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S An independent newspaper published
3 every day except Sunday. Owned by
f in ore than 7,000 farmers and workers. Es-
1 lablished to defend and cherish freedom §
t of tXs pr ess and liberty of public opinion, 1
i It ~ervt no interest but the public good. |
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Oklahoma Leader
"FEARLESS AND TRUE"
Exclusive federated Press Service.
Vol. 2—No. 288
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922
PK1CE TWO CfcMTS
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rshing deal
Genoa Meet Ends—
"To Be Continued"
Trust Betrayal Charged I n
Action to Recover $41,850 |
From Former Official.
charging that Arleigh Bockoven, j
former county treasurer, had be-j
trayed his trust when he purchased |
the Pershing waterworks bonds, suit
asking recovery of $41,850 was on
file in the district court, Friday
morning.
Others named as defendants in the
suit were Tom L. Green as proprie-
tor of the Green Construction com-
pany, and the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty company, said to be
the bondsmen of Bockoven. The pe-
tition was filed in behalf of the tax-
payers of Oklahoma county through
M. S. Singleton, assistant county at-
torney, by the county board of com-
missioners.
Interest at 6 per cent from Decem-
ber 2, 1920, on the sura of $41,850,
and all costs of the action were asked
by the plaintiffs in the petition.
It was alleged that Bockoven pur-1
chased from Green, with the county
sinking fuids, 45 waterworks bonds
issued by the city of Pershing which
are now defaulting in interest. The
bonds were of the denomination of
$1,000 each.and to mature April 1,
1945. Bockoven paid $41,850 for the
bonds, it was said.
"Exceeded Authority.**
Bockoven purchased the bonds
without authority, and his act con-
stitutes a violation of his duties as
county treasurer, the petition
charges. Green is alleged to have
received the county's money without
lawful authority, and to have unlaw-
fully withheld $41,850 from the
county.
The petition states that a county
treasurer has power to invest money
from the county sinking fund in
county, township, and school district
warrants, school district, county,
city, road and township bonds, pro-
vided the attorney general approves, |
and the bonds mature before those
for which the sinking fund is col-
lected for payment.
The Pershing case attracted the
attention of county officers, who in-
vestigated when interest was found
defaulting. The town was practi-
cally dead and it was found that
citizens were moving away from the
place to avoid the excessively high
taxes. Several suits have been filed
by officers in au attempt to collect
money invested in the bonds. Green
has been made defendant in suits at
Ada and at Adair county.
GENOA, lie con-
tinued."
This line, and nut "Finis*
might well be written at the end
of the story of the (<enoa confer-
ence, which concluded it* delib-
erations today.
The scene of the next chapter,
will be laid at the Hague.
The interest may well be sus-
tained, for despite the optimistic
summary presented by l,lo}d
George, who expressed his belief
that the Genoa meeting went far
toward a solution of the prob-
lems presented In the Internat-
ional drama, the characters, at
the close of the Genoa session,
are still very much "lip in the
air,** with many a skein of the
plot to be untangled.
In bis resume of the accom-
plishments of the Genoa confer-
ence, Lloyd George pointed with
satisfaction, to the non-iiggres-
sion pact, the Hague parley call,
and the reports of the finance,
economic and transport commis-
sion.
The main purpose of the par-
ley, however, is still unaccom-
plished, and the British premier
expressed the hope that this
could be effected at the Hague.
The "Russian problem**—that of
.rehabilitation, recognition, and
establishment of c r e d i t—re-
mained unsolved at the close of
the conference. The attitude of
France and Belgium was de-
clared largely responsible for
the deadlock.
Failure to agree on terms of
restoration of until unlisted prop-
ertj, payment of oM and repudi-
ated debts, and extension of de-
sired credits, resulted after long
negotiations,
\\ hether the lla«ruc parley
will more nearly approach a set-
tlement, was a question today.
Statement that the ( nlted .States
will not take a part in that meet-
ing, is not taken as final. Hopes
are still held by many of the
delegates here, that Inierica will
participate at the Hague.
Brickyard Workers Intimidat-
ed by Soldiers.
By Federated Press.
HAVERSTRAW, N. Y., May 19.—
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BRITISH LORDS
VOTE AGAINST
LADY MEMBER
Commissioners Say They Ex-
ceeded Specifications.
"The lowest bid exceeded the es-
timate of the specifications," was
start at
once
On the pretext of guarding the town , the only excuse which county com-
against "threatened outbreaks" „r! missioners offered for their failure
. . . . , , ., . to award the contract on the Ld-
brickyard workers on strike in the mond rQad
35 brick plants here, certain sections j BWs %vcr(, somewhat hlgher than
of the town have been placed prac- ] other bids for which contracts were
tically under martial law by the state awarded Thursday afternoon, they
constabulary. There had been no ; declared.
disorder and no violence, but after I The General Construction company
secret conferences between the po- ' mnde th® for * c°ncr("e
lice and the manufacturers an ap- £ave.m,oni; *1J2,75 ... lOA,
peal was sent for state troopers, who ®watek ^ * ompany next with $-04,-
began arriving immediately from,335- The General Construction com-
White Plains. Troy and Albany. I l)any made a VPr>' lww bid 0,80 on
The "cossacks," all mounted, are ^is Project, with specifications of a
patrolling the streets, preventing the five-inch concrete base and a two
strikers from gathering, and in the rock asphalt wearing surface,
business section of the town they i Their offer on this was $185,137. the
have drawn a line against all except Green Construction company being
those whose business they approve, j next with $211,952.
About 1,000 of the strikers are ne- i The Western Paving company bid
groes, and many of them were $204,221 on a five-inch concrete base
brought here from New York and with a two-inch modified Topeka
the south in an attempt to work the I wearing surface, -which is said to be
yards with labor at about $3 a day. | an exceptionally good pavement. The
This city is only one of a number Western Paving company submitted
of this section in which the brick- I several extremely low bids, which
yard workers are on strike. The j Were baid to have "been uncalled
manufacturers have been sending in-
to the south for cheap labor, prom-
ising good wages and pleasant work-
ing conditions. Almost as soon as
the laborers arrived they found con-
ditions were not as represented, and
the strikes resulted.
Swatek Company Awarded
Spencer Road Contract.
Work on the different projects in
the hard surfaced road program be-
ing carried out by county commis-
sioners will begin immediately, it
was announced by contractors Fri-
day, following the letting of con-
tracts on the Spencer addition of the
East Twenty-third street road to the
Newcastle bridge over the South Ca- |
nadian river.
The Edmond road contract was not
let because of high bids, it was an-
nounced by commissionern. Con-
tractors declared that the reason for
high bids was an extra half mile i
materials must be hauled.
M. A. Swatek & Company re- [
ceived the contract for the Spencer
road for $66,071. It will be built of
plain concrete. Swatek announced
that he would begin on the job Mon-
day. The next bid was $68,837 by
the Standard Paving company for
the same material. Swatek said that
the road would be completed within
100 days.
The General Construction com-
pany was awarded the contract for
the Newcastle road for $171,727.
This will also be built of concrete,
and will be finished within 100 days.
Swatek also bid on this stretch of
road but the General company bid
was nearly $4,000 less than the bid
submitted by his company.
Bids for the Edmond road were
larger than commissioners antici-
pated. They announced that awards
would not be made for several days.
CITY DADS LET
PIPE CONTRACTS
Underbidding their nearest com-
petitors by approximately $14,000 the
N. S. Sherman Machine and Iron
Works, at a meeting of the city com-
missioners Thursday afternoon, were
awarded the contract for laying
mains in twenty-eight different lo-
calities of Oklahoma City. Sher-
man's bid was $37,970.18.
Contracts for miscellaneous hard-
ware and water meters were award-
ed to the H. Mueller Manufacturing
company and the Hersen Manufac-
turing company
grl
d by
llfrom horse
Mount Bolts Into Automobile
and Is Thrown.
Miss Viola Klein. 21, assistant
manager of a local theater, suffered
a sprained ankle and a fractured
knee, when a spirited horse she was
riding bolted and ran into an auto-
mobile. The animal was thrown to
the pavement, with the girl under
it, according to reports of those
witnessing the accident.
Miss Klein was resting well at
her home, 301 West Eighth street,
Friday.
The horse became frightened «at
Seventh and Harvey and ran into
an automobile driven by Edgar S.
Burton, principal of Webster Junior
high s< hool. Miss Klein was with
a party on horseback, riding south.
The automobile was knocked into
the curb by the impact.
INCOME TAX AUDITORS
ARE NEEDED BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. May 19.—
The United States Civil Service Com-
mission states that although a num-
ber of examinations have been held
there is still a need for eligibles to
under the Income Tax Unit of the
fill positions of auditor and inspector
Bureau of Internal Revenue, for
duty in Washington, D. C. and in
the field.
Another examination for these po-
sitions will be held on June 14
throughout the United States. En-
trance salaries range from $1,800 to
$3,u00 a year.
Besides qualifying In accounting
experience and practical tests, ap-
plicants must pass an oral examin-
ation to determine their personal fit-
ness for the work.
Full information and application
for" in the specifications.
Whether or not these and others
which were not asked for would be
considered by the commissioners was
not known.
Contractors Deny Allegations
That Specifications Are
Not Being Followed.
A meeting of the Soldiers' Hos-
pital Relief committee has been an- j
nounced for Saturday by Maurice,
Jayne at which time the matter of I
the building of the soldiers' hospital, j
under construction at Muskogee, will i
be discussed.
Jayne. the architert who assisted i
in drawing up the plans for the $500,-1
000 soldiers' hospital, ordered the
Manhattan Construction company,
contractors building the hospital, to
stop work on the building. Jayne
declared that the construction com-
pany had two sets of blue prints on
the ground and was not construct-
ing the building according to plans
and specifications as agreed upon.
The commute*, which is composed
of M. B. Fell of Ardmore. Grant Vic-
tor of Afton and Horrace Hagan of
Tulsa, will make a personal survey
of the building which is in the first j
stage of construction and recommend
what action is to be taken in the ,
matter.
Jayne said that the steel and eon-
, crete seemed to be up to specifica-
tions, but the company was not put- 1
ting in the required beams. ' There j
were also other irregularities," Jayne ]
declared.
H. Rooney of the Manhattan
Construction company, when in-
formed of Jayne's order, declared
that he would disregard it unless
Charles P. Nelder, architect, or the
commission, ordered him to cease
operation.
"I never heard of this man Jayne
until today when he came out to the
hospital," said Rooney. "He was out
there about five minutes—I timed
him by my watch—and when he
started to leave, he said it was the
best job he ever saw."
"He didn't have time to make a
thorough inspection of the work and
just casually glanced over it, but so
far as giving me orders to stop
work, I had not heard of it and no
one has ordered me to follow his in-
structions."
Rooney denied that the work was
not being dono according to specifi-
cations and that a sufficient numoer
of beamB were not being constructed,
"The work is being done just as
the specifications order and Jayne
didn't even look at the specifications
to see whether it was or not," Roon
ey said.
Rooney said Neider and the lios
pital commission are the only ones
who have authority to order him U;
discontinue work on the soldiers'
hospital.
LONDON, Ma) ID.—MNo women
allowed" is the (diet of the
British house of lords in answer
tit the application of Viscountess
Rhonddit for membership in thut
bed).
British feminists were out-
raged at the vote ol *20 to I by
which the lords denied the right
of a woman to sit In the British
upper house.
The viscountess applied in
February ami it was presumed
that she would be accepted.
Twenty-six other women were
ready to assert their riirht to sit
as peeresses in the liouse of
lords should Viscountess Itlimid-
da's application be accepted.
The viscountess is a peeress in
her own rleht because her
father's title was made out by
King George for "male or fe-
male" succession. It is said
that this wiis a most unusual
honor. The viscountess has been
an ardent suffragist and she
declares sin* is entitled to her
seat. She is married to Sir
Humphrey MacWorth.
steel magnat
talkhi
of 12-h
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U. S. TO BUY
GERMAN ZEP
To Be Delivered By German
Mechanics.
WASHINGTON, May 19—For the
third time the United States is mak-
ing an attempt to obtain a success-
ful Zeppelin. This time it is to be
"made in Germany," It has been an-
nounced.
Contract has been made with Ger-
man manufacturers to make a Zeppe
lin of 70,000 meters capacity at a
cost of $750,000. This machine is to
be completed in nine months.
One of the conditions of the con
tract 's that German mechanics
shall bring the Zeppelin to the
United States and operate it until
its mechanicism is thoroughly un-
derstood by American mechanics,
This it is thought, may prevent a dis
TAXI OR VERS
Gunmen Are Hired As Strike
Guards In Frisco.
SAN FANCISCO, May 17.—The
strike of taxicab drivers is on, with
the usual San Francisco accompani-
ments of the declaration of the open
shop by the employers, and the
hiring of "Black Jack" Jerome's
thugs and gunmen to act as strike
guards.
Two companies have made terms
with the men. and their automobiles
bear large union signs. Unfair taxi-
cabs are adorned instead with iron
network over the windows. The Rent
Car Owners' Association appealed to
the Undertakers' Association for as-
sistance in establishing the "Ameri-
can plan'' and got turned down, with
the result that all funerals in San
aster similar to that which happened Francisco during the strike will also
the English and Italian machines , display union placards on the hearse,
purchased by the United States. The employers are trying to cut
the men's wages from $5 to $4 a day.
CARGILL BUCKS AT When the cut was refused some of
SANDY IV EY DEFENSE owners offered a concession of
wilson cabinet
Creel. Hoover, Baker and
Daniels Are Rapped.
KANSAS CITY. May 19.—Defend-
ing himself against the campaign
being made against him by ex-Presi-
dent Wilson. Senator James A. Reed,
speaking at Kahoka. declared that
one of the first breaks with Wilson
came when he opposed the censor-
ship bill sponsored by the cx-presi-
dent.
"I did the president a service In
refusing to put into bis hands such
an instrument of tyranny," Reed de-
clared.
Creel Denounced.
Referring to the "reign" of George
Creel, censor. Reed declared that
false propaganda by the column went
out from Creel's office "about battles
that were never fought and about
the number of airplanes and other
war materials sent to the war front."
"If the ten commandments were
put into Creel's head they would
come out so distorted as to resemble
the creed of perdition," Reed said.
Hoover Rapped.
Reed declared that the test of the
man was not whether he stayed with
the president during the war, but
rather, whether he was right.
The "two great war gods, Baker
and Daniels." was his allusion to the
former heads of the war and navy
departments, in his assertion that the
Wilson administration urged mili-
tary measures after the armistice
which would have bankrupted the
j country.
He told the farmers that Hoover,
as food administrator, cost them be-
tween 5 and G billion dollars.
Wheat, he said, when Hoover took
charge was $3.20 a bushel, which he
said was reduced immediately
through Hoover's manipulations to
about $2 a bushel. When food con-
trol was lifted, he said, wheat imme-
diately leaped 68 cents a bushel;
indicating the effect of the food ad-
ministration regulations.
URGES CONSOLIDATION
OF COAL DISTRIBUTION
Investigation to Be Made to
Determine "Practicabil-
ity" of Change.
I WASHINGTON. May 19. - Admit-
, ting the Injustice of the 12-liour day
i in steel mills, forty-one steel com-
I pany magnates, in conference with
I President Warren G. Harding, have
J agreed to investigate the "practica-
bility" of abandoning It.
Judge E. II. Gary, head of the
United States Steel corporation has
been named by the president, to pick
a committee of five, which will con-
I duct the investigation to determine
the practicability and desirability of
I a change.
I President Harding called the meet-
ing of steel company officials to dls-
: cuss the industry in general. Among
j the topics taken up, were:
Proposed reduction in freight rates
and the effect on the steel business.
Establishment of a basic eight-
hour day in the steel industry.
Effects on the steel Industry, of
I the coal strike.
| Proposed consolidation of a half
! dozen of the country's greatest in-
[ dependent steel corporations.
Agitation has been growing
throughout the country, for the abol-
ishment of the 12 hour day in the
steel Industry. The president and
the magnates realized this. Whether
they will yield to public sentiment,
or merely seek to postpone the
change, by long, fruitless "investi-
gations," appeared uncertain today.
The 12 hour day, it is pointed out
by writers throughout the east, has
already been abandoned in England,
Sweden. France, Germany. Italy, Bel-
gium and Spain, and 20 steel plants
in America already have adopted the
three-shifts-a-day policy.
Unskilled workers, it is shown, are
working for 30 cents an hour, under
conditions which prove a terrific
strain on human endurance.
WASHINGTON. May 19.
Damages of Million Dollars Is
Asked by W. Virginia Firm.
CHARLESTON, May 19.—Suit for
$1,000,000 damages was filed here to-
day against the United Mine Work-
ers of Amerlcn, by the Willis Branch
Coal company.
The petition was filed in federal
court.
The suit is based upon alleged
property damages sustained by th«
company, during disturbances that
occurred during the 1919 coal strike.
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Patrons Await Reversal of
Slot-Phone Order.
to 22 per cent of the capital now in
vested in production and distribution
of coal would be released for pro-
ductive industry if the distribution
of coal would be consolidated as the
telephone and telegraph business is
consolidated, President W. R. Coyle
of the National Wholesale Coal asso-
ciation told the convention of the
U. S. chamber of commerce here.
Coyle suggested that the corpora-
tion to be created to handle the coal
business should go into each town,
select the most progressive dealer.
make birn its selling agent, have him '
buy shares in the central corporation in order
and guarantee a standard service, patrons.
Wrhether the standing order of the
From 17 : corporation commission, making it
necessary for drug stores and other
business firms down town to install
pay phones and abolish free tele-
phone service shall be overruled,
will be decided soon by the commis-
sion. it was announced Friday. Pre-
sentation of evidence in the case was
completed late Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses for subscribers seeking
to rescind the order declared on the
stand Thursday afternoon that 9fl
per cent of the patrons were opposed
to the order and that they were will-
ing to pay the extra cost of all calls
manating in their places of business
accommodate their
$4.25 a day and a commission on all
j fares over $17 daily. When the men
Sandy'lvey was^laced^mVrial Fr*- j ^^^To wfJe^UtThe union1 which I *URUty- dellvery and Price- , j Attorneys for the telephone com-
day morning in the county court of 1 "The by-products of this plan, he pany declared that the advertising is-
Judge W. R Taylor, on a charge of "lx years a*° ult\ aM. "are the buildiiK of good will; sued by th- drug store* curving on
dlfflculty. toe rompromlw W«8 for U>« coal trade • * - which the right had been misleading and
refused and the strike was called. mafces your present investment In that petitions signed by the 5.UOO
cucDirr ia/ac h/ica/idcd mines, mills or factories more sta- patrons been signed under ;>
onb.nlrr WAo IVItlVlDtK ble and more continuously product- misunderstanding of the circura-
OF KU KLUX KLANSMEN ive, elimination of waste, uniform : stances.
accounting,v reasonable basis foi Opponents of the pay boxes are
LOS ANGELES. May ~19.—Anions ' credit insurance, and development confident, in the face of the public
HARDING SAYS
BUSINESS WAS
A WAR CAUSE
W VSIIIM.TON. May 19 What
did President Harding mean!
This was the question here to*
da), following reports of Ills
speech before the I nlted States
t lianiber of Commerce jesterday
..hen he dcclarcd he "doubted
if the world war would have oc-
curred had I he I lilted Mates
possessed a merchant marine
commensurate with its commer-
cial Importance.**
Willi marked similarity to the
now famous speech of former
President oodrow Wilson at
St. Louis, Harding asserted that
commerce "undoubted I) had
much to do with the bringing
about of the world war."
He admitted thut commerce
was not forgotten during the ne-
gotiations for peace.
In Hie election of officers, the
chamber of commerce picked
John W. Shartel of Oklahoma
City ws one of the directors.
Julius il. Barnes of Huliitli,
Mi mi., was chosen president.
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Queensland Labor Govern-
ment Makes Change.
By W. FRANCIS AHEKN.
Federated Preia Staff Correspondent.
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 19.
The labor government of Queens-
land has abolished the upper house
of the Queensland state parliament
—a nomineo chamber representative
of reactionary interests which in the
past* interfered with legislation
passed by the lower, or elective,
chamber in parliament.
Members to tho nominee chamber
were appointed for life and prior to
the advent of labor governments, the
Tory government saw that the upper
chamber was composed almost
wholly of representatives of reaction.
The Queensland lubor government,
despite the protests of the Tories,
waged war on the nominee house
and parked it with labor nominees
in order to pass the bill for its aboli-
tion.
In its place the Queensland gov-
ernment has appointed a revisory
committee, selected from members
of the lower (elective) chamber. This
committee will review all legislation
passed by the lower chamber, Its
work being purely of a technical na-
ture.
It will examine bills and see that
they are consistent in their pro-
visions, and that the phraseology Ih
clear and precise, and expresses the
Intention of parliament. It will have
no power to amend or reject meas-
ures, though of course, it will be able
to make recommendations to the
lower house.
i i
leges" iii
check radicals
Seek to Raise Three Million to
"Educate China."
MILWAUKEE. May 19.—Funds to
build colleges In China, which wiil
be used to suppress the spreading
doctrines of socialism and radicalism
in that country, are being solicited
In the churches here, according to a
report of The Milwaukee Loader.
• ampaigners throughout the Unit-
ed States are working to reach a
quota of $15,000,000, which, they re-
port, will be gained by Jan. 1. 1923.
At a luncheon of representatives
of 10 Protestant denominations it j jden
was claimed that propaganda is be- | asjd,
maintaining a public nuisance.
Ivey was to have been tried Wed-
nesday but he had no lawyer, and
succeeded In obtaining a delay. O. A.
Cargill was appointed as an attor-
ney, but refused to serve. .Judge
Taylor then announced that he had |
investigated Ivey'. flnaneial affairs j re;eialions of 'the Ku through r'esearch'of the best method, protest that the commission will r,
todem'if,ltant«tetohrndevenOUgl1 m°ney Klui Klan probe "uThe" discovery j of preparation and utilization of our
E. J.GIddings was defending him!that llnt11 Al)r11' I921' William 1.1
Friday.
I Treagor, sheriff bf Los Angeles j rrvn
county, was a klansman. Treagor TWO BOYS TIE FOR
erse Its former order while expon-
ents of the former order believe that
the commission at the most, will only
modify the order.
COLLEGE PREXY
resigned on this date.
unox xn DAmniT In Potest, apparently, against the
HOST TO BANDiT investigation, 35 Klansmen In full re-
I galia, appeared on the streets of Los
BERKELEY, C'al., May 18.—Anx- | Angeles recently, and paraded the
CLASSEN HIGH HONORS
blanks may be obtained by commun- iety of David Barrows, president Uni-1 wireet carrying guns. Police officers
icating with the United States Civil versityof California, to defend Greg- ' and1 deputy sheriffs were called by
Service Commission, Washington, D. j ory Semenov, the Cossack butcher | the frightened residents, but the
or with the secretary of the Civil I
Service Board at the postofflce or j
customhouse in any city.
THOSE FOlR-PAtiE PAPERS
Owing to delay in getting a
carload of paper, the Leader was
compelled to publish but four
pages, for two days.
Th/ paper has now arrived at
the Leader plant, and six pages
will be published daily.
BALLOT ON FEDERATION
OF BUILDING UNIONS
who was denounced by American Le-
gion posts for his treatment of U. S.
I soldiers In Siberia, has been sharp-
j ened by the revelation that Barrows
j entertained Semenov in his home
when the bandit landed here.
Barrows' statement to the press
. insisted that Semenov was "much
j SYDNEY, N. S.. May 19. - The j misunderstood." Barrows, who is a
i building trades unions in Australia J pa8t state commander of the Amer-
I are taking ballots on the question i, an Legion, has instituted a reac-
• of a federation of all unions en- j fionary regime in the state university.
! gaged in the building Industry. A
j manifesto has been issued to mem- i Among certain African tribes the
I bers setting out the advantages of brides can be purchased on the in-
I linking up the unions. 1 stalment plan.
Harold Tayler, 14. and Calvin
Brous. 15, tied for first honors in
school work at Classen Junior high-
school. The prizes were silver lov-
ing cups.
The prize is for the student having
the best record in attedance, .school c'xa
work and outside activities.
Y. W. TO DISPLAY
WRANGLING CIRCUS
BRICK FAMINE LOOMS
Klansmen had disappeared.
RESERVOIR BIDS TO
BE OPENED TUESDAY
Bids on concrete work at the city j NEW YORK. May 19. This city is
reservoir will be opened Tuesday, facing a brick famine which Is openly
Joe Patterson, commissioner of pub- charged to be the result of a con-
lie works, announced Friday. spiracy among brick manufacturers
The work is authorized by the re- to curtail tre output and force prices
cent bond issue and the huge con- up. Building operations, particular-
crete slab on the bank of the by- ty the construction of dwellings
pass is designed to prevent the men- { much needed, are being paralyzed
ace to the city water supply occa- , because of the brick shortage and
sioned by the erosion of the banks, j the soaring prices.
The Y. W. C. A. will begin their
drive for funds for sending delegates
to the summer conferences at Dallas,
Estes Park, Colorado,
and
at
ircus
A. building on First
giving a p
| the V.
I street.
The parade will start from the
building at 5:15 Friday afternoon,
and be followed by the opening of
the side shows and at 8 o'clock by
the main show.
The organization is charging 15
cents for children and 25 cents for
adults. Some of the side shows are
on the third floor of tho building.
It is said that 250 girls will take
I part in the Wrangling Sisters C'ircua.
ing spread in China which associates j
radicalism with free love, discount- j
ing of motherhood, and absolute free- f
dom which would destroy society, j
The Chinese, it was suid by Dr. Li ■
Yuan Hung, professor of history o!
Christianity at Pekin university, who
addressed the meeting, were read)
to throw off the shakles of tradition
and were responsive to modern
tenets.
"The Chinese, at present, do not;
take kindly to Christianity." he aid.
Other speakers were Ellen Sabln.
former president, Milwaukee Dov nor
college Mrs. W II. Peabody, Bos-
ton; and Lucia Briggs, present head
of Downer.
SUE SURETIES OF
COUNTY OFFICERS
Suits for the collection of bonds 1
of county treasurers who have dis-
posed of securities without the per-
mission of the county board of com-
missioners may be filed, Fred Park-
inson, state examiner and inspector,
announced Friday.
Parkinson was informed ot this j
several days ano by George F. Short, i
attorney general, he said. Z. S. Clag-
gett of the American Surety company
gave the inform?tlon to Short.
Parkinson was informed by George
F. Short, attorney general, several I
days ago that treasurers in several j
counties were doing this, ho said. I
Short got his information from Z. S.
Claggett of the American Surety
company, he said.
Parkinson ^aid that he would be-
gin an immediate investigation. 1
Declares Kentucky Mines Are
Shipping Coal to Illinois.
Ry Staff Correspondent.
Ml SKOGEE. May l! . The cntlrf
Thursday's session of the miners
convention was taken up with ad-
dresses of Harry Fish wick, vice-
I president of the Illinois miners, and
Van. A. Bittner. special representa-
tive of John L. Lewis.
Fishwlck dealt with the policy o!
the National organization during th«
present strike, saying that Illinois
had gone out prepared to stand b>
the policy adopted but to their sur-
prise the policy had been violated
elsewhere. He submitted copies ol
agreements made in Kentucky ano
Tennessee, the latter providing foi
the 1! 17 wage scale, and said the
mines in Alabama had never ceasec
operations.
Conflicting Statements.
"We don't know when the chaugf
in policy was made," he said. "Anc
we'd like the right to lay our com-
plaint on the council table and fine
out where we are at. We have on«
statement from Vice President Mur-
ray and another, contradicting it
from John L. Lewis. A plain coa
digger must find it hard to know juai
what is tho policy."
Fishwlck did not mention the sep-
arate agreement in Texas which Wil-
kinson has said will be brought bo-
fore the convention.
"A big coal operator in Illinoii
wanted to sign up with us and saiC
he would pay, the scale provided 1c
our last contract, but we told hire
we couldn't make an agreement Ir.
spite of the fact that Kentucky anc
other southern coal is passim
through Illinois to the Chicago anc
St. Louis markets," said Flshwick.
Tells of Trial.
Fishwlck spent, some time in Kan-
sas and he told the convention ol
the trial In Kansas City when Howal
attempted to do as the Indiana min-
ers did when their charter was ro-
voked by the national. He said il
was funny to hear some of the law-
yers employed by tho international
go after the unions in general.
"In that trial," said Fishwlck, "the
court nevei really passed on the caso.
They just said Howat shouldn't comi
into court with unclean hands. And
the other day another court said you
shouldn't come in because youi
hands were clean. You hadn't \io-
lated the law. Funny situation."
Fishwlck praised the Kansas min-
ers for their fight against the in-
dustrial court law and said there was
no justification for the action of thi
international.
The slightest titter was heard
when Wilkinson Introduced Van Bitt-
ner as a man who had been perse-
cuted and despised as Christ. Van
Bittner is sometimes referred to as
the chief aid of Lewis. He was in
charge of the Alabama situation
making the settlement mere, and was
placed in command in Kansas during
the recent embroglio. He is a rather
forceful speaker with the history of
the organization well in hand. In
the morning he created a much bet-
ter Impression than iu the afternoon
session. His defense of Lewis was
impassioned and he sought to justify
every act of the international union;
in Kansas and elsewhere by the laws
of the organization.
"I will not sit idly by and hear
charges made against President Lew-
is even if I am kicked out of meet-
ings when I protest," he said. His
attack on Farrington was bitter, and
he also paid his compliments to th«
Leader before he finished.
When an attack on Jak« Sheppard
u as started. Delegate Doyle protest-
ed and Van Bittner refrained from
using his name. The appeal taken
during the day over the ruling of
the chair was not on a question of
principle which furnished any test
lof the strength of administration and
■nti-admlnistration forces. The pres-
^Ber-ruled a motion to set
agreed on by the
convention at the previous session
which was to allow Fishwlck and
Van Bittner to speak and he wag
sustained by the convention.
SEEK COMPANION
IN DEATH CASE
PITTSBURG, Kan.. May 19.—
Search is beiny made here for Jack
( olletti, char? d with fatally wound-
in; Charles < innotti in a gun fight
near Kir go late Thursday night.
( innotti, although feeble from the
l< <s of blood, managed to tell officers
that lie and Coiletti were riding in
a bntuy when Coiletti opened tiro
with a pistol at close range. Offi-
cers believe the men had started
somewhere to make whisky as a
complete till was found in tho
buggy.
UNION CONTRACTORS
SUE OPEN SHOPPERS
SAN FRA.V ISl O. May J9. A.
Letticb, pluinbin; contractor, who
recently informed the city he would
be unable to proceed with work on
four school houses and a fire de-
partment test tower, because mater-
ial dealers refused to sell him on
account of his operating on a union
basis, has brought suit against the
dealers concerned to compel tlieni to
supply him with material. Other
union shop contractors will join him
In this test suit. The board of sup-
ervisors has passed a vote of censor-
ship on the material dealers who are
holding out ou union contractors
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