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THE OKLAHOMA CITY TIMII
dATUKDAT RBKUAKT 2fj 1915.
OFFICIAL GOfJMUfllCATIOIJS
Oil THE WAR 111 EUROPE
FRENCH.
PARIS KM. HO. The of fill I state-
ment Issued this afternoon by the
French war department a:
"In Belgium the eueui.v bombarded
Nteuport and th dune.
"His batteries wert effectively
oountered by oar. Th Oermnns seem
to hav employed their entire forces
In yesterday's attack against ii on the
Ypre. After a hoavy bombardment
of our poeltiona the Hermans attack
d wttb the bayonet tint were re
pulsed and our artillery held tiy Its
fire th reserves which were to have
aupported the first Hun attack. The
German losses were very high.
"From the Lya to the Olse hikI on
the Alane In the region of Herry-Ao-Uac
great artillery activity pre-
vailed." "It Id confirmed Hint the enemy's
louses iu the campaign of (lie lust few
daya have bees consltlcrnhlc.
"According to statement of prlson-
em a liattRlton has been destroyed.
"On the height of the Mouse to-
wards night yesterday the enemy de
llvereil hi fourth counter Httnik
against the trenches with h we took ut
I Kargnes. Thl attack wa lienten i
hack like the three preceding one by
our artillery.
"In the Vosges the enemy continued
unsuccessfully his counter attack on
Mill iio7. south or I.nsse. South of I n
Fecht the enemy succeeded lu gain
lug a fisiting on the eastern siur. Fight
tug continue at this isilnt. where we
had an advance post. Italu and snow
are falling In the Yoi.cc"

official i
l.rHMlY
Feb. .Ml.
Willi. IN
The
CASE RECALLS
OLD LYNCIIINIi
Henry Prultt Is Remanded lu Custody
ef Sheriff lu Derision nf Old ( 'e
en Ceurt of Appeals.
The lynching several wars iu'o of
four niu at Ada when ihe were
etrung up with ros's lu a liven stable
la again called to mind In a habeas
corpus proceeding cII-mm.-. of In the
1 criminal court of apts-sl- today In
which Uenry frultt is remanded t '
-iin- cositniv oi me Mieriii 01 i ono'inc
.county who has been at llbciii n ;i
fll.VISM) IhiihI.
num. wiin . vi asnunssi .1 11
Miller (Mint I'rultl B. I. Iturwell at d
K. I'. Alford was arrosteil and charg
isl with the murder of lien Collins
which ixrurrcd In lHtal a year prevl
our to Htalehootl and before any of
the eastern aide of the state bad been
districted Into counties. In the case;
of I'rultt habeas corpus rria'cedlugs 
were brought In the district n.ut af
. ter stutelXHsl for hi release. The 
curt allowed the writ nnd placcl him
under 15.NMt Isjnd.
At the time of the killing the terrl-1
lory lu which It occurred was under
the Jurisdiction of the I'ulttsl Slate
and It waa contended In taking the
vae to the criminal court of apsals
that the dlstrht court did not have
Jurisdiction of the matter. This ques-
tion ha not lieen determined by the
higher court. The criminal court of
apiieala however holds that the dis-
trict isairt of Johnston inunty has
Jurisdiction to try the case against
Prultt and order the habeas corpus
nuashed and I'rultt remanded to the
custody of the sheriff. The opinion
I written by .Ttistlee Doyle.
Miller and Iturwell were two of the
victim of the lynching party at Ada
Four men being held In the county
Jail were taken from the officers he
fore daylight one morning and strung
tip to cross liea tns In a llverv stable
nearby. The men acted ho quickly and !
noiselessly that the people of the town
did not know what had hnpned for
several hour after. Member of the!
lynching party were never publicly
identified ami none arretted.
FRFNf H IIOM'ITAL COItPN
IS TAITI RKU BY (.F.KMAVS
PKTItiMiRAI) Feb. 10. lleports
from Vllna tnr (lie Fast IThhhIhii
frontier resirt that Inmates of the
French hopltal at Potrnd tell of the
capture by the Oerinan of a French
hospital corM. With the eiceptlon of
Manager Hlehnrd anil Ir. Kopp who
were absent from the hospital at the
time the entire cort. Including Chief
Surgeon Crcsson It In said were taken
prisoner.
The corps which had lieen milver
sally commended for It eisjptonl
service had been engaged since the
beginning of the war In sending fly-
ing detachments to the front and hail
been almost constantly under Or
man fire.
LONDON JIRY DlNAt.KKK8
IN TRIAL Or 81R REN AIM
LONDON Feb. 20-Tb. Jury ha' heen  " S
dls.gn.d In the case of Sir James ; j William (. Il.sik
7m  an 1 uriiry njsiuer anas
charged with obtaining credit nuder
'r:Heon'THlLTI' "'"
.reiesseo on iwil
H.r Jame. Is a . of the late Slr!Thl. remainder .f  hi . . .y' UTe
Jame Renal al one time lord mayor (. (ll( mr frilll lhe federad
of Umdoii. Malher alia Furaald.  court reoerai
waa arresletl In New Jork In Septem j - 
lier 1918 chargeil by the polli with INTF.RSTATK COMMlKMinv
refTr of last year' I I'IMJIiWJITN OWN RIGHTS
'Mather and Blr James Renal were ar ! WASIII.NtiTttN Feb. a The Inter-
 reeled In Ixmdon on a charge of na state (sunuierce commission held today
piracy to defraud the public hy meant In a dhldnl odiiton that It. and.uot
of a Isign money lending ei'heme. jlhe ivurts has vrlglnal Juiiadlctlon
riavras 1x1 n.n.7 i'" WU9r "'"f" l
-""
1 mux MUUIINU TU WHKAT'rurulsb car to the extent reqimtad
1 . rrr . 'M ahlpper. The Illinois Central In
ENID. Ok. Feb. iX).-Returns by as
In Garfield county show that
it considerable amonnt of wheat la atlll
la the hinda of the fannera. cmniwred
with a year ago. Iu Buffalo township
.It la ahowa that a year ago the farm
era there had TOO bushels of wheat on
hand at thla time and now there are
m H.n toaaela yet to the grana
' lias Although autty boraea have been
old In thla county on account of the
Cawopeu war there are yet a large
ntawber In rawer according t the
isNsmt1! report.
tatenient given out by th (ieiuiau
army headquarter uri:
"In the iv extern theater of the
war:
"Strong French force yesterday at-
tacked the Ourinau position In the
Champagne reglou to the north of
Perthes and to the north nf Iah Me
ulltt. All attempt to break through
the lienuan Hue however failed.
In some place the enemy entered Into
the advanced (ierman trenches where
fighting Mill continue. Otherwise
pthe enemy waa repulaed and suffer-
ed heavy losses
"To the north of Vardun a French
attack alto waa repulited. Near Com
hrea preparatlona for renewed French
attacka were made by vloleut artillery
bombardment.
"Fighting Mill continue In the
Vosgo. The Ueruiau stormed the
euumy'a niuln ssltloii of two kilo
meter on the heights to the went of
Sultern and also on Ilclchsackitrkupf
to the vet of Muenster.
"A tiattle for sseslon of the
helglil to the north of Muchbach In go
lug on. Metterlaud mill Sandernech
have lieen occupied tiy the licruiaus
after h I nit tie.
"In the eastern war arena:
"In the district to the uorthwest of
Urodno and to the north of Snwalkl
(Mere lots been no Important change
"To the southeast of Kuluo the
enemy has lieen driven back Into Ills
ml viinciil k h 1 1 loti of Lomzau.
"South of Mysgynlec. northeast of
I'mi-iiNxy. it 1 1 I oust of Hacylonz there
lime lieen enuiigetnents of a local
i haunter I imn the south of the
Vistula there Is nothing new to re
port."
M KKTIIKbK P1TKSUITS
Russians Flight lsIue to Maiurlan ! fr ;
jlie Ylctery Say Kxpert; Knllewl When the resoluliou reached the
le'a Htrategy la the Went. ) senate. slderatlon was put off tin-
;tll the next legislative day
III 111 IN Feb. jn- 'Mlsining the
situation In the east Major Moniht.
inllllury crt of the Tagehlatt isilnls
out that rt'iairt from general lienil
cpiaili'is show the pursuit of Ibe Hus
alatis Is piisvtsllng iu llirw directions.
The northern luoet has resulted in the
capture of Tatiroggeii hut not with
out fighting along the Hue from Tilsit
t Tu iiroii
The Kustdans however
were forced to retreat against Major
Moraht xaya ami It apia-ars that no
reinron-emeiits have beeu seut them
 -
fr'."'.1 Kmm- JwMnnea:
There also has been fighting north
west of Crodoo probably against the
fortress garrison sent ahead against
Ihe (iennaiis. The ttuatlou Is Just
as favorable In the district of the
Narevr river near Ixmua where the
Hermans still Hre cofjeiullng with
apparently fresh Itusslan Ii.m.is. from
the fortress at Uinnau
Hi'... ....... ...
  "":VWD''n' H  r'"
"f Mu"rl"" ' victory It was
"v"arM' and splendidly carried
". . w" "V' "nL "T '
nisi one norm or rarsam
Major Moraht declare the western
situation show the disadvantage of
the allies and continues:
"Our procedure there stands In a
certain degree under the pressure of
general .simlltlons. We must like
ieneral Iee abandon for the time our
hold warfare and restrain ourselves to
a steady holding on."
UKRUN Feb. 20. The overseas
New Agency gave out tislav the fol-
lowing Items for publication:
"Reisirt from Sofia. Hulgarln say
that hostile manifestations rurred
therefore Ihe Serbian legation and the
Montenegrin consulate.
"In negotiating with Kngland con-
cerning the use by her veels of neu-
tral flags (he Dutch government re
peatedly characterised the action of
the lirltlsb as an abuse .
"The Swedish custimi authorities
have taken the strictest measures to
prevent the smuggling of contraband
Into Russia. Hcrr Owynner. munager
of the iHMitwheliank who ha niudc
a rip to Munna says that financial
and economic aecomnllshmeiits of
Austria during the winter exceeded
ull exMM'tHtlon."
I'KTRtMIRAD Fell. 'JO The Itns-
slan minister to Koutnanla M. I'ok
U vsky Kor.ell In a report to the Itus-
slun foreign minister M. Ka.onoff
say that aivordlng to such Informa
tlon as be has been able to gather.
Roiiniaula will he able to gather her
present (sillcy of annul and watchful
neutrality taking sides neither for nor
ai'iilust Russia ami her allies.
"Russia should not rely upon th
co orat1on of Itnunianla " says the
minister."
RKCF.IYER'S CKRTIFK ATLM
ARE OKDF.KFI) FOR M. t. a 0.
KANSAS CITY Feb. '& Ite-elver's
certificates to the amount of l.7r
HiO a a temiwirary expedient for the
flnsikilrl I lkl.l...M.K ....I . ..
'I hree iniurtera nf i.oil. 1 n
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' T"l"" "...allasting 3
;il. .. 1 U1.i .
failure 011 the part of a railroad to
a test case argued that the quaritloo
was one for court determtnatJoa
ROTTKKDAM SHINg"
8II0WS NO STAGNATION
-ROTTKUDAM Feb. -Tb tgna-
tliwi In shlpplug at Rotterdam
eaenia to bar been du to the
weather rather than to Germany' de-
deration of a war aon. Tb hlptilng
today waa normal. Of fourteen In-
coming vessel all were British and
the lx temra whkh departed were
all Brltlaa.
ROCK ISLAND SPECIAL
Train ( Um Hundred Cmrt Carrying
Bulrk Autamobllea for Distribution
On Pacific t
tine hundred carload of Bulck an-
louioldh are scheduled to leave the
factory at Flint Mich. today enroute
to the Panama raclflc Exposition at
Shu Francisco. The train la called
the Panama Kxiwltton special and
will te taken over the Hock laland
lines. It In the largest automobile train
for many months say rhllrd off!
da Ik.
The Kock Island la very proud of
the big special and It in being talked
of all over the system lu fact It la
one of the uiont remarkable trains
ever aeut over uuy rallroud hi the
United tttalea.
ASKING CUEAPEU KENT
Legislature Want to Hear From
Those VMi WUI llouae Ibe State
Department for Twe Year.
The house eiprexsed lta willingness
to hear propositions from owners of
every office building lu Oklahoma
City who desire to submit bids for
housing the statu departments for the
licit two .'li is when it passed with-
out opposition a resolution by Hun
ter of Choctaw providing for Ihe ap-
pointment of a Joint committee of
three from each house to luveattgate
the HUhJtsts of rent and to retnrt
it reitimuicudatlons back to the house.
Representative Hunter declared
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Yuembers of the legislature that will
save the slate SKUMKI a year In the
housing of state departments.
"There will he absolutely 110 pa
sltlon to this resolution If this house
Is possessed of the Information that
I now hold In my hand" declared Itep-
rete'iilatlve Kwlng of Ugan. "The
state has paid out since June 1910
the enormous sum of $ 117WH.12 for
rentals of departments In Oklahoma
City according to these figure fur-
iiUlwxl too liv the hoard of niiMIc af
SHUT THEM CUT
OF AUDITORIUM
Tearher Kay They Were Premised
Meeting Flare and that Effort Was
Then Made to Keep Them Out.
Alleging that au outcropping of the
fight of the Oklahoma City school
hoard turned up at the Initial meeting
of the Central Oklahoma Kducatlotial
sssis liitlon yesterday mianbers of
the association today accused C. ('.
Hudson president of the school board
and 1'rlni'lpal J. (J. Masters of unfair
dealing. They allege that although
promised the auditorium of the high
sctusil by the hoard as a whole that
the president taking the isiwer In hi
own hands attempted to keep them
from holding their meetings there in
day. When approached by the off!
clals they say Hudson profeed no
knowledge of having given them ier
utlwdnu to use the auditorium. The
aHHoclation men finally were able to
eleur the auditorium of students and
proceed with the meeting.
The asscx'latton progressed amird-
lug to schedule tills morning and af
trrnoon. Nearly l.tHHI teachers are
now In the city and though not as
many as were exis-ctcd are present the
showing 1m gissl llvcelleut addresses
have been made good isituts discussed
and It Is believed that the convention
will show favorably "with others held
here.
The reception held at the Lee-
11 tick Inn last nU'hi was pronounced a
decided atlcves In those present. A
large numlier of Ihe city teacher met
the visitors and mingled together for
au hour. The clt) siiierintendent and
his wife Mrs. Fred Sutton and oilier
prominent school teacher and patrons
were In the receiving line. Cflark C
Hudson president of the board of ed-
ucation was not present. .
The meeting today were according
to schedule the general sessions being
held In addition to the departmental
meetings A feature of the general
session yesterday wa a scathing re-
buke of the meiller In any branch of
schisd activity which wa contained
In an address by Prof. F. C. Smith
of Kilmoiid.
He defined the meddler and troubles
maker as the worst blight of a achool
system There are ouie men lie as-
serted he felt he simply had to knock
and bv ho doing shattered really gissl
systems by knmklng a good idea. His
j talk almost directly had a bearing on
the si'hisd trouble that have been
stirring the city lately.
The association convention will
dose tonight It la believed hy all
that the good result of tb conven-
tion will work well for the teacher
In the twenty-tore represented coun-
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BRIEFS FOR APPEAL OF
FRANK FOB RELEASE FILED
WABHINOTON Feb. 20. Attorney
for Leo M. Frank sentenced to death
for the death of Mary Phagan the
Atlanta factory girl filed lu the u
prene conrt today brief In Frank's
appeal from the Georgia federal court's
refusal to release him In a habeas
corpus proceeding. The appeal will he
argued next week
FRENCH R EMERY ES EXIST
NO LONGER; ARE REGULARS
PARIS Feb. 2t. ( Ieneral Joffr.
the French commander In-chief Is-
sued an order of the day saying:
"Now that the reserve regiment
bave acquired splendid ability they
henceforth would be put on the same
basis as the active army. Tb desig-
nation of i-werve' baa been aup-
pressed. RI K8IANK BOMBARD FRZEMY8L
INFLICTING HEAVY LOSSES
VIENNA Tla Pari. Feb. ).-A db
patch fratn Cracow aay the Russian
hav begun to hooibard Prsemya! with
new heavy artlllywry and hav drlveo
the Austrlana back ahuig th ltn of
KriMiio-jaHio-aorlfc-. The Aiutii-
ana are repot red to have Buffered'
heavy haute In the last three day at
Wysskow uear Imkla nasi.
AUTO SPEEDERS
11
OFFICERS
Furlong of San Antonio Will
Have Charge of Hares Uere
' Next April.
WILL OFFER MOD l' WISES
Officials for the auto aiwd race ;
mat will he tiel.l Here April -in aim
22 were selected at a called meeting 1
of the members of Hie Southwest j
a. w-.1... .u noLm at the lee-1
Ilucklus hotel at noon tislay. W. J.
Furlong of Sun Antonio Tex. premier
auto referee of the American Automo-
bile assiHlation will be the man In
charge of the races iu his capacity of
referee. Fred J Wagner of f.os
Anirele. CaL stuitci : M. W Clark. J
K. Sevforth lud W. C. Dean timer
Andy Hlun and Fred Shaw teclinl-1
oal committee were chosen as bis
hcliier.
In the selection of officials the a
scsdatlon mi'iuliets Mleve that they
tfuve chosen to represent the Ameri-
can Automobile aso latlou a good
If not the la-st corps of men avail-
able. Furlong the starter Is au old
baud at Ihe rcferts-'s guuie and lu the
efforts of San Antonio to get the race
that will Is' held here Furlong played
not a little part.
Furlong a (iood Man.
It Is Isdleved that his annexation
to the list of orriilals of the rms's
here will mean not only a great liene
Tit to the affair Itself hut will bring
to Oklahoma City a treat numlHr of
people of hi town Hint wouW other
wise not take a great deal of Interest
In the race.
That Furlong Is sure to he a record
Issister In San Antonio the officers
feel assured. Wagner the starter has
been a professions! starter for Ihe
past ten year. He has started a great
majority of the world's greatest races
The formal niinlli iillon to the
American Automobile iissoclntton for
sanction to the noes was filled out
and sent to the association headquar-
ters today. The fee for this Is I'MXI
which was taken from the treasury
despite the fact Ihiil all Ihe stock has
not as yet lieen s.ld The spirit of
success Is slning In the minds of the
assiK'lalbin member- and the step was
taken with the ns-urimrc by resident
V.. tt Cnrbart that the men of the
cltv who have not as yet subscribed
would do so In the near future.
Fume to Be lrge.
The first day's races will be held
for Oklahoma entries only. The en
trance fees decided usn todav was
fit) the nurse 11.1100. which will tic
divided into four parts otl. rs. IS and 
10 per cent of It Isdng awarded to tho
leading four contestant. The distance
of this raie was set at ninety nine
mile.
The second day's race the free for
all allowing entries from all part of
the world will Ih for a purse of
$.Vixi. an entry fs of film ami will
be Lt'l miles or (17 lai nf the pro
poNcd course.
"The race Is assured." said F.. R.
Carhart president of the association
al the lunch. s n today. "It will he
a great suci-css and as things now
stand merits the strong support of the
Itlr.en of Oklahoma City. It can't
fall to be a big sui-cc as long as men
of the sort that hive Im-cii aiding the
association keep up the gissl work.
SWIZTFRLAND MAM FACTITtFRS
FACING A SKRIOI S PROBLEM
BASEI Switzerland Feb. 'M
Swiss manufacturer are facing a ae
rioii problem growing out of the con-
gestion of traffic al Oeuoa. Elghl
hundred thousand bales of cotton are
piled on the wharves and an Immense
variety of other merchandise haa been
held up owing to the stoppage of
freight traffic on the St. (iothard
Blmplou railway.
The accumulation of gssla ha be-
come so great It may be four months
before freight is delivered. In the
meantime the manufacturers must
meet the heavy storage charge.
The Italian state railway adminis-
tration announces there Is a shortage
of '.O.WMI cam.
FIRST COINTKRFEIT RESERVE
NOTE IN POORLY MADE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 211.- The first
i-ounterfelt of a federal reservu note
has appeared. It la a t-'i tiote of the
Dallas federal reserve bank printed
from poorly etched plate the secret
service sys ou two pless of paper
with silk threads ijetwecii. The note
la a quarter of an Inch shorter than
the genuine and inter r tynn says
Is such a Mir plec of work It should
lie detected readily.
A RARE
FARM
BARGAIN
IN acre or more If desired rtcn
valley land under th Fullerton Ir-
rigation 8atein hi JacJuwu Couuty
Oklahoma. Gravity flew no pump-
ing required. Water available every
day la th year; 130 acre alfalfa
growing n tS I a ad. bo growing
big rv tor year. Prptnl
water right paid up. I mile from
on ahlpplng point 6 aitle rroa an-
other; flu level rad; I mile
fro Altua County (teat with T
railroad outlets. A'aaf proposi-
tion big crops very year. Owner
fcas mora land than h en oar for
ad must sail part of tt Aak for
full Information
W L Potter) Owner
Oluet OhU.
COUKT REDUCES TEKM
Lyou Will Get Out In One Year and
Life 8eutncee ef Three Other
Wrr Affirmed ty (be Court.
The two-year-terra of J. M. Lyou lu
the poulleutlary la modified to ou
year by the criminal court of appeala
in au oplnlou by Justice Armstrong
though the Judgment of the lower
court la affirmed with the modifica-
tion of sentence. Ijon waa tried on
a charge of assault on li. J. Weddle
with a deadly weapon. Lyou claimed
self defense though It wa testified
that both men had their knives upeu
at the same time. The rase waa ap-
icalod from the district oourt of
Wagoner county.
The case of the city of Kingfisher
mmvi tm the same ground us given
In recent case In Oklahoma City
The city waa given an adverse Judg
went by the county conrt.
1 t.tiT- nriiiru-n v& diHjvi iieiej
1 Jones lewls ami Simpson lewls all
Creek Indiana convluted of the mur
der of John Ashury in Novemlxr
11)11 are affirmed In an opinion by
Justice Io vie. It. waa shown that the
Indians killed Ashury and placed his
body ou Ibe rallnwd track. The case
came up from the Mcintosh county
district court.
iu an isalulon by Justice Armstrong
Ihe sentence of thirty daya In Jail
and tW fine given Nichols Rally by
the Stephen county court for violating
the prohibitory law and that of Steve
Shannon of Mcintosh county of a floe
of tltXI and and sixty days In Jail are
affirmed.
Whenever You Need a General Tetilc
Take Or'.
The Old Standard drove's Taste-
less chill Tonic Is equally valuable
as a (ieneral Tonic because it con-
tains the well kuowu tonic proper-
ties of Ql'lNINE and IRON. Drive
nut Malaria enriches Blood Builds up
the Whole System. 50c.
THY TO AMEND
PRIMARY LAW
Charge I Made That Kepnbllrns
te In Democratic PriniaJiee and
Amendment t Law la I'rged.
"Republican ever since statehood
have Issmi trying to run Ihe KciikktsI
lc primaries by going Into the voting
IkhiIIis and supimrtlng our weakest
men" declared Senator Charles Har
ret t of Shawnee lu supporting a ma
jority committee reiwrt that the Suth-
erllu hill seeking to regulate primary
elections du pas.
The bill was opposed by Republican
member of the senate who through
Senator furrau brought out a minor
'ty report eeeklug to kill It
The mat-
ter waa left pending without a vote on
the queNtlen of adopting the minority
report when the senate recessed at
l:!td this afternoon.
The bill would require any party
In order to secure the nomination of
any of Its candidate to cast for each
of these candidates a total of forty
1st cent of the entire voting strength
of the party ou the positions for
which such candidate waa running and
in the district In which he was a can
dlflU. a registered in the next pre
ceding general election. Senators
Snthprlln and Shaw explained that the
chief otijact ot lue bill was to prevent
Republican and Socialist from vot
lug lu the Democratic primaries and
attempting to control that party.
Senator llucknvr and Barrett de
clared that Reptlbllran went Into
the primary in the last election and
voted for Democrat whom thny did
not Intend to aupsrt lu Ihe general
election.
lietnocratle senator also charged
that Republicans and Sislallsta had
Ignored the primary election law and
nominated by referendum or convention-
methods so that they might be
left free to go Into the Democratic
primaries.
Senator Rurford of Igau county
stated that the Republicans did cbiw-
en the convention methml merely be-
cause 1t waa Impossible to get good
candidate to make primary contest
whea there wa little chanc of elec-
tion. He declared that he favor a
atrlct law that will prevent member
of any party participating lu the pri-
mary of another hot declared that the
Sutherlln bill would not accomplish
this result and la manifestly unfair to
the minority part lea. He expressed
the opinion that It would react upon
the Democratic party If enacted and
be defeated under referendum vote
of the people.
TAKE HALF DAY
RECESS MONDAY
AppreprtatlMM far Back Pay f Thee
In Gaaae WarwWl Detrtnwit LeI
Out ot Pending Bill
ftiar-
Tbe house In committee of the whole
this morning killed th enta bill by
Watruus making deficiency appropria
tion from the gam fund for ex
pense and salaries of deputy fish
and game wardens for the three
1 mouth preceding Hie abolish men I of
their office.
Tbe bill also carried deficiency ap
propriation for payment of money
due to the Wallace Kvau gam farm
and other persona who had rendered
service for th gam dertnMot All
ot tb provlsluu for salarle and ex
pense of the deputy gam wardens
were voted out of the bill and then It
was killed hy An unfavorable report
or the committee ot tne whol.
Tb house thla morning voted to
rc Mouday from 11 . m. to 2 p.
m. In observance of Washington'
birthday and to devot a pg of th
house Journal for th printing of a
resolution presented by Representative
Brown of farter county landing tb
first president.
Th original resolution called for a
recess for the entlr day but thla met
opposition and It waa amended. Some
of tb members desired to adjonrn to
accept an Invitation to tb leglsla
ture to attend the atat convention of
Toting Men' Democratic club t
Muskogee ou Monday.
The wnrM slwsv ass Mm tn line
t th a has soaieikla t sag.
Ech
oest
A. i. Edmeodson of HoldenvlUe Is
advised U an opinion from the attor-
ney geueral' office that Tie cannot be
a member of the city Iswrd of educa-
tion and also of the county election
board at the same tlmo. He 1 fur-
ther Informed that he cannot be a
member of the county election board
and alao a candidate for office the
election for which must he held by Uie
county board.
Clarence King. oa of N. I. King ot
1X1 North Ellison who was hurt In
an elevator a week ago was removed
to hla home from At. Authony'a hospi-
tal yesterday afternoon. He I yet in
a critical conditions but much hope
I entertained for his recovery. Yes
tenia y waa hla alxteenth birthday. He
la unable to move ami owing to his
critical condition the attending phy-
sician Dr. Howard asks visitor to
stay away until there la some improve-
ment. Mr. M. Ross wh has r barge ef
th millinery department at the Pa-
risian returned this morning from a
month In New York where she made
a atudy of the latest model In mill!
nary. Mrs. Koa bought a splendid
stock for spring and brought with her
some ot the very lattart French models.
Vint l'. P. church tomorrow at II
Why Billy Sunday? At 7:1. the Hum
mum Ron um." J. It. Mlllln pastor.
Feb. 80 '10.
Mr. Mattle Hteward wh filed di
vorce proceeding In the district court
gainst C. H. Steward was allowed
2n cash and temporary alimony of
ll-'.SO weekly by District Judge Clark
yesterday. An order wa Issued for
bidding Steward to draw any money
from hi bank with tho exception of
the allmmiy money and gltl a week
for himself.
The PatnMi dub af Emerson school
met Friday the topic lielng "Home."
Mr. .1. F. Meenbngh bad a paper
011 "The Home the Rit of Clvllliita-
tlon." Mlaa Leah Wilson gave a rend
lug and Mr. 7. Martin Hill 1 lullany
Will Clark gave a talk on "Civic Iin
provement."
The Culbertaon Height Patron'
club met Thursday evening at the
building. R. M. Campbell gave a talk
on "The Patron Duty In Voting at
tbe Hchonl Elections." John Hoe gave
figures and Information on Ihe bust-
nee transacted hy the ncIiooI board In
the past two year showing the econ-
omy of the administration. A resolu-
tion waa passed and committee ap-
pointed to confer with tho hoard with
a request for the discontinuance of
the preeent system of principal asslat
ant. A resolution wa passed en-
dorsing Messrs. Hudson Hoie Ijtne
and Khldler preeent board member
for re-election at the coming electlou.
In an arder Utucd by the corpora-
tion comuilmlou the Rock la-
laud la directed to pay all costs In-
volved In a complaint brought by O.
0. Shock of Oklahoma (Ity relative
to tbe ahlpmetit of a car of live stock.
It la claimed that the car waa seut
from Council on th night of Decem-
ber 2J that It arrived at Clinton about
0 o'clock the next night and should
hav ben rnferrd to the Cllntou
ml Oklahoma aud Western o the car
could have gone to Butler the next
morning but that the car waa not
given to the hitter road uutl) '1 o'clock
on tbe afternoon of tbe 24th. This
caused unreasonable delay. It la com-
plained. The Both Island Is direct-
ed to pay the coet In the case and It
will be dismissed.
Prof. Arthur Howard Greene r-
esnist and musical director or tne
First Raptut cbnrcn Das recently re
ceived from Europe the music of the
national antheuia of the various bel
llgerent nation now heard on th bat-
tlefield of Europ. Prior to Ir. Hub
ten lecture Sunday evening be will
play on the great organ at (be Bap-
tut church oni of tbe national music.
Arraign aide by side In Judge
Prl(T court thla morning were th
four participants of a fUtle affray at
Ihe Monro hotel zw vieat lauiornia
which resulted In the arrest ot Fanny
Jones. Mrs. A. P. Allan M. O. Sraltb
and J. W. (lark. The quartet aur-
veyed each other with soar look when
testimony wa glveu hy their opn-
ent and officer. Much testimony coat
Clark 110 and costs and Mr. Allan
VI nd coats while Finny Jones and
Smith were r leased. The fight oc
curred last night.
On Waahlngt!' birthday Monday
II window will be upeu at tbe ksH-
office from 8 a. m. until noou. Clerk
In th mailing and city sections will
work nnder the regular holiday sched-
ule. Residence carrier wtll report
at their discretion between (1:1(5 and
7 a. m. and mske one complete deliv-
ery. Ruxlnes carrier will report at
7 a. m. and make two complete deliv
eries'. All carrier will deliver all
mall which haa lieen distributed tor
their respective districts. On Pom-
plete delivery of parcel pnat matter
will b mad. There will he no de-
llvarle on any of th rural route.
Regular holiday collection schedule
will be maintained.
Dennis WUI lam negr theught U
be about 80 year old and Inaana who
wa being held by county officer for
saralttn the arrival nf officers of the
atat Iiimimi ylnm it Norman died j n"Jw' through being one less than
at th county Jail thl morning. WH- Uuln W"mbrt.
llama wa captured yesterday after ! "he total amount of cargo transport-
noon about 4 o'clock hy member of"1 '"uary art a new record of
the hertff a fore and asylum antborl-1 M1 ton making total of a.lWS-
tle wr at one notified. The negro tn0 ramtng through th canal
died hortly after 8 o'clock this morn- frn ' of It oitenlng up to Fb-
lng. U had been awk aud up for nur' '.'
TL ""LI ?J.d il 'll'1 Jrl"r: : STEEL MILLS ARE CLOSED
ejn 1 HTI W Bj-.rrs x-i-a esssaa s nuuiuitiil
help. HI death Is th first In the
county jail 1nc a whit man died of
delirium tremen ther several month
After aVvy W aWut r4 the U
coa hook at tb conrt turns wa
again opod thla morning to register
a tlcue laaued to Orant Webster. 40
of Orient Ok. and Maud Wlnear its
of Thome Ok. A Mexican attempted
to get a llcen yesterday hut fell
short of Um required fe of $3.
Mr rtenk EeViy. wh haa recently
retura4 from India where ah apwit
a larga part of hr life a a mtasloa-
ary. wtll pk at th First Methodist
church Sunday morning it 11 o'clock.
Mr. Eddy hi B Ulumlnatlng. nUUla
Streets
astlc speaker. She has atndtcd Ihe
problem oil the east know Its poo
pie and Interests and lusnlres her au
dience.
Dr. K. A. Chase nastor nf Ihe First
Methodist church announce a eerie
of Sunday eveulug sermons ou "Mod-
ern Miracles." Tlw first grouu of
then addreaitea will be Sunday Feb
ruary 21 ' Helen Keller Miracle of
Orac and the Science 0f Education :"
March 7. "Jerry MaAuley Miracle of
the Converted Criminal and the Trans
formed Slum;" Murch 14 "The Hiulley
Brother Miracle of tho Converted
IHiwu aud Out and Mission to the
Slum;" March 'Jt -univ Sunday
Transformation of tbe Signing Man to
be Hie Prophet to Thl (feneration "
March 'JH "My Mot Miraculous Con-
vert a Tightwad Transformed.
The management of the Auditorium
Dancing Academy nays success nuis
assured by the cIhh of -opl at-
tending. Mayor Grant and a party of
Shrlner wero guest Inst evening. Au
on invitation rs extended to the
Hhrliier and their ladles for Mouduy
evening a guests of the management.
The ball I beautifully lllumlunted by
a iMXMj-eandlo power light lu the cen-
ter of the hall one of the largest that
nas been installed In the eltly. Also
100 tungHlen around the balcony. The
hall la being conducted ou Just us high
itcale as la possible to do.
"Sowing and Reaping In Oklahoma
City" will lie the subject of Dr Nine's
sermon at the l ulled Hrethren'church
tomorrow. A mixed quartet will
sing.
Member of the Zorllner Quartet to
he heard here at tlw Musical Art In-
stitute iu recital February 1 are now
lu Ihe city at tho U-e iluckliw hml.
This 1 on of the lest entertainment
In the entire course at the Mimical
Art Institute.
The Harrison Avenue Improvement
association will meet Monday night
at the Harrison Avenue Congregation-
al church Rev. J. E. Pershing will
preach tomorrow night 011 tho Improve-
ment of the east tddeof tbe city.
Tbe regular afternoon servlre at
the V. W. C. A. will bo conducted Sun-
day aftcruiKMi at 4 o'clock and Mrs.
0. M. Steffey will tqank. There will
be special music.
Announcement Wa made twUv la
the effect that the Folly theater own
ed and oieraf(sI for a number of year
ny r. M. T11II had beeu transferred to
the Folly Theater company incoris.r-
ated. The new company will take
'omplete charge of the theater Ihe
first of March. The owner were un
able to state tislay as to the future
INilley of the house except that the
theater would lie renovated and Im-
proved lu various wavs. The owners
were busy today taking au Inventorv
and checking up the prois-rtv. An
nouncement as to the plans will I hi
made In a few daya.
T. H. Webb today appealed to the
supreme -ourt from a Judgment of the
Oklahoma couuty district court In ills-
missing an apienl taken by Webb
rrmn the county commissioners In al-
lowing a bridge contract to Ihe Okla-
homa Concrete Bridge cnimmnv. The
district court dUmbwed the apienl of
"ew anil tne latter believe be will
lie 'able to make n bowiiig to the
higher court that will secure a revers-
al of tbe Judgment. .
R. E. Bowling county attorney f
Garvlu county submits the proposition
10 ine attorney geueral office that
no penalty on delinquent taxe for 'the
year 1010-11 12 can be collected where
no notice wa given. It I agreed by
the attorney general' office that thl
I the correct view. Referring to tho
new law passed by the legislature now
lu aelon. the opinion of the attorney
general call attention to the 8 per
cent Interest oil taxes now due and
th penalty. I'nder the new law no
notice I required. The attorney gen-
eral says: "The opinion only applies
where the tax Is delinquent and un-
paid aud no sale ha lieen attempted.
If aale ba lieen made aud tax certifi-
cate or deed Issued the right nf the
owuer to redeem or net aside the deed
raises other legal questions."
Mr. Edith M. Manden filed a peti
tion for divorce from 0. J. Mavwlrn
In district court late yesterday after-
noon. She charge abandonment Ac
cording to the Information filed they
were married In 1M5 and the husband
left In 1H1U. Mr. Marsden asked for
the ctiHtisly of tb three children of
the uulon.
Mr. Martha Hpurlork yesterday fil-
ed ault for divorce from Luther M
ipurhs-k In the district court. She
allege that the defendant has lieen
cruel and negligent In hla treatment
and haa deserted her for women of
bad repute. Hh asks for the custody
of th on child and teiiiirary al-
niooy. IN TOIXS FROM
PANAMA CANAL IN SIX MONTHS
Washington" Feb. 2o.-rp to
February 2 after the Panama canal
had been In operation thirteen day
short of six month th total amount
i ..oi- . ...
I vi i. Mm iviT-ivwi pawHHi io si.uwi.m)
mar.
Interference by th European war.
with the expected flow of business
through the canal waa Indicated hy tho
fact that during Jannary OH vessel
WHEN till WAOB IS WANTED
ClRANITB CITY. Ill Feb. 20-Th
closlug Monday of the big steel mill
her for an ludeflnlta period an-
nounced hy th manager last night
will throw bof4 than i600 men out
of work. eleven! daya ago a majority
of member af the Amalgamated A
onlatlon of Rteet Iron and Tin
Worker tn Urardte. City voted to ac-
cept out in wage rather than have
th plant cloaed down. Th reduc-
tion however was not accepted by th
Mttonal organisation and th mn
wer ordered tn demand their regular
wag. Thla tb general manager of
the mmpany announced he wa not
able to pny nd ltted tho clotrtng
ord. .-. . ' . t  j