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TWENTY-TWO PAGES OKLAHOMA CITY FRIDAY APRIL 11 1919
Pit.lwh irin.pl luniltr
I to r inunlh. l nr. la 4iilr.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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TO SEE DAM
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Patterson Denies. That Dam'
rroper is injurea.
JIVER BANK UNDERMINED
ower loppies into niver;
No Harm Is Expected.
Report that part cf the new city
Jam hai been washed away and the
pitlre itructure endangered were de-
filed this morning by Joe Patterson
Commissioner of public property. Mr
Patterson iisued the italemrnt after
a telephone conversation with H. M.
labitedt city engineer. Ia confirma-
of Mr. I'atterson's statement
ike Donnelly commissioner ol Ii-
e laid that upon hearing tne re-
late yesterday afternoon that the
Jam wa in critical condition aent
'Mfineeri to the acene to mipect con-
ittloni. I Dam Reported IaUet
"These men coniidered the report
V jokfeafler viewing the dam." said
AT. Donnelly this morning "they
Wld that the dam wai intact and was
m aw danger. We have alwaya con-
sidered it- physical impossibility for
Jt dam to be washed away."
KAeeordbif to Nabstedt'i report to
it. Patterson high water the result
jof recent rains has eaten into the
Mad bank contiguous to the dam on
She west aide of the rlvtr. A tow r.
Vied for transporting material across
lite river was undermined end col-
fepsed. It ii pointed out however
fg this wai only a Hmporary itruc
iS aad in no mum construed aa pa rt
of toe dam. Upon completing of th
Oak it would have been rietd Mr
staMM uli In view of the. fact
M there remalni but little work to
sTUm iSra U tittle likelihood that
Iretcnitructioa ol the tower will be
.feand aeceeiary be said.
I "Work on the dam wai begun from
tie eait lid ol tne river- sain ir.
Mnlalnino- the situation
till morning. "Ai work progressed
the rivef naturally wai diverted to
tfc weit flowing part the uncompleted
end of tne itructure. neiore n i
In tha river there was i
pace ancompleted between the dam
and tne wen ian oi '
Baak la TJaeerasiaed.
V "It ii through .tMi.paieage that the
I. um flowtnaJand I understand
k kai eaten Hi way into the river
Ssjak for letae disUnce. But the eon-
crate itrwrture the dam proper his
Sheet) daaseged and there U "
ndticforrtiortjtothtelfeet.
Mayor wittoa aa Commliiioner
Patterson. Kaeler aad Wllioa went t
UM icene thii torninf t obtain in-
. kutd. Aooerentlr each
taad the trie taddpeadently of
ether for with the excepiieo
witMi the srent ta differ
eM ears. Pressing boitaeei In the
ffaHMtel oepartnt orerenUd Com-
eailiioner Donnelly from -waking the
25 SPARTACAIIS
SHOT DY TROOPS
Bermany Insists Treaty Fol-
low Wilson's Principles
COPENHAGEN. April 11 In i
aew Scrtacin outbreak' at Duiiel
a i m Tk.w4. rwent-fhro e
iom wera killed nd twaBty-IWe
litMi 1 mhm . eovernment troope
aA marhlne nmi oo 5panacaaf dernH
i'Viiiritnn. tha bokal ' inieuRr m
A ifMi of several tnoutana ni
embled before Spartecin headnuar-
ktn' at DuiMldort imrrioiy aner-
ooa. Tha aollce ordered the crowd
disperse whereupon there wu
uimi w . wmn rc-MuortH
kroaght up tne crown
tmHtA turrirarfM ia the itrectt. In
tha fighting ia which - canattiei
irtra auilamed. the Spirtacani fled.
TkuulilnH the newiBaacr addi
Wat hi eoanpkste darkatMiM alffH
fee m and electrie watka havlm
; : IQiirttnaed on pa 'Ceteiiia 4)
tVJIEIC FV.OVILTE IS
I 'WET BY UOyCOO VOTES
'atONtUAL CaeW April 11-
jim nrge wmm. m ainam powa
Oaebee proytjee ytt to t keard
Iram. the "wet7aaaIorHr reehtered
at the refercnojbm yeettrday in favor
4 WaM win- eider aad beer had
4awad to JJftlgl tkji raornJa.
Anzac Troops
Want No "Dry"
New Zealand
NEWPORT "NEWS Va April
11. before tailing (or Aukland
New Zealand last nigh! the I.J06
New Zealand loldieri who arrived
here from England on the trans-
xrt Northumberland for coal
participated in the homeland'i pro-
hibition election by catting their
vntri aboard the ship. Concensus
of opinion among those who came
ashore wai that the soldiers' vote
was overwhelmingly "wet." The
ballot boxei will be opened the
day the venel arrive! at Aukltnd.
Legislature
Appropiates
Record Sum
Mote Than $19000000 In
volved Governor's Office
Figures Show
Appropriations by the Seventh leg
islature totaling more than 11900000
were the largest of any legislature in
the history of the stale according to
figurri made public thii morning from
the governor's office.
Appropriations approved by the bov-
ernor and which wilt be available
amount to $187J7028 22. Items dis-
pproved by Governor Robertson
nouat to M05.000 showing the total
appropriated exceeded the 1 1 9000000
mark.
Total aDoroDriationa mad b the
legislature two veari no amouateri to
NEGATIVE ARGUMENT
ON ROAD BLL FILED
Negative eminent on the tSDJXO-
uw road Dona proposal wai llled this
morning with the Kcretary of
by the special senate commit
posed of Senatora Elmer Tl
T. Mdntosh and Joe Sherman. Nw
affirmative argument will be filed by
the proponents of the bill it hai been
definitely announced and this meant
the negative argument will not be
printed and distributed it it said.
GERMAN LINER WITH
2000 MENDUE APRIL 18
WASHINGTON. Awil ll.-Sailina
(if the transport Kaiserin August
Victoria from Prance with about 2-
000 men including headquarters of
the Sixty-fourth field artillery bri
gade and the Mist field artillery com
Sete both of the Thirty-ninth dJvl
oa (Louisiana Arkansas Mississip-
pi national guard) wai announced to-
day by the War department The vei
Ml ii doe at NeV York April 18.
CHARITY CAMPAIGN
IS MOVING FASTER
Subscriptions of 1600 In cash the
largest amount for any single day
were received by the United -Provident
association thief morning in the
campaign for $25000. Today ti act
apart by the association ai "Charity
Dav." '
Tofal subscriptions now are $1700
and pledges amounting to between
$500 and $1000 have been received.
Most of the subscription! received
so far are small tew Dullness
houiei yet have subscribed Two con-
tribution! of $100 each wera received
thii morning however.
U. S.' OFFICIALS STUDY
NEW 'GERMAN PLANE
LONDON. April lL-New deveW-
meata ia the Foklrer type of airplane
the lading model vara by the ber
man army have attracted the atten-
tion of Americaa aviation authorities.
Army orders pukllihcd today an
nounced the detail of Col. Earl ale
Parland of the ordnance department.
ana Mai. Robert Marsh jr. of the
air .service to make invettlgatione of
the new .craft Hi the Nethcrtea
They wera ordered to Tha Hague for
trroDorary duty heing detailed ai mil
ttary obierveri wane engagce in tail
worfc
r i r r?pi
WASHINGTON. Aorll U.-Com
mandcr J. L Ackesaoa a oaval con-
trader detailed far duty with the
shipping board haa bcea appointed
vke pmldeat m charge of construc
tion of the Imeitmcy riaet . cor-
poratioa to raccaed Cur lei Plea
whose rtiignatioa kocosnei effective
May I
Flyers to Photograph Strip
20 Miles Wide Between City
And Post Field Fort Sill
Sub-Stations for Photographing Planes Here and Also at
' Chickasha Says Lieutenant-Colonel.
Who ever beard of
a hundred miles long
a photograph
and twenty
miles wide?
That is the sort of a nicture
aviators from Post Field. Fort Sill
are going to make (or the govern-
ment of a strip of country between
Oklahoma City and 1'urt Sill to
chart an aerial hiithway thrnuuli this
state.
Sub-Station Here.
Lieut. Col. K. ft Harnitr com
manding officer of Post 1-ield told of
the stunt today. Sub-stations will be
established at Chickasha and Okla-
homa City within three weeks. Three
planei will work out of each city un-
til the job is completed. The hun-
dreds of photograph! taken will be
made into a "mosaic" and rephoto-
graphed. .oionei narniii airpianed up trom
the post thii morning wifti Lieuten-
ant Carjradtn to make preliminary
PRICE FIXING
DISPUTE LEFT
UP TO WILSON
Existence of Industrial Board
Is at Stake.
WASHINOTON April U.-The
decision which President Wilton
will be aiked to nuke in the price-
fixing diipute between the industri-
al board of the department of com-
merce and the railroad adminisjra-
Uoo will be whether the board ihall
go out 'of existence immediately or
continue quiescent until the presi-
dent returns and a final policy ii
determined.
Secretary Redfield Assiitint Sec
retary Sweet Solicitor Thurman
and Chairman Peck today drafted a
cablegram to the president which
will be pat into final shape at an
other conference this afternoon. Un
til the president gives a decision the
board will not undertake to continue
in activities and no prices will be
announced on lumber brick cement
or other commodities under consid
eratioa
TH0BURN RESIGNS
FROM JCTIVE DUTY
Governor Robertson yesterday aft
ernoon promoted Capt J. B. Thoburn
of the supply company Second regi-
ment Oklahoma national guard to the
rank of mi or of infantry. Thobura
wai transferred to the national guard
reserve at hn own request. .
Captain Thoburn wai requested to
complete hii quarterly report ai cap-
tain of hie company then transfer hii
property account to Ma). S. H. nar-
relson of the quartermaster's corps
and receive hii honorable discharge
from active ierv.ee in the Oklahoma
national guard.
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IS COVl-tiCK vv'tM VUH
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tiw'i Boi 'low hi's set
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plans for an air recruiting campaign
with Colonel Tyndall in charge of
army recruiting in the 50000 volun-
teer campaign in Oklahoma. Barniti
and Colonel Tyndall will work out a
schedule of airplane visit through-
out Oklahoma on recruiting duty both
for the air service and the regular
army branches.
Ships ia Competition.
Post Firld will enter one or two
ships in the May distance flights to
Atlantic City arranged by the New
York World if the government sanc-
tions the stunt.
Anticipating much trans-continental
flying this year Colonel Ilarniti to-
day suggested to Charles E. Hall
manager of the Chamber of Com-
merce that Oklahoma City would be
a stopping point for all touring
aviators' it a hangar were to be built
at the cost of a few hundred dollars
to house two or three planes.
John R. Rose
To Lead Trade
Excursionists
Veteran Trainmaster to Be
in Charge of Annual
Chamber Tour
Announcement wai made thii morn-
ing that John R. Rote prciident ol
the Oklahoma ard Tnteritata Railroad
company will for the aixteenth con
secutive vear be in charge of the traia
that will carry the trade excursion-
ists over the state the middle of neat
month.
Rose conducted the firit trade ex
cursion ever held from Oklahoma
City and hai only missed two of the
seventeen that succeeded it
The joint committee of the iobbers
and manufacturers and the Chamber
of Commerce will meet tomorrow
noon in the Lee-Huckini to make
final arrangement! for the trip.
Ihe cost per man will now be. not
more than $95 according to H. C
McCord. chairman of the committee
The equipment of the train will be
one baggage car. one coach one li
brary car three putlmini one diner
one private car and one tourist car
McCord lays. The excursion will
tour the northern eastern and west
ern parti of the Kate. It will prob-
ably itart on May 12 and last until
nay 17.
BOHEMIA MAY ASK
LOAN OF UNITED STATES
BASLE. April 10. The newsoarwrs
ot Prague announce that the Bone
mian minister of finance haa submit
ted to the national assembly a prooo
sition to conclude a loan in the
United States of $171000000. Of this
amount $50000000 would be utilited
for the purchase of ' raw material
$100000000 for the recusation of ex
change rate and the remainder form
a guarantee fund for a purchasing
consortium. i
K3 ram:
(By The Aaatwsated Praea.)
ARCHANGEL. Thursday. April 10.
American and Russian forces yes
terday afternoon raided the bolsheviki
position about Bolshie Oserkl. taking
nine priioneri and two machine gum
and destroying a blockhouse.
Famous Budapest Race Track Costing
Five Million Is Plowed Up For Potatoes
WOftKlNGMEN HAVE CLUBS IN HAPSBURG PALACES
(By The Aaswelattd Prwaa).
BUIJAPEST Thuriday April 10-
Tke eiectioni In Hungary for the
Citation ol Kvtet council! passed off
without reported iacidents soviet or-
ganisations being formed in .he coon-
try district! by means ot thii bal-
loting. The whole process will he
carried out under ihe coercion of the
red army with tha majority of the
voteri ha many placet not appearing
to know why they were voting
Notwithitanding tha desperate
eirneitneii df the communists out-
ilriere now hi Hghgary kre Hill lit
eluved to take the economic view of
thi experiment which they leel will
MEDALS If
TO LOAN MEN
Victory Campaign Workers
to Be Honored byU. S
SENATOR OWEN TO SPEAK
Short Moving Picture Propa
ganda Films May Be Run.
Medals cast from captured Ger
man guns will he given to V ictury
Liberty loans workers as a token ot
the appreciation of the government
for their work and as a wa.r record
according to word received by the
county Liberty loan committee this
moring.
Some of the thousands of "minnen-
werfers" and "big Berthas'' captured
by the American soldiers in France
are soon to be melted and the
bronre in them made into the medals
which will bear the United States
treasury building on one side and a
certification that the individual
worked in the Victory loan campaign
with a blank space for the name on
the other. ' The county committee has
nqt as yet been informed as to the
exact regulations for giving out the
medals.
Owea Will Speak.
A luncheon of the executive com'
nnltee and the 80 captains will be
held in the Chamber of Commerce
Saturday noon April 19. The princi
pal speaker will be Senator Robert
U Owen. This will be the final
meeting at which the organisation of
the teams will be prelected two days
before the opening of the campaign
Arraneementi are now being made
to have some of the aumeroue short
moving pictures which arc now being
out Out by leading film exchange! in
the Interests of the loan brought to
this city. .The filma feature the most
popular stars in plots woven around
the Victory pan.
Proof sheets of the national adver
tising have jtut arrived at the head'
quarters of the county committee -and
are examples of a most striking and
original type of modern advertising
according to H. W. Smith publicity
manager
Heroa Reaored.
One series of 12-page ads entitled
"America's Immortals" is especially
interesting Smith lays. This series
shows American soldiers decorated
for bravery in the feats for which
they received the honori and in
cludei a panel of explanation.
The following Advertising club
committee hai been appointed to car
ry on the publicity work. I. W
Dawson chairman of the committee
on copy writing and newspaper
pace L. L. Sargeant Jamei F.
Keeshan and C T. Walker. The
etunti committee which will have
charge of the circui parade tally de
vice aad . street demonstrations it
composed of Jamei Mathewi. R. B
Jones. Harold Halsell Allen Street
and K. o. ualroway. -
NO REGISTRATION
FOR CITY WOMEN
Women aad other voteri of Okla
homa City and other placee where
registrations were held prior to mu
nicipal elections who did not avail
thenwelves of the opportunity of reg
istering at that time cannot now reg-
ister in the supplemental registration
preceding the special bond election
according to Attorney General Free-
ling. Thii lupplementat registration is
for those who have become qualified
voteri lince the lait registration ay
reason of becoming of voting age or
by maturing a residence since the pre-
ceding registration" laid the attor-
ney general
.
not develop into a lasting luceeit al-
though whether condition will be-
come worn before they grow batter
la a debatable question.
New Mlaletera Accomasaaatiaa.
" Ctfriow talci are told-concerning
the new government mimsten who
are to accustomed to performing of-
ficial duties that they are ready to
accede to almost any kind of a re-
quest to oblige forcigneri and ahow
good wilL
The work of organising the coun-
try is being feverishly continued. The
central feature of the plan la to ap-
ply the trust idea M all Industrie!
putting each group ol factoriei tax-
Draft Complete Within
e
3 Days and Presented
To Foe in Three Weeks
Conference Agrees
Frontiers Reparation and Indem
nity Announcement from Paris;
PARIS April 11. While
trine amendment adopted by the league of notions commifl-
sion at its session last night ia withheld its main features are
substantially along the following lines:
Article X Nothing m Una covenant ihall be con-
armed aa invalidating any agrwment euch aa the Mon-
roe doctrine for the maintenance of peace.
PARIS. April 11. Havas ) The peace conference has reached-. an
agreement on all questions concerning p'eace with Germany reparations in-
demnities and the frontiers of the Khine and Poland according to an inter-
view in the Petit Journal with the private secretary of Premier Lloyd
George. Certain details remained and it is added they will I settled in
two or three days.
The drrman delegates will be summoned to Versailles within two or
three' weeks.
The British premier hit secretary
the allies agree as well at present as irVing the war the achievements of
she peace conference will be lasting and numerous dangers including Bol-
shevism wjll be abolished.
BULLETINS
LONDON April !!.4he New
Zealand soldiers la Great BriUia
have voted oa the qaeitioa of prohl-
bitioa ia New Zealand which ia ap
for deciaioa there si follows:
For prohibition 31 JO; agatast pro
hibition lSjeo.
MEXICO CITY April 10-
(Tauiiday.) BsailUae Zapata the
bandit Wader ia leathers Meiice has
beea killed aecorelDf to a aewspapar
dUaetca received bete tonight fie
CMttJa la the state of. Menloe.
WASHINOTON April U.-Baak-era
railroad aaaeatlvee aad Director
General Hiaee ia toaierence .today
agreed to co-operate to care for May
1 fiaaacial requiresMBU of the rail-
road along the aaaw Usee followed
ia previdlag for April 1 requirement!.
COPINHAOtN April ll.-A iaa-
gaiaary colllaioa oecarred last eve
ning at Daaafg betweea a crowd aad
the traoei guarding the aqua re ia f toat
of the railway etatioa. Three persons
were killed aad emial wouadid when
tha trior fixed ad the people.
LOAN HOLIDAY Oil
STATE Din
Governor Declares April 22
"Volunteer Day." '
i April 22 the thirtieth anniversary
of the ooenina. of Oklahoma terri
tory ia declared to be a statewide
holiday to be designated ai "Victory
Volunteer Day" fa a proclamation
issued thii morning by uovernor J
B. A. Robertson.
The purpose of the holiday is to
give the people of Ihe state an op-
portunity to make . voluntary sub-
scriptions to the Victory Liberty
loan.
'1 appeal to all loyal citiiens to
halt their private business on that
dav and to answer to the call of our
government by subscribing and sell-
ing Victory bonds to the end that
Oklahoma may herald to the World
ill voluntary response to the last
appeal of our country for aid in the
Great War." the governor nyi in
the proclamation.
ilea glassware hardware etc under
one expert who ii ma cm responsible
for iti operations.
Ctake SaclaHaad. "
AD the cluhi and faihionible ex
ctniive letorti hive been socialised
including the Park ehib. The Jockey
club hai been converted into a labor-
en home and the epwndid race
course which cost a year's time and
fSjOOtyOOO to make ia being plowed
ef for potatoes.
Then is an oreWxatlou of
en! red guards functioning now hot
ha 100 member! are Occupying them
(OewMueed an Page l Oetema a.)
on Rhine and Polish
the text of the Monroe doc
is quoted as saying thinks that if
The session last niht began at 8:J0
o'clock and did not end until after
midnight The French representa
tives urged that the covenant be print-
ed in French. No derision was
reached by the commission on this
point.
The women's deputation which was
received by the commission and which
asked that the principle of suffrage
for women be recognised in the cove
nant of the league aa one to be ap
plied throughout the world was head
ed by the Marchioness of Aberdeen
She assured the commission ol the
sympathy with the league of nations
felt by their organisation the Interna
tional Council of Women Suffragists
of the allied nations. She urged the
commission to consider the recogni
tion of the equal 'right of women t
sit in the league.
The further requests of the women
were for the suppression of traffic in
women ind children the establishment
of a bureau of education and of an
international bureau of hygiene.
Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrewi repre
sented Hie United States.
Members of the commission said
there had been no discussion as to the
date of the probable first meeting oi
the league of nations organization.
Important Checks
To Peace Removed
WASHINGTON. April ll.-More
progress has been made in the peace
conference during the past forty-eight
hoori than for the entire previous two
. .f ; .
wccki according 10 auvicei received
today at the White House from Paris.
Without giving detail! these ad-
viceaHndicated that tome of the dif-
ficulties delaying progress in the ne-
gotiation! had been overcome and
that the president . had secured the
acceptance of certain of the important
point! lor which he had been con-
tending. Wilson's Plea
Is Effective
PARIS April 11. -At the meeting
of the commission on a league of na-
tion ten lections of the covenant
were considered and passed. The
Japanese amendment was nut reached
and the actual text of the section ex-
emptingNhe Monroe doctrine from the
provisions of the covenant of the
league of nations is not yet available.
American commissioner! itated
however that the doctrine was deft'
nitely named In the government guar
anteeing that it will be affected by
the termi in the covenant. Another
meeting will be held tonight when it
ii hoped wit the work s.ill be com
pleted.
The adoption of the section exempt-
ing the Monroe doctrine wai the only
exemption made during the meeting
last night. President Wilson offered
the amendment and made a plea for it
saying that he believed the doctrinv
wai protected under she terms fm
specific exemption he felt it impera
tive that the amendment should be
added. There wai tome adverse ar
fument but tha amendment wai
adopted without prolonged opposition
MORE TROOPS ASSIGNED
TO EARLY CONVOY HOME
WASHINGTON ' April 1 L-A
cablegram from American expedi
tionary headquarter! to the war de
partment today announced that all
organisations of tha 29th (New Jer-
iey Virginia Maryland Delaware
and District of Columbia) and 33rd
(Illinois) divisions had been' as-
ligned to "early convoy at well at
the 150th field artillery field brigade
(S3rd division) and base hospital No.
J7
coal nires
TO WALK OUT;
CHIEFS MEET
Dac of strike to Be Fixed
Today at Muskogee i
ACTION IS CERTAIN SAID
Walkout Intended to Settle
Long-Standing Dispute i
MUSKOGEE. Okla.. April ll.-A
strike of approximately 4000 union
miners in Arkansas Oklahoma and
Kansas properties of the Central
Coal & Coke company of Kansai
City will be called by John Wilkin-
hi president of District Zl and Alex.
Igwatt president of District 14
United Mine Workers at a confer-
enre here this afternoon.
Ihe ttril.e has already been au
thorized by executive boards cf both
districts and there is no doubt that
it will be called Mr. Wilkinson said.
The meeting is to agree on the date
it will take effect and on the prin-
ciples on which it will be called and
Ihe terms on which the minen will
lettle.
The strike grows out of a four-
year-old dispute with the Central
company over the time machine min
ing crews shall start work the com-
pany contending it has the right to"
lu arbitrarily what eight noun ol
the day the men shall work. The
miners contend ft should be iixed by
mutual agreement.
Two rates of discharged miners
whom the union ' wants reinstated
are also factors.
Date of the strike will be Iixed at
a conference this afternoon.
FIRED POLICE
MAY PROTEST
Civil Service Rules Entitle
Themo Hearing. ' j
Members of the police department1
removed bv Mayor Walton have the
option offfilfliK a protest with the civil '
service commimon. it became known
today. Person;) appointed under the '
civil service must be approved by
three votes of the city commissioners.
Kenioval from ollice necessitates four
votes. Civil service officials point out
that i a perion removed would file
a protest it wouid be necessary to file .
specific charges showing why he Wga
unfit for office and to grant a hear
ing to the accused before the come
missioners.
The attitude of men fired from the
police force was to the effect that If
they were not wanted they would get
out rather than protest. Even If re-
instated they said condittona weu!4
be made unbearable.
Civil service officials laid thW
morning that Mayor Grant during hie
administration tried to oust civil
service employes but that he failed
when no charges were proven against
hiem.
BACHELOR'S WILL GIVES '
SPIRITUALISTS $500000
FORT WORTH. Texas. April lls
John L. Jackson bachelor who wai
found dead m an automobile near
Evant Tuesday left his entire estate
valued at $500.0110 to the spiritualista
of the United Statei to establish a
college Jackson was a director in
thirty-two Texas hanks. He had
$10000 in cash in his pockets whet).
found. He died natural death. (
ALIENS ENRICHED BY I
WAR WORK LEAVING U. S.
NEW YORK. April llt.nricbe4
bv wir work aliens are leaving this
rrur.try at the rate of more than owe
thousand a day it was learned her
today from custom! officials! sho ex
pressed fear that with the possibility
that congress may limit immigratioaj
for the next four yean the Unite
States will face a lerioui labor ihort
age. initead of a condition ol unesBH
ployment ' l
RED CROSS PRAISES J
CLOTHCOvSKiTTq
"Congratulations for the tactical
response In the used clothing eaav
paign" reads the telegram teeasSatJ
by Arthur E. King who had r-)
f the tlothvng drive reeeattw aw
pleted here. Iron the kaa6Xaiiata if
the southwest ertr division at tae C J
Cross. "So fay' at we knew r .
reached your mota owkker akg) Lj
other chapter in the divUW fleeg
extend to your workers ear ghajifj
thaakf- (or tMLstayal lepeert .7y
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1919, newspaper, April 11, 1919; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc171093/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.