury of Treatment in House of David Colony HUSBANDS BY "LOT" Charges of Immorality by Cult Members Is Being Investigated St. Joseph, Mich, Apr. 25-(By the Associated Press) Halting the court ward procession of child-brides and grooms of the House of David, the grand jury investigating charges of immorality in "King" Benjamin Purnell's Isdaelite colony, took time out today to hear the stories of three members of the cult, two of them girls who were married off in past group weddings there.

This afternoon more of the 14 couples who rushed into wedlock last week on the eve of the state's investigation, will be summoned to appear. Mrs. Helen Couch, 21, former Israelite, was today's witness. She described to the grand jurors and Judge Harry Dingeman of Detroit, how she chose Joseph Bulley, one of Purnell's followers, as her husband in the marriage lottery, but when the drawing was made another girl took the first prize, so she was forced to choose again and selected David Couch her present husband. She testified, it was reported, that she had lived at Shiloh, the home of "King" and "Queen" Mary, for a month when she was 14 years old.

On one occasion, she was said to have told Judge Dingeman, Benjamin came into the kitchen where she was helping "Queen" Mary can fruit, and called her into the pantry. There she testified, he made improper suggestions and was guilty of indecent exposures. The same act was repeated on subsequent occasions, she testified. She was followed on the stand by Katherine Hansel Johnson, 21 years old, daughter of John Hansel, and her husband Bert Johnson. Mrs.

Johnson told practically the same story as Mrs. Couch, charging Purnell with making indecent advances, but denying he had ever attacked her. SARDINE COMPANY HAS $100,000 FIRE San Pedro, April $100,000 plant of the French Sardine company, in the fish harbor district was destroyed by fire early today. For a time canneries, wharves, fishing boats, railroad cars and cottages were menaced. The cause was unknown.

PRESIDENT BACK IN WASHINGTON Washington, April and Mrs. Harding arrived here from New York on their special train shortly after 7:00. The presidential party remained aboard the train for sometime before going direct to the White House from the station. SHE CLAIMS HER SLEEP PEACEFUL Girl Judge in Moscow Not Troubled Over Death Sentences SENDS 25 TO DEATH 23-Year-Old Soviet Miss Is Imbued With Bolshevic Ideas of Justice Moscow, Apr. 25-(By the Associated Press) Citizeness Anna Bluzman, the 23-year-old presiding judge of the Moscow district court, who a few days ago sent seven to their death for robbery, informed the Associated Press correspondent today that she had imposed the death penalty on about 25 persons since February and had not lost a moment's sleep or been troubled by her conscience because of them.

Asked how, as a woman, she felt when the doomed were shot, she replied that the question of individual; lives could have no consideration when crimes against the safety of the state and the public were involved. She had to administer justice according to the law of evidence, though she tried to temper her decisions with mercy when possible, she stated. HIGH SCHOOLS IN MUSICAL CONTESTS Ninth Annual Event Opens at Emporia Teachers' College Today Emporia, April high school pupils from all sections of Kansas are in Emporia today for the opening this morning of the ninth an-! nual of Kansas music contests at the Emporia teachers college. It is predicted 2,000 will take part in the various contests. Today the vocal and instrumental soloists are competing, tomorrow the choruses will sing and a music memory contest will be heard.

Friday will be the feature day with bands, glee clubs and orchestras vieing for honors. Contests at Pittsburg Pittsburg, April, -With the presentation of Rossini's "Stabat oil Mater" and Skilton's setting of "The Witch's Daughter" tonight, the spring festival at the Kansas State teachers college of Pittsburg, the big and orchestras conducted by Walter McCray will be heard for the first time. Hundreds of high school musicians are already here for the interstate musical contest which opens tomorrow morning. There are entries from high schools in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri schools of Kansas cities will be represented by many contestants. ELGIN STATE BANK IS ORDERED CLOSED Topeka, Apr.

26 -The Elgin state, bank of Elgin," Chautauqua' county, was ordered closed today by the state bank commissioner, after a conference with the cashier J. R. Burns. According to Commissioner Peterson, the cashier admits a defalcation of 000 which he has been trying to cover up for two years. Burns was placed in custody of a deputy bank examiner and late today returned to Elgin.

Commissioner Peters stated Burns has agreed to enter a plea of guilty. The county attorney has been notified to take action. The bank had deposits of $200,000 and capital of $25,000. THE GREATEST BUSINESS IN THE WHOLE WORLD It's keeping house and women conduct it. Every other busi020 ness is subsidary to this tremendous enterprise.

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