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OKLAHOMA C1TV. UK LA.. TI ESDAV, JANUARY 2-1. 1922
PRICE TWO CENTS
TALKING
IT OVER
Highway officials of eight
middle western states met at
Chicago and went on record as
favoring the state ownership
and operation of cement plants.
This action is the result ol'
the "hold-up" game the ce-
ment trust has been playing
with the public. Hard sur-
faced roads have given the ce-
ment trust the opportunity to
boost the price of cement to
unheard of figures. The fed-
eral government has secured
indictments against the trust.
The real remedy does not lie
in prosecution, court costs Hi:d
attorney fees. State owner-
ship and operation of cement
plants is one of the demands
of the Farmer-Labor League,
which will prove especially ap-
plicable in Oklahoma as the
natural resources for making
cement are here in abundance.
# * #
Ford's popularity in Wash-
ington seems no greater now
than it was before the war.
Nevertheless our statesmen are
forced to give serious consid-
eration to the proposals made
by Henry Ford for the com-
pletion and operation of the
Aluscle Shoals project. Ford's
proposal is so contrary to the
purposes governments have
been used for in the past, that
the change contemplated will
prove to be a new and strange
departure, in that it will make
government projects of bene-
fit to the people as a whole Und
not to the few. Ford proposes
to make nitrates and fertilizers
for the farmers; light and pow-
er for the adjacent cities and
states, and do this, not for the
enrichment of Henry Ford, but
for the service of the people.
* *
The fertilizer trust is up in
arms. So are the banking and
commercial interests of the
country. But on this issue the
people, and especially the larm-
ers, are with Ford and are
using their political influence,
and the Farm Bloc, to good ad-
vantage. It is doubtful whether
congress will do anything to
prevent the Ford control of
Muscle Shoals. An election is
in the offing, and congressmen
and senators would have a dif-
ficult time in explaining a vote
against the Ford plan to their
constituents. The farmers feel
confident that the semi-public
ownership plans of Ford will
prove more advantageous to
the country than the sale of
Muscle Shoals to a private cor-
poration which would operate
it for private profit.
* * *
Reactionary officials in Wash-
ington are afraid of this policy,
not knowing where it may lead
them. It is denounced as "so-
cialistic." It would be very
satisfactory if this great gov-
ernment project could be turn-
ed over to the fertilizer trust
for the purpose of enabling it
to coin millions out of the needs
of the farmers. No objection
would be raised to "paternal-
ism" of this kind. But to prac-
tice fraternalism—to do some-
thing for the people—is very
dangerous, for it might lead
the people to demand more and
more favorable action along
these lines from their govern-
ment. In fact, awakening senti-
ment among the farmers fore-
casts that men of the type of
Senator Ladd may form the
predominant and controlling
groups in the house and senate.
*
The reactionaries in Wash-
ington never have forgotten the
days of populism, and they see
rising in the West and the
Middle West another move-
ment of the farmers that will
grapple with them for the con-
trol of the national govern-
ment. As yet these movements
are largely state and local
movements, but the tendency
is for closer and closer affilia-
tion and thorough co-opeartion
with the American labor move-
ment.
So between Ford, the farm-
ers and the workers, the reac-
tionaries in Washington would
like to find some means of halt-
ing the procession. In this they
will fail unless they can find
immediate relief for the eco-
nomic conditions and the re-
sultant sufferings
* * *
Hut the steel trust and the
coal trust and the railroads are
HUGHES IH CLASH WITH GOVERNO
SPEND AND GROW RICH
Following the announcement
of the Corporation Commission
that the increase In gas rates
would save the citizens 182,000 a
year on their electric light bills.
Charles H. Ruth, municipal
counselor, suggested Tuesday
that the amount saved be placed
in a special fund to found a
home for indigent and feeble-
minded corporation commission-
ers.
Having been successful in
raising gas rates and saving the
people on their electric bills
thereby. Ruth suggested that tho
brilliant intellects on the legal
staffs of the Oklahoma Gas and
Electric company set themselves
to the task of performing new
miracles. "We mjght cut our
meat bills by hiking the price of
groceries," Ruth suggested.
"It is possible that the gas
company regards their continual
rate hikes as a sort of public
vaccination, which hurts for
awhile, but arouses the civic
body to resistance previously
unforseen."
"If the present vaccine takes,"
Ruth declared, "the public may
awake to its rights and augment
their savings by establishing a
municipal light plant and obtain-
ing their gas from other
sources."
"PROGRESSIVES"
AT FARM PARLEY
INSIST ON RELIEF
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.—(U. P.) .
—A volcano is rumbling under the
i surface of President Harding's agri- |
1 cultural conference. It threatens to j
I erupt with devastating political ef-
i feet if the conference fails to pro- >
! duce a constructive program of ag- j
j rlcultural relief. /
j A powerful progressive group is
now threatening Insurgency in tho
conference unless the assembly goes
on record emphatically in favor of j
what it believes is the only program
that will aid the farmer. The pro- •
gram follows:
1—Financial relief even if the gov- j
ernment must extend credits totaling
a billion dollars or more.
2—Twenty-five per cent reduction j
in freight rates.
3.—Insurance of the farmers j
against loss.
4—Co-operative marketing and |
buying.
Support Promised.
This in substance was the pro-
gram drafted at an executive meet- J
ing of the National Farmers' union.
In attendance at this session were j
Charles S. Barrett, Union City, Ga., j
president of the organization; C. J. 1
Osborn of the Farmers' Union of j
Nebraska; Milo Reno. Farmers'!
Union of Iowa; A. G. Davis, Farm-1
ers' Union of Arkansas, and W. C\
Lansdown, Farmers' Union of Kan-
J sas.
! Support of this program, it is un-
derstood, has been pledged by the j
Nation Gleanors' Federation, the
! Pennsylvania State Grange, the Na-
(tional Non-Partisan league, tho
i Montana Society of Equity; the j
( Farmers' National Council and other
j agricultural organizations classed as |
i progressive.
Progressive Determined.
Much bitterness is manifest among
j the progressives at the composition
[ of the various committees of the
j conference. They charge the com- 1
i mittees, selected by a committee ap-
pointed by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, was loaded with reaction-
ary delegates. This, however, will
not balk the progressives who plan
to bring in minority reports on every
question that does not meet their ap-
proval.
One delegate, a financial power In
New York and prominent during the
last two years of tho Wilson admin-
istration, plans to take a leading
part in the battle on the side of the
progressive element.
President Harding's slap at the
agricultural bloc yesterday in his
address to the conference drew a
sharp rebuff from all the farmer
elements. J. R. Howard, president
o/ the American Farm Bureau Fed-
eration. issued a statement today in
which he declared:
"The farmers of the nation are
and will continue to be squarely be-
hind the bloc and its members. Con-
gress has seldom given serious con-
sideration to the needs of agricul-
ture. For fourteen years we advo-
cated packer control legislation and
almost as long we fought for gov-
ernment supervision of grain ex-
changes, but without avail. The ag-
ricultural bloc enacted both."
Three addresses were made at the
morning session.
Eugene Meyer, Jr., head of the war
finance corporation, talked on the
financial emergency in agriculture;
G. F. Warren. Ithaca, N. V., dis-
cussed the European situation as it
related to American agriculture, and
Wesley Mitchell. New York City,
"the financial policy in its relation
to price levels."
Insurgents in the agricultural con-
ference lost the first skirmish today
when their efforts ?.o have a com-
mittee on resolutions appointed
failed.
Through such a committee this
group hoped to have its program
adopted by tho conference
DINES DENIE
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gone again HOWflT TO LEAD
SEEK NG NEXT PO
IRE FREEDOM NOT
Want Their Race Appreciated Choice Believed, However, To
Throughout the World. Be Among Three.
j PARIS. Jan. 24—fU. P.) A world-
! wide association of Irish political
and cultural societies to work for
j greater freedom for Ireland was
projected at the Irish race congress
here today. i
' A committee met here in secret
session this afternoon to organize
. such an organization which would
! represent Irishmen throughout the
1 world.
Members of the committee include
Damon DeValera, former president
of the Irish republic; Art O'Brien,
and Joseph Castellini of Cincinnati,
! representing the United States.
! "The pbject is to federate Irish
! societies with a view to working for
) greater'freedom for Ireland," said
O'Brien.
DeValera brought forward the pro-
posals for the formation of the asso-
ciation late yesterday when he
stirred the race congress by advo-
j eating a world-wide organization lo
; popularize the movement through-
out the world. In this way it is
J hoped'the "traditions of tiifc Irish
trace can be known and the Irish
j people appreciated."
! now taking particular delight
j in forcing American labor to
; lower and lower wages, to
: longer hours, and are thus help-
ing to pave the way for the
political revolt of the workers.
Within a few months time,
the organized workers and the
unorganized workers will be as
leady for political action as the
farmer is today, and against
the joint action of these two
| groups not even the most re-
actionary government in Wash-
ington can hold out. Farmer
and Labor will then have their
I day in court
ROME, Jan 24. — (By U.P.)—Choice
of a successor to the late Pope Ben-
edict XV apparently lay among three
j cardinals today.
Cardinal Maffi of Pisa, Cardinal La
Fontaine of Venice and Cardinal
Katti of Milan, were the three on
whom the most attention was con-
centrated.
There were elements of opposition
to all three of these candidates, how-
ever. and it was regarded as within
the bounds of probability that the
final choice would fall,to some pre-
late whose name has not yet been
prominently mentioned.
Cardinal Merry Del Yal, himself
mentioned as a possible successor to
Benedict, was believed likely to op-
pose Cardinal Maffi.
The Paez warns of the possibility
that in the conclave of cardinals to
I meet February 2 there may be found
Ja small but determined element
which will hold out for selection of
a cardinal not an Italian.
The hope of supporters of Merry
, Del Val would lie in such a move-
ment.
Tho charge that the Italian go\-
ernment is supporting Cardinal Maffi
also drew sharp denials from the
press. The Popolo Romano indig-
nantly rejected the assertion that
Premier Bonoini of Italy had sent
out a secret circular in support of
cardinal Maffi. The paper insists the
Italian government would strictly
observe a policy of non-interference.
The reopening: of parliament, set for
February 2. the same date as for tho
selection of a new pope, has been
lK)stponed.
W.T. HALES BUYS LEASE
i M'ALESTER, Okla., Jan. 24. An
oil lease of 35 acres near Ardmore
wan purchased here today by W. T.
Hales, Oklahoma City, for $7,900.
The land is the property of Lizzie
laioore, fuliblood Indiaa
Declares Roads Were Run
Down Before Government
Took Them Over.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (U. P.)
—Claims of the railroads for large
sums of money from the federal gov-
ernment because of alleged ineffi-
ciency of labor, were opposed by
Walker D. Hines. former director
general of railroads, testifying be-
fore the senate Interstate commerce
committee today.
Hines presented figures to show
that labor was not inefficient during
the war, but In fact more efficient.
The roads hitherto had filed claims
with the railroad administration
amounting to from $80,000,000 to
$100,000,000 because of "labor ineffi-
ciency."
llefeiidM 8-Hour la*.
He also revealed that labor effi-
ciency Increased after the passage
of the eight hour law and stated
♦his law which caused an increased
number of employes had probably
caused misleading reports as to in-
efficiency.
Using "traffic units per man
hour," as the basis of "measuring"
labor. Hines said these units had in-
creased from 82 in 1915—before the
Adamson eight hour law was passed
— to 96 in 1917 and 1918- govern-
ment control years—100 In 1919 and
101 in 1920.
"Break-Bonn** Denied.
The nation's railroads were in dis-
reputable shape when they were
taken over by the government, but
conditions were improved under fed-
eral control, Hines said.
"The notion that the railroads
were broken down by the govern-
ment was wholly contrary to the
facts," Hines said. "This Is proven
by the phenomenal traffic which was
successfully handled in 1920.
"During federal control the roads
were operated by the same practical
railroad men who operated them be-
fore and since federal control. Re-
ports of our regional directors can
be searched in vain for anything in-
dicating a broken-down condition of
the properties. *
Kqtiipinent ill Had Shape.
On the contrary. Hines maintained,
the reports gave proof that the prop-
erties had been substantially main-
tained except for some shortage of
rails, ties and ballast upon some of
the roads.
Hines quoted the report of Carl
R. Gray, now president of the Union
Pacific and formerly director of the
operations for the railroad admin-
istration. In this report Gray states
that one of the prime reasons why
the government had to take posses-
sion of the railroads was the gen-
erally bad condition of locomotives
and cars.
This condition had reached such
a point, the report stated, that re-
pair tracks and terminals were
blocked and congested with bad
order cars and shops and round-
houses were so crowded with loco-
motives that proper facilities for
maintaining the equipment were not
generally available.
"Railway labor conditions are im-
proving right along." Hines said.
"Favorable conditions have been
reported during the last few years
and 1921 ought to show even better
results."
TWO HI JACKERS
ROB PEDESTRIAN
Two bandits held up Henry Jacks
and robbed him of $20 at Pottawato-
mie and Harvey late Monday night,
he reported to police Tuesday. He
described them as young men
dressed in overalls. They had hand-
kerchiefs over their eyes, he said.
Officers searched the neighbor-
hood, but were unable to find any
trace of the hi-jackers.
BOSTON. Jan. 24. (By U. P.)
— A few months ago Charles Gar-
laud refused to accept $1,000,000
from his father's estate.
Without the riches he and his
wife lived simply but happily on
their barren farm near Carver.
Garland decided to accept the
million a few weeks ago and now
his happiness has fled.
Garland's wife and child have
returned to the wife's parents'
home.
Garland was reported in Bos-
ton seeking Lillian Conrad, for-
merly his mother's secretary, for
love of whom he gave up th<
wife and child.
T
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OR
IIP
Ruth Will Take Matter Before
Commission Meeting
Tuesday.
If City commissioners give their
consent Tuesday afternoon, the fight
J for 35-cent gas for Oklahoma City
I will be on.
I An attack upon the alleged power
'of the corporation commission to
raise a gas rate established in a
franchise contract with the city will
be launched at once If they city com-
missioners approve, Charles H. Ruth,
municipal counselor, declared Tues-
day.
Ruth was to present a report to
the commissioners Tuesday after-
noon at the commissioners' meeting.
All commissioners have previously
declared Informally that they were
In favor of the move which, if the
city Is successful, will automatical!}'
lower the gas rate to 35 cents.
"I want to make It a matter of rec-
ord with the city commission before
I file the briefs with the state su-
preme court," Ruth declared.
Many Precedents.
Just what form the action will take
has not been announced, although it
is rumored that it will be In the form
Leader Expected to Sign Bond
In Order to Head Move
Against Statute.
PITTSBURG, Kan., Jan. 24.—In-
terest in the Kansas miners' strike
today centered around the outcome
of the conference in the Cherokee
county jail at Columbus between
Phil it. Callery, attorney for the
i strikers, and Alexander Howat,
! leader pf the miners.
The occasion of Callery's visit whs
to Induce the miners' chief to give
I the $2,000 peace bond ui>on which
I hinges his release from jail where
i he was confined Sept. 30 for vlola-
: tlon of the criminal section of the
, Kansas Industrial court law.
While Howat Is expected to blt-
l terly protest such a step, it Is ex-
pected he will arrange bond and be
j released from jail before the end of
the week.
l-ocal 1 iiions I rge Action.
Callery's action in attempting to
induce the deposed miners' leader to
give bond is prompted by the action
of a large number of local unions In
the district in voting to try to per-
suade Howat to secure bis release.
This move is characterized here as
a step to organize a concerted fight
against the industrial court law,
Howat obtaining his freedom to hold
the rani; fend (Ufl together an.I r<i
lead a campaign against the vicious
Industrial statute.
Since Howat's imprisonment Gov-
ernor Allen's pet tribunal has virtu-
ally ceased to function.
Of secondary Interest Monday was
the preparation being made to with-
draw from the district the stato
troops encamped at Franklin—the
stronghold of the Howat regime.
I.ittie ork
Since the troops have been en-
camped in the little mining camp
there has been little violence—or
work.
The dally statements of the inter-
national union representatives and
the operators' association here have
been the source for much amuse-
ment.
The statements of the number of
men returning to work have been
cried from the housetops, but no
mention has been made of the faot
that those who have resumed work
have been returned to their old jobs,
as demanded by Howat in his recent
Resentful Of
Slur By Short
In Lynch Cas<
j That friction had developed be-
tween County Attorney Forrest
Hughes and Gov. J. B. A. Robertson
.was indicated Tuesday when Hughs
wan called to the Capitol for a hur-
ried conference with the governor in
regard to the prosecution of the
lynching case. Hushes and Assist-
ant Attorney General Short have
locked horns several times since the
govtrnor'a representative ha tried
| to supplant the county attorney in
INDIA HE SAYS
Representative of Ghandi In
America Declares Move-
ment Grows.
of an Injunction against the company
1 collecting the rate of 58 cents auth- . , , ,
orized by the corporation commission, b ck-to-work order from his cell In
' Saturday. the 1 olumbus Jail-
Several points of constitutional ! l>«ne hitwi,
j law will be Involved. Ruth will con- i e «lPI)H,"e|lt refusal of the opera-
tend that the corporation commission I *ors *° emPl°.v miners alligned w ith
has no power to give the public serv- I a farce.
ice corporation permission to break i There are few coal orders and
Its contract with the city. ; many mines are idle for the reason
"Manv cases have been tested in i that there is no market for the pro-
other states."' Ruth said, "and it ha* j ductlon. Yet. the operators would
been held that the contract with the ; leave the impression that they are
city bad precedence." hurling a defy at the "Howatites."
The present 58-cent rate is tem- Much is done for effect.
porary, but will be made permanent j In the meantime the "Howatites"
if the federal court upholds the | are demonstrating that a mass meet-
I 35-cent gate rate order for the Okla- j ing called by that regime will at-
hotna Natural Gas company.
ESI Mill
MCCURTAIN MINERS
APPEAL FOR HELP
The Leader has received a
communication, under the eal of
Local Union 1170, U. M. W. of A.,
at McCurtain, Oklahoma, which
the president and Ihe secretary
a*k to be published. It is an ap
peal for immediate assistance
which should meet with instant
response by those who are able
to help them.
The communication is as fol-
lows:
Editor Leader: Will you please
publish the following: Coal
miners and their families are
starving. Your help is needed.
Clothing, food and fuel are
needed by the striking miners at
this place who are suffering the
brunt of the open shop attack.
Suffering is acute in many fami-
lies who have been on strike for
twenty-one months. Send all do-
nations to Charles McCoy, finan-
cial secretary, local union 1170,
U. M. W. of A., McCurtain. Okla-
homa.
(Signed) W. K. < ARTER,
(Seal) Recording Sec.
Officials Make Usual Conflict-
ing Statements.
Recommendation that the Thirty-
ninth street route be adopted for a
road west was made in a report of
Capt. J. D. Fauntleroy to the state
highway department Tuesday. There
was long litigation over the choi< e
of routes, Tenth and Thirty-ninth
' The hard-surfaced road west is
still a popular subject of contro-
versy. B. E. Clark, state highway
commissioner. Tuesday declared that
not a cent of federal aid was avail-
able.
Fred Suits, counsel for the city
planning commission, declared that
he believed the federal aid was
available.
County commissioners are working
on the plans, however, and the proj-
ect is being pushed as before. It ha:>
been rumored that Capt. J. L). Faunt-
leroy, federal district engineer would
mention a new route, Forty-second '
street, in his report, which will be
submitted soon.
Clark said that funds might be
available soon, in case some of the
counties of the state do not care to
meet the federal requirements and
take advantage of the quota assigned
them.
Oklahoma gots $1,752,000 as her
share of the $75,000,000 appropria
lion passed by congress last fall.
This fund is apportioned among the
counties according to the popula-
tion, property valuation, area and
the amount of funds received before
for federal roads, Clark said.
Clark has written to the commis
sloners in all of the counties which
are entitled to federal aid and in
case some of them do not wish to
build the roads, Oklahoma countj j
will have a chance, he said.
LYNN, Mass., Jan. 24. John I>.
( owper. one of the little group that
founded the American FeUratiou oi j
Labor, died here today, ]
tract thousands of miners. At
Franklin Sunday 6,000 miners
packed the hall to hear the speech of
"Mother"' Jones, 93-year-old "Ama-
zon,' who has been alligned with
the Howat forces for more than 20
years. Other speakers were Phil
( allery and Oscar Ameringer, of the
Oklahoma Leader.
MAYOR GAVE GAS
TO HELP HUNGRY
Answering charges that be bad
furnished gasoline at city expense to
Btrikem who drove the car In the
Jake Brooks lynching case. Mayor J.
1 Walton declared Tuesday that ho
had ghen a gasoline book, paid for
I out of his personal funds, to relief i
workers among the strikers who told
him that they could get food for tho
suffering families of the strikers
from neighboring farmers if they
had gasoline to run the cars avail-,
able to transport these provisions.
"I have no apology to make for
my actions in this behalf," said the
mayor, "for as long as I am mayor
of this city, and as long as I am u
live human being I shall not permit
women and children to suffer the
pangs of hunger, even If the parents
violate the law.
"I do not know to which man the
said gasoline book was delivered,
but It was furnished for tho pur-
poses 1 have stated."
BREAD SELLS AT
A PENNY A LOAF
GREAT FALLS. Mont.. Jan. 24.
As a result of a bakers' war here
broad was selling at one rent for a
sixteen ounce loaf.
BANK CASHIER RETURNS
MJSXK . Mo„ Jan. :i (U. P.
V. T. Hulen, cashier of the State
Bank of Thompson, Mo., who mys-
teriously disappeared December 2,
appeared at the sheriff's office with !
W. T. Hulen, his father, and sur- j
rendered to the sheriff.
Accounts of the bank were $5,000 1
short when Hulen disappeared, offi-1
cials said, i •
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (By U.
P.i A force of 1,400*000 men is now
drilling in India for revolt against
British rule, Sallendra N. (those, di-
rector of the American commission
to promote self-government In In-
dia, asserted here today.
Ghose is the repreaentative of the
Ghandi faction in the threatened re-
volt.
"Despite the wholesale arrests that
are being made throughout India,
Ghandi and his lieutenants are rap-
idly gaining strength," Ghose said,
basing his Information on secret ca-
bles from India.
EIGHT KILLED
AS HOME BURNS
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Jan. 24.—
| (By U. P.) Bodies of Mrs. Adam
Hall and her seven children, burned
to death In their cabin near Ben-
don, Mich., were discovered today.
Neighbors said they saw the fire
Sunday night, but did not respond
because of the storm. Mrs. Hall was
a widow.
JAPAN'S TROOPS
STAYJN SIBERIA
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.—The Far
Lastern committee of the arms con-
ference today recognized Japan's
stand on the Siberian question as
: valid.
i That means Japanese troops can
remain in Siberia for the present.
WALSH RESOLUTION
KILLED IN SENATE
WASHINGTON. .Inn 24. The son-
ate today killed the Walsh resolu-
tion asking for information as to
what progress the arms conference
had made on the Shantung question.
The resolution, which called on
on the state department to furnish
information and was the cause of a
sharp debate In the senate recently
| the prosecution of the alleged 1
ers.
Sentence m,. imprisonment
the penitentiary wa pronounced -V]
,M| Lee Whitley, Elmer Vearta an
Charlie Polk Tuesday noon in ti
district court of Judge James
when the fhrce plead€
-ullty to the lynching of Jak
Brooks, negro strikebreaker.
•) V. Harris and Robert McAlei
nnectloo nith th
not
■
Whitley Vearta w< r< iti Uter
• hil« Polk, .i 19-year old boy, wh
a strike sympathizer.
All three men declare< that UN
tarted out without any thought <
lynchin .,m thi
the\ met on exchange avenue an
went without ti e of u
1 'i thi union oflta als.
rhej said that th< union oGlcei
"ii all occasions ui d th'- men t
refrain from violence.
Leo Whitley told the story of th
lynching ,n ,h«' oourt.
They had not Intended to lye
Brooks when they started out.
Mil
prise when Forrest Hughes, count!
attorney, and George F. Short,
sistant attorney general, were malj
iriK counter charts against one ,
oth^r.
Hughes, although he was workinl
mtion a til
has, with the aid ot Sheriff l>an<T
been practically the sole factor U
bringing the men to justice, wal
scored by the hirelings of Govern*!
Robertson.
Short accused blni of blocking
prosecution with delay.
Fred Kemp, secretary of the locd
butcher workmen's union comment!
ed Forrest Hughes, county attorn
action if
Iwnmn- tho three in-n lo instire.
• nev< r b< ll< v ed that the me
wen guilty ol th< crime ol whlc
they were aci used, but sin< e the
have pleaded guilty, th«« union by a]
means sanctions the punlshmel
whldh they will Justly receive)
Kemp declared.
Rob< rt Allc n and Nathan Butle]
negro* wen to face arralgnmei
Tuesday afternoon, whereas th
other two white men hav< an
nounci'd they will fi :ht the case.
Anothi r man t>> the name of Oe
cat Smith was arrested in connet
tion with the lynching at Mart, Tex
. s, and wa being brought to Okla
homa City Tuesday bj on<
iff Dancy's deputies.
Considerable criticism was
! tached to Governor Robertson
In representatives which for a timl
threatened to push Forrest Hughef
entirely asid< In his efforts to pnm
cute the men.
SHOOTING AT HOLLYWOOtl
LON ANGELES. Jan. 24 (U.
I
n ported dying today at Hi'' eountj
hospital, and hi; rnotber-in-law
Mrs. Mattie Bann. is in central sta
tlon as tho result of a shooting ^
Hollywood last night.
1 11(1 \ I ODI ^ \. *0.
I
tkt parage, tho Brotz bakery
Wallace cafe were destroyed by l
here today. The loss w.t; estimate
at $35,000.
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