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SOLONS CLASH OVER HIGHWAY REPORT
BODY OF
SPEAKER
AT HOME
Widow Of Nicholas
Long worth Accom-
panied By Host Of
Relatives, Friends.
CINCINNATI, O.. April II. (IP)—
The body ol Nick Longworth. late
speaker of the house, was brought back
to the scene of his early triumphs to-
day.
The special Southern train which
left Aiken. S. C.. with the body yes-
terday. pulled into central railway
station here at 7 a m.
A hearse was waiting and the gray,
metal casket containing the remains
was lifted from its resting place, con-
signed to the hearse and sent im-
mediately to Rockwood. the famous
Longworth mansion.
As the casket was transferred. Mrs
Longworth and the host of relatives
and intimate friends who accompanied
her and the body from Aiken, where
Longworth died of pneumonia Thurs-
day. got into waiting cars and were
driven to Rockwood.
Rye Straw Sayings
By OIOIOR BINOHAM
: 7 v
T. A. LATTA
DIED TODAY
AT TULSA
IRA EAKER |
TRIES FOR
NEW PACE
C. Of C. Plans
Stabilization Of
State Industry
ENID. Okla., April 11—OPV—A pro-
- - I gram to promote better Iran'
Publisher Was In News- Army Pilot Hope. To'^'^/^.'^S
paper Busine.. Here Break We«t-Eait Rec- —okuhom. industries ...
* r — --- . « _ _ , | ncu.ture hid been adopted by the
Ord Of Capt. 1* rank .state chamber of commerce tod*'.
Hjtwlra- WeatKer Fine Thu prol{r®m ”5 ad°i,trd at v.e
n cauici a »s*^ | chambers eighth ccnvenlicn v.hich
- ” — i closed lart night. More than 20'; ct-
TULSA. Okla . April 11 (IP)—Thomas WICHITA. Kan April 11 OP>— ficiat. and delegates from 75 Okla-
A. Latu. former editor of the Tulsa Captain Irk Eakcr. famous army pilot homa towns ittended the meeting
World and the Oklahoma City Times, clipped ten minutes from the air1 • for the past 20 years Am wean
In Early Day; Wat
Also Groceryman.
died st a hospital here today.
record held by Captain Frank Hawks farmers have bee:i planting tne .seed
ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPEC-
IAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO CIN-
CINNATI. April 11 <LP>—Traveling
as unostentatiously as possible.
President and Mrs. Hoover were
speeding through southern Ohio
today to attend the funeral of the
later Speaker Nicholas Longworth.
They were due in Cincinnati short-
ly before noon.
The station was crowded with sad-
dened friends. There were tears.
Murmurs pawed through the throng
as the casket was transferred. Most
of the crowd was from the same
station In life as the man who rested
In the caaket. Others were roughly
dressed—tom sweaters, overalls, dilapi-
dated hats.
Nick Longworth. who began his poli-
tical career here—a son of wealth-
had made friends in all walks of life.
The sun was Just rising when the
train stopped.
PBetegrsphs Taken
Mrs. Longworth and those with her
—Archie and Kermlt Roosevelt, broth-
ers; Mrs. James P. Curtis. Washington.
Mr. Longworth's Aiken hostess, and
Mrs. William Harrison of Cincinnati
and Aiken—alighted as photographer’s
flashlights boomed.
Transfer of the casket which re-
posed in the palatial private car of
Charles Clark. Montana copper mag-
nate. was supervised by Coy Camp-
bell Hodges, personal side to Presi-
dent Hoover, who also was aboard the
train.
Mrs. Longworth was dressed in
black. A heavy veil concealed her
face. She walked with Mrs. Harrison,
(Continued on Page 2)
SCHOOL GIRL IS
NOT YET FOUND
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 11 (IP>—
A statewide search for Mildred Great-
house. 16-year-old Gotebo school girl,
was resumed without result today.
The girl's disappearance revived the
search for clues in the kidnaplng-as-
sault mystery near Edmond.
The girl disappeared Tuesday while
returning to school from her home
at Ootebo. She answers the descrip-
tion of a girl reported attacked by
two men east of Edmond Wednesday.
PACTS ABOUT 8APULPA
A Review af the Partem
That Mam Helped Bafld
And Mala Sapwtpa-
The ‘‘8apulpan." yearbook of the
Sapulpa high school, was not always
known by that name.
Students who graduated a decade
ago never heard of the "Sapulpan."
but they knew about the 'Sayanora."
"Sayanora," the Creek word for
farewell, was formerly used as the
title for the high school year book.
Students of la*«?r years iorgot the ro-
mantic old Indian word and replaced
it with the title "Sapulpan.'
The hind wheels on the Tin Ped-
dler’s wagen are dished so that they
are having a hard time keeping up
with the front ones
* • •
Raz Barlow, who has not worked for
five or six years, has been put on the
program for the home talent play at
Bounding Billows, and will enact the
part of a poor but honest, hardwork-
ing man It Is going to take a great
deal of rehearsing for Raz to play the
part.
• m •
Jefferson Pctlocks and family have
returned from a ten days visit with
relatives on Gander creek. Isaac Hel-
wanger and wife, who live right next
to Jeff s house, enjoyed their stay very
much.
Kidnapers Make
Second Demand
TELEPHONE MESSAGE ASKED FOR
61M.6M; NEW DEMAND IS
FOB 9166AM
He had been suffering from pneu- on his hep from Burbank Cal., to depression bv sapplni the
mcnia for several days. He was 56 Wichita, local observers ^aid today. jty 0f lhP Mtl." Charles H Alvord.
years old. I He was clocked in at the municipal | representative of the federal iaim
He is survived by the widow and 1 airport here- at 11 42 13 am. ECT. I board. .sa:d last night 11 the annual
nine children by Col. H. O. Odell, an official of the | banquet
TURMOIL AND PARTIZAN
DEBATE MARK CLOSING
HOURS OF SENATE MEET
CONVICTION OF
LUNDAY UPHELD
( REEK ( Ol NTV CASE IS AFFIRM-
ED ALSO BY HIGHER
COURT
MONROE. Wis. April 11. (U>)—The
kidnapers of Fred J Blumer. Monroe
brewer who was abducted Thursday
night, made a new demand today for
ransom.
Archie E. Wells, secretary-treasurer
of the Blumer Products company of
which Blumer was president, received
a note from Chicago demanding $100,-
000 for the brewer s release.
The original ransom demand, made
by telephone the night Blumer was
kidnaped, was for $150,000.
The note read:
“Dear Sir:
"We ask 100 grand now. Wrap It
In paper and wait at the southeast
corner of Madison and Canal Tuesday
morning between 9 and 10 If you tell
anybody about this, well, it will Just
be too bad Wc are above the average
in brains, so be careful.
"Unemployed guvs."
PUPILS PRESENT
VIVID OPERETTA
"Dream Boat, an operetta in two
acts was presented by the 4. 5 and 6
grades of the Jefferson school last
night in the school auditorium, under
the direction of Miss Juanita Farris,
assisted by Miss Nell Pauly.
Approximately 70 students took pari,
in the program. The stage wag set
in the form of a fairyland. A dream
boat was wheeled on the stage by two
dainty fairies. The costuming of the
pupils was almost perfect.
Following the prologue, given by
little Mary Jane Bostock. the first
act of the operetta was enacted. This
act transpired in a meadow in
the evening, while the second was
set on the top of the mountain of
dreams.
LIQUOR CHARGE FILED
A charge of unlawful possession
of liquor was filed today in the
county court against Frank Wash-
bum. He la alleged to have had in
his possession one-half a gallon of
liquor yesterday.
MRS. HILL WINS
OREEN8BORO. N. C.. April 11. HP)
A veteran of many golfing campaigns.
Mrs. O. 8. Hill. Kansas City, defeated
Mias Ptggy Wattles. Buffalo, young-
ster. 9 and 2. In the final round to-
day to sapture the women's Dogwood
golf tournament at Sed|efleld Country
club.
FAMILY OF SIX DEAD
ST JOHNS. N. F„ April 11.—<LP)—
A family of six was killed today in
a lire that destroyed the home of
William Power of Sheartown. on
Conception Bay.
The dead:.
Mrs Sarair Power
Patrick Power, her son, 22.
Gus Power. 18.
Margaret Power. 17.
Two infants.
William Power, the father, escaped.
As an editorial writer for the Tulsa
World. LatU gained prominence
throughout the southwest For years
he led the World's editorial thursts
against politicians.
About two years ago he severed ills
relations with the World following a
disagreement with Eugene Lorton,
owner and publisher.
Had Disagreement
Latta's writing had such a wide
following that Lorton wrote a front
page editorial explaining in detail his
disagreement with Latta over editorial
policies.
Since retiring from the World. Latta
did free lance editorial and column
writing until he became ill.
Latta was born at Park Hill Mission.
Indian territory, in 1872 and gradu-
ated from the Mission schools.
He entered the newspaper business
in 1893 and founded the Bartlesville
Enterprise. In 1919 'he went to the
World as an editorial writer
He served as private in the Spanish-
American war. He was a republican
and a member of the Presbyterian
church.
Wichita branch cf the National Aero- -wheat and cotton (arm*.'. must
nautical Association. I reduce acreage if markets are to
Col. Odell .-aid the official elapsed I improve.”
time from California to Wichita was Alcord said the (arm board wa- not
6 hours, 2 minutes and 36 seconds , a pr|PP fixing agency but is (act find-
Captain Hawks made the hop from , jn„ agency.
California to Wichita in 6 hours. 12 ” Rerarr Speaks
minutes and 11 seconds. , 0-[ industry is passing from
Captain Eakei's special speed wing
Lockheed roaied over the port here at
a dizzy speed and settled like a dart
to earth. The noted pilot, who first
won national fame with the army's
"Question Mark " in its refueling en-
durance flight, had the field spotted
from the air and shot down without
loss of time
Tank Refilled
the hands of the i:rdep?ndpnt opera-
tor into the hands :f millions of
stockholders scattered over the na-
tion. E B Reeser. president ol the
American Petroleum Institute. .*a:d in
a prepared paper. Reeser reiterated
his endorsement cf proration of oil
rs a stabilization measure
Unification of bus. railroad, truck
and airplane tra.isportatln .n the
A Former Sapalpan
Latta was at one time engaged in
the newspaper business in Sapulpa
being one of the publishers of the
Sapulpa Light in 1900 and 1901 Some
time during the latter year he sold his
Interest in the newspaper and entered
the grocery business in partnership
with the late Jack Wisdom.
The Light, then only a weekly
paper, under Latta. had a great time
fighting H C. Miller, who was then
mayor. The publishing office was in
the basement of the Porter hotel on
North Main street, about where the
Fair store is now. Some time during
the early part of 1901 Latta sold his
interest in the paper using the money
to enter the grocery business from
which he retired in a few months.
He soon left Sapulpa going to Collins-
ville and later to Tulsa. Old timers
here remember him as a young man
who enjoyed sports. Jim Boyd said
this morning that he and Latu had
fished many a day on Rock creek.
OKLAHOMA CITY; April 11. HP)—
The death of Thomas A. Latu, vet-
eran Oklahoma ncw»i»por man. was
a shock to Gov. W H Murray today.
“I consider Latta a man of fearless-
ness and ability. I planned to honor
his trustworthiness by appointing him
to the head of some sUte Institution,''
the governor said.
KING CAROL PAYS
AMERICANS HONOR
BUCHAREST. Roumania. April II
(IP)—American men and women were
henored today by King Carol II. who
conferred the order of merltc acro-
nautique on a group of famous avia-
tors.
The king awarded the order to Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. Rear Admiral
Richard E Byrd. Dr. Hugo Eckener.
commander of the Oraf Zeppelin.
Oen Italo Balbo. Italian air minister;
Dieudonne Costes. and his partner,
Maurice Bellonte. on their trans-At-
lsntic flight from Paris to New York
Evelyn «Bobble' Trout and Edna
May Cooper, the American women
His speed wa- so great that he (Ilear fllture. was predicted by Chair-
rolled to the furthermost edge of the man paui walker of the state cori>or-
840 acre field before coming to a | allon commission. ’ Walker said the
stop and wheeling back to the hangar , rommLliS,on was concentrating on ob-
to fill his gasoline tanks mining freight rate equality with
He was on the ground a little more cther sutes
than 12 minutes, his take off being Pawnee Bill Talks
clocked by Col Odell at 11:54:33 I Maj Gordon W. "Pawnee Bill"
CapUin Eakrr paid little attention , uuie cpolce on thp subject of "roads
to the crowd which gathered and
spent all of his time directing the re-
fueling of his ship. He showed but a
trace of a f*uilc when informed that
he was slightly ahead of Hawks' rec-
ord.
fr m the pony express to the lim-
ousine."
Other speakers were Cecil Munn.
Enid elevator mao. gad H. H. Mc-
Clintock. Bartlesville.
New directors named were: P. A.
‘‘I've had little wind." he said. "I've NorTls Ada; H. V. Foster. Bartles-
bren hoping for a Uil wind but didn't j v„le. h c HutSon. Chickasha; W. E
w .. i Hocker. Elk City; O. E. Miller. Ouy-
Eaker said he hoped to make it to mon. R c Jones Cushing; W E
New York in one more Jump Oris-so. Seminole; Peyton Jennings.
Shawnee. Dr. H. O. Bennett. Still-
water: Dial Durrtn. Durant; P. A
BURBANK. Calif . April 11—<LP»— _ ___
sa &E3r.rsj5nss
huska.
Sapulpan Attends
Ralph Ooley. secretory of the 8a-
took off
at 3:39 a. m.. P8T today on a pro-
jected one-stop flight to New York
City.
He hoped to break the west-east
. „ . pulpa Chamber of Commerce, attend-
speed record of 12 hours. 26 minutes. ^ h elghth annual convention of the
state chamber of commerce secretar-
ies and managers at Enid yesterday.
BELLAH FUNERAL
TO BE TOMORROW
3 seconds set by Capt. Frank Hawks
August 13. 1930. With a toil wind.
Capt. Eaker expected to make the
trip in 10 hours.
Weather conditions were reported
good as far as Wichita. Kans , but
beyond that point there was a low
ceiling, he was lnfrcmed
The moon had Just risen over the
nearby hills when Capt. Eakers low-
wing Lockheed Altair monoplane
swooped down the 4000 foot runway.
The brilliantly lighted field made his
takeoff easy under perfect weather
conditions
BODY ARRIVES AT HOME OF
UNCLE J. D. BELLAH
ST Jo. Texas. April 11—OP)—'The
body of Hutton Bellah. former prnm-
Shortly before midnight. 350 gal- lnent Oklahoma publisher, lay in stote
Ions of gasoline had been pumped into
his wing Unks and the 540 horse-
power Wasp motor pronounced run-
ning smoothly.
Within a few minutes, his swift
ship had disappeared into the east.
With the moon in front of him, Capt.
Eaker flew in semi-darkness until
the sun greeto him over Arizona.
Follow* Circle Route
Capt. Eaker planned to follow the
great circle route on the 2477 mile
flight to Mitchell Field, passing over
Albuquerque. N. M. and stopping at
Wichita. Kansas, 20 minutes to take
on 300 gallons of fuel.
His engine equipped with a super-
charger. the army flier planned to
gain a 20000 foot altitude. Oxygen
tanks had been added to his equip-
ment because he thought that flying
at the home of hLs uncle. J. D Bell-
ah. here today.
Funeral services will be held at 1
p m.. Sunday at the family burial
plot.
The body arived here yesterday
from Yuma. Ariz.. where the young
publisher killed himself when expos-
ure of his whereabouU and bigamous
marriage was threatened
Neither cf two young women who
mourn the editor as widows accom
panted the body to Texaa.
The first Mrs. Bellah. whom he
abandoned in Los Angeles 15 months
ago. was unable to come because of
the illness of their two children
Edna Louise Schatt. the Platte-
ville. Wis.. music teacher. who he
married a year ago under the name
of W. A Lee. was reported in a stote
above 16.000 feet for any length of, of collapse and unable to make the
time would make breathing difficult.' trip.
The Lockheed plane which Capt. Bellah had published the Yuma
___# ___r _ Eaker is flying was loaned to the Evening Sentinel since last October
fliers, were awarded the gold cross of! army by Its builders It Is equipped He h»d been missing since Decem-
the same order.
with speed wings which make it cap- j ber. 1929
able orf a .speed of 240 miles tier hour ; Parents Are There
On a previous attempt at a non-1 His parents Mr and Mrs
of Hollis. Okla..
OUR WEATHER MAN
Cl
%
1 /
OKLAHOMA: Fair tonight, warm-
er north and west portions: Increas-
ing cloudiness Sunday.
Herald want ads bring result*.
DEMPSEY' RESTS AT RENO On a previous attempt at a non-> His parents Mr and Mrs L H
NERO. Nev . April 11. (IP)—Jack' stop flight to New York Just a month , Bellah. of Hollis, Okla.. near Altus.
Dempsey, former heavyweight cham- ] ago. Capt. Faker came to grief when | where the newspaper man publsihed
plon of the world, arrived today to this ship was forced down and crash- the Times-Democrat for years. *“
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 11 HP>—
Gcnvictlsn cf Ltuis Lundav. former
court cleik cf Delaware county on an
rmbrzzirinent chaige was affirmed by
the criminal court ol appea's today.
Lunday. alleg'd to have embezzled
$9,994 42 wa.s sentenced to four years
m the penitentiary and to pay a fine
o( 610 383 The court reduced the fine
to 6500
The district ccurt of Ottawa county
was diiectcd to dismiss a charge of
aid ng a prisoner to escape against
Q P McGhee, an attorney.
The court was ordered to dismiss
the charge as six terms of the district
ccurt have be<n held since the charge
was fl'ed without McOhee having
been tried althcugh he demanded trial
at every term of court
Other c pin tens by the court were:
Rcy Washington Creek county, life
imprsenment tor murder, affirmed.
Priscilla Rmlth. Seminole county,
seven y ar. for manslaughter, affirmed.
J B Raleigh. Lattimer county, four
years for larceny of domestic animals,
affirmed
J. H. Stidham. O. C Chambers and
R. E Pettus, Caddo county, a year
and a day each in the penitentiary
for larceny, affirmed
Charles Steen Seminole county, four
years lor manslaughter, affirmed
The court affirmed four liquor con-
victions
WELL EXPLODES
IN CITY FIELD
NINE MKN AT WORK THEBE NAR-
ROWLY ESCAPE DEATH
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 11 (U>>—
Nine members of a crew taking a
potential test of the T. B. Slick No. 1
Trumbley well in the Oklahoma City
field narrowly escaped death today
when the well exploded.
None was injured in the terrific
blast that was heard for several miles.
The well was shut in immediately with
but a small amount of damage.
Jack Rowland, head roustobout. was
standing above the mastergate when
shattered parts of the connection
-hot upward from the hole. The
brim of his hat wa.s sheared off Row-
land said one of his fellow workers
who weighs 200 pounds ran 100 yards
In "nothing flat"
BANDITS OBTAIN
COSTLY JEWELS
Governor Criticizes Geo.
Jennings And Other
Senators Who Did
Not Line Up As He
Directed.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 11. (LP>—
The fight on adoption of reports of
the senate highway Investigating com-
I mittee broke in the senate late today
amid scenes of utter confusion.
Sergeant-»t-arms took posts thru-
out the chamber as encounters were
threatened when supporters of Lew
Wentz, republican commissioner, in
the senate asserted a superiority over
administration forces of Oov. W. H.
Murray In test votes.
It was the battle royal between
Gov. Murray and Went*, bitter poli-
tical enemies. Wentt eras in the
gallery and smiles as friendly sen-
ators withstood the many perUaaau-
tary assaults to adjourn without con-
sidering the committee reporta.
Senator A1 Nichols was forced to
Uke his aeet after a desperate at-
tempt to launch a filibuster that would
have carried. The session over the
week-end.
Shouu of ‘‘who is governor, BUI
Murray or Lew Wentt?" resounded
across the chamber.
Senator Ray demanded adjourn-
ment and presented a motion, the sec-
ond motion to sojourn immediately
named in the first 15 minutes after
the fight broke. Uke the previous
motion made by Senator U. T. Rex*
root. It Met by a vote of a to 1L.
Those who stood firmly with TPentx
on both test votes were: Ballard.
Boyer. ORB*. OgRM* muptficity.
Dixon. Baiter. Ewing. Fergwem, Ftd-
ler. Oarvln. Jennings, Johnson. Kta-
memer. Moore. Otjen. Patton. Powers.
Rlsley, Rutherford. Stacey and Wil-
liams.
Those who backed Murray were;
Anglin. Briggs. Chamberlain. Com-
mons, Howard, Jolly. Lester, Ugett.
McDonald. Memmlnger. Moon, McCri-
son, Nichols. Ray. Reed. Rexrost.
Sowards. Stewart, Stlgler. Thomas and
Williamson.
Senator J. Woody Dixon opened the
fight by moving that the Jennlngs-
Oarvin minority report, condemning
commissioners Hawks and J. F. Me-
Keel for negotiating a private con-
tract for 600.000 barrels of cement, he
adopted.
Administration motion to table the
Dixon motion failed by a vote of »
to 21.
Senator U T. Rexrost immediately
countered with a move to adjourn
without consideration of the report.
Rexroet's motion lost by a vote of 23
to 21.
CHICAOO. April 11—HP)—Olven
his choice of telling where his val-
uables were hdiden oh having his feet
burned with a lighted cigar. Frank W.
Means helped bandits locate more
than $30,400 worth of Jewels and furs
which they stole from him
Means is president of the Chicago
Towel company. He and his wile. Cora
attended a shew last night It was a
neighborhood movie about gang war-
fare On the way home. Mrs Means
remarked that the picture made her
nervous and said she did not know
what she would do if set met any After a
gangsters face to (ace. Upon arriving ahadowed a
home, she found out.
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 11.—<IP>
—An effort to adjourn without consid-
eration of the highway investigating
committee’s reports failed In the aen-
tte this afternoon.
Administration forces st temp tod to
seek immediate adjournment but sup-
porters of Lew Wentz rallied suffl-
flcient strength to defeat the motion
by a vqte of 19 to 17.
begin a "rest cure prescribed for him
by physicians. He denied that his
visit was for the purpose of establish-
ing a residence preparatory to asking |
a divorce from his wife. Estelle Taylor
screen star.
NEGROES ARRESTED
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 11—HP)
—Sixteen negroes were h;ld by police
today in an investigation of the
ed near Tolu. Ky., when the fuel here for the (uneral. His brother. Jack
pressure (ailed. and his sister. Mrs. John P. L. Jones
• also are present.
TEACHERS WIN AGAIN Because Missouri. Kansas and Tex-
- as railroad rfflctal* held » train 40
EDMOND. Okla.. April 11—HP)— J minutes at San Antonio, the body ar-
Central Teachers won their second rived here yesterday 15 hours ahead
consecutive dual track meet of the
season by trouncing the Cameron Ag-
gies of Lawton yesterday 81-41.
Kibie. Central, for the second
shooting of Rudolph H. Ploense. 32. i straight time was high point man.
a grocer Ploense was shot at his home He scored 18 points,
last night. The bullet, fired when he
fled from two negroes, injured h«n
but slightly.
The negroes first captured Bob
Ortffith. Pioense’s employe, and held
him while they robbed Ploense.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
One marriage license was Issued to-
day to Leonard A. Boon 29 and
Rubv F Fletcher. 23. both of Tulsa.
of schedule and before friends from
Hollis. Oklahoma City and Ponca
City. Okla . could arrive.
Lew Wentz, multi-millionaire oil
man. is in charge of funeral arrange-
ments Others expected for the ser-
vices scheduled tomorrow at 1 p m.,
Include congressman Jim McClIn-
tlc, Snyder and Harrington Wimber-
ly. Altus editor and publisher
Herald want »ds bring resulti.
SCHMELING AND
STRIBLING WILL
FIGHT JULY 3
CHICAOO. April 11—HP)—The Max
Schmellng-Young Strlbltng heavy-
weight championship bout will be held
at Cleveland July 3. acordlng to an
official announcement by General
John V Cllnnln. president of the na-
tional boxing association
Full detoils of the match will be
announced at South Bend. Ind.. next
Wednesday when 8chmrling and his
manager. Joe Jacobs, appear there to
fill an exhibition date
OKLAHOMA WINS
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 11. <IP>—
The issue of "whether Oov. W. H
Murray or Lew Wentz Is governor of
Oklahoma." will be fought out on the
floor of the senate this afternoon.
After a morning love fest that
miadowed a storm over the highway
commission investigation reports. Sen-
ator Pres Lester said from the floor:
"We now have but one thing left
to do We must determine whether
Murray or Wentz is governor."
Senator John McDonald obulned a
20 minutes recess. At the end of this
pened. the debate will open
The effort came when Ben. Will-
iam Ray. administrative senator, un-
cxpectedly made a motion that the
senate adjourn sine die
Sen W C Fldler. presiding, held
the motion out of order as another
motion was pending.
Sen. Alvin Moore, anti-administra-
tion leader, raised a point of order
that the adjournment resolution pro-
vided sine die adjournment at noon
^I know the senate clock has Mop-
ped but everybody here knows that
liast noon." Moore said.
it is long • -—-— —
NORMAN. Okla April 11 —HP)— -As far as the senate is conceri.f-l
Oklahoma University's polo team ft ,a io:55 a m.. Fldler ruled althougn
handed the Colorado A. and M team lt actually was 1:50 p. m.
an 18 to 0 shutout as the 8oonere R*y renewed his motion to adjourn
as a substitute lor all pe.idlng mo-
tl Senator Tom Anglin asked to amend
the motion so we can adjourn in a
r*Hel*then offeml .““"^"iSwe'to
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Young, John W. Sapulpa Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 188, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1931, newspaper, April 11, 1931; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1524126/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.