Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1923, Page 5

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Bathe with Soap, soothe with Ointment, dust with Talcum. TRODPS STAY UNTL TULSH MBS QUT State Probe of Floggings Go- ing to Bottom of Disorders, Say Officials. B the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla. August —State authorities, under the direction - of Adjt. Gen. B. H. Markham, dug deeper today into the heretofore unpene- trated mystery of Tulsa’s numerous cases of mob violence, with indica- tions t. results would be forthcom- ing before martial law is lifted. Two men are being detained by the military in connection with a flog- &ing. Bob Atkins, a speclal deputy sheriff, and E. H. King of Red Fork, near here, were ordered under guard after a ‘severe grilling yesterday about the responsibility for two whippings administered last April to Walter Turman at Red Fork. Two Suspects Released. Burl King, brother of E. H. King, and John P.'Hendricks, who were de- tained for questioning yesterday in connection with the Turma ase, were released late last night Investigators, it is understood, are working on th thegry that if one of the flogging cases is cleared up it might prove the key to the entire situation surrounding mob violence in the city of Tulsa and Tulsa county. No arrests had been made early today in connection with the whip- ping a week ago of Nathan Hant- man. which caused Gov., Walton to send troops ere. but Adjt. Gen. Markham indicated he was satisfied with the progress sbeing made by his investigators. Troops to Remain. Attorney General George Short, Wwho was sent here by the governor to handle legal phases of the state's investigation, departed early today for Oklahoma City with the an- nouncement that he would return to Tulsa tonight He left an assistant to take care of any situation that might ise during the day No immediate withdraw occupying forces is in prosp as Gov. Walton declared yesterd he | job would be finished” before martial law would be lifted. The Tulsa World this morning re- ported it h; obtained information from a reliable source that every witness being questioned by the state linvestigators is being ed as to membership in the Ku Klux Klan, RANGERS PROBE FLOGGINGS. of the Texas Man Tarred, Feathered and Whipped by Five Men. AMARILLO, Tex. August 17.— Texas rangers are expected here to- day to investigate the flogging. tar- {ring and feathering of E. E. McDon ald dnesday night. The ranger: ere requested by District Attoreny ad Fletcher to act as “neutral of- Ts to conduct an investigation.” McDonald, a bridge worker, still is {in a hospital suffering from fifty to {sixty lashes meted out by five assail- {ants, who seized him on a downtown {street and then evaded police pursuit {by driving into the country. i His fourteen-year-old sister, Ollie, |recently was whipped with a black- snake whip, M. M. Tucker, voung ma- chinist, told officers late last night when 'he red immediately after nd killed Clarence n. farmer, and wounded John- s brother. W. L. Brown, Tucker's rother-in-law, surrendered with him, but Tucker asserted he alone had fired the shots, ixcept for the statement that his sister had been whipped, Tucker re- jfused to talk. Officers said, however, jthey had reports that the shooting {Brew from a quarrel over a trivial atter, said by some to have been the leaving open of a gate. SIXTH ARREST IN GEORGIA. fic Victim of Alleged Floggers Found Dead in Creek. AN, Ga, August 17.—A. L. Pearlie was arrested here in connec- tion with the death of Millard | Trouton, alleged victim of a flogging ty, which brought the total num- of arrests since Tuesday up to More Arre are expected, Sheriff Carpenter said. Trouton’s body was found in near here, his skull riddled with s and crushed. The police charged Trouton was lured from his home here a week ago by Ben Free- man and W. M. Feltman and later eized by four men and taken into a | woods. ~ Freeman, Feltman, J. W. Minters, Trouton's father-in-law: B. { M. Minters, his son, and Jullan Glenn Carpenter are charged with complic- ity in the abduction of Trouton. SHELBY BANK CLOSED. | Fight Leaves Montana Town With- out Financial Clearing House. GREAT FALLS, Mont., August 17.— {The First National Bank of Shelby closed yesterday on order of the board of directors. Its last state- ment showed deposits of $377,000. In the month since then, it is stat- ed, that about $100,000 had been with- drawn, and the assets of the bank could not be realized upon to furnish further cash This le Shelby without a bank, the First State Bank, of which Mayvor {James A. Johnson was president, hav- { ing closed shortly after the Dempsey- | Gibbons fight, July 4. Mayor Johnson was treasurer of the fight and active in raising a portion of the $300,000 which Demp- wag to have received as his bonus for the fight. a| | overlords {ot Managuay o poor travesties of courts with a nod | | make of your government THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1923.° Copreight by George THE OWL TAXI By Herbert Footner H. Doran Company (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) “Now T'll tell you what was in the little black book,” sald Estuban. Greg looked at his watch. “Hold o he said. “It's past one. De Socotra might possibly return here. His room is adjoining. We had better go down to my own room where there is no danger of being disturbed. In any case I have to be there at two to re- ceive a report over the telephone.” In the little hall room at Bessle Bickle's Estuban, white-faced and grim, told his tale. There was no sign of weakness in him now.- He re- ferred to his murdered friend calmly. He sald: “First I must try to make you un- derstand the situation in Managuay that produced this crime. I may be difficult for a free American to credit, though it is simple enough. You must bear in mind that Managuay is a very small country, a sort of small-town republic, and quite out- side the currents of the world’s thought, indeed for Managuayans the outside world hardl ists. In other countries, even the most backward, of late years a soclal consclence has developed, but in Managuay no! Our are still as rapacious as feudal barons. We have no pr ous middle class to act as a b wheel. In Managuay there is n between the old Spanish aristoc nd_the miserable peons. ’p to a dozen years ago Managuay was a poor country; the old land- holders were impoverished, and the had no business acumen; trade passed by our ports. Then American busi- ness men began to find us; they had the business ability and the Mana- guayans had the rich land. Gradually there grew up the infamous associa- tion that has almost ruined my coun- try. YThe trouble was, the land was too rich. Under improved methods of cultivation and with the markets made accessible, great fortunes were reaped from rubber, coffee, fruit in a single season. Too easily made money atrophies men's moral sense; they b come filled with a lust for more! more! ! more! Jur landholders sold to American corporations, taking shares in payment. After that the lazy Managua ns had nothing to do but spend their dividends. The American business men did all the Work, and they became the real own- ers of my country. They mnever in- terfered openly in the government; they didn’t have to, for their Mana- guayan stockholders were only too willing tools. The entire country is now run with a single eye to pro- ducing dividends for the ,\n\Prll'fln corporations. What i3 the conse- quence? Our people are wretched be- vond description. They are set to work on the plantations and in the factories while they are scarcely out of infancy. This keeps down the rice of labor and prevents them from ver learning enough to organize against their pitiless masters. It would ring your heart to see them The generation now Erowing up are Ike little old men and women before they are mature! “It is characteristlc of such a that the principals never show them- selves in the open. We have a su cession of figure-heads as President but the real power never c it is lodged in the hands of Senor Francisco de Socotra. He is the instrument of big busines All the reins of power are thered into his hands. He directs our their lands —the judges are his appointees: he is the real commander of our army; he owns our newspapers. What chance the truth of being spoken? I do not mean to blame the United States for the pass we have been brought to; the evil men are the Man- aguayans who have betrayed their country. The only criticism I would is that it thoughtlessly backs up its buccaneers of commerce without examining into their methods. And_we little, help- less people suffer. The ruling gang in Managuay derives its real power from the implied support of the United States which is behind it. I believe that secretaries of state are honest men, but they may be swayed through devious courses that they know not of. And up to this time there never was anybody to speak for the wretched natives of Mana- 348, BN ou can see how hopeless it was to think of successfully opposing so perfect an organization. 1 may men- tion_as a_significant fact ur CLAFLIN For Comfortable Claflin Optical Co. 1314 G St. Fitting Glasses. 1 U City Club Bldg. Ask for Kamnex Cost is small All druggists EADACHES Kamnex is sold by Peopies Drug Stores. —Advertisement. | i | i 1415 14th Street NW. BAILEY'S TIRE & ACC. Co. 2250 Sherman Ave. N.W. CENTRAL AUTO SUPPLY CO. 1004 Pn. Ave. N.W. DOWNEY'S AUTO SUPPLY 2100 Vermont Ave. N.W. 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The most dreadful fea- ture of the situation was the peopl apathy The one champion who never lost faith In thém was Antonio Bareda; patient, great-hearted, and of daunt- less courage, he was well fitted to be the friend of the oppre: For the last eight years or so, or ever since things began to go to the bad, he had been working for thent During that time his life has been a long record of petty persecutions on the part of the authoriti But his very simplicity and candor baffled his ene- mies, He gave them no handle to use igainst him. His clear gaze struck a secret terror to thelr souls. They dared not take extreme measures against him on account of his hold on the affections of the people. They feared that his death might provoke even that wretched race to rebel “He lately came to the conclusion that the people must have outside help in order to free themselves. He mined to appeal to the United ates through your President. The late elections in his opportunity. elections are no more than a cy joke. Tor some years now the &: candidates have been returned un- opposed. This_year, however, with the help of a few of us working in absolute secrecy Bareda succeeded in forming at least the skeleton’ of a political organization and in putting up_opposition candidate: “Of course. we did not expect to win. Our candidates (I was one of them) were either bribed, arrested or bludgeoned. Nevertheless we gained our point, which was to put the cor- ruption of the government on record. Antonlo Bareda prepared a report of that election, supported by a dozen affidavits attesting to cxamples of subordination, bribery, assault, intim- {dation, etc. That is the matier that is bound up In the little black book “Secret as we were, our purpose be- came known, of course; they have their spies everywhere. It threw a panic into the enemies’ camp. Bareda was on his way to carry it to the president when he was killed. It was Bareda's intention to appeal to your Iresident to withdraw his_ recogni- tion from the present illegal ern- ment of Managuay. and for him to insist on election being held, if n ¥ under guard of Unlted S marines. He was on his way to Washington when he was “I helped get the matter together, | but 1 did not see the little book after | it was finished. 1 was to have ac- companied him as interpreter, but a few days before we were to sail I was | again arrested on a trumped-up charge and thrown into jall. He dared not delay his departure—he had to have somebody to interpret for him—and so he fell into their trap. “With the help of my friends I managed to break jail in Santlago— one devoted fellow is serving there now in my place to catch the Allia de Socotra had departed secretly in his yacht for an unknown destina- tion,"and I did not require to be told that extreme danger threatened my friend and my master. The captain of a small c steamer came to my assistanc smuggled me nical ng's haguay provided | As 1 have said, our | But 1 was too late | 1 learned that | aboard and carried me to New Or- leans, whence I came here by train. But I was too late! They got him! CHAPTER. XIIL De Socotra Hires T7011 Again. It was now 2 o'clock. Greg said to Estuban. “Come to the,corner drug store with me. Iam to receive a report there from the man who is watching de Socotra. He may glve us something to go on.” This was the substance of Pa Sim- mons’ communication: ' “An hour ago I took up my place where I could watch the entrance to the Stickney Arms. His nobg the Spanish gent, come out about 1 there was a taxl waiting for hin He was carried downtown, me fol- lowing, to a house on Fast 17th street near Stuyvesant Square, No. 716 it was. He let his cab go and went in there. 1 drove around the corner, and, letting my cab stand there, come back and went into a lunch counter that was almost direct- Iy across the street, and where 1 could watch_the house. 1 got my lunch while I walted. He was inside about half an_hour. He came out with another fellow. His nobs had a little book in his hand.” “What kind of book?” asked Greg eagerly. “A sort of fat notebook, sort of narrowish and thick, with a black cover. It had different colored pa pers bound up inside it. He was turn- ing over the pages as he come down the steps as if it had just been hand- ed to him inside. So 1 saw it plain.” “What kind of man was with him?" “Another dago, fattish, clean- shaven, elegant dressed, a man with @ sleepy kind of look “Abanez" thought Gres. “Well, the two of them started west th, and I hustled back and got my cab ‘and followed. ‘Tain’t no cinch. though. to follow two men on foot when you're in a cab. I ran circles round the block so's they wouldn't catch on that I was trailing them. At the avenue they led a bus and rode up on top where I could watch !them good. They went into a rail- way ticket' office at 30th street. I followed them in. I saw Soak-oater buy a ticket to Washington and a parlor car seat on-the 6§ o'clock train this evening. I heard him say to the guy with him: ‘Yew-neth’ or some such name says he. ‘Yew-neth will telegraph me during the afternoon what time the President will see me tomorrow.’ “Well, the two guys parted outside the ticket office, and Soak-oater led me to a little hotel on Irving place called—well, T can't say it because it's Spanish. but you know the place. Caflle_“Liberty-Drive” Rowhoat Motor More speed and more power from the “‘Liberty- Drive” hecause there are no gears. Direct drive from crankshaft to propeller. Life goar- antee with each engine. John J. 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