Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 193, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1919 Page: 1 of 16
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Oklahoma city
IMES
LATE STREET
Night and Day WJrei
ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDITION ?
Paid Circulation Craalcr Than Any Other Evening Ntwipaper Publithcd in Oklahoma
Enisled II Ih Oklahoma nklehuino. post nl fir eeccndcisse mall undei th eel ot sterol) I 1171.
VOL. XXXI. NO. 193.
SIXTEEN PAGES OKLAHOMA CITY WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2ft 1919
do er month. 100 per .r la Hum.
fublianed !Jn ltir.pi (tuna.
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HI PURCHASE
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RECALL PAPER
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Petition Filed Early Today by
County Assessor
OATH VIOLATION CHARGED
Maladministration in Office
Is Also Charged'
Purchase by Ilia city ef three auto-
timl Ilea for ilea of tha police depart-
ment at a me. It la alleged whan no
fun.ls were available for the purpose'
la una charge In tha recall petition
agalnat Mayor Walton filed by Jainee
lieatjr. county aeaaaaor thla morning
wllh l'. F. Hemmalbeck city clerk.
The petition contain 110 algnaturea
and lis typewritten namea. The peti-
tion waa (ll'd at 10:10 o'cloi k thla
morning. Mayor Walton la to reclv a
copy of tha petition eome tlrna today
by reglatered mall at hla home fldre.
Mayor till Silent.
Tha mayor would make no comment
an the petition even after It la filed.
He will have five daya ta anawer the
hargra agalnat him. hul would not ey
toitay whether he will attempt de-
fenec Iteaide the aulnmohil purejiaee
Peaty ellesra the following!
1. Thit Walton haa violated hla
athNtf oftlct bv refualno te sup.
port obey and dafind tha Oklahoma
constltullsn and tw and to n.
farce eitv erdlnancea.
I. That ha la 0'illty of malad-
mmietrailen In offiee.
1. That ha baa violated ttate law
In mshlno hla eetlmat of city
revenue at VM SOO. which la In ea-
rn ot the revenue for tha preced-
ing :'iar.
Thla le Just the alart-we v got
plenty more ratiira for the other petl-
IPna" i ii ell Iteaty nld when he
filed the i tlttun.
flavor I cek ago when the "recall
moxmtnt v.ua ftret alerted the mayor
aajjd lie would til petition for recall
oja'nut Joe ratHraon rommlaateaatf ef
n'ubl'f rrnoerlv and Mlh Ponnally.
mminlaelin'r of finance tn momeni
-tma- waa filed agalnat him. 9m na
i did not m ike any etatementn oout
till! matter today.
II ccuard ralteraon. howrrwf.
l elnf opnoa d to tha hegt Intereata of
tho city In tho appointment of ehein-
let to aeo that th munlclpaj wmor
oupnly la properlyi treated to woura
(iood drlnl.lm water for tho city.
Will force Action.
"If he 'doean't ot I wli force him
to" the meyor oold. "Tha committee
omprleed of Ifctterenn. Mark Kealer
and Ollle Wllaon waa appointed to aaa
that olepa are made nt once to employ
ehemlOt and It'o golnj lo be done.
Pnttereon had not yet coiled a meet-
Ing of the committee at noon today. Me
aid ba would do ao anon but mad n
otatement about tho piano contomplet-
''"Tho pootNbn to ereatot! win
the city about U.aJ a year arcordlim
to tho eotlmateo of the mayor.
The text of Beaty1 petition lo ao fol-
jameo Heaty eSily oallfled
lector In and for tho eltr of Oklahoma
rity otat of Oklahoina end reatdlni
m aald city l il Morth Klein air
do. for myeelf nd oe the auly atner-
laed ond conotlluted repreeenlatlva of
thoae fluallfled Hoetom In ml frtM
city of Oklahoma City iUt of Ohto-
w km. nema aha fdaOOO of
realde'noa are hereinafter Oa forth aotiuiity when arraigned In Juatlc court
n port of thla affidavit hereby prepoee
tho recall of oald J. C. Wlton from
tho office of mayor and oomtnlaelemer
of puhlln offalra of aald city af Okla-
homa City In occordaneo wllh Article
Tf of the charter of oald rlty ond aa
rautido therefor do hereby make give
Hd preaent tho followlnf otatement.
to-wlt:
Oath Violation Charoed.
"Paragraph I: That the anld mayor
and commlreloner of pnhllc affnlr. 1.
C. Walton haa been and 1 guilty of
violating hla oath of office. In that he
haa wilfully failed and refuoed to eup-
nort oliey and defend thee ronatltutlnn
and Iowa of the ototo of Oklahoma and
haa foiled ond refueed to enfnrc or
entia to ho onforoed tho erdlnancea
nd Iowa of aald city of Oklahoma City.
Paragraph I: That aald mayor and
enmmlealoner of rAihllo affair I. C.
Walton ha i been and I B'Ulty of wll-
fol mlacondurt opd wilful maladmln-
latrarton m atrej offlco. In that ho hao
wllfoltv failed lo dleebargo the dutlea
of ld office with fidelity.
' "Porngraph I: That aald mayor and
evimnilaalnn of nubile affaire J. C.
Wilton haa violated Ihe city rhaiter
of Ihe rlty of Oklahoma City In thta
to-wlt. that no mayor of the .ell y of
Oklahoma City ha hai purchaaed or
cueed to ha ptirrheaed for Oklahoma
Cltv. two "Cae' autoniobllea and owe
Thnlmera outomohll. at a time when
there were no fund available for anld
pureheeee.
flapent latlmotod.
Tarotrar : That oald i. C. Wal-
ton haa violated tho Itata I wo of Ok-
lahoma ka making on eetlmnte nf rlty
rovenu la tho aiim of mt.iot.oot.
Which aunt la In rtceaa of tho amount
of revenue for the prevloti fleeal year.
"That tho otmlltled elector whom
thla affiant ropreaent In tho matter n
thl affidavit and tho writing whereKy
aurh authority la conferred or ao fol.
Iowa rb-wftr We tho ndwralgned. he.
Ing duly qualified elector In and for
tho city tl Oklahoma City atote of
Oklahoma ni reeldltit therein at tha
plare jwrllten nppeaite oar name re-
prtlvely 0a hereby aulhqrla ana
empower Jam "Jaaty to repreeent ao
"In tha mailer of making end filing an
ffldKVlt for th recall of J C Walton
aa mayor and commle'""er of public
ffalra of thn city of okf-'w-rt City. In
eccn-il nc" fllli Artlet" VI nf the
hrt'r-'of tne .My uf Oklahoma tlty.
lata ot yklkhouia.
'Fuel Day' Here
Is Observed in
Surprising Style
Did Oklahoma'City Gather
Wood? -See Below
Hundred of Oklahoma Cltjr men
armvd with am saw wedge and
other lumberjack equipment left inon
titer dawn today to rut wood fur ua
thla winter. In reeponee to nxlma-
tluns hy tli governor and niaynr nam-
ing tlila a "Fuel day."
Interurbane Loaded.
F.very outbound Inlerurhnu i.ir thla
morning we loaded with pittilotlc
cltisena anilotia to do their abate to-
ward averting a national catastrophe
In tha form of a sevee cnl ahnrtnajr.
Their fa rca were grins and determined
They talked hut little aeemlngly an-
Inua to reserve every ounce of strength
(or tha task before them.
At tha city waterworks all" where
the Roanlman company haa eome OnO
rnrde of firewood already tut acres
of automobiles trurka wagnna and
other vehlc Ira were loading tha fuel anil
bringing It to town all morning. It la
thought the 4 rorda will hava lieen
exhausted by darkness tonight.
In tha rlty Its. If. hundreds of nirn
women nd children were buay. Old
boxes hnarda and other lumber which
ordinarily la burned In bonfire or
which Ilea eipoanl to tha element and
rod. wer turn up and atarkrd In
ri-nrntlcm for ue thla winter.
I.ld Oklahoina City ohsefve "Kurt
iluy"T
Hid hundred! of Oklahoma City men
rut wool todny T
Hid scores of vehicles carry away
wovd from the dam T
DM men women and children pile up
wod In the elty ?
Yea they dtd- fftee. below).
-Not.
PRE-WAR TELEPHONE
RATES ARE REFUSED
IIACRIHIIt'Ra P Nor. JH - Ttt
pulilh: aervlce conimleelon to.lay re-
fu.ed th petition of the llell Tele-
phone company for a continuation of
the wartime fedeial rate.
TAX RESALE AUCTION
RESUMED NAFTERN00N
The neurit y tot reaal auction we re-
turned at 1 O'clock tbl afternoon wllh
n Ian crowd pre.ent. lltddMt Wn ao.
live it th outaet and better ptlrea than
tho arevatllnt at th flrat two dnya of
tha auction were anticipated. A total of
IM lota have been wild during the
two day end receipt total near 13.000.
COUNTY TAX LEVY
AGREEMENT IS NEAR
Tax levle for th county M !
arced upon by .the county etcla board
(luring; th afternoon. Th board con-
vened thla morning for approval of the
Icvle made hy the county clerk. Hmall
Hrma on the budget were dlactiaaerl
and a few alight change probably will
l mad.
HALEY "SHOOTING CAE
SET FOR DECEMBER 17
Preliminary hearing for A. A. Hnley.-I
chanted with aaaault with Intent to
kill on hi father A. F. Ilaley who lo
alleged to have been ahot by Mi ion
during; a family quarrel near Wright'
aaatlon laat week la scheduled fpr
ueeemner ii riaiey naving pleaded not
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FOR
THANKSGIVING TODAY
Public arhootg wlU cloae thl after-
neon for ThenkaglvlAt holldava net to
oien limn Monday. J. A. Whlteford.
superintendent of public avhooti an hi
today. i
Rihonl will ba closed from December
II to 17. and alao on New Year' day
which will cntiee th econd aemeater In
end during th laat week In May.
BUILDING PERMITS
OVER MILLION MARK
Ilulldlng permit laaued In Oklahoma
City during November paaeed the
million dollar mark thla morning mak-
ing th third aucceaelv month th
total have gone beyond thnt amount.
A tola! of t1.0M.lK0 In permit h had
been limed a ad moat of them aro for
realdencee.
MANDAMUS HEARING
ON BUDGET MONDAY
Th.i mandoinua ault of tl.e city
nor hat Jameo Healy county aaaaaaor
to fore him tn ipread th city budget
on th tat roll a ha been continued to
net t Monday lloaa K. t.lllaril. munlclpaf
eounaelnr Who will direct the raee for
th rlty anld today.
"The other aid aald It wouldn't he
prepared for th trial before then" he
old.
The c-iw tll be heard In rllrtrlcl
court. 1
AGGIE POOTBALL ELEVEN v
TO ATTEND MEETING HERE
Th Agirle football
onuad
It H
praaenl at tho "pop" and
nd huelnee meV-
Ing of o Oklahoma City alumni of
Oklahoma A. end M. college at (he
Muck mt tonight. .
C. R. IVmert county aont. 1W
annmllua wll prealda at the meeting
PJana ar parted to ho made' for
alumni cluh roome nere.
. J. "A; Cant well. arl1enl 'if 1"' rffl-
eiiirl enilrg rl'l"i'l-i 'n la bP
th ttrlndpal eptaker at th intuiting.
!
Angeles Executed
M ENEMIES
W IE SHOT
STOREKEEPER
Police Drop Theory of Rob-
bery in Trice Shooting.
NEGROES ARE STILL HELD
County Officers Stick to
Robbery Motive in Case.
"I'ld J. K Trice arorrr found mur-
dered In hie a' dm at 5.".l Norlli We-t-ern
avenue .ter liiy mornlna have all
eri.-my ho ealted lila opportunity to
tho I?
And did llila enemy aeek to cover up
hla tracka t leaving preleti'l.-d roliheiy
dura behind h-rnT
. Robbery Oltbelleved.
The police at noon today hurt virtu-
ally raet aaMe th robbery motive In
the caae and were wckliiK on the the-
ory that a men. or poaelhly two men.
had chnaen a dark rainy morning for
inrrylng nut a cold blooded plun aeiilnet
the grocer.
County aiilhorltha however were
till Inclined to bellev that robbery
waa th rauee of the murder and were
holding Wendell Higher negro euiipert
hla brother Olue ftlghiim and Will Mar-
tin another negro In th county Jali
for Inveetlgutlon.
The police detective department con-
cluded Ite Investigation of theae aua-
pecta Int night and tiirt.e.1 them oer
to the lounty. Hating thry thought the
negroe wer not th murderer end
knew nothing of the cage.
Itnaa N'. MUard municipal eounaelnr
aald today he think two-men did th
work and ooibla that robbery waa th
cirae.
cap Iw Auta
"I thlidt one mini mutt have watched
on th outil.l wlill lb other went In
and (hot th grocer" IJIIard a'd. "Jt
la poedbla they had an aulornoblle
ealllng and rod away In It." '
John Huhatka chief of detective
anld at noon that he hi a new theory
that acme th ' meet renonbl yet
formed and I working on It aneleted by
three plalnrlotheemrn. II would not
rrvwil the theory I ut aald he ha evl-
ilem that may had lo arrctta late tkrl
afternoon or tunmhl.
WHITEHURST PROTESTS
COTTON SEED EMBARGO
Vlgoroua protest wa mule tlila
rtioruhig by J. A. ifhltehuiat presi-
dent of th atnt board ofbgrlraltur
to th t'nlted Utetes railroad admlnl-
tratloa agalnat tho general freight em-
Ur go on the ntovetnent Ot cotton eeed.
The protect made by telegraph de
clare that If th order I permitted to
land. It will mean th lo of thou-
sand af dollar to Oklahoma farmara
and will deprive the nation of ton and
tone of food ituff. which will be loot
through apolllng of the cotton aeed.
AH'S TElUN' MevH BOSS
IT EHS LAK A.H I'
NtVUH RUN OUT O' WORK
ROUS' HEeH n HE SAY
MEBRK AH .D0NT BUT AK
SUTNf 10ES WALK OUT
CeavOaW.ltU.evttcCieoitsi iMisi eassla
LOCAL rOBICAT-CIuy tonliil
and Thurdy wllh rln tMrnlna te
snow i eelder tnlght tmprM)r M t
M dear
TATI rOICAiT-TnlBhl rain
lurnlao to nw eeldar with temoera-
tur it to H degrees In nee.henM t
10 degnsa In aeuthcrn aortln Thur.
day anew eelder In ast peetl.
KANAt-inw tonight and Thur.
day) fresh do Henna northerly wind.
IHIPPIM' POMCAtT-tt t M da-
free In northern It to M In uthrn
portion.
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OB IT HEAP O' Tl MES:i
Women Interrupt
Trial With Plea
Illy th Aaaorlated Preaa )
I'll IIIIAIII'A CITY. Meilro Nov
14 (leneral Krllpe Angelea revulu-
tlnnlat waa etecuted at a i'j . in .
tml.iy. Innlrie the barrarka of the Twen-ty-flrat
regiment of ravaliy by a firing
.iiad. Many apeclator were prevent
ileneral Angele died without vlilhla
emotion or fear.
I"fi f'AHO. Teaa Nov. Oenernl
Kdlpe Anaelea Meilran revolutionary
leader anl famed Ihroughout Ihe world
a military genlua waa eictiiei by
a Cerr.mi firing auuad at Chihuahua
City early today following hla con-
vl.llon wllh two rnmpanlona on chargra
of relielllon agnlnat tha Meilian gov-
ernment according to a telegraphic
rejKirt from. Chihuahua City thla morn
lux.
iThe Chihuahua City enrreepondrnt of
Ihe Kl PatJ Herald trligmphed hla pit-
per ileneral Felipe Angvbe wae e-
nuted hy a Carrania firing iuad at
a. m today. .
tentonced Laat Night.
General Anrelea waa eenlenced to
death hy four rarrania genrrnla In the
Teatro d Ina Heroei CThenter f the
lleroe") at 10 IS o'clock laat nlgbl. lie
Waa Immediately taken from the build-
ing through a rear entrance to await
eierutlon which waa set for 7 a. tit
today. Thla le th time he waa alxit
Busted Wedding Bells!
Claude Weaver Postmaster in Role of Villain Forbids
Uniting of Pair of Youthfu Hearts in Federal Building
II Ik Mamla Uoodwln and Carl
"keel will be married tonight ft th
pariah hone of St. Paul' cathedral.
Thereby hauga th poaathlllty uf
another iptlt la th rank ot democ-
racy. Curraa Deceratee).
' - MK Goodwin ha been an em-
ploy In the Internal revenue col-
lector'! ihportment for Ih laat aim
e )ar Hubert Polrn. th collector
planned to aee Mia flondwln mar-
rled In great atyle In the-l'nlted
Htt Jletrirt courtroom today. The
room waa profuaely decorated and
all th hundred or mora rmplovea of
Mefb deiairimrnl were to be on hand
ny lea- that th ceremony waa prop
erly performed.
It . was Hol.n'a Idea thal-slnr
Mlaa tioodwln waa the first women
member of hi department tn enter
LOVDEtl CARLE
TESTIFIES III HIS
v 017N DEFENSE
"Others Fired First" He
Tells District Court Jury
tawdrn Carl taking th stmd In
hi own behalf thl morning In his trial
for the alleged murder of Newell I.ea-
ecnger anld he fired three shots the
morning of July U when he was being
pursued after taking nog from the
Lenenger ranch but tint the "other
Id" fired flrat.
Phan C.ill Recounted.
' He testified he called M. I. Leaaen-
ger over the phone the nent morning
and thai l-s-enger who ta a brother
Of Nowell. told him to keep unlet I'Ciiit
th hootlng aaylng "It'll come out al-
right." "I gue you know t could have ahot
you If 1 wanted lo." Ieeenger told
him over tho phone Carlo testified.
I-nwden oM he flrat realised tbe
Iaaenger war following him when
old man 1engr cried for. help
Carle testified het fled aanne the flehl
to hla home after the uhonttng nnd
went Into a garret of hla hnme few
hour Inter to reload th pistol which
he had during the aho itln.
liaminttion Continued
C.irle was put through a I -rrlltl
I'loa examination by the state anil the
emmlaatlnn woe continued when court
convened In the afternoon.
Ilof.oe Pngrd lh mounted ihiIIc-
nvin W'ho was arrested laat night on
charge nf perlury llled hy County At-
lorney Itohert Itneps following (logord'a
testimony for Carle yeaterday will he
recalleA o the s"inrl during the after-
noon tho bailiff being Instructed tn re-
call him Burlng th morning. rtoa:ird
wg ahs.nl when rilled for ond h
waa ordered to report during the after
noon.
DISABLED SOLDIERS TQ
. HAVE TURKEY AT Y. W.
Wor than lty disabled anldler who
ar In vocal loonl and plnremeht train-
ing here and fhelr wv will. he gneat
or th home aervlce dfhrimcia of IHe
fled Crnes In a reserved aectlnn Pf tho
Y W. '. A. cufelerla lomo'rYovf for
Thenkeilvlim "turkeyt' dinner.
Mra. lieuel asltct Jr. who I mn'ilng
nrmr"'.'!'!' ''a fo the d'"er - p'-.
neil r- . 'Irtinc"' 1 r'te- He din-
nae ..-'. v in conaJtt tl a program
nil famtl
on Treason Charge
if . m lug lo one report reu'lilng here.
!rrnTl Angelea wae entirely tin-
ino apparently na a'-nt. n.'e vni
paiard. Tl rouahoift the trial (he mlll-
tery . ;i-r. fiimoiia among rnllitiiry
nie of ihe world as the mnn who
brought tl. Kren'-h 7.-mllllmeter gun
to perfenii.n and made It admittedly
Ihe heat piece ( artillery nr.luane In
the world bait presented a amljutg
coon. "run-e to b!a accuser.
The tii.il in the most aehenttonal
ever b'M lo I'lilhimhun riiy where
Ai'K.-1' S ami t '.ui i uinpniona were
I rou ni t nfter tli. Ir i:.iture near Purrnl
hv atii.c (.1 1 1 li r r troopH Novenitier
19.
Companions To Prison.
Pour . I'riip'itilnrn h ere cnplured
with Ana.l.s nltir On r d .ioierv In a
rave nc.ir r'.in Tome. M.-t One of
theee elrendv had hen .enit.-d tiy
Carrnnn trooria. of r.'her. In the email
partv with Onerel nri':e five were
hilled tn Ihe fight tint en. led In their
effort to e.. ai-e tin- M.it.- troops.
The te reniHlntt.g compenlona.
Major NoHer V' ! o de An e and Ihe
eoldler Antonio Tiltlo. were joint
ilefendan'. wltt iilr . hief hefore the
coortmnrtl:il. M.Tlir ile Are nlso wae
rentenr.il to di nili. ' nt hla eenierv-e
ees ctnniiite.l lo twiniy eera' Imprla-
(Continued en P.-.ge 1 Column i )
i ..utile hamcKa In als-teritha of a
.Ii-.ul" - to make the affair a gala
o- caslon and thus to encourage
other )oung women to "go and do
likewise "
Wvr gsna Kvnt.
But Claud Wnvr nitmaster
and auatodlan of the federal bulhr
Ing aaaumed the role of the villain
at th Ut minute. Ut yeeterdav
ho heard about Ih contemplated
wedding and after discovering that
th Tub- and regulations provided
that permission of the aiipervlslng
archllect of the treasury depart-
ment must be obtained for extraor-
dinary usee nf federal buildings he
axked f'olen If aurh permission ha I
been ohtalneil. It had not. Hence
Ihe -hii.g of lo-ale for the wed-
ding ho w.ia It that aald. "All the
w.irM lovea a kivei''? '
Dog Fur Coats
Latest Tip On
r Cutting Costs
City Canine Chaser Says
Hides Make Good Gloves.
Want a fur coet with all the trim-
mings !
And have yoy sighed na you counted
thiee months' wag.-a an I found you
dhln't have quite enough to make th
plunge
lmn't worry-ethll.iw tn advlc of
J. Welle) miinlilpnl do catcher and
wear a rout with glove to mutch.
" The lie.1 way In the wot Id to get a
fur rout theee ilna Is t kill a f'W
docs and use their fur" Walliy re-
flected toitay. "A lot of fulke are
either paying out tnon. y fur evpenslve
conta or going without llieni nhen Ihe
snlulloii of the mntlrr Is choking llai'lf
cn beefHtvak which human beings
ntiKht to be nttarhlng
"log bides make encellent gloves
too. If thrv'r t.mneil right anil Iho fur
Is aa gnoil n nnvii.. would want
m'ght he a little atrlngy but some way
tn remedy Hint difficulty could be
found enellv."
Img rnti'hliig Is slow builnesa In the
winter Wnllcy snja for th dog stay
behind the slnve or In the barn and
can't I coaxed out to follow the wagon
British Officer I "lot Vletlm.
f'Allto. flundav. Nov. S3 A Brltleh
officer Yiaa mur.lrreil during a atreet
riot here Inat nlfit other llrltlsh exil-
dler were fired upon by the itrmnn-
stratora and one aoldler ws wounded
Thr there! are !J achimla In Okla-
homa operated either under private
mnnagement or by the I'nlted Htalca
government?
Thnt Oklnhnm wn the forty-eUtb
stiit to enter th union and thnt Del
wure w.'a the flrat?
Thet thr are fifteen foreign coki-
nli In tiklihoma' p.npled hy tjerman
Mennnnlteti hwede. Bulientliina. Pnlea
I'kronlan. P.unalan ami bytluns?
That Oklahoma waa lakcd In give
only I r.ti.ixie pledgee to observe whenr-
lees and meatleaa daya during the aytir
but that t"o0oil vverv( obtained? .
I K D I T O B'rTTIiTTK -The Tlm. e
will print a dumber t)f Intrn-etlug
f.Mla Im.ii t Okhihwun and okla-
humit City In the nest few wcekJ.
If ou Jl iv ally lnfoiiii.il on if
similar nature aenJ It tu ua)
Do You Know
w x ir
CITY INVADED
MU
Ut
Many Expected to Attend
Football Classic Tomorrow
UNION CHURCH SERVICES
i
Teachnrs and Fafhily Re-
unions Add to Throng.
Thank. suing Tmy crowds were
pouring into the rity early thla morn-
ing ai'ionllng to repor's from railway
offices." Trains are pscked. and out-
going trnfflo la also atlmulated. At
least IK.'HN) visitors will be In the rlty
for Thnhksglvlng Day drawn here hy
holiday atlrartlona and convention.
Many to Attend Oamd.
The football game netweeti the I'nl-
veislty of Ok la rums and the Oklnhoma
A' and M. college at the Western
lH .iue pnrk will bring approximately
3 ion cnllegiana to the city It la
estimated. Atlenil.n from Norman
ha ten esl'msted at S."O0 and from
Sllllwaler at l.f.OO In aiblltlon to hun-
.Irene of alumni anil the regulnr crown
Hooter from twit I) the university and
A. and M. will arrlver here early In
the ilsr-
Th convention of Ihe Central dia-
trtt of th Oklahoma Kducntlonal
nseoctatlon whirl will bold a one-d-iyj
meeting lure Thanksgiving will bring
nearly J.0O0 public echool teachera and
member of college farultlea.
Hotels report their accommodations
nearly exhausted already. Guests are
arriving today and manager are ex-
pecting an unprecedented number of
vleltora-
I'nlon Thankwglvlng aervlcea will
held by th central .group of cliurchea
on I'.otilneon avenu at th Flret
S'lthorllst el.urch. Fourth atreet and
Unhlnion avenue at 1 JO o'clock on
Thankaglvtnai momlnif'. Rev. M. J.
Porter of the Plret flartlet church
will del'ver th adrtreaa.
Mny Flower told.
A stock nf 10 (K" rhryasnthemuma Is
reported by one florist who reported
that flower aale were heavier than for
yea ra.
Theater b.ve arranged eeneelally
attractive bllla for le day. Hanks
ouhllc efflcea id nearly nil atore will
he rloaed for th? diy.
The esrly rook got the turkey Kumr
Put.tiera were "rold out" on turkey by
thl morning.
The Hnlvallon army win serve
turkey dinner to all children of the cltv
whose itarrnta are unable to furnish
one at home at noon tomorrow at JOt
West t'allfornla avenue. Ncwehoya
will have a free dinner at the Chamber
of Commerce aa guests of the Me-
Daniel Auto company.
Hlh echoed student memlwrd of
the Y. W. C A. will serve a dinner tn
mirrery children nf th I'nlted Provi-
dent ee.ocl.itlon. money fur which wa
con:rt'utel by high school atudenta.
MEXICAN NOTE :
NOT RECEIVED
Cabinet Not Expected to Dis-
cuss Jenkins Case.
WAHIIINUTON. Nov. Jd Although
Ihe Mexico Oily press hhIiI the reply
0 the Mexican government to the
American note demanding th releaee
of William O. Jenkins. American con-
sular aaent at Piiehln wa expected to
be handed to th A merlon n embaeay
yeaterday. It haa not been received here
the etale department announced today.
Recnua of the urgency of th coal
situation. It wee reported aa doubtful
whether th cabinet would tV up th
Mexican altuntlon again tly. Delay
of the C. i ramus government In replying
to the American note however ha
nerved to lin teas th dlosatlafartlnn In
official circle.
cAordltig to.th elate department'a
announcement today th Mexico City
pre announce that th Mexican en-
ale at a eecret session Monday decided
lo HMk President Cat-ranra for full In-
formation "regarvllng Ih .lenklna case.
The pre alao quoted the ub-ecrt'try
of forma 11 affair aa aaylng that the
governehent was making full lnvatla-
tlon In Puebla and that th American
"aerlou newspapers'' In the I'nlted
Htale wer treating the subject calmly
and carefully.
rev kleo iu::e
HOLDS DHY tOT VCID
NKW OBIKAN". Nov. M -Holding
lh wartime piohlNt Ion ct unentitu-
tlorinl r'ettcnit TltrUsl Ju.hr Ptotr
today granted an Inlunrthn reatralnlng
government office hi froi Intarferlng
with the aat by tha Henr nalaer Ma-
nor company af bonded Hejuar hkl In
warimaiwe hero.
Jinlg Koeter annoitneed In granting
th Inluniilnn that II wa hla opinion
that th wartlln prohlMIInn wa un-
coNsO'utlonal a Ih wnr formaJtg came
.. i n end when rmiaree rr-e'-tiv "'I-
'niir. r I w.lfoul rvjccllng Hie pence
treaty with Germany
He Will Enforce
Prohibition Law
John W. pc.
John W ee. e of Hllllwater ha re-
ceived ..'final notification from i!onf
mleeloner of Internal llevenu Iloper
of hi appointment a prohibition en-
forcement dl.'.'i-iur fur oklshom. ac-
cording to a telegiam received by
Hubert I. Hi'l-n ..Hector of Internal
revenue from Ileece ye.terday.
Iteeee who wi.a recommended by th
Antl-aaluon leugur of Oklahoma and
wa Indorsed hy Senator Owen and by
Itol.n. received the appointment over
It W. Ullliii. father of the famou
"Itlllups booe bill" who was Indorsed
hy fir ne tor Core.
The new director has tieen county
attorn of pnyne county and well
known throughout the state.
RAILWAY CHIEFS
VOTE ON JUNES'
WAGE PROPOSAL
Result of Ballot to Be An-
nounced Later Today.
'CI.KVZLAXn. Nov". :.-Tbe of gen
eral chairman of . tha four railroad
brollicrhooda In tnnfcrenc her today
took a tot on th offer of Director
Qeneral of Ralleoed Hlne granting
time nnd one-half for overtime In (low
freight service. Just before cdjoumlng
for lun.h The vole waa given to
lellera In rount and will be announced
after tho convention reconvene at t
p. nt.
FWore going Into Jhe momlrvx aeaalon
at 10 o'i leek th chief executive of
the brotherhoods refua.-d to make any
comment on the situation.
It waa unilertood thai eeptance or
rejection of the offer will have no
bearing n the teuurat of the ttam-
men and firemen for a genexnl wage
Increase of approximately :fj perrent
IHrector Cnernl lllnea' "away
from-home" rule which provldea for a
uniform alxteen-hoiir rule for all
crewa held ewgy from hums terminals
wa eeeptrd by th conference yea-
terday. Reports from Chicago that the con-
ferenc was considering e. grneial atrlkt
of ' th brotherhoods to colore de-
(Contlnued on Paoa t. Celumfl 1.)
ELLIS ISLAND RULES
TOO LAX UHL SAYS
NF.W TOrtK. Ifov. tl -Byron H.
t hi. art ing cnmrnlsaloner of Immigra-
tion at Kllis Island admitted toflay to
th bouse Immliratlon commute In
veattgattng condition here. that
privileges had been granted during Ihe
reajlme nf Former Cnmrnlsaloner How
which If unchecked pi'sbt havg led to
the eet tt llst ment of " forum of lwl
hrvlem" nr. th iih.nd.
Yep! Peter Has
Been Born Oh!
Several Times!
In Fact His Original Name
Was Peter Lamp.
The poppy fluids surrounding Raby-
Inn were aav!ng with oriental
xephirs-
yueen Kiihldssha threw her veil of
fig blossoms about her ollvc-sklnned
form end betook heraelf to tho downy
brink of the royal bath pool.
She allpped on tbe waterv edge and
Hut you'll have to ae Peter I'anrh.
atreati'it ihla m'wnlug by Ih police on
an Inveatlgatlnn charge to hear (he
ret nf the e'ertllng detail.
Punch waa a treated on Houth Hroan-
wv when he waJ reported to hnv
been making remark agalnat the army
At' th nolle nation he declared a
h combed hli Ion lock with his
finger thnt hi nm when horn lh
flrat tlra hw remember we Tout
Lamp.
Th nolle were Inclined to laugh at
hut attitude hut he Insisted ha hae been
n eerth and departed and returned
aeveral time.
He sava he I a renlrlllqylit ace.
(Innally. -
Coal lnunctlon Dnlst . v
FAnoo. N. Ii . Nov. H.-JglH C. F.
Amidon. In I 'nlld nut dlatrict court
here l.idey. denied tha aaoalloatloa f
Ihe Dakota t toii com pa ay far paramv
nen lw '' r al-oiliilng Iho at let a'
North Hakrfj from overitlng tit) entt
pan) a llgnlt galO at Ttaktr. M. U .
cirS
COMIUGJDDAY
Garfield's 25 Percent Hike
Agreed On Belief
JOINT MEETING CALLED
Announcement Will Be Made
at 5 o'Clock.
WASHINGTON Nov. I" A deflnllg
nd final statement on behalf of tha .
government In th coal wm coo.
troversy will he made to the operator
and miner 1st today by Fuel Admin
Istrator Osrfleld.
Final decision waa reset-ed by lh
cabinet at th mnet.ng today r. Oar
field and fecretary Wllaon said. Th
fuel administrator called a Joint ...
ilon of the operators and miner for
i p m. to recelv th de. lalon.
tyhlle neither l.r. (larftelrf m. m.n.-
bera of the cabinet would aay what th
-aninet decision waa. It waa reported
'hat the fuel admlnlatrttor had wan hia
point for in Increase nf from in tn "l
percent In miners' wages a agalnat th
ji percent proposed l jr Recretsry Wl.
eon and agreed to by th mlnera.
Ultimatum Ispected.
Mr. Rnrfleld' atateenanl In lk
miner and operators wae expected to '
h aomewhac In the nature of en
ultimatum. Th M tn (i nr... ...
crease waa understood to be acceptable
lo th operator hut grave doubt waa
xprraed aa to whether th miner
would approve It. e
After th cabinet meeii.t n.M . -
somewhat cenrral lmnm..l.n it.. ....
operators would b called upon to bear '
iimnimur an or ine promised wag
Increase but officials withheld em..
ment. .
Thus far the nnaltlnM Af !.. i
union official haa been that they could
not accent anvfhlne Um 4k. ..
original demand of th Cleveland eon.
v-muon r or a in percent lncra la
Wajpa and a JO-houe week Ml. Km.
tha approval ot that convention ghoul
...y no. a 10 mia view arter mooting
Dr. Garfield aald It might hw that ev-
arat'wwkt Would elanae before a final
ettlement- wta reached.
Meantime so many mlnera over Iba
roantry bad rMn.inwi aH
the coal situation had reached what
official defcrlbed "natlonai
crisis " ft ens tn meat h .i.....
til (omethln like r.n.1 n....i-
' n.wvi.wi.
nad been reatorad were n.. M.
ldrflon hy th fuel administration'
central coal committee with ao order
prohibiting the manufacture of coke
designed a th first ni. 1.
nationwide campaign.
Oarf laltf'a Prpol Ar load.
The con trover v in ih. cabin.
ered (round Ihe ornnoa.1. m v...i is.
mjnlatrator (larfleld that In computing
iiivresiri in tdvane mad ta
l miner In the central competitive
field b takep Into consideration anel
of fleeretary WHeon that tho tncraaao
u pu s miner o tn nana
Mr. Wllaon Dronoaal mmm ..i.nna.
today hy John L. Iwla. acting pre.
dent of fh I'nlted Vim Worker who
said th calculation of wax advaru-waJ'
tnca 111) Should be hMmmA mmlam
throughout tha eountrv end ..i
In th central eoraptltv field.
mimwg ns oeen tojien a
bal of .very wag contract. Inched. .
Ing th HIT Wiahlngton agraemmt. Mr.
Lewla aald.
Taking kaiua with th perator'
otatement that only JO percent of tha
mlnra In th central territory us tha
pick Mr. Lewi aald th number of
mn In th four itats. Pennsylvania
Ohio. Indiana and llllnol. on pick and
machine work wer practically equal.
Production Considered.
In th countrv aa a whole he con-
tinned about IS percent of tonnage
produced la dug nut with a ph k hut
high as HO percent of the total number
of employe are on rl'h work. Thla
disparity was due. he said to the highj
productivity of machine method.
Utailstlca compiled by ttste labor de
partn.eni. I rw' said (how that only
:7 percent nf the employee In the on-
tr.il field ire day laborer Instead of
10 percent aa claimed bv ih nniM.
Replying to Ihe position of th oper.
ntora that the ll.lo per day Increase In
wagea awarded day laborer In lll.
ahould be given-equal weight wl!n
other wag advance In computing th
a-ernge wag Incraa Mr. Lewla said
this awnrd waa md to put th day
wiirlien on a parity with men on a
tonnage haali and should not bo in-
cluded In ny average.
PITTSrHIRI. kis Nov. tl i
flovernor Henry Vlen left P1tta
burg thl mnrnlngnnr Topeka etpoet.'
Inn tn Issue a rail from bla atflra W
Ik. '1 .1 1 . . . w t
'" ' ' ""-ei I. .;
tho tem e'lovela In th Kanoag aMM
No lmnrnvpmrii '
in coal Output . ; .
rttiPAiu. taJ 1 e. . ; i .
of th lulltnal ateH"sJE.-?
cool mintra twta tmitth gov
brought M aaaeatej ttoalwaaut tn th.
Ituateosj t fJU plnw. affevt of lh
meat batwaan 1
at WggMaaMe IkeM chief
piieeiinn. . f7
Tmr llwaajlftr
Py fagWsstHlowal ahuttlfig 4ow) fV . i
Pa" tk aaliMt wet and ha U
ieMf-1-JJl iMuatrlea whlrw eoV ' ' '
-Wjt lesavy financial kM a . .i-
al -rm thl event X- vv '
lowctlon In Wea. .i.. '
Ma trp to th MOleM k tm I
Inc. th atrthe ra ?f'T2' 11 iv
stwetler (Uiaelittra aeatew Ogsw lla W
. .wd Ke T J.:
Tw.s tow - ex! IWtWt f
W ir.
laat it hour.
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