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PAGE FOUR
OKLAHOMA LEADER
WAR FRAUDSIi! BE BROUGHTTfl
ATTENTION OF LEGION MEETING
Congressman Royal Johnson. Active in Punishing of Grafts
Will Be At New Orleans as Delegate.
\N ASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—With , and that when congn.s
congressman Royal Johnson, of 1 hies Its members will be moro will-
Sojth Dakota, one of the congres- ing to vote for an investigation. Th<
Hlonal investigators and expo.scrs defeat of Congressman Campbell, of
of war frauds, going to New Or- Kansas, who as chairman of thy
leans next week as a delegate to the Rules < onimitt^e smothered ti) •
American Legion convention, and earlier efforts f ir an iiiveBtigat.ng
with th« series of articles exposing committee, in taken to indicate that |
the frunds nenring; a climax in the tin; voters are definitely concerned
American Legion Weekly, from the over the Intimation that folly in i
pen of MarquiH Jamep, special in-1 graft were rampant both during |
\estigator. there were rumors this and after tin- war In many of I ho
week uf rapid developments In the government's buying and selling
efforts at complete exposure and transactions.
punishment of all parties connected Surplus Property Scandal*.
with the fraudulent transactions. ! The most re cases brought to
In addition to scores of Individ- light by the Investigations of Mnr-
ual transactions already made pub-quls .lain* - on behalf oi the Amei -
lie by the efforta of Congressmen ican Legion covered the disposal of
Johnson and Woodrurf and of Uie surplus property by the War De-
Legion, in which the government partnient during the years follow
lost hundreds of millions of dollars, ing the armiHtlce. He cites cases
it is reported that evidence of many wher > the War Department n.i
additionai cases has come to the i bought meats at 43 cents a pound
hands of Investigators and willjand sold them as surplus property
shortly be made public. [for as low at 1.3 cents a pound.
The special grand Jury Hitting at'These same meats, when offered to
Washington, D. < and the corps the general public at retail, brought
of attorneys appointed by Attorney i around 31 cents a pound, but wer<-
General Dougherty to handle the i withdrawn from public . ales and
war fraud cases aro still at work, |disposed of in bulk at ridiculously
but no new indictments have re-Mow prices.
cently been reported. The enor- ; The Legion Investigator slmi-
mous amount of material involved Jlarly discloses thi during the
ar l.iminc in 1919, when sugar
retailing at 25 cents a pound up-
ward. the War Department declare
62,000,000 pound.' of sugar to be
"surplus" and then turned It eve
to the Sugar Equilization Ro.ird.
which distributed it In such a w
that the government realized 8 Z
cents a pound, nltho'igh the retail
price was not affected. Within a
few months the government was
buying sugar nt 14 and 15 ccnis
pound. These and many other I
episodes In the sales of surplus
property of the War Department j
are said to be due for a complete
probe.
in the aviation case* and the sur-
plus property cases alone will keep
one grand jury busy for an indefi-
nite period. If the whole matter is
thoroughly probed.
To I'ress Cane.
Congressmen Johnson and Wood-
ruff expect to press their demand
for a congressional investigation
when congress reassembles. They
believe that while official circles
in Washington have received the
war fraud stories with a certain
amount of blase indifference, the
public is more alive to wholesale
corruption in government and evi-
dences of wholesale incompct;-ik e
EIGHT LOSES
Plan to Release Horde of i Australian Political Organi-
Spies Defeated.
By Federated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct 13. New York
city's police commissioner, Richard
K. Enrlght, for the second time has
met defeat In his effort to create
here a detective force, de luxe, mod
eled and administered largely "ti
the czar's Infamous "Third Sec-
tion. Enright's first essay in this
direction was vetoed by Mayor Hy-
Jan after the state legislature, un-
let the dictation of "Silver-chested"
Lusk of radical-hunting notoriety,
had passed a bill to create here a
detective force outside the police
department. His second rebuff
came when the city board of esti-
mate denied his request for a fund
lor this purposo.
Police Commissioner Enrlght,
who has directed much or the bru-
tal persecution of "radicals" here
in ihe last four or Ave years, had
\ talons of power when ho co-oper-
iited with Lusk in the spring of
1921 to force the creation of a
super-spy system here -power over
anil above that which he would
have enjoyed as the head of such
an organization. The bill sponsored
by Lusk would practically have
given fat life Jobs to all city de-
tectives in service for tlvo years,
and would have enabled the police
commissioner to spend an addition-
al $600,000 yearly In conferring the
best sleuthing jobs on political
henchmen.
Asks ^uper-DetectiTes.
His second attempt, however,
was less grandiose. This time be
asked the board of estimate for only
$125,000. This fund he meant to
use to create "super-detectives" re-
sponsible to no one but himself,
picked by himself from outside the
civil service, and at the fancy sal-
zation Has Efficient Planks.
By W. FRANCIS AHERN,
Federated l*rew Staff Correspondent.
MELBOURNE, Australia. Oct. 13. \
—The Farmers' party has made i
:onsiderable progress in the pollti- ;
cal life of Australia during the last
couple of years. It now has a re- I
spec table following in the federal
and the various state legislatures
of that country.
Farmers' party is distinct
from and in opposition to the ex-
isting Labor and anti-Labor politl-
'al parties. It has for its slogan
Economy and Efficiency. It aims 1 n
secure the co-ordination of labor,
and capital by substituting new |
lines of political cleavage. It in
sists that there must be improved
methods, increased efficiency, and
Increased production with every
shortening of the hours of labor,
and improvements In the condition
of labor.
Would t heapen reduction.
It alms at securing clean politics,
the limitation of government to the
proper functions of governing and
not trading. It favors the cutting
up of the Australian continent into
smaller .states, believing that this
will simplify, cheapen, and decen-
tralize government.
It wants better rewards for skill
and Invention, the encouragement
of Industrial standardization, and a
more .scientific method of marketing
by which Immediate contact Is
made between producer and con-
sumer. it asks for the location of
industries, through efficient econ-
omic organization, in Such areas as
will combine the production or raw
materials and their manufacture
Into tho finished product on the
spot.
To cheapen production. It urges
the harnessing ol" all coal and wa-
resources. aud the institution
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FIGHTING KLAN MELLON MAY
IN THE EAST CHANGE RULE
Mayors Tell Secret Organi-1 Modifications Expected in
LABOR LEADER WARNS AGAINST
ALTERING MEXICAN CONSTITUTION
■■trlfs of $5,000 a year each'. A so'o.l 1 !,fn?°*rern"«"0M,„for "w
slon of power to cover 500,000
idea of the sort of work Enrlght
vn anted these glorified Hawkshaws
to do is given over the commis-
sioner's own signature in a current
magazine article.
"In establishing a secret service
department " he wrote, "we would
employ men and women capable of
mingling in any division of society
without exciting comment, and
many of them would have other
employment, the further to divert
from them any suspicion that they
were police agents. All of them
would have to be brave, clever, edu-
< ated and resourceful, and some of
them should be able not only to
act. dress and talk like persons of
recognized social staudlng and wide
experience, but should be able to
do anything from operate n type-
writer and take dictation to run an
elevator, keep books, drive a motor
boat or car, ride, shoot, fish, play
frolf or tennis, and. possibly, be
nble to make a fair showing in an
airplane. If they spoke a few lan-
guage* and had a reasonable
knowledge of the best of art and
letters so much the better."
Heth< p writes admiringly of tho
^cret polico methods in European
countries, where "some are in very
high positions in the diplomatic
service and in the industrial and
social lifo of their countries."
PROFESSOR'S WIFE WAS
square miles of territory, it alms
to eliminate all waste by a full
knowledge and a planned develop-
ment of all the resources of the
country.
HEALTH CLINIC FOR
PAINTERS OPENED
NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—The for-
mal opening of the health clinic in-
stitute last July by the brother-
hood of Painters. Decorators and
Paperhangers of America, was cele-
brated here by a dinner following
the inspection of the new quarters
of the clinic at 80 E. Eleventh
street. Several nearby states were
represented.
The health department of the
unl
zation to Stay Out.
R\ Federated Press.
BOSTON, Mass.. Oct. 12. Eight
mayors of Massachusetts cities
have Indorsed the fight against ef-
forts which are being made by the
Ku Klux Klan to organize and
hold meetings and conduct other
Ku Klux activities in this part of
the state. They all asserted In
positive terms that klan meetiugs
would not be permitted in their
towns.
"If ihe klan attempts to start
any branch here." said Mayor
Golden of Woburn. "tho citizens
will kick it out of town."
Mayor Sullivan of Salem de-
clared he positively would allow
no klan meetings to be held there.
"We don't want the klan or any
of its doing around hero," said
Mayor i'hilds of Newton.
"No organization which takes
such an attitude against law and
order will be allowed to hold
meetings in Medford.' announced
Mayor Haines of that city.
Mayor Mahoney of Lawrence.
Mayor Keith of Brockton and
Mayor McPhetres of Lynn made
similar announcements.
Mayor Brown of Lowell declared
that any member "of this despic-
able organization who shows his
head in Lowell will be driven out."
NATIONAL CO-OP
CONGRESS MEETS
Liquor Order.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. —The
drastic regulations of the prohibi-
tion bureau enforcing the Daugh-
erty ruling that American ships
can not carry liquor anywhere and
foreign ships can not bring it into
the three-mile zone, were to be
modilled by Secretary of the Treas-
ury Mellon.
He announced that he
would eliminate the prohibition bu-
reau provision calling for the seiz-
ure and forfeiture of American and
foreign ships that violate the rul-
ing.
As written and submitted to Mel-
lon. the regulations which will be •
issued early this afternoon, stated
that American shlpa carrying llq j
uor anywhere, and foreign ships 1
bringing it within the three-mile
limit will be subject to forfeiture." |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOU PRESIDENT DISTKICT 21.
Editor Leader: I hereby an-
nounce that I am a candidate for
president of District 21 of U. M. W.
of A. nnd submit my candidacy to
the will of tho membership in the;
fall election.
0. D. KEENEY.
L. U. D675, Gowen, Okla.
CANDIDATE FOR BOA HI)
MEMBER.
Editor Leader:
I am a candidate for district1
hoard member of Dlstrist 21, U. M.
W. of A. I am a strict union man
and havo had no complaint against
the organization. Am also a char-
ier member of tho organization,
have worked 14 years in C'oal-
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 13. Warn-
ing to intriguing capitalists who
are trying to pull the teeth of the
pro-labor provisions of the Mexi-
can constitution aud deprive the
people of the fruits of the revolu-
tion was sounded in a speech by
Luis Morones to the newly-elected
vintin « nn- >> hat I
labor deputies of the Mexican con- j what better pl.'i
gress and representatives of the | fiici°ry °f the new social
unions embodied in the Federation
of Syndicates of the federal dis-
trict.
The occasion was a dinner and
fiesta In honor of th
new headquarters of the federation,
held In the huge dining room of a
model government factory at Tacu-
baya, where 1,400 organized work-
ers. men and women, make all the
clothing for the Mexican array. Luis
tory and marveled at tho up-t>
I date machinery and methods of or-
• ganization. The eight-hour day
I with 45 minutes of that time de-
voted to games and physical exer-
cises, a day nursery for the babies
: of w orkers, an orchestra, dramatic
j club, and union recognition are
, some of the features of this factory.
The banquet was ordered, ar-
, ranged and served by members of
I the walters* union.
than this, a 1
rder. can Crabs change their shells nrt-
we wish to celebrate this occasion ." nually.
We won the revolution with arms'
Kathleen Norris, popular novel-
ist, is reported to have refused an
offer of $30,000 for Ihe serial
rights of a new story.
Morones, who is director of the
eight government military factories
where everything from cannons and
lathes to puttees and hats are man-
ufactured, is the unofficial but rec-
ognized head of the Mexican labor
and blood; we are ready again to,
fight to Ihe end to protect what w. '
,.f i have gained." he said. The dele- j
' gates were shown through the fac-
B. & H. Passmore
METAL AND ROOFING
COMPANY
RADIATOR REPAIRING
M. 0707 110 W. Reno
KLEINMAN
FDR CO.
IF IT'S MADE OF FUR
WE MAKE IT
32412 W. Main W. 4682
Bv Federated Press.)
NKtt YORK, Oft. 13. —The n
tlonal congress of tho ro-operativc I J J ^ ^ ^
, movement, to he held in < hicac,> (.atei jw0 yearn In Henryetta and
which wan organized ! is October ;,i to J8. promises to bo th< ,6 tn Wilburton, Okla.. ray
maintained under the direction r.i most significant event of the year. home town_ , hnve bm, a coa,
the Workers Health bureau, at the says a statement by the t o-operative minw. for 32 yeara .,nd a nlembor
. provides for all mem- League of America. The call has jj. M. w. of A. for 24 years. If
been sent to 3,000 co-operative ' <' wm try nly hest to satisfy them,
cieties. representing a membership ono and all Your8 trlllyi
of 750,000 consumers. I JOE MILANO.
The subjects to be discussed will wilburton. Okla.
Include co-operative bunking, ac-
counting, wholesale. Insurance,, 1 OK U IHTOI1 VMl 'l El.l.hH.
housing, the income tax and the ci>-1 Editor Leader: Please announce
ntunHv.. ti. moot chutn HtOre y0ur pap€r that I am a caudl
Household goods packed,
stored and shipped.
Heavy machinery moved
and installed.
PROMPT SERVICE
Union Transfer
& Storage Co.
205 S. Broadway. W.5198
ume addr^m^H
hers of the painters' union in this
district a yearly physical examina-
tion, as well as special attention
when they incur any of the acci-
dents or diseases incident to their
occupation. Special study is mado
of occupational diseases with par-
ticular reference to prevention
The clfnic includes the X-ray.
special laboratories and a dental
division. It Is a purpose of tho or-
ganisation. after completing a
thorough study of the occupational
QUEEN OF UNDERWORLD j diseases of painters, decorators and
p begin .i campaign loperati
to obtain legislation to eliminate
the causes of lead poisoning and
other Jmzards ot the trade.
BERLIN. Oct. 13—(United Press)
-Demure wife of a university pro-
fessor and devoted mother of her
16-year-old girl by day, Marie Nord-
mayer at night was a queen of the
underworld, with her daughter as
princess. The woman was sen-
tenced to eighteen months' impris-
onment for maintaining a drug sa-
loon in a luxurious house in the
most exclusive section of Berlin.
The daughter, Gertrude, was given
a sunn®"'1*'' sentence of four
month f
ANTELOPE RESERVES
CALGARY, Alta.. Oct. 13—(United
Press). Three new areas for the
preservation of the pronghorn ante-
lopes havo recently been proclaimed
national parks. These are Nemls-
kam and Wawaskesy parks in
southern Alberta and Menissawok
park in Saskatchewan.
operatives, how to meet chain stor
competition, co-operative educa-
tion. co-operation with the labor
movement, spurious co-operation.
The congress will be held in the
auditorium of the Lexington hotel.
Individuals Interested In the co-
movement are invited.
RECORD DAMAGES
ST. rAUU Minn.. Oct 13. The
largest damages for death in the
history of the northwest was sus-
tained by the supreme court of this
state, when It upheld the award of
$28,815 to Marguerite Clark for the
death of her husband, a switchman
for the Burlington road, who was
killed in July, r 10. The railroad
In its appeal had claimed the award
was excessive.
date for district auditor and teller, j
I am for the reinstatement of Alex-
ander How at and the Kansas
miners and for a clean administra-
tion of District 21. if elected. I
promise to discharge my duties
faithfully and efficiently. 1 havo
the educational qualification*, hav-
ing had several years' experience
as a bookkeeper. Have been a
member of the U. M. W, of A. for
twenty-two years and have never
knowingly wronged a brother or
saw one w ronged If I could prevent
it. W. E. SHERWOOD.
L. U. 2084, Hughes. Okla.
Jeweled dresses valued at as
much as $500,000 have been worn
in London recently by the w ives of
American millionaires.
These Old
Breeches
^ODER
SAnitAry i-H
ReliAbls 'u
SATUP.DAY i
SPECIALS
M|l. Aluminum Teuk^Mle $1.98 j
Heavy inamel Coffee Pot .45c I
SMITH &
IVAMELTY"!
1*. I. PRINTK, l <
221 West It<
PHONE
M.024-1
toxrm3SSj*\
MAIN BRQADWAY |L-
ENTRANCE IOA^. W. MAIN Ik
Domenge Decorating Co.
Practical Painters
Pa per-Hangers
Dealers in
Paint, Oil, Varnish, Wall-Paper
Estimates Furnished on Request.
401 . (Iranil Phone, W. 601)8
SEE OUR TIRES!
tJUALITY GUARANTEED
30x3 ...$5.95 32x4.. .$11.70
30x3%.. .$6.95 33*4. .$31.95
31x4 . . . $9.ijU 34x4.. .$12.45
All sizes in accordance.
Tire Repairing
Tires l-lxchanged
Tire Service House
123 SoulIi RoltiiiNOii
and Telegraph taught
eachers. Day and night
lug your friends and
the Radio concert any time
een the hourw of 7:00 and 9:30
We
tell you ho
• -nu. Phone M. 1884.
Capitol City
Business College
I 111 West Second St.
Remember—
STANDARD AUTO SUPPLY CO.
Cor. Reno and Harvey
SAVES YOU 20 TO 50%
(Guaranteed Ti.es, Tubes and Accessories -Airline Gaso-
line, Pennolene Motor Oils—Dependable Winter Products
Tie Circlit ii aore 'btn ■ Brissitrt. Il'«
Self- Adjoiting, and tinplj dipt oTfr
tbe bead, claipi at tha waul and iindcr-
arn, and «aootlia out agly lioei.
if your dtaltr can't gttit. nnd actual
bait fricaiort, n«m>, aeidrtu artj
St OO. We'll tend tf)• Circlit prm-
paid. Suti 34 to 48.
Nemo Hygienic-Fashion Institute
120 Lm*116th St.. n w York. Dap'yM.
are jtist as good as
new. hut before I sent
'em to Uohnefeld's they
weren't fit to wear.
I've another old pair
that I guess I'll send
to be cleaned, too."
BOHNEFELD'S
t leaner-, l)jer> and Mailers
OS( \R « R \( F. Prop.
West lirsnd
Walnut
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Your Appearance at the Otfice
Is As Important
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Spotty, impressed clothes
create the wrong impres-
sion with those yon come
in contact with during
Let us help y
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clothes in per
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