The Comanche Reflex (Comanche, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1923 Page: 6 of 8
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THE COMANCHE REFLEX
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BRITISH AND FRENCH WERE
NOT PRESENT WHEN
TROOPS LEFT
WILLIAM S MOORHEAD
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TRI-COLORS REPLACEOUR FUG
U 8 Expeditionary Forces Ltavo
Coblona for Antwerp to Board '
the Transport 6L Mihiel
for Homeland
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THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT)
HAS FULLY INDORSED
THE PLAN
MOSUL QL':STI0N IS A MENACE
EhrenbrleUteln Germany— Amerl
can troops were withdrawn from the
Rhine ending American military par
ticlpatlon In the occupational area
The withdrawal was signalized by
the hauling down at noon on Jan 24
of the Stars and Stripes from the cas
tie of Ebrenbreltstein which has been
the American military headquarters
since the beginning of the occupation
Meanwhile the first trains with mem-
bers of the expeditionary forces were
leaving Coblenz for Antwerp to board
the transport St Mihiel which will
take them back to the United States
The flag came floating down from
the 'staff on the picturesque castle
walls overlooking the Rhine as the
signal wan given for striking the col
ors Not a shot was fired In salute
for It was not a martial occasion
There were many moist eyes among
the Americans who watched the spec-
tacle and their long time associates
among the allied forces in the region
The British and Belgian high commls
slonersfor the Rhineland kept their
word and remained away because ttyey
could not bear to witness the lower
ing of the flag that meant the breaking
of so many close ties
Inside the fort at the same time
there was taken from the white wash-
ed walls the portrait of Washington
the Americans had hung there on
their coming
Envoys to Remain Behind to Explain
the Details On Any Question
That Is Not Entirely Clear
to the Turks
President Harding appointed Wil-
liam 8 Moorhead of Pittsburgh Pa
to be a member of the tax simplifica-
tion board He succeeds the late Jo-
seph H Deal alao of Pittsburgh
GERMAN MINE OWNERS FINEO
RUHR SECTION TO BE CUT
OFF LEADERS SAY
Defence Contended Occupation
Ruhr District Wes Illegal In
Court Martial Trial
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Lausanne— What Is practically an
ultimatum treaty will be presented to
the Turks soon and on February 2nd
the Near East conference will be ad-
journed whether or not the Turks
have signed the pact
In making this decision known the
silled delegation denied that It meant
a rupture of the conference and de-
clared their readiness to return to
Lausanne later If the Turks expressed
willingness to subscribe to the treaty
An envoy will remain behind to give
information concerning the terms
The French government has fully In-
dorsed the plan Premier Poincare
telegraphing his approval to M Bom-
pard head of the French delegation
The dispute over the Mosul oil ter-
ritory was appealed to the league of
nations by Lord Curzon as a matter
menacing to peace and the Earl of Bal-
four will argue the British case before
the council of the league in Paris
Lord Curzon the British head of the
delegation In the Near East confer-
ence wrote to the secretary of the
V1TH THE STATE LAW- MAKERS
Lieut Edgar Allsn Po Jr who has
the distinction of being the flrat
Marine corps officer to serve aboard
the U 8 8 Mayflower the presidential
yacht He has charge of the detach-
ment of 20 marines which acta aa
guard of honor to tho Prooldont whon
he la aboard Lieutenant Poe is a na-
tive of Baltimore and enlisted at the
outbreak of the war while a student
at Princeton Ho was severely wound-
ed during service at the front In 1918
Relief for the state banking system
I promised by the conference between
Governor Walton banking commit-
tees of the house and senate and at-
torneys for the state bankers’ associa-
tion waa for from assured when the
house adjourned Thursday night
After a tedious all-night session a
I joint subcommittee prepared three
tentative bills to be considered by the
whole committees
Three distinct measures have been
I prepared by the subcommittee The
flrat would ask for a constitutional
amendment requiring the atate board
of equalisation to levy an ad valorem
tax upon all property to pay off
bonds of the state to meet accounts of
deposits of banks which failed prior to
! March 1 1923
The second bill would provide for
I stabilization of the bank guaranty
fund in the future by reversing the
I action of the fund making It a last
rather than a first aid
The third measures Involves a com-
plete revision of the banking laws as
they now exist
TURNS DOWN STEEL MERGER
A voluntary cut of (100000 In the
state highway budget was taken by
Paul Nesbitt state commissioner of
highways when he appeared before
the appropriations committee of the
senate The Robertson recommenda-
tion is for 1404000 for this depart-
ment Nesbitt recommended the Blasb
himself according to members of the
committee
Unique In the-state’s history was
Nesbitt’s second - recommendation
which was also followed with the re-
t11’"!? I '- I N£w hearing to be held 1 r°r
SANFORD TO HIGHER COURT
May
I
Seek Nomination Quickly
Pending Cases Can Move
So
Washington D C — Edward T San-
ford United States district judge for
the eastern and middle districts of
Tennessee since 1908 was nominated
by President Harding to be associate
justice of the supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement of
Justice Pitney
Judge Sanford Is a recognized auth-
ority In the legal profession which he
entered in 1888 after receiving degrees
at the University of Tennessee and at
Harvard He is a former vice presi-
dent of the American Bar Association
and served as an assistant attorney
general of the United States under
President Roosevlt He is a republien
and 57 years old
3 MINERS KILLED BY GAS
80 Others Overcome When Fire Broke
1 Out In Idaho Shaft
and the live other German Industrial-
ists charged by the French with refus-
ing to co-operate with the French plan
for delivery of reparations coal trom
the Ruhr valley were all found guilty
by a court-martial here recently and
lines were inflicted
It Is stated on French authority
that the occupied territory of the
Ruhr will be completely isolated front
unoccupied Germany soon
Herr Thyssen was fined 5100 francs
Herr Olfe 224300 francs and Hen
Splndler 47752 francs
Herr Kesten was fined 15632 francs
Herr Wuestenhoefer of the Essen
Mine associateln 8640 francs and
Herr Tengelmann of the Essen Anth-
racite Coal company 6020 francs
Fines Total 307444 Franca
The fines totaling 307444 francs
were assessed by the court-martial af-
ter a trial consuming but two short
sessions The sentences were limited
to fines Instead of imprisonment upon
a recommendation of leniency from
the French prosecutors who admitted
that the Germans acted from patriot-
ic motives in refusing to deliver coal
to the occupation authorities In the
face of in8tructloins to the opposite
from the Berlin government
The defense contended the occupa-
tion of the Ruhr was illegal under the
Hague and Rhineland conventions
while the prosecution argued that the
French military occupation of enemy
country complied with the provisions
of the same treaties
the league at its next meeting to take
up the question of the Mosul oil ter-
ritory possession of which Is In dis-
pute between the British and the
Turks t
The Mosul question the letter de-
clares Is a menace to peace
MARCH 16
Claim That Competition Would Bo
6ham If Dealere Wert Permitted
To Proceed
Washington D C— Merger of the
NEW R R LINE ASSURED Bethlehem Lackawanna and Midvale I
Steel companies was declared by the
Road Will Build Between Kansas City
and St Louia Despite Merger
Topeka Kan— The policy of the
Santa Fe railroad Is to proceed with
the construction of a Kansas Clty-St
Louis line regardless of the outcome
of the consolidation of railroads now
under consideration by rail officials
and the interstate commerce commis-
sion in Washington according to an
annuncement at the general offices of
the Santa Fe
’ The statement denied that Pres W
B Storey objects to the grouping plan
but he insists however that the plan
would not be complete without the
Kansas Clty-St Louis connection
“The Santa Fe Is willing to take
over on a fair basis the lines included
in the Interstate commerce commis-
sion’s tentative grouping for consoli-
dation under the provisions of the
1920 transportation act according to a
statement submitted to the commis-
sion by W B Storey president
HOSPITAL DELAYS OPENING
Spokane Wash — Three unidentified
miners were killed and thirty were
overcome by gas when fire broke out
recently In the 1400 ft level of the
Morning mine of the Federal Mining
and Smelting company at Muilan
Idaho seven miles from Wallace
Jdaho The' thirty men who were ov-
ercome were hoisted from the 2000 ft
level through the fire zone to safety
and were said to have recovered The
fire was still burning in the west end
of the 1400 ft level
4 BANDITS GRAB $50000
Fixtures and Equipment Needed For
New Muskogee Institution
Bank Messengers Held Up in Sparse-
ly Settled Brooklyn District
RAPS “BLUE SKY” LAWS
t
Cauys Too Much Red Tape Says Ex-
change Head Urges Publicity
St Louis Mo — Compulsory public-
ity for corporations whose securities
are offered for sale was suggested as
the best method of- protecting the pub-
lic from stock promotion schemes by
Seymour L Cromwell president of the
New York Stock Exchange Mr Crom-
well asserted in his opinion greater
protection was afforded the public in
this manner than through state “blue
sky" laws
New York N Y — Four armed bank
robbers in the Flatbush section of
Brooklyn held up a motor car con-
taining $50000 belonging to the mu-
nicipal Bank of East New York com-
pelled the chauffeur to drive" it to an
isolated spot and then escaped In the
bank’s automobile with the money
Three armed guards In the treasury
car taken by surprise were unable to
make any resistance
The $50000 was being removed
from the main office of the bank to
the Borough Park branch
Enroute a closed automobile swung
up so close that the other bank car
was forced close to the curb Four
men leaped from the coupe with
drawn revolvers One of them gave
directions to the bank chauffeur to
turn and drive tp a deserted spot
which be named
Muskogee Okla — Owing to the lack
of funds the opening of the city's
new hospital will be delayed Indefi-
nitely according to R- P Harrison
city manager
‘‘We are well quartered In the pres-
ent hospital building and among other
things are waiting to see whether we
have enough money for fixtures and
equipment for the new hospital"
IS AGAINST ARMY MEASURE
Cuause Prohibiting Enlistment
Lads Under 21 le Approved
Washington D C —
Of
federal trade commission to be an un-
lawful action In restraint of trade
Notice was issued to all the cor-
porations concerned to be represented
at a hearing before the commission on
March 16 prepared to show cause why
an order should not be issued requir-
ing them to withdraw from the merger
agreements at once
A total of forty-six corporations
subsldaries to the parent companies
named were charged In the complaint
which the commission Issued with
being involved in a general consolida-
tion plan which If carried through
would unreasonably reduce competi-
tion In the supply of steel commodities
to consumers in the territory north
of the Pontomac river and east of Buf-
falo N Y and Johnstown Pa
Earlier Complaint Withdrawn
Instituting general proceedings
against the tripartite merger the
commission gave notice that its ear-
lier complaint Issued after the Bethle-
hem and Lackawanna companies had
completed a consolidation - last April
and directed against them alone
would be withdrawn ?
By the agreement ’ announced No-
vember 24 the Bethlehem company
already enlarged by acquisition of the
Lackawanna proposed to acquire
control of the Midvale properties and
the complaint charged this agreement
was now being carried Into effect
Under It the Bethlehem company In-
tends to issue 97650000 par value of
new common stock which would go
to Midvale stockholders
The Bethlehem company after the
consolidation would be next to the
United States Steel corporation the
largest steel producer In the United
States with common stock aggregat-
ing $180250000 at par preferred to
$62000000 and bonded debt of $213-500000
highway department Is separate and
definite
Formerly It has been the custom to
make a blanket appropriation for cer-
tain sub-departments and the high-
way head used his own discretion as
to the number of persons he em-
ployed and in tlid manipulation of
various funds Under Nesbitt’s rec-
ommendation funds cannot be trans-
ferred and it Is pointed out jobs for
a definite number of persons wilt be
provided
As a result of the apparent disap-
pearance of papers giving Lowden
Carle convicted slayer of Newell Les-
senger at Oklahoma City leave of ab-
sence to visit bis mother who Is sick
In 'Texas a resolution was Introduced
In ’ the senate by W M Gulager of
Muskogee asking that all Inmates of
the penitentiary at McAlester be
checked by Fred Parkinson state ex-
aminer and inspector to make a list
of those "actually there" The reso-
lution was adopted unanimously by
the upper bouse Papers giving Carle
leave of absence were later found
They were signed by Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Trapp while Robertson was out
of the state
Consideration of a basic plan for re-
turn to world sanity through a con-
ference of world war powers under
leadership of the United States should
be given by congress according to a
resolution by Allen Streen and O A
Stovall and adopted by the house A
motion to amend the resolution to ask '
that the United States enter the leag- '
ue of nations and a second amend-
ment demanding that all powers reacts
an agreement that no country should
declare war without a national refer-
endum were ruled out of order
The house committee on appropria-
tions refused to recommend payment
of the $20000 deficiency certificate
given to Prince Freeling for services
In the Red river case The committee
also refused to recommend two other
deficiency certificates one to George
Rlttenhouse for $10500 and another
for the printing of the budget for
$11000
The contract for printing the budget
had been let for $6000 It was under-
stood v
The omnibus building bill will total
$4000000 for new buildings accord
tag to James C Nance chairman This
will include five buildings at the uni-
versity and three at A & M college
The university will hage a building
for the school of journalism a new
library and buildings for the engineer-
ing schools and the schools of medi-
cine" and natural science
A motion to recommit the depart-
mental appropriation bill to the sen-
ate appropriations committee wtb in-
structions to cut its total to a million
dollars more than the departmental to-
tal of 1921 was expected
The 1921 total was $580223974
The present appropriations commit-
tee raised the budget to more than $7-300000
' To make sacred the contents of any
telegram or private telephone message-
is the objective of a bill Introduced in
the ninth senate by Ira A Hill Chero-
kee to prevent wire-tapping Person
who could be convicted under the
measure would be those employing:
apparatus to intercept messages and
individuals who might disclose con-
tents of dispatches or telephone mes-
sages not Intended for them which
might disgrace or damage the charac-
ter of the persons for whom they wer
Intended
Will Talt under death sentence at
the McAlester penitentiary for the
murder of Russell Sprague Lawtoa
service car driver was given hi®
tenth reprieve when Governor Walton
signed a stay of execution By the
stay Issued Thursday he was given a
further reprieve until March 26 Talt
is being held so that he may be used
as a witness for the state if Cleo Gob-
en convicted jointly with Talt of
Sprague’s murder Is given a new trial
L A Logan of Tulsa was named
chairman of the " state election board
by Governor -Wilton succeeding J A
Barbre of Muskogee who resigned
Dr I N Cott’e was appointed aa
health officer of Oklahoma county
Mrs M B Conkling superintendent
of the Tecumseh Girls’ Industrial
school was reappointed following the
resignation of Mrs R P Watts eJio
gave notice of her retirement soon
after her appointment No reason was
J C Nance of Marlow chairman o F
the Democratic caucus and also chair-
man of the house appropriation com-
mittee is In a serious condition at the
hospital He is one of the staunch
supporters of the administration and
managed the successful campaign off
Murray Gibbons for speaker of the
house Nance Is editor of the Marlow
Review This Is his second tend irx
the legislature
— — v Secretary nrt A n B auci uc aviuiuicu coovu
Weeks wrote to the senate and house Ur tlx UUUn PLAN RATIFIED given for Mrs Watts’ resignation
appropriations committees expressing
concern over the house amendment to
the army bill prohibiting enlistment
In the army of men under 21 years of
age without written consent of their
parents
Lausanne Declaration Relieves Turkey
In Concessions And Debt
R R CAR ORDERS JUMP
NEW BANK PLAN APPROVED
Freights Put Into Use In 1922 Double)
For Year Before
Favorable
Report Made
Examiner
By Treasury
Washington D C — Favorable re-
port has been made by an examiner of
the treasury department on the pro-
posed plan for the reorganization of
the old First National bank of Lawton
and it Is believed the plan will be
sanctioned by the department
Washington D C — Railroads put I
In service for 1922 are ordering
from manufacturers 145553 new
freight cars the car service division
of the American Railway association
reported as" compared with 76117 dur-
ing 1921 They like-wise added or ar-1
ranged to add 2824 locomotives to the
number already on hand as compared
with 1382 in 1921
Adopts Big Improvement Plan
St Louis Mo— The St Louis-San
Francisco Railway company will
spend $5000000 for Improvements
this year The largest single Item of
improvements Is $1100000 for rehab-
ilitation of equipment and other pro-
posed work includes building and
equipping new shops and the laying of
rail and ballast
Fought For Husband la Dead
Oakland Calif— Mrs Rodney Ken-
drick who recently filed suit against
Mrs Edith Spreckles Wakefield for
$25000 damages alleging that she
alienated the affections of her hus-
band Rodney Kendrick newspaper ar-
tist died here She was 25 years old
and a native of Atlantic City N J
" Sintffer Of Other Days III
Redbank N J— Maggie Cline who
won her way Into the hearts of Ameri-
can theater-goers a quarter of a cen-
tury ago with her song "Throw ’em
down McClusky” is seriously ill here
Her friends hold little hope for her recovery
Edwards May Succeed Reily
Washington D C — Brig Gen Clar-
ence H Edwards who recently retired
from the army after commanding the
twenty-sixth division in the world
war is befDg considered for appoint-
ment as governor of Porto Rico to
succeed E Mont Reily It was learned
Russian Ships Still Misting
Manilla — Seven ships of the home-
less squadron bearing anti-bolshevik
Russians in their flight froih Vladivos
tok which left Shanghai for Manila
January 10 atill are missing
Advances Mexia Crude Price
Dallas Texas — The Price of Mexia
Texas crude oil was advanced 25
cents a barrell to the new price of
$180 a barrel by the Magnolia Petrol-
eum company recently The
Seized Enemy Ships Disposed of
Washington D C— Of the 104 Ger-
man vessels seized by the United
States on its entry Into the world war j
forty-four have been disposed of by
the shipping board by sale or trans-
fer the navy has disposed of three
eleven have been lost at sea thirty re-1
main under control of the shipping
board fourteen under control of the
navy and two were returned to Ameri-
can owners after establishment of
title Proceeds of the sale of these
vessels' have been deposited in the
United States treasury
Lausanne— The policy of the open
door In Turkey as advocated by the
United States at the Near East con-
ference was ratified by the allies in
the form of a declaration read by M
Bompard to thf conference declaring
that Turkey was not obliged to follow
the advice of the council on the Otto-
man debt in the matter of concessions
In Turkey
This declaration which satisfied
the American representatives and
which goes on the official records was
made at the last hour of an amazing
session which only served to bring out
the large number of points on which
the allies and the Turks are divided
Specifically the complaint charged
that the merger plans projected or
carried out would result in “potential
or actual competition existing in and
between the several respondents be-
ing substantially lessended If not
wholly eliminated" t
The senate confirmations were giv-
en of Charles H Ruth as chairman it
the board of affairs Louis LeFlore as
a member of this body J H Town-
send as warden of the state peni-
tentiary and Jo Strain as state bank
commissioner
If the legislature passes the depart-
mental appropriations bill Governor
Walton will get a fund of $20000 a
year for “extraordinary emergency" —
four times the amount provided for
the previous governor All' state de-
partments will cost $746187554 for
the two years if the bill is not amend-
ed Every department' except one
small bureau shows an Increase
1 According to an opinion from the at-
torney general’s office given In con-
nection with house bill 47 by repre-
sentative Ouy M Sigler of Ardmore
It would be unconstitutional for the
legislature to make tax valuations of
public utilities the valuations oil
which the corporation commission
should fix utility rates The bill pro-
vided according to the opinion that
property values as fixed for taxation
purposes should he “conclusive proof-
of such value in all hearings before
the corporation commission in fixing
rates “The attorney general declared
the bill would be unconstitutional be-
cause It would “deny due process of
law and because It would wrongfully
deprive the courts of the Judicial pow-
er to determine the weight and suffi-
ciency of the evidence’’ Two opin-
ions of the state supremb court wer
quoted In holding the bill unlawful
House bill 72 by Watkins and H B
68 by Elam and Smith passed The
Watkins measure would require all
school teachers to take an oath of al-
legiance to the United States before
receiving salaries from public private
parochial or denominational schools
House bill No 81 would appropriate
$75000 to pay deficiency certificate
used to buy license tags for highway
department the last legislature hav-
ing failed to provide necessary funds
Ross Lillard Oklahoma City intro-
duces a measure to build the governor
a $75000 mansion giving the governor
the choice of the site
A committee was appointed to in-
spect the state institutions at Supply
and Enid It Is composed of Moothart
of Nowata county Jones of Caddo and
Disney of Muskogee -
The Thornley bill increasing juror
I fees from $2 to $3 passed the house
with but one dissenting vote '
Governor Walton named Oscar W
Stewart as superintendent of School I
for the Blind at Muskogee Stewart
waa defeated for congress in the pri-
mary by W W Hastings
Dan V Lackey chairman of the
recent inaugural barbecue has an-
nounced as mayor of Oklahoma City
A regular epidemic of the “flu”’
forced the house of representatives to
adjourn Thursday afternoon until
Monday
Senate bill 121 by H B Durant I Selling liquor resulting In death
PLAN GAS WAR ON WEEVIL Miami provides revenue to maintain I would be declared murder under tho
Efforts Made to Have Chemical War-
fare Divieion Develop Poieon
public schools in districts wherein
lead and tine are mined from Indian
lands exempt from taxation
Cordell bill passed by the house and
previously passed by the senate
Washington D C— An effort will he
made to Include in the army appropri-
ations sub-committee a provision un-
der which the chemical warfare divi-
sions will be authorized to conduct ex-
periments and develop gas which will
destroy the cotton boll weevil
W M Gulager Muskogee is out
after the scalp of the straw bond
maker ' Under a bill Introduced by
him In the senate makers of criminal
bonds will in the future be forced to
qualify aa to real estate holdings and
actual property to the amount of the
bond
The senate passed a bill creating
superior court at Clinton Custer coun-
! ty aDd one increasing the salary of
the Cherokee county attorney It
however reconsidered a measure
which would have taken away the
power to employ private counsel from
the commissioners of the land office
lit will appear later for passage
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