Nowata Daily Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 214, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 1923 Page: 1 of 10
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Capitol Building.
SUNDAY MORNING
WEATHER
Sunday fair nnd colder
Sfruuata Bally
BOOST
VOLUME FIFTEEN—XO. 214
Telegraph News Service—“Today’s News Today.’
NOWATA. OKLAHOMA. SUNDAY. DEC EMBER 23. 1923.
Every church in Nowata extends
cn invitation to attend Sunday
v'.hool, morning service and the
Christman services in the evening.
Attend the one cf your choice.
CIRCULATION TODAY, 2,150 COFIRS
Mother and Two Small Children Burned to Death
Civ DrncnMClCMLIDGEFREES o£S stilus*' I veteran senator I™ „«„,J nrnnn nnr
jIA r tnoUlib; 27 from pen msmss^mis not runningrlbt
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bHUI ID DEATH
COOUDGE FREES
27 FROM PEN
By United Press.
| Leavenworth, Dec. 22.—Twenty-
seven “political prisoners” pardoned
by President Coolidge, were released
from the federal penitentiary hero
| tonight.
I The warrants of release arrived
Maine Man Kill* Wife, from W**"1*1"*10" this afternoon and
Four Olhert and
Himself
DOMESTIC TROUBLE
the prisoners were released as soon
us they could be checked out.
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BUNCH OF CRAP
SHOOTERS ROBBED
Slayer Believed Crazed Be-
cause of Wile's Refusal
to Live With
Him.
By United Press.
Coopers Hill, Maine, Dec. 22.—
Five persons were shot and killed
here tonight by John Snow, age 25,
who was believed erased because
his wife refused to live with him.
After shooting the five. Snow
tuined the gun on himself, dying
a short time later.
Besides Snow, tbe dead are his
wife, her mother and sister. and
the wife of the deputy sheriff by
whom Snow was employed, and the
son of the deputy.
Sought Reconciliation.
By United Press.
Gardiner, Me., Dec. 22.—Three
married sisters were shot to death
at a small farm near Coopers Fer-
ry late tonight.
'John Snow, husband of one of
the women, did the shooting, then
turned the gun upon himself and is
dying.
Snow had been separated from
hi* wife and returned home to seek
reconciliation. In the argument the
sister*, Mrs. Elva Eaton and Ruth
Brown, took the wife's part. Snow
opened fire, killing all three.
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TWO FIRE FIGHTERS DIE
i New York, Dec. 22.—Twenty-four
crap shooters were lined up against
the wall of a Brooklyn notion store
early today by three masked and
armed men. who relieved them of
»10,000 in cash and a number of
rings and watches. Andrew O'Brien
and Morris Menorofsky, proprietor
and clerk of the store in the rear
of which the game was held, were
arrested charged with planning and
participating in the robbery.
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DIXIE FLYER
IS WRECKED
Eats Moderately,
Gained 723 Pounds Since Birth
Minneapolis, Dec. 22.—Two fire-
men were injured and lives of scores
of employes were endangered when
fire late yesterday destroyed the old
Minneapolis Iron block in the whole-
sale district here, with a property
loss of $150,000.
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WALTON CASE IN
U. S. SUPREME COURT
By United Press.
Washington, Dec.
22.—Formal
By United Press.
Marietta, Ga„ Dec. 22.—En-
gineer J. W. Brown was killed and
two members of the crew were
slightly injured when the Dixie
Flyer on the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga A St. Louis railroad was
wrecked at Kenesaw, near here,
this morning. The engine^urned
over and the baggage car and two
Pullmans left the rails.
H. L. Young, fireman, and J.
M. Baldwin, brakeman, received
ruts and bruises, but not serious
enough to require hospital treat-
ment. Fireman Young jumped
from the cab when the engine
turned over. The train was south-
bound from Chicago to Jackson-
ville. It was running about IS
miles an hour at the time of the
accident. Traffic was tied up
for five or six hours, officials of
the road said. Some of the passen-
gers were shaken up but none hurt.
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CHARGE ANTIK’SA
BUNCH OF “REDS”
VETERAN SENATOR
IS NOT RUNNING
By United Press.
Kansas City, Dec. 22.—Senator
“Jim” Reed is not "running for any-
thing.”
The veteran Missouri democrat,
here for the holidays, declared he is
not seeking the democratic presiden-
tial nomination or anything else.
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DEEP TEST YIELDS
BIG GASSER
ftldslo Vfctonraelo of Los An- haa put on weight conalatemlr
■lea, California, who weighs 745 since that time. With him In the
mbA despite the fact that he photo are Mre. Valeusuelo and
ate bat two moderate meals a day their two children. Theodore and
la was ■> poanda at birth and ho i Bd ward.
Winfield, Kan., Dec. 22.—Twin
States Oil company, drilling a deep
oil test well in section 6-32-5, five
miles northeast of Winfield, struck
a gas sand with a flow of gas esti-
mated at 2,000,000 cubic feet early
today at a depth of 2,480 feet.
This is a sand in what is known as
the Biddlt oil field, oil being found
at 1.020 and 2.335 feet in other
wells. Considerable excitement has
been occasioned by the strike.
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PLEAD NOT GUILTY
OF P. 0. ROBBERY
Arrest Alleged Accomplice in Coburn Murder;
Fox Attorneys to Ask New Trial for Slayer
By United Press.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Dec. 22.—
That the anti-klan organization is
only veiled sovietism is the gist of
the charge made against former
Governor Walton, Aldrich Blake,
and other anti leaders in Oklahoma,
by Fred Miller, president of the
state constitutionalists, tonight.
Miller declared that evidence
found in the Oklahoma anti organ-
application to’ review the ‘ impeach-
inent of former Governor Walton
of Oklahoma wns made late today
to the supreme court by his at-
torneys, F. E. Riddle and Henry B.
Martin.
The petition alleged prejudice by
the Oklahoma senate which tried
the governor and removed him
from office and by the house of
representatives which preferred im-
peachment charges. Because of I
posed by Secretary Hughes during
the week.
Communists, socialists and the
disgruntled of every faction have
enlisted under the “red” banner,
veiled ns an anti-klan organization,
Miller declared.
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BOOZE SCHOONER AGROUND
Wilmington, B. C., Dec. 22.—The
membership in the Ku Klux Klan, [ British schooner Awasind laden with
it was charged members of the 1218 cases of whiskey, went aground
legislature were pledged in a con- : off Frying Pan Shoals and was pull-
spirac.v in advance to convict the ed off and taken to Southport har-
Rovemor. bor by coast guards.
LETTERS OF A SELF-MADE BOY TO FATHER
Crazy Q Ranch, Nowmter County, Oklahomy.
DERE PAP, Knobville, Tennessee.
i talk mi pen in hand tu let vu no thet i wuz down tu Nowater
yistidday a minglin with the Crismus throngs and me and Fuzzvi
Walters, whitch he vewst tu puntch flivvers in a raridge, we trail
watchin the m*ddenin crowds and lookin at the dolls and flappers,
and we seed Walt Wood, frum over on Big Creek, By-Gum, o cum-
min up the street lickety-split lack he had sumthin on his mind—<
and Fuzzy he nudged me and sez—i bet yu 2 bits Walt it got
sumthin on biz hip—whitch i sez i will oall it—figgerin tu win either
way, and then we passes the time uv day with Walt and tells hint
abowt the bet—Then Walt, he sez, sez he—Well Mister Walters, yu
dun lost yore bet—i don’t never carry nothin on hi hip when i got
my gum -boots on—it is in mi hoot-leg—and he leeched down and
pulls owt a bottel uv linnymint whitch he is takin home tu dock ter a
sick boss. Me and Fussy both lost—it wuz the zaim kind i got from
George Chambers onct and aet on the label "good fur man or beest”
whitch a drunk abowt half uv it and kindled a fire in mi stammidd
thet is burnin yit, hopin yu air the saim. yore sou.
* foel Coy.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 22.— to fi'e a motion for a new trial
Mrs. Margaret Weaver, indicted in today.
Fulton county, Georgia, as an »c- The jury, after deliberating all
cesaory before the fact in conncc. ' day, returned a verdict of guilty
tion with the slaying by Philip E.
Fox of William S. Coburn, was ar-
rested here this morning in a down-
town hotel.
with recommendation for mercy,
which automatically fixed a pen-
alty of life imprisonment.
Announcement of the decision to
file a motion for a new trial was
in Atlanta,” the woman was quot- ; made last night by Frank Hooper,
ed by detectives as saying, “but 11 Sr., following a conference nttend-
deny all connection with the killing j ed by the staff of defense attor-
of Mr. Coburn, as I was not in the
state at that time.”
Mrs. Weaver declared that she
would fight extradition because she
was out of the state of Georgia on
the date of the Coburn killing and
had no connection with it.
Mrs. Weaver was arrested by
citv detectives. She was taken to
police headquarters pending in-
structions from Atlanta.
The woman had little to «ay to
the officers. She complied prompt-
ly when told to prepare herself for
removal to police headquarters.
Bv United Press.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—Attorneys for
Phil Fox. convicted murderer of
W. S. Cobum, today prepared to
ask for a new trial.
Ruling on the motion Is not ex-
pected for several weeks.
Fox was apparently unmoved
by the verdict of the jury, and re-
mained uncommunicative in his
cell today.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22.—Attor-
neys for Phillip E. Fox, former
editor of the Night Hawk, a Ku
Klux Klan official organ, who
last night was found guilty of first
degree murder for the fatal shoot-
ing oj William S. Coburn, klan
attorney, by a jury in Fulton coun-
ty superior court, were expected1 forward
neys.
While the hearing on the motion
is Dending, it was said. Fox will be ] ]OSB
held in Fulton tower. The defense
is allowed ten days in which to
file their motion for a new trial. In
event such a motion is not pushed,
it was said, the prison commission
would decide whether Fox would
serve his sentence on a chain gang
or the state farm.
Members of the jury immediate-
ly after the trial declined to dis-
cuss the balloting. It wns unof-
ficially reported, however, that
when the jur*i asked for further
instructions ^^sterday afternoon
that the vote stood 10 to 2 for
conviction, with the disagreement
over the degree of punishment. A
verdict of guilty without a
mendation for mercy would have
carried a sentence to hang.
Fox took the verdict more cnlm-
Iv than had been eypected. While
he was extremely nervous during
the trial, he maintained a disinter-
ested attitude during the eight
days the trial lasted, scarcely
sneaking to his attorneys during
Ihe entire proceedings. Asked by
Judn-e Howard last night if he had
anything to say before sentence
was pronounced. Fox merely shook
his head. •
Only once did he appear shaken.
When announcement of sentence
wns completed his head dropped
on. his chest.
Wichita. Kan., Dec. 22.—Virgil
Ott, Lewis Ross and J- C. Tram-
' niel were arraigned before United
States Commissioner J. C. Shear-
man in federal court here today
and pleaded not guilty to charges
of participation in the robbery of
the postoffice at Eldorado on Do
comber 4. The men were held in
default of $10,000 bond each for
their preliminary hearing set for
January 28. Federal operatives
announced that Charles Rhudson, a
fourth alleged member of the gang,
named in the warrant, has been ap-
prehended at Paris. 111., and will
be re-turned to Wichita for ar-
raignment.
The trio arraigned this morning
will he taken to Topeka to he
held pending their preliminary hear-
ing.
Th< Eldorado postoffice was
robbed on the night of December 4
after two safes had been blown.
Postoffice officials announced the
as approximately $10,000.
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THIEVES RAID
BIG DISTILLERY
Baltimore, Dec 22.—A score of
By United Press.
Lawton. Dec. 22.—Mrs. Dick Wil-
liams and her two children, aged ten
and five years, were burned to death
near Walters, Oklahoma, when fire
of unknown origin destroyed their
home late today.
The bodies of the victims were re-]
covered tonight. The house was en-
tirely wrapped in flames before the j
fire was discovered.
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK.
By United Press.
Kansas City, Dec. 22.—Cattle—•
Receipts 500; calves 150; slow and
lower; top for week $10.25; bulk
f 7 to *9.30.
Hogs—Receipts 3,500; top $6.70;
hulk $3.50 to $6.60.
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RUMANIA BREAKS
REBELS FACE
STARVATION
Notable Successes of
Mexican Federals
Reported
REBELS IN RETREAT
WITH GREECE Revolutionary
Force* Con-
By United Press.
Athens, Dec. 22.—The Ruman-
ian ministers were re.alled from
Greece toduy p.nd left Athens for
Bucharest during the afternoon.
ducting Continuous Re-
treat Toward Vera Cruz
for Last Stand.
The action of Rumania in recall- ! -
ing the ministers from Greece, sig- United Press.
nifying a break of relations he- Washington, Dec. 22.—Notable
tween the two countries, is prob- successes have attended the Mexican
“ . y “ r<'su t expulsion of federal armies during the past twen-
King George and Queen Elizabeth ty.four hours, according to official
at the instigation of the Greek re- dispatches reaching the embassy
publicans. here.
Queen Elizabeth is the eldest Government troops under General
daughter of Queen Marie of P.u- Martinpz registered advances in the
mania, known as the “Queen moth- state of Vera Cruz, where the reb-
er of the Balkans.” .els are withdrawing.
- ■ I The Huerta forces are said to be
By United Press. facing starvation and are forced to
Athens, Dec. 22.—Premier Gon- exact rations from the occupied tcr-
atas of Greece resigned today. The ritory and loans of money from the
republicans demanded his resigns- captured towns.
tioif fololwing their success in the. -
recent election. Evacuate City
Gonatas was leader of the liberal Vera Cruz, Dec. 22.—The rebels
party, which lort heavily :n the Have evacuated the city of Puebla
election of
last week.
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ALLEGED SLAYER
•for reasons of military expediency '^
it is announced by their headquarters
here. They had held the city for sev-
eral days.
Rebels in Full Retreat
armed men and a fleet of trucks Oil & Land company were found
iust night swooped down on the guilty by a jury in federal court here
Gwynbrook Distillery warehouses at
All rtWPFl RfllSIR Nogales, Ariz., Dec. 22.—Revolt!
rtL/1 v» Y? LtU Dl/Ill/ tionary forces on the front east of
Mexico City are conducting a contin-
uous retreat toward Vera Cruz,
Rv TTnitcH where they will make a last stand
Oklahoma City. Dec. 22—The to def*ft federal forces who are pur-
court of criminal appeals today theni- “cording to intercepted
granted a writ of habeas corpus ad- £be! messages made public by the
mitting to bond Henry Ling, of Hugo. Mexican consulate here today,
held in the Carter countv jail in con- J
nection with the killing of Will _ . D?ny P,*“’
Lyons several weeks ago. Galveston, Texas, Dec Em-
I.ing testified he shot in self de- Ph*t,c deP‘al that overtures for a
fense. Bond was set at ten thousand !£ac« P**Tr|ey w“l be entertained by
dollars the De La Huerta government was
..... contained in an official dispatch
from Alvarez Del Castillo, secretary
CONVICT OIL GRAFTERS of foreign affairs for De La Huerta
Los Angeles, Dec. 22.—Three of at Vera Cruz, received here by Ad-
four officials of the Great Angelus olfo Jiminez, rebel agent.
Gwynbrook, near Owings Mills,
shackled the three guards and broke
into two of the three whisky
recom- i stocked buildings. An army of
state, county and city pol'ce nnd
nnrionnt guardsmen on motorcycles
last night scoured the roads and
countryside for the fugitives who
fled just in time to escane the
enclosing net. More than *0 bar-
rels of whisky valued at $10,000
were stolen.
KANSAS TOWN
SUFFERS BIG FIRE
Salina, Kan., Dec. 22.—Fire at
the Abrams photograph studio last
EIGHT HELD FOR
MOB MURDERS
By United Press.
Duncan, Dec. 22—Eight men are
night.
Marvin Kincannon. alleged to have'gy United Press.
night caused a loss estimated at held in jail here 'barged w ti. mu:-
$10,000. Harry Abrams, a ' mem- , dor in ernr.ertiou the sl:'-*.t »ig
her of the firm, was nearly suffo- I to death of Albert Berch, hotel pro-
cated following an explosion which1 prietor, and Arthur ierniga'i. r.ngr-
wsa followed by the fire. A big Porter by a mob at Marlow Monday
stock of pictures, being gotten out
for Christmas, were ruined. Today
it was discovered that at about the
time of the fire, the cash regis-
ter had been rifled of $200, offi-
cers said. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
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SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE STAS
ANOTHER HIKE
IN EASTERN OIL
Pittsburg, Dec. 22.—Three grades
of crude oil. quoted in the market
yesterday of using the mails in a
scheme to defraud. The charge
grew out of the company’s land pro-
motion activities in Antelope Valley,
north of here, where land purchased
from the Southern Pacific company
for $3.25 an acre was sold at from
$100 to $400 an acre as “oil land”.
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TWO GIRLS HIT BY
STRAY BULLETS
WIFE USED AXE
;By United Press.
Texarkana, Dec. 22. — Hazel
I Smith, age 12, and Vallian Peakes,
11, innocent bystanders, were prob-
ably fatally wounded during an al-
AM UITCD AWP' tercation at Rock Peel school house
Uil nUjDnilD in Oklahoma, between Charlie
! Bishop and Hollis Crenshaw.
Waterloo N Y Tw 9-? Vr- I Dishop fired twice at Crenshaw,
n ’ V .” 1 ec“ . . , 1 both shots going wild and striking
Nettie Case Taylor, on trial for ♦!.„ u
murder told the the jury that she ‘ K
killed her hushand with an axe after I iw)
he, crazed with liquor, had threaten- | NO ADVENTURERS
ed to kill her. She said he had treat- i El Paso, Dec. 22.—No American
ed herself and five children cruelly, soldiers of fortune are being enlisted
__ ___________... _______ Her counsel described her as an ox- by the Mexican federal forces in the
here, were advanced 15 cents a bar- |Iike creature, dulled of intellect by present revolution, Juarez officials
rel today. The new prices are: tyranny. declared.
Cabell grade oil in Euraka Pipe
Line company lines, $1.30 and
Somerset light oil in Cumberland
Pipe Line company lines, $1.45.
Other grades, advanced early this
week, were unchanged.
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BLAME ENGINEER
FOR FATAL CRASH
fired the shots that killed the pair, is
facing two separate charges.
Preliminary trials of the accused
will probably be held January 2, ac-
P1
cording to County Attorney Paul Sul-
livan.
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SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE STAB
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Respon-
sibility for the crash of the second
and third sections of the New York
Central Limited at Forsythe, N. Y.,
which resulted in the death of nine
persons and injuries to a Rcore of
others, was placed upon Engineer
Patterson, pilot of the engine pulling
the third section, by the public serv-
ice commission, today.
WE HAVE WITH US TODAY
CHURCHES—Regular services in all the churches at the usual’
hours. A welcome is extended to the public to worship with the
church of your choice.
REX THEATRE—Edwin Carewe presents “The Girl of the
Golden West". Comedy, Buster Keaton in “Cops”. Night shows 7
and 9 o’clock.
ROYAL THEATRE—Dark. Remodeling and re-docomting.
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