The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 1

é j , i 1 , | \ le oe | ., , = | ‘ / = . aii Mi , oy x ‘against WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair tonight and Satur- day; somewhat colder tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 REPARATIONS MAY BE FIXED BY AMERICA Diplomatic Feelers Being Sent Out to Solve Inter- national Crisis HUGHES IS SILENT Official Quarters ‘Refuse to Make Any, Comment On Issue “Washington, Dec. 22.—The ques- tion of America extending aid to- ward the solution of the economic troubles of Europe has been brought sharply to the front with emerging ofa plan under which an American commission would determine what Germany should pay the allies in re- parations. The proposal so far has been dis- cussed outside the formal channels of diplomacy’ but an understanding in authoritative circles has been de- veloped through an_ exchange of | views that the United States, Great ritain and Germany are willing to assent to\the creation of such @ commission. Premier ‘Poincare of France now has the plan before him | and is expected to make a decision when he has concluded a series af conferences with industrial leaders of France and of Germany. From the beginning of the pre- sent discussions officials of . the Washington government. have been unwilling to do more than hint that a way was being sought. to render aid toward a European © settlement and so far have refused to discuss the plan for an American mmis- sion, Secretary Hughes fast night issued a brief statement which avoided any mention af details and i} said that the “government” had presented “no proposal” on the subject... The. method. of sounding out all those directly interested be- fore any definite “proposal” is sub- mitted with the full force of govern- ment authority is a familiar one in negotiations of great delicacy, The secretary’s statement recalled an assertion several days oga by ‘a White House spokesman who in discussing the American attitude to- ward Europe said it would not be proper to d’splay on the stage all that was taking place behind the. scenes, i | i BRITISH CAUTIONS | London, Dec. 22.—Considerable caution, amounting some times to frank skepticism, is manifested by this morning’s newspapers in. their discussion of the proposal for an American commission to visit Ger- many. Some of the papers bring forward sem-official denials that Great Britain has received, much less. accepted, the proposal, and war putting faith in these “American canards.” In quarter. where it is admitted as probable Germany initiated such 2 proposal the idea is received with a strong suspicion of teutontic motive. . 5 CUNO DENIES REPORT. (By'the Associated Press) Berlin, Dec.’ 22.-—It_ was officially denied here today that Chancellor Cuno or ‘any other government of- ficial had suggested the appointment of an American commission to i ‘tigate Germany’s economic condition. MILLION DOLLAR CHURCH BURNS) Quebec, Dec. 22—The fire which destroyed the historic $1,000,000; Notre Dame church, early today is believed to have been caused by an incendiary, according to Daniel Lor- rain, chief of the provincial police, who said he had received a letter in- forming him that the edifice would be burned on December 28. First report said it was /believed the blaze was ‘caused by a short circuit in the electyical wiring. Notre Dame is the ninth Catholic edifice in Can- ada to be visited by fire this year. It was considered one of the finest and most, artistic church building in Canada and the interior had been renewed recently at a cost of $90,- 000. The loss was said to be covered by insurance. Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 22.—St. James school, one of the oldest of the parochial schools in Kenosha, was gutted by fire this morning which apparently started in the furnace room. The damage was estimated at $30,000. More than 200 children who used the building will be taken care of in temporary structures after the holidays. DR. OWENS DIES (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Dee. 22—Dr. John E. Owens, a Civil War veteran former emeritus professor at Northwestern University and at one time lecturer at Woman’s Medical College ‘and Rush Medical College, died at his home here last night. He had lived in Chicago since 1865. : BISMARK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 22, 1922 Free State Troops Kepelling Irregulars This photo, just received in this country, of frregulars 0% the airdrome at Tallaght Coun’ repulsed. BANDIT GANG WHICH STOLE $500,000 HELD Chicago Police Declare Band Broken Up ‘By Arrests (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Dec. 22—Two ten, al- leged members of a gang of robbers, said, had obtained $500,000 in oper- ations throughout the Mississippi valley were under arrest here to- day. Associates of the men were ‘be- ing sought. Witl announced more than $70,000 in lib- erty bonds, stocks, warehouse. re- ceipts for whiskey and bonds were recovered, Bonds totalling $6,000 were Yound in the safe of a saloon where the men were arrested. Dynamite caps, ‘a quantity of nitroglyegrine and | fuse were found there also. From one man, police said, a pack- age of $55,000 worth of bonds was taken and another was said to have had a complete plan of: the state! penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. Chief of Detectives Hughes assert- ed information’ given by the men.in custody. implicated seven others, some of them identified in political circles. The names made public by police were Thomas Holden, John Barry and Harold Young, all of Chicago, OLD CHICAGO STATION BURNS Dearborn Street Depot Ruins Today. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Dec. 28—The Dearborn Street Railroad station, a land mark since 1884, and once called the best | railroad station in the world, was in ruins today. It was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, believed to have started in offices of the third floor. Officials who investigated the blaze were said to have but little faith in reports that it was of. origin. Hardly had the floors and walls cooled before workmen, started re- moving debris. Before midnight a temporary wood- en tunnel had been constructed through the ruins ‘and trains resum- ed use of the main statior. Eight roads, the Santa Fe, Chi- cago Western Indiana (owner of the station), Chicago and Eastern Illi- nois, Chicago, Indianapolis and Lou- isville, Wabash, Chesapeake and Ohio, Grand Trunk, and Erie used the station as a terminal. H. G. Hetzler, president of the Western Indiana, last night estima- ted the old structure would be re- modeled if possible at a cost of $200,000. MINNEAPOLIS CAFE RAIDED IN _ SEARCH FOR HIP-POCKET BOOZE \ Minneapolis, Dec. 22.—Sixteen federa] agents raided the Congress Cafe here last n‘ght, searched tables and booths and the pockets of forty men for liquor and then ‘took 14 men. The 14 are to be brought be- fore the United States Commission- er late today. The raid was the first on a Min- neapolis downtown cafe by federal prohibition agents, When officers. appeared, pande- moniuin reigned and women sought to escape im all directions. All men the arrest of the ten, police| incendiary i ty. Dublin. The assault of | AMERICAN OIL | MAN IS SLAIN} | (By the Associated Press) Tampica, Mex, Dec. 22.—Emile |Amsten, formerly of Shreveport, La., assistant pipe’ line superintendent of | the Mexican Gulf Oil company, was| shot and killed from abush, late} lyesterday on the road between Tot- ieco and Zacanixtle, state of Veraj Cruz, it was learned today. GRAIN MOVING ACROSS RIVER | NORTH OF HERE: | Farmers in Eastern McKenzie County Load Grain at ,Sanish on Soo Line Cold. weather and the closing .o° | jthe Missouri river at Sanish has stimplated the movement of grain out. of eastern McKenzie county, ac- cording to reports received here. | While some grain was moved across on the ferry. to Sanish and there | loaded on Soo line cars, the closing of the river has made it possible for farmers to haul the grain over the iee much faster. A steady’ movement of grain now is expected. alt Reports on the Missouri river division of the Soo line. show that | 8,000,000 bushels of grain have been shipped out thus far out of an esti- mated crop of 21,000,000 bushels, more than half the crop still being in storage on the farms or else- where. A_ steady movement of wheat during the winter is forcast. Reports to the railroad offices here state that the Soo line is in good shape in having cars available for movement of grain. More grain was handled on the Missouri river this year than for the last five years, Ra\lroad reports skow a quarter of a million bushels was loaded Washiburn from boats. which brought the grain from river points. ~ It also is éstimated that a score ; of cars of live and dressed poultry, including the poultry handled in baggage, cars has been sh'pped since November 15, STATE READY IN SUIT SOON’ The State will be re be ready to present its sidé of the suit against George {Wallace within one week, declared Attorney General elect, George Sha- fer in discussing the possibility of an early hearing upon the questions upon which the supreme court had asked for additional information and facts, in the home builders case. The state has much of this material al- ready at hand because of preparation to submit all phases. Mr. Shafer recognizes that there are difficulties to be met with in getting an early hearing, because ot the absence of the state of Mr. Wal- lace and also because of the fact that the hearing must be held before Judge Pugh who is holding a term of court at Dickinson. It is the opin- ion. of the attorney general elect that it will be at least'three weeks before it will be possible for the hearing to_be held. i i found with liquor in their posses- sion were arrested, “The raid last night marks our first real offensive against holiday violators of the prohibition laws,” said M. L, Harney, raid chief, today. “This is only a start. We are going after the persons who carry and drink the liquor as well as the sell- ers. Every person caught with liquor in his possession will be charged with the offense and fully prosecuted.” Those arrested ranged from 19 to 31 years of age, the majority being about 22. | shows Irish Nationalist troops exchanging shots with e band the irregulars on the hangar was FORD PLANNING ‘PAYS PENALTY BIG PROGRAM OF EXPANSION Six Million Dollar Plant Near Chicago (By the Associated Press) | Detroit, Mich., Dec. 22—Henry Ford’s decision to construct a $6,- 1 000,000 automobile body building and | assembling plant near Chicago is only a step in a gigantic program of the Ford Motor Company “that will rank as one of the greatest indus- trial developments the world has ever seen,” it was said at the com- pany offices here today by persons in authority, “As long as Mr. Ford lives,” it was said, “this expansion ,program».is to go on. The fundamental idea back of the whole scheme is to create more jobs. As long as there is a possibility of putting more men at work the Ford policy. will be to build more plants.” It was pointed out that other de- velopment projects have been un- dertaken recently by the Ford Com- pany, including the start of a great industrial plant at New Orleans, a contemplated unit at St. Louis and water power development at St. Paul. Mr. Ford has no idea of withdraw- ing from Detroit, it was made clear. His interests in this city are to be, the hub ina great wheel of industry that he eventually -hopes will cover} many cities in the country. FOR MURDER OF PARTNER y f |States mint here, had left the farm! ‘Will Begin Construction. of} CK TRIBUNE PUSH HUNT FOR MEN WHO GOT $200,000 | |Police: Pick up Trail of Mint Bandits in Abandoned Ranch House BIG POSSE IN, FIELD Believed That Robbers Di-| vided After Holding up Federal Agents :(By the Associated Press) Denver, Colo, Dec, 22—Peace of- ficers of Denver and northern Colo- rado were prepared to push vigor- {ously today their hunt for Denver's bank truck bandits whose trail they believed had been picked up yester- | day at an abandoned ranch house 2 201 miles east of Greeley, Colorado. The | {four men suspected of being those ; whom Monday, shot and killed, Chas. | j T. Linton, federal reserve bank truck | guard and escaped with $200,000 in currency after a spectacular gun fight with guards of the United! house before officers arrived there. | Police believed the band had divi- ded after the chase following the discovery of their alleged hiding place in the abandoned ranch house and that one car containing two men, was headed ea@t and the other au- jtomobile with two or more men in it, headed west, Scores of ‘armed men, including; jcounty sheriffs and their deputies and three automobiles and one arm-| ored riot’car loaded with Denver de-| tectives and policemen searched nor-! thern Colorado in the vicinity of | Greeley, Fort Morgan, Fort Collins, and Roggen, all of Thursday evening without success, ‘The chase led from the ranch house in which Henry Fuqua, a farmer,! early yesterday notified Sheriff | 8 Frank Hall of ‘Greeley, that he had seen four heavily armed men, to the outskirts of Greeley, and, later in the evening, southeastward to Roggen and Hudson, Colo., about 30 miles away, where the trail: vanished and part of Denver's detective squad abandoned the hunt for the night. Three clues, apparently indicating definitely that the bandits were in the vicinity and the peace officers seemingly closing in on them, were uncovered yesterday -and last night. One was the report made to Sher-| iff Hall by Mrs. Gus Downer, re-j{ siding just outside the northwest city limits of Greeley, that an automobile jin which there were a number of men, had stopped at her home and one of the men obtained a pan of warm water. and some cotton gause, saying he wanted it for a man who} had been hurt, after which the car left in great haste. It is known that} at least one bandit was wounded in the battle with the mint guards. This tip,.received shortly after.’ Sheriff Hall and a party of deputies | had visited the ranch house reported | ;age, better ma: jets are being considered by middle [South Carolina Man Executed, In the State Peni- tentiary \ Columbia, S. C., Dec. 22.—Frank M. Jeffords was electrocuted at the state prison here this motning for the killing last May of J. C. Arnette, his business partner, } Jeffords plotted the murder of Arnette to gain control of the gaso- line filling station they operated as partners and to realize on a joint life insurance ‘policy, according, to testimony of Ira Harrison and Glenn} Treece who were tried and convicted at the same time as Jeffords of par- ticipation in the crime. The governor late yesterday on the eve of the date originally set for the death of both Harrison and Jef- fords granted Harrison a reprieve until February 116, in order that the supreme court might have time to pass on questions brought before it by Harrisons attorneys and still not have to send him back to/the cir- cuit court here for re-sentencing Harrison has proved one of the most interesting prisoers, in many years in outh Carolina. hen the supreme court affirmed his conviction ani | sentence by the Richland circuit court he lapsed into an spparent; state of semi-consciousness. Thenj his attorneys appealed again on ques- tions of law and he recovered. When this appeal was dismissed and he was told he would be taken into court-to be re-sentenced, Har. rison lapsed into a state of apparent stupor. In this condition he was taken into the Richland circuit court on a stretcher and after three doc- tors had testified that they believea he was shamming, Judge Maudlin sentenced him to die in the electric chair on December 22. He has been in the same condition in the prison hospital ever since. Harrison’s attorneys claim he is insane and that he should be com~ mitted to a hospital instead of being. electpécuted. i \this trail ‘third clue that led to the belief that | SANTA CLAUS jby Fuqua and found it had been re- {cently occupied, sent the officers in la mad chase in an effort to locate the suspects. Early last evening Sheriff Hall re-| ceived word from three different sources that a touring car, occupied |by four men all heavily armed, one | bandaged about the face and an-; jother about the arm, had beem seen} racing along the road southeastward toward Roggen. While two automobiles toook officers obtained i up their the bandits were in the vicinity. Earl Jackson, son of a Greeley res- taurant proprietor reported three! men had eaten in his father’s restau- | rant Wednesday evening. The des- teriptions he gave corresponded t+ i those of three of the bandits. who; participated in the gun fight at thej Denver mint. They had lunch put up| for. a man who Jackson said, they void him was ill on a ranch. 1S WELCOMED © BY CHILDREN’, Hundreds at Station Here! This Afternoon to Greet Him on Arrival | Santa Claus got a tumultuous; greeting in Bismarck today. He came in on No. 8 from the west —parking his usual means of loco- motion at some distance—and there were about 1,500 laughing, shouting youngsters at the station to greet him. Santa Claus bore a great pack on his back,‘ and testified to his inten- tion to give Bismarck children real Christmas, partiqularly the less unfortunate who are to have a Com- munity Christmas next Tuesday night. (Leased Wire of Associated P1 ess) FEUD PATROL FIRES ON SUSPECTS UNITED STATES MAY PASS ON INDEMNITY SPUD GROWERS LOSE HEAVILY . ON YEARS CROP Estimated 42 Million Bushels Not Even Dug in Red River Valley * ness were not made public. The outlying ‘department stores and STORAGE A’ NECESSITY | smaller establishments reported the \Minot Talking Starch Factory | To Care for Surplus Yield Chicago, Dee. 22.—Decreased acre- eting plans, increas- ities and new mark- | ed storage fi western farmers who lost money raising potatoes this year, accord ng to a summary of the situation in jfive potatoe raising states. The five states, Michigan, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Minne- sota raised approx'mately 100,000,- 000 bushels of potatoes this year, jbut reports from most sections in- dicate the growers lost money. The reason is variously ascribed | to over-production, car shortage and lack of storage. facilities. Twelve million bushels ¢f pota-’ toes rema‘ned undug in the Red River Valley of Minnesota, accord- ing to 0. P. B. Jacobson, chairman of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission. | He blames the carf shortage and says the crop will freeze or rot in the ground un- less transportation is speedily pro- | vided: The enormous potent’al loss here does‘ not include losses being sustained in other parts of the state. North Dakota’ farmers raised 20,- 000,000 bushels this year, an in. crease of 9,000,000 since 1921. Sever- al towns have erected large storage warehouses ta handle the surplus, and at Minot a starch factory was planned to turn. part of the crop in- to its principal by-product, Michigan, which led the country as a potato producing state, accord- ing to the 1920 census, produced 37,- 856,000 bushels this year, an in- crease of 10,600,000 bushels. But the Price dropped from an average of 95 cents a bushel in 1921 to 59 cents this year, SETTLEMENT OF TURK PROBLEM NOT YET MADE Impression of Lack of Prog- ress at Lausanne Becomes General (By the Associated Press) Lausanne, Dec, 22.—The impres-; sion that settlement of the problem of the Turkish straits was not pro- gressoing as rapidly as had been an-| ticipated became general today as the result of a statement issued by the Turkish delegation. This made it clear that Turkey's acceptance of the proposal to appoint an international commission of con- trol depended upon acceptance by the allies of certain conditions de- | manded by the Turks, The modifications of the original ‘project for control of the straita asked by the Turks include an un- derstanding that the commission shall have no jurisdic- tion whatsoever over the so-called ¥ones of demilitarization in the re- gion of the straits, The Turks further more have de- manded a pact by which the allies individually and collectively guaran- tee that the safety and neutrality of | Turkey will not be jeopardized and that there be no aggression against Constantinopley NAVIGATION CLOSED Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 22.— The 1922 navigation season official- ly closed here last night. The steam- er Emperor, for which one of the locks had been held open, gave up the battle against ice floes and wiil lay up at midland for the winter. AGENTS FIND RUM PIPE LINE IN NEW ORLEANS TO AID BOOTLEGGERS (By the Associated Press) New Orleans, La., Dec. 22.—Intelli- igence agents of the Bureau of In- ternal revenue have discovered a new ‘um pipe line” run by bootleggers with headquarters in New Orleans and branches in seven states, it was learned today. The “line” several months and has transporte millions of dollars worth of liquor: federal agents | said. Two other “rum rings,” one -of which established a receiving station in Chicago and specialized on train porters carrying suitcase lots, and the other operating by means of ex- has been in operation, jagreed today, Figures on their busi- international} A HEAVIEST XMAS BUSINESS IN CHICAGO STORES Chicago, Dec. 22.—More millions have ‘been spent by the Christmas buying public in the present pre- holiday season than ever before in Chicago, managers of the big stores same huge volume of sales. The explanation’ offered by all store managers was that there is plenty of work for all at good wages. JUDGE REFUSES DISMISSAL OF HERRIN CASE Denies Motion of Defendants For a Directed Verdict— Case To Go On (By the Associated Press.) Marion, Il, Dec. 22.—Metions filed by the defense asking that all evi-! dence introduced by the state be ex- cluded and that the court direet a verdict of “not guilty” were denied today at the trial of five men on charges of murder in connection with the Herrin riots. The motions of the defense, twen-| ty in number, specifically named Bal of the state's witnesses and aske that all of their evidence be stricken from the record on the ground that much of it was hearsay, had no bear- ing on the present case, and related} to acts of others than the defendants or to acts of which it had not been| shown | that the defendants had| knowledge. (By the Associated Press.) , Marion, Ill, Dec, 22.—Witnesses from, a jist of several? hundred were yin cburt , today prepared to testify | in the defense of the five men on trial for murder. The state rested its case yesterday ; afternoon and adjournment was tak-! Jen until today to allow .the defense | to gather its witnesses. A. W. Kerr, counsel for defense, in a statement after the state rested jits case, said he would seek to prove | that the accused men could have had! no part in the killings. He also as- serted the defense would seek to! impeach ‘testimony given by several} state witnesses that they had seen ithe defendants with guns the day of the rioting or had seen then shooting .at some of the victims. Under the Illinois law there are no degrees of murder and the jury will be compelled to return to sep- arate verdict for each of the defend- ante and also, if it finds them guilty, \to fix the penalty, ranging from one year’s imprisonment to death, A recess will be ‘taken over the jholidays until dpnnary 2, the court \ stated. ALL WARRANTS | MAILED SOON |State Hail Insurance De-, partment Busy on Certification | | | AMI state hail warrants are expect- | jed to be mailed out by the end of! ; next week, Martin Hagen, manager of the state department, said: today. The department will have finished , certifying all warrants within two days, he said, and it is expected that clerical work in other offices can be completed within a week, Warrants now have been mailed out for 40 counties, from Williams to Eddy, the first warrants - mailed being to counties lowest in the 4l- phabet. John de Jong of Minne- apolis, representative of the Minne- sota Loan and Trust Company, has arrived here to assist F. E. Shepard of the First National bank in hand- ling the purchase of warrants. |press shipments, transporting cases of liquor in tin cases as well as in trunks, have beey disbanded as a result of investigation by‘ fede government agents, the authorit’es claim. The bootlegger. syndicate, it is charged, employs agents at ren lar salary who travel between Orleans and branch stations tered throughout the states covered. Each agent, federal agents said, poses as a traveling salesman and carries large “sample cases.” Reports are on file there, they said, of agents whowengaged state {rooms and traveled with as many as at: LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE of AssociatedPress) PRICE FIVE CENTS FIND MEN Ih MEN IN LAKE WATERS NEAR GUARDS Louisiana Authorities Believe Attempt Made to Remove Bodies from Lake j DRAGGING NEARLY OVER Seek to Find Persons Kid- naped by Masked Men Last August Mer Rouge, Dec. 22—The bodies of wo men in high state of decomposi- tion, bound with wire, believed to be Watt Daniels and. Thomas Richards, alleged victims of masked and white robed men last August, came to the surface of Lake! La Fourche, 12 miles from here this morning,, fol- lowing discharge of dynamite placed by unidentified persons in the lake, according to reliable information re- ceived here today. It is believed here persons respon- sible for the slaying of the'men dy- namited the spot in order to recover |the bodies and remove them to some other burial ground, to thwart the efforts of Louisiana National Guards- men who for three days have been assisting professional divers in ex- )ploring the bottom of the lakes, The condition of the bodies indicated ithey had broken loose from some heavy object by which they had been weighted down to the bed of the lake. The bodies were reported found at | Eastern Ferry, the exact spot appear- ing on the chart of special investi- gators as their most probable loca- tion. Divers had been unsuccessful, however, in locating them there. Efforts were being made today to learn the identity of those responsi- ble for the dynamiting. Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 22.—The Na- tional Guard company which’ has been on duty here, while the lakes surrounding Mer Rouge were drag- ged in the search for. the bodies of two. missing. men kidnapped by band of masked men on August 24 last, was ordered to Cooper lak: early today, when guards discovere: a number of men moving about i: the shallow water of the lake anc fired upon them. Eight men stationed at Cooper lake had been given ‘instructions tc |fire on any persons seen about the lake who could not give an- account of themselves. Shortly after one oclock several men were seen some distance “from the shore, wading about in a shallow spot. They paid no attention to orders to surrender given by guardsmen, according to a report to the officers and the-com- pany here. Several shots were fired at them and the men disappeured. It was believed they escaped in a boat through one of the bayoua open- ings into the laké, Two of the guardsmen were sent to report to headquarters -herz, making the eight mile trip on foot, much’ of the way through a dense swamp. The entire militia conipany |was sent to the spot in motor trucks, Cooper lake is surrounded by dense swamps and is in an inacces- sible part of Morehouse Parish. Department of justice agents were of the openion that an effort was made to remove the bodies of the two men by the party which was seen at the lake today. A number of civilians who accom- panied the troops to Cooper -lake early this morning, returned to Mer Rouge after 6 o’clock and reported that although a thorough search of the lake shore had been made by the guardsmen, no sign had been found of anyone having entered the water near the point where the guards re- ported having seen a number of men wading about. Drag Lake. Militia officers announced the drag- ging of Cooper lake would be com pleted this morning and that work of dragging LaFourche lake, nearby. will begin immediately. The program as outlined by mil- itary officers included the exploring of every lake in Morehouse Parish until the bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, believed to. have been the victims of masked and white robed men last August, are re- covered, With firearms in evidence through- out the town of Mer Rouge, ana stocks of rifles and shotguns loaded for immediate use reported in stores and residences, resulting from the feeling that has divided many of the citizens intq hostile camps, machine guns were ordered mounted at the lakes yesterday to be used to repel any attacks by opponents of the present efforts on the part of the state. The detail of six men on guard at Cooper lake, near Mer Rouge, which was partially dragged on Wednesdaysin a search for the bod- ies of two men who were: kidnapped by masked men last August, discov- ered some men moving about in the lake about 3 oclock this mornin: and fired on them.. Two men of tt [four trunks, each containing from 15 sto 30 cases of liquor, detail returned at once to Mer Rou (Continued on Page 6)