New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1922, Page 14

HABEAS CORPUS WRIT IS GRANTED TO FORMER MAYOR OF MER ROUGE Man Wanted as Witness, Charged With Murder, Will Fight Extradition to Louisiana. Baltimore, Dec. 27.—A writ of habeas corpus for Dr. B, M. McKoin, fermer mayor of Mer Rouge, La., ar- rested here yesterday on a charge of murder, was obtained today The writ, which was issued by Chief Judge James P. Gorter in the city court, was n:ade returnable immediately, Former U, 8, District Attorney Robert R, Carman, who is counsel for Dr. McKroin, sald that he would fight any effort at extradition. He express- ed the belief that the Louisiana of- flelals called for his arrest here be- cause they wanted him as a witness. Did Not Flee, “Dr. McKroin did not flee from Louis- fana after the trouble at Mer Rouge, sald Attorney Carman. “He remained there for many weeks after the death of the two men. He was with his father 30 miles away from Mer Rouge from August until October, when he came to Baltimore at the request of Dr. Hugh Young, who offered to per- mit him to associate with him at the Johns Hopkins hospital. “The mayor placed himself at the disposal of the district attorney of his county seat and was in consulta- tion with him for a long time before he left. There was nothing for him to hide and he gave whatever infor- mation he had at his command.” Dr. McKroin was arraigned before Justic2 Stanleigh in central police court but at the request of the de- tectives on the case the justice ad- journed the examination until Janu- ary 8. Upon the request of McKoin's coun- sel Judge Gorter postponed the habeas corpus hearing until tomor- row. Baltimore, Dec. 27.—Dr. B. M. Me- Koin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, La., who was arrested here yesterday at the request of Governor John M. Parker, of Louisiana that he be held for murder in connection with the re- cent murder and kidnapping cases at Morehouse parish, La., will be ar- raigned in police court today. Advices from the governor's office at Baton Rouge last night stated that & requisitiongon the governor of Maryland fo#ithe return of Dr. Mc- Koin to Louisiana would be issued mmediately. Dr. McKoin has re- tained George W. Camegon as his at- torney, and announced%he will fight any attempt to extradite him. No Official at Hospital. Johns Hopkins university officials declared that Dr. McKoin had no of- ficlal connection with the institution and that he was a gyest of Dr. Hugh H. Young, head of the Brady insti- tute.. Dr. Winford H. Smith, super- intendent of the hospital, said: “His work was in connection with private patients of Dr. Young and was carried on in Dr. Young’s private of- fice at the institute.” ° Denies Murder Charges. Dr. McKoin yesterday denied knowledge of the murder of T. F. Richards and Watt Daniels, whose mutilated bodies were found in Lalke; La Fourche. He said, however, that the men were on the “bad side”—the side of bootleggers, gunmen and oth- ‘ers of bad repute. ‘He 'also stated yesterday that al- - FOX'’S Next Mon., Tues., Wed. Get BULLDOG DRUMMOND Dead or R. M. GUMPRECHT, °* THE WATKINS DEALER “Says"” Brother and Sister die of diphtheria on the same day. Diphtheria is a dangerous and contagious throat dis- €ase, When your throat feels raw and irritated get that bottle of Wat- kins Mouth Wash and Liquid Anti- septic out of the medicine cabinet and use it. A good remedy for sore throat is to gargle with Watkins Mouth ‘Wash, massage the throat with Wat- kins Compound Mustard Ointment and to swallow a piece about the size of a bean, of Watkins Menthol Cam- phor Ointment. Try these remedies and be convinced. R. M. GUMPRECHT 347 EAST ST. Tel. 2254-13, though he was not a member of the Ku Klux Klan he pralsed their meth- ods In helping rid Mer Rouge of its lawlossness, Extradition papers will be forward- ed from Louisiana to Baltimore for Dr, McKoin, a telegramy from Gover- nor Parker stated today. The dispatch sent to the police de- partment added: “Hold Drs McKoin for extradition, Fapers will be forwarded, Thanks," Accordingly papers were prepared for presentation at Dr, MeKoin's hear- ing in police court asking that he be held for ten days. Dr. Hugh H. Young head of the Brady institute at Johns Hopkins hospital with whom Dr. McKoin worked, conferred with the former mayor for more than an hour this morning. More Arrests Likely, Bastrop, La., Dec. 27.—There was an air of expectancy here and at Mer Rouge today as department of justice agents and representatives of the state government renewed their investiga- tion of Morehouse parish kidnapping. They widened their efforts to run down the persons responsible for the dynamiting of a nearby lake which gave up the bodies of two men iden- tified as Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, abducted by a masked mob last August. It was declared addi- tional arrests were imminent. Secret service men were reported to have discovered the place where the dynamite, said to have been 1,500 ponds, was sold, and some of the men suspected of being implicated in the dynamiting were under surveillance, The arrest in Baltimore yesterday of Dr. B. M. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, at the request of Gov- ernor Parker, caused cofiderable ex- citement here. Morehouse Parish, Morehouse parish and the town of Bastrop, which are in the limelight because of the kidnapping and killing of Daniels and Richards, have an in- teresting story. According to a booklet published a few years ago by a resident of Mer Rouge, the town and parish got their names from a Kentuckian and a Spanish nobleman. In 1803 when Spain owned what is now the state of Louisiana, a Span- iard, Baron de Bastrop, was said to have obtained from Spain a contract to the effect that when he had in- duced five hundred families to settle in the country lying north and east of the Ouachita river he would acquire ownership of 12 league of land, or about 1,00,000 acres, for his service. To help in the fulfillment of this contract Baron de Bastrop is credited with having enlisted the services of Abraham Morehouse, a Kentuckian. In turn Mr. Morehouse is said to have arranged with Captain Josiah Daven- port, a native of Rhode Island, to as- sist him in the colonization work. A statement signed by J. A. Syl- vester of Bastrop has been issued to the press in which doubt is expressed as to the'identity of the bodigs found in Lake La Fourche and claimed by relatives as those of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, alleged victims of a hooded mob. “*Although it is rumored that the bodies of Daniels and Richards have been found there is no positive evi- dence this is true” the sttaement said. K. K. K. Offers Aid v In regard to efforts to clear up the affairs the statement added: “Captain J. K. Skipworth has ten- dered to the attorney general the as- sistance and co-operation of 50 klans- men to be used in any capacity deemed necessary. tverything possible is being done by the klan that would be of assis- tance to the state and other authori- ties.”” | Sylvester in the past had been credited with many public announce- ments regarding the activities of the local klan and is looked upon by many as one of the spokesmen of the lucar secret order. LODGE LEADING THOSE OPPOSED (Continued from First Page). further action by conference on the question of land armaments,” saf& Senator Lodge, ‘because no action could be taken except by unanimous agreement. France may have changea her attitude within the year, but if so I have no information to that etfect.” Turning to the question of limiting construction of warships of 10,000 tons or less Senator Lodge pointed out that the Washington conference “was unable to do that because of the objections of France and other pow- ers."” Great Britain proposed abolition of «he use of submarines, he continued, but to this all the other powers ob. jected and the only thing the Unitee States could do was to bring about the limitation of the calibre of guns on craft below 10,000 tons. | rant in Massachusetts, a cross of the DNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922, e ts o Tns in One ool Teachérs at St. Bernard's school, St. 'Paul, Minn., are trying to devise a way by which they’ll be able to tell these children apart. The group contains nine sets of twins, all pupils it this school. HORTICULTURIST 1§ LIVING IN POVERTY Leu Gum Gong Now Dependent Upan Generosity of Friends De Land, Fla, Dec. 27, (By Asso- ciated Press).—Leu Gim Gong, in- ternationally known horticulturist, “president” of a ‘“Chinese Republic” and holder of the Wilder Medal awarded by the U. 8. department of agriculture, is at his home here de-: pendent upon the generosity ot friends, feeble and broken, with a heavy mortgage upon hig home, which for many years has been one of the show places of central Florida. Friends in De Land are supplying his sustenance and have taken charge of his business affairs in the hope of clearing Uip his debts. Leu resides on his estate with ‘“Ianny,” a mare which for 20 years has been his pet and sole companion. He lives vir- tually the life of a hermit and dur- ing the last 16 years has visited De Land, the nearest town, but four times. Teu has numerous horticultural accomplishments to his credit, but the best knowa is the Leu Gim Gong orange, perfected in 1887, by crossing the Mediterranean Sweet and Hart's Lane varieties and for which he re- ceived the Wilder medal. The tree of this variety will thrive in a climate too cold for others while the fruit will remain on the tree several years and maintain its maximum amount of juice and flavor. Investigated Grapefruit. In 1890, Leu investigated the grape- fruit and produced a cross of the common Ilorida grapefruit and the tri-foliate orange. The fruit is of superior quality and the tree can stand from 10 to 15 degrees lower temperature than ordinary varieties, Leu's last citrus development resulted in the perfumed grapefruit, which will permeate a house with an agree- able odor. 1t is a cross of the pome- granate and grapefruit. Leu also perfected the cherry cur- In apple ordinary currant and the grape. other fields he produced an that ripened in July, a late peach grown under glass with the fruit cipening in November, a salmon col- ored raspberry and a tomato plant that grows to a height of 15 feet. Leu was born on a farm near Can- ton, China, in 1859, arrive in San Francisco in March, 1872, and went to New Kngland, where he was em- ployed by Solomon Burlinghame of North Adams, Mass, He was adopt- ed by an unmarried daughter of Mr. Burlinghame's in 1874, Two years later Leu was elected first “president” of the “Chinese Republic,” at a meet- ing under a large chestnut tree in a cow pasture near North Adams, held in connection with the Ceptehnial celebration to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. R. Chung, one of the members of the movement who meét with Leu, was ordered to China with the news and to launch a campaign. Chung died before he reached China and the movement ended there although some of the principles laid down by Leu are now sald to be incorporated in the laws of the present Chinese gov- ernment. When Leu’s foster mother died the Burlinghame property near here was left to him, and five per cent. of the remainden of the estate. INDIAN FLAPPER 1S REINSTATED Redskin Beanty Who Adopted Style, Returns to Aborigines Pittsfield, Minn., Dec. 27.—Princess Newana Grayfish, 18 years old Winne- bago Indian beauty, has been rein- stated in the good graces of her tribesmen after an exile becatse the conservative leaders of her tribe had decided she had taken on the char- acteristics of the white flapper. All last week the muffled booming of Indian drums, the joyful chanting of squaws and the weird yells of the warriors gave notice the princess had returned and the feast of Owatunka, the spirit of welcome was being cele- brated. X bone in its mouth, which worth $10,000. about 30 tons of oil worth about $100 a ton. manufacture of nitro-glycerine. now used in the making of soap. are a species of whales; sperm whale, EXTERMINATION OF WHALES PREDICTED Protection of Huge Sea Animal Is Needed, Englishman Says London, Deec. 27.—If the killing of whales continues at the present rate they will be exterminated before an- other decade, i the warning given by Sir Sidney ¥, Harmer, F. R. 8., di- rector of the natural history depart- ment of the Dritish museum. Recent investigations carried out in the whal- ing arcas has revealed this alarming condition, he says. The whaling industry has survived since the time of Alfred the Great, despite the fact that there has never been a year known when scores of hoats did not leave the ports of Eng- land, France, Spain and Scandinavia to hunt the sea animals, Sir Sidney declared in a recent address in which he urged legislation against further hunting of whales. The Greenland variety of the whale is already thought to be extinct and the hunting of the last few years hag been confined almost cntirely to the southern seas. The profits derived from the killing of these cataceonas are enormous and they increase yearly as the retail price of the oil and bone increases. A fair sized whale has a ton of whale- alone is It also produced In the season of 1915-16 the oil production from Antarctic whal- ing stations was $54,000 barrels, or about 94,000 tons, During the war this oil was recog- nized as of vital impértance in the It is The principal whales caught today ropquals, or fin- the ‘blue whale, and the The latter, the hunt- ing of which is principally confined to Americans, not only give sperm oil, Princess Newana is the wife of Dan | but often contain ambergis, which is Grayfish and the daughter of Chief Running Wolf. The decision to receive the princess back into the good graces’ of = the tribe, even though her hair is still bobbed, followed an epidemic of grippe which swept the Indian set-! tlement. tation was regarded as a bad sign and a council meeting decided Newana should be recalled. No Indian died but the visi- [t sold at $20 on ounce and used in the The oil of used for watches perfumery trade. lubricating the wheels comes from the dolphin, and is the finest oil known. Hopi Indians of New Mexico, in heir snake dance each August, believe they fill the serpents with prayers for rain, then release them to carry the message to the gods below the earth, Prince Andrew Calm When Tried For Treason The trial of Prince Andrew of Greece, brother of former King Constantine, who was forced to answer to a charge of treason before a military tribunal is illustrated in this photograph just re- ceived in this country. Prince Andrew is seated at the right. Standing at the left is General Pa- poulas, commander of the Greek military forces against the Turks, who charged Prince Andrew with treason in disobeying orders regarding troop movements. He was deprived of military rank and banished from Greece. and military incompetency. POLLY AND HER PALS But in Pa’; Case, Well, That's Another Thing F THEYS ONE THWG 1 HATES WORSEN LIE. %ui6 LasY |Ad" THaNKeED Quisw Lou er Tuem SUPPERS She KAIT %60 FER (RRiSTmAS THEM IMROSSIBLE " Basy-BLUE ABOMINATIONS I HATE THE Prince Andrew pleaded ignorance Cover with wet baking soda— afterward apply gently— ViShs Over 17 Million Jars Used Yearly TURKISH AGTION MAY BREAK UP CONFERENCE (Continued From First Page) put forth by the Turks to justify their claim to Mosul. The British note concludes: “The British government reiterates its refusal even to contemplate = the surrender of the Mosul vilayet and is unable to see any advantage which can result from further argument.' In discussing what™ Lord Curzon meant by the statement in his letter that the British delegation was will- ing to have its experts discuss wjth the Turkish experts the precise trac- ing of the northern boundary of the Mosul vilayet, a British spokesman said this merely meant that the British delegation stands ready to ad- just the northern boundary—to move it a few miles south if the Turks so desire, to give a more natural and more easily defensible frontier, The British reply cited numerous instances of Kurdish revolts against the Turkish rule and denied the Turk- ish claims that the Kurds and Turks are identical. AUSTRIA'S ARMIES TROUBLE BREEDERS Armed and Organized Forces a Menace to the Country’s Peace Vienna, Dec. 27.—Besides its little standing army of about 25,000 men and its state gendarmerie, Austria has two other armed and organized forces, both irregular and both probably without the pale of the treaty. In the opinion of many observers here the two last mentioned organizations may lead to trouble. They are the admittedly well armed labor bat- talions, and the growing ""heimwehv" or conservative armed organizations of the provinces. The latter are composed largely of the peasants and lesser professional classes and ex-officers, and are par- ticularly strong in Styria and the Tyrol. Just how and where they got arms, ammunition and equipment is not known. The allied military con- trol commission was supposed to have stripped the country of military material, but the fact remains that both these organizations are fully equipped and number many thou- sands. Recently the police found in one of the “heimwehr” headquarters not only guns and loaded clubs but hand grenades and poison gases. Incidents in Syria recently showed the danger of these factions. In one ase strikers captured ‘and disarmed gendarmes sent to subdue disturb- ances, whereupon the governor of the province ordered out the local ' de- tachments of the army. The army is preponderantly socialist and sympa- thetic with the workers, but the sol- diers obeyed orders, subdued the trouble makers, and released the po- licemen. The explanation is found in the fact that the governor had, at the same time assembled 2,000 of his “heimwehr” and put them'behind the soldiery to see they did what they were told to do. The two forces narrowly avoided a serious clash recently in Judenburg, Styris, and this incident showed even more clearly the latent danger that lles in this condition of affairs. Workmen from some factories en- tered the homes of “heimwehr” peas- ants at night and seized their arns. They were arrested in turn, and, when a first demand for their release was refused, nearly 2,000 workmen, mili- tarily armed and organized, assembled and marched on the town, Gendarmes were mobilized, reinforced by stu- dents from the twd state universities there, and for two days the two forces faced each other over a little bridge. Then the government ordered the re- lease of the arrested workmen, and further trouble was avoided. The recent disclosure that the large industrial concerns of Austria are paying to their central body a regular tax greater than their state tax, for the maintenance of *tech- nical men,” which is merely a dis- gnise for strike breakers and secret police, has not served to lessen the ill feeling of the workingmen, and this condition is used by them as a justifidation for their own organiza- tions. ‘When you are at a loss to decide on a dessert for any speclal occasi@i, write to the Baker Extract Company, Springfield, Mass., for free Cook Book. —advt. 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Am, Mdse, Union, 321 Park St., New Britain, Conn, éum: Announcements. 7 PAY AS YOU GET PAID and bi well dressed, Boston Clothing 8tore. ‘New Britain's Family Clothier,” 63 Church Bt. CUTLER AUTO PARTS— & MOYED FROM 22 OAK STREEf AVENUB. TO 88 HARTFORD TELEPHONE 12761. AFTER Christmas sale of framed pictures, All our framed pictures sold at 1-3 off, Arcade Studio. WHY BULN COAL—When you can get twice the heat at half the cost by instal- ling In § minute's time “Uni-Hete Oil-Gas Burner," in your range or heater. Red hot fire Instantly cooks, bakes, heats. Sets in firebox of any stove. Agent, 534 Wost Main 8t., city. GIVES GOLD TO PRISONERS, George F. Johnson Also Remembers Other Unfortunates. Binghamton, Dec. 27.—George F. Johnson, rich manufacturer and phils, anthropist, with a party of friends, made a Christmas call at'the Broome county jail yesterday. He greeted each prisoner with a handclasp and when the prisoner opened his hand he found a ten dollar gold piece in his palm. % Mr. Johnson then visited the Broome county farm, giving to each of the inmates ten.dollars and made similar gifts to the patients at the tu- berculosis hospital and other institue tions. 4 In all he distributed $4,000 in gold among the county unfortunates. Pantomime, the word, originally de noted a person, not a spectacle, who acted entirely by mimicry. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE To Stockholders of The American Hardware Corporation: At a meeting of the directors of your company, held this day, it was ordered that, in accordance with a vote of the stockholders, an exchange of the present outstanding shares for new stock of the par value of twenty- five (25) dollars be arranged., It is therefore requested that cer tificates of the capital stock of the company be forwarded at once to the undersigned for exchange. Such ex- change will be of four (4) shares of the par value of twenty-five (26) dol- lars for each share of the par value of one hundred (100) dollars which you now hold. There will also be issued to You one share of the par value of twenty-five (26) dollars for each four (4) shares held by you after such ex- change shall have been made. New certificates, covering both your original holdings and the new stock about to be issued, will be sent as soon as is practicable. Yours very truly, ISAAC D. RUSSELL, Treasurer, New Britain, Conn., Den, 20, 1922, N. B. No dividend hereafter de- clared will be pald on stock until the abowe e exchange shall have been made. At a Court “of Probate holden at New Britaln, within and for. the District of Berlin, In the County of Hartford and State of Connectlcut, on the 26th dayj of December, A. D., 1932, Present, Bernard F, Gaftney, Judge, Estate of Abigall Healey, late of Britain, in said district deceased. Upon the petition of Mrs. Mary Diemand of sald New Britain, praying that Letters of Administration may be granted on said estate, as per application on file more fully appears, 1t is Ordered—that sald application be heard and determined at the Probate* Office in New Britan, in district, the 30th day of December, A. D., 1922, Wt 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by pul lishing this order in some newspaper pub- in sald New Britain, having a cir- tion In sald district, and by posting & copy thereof on the public signpost in t town of New Britain, In said district, and by mailing a copy to all heirs-at-law, and New